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Title: A CLOSER LOOK INTO WHY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LEAVE AND AVOID STEM MAJORS IN COLLEGE
Author: Bailey, Jr., Ricardo
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: African American males are underrepresented in university Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programs as STEM majors in the United States. I will be investigating why this phenomenon is so prevalent in America’s collegiate STEM program...

Title: ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF DEBT ON HORIZONTAL EDUCATION-OCCUPATION MISMATCH
Author: Carpenter, Rebekah
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: This study investigates the relationship between educational loan debt and horizontal education-occupation mismatch, or the extent to which an individual works in an occupation unrelated to their degree field. Research has documented rising levels...

Title: ANALYZING THE GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT USING TWITTER DATA
Author: Mitra, Sharoni
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The #metoo movement started in the United States but has spread across the world with the goal of increasing awareness about the sexual harassment women endure. This paper aims to understand the factors affecting the diffusion of the #metoo moveme...

Title: AT THE INTERSECTION OF RELATIVE RISK AVERSION AND EFFECTIVELY MAINTAINED INEQUALITY IN STEM MAJORS: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH
Author: Jamil, Cayce
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The underrepresentation of racial/ethnic minorities and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds in college majors that promote social mobility is problematic. Relative risk aversion theory predicts that disadvantaged students will choose colle...

Title: An Examination of the Criminalization of Mental Illness in North Carolina State Prisons
Author: Small, David
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Purpose: The deinstitutionalization of mental health and the failure of community-based care has resulted in more individuals with mental illnesses receiving treatment in the criminal justice system than in the mental health system. This is referr...

Title: An Examination of the Criminalization of Mental Illness in North Carolina State Prisons
Author: Small, David
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Purpose: The deinstitutionalization of mental health and the failure of community-based care has resulted in more individuals with mental illnesses receiving treatment in the criminal justice system than in the mental health system. This is referr...

Title: Cool Down or Warm Up? Understanding Motivations behind Student Athlete Major Choices
Author: Parris, Dionne
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate how student athletes’ choice in major is influenced by coaches, advisors, peers, and instructors and how these influences contribute to the likelihood of being cooled out. Personal narratives for 10 stu...

Title: Creative Energy: Exploring Jail Arts Programs and Cultural Capital
Author: Miller, Lindsey
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: This study explores the beliefs, goals, and motivations of arts-based prison initiatives based on acase study of a jail arts program provided by an art museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. This case study includes in-depth interviews with individu...

Title: Cultural Distinction in Campus Dining
Author: Jillani, Zara
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: This study examines patterns of cultural consumption at four universities as indicated by the dining options offered on their campuses. I explore the diversity of university dining options, the considerations that guide dining personnel’s decision...

Title: Do Refugees Who Become Economically Self-Sufficient Start With Nothing?
Author: Scholes, Paul
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Social sciences--Research, Social structure
Description: There are more refugees globally now than at any time since WWII. I use Phillimore’s opportunity structures from the refugee studies literature with popular ideas from the sociology of immigration literature like New Assimilation Theory to examine...

Title: Doctoral Students' Stress and Coping Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Author: Elton, Kira
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The coronavirus pandemic had a profound change to daily life. While the pandemic could be considered a stressful event within its own right, graduate school is also known to induce stress; this stress occurs due to time constraints, financial stra...

Title: EXPANDING THE BOUNDS OF AUTHORITY BY APPROPRIATING GROUP MEMBERS’ TIME
Author: Rejtig, Michael
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Actors in a position of authority can acquire legitimacy beyond the normative order when the appropriation of subordinate’s time is found valid by group members. A randomized laboratory experiment consisting a peer condition and authority conditio...

Title: Ecological Influence of the Middle-Income Population on Economic Mobility, Educational Outcomes, and Healthy Habits
Author: Reed, Cody
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: While researchers have identified many ecological conditions that impact life chances, there are many yet to be identified. This study identifies the size of the middle-income population as an ecological condition that is related to life outcomes....

Title: Food consumption, social media, and social status.
Author: Saleeva, Maria
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Food consumption practices among different social groups get attention from sociology scholars because of their symbolic meanings. At the same time, food consumption practices in contemporary society are affected by a new phenomenon – social media...

Title: From a Blue-Collar Background: Gender as a Moderator and Attitudes Towards Work and Family as a Mediator on Area of Study Choices
Author: Bourque, Leah
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology, Education
Description: Many sociologists attribute inequality to social reproduction, where children repeat their parents' life situations. The influence of a parent’s social background is evident when a child chooses a major or career. However, the literature fails to ...

Title: Gender Diversity, Conflict, and Psychological Safety in Teams: A Conceptual and Empirical Examination
Author: Redler, Emily
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Sociology, Management
Description: Teamwork is common in daily work life, and it is likely that, when working within teams, conflict may occur. Conflict negatively affects a team’s psychological safety – the feeling of safety and willingness to share one’s ideas and take risks whil...

Title: High-Status Job Characteristics, Gender, and Overwork: The Buffering Effect of Free Time
Author: Speights, Sabrina
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The social ordering of time within a changing workplace is a serious concern for scholars, employers, and employees alike. This study contends that the use and evaluation of free time will reduce feelings of overwork brought on by the characterist...

Title: Housing Insecure Black Mothers’ Experiences Navigating Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Charlotte, NC
Author: Patel, Kripa
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact across the US, but further strained Black families’ financial security, especially Black mothers. Black individuals were already disproportionately represented as low-wage workers and housing insecure p...

Title: Identity Appeals During 2020 Republican and Democratic National Conventions
Author: Reichard, Gabrielle
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Once an essential part of selecting presidential nominees, national presidential conventions have dramatically changed in recent decades. In part due to the shifts in media and the rise of personalized politics, conventions now represent a form of...

Title: Immigrant Educational Achievement: The Roles of Bilingualism Expectations and Generation
Author: Al-Taher, Eman
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: In this study, I focus on three varying perspectives to understand the assimilation process of immigrants and how it affects their academic achievement. I draw from Classical Assimilation Theory, Segmented Assimilation Theory and the Immigrant Par...