Browsing Sewanee Senior Honors Theses 2009 by Title
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Caves as Islands: Population Genetics of Nesticus barri (Araneae: Nesticidae)
(2009-04-24)Caves are abundantly found throughout the United States, especially in the southern Appalachian Mountains, and are home to a diverse fauna. This cave fauna, though diverse, often evolves in a convergent manner causing many ... -
Crossing Over: Racial Passing and Racial Uplift in Nella Larsen's Fiction
(2009-04-28)Fundamental to the American myth is a juxtaposition of the “civilized†or “superior†majority with the “inferior†other. By classifying African Americans as inherently different from and inferior to whites, ... -
Ecofeminismo: El valor intrÃnseco de la naturaleza y de la mujer en Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y La mujer habitada
(2009-05-04)En la literatura latinoamericana, la tierra tiene un papel prominente. La gente autóctona depende de los recursos naturales para sobrevivir, e históricamente, existe un choque entre el hombre y la naturaleza que es ... -
Effects of exurbanization on avian and macroinvertebrate diversity in Sewanee, Tennessee
(2009-04-29)The fastest growing form of development in North America is exurbanization, defined as low density housing development beyond suburban areas. The effects of exurbanization on biodiversity are complex and depend on the ... -
Effects of Exurbanization on the food and habitat of Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus)
(2009-04-29)Dryocopus pileatus (Pileated Woodpeckers) are the largest woodpeckers in the United States. They require large trees for roosting, nesting, and feeding that must be dead or dying for ease of excavation and presence of the ... -
Hero Henry: Heroism and Antiheroism in John Berryman's Dream Songs
(2009-05-06)In capturing his own experiences and confronting his own pain, Henry suffers for his readers. In his “Preface to Leaves of Grass,” Walt Whitman makes a statement to which Berryman certainly would have assented: “You shall ... -
Mechanisms of induced cardiovascular dysfunction within diabetics
(2009-05-07)Increased arginase activity in diabetics is thought to play a role in hypertension and hepatic disfunction. This work investigates the role of arginase levels in collagen formation, which is believed to be correlated with ... -
Mulhall, Film, and the Importance of Self-Reflexivity
(2009-04-30)In On Film, Stephen Mulhall examines whether and in what sense film can be understood as being a form of philosophy. Mulhall grounds his exploration of the relevant issues in the ideas and approach of Ludwig Wittgenstein, ... -
Springtime bird diversity on the Domain of The University of the South: An Investigation of Exurbanization and its impact on the University's avian population
(2009-05-01)The focus of this two-year project was to uncover a relationship between exurbanization and the avian population on the Domain of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Exurbanization involves the movement of ...
