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“You Good, Bruh?” An Exploration of the Influence of Race and Masculinity on Millennial Black Men’s Decisions to Seek Mental Health Treatment
Title
“You Good, Bruh?” An Exploration of the Influence of Race and Masculinity on Millennial Black Men’s Decisions to Seek Mental Health Treatment
Author
Cofield, Demetrius
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Mental health, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching
Description
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the prevalence of mental illness among millennials. However, there is still a significantly lower rate of Black millennials, specifically Black men, utilizing mental health services compared...
“Why so serious?” : antisocial trolling behavior and its relationship with everyday psychopathy and sadism
Title
“Why so serious?” : antisocial trolling behavior and its relationship with everyday psychopathy and sadism
Author
Siegel, AJ, Peach, Hannah D.
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Online trolling, Antisocial personality disorders
Description
Trolling is an antisocial form of online communication in which users, known as trolls, initiate negative and taunting interactions to disrupt digital communication. While trolling is a common online practice ranging from innocent to potentially d...
“We’re Not ‘Baby Daddies’ We Are Fathers. Dads.”: Nonresidential Fathers’ Online Stigma Management
Title
“We’re Not ‘Baby Daddies’ We Are Fathers. Dads.”: Nonresidential Fathers’ Online Stigma Management
Author
Schambach, Emma
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Communication
Description
Family and stigma communication research have barely scratched the surface of the dynamic and diverse arrangements of stigma in the family context. Though some research has investigated the stigma surrounding nontraditional family structures (e.g....
“We won’t die secret deaths anymore”: Education, Memory, and Screen Media in Public Understanding of the American AIDS Crisis, 1981-2000
Title
“We won’t die secret deaths anymore”: Education, Memory, and Screen Media in Public Understanding of the American AIDS Crisis, 1981-2000
Author
Chadwick-Schultz, K.M.
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
Despite the obvious devastation of the American AIDS crisis—the period of time from 1981 to 2000 when the United States experienced social, cultural, and political repercussions directly related to the presence of AIDS—educated collective memory o...
“WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE”: NORTH CAROLINA’S FORGOTTEN BLACK CODE
Title
“WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE”: NORTH CAROLINA’S FORGOTTEN BLACK CODE
Author
Warlick, Tommy
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
JOHN THOMAS WARLICK, IV. "What’s Past is Prologue": North Carolina’s Forgotten Black Code. (Under the direction of DR. JOHN DAVID SMITH) Between late 1865 and early 1867, after the South’s failure to preserve slavery through armed conflict, lawmak...
“WE DON’T LOVE THESE HOES” EXPLORING MISOGYNOIR AND BLACK MALE PATRIARCHY THROUGH SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARDS
Title
“WE DON’T LOVE THESE HOES” EXPLORING MISOGYNOIR AND BLACK MALE PATRIARCHY THROUGH SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARDS
Author
Webber, Mariah
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Sociology
Description
While much research has been dedicated to exploring how Black people as a collective respond to racism, or how White women as collective respond to sexism, little empirical research has been found regarding the experiences of combatting both racis...
“To Push or Not to Push?”; Exploring Lived Experiences of Former Women Track and Field Student-athletes Who Trained and Competed Through Pain and Injury.
Title
“To Push or Not to Push?”; Exploring Lived Experiences of Former Women Track and Field Student-athletes Who Trained and Competed Through Pain and Injury.
Author
Erega, Arna
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Mental health
Description
Athletes are aware that with involvement in the sport they are exposed to the risk of getting injured. Suffering an injury can be one of the most stressful experiences in a student-athlete’s athletic career and can cause a series of psychological,...
“The Name With Which You Ascend to Heaven”: Semiotic and Linguistic Ideology in the Midrash of Shemhazai and ‘Aza’el
Title
“The Name With Which You Ascend to Heaven”: Semiotic and Linguistic Ideology in the Midrash of Shemhazai and ‘Aza’el
Author
Cornett, Aleah
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Religion, Linguistics, Judaism--Study and teaching
Description
The Midrash of Shemhazai and ‘Aza’el may appear much like other midrashic exegetical texts that seem ubiquitous in Rabbinic Judaism. It is, however, different not only because it appears much later and is a part of a larger recontextualization con...
“THEIR LIVES ARE SO MUCH BIGGER OUTSIDE OF MY LITTLE CLASSROOM:” ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES WITH MULTILINGUAL STUDENT ADVOCACY DURING MANDATED SCHOOL CLOSURES
Title
“THEIR LIVES ARE SO MUCH BIGGER OUTSIDE OF MY LITTLE CLASSROOM:” ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES WITH MULTILINGUAL STUDENT ADVOCACY DURING MANDATED SCHOOL CLOSURES
Author
Pazzula Jimenez, Michelle
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Description
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way education transpired for teachers and learners worldwide. Widespread virtual learning brought deeper academic and social inequities among K-12 diverse learners to light. Multilingual learners an...
