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Undergraduate Review Volume 12 Article 1 2016 Undergraduate Undergraduate Review Volume 12 Article 1 2016 Undergraduate Review, Vol. 12, 2015/2016 Follow this and additional works at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/undergrad_rev Recommended Citation Bridgewater State University. (2016). Undergraduate Review, 12. Available at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/undergrad_rev/vol12/iss1/1 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Copyright © 2016 VOLUME X 2013-2014 BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY STATE The Undergraduate Review The Undergraduate Review A JOURNAL OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK AND CREATIVE WORK AND CREATIVE RESEARCH A JOURNAL OF UNDERGRADUATE “The Elements” costume set designed by Lee Anne Wentzell Models: Connor Parker (earth), Ashley Knott (fire), Kacy Blais (water), Arianna Zikos (air) Allen, Baker, Bernasconi, Boivin, Correia, Dickerson, Fitzgerald, Gerring, Houldcroft, Kane, Kelleher, Lagasse, BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY | 2016 Leonard, Mathews, Pacheco, Pasciuto, Portway, Skrabec, Stoltz, Sun, Spicer, Svoboda, Viltus, Westgate VOLUME XII 2016 2 • THE UNDERGRADUATE REVIEW • 2016 BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY THE UNDERGRADUATE REVIEW Volume XII 2016 Editor in Chief Jenny Olin Shanahan, Ph.D. Assistant Editor Rachel-Beth Gagnon Contact Information: Office of Undergraduate Research 200 Maxwell Library 10 Shaw Rd Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA 02325 508-531-2805 http://vc.bridgew.edu/undergrad_rev/ © Copyright Bridgewater State University 2016 On the Cover: “The Elements” costume set Lee Anne Wentzell For my final Advanced Sculpture project I designed and created a four-piece costume set inspired by the elements earth, fire, water, and air. Through this project I learned to work with new materials and adjusted to using the human body as a medium. For each element I wanted to capture a specific mood. Earth is the origin of all elements. It is the nurturing, stable source of life. Without the Earth we would have no existence. Fire creates light and warmth while trans- forming the space around it. It can mesmerize, destroy, and comfort. Fire is a powerful element full of energy and passion. Water comes in many forms and is transforming like fire. It will flow and seep its way out of any crack, but when frozen it is solid and compact. Air represents time, direction, and movement. Al- though air may seem to be a simple element, it is rather complex; it allows living things to thrive. BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY 3 • THE UNDERGRADUATE REVIEW • 2016 Table of Contents Processes of Racialization through Media Depictions of Transracial Violence Megan Allen .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Determining the Efficiency of Disposable Baby Diapers through Data Envelopment Analysis Joseph Baker and Jenna Bernasconi ........................................................................................................19 The Man in the Field: Thoreau’s “Concern to Be Observed” Don Boivin .............................................................................................................................................. 27 Sex on the Body: Representation of the Queer Individual in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home Samantha Correia ................................................................................................................................... 32 Comparison of Renting Training Aircraft Using Data Envelopment Analysis Heather Dickerson ................................................................................................................................. 37 African American Slave Medicine of the 19th Century Colin Fitzgerald ...................................................................................................................................... 44 The Power of Form in Henry Medwall’s Fulgens and Lucres Vanessa Gerring .......................................................................................................................................51 Reclaiming Social Media: A Weird Stance against the Social Marketplace Andrew Houldcroft ................................................................................................................................. 57 The Effects of Physical Education Experiences on Homeschooled Students and Families Natasha Kane ......................................................................................................................................... 66 The Characterization of Vectors in R^n with the Haar Property Terrence Kelleher .................................................................................................................................... 72 The Relationship between Circadian Dysfunction and Cognitive Impairment in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease Andrew Leonard ..................................................................................................................................... 80 No Man’s Land Laurie Mathews ...................................................................................................................................... 90 Effects of a 10-Week Periodized Resistance-Training Program on Speed-Performance Variables in Male High-School Athletes Brooke Pacheco ...................................................................................................................................... 98 4 • THE UNDERGRADUATE REVIEW • 2016 BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY The Mystery of the Non-Transitive Grime Dice Nicholas Pasciuto ................................................................................................................................. 107 Police Contacts and Attitudes toward Police: A Study of Race and Policing Gary Portway .........................................................................................................................................116 Discovering How the Pieces Fit Together: An Interdisciplinary Research Project Integrating the Disciplines of Elementary Education and English Angela Skrabec ..................................................................................................................................... 126 2014 in Black & White: A Measure of Social Policy Attitudes Femi Stoltz ............................................................................................................................................ 140 Exploring Residents’ Attitudes toward Solar Photovoltaic System Adoption in China Yaqin Sun and Steven Spicer ................................................................................................................ 148 Purchasing Efficiency Measurement of Selected Electric Vehicles in the United States Utilizing Data Envelopment Analysis Jonathan Svoboda and Derek Lagasse ..................................................................................................161 Torment of the Repressed: Race and the Gothic in Hannah Crafts’ and Charles Chesnutt’s Fiction Sharrisse Viltus ..................................................................................................................................... 170 The Clock, or Happiness is Not Ready Made Caitlin Westgate .................................................................................................................................... 176 BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY 5 • THE UNDERGRADUATE REVIEW • 2016 Undergraduate Review Volume XII Reviewers Dr. Ahmed Abdelal (Communication Disorders) Dr. Heidi Bean (English) Dr. Matt Bell (English) Dr. Melissa Brandon (Psychology) Dr. Ann Brunjes (English) Dr. Kevin Donnelly (Political Science) Dr. Patricia Emmons (Elementary & Early Childhood Education) Dr. Kathryn Evans (English) Dr. Kathleen Ferris-Costa (Management) Dr. Nicole Glen (Elementary & Early Childhood Education) Dr. Todd C. Harris (Management) Dr. Krista Hill Cummings (Management) Dr. John Kucich (English) Dr. Shannon Lockard (Mathematics) Prof. Rob Lorenson (Art) Dr. Margaret Lowe (History) Dr. Melanie McNaughton (Communication Studies) Dr. Mia Ortiz (Criminal Justice) Dr. Vignon Oussa (Mathematics) Dr. Pamela Russell (Movement Arts, Health Promotion & Leisure Studies) Prof. Katherine Saucier (Political Science) Prof. Timothy Trask (English) Dr. Elizabeth Veisz (English) Dr. Wendy Wright (Criminal Justice) Dr. Tong Ching (Tom) Wu (Movement Arts, Health Promotion & Leisure Studies) 6 • THE UNDERGRADUATE REVIEW • 2016 BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY from. Along this spectrum of politically and socially diverse media Processes of outlets emerges differentiating narratives of individual subjects. The importance of scrutinizing knowledge production Racialization is the first step in grasping the inseparable relationship between knowledge and power. Those who hold power hold influence over through Media knowledge, which in turn holds the power to influence human behavior. Acknowledging this leverage over human inquiry requires Depictions of that we view formal (education, media, the criminal justice system) and informal institutions issuing knowledge through a critical lens. Transracial Violence Critical Race Theory is one such lens through which intersections of power, framing, and perceptions can be examined. Critical Race MEGAN ALLEN Theory views racism as a fundamental presence engrained in nearly Abstract every social and formal institution in the United States, whether we n this research project, I explore the process of racialization in chose to believe it or
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