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Communication Strategies’ Impact On Finances At Kentucky Higher Education Institutions During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jacob Most

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Kentucky public higher education institutions faced a financial cliff with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (Capilouto, 2021 Jan.). Campuses across the state closed in spring 2020, with the list of unknowns outnumbering the knowns by a significant margin (Monday, E., Blanton, J., and Kiser, K., 2021). In the face of an unknown future, administrations at Kentucky institutes of higher education relied upon communication strategies more than ever to outline Universities’ plans for reopening, reinvented operational plans, outlining contingencies, and fulfilling an invaluable role in efforts to test, contact trace and eventually vaccinate campus and broader community populations. This project …

Special Taxing Districts: An Analysis Of States’ Oversight & Accountability Practices And How Kentucky Could Adopt Best Practices For More Accountability, Kelly Dockter

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Special districts are forms of government that were initially developed from the need to provide specialized services to a growing population with limited tax abilities. Local governments were faced with increasing populations and increasing needs such as health and human services, conservation, sanitation and water, and fire protection to name a few. With the states’ limitations on the tax rate changes, local governments were finding it increasingly difficult to meet the needs of the taxpayers. In many states, legislators recognized this issue and allowed single purpose government-like entities to be created and if they qualified, gave them taxing power. Despite …

The Imagen Story: A Framework For Restoring Indigenous Girl Societies, Kelly Hallman, Lisa Polen, Katey Peck

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The Indigenous Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Network (IMAGEN) builds upon long-standing Native cultural traditions, providing platforms for intergenerational transmission of matrilineal knowledge. Girl Societies recognize the unique responsibilities held by and challenges facing Native girls, thus offering culturally grounded, Indigenous-led systems of support.

ปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการเป็นกรมป้องกันและบรรเทาสาธารณภัย 4.0 (ปภ. 4.0), พีระพงศ์ ศรีชัย

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยในครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ คือ 1) เพื่อศึกษาสภาพการพัฒนาเป็นระบบราชการ 4.0 ของกรมป้องกันและบรรเทาสาธารณภัย (ปภ.) 2) เพื่อเปรียบเทียบความแตกต่างของปัจจัยส่วนบุคคลที่มีต่อการเป็น ปภ. 4.0 3) เพื่อศึกษาปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการเป็น ปภ. 4.0 และ 4) เพื่อเสนอแนะแนวทางในการพัฒนาสู่การเป็น ปภ. 4.0 ใช้วิธีวิจัยเชิงผสมผสาน โดยเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลด้วยแบบสอบถามและสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก ผลการศึกษาพบว่า 1. การพัฒนาเป็นระบบราชการ 4.0 ของ ปภ. แบ่งเป็น 1) ปัจจัยการพัฒนาสู่ระบบราชการ 4.0 ของ ปภ. ภาพรวมอยู่ในระดับมาก โดยเรียงลำดับจากมากไปหาน้อย ได้แก่ ด้านผู้นำ ด้านความร่วมมือ ด้านนวัตกรรม ด้านบุคลากร ด้านความเป็นดิจิทัล ด้านผลลัพธ์ ด้านผู้รับบริการ และด้านกระบวนการ และ 2) การเป็น ปภ. 4.0 ภาพรวมอยู่ในระดับมาก โดยเรียงลำดับจากมากไปหาน้อย ได้แก่ ด้านภาครัฐที่เปิดกว้างและเชื่อมโยงกัน ด้านการมีขีดสมรรถนะสูงและทันสมัย และด้านการยึดประชาชนเป็นศูนย์กลาง 2. ปัจจัยส่วนบุคคลที่มีผลทำให้ความคิดเห็นต่อการเป็น ปภ. 4.0 แตกต่างกันอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ 0.05 ได้แก่ ตำแหน่งงาน และสังกัด 3. ปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการเป็น ปภ. 4.0 ได้แก่ ด้านการให้ความร่วมมือ ด้านบุคลากร และด้านผู้นำ อย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ 0.05 โดยปัจจัยทั้ง 3 ร่วมกันพยากรณ์การเป็น ปภ. 4.0 ได้ร้อยละ 78.20 4. แนวทางในการสู่การเป็น ปภ. 4.0 สรุปได้ 4 ด้าน ได้แก่ 1) ด้านเทคโนโลยีดิจิทัลและนวัตกรรม ควรมีการนำเทคโนโลยีดิจิทัลและนวัตกรรมมาใช้พัฒนาระบบการทำงาน 2) ด้านบุคลากร ควรยกระดับระบบการบริหารทรัพยากรบุคคลสู่ HRM 4.0 3) ด้านเครือข่ายและความเป็นหุ้นส่วน …

