Browsing by Author "Gatson, Sarah"
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Williams, Monica Elaine (2020-07-14)Determining appropriate theory to analyze how the aging process impacts prison management has proven difficult. Since there is little extant theory that can posit factors and trends leading to an aging inmate population ...
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Nummi, Josephine R (2022-07-22)#BlackLivesMatter protests exemplify the militarization of policing and the antagonistic relationship between police departments and the communities they are meant to serve. This study bridges systemic racism literature, ...
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Dunn, Megan Kathleen (2023-03-30)Racial and ethnic labels have historically been used for both political and social purposes, and they can be used to signal meaning, which may offer insights into social boundary construction. Using data from the Boundaries ...
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Wilson, NIa Qiu (2021-06-04)Bachata is a genre of music and dance which originated in the Dominican Republic and became globally popular in the 1990s and early 2000s. As a social dance form, bachata provides a framework for dancers to enjoy human-to-human ...
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Chu, Hyejin (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Compared to other professions, women's representation in engineering professions is considerably lower than men's, and this particular situated-ness or locality makes women experience a unique process of identity construction. ...
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Elias, Sean (2010-10-12)The idea that theories of race, racial segregation and racism have played a central role in the development of sociology and that black and white sociologies have formed because of this condition is not new and has been ...
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Makarem, Yasmeen (2019-04-10)This basic qualitative study explored the career experiences of women working in STEM fields in Lebanon. Guided by career construction theory (Savickas, 2002), I conducted individual, in-depth, semi-structured interviews ...
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Tran, Vy Tuong (2021-08-02)This study explored how clinical supervisors in the mental health professions make meaning of their training experiences to conceptualize and evaluate their supervisee’s multicultural counseling competence (MCC) as a part ...
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Plemons, April (2009-05-15)How are pets being used as status symbols to display social position and wealth? This paper seeks to theoretically examine pet owners and their use of animals to convey a message of social status, position and wealth. This ...
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Davis, Jennifer 1983- (2012-12-10)In the present study, I look at the relationship between power and identity verification and the conditions under which this relationship can be disrupted. Specifically, I look at the role of information in disrupting power ...
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Anderson, Lindsay (2009-05-15)With the increased number of natural disasters that have plagued the world in recent years, benefits and charities have become forefront in the media and in people’s minds. The most publicized of these charities are ones ...
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Anderson, Lindsay Alexandria (2012-07-16)When discussing charity, it is important to recognize that charity and other forms of giving are not solely done out of altruism, but can also be done out of greed and self promotion. It is especially important to recognize ...
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Contemporary Representations of Race: Mediating the New(s) Politics of Blackness in the Obama Moment French, Nina Casetra (2017-05-09)This dissertation examines ways in which the myth of meritocracy, notions of America as post-racial, and instances of colorisms are articulated through CNN (Cable News Network) during the rise of then-Senator Barack Obama’s ...
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Delgado, Daniel Justino (2013-07-22)This dissertation examines the racial identities of middleclass Mexican Americans, and provides a focus on how racial oppression plays a significant role in the formation, negotiation, and organization of these identities. ...
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Chaplin, Kenneth S (2015-05-08)When an observer looks at pick-up basketball in an integrated space it appears like groups of players are playing based simply on racial difference, but a deeper look reveals other factors that influence how these apparent ...
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Keyworth, Matthew Jerrid (2014-03-05)In 1892, People’s Party candidate James Weaver won more than a million votes and four states in his bid for the presidency. Despite finishing third, the fledgling party’s promising start worried Democrats and Republicans ...
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Ortiz, Stephanie M (2020-06-23)A 2017 national survey conducted by Pew found that “online harassment” is a pervasive experience for young adults aged 18 to 29, who are most likely to encounter hate speech, sexual harassment and stalking. Inductive, ...
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Hibbeler, Britney L. (2010-01-14)The purpose of this research project was to examine representations of male characters and masculinity in Disney animated feature films. Social learning theory, gender and hegemonic masculinity were used to theoretically ...
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Collins, Brittany L (2016-01-22)Individuals who identify with a social minority group, particularly African American, tend to face problematic social conditions wherein difference becomes a salient factor by which they must make sense of, negotiate, and ...
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Johnson, Michelle Ann (2017-10-09)In 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). The legislation was intended to limit the federal government’s control over how individual states ...