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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.

Theses from 2020 2020

Anti-Normative Women and Queer Space in Early Modern Drama, Chelsea Brooks

Degree Completion of Underrepresented Minorities Majoring in Mathematics as a Function of Undergraduate Student Programs, Marnice Anthony

Determinants of Financial Success of Large Law Firms, James Xu

DeVerne Calloway: “I am a Teacher---I will Teach”, Holly Hick

Diet Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Sociodemographic Factors in a Sample of Racially Diverse Adults: A Secondary Analysis of NHANES (2017-2018) Data, Fatemeh Choupani

Diversity in Pre-nursing Majors and Nursing Program Applicants, Christel Fehr

Elitnauristet Yuutllu Calillgutkut Elitnaurluki Elitnaurat: Yup’ik Peoples and Public-School Principals in Southwestern Alaska, A Quantitative Survey of Cultural Values, Anthony Graham

Empowering Nurses of Minority in the Face of Incivility and Bullying: Through the Lens of Phenomenology, Corrine Floyd

Engaging Middle School Emergent Bilinguals in Language Awareness: A Practitioner Researcher Study, Carol Lickenbrock

Evaluation of a Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Care Coordination Program, Carrie Smith

Examining Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services and Information for Young Women with Physical Motor Disabilities in Dakar, Senegal, Olivia Soule and Diatou Sonko

Exclusionary Beliefs, Multicultural Ideology, Empathy, and Perceived Threat: A Comprehensive Model of Anti-immigrant Prejudice, Reigna El-Yashruti

Focus on Youth: Awakening Youth Voice & Engagement in Community Heritage through the Implementation of a Youth Participatory Empowerment Model, Amber T. Hurd

Historical Trauma Response Scores as a Function of Unresolved Grief and Substance Use Disorder in American Indian Populations, Andrew R. Saunders

Hope, Acculturation, and English Language Proficiency in the Career Decision Self-Efficacy of East Asian International Students, Yang Ai

How Do Student Nurses of English Language Learner Populations Experience NCLEX-RN Style Questions?, Shawne Manies

Intersex Experiences, Activists’ Perspectives, and Counseling Implications, Cynthia J. Mulit

More than Just Words on a Screen: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding Effects of Race-Related Media, Melinda Kittleman

Psychological Factors Related to Physical Activity in Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Tyler Pendleton

PTSD Symptom Interaction Among Victims of Interpersonal Violence: A Network Analysis, Robert Graziano

Public Opinion on Capital Punishment, Sydney Young

Racial Battle Fatigue and Black Male Higher Education Administrators, Joshua Walehwa

(Re)Visualizing “Freedom:” Understanding Place through Narrative Mapping, Devon Pham

Teaching Perspectives of Faculty Members at Arab Universities: Andragogy and Islamic Humanism, Layla Goushey

The Fourth Wall, Serenity Dougherty