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Surviving Laparoscopic Bilateral Hernia Surgery

Personal medical narrative and recovery guide

A Six Part Essay Concerning Qualitative Methods and Annette Lareau's "Unequal Childhoods"

Educational sociology and research methodology

A Qualitative Methods Research Proposal Concerning Deaf Infant Cochlear Implantation and Feelings of Acceptance by Hearing Peers

Deaf studies and qualitative research

Lemann, Wilson and Anderson: Marking the Synonymical Rise and Fall of the "Culture of Poverty" Conceit

Sociology and urban policy analysis

A Partially Elided Examination of United States Muslim Immigration Policy and Persecution Before and After 9/11

Immigration policy and civil rights

The Failure of Foucauldian Urban Schooling: Abstraction, Panopticism and the Carceral City

Critical theory and education

Ghetto Schooling and a Theme of Three Theories: Functionalism, Conflict and Interactionist

Educational sociology

Greed, Deception, Revenge and Prosperity: 18th and 19th Century Development in the Delaware Forks

American regional history

Turkle's Fellowship of the Microchip: A Failure of Teaching, Not of Technology

Technology and education

For the Want of Water: Safely Slaking New York City's Twentieth Century Thirst

Urban infrastructure history

How to Do Well on an Essay Exam

Academic skills and pedagogy

The Stations of Urban Mourning: A Qualitative Investigation of Ongoing Public Grieving

Urban sociology and grief studies