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Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Access to and Success Within the Dance Industry
Full text linkThe following thesis examines how socioeconomic factors, specifically location, education, income, and social capital, affect access to and success within the dance industry in the United States. While talent is viewed as the primary driver of success in dance, this research reveals that structural inequities shape career opportunities and outcomes for dancers. The study was prompted by a lack of critical discourse around socioeconomic barriers in the field of dance. Through a combination of survey data and secondary analysis of historical research, the study highlights how those from higher-income families and urban areas benefit from greater access to training, resources, and professional networks. In contrast, dancers from lower-income communities often face financial strain, limited access to quality instruction, and fewer resources to build connections and network in the industry. These disparities show that success in dance depends not only on talent, but also on access to resources that are unevenly distributed. The findings emphasize the need for more equitable systems in dance education and career development, and suggest future research could explore how race, gender, and regional policies intersect with socioeconomic status to influence career outcomes in the dance industry
Dancing On My Own: Examining Character Development in HBO’s Girls
Full text linkIn recent years, the HBO series Girls has experienced a resurgence in viewership and public discourse. Situated within the landscape of postfeminist television, there have been many conversations about how the show represents the privileged, self-involved, and unmotivated behaviors of many millennials. However, there was a lack of research focused on the growth of the lead characters from the series’ beginning to its end. I conducted a textual analysis of Girls, examining the four main characters’ development in career, romance, and female friendship. I examined their goals, emotions, and actions in these categories throughout seven episodes across three seasons in the series. In the end, Hannah, Marnie, Jessa, and Shoshanna are beginning to mature from their prolonged adolescence into true adulthood. The women’s career paths are nonlinear and their stubbornness to pursue creativity shifts to acceptance by the end of the series. They have a tendency to self-sabotage in their romantic and platonic relationships, but come to accept and give different types of love. By the end of the show, each woman ends up on a path separate from one another. The selfishness that defines them in the beginning of the series is leveraged by each woman to help her make the best decisions for her future. Girls echoes the signature individualism of postfeminist media texts, while straying away from the idealized femininity which earlier postfeminist television depicts
Toward a Global Consensus on the S in ESG: Strengthening Human Rights and Corporate Accountability Through Global Governance
Full text linkThis paper argues that the international community, led by the United Nations, must develop a coherent global framework for the “S” in Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) to strengthen corporate accountability and human rights protections. While environmental metrics in ESG have gained global traction, the social pillar remains fragmented, inconsistently defined, and weakly enforced, opening the door to impact washing, where companies misrepresent or exaggerate their positive social impact. Drawing from international, regional, and domestic case studies, this paper illustrates how this incoherence leads to economic, ethical, and operational harms for businesses and the global community. It argues that public governance should regulate the social dimension of ESG through binding international treaties and recurring multilateral conferences, modeled on successful global environmental governance mechanisms. Ultimately, the paper proposes actionable pathways for building international consensus on the “S” in ESG and establishing enforceable metrics to protect human dignity in global supply chains
Red Diplomacy and Black Liberation: The Cold War\u27s Influence on the NAACP
Full text linkThe Civil Rights Movement and Cold War occurred concurrently, yet the two events represent entirely different moments in American history. While one marked a moment of immense social growth, the other illustrated how widespread paranoia can influence a nation’s decision making. This thesis centers on an examination of how the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (”NAACP”) utilized international bodies, like the United Nations (“UN”), to bring global attention toward the mistreatment of those of African descent. My analysis relied on internal documents from the NAACP’s offices, and the organization’s magazine publication, The Crisis. I examined volumes 55-68 (1948-1961), to analyze the shift in the NAACP’s view towards the Soviets and utilizing the UN to pursue racial equality in the US.
