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Athletes' experiences of sport psychology consultation : exploring a multi-season, cross gender intervention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Applied sport psychology consultations can provide beneficial services to athletes and coaches, particularly regarding performance enhancement. This study examined the experiences of ten wrestlers involved in a long-term sport psychology program...
Information about, not from : investigating business with accountability in mind
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
to power can skew journalism away from the public interest, but there are strategies reporters can use to avoid this “media capture.” This study provides practical advice on how journalists can hold businesses accountable....
Application of algorithms in newsrooms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
to large news organizations. The research identified three key findings: Not every journalist needs to learn skills related to automation and artificial intelligence but having a basic understanding of what they are and their capabilities would...
Where have all the mothers gone? : The liminalities of child loss in contemporary drama
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
, and the rituals with which they may release themselves from these transitional states. The social processing of child deaths is present in these plays as a literal (social) drama and as a concept discussed by performance studies scholar Victor Turner. As such, I...
The Role of Catholic Social Theory in Economic Policy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
as well. There are nearly 70 million Catholics in the United States and approximately 1 billion worldwide. Thus, whether or not public policy is in agreement with CST is of consequence to a significantly large community of people....
Living in Fear: An Analysis of Writings by Elizabeth Tudor, 1544-1565
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the writings of Elizabeth Tudor and determine
whether she was aware of the instability of her position in her formative years. I analyze how
Elizabeth used language to both ...
2012-2013 Graduate school catalog
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Medieval romance, fanfiction, and the erotics of shame
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
explore the erotics of shame through fanfiction tropes seen in a variety of canonical and non-canonical medieval romances, both Arthurian and otherwise, from the twelfth century to the fifteenth. I use elements that function as major motifs in fanfiction...
St. Louis's German brewing industry : its rise and fall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
, helping St. Louis become a major commercial center by the outbreak of the Civil War. The success of the city and by extension its German community reached a new height in 1870 when the federal census proclaimed St. Louis the nation's "Fourth City...
A case study of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 : interorganizational policymaking and food security d/discourses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
/meaning divergence that adds to a deeper scholarly understanding of how policies are created and interpreted differently, and 2) the findings offer insight into the ways in which a US government organization uses strategic ambiguity to persuade stakeholders to fund...
Internationalization initiatives in U.S. institutions of higher education : the impact observed by a school of music
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
higher education music departments toward enhancing the artistic and intellectual abilities and contributions of individuals, institutions, and the field of music as a whole. Findings from this study will also inform practices of administrators of music...
A multisite case study of early alert implementation to adoption at the University of Missouri System
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This multisite case study of academic early alert warning system implementation explored the relationship between leadership, users (faculty and staff), technology, and the organization when implementing a campus wide early alert program facilitated...
Occupy, blockade, circulate : narrating community in 21st century crisis fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation looks at contemporary social movements and novels through the lenses of sociology and infrastructuralism. I argue that there is a growing field...
"Little people can learn about race" : thinking with the wake in a first-grade classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation sought to explore the processes and actions that unfolded in a first-grade classroom when teaching and learning about topics of race and racism. I developed a research(ing) relationship with the classroom teacher, where we...
Resource Transformation Through Capitalization Processes in Community Economic Development
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
This dissertation presents a critical institutionalist theory of resource
transformation through capitalization processes in the context of community economic
development. The arguments are presented through three ...
Collateral damage: anti-communism & U.S. cultural policy
(2014-07-28)
traditional fine-arts contexts; a proscription against engagement with social issues in the arts and humanities; the replacement of democracy with "free enterprise" as the driving spirit in cultural policy; and a U.S. stance in international cultural...
Teacher opportunities to learn: responses and recommendations of grades 6-12 mathematics teachers from one district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This is a case study of one district, examining secondary mathematics teachers' perceptions of professional learning and teacher professional development. Research questions include: a) Why did the teachers from this district want to learn...
Proceedings of the University of Missouri fourteenth annual traffic engineering conference
(University of Missouri, 1962)
Power and negotiation in safety program development in a research university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
that meta-power may alter normal power relationships and planning outcomes across space and time. This case study explored the decision making processes and outside influences on the development of a laboratory safety training program at a research...
Analyzing compositional strategies in video game music
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Composers of music for video games face a unique set of challenges, including issues of interactivity, non-linearity, diegesis, and versatility. This study explores several possible correlations among these challenges and the compositional...