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An Analysis Of Domestic Violence Service Data From The Florida Department Of Children And Families, Julio Montanez, Amy Donley, Amy Reckdenwald

Institute for Social and Behavioral Science (ISBS)

The present report briefly describes and visualizes state-wide domestic violence service data from the Florida Department of Children and Families. Specifically, it describes six indicators across a ten-year period: shelter nights, unmet shelter requests, hotline calls, information and referrals, and residential and non-residential safety plans.

The Dissemination And Reproduction Of Dominant Ideologies On Social Media: Reddit Through The Lens Of Color-Blind Racism And Gender-Blind Sexism, Paul Anskat

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation explores the frameworks of color-blind racism and gender-blind sexism as they are disseminated through the social media site Reddit. I analyze data in the form of posts and comments submitted to the site. Qualitative discourse analysis reveals employment of the frames of color-blindness and gender-blindness as well as narratives which function to anchor the dominant ideologies to apparent lived experiences. This dissertation offers two major contributions to the scholarship of racism and sexism. First, the findings demonstrate that ideologies of race and gender are often articulated through common narratives and intertwined rhetoric, establishing a foundation for future research …

The Influence Of Third Parties, Perfectionism, And Familial Socioeconomic Status On College Student Mental Health And Perceptions Of Social Support, Amanda Fontaine

Doctoral Dissertations

Mental health has long been a fruitful area of sociological inquiry, and much remains to be illuminated about the ways in which the social context and intrapersonal factors intersect to impact individuals’ psychological wellbeing. Among college students particularly, stresses such as academic pressure and interpersonal conflicts contribute to the degradation of mental health. While sociological theories such as the stress process perspective have long been employed to study linkages between stress and mental wellbeing among this population, few studies have examined the specific characteristics of social relationships most beneficial to students in distress. Utilizing survey responses collected from both public …

Honr 391.83: Special Topics - Timberline To Tidepool: Water In Montana And The Columbia Basin, Robert S. Stubblefield

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Enst 595.01: Special Topics - Environmental Politics And Policies, Robin K. Saha

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Aast 141h.01: Black - From Africa To Hip-Hop, Tobin Miller Shearer

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 590.01: Sociology Internship, James Tuttle

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 562.01: Quantitative Methods, Jackson Malone Bunch

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 491.01: Special Topics - Sociology Of Punishment, James Tuttle

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 391.01: Special Topics - Social Problems, Jacobs Wayne Hammond

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 318.01: Sociological Research Methods, Jacobs Wayne Hammond

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 211s.01: Introduction To Criminology, Jackson Malone Bunch

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 211s.H1: Introduction To Criminology, Lee R. Oly

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 202.01: Social Statistics, Jacobs Wayne Hammond

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Soci 101s.01: Introduction To Sociology, Jacobs Wayne Hammond

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psci 582.01: Politics Of The World Economy, Abhishek Chatterjee

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psci 482.01: Politics Of The World Economy, Abhishek Chatterjee

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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When Virtual Spaces Meet The Limitations Of Traditional Sport: Gender Stereotyping In Nba2k, Lindsey Darvin, Ceyda Mumcu, Ann Pegoraro

Sport Management Faculty Publications

Video games have continued to increase in popularity. While the growth has been substantial, representation and acceptance of women throughout gaming environments, including those with traditional sport influences such as NBA2K, a basketball simulation game, have been lacking. Recently however, the NBA2K franchise added Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player avatars to the NBA2K20 game. While this recent inclusion of WNBA avatars may be a great step in improving upon the concerning state of inclusion and representation of women throughout gaming, the reactions to and receptions of this change have not been fully explored. As a result, the current investigation, …

The Learning Experiences Of Medical Students In A Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship And Traditional Block Rotations In Taiwan: A Comparative Mixed-Methods Study, Yaw-Wen Chang, Wen-Hui Fang, Wen-Chii Tzeng, Pauling Chu, David A. Hirsh

Journal of Medical Education

Purpose: An increasing number of medical schools are implementing longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs), but less is known about LICs in tertiary teaching hospitals. This study compares the learning experiences of LIC and traditional block rotation (TBR) students and explores the principle of educational continuity at a metropolitan tertiary teaching hospital in Taiwan. Methods: This mixed-methods study included semi-structured interviews and surveys of fifth-year medical students, including 12 LIC students, who took their clinical clerkships at Tri-Service General Hospital in the academic year 2015/16. A research assistant interviewed LIC and TBR students to explore their learning experiences. The questionnaire asked students …

Climbing The Mountain When There Is No Mountain To Climb: Pragmatism And The Reconstruction Of Moral Philosophy, Ryan Marshall Felder

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The aim of this dissertation is to leverage philosophical resources given to us by Richard Rorty which can show that various diverse and seemingly-incompatible strands in moral theory can be reconciled to show that the differences between moral theories are illusory. The strategy is to show that Rorty’s approach to philosophy allows a pragmatist reconstruction of several prominent positions in normative ethics (Chapters 1 and 2) and metaethics (Chapter 3 and 4), and that a Rorty-style pragmatism, with its emphasis on liberal ironism and a relaxed approach to semantics and truth, facilitates the moderation of normative theories and metaethical theories, …

