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Master's Thesis: Educational Tracking and Shelby County's Optional Schools
No full textThis thesis critically examines the Shelby County Schools' optional program in Memphis, Tennessee, arguing that it reinforces racial and socioeconomic inequities through selective admissions criteria and educational tracking. Using a comparative case study of two schools: Idlewild Elementary and Cummings K-8. The study reveals how optional programs disproportionately benefit White and affluent students while marginalizing Black and low-income students. Drawing on theories from Jean Anyon and Beth Hatt, the author demonstrates how concepts of "smartness" and giftedness are socially constructed and aligned with Whiteness and middle-class norms. The research highlights disparities in discipline, teacher absenteeism, and access to rigorous curricula, showing how these factors contribute to systemic educational debt and the school-to-prison pipeline. The thesis concludes by advocating for the abolition of the optional program and a reinvestment in equitable, high-quality education for all students in Shelby County
Spotlighting African-American Liberation and Resistance in Black Theatre
No full text(Paper) Exploration of theatrical Space for African Americans in Memphis, especially via the Hattiloo Theatre
Diels-Alder Reaction to Synthesize Biologically Active Molecules
No full textPresentation by Emmaline Wittwer ('20) delivered at the Rhodes College Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium (URCAS).An ethanol extract from the roots of Boesenbergia pandurate shows bioactivity which is harmful
to the cells of PANC-1 human pancreatic cancer. Additionally, fifteen other molecules have been
identified via purification of the extract. Dr. Horgen's lab is working to synthesize these
compounds. All of the target compounds have a similar core structure. We will work to make
this core structure using a Diels-Alder reaction. This reaction will use a catalyst, aluminum
hexagonal silica (Al-HMS), which will be synthesized from tetraethyl orthosilicate, aluminum
isopropoxide and hexadecylamine. The use of this catalyst has been shown to lead to high yields
in the Diels-Alder reactions between similar diene and chalcone dieneophiles. Finding a reliable
way to make this core structure will provide the first step in a route to make the identified
biologically active compounds that could be used to create an anticancer drug
Dredge, February 26, 2020, Vol. 1
No full textThis image was uploaded to DLynx in the Visual Resources Center in October 2025, by Wyatt Bigner '27. This volume of Dredge is from the Rhodes College Archives.This inagural issue of Dredge highlights "the works of local artists, with a focus on racial, gender, and sexual minority content creators." - Editor's Not
Bowls
No full textThis object was photographed and inventoried during summer 2019 by Julia Conway ('20) and Bailey Cook ('20) as part of a digital curation fellowship.�Please note that the date issued field refers to the date of the digital object's creation. The temporal coverage field contains date information for the actual physical object, when known.General Description: This is a set of small wooden bowls. There are characters on the inside of each written in red. The rim of each of the bowls is a darker, rougher wood. On the bottom of each of the bowls says made in Japan.Condition Description: Both bowls are in good condidtion. There is a smug of green on bowl B. Bowl A has a small chip on its rim