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Emigration In Santa Martha Latuvi, Oaxaca, Mexico

Contreras, Elisa (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)

Through interviews and observations, the purpose of this project was to investigate the impact (e)migration is having in Santa Martha Latuvi, Oaxaca Mexico. Latuvi is currently experiencing transformation in its economy ...

Emotion Management of Admissions Counselors at Kalamazoo College

Granfield, Katherine M. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1994)

Education has become increasingly important in today's society. With this new emphasis on continuing education beyond high school, there are many more students researching colleges and universities to find the one that ...

Emotional Health and Affective Climates Within Organizations

Hollinger, Aaron (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)

This paper aims to investigate how and why affective climates develop within organizations. The goal is to analyze how certain patterns of behavior are cultivated and end up reinforcing said climates. I drew upon a wide ...

Employee Retention: Is It Possible? A Case Study at First of America Bank Corporation

Gramith, Amanda Sue (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1997)

The following paper begins with a review of literature identifying key theories relating to turnover. There are many such theories existing, but are the companies taking them into consideration when attempting to ...

Empowerment of Impoverished Women Through Women-Run Organizations

Underwood, Kaitlin (2011)

Impoverishment and homelessness are rapidly growing problems for women in the United States. With both of these issues come stereotypes that prevent women from becoming economically mobile and independent. Much of the ...

An Endangered Movement: A study of the Gradual Decline of Labor's Strength in Detroit

Porada, David Patrick (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2002)

The Ends Of The Spectrum

Harbage, Ian (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)

For me, this project has become a reflection of who I have become during the last several years. It started during a family discussion over winter break, where we were discussing various personality types and characteristics, ...

The Enneagram and the SCARF® model: a study of two complimentary psychological models

Ring, Katherine A. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)

322 participants completed two online self-assessments to demonstrate the use of two theories—the Enneagram and the SCARF Model—that focus on core instincts and motivations, as a way to facilitate self- awareness, ...

Environmental Racism in Little Village : the Implosion of The Crawford Coal Plant in The Midst of The Covid-19 Pandemic

Guzman, Cristina (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2020-11-01)

Prior to 2012, Chicago was the only major city in the United States that still hosted two operating coal plants that were polluting at high rates, one of which is located in the majority Latinx, low-income, immigrant ...

Essays on the Cultural and Educational Difticulties Experienced by the Settled Out Migrant Chicano Child and Case Study

Charnock, Roberta (1974)

Each culture teaches its offspring so as to prepare them for adult lite within that culture. The values of each segment or subculture of the society of the U.S. are those necessary for adult lite in that subculture. ...

The Ethical Conduct of Research with Humans

Shattuck, Merrill (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2001)

The Ethics of Empowerment Between Women's Studies Programs and Consciousness-Raising Groups Within the Politics of Race and Class

Nixon, Laura Pleasants (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2003)

This paper explores the ethics of empowerment of community based consciousness-raising programs connected to university women's studies programs. It briefly describes the positive influences a women's studies program ...

The Ethnographic Fieldwork Experience and the Effort to Conserve a Maori Meeting House at Field Museum of Natural History

Light, Victoria (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1987)

My Senior Individualized Project (S.I.P.) was a summer internship at Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. I arranged a project in the Department of Anthropology by contacting the Museum Scholarship Committee, ...

Evaluating the Impact of the Genesee County AmeriCorps Program On the Members, Partner Organizations, and Local Communities

Bertschi, Jonquil Suzanne (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1999)

Since October 1997, I have been serving as an AmeriCorps member in Flint, Michigan, with the Genesee County AmeriCorps Program (GCAP). I work at the Resource Center, a nonprofit organization composed of Leadership Flint, ...