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Backdoor To Essentialism? Genetic Ancestry Testing And The Social Deconstruction Of Whiteness, Whitney Hunt

Wayne State University Dissertations

Towards the turn of the 21st century, spawned in part by the Human Genome Project, ideas about race and ethnicity shifted away from the essentialist belief that humans can be grouped into discrete, biologically relevant racial groups. More recently however, genetic ancestry testing (GAT) has exploded in popularity, as individuals seek to identify their ancestry and/or health profiles through genetic testing. Genetic testing commercials implicitly promote the essentialist belief that racial and ethnic identities are embedded in genes by portraying images of people altering travel plans, checking a different racial category on a survey, or trading in bagpipes for lederhosen, …

ระบบนิเวศที่เอื้อต่อการส่งเสริมความเป็นผู้ประกอบการสังคมในมหาวิทยาลัยไทย, จิตรสุดา ลิมเกรียงไกร

Journal of Social Sciences

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มุ่งศึกษาการพัฒนาระบบนิเวศที่เอื้อต่อการส่งเสริมความเป็นผู้ประกอบการสังคมในมหาวิทยาลัย ใช้รูปแบบของการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ได้แก่ การสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกกับผู้มีส่วนได้ส่วนเสียในระบบนิเวศผู้ประกอบการสังคมทั้งในเชิงนโยบายและในเชิงปฏิบัติ และปัจจัยแวดล้อมเกื้อหนุน ผลการวิจัยพบว่าระบบนิเวศที่เอื้อต่อการส่งเสริมความเป็นผู้ประกอบการสังคมในมหาวิทยาลัยไทย คือการเชื่อมโยงกันของห่วงโซ่ทางคุณค่าที่มีความสลับซับซ้อนเช่นเดียวกันกับระบบนิเวศทางธรรมชาติ เชื่อมโยงความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัจจัยต่าง ๆ ที่มีหน้าที่แตกต่างกันแต่มีการพึ่งพาอาศัยกันเป็นเรื่องสำคัญ โดยองค์ประกอบและปัจจัยเกื้อหนุนต่าง ๆ จำเป็นจะต้องมีควบคู่กันไปอย่างสมดุล ได้แก่ การบูรณาการประเด็นการประกอบการทางสังคมเข้าสู่การเรียนการสอนในมหาวิทยาลัย การสร้างงานวิจัยเพื่อส่งเสริมความเป็นผู้ประกอบการสังคม การสร้างเครือข่ายวิจัยเป็นกลไกเชื่อมต่อการสร้างผลกระทบทางสังคมผ่านกลุ่มผู้ประกอบการสังคม การให้คำปรึกษาและระบบพี่เลี้ยง การเชื่อมต่อความช่วยเหลือจากภาครัฐและภาคเอกชน การเข้าถึงแหล่งเงินทุนสนับสนุน และการสร้างพื้นที่การทำงานร่วมกันสำหรับส่งเสริมความเป็นผู้ประกอบการสังคม และองค์ประกอบหลักที่เป็นหัวใจของระบบนิเวศที่เอื้อต่อการส่งเสริมความเป็นผู้ประกอบการสังคมในมหาวิทยาลัยไทย คือทรัพยากรบุคคลในฐานะผู้ขับเคลื่อน ผู้ให้กำเนิด และผลักดันส่งเสริมความเป็นผู้ประกอบการสังคมในมหาวิทยาลัยให้ประสบความสำเร็จ

การวิเคราะห์เชิงสถาบันของระบบเตือนภัยล่วงหน้าสำหรับอุทกภัยในประเทศไทย : กรณีศึกษา อุทกภัยจากอิทธิพลพายุโซนร้อนปาบึก พ.ศ. 2562 ในจังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช, ธวัฒชัย ปาละคะมาน

