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Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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Exploratory Study of the Self-Esteem and Identity Choices of Mixed Heritage Children, Jennifer Ann Clement

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An Exploratory Study and Evaluation Proposal of Boys' Village Residential Treatment Center; Smithville, Ohio, Stephen M. Collins

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Manga: An Anthropological Study, Robert A. Craig
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Senior Independent Study Thesis in Sociology, Alden Faulkner
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Police and Community Relations: A Social Indicators Approach to Formal Community Complaints and Demographic Correlates, James A. Foster III
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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The Effects of Marital Separation and Divorce on Children, Christine Gueulette
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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The Impact of AIDS on the Sexual Behavior of College Women, Juliann W. Hench
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Divorce and the Disruption of the Family: A Study of the Relationship Between Family Status and the Self-Esteem of College Students, Scott E. Hendon
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks, or Can You? Examining Cultural Assumptions Through American Media Portrayals of Russian Privatization, Jennifer L. Kalbaugh
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Attempted Annexation of the Dominican Republic in 1870 in the Context of North American Expansionism, Paal-Andre Lund
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology

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A Study of the Social Correlates of Rape Myth Acceptance, John Marcinek
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Textual Representations of the Cultural Other and the Interdisciplinary: A Changing Conception For the Study of Native Americans, Stephen D. McMillan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Summertime Blues: The Effects of Tourism on Small Host Communities, Peter W. Mortensen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Economic Deprivation, Culture and the So Called "Subculture of Violence", Larry O'Neal Jr
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Socio-Physchological Effects of Music Videos on the Youth Culture, Shawn M. Perry
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Divorce and Its Effects on Attitudes and Behavior: A Study of American Adults, 1988-1990, Brent Ponstingle
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Drinking Patterns Among College of Wooster Students: The Role of Gender, Age, Race and Greek Membership, Elizabeth Richards
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Eating Disorders in College-Aged Women and Men, Hilary Sayer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Nostalgia, Otherness and Reinvention: A Critical Reading of Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa As a Postmodern Text, Rachel B. Sweeney
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Inequality in the Work Force: the Competition Between Men and Women For Positions of Authority and Between Different Types of Women in a Traditionally Male Occupation, Karen B. Taylor
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Factors That Affect the Self-Esteem of Sexually Abused Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Females, Annamma U. Thomas
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Dance As a Social Construct: Sex-Role Socialization in the Ballet Classroom, Madelon E. Tieman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance

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Perpetutating Gender Stereotypes: Care-Giver/Child Interaction During Story Time, Dorothy A. Tinker
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Institutions of Decontextualization: A Field Study at Museums in Bali, Indonesia, Murray G. Walsh
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Institutions of Decontextualization: A Field Study of Museums in Bali, Indonesia, Murray G. Welsh
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Senior Independent Study Thesis in Sociology/Anthropology, Kathryn Wood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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From Chattel to Partner to Equal? How Women's Roles and Images Have Changed Over Time a Content Analysis of Three Women's Magazines, Allison J. Zweig
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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The Influence of the Jewish Religion on College Age Jewish Women's Decisions on the Abortion Issue, Jacqueline Boulanger

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Recipes for Life: Ritual and Gender in an American Christian Community, Margaret E. Bryant

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High School Athletes and Coaches: the Influence of Motivation, Goals and Sex on Desired Coaching Methods, Ellen Paige Curfman Conrad

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Conflicting Visions: Reflections of the American Dream in a Substance Abuse Center, Lisa Defendiefer

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A Prescription for the Workplace: The Effects of On-Site Child Care on Job Satisfaction and Productivity, Heather Eppley

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Selling the American Dream: Images Present in Mail Order Fashion Catalogues, Peter Falcone

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The Effect of Athletic Participation on Academic Performance, David A. George

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The Effects of Participation in a Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program on Recidivism Rates for a Sample of Felony Offenders from Indiana and Ohio, Jennie Dunham Johnson

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Exploratory Study of Transracial Adoptions and the Process of Adjustment Beginning with the Time of Placement in the Homes, Coretta D. Jones

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Life History as a Window on Culture Change and its Impact on Gender in an Immigrant Sikh Family, Raveena Khehar

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Habitat For Humanity-Building For God's Children In Need-Does That Include The Homeless?, Elizabeth R. Kirkpatrick

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Social Change In Country Music, Lori L. McNeely

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Making Choices: Working Mothers-Working Daughters, Kathleen N. Millican

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The Adjustment of Black College Students at a Predominantly White Institution, Travis Moyer

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The Effects of Family Structure on Adolescent Gender Role Attitudes, Jennifer E. Pildner

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Examination of High School Students Track Levels as it Relates to Self-Esteem and Attitudes Toward School, Helen Marie Shepard

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Someone Told Me I am Retarded: Coping Strageties of Members of a Special Olympics Basketball Team, Melissa C. Smith

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The Effects of Television Advertising on Children's Gender Role Perceptions, Emily J. Stoltzfus

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Costumed Gender: The Celebration of Halloween, Samantha B. Tweedy

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The Great American Debate: The Abortion Controversy in the United States, Kimberly Wachter

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Relative Effects of Peer Socialization on Adolescent Sport Participation, Jeff Woller