Gender Role Beliefs, Household Chores, And Modern Marriages, Jaquoya Carreiro

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

A primary change in modern marriages is the shift from traditional marriages to modern dual-earner marriages. With this change comes significantly higher divorce rates with traditional marriages averaging over forty years and modern marriages averaging seven years. This paper reviews research studies conducted from the 1980s to present day on heterosexual dual-earner couples and marital satisfaction, particularly in regards to gender role beliefs and household chore division. The social construction of gender remains virtually unaltered and resistant to change; therefore, it follows that individual beliefs regarding gender roles remain unchanged. While dual-earner marriages contributed significantly to changing gender roles external …

Experience Of Gender Role Expectations And Negotiation In Second Generation Desi Couples, Deepa Patel

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Due to the lack of research on the Desi community, this qualitative study was the first of its kind to investigate the process of gender role expectation and negotiation style among second generation Desi couples. Previous research provided awareness of unequal treatment amongst the male and female genders within the patriarchal structure of the Desi community. However, this study provided a unique understanding on Desi couples’ perspective on gender dynamics. Six couples, ages 25- 35, who were married for at least 3 years and identified as second generation Desi were interviewed in order to gain a deeper understanding of gender …

St. Dominic Deaf Center, January-February 2021

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The Role Of Adverse Childhood Experiences (Aces) In The Military And Predicting Current Distress, Douglas A. Foote

Theses and Dissertations--Social Work

The United States has been in continuous military conflicts for the past two decades. The importance of having a fully capable fighting force is unquestionable, but too often, military units are not at full capacity due to service members (SMs) within a unit being unable to deploy due to mental health impediments. The surge of non-deployable SMs is a national security concern as it affects the SMs’ quality of life and Department of Defense’s (DoD) ability to fight today’s conflicts.

This study bolsters military ACE research because it sampled more female and officer participants compared to extant military ACE studies. …

Does Bullying Victimization In Middle Childhood Influence Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Differences Across Racial/Ethnic Groups?, Shawndaya Sabrina Thrasher

Theses and Dissertations--Social Work

Bullying is a public health problem that negatively affects millions of children annually and can have serious, long-lasting effects on victims. Emergent research concludes a higher prevalence of bullying occurs in earlier school years, especially among racial/ethnic minorities. Evidence also suggests that risk behaviors associated with bully victimization may vary by racial/ethnic profile, leading to disproportionate chances of adverse psychosocial and health-related behaviors. Therefore, racial/ethnic minority youth may be more likely to cope with being bullied through risk behaviors (e.g., coping by fighting).

Current investigations of racial/ethnic differences in the bullied-risk relationship examine few risk behaviors (i.e., academic performance and …

Language Contact And Covert Prominence In The Sḥerēt-Jibbāli Language Of Oman, Jarred Brewster

Theses and Dissertations--Linguistics

This thesis reports on a phonetic production study, the results of which support the existence of a complex word-prosodic system for the Sḥerēt-Jibbāli language of Dhofar, Oman. In the language, stress seems to co-occur in some lexical items with a high tone. In the discussion, a mechanism for the emergence of this system is proposed as the reflex of a typological feature held in common with the related language, Soqotri, and as justification for an Eastern Modern South Arabian subgroup consisting of Sḥerēt-Jibbāli and Soqotri.

A Case Of Cervical Carcinoma With Bilateral Perinephric Hematoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma, Dr.Shivani R. Kundur, Dr.Manjunath V, Dr.Abhilash Gautham

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.

