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  • A Look into Spillover : The Effect of Supervisor Leadership on Subordinate Family Life

    Creator:
    Hood, Jacob T.
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    According to Wang and Repetti (2013), American adults are working more hours per week than in decades past. Additionally, more people in each family must work to support their families (Patten, 2015). This has led to an increase in stress levels due to the strain that is placed on balancing...
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    the positivity you have displayed during the past two years. Mark Porrovecchio, in my first term

  • Texting and driving : how the media shapes attitudes, behaviors, and information-seeking strategies

    Creator:
    Saracco, Stephanie
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    According to the Center for Disease Control, 7-in-10 people use their smartphones while driving. This includes behaviors such as sending or reading text messages or emails, taking photos, or using social media. Despite its prevalence amongst drivers, using one’s phone while driving is considered one of the worst types of...
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    what’s next! Mark Porrovecchio, I have had a lot of laughs and incredible memories working with you

  • The Morphology of Goethe’s Botanical Work

    Creator:
    Hahn, Andre M.
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    This thesis examines the morphology of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) through several lenses. The first explores Goethe's morphology as he applied it in his botanical work and supplies an explanation of what Goethe referred to as archetypal phenomena and the archetypal plant. The scope of exploration then broadens to...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Effects of Priming an Academic or Athletic Identity on Task Persistence

    Creator:
    Byers, Stephanie
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    The effects of priming complex schemas within the context of one’s social group are understudied, and it is unknown whether activating these schemas can have temporary impacts on how we identify within our social group. I investigated how a set of dynamic primes intended to activate complex schemas (i.e., academic...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Pragmatic humanism : through the eyes of Egypt

    Creator:
    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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    ACKNOWLEDGEDMENTS I would like to thank my committee members, including Dr. David Bernell, Dr. Mark