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Amplifying Autistic perspectives: Learning from and with Autistic adults to support their autonomy
DownloadFall 2023
Self-determination enhances a person’s quality of life and is a fundamental human right. Yet, Autistic individuals experience fewer opportunities for self-determination than their non-autistic peers, including peers with other developmental disabilities. This is often due to professionals...
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Evaluating Challenges to Patient Autonomy in BRCA Gene Testing, Breast Cancer Culture, and Preventative Mastectomy
DownloadFall 2019
In this project, I consider ethical issues surrounding genetic screening programs by specifically using the trend for women to ask their physician for BRCA1/BRCA2 gene screening and then trying to decide what should be done with the information if the test returns positive (for example,...
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Population Governance in China: An Analysis from the Household Registration System (Hukou) Perspective
DownloadFall 2020
China’s population governance apparatus includes a system of household registration referred to as “hukou” that collects detailed data on individuals and their families. This information includes people’s birthplace, ancestral origin, ID number, religious affiliation, military service status,...
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Red Biddies, Wailing Banshees, and Rebel Sisters: Reading Feminist Discourses, Women's Movements, and Alternative Periodicals in the Republic of Ireland, 1950-1980
DownloadFall 2019
In the Republic of Ireland, the years between 1950 and 1980 are often characterized by national and postcolonial historiographies as culturally and politically inert – if not limited – in terms of women’s social and cultural output. Not unlike other narratives of feminist and women’s histories,...