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by York Williams Overview In the film Akeelah and the Bee (2006), directed by Doug Atchison, the complex character named[…]
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by Maria Rovito The life of Joseph Carey Merrick prevails as a spectacle for the public: decades after his death[…]
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Read moreWelcome from the Dean
Welcome to Millersville University’s Spring 2018 edition of MUsings: The Graduate Journal. Our journal continues the exciting mission to be[…]
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MUsings: The Graduate Journal Spring 2018 Publisher Victor DeSantis, Dean College of Graduate Studies and Adult Learning Millersville University Millersville,[…]
Read moreMapping the Impact of Landscape in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia and The Professor’s House
by Hannah Halter In her article, “Harvesting Willa Cather’s Literary Fields,” Beth Rundstrom discusses the humanistic outlook evident in most[…]
Read moreForensic Social Work Practice: Military Veterans in the Criminal Justice System
by Bradley J Schaffer Abstract Social Work practice with the military veteran population in the criminal justice system (CJS) is[…]
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