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The Texas Guard during martial law and a state of emergency: A select study focusing on Galveston, Sherman, Beaumont and Texas City
(2001-05)
Texas Volunteer, National, and State Guard troops hold a distinguished history of service to Texas and have proved to be invaluable in efforts to aid civil authorities during emergency situations and in extreme conditions ...
Patterns of intermarriages among foreign-born Asians in the United States
(2016-05-30)
The Asian population has the highest rate of intermarriages in the United States. However, the majority of studies on Asian intermarriages lump Asians together without considering nativity or focus on native-born Asians, ...
International students' perceptions of social inequalities in the u.s.
(Texas Woman's University, 2016-08-31)
For this paper, international students were interviewed about their perceptions of social inequalities in the U.S. In particular, I wanted to know whether perceptions about different types of social inequality, such as ...
Immigration and crime in rural america: the case of Iowa
(Texas Woman's University, 2016-12-31)
The popular media are rife with anecdotal reports of rampant crime perpetrated by immigrants across the U.S. A review of the literature reveals an abundance of research on the relationship between immigration and crime in ...
An exploration of mathematical proofs
(2016-08-31)
The purpose of this thesis is to teach methods of proving statements in mathematics. We will be dissecting proven statements and examining the individual steps to gain a greater understanding on how to prove statements. ...
Expansion of prostitution demand policies and resistance in the global west: a comparative discourse analysis of canada, england, and northern ireland
(Texas Woman's University, 2016-08-31)
The development of prostitution policies continues to be a dynamic issue globally with new developments continually occurring. This dissertation integrates social constructionism and Michel Foucault’s theory of discourse ...
Students' experiences of remediation in their graduate psychology programs: a phenomenological study
(Texas Woman's University, 2016-08-31)
Student competence problems, defined as behaviors that cause a student or supervisee to fail to meet essential professional standards (Elman & Forrest, 2007), impact a substantial number of graduate students in applied ...
Extending identity theory: parenting and identity formation in human-animal relationships
(Texas Woman's University, 2016-12-31)
Both traditional and structural perspectives in symbolic interaction have conceptualized the formation of self as arising out of lingual interaction between human actors. This was based on Mead’s original premise that ...
An investigation of the efficacy of empirically supported treatments (ests) for posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd): a meta-analytic review
(Texas Woman's University, 2016-08-31)
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that occurs following a psychological trauma, which consists of experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening situation. Examples of traumatic events include, ...
Social construction of illicit teacher-student relationships: a media analysis
(Texas Woman's University, 2016-08-31)
Teacher sexual misconduct has received widespread media attention. The focus of this study is to examine and analyze online news articles about cases involving teacher- student participants. The goal is to investigate how ...