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Eng 100: The Escape From Cool, Pu Hsin Huang
Eng 100: The Escape From Cool, Pu Hsin Huang
English 100-200-300 Conference
No abstract provided.
Modalities Of Injustice In The Subaltern Discourse, Theresa M. Mcclary-Jeffryes
Modalities Of Injustice In The Subaltern Discourse, Theresa M. Mcclary-Jeffryes
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Subaltern persons continue to be most negatively impacted by the hegemonic practices of institutions. Subaltern populations are the furthest removed from political agency, not only by the insecurities of their lived experiences, but also by academic and agency discourses that recreate the subaltern political citizen-subject in modes representing the “Other” through lenses of elite scholarship and high theory. The subaltern agent is not present in her own political making. The considerations of social justice require both the underpinnings of a global ethics of caring and a commitment to center the subaltern citizen subject’s account of herself as corresponding privileged record. …
Examining The Prevalence Of Bullying Among Biracial Children In Comparison To Single-Race Children, Kristina Gamble
Examining The Prevalence Of Bullying Among Biracial Children In Comparison To Single-Race Children, Kristina Gamble
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Bullying is an issue that has a presence felt by individuals residing all across the United States. There is not one universal accepted definition of this problem, but the types of bullying are as diverse as the individuals who are affected. This study looks at an under researched demographic of Biracial children in comparison to single-race children and the prevalence of bullying. The study uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study. The original study took place in 20 urban cities across America with mothers and fathers of newborns (N=4,898). This study looks at the prevalence of bullying …
Examining The Influence Of Race, Class And Gender Inequalities On Perceptions Of The American Dream Since The 2008 Economic Recession, Scarlett D. Marklin
Examining The Influence Of Race, Class And Gender Inequalities On Perceptions Of The American Dream Since The 2008 Economic Recession, Scarlett D. Marklin
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
America has a national ethos embodied in the moniker “land of the free” and defined by a set of ideals in which being free means all men and women have an equal opportunity for prosperity, the pursuit of happiness and success. In essence, simply having access to upward social mobility achieved through one’s own perseverance and hard work, the quintessential American Dream. The first use of the phrase American Dream was by James Truslow Adams to characterize the ideal that every man should live a richer and fuller life than his ancestors based on opportunity according to ability or achievement …
Les Villes Jumelées: Finding Bowling Green A Francophone Sister City, Sarah Kinnicutt
Les Villes Jumelées: Finding Bowling Green A Francophone Sister City, Sarah Kinnicutt
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
No abstract provided.
Japanese Expatriate Women In The United States, Ayano Sonoda
Japanese Expatriate Women In The United States, Ayano Sonoda
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Expatriation from Japanese companies has been considered mainly for men. This research focuses on gradually increasing Japanese expatriate women’s experiences in the United States. Using structuration theory (Giddens, 1984) and doing gender (West & Zimmerman, 1987), gender practices and (re)production of gendered structure at Japanese organizations in the United States are illustrated. It is exploratory research without prior research focusing on the subjects. Literature review, therefore, covers three relevant areas: women in workplace in Japan, Japanese expatriates in the United States, and women in international assignments from western countries. This research employs qualitative research method to understand the social world …
Notes, Phrases, And Clauses: An Examination Of Identity In Music Focused Conversation, Bryan Cannon
Notes, Phrases, And Clauses: An Examination Of Identity In Music Focused Conversation, Bryan Cannon
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Music is everywhere. From formal occasions to a person’s morning run. Music is available on cell phones, computers, in religious ceremonies, at concerts and venues. Music is seen by society to be important and a person’s choice of music can be used to present an identity. The question considered in this article is how people talk about music and how they present identity through their discussion. The current study examines eight focus groups of three actors instructed to simply talk about music. The discussions were recorded and analyzed in a conversation analytic style to identify the structures of the conversations …
University College Connection Winter 2013, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College, Western Kentucky University
University College Connection Winter 2013, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College, Western Kentucky University
UC Publications
No abstract provided.
University College Connection Spring 2012, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley
University College Connection Spring 2012, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley
UC Publications
No abstract provided.
