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You seem anxious
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-18)
This collection of stories explores gaps in human communication, the unknowability
of others, and the anxiety that manifests from social experience. Many of the longer
pieces are rooted in the Lake of the Ozarks, a 92-mile ...
Co-constructing work-life concerns : an examination of couples' discourse
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Within the scholarship of work-life, there are many opportunities for new research, including expanding the voices of men and couples through examining how couples continue to co-construct their concerns. Using Ashcraft ...
Exploring Meanings of Professional Development: Teacher Perspectives
(2014-08-28)
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to describe the perceptions of elementary teachers about professional development experiences in a Catholic diocese in the Midwest. Professional development in ...
Praire Madness
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Prairie Madness is a collection of fiction and non-fiction that examines the impact and power of loneliness, both lifelong and momentary. In some of this work, loneliness fuels acts of courage; in others it triggers denial ...
Transnationalism from below : an exploration of transnational engagement behavior of Nicaraguan immigrant entrepreneurs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This study explores the concept of transnationalism through individual experiences of migrants from the community of Villa Sandino, Nicaragua that have become entrepreneurs as immigrants in the United States. Through ...
Developing an understanding of cultural aspects and beliefs of Latino/a families experiencing the American educational system
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-24)
The purpose of this qualitative study was three fold: (a) to understand the cultural
context from where our Latino/a learners come from, (b) to explore how Latino/a families'
perspectives of the American educational ...
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 ...
Scaffolding the continua of biliterate development in the Spanish language immersion classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The purpose of this qualitative research project is to describe the scaffolding strategies used by a teacher to engage and support students as they work within the continua of biliterate development in the fifth-grade ...
The eight leaves
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The creative dissertation The Eight Leaves is a deconstructed memoir, composed in a series of inter-connected lyric essays structured in a ring composition. The manuscript...
Crying in the wilderness : the outlaw and poet in Ben Hecht's militant Zionism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
During the Second World War, the American journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht had been one of the lone voices to break the silence about the Nazi Holocaust. Then, in 1947, Hecht shocked and outraged people across the ...
Small group read aloud with nonfiction and fiction literature in preschool
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher�s roles and children�s responses during small group read aloud with fiction and nonfiction literature in one preschool classroom. This instrumental case study draws ...
The communication and management of career change : a study of individuals' experiences or the social process of voluntary downward career change in Singapore
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This qualitative study examined the voluntary career change experiences of thirty individuals in Singapore. Situated in a society that values conformity and encourages risk...
An examination of personalization in digital advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Paid advertisements on social media have become a powerful way for marketers to reach their target audiences. This study addresses how millennials experience, interact with, and react to personalized advertisements on ...
An exploration of the intersection of dimensions of the coach-athlete relationship and interactions with high performance and athlete well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While normative success may be the most tangible measure of athletes' sport experience and coaches' success rates, it is imperative that the interpersonal dynamic...
Creep City and Five Short Stories
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
This collection includes one novella and five short stories, focused on young women
and their formative experiences. These stories explore themes of sexuality, latent violence,
changing technology and weird feelings. ...
Islam and the West : how do background and experience influence how photojournalists cover Muslims? Professional project in three parts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This project seeks to answer the question of whether background and experience influence the ways that photojournalists cover Muslims and whether September 11, 2001, had any influence on their perceptions or approach. ...
You People: A Collection of Stories and Essays
(2015-08-11)
Oakaville
(2020)
This collection is comprised of short stories and flash fiction, all revolving around the same fictional town of Oakaville, KS, dealing with the themes of home, nostalgia, love, coming of age, family dysfunction, ...
Ouroboros
(2019)
I find it boring to write about myself. I think this begins with the fact that I do not consider myself to be an inherently interesting person. This isn’t a bad thing. There is no right way. For those of us non-interesting ...
Discomfort
(2014)
The stories in this collection are concerned with the lives of middle class Midwestern people who all feel some sense of discomfort or inability to feel at ease in their lives. Throughout this collection there are examples ...