Browsing Library by Subject "Culture"
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Balancing the Theoretical Toolkit: A Quantitative Examination of Social Mobility and Culture
(2019-05-17)Stratification researchers of the last four decades have contributed a multitude of information on how class-origins, culture, and social psychological factors affect class reproduction. However, scholarship has spent ... -
Barriers to Resource Access: The Need for Social Workers as Cultural Brokers in Hispanic Immigrant Communities
(2021-12-08)Although the U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world (Budiman, 2020), there exists inequality in resource access among U.S. born and immigrants. The inequality has been created and maintained by the ... -
Cultivating Charismatic Landscapes: Designing for Preservation and Resilience of Texas’s Natural Swimming Holes
(2023-05-23)The swimming hole landscape provides a unique, immersive interface between humans and the natural world within a riparian corridor. Distinct characteristics of local watersheds and regional ecological systems result in an ... -
Designing Cemeteries for Personal Expressions in the San Francisco Bay Area
(2022-08-15)Our country’s largest cities have become more racially and ethnically diverse than they were in 2010 (US News, 2020). Differences are present and yet, our cemeteries, originally catering to a predominantly Caucasian market ... -
HYPHENATED AMERICANS: CHRISTIAN ARAB-AMERICANS’ IDENTITY STRUGGLE
(2018-08-07)The topic of this thesis is the understudied minority of Christian Arab-Americans (CAAs), and this research addresses the issues CAAs face in the United States with special attention to the factors that influence their ... -
Italian American Literature and Food: A Match Made in the Kitchen A Handbook
(2018-12-10)Food is a recurrent theme in Italian American literature and authors have used it to highlight the importance of family, women, and the community at large and to teach about Italian customs to the U.S. public. Oftentimes, ... -
Mind Broadening: Cognitive States and Traits Associated with Intrapersonal Creativity and Diverse Cultural Experiences
(2022-08-12)An experience with a different culture (cross-cultural experience; CCE) can provide opportunities to think about new and unfamiliar concepts and to solve problems using cross-cultural knowledge and inspired thinking. This ... -
NOT ALL DISCOUNTS ARE CREATED EQUAL: POWER DISTANCE BELIEF AND LOCUS-OF-DISCOUNT IN A PRODUCT BUNDLE
(2022-05-17)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 5/17/2024** ABSTRACT: This paper examines the relationship between power distance belief (PDB) – the tendency to accept and endorse power disparity – and preference for ... -
PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP AND FOREIGN TEACHERS: A CROSS-CULTURAL MULTIPLE CASE STUDY IN TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
(2021-04-29)The English Language Learner student population in the United States continues to increase. This has led to an increase in bilingual education programs, yet teacher shortages in the area of bilingual education have been ... -
What Germany Taught the U.S. Army: Occupational Lessons in Postwar Germany, 1945-1946
(2020-08-11)The study of the U.S.-occupation of Germany after the Second World War is not complete without understanding its role in changing the culture of the U.S. Army. Statesmen at the wartime conferences determined what policies ... -
Wretches, Rogues, and Rebels: Smugglers in English Print Culture 1660-1766
(2021-12-08)This dissertation examines smugglers as they appeared in English print culture from their first appearance as "smuckellors" in a 1661 Royal Proclamation to 1766 when Parliament repealed the Revenue Act of 1764 amid protests ...