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“It's a miracle: Achieving “normalcy” within the Black church amongst disabled individuals
(2021-08-23)This qualitative study investigated the intersection of disabled individuals within Black churches and the examination of identity acceptability as it relates to physical and spiritual wholeness. The study interviewed 6 ... -
Effects of social status, religion, and secularization on attitudes toward gender equality among Iranians
(2021-07-26)Despite efforts to achieve gender equality, women are under-represented and have fewer opportunities than men worldwide. Additionally, there is a disagreement between the West and the Islamic world over gender equality, ... -
It's a shit show, and it's fine: The practice of symbolic nonviolence in higher education in 2020
(2021-06-23)The purpose of this study is to understand the ways in which COVID-19 created or exposed inequities among faculty and students in the context of higher education in 2020. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted ... -
LGBT guilds as buffers against sexual minority stress
(2021-06-11)Minority stress theory posits that social connection to LGBT-affirming communities may buffer against the negative health effects of anti-LGBT stigma. Yet, few scholars have extended this scope of research to video games—a ... -
LGBT guilds as buffers against sexual minority stress
(2021-06-11)Minority stress theory posits that social connection to LGBT-affirming communities may buffer against the negative health effects of anti-LGBT stigma. Yet, few scholars have extended this scope of research to video games—a ... -
Eating our young: A study of secondary, early teacher attrition
(2021-05-27)Early teacher attrition has been a problem for American secondary schools for decades. With raising student enrollment and high fiscal costs to train new teachers, determining value-added approaches to secondary early ... -
Black-white inequality through the lens of race, class, and gender in North Texas, 1880-1940
(2021-04-12)Utilizing the three-article format, this dissertation examines the severe inequalities related to race, class, and gender in North Texas from 1880 to 1940. The unifying theme of all three articles is the ways in which ... -
An auto/ethnographic exploration of the effects of a reservist's deployment on the support system: The theory of deployment communication and resilience for a support system
(2021-04-12)The purpose of this study is to understand how the support system, including family (such as parents and siblings), friends, and co-workers experience the deployment of a Reservist who is not married and does not have ... -
Divinely ordained death? Exploring religious determinants of support for capital punishment, abortion, and euthanasia
(2021-02-03)Whether individuals may decide to end other people or their own life has always been a matter of ethical and social debate. The current research explores attitudes toward three cases of unnatural death: capital punishment, ... -
Farmer’s progress: The trial-and-error path to a sustainable agricultural future
(9/8/2020)Alongside the growth in popularity of sustainable movements, the number of small farms continues to increase throughout the United States. Despite many obstacles, people from various backgrounds have transitioned to become ... -
The social lives of Dementia caregivers
(7/8/2020)In the coming decades, there may not be enough professional caregivers to meet the needs of elderly and disabled persons; family and friends will take on more informal care roles than in the past, with great social impact, ... -
Being Black: A study of Black panethnicity in the United States
(5/28/2020)While the examination of Asian, Hispanic, Indian, and white panethnicity abounds, systematic research on black panethnicity is surprisingly absent. This research is the first comprehensive study of black panethnicity in ... -
Someone like me: Exploring race mentoring and its impact on retention and campus climate among college students
(5/4/2020)Institutions of higher learning have seen increased pressure to improve retention and graduation rates. Funding, institutional prestige, and recruitment are often tied to retention and graduation rates, motivating institutions ... -
The global path of human rights: A quantitative analysis of trajectories, democracy, and development
(1/27/2020)Despite common international acceptance of human rights law, countries and regions vary in their understandings and practices of human rights. This nation-level study sought, first, to develop empirical definitions of human ... -
The halo effect? An ecological analysis of the religion-crime nexus
(4/9/2020)This dissertation endeavors to examine the influence that the sacred plays in society by determining if religion’s institutional position as displayed through the presence of the moral communities is pivotal to society’s ... -
The basis of racial classification: Ancestry-informative marker versus social context
(2019-09-27)Racial classification is very important in American life as it has a significant impact on many social issues. There have been different approaches to the basis of racial classification. In the latter part of the 19th ... -
Invisible chronic illness in female college students
(2019-09-18)The purpose of this thesis was to examine how female students negotiate the experience of college while living with an invisible chronic illness. Quantitative data, through the use of online surveys, were collected from ... -
Racist perceptions on a college campus: Intersectionality of gender, race, and Greek affiliation
(2019-08-12)This paper analyzes whether and how gender, race, and Greek affiliation, along with symbolic and traditional racial attitudes, are associated with racist perceptions on a college campus located in the deep south of the ... -
Cranes in the sky: Exploring the relationship between the strong black woman archetype and mental health help-seeking behaviors of black women
(2019-07-03)The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the Strong Black Woman archetype and the self-image of Black women as well as their mental health help-seeking behaviors. Specifically, I am exploring if a ...
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