“THAT MUCH-MALIGNED MONSTER – NEW MATH:” AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHER PREPAREDNESS AND TRAINING IN THE ERA OF NEW MATH, 1950 TO 1975
Title
“THAT MUCH-MALIGNED MONSTER – NEW MATH:” AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHER PREPAREDNESS AND TRAINING IN THE ERA OF NEW MATH, 1950 TO 1975
Author
Howell, Randi
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, History
Description
Education reform is a continuous cycle. The cyclical nature of American mathematics education reform began in the 1950s, during the height of the Cold War. After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the American government felt education, specifical...
“Sixth grade is too late”: A case study of diversity education for elementary grades
Title
“Sixth grade is too late”: A case study of diversity education for elementary grades
Author
Norwood, Jessica
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Multicultural education, Education, Elementary
Description
Recent high-profile events and rhetoric surrounding White supremacist ideology in conjunction with recent data about White Americans’ understanding of structural racism has illustrated the problematic nature of White Americans’ conceptions of race...
“Seeing it in Action is More Beneficial Than Learning About it in School”: A Multi-Case of Clinical Experiences and Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction
Title
“Seeing it in Action is More Beneficial Than Learning About it in School”: A Multi-Case of Clinical Experiences and Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction
Author
Schmidt, Leslie
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Education, Elementary
Description
This multiple case study explored the characteristics of clinical experiences that support preservice teachers' understandings of culturally responsive literacy in elementary classrooms. In particular, this study focused on capturing the voices an...
“Redeeming" the Canal, Centralizing the Nation: Omar Torrijos and the Quest for Panamanian Sovereignty
Title
“Redeeming" the Canal, Centralizing the Nation: Omar Torrijos and the Quest for Panamanian Sovereignty
Author
Winch, Debora
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
From October 1968 to September 1977, the Panamanian government under the leadership of Omar Torrijos Herrera conducted negotiations with the United States regarding the Panama Canal, controlled and established by the United States. This thesis see...
“Re-membering” History to Counter Miseducation: Explorations of Curriculum Development and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Urban Education
Title
“Re-membering” History to Counter Miseducation: Explorations of Curriculum Development and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Urban Education
Author
Teasdell, Annette
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Education
Description
ABSTRACTANNETTE TEASDELL. "Re-membering" History to Counter Miseducation: Explorations of Curriculum Development and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Urban Education. (Under the direction of DR. GREG WIGGAN) Excellence in education is based on a ...
“Protoplasm feels": the role of physiology in Charles Sanders Peirce's evolutionary metaphysics
Title
“Protoplasm feels": the role of physiology in Charles Sanders Peirce's evolutionary metaphysics
Author
Pearce, Trevor
Subjects--Topical
Philosophy, Metaphysics
Description
This essay is an attempt to explain why Charles Sanders Peirce’s evolutionary metaphysics would not have seemed strange to its original 1890s audience. Building on the pioneering work of Andrew Reynolds, I will excavate the scientific context of P...
“PIONEER AMERICANAS”: AMERICAN PROTESTANT MISSIONARY WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1898-1910
Title
“PIONEER AMERICANAS”: AMERICAN PROTESTANT MISSIONARY WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1898-1910
Author
Whittington, Joseph
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Women's studies, History--Religious aspects, History
Description
In 1898, the United States intervened in conflicts between Spain and its colonial holdings in the Pacific Ocean. The nation rationalized its actions as a humanitarian mission to free the native peoples of the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Gu...
“Our Children’s Children Live Forever”: The Educational Activism of The Sawyer-Flowers-Wilson Family in America From 1866 To 1986
Title
“Our Children’s Children Live Forever”: The Educational Activism of The Sawyer-Flowers-Wilson Family in America From 1866 To 1986
Author
Thomas, Christina
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Education, History, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
Since slavery, Southern states prohibited the education of Black Americans. Post-emancipation, the first actions of these newly emancipated Black men and women involved the opening of informal and formal schools. The self-determination of Black Am...
“Not Negroes Nor Slaves But Free People”: Free People of Color in the Colonial Southeast Indian Trade.
Title
“Not Negroes Nor Slaves But Free People”: Free People of Color in the Colonial Southeast Indian Trade.
Author
Cullinan, Brian
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
This thesis examines the role of free people of color in the colonial Indian trade in England’s southern American colonies, primarily Virginia and the Carolinas, from the1640s to that trade’s decline in the colonial southeast by the early 1770s. F...
“MY BABY COULD LIVE THE BEST LIFE”: FAMILY PERSPECTIVES ON SERVICES FOLLOWING A PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME
Title
“MY BABY COULD LIVE THE BEST LIFE”: FAMILY PERSPECTIVES ON SERVICES FOLLOWING A PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME
Author
Martin, Zachary
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Special education, Education, Early childhood education
Description
Screenings and diagnostic tests provide individuals the opportunity to receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome as early as the first trimester of pregnancy. Post-diagnosis, families are presented with opportunities for services and supports ...
“Live by the Spirit:” Institutional Discipline for Crimes Against Order and Morals, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1767 - 1839
Title
“Live by the Spirit:” Institutional Discipline for Crimes Against Order and Morals, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1767 - 1839
Author
Carpenter, Layne
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
History--Religious aspects, Law, History
Description
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina was located in the Carolina backcountry—an area frequently viewed as immoral, disorganized, and barbaric by contemporaries. However, this study demonstrates that institutions of authority—both legal and ecclesias...