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In self defense : black female journalists' advocacy in the Cold War
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"Mary Church Terrell, Black female journalist and civil rights activist, stood in front of the United Nations board in Lake Success, New York, on Sept. 21, 1949, to present a brief on Rosa Lee Ingram. Ingram and her two ...
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy through African-centered Methods in a Midwestern Urban Elementary School
(2014-08-28)
The purpose of this heuristic phenomenological case study was to develop a
narrative of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) through African-centered methods and to
describe the strategies and/or best practices utilized ...
Storied possessions : post-household disbandment older adult placemaking through meaningful belongings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
If older adults do not age-in-place, one of their last residential moves involves significant downsizing referred to as household disbandment. During this process, older adults divest themselves of possessions, change ...
Creating a zero-waste soy processing system and developing vitamin B12 fortified non-GMO high oleic soy-based products using encapsulation technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
temperature stability factor to our diet due to their high temperature tolerance. In line with sustainability standards, a newly developed variety at the University of Missouri and the USDA (non-GMO-HO soybean). The soybean processing industry generates...
Effects of long-term postgastric infusion of casein or glutamic acid on small intestinal starch digestion, energy balance, body composition, and metabolic fates of luminally assimilated glucose carbon in cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
cornstarch (1.46 [plus or minus] 0.04 kg/d) and either 413 [plus or minus] 7.0 g casein/d, 121 [plus or minus] 3.6 g glutamic acid/d or water (control). Measures of small intestinal starch digestion and nutrient excretion were collected across 4 d after 42 d...
Mobile truck entrepreneurship: motivations and strategies of non-food mobile retail truck entrepreneurs in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
into this emerging retail venue. Study limitations include the short duration of the study and the small number of participants, which does not allow for the data to be generalized across all mobile retailers. This study offers a preliminary exploratory view...
Do my eyes deceive me?: “Acts of Sight” in Naomi Iizuka's Polaroid Stories, Concerning Strange Devices From the Distant West, War of the Worlds, and Good Kids
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Do My Eyes Deceive Me?: Acts of Sight in Naomi Iizuka's Polaroid Stories, Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West, War of the Worlds, and Good Kids explores...
Art Monster: Stories and a Novella
(2014-08-27)
Monsters external and internal stalk the margins of the stories and novella that make up this collection. Though each selection engages in its own distinct exploration of the monstrous, the pieces hint at a shared question: ...
An applied economic analysis of the demand for pork primal cuts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This study estimates domestic disappearance equations for the six main pork primal cuts (belly, butt, ham, loin, picnic, and rib) to determine the own-price, cross-price, and income elasticities for each cut. These equations ...
Child death, grief, and the community in high and late Medieval England
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"William of Canterbury, one of the authors of the Thomas Becket miracle collection, reports in a twelfth-century miracle that an eight-year-old boy named Phillip was looking at rocks by a lake located in the county of ...
Social justice leadership development: the emergence of social justice leaders who experienced poverty during childhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The purpose of this study is to explore and understand how social justice leaders develop. This study reports the findings of social justice leaders who experienced childhood poverty and currently work as principal in Title ...
Acculturation and social capital of Somali Muslim women
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/31/2026] This study examines the social capital and acculturation of 20 Somali immigrant women who participate in a community garden in a small Minnesota town. Even though some of them did not enter the ...
Exploring editorial leadership : a qualitative study of scholastic journalism advisers teaching leadership in Missouri secondary schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This qualitative study explored advisers' perspectives on teaching leadership. This study identified the significant need for the role of leadership in scholastic journalism programs. Advisers illustrated soft skills provide ...
Quality and quantity : gender representation in teacher discourse and kindergarten math curriculum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
We know that women are underrepresented in math-intensive fields despite marginal gender differences in mathematical performance. Some researchers believe that societal factors contribute to this problem and have called ...
"An island of nymphs" : Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Victorian women's classical education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation seeks to frame Elizabeth Barrett Browning as one of the catalysts in favor of tertiary education for women in Victorian England. By examining her poems and activism relating to classical studies, as well ...
Participatory effects of political satire revisited in the age of digital media : the role of hard news, political expression and social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study examines the participatory effects of political satire, specifically late-night talk shows, in the age of digital media. Based on the O-S-R-O-R (background Orientation-Stimulus-Reasoning-outcome Orientation-Response) ...
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. ...
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 ...
What Makes Us Human? A Grounded Theory Study Examining Educators’ Emotional Evolution in the Classroom
(2022)
Emotions are ubiquitous in education. However, most discussion of emotional learning and development is focused on the student. Yet, teachers are human and experience strong emotions in their work. This research sought to ...