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.

Follow

Dissertations from 2022

PDF

Life Histories of BlackQueer Adults: Why and How They Support BlackQueer Youth, Javania Michelle Webb

PDF

Lifting As We Climb: Giving Voice to Black Female Mentorship Stories and Exploring Factors that Lead to Successful Mentoring Outcomes, Channon Peoples, Margaret Brockmeyer, and Dawn Indelicato-Faw

PDF

Long-term English Learners in Middle School: Perspectives on Growth in Language Acquisition and Academic Learning, Barbara Doerfler

PDF

Marching Forward: A Qualitative Examination of Adapting Enlisted Veteran Leadership Skills in the Corporate Environment, Casey W. Jensen

PDF

Mentoring: The Factors that Contribute to Persistence to Graduation for African American Males in Predominantly White Institutions in Missouri, Paula Miller

PDF

Noah's Ark, Nathaniel Williams (Available for download on Monday, April 15, 2222)

PDF

No One Can Whistle a Symphony: Analyzing Growth in Proficiency for English Learners in Coteaching, Debra Ann Cole

PDF

Race, Masculinity, and Personality Development: Understanding the Black Male Experience in America, Veronica High

PDF

Resilience in Black Mental Health Counselors, Ericka Cables

PDF

Schizophrenia and Social Stigma: How Society Views Those With Mental Illness, Rebecca Littrel

PDF

Sexual Minority Thriving: Bouncing Beyond Adversity, Debra Crawford

File

Successful Women Majoring in STEM Have Higher Optimism and Lower Stigma Consciousness, Bridget Muise and Bettina Casad

PDF

The Color of Conduct: A S.I.S.T.A.'s Tale of Race, Housing, and Higher Education, Natasha Gibson-Winston

PDF

The Mission System: An Electronic Health Record for Medical Treatment in Guatemala, Tawniece M. Curry

PDF

The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round: Rethinking the St. Louis Busing Program, Tango Walker and Ketosha Harris

PDF

Totalitarian Tendencies of Orbán’s Hungary, Rachel Reiss

PDF

Towards a Revised Model for CPA Firm Ownership and Compensation in a Tight Labor Market and a Changing Culture, Andrew Thomas

PDF

Tritons United: Against Gender-Based Violence Campus Programming, Mackenzie A. Chrun and Maggie M. Gross

PDF

We Eat, We Live, We Repeat: Reimagining Food Heritage through Foodways and Sustainable Food Practices, Caitlin L. Crain, Amy L. Roznos, Britt L. Tate Beaugard, and Darius L. Williams

PDF

When St. Louis School Nature Leaders and Environmental Partners Work Together Nature-based Learning Inspires Joy and Curiosity in K-2 Students, Julie Frisch and Melissa Politte

PDF

Working for Justice: A Black Educators Journey of Supporting Black Males in an Urban School District, Carey Cunningham

Dissertations from 2021

PDF

Academic and Demographic Patterns of Students Placed in Early Algebra I Acceleration, Jill Smith

PDF

An Education System Built on the Pillars of White Supremacy and Anti-Blackness: A Collection of Autoethnographic Studies Depicting How Black Kids Never Had a Chance, Abena B. Boateng, Ida B. Casey, Jamie C. Klupe, Julie C. Moorman, and Angeline Williams-Jackson

PDF

Antonia Sentner's Fight Against Deportation: An Example of the Federal Government's Fight Against Communism, Claire Wehking

PDF

A Study Analysis of a New Vitiligo Treatment: Patent WO 20200588091A, Shaikha Al-Mousherji