Financial Literacy And Retirement Preparedness In Sri Lanka: Evidence From The Private Sector Employees, Tiyani Lakshmi Rodrigo

Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences

The South Asian country of Sri Lanka has a rapidly aging population, but little attention has been paid to individuals and families' financial preparedness for retirement. This study aims to overview the current system of retirement preparedness in Sri Lanka, and to examine financial and pension literacy's role on the retirement preparedness. Specifically, this study evaluated three domains of retirement preparedness: planning for retirement and perceived retirement income adequacy (subjective measures, n = 142), and wealth accumulation (objective measure, n = 115). Results show that (1) financial literacy had a positive and statistically significant association with retirement preparedness (only with …

The Indic Perspective Of The Pro-Democracy Agitation (2020) In Thailand, Pulind Samant

Asian Review

The pro-democracy agitation in Thailand, which attacked the institution of Thai monarchy, the strongest pillar of the Thai society, can be interpreted in India as an attack on the Thai branch of the common Indic civilisational roots, exemplified by the royal title Rama. There is a long history of attack on the institution of monarchy in the Southeast Asian neighbourhood of Thailand, from Laos to Indonesia, where a pattern of downfall of royalty followed by gradual weakening of the state can be observed. Thailand can be considered, within the region, as being culturally closest to India, apart from being a …

Review Of S. Morris (Ed.), The Critical Thinking About Sources Cookbook, Carol A. Leibiger

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Peace Be With You: An Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Interfaith Versus Single-Faith Peacebuilding Programming At Reducing Violence In Religious Conflict, Sydney Maureen Hanes

Senior Independent Study Theses

This study seeks to analyze the effectiveness of interfaith versus single-faith peacebuilding programming at reducing levels of violence in instances of violent religious conflict. After reviewing the literature, I used contact theory and constructivism to form my hypothesis that interfaith programming is more effective compared to single-faith programming at reducing violence. Using a mixed-methods approach, I conducted a most similar systems case study design to analyze the effectiveness of different forms of faith-based programming within the conflict in Northern Ireland. I also analyzed geographical data to test for relationships between the types of programming and conflict violence. Although there was …

Supplementary Material For Society Island Human-Centered Canoe-Web Database, Jennifer G. Kahn, Claudia Escue

Arts & Sciences Data

This document describes the structure of the Society Island Canoe-Webs Database. Data from 28 documents, including early European Explorer Accounts, Missionary Accounts, Ethnographic works, modern Botanical Surveys, and Archaeological and Museum Collection based studies, was mined in relation to pre-contact and contact era canoe manufacture and use in the Society Island archipelago of Eastern Polynesia (French Polynesia).

To Fee Or Not To Fee? Satisfaction, Service Quality, And Support Of An Entrance Fee Of A State Park System, Hund-Ling Stella Liu, I-Chun Nicky Wu, Michael J. Bradley

Faculty Publications - Tourism

In the past decade, state government appropriation reductions have forced park agencies to seek other sources of revenue to support park operations. To overcome shrinking budgets, many public park agencies embrace private-sector business models and investigate customer satisfaction, service quality, and user fee structures. The purpose of this study was to obtain public input regarding service quality, general satisfaction, and experience use history of state park visitation. A total of 382 Oklahoma state park users completed an online survey and were sorted into Pro-Fee (n = 200,52%) and No-Fee (n = 182,48%) groups for one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) …

The Creation Of Personal Happiness, Jayme Zesiger

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Happiness is something human beings strive to acquire but how to obtain this elusive feeling remains a longstanding and intriguing inquiry. One reason for this is that there is no one specific definition of happiness and no standard measurement for it. This project focuses on defining what is believed to affect happiness from an individual’s personal perspective and aims to shed light on the current research and understanding of how to define happiness and what common variables lead to happiness. To this aim, a structured literature review was conducted which led to the development of a mixed methods survey designed …

Qualitative Methods For Study Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Gay Men Who Have Sex With Men Of Color In The Us: A Review Of The Literature, Gerald Lemmon

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV-prevention method that includes HIV-negative individuals taking a daily anti-retroviral medication and regularly visiting a provider. Since 2012, when Truvada was approved, uptake has been increasing but is still low, and disparities exist among gay and other men who have sex with men (GMSM) of color. This review identifies the qualitative methods used in PrEP studies and compares approaches used in studies with samples of white GMSM and GMSM of color to those only sampling GMSM of color. To locate peer-reviewed studies of the social dimensions of PrEP, published between 2010 and 2020, I …

