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The Experience Of Exposure Across Racial Groups: Differences In Presence During Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy For Social Phobia Across African-American And Caucasian Women, Natasha Mehta
Psychology Theses
Few studies have looked at the experience of exposure therapy (ET) amongst underrepresented populations. African-American (AA) women may be at higher risk for anxiety and experience treatment differently than their Caucasian counterparts. Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE) is suited to examine differences in treatment experiences because a measure of “presence” exists to quantify the experience of standardized VRE. Qualitative methods provide an opportunity to explore the experience of underrepresented populations and individual differences. The current study employed a mixed-method design to compare self-reported levels of presence during VRE across a sample of 24 AA and Caucasian women diagnosed with social …
In Their Words: Women's Holocaust Memoirs, Shana Latimer
In Their Words: Women's Holocaust Memoirs, Shana Latimer
English Theses
Sara Tuvel Bernstein’s The Seamstress and Rena Kornreich Gelissen’s Rena’s Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz, both Holocaust memoirs, offer insight into the rise of violent anti-Semitism prior to World War II and the authors’ experiences in concentration camps. The purpose of this project is to better understand the unique trauma women experienced during the Holocaust and the impact of that trauma on their literary responses.
Negotiating Beauty Ideals: Perceptions Of Beauty Among Black Female University Students, Fiana O. Swain
Negotiating Beauty Ideals: Perceptions Of Beauty Among Black Female University Students, Fiana O. Swain
Anthropology Theses
This thesis explores the college lives of Black women who attend or recently attended majority white colleges and universities in the United States. Emphasis is placed on how Black women’s college experience is influenced by the way they define beauty, as well as how they perceive their White peers to define beauty. Through the collection of ten in-depth interviews, I examine how Black women’s perceptions of beauty compare with those of mainstream United States standards and those of the dominant culture of their schools. I explored how the Black women I interviewed responded when confronted with these mainstream beauty standards …