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Facebook Or Face-to-face? Connection And Community In A Wired World
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)We live in a state of constant connection. Literally speaking, businesses provide free Wi-Fi connections to patrons, and smartphones allow people to connect to the Internet anywhere and everywhere. Social networking ... -
The Facial Masculinity Of Women In Sex Segregated Occupations
(Sociology, 2009-09-16)This purpose of the study was to bring more definition to the "problem" of occupational sex segregation, specifically why male-dominated occupations like engineering, firefighting, and the military still remain sex segregated. ... -
First-generation College Students: A Comparison Of Graduates And Drop-outs
(Sociology, 2011-10-11)With an increase in the number of students who are considered at-risk, much research has been directed at understanding why these students fail to achieve at the same level of their White counterparts. To this end, this ... -
Gender Differences In Family Values: The Case Of Taiwan
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)Marx claimed that the change of an economic base brings shifts to cultural organizations. Such shifts affect the social relations among different groups such as men and women. In order to ascertain whether gender differences ... -
Gender, Style, Technology: The Changing Landscape Of Motorcycle Culture
(Sociology, 2014-03-12)This thesis demystifies the cultural process of symbolic interpretation and appropriation within contemporary American motorcycle culture by using literature review and cultural analysis to explore the impact and influence ... -
Gendered Cues In Job Advertising: Perpetuating Occupational Segregation
(Sociology, 2014-03-12)Current approaches within literature inadequately explain the presence and persistence of occupational sex segregation. In addition, little research empirically examines allocation methods as a key contributor to this ... -
GOING THE WHOLE GRANOLA: HOLISTIC MOTHERHOOD AND COMPROMISE AMONG SELF-DEFINED CRUNCHY MOMS
This study is an exploratory semi-structured intensive interview project in which eight self-defining crunchy mothers in North Texas were asked about their mothering and lifestyle practices, motivations for those practices, ... -
Growing Community By Growing Food: A Comparative Study Of Two Community Gardens In North Texas
Community Gardens are a burgeoning trend in the U.S., blooming in many different cities and for different reasons including social activism, sustainability, health, education, ecology, and community. Their popularity also ... -
Guiltless Girls: Unpacking 100-calorie Snacks
(Sociology, 2009-09-16)The intended purpose of this paper is to consider how 100 calorie snacks are primarily advertised and produced for women. Little research has been done on 100 calorie snacks as they were introduced to the food market in ... -
Historical Archaeology At The Berachah Rescue Home: A Holistic Approach And Analysis Of An Industrial Homestead In Arlington, Texas
(Anthropology, 2009-09-16)Excavations at the historic Berachah Rescue Home in Arlington, Texas were undertaken as part of the 2003 and 2004 University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Archaeological Field Schools. The excavations explored several features ... -
Homework And Housework: How Family Responsibilities Affect The College Experience Of Single Mothers
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)This qualitative study explores how and to what extent the family responsibilities of single-mother students affect their college experience. In-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with twelve single-mother students ... -
How Does The Sudden Impact Of A Disability Within The Immediate Household Affect Siblings?
(Sociology, 2014-07-14)AbstractThis paper examines the relationship amongst siblings when they are impacted with a crisis. The crisis in this paper is a spinal cord injury. The theoretical framework for the paper is based on family systems theory. ... -
The Idols Of Modernity: The Humanity Of Science And The Science Of Humanity
The Idols of Modernity draws upon the work of early thinkers in the sociology of knowledge such as Karl Mannheim in an effort to delineate the history of--and unmask the ideology behind--many of the formative aspects of ... -
"If The Hells Are Not Empty": A Framework For A Buddhist Critical Social Theory
Marx's eleventh Thesis on Feuerbach, which stands immortalized as his epitaph, draws a clear line in the sand between the descriptive philosophy of antiquity and the necessarily prescriptive character which he hoped would ... -
Intersections Of Special Education Law And Juvenile Justice Policy And Practice
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)The purpose of this research is threefold: to summarize law as it relates to youth with disabilities in juvenile justice facilities; to synthesize existing literature hypothesizing explanations for the disproportionate ... -
Investigating Juvenile Supervisory Officers' Attitudes At A Texas Juvenile Detention Center
(Anthropology, 2011-10-11)Punitive and rehabilitative ideologies have traditionally competed to influence correctional policy. The growing emphasis on prisoner rights however, has subtly transformed the mindset of the carceral institution. Juvenile ... -
Is It a Boy or a Girl? Constructing a Gendered Identity for our Companion Animals
(2021-12-17)A qualitative study of the differences in how we gender our cats and our dogs. Fifty women between the ages of 18 and 50 were interviewed, who kept cats, dogs, or both cats and dogs. Differences were found in how naming ... -
IT’S NOT ALL PARTISAN POLITICS: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN SHAPING ATTITUDES TOWARD ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA
(2019-12-02)This study investigates the effect that Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical Laudato Si had on Catholic beliefs about climate change using a Houston area case study, and presents a model for how religious affiliation and religious ... -
Kachin Refugee Women's Work Identity: Narratives In Transition
(Sociology, 2008-09-17)My work focuses on the Kachin women's experiences of work in the American workforce in comparison to their experience of work in Burma. Through in-depth interviews with twelve Kachin women in the North Texas area, I analyze ... -
Late And Terminal Classic Maya Subsistence: Stable Isotope Analysis At Chac Balam And San Juan On Northern Ambergris Caye, Belize
(Anthropology, 2011-07-14)Skeletal populations from several Maya sites during the Late and Terminal Classic periods exhibit pathologies indicative of poor health and malnutrition, while populations from other sites appear comparatively healthy. ...