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Framing practices of wire services in modern wartime : international frames during the final six months of the Battle of Aleppo
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This thesis focuses on the journalistic articles published by three major wire services-Associated Press, Reuters, and TASS -- during the final six months of the Battle of Aleppo, a major offensive that essentially tilted ...
A qualitative study exploring barriers Black college students experience in utilizing mental health services at a predominantly white institution (PWI)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The qualitative study explored factors that may influence black students' utilization of mental health services based on their lived experiences as Black students in a predominately white institution (PWI). The study implemented semi...
MIGUEL MATEO DALLO Y LANA, MEXICAN BAROQUE COMPOSER: A FORGOTTEN TREASURE OF PUEBLA
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015-03-09)
As research into the Mexican Baroque continues to expand, forgotten composers and their works are garnering deserved attention. Miguel Mateo Dallo y Lana (c. 1650-1705), who served as maestro de capilla [chapel master] at ...
Heuristic Descriptive Case Study of Math and Language Arts Teachers' Past and Current Experiences in the Implementation of the Missouri Learning Standards
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)
Teacher retention and attrition continues to be relevant areas of concern for school
districts as many reports are surfacing correlating the performance of students with the
attrition rate of teachers. The focus of ...
Make America politically incorrect (again) : a genealogy with applications to the 2016 presidential campaign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Political correctness is a term replete with meaning in American society, but dreadfully difficult to define. That definitional quandary is especially ...
God's words in the language of men : the professionalization of the Southern Baptist Press
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
their personal faith, the specific faith traditions for which they work, and professionalism. Southern Baptist journalists exhibited the traits, practices, and beliefs that mark journalistic professionalism. This dissertation shows how the Civil Rights Movement...
An examination of black women's health information understanding and negotiation of engagement in skin whitening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
and engagement in skin whitening as a health, racial, cultural, and social practice situated in an African American and Caribbean immigrant community. Triangulating semi-structured in-depth interviews, autoethnography, field and participant observations, I...
The Production of Space, Place, and Food: The Ecology of Money and the Emergence of Transformative Circuits of Money Capital
(2015-08-04)
This dissertation argues that Henri Lefebvre’s (1991) The Production of Space
expresses a theoretical blueprint for the construction of an interdisciplinary approach to
social science that integrates political economy, ...
Lucerna, Volume 10. Complete volume
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)
Barriers to media coverage of Myanmar since the military coup began
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 7/1/2023] Myanmar's political reforms from 2011 to 2015 marked the country's new beginning after almost five decades of military dictatorship and provided a ray of hope for Myanmar citizens and refugees in the U.S. However...
"Hollywood and beyond" : an intersectional analysis of how Teen Vogue covered the #MeToo movement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
victims and advocates. While Teen Vogue attempts to confront the systemic inequalities that enable sexual violence, the magazine approaches the issue as exclusively a gender-based problem, ignoring the overlapping elements of race and class that shape how...
"Incorporating the Latinx community." How city and regional magazine editors in heavily Latinx populated communities include Latinx voices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
or taking Spanish classes. Another avenue to make sure the Latinx communities were involved was through increasing newsroom diversity. Overall, this research found that throughout every editorial process editors had to make an effort to include their Latinx...
Mizzou, volume 103, number 2 (2015 Winter)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2015)
The Role of Monetary Policy in the Functional Income Distribution and Economic Growth in a Money Manager Capitalist System: The Case of United States of America: 1970 - 2015
(2022)
The present dissertation analyzes the impact of monetary policy on the functional distribution of income, focusing on the United States as a case study. It explores how monetary policies negatively impact labor share in ...
An evaluation of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) based system to characterize and correlate physician burnout and EMR use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Burnout disproportionately affects healthcare workers and continues to rise, contributing to cost, quality, and patient safety risk in an already overburdened United States healthcare system. While the causes of burnout are complex, evidence...
Investigating the iSocial intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder in a home setting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The rate of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is growing rapidly in the USA (Maenner et al, 2021). There is an existing need to provide evidence-based interventions to all students with ASD to support their academic...
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...
Biomechanical and immunological contributions to osteochondral allograft transplantation outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
. Based on the unique capabilities and benefits of OCA transplantation for a large and growing patient population, studies that comprehensively assess and correlate cellular, histological, biomechanical, immunological, and patient-reported outcome measures...
Social power in public-private partnerships: shifting sands make an unstable foundation
(2021)
evolved from presenting a sole-source, no-bid proposal with private financing to requiring a full and open competition with public financing. There was an evident decrease in the power rating for some stakeholders and an increase in the power rating...
The development and implementation of a heuristic for teaching reflective scientific skepticism within a socio-scientific issue instructional framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Science ideas are frequently miscommunicated or distorted. In our digital age, a social media post may provoke an emotional response triggering a cascade ...