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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 2012 2012

Bias Crime and Minority Threat, Michele Stacey

Instituting an Oral Health Preventive Service Program, Including Fluoride Varnish, for Preschool Children Birth to Five Years in a Rural Health Clinic: A clinical Scholarship Project, Carol Ann Berger

Making Politics Personal: Leadership Programs as a Tool for Developing Political Interest and Efficacy in Young Women, Dayna Marie Stock

Narrative Identities of American Muslim Women in a Midwestern City, Emily Anastasia Hager

Natural Hair: A Content Analysis of Black hair style and texture on YouTube Videos, Toni Dominique Rowell

Nordic Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Era: A Case Study of Institutional Persistence, Pavla Landiss

Shopping for Identity: An Economic Explanation for the Post-2003 Violence in Iraq, Alan M. Noory

The Modern Family: Confronting Attitudes and Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Through Gay Male Relationships and Gender Roles on TV, Alice Telios

Travelers, Angela Marie Mitchell-Phillips

Dissertations from 2011 2011

A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Hope Vi Program in Revitalizing Conventional Public Housing Sites: A Multiple Case Study in St. Louis, Uchechukwu Anthony Oluku

A History of Weinbau in the Lower Missouri Valley: From Dutzow to Hermann, Missouri, Todd J. Brown

Campus Influence on International Students' Perceptions of the United States

Cross-racial/Cross-gender Mentoring of School Administrators, Zella M. Williams

Evolution, Terror Management Theory, and Humans’ Relationship with Nature, Joshua Warren Vinocour

EXPERIENCES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS USING INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, Olena Zhadko

Galileo's Philosophy of Science, Jason Eugene Gavin

Higher Education Faculty’s Attitudes toward White Privilege, Rebecca Ann Burns

HISTORY OF THE OBSERVATORY AS AN INSTITUTION: FROM MARAGHA TO MOUNT WILSON, Rihab Sawah

Maslach's Burnout in Part-Time Faculty at a Four-Year Postsecondary Institution, Christiane Rene` Hubbard-Valentine

Mourning, Melancholia, and the Possibility of Transformation: Comparing Julia Kristeva's Black Sun and Judith Butler's The Psychic Life of Power, Kristina Marie Darling

Snakes, Thieves, and Liars, Ron Anthony Austin

Talking Back and Getting Smart: Action Research in a Primarily African American First Year Composition Class Learning the Skills for Research, Natasha Denise Moore

The Effects of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) on Middle Level Students, Michael Raymond Havener

The Influence of Context on African American Political Participation and Partisanship, Andre L. Smith

Understanding turnover intentions and behavior of Indian information systems professionals: A study of organizational justice, job satisfaction and social norms, Vidya V. Iyer