• Press coverage of lynchings in Missouri : an analysis of the newspaper coverage of black and white lynchings between 1882 and 1942 

  Garrison, Amanda (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)

  Beginning in 1882, Missouri communities experienced a wave of lynchings that would not subside until 1942. The lynchings that took place in Missouri initially affected both White and Black males accused of crimes. In ...

• Resilient communities : the impact of social helping networks and structure on the differential success of rural Armenian households 

  Glass, Gary, Jr. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  This mixed methods study examines the impact of social helping networks on rural Armenian households. This research uses original data gathered from a survey of four Armenian villages and 8 focus groups during the fall of ...

• The Map and the Manap : decentralization in the pastures of the Kyrgyz Republic 

  Craver, Andrew L. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  This paper looks at the 2009 implementation of The Law on Pastures in the Kyrgyz Republic. This law called for the development of local pasture management committees tasked with reforming and streamlining the process of ...

• Tef, khat, and community resilience : a mixed methods examination of smallholder adoption of sustainable intensification practices. 

  Cafer, Anne, 1986- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  Climate induced rain variability, extensification into marginal lands, an inability to penetrate the agricultural knowledge information system (AKIS), and limited access to credit all hinder Ethiopian farmers' ability to ...

• Community development network analysis examining obstacles to rural community development 

  Meador, John Elliot (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Rural community economic development efforts frequently face a myriad of conceivable obstacles, many of which stem from the intrinsic nature of rural ...

• Modes of reflexivity in community supported agriculture : the case of the people’s republic of delicious foods 

  Dawdy, Jordan R. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)

  As food has become unknowable, untrustworthy, and deleterious to all involved, people have responded with alternatives to the industrial agrifood system. One method in particular is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) ...

• The relationship between satisfaction with life as a whole and three other factors (domain satisfaction, social network ties, and perceptions of service delivery): Rural Russian village panel study 1995-2003 

  Baatar, Baljmaa (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)

  [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] It is found in the literature that satisfaction with life as a whole (LS) is very multi-dimensional subjective indicator. This dissertation wanted to ...

• The role of social support : homeless youth and young adults in two communities in central Missouri 

  Word, Deborah L. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)

  [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While there is a great deal of research about the homeless in general, there is far less about homeless youth and young adults. Most of the research ...

• Spatial cluster analysis of female breast cancer diagnosis in Missouri: using GIS and spatial analyst functions 

  Williams, Faustine (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)

  The stage at cancer diagnosis has a tremendous impact on type of treatment, recovery and survivor. In most cases the earlier the cancer is detected and treated the higher the survival rate for the patient. Various studies ...

• Exploring the impact of the Millennium Village Promise on community networks: the case of Sauri Millennium Village in western Kenya 

  Jivetti, Billystrom Aronya (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)

  For several decades, international development experts have been involved in attempts to help rural communities in Africa attain the economic development. The Millennium Village Promise is the recent strategy which is ...

• A case study of a bio-science network: the Kansas City animal health and nutrition corridor 

  Harris, Keith D. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)

  The research combines network theory with aspects of social network analysis to identify and explicate the strong and weak ties in bioscience network. Data was gathered from personal interviews and a survey of 22 organizations ...

• Preparing for rural ministry: a qualitative analysis of curriculum used in theological education to prepare clergy for ministry in a rural context 

  Sherin, Kenneth Mark (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)

  This qualitative content analysis of course descriptions, goals and objectives and an analysis of the content covered in twenty syllabi, reading materials and films was conducted to provide current and sociologically ...

• Factors effecting Black natural resources professionals' decisions to relocate 

  Streaty-Wilhoit, Della (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)

  This research focuses on Black Natural Resources Professionals (BNRPs) career advancement opportunities and factors effecting their decisions to relocate when moving to rural or remote communities. The purpose of this study ...

• Investigations from the ribcage: the (dis)embodied order of safety, children, and the problematics of public school policy practice 

  Garrison, Amanda (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)

  This dissertation endeavors to explore the ways in which policies of safety in the public school order the everyday lives of student-children. Using varying feminist methodologies, I explore the experiences that children ...

• Gendered waters: the participation of women on the program 'One million cisterns' in the Brazilian semi-arid region 

  Moraes, Andrea Ferreira Jacques de (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)

  This dissertation presents a qualitative case study of women participation in the Program 'OneMillion Cisterns' in the Brazilian Semi-Arid region, in three locations: Afogados da Ingazeira, Mossoro and Fortaleza, using ...

• Value chain integration, cluster cooperation, and sustainable livelihoods: bridging small farmers to high value markets 

  Tacastacas, Rene C., 1966- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)

  This study explores the conditions for the possibility of an effective participation of small vegetable farmers in the modern value chains and the effects of this participation on the farmers' livelihood sustainability. ...

• Spatial analysis of poverty and prosperity in the U.S. counties 

  Khatiwada, Lila Kumar, 1969- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)

  [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Prosperity is often associated with income. This study goes beyond the economic determinant of prosperity and develops a prosperity index by using ...

• Land dykes in the Ozarks: lesbian feminists living menopause and beyond 

  Breidenbach, Ann Detwiler (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)

  This dissertation explores the experience and meaning of menopause and aging within a community of lesbian women residing in the Ozarks. Using multiple methods of in-depth interviews and participant observation, this ...

• The socio-cultural perceptions of food habits, body image and obesity of black-American women in Columbia, Missouri 

  Wallace-Greene, Javonna, 1967- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)

  Obesity as a growing epidemic in the United States occurs in higher rates within Black-American populations. Although 100 million Americans in the United States are considered overweight or obese, Black-American women have ...

• America's invisible workers: a study of migrant out-of-school youth 

  Tillman, Joseph Gerard, 1965- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)

  The steady stream of new immigrant labor into the Midwest has clearly begun to change the very fabric of rural life. Mostly male, Latino, single, childless, highly mobile, and with limited education, migrant out-of-school ...

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