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

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    Smith, Dorian
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    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....
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    : Matthew W. Nyman African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA

  • African American/Black Upward Mobility through Sports : A Critical Analysis

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    Smith, Michael D.
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    Research has shown that African Americans/Blacks, especially those with low socioeconomic status, acknowledge athletics as an avenue for upward mobility (Coakley, 2011). Although the chances of becoming a professional athlete might seem unachievable through sports, athletes develop tangible and intangible abilities that transfer and are useful in the years following...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Matthew W. Nyman Research has shown that African Americans/Blacks, especially those

  • Innovative Coaching in Intercollegiate Athletics : Advocating for Cultural Responsiveness

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    Thompson, Mitchell D.
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    It has been established that intercollegiate sport is an important social institution for student athletes of color in the United States (Coakley, 2012). White intercollegiate coaches have a prominent influence on the academic, athletic, social and emotional development of student athletes and therefore must be tuned into variation in cultural...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Matthew Nyman It has been established that intercollegiate sport is an important social

  • A Pentadic Analysis of Tropico : Dramatism and Digital Games

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    Shields, Matthew J.
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    How do digital games convey meaning? Academic studies of video games seem concerned with creating discipline-specific new methodologies for examining the medium. From the standpoint of the rhetorical critic, however, new forms of communication can still be examined with traditional techniques. This paper analyzes the 2001 video game Tropico using...
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    Shields thesis AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew J. Shields for

  • Pragmatic humanism : through the eyes of Egypt

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    O'Brien, Matthew Steven
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    The purpose of this study is to analyze the events that occurred throughout the Egyptian Revolution from January 2010 to February 2010 through pragmatic humanism. Tweets will be looked at from the book Tweets from Tahrir to show how the process unfolded. Building on the previous research, the tweets will...
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    THE THESIS OF Matthew Steven O’Brien for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • From ‘Aints’ to Saints: A Rhetorical Analysis of the New Orleans Saints’ Fan Community

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    Vosburg, Matthew D.
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    The purpose of this study is to analyze the rhetoric provided by New Orleans Saints fans and residents from 2004 to 2007. During this time frame there are two particularly significant events that influence a rhetorical change within the community and a shift in the perception of the New Orleans...
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    THE THESIS OF Matthew D. Vosburg, for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • Fantasy and Hate: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Der Giftpilz

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    Rosenberg, Matthew S.
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    In Nazi Germany, 1938, Der Stürmer publishing house, under the control of Julius Striecher, published Der Giftpilz or The Poisonous Mushroom; an anti-Semitic children's book. Disseminated in the thousands, Der Giftpilz became infamously known as a children's book so grotesque it could be, and in fact was, admitted as evidence...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew S. Rosenberg

  • The identification and division of Steve Jobs

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    Anderson, Scott M. (Scott Matthew)
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    On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak entered into a partnership agreement to found Apple Computer. In the decade that followed, Apple experienced remarkable growth and success, as Jobs catapulted Apple to the Fortune 500 list of top‐flight companies faster than any other company in history. Under direction...
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  • The Knee That Shook America: A Case Study of Colin Kaepernick and Historical Analysis of Protest

    Creator:
    Okonkwo, Charles
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    America is said to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. With the unfair treatment of people of color in this country, however, one would believe that somewhere in the fine print, they were excluded from that phrase. The very foundation of this country was...
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  • 'Mejor Amancebada que Mal Casada' : Rhetoric and Practice of Amancebamiento in Seventeenth-Century New Spain

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    Hisey, Aimee
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    Following a history of tensions surrounding concubinage in medieval and early modern Spain, the Church sought greater control of religious life, particularly over the sacrament of marriage, via the Holy Office of the Inquisition. The Church exercised its strengthened restrictions and prosecuted these relationships with more frequency, as did civil...
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    New Spain Abstract Approved: J, Nicole von Germeten Following a