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The Un'Gathering of the Tribes: performing, writing, and remaking masculine identity at 1990s alternative rock festivals
(2013)
In the early 1990s, a number of up-and-coming American rock bands working in the so-called "alternative rock" genre coupled boyish sensitivity with aggressive sounds that fused punk rock, hard rock, and underground styles to create a genre...
Pleasing a crowd : how social media and the sports entertainment industry has impacted affected sports journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
publications about how the evolution of social media and the sports entertainment industry has affected the content they produce. This project resulted in some informed reflections about the future of sports journalism as well as best practices for newer...
Webs of intimacy and influence : unraveling writing culture at Harper's magazine during the Willie Morris years (1967-1971)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
's in a cultural studies framework neither supports nor challenges quantitative effects models; instead it aims to identify a cultural history through the words and actions of the various actors toward the journalism they created....
What am I gonna do with my life?: Exploring the transitional experiences of former Division 1 Black, male, first-generation college basketball and football student-athletes into the world of work
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
five emergent themes addressing the research questions: (1) Athletic Identity Reinforcement, (2) Lack of Self-Directed Choices, (3) Connection through Identifiable Spaces, (4) Village-Based Support, and (5) Career Decision-Making Difficulties...
Ushering in the Post-Oil Era: A Functional Finance Approach to Development, Diversification and Sustainability in Saudi Arabia
(2023)
The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the social, economic and financial structures and the growth potential of Saudi Arabia as a fixed exchange rate country. Saudi Arabia has had its currency pegged to the US dollar since 1986. From a...
Where the dancer meets her divine: dance as religious experience in the lives of Loie Fuller and Isadora Duncan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This thesis begins with a simple question: Can seemingly-secular dance be a religious experience for an individual dancer? I investigate this question through specifically examining the lives of dancers Loie Fuller and Isadora Duncan, both creators...
Journeying from academically-underprepared to prepared : exploring developmental community college students' perceptions of developmental advising at a Carribean-based community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
in enabling them to develop self-regulated behaviors inclusive of goal-setting skills and academic self-efficacy. The study also explored the extent to which this service promoted increased levels of persistence. A qualitative phenomenological case study...
The reemergence of Cold War framing in the coverage of US-Russia relations after the 2016 election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
for this project are Russian and American reporters and editors writing for a variety of news publications in Washington, D. C., and Moscow. All of the nine journalists and editors interviewed for the project said that they noticed the reemergence of the Cold War...
The relationship between accountability mandates, school leadership, and school improvement: exploring the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on one school's efforts to bring about and sustain reform
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
and (2) how stakeholders within the school make meaning of accountability mandates and its' effect on school improvement. Findings of the research project indicated this school and school district, while recognizing the importance of meeting NCLB...
Into the forest: reading trees in nineteenth-century American literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
, and more specifically trees and woodlands, affords a clearer vision of the environment in which nineteenth century writers existed, and raises further questions about how these writers situated themselves in the natural world. An examination...
The race-based school assignment policy response to Parents Involved v. Seattle schools by 125 districts from the Civil Rights Commission's 1987 meta study on the effects of desegregation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
used a policy analysis approach to analyze how districts amended RCSAPs after the case. The sample came from a 1987 Civil Rights Commission meta study cited by Justice Breyer in his Parents Involved dissent. The researcher used grounded theory methods...
Using Visual Thinking Strategies to Improve Mathematics Instruction
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The purpose of the study was to explore the use of Visual Thinking Strategies as it
applied to mathematics instruction for teachers in a small, urban elementary school
containing grades 1-6 in a large Midwestern ...
The Departure of the Commedia dell'Arte from Paris in 1697 : A Copy of a Lost Watteau
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2018)
Border pedagogy: how white teachers cross intellectual borders to enhance students' critical thinking skills in racially homogeneous, low poverty spaces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
levels of freedom regarding content yet focus on building relationships and engaging students' thinking. This study offers a framework for critically engaging students while attending to distributive and relational aspects of justice-oriented teaching....
The role of middle leaders in fostering organizational learning in a state cooperative extension service
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
, the process for engaging people in collaborative learning and dialogue as a means for creating a culture of care and the space for learning, and collaboration among RDs and PDs. Barriers to organizational learning involved organizational culture and structure...
Goal setting in Missouri's model evaluation system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
accountability a household term for educators. The direct piece of policy that connects this research to is Missouri's ESEA Flexibility Waiver. The waiver established goals that would bypass the rigorous mandates of No Child Left Behind but would still ensure...
Exchange and settlement patterns as evidence for social stratification and developing complexity in prehistoric and early Christian Ireland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
There exists no economic study of prehistoric Ireland, nor a history focused on the island's early international relations, nor one that studies how its early elites came to power. This study seeks to bridge that gap by examining the use...
Graduate catalog, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009-2010
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 2009)
Covering the court : a study of U.S. Supreme Court journalists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
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Guilty by association : a phenomenological exploration of Black professionals' experiences with assumptions of criminality at work
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
the phenomenon: gangster in a suit, guilty till proven innocent, and rooted in criminality. I used stigma management communication, cultural contracts theory, and Big D /little d discourse as guiding research theories. Practical implications, theory contributions...