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Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

Creator:: Smith, Dorian
Abstract:: African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA Division 1-A schools, but they make up a large portion of population of college football players. African American male college students are also one of the most at-risk student populations on campus in regards to retention....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: United States, Melendez (2008) found that African American student-athletes from urban city areas had

Influence of parental acculturation on family meals, parent child-feeding behaviors, and child eating patterns and habits in Asian and Hispanic families

Creator:: Thomas, Julie E.
Abstract:: Acculturation, defined as the process of adopting the behaviors and beliefs of the dominant host culture, is often associated with dietary change and negative health outcomes, such as increased risk for obesity and diet-related diseases. The large and rising immigrant population in the U.S. necessitates a better understanding of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: American (“Asian”) or Hispanic/Latino (“Hispanic”). Nativity was used as a proxy measure of acculturation

Leaving the Closet : Coming Experiences of Queer Chicanas and Latinas and Their Representation in Television

Creator:: Crocker, Melissa R.
Abstract:: In the contemporary United States, the process of "coming out of the closet," or public disclosure of one's non-normative sexual orientation or gender identity, is ongoing and performative. Particularly within the context of dominant contemporary U.S. society, popular media favors a hegemonic set of defining characteristics, which thereby forces the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: American, and recently to those in the United States with Caribbean and/or Latin American roots” (p

Chingasos y Putasos : Examining Cultural and Structural Violence among Mexican American Youth

Creator:: Lerma, Zandro E.
Abstract:: In this thesis, I examine Johan Galtung’s theory of violence and discuss how his concepts of cultural and structural violence helps explain the problem of direct violence among Mexican American youth. I argue that cultural violence, mainly dominant narratives of colonialism and masculinity, cause some Mexican American youth to act...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: state, Mexican American youth can become agents of change rather than victims of violence. Going

Supporting Pacific Islander Student Identity in Higher Education

Creator:: Kosaki, Kayla Y.
Abstract:: In recent years, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) have become one of the fastest-growing racial groups within the United States, increasing by 40% between 2000 and 2010, and expected to nearly double in population size by 2030 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012; Empowering Pacific Islander Communities & Asian Americans Advancing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: become one of the fastest-growing racial groups within the United States, increasing by 40% between

Doing time : papers from Framingham prison

Creator:: Power, Katherine A.
Abstract:: This thesis is an arrangement of essays, poems, and journal entries expressing and exploring experiences from the author's six years in a medium security women's prison. They are collected around the themes of longing and grief, of despair, of survival, of joy, and of the complexity of homecoming.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Prison by Katherine A. Power A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

Putting Coyolxauhqui Back Together : Queer Nepantleras Rewriting Latinx Memory

Creator:: Villalba, Alex Aleman
Abstract:: Indigenous and Latinx communities have always used storytelling to pass along ancestral histories and memories, whether it be through the act of speaking, performing or other types of artwork. This thesis examines the ways that queer Latinx artists are retelling the stories that have been mistold to erase, repress and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , the authors continue on to accuse American (United States) culture and English-speakers for imposing

"As a family we are going to be here" : Mexican immigrant mothers' experiences with parenting in distinct community contexts

Creator:: Feeney, Sarah L.
Abstract:: Recent demographic studies have revealed a greater diversity in settlement patterns among Mexican immigrant families resulting in rapidly climbing populations of immigrants in new areas of the country, particularly in rural areas, while growth in established destinations has slowed. Host communities play an important role in families' acculturation processes and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Contexts by Sarah L. Feeney A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Academic preparation of American business executives for foreign service

Creator:: Goodearl, Arthur William
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: doctrine found in the corporation law of Practically every state in the United States. The first

Homeownership : still the American Dream? Perceptions of homeownership in the post crisis era

Creator:: Micek, Thomas P.
Abstract:: "The American Dream" is an expression familiar to all Americans and the realization of the American Dream is tied closely to homeownership (Clinton, 1995). The recent financial crisis, with the housing and financial markets at levels not seen since the Great Depression, has resulted in widespread unemployment, continually dropping home...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 2.5.3 Consequences of the financial crisis……………... 55 2.6 The State of American Housing in the Post

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

Influence of parental acculturation on family meals, parent child-feeding behaviors, and child eating patterns and habits in Asian and Hispanic families

Leaving the Closet : Coming Experiences of Queer Chicanas and Latinas and Their Representation in Television

Chingasos y Putasos : Examining Cultural and Structural Violence among Mexican American Youth

Supporting Pacific Islander Student Identity in Higher Education

Doing time : papers from Framingham prison

Putting Coyolxauhqui Back Together : Queer Nepantleras Rewriting Latinx Memory

"As a family we are going to be here" : Mexican immigrant mothers' experiences with parenting in distinct community contexts

Academic preparation of American business executives for foreign service

Homeownership : still the American Dream? Perceptions of homeownership in the post crisis era

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