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• Destabilizing gender norms: Women in masculine occupations in the Islamic Republic of Iran 

  Sattari, Negin (2018-06-26)

  This dissertation tackles the vastly discussed puzzle of women’s low rates of labor force participation in the Middle East, using the case of Iran while focusing on an under-explored perspective. Iran has one of the lowest ...

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• Carceral civil society: Citizenship and communities in a U.S. prison 

  Kurisu, Sheri-Lynn Sunshine (2018-04-15)

  Couched in frameworks of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality, this dissertation uses the lenses of citizenship and civil society to examine communities in a men’s medium security Illinois state prison. Prisons are ...

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• Type II diabetes and the embodiment of development in post-colonial Belize 

  Schmidt, Michelle Lee (2018-04-10)

  This dissertation explores diabetes as the embodiment of pathological forms of development on a Maya reservation in Belize, C.A. The global diabetes pandemic is estimated to affect 10% of the world’s population, with 80% ...

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• From military government to bases: Race, gender, and U.S. empire in Korea 

  Kwon, Yaejoon (2018-04-05)

  Through a socio-historical case study of the United State Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) from 1945 to 1949, this dissertation examines the relationships between race, gender, and U.S. empire. I argue that the ...

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• Resistance and waste work: Women’s environmentalism in Southern Italy 

  Bonatti, Valeria (2017-12-04)

  This dissertation analyzes how the implementation of the European Union Waste Directives is shaping gender and ethnic relationships in the region of Campania, Italy, an area with an extensive history of illegal dumping and ...

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