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Resource extraction, resistance, and religion in Nicaragua
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
My dissertation examines the causes of protest over resource extraction in Nicaragua, and underlines the role of religion as a catalyst for sustained and successful challenges against resource extraction. With few exceptions, existing research has...
Journalistic norms, ethics, and practices at EWTN
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Mizzou, volume 098, number 1 (2009 fall)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2009)
Feeding the beast : macroeconomic drivers of leadership responses to foreign policy action and the gendered consequences for human trafficking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
How do the gendered macroeconomic and macropolitical structures of the international system exacerbate the rise in human trafficking? In this dissertation project, I use a mixed method approach to examine the relationship ...
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 terms of understanding how...
African American female students' voices : their social experiences and adjustment strategies at a predominately white university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
, and their relationship with God to adjust to their social experiences on campus. Implications for student development research and interventions with African American college students are discussed....
Knowledge construction, social identity and social network structure in completely online groups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
groups and the diverse development trajectories they follow. This work also contributes a methodologically rich research design that leads to the comprehensive description of the context and experiences of completely online groups. The results presented...
Tales of an 'invisible' life stage : survival and physiology among terrestrial juvenile ambystomatid salamanders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The vital rates (e.g., survival, growth, and reproduction) of distinct life stages within a species are known to influence the growth and persistence of populations. As such, studies describing stage-specific vital rates, ...
Cambio de Colores : Latinos in the heartland : building bridges, dialogue, and opportunity : proceedings of the 15th annual conference
(University of Missouri Cambio Center, 2017)
families, and youth development research focused on Latino prosocial and moral development. Dr. Juan Andrade explored leadership development through his own experiences and in his role as President of the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI...
Proceedings of the 15th annual conference, Cambio de Colores....
Proceedings of the 15th annual conference, Cambio de Colores....
Mizzou, volume 091, number 2 (2003 Winter)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2003)
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 ...
Not just fun and games : exploring ludic elements in Greek and Latin literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This dissertation explores how Greek and Roman authors use board games and games of chance to answer complex questions about humanity and the relation of the self to the cosmos. I isolate literary topoi rooted in gaming ...
Storied possessions : post-household disbandment older adult placemaking through meaningful belongings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
into smaller spaces. There is increased social and anthropological research on household disbandment. Less is known from environment and behavior and interior design theoretical perspectives about the subsequent process of reestablishing a meaningful place...
Exploring account managers' ethical perceptions : where is the line and how should we react
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The socio-cultural perceptions of food habits, body image and obesity of black-American women in Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
practices as symbolic manifestations, direct associations to the development of self, identity and in-group ethnic affiliation emerges. This research uses narratives from 15 in-depth interviews, compiled over a two year period. Results indicate black women...
Combating nuclear power : discourses of justice, the anti-nuclear power struggle for energy justice
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)
In the present study, I critically analyze the anti-nuclear power movement (or the movement for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future) in the U.S. using an environmental justice framework. I aim to explore how ...
Mizzou, volume 102, number 3 (2014 Spring)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2014)
The virtual social capital of online communities : media use and motivations as predictors of online and offline engagement via six measures of community strength
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This research introduces a new measure of social capital for users of online communities. Whereas "local community" forms of social capital consist of ties created in local community for the benefit of local community, and "Web-local" social capital...
"Sin mujeres no hay revolución" : transversal feminist politics in the digital mediated activism of the Argentine collective Ni una menos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
While the advent of the Internet and digital social networks has opened opportunities for global connectivity, participation, and broadcasting to agents outside the media, corporations and the state, inequities structuring ...
Preparing public school leaders for culturally, linguistically, and religiously diverse communities : an exploratory multiple-case study of faculty in Thailand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This exploratory multiple-case study "using an application of transformative learning as its conceptual framework and using cross-case synthesis and constructing grounded theory as its analytic approach" aimed at examining ...