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Validating A Measure Of Postsecondary Supports, Sean M. Murphy
Validating A Measure Of Postsecondary Supports, Sean M. Murphy
Masters Theses
We investigated environmental supports, an under-studied aspect of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown & Hackett, 1994), with rural Appalachian youth, an under-studied population. We developed a 25-item instrument to measure the construct of Postsecondary Supports (PSS): proximal influences that bolster the pursuit of postsecondary education. The new measure of PSS showed strong internal consistency and construct validity. Moreover, PSS was positively correlated with College-Going Self Efficacy (CGSE) and College Outcome Expectations (COE), explaining more unique variance than a measure of perceived educational barriers.
Perceptions And Food Acquisition Behaviors Among Food Pantry Users In Rural Appalachia, Adeline Mae Grier-Welch
Perceptions And Food Acquisition Behaviors Among Food Pantry Users In Rural Appalachia, Adeline Mae Grier-Welch
Masters Theses
Objective: To ascertain how food pantry users perceive their use of food pantries and how the food pantry fits into the broader scope of food acquisition among rural Appalachian households. Design: Using a grounded theory approach, semi-structured interviews with food pantry users were conducted in-person and over-the-phone. Verbatim interview transcripts were uploaded into NVivo 11.4 software for thematic analysis and theory formulation. Demographic data were collected via survey. Setting: Rural Appalachian food pantries. Subjects: Participants (n=20) were predominately female (80%) and Caucasian (95%) with a mean age of 48 years (+SD= 13.4) with experience using food pantries in rural Appalachia. …
Chocolate City Way Up South In Appalachia: Black Knoxville At The Intersection Of Race, Place, And Region, Enkeshi Thom El-Amin
Chocolate City Way Up South In Appalachia: Black Knoxville At The Intersection Of Race, Place, And Region, Enkeshi Thom El-Amin
Doctoral Dissertations
Popular perceptions of Appalachia depict a rural region populated by poor, "backward," uneducated whites. Despite a more than two-hundred-year black presence in Appalachia, the perceived racial homogeneity of the region and the scholarly discourse that downplay racial difference (c.f., Coleman 2001) create a story of Appalachia focused on poor (white) problems that ignore race. Through an ethnographic case study of Knoxville, this dissertation seeks to disrupt popular and scholarly conceptions of Appalachia by considering how scholars might research, recognize and think about race in the region not simply through the experiences of whites, but through an examination of the lives …