• Xenolith Structures in Welded Basalt Agglutinate Associated with Dotsero Crater, Colorado 

  Broley, Kyle (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)

  The Dotsero maar volcanic crater formed through phreatomagmatic and magmatic processes around 4,150 ± 300 years before present (B.P.) which erupted through sections of Pennsylvanian age sedimentary deposits. The field ...

• Sports and Gender: A Comparative Historical Analysis of Men’s and Women’s Sports in the United States 

  Leonard, Emma (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)

  Amateur and professional sports are a massive part of American society, generating revenue of an average of $70 billion per year. Despite their large prevalence, this massive industry represents the gender discrepancies ...

• Public Discourse and India’s Green Revolution: Defining Approaches to Relief Efforts and Policymaking During the Bihar Famine 

  Joshi, Nikita (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)

  The Bihar Famine of 1966-1967 was a dire crisis in postcolonial Indian history, resulting in widespread crop failures, food shortages, and mass starvation across Northern India. However, the Bihar Famine is generally ...

• The Future of STIs in Missouri: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Cape Girardeau County 

  Valleroy, Ella (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)

  Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to be a problem in the United States, the state of Missouri, and Cape Girardeau County alike. Cape Girardeau County, located in the southeast corner of Missouri, is a ...

• Exploring the Partisan Underpinnings of Conspiracy Theories 

  Strawn, Abby (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)

  From QAnon to the Anti-Vaxxer movement, conspiracy theories arise and are spread from all parts of the political, ideological spectrum. I hope to find what role political partisanship plays in an individuals’ likelihood ...

• Associations between Caregiver and Child Self- Regulation 

  Schott, Kaia R. (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)

  Parent self-regulation is thought to be related to their child’s development of self-regulation; for example, by way of coregulation and parenting strategies. The ability to self-regulate prepares a child for school, ...

• Fleeing from the Storm: Identifying Climate Change as a ‘Threat Multiplier’ to Migration in the Sahel Belt 

  Ford, Chase (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)

  The Lake Chad Basin is the backbone for the livelihood of nearly thirty people. It is crucial for agriculture, trade, and fresh water. Over several decades, the size of the lake has fluctuated, altering the region’s ...

• Exploration of the Referral Process of Social Work Within a Policing Structure 

  Chappel, Karah (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)

  Police officers have historically taken on social service-related roles by providing non law-enforcement services to members of the community. A relatively small fraction of police departments employs social workers to ...

• Culturally Responsive Creative Practices in an Urban Project-Based and Arts-Integrated School 

  Byers, Elise (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)

  The purpose of this research project was to investigate how teachers in an arts integrated project-based urban school developed culturally-situated creativity of the learners that came from racially and culturally diverse ...

• Statistical Analysis of Kansas City COVID-19 Data with Respect to Race, Ethnicity, Age & Gender 

  Balakumar, Sindhu (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)

  COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection that has created a deadly pandemic dominating the world. This statistical analysis identifies the prevalence of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas City by various demographics ...

• Comparisons of Support Among K-12 Music Teachers in Missouri and Kansas 

  Furry, Jacob R. (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

  The purpose of this study is to examine correlations between various personal and situational factors and music teachers’ perceptions of support received from administration, colleagues, and students’ parents. We developed ...

• The U.S. Death Penalty and the Transition of Constitutional Authority 

  Towakoli, Sarah F. (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

  This paper seeks to explore the philosophical influences that shaped American political thought surrounding the death penalty. Its purpose is to trace the dynamics of U.S. penological evolution to better understand the ...

• A “Strange Woman Lying in a Pond”: The Lady of the Lake’s Authority over the Male Arthurian World in the Prose Lancelot 

  Spencer, Annie (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

  This study examines the character of the Lady of the Lake in the Old French Prose Lancelot and argues that the Lady of the Lake gains power and authority through the use of her knowledge (both traditional learning and ...

• Impacts of Medicaid Expansion in Two Early Expansion States and the Case for Medicaid Expansion in Missouri 

  Sanchez, Dominique (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

  Medicaid is a health insurance program funded jointly by federal and state governments. Each state sets its own terms on eligibility, benefits, and particularities. In general, Medicaid provides health coverage for nonelderly ...

• Volunteerism: The Perpetual Cycle of Unsustainable Growth 

  McAlister, Katelyn (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

• Performance Between Universes: Type-Informed Optimisation for Structural Abstraction and Environment-Specific Data 

  Lim, Samuel (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

  We propose an implementation process for type systems to permit subdivision of types into distinct universes based on individual type theories each presenting their own unique properties. Multi-universe systems can ...

• Human Resources: Ensuring Future Success 

  Ireland, Erynn (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

  Human Resource Management (HRM) is essential to every organization, profit inducing or not. Talent Acquisition within HRM focus on the strategic process that is recruiting and hiring talent to the business. Each area ...

• Failing the Fight: The Historical Context of U.S Environmental Conservation and How Endangered Species are Mismanaged in the Current Legislature 

  Hays, Samantha N. (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

  The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 established a baseline for the ethical treatment of threatened or endangered species and acted, in a pivotal time for environmental legislature, as the first large-scale species ...

• Oral Disease Bacterium Linked to Alzheimer’s disease 

  Cooper, Ryan Dale (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

  This review proposes an association between the bacteria found in periodontal disease and the development of neural plaque contributing to Alzheimer’s disease. Periodontitis is a chronic gum disease that destroys gingiva ...

• Smp1 and Meiosis Activation within Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 

  Anyanwu, Brian Ugochukwu (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)

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