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Female Condom Knowledge, Attributes And Behavior: Barriers To Use And Potential For Acceptance Among Sexually Active Undergraduate Students, Paige Nuzzolillo 6368479

Honors Scholar Theses

Minimal research has been conducted on the acceptability of the female condom among college populations despite its existence in the world market since 1992. The FC2, an improved version of FC1, has recently been released in the United States, thus prompting the need for further acceptability studies. Due to increasingly high rates of STDs among those aged 15-24, every method of protection against STDs/HIV and pregnancy must be utilized. This study involved a campus-wide survey which examined University of Connecticut (Uconn) main campus (Storrs) undergraduate students’ knowledge of the female condom, perceptions of and attitudes towards the female condom as …

Negotiating Everyday Islam After Socialism: A Study Of The Kazakhs Of Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia, Namara Brede

Geography Honors Projects

Using ethnographic interviews and participant observations from the Kazakh community of Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia in June 2009, this study examines how Islamic discourses, practices, experiences, and scales of influence are negotiated in post-socialist Central Asia. To do this, local, national, and transnational dynamics of Mongolian Kazakh religious practice are considered alongside the individual-scale mediating roles of personal preference, social position, life course, power, and social networks. Islam in Bayan-Ulgii is shown to be integral to community and ethnic identity but also multifaceted, dynamic, and multi-scalar, militating against essentialist portrayals of Islam as monolithic or dichotomously split between “high” and “low” forms.

"All The World's A Stage": Parental Ethnotheories And Children's Extracurricular Activities, Mary Annette Grove

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In the United States, educators, parents, policy makers, politicians, the media, researchers, and practitioners in many academic fields have taken an interest in outcomes for children aged 6 to 14 who participate in extracurricular activities outside of school time. Very little research examines parents' beliefs about and behaviors surrounding their children's participation in extracurricular activities. Yet, it may be parents' beliefs that guide choices about and persistence in extracurricular activities. This study used a phenomenonlogical and qualitative approach toward understanding parents' ideas and beliefs about their child's participation in extracurricular activities. These ideas and beliefs or parental ethnotheories are what …

Impacts On Maternal Diet In A Transitional Community In Rural Costa Rica: Potential Implications For The Developmental Origins Of Obesity-Related Disorders, Allison Cantor

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This thesis examines maternal diet in a rural, transitional community in Costa Rica. Using cross-cultural categories recognized in the ethnographic literature (i.e. dietary taboos, dietary prescriptions, food cravings and the acknowledgment of a special post-partum period diet), maternal dietary practices were identified in the local community through surveys (n=45) and participant-observation (n=5), and to reflect the actual consumption patterns of pregnant and nursing women in the area, 24-hour diet recalls were administered to 5 pregnant or nursing women. In light of the recent changes that increased tourism has brought to the Monteverde Zone, focus groups were employed to determine impacts …

Understanding The Relationship Between Nutritional Status, Obesity, And Academic Achievement, Hannah Schmunk

Sociology and Anthropology Honors Theses

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How Stories Shape Lives And Build Friendships: A Study Of Parents With Children On The Autism Spectrum, Bobby Tazioli, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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The Hijab: Muslim Women's Perspectives On Veiling In The United States, Christina Salazar, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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Luck Be A Lady: An Exploration Of The Bloomington Bingo Community Through Visual Ethnographic Methods, Monica Simonin, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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The Sierra Student Coalition: Sustainability Unites, Diverse Interests Connect, And The Campus Becomes Greener, Megan Mealer, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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Getting High: An Inside Look Into College Students' Life With Type 1 Diabetes, Amber Spiewak, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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Visual Perspectives Of The Twin City Chess Club, Morgan Tarbutton, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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This Is What Feminism Looks Like, Hannah Detig, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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The Crossfit Coup D'Etat: A Look At A Dynamic New Lifestyle Combating Modern Lethargy, Geoffrey Evans-Grimm, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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Chicos Del Horno: How Adobe Oven-Roasted Corn Became A Local, Slow, And Deep Food, Devon Peña

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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A Multi-Disciplinary Overview Of Chagas In Periurban Peru, Sarah Mccune, Angela M. Bayer, Gabrielle C. Hunter, Natalie M. Bowman, Juan G. Cornejo Del Carpio, Cesar Naquira, Robert H. Gilman, Caryn Bern, Michael Z. Levy

Journal of International and Global Studies

There are between 8 and 11 million cases of America Human Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as Chagas disease, in Latin America. Chagas is endemic in southern Peru, especially the Arequipa region, where it has expanded from poor, rural areas to periurban communities. This paper summarizes the findings of four studies in periurban Arequipa: on determinants of disease-vector infestation; on prevalence, spatial patterns, and risk factors of Chagas; on links between migration, settlement patterns, and disease-vector infestation; and on the relationship between discordant test results and spatially clustered transmission hotspots. These studies identified two risk factors associated with the disease: population dynamics …

Within-Group Ethnic Differences Of Black Male Stem Majors And Factors Affecting Their Persistence In College, Shane Y. Williamson Ed.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

