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Finding prehistoric roots of the two-spirit tradition in the North American Southwest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
We demonstrate the antiquity of the Native American two-spirit tradition using mortuary data from the North American Southwest. A two-spirit person embodies a liminal combination of masculine and feminine spirits and ...
Core values driving sustained elite performance cultures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Organizational culture within sport has an important influence on the performance and well-being of the group and individuals. Often, cultural descriptions are based on teams' results (e.g., winning teams have strong ...
Mobility Strategies and Academic Success within Military Families
(2016)
The purpose of this narratalogical case study was to investigate the strategies military
families utilize to contribute to the academic performance of highly mobile military
connected students. The unit of analysis was ...
Mentoring Latinx Students through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies at a Predominately White Institution
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Latinx students are enrolling in four-year higher education institutions (HEIs) at a
rapidly increasing rate. However, an alarmingly low number complete their degrees.
Institutional barriers such as racism, language ...
Is That Racist? One White Family Interrogating Whiteness and Constructing Antiracist Curriculum
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Despite attempts by white teachers and families to avoid talk about race
(Apfelbaum, Paulker, Ambady, Sommers, & Norton, 2008; Bartoli, Michael, Bentley
Edwards, Stevenson, Shor, & McClain, 2016; Boutte, López-Robertson, ...
Predicting disrespectful tourist behavior: the role of stereotypes about residents, social contagion, and psychological entitlement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Disrespectful tourist behavior has affected the wellness of the tourist industry, the residents and communities of destinations, and other tourists. Despite its negative impact, existing knowledge on such behavior is ...
Influences on contraceptive use among college women
(2015-05-19)
Background: An unintended pregnancy (UIP) occurs before an ideal time or is completely unwanted. In 2011, the rate of UIP in the United States was 49% of all pregnancies. Unintended pregnancies are expensive to society and ...
The effects of visual programming on elementary school students' computational thinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Computational thinking (CT) has been identified as a key skill that people need in the rapidly developing information age. The research community ...
Reading young adult fiction and the world to find racial civic litearcy in a social studies methods class
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
white preservice teachers as they confront issues of race/ism in a young adult fiction novel and grapple with how they will address this in their future classroom. Findings indicate that although all six participants had the vocabulary to discuss race...
Justifying brutality : news readers' perceptions of police violence and race
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
readers' evaluations regarding issues of police brutality based on the framing of fatality and victim race. Additionally, through agenda-setting theory, this study will explore frame-setting implications that result from such evaluations. Results show...
"When people push us, it just makes us feel better" : a multi-case exploration of the tools, relationships, and contexts of near-peer mentoring for college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study sought to explore the unique ways near-peer mentors serving in three different public high schools help historically marginalized students address and overcome informational and psychological barriers to college. ...
Barriers and catalysts of aging for LGBTQ+ older adults : a photovoice study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
For LGBTQ+ older adults, the intersecting influence of sexuality, gender expression, and sociocultural factors result in a distinct aging experience. The concept of successful aging is often utilized by professionals to ...
Evaluation Of HIF Inhibitors For The Treatment of Ocular Neovascular Diseases
(2015-06-02)
Hypoxia-inducible-factor (HIF)-mediated expression of pro-angiogenic genes under
hypoxia is the fundamental cause of pathological neovascularization in ocular diseases and
cancers. Thus, the inhibitors of the HIF pathway ...
Wild leaves and narrow stems : case study of a school garden in transition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
data collection, participant interviews, focus groups, and artifact analysis, themes emerged and descriptions of the case before, during, and after the transition of control were developed. The story of the school garden transition was one...
Imagining Madam President: a critical typology of fictional female presidents and intersectional presidentiality in U.S. politainment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, presidentiality, and the cultural barriers women face in politics, I examine and evaluate the fictional female presidential representations in 15 television series spanning the first two decades of the twenty-first century. To conduct my study of these artifacts...
Art in Scale: Barbara Marshall and the Fine-Scale Miniature Movement
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Throughout time, humans have engaged with miniatures as a means of making sense of their world. For each generation and each culture, this phenomenon manifests in a way that meets the needs of its participants. This thesis ...
Diagnostic competencies of those administering and interpreting cognitive (IQ) assessments for special education placement within Missouri: perceptions of special education directors and process coordinators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
regarding the current assessment practices of Missouri K-12 districts. They also provided cognizance of the qualifications of personnel utilized to administer and interpret cognitive assessments in Missouri K-12 districts as well as how those qualifications...
Principal sensemaking of teacher supervision and evaluation systems : a multiple-case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Recent teacher supervision and evaluation system (TSES) reform efforts have resulted in wide adoption of policies targeting improvements in teaching quality and student outcomes; however, impact of these policies has been ...
A Multimodal Biometric Authentication for Smartphones
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)
Biometrics is seen as a viable solution to ageing password based authentication on smartphones. Fingerprint biometric is leading the biometric technology for smartphones, however, owing to its high cost, major players in ...
A qualitative case study of Spelman College's students' attitude toward Spelman College's transgender admissions and enrollment policy and its transgender and gender non-conforming students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This qualitative case study examined 10 Spelman College's students' attitude toward its new transgender admissions and enrollment policy, as well as their attitudes toward Spelman's transgender and gender non-conforming ...