Journal of Social Sciences

การวิจัยในครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ทบทวนบริบทและแนวคิดระบบเตือนภัยล่วงหน้าสำหรับอุทกภัยที่มีในประเทศไทยและต่างประเทศ 2) ศึกษาการบริหารจัดการของระบบเตือนภัยล่วงหน้าสำหรับอุทกภัยของประเทศไทยในเหตุการณ์อุทกภัยจากอิทธิพลพายุโซนร้อนปาบึกในพื้นที่จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช  3) ข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายต่อการเสริมสมรรถนะกลไกเชิงสถาบันของระบบเตือนภัยล่วงหน้าสำหรับอุทกภัยของประเทศไทยในพื้นที่จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช โดยใช้วิธีการวิจัยแบบผสมผสาน ซึ่งมีการใช้เครื่องมือการวิเคราะห์เครือข่ายทางสังคมและการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก วิธีเชิงปริมาณโดยใช้แบบสอบถาม ผลจากการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูล พบว่า 1) ประเทศไทยมีหน่วยงานที่มีอำนาจหน้าที่ตามกฎหมายเพื่อดำเนินการด้านการเตือนภัยจำนวนมาก แต่มีการดำเนินการเตือนภัยที่สอดคล้องกับมาตรฐานสากลโดยเฉพาะในหน่วยงานระดับส่วนกลาง 2) ภาพรวมของเครือข่ายการเตือนภัยล่วงหน้าอยู่ในลักษณะการผสมผสานระหว่างเครือข่ายตารางแบบบางส่วนกับเครือข่ายที่เข้าถึงได้หลายช่องทางที่ไม่สมบูรณ์ บ่งชี้ว่า 2.1) เครือข่ายขาดการกำหนดบทบาทหน้าที่และทิศทางอย่างเป็นทางการจึงทำให้สมาชิกในเครือข่ายมีปฏิสัมพันธ์กันในระดับต่ำ 2.2) สมาชิกในเครือข่ายไม่มีการดำเนินกิจกรรมด้านการเตือนภัยล่วงหน้าเป็นการเฉพาะพอที่จะก่อให้เกิดการปฏิสัมพันธ์ระหว่างกัน ส่งผลให้เครือข่ายขาดความเหนียวแน่น และ 2.3) เครือข่ายในระดับท้องถิ่นขาดการเชื่อมโยงกับกลไกการเตือนภัยล่วงหน้าอย่างเป็นระบบ 3) เสนอให้มีการกำหนดให้มียุทธศาสตร์การเตือนภัยล่วงหน้าเป็นการเฉพาะที่กำหนดความสัมพันธ์เชิงอำนาจอย่างเป็นทางการของหน่วยงานต่าง ๆ ให้สอดคล้องกัน ตลอดจนกำหนดกลไกการติดตาม การประเมินผล และการพิจารณางบประมาณด้านการเตือนภัยที่มีเอกภาพทั้งประเทศ ตลอดจนกำหนดกลไกและการเตรียมพร้อมด้านการเตือนภัยในระดับพื้นที่อย่างเป็นรูปธรรมในแผนการจัดการภัยพิบัติท้องถิ่น และจัดให้มือคู่มือมาตรฐานปฏิบัติการด้านการเตือนภัย

Model Minority Perceptions: The Lived Experiences Of Asian American Women In Collegiate Sports, Anna Ponzio

Pitzer Senior Theses

This study examines the impact and the implications of the model minority myth in the lives of Asian American women athletes. It draws on thirteen semi-structured, in-depth interviews with women currently competing in college sports who grapple with their intersectional identities as Asian American athletes and as women. I analyze the effects of the model minority expectations through individual internalization of the myth and its associated ideologies. This study looks at the ways that they are physically perceived as female athletes and the racialized nature of sports through the objectification of their appearances. Additionally, it explores the parental influence on …

A Conceptual Framework For Contextualizing Womens Subjective Career Success (Scs), Dan Zhang, Denise O'Leary, Ashley O'Donoghue

Papers

"Careerist" successful females are found to be rejected as relevant role models for some women, which demonstrates the limits of defining career success according to objective elements only. Drawing from a body of literature, this study assumes that the mixed results of the impact of gender on SCS may stem from the individualized way that SCS is defined, thus ignoring the social roots of people's cognition of career success. The study contributes to both the development of more gender-inclusive theories and the establishment of gender inclusive institutions at organizational and societal levels.