Job Skills, Tolerance, And Positive Interactions: The Gendered Experiences Of Appalachian Migrants, Kelli Brooke Alford
Job Skills, Tolerance, And Positive Interactions: The Gendered Experiences Of Appalachian Migrants, Kelli Brooke Alford
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The following study examines gendered learning experiences of a population of Appalachian migrants surveyed from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. The respondents who participated in the survey used for this study began their lives in Appalachia. These respondents then left Appalachia for various other areas in the country and even around the world only to ultimately return to the mountainous region later in their lives. To begin, theory will be introduced concerning the stratification of gender in the Appalachian economic landscape, as well as a theoretical framework placing Appalachian women in an interlocking web of oppression with other …
Review: Moral Psychology: Historical And Contemporary Readings, Audrey L. Anton
Review: Moral Psychology: Historical And Contemporary Readings, Audrey L. Anton
Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications
Moral Psychology: Historical and Contemporary Readings is a much-needed collection of essays on issues of moral psychology. The aim of the book is to present the reader with a comprehensive view of both the history and foundations of moral psychology as well as the discipline's position in academia and its relationship with other disciplines, such as psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, all of which involve empirical investigation of human capabilities and behavior. This collection is well organized into five distinct parts. Each part has a helpful editorial introduction that not only summarizes the main themes of the debate assigned to …
Dating Preferences Among African-American Female College Students: Attitudes About Appearance, Trust, And Interracial Relationships, Christopher Mcconnell Green
Dating Preferences Among African-American Female College Students: Attitudes About Appearance, Trust, And Interracial Relationships, Christopher Mcconnell Green
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In-depth interviews were conducted with African-American female college students ranging from freshmen to graduate level. Students were asked about their dating preferences for African-American men. The study investigated how physical appearance, trust, and attitudes about interracial relationships affected their dating selection. Symbolic interactionism and dramatugry were the theories used within this study. This study found evidence that supports existing literature on attitudes of distrust among African-American females toward African-American males, with lying, physical aggression, and cheating as top reasons. Distrust based on the females' viewpoints began with listening to warnings from their mothers about men's behavior. This study, however, found …
Socialization In Chinese Academic Immigrants' Conversion To Christianity, Zhan Jiang
Socialization In Chinese Academic Immigrants' Conversion To Christianity, Zhan Jiang
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The aim of this research is to find social factors in Chinese academic immigrants’ conversion to Christianity using the perspectives of symbolic interactionism and social exchange theory. The research data are drawn from observation and interviews. Fourteen Chinese student converts were interviewed. The analysis focuses on the interaction between recruits and Christians. Results supported the idea that religious conversion happens progressively. Affective bonds are essential for the religious conversion of Chinese academic immigrants. Chinese Christian converts experienced five stages. First, they develop affective commitment to Christians close to them and regard them as their reference group. Second, an emergent generalized …
Using Archetypal Metaphor To Analyze Cultural Landscape: A Chlilean Case Study, Cari Bourette
Using Archetypal Metaphor To Analyze Cultural Landscape: A Chlilean Case Study, Cari Bourette
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In our increasingly complex and interactive world, it becomes ever more difficult to isolate and map the cultural identity of any given region, as bounded and contained cultural places have become a rare occurrence. To further complicate the matter, perspectives, loyalties, and identities shift with time, and appear to shift with circumstance. While cultural conflict per se was not the subject of this study, the ability to quantify differing cultural profiles in one location relative to another may be the beginning of the development of a tool for assessing degrees of difference in neighboring regions, and thus diagnosing the potential …
Edmonson County, Kentucky - New Deal Program Files (Mss 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmonson County, Kentucky - New Deal Program Files (Mss 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and list of Civilian Conservation Corps applicants (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 95. Administrative files, chiefly applications and correspondence, for three Edmonson County, Kentucky New Deal programs: the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, and the Works Progress Administration.
