This thesis investigates the perceptions and use of gender-inclusive language in
Spanish among Spanish speakers living in the United States. The term inclusive language
encompasses a series of written and spoken strategies ...
The notion of ‘making a living’ has transformed how society thinks about work and how institutions and organizations shape how work is performed; not simply through the physical elements, but also through the social, ...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) accounts for 70% of dementia, but there is no known cure for
the disorder so many non-drug therapeutic treatments include changes in diet and
maintaining a healthier lifestyle (Kametani & Hasegawa, ...
This thesis analyzes the role of resilience in refugees when faced with adversity and identifying the strategies or resources used to overcome social and cultural challenges. The ethnographic information came from three ...
Menstruation carries a dual nature in United States society. It is celebrated as a sign of fertility and womanhood while simultaneously being seen as dirty, wasteful, and shameful. Since the industrial revolution, menstrual ...
This thesis describes the vernacular tradition of the dholki, a common wedding event
with song and singing. The dholki is framed in a context of a male-dominated religious
society and has the propensity to be utilized ...
In 2019, the U.S. health expenditure reached 16.8% of GDP (OECD, 2021). I hypothesize that payment structure and cost-control policy lead to variation in healthcare spending. Despite an optimized payment structure, health ...
As more Americans become increasingly concerned with the dangers associated with
climate change, the environmental movement in the United States continues to grow.
With a recent surge in participation from younger activists ...
This thesis examined transdiagnostic characteristics of psychological symptoms and how they might affect decision making and performance on a behavior inhibition task. Instead of examining individuals diagnosed with distinct ...
The gains made by the political right have come to characterize the political landscape of the 2010s. This rise of the political right is, in a way, a response to the various crises of the 21st century. These include but ...
This thesis adds to the anthropological literature of morality as it seeks to understand
the innerworkings of the moral economy of waste-to-energy incineration in Baltimore.
The objective of this thesis is to ascertain ...
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study is to examine the role of communication in family caregiving for family members with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia as well as to examine how family caregivers use ...
Many criminal legal agencies consider the use of validated risk and needs assessments (RNAs) best practice (Latessa & Lovins, 2010). Over the last few years, youth court agencies across the country began to adopt pre-sentence ...
This study examined the effect of middle school music enrollment on 8th grade academic outcomes within a large-scale, community-wide, prospective, longitudinal study of predominantly low-income students (N = 38,284). Middle ...
In this thesis, the intersections of evangelicalism, violence, gender roles, and power are explored. The location of focus was in Louisville, KY. Louisville is a city where 1 in 3 people are Southern Baptist and there is ...
On May 25th, 2020 George Floyd, an innocent Black man, was unjustly murdered by a
police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mass Black Lives Matter mobilizations
occurred around the nation. Shortly after his death, ...
This thesis contains the beginnings of a creative fiction novel. Astronaut and engineer Maria de la Cruz should have listened to her gut feeling when a shady billionaire convinced her to join the crew of his personally ...
This thesis describes the intersections of class, health, and power through poetry and nonfiction essay on the experience of working as an in-home health caregiver as a young queer person.
UNDERGROUND CITY is a book of poetry about a number of people living in or around Harrisonburg, VA. Told from varying perspectives, but mostly focusing on the life of one James Miller, the book attempts a novelistic approach ...
This thesis looks to the speaker’s polygamous Mormon ancestors living in rural Utah in the second half of the 19th century as a site for interrogating the intersections of power, gender, religion, and family relationships ...