Perceptions Of Faculty And Administration On The Value Of Service-Learning In The Tenure And Promotion Process At A Public Midwestern University, Odbayar Batsaikhan

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This qualitative study examines the perceptions of faculty and administration of the value of service-learning in the promotion and tenure process at Minnesota State University, Mankato, a midsized, Midwestern public university. The study aims to determine the answers to three main questions: what barriers and logistical issues do faculty face? Is the scholarship of community-engagement recognized and considered equal to other forms of traditional scholarship? Does MSU, Mankato value service-learning in the promotion and tenure process? The researcher employed a phenomenological study to answer the research questions. He used semi-structured interviews of ten participants – nine full-time tenure-track faculty who …

Aging In Hamilton: Planning For The Future, A Community Needs Assessment, Caitlin Coyle, Mary Krebs, Shayna Gleason, Nidya Velasco Roldan

Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging Publications

Like many communities across Massachusetts, the population in the Town of Hamilton is aging. According to projections created by the Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts, a trend toward an older population is expected. Donahue Institute vintage projections suggest that by 2035, more than one out of each three Hamilton residents will be age 60 or older—32% of the Town’s population will be between the ages of 60 and 79, with an additional 9% age 80 and older. As the demographics of Hamilton shift toward a population that is older and living longer, the demand for programs and services …

Schooled To The Streets? Exploring The Relationship Between K-12 Educational Experiences And Early Careers In Activism, David Abraham Castro

Dissertations

Since the late eighteenth century, organizing and activism have been part of the urban landscape, from the labor organizing of Eugene Debs in the early twentieth century to the community organizing work of Saul Alinsky during the 1950s and 1960s. The development of community organizers is strongly tied to local institutions such as factories, houses of worship, and schools. For many youths in Chicago, schools often become the sites of political and social awakening and lead to activism beyond the schoolhouse. Within the current context of urban education scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and community organizers alike agree that the perspectives of …

Faculty Perceptions Of Safety And The Impact Of Online Classroom Modalities During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Mary E. Ogidigben, Ernesto R. Rivera, Robert S. Keyser

The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected a number of institutions – one of which is Kennesaw State University (KSU). In the fall 2020 semester, KSU implemented safety protocols following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as the University System of Georgia (USG) guidelines. A cross-sectional survey was sent out for faculty to complete at their own will regarding their thoughts on how the new guidelines are affecting their work as well as their safety while on campus. The survey consisted of 18 Likert-scale questions and eight free response questions. The survey results showed that 60.42% of …

Factors Affecting Customers’ Decision To Share Personal Data With Mobile Operators, Ammar Ali Qaffaf

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

Companies that personalize their services based on users’ specific needs have increased sales and customer satisfaction. Personalization requires analyzing the user’s behavior and correlating the action with other pieces of information. The information available for cellular service providers has grown substantially as connectivity becomes ubiquitous. Customers are unknowingly sharing their locations, habits, activities, and preferences in real-time with their service providers. Although cellular service providers state that they share personal data with external entities in their publicly available privacy policies, users have limited control over who can access their personal information. Users have no, or suboptimal, control to manage their …

"Adapt Or Die": How Young Millennials Are Surviving The Threat Of Ontological Insecurity, Nathalie Marx

Scripps Senior Theses

Postmodernity has been dictated by a thirst for advancement, efficiency, and discovery. It has also created unimaginable risk: threats of nuclear war, frightening climate events, unreliable economic systems. This thesis investigates the tension between external risks, threat of future instability, and individual action and resistance. Through an analysis of twelve in-depth interviews with young millennials, I suggest that through perceived “zones of security,” individuals develop cognitive schemata to calculate the probability of their own, and others’, ontological continuity. This paper contributes to the scarce collection of sociological literature that represents the modern, intersecting crises which might contribute to a culture …

The Merits Of Merit: Book Review, Neil Fulton

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Identity Dynamics Of Minority College Students, Nabil A. Mohamed

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Identity salience hierarchy is the idea that individuals hold their important identities on a metaphorical scale—activating them when the right situation calls for it. Moreover, the hierarchy is related to the notion of commitment, otherwise defined as the number of people and meaningful relationships associated with an identity. For most college students, their salience hierarchy shifts over time as their commitment to the student identity typically increases. When a shift in hierarchy occurs, there is a transformation in identity. However, for racial, ethnic, and religious minority students, their capacity to develop an identity independent of their minority background raises questions …

Three Essays On Governance, Inequality, And Social Equity, Sarah Ausmus Smith

Theses and Dissertations--Public Policy and Administration

Comprised of three essays, my dissertation is linked by a common focus: the relationship between state or local governance arrangements and inequality or facets of social equity. I draw upon a range of literatures to motivate my research questions and inform my methodologies—welfare and social policy, public economics, intergovernmental relations, public finance and management.