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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An Exploratory Study of the Effectiveness of the American Welfare Systems, Barbara Francine Beenhakker

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Divorce: The Affects of the Confidence Levels and Identity Development of Adolescents, Page Benham

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Tracking: An Archaic System in a Progressive Society, Lisa Blumenthal

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Reactions to Foreign Investment in the United States, Robert Anton Brees

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Language and Culture: an Experience in Bilingual Education, Robin Rae Cordell

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A Homeless Shelter: A Product of American Society, Anne Goins Daugherty

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From the Coneheads to the Czechoslovakian Brothers: a Study of Race and Gender on Saturday Night Live, Elizabeth Marie Deffenbaugh

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The Relationship between Increasing Religiousness and Academic Performance, Catherine A. Docherty

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Comparison of Recidivism Rates in Drunk Driving, Christopher Charles Dumont

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Attitudes Towards Fair Play in Men's Collegiate Lacrosse, Andrew S. Fox

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The Babyboomers to the Babybusters: a New Perspective on Generations and Student Social and Political Activism, Jennifer L. Giesecke

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An Analysis of the Underlying Factors Related to Juvenile Delinquency, Michelle Annette Green

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Multicultural Education: a Curriculum for Fourth Graders, Anne G. Hawley

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The Impact of the Adopted Status on Adolescents, Susan M. Kacerek

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A Look at the Role of Physicians within American Society, William Krenz

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An Exploratory Study of the Perceptions of Professionals Assessing the Nature of Gangs, John Evans Ledwith

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Salvadoran Women and Sacred Christmas Festivals: Foodways and the Perception of Gender Roles, Julia A. Lostumbo

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Are Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs in Elementary Schools Effective? An Evaluation of Programs, Amy Suzanne McPhee

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Relevance of Gandhi's Basic Education For Contemporary India, Linda Joy Miller
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Rap Music: Perceptions and Effects on the African American Community, Mark A. Pickett

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An Evaluation of the Terminally Ill Child and the Family: Questions of the Quality of Life from the Personal, Medical, and Societal Perspectives, Laura Robinson

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An Evaluation of the Problems, Available Services, and Societal Perceptions of Homelessness in America, Laurel Jane Rogers

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Reflections of Ethnicity and Social Boundaries: Foodways in a Mexican-American Family Restaurant, Michele L. Smith

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The Educated Hands: Two Childbirth Practitioners, Lisa F. Springston

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This Cup is Not for Drinking: A Study of the Societal Implications of Mandatory Drug Testing in the American Workplace, M. Andrew Sway

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Labels and Tracks in a Middle School: A Comparison of Students' and Teachers' Perceptions, Jennifer Ann Swigart

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An Exploratory Study of the Social and Personal Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquency, Whitney Babcock True

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Theories on Male Homosexuality: Individual Perceptions on Sexual Orientation, Elizabeth West

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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Stress and Caring for the Elderly: A Study of Nurses' Aides, Elizabeth A. Bacon

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The Effects of Significant Others on the Racial Self-Attitude of Afro-American Children, Michelle A. Brittain

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Selected Predictors of Attitudes For and Against Capital Punishment in the United States, James T. Brown

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The Effects of Viewing Corporate Symbols as Icons in the United States through an Assessment of Values, Julie C. Budden

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Cocaine and Crack as a Catalyst for the Interstate Networking of West Coast Gangs, Gregory Scott Crowther

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Mechanisms for Culture Change in the Subculture of Central Appalachia, Aaron L. Davies

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A Comparative Study of Self-Concept in Learning Disabled and Non-disabled Students, Mary M. Ellis

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The Influence of Self and Others on Impression Management, Kathleen P. Hassett

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Sex Role Stereotyping in Television Advertisements, Nancy M. Heard

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A Sociological Analysis of the Relationship Between Unemployment and Crime in the United States, Pam Hewes

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A Study of Gentrification and the Larger Socioeconomic Trends in Entails, Michela Huth

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A Study of the Large Proportion of Blacks in Prison, Derek A. Jackson

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A Study of the Differences between the Veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War on Three Life Dimension Scales, A. Kaltenmark

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The Effects of Using Significant Others and Positive Imagery in the Advertising of Alcohol on Seventh and Eighth Grade Students, James Michael Kelley III

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Attitudes and Perceptions of Art Therapy: an exploratory study, Leslie D. Lipson

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Gendered Spheres and Contraceptive Choice, Cheryl Martin

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Symbolizing Fatherhood: The Image and Reality of Contemporary American Father, Wilde M.

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Children's Acquisition of Culture Through Education, Alison R. Parsons

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Atrribute Differences Between Female Athletes and Female Non-Athletes, Estela Pereira

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Victimization in the United States as a Function of Selected Lifestyle Characteristics, Scott R. Powell

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The Socializing Effects of College Varsity Sport Participation, Philip M. Rea

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Discrimination Against Women in the Labor Force: Gender Pay Differentials, Julie A. Schmidt

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A Cross-Cultural Study of Dreaming Between Americans and the Sioux Indians, Heath Stevens

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The Effect of Cultural Heritage on Attitudes and Behavior Toward the Elderly, Cassandra Louise Weaver