I assert that the NAACP effectively had no choice in its decision to align with the US in the Cold War, as the organization could only continue to fight for those of African descent worldwide if they were loyal to the US in its fight against the Soviet Union. Through internal documents and The Crisis, it is clear the Cold War offered the NAACP an opportunity to expand its efforts in the international arena. The global community’s response to the American practice of racial segregation empowered the NAACP to call attention to the treatment of all people of African descent. In this sense, the Cold War allowed the NAACP to evolve into an international organization, and fight for black liberation in countries beyond the US
Cybersecurity\u27s PR Problem: The Education Gap Fueling MFA Aversion
Full text linkThrough surveying individuals with no professional experience in cybersecurity, this study examines the relationship between awareness and education surrounding security controls and end users’ willingness to adopt them. The findings reveal a strong link between understanding the effectiveness of these controls and user comfort, indicating that as end users’ understanding increases, so does their willingness to use the controls. Working in both identity and access management (IAM) and human risk management, I observed what appeared to be a connection between security education and positive attitudes toward security more broadly, but found limited research statistically linking the two. This study’s findings demonstrate the value of investing in security education and can serve as a foundation for future research as human risk is further explored
LGBTQ+ Client Experiences and Opinions on Therapist Cultural Humility
Full text linkLGBTQ+ people (i.e., individuals from gender or sexual minorities) are at a heightened risk for mental health issues and often face barriers in receiving quality mental healthcare. The use of cultural humility practices by therapists has been correlated with improved therapeutic relationships and therapy outcomes. Practicing cultural humility involves engaging in critical self-evaluation, lifelong learning, and having an other-oriented stance. The present study examined 54 LGBTQ+ people’s perceptions of their therapists’ cultural humility and their positive and negative identity-related experiences in therapy. We conducted an online survey of LGBTQ+-identifying individuals who were ages 18 or older and currently attend or have attended individual therapy. Participants filled out an adapted version of the Cultural Humility Scale (Hook et al., 2013) for therapist and self-evaluation and several open-ended questions about their experiences in therapy. The mean cultural humility score was 4.07 (SD = .52) and the mean importance score was 4.60 (SD = .52). The importance of therapist cultural humility to participants and their identity salience were not correlated with their perceptions of their therapists’ cultural humility. Additionally, we found that participants’ positive and negative experiences in therapy were associated with the presence or absence of therapist cultural humility factors. Common themes across participant experiences included the presence or absence of their therapists acknowledging and affirming their identities and expressing understanding of their experiences. Future research should consider the importance of therapist cultural humility to clients and perform further analyses examining associations between experiences in therapy and cultural humility practices for people of all cultural backgrounds
Examining Musical Theatre’s Soprano Characterization Through Intersectional Feminism and an Interdisciplinary Framework
Full text linkThis thesis examines Musical Theatre’s soprano characterization through intersectional feminist analysis and interdisciplinary research. The soprano’s reputation for purity, naivety, and romance is bound to patriarchal gender stereotypes that continue to force the style to the sidelines of the industry. Meanwhile, the Musical Theatre canon has continued to favor belt and pop/rock driven vocal styles that align with current cultural perceptions of strength and power. Drawing research from the social sciences and humanities, in this paper, I examine how patriarchal and racial social structures have impacted the way our culture defines a powerful voice, and what this implies about how sopranos are written and perceived. For the creative portion of my thesis, I have analyzed six soprano roles from the Musical Theatre canon and performed one corresponding song for each character. In doing this, I ultimately argue that to reclaim soprano characters, we must validate feminine-coded artistic expression, create three dimensional and distinctive characters, and diversify soprano casting. Finally, I assert that the soprano voice is not a historical artifact, but an opportunity to reimagine gendered expression and artistic empowerment
Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting
No full textHey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting
Series: Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Books
Author/Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott
Publisher: London: New York: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1917
Notes: Printed in Great Britain. Copyright Edmund Evans, Ltd., Rose Place, Globe Road, London, E.1.https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/rarebooks/1013/thumbnail.jp
State-Powered Acceleration of Cannabis Economy Growth Engines
Full text linkSmall cannabis companies in state-regulated markets have driven extraordinary job creation and economic growth, but now face extinction as consolidation looms. Government intervention can build a future populated with prosperous small business growth engines, while failure to act will magnify economic disparity. This Article proposes state-backed loan guarantees, funded by municipal “cannabonds,” as a novel solution to guide the industry toward a healthier and more diverse economic landscape. This approach offers constitutionally resilient strategies to express explicit preference for local stakeholders and inverts traditional risk metrics to leverage historic institutional lending bias as a force for positive change. In doing so, it offers a pathway to vitality in both the cannabis and finance sectors and advances a more inclusive vision of American enterprise