Sport As The “Opiate Of The Masses”: College Football In The American South, Eric Bain-Selbo
Sport As The “Opiate Of The Masses”: College Football In The American South, Eric Bain-Selbo
Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications
Karl Marx famously describes religion as the “opiate of the masses.” Marx argues that religion is an ideological tool that legitimates and defends the interests of the dominant, wealthy classes in the population. It does so in part by placating the poor and exploited classes. Faced with an arduous and seemingly unjust life in this world, the poor and exploited at least can look forward to a more perfect existence in the afterlife. To reach that afterlife, however, one must peacefully and quietly persevere through life’s tribulation—respecting the life, liberty, and (especially) private property of others. In this way, religion …
Women In The Lifestyle: A Qualitative Look At The Perceptions, Attitudes, And Experiences Of Women Who Swing, Mindy Popplewell
Women In The Lifestyle: A Qualitative Look At The Perceptions, Attitudes, And Experiences Of Women Who Swing, Mindy Popplewell
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The study consisted of a qualitative analysis of female swingers' perceptions, attitudes, and experiences related to their participation in the Lifestyle. Using feminist standpoint theory and pro-sex feminist theory as the theoretical framework, in-depth interviews were conducted via the Internet using instant messaging with sixteen female swingers. The women were asked questions regarding their attitudes and perceptions about swinging as well as their experiences in the Lifestyle. Findings were compared with previous studies from the 1970s as well as with common feminist thoughts and potential misconceptions about the Lifestyle. The results showed that although demographically the female swingers were similar …
“Texts Memorized, Texts Performed: A Reconsideration Of The Role Of Paritta In Sri Lankan Monastic Education.”, Jeffrey Samuels
“Texts Memorized, Texts Performed: A Reconsideration Of The Role Of Paritta In Sri Lankan Monastic Education.”, Jeffrey Samuels
Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications
During the past twenty years there has been a growing interest in monastic education within the larger field of Buddhist studies. Within the last ten years in particular, a number of monographs and articles examining the training and education of monks in Korea (Buswell [1992]), Tibet/India (Dreyfus [2003]), Thailand/Laos (Collins [1990], McDaniel [2002, 2003]), and Sri Lanka (Blackburn [1999a, 1999b, 2001] Samuels [2002]), have been published. Many of those works have paid particular attention to the texts used in monastic training, as well as to how the information contained in those very texts is imparted to and embodied by monks …
African American Women At Midlife: The Relationship Between Spirituality And Life Satisfaction, Saundra Starks, Aaron W. Hughey
African American Women At Midlife: The Relationship Between Spirituality And Life Satisfaction, Saundra Starks, Aaron W. Hughey
Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications
In order to examine the potential relationship between life satisfaction, spirituality and other demographic variables, 147 African American women from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan and Missouri were asked to complete the Adult Life Satisfaction Scale (ALSS) and the Black Women=s Spirituality/Religiosity Measure (BWSRM). In-depth interviews were also conducted with six African American women. Data obtained were subjected to correlated groups t test, Pearson r=s and regression analysis; content analysis was used to analyze the interview data. Although no significant difference was found among the ratings of life satisfaction and spirituality with respect to age or education level, the African …
Vietnamese In Bowling Green: An American Story, Nathaniel Walker
Vietnamese In Bowling Green: An American Story, Nathaniel Walker
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Three years in the making, this project delves into the world of the Vietnamese in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It attempts to understand and interpret their complex society by using a combination of photography and writing. Mostly refugees, the three hundred or so Vietnamese share the burden of migrating to a new country with one another. They rely on each other. The community is what inspires them to succeed.
Ua12/2/1 Valen Times, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 Valen Times, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
Valen Times special College Heights Herald regarding Valentine’s Day.
- Goetz, Kristina. Love is More Than Just a Warm, Fuzzy Feeling
- Lega, Stephen. Valentine’s Day Not All About Hugs, Kisses
- LaBelle, Charboneé. Kisses I May Have Forgotten to Give You
- Lenz, Rebecca. Loneliness
- Back, Shannon. Here’s the Recipe for a Successful Relationship
- Siria, Stephanie. Dinner, Dancing on Valentine Agenda
- Mains, Brian. Men, Women Hope for More Than Love
- Hutchins, Chris & Ryan Craig. Dateless Dudes Offer Love Advice
- Olmsted, Mikki. Holiday Harder for Long-Distance Love
- Hieb, Dan. The Journey of a Rose . . . from Ecuador to Your Door
- Brim, …
The Cross-Cultural Use Of Sexually Explicit Language To Express Anger And Aggression, Deanna May
The Cross-Cultural Use Of Sexually Explicit Language To Express Anger And Aggression, Deanna May
