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(2016-08-01)Department: SociologyCity development around the needs of a particular group or class is not a new phenomenon. The ramification of urban planning to suit the perceived needs of any one group is progress at the expense of others. The transition ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2015-04)Children frequently learn about absent objects from verbal descriptions in everyday life. 3- and 4-year-olds were read verbal descriptions of novel creatures with novel labels and were then asked to choose the described ...
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(Theological Studies, 2017-06)
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(Harvard Law Review, 2014)In late August 2013, after Syrian civilians were horrifically attacked with sarin gas, President Barack Obama declared his intention to conduct limited airstrikes against the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. A ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)This paper develops a dynamic general-equilibrium model with production to examine the inter-relationships between the real and the financial sectors with and without credit market imperfections. Due to the moral hazard ...
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(2023-06-28)Department: Political ScienceWhat are the relationships between incidences of crime, perceptions of crime, and vote choice? In this paper, I study the 1988 American presidential election (a race marked by its focus on crime) and compare it to the 1984 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Economics, 2004-01-20)We consider a simple model in which agents are endowed with heterogeneous abilities and differing degrees of honesty. Agents choose either to become criminals or invest in education and become workers instead. The model ...
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(Fordham Law Review, 2000)This Article has argued that the defense attorney has a multifaceted fiduciary duty toward the client with mental disability. That duty requires, first and foremost, respect for the autonomy of the client. The lawyer shows ...
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(2010-04-16)Department: ReligionIn this dissertation, I argue that pastoral theologians must better understand crises of intercultural misunderstanding and help repair them. Pastoral theologians study human suffering and fulfillment in relation to ...
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(2021-04-23)Crisis centers are tasked with answering life’s most difficult calls and, as a result, many crisis centers experience high turnover among their call handlers. This quality improvement project explores the issue of crisis ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-03-04)Little Kids Rock serves two functions. First they are a philanthropic organization that donate instruments and support to schools with high free or reduced lunch populations. Next, they also have created a curriculum for ...
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(Stanford Law & Policy Review, 2011)The Obama Administration has embarked upon a much-heralded shift in federal policy toward medical marijuana. Eschewing the hard-ball tactics favored by earlier Administrations, Attorney General Eric Holder announced in ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-11-06)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-03-01)The W.O. Smith School of Music is a non-profit, educational organization that provides low-income (free or reduced lunch) students with the opportunity of quality musical instruction and inspirational musical experiences. ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-06-15)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-06-15)The purpose of my capstone essay is to situate prison education as an issue of justice and critical pedagogy as the catalyst for transformation. The prison population is disproportionately from non-dominant culture and is ...
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(2023-03-24)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityArtificial Intelligence (AI) has become an everyday presence in our lives, including in our literacy practices, but is still not the subject of instruction for many students. In this dissertation, I explore using a critical ...