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RACE, RESEGREGATION AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPLELINE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
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Author
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Graham, Joseph
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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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...
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Reclaiming the Unredeemed: Irredentism and the National Schism in Greece's First World War
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Author
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Kinley, Christopher
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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History, Military history, Area studies
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Description
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Greece’s role in the First World War, although short, was characterized by political and social tumult that tore the small country in half, splitting it into two political camps both with their own public supporters. This divide is known as the Na...
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Posttraumatic growth and career calling in undergraduates
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Author
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Riffle, Olivia
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling psychology, Psychology, Clinical psychology
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Description
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As emerging adults, college students are beginning to craft a life narrative that provides purpose and direction, part of which is the identification and pursuit of a meaningful career. It may even include a calling, a sense of being summoned to a...
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Potential Barriers to Women's Leadership Self-efficacy
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Author
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Robinson, Aspen
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Psychology
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Description
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Many organizations are employing women at a higher rate than seen in previous years, yet women are still underrepresented in leadership roles. In this paper, I examine factors that may influence an individual’s perceived capabilities of being a le...
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QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF A COLLEGE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH GROUP
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Author
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Larson, Jacqueline
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Psychology
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Description
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College students experience mental health problems (MHPs) at high rates, presenting challenges to students, families, and campus officials. As one response, student mental health groups – often student-led campus chapters of national organizations...
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Creating a Market for Salvation: Neoliberalism and Pastoral Power
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Author
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Eyrich, Timothy
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Philosophy
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Description
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This thesis examines the megachurch phenomenon in the United States since the 1950s as a way of explaining the transformation of pastorship in Christianity with the onset of American neoliberalism. This examination relies on Michel Foucault’s anal...
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Cool Down or Warm Up? Understanding Motivations behind Student Athlete Major Choices
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Author
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Parris, Dionne
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Educational sociology
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Description
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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...
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Black Bodies That Matter: Corporeality in the Movement for Black Lives
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Author
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Williams, Ashley
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Philosophy, Dance
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Description
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The purpose of this research project is to merge discourses concerning performance studies, dance theory, and the use of bodies in the Movement for Black Lives. Protest descriptions may include demographic information of participants, but they alm...
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Calcutta and J.Z. Holwell, a man on the periphery
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Author
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Branch, William
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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History
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Description
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WILLIAM ARMSTRONG BRANCH. J. Z. Holwell, a peripheral man. (Under the direction of Dr. David Johnson) In the middle of the eighteenth century the trading city of Calcutta flourished by exporting three categories of goods; textiles, opium, and salt...
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COMMEMORATING QUEEN CHARLOTTE: RACE, GENDER, AND THE POLITICS OF MEMORY, 1750 TO 2014
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Author
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Gregory, Bethany
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sex role, History
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Description
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Despite the vast research by historians on Queen Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as a person, little research has been conducted on what she meant to the people of regions named in her honor. This thesis seeks to uncover the significance ...
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Editing Identity Online: Film Reviews as Religious Narratives on Patheos
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Author
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Twist, Haley
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Religion
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Description
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How do we construct narratives about ourselves, how are these narratives influenced by our religious lives, and how do these narratives look when they appear on the Internet? Exploring the construction of autobiographical narratives and how they a...
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Dust
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Author
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Scheewe, Karen
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Creative writing
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Description
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In a culture dominated by Eurocentric traditions and narratives, there are many silences in our discourse. I seek to address the absence of multiculturalism in children’s literature. This creative project subverts the dominant white structure of o...