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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Available Works & Program from 2026

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Are You in Control? How Timing and Severity of Trauma Shape Perceived Self-Agency, Kinsey L. Henrichsen, Caleb A. Sanders, and Carissa L. Philippi

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A Unified Pipeline for Network-Based Gene Pattern Discovery, Siddhartha Reddy Pullannagari and Sharlee Climer

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Avian Conservation and Translocations in the Mariana Archipelago, John V. Bender

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Black Mothers' Stress and Harsh Parenting Moderated by Child Age: A Longitudinal Secondary Analysis, Mandiryn M. Diffee, Theresa A. Moore, and Hannah White

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Dysentery: Sanitation, Inequality, and Conflict Shaping Human Suffering, Rumeysa B. Ivgen

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Exploring Intimate Partner Relationship Satisfaction Among Women Who Have Experienced Discrimination and Childhood Trauma, Rachel L. Gaglio

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Factors that Affect African American Representation in Cybersecurity Academic Programs in the United States, Damon Walker

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Growing Up Muslim in America: Discrimination and Religious Identity in Emerging Adulthood, Samira Saleh

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Inequality and Well-Being, Sarah E. Boslaugh

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Journey of Becoming: Risk and Self-Determination in the Story of Self for Adults with Intellectual, Developmental, and Learning Disabilities A Phenomenological Case Study Employing Narrative Inquiry and Thematic Analysis, Christopher R. J. Worth

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Mapping St. Louis History: Slavery, Redlining, and the May 16th Tornado, Safa M. Altamimi, Aster Horbanova, Riley J. Bearden, Vivian B. Rhodes, and Bridget Ragan

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Disease Made Invisible by Stereotypes, Isabella Tober

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Our Stories: Black Parents’ Experiences at K-12 Predominantly White Institutions, Jason Thompson

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Silent Struggles: A Qualitative Study on Mental Health Stigma and Help- Seeking Among African Individuals in the U.S, Ololade Ekwere

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Sleep Disturbances Affect Sleep Quality of Hospitalized Adults, Tonjia Hardesty

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Stories of our Ancestors: Exploring Perceptions and Experiences of Family History Knowledge and its Impact on the Mental Health of Older Black Adults, Nichole Angieri (Available for download on Monday, May 07, 2029)

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Tornado Impacts: St. Louis Neighborhoods and Physical Environment, Jeremiah J. Dyson, Kymberli Philpott, Ricardo Belle, Jamilah Bracely, Will Ranney, and Cornell Evans

Dissertations from 2025

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A Four-Truth Exploration of Memory, Social Connection, and Belonging in Fairground and Tower Grove Parks in St. Louis, Missouri, Kenya D. Womack, Adeola N. Adewale, Marie E. Boesch, and Gelene M. Strecker-Sayer

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A Narrative Inquiry into the Role of Relationships in the Immigrant Experience with Adjustment in the United States, Davorka Marovic-Johnson (Available for download on Tuesday, November 24, 2026)

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Assessing Psychologists’ Clinical Knowledge of Geriatric Depression: A Validation Study of the Later Life Depression Knowledge Questionnaire, Abigail J. Laine

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Building a Grounded Theory of Resilience Among Survivors of Chronic Ischemic Stroke, Erin Marie Tompkins Doan

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Developing Full Performance Interpreters: Cultivating Interdisciplinary Mindsets and Skillsets to Engage Audiences in Climate Change, Women's History, and Other Contested Heritage Topics, Delia A. Lister

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Dying Young, Brianne L. Overton

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Electronic-Based Determinants of Health Screening on an Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit, Anyaku O. Okpara

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Face Value: A Computational Approach to Subjective Impressions of Faces, kevin Kpankou