In the first essay, I ask: does localizing welfare governance impact geospatial access to the social safety net? This is an important question because proximity is highly salient to program utilization. I geocode the location of human services nonprofits from tax filings in eight states using …

A Critical Exploration Of Ideology And Agency In Intensive Motherhood Literature, Maya Autret

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

This dissertation explores how scholars have extended Sharon Hays’ (1997) influential work on Intensive Motherhood Ideology (IM). In conceptualizing IM, Dr. Hays proposed that IM ideology leads women in cisgender heterosexual unions to spend more time caregiving despite increased participation in paid work, compared to prior decades. Dr. Hays further asserted IM is a form of resistance to neoliberalism (i.e., capitalism based on a free-market system). However, it is unclear to what degree women are driven by an oppressive ideology and/or are making important social contributions based on conscious choice, which carries important implications for women’s agency. Through content analyses, …

Adolescent Cognition As A Dynamic System : Examining Complex Cognition, Concepts And Context, Rachael R. Doubledee

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

The transition to adolescence is characterized by the rapid development of many interacting social, emotional, and cognitive processes. Adolescent development is organized around developing successful peer relationships and peer interactions which can improve social standing, define group memberships, and develop a social identity. In the first manuscript, I identified cognitive complexity as an important underlying developmental concept to adolescent development and established a theoretical foundation. Cognitive complexity was explored through a dynamic systems approach which examined the interacting processes of development in addition to outcomes. In the second manuscript, secondary interviews (N = 24) were analyzed in a multi-stage process. …

Comparison Of Chinese And Western Arts Mirroring The Evolvement Of Consciousness, Rui Peng

Journal of Conscious Evolution

A few researchers of consciousness in the West demonstrate that the development of western art mirrors the evolvement of human Consciousness since human civilization emerged. This paper explores the differences in art development between China and the West by comparing the artworks in the same era. Furthermore, discussing why the Chinese scholar art over two thousand years does not reflect the same structures of Consciousness that western researchers defined.

How Relevant Is The Basic Reproductive Number Computed During Covid-19, Especially During Lockdowns?, Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao, Steven G. Krantz, Thomas Kurien, David Swanson, Multiple Additional Authors

Publications, Reports and Presentations

Basic reproductive numbers during COVID-19, either through standard approaches or through time-varying approaches, are key for understanding the pandemic growth. However, improper usage and interpretations and computational difficulties during lockdowns could be misleading for planning and mitigation.

The Racial And Partisan Underpinnings Of Attitudes Toward Police In A Time Of Protest, Andrew Thompson

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Racial and ethnic differences in policing attitudes have generally been examined through the group position or other conflict perspectives. This perspective contains a limitation, especially when considering recent trends in racial and policing attitudes. Racial attitudes have been liberalizing for over a decade among White political liberals and moderates, while Republicans’ racial attitudes have been relatively stagnant. These divergent trends may have accelerated since the murder of George Floyd. While racial attitudes (including attitudes about the police) have been polarizing along political lines, the group position model suggests that racial attitudes and policy preferences among dominant group members, regardless of …

Institutionalized Normative Heterosexuality : The Case Of Sexual Fluidity, Nicole Lamarre

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Since Alfred Kinsey’s early exploration of sexual behaviors, identities, and desires, there has been a proliferation of studies on what is generally regarded today as sexual fluidity. Inquiry into sexual histories that are neither wholly heterosexual nor homosexual (or even bisexual) has been incredibly well documented by this time. Generally, theories about sexual fluidity have taken one of two positions. The first camp interprets sexual variance as a sign of changing times and crumbling sexual and gender binaries. The second group of theorists postulate that sexual fluidity is neither new nor a particularly positive or liberating social trend. Instead of …

Constructing And Constraining Mobility At The New University, Rachel Sullivan

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The goal of this dissertation is to uncover the black box that currently envelops the student experience at New & Mobility-Granting Universities, which are defined by their ability to enroll and graduate students from traditionally underrepresented racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds at a higher-than-average rate. More specifically, I use data from 65 student interviews at State U, which is a mid-sized public university, in order to show how opportunity is granted to some students through their common points of interaction with the institution—in the classroom, with advisors, within high-impact programs, and in the workplace. At the same time, I show that …

Latina Faculty In Academia : Support Factors And Socio-Environmental Challenges In Their Path To Achieving Promotion And Tenure, Karen Raquel Ferrer Muniz

