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Breaking gender stereotypes, roles, and expectations in the elementary classroom using children's literature.

Nash, Olivia (2020-05)

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze gender stereotypes, roles, and expectations in society and use children’s literature in the elementary classroom to break these expectations. The reality of society is constan ...
Virtual religion during a global pandemic

Barcus, Brody (2020-05)

This thesis is about changed plans and how we work to make the most of inconvenient situations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone has been forced to look at their everyday lives and evaluate which activities must ...
Notice: creating a hybrid animated short film

Donahoe, Angeline (2020-05)

Animation is a diverse and creative medium widely beloved for its storytelling, artistry, entertainment value, and more. As an active art form in the public’s eye, it has been used to entertain, commercialize, influence ...
The development of the modern pedal harp and its influence on European compositions

Clifton, Lydia (2020-05)

The pedal harp has undergone several changes since its inception in the eighteenth century, and the music for the harp has increased and evolved over the years as well. The pieces that I chose to perform for my senior ...
A wealth of knowledge: looking at the intersectionality of education and generational poverty

Claypool, Tristan (2020-05)

America has long been hailed as the land of opportunity. However, in recent years we have experienced unprecedented levels of income inequality and a widespread increase in the working poor. Despite the United States’ ...
A table for one

Zurisk, Christopher (2020-05)

Loneliness presents itself in a wide array of situations, even in moments surrounded by many others. This series of poems explores these situations (and others where I felt small), touching on moments in groups, with ...
Investigating the role of STE24 in targeting co-translationally stalled polypeptides at the translocon

Voas, Brian (2020-05)

Cells continuously create and degrade proteins. Some proteins are made in the cytoplasm and need to be transported into the endoplasmic reticulum. To complete this task, proteins move through a channel called the translocon ...
The role of nuclear proteins in protein degradation

Turk, Samantha (2020-05)

Life requires the presence of proteins. These proteins can perform a variety of functions within the cell, from various aspects of cell regulation to DNA synthesis. Protein synthesis is essential, but just as important ...
Kindling: the first three chapters

Tourney, Hannah (2020-05)

There is nothing more human than the act of telling stories. More than mere entertainment, stories are the way we pass down our culture from generation to generation. Stories aimed at children and young adults are important ...
Fair trade treachery: the one man show

Tebo, Martin (2020-05)

Film Noir is a cinematic style that was popular in the 1940s and 50s. Inspired by German Expressionism, the genre generally featured crime dramas presented in a melodramatic style with a heavy use of shadow and silhouettes ...
MitoNEET expression protocol adjustment: a lesson in trial and error through a biochemical lens

Sipes, Natalie (2020-05)

Protein expression is a complicated process with many factors allowing it to go awry. In my work with a protein called mitoNEET, I have experienced several cases of unsuccessful expression. This protein residing in the ...
Communications handbook for the Ball State Honors Communications Fellowship

Sapet, Ben (2020-05)

In higher education, communications best practices have changed and pushed many colleges and departments within universities to rethink how they communicate with students. Some of these colleges and departments have hired ...
Cu2O nanoparticles catalyzed aerobic C-N coupling of tetrazolones with boronic acids

Reason, Tommy (2020-05)

N-arylated heterocycles are widely found in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional materials. As a result, significant efforts have been dedicated to the development of efficient and versatile methods for ...
The development of CRISPR-mediated genetic engineering in Candida viswanathii

North, Elena (2020-05)

Candida viswanathii is a fungus that efficiently produces long-chain dicarboxylic acids, which are useful in petrochemical production. It is closely related to Candida tropicalis, a prominent human fungal pathogen. Because ...
Understanding the interplay of glutamate dehydrogenase 1 and MitoNEET

Nnatubeugo, Chimere (2020-05)

MitoNEET is a recently discovered [2Fe-2S] protein that binds to the anti-diabetic drug pioglitazone. MitoNEET contains a unique ligation of three cysteines and one histidine, but its function is unknown. Previous members ...
Innovative management in the contemporary workplace

Miller, Luke (2020-05)

Organizations have historically utilized an assortment of choices and practices in their workplaces with the goal of improving the contentment, productivity, and creativity of their employees. From nonprofit groups to ...
A collection of case studies in critical care nursing

Maurer, Blake L. (2020-05)

It is no secret that a career in nursing requires knowledge of a multitude of diseases and the processes that go with them. A lesser known truth, though, is that the foundations of nursing are built on the ideas and ...
The rise of opioids in Indiana

Liechty, Riley (2020-05)

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that led to the opioid crisis in the United States and Indiana. Increased opioid usage has led to a reduced number of working individuals in the United States and has ...
A world full of wonders | Un mone plein de merveilles: A bilingual French-English children's book with speech therapy activities

Legan, Harriet (2020-05)

for bilingual children because books are meaningful, functional, and repeatable, they provide visuals, and they provide vocabulary in context with naturally thematic vocabulary. However, using translations of English ...
A collection of case studies involving patients in intensive, critical, and emergent care

Hill, Mattison (2020-05)

In nursing, there are a plethora of diseases that nurses may encounter during their career. Many of these diseases have striking similarities that can be difficult to differentiate between; it is important to be able to ...

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