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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 2017 2017

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

In the Vatican Necropolis, Sarah Pitt

Literary Pedagogies at UMSL: Combining Case Study with Personal Narrative, Elizabeth Miller

Meeting Yourself Without Rose Colored Glasses: An Urban Charter, Apryll L. Mendez Gaskew and Shenelle M. Dubose

Meeting Yourself Without Rose Colored Glasses: An Urban Public School, Shenelle DuBose and Apryll Mendez

Predictors of Cognitive Function Among Cognitively Impaired Older African Americans Living in Congregate Residential Settings, Zyra Daffodil Apugan

Providing Equitable Access to Education for African American Students: The Journey of One Administrative Team, John P. Raimondo

Realist Nonideal Theory: The Intuition Critique, Reflective Equilibrium and the Role of Morality in Politics, Danny R. Underwood II

Repercussive Discrimination: Racial Discrimination as an Explanation of Prevalent Homophobia Among Racial Minorities, Timothy E. Lewis