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Facial Perceptions: Age's Influence on People's Perceptions of Facial Modifications
No full textA 2x7 between-subject experiment examined the affect of age on people’s perceptions of facial modifications. Researchers instructed participants aged 18-60 to complete two online surveys. One survey contained 10 modified faces (facial piercings and neck tattoos) and the second survey contained 10 non-modified faces. Participants were instructed to look at each face and rate the face using a 5 point Likert scale on five traits: Trustworthiness, Attractiveness, Confidence, Intelligence and Friendliness. Modified faces were rated higher and perceived more positively than the non-modified faces by participants in all age groups. There was an effect of modification on age groups one (18-23 years old), two (24-29 years), five (30-35 years) and six (36-41 years) for the traits Attractiveness and Confidence. These findings suggest people’s perception of strangers’ is influenced by their own age at the time of the encounter and the age of the faces
Gender-based Persecution and US Asylum Policy
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Over the past decades, gender-based persecution has moved into the forefront of immigration policy debate in the US. Beginning in the 1980s, recognition of the special circumstances women refugees face has slowly dawned on policy-makers and academics alike. The discussion of women refugees’ rights comes at a pivotal historical moment in US history; women now make up the majority of refugees, but restrictions have become stricter since 9/11. The current process, designed with the standard of the male refugee in mind, adds extra difficulties for female refugees making their asylum claims and disproportionately penalizes them for an array of reasons. Recent court cases indicate indecision among US justices about whether or not gender-based persecution constitutes legitimate grounds for admittance. The international implications of progressive policy change show the potential for both negative political consequences and positive human rights contributions on a global scale. To remedy the current stalemate in the fight to include gender-based persecution in asylum law, the United States could look to Canada for a progressive model applied to a similar legal system
A Kaddish for Robert
No full textSince reading Kaddish for the first time, Ginsberg’s masterpiece has become an obsession for me. Allen wrote the piece three years after his mother’s death, and in one week it will be the three-year anniversary of my father’s death. While the relationship I had with my father and the mental state of my father is far different than Ginsberg’s descriptions of his mother and their relationship, I identify with his need to express his deep sorrow, anger, and confusion through his unorthodox prayer. This work is a Kaddish for my father the closely follows the form of Ginsberg's Kaddish that so deeply influenced my own emotional healing and grieving process
Review article on Alan Wells, Tropical Zion: General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosúa, Durham: Duke University Press, 2009
No full textPreaching as an Act of Spirit: The Homiletical Theory of Howard Thurman
No full textHoward Thurman receives little mention in many contemporary discussions on preaching. Yet, his era recognized – at least in part – his homiletical genius. In 1953, Thurman was named one of the twelve greatest preachers in the United States by Life Magazine. The field of homiletics still has much to gain by revisiting Thurman’s genius in preaching. For Thurman, preaching is more than an exercise that gives voice to biblical, theological, doctrinal, and social studies. Thurman views preaching as an act of spirit. This is the thesis I uphold in this paper. First, I will broach briefly the significance of Thurman by traversing his professional accomplishments. Second, I will expose the basic tenants of Thurman’s homiletical theory. Finally, I will suggest implications for Thurman’s integration into homiletical study
Dancing the Black Atlantic: Katherine Dunham’s Research-to-Performance Method
Get PDFKatherine Dunham (1909-2006) was one of the great dancer/choreographers of the 20th century. As a trained anthropologist and author, her unique contributions formed a marriage between dance and ethnology that developed the archetype of the scholar-artist. I explore her research-to-performance methodology that trail-blazed what has been analyzed by Caribbeanist VèVè Clark as "performance ethnography." Dunham explored Afro-Caribbean culture and dance, as well as her own African American culture. The essay demonstrates how she did this specially in her writings on the Jamaican Moroons and the Vodou of Haiti, recontextualizing the latter in her famous 1945 "Shango" dance work. In the process, Dunham danced the Black Atlantic well before that trope was even conceptualized, and dignified black dance forms of the Americas
