W&L University Student Scholarship: Recent submissions
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A Study of Some of the Properties of Tetrabromoanthranilic Acid and Tetrachloroanthranilic Acid
The original purpose of this thesis was twofold; to prepare tetrabromoanthranilic acid and study its chemical reactions, and to study the reactions of tetrachloroanthranilic acid, especially its behavior in diazotization. ... -
The Evolution of Ukrainian National Identity (thesis)
When Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Ukraine became more unified than ever before, decisively linking its identity to freedom and democracy. Careful analysis of how Ukraine ... -
A Study of the Globular Cluster NGC 7089 Using RR Lyrae Distance Measurements (thesis)
Globular clusters are gravitationally bound groups of stars averaging about 13 billion years old. Since the universe itself is around 14 billion years old, globular clusters can give valuable insight into the formation ... -
Local Law Enforcement within a Collapsing Mental Health System: A Qualitative Analysis on Crisis Intervention Team Programs in Virginia (thesis)
The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model is a globally recognized and implemented jail diversion program that improves local law enforcement response to individuals with mental illness or substance use disorder (MISUD). ... -
Beyond Books: Understanding Libraries as Information Sources and Resources Against Poverty
This capstone's methodology is primarily based in literature review. To understand how libraries are or are not effectively intervening in poverty, this capstone primarily reviews two types of document. The first type is ... -
The Author Is Legion: Transformative Work and Fan Fiction as a Literary Meta-Genre (thesis)
Transformative work must be understood first and foremost as a style and meta-genre defined by its relationships. The relationship between texts, with changes and variations from one incarnation to the next. The relationship ... -
Shakespeare and Succession Crisis: Shakespeare's Reimagining of Elizabeth I's Legacy in Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, and King Lear (thesis)
If Shakespeare's works can tell us anything, it is that the Elizabethan time was one filled with as much uncertainty as our own. There was no surety that we would all remember Elizabeth as the greatest queen in English ... -
"God is the Perfect Comprehension:" Faith, Form, and Feeling in Zelda Fitzgerald's Deposition
This paper examines Fitzgerald's Deposition from angles biographical as well as formal and iconographical, relating the piece to her personal system of aesthetics as well as her prior work in order to examine the impact ... -
Bugs and Bacteria: A Survey of Water Quality and Ecosystem Health in Rockbridge County (thesis)
The Maury River and its tributaries comprise an understudied system within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed that is affected heavily by human disturbance. Water and sediment nitrate and E. coli concentrations were used in ... -
Dignified Healthcare for Immigrants: The Need for Cross-Cultural Efficacy in America’s Medical Community
The diversification of the American population changes the healthcare landscape. Patients with different cultural belief systems and the increased incidence of tropical diseases in the United States requires reform in the ... -
Implicit Incentives in Football: An Empirical Analysis of Performance Measurement for NFL Players (thesis)
In this study, I examine how team-based and individual performance metrics are incorporated into NFL players' contracts. The current research in performance evaluation and incentive contract design suggests that a mixed ... -
A Holistic Examination of the Relationship Between ESG Ratings and Corporate Financial Performance (thesis)
This paper examines the effect of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings and several of their component parts core accounting performance metrics, proxied by metrics in the DuPont decomposition. Further, I ... -
The Catholic Church as "Guardian of the Faith"? Sex, Scandal, and Social Progress in the Republic of Ireland (thesis)
What makes Ireland's social and political trajectory notable is not that the debates over marriage equality and abortion departed from the traditional framework used in the West. Instead, it is the distinct historical ... -
The Removal of the Jordan's Point Dam: Examining Channel Restructure and Sediment Mobilization (thesis)
The 2019 removal of the Jordan's Point Dam, a low-head concrete structure built in 1911 but predated by several older crib dams, is understood to have served as a significant geomorphological event in the Maury River. ... -
"Passing Like Cherry Blossoms:" Silence in Chinese-American Literature (thesis)
This thesis was born out of the desire to see myself, a Chinese-American person, represented in contemporary American fiction. In the publishing industry today, books written by and about people of minority racial or ethnic ... -
The Original Sin: English Discourses of Race and Plantation in Ireland, 1590-1625 (thesis)
Ireland experienced numerous forms of land redistribution throughout its history due to intermittent invasions. Viking and Norman groups each conquered sections of the island from the 800s to 1200s CE, and the Tudor monarchs ... -
An Examination of the History and Music of Select Classical Saxophone Works and Jazz Standards (thesis)
Altogether, an examination of the selected recital repertoire presents greater historical context of the performed works and their composers in addition to providing a musical analysis of the pieces themselves. The classical ... -
Assessing the Impact of Soil on Manganese Contamination in Springs and Groundwater in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia (thesis)
A substantial fraction of the Shenandoah Valley, VA population relies on ground and spring water for domestic use. Manganese (Mn) is of particular concern in groundwater, as low-level chronic exposure to aqueous Mn ... -
Analyzing the Relationships Between Aqueous Manganese and Geological Factors in Groundwater in the Shenandoah Valley (thesis)
Manganese (Mn) can be either harmful or beneficial to human health, depending on the phase and concentration that the element is found in. In recent years research has indicated that low level chronic exposure to aqueous ... -
Moritura: Gendered Readings of Women's Suicides in Latin Poetry Through The Methodology of Living Death (thesis)
This thesis will examine the ideal reader's perception of four women who die by suicide in Latin poetry from two different eras: The Golden Age and the Silver Age and it will propose a analytical framework for examining ...