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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: 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: 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: Abundant Scarcity: How Liberal Democratic Stratification Systems and the Cares Act impacted National School Lunch Program Distribution
Author: Hooke, Brett
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Educational sociology
Description: The Covid- 19 Pandemic and subsequent economic disruption spurred the federal government to increase the availability of the National School Lunch Program to all eligible students in the United States. Despite the expansion of the National School ...

Title: An Intergenerational Oral History of African American Students in Edgecombe County, North Carolina from 1930-1980
Author: Mungo, Sequoya
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: The literature about the history of African American education must continue to move beyond deficit-centered research and further explore the varied perceptions and experiences of African Americans from their perspectives. Traditional research oft...

Title: DO STATE-LEVEL RPS POLICIES IN THE U.S. DELIVER ANTICIPATED BENEFITS? EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF FEDERALIZED ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY ON ELECTRICITY PRICE AND QUANTITY, USE OF RENEWABLES, AND CARBON EMISSIONS
Author: Cochran, Joseph
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Government policy
Description: In this dissertation, I present the findings of a formative evaluation of the changes in the electricity markets of states that implemented renewable portfolio standards (RPS policies) from 2000 to 2010. The formative evaluation is an assessment o...

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: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARSITY SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND COLLEGE STEM DECLARATION
Author: Averette, Morgan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education, Recreation
Description: MORGAN AVERETTE. Exploring the Relationship between Varsity Sports Participation and College STEM Declaration.(Under the direction of DR. MARTHA CECILIA BOTTIA)This study investigates the association between high school interscholastic sports part...

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: 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...

Title: Initial Social Exchange with Potential Bad Faith Actors
Author: Franck, Patrick
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Social sciences--Research
Description: Social exchange occurs in every facet of daily life, and exchange theory assumes that actors encounter ambiguity and uncertainty when interacting. Currently, a limitation in social exchange theory is the lack of research on deceit or opportunism, ...

Title: Navigating Uncharted Territory: A look at the college application process for low-income, minoritized female students
Author: Redfearn, Darian
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Objectives As the United States economy moves from a manufacturing to technology economy, the number of those jobs that require postsecondary education has increased. In an effort to ensure that the United States can compete in a global market it ...

Title: The Politicization of The 1619 Project—The Necessity for Transformative Curricula in Social Studies
Author: Rochester, Antoinette
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: In August 2019, The New York Times published what was said to be a "controversial" journalistic take on African American and American history. Written by Nikole Hannah-Jones, an awardee of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Genius Award, and her f...

Title: The Relationship Between Disability Status and Academic Outcomes: Race and SES As Moderators
Author: Ayala, Emily
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: ABSTRACTEMILY AYALA. The Relationship Between Disability Status and Academic Outcomes: Race and SES As Moderators. (Under the direction of DR. MARTHA CECILIA BOTTIA)Addressing the educational achievement of children with learning disabilities is a...

Title: The Relationship Between Disability Status and Academic Outcomes: Race and SES As Moderators
Author: Ayala, Emily
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: ABSTRACTEMILY AYALA. The Relationship Between Disability Status and Academic Outcomes: Race and SES As Moderators. (Under the direction of DR. MARTHA CECILIA BOTTIA)Addressing the educational achievement of children with learning disabilities is a...

Title: The Role of Teacher Racial/Ethnic Composition on Schools' Use of Disciplinary Sanctions
Author: Moniz, Kyleigh
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology
Description: This study investigates the relationship between the race of the collective teaching force and disciplinary sanctions at the school level. Prior research indicates that having a teacher of the same race decreases student suspension and expulsion r...

Title: Through Students' Eyes: Using Photography to Explore At-Risk Middle Schoolers' Perceptions of Self and School
Author: Britt, Heather
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Middle school education, Education, Teachers--Training of
Description: ABSTRACTHEATHER M. BRITT. Visual ethnographic case study of school through the eyes of students using Photovoice, cameras, writing and agency artwork. (Under the direction of DR. JEANNEINE JONES)Everyone goes to school but everyone does not have t...