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Immediately following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) for Ukrainian refugees, contrasting with its inaction during the 2015 Syrian crisis. This inconsistency revealed double standards in EU refugee policy. This thesis explores the EU's Othering in its responses to the Syrian and Ukrainian refugee situations, showing how the EU portrays migrants to affirm its identity. While the response to Syrians in 2015 depicted refugees as a threat to European Christian identity, the response to Ukrainians in 2022 showed more solidarity due to shared "Europeanness." Using the TPD as a lens, this thesis exposes the EU's selective refugee protection based on racialized Othering, where more "European" groups receive favorable treatment. Media narratives further emphasize the differences between Syrian and Ukrainian refugees. The thesis calls for the EU to prioritize human rights over restrictive identity notions.
ContributorsHaas, Isabel (Author) / Wheatley, Abby (Thesis director) / Levin, Irina (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of Human Evolution & Social Change (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2024-05
DescriptionExplores Arizona's proposed changes to the cottage food law, and political happenings surrounding such policies.
ContributorsKahn, Jillian (Author) / Magaña, Lisa (Thesis director) / Woodall, Gina (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership (Contributor)
Created2024-05
DescriptionCreation of a biodegradable phone case business, "Green Halo Cases"
ContributorsCurtin, Erika (Author) / Rakolta, Mikayla (Co-author) / Pollard, Oscar (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Lee, Christopher (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Industrial, Systems & Operations Engineering Prgm (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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In the developed world, we often take the positive correlation between openness to trade and development for granted. After all, the world has seen the greatest amount of economic growth ever in this relatively short period of time in which global markets have been very accessible. There can be many factors attributed to this perspective on the near-universal association between trade and wealth, such as its simple, intuitive reasoning, a historical drive for developed nations to seek out beneficial trade opportunities, or perhaps even a general lack of awareness when it comes to how such enterprising attitudes may impact those living in entirely different civilizations. Whatever the reasoning may be, the reality is that global trade or openness to it is not as cut and dry as many would like to believe, nor does trade openness come as freely as one might expect, as certain conditions are needed in order to foster access to well-developed markets. It has been observed recently that the cost of doing trade, so to speak, has been increasing globally as certain state and nonstate actors push against the free trade model developed by the United States after World War II. It is with this challenge in mind that we explore the recent changes in the balance of global power dynamics that have led to a decline in the openness of the globalized economy. Saying this, we are not advocating for an end to "globalization", rather, this paper is meant to observe multiple potential frustrations to the current economic global order and the resulting fallout of trade among the world’s top economies.
ContributorsAbraham-Lodmell, Spencer (Author) / Kozub, Nikolaus (Co-author) / Kozub, Alexander (Co-author) / Collins, Gregory (Thesis director) / Ripley, Charles (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This paper discusses the effects of community efforts and collaboration in nonprofit organizations. The project specifically worked with Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), which is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that packs and ships meals to children in third-world countries. In order to raise money for the organization, Arizona State University students collaborated and created artwork pieces to raffle off to donors. This paper discusses the execution of the project, the results of the artwork pieces and the fundraiser, as well as nonprofit tools that were used during the fundraising process. Additionally, the paper discusses how small actions can lead to a bigger impact and how this concept ties into the culture of FMSC itself.
ContributorsTeo, Ariel (Author) / Kotleba, Anne (Thesis director) / Palmer, Clint (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Industrial, Systems & Operations Engineering Prgm (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This project is a policy analysis of Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLP). There is a serious lack of civil legal help for low income individuals in America. One way to address this issue is incorporating legal care into medical care through an MLP, which provides free legal help to address patients’ Social Determinants of Health. This thesis advocates for the incorporation of MLPs into healthcare, as well as more research into the health benefits if an MLP.
ContributorsBrock, Riley (Author) / Kizer, Elizabeth (Thesis director) / Helitzer, Deborah (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / College of Health Solutions (Contributor) / School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
Created2024-05
DescriptionWith professional learning communities and lesson planning being hot topics in the educational sphere, it is worth investigating how much these two components of education benefit teachers. Therefore, this research aims to determine if teachers are satisfied with these components and, if not, what can be done to improve them.
ContributorsMcPherson, Paige (Author) / Broberg, Gregory (Thesis director) / Redshaw, Jennifer (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This thesis assesses Latine voter's political attitudes and civic engagement. Specifically, probing the association between news consumption and views related to elections and the state of American democracy and civic engagement. Using the 2022 Univision Survey of Arizona Registered Voters conducted by Arizona Universities. Using RStudio, a novel measure of news information diet across multiple sources and created visuals that illustrate where Latinos are getting their political education, while also acknowledging the dangers of being exposed to misinformation based on the frequency of consumption. To complement analyses of mass attitudes, internal testimonies from community organizers in nonprofit organizations to understand how campaign investments aim to increase Latino civic engagement in Arizona. The combination of public opinion data and community leader perspectives offers a more complete set of insights regarding the place and role of Latinos in broader debates about the stability of American democracy.
ContributorsGalvez, Nathalya (Author) / Pedraza, Francisco (Thesis director) / Ripley, Charles (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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The 19th century marked a period of transformative global change where various movements sought to shape society in radical ways. One such movement was eugenics, which fostered perceptions of disability that led to the widespread acceptance of involuntary and coerced sterilizations of disabled females in the United States. In the 20th century, politicians employed eugenics to its end, demonstrating the greatest horrors it could hold. This thesis will investigate the rationale behind sterilizations, the evolution of societal attitudes towards disability, and the contemporary role of guardianships in medical decision-making processes through the theoretical lenses of critical disability studies, the models of disability, and the moral principles of bioethics – justice, autonomy, and nonmaleficence. Findings indicate that individuals with disabilities may need additional support in the medical decision-making process, and while historically guardianships have been used to achieve this, they should be a last resort if the individual has the competence necessary to partake in collaborative decision-making with the support of a third-party, particularly in instances that involve the irreversible procedure of sterilization.
ContributorsLemke, Ava (Author) / Mara, Miriam (Thesis director) / Schuster, Nanette (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This duo thesis is an autoethnography of what it means to be Filipino-American in the United States. Being raised in varying backgrounds yet with the similarity of being Filipino, there are aspects of our lives that are simultaneously similar and different. The goal of this project is the exploration of one’s cultural, familial and personal identities and how they intersect with their individuality and sense of belonging. Through this project, we documented our experience as Filipinos in the United States and our travel back to the Philippines and showcased it through videos. It is a means to document our reflections on this project to share with the Filipino community and individuals who share the same sentiments.
ContributorsTamayo, Rianne Daisy (Author) / Onayan, Youla Tricia (Co-author) / O'Flaherty, Katherine (Thesis director) / Fedock, Rachel (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
Created2024-05