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Diversity Themes in Graduate Works

UMSL Graduate scholars are given the opportunity to highlight if their thesis or dissertation deals with cultural diversity issues or is culturally diverse. This is a collection of those self selected works.

Dissertations from 2018 2018

The Impact of the Use of Science Notebooks in Conjunction with a Learning Progression-based Science Unit in an Urban Middle School, Reagan Williams

The Meaning of a Family History of Colorectal Cancer in Black Families in the United States, Cassandra Loggins

Try to Remember Breath, Rita Chapman

Unmasking Whiteness: Progressing Toward Cultural Responsiveness Within a RTI Framework, Melinda F. Scheetz

What About Us? For Girls Between Worlds: How Black Girls Navigate White High Schools, Cryslynn C. Billingsley

Why Giving Up the Keys Can Be Terrifying: Examining Driving Retirement Through a Terror Management Theory Paradigm, Perri Navarro

XAMINER, Terry Artis

Dissertations from 2017 2017

Academic Supports Preferred by Academically Struggling African American Students at a Predominantly White University, Ellen E. Meadows and Joan H. Ruppert

A for Academics or Athletics: A Critical Look at African American Male Student Athletes in Search of Identity, Tamekia Bush

A Healthcare Provider Needs Assessment Regarding Transgender Patient Health for a Student Health Services Center, Dorothy J. Cochran

A Mixed-methods Study of English Language Learners' Academic Achievements in a Spanish Language Immersion School, Ibtihal Salman

A Multilevel Examination of the Black Middle Class, Segregation, and Neighborhood Crime, Claire A. Greene

An Inventory of Selected Mentor and Protégé Motivational and Effectiveness Characteristics at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), David Huston

A Qualitative Case Study: Examining the Social and Cultural Impact of SISTERS Club, Andrea L. Barrale

A Video Intervention for Professionals Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults, Allison R. Warren

Damar on Fridays, Maja Sadikovic

Design and Evaluation of a Course on Social and Emotional Learning and Classroom Management for Future Teachers in Colombia, Andrea Bustamante

Does Truth Promote Peace? Toward a Greater Understanding of Truth Commissions as Transitional Justice Mechanisms in Post-Conflict Countries, Eric Royer

Experiences of Former Participants in Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (TASH), Celeste Nicholas

Exploring Whites' Recognition of Racial Microaggressions through an Existential Lens, Ashley Gold Parker

Frida's Daughter, Myrta Vida

Gender Identity Work: Oppression and Agency as Described in Lifespan Narratives of Transgender and Other Gender Non-Conforming Identified People in the U. S., Kathryn O'Brien

Healthcare Use Self-Efficacy in Adults Who Are Homeless, Jared Ian Israel

How African American Parents Prepare to Homeschool Their Children, Riquita Henry

I’m Afraid to Tell You What I Really Think: An Investigation into the Feedback Withholding Bias Mechanism and Outcomes within STEM Settings, Deborah Lee