Between the 1920s and the 1940s, many German and Austrian Jews who were escaping persecution from the Holocaust sought refuge in Shanghai, China. While there is extensive research on the impact of the Holocaust in the West, I chose to explore the escape and patterns of migration to East Asia. In Shanghai, China, European Jews […]
B59: Metapragmatics of Competitive FPS Games
This project focuses on the metapragmatics of competitive FPS game communities. Like any other sport, communication skills in competitive FPS games are integral both to successful play as well as the community’s consideration and appreciation of cohesive groups, as it applies to both team play as well as wider acceptance within the community. Research was […]
B03: Connecting Marginalized Communities to Amenities: Evaluating Lake Shore Drive Crossings on the South Side of Chicago
The South Side of Chicago has long been the site of systemic disinvestment and larger populations of color than both the broader city of Chicago and the Chicago metropolitan area. The South Side of the city is separated from the shore of Lake Michigan and its amenities by a substantial linear geographic barrier- Lake Shore […]
A59: Academic Resources for Black and Latino Students
The research conducted in this study as hosted by our HASS scholars program, surrounds the topic of academic resources for black and latinx students at predominantly white institutions (PWIs), specifically Miami University. In order to collect data for this research a survey was sent out to undergraduate students. We posed survey questions that ask about […]
A60: Success in Student Fosterment of LGBTQ+ Identities at Miami University
In this project, the area of research we are specifically interested in involves the focus group of LGBTQ+ identifying students in college. Using a specific set of guidelines, we developed a research question that would honor the diversity and success of students. Specifically, we are interested in how successful student led organizations have been in […]
A01: Intention inertia
The topic of my research is in an area of philosophy called “practical reason”, in particular regard for intention; its characteristic properties, reasons for intention, and the way it plays a function in the mind. My main goal is to articulate the way people may rationally keep their intentions in the face of temptation. The […]
A17: The Danube River: Economics vs Environment
Our general research area for this project was comparing the economic benefits of the Danube River to the problems that it has environmentally. We started out by gathering general information about the Danube to give the audience a little bit of background. With our majors being economics and zoology, we wanted to have those topics […]
A30: Everything But Carry a Rifle: The Members of the Women’s Army Corps and their Relationship to Guns During World War II
In 1942, the United States government Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) was created to help alleviate expected manpower shortages for World War II. Converted to the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) and officially made Army in 1943, the WACs performed duties across the United States and overseas in the Pacific, European, and Mediterranean theaters throughout the […]
A43: Vulnerability and Agency: A Study of the Refugee and Migrant Women of Calais from 2014-2016
The “Jungle of Calais”, a sprawling migrant and refugee camp that existed most prominently from 2014-2016, served as a living representation of the difficulty European states had navigating the influx of 5.6 million migrants and refugees seeking asylum during the European Migrant Crisis. By the end of 2016, 10,000 people inhabited the Jungle of Calais. […]
A59: A Sociopolitical Shift In Colombia In Music
Bolivia is in the midst of a transformation, politically and culturally, and from the policies government to the music coming out of its working class towns, the change can be seen. Bolivians are reclaiming their culture at the ballot box and in the music they produce, with greater respect and dignity given towards indigenous customs […]