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Honoring God: Purity In A Promiscuous World, Tonnette Kellett
Honoring God: Purity In A Promiscuous World, Tonnette Kellett
Doctor of Leadership
A significant number of Native American girls get pregnant in their teens, permanently affecting their future. This issue has been observed both within the Choctaw communities in Mississippi and among local churches surrounding the reservation of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The project, Teenage Consequences, was developed through stakeholder workshops and feedback and is a result of the independent research of a much larger project entitled Honoring God: Purity in a Promiscuous World. Five videos have been created and uploaded to YouTube and TikTok. Moreover, the content will be a curriculum in nearby churches catering to Native American communities …
A Phenomenological Study Of Youth Experiences In Residential Foster Care And Their Recommendations For Change, Mary Elizabeth Ann Mccullough
A Phenomenological Study Of Youth Experiences In Residential Foster Care And Their Recommendations For Change, Mary Elizabeth Ann Mccullough
Doctor of Education (EdD)
This dissertation explored the perspectives of young adults who experienced residential foster care and sought their recommendations for improving the care youth receive in residential settings. It consists of personal interviews with three young adults who spent time during their adolescence in residential foster care. Many of the recommendations are in line with existing research. Specific recommendations include: family-like environment, limited number of youth, individual and group support, and family activities.
Gordon And Kacandes's "Let’S Talk About Death: Asking Questions That Profoundly Change The Way We Live And Die" (Book Review), Paul A. Roberts
Gordon And Kacandes's "Let’S Talk About Death: Asking Questions That Profoundly Change The Way We Live And Die" (Book Review), Paul A. Roberts
The Christian Librarian
A review of Gordon, S., & Kacandes, I. (2015). Let’s talk about death: Asking questions that profoundly change the way we live and die. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. $17.00. 252 pp. ISBN 9781633881129
Using Critical Race Theory To Analyze How Disney Constructs Diversity: A Construct For The Baccalaureate Human Behavior In The Social Environment Curriculum, Amy Cappiccie, Janice Chadha, Muh Bi Lin, Frank Snyder
Using Critical Race Theory To Analyze How Disney Constructs Diversity: A Construct For The Baccalaureate Human Behavior In The Social Environment Curriculum, Amy Cappiccie, Janice Chadha, Muh Bi Lin, Frank Snyder
Faculty Publications - College of Social Work
Utilizing the basic tenets of critical race theory, the authors draw upon the expertise of multicultural scholars to raise consciousness and facilitate BSW classroom dialogue about microagressions perpetrated in Disney animations. Microaggressions pervade our media partly because they typically operate outside the thresh-old of the dominant culture’s conscious awareness. Our main consciousness-raising method is to expose social work students to microagressions depicted in Disney animations and then use the classroom as a counterspace to process the experience. We note that utilizing critical race theory to become conscious of microaggressions within Disney animations is the first step toward eradicating them.