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  • Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and their Sense of Belonging on U.S College Campuses

    Creator:
    Elsheikh, Weam R.
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    Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are a rapidly emerging student population within colleges and universities. TCKs must balance the myriad of experiences of growing up among worlds with the amplified implications that it entails as college students (Van Reken & Pollock, 2010). This study attempts to fill the gap between the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Robert Thompson, for supporting my time in the Master of Science in College Student Services

  • International Student Perceptions of Campus Services

    Creator:
    Kuan, Jennifer S.
    Abstract:
    International students are a growing population at many institutions of higher education in the United States, and they face unique challenges in navigating both higher education and the United States as a whole. Though there is significant research about international students, few studies have examined how international students perceive student...
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    committee: Dr. Larry Roper, Marigold Setsuko Holmes, Charlene Martinez, and Dr. Robert Thompson. I am so

  • Latinx Students in Latinx Fraternities and Sororities

    Creator:
    Martinez, Clara L.
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    The purpose of this study was to look at how Latinx fraternities and sororities influence a Latinx student’s identity development, academics, and their sense of belonging at a historically white university. A qualitative narrative study was utilized to understand the experiences of the four participants and their responses to the...
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    like to acknowledge: Kim McAloney, Jesús Ramírez, and Robert Thompson. Thank you for serving on my

  • Compulsory Sexuality and Amatonormativity in Higher Education : A Photovoice Study with Asexual and Aromantic Students

    Creator:
    Stucki, Elijah G.
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    This thesis explores the experiences of ten asexual and aromantic college students at Oregon State University and the strategies they used to navigate their sexualized and romanticized campuses. The questions that guided this research were about belonging, resilience, kinship, and worldview. Did they feel they belonged to anyone or mattered...
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    : Demographic Survey……………………………...……………………….....209 Appendix D: Narrative/Photo Reflection Sheet

  • A Reproductive Justice Approach to Understanding Yoruba Women’s Experiences with Early Marriage and Bride Price in Nigeria

    Creator:
    Oladejo, Odunola D.
    Abstract:
    The cultural and social constructions of gender and sexuality play a major role in shaping an individual’s reproductive agency within the Yoruba society. This thesis suggests the need to apply a reproductive justice framework and transnational feminist theory as alternatives to individual-driven ‘choice’ and reproductive and sexual human rights. In...
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    Masters Thesis
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    appreciate my committee members: Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi, Dr. Robert Thompson, and Laurie Bridges. Thank you for

  • Sites of Memory : Black Women's Geographies, #SayHerName, and Black Hair Politics

    Creator:
    Adkins, Daryl
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    According to Katherine McKittrick, black women’s geographies reveal and confront geographies of domination that have been erased or considered unworthy of analysis. This thesis positions #SayHerName protests and natural kink/coiled hair within a black women’s geographic analysis suggesting that both body and hair politics provide historical and contemporary geographic clues...
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    , and Dr. Robert Thompson for your support throughout this project. • I would like to thank my best