This paper adds to the existing literature on gentrification by exploring the impact of newly developed light rail transportation systems on neighborhoods surrounding the[...]

This paper explores popular economic, political, and social conceptions of the relationshipbetween income inequality and corruption. Contemporary politics have become hea[...]

The transgender population experience high rates of discrimination in healthcare settings, which has been well documented. Less is known about what is keeping transgender[...]

Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education over the past two decades. Attaching high stakes to standardized test[...]

African American males are underrepresented in university Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programs as STEM majors in the United States. I will be investig[...]

Economic inequality for racial and ethnic minority groups, exacerbated by their spatial segregation, has been a central focus in urban geography. While there is accumulat[...]

Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central cit[...]

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect an estimated 347 million people worldwide. These diseases can be spread asymptomatically, and can potentially incur signific[...]

This dissertation examines whether there are unintended consequences that emerge from status interventions in task groups in relation to cohesion and solidarity. Past the[...]

The purpose of this dissertation is to address institutional factors that may be the root cause of health disparities. Misdirected resources may help to explain why healt[...]