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Subjects of Struggle: The Intensification of White Supremacy and the Fugitive Dimensions of Black Freedom in Antebellum America
(2021)
In antebellum America, free and enslaved blacks struggled for imagined forms of freedom at a time when white supremacy’s governing authority intensified dramatically; the nation’s culture of danger exposed black bodies, ...
Behavior of fluids in clay-hosted nanopores: insights from molecular dynamics
(2021-05)
Our understanding of fluid behavior and transport in shales, especially in organic or kerogen pore systems, has grown rapidly over the last few years. Yet, given the prevalence of inorganic material that often hosts the ...
COGNITIVE MULTI-USER FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
(2020-11-11)
Increasing deployment of terrestrial, aerial, and space-based assets designed with more demanding services and applications is dramatically escalating the need for high capacity, high data-rate, adaptive, and flexible ...
A Two-Stage Exploration of Cyber Rumors
(2020-07-30)
The rise of online social networks (OSNs) has dramatically accelerated the diffusion of large-scale information cascades, leading cyber rumors to coalesce into a global social phenomenon. In this dissertation study, I ...
Multiscale analysis of seismic event source parameter resolution and characterization
(2021)
Earthquake source parameters such as stress drop help us understand the underlying physics of tectonic stress loading and releasing associated with the occurrence of earthquakes, and the influence of human activity on the ...
“We’re out in the deep,” but “This is the life. We should fight for the life.”: A Study of L2 International Students In Their First University Semester During the Coronavirus Pandemic
(2023-12-15)
This study sought to explore L2 international students’ perspectives about what challenges and accomplishments impact their academic acculturation process and success while studying in a bridge program during their first ...
Transformational Leadership Behaviors as Catalyst to Inclusive Leadership: A Mixed Methods Study on Leadership and Work Experiences of Transgender Employees in the Federal Government
(2021-05-14)
Diversity and inclusion have been part of leadership research since the early 1980s. In 2011, President Obama signed Executive Order 13583 “Establishing A Coordinated Government-Wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and ...
To Cuba and Back: The Origin and Evolution of the Polyphonic Choral Habanera
(2020-12-18)
The habanera is a music and dance form originating in Havana, Cuba, during the eighteenth-century Spanish colonial period. The Spanish travelers returned to the Iberian Peninsula with the sensual habanera rhythm and ...
A Multiscale Investigation of the 26–27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak
(2021-12)
One of the most prolific tornado outbreaks ever documented occurred on 26–27 April 2011 and comprised three successive episodes of tornadic convection that primarily impacted the southeastern United States, including two ...
Valuism: A New Theory of Knowledge
(2021-05-14)
Since Plato, epistemologists have tried to explain why knowledge is more valuable than mere true belief. Traditionally, they have tried to answer this by defining knowledge as true belief plus some additional properties ...