The present study examined how familial and institutional factors interact with the academic experiences of a diverse group of Black males enrolled as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors at one university. Ogbu’s (1998) Cultural-Ecological Theory of Minority School Performance, a theoretical framework, posits that the manner by which a group achieves minority status, coupled with community and family educational values, impacts academic achievement. Immigrants, voluntary minorities, perform better academically than involuntary minorities (nonimmigrants) because they are more accepting of and more likely to adapt to the White middle-class norms upon which schools in the United States are based …

The Art Of Governing The Self And Others In The Christian Philippines, Pak Nung Wong D.Phil.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Through an ethnographic depiction of cultural creolization, this paper will detail the ways in which traditional Filipino values have been successfully mixing with and eventually lodging into the intersubjective landscape of Cagayan Valley, where the Chinese, Ibanag, Ilocano, and Itawes ethnic groups dwell. This cultural creolization process informs the ways in which the imagined social reciprocity between the self and others has been governed by a historically constituted power/knowledge system: the padrino system. This system is mainly composed of the symbiotic codes and social practices of (1) Catholicized ritual kinship and (2) the Tagalog ethics of “debt of gratitude” (utang …

Jeffrey R. Chwieroth. Capital Ideas – The Imf And The Rise Of Financial Liberalization. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010., Anthony Clark Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Mark E. Mendenhall, Joyce S. Osland, Allan Bird, Gary R. Oddou, And Martha L. Maznevski. Global Leadership Research, Practice And Development. London And New York: Routledge, 2008., Lynda Leavitt Ed.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Daya Thussu (Ed.) International Communication: A Reader. London: Routledge, 2010, Cristina Archetti Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Muhammad Khalid Masud, Armando Salvatore, And Martin Van Bruinessen (Eds.). Islam And Modernity Key Issues And Debates. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009, Imtiyaz Yusuf

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Theorizing Impending Peripheries: Postindustrial Landscapes At The Edge Of Hyper-Modernity’S Collapse, Ismael Vaccaro Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This article discusses the ways in which the predominant economic mechanisms of capitalism, characterized by a hyper-mobility of flows, affect actual places and people. The rationality informing these mechanisms is the quest for a reduction of costs and the increase of potential benefit, and this can only be achieved by jumping from locale to locale searching for a cheaper labor force, new pools of resources, or an absence of environmental regulations. Mobility becomes the fundamental framework through which to understand modernity and its new economic articulations and their associated sovereignties. Anthropology has often discussed and theorized the impact of market …

Decisive Thaw: The Changing Pattern Of Relations Between Nigeria And Equatorial Guinea, 1980-2005, David Aworawo Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This article examines the nature and changing pattern of relations between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea from 1980-2005. It states that relations between the countries improved tremendously in the quarter century covered in this study compared to the two decades preceding that time frame (1960-1980) due to of a number of domestic political and economic changes that occurred in both countries, as well as the transformation of the international system in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The paper explores the specific changes that took place in Nigerian-Equatorial Guinean relations from1980 onwards and the factors that influenced them. The termination of …

Mastering The Midas Touch: The Indo-Trinidadian Diaspora In North America And England, 1967-2007, Jerome Teelucksingh Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This article will assess the experiences of the Indo-Trinidadian immigrant population during 1967 to 2007. The displaced Indo-Trinidadians residing in North America and Britain were challenged to define themselves in relation to Afro-Caribbean and Asian-Indian immigrants. The broad categories used to determine the success or failure of migration included culture, social mobility, identity and religion. The research will prove that the Indo-Trinidadian diaspora in North America and England have experienced considerable social mobility and acculturation.

Daniel P. Erikson. The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, The United States, And The Next Revolution. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008., Derek L. Elliott

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Jeroen Huisman (Ed.). International Perspectives On The Governance Of Higher Education: Alternative Frameworks For Coordination. New York: Routledge Press, 2009, Ryan Guffey Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Robert Wright. The Evolution Of God. New York: Little, Brown, 2009., Timothy R. Butler

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Barbara Ehrenreich. Dancing In The Streets: A History Of Collective Joy. New York: Metropolitan Books-Henry Holt And Company, 2006., Ann Canale Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

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John Agnew. Globalization And Sovereignty. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefied, 2009., Meredith Marsh Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Babylon By Tro-Tro: The Varieties Of Rasta Identity And Practice In Ghana, Jonathan Tanis

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

1. Title: Babylon by Tro-Tro: The Varieties of Rasta Identity and Practice in Ghana

2. Author: Jonathan Tanis ([email protected]; University of Southern California)

3. Objective: Intrigued by the lack of scholarship in Ghana on the highly visible and prominent Rasta culture, I sought to examine aspects of Rastafari identity and practice including the following:

a. How the Rasta identity is defined, constructed and maintained by both Rastafarians and non-Rastafarians of varied backgrounds.

b. How Rastafarians perform and express said identity through specific practices

c. The importance of iconography and symbolism in transmitting Rastafarian identity, and the negotiation of identity through …