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2015 THURJ: The Honors Undergraduate Research Journal Undergraduate
(2015)A publication of the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College at the University of Oklahoma. -
50 shades of slavery : sexual assault of black male slaves in antebellum America Undergraduate
Male slave owners used sexual assault to dominate, dehumanize, and emasculate male slaves in American Antebellum South. The oppression and violence that characterized the institution of chattel slavery are easily accessible, ... -
Ad Fontes: A New Role for the Primary Sources in Anglo-Saxon History Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)Scott Renner’s extraordinarily sophisticated article, “Ad Fontes, A New Role for the Primary Sources in Anglo-Saxon History,” is the winner of this year’s Griswold Prize for Excellence. Renner displays uncommon command of ... -
After the Revolution: The Natural Rights of Women Undergraduate
(2019-04-25)The post-Revolutionary American woman was idealized as an embodiment of virtue, heralded for fulfilling her duties to family and society, but kept well outside of politics, academia, and other traditionally masculine ... -
An Ambivalent Revolution: A Review of Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)Any analysis of postrevolutionary Cuba, the first socialist republic to rise in Latin America, is inherently political. The volatile and lively debates surrounding the island nation's successes and failures spark up with ... -
American ideals reinforced through advertisements Undergraduate
(2016)The economic and housing boom that followed World War II paved the way for America to become the consumer-driven economy that it is today. These booms also created competition among companies, therefore leading to the ... -
The American Media and the Soviet Union at the Onset of U.S. Intervention in World War II Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)1942 was a crucial year for America and the Soviet Union. For the past twenty years, the United States had been fearful of the U.S.S.R. and the possibility that communism would spread. However, World War II forced Americans ... -
American Support of the Iran-Iraq War: A Pyrrhic Victory Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)The Iran-Iraq War lasted from 22 September 1980 until 20 July 1988, cost over $1 trillion, and resulted in anywhere from five hundred thousand to one million deaths. This conflict caused irreparable damage to both countries ... -
American terror Undergraduate
For 150 years, those that have come to call the American Civil War "the War of Northern Aggression" have cited General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea as an unnecessary act of terror; opponents claim the South ... -
America’s Dairyland: A Brie Bit Gay Undergraduate
(2020)The dogmatic, authoritarian 1950’s triggered a massive emergence of movements and sub-cultures that sought to counter repressive McCarthy-era persecutions and reject mainstream American society. Openly gay and lesbian ... -
an-contradiction : the implications of the arms-for-hostages scandal for U.S.-Iranian relations Undergraduate
(2016)The legacy of the Iran-Contra scandal in the United States is irrefutable. Not only did Iran-Contra tarnish the Reagan administration, traumatizing the federal bureaucracy with criminal indictments, but it also exposed ... -
Analysis of Hurricanes Using Long-Range Lightning Detection Networks Undergraduate
(2016)The new GOES-R satellite will be equipped with the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) that will provide unprecedented total lightning data with the potential to improve hurricane intensity forecasts. Past studies have ... -
Arabella Buckley's Epic: Uniting Evolutionary Epic & Spiritualism to Account for the Evolution of Morals from Mutualism Undergraduate
(2016)In 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species (The Origin), outlining his theory of evolution through the mechanism of natural selection. With this text, he employed and shaped the genre of evolutionary ... -
Arabella Buckley's Epic: Uniting Evolutionary Epic & Spiritualism to Account for the Evolution of Morals from Mutualism Undergraduate
(2016)Utilizing OU’s History of Science Collections, I focused my Honors College Research project on exploring the popularization of Victorian science, specifically that conducted by Arabella Buckley. Many of Charles Darwin’s ... -
The ART of Producing Responsa: Feminist Critiques of Rabbinic Law through the Lens of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Undergraduate
(2015)Prior to the mid-twentieth century, when assisted reproductive technologies (ART) stepped on to the medical scene, supplications and prayers to God were the primary means for religious Jewish couples to cope with the issue ... -
At the Intersection of Natural, Theological, and Political Practice in 16th Century Northern Europe: Tycho Brahe's and Philipp Melanchthon's Astrological Adventures Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Perhaps never has someone written so commendable a compliment which could, with as much accuracy, describe him- or herself as Tycho has done here. There is a popular misconception afoot concerning science, namely, that it ... -
Bad Neighbors: A Look into the Complex Relations within the Creek Nation through the Acorn Whistler Crisis Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)In “Bad Neighbors: A Look into the Complex Relations within the Creek Nation through the Acorn Whistler Crisis of 1752,” Brooke Hamilton unveils a gripping mid-eighteenth century tale of intrigue and deception, in which ... -
Bad People or Harmful Pasts? A Look into How Abuse Affects Deviance Undergraduate
(2018)Using data from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, an analytical sample of 3,277 prisoners were used to examine the gendered relationship between suffering abuse and engaging in deviant ...