The Violent Fecundity Of Moha Kahf's Translingual Texts, Rachel Norman

Faculty Publications

From publisher: "Scholars writing on US multiethnic literature have described the inclusion of "foreign" languages in fiction as a method for reclaiming power by making the subject impassable, unknowable, or opaque to the monolingual reader. However, these analyses have focused on the incommensurate positions of linguistic insiders and outsiders. This essay contends that Arab American authorMohja Kahfdelivers an alternate ideology in hertranslingualtexts. Writing in a national context that conflates "Arab," "Muslim," and "terrorist" and that uses Arabic as a cultural symbol to denote all three, Kahf employs an aesthetic paradigm to teach her monolingual English-speaking readers Arabic. In doing so, …

Multilevel Modeling Of Interval-Contingent Data In Neuropsychology Research Using The Imertest Package In R, Richard S. Pond Jr., Matison W. Mccool, Brian A. Bulla

Faculty Publications

Intensive longitudinal research designs are becoming more common in the field of neuropsychology. They are a powerful approach to studying development and change in naturally occurring phenomena. However, to fully capitalize on the wealth of data yielded by these designs, researchers have to understand the nature of multilevel data structures. The purpose of the present article is to describe some of the basic concepts and techniques involved in modeling multilevel data structures. In addition, this article serves as a step-by-step tutorial to demonstrate how neuropsychologists can implement basic multilevel modeling techniques with real data and the R package, lmerTest. R …

Creating Collaborative Missional Communities To Enhance Church Revitalization, Bradford William Reaves

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

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This project utilizes the revitalization efforts of Grace Community Church in Winchester, VA to examine the precedence of collaborative strategies for church revitalization. In this study contemporary literature, theological foundations, surveys of church leaders in the United States, and interviews with collaborative church and ministry leaders from around the United States are evaluated to determine the need for greater collaboration for the health and revitalization of church and ministries. The findings of this research argue that contemporary church growth strategies that emerged from the recent church growth movement may actually inhibit church revitalization efforts …

The Cultural Relevance Model Of Worship, Mark David Brumagin

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

n the early decades of the twenty-first century a new model of worship has begun to emerge in some North American evangelical churches. Significant events in North American church history combined with cultural ideologies inherent to the North American context have influenced particular churches resulting in new worship practices. Churches that are affected are often marked by the development of highly affective worship experiences, the production and consumption of goods, the involvement of the worship team in marketing, and an elevated use of technology. In examining the cultural values at work in this development, this study found a historical thread …

Understanding The Impact Of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, And Altruistic Motivation On Principal Persistence In An Urban School District: A Case Study, Kimberly Washington

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this case study was to understand the impact of intrinsic, extrinsic, and altruistic motivation on principal persistence in Aberdeen Public Schools (APS, pseudonym). Principal persistence is generally defined as a principal staying in each school for a longer period or the lack of change of a principal within a school. The theories guiding this study are Frederick Herzberg’s theory of work and motivation, Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and Self-determination theory. The study focused on the following central research question: What are principal descriptions of their efforts to persist in their administrative positions in Aberdeen Public Schools? …

The Efficacy Of Emergency Management Certification Training In Georgia Through The Lived Experiences Of Local Emergency Managers, Jack Robby Westbrook

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenology qualitative inquiry was to understand the efficacy of the Basic Georgia Certified Emergency Manager Program curriculum on preparing local emergency managers in each of Georgia’s eight geographical regions for their role. Emergency managers are professionals tasked with helping communities and organizations to anticipate all hazards and undertake measures to deal with disasters (McEntire 200 7). Demands placed on local emergency managers have increased significantly since the turn of the century. Between 2002 and 2020, the number and frequency of disasters have dramatically increased, and Georgia's social and economic demographics have undergone significant changes, presenting …

Understanding How Individual Decisions Contribute To The Success Or Failure Of First-Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Case Studies Of The Nepali Bhutanese In Pittsburgh, Jodi Greco Carver

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) began the process of resettling Bhutanese refugees in U.S. cities in 2008 after many had spent up to 17 years in refugee camps in Nepal. At that time, Pittsburgh became home to 1,000 of these refugees and more than a decade later, their community has grown to an estimated 7,000-8,000 with many entrepreneurs among them (BCAP, 2021). The study included six cases of Nepali Bhutanese entrepreneurs in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area which were compared to better grasp the operational links between decision making and business success or failure while considering how embeddedness …

Assessing China’S Environmental Ngo Public Interest Litigation Against The U.S. Citizen Suit Model, Huishihan Wang

Dissertations & Theses

This dissertation introduces the U.S. and China’s environmental governance evolution, the background of their private enforcement provisions, including each country’s environmental legislative, administrative, and judicial development before establishing private enforcement. After the introduction, the second section examines the U.S. environmental citizen suits’ origin, environmental movements during the 1960s and 1970s, and pioneer ENGOs’ legal experiences. Statutory provisions are reviewed in various aspects in order to fully present this significant U.S. private enforcement measure. The third section analyzes the trajectory of Chinese ENGO EPIL development, including the provisions and typical actions according to several scattered provisions. Section four compares the theoretical …

‘Those First Few Months Were Horrible’: Cross-Cultural Adaptation And The J-Curve In The International Student Experience In The Uk And Norway

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

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Challenges Of The Re-Entry Experiences Of Returning Saudi International Students After Studying Abroad

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

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