Skip to main content

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 2021 2021

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

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

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

The Role of Zingiberales Shared Evolutionary History and Leaf Traits in Structuring Rolled-leaf Beetle Assemblages in a Tropical Forest, José Miguel Chaves Fallas (Available for download on Sunday, November 17, 2024)

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

Torches of Freedom and Gender Inequality, Amna Baghli

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)

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 2020

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

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