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 2021

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Impact of Aging Information on the Continuing Education Preferences of Behavioral Health Clinicians, Nicholas Schmidt

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Madness and Sanity: Wisdom of Madmen and the Wise Men Madness in the 19th century, Norah Roudhan

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Medical Expertise, Patient Expertise, and Surrogate Decision Making: The Importance of Co-deliberation in Medical Decision-Making, Lindsey Grossheim

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Nazi Germany and The Coalition Against Alcohol and Tobacco Use, Elli McElhannon

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Not Just Another Professional Development Session: Implementing Effective Social Justice Aligned Professional Learning for Educators, Jessica Bitting

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Religious Leadership: Agents of Social Change, Jacqueline Carter

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Signing to Success: Developing Effective ASL Curricula in Secondary Public Education, Claire Sutterer

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Statistical Analysis of Birth Control Counseling Recipients, Aman Chishti

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Surfing Without Water: College Students Who Experience Homelessness, Melissa Scheer and Deidra C. Thomas-Murray

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Systems of Success: African American Women Prepared, Dawna Sturdivant Wharton

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The Church and Michael Brown: The Influence of Christianity on Racialized Political Attitudes in Ferguson, Missouri, Tyler Chance

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The Effects of Mobile Devices & Maker Projects on Middle School African American Students’ STEM Knowledge Base & Interest, Allen L. Savage Sr.

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The Relationship Between Number of Instructional Minutes and Science and Mathematics Achievement in Elementary Schools, Gwendolyn Randolph

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The Role of Zingiberales Shared Evolutionary History and Leaf Traits in Structuring Rolled-leaf Beetle Assemblages in a Tropical Forest, José Miguel Chaves Fallas

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Those Thrice Marked By Time: The Significance of the Last Known Survivor, Their Death, and Our Remembrance, Michael Tofte

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Torches of Freedom and Gender Inequality, Amna Baghli

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What Does Masculinity Have to Do With It? The Roles of Fathers in the Socialization of Children’s Emotions and Emotion Regulation, Kathryn Cherry (Available for download on Saturday, July 05, 2025)

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Who Do They Think We Are? Analyzing misrepresentation of races in Netflix Original films using Critical Race Theory and Social Identity Theory, Jacob Osseck

Theses from 2020

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All the Things You Have Buried, Markie Crismon (Available for download on Tuesday, October 24, 2220)

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

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

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Determinants of Financial Success of Large Law Firms, James Xu

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

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

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