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Title: La polâitica de la identidad y la universidad: el ejemplo de la literatura Hispâanica.
Creator: Currie, Caitlin., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: This project examines politicization of the university. Critics have long charged that politics, and specifically identity politics, has infiltrated the classroom via radical professors. Scholars who lament the decline of the western canon claim that a massive wave of new untested works - largely written by women and people of color - have replaced the works of dead white men leaving our students ill-prepared. While most of the scholarship in this area has been written in the area of English...
Show moreThis project examines politicization of the university. Critics have long charged that politics, and specifically identity politics, has infiltrated the classroom via radical professors. Scholars who lament the decline of the western canon claim that a massive wave of new untested works - largely written by women and people of color - have replaced the works of dead white men leaving our students ill-prepared. While most of the scholarship in this area has been written in the area of English literature departments, this project focuses on the field of Hispanic Literature. If identity politics has challenged the canon in the university, it is expected that within identity-based disciplines the infiltration of politics should be substantial. To test the politicization of the university, I examined 38 Hispanic Literature survey courses from a variety of American universities. I found a high degree of consistency among these syllabi and concluded that critics of the university have at best overstated their case.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/165334
Subject Headings: Spanish literature, History and criticism, Ethnic groups in literature, Multiculturalism in literature, Interdisciplinary approach in education
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Entre Nebrija y Valdâes: un diâalogo gramatical sobre el castellano renacentista.
Creator: Lewis, Ron., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The two earliest grammars of the Castilian language are the Grammar of the Castilian Language by Antonio de Nebrija and the Dialogue of the Language by Juan de Valdâes. The former was published in 1492, a historically paramount year for Spain, while the latter was completed in 1535 but not published until two centuries later. Working with edited texts of both grammars, secondary sources regarding the lives of Nebrija and Valdâes, and information about the history of Spain, this thesis...
Show moreThe two earliest grammars of the Castilian language are the Grammar of the Castilian Language by Antonio de Nebrija and the Dialogue of the Language by Juan de Valdâes. The former was published in 1492, a historically paramount year for Spain, while the latter was completed in 1535 but not published until two centuries later. Working with edited texts of both grammars, secondary sources regarding the lives of Nebrija and Valdâes, and information about the history of Spain, this thesis explores the linguistic substance of both works, evidence of the authors' personal attitudes and dispositions that influenced their works, and the political and social context surrounding all of these factors. The purpose of this investigation is to gain further insight into the Grammar and the Dialogue, as well as the history of Spain and the historical development of Castilian.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3335108
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Spanish literature, Criticism and interpretation, Language and culture, History
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: "Is the world, then, so narrow?": the simultaneous need for home and travel in Hawthorne's The scarlet letter.
Creator: McGrath, Derek., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and its preface, "The Custom- House," the author himself and Pearl Prynne are characters who engage in travel, escaping the restrictiveness imposed onto them by their hometowns and finding greater creative freedom elsewhere. Their journey, however, is not necessarily physical but rather creative. Hawthorne and Pearl employ writing and imaginative thinking, respectively, in order to characterize Salem and Boston as foreign locations through which...
Show moreIn Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and its preface, "The Custom- House," the author himself and Pearl Prynne are characters who engage in travel, escaping the restrictiveness imposed onto them by their hometowns and finding greater creative freedom elsewhere. Their journey, however, is not necessarily physical but rather creative. Hawthorne and Pearl employ writing and imaginative thinking, respectively, in order to characterize Salem and Boston as foreign locations through which they may tour. The two are what Hawthorne calls "citizen[s] of somewhere else," although they have not departed from their homes yet. By considering how "The Custom-House" relates to The Scarlet Letter based on the themes of travel and home, a new interpretation arises about Hawthorne's book as well as his definition of the American romance, which posits that a person may use creativity in order to find his or her place both within and away from the community.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11605
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Transcendental minds and mythical strings: the emergence of platonism in modern physics.
Creator: Gopman, Daniel B., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/165336
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: "Los pueblos, vibrantes y triunfantes en un hombre": Cultos a la personalidad y aislamiento en Corea del Norte y Cuba.
Creator: Trifoi, Bianca, Vázquez, Miguel Ángel, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: This paper argues that Kim Il-Sung of North Korea and Fidel Castro of Cuba established personality cults of differing degrees of intensity due to the relative degrees of historical and political isolation present in each state. Although both states followed a similar pattern of dominance, resentment, nationalism, and socialism in their recent histories, their differing overall histories dictated the intensity of their leaders' personality cults. Korea's long history of self-imposed...
Show moreThis paper argues that Kim Il-Sung of North Korea and Fidel Castro of Cuba established personality cults of differing degrees of intensity due to the relative degrees of historical and political isolation present in each state. Although both states followed a similar pattern of dominance, resentment, nationalism, and socialism in their recent histories, their differing overall histories dictated the intensity of their leaders' personality cults. Korea's long history of self-imposed isolationism in combination with xenophobia was continued in Kim's self-reliance ideology and allowed for a fanatical personality cult to develop. Cuba's only experience with isolation was that imposed by the United States through its embargoes, and the resulting hostility between Cuba and the United States actually helped legitimize Castro's regime and personality cult.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003659
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: La comida como crítica social en la picaresca española [= Food as a Social Critique in the Spanish Picaresque Tradition].
