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A Study Of Effective Strategies, Programs, And Policies For School Leaders In Protecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Youth From Peer Victimization, Laura Ann Bacon Jan 2011

A Study Of Effective Strategies, Programs, And Policies For School Leaders In Protecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Youth From Peer Victimization, Laura Ann Bacon

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This study examined what school leaders can do to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth from peer victimization and identified effective strategies, programs, and policies that school leaders can implement in their schools to reduce the level of peer victimization experienced by LGBT youth. Students who identify as LGBT are often victimized by their peers (Chan, 2009; Kosciw, 2004; Markow & Fein, 2005; Weiler, 2004; Williams, Connolly, Pepler, & Craig, 2005). Peer victimization has a negative impact on the academic and psychological development of students, especially those in the sexual minority. LGBT youth are at a greater risk …

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The Role Of The Elementary Principal In Building Relational Trust With Low-Income Families, Amy W. Mcclure Jan 2011

The Role Of The Elementary Principal In Building Relational Trust With Low-Income Families, Amy W. Mcclure

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Students in schools across the country are failing to meet academic standards. School leaders are responsible for solving the problem and must search for ways to help all students learn and improve academic achievement. Although copious studies have been devoted to exploring the benefits of and barriers to family involvement and engagement in schools, very few have deconstructed the direct role of principals in family involvement in school. The purpose of this study was to explore how elementary principals in low income, elementary schools in the southeastern U.S. use elements of relational trust in family involvement efforts. Grounded in cultural …

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The Impact Of Response To Intervention On Special Education Identification, Naesha Parks Jan 2011

The Impact Of Response To Intervention On Special Education Identification, Naesha Parks

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Response to intervention is a process designed to provide students with interventions before they are identified as students who are served through special education services as students who have disabilities. RTI is a general education initiative that allows students to receive targeted interventions in their areas of weakness before they are referred to special education. The implementation of RTI has had a significant effect of education. This study explored the perceptions of how teachers and administrators felt regarding special education identification since the implementation of RTI. This study makes both theoretical and practical contributions to the fields of education and …

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Does Self-Complexity Predict Dishonest Behavior Via Cognitive Dissonance?, William H. Heath Jan 2011

Does Self-Complexity Predict Dishonest Behavior Via Cognitive Dissonance?, William H. Heath

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Psychologists disagree about what, if any, benefit high self-complexity might provide. Although Linville (1987) demonstrated that high complexity buffers against stress, other studies have found that it leads to more negative outcomes in the long term (Diehl et al., 2001). Cognitive dissonance is an important factor in regulating behavior, particularly moral behavior (Aronson, Fried, & Stone, 1999), and may explain how self-complexity leads to negative life outcomes. The present study examined if high self-complexity might buffer against the tension of cognitive dissonance, thus increasing the likelihood of dishonest behavior. Participants completed a selfcomplexity measure, and then they completed a dissonance-rousing …

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Using A Flow-Chart To Reduce Juror's Pre-Existing Biases In Cases Utilizing The Insanity Defense, Lauren M. Schlumper Jan 2011

Using A Flow-Chart To Reduce Juror's Pre-Existing Biases In Cases Utilizing The Insanity Defense, Lauren M. Schlumper

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Many people believe that the insanity defense is used to avoid responsibility for committing a crime and that it returns dangerous individuals back to the streets. Due to the fact that it is difficult to separate such pre-existing attitudes from evidence presented throughout the trial, many jurors use their attitudes to assist them when deciding a verdict and punishment. For example, Steblay, Hosch, Culhane & McWethy (2006) found that not only is it difficult for jurors to disregard information that is not relevant or presented during trial, but that pre-trial information and attitudes can actually influence their verdict. The present …

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A Knock At Midnight: A Pedagogy Of Womanist Spirituality, Valerie Moss Jan 2011