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Freud postulated that the instincts of sex and aggression are fused. One possible example of the expression of this fusion is the use of sexually explicit language to convey anger and aggression. If this usage is universal, then it may be construed as evidence for Freud's theory. The present study attempted to determine the pervasiveness of the use of sexually explicit language to express anger and aggression (SEL). Thirty-one epresentatives of languages other than American English completed questionnaires detailing the use of SEL in their native cultures. Results indicated that 28 of the respondents reported use of SEL in their …
Sericulture, Silk And South Union Shakers, Donna C. Parker, Jonathan J. Jeffrey
Sericulture, Silk And South Union Shakers, Donna C. Parker, Jonathan J. Jeffrey
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
Kentucky Shakers were particularly adept at the process of producing silk. Kentucky's temperate climate was conducive to mulberry tree cultivation and sericulture, the raising of silkworms. South Union Sisters hatched and grew silkworms to harvest the delicate silk fibers they used in the manufacture of kerchiefs, neckwear, hat bands, bonnets, and sewing silk. Occasionally entire garments such as dresses were made from the luxurious silk.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 58, No. 21 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 58, No. 21 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
Magazine feature of WKU campus newspaper. This issue contains articles:
- Rose, Barry. We're Different. We're GDIs and They're Greeks
- Wright, Sharon. John Carpenter
- Lyly, Linda. Mending the Hurt
Fandom Is A Way Of Life: A Folkloristic Ethnography Of Science Fiction Fandom, David Axler
Fandom Is A Way Of Life: A Folkloristic Ethnography Of Science Fiction Fandom, David Axler
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
A science fiction (“sf”) fan is an individual whose interest in this literary genre has extended past reading into involvement in such things as local science fiction clubs, fan magazines (“fanzines”), and sf conventions (“cons”). Science fiction fandom is the loosely-structured, geographically-dispersed organization of these fans. Drawing on both written sources and field interviews with eight informants, the history, composition and structure of sf fandom is examined from a folkloristic viewpoint. The forms of folklore which serve to bind the individual fan to the larger social entity of fandom are detailed.
Despite its literary orientation, fandom is primarily a social …
Cockfighting: The Social Structure Of A Deviant Subculture, Gary Foster
Cockfighting: The Social Structure Of A Deviant Subculture, Gary Foster
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This thesis, being one of exploratory research initially because of a paucity of research of a professional and academic nature, examines cockfighting in its social entirety, focusing upon its social structure. The lack of such previous research on cockfighting necessitated the collection of data through primary as well as secondary sources. Thus, a combination of research methods was employed to facilitate the investigation. A combination of data collection strategies also proved necessary for the realization of the total research objective, that being the presentation of cockfighting as a complete social structure involving a history and tradition, the activity as a …
Ua62/7 Archaeological Survey Of Proposed Realignment Of Highway 119, Harlan & Letcher Counties, Kentucky, Gary Foster, Jack Schock
Ua62/7 Archaeological Survey Of Proposed Realignment Of Highway 119, Harlan & Letcher Counties, Kentucky, Gary Foster, Jack Schock
WKU Archives Records
Archaeological Survey Report No. 4 created by WKU Sociology & Anthropology prior to realignment of Highway 119.
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 7 – Childhood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 7 – Childhood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology
WKU Archives Records
Table of Contents:
- Bachelor, David L. & Rosalie S. Donofrio. Poor Children: Images & Interpretations
- Birenbaum, Arnold. The Recognition & Acceptance of Stigma
- Denzin, Norman K. Childhood as Conversation of Gestures
- Miller, James Jr. A Comparison of Racial Preference in Young Black & Mexican American Children
- Rath, Robert A. & Douglas J. McDowell. Coming Up Hip: Child Rearing Perspectives & Life Style Values Among Counter Culture Families
- Thomas, Darwin L. & James M. Calonico. Birth Order & Family Sociology: A Reassessment
Premarital Sex Norms: A Test Of A Conceptual Model, Jerry Asselin
Premarital Sex Norms: A Test Of A Conceptual Model, Jerry Asselin
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this investigation is to further improve and re-test the validity of the conceptual model, constructed by Gipson Wells (to be explained in Chapter III) and to increase understanding and knowledge in respect to premarital sexual norms. Stated in another way, verification of the model will more accurately reflect the manner in which young people perceive, and apply these norms.
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 5 – Pre-Adulthood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 5 – Pre-Adulthood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology
WKU Archives Records
Table of Contents:
- Angrist, Shirley. Personality Maladjustment & Career Aspirations of College Women
- Belcher, John C. Living Arrangements of Youth
- Bregenzer, John M. Campus Dress Styles as Communication
- Longino, Charles F. Jr. Student Ecology: The Sociology of College Life
- Reed, John P. & Robin S. Reed. Profile of the Student Censor: A Research Note on Pornography
- Richard, Michel P. Encounter with Deserters
- Shostak, Arthur B. Young Adulthood in the Blue Collar Class
- Simmons, Robert H. & A. Didrick Castberg. The Political Context of Student Protest
- Stanfield, Robert E. A Typology of Student Role Orientations