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  • The Immune Raccoon: Creating A Children’s Book Aimed at Immunology Education

    Creator:
    Laptova, Anna
    Abstract:
    Vaccines are an incredibly important piece of preventative medicine, yet trends have emerged of parents refusing to vaccinate their children. My goal was to create an illustrated storybook that summarizes what a vaccine is, and how it enhances the body to fight disease. The book is designed to be read...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Aurora Sherman, Committee Member, representing Psychology

  • Modifying Perception: How Clothing and Context Influence the Objectification of Women

    Creator:
    Sherman, Megan
    Abstract:
    The objectification of women is a scourge of society, related to a host of negative mental and physical health implications for women. Objectification is largely influenced by the types of clothing worn. How much is objectification modified by contextual features (e.g., the situations the clothes are worn in)? In two...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Aurora Sherman, Committee Member, representing Psychology

  • Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing community

    Creator:
    Marshall, Lindsay J.
    Abstract:
    In this thesis, I examine the experiences of breastfeeding mothers who chose to give birth with Certified Professional Midwives at a free-standing birth center, and the factors that influence their known high rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. Using grounded theory and data collected from participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    thank my committee members for their work and contributions: Dr. Aurora Sherman, Dr. Kenneth Maes and

  • Encoding Accuracy in Interpersonal Relationships : A New Measure of Encoding Ability

    Creator:
    Raymond, Alyssa M.
    Abstract:
    The ability to accurately convey an intended nonverbal emotional message is critical for competent interpersonal functioning. To examine encoding ability, a replication of Noller’s (1980) study employing content standard methodology was conducted. This method is essentially an acting task where participants are given a hypothetical social scene within which they...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    academic career. My committee members, Drs. Aurora Sherman, Sharyn Clough, and Colleen Bee, and all of my

  • Provoking Change : The Role of a Course in Funds of Knowledge in Disrupting Preservice Teachers' Thinking About Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners

    Creator:
    Thiemens, Cassie Rae
    Abstract:
    This qualitative study examines the role of a graduate level multicultural teacher education course in disrupting preservice teachers' beliefs and assumptions about teaching culturally and linguistically diverse learners. This study is motivated by the following research question: What are the actions that take place in a funds of knowledge course...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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     Dr. Aurora Sherman, for your availability, guidance, and  encouragement. Thank you to my students

  • The Impact of Causal Uncertainty on Dyadic Satisfaction

    Creator:
    Needham, Shana M.
    Abstract:
    One's ability to determine the cause and effect nature events is important for navigating within the social realm. However, the ability to determine these relationships is not always as clear. According to Weary and Edwards (1996) causal uncertainty (CU) is the result of an individual perceiving themselves as someone who...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . Aurora Sherman, and Dr. Andrew Karplus for their invaluable guidance during the course of this project

  • Goal orientations and the providing of novel knowledge

    Creator:
    Suryani, Irma
    Abstract:
    This thesis objective is to examine the relationship between individuals' goal orientations (learning-prove, learning-avoid, performance-prove, and performance-avoid) and the extent to which they provide knowledge. Included in this document is a review of literature pertaining to knowledge sharing and goal orientations. The author surveyed 64 College of Pharmacy students at...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    McNeely, and Aurora Sherman for the guidance and encouragement throughout this process. You have made a

  • Anything You Can Do: The Effect of Observed Model Perseverance on Students' Persistence in an Unrelated Task

    Creator:
    Stone, Arianna M.
    Abstract:
    Task persistence has been associated with task mastery in many different realms of learning, and is thought to be evoked particularly through the observation of positive models; however, the capability of such exposures to transfer across domains is not currently well-understood. The present study sought to examine the effect of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    , Taylor Ho, Ella Lewis-Lopez, Sydney Pruitt, Shiva Ramoutar, Mia Scheel, Megan Sherman, Mara Steele

  • Transgender Adults Living with Disabilities: Factors Associated with Health Care Utilization

    Creator:
    Mulcahy, Abigail
    Abstract:
    Background: Although both transgender adults and adults living with disabilities struggle to access healthcare, both populations are underserved and understudied. Existing research either examines transgender adults and adults with disabilities as separate groups or frames disability as a health outcome a transgender person may experience. Health care utilization and health...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    back even when I lose track of who I am and what I can do. Drs Janet Lee and Aurora Sherman, we have

  • Examining the Promotion of Out of School Physical Activity During Physical Education

    Creator:
    Pawlowski, Jill K.
    Abstract:
    The promotion of out of school physical activity during physical education has received increasing attention as a tool for combating increasing sedentary time among youth. Qualitative work has shown that physical education teachers feel they lack the knowledge necessary to include physical activity promotion in their lessons and unprepared by...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    , and Dr. Aurora Sherman, whose advice has allowed me to grow as a student, collaborator, researcher