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Title: RACE, RESEGREGATION AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPLELINE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
Author: Graham, Joseph
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: This thesis explores the relationship between out of school suspensions and court-involvement for youth in Mecklenburg County. Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the concept of implicit bias serve to inform this examination, interpretation, and analys...

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: 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: 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: 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: “WE DON’T LOVE THESE HOES” EXPLORING MISOGYNOIR AND BLACK MALE PATRIARCHY THROUGH SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARDS
Author: Webber, Mariah
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: While much research has been dedicated to exploring how Black people as a collective respond to racism, or how White women as collective respond to sexism, little empirical research has been found regarding the experiences of combatting both racis...

Title: UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIALIZATION SOURCES DURING THE ADAPTATION TO THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Author: Dubose, Cornell
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Social psychology, Social sciences--Research
Description: CORNELL DUBOSE. Understanding the Influence of Socialization Sources During the Adaptation to the College Experience. (Under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Stearns)Every year in the United States, thousands of young adults start their college care...

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...