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.

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Dissertations from 2024

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Shattering the Mask: Unveiling the Destructive Force of Misogynoir, LeDominique Hubbard

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Some Wounds Don’t Heal: Spirit Assassination Attempts: Tools of White Supremacy, Karen Louise Douglas

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Steminism: Analyzing Factors That Improve Retention of Women in STEM, Kira Carter, Jane Kelley, Jason Vasser-Elong, and RC Patterson

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Student–Faculty Engagement Solutions for Retention of Racially Minoritized Students, Rayza Rolon Nieves, Kevin M. Wathen, Jordan M. Watson, and Shanee E. Haynes

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The Cultivation and Integration of Cultural Humility and Cultural Competence in LGBTIQ+ Client Work: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach, Gon Ratanashevorn

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The Fentanyl Crisis in the African American Community: Exploring Geographic Differences in Overdose in the St. Louis Region, Tanys Giles, Devin Banks, Rashmi Ghonasgi, Maria Paschke, and Rachel Winograd

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The Impact of Social-Emotional Competence on Academic Achievement and Career Success within Urban School Systems, LaShanda R. Boone, Keesha Byrd, Susan Grimes, Jamesha Purdiman, and Cierra Wourman

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The Impacts of Authentic Learning on Student Outcomes, Evan Sheppard and Cameron Conner

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The Life and Music of Hazel Felman, Shane Devine

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The Normativity of Social Role Concepts, Robert Laurent III

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The Postsecondary Success of Historically Marginalized Black and Latino Male Students: Examining Factors that Impact College Readiness Preparation and Persistence, Molly Croghan, Ebonie Davis, Janci Finkley, Zehra Khan, Yvette Levy, Evans Mudanya, and Lizbeth Roman

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The Revolutionary St. Louis Insane Asylum, Julia Talbert

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The Spirit-Murdering of Black Students from White Educators, Brian C. Guilfoyle, Casetta D. Brown, Sarah J. Guilfoyle, and Courtney D. Jude

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Tritons United: Against Gender-Based Violence, Kayla Bowling, Jessica Emert, Kimberly Werner, and Maggie Gross

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War Frau, Sarah Hoeynck (Available for download on Friday, November 19, 2224)

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Who Cares?! Fostering Inclusive and Empowering Environments for Black Students in Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Retention and Cultural Engagement, Joel Mandell Stancer, Danielle Allen, Angela Haywood-Gaskin, Kelly Atkins, Rhonda Lingard, and Kuriston White-Dunlap

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Why We Stay - Considering the Past, Contemplating the Present, and Suggestions for the Future, Joelle McIntosh and Erika S. Johnson

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Wildflowers A Novel, Kelli Roberts

Available Works & Program from 2023

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Acculturation in Psychologists Practicing in the Southwest, Lisa Adams and Amy Band

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A Comparative Analysis of the European and American Child Advocacy Model to Address Violence Against Children, Abigail Champion

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Addicted to the Beloved? - A Comparison of Craving for and Attention to the Beloved, and Vape Stimuli, Oluchi Onyegbula, Caitlyn Harriman, and Sandra Langeslag

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A Literary Callithump: A Short Story Collection, Jordan Brennan (Available for download on Tuesday, November 04, 2223)

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A Middle-Class Mother's Journey on Navigating the Educational System: The Impact of Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality, and Class in Schools, Amy A. Hunter

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A Spatial Analysis of Food Access within Saint Louis City by Walking, Public Transit, and Personal Vehicles., Nicole Eanes

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Auschwitz: Unveiling the Depths of History, Hannah Reichert