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Adolescent leadership development through participation in a robotics design challenge experience
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This research study explored the adolescent leadership development experiences within teams participating in the Robotics Design Challenge sponsored by the University of Missouri Engineering Department. Since the design ...
Archives, 2013 Fall
(University of Missouri Health System, 2013)
This issue of Archives is Fall 2013.
It is what you know : changes in the structure and role of entrepreneur networks in an industry over time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Previous research investigating the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurship has generally focused on the entrepreneur's own capacity to work their way into existing networks. There still remains a gap in ...
Managing creative teams : virtual work's impact on creative climate and creative process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The Covid-19 pandemic brought about a profound shift in the workplace, as in-person creative teams dispersed to remote work environments and organizations had to quickly implement ways to sustain creativity. This study ...
Mizzou, volume 104, number 1 (2015 Fall)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2015)
Commercial Sexual Exploitation: An Analysis of Prostitution in Kansas City
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Prostitution arrest records provided by 11 different law enforcement agencies in
the Kansas City area during the years of 2011 through 2015 are used as a means for
analysis of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) within ...
Whole-class read-alouds with diverse children's literature: primary teachers' perspectives and practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to investigate primary teachers' perspectives about whole-class read-alouds with diverse children's literature (DCL) and their practices for implementing and conducting them. This multiple...
Power, intersectionality and news photographs : a case study of Detroit free press and Michigan chronicle news photography between 1963 and 1967
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
photography from two similar sources, the mainstream Detroit Free Press and black newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle should help illuminate the ways visual media can be influenced by the intersectionality of its creators, despite photography's presumed...
Covering the court : a study of U.S. Supreme Court journalists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.]
Turkic Educators and Students Breaking Their Silence: An Oral History of a Tangled Web of Political Power
(2023)
The social genocide of the Hizmet people by the Erdoğan regime has left an indelible mark on Turkic educators and students worldwide. The practice of genocide as a form of political control is steeped in the history of the Ottoman Empire...
Resisting intersectional marginality by developing a mestiza consciousness : undergraduate women of color challenging and shaping power
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This critical qualitative study explores how power shapes the experiences of undergraduate Women of Color engaged in activism and advocacy on social justice issues at the University of Missouri. The development and design ...
The postmaster's porcelain : collecting European decorative art in middle America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"This dissertation provides a case study of a type of art collecting that has not received significant scholarly attention, one based on the collecting activity of middleclass Americans living in the Midwestern United States, but who nonetheless...
Socioeconomic Status, Acculturation, Family Characteristics, and Health Behaviors: Testing the Reserve Capacity Model with Hispanic Adolescents
(2014-09-30)
Research shows that socioeconomic status (SES) can impact adolescent use of alcohol and
smoking. These relationships may be mediated by stress, psychosocial reserves, and
negative emotions. I explored these relationships ...
Exploring the process of an obstacles to hiring foreign-born journalists in American newsrooms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.]
The influence of gender on the careers of women theatre faculty in higher education : a qualitative investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
that fall under humanities and fine arts--including theatre, where women have already achieved greater equity in terms of their presence in the field. Assuming gender parity based on numbers, however, is problematic, leaving out the opportunity...
The relationship between leadership style and student achievement in high poverty, low funded schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] School administrators face several challenges ranging from opposing stakeholders, to frequent deadlines, to the pressures of No Child Left Behind. The ...
Antigone in Ferguson : the experience of seven members of the democratic chorus in a social justice musical production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, through the lens of the theory of transformation (Cohen, 2007a). Antigone in Ferguson, an original musical production based on the ancient Greek drama Antigone (Sophocles, ca. 441 B.C.E./2016), was created in response to the young Black man in Ferguson...
A textual analysis of public Facebook posts from disability advocates : examining how those with disabilities choose to represent themselves via social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
of disability often looks very different than what mainstream audiences have come to expect based on the mass media's historically stereotypical portrayal of those with disabilities. Through textual analysis, this study examined how five socially and ethnically...
Foreign correspondence in the age of Trump
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This great prayerful tradition : American presidents preaching public theology at the National Prayer Breakfast
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the speeches delivered by American presidents at the National Prayer Breakfast (NPB) from its inception in 1953 until 2016, as well as the rhetorical context of the NPB. ...