Creator: Hood, Caitlyn, Vázquez, Miguel Ángel, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines the role of food as a social critique in the picaresque genre of Spanish literature. The picaresque novel of 16th and 17th century Spain revolves around the pseudo-autobiographical narrative of a rogue hero who survives life by any means possible, including thievery and deception. The genre demonstrates that only the upper classes of society were enjoying the fruits of Golden Age Spain. In particular, Lazarillo de Tormes and El buscón are the novels used in this analysis...
Show moreThis thesis examines the role of food as a social critique in the picaresque genre of Spanish literature. The picaresque novel of 16th and 17th century Spain revolves around the pseudo-autobiographical narrative of a rogue hero who survives life by any means possible, including thievery and deception. The genre demonstrates that only the upper classes of society were enjoying the fruits of Golden Age Spain. In particular, Lazarillo de Tormes and El buscón are the novels used in this analysis to reveal that food, especially the lack thereof, is used satirically in picaresque novels to draw attention to the starvation and suffering of Spanish commoners.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003644
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: L1CAM: a potential role in Alzheimer pathology.
Creator: Qureshi, Aater, Godenschwege, Tanja A., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: L1-type cell adhesion molecule (L1-CAM) is a synaptic membrane protein that is associated with L1 syndrome, which exhibits spasticity, intellectual disability and hydrocephalus Neuroglian (Nrg) is the invertebrate homologue of L1-CAM in Drosophila melanogaster. In vitro studies have shown L1-CAM is proteolytically cleaved and the intracellular domain (ICD) translocates to the nucleus. There it is involved in the upregulation of genes that are involved in DNA damage response, cell cycle...
Show moreL1-type cell adhesion molecule (L1-CAM) is a synaptic membrane protein that is associated with L1 syndrome, which exhibits spasticity, intellectual disability and hydrocephalus Neuroglian (Nrg) is the invertebrate homologue of L1-CAM in Drosophila melanogaster. In vitro studies have shown L1-CAM is proteolytically cleaved and the intracellular domain (ICD) translocates to the nucleus. There it is involved in the upregulation of genes that are involved in DNA damage response, cell cycle progression, apoptosis and cellular differentiation. In some forms of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) proteolytic cleavage of L1-CAM are enhanced. We studied the effects of expression of NrgICD in vivo. Our results indicate that ubiquitous expression of NrgICD like its vertebrate homologue resulted in upregulation of NBS1 and c-myc in Drosophila. We found that the ubiquitous expression of NrgICD resulted in reduced viability in various models of oxidative stress. This suggests that enhanced proteolytic cleavage of Nrg/L1-CAM contributes to the pathology of AD. Our results may provide new insights into the cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003688
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Maine sailing.
Creator: Seidl, Jana
Date Issued: 2004-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11567
Subject Headings: Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Education--Florida, Students
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: My nonprofit experience.
Creator: Reiling, Jarred
Date Issued: 2005-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11554
Subject Headings: Internship programs, Nonprofit organizations, Education--Florida, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Make-A-Wish.
Creator: Perry, Tina
Date Issued: 2003-08
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11566
Subject Headings: Internship programs, Nonprofit organizations, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Education--Florida
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Morgan Stanley.
Creator: Seidl, Jana
Date Issued: 2006-07
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11535
Subject Headings: Internship programs, Education--Florida, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: My outward bound trip.
Creator: Leech, Anna
Date Issued: 2004-07
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11560
Subject Headings: Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Hiking--Wyoming--Medicine Bow National Forest, Education--Florida
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Discovering the depths.
Creator: Boyle, Austin
Date Issued: 2005-10
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11533
Subject Headings: Environmental engineering, Oceanography--Florida
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A multitasking society.
Creator: Klaas, Kathryn
Date Issued: 2005-03
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11537
Subject Headings: Time management, Time--Social aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A vision for the future: The United States of America and the world in 2105.
Creator: Grant, Jensen
Date Issued: 2005-10
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11534
Subject Headings: United States--Politics and government, United States--Economic conditions
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An outward bound experience.
Creator: Grant, Jensen
Date Issued: 2005-07
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11546
Subject Headings: Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Education--Florida, Students
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: C.A.R.E. Center for Abuse & Rape Emergencies of Charlotte County.
Creator: Kennedy, Amanda
Date Issued: 2004-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11555
Subject Headings: Internship programs, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Nonprofit organizations, Education--Florida
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Cold night, cold food or how I stopped worrying and love the tree.
Creator: Wicks, Robert
Date Issued: 2005-07
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11557
Subject Headings: Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Students, Education--Florida
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Dark summer: the thwarted excursion.
Creator: Kulb, Carolyn
Date Issued: 2005-05
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11549
Subject Headings: Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Students, Education--Florida
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Distinguished scholars program.
Creator: Kennedy, Amanda
Date Issued: 2005-07
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11550
Subject Headings: Internship programs, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Education--Florida
Format: Document (PDF)

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