A Knock At Midnight: A Pedagogy Of Womanist Spirituality, Valerie Moss

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

African Americans, who have a spirituality rooted in African American religious traditions, often tend to thrive in life in spite of adversities (Billingsley, 1999; Raboteau, 2001; Ross, 2003, West, 1999; Williams & Dixie, 2003). The voices of African American women, nevertheless, remain marginalized in the larger society (Jones & Shorter-Gooden, 2003), in the Black Church (Coleman, 2008; St. Clair, 2008; Weems 1998/2005), and in academia (Pollard & Welch, 2006). Grounded in a wide array of African American theoretical traditions such as womanist theology (Canon, 1988; Grant, 1989, 1995; Weems, 1993, 1998/2005, 2004, 2005), black liberation theology (Cone, 1975/1997), beloved community …

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Overcoming The Odds: The Success Story Of An African American Gifted Male Student, Jhondra Anderson Barnes Jan 2011

Overcoming The Odds: The Success Story Of An African American Gifted Male Student, Jhondra Anderson Barnes

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to identify how and why some African American students included in gifted programs maintain academic and social success. Data from semi-structured interview responses, behavioral checklists, and personality traits rating scales were coded and themed as a means to tell Elijah's story. Currently a 20 year old African American college student, Elijah was initially overlooked by his elementary school teachers for a potential gifted placement and subsequently referred himself. Participants of this study include Elijah and eleven of his former teachers, administrators, coaches, and mentors. Emerging themes from the research as sources of qualities to …

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Memoir Of A Black Female Social Worker: Re-Collections On Black Women Parenting And Parental Involvement In The Education Of Black Children, Jacquelyn Hodges Anthony Jan 2011

Memoir Of A Black Female Social Worker: Re-Collections On Black Women Parenting And Parental Involvement In The Education Of Black Children, Jacquelyn Hodges Anthony

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This study explores Black parental involvement by re-collecting my lived experiences as parent and social worker through memoir. Although the main characters in my stories are based on my family members and the parents and children I have assisted in various schools, I have fictionalized events, periods, and identities to protect myself and the people in my stories from the voyeuristic spectator. Fictionalizing also provides access within the intricacies of a lived experience and allows me to highlight ways of knowing that may expand epistemological standpoints regarding Black parental involvement. Re-collecting allowed me to reflect upon my two selves as …

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One Nation, Separate Spheres: An Examination Of Red Power Activism Between Two Mohawk Communities, Carlyn N. Pinkins Jan 2011

One Nation, Separate Spheres: An Examination Of Red Power Activism Between Two Mohawk Communities, Carlyn N. Pinkins

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Red Power activism in the United States and Canada during the 1940s and 1950s is primarily localized, consisting of several tribes or particular regions of tribes simultaneously, but separately protesting local, state, or federal legislation that threatened aspects of their tribal sovereignty. The occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969 by a group called Indians of All Tribes marked the beginning of pan-Indian activism, inspiring diverse, indigenous efforts to bring about social change. The localism of native activism before the occupation of Alcatraz also extended to intratribal divisions which is illustrated by two separate activist events in the Mohawk communities of …

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Sex And Gasoline: Selling Sex In Twentieth Century America, Elizabeth Puckett Jan 2011

Sex And Gasoline: Selling Sex In Twentieth Century America, Elizabeth Puckett

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The adult entertainment industry as modern mankind knows it began to from at the end of the Victorian age, a time where America also happened to become a major international power for the first time. The history of the adult entertainment industries from 1900 till today can almost be seen as a history of amazing business savvy, moral battles and classic T and A. No one book or one story would capture all the jobs and products that fall under the heading of adult entertainment. But the adult entertainment industry is made of up of people and business that have …

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The Relationships Between Optimism And Pessimism And Burnout In Youth Soccer Players, Brandy A. Rentz Jan 2011

The Relationships Between Optimism And Pessimism And Burnout In Youth Soccer Players, Brandy A. Rentz

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Sport related burnout has become a concern for many athletes, coaches, and sport psychologists. Although burnout in sport is receiving more attention, the research still remains relatively limited (Capel, 1986; Dale & Weinberg, 1990; Fender, 1989; Gould, Udry, Tuffey, & Loehr, 1996). Dale and Weinberg (1990) indicated a need for future research concerning the identification of characteristics that may predispose athletes to burnout. No past research was found that investigated the relationship between optimism/pessimism and sport burnout. The primary purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationships between optimism and pessimism with burnout. A secondary purpose was to determine …

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