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Title: "And the North Carolina MORONS LIVED | HAPPILY EVER AFTER": The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
Author: Wilds, Sarah
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: History, Area studies
Description: Following World War II, eugenics became associated with Nazis abuses, leading many States to end their eugenics programs. North Carolina was a rare exception to this trend. Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina sterilized over 7,600 people, the ma...

Title: "Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlisting in the 18th Century British Army
Author: Kane, Nicholas
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Military history
Description: NICHOLAS KANE. "Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlistment in the 18th Century British Army. (Under the direction of Drs. DAVID JOHNSON and JOHN SMAIL) In the eighteenth century, the British military boomed in size with the various wars that ...

Title: "Downright Roguish Practices of Ignorant and Unworthy Men": The North Carolina Regulator Rebellion, 1768-1771
Author: Croot, Mitchell
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: From 1768 to 1771 in North Carolina, backcountry farmers in Orange, Rowan, and Anson Counties stood defiant against their local officials and the colonial government. Calling themselves Regulators for their desire to regulate the government’s auth...

Title: "No.. like you don't get it": The functionality of conflict speech and the construction of the young adult feminist identity on Tumblr
Author: Cosper, Caitlin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Linguistics
Description: As social media grew in popularity, online discourse became a more frequent focus of study because it represented an entirely new form of communication. While technological innovations led to easier and more accessible communication on a global sc...

Title: "The Burthen Now Upon Our Hands": The Treatment of British Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1781
Author: Grover, Thomas
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Military history, History
Description: Casualties represent the human element destroyed by war. As such, historians use their numbers to describe the scale or aftermath of a given conflict in terms of dead and wounded. Yet, there exists a third group of casualties often not included in...

Title: 'The Court Devoured Him': The History of the North Carolina Juvenile Court Statute of 1919
Author: Brown, Savannah
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: For over a century, North Carolina has continued to treat sixteen year olds as adults in the criminal justice system. The Juvenile Court Statute of 1919 mandated sixteen as the upper age of criminality, cementing that age for all juvenile offender...

Title: A paleopathological and mortuary analysis of Guangala burials from Salango, Ecuador (100 BCE- 800 CE)
Author: Bythell, Abigail
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Physical anthropology, Archaeology
Description: There are still many questions that need to be answered about the lives of the pre-Hispanic peoples of the southwest Ecuador. In particular, there are few archaeological studies that focus on the socio-cultural complexity and belief systems of the...

Title: ANALYZING THE GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT USING TWITTER DATA
Author: Mitra, Sharoni
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The #metoo movement started in the United States but has spread across the world with the goal of increasing awareness about the sexual harassment women endure. This paper aims to understand the factors affecting the diffusion of the #metoo moveme...

Title: ARTS ACCESS IN CHARLOTTE: INEQUITIES AND SOLUTIONS
Author: Mueller, Jillian
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public administration
Description: The city of Charlotte, North Carolina has issues with economic mobility that stem from a long-standing history of segregation of income and race. Arts and cultural programming is a possible solution to build social capital amongst low-income and m...

Title: Addressing the difference in rates of trauma among youth involved with in-home services compared to foster care
Author: Cooper, Jenny
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Childhood trauma has long-term effects on the physical and mental health of its victims. Given that the focus of the public health field is to create the healthiest communities possible, determining interventions to combat the effects of childhood...

Title: Age-Related Differences in Cognitive Control: An ERP Study of Internally Directed Attention
Author: Nelson, Monica
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Attention and working memory are two cognitive abilities that have been the target of research to determine whether they are independent (Baddeley, 2003) or related constructs (Kiyonaga & Egner, 2013). Modifying traditional attention tasks to inco...

Title: BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A BRONZE AGE SKELETAL SAMPLE FROM THE QIJIA CULTURE CEMETERY MOGOU (1750-1100 BCE) IN GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA
Author: Johnson, Elizabeth
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Physical anthropology, Archaeology, Area studies
Description: Bronze Age China has consistently been an area of research foci for both domestic and international researchers. However, paleopathological analysis of certain cultures within the "Northern Zone" is relatively new and demands scholarly exploration...

Title: BORDER STORIES: THE IMMIGRATION JOURNEY, SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC BELONGING, AND PARENTAL DETAINMENT IN CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS FROM 1998-2018
Author: Mendoza, Christian
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Multicultural education, Latin American literature
Description: It is imperative for American students of all backgrounds to develop open-minded and respectful cultural awareness through education, empathy, and understanding. Latinx children’s books are valuable resources that are beneficial in instilling posi...

Title: Building the Leaders of the Future: A Communication Perspective on College Student Leadership Programs
Author: De Jesus Cesar Bezerra Alonso, Vanessa
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Communication
Description: While leadership communication has been the focus of interest for communication scholars in the last 20 years, no work has been done to understand the conceptualizations of leadership and its implications for the communication discipline in the hi...

Title: CULTURE CLASH AND ADMINISTRATIVE REACTIONS: THE EVOLUTION OF DISSENT AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, 1954-1970
Author: Hoverman, Louanne
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: When historians and writers explore college student protest and dissent in the 1960s, they tend to focus on the students. Historians have written rich histories of campus protests, yet there is little about collegiate administrations, and their ro...

Title: Cyber Victimization and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Emerging Adults
Author: McComas, Megan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology
Description: Experiences of cyber aggression victimization in emerging adulthood have been shown to be associated with host of negative psychological health concerns (i.e., depression, anxiety, loneliness, substance use, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts)...

Title: DRAFTING DISNEY FOR VICTORY: ANIMATION, PROPAGANDA, AND POLITICAL RESISTANCE, 1941-1942
Author: Gregory, Carly Amie-Noelle
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: ABSTRACT CARLY AMIE-NOELLE GREGORY. Drafting Disney for Victory: Animation, Propaganda, and Political Resistance, 1941-1942. (Under the direction of DR. MARK WILSON) History has forgotten animation, and film companies are often complicit in failin...

Title: Determining Children’s ‘Best Interests’ in High-conflict Custody Cases: Examining Program Processes in Custody Advocacy
Author: Salim, Khalil
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: In recent years, family courts have made increasing use of advisors and/or advocates (e.g., forensic psychologists, social workers, best interest attorneys, guardian ad litems, etc.) in determining outcomes in child custody disputes. Evidence sugg...

Title: Discursive Construction of the Female Identity within Official ISIS Propaganda
Author: Coughlin, Meghan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Linguistics
Description: Having created a dominant online media strategy, ISIS (The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) has used the internet in order to spread its narratives beyond its geographical constraints to the largest possible audience. To this audience, they provid...

Title: EVALUATING A PRENATAL, BREASTFEEDING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO’S INFLUENCE ON PROTECTIVE RESOURCES, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND BREASTFEEDING OUTCOMES
Author: Godly-Reynolds, Erin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Barring major medical conditions (e.g., HIV), breastfeeding is widely recognized as the healthiest feeding option for babies. In the United States, approximately three out of every four mothers initiate breastfeeding; however, less than one in fiv...