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Sociology Department Climate Survey, Emma Johnson
Sociology Department Climate Survey, Emma Johnson
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
This report highlights the key findings from a climate survey administered to Sociology majors in the Fall of 2019. 107 respondents took the anonymous survey via Qualtrics. Respondents were asked questions about resource access and insecurity, demographics, and the climate of the Sociology department. WWU students Emma Johnson and Brenda Martinez analyzed the results of the survey with the hope of better understanding student experiences in the Sociology department.
Rising Expenditures On Pets, Rachel Marsh
Rising Expenditures On Pets, Rachel Marsh
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
The purpose of my paper is to highlight the rising expenditures on pets in the United States and to elucidate possible reasons behind this trend, considering the role(s) pets play within families especially in place of human counterparts. Robert K Merton's notion of latent and manifest functions provide the theoretical framework. I consider the popular works Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, John Grogan's Marley and Me, and the Disney film The Fox and the Hound, as well as turn to statistics regarding how much money people are spending on their pets and specific areas where …