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"Sorry, but I Suck at Writing": A Study of Writing Self-efficacy in First-Year College Students
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Author
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Greene, Mary-Elizabeth
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, Adult education, Social sciences--Research
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Description
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In this study, current research on writing self-efficacy—"confidence that one can perform successfully in a particular domain" (Bruning 25)—and data from a local survey of first-year college students, or freshmen, is used to examine dispositions t...
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A RELATIONAL EXAMINATION OF RESOURCE ACQUISITION IN ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKS
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Author
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Medaugh, Melissa
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Entrepreneurship
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Description
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Social networks provide entrepreneurs with a cost-effective way to acquire resources from people they know personally. In the current research, I develop and test a relational model of resource acquisition, which demonstrates the predictive role o...
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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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Brunswick Town Colonoware: A Look at Form and Function
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Author
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Johnson, Benjamin
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Archaeology
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Description
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This paper discusses the history of Brunswick Town through an archaeological study of Brunswick Colonoware as it applies to African-American life. By looking at the artifactual record from the original excavations of the town, I was able to determ...
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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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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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Charlotte's Airport Enters The Jet Age: Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983
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Author
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Ross, Lucas
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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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ABSTRACTLUCAS CHARLES ROSS. Charlotte’s airport enters the jet age:Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983. (Under the direction of DR. MARK WILSON) The history of airports is a neglected topic despite the incredible economic and social changes the world has...
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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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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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Title
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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...
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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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Habermas, The Religious Side of a Postmetaphysical Thinker
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Author
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Molina, Luciano
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science, Religion, Philosophy
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Description
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The goal of this paper is to show Jürgen Habermas’s recent work on religion as a well-intended effort to deal with religious conflicts in the world that yet presents two serious and related flaws: on one hand, Habermas claims his ideas on religion...