This ethnographic study of a well-known jam session in Chicago examines the
prevalence of vocalist stereotypes and how they are manifested communicatively in this context. Supplemented with insights provided by a variety ...
Locus of control (LOC) refers to the extent to which individuals believe they are in control of their actions. Individuals with internal LOC believe they are in control of their actions, and those with external LOC believe ...
Infectious diseases pose a major threat to biodiversity. As part of the worldwide biodiversity crisis, amphibians are facing rapid population declines. I studied a waterborne fungus-like pathogen of amphibians called water ...
Saprolegnia, a class of oomycota, represents an infection of freshwater aquaculture, commonly known as water mold. Since 1999, amphibian populations have documented declines thought ti be due to environmental stressors and ...
In Christianity’s early years, monks experienced a phenomenon known as “acedia,” which caused them to see their commitment to the monastic life as requiring too much effort. This study seeks to answer several questions: ...
Higher education provides an opportunity to break the cycle of social reproduction and a pathway to upward social mobility for first-generation college students. Pierre Bourdieu's theory of social reproduction argues that ...
Much of the current research on social movements in Latin America concludes that large –scale political mobilization has stopped following neoliberal reform in the 1980s. With the exception of the 2011 Chilean student ...
Complex structures are formed and regulated by a network of gene and protein interactions. One such structure, the bacterial spore coat, is formed by sporulating members of the phyla Firmicutes, including species in the ...
The current research examines justice perceptions related to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and the LGBT community. Undergraduate and graduate students were asked to role-play as a manager in an organization ...
My honors thesis provides a formal analysis of postmodernism in six graphic novels with apocalyptic and dystopian narratives: Frank Miller's Ronin (1983) and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986), Alan Moore's and Dave ...
The history of intercollegiate debate is rich with changes in organizational structures and debate practices. Over the course of time, coaches and students interested in a range of educational and competitive goals have ...
This research investigates the minimal covering density for rectangles in the lattice; that is, the smallest possible density of a set of points including at least one corner of every rectangle of a particular size in the ...
People recall more information when relating it to themselves, resulting in the self-reference effect. Positive information is better recalled than negative information, resulting in the positivity effect. Participants ...
The world today is looking for new sources of electricity to replace fossil fuels as concerns about climate change become more serious. Of a variety of electricity generation methods, we chose to investigate nuclear power ...
Through playwriting, writers can utilize autobiographical elements to create a piece that feels authentic. However, simply staging someone's life does not always yield the strongest artistic choices. Through this balance ...
This project examines how individuals' disposition to adopt socially responsible behavior can be increased. It explores this through an experiment about socially responsible choices in clothing purchases. Subject groups ...
This thesis aims to understand the impacts of unethical activities and necessity of ethical behavior in accounting. This research considers accounting, reporting, and disclosure standards and the ethical standards which ...
Sport specialization is defined as intense, year-round training in as single sport with the exclusion of others (Jayanthi el al, 2012). Current research has shown that there has been a dramatic increase in youth sport ...
Social enterprises are on the rise. The movement is fueled by consumers who expect business to expand the power of their dollar by having core business values that impact and raise awareness for social causes. Businesses ...