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- 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 ...
- Title
- Variation in Patterns of Allocare In Captive Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas): The Potential Effects of Environment and Kinship in the Development of Novel Behavior
- Author
- Carter, Amanda
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Physical anthropology, Zoology
- Description
- The goal of the this research was to examine the social dynamics among extended matrilines of Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) housed at the North Carolina Zoo (NCZ) in Asheboro, North Carolina, including the putative existence of allocare, def...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- THE COLORS OF PRESTIGE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FORMS, DECORATIONS, AND USES OF INCA STONE VESSELS
- Author
- Banikazemi, Cyrus
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- The ethnohistoric and archaeological record provides ample evidence of the ideological significance of metals and pigments in the pre-Columbian Andean world. This study explores the use of these materials in the complex decorative techniques utili...
- Title
- Strangers in a new land: the effects of ecology on female social relationships, Macaca mulatta, Ocala National Forest, Florida
- Author
- Johnson, Adam
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Social sciences, Ecology, Animal scientists
- Description
- Despite the vast research into rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) social behavior, little is known about how they adapt to novel environments, particularly in cases where they experience little or no between-group competition and are not provisioned....
- Title
- Spatial Analysis of Activity Areas at the First Charles Town Settlement in North Carolina
- Author
- Bowers, Nicolas
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- Charles Town, North Carolina was an inhabited settlement just to the south of Wilmington, and was occupied from 1664-1667 and has only seen one major excavation, conducted by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the 1980’s-90’s. In th...
- Title
- Social Organization and Resource Sharing at Buen Suceso Based on the Analysis of Subadult Skeletal Remains
- Author
- Bowers, Mozelle
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- The study of children in the past provides bioarchaeologists with the opportunity to understand not only the health and wellbeing of a society, but various forms of identity and power structures. In this study, I will present findings on subadult ...
- 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
- River Monkeys: How River Tourism Influences Patterns of Aggression in The Introduced Rhesus Macaques in Silver Springs State Park
- Author
- Lam, Celeste
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Social sciences
- Description
- Silver Springs State Park is Florida’s largest limestone artisan formation, as well as one of the most popular tourist attractions in the state. The park’s popularity began in the late 1870s when the beloved glass-bottom boats were invented (Wolfe...
- Title
- Reassessing Chronology of Inca and Cayambe Sites in Northern Ecuador through Obsidian Hydration Dating
- Author
- Griffin, Reilly
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- Obsidian Hydration Dating has continued to be seen as a viable dating method withinarchaeology to establish relative chronology for sites with obsidian artifacts. The prospect of a relatively fast and comparatively inexpensive dating method compar...
- 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
- RECONSTRUCTING AFRICA'S EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES: DNA COLLECTION, CODING, ANALYSIS, and INTERPRETATION
- Author
- Winful, Olawunmi
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Area studies, History
- Description
- Finding a way to successfully interpret African diversity is important in accurately reconstructing the evolutionary history of our species. By collecting high quality DNA, genealogical, and demographic data on a large cross section of African and...
- 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
- Preliminary Assessment of Lead Glazed Coarse Earthenware Trade Relationships During Mid-18th and 19th Century North Carolina Piedmont through PXRF Analysis
- Author
- Dyer, Monica
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- Little documentation exists of the trade occurring in the central North Carolina Piedmont during the 18th and 19th century at wealthy farmstead sites or at surrounding sites of lower economic status. The intent of my research is to gain a greater ...
- Title
- PUT WHAT(?) IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT: A METHODICAL APPROACH TO THE SMOKING CULTURE OF A NINETEENTH CENTURY PLANTATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
- Author
- Bubp, Rebecca
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- Holly Bend, a prolific and successful late 18th and early 19th century plantation owned by the Davidson family in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has seen multiple excavations and research projects over the past several years. In this project, ...
- Title
- Osteoarthritis and the Effects on the Accuracy of Age at Death Estimation
- Author
- Wiedre, Samantha
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Forensic anthropology
- Description
- There are many methods by which forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists estimate the age at death of an individual. Many of these methods, however, are flawed. Currently, anthropologists within these fields are researching which of these me...
- Title
- Osteoarthritis and the Effects on the Accuracy of Age at Death Estimation
- Author
- Wiedre, Samantha
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Forensic anthropology
- Description
- There are many methods by which forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists estimate the age at death of an individual. Many of these methods, however, are flawed. Currently, anthropologists within these fields are researching which of these me...
- 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 ...