The Exploitation Or Protection Of Communities And Exploited Persons?, Spencer Boldt

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This study was intended to dissect the inner workings of the newly implemented Bill C-36 in Canada, The Protection of Communities and Exploited Peoples Act through a mixed methods approach. This was done through comparing statistical research (demographics, crime data, and overall economic state) within Regina to interviews conducted with those individually involved in prostitution and the community of the city. This study was meant to draw out the differences between what the statistics depict, a growth in the overall safety of Regina, versus the perspectives gained from multiple interviewees. With this mixed method approach I have deduced that Bill …

The Effects Of Chronic Illness On Sibling Relationship Quality, Caitlin Burkwist

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Children with chronic illnesses have been studied for the psychological effects their illness has on them, such as their quality of life, social functioning, and attachment style. The siblings of these chronically ill children are becoming the topics of research in order to bring to light the effects a child’s chronic illness has on this underrepresented population. However, the relationship between the sick child and their sibling has been minimally investigated. This study will add to the literature of how childhood chronic illness impacts the sibling relationship, with the hope that the results will inspire the creation of interventions because …

What Do You Meme? An Analysis Of How College Students At Central Washington University Use Memes, Skyler Smith

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Memes have become a key part of modern living on the Internet. However, it is still unclear who is creating, sharing and interacting with memes. This study examines meme use in college students at Central Washington University while also examining the definition of a meme within the population. Data were collected via questionnaire and interviews resulting in 14 responses and 18 total interviews conducted with 6 participants. Analysis suggests that college students use memes as an important component of private conversations and to reiterate their public identities. On the other hand, meme making is not as prevalent as other types …

The Formation Of Identity Narratives Within Racialized Space, Eva Alphonse

Departmental Honors Projects

Evelyn Alphonse and Dr. Ryan LeCount, Department of Sociology, Hamline University 1536 Hewitt Ave, St Paul, MN, 55104

Previous research has made it clear that neighborhoods shape individuals’ experiences, perceptions, and identities. Past studies on neighborhood stigma focused primarily on the perception that communities of color and their residents are dangerous or disadvantaged. Another smaller body of work explored how living in criminalized spaces affects residents themselves. This research primarily looked at how neighborhood stigma has materially affected residents, such as through decreased job opportunities. The present study expanded on the previous literature by investigating how living in stigmatized spaces …

The Occurrence Of Fluency Disorders In Individuals With Down Syndrome And Autism Spectrum Disorders, Julia Thomas

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Including a comprehensive literature review of research studies in fluency disorders, this project will aim to observe how stuttering and fluency disorders affects individuals with Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders. The literature reviews will include case studies where the goal was to add techniques to everyday speech which reduced the overall occurrence of stuttering behavior and the negative psychosocial impacts on the individuals in the case studies. After thorough review of the case studies and other related literature, two surveys will be developed for possible administration to caretakers for people with Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders who stutter …

Enlightened Empathy: Applied Theatre Transforming Society And Self, Abi K. Johnson

Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate

While working on this project, I struggled with what to actually call this category of theatre. Augusto Boal uses the term “theatre of the oppressed” to describe his model of theatre. Other theatre artists use terms like social justice theatre, grassroots theatre, political theatre, or popular participatory theatre. I decided that the best-fitting term was applied theatre, which is described by Prendergast & Saxton as a type of theatre that “works overtly either to reassert or to undermine socio-political norms, as its intent is to reveal more clearly the way the world is working” (Prendergast & Saxton, 2009, p. 8). …

From Sword Lesbian To Shield Sapphic: The Quest To Relate The Very Queer Legacy Of Joan Of Arc To A Modern Incarnation Of The Warrior Woman, Angela Paige Woodack

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.
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Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Korean Pop Music And The Appropriation Of Hip-Hop Culture: How Korean Pop Music Appropriates Hairstyles Associated With Hip-Hop, Stephon Camara

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Multidisciplinary Studies of Bard College.

Archaeology Of The Floorboards: An Analysis Of The Condition Of The Captive Black Woman At Livingston Manor, Clermont, Montgomery Place, And The Germantown Parsonage, Josiah Sage Powe

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Moving By Al-Meekrobas: Interrogating The Binary Of Informal And Formal Transport, Alejandra Eliana Guzman

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.