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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...
“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,...
“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...
“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...
“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...
“Making peace” with bodies and sexual selves : changes during COVID-19 among adults in the United States
Title
“Making peace” with bodies and sexual selves : changes during COVID-19 among adults in the United States
Author
Bowling, Jessamyn, Basinger, Erin, Montanaro, Erika
Subjects--Topical
COVID-19 (Disease), Body image
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the physical and mental health of many and has necessitated widespread societal shifts, including changes to work and family activities. These changes have impacted individuals’ identity, including the...
“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 ...
“Just because I have a medical degree does not mean I have the answers” : using CBPR to enhance patient‐centered care within a primary care setting
Title
“Just because I have a medical degree does not mean I have the answers” : using CBPR to enhance patient‐centered care within a primary care setting
Author
Siegal, Rachel, Case, Andrew, Nance, Andrew, Johnson, Atalaya
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Medical care, Patient-centered health care
Description
Patient-centered care (PCC) is a health care delivery model that is considered a means to reduce inequities in the healthcare system, specifically through its prioritization of patient voice and preference in treatment planning. Yet, there are doc...
“It sometimes heals, but it sometimes hurts”; Exploring the issues facing first-generation and immigrant staff caring for immigrant youth in an after-school program
Title
“It sometimes heals, but it sometimes hurts”; Exploring the issues facing first-generation and immigrant staff caring for immigrant youth in an after-school program
Author
Cronin, Claire
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Multicultural education, Counseling psychology, Early childhood education
Description
Coming from countries across the world, immigrants have chosen to start a new life in the United States, and become part of the fabric that makes up American society. Today, immigrant children face a unique set of challenges and hardships includin...
“It just feels right” : perceptions of the effects of community connectedness among trans individuals
Title
“It just feels right” : perceptions of the effects of community connectedness among trans individuals
Author
Bowling, Jessamyn, Barker, Jordan, Lace, Tatim, Gunn, Laura
Subjects--Topical
Transgender people, Mental health
Description
Trans individuals (e.g. trans men and women, non-binary, gender fluid) are at higher risk for mental health concerns, in part due to marginalization. Previous work has documented the effects of social support and community engagement on health out...
“In the contradiction lies the hope”: White student affairs administrators’ understanding of whiteness
Title
“In the contradiction lies the hope”: White student affairs administrators’ understanding of whiteness
Author
Forester, Rachael
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Education, Higher
Description
Among white people, there is a pervasive mentality that color-evasiveness (Bonilla-Silva, 2003) is an ideal approach to racial equity, meaning many white student affairs professionals may equate refusing to see race as synonymous with being anti-r...
“Afraid to Breathe”: Understanding North Carolina’s Experience of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic at the State, Local, and Individual Levels
Title
“Afraid to Breathe”: Understanding North Carolina’s Experience of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic at the State, Local, and Individual Levels
Author
Austin, Lauren
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
History, Public health, Government policy
Description
This dissertation is the first comprehensive, detailed study of a single state’s experience of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic at state, local and county, and individual levels. Its two articles provide quantitative analyses of a unique new state...
“16 Weeks is a Lot of Time to be Away”: A Contemporary Examination of Maternity Leave Perceptions and Experiences
Title
“16 Weeks is a Lot of Time to be Away”: A Contemporary Examination of Maternity Leave Perceptions and Experiences
Author
Chandler , Allison
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Communication, Sociology, Management
Description
In recent decades, women’s presence in the workplace has increased from only a quarter of total American workers, to nearly half of all American workers (U.S. Department of Labor, 2020). With an increasing number of women in the labor force, organ...
study of optoelectronic properties of thin film solar cell materials Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 using multiple correlative spatially-resolved spectroscopy techniques
Title
study of optoelectronic properties of thin film solar cell materials Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 using multiple correlative spatially-resolved spectroscopy techniques
Author
Chen, Qiong
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering
Description
Containing only earth abundant and environmental friendly elements, quaternary compounds Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) and Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) are considered as promising absorber materials for thin film solar cells. The best record efficiency for this type of ...
Zika virus : medical countermeasure development challenges
Title
Zika virus : medical countermeasure development challenges
Author
Janies, Daniel, Damodaran, Lambodhar, Schneider, Adriano
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Communicable diseases, Zika virus
Description
Introduction Reports of high rates of primary microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia and Brazil have raised concerns that the virus circulating in these regions is a rapidly developing neu...
Z-DNA binding protein 1 mediates necroptotic and apoptotic cell death pathways in murine astrocytes following herpes simplex virus-1 infection
Title
Z-DNA binding protein 1 mediates necroptotic and apoptotic cell death pathways in murine astrocytes following herpes simplex virus-1 infection
Author
Marriott, Ian, Jeffries, Austin M., Suptela, Alexander J.
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Herpes simplex virus, DNA
Description
The mechanisms by which glia respond to viral central nervous system (CNS) pathogens are now becoming apparent with the demonstration that microglia and astrocytes express an array of pattern recognition receptors that include intracellular RNA an...
Your phrases matter : third waves in research approaches and new contexts for formulaic language
Title
Your phrases matter : third waves in research approaches and new contexts for formulaic language
Author
Davis, Boyd H., Troutman-Jordan, Meredith, Maclagan, Margaret
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Psycholinguistics, Dementia
Description
This study reports on new contexts in which formulaic language has been used in the years since 2013 when the last synthesis was carried out. The background presents an old but still useful definition and lists themes under which research was arra...