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- Title
- "I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
- Author
- Ferrara, Angela
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Education and state, Ethnology
- Description
- Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...
- Title
- ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND CULTURAL CAPITAL: A CASE STUDY OF INCOMING INDIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING
- Author
- Birkett, James
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology
- Description
- As the number of international students studying in the United States continues to grow, it is important that educators and administrators at postsecondary institutions understand the diverse educational backgrounds of these students, which has th...
- Title
- Afro-Brazilian Culture As a Means of Transformation: Spaces, Businesses and Political Participation in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
- Author
- Timoteo de Oliveira, Carolina Helena
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology, Area studies
- Description
- CAROLINA HELENA TIMÓTEO DE OLIVEIRA. Afro-Brazilian culture as a means of transformation: spaces, businesses and political participation in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. (Under the direction of DR. OSCAR DE LA TORRE) This research investigates the conne...
- Title
- HAZARA DIASPORA RELIGIOUS DISAFFILIATION: AFGHANISTAN’S SHI'A WHO TURN AWAY FROM ISLAM
- Author
- Fekrat, Nasim
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology, Area studies, Islam--Study and teaching
- Description
- The topic of irreligiosity and secularism among Muslim immigrants is an understudied subject. Academic studies of Muslim immigrants, in particular, tend to focus on religious beliefs at the expense of other issues. This is particularly evident in ...
- Title
- Marshallese Participatory Mismatches in South Central United States' School Systems
- Author
- Anderson, Katlyn
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Linguistics, Education, Ethnology
- Description
- Since the Compact of Free Association between the Marshall Islands and the United States, many Marshallese Islanders have immigrated to the United States, leading to a growing number of Marshallese children enrolled in primary and secondary school...
- Title
- Neoliberalism, Gender, and Frontline COVID-19 Nurses
- Author
- Robbins, James
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology, Economics, Women's studies
- Description
- The COVID-19 pandemic presented new challenges to healthcare workers: with rising COVID cases, constantly changing guidelines, and an uncertain and rapidly unfolding situation, stress and burnout among nurses have risen as well. Narratives around ...
- Title
- Providing Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of North Carolina Nurses' Experiences with COVID-19 Positive Patient Care
- Author
- Lee, Abigail
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology
- Description
- This is a case study of nurses’ perceptions providing care in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses participated in semi-structured interviews via Zoom about the impact of the pandemic on their working and personal lives. Drawing fro...
- Title
- Raising Little Russians: Language Socialization and Language Shift in an Urban Kyrgyz Family
- Author
- McDermott, Ashley
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology, Sociolinguistics, Language and languages
- Description
- In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Russian prevails as the lingua franca despite efforts by policymakers and language activists to promote the Kyrgyz language. This study uses language socialization as a lens to investigate language shift in the city by analy...
- Title
- Same-Sex Parents' Hypervisibility: Effects of Panopticism and Reactions to Increased Visibility
- Author
- Bradley-Volz, Kathleen
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Sex role, Queer studies, Ethnology
- Description
- The purpose of this project is to determine how same-sex parents in the Charlotte, NC area are affected by homophobia and restrictions on displays of affection. This research is unique to the study of gay parenting in its focus on comparing gay ma...
- Title
- South Park's Satan: Sympathetic Character and Critical Cultural Mirror
- Author
- Casper, Joshua
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Queer studies, Ethnology, Area studies
- Description
- JOSHUA CASPER. South Park Satan: Sympathetic Character and Critical Cultural Mirror. (Under the Direction of DR. SEAN MCCLOUD) In this thesis, I argue that Satan in South Park is portrayed as a sympathetic character who acts as both a role model o...
- Title
- The Impact of Socialization on Collaborative Group Work: A Ritual Perspective
- Author
- Maximov, Noah
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Ethnology
- Description
- In this thesis, I explore how classroom processes in the active learning classrooms at UNC Charlotte impact group collaboration. Using an analysis that draws on ideas from Robbie Davis-Floyd, Richard Quantz and Peter Magolda, I argue that the proc...
- Title
- To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University
- Author
- Strickland, Jasmine
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Ethnology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- The current study examines how Black undergraduate students at a predominantly White university respond to the racism they encounter on campus. Specifically, the case study seeks to identify (a) the response strategies that Black undergraduate stu...
- Title
- Tree canopy networks in Charlotte: Challenges, strategies, and outlooks for more adaptive climate governance systems.
- Author
- Blanchard, Benjamin
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology
- Description
- Tree canopies are an essential tool for climate change mitigation and adaptation, primarily due to their ability to store and sequester atmospheric carbon. They have a number of inherently appealing co-benefits that make them a key element of gree...
- Title
- WORKING FOR FREEDOM AND WORKING FOR FREE: RECOGNIZING AND RESISTING THE REPRODUCTION OF OPPRESSIVE STRUCTURES IN UNPAID ORGANIZING WORK
- Author
- Karout, Samantha
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology
- Description
- This ethnographic research is an inquiry into the obstacles that LGBTQ people face in their unpaid organizing work in Charlotte, NC. Field work included participant observation from 2014 to 2018, and 26 semi-structured and unstructured interviews ...