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Abstract

“It's (Not) Like The Flu”: Expert Narratives And The Covid-19 Pandemic In Mainland China, Hong Kong, And The United States, Larry Au, Zheng Fu, Chuncheng Liu

Publications and Research

We trace the crafting of expert narratives during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States. By expert narratives, we refer to how experts drew different lessons from past disease experiences to guide policymakers and the public amidst uncertainty. These expert narratives were mobilized in different sociopolitical contexts, resulting in varying configurations of expertise networks and allies that helped contain and mitigate COVID-19. In Mainland China, experts carefully advanced a managed narrative, emphasizing the new pandemic akin to the 2003 SARS outbreak can be managed while destressing the similar mistakes the government …

Fp-22-06 First-Birth Timing Expectations Among Adults Intending Children, Karen B. Guzzo

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Role Of Debt In Overseas Labour Migration In India, K.G. Santhya, Snigdha Banerjee, Basant Kumar Panda, A.J. Francis Zavier, Avishek Hazra, Shilpi Rampal

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The Population Council, in partnership with the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, undertook a multicomponent study to better understand the relationship between debt and overseas labor migration from India. The study shed light on: levels and patterns of household indebtedness among migrant households, with a special focus on households with overseas migrants; cost of overseas labor migration from India and the role of debt in financing overseas migration; role of debt in migration-related decisions; differences in work-related choices and experiences and financial vulnerabilities migrant workers experienced by household indebtedness; and migrant workers’ …

Friendship Within And Across Borders: Perceptions Of Social Networks Among First-Year International Students Of Color, Kaleb L. Briscoe, Christina W. Yao, Evangela Q. Oates, Jennifer N. Rutt, Kathleen J. Buell

UNL Office of Research and Innovation, Social/Behavioral Sciences Research Consortium

Establishing social networks can be extremely challenging when international students, particularly those of color, move to a new academic and social environment. We examine the perceptions of social networks among first-year international students of color and how these networks affect their experiences at a predominantly White institution (PWI). This study illuminates participants’ relationships with U.S. domestic students and the power of language, culture, and shared experiences through a longitudinal narrative inquiry. Implications for practice and recommendations for future research are described in-depth for practitioners.

Nonmetropolitan Nebraskans’ Opinions About Water, Climate, And Energy: 2022 Nebraska Rural Poll Results, Rebecca J. Vogt, Heather Akin, Cheryl A. Burkhart-Kriesel, Bradley Lubben, L. J. Mcelravy, Timothy Meyer, Steven A. Schulz, Amanda Tupper

Nebraska Rural Poll

Most rural Nebraskans receive their home tap water from city water or municipal water systems. Just over two-thirds of rural Nebraskans receive their drinking water from a municipal system. One-quarter have private well water and seven percent are on a rural water system.

Many rural Nebraskans have tested their home tap water for nitrates. However, a similar proportion indicated they have not tested their water or are unsure. Persons with higher household incomes are more likely than persons with lower incomes to have tested their home water for each of the items listed. Many persons with the lowest household incomes …

The Percentage Of People Who Receive Vr Services Varies Greatly Across States, Alberto Migliore

All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications

Receiving vocational rehabilitation services is a key step toward employment. However, the percentage of job seekers with intellectual disabilities who receive #VocRehab services varies greatly across states, from 93% in Vermont to 34% in Nebraska. Check out this new DataNote to see how your state compares

Vermont: Collaborating To Educate Self-Advocates About Alternatives To Guardianship, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons

All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications

This promising practice describes Vermont’s statewide self-advocacy organization, Green Mountain Self-Advocates (GMSA), and their partnership with the Vermont Disability Law Project to organize legal clinics for people with IDD. These clinics have enabled self-advocates to get high-quality, easy-to-understand information about alternatives to guardianship they might not get anywhere else.

Honor Thyself, Alonzo O. Williams

Dance (MFA) Theses

The black male experience and identity in America are filled with complexity. We struggle to know ourselves. We work to see the way of love and the peace of an unviolated free spirit. We want to engage with ourselves with the highest degree of freedom and comfort, not to continue to question our identity in a life-threatening white patriarchal masculinity ideal. Honoring oneself from the lenses of the Reconstruction era of the United States is essential. Reconceptualizing this history explores the significance of emphasizing Reconstruction in my life as a black male to go through a process of self-discovery and …