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Unequal Opportunities: A Study of Achievement Among Emotionally and Behaviorally Disturbed Adolescents in the Chicago Area
(2002)This study explores achievement among adolescents diagnosed with emotional and/or behavioral disorders. It examines factors outside of the school environment-poverty, family, and neighborhood and their effects on achievement ... -
Unity Amid Plurality: Towards Inclusive Theories of Sexual Violence
(1998)For most Kalamazoo College students, their study abroad experience is not one they will soon forget, and I am no exception to this rule. My time in Ecuador was incredible and tumultuous, spanning spectrums of mood, ... -
Unpacking the Crisis : the Mass Epidemic of Criminalization and Imprisonment on Racial Disproportionality in the United States
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2020-11-01)On any given day, tens of thousands of people of color who have been viewed as public menaces, threats to national security, or accused of violating U.S. laws – the criminal justice system are incarcerated in a system that ... -
Urban Growth and the Environment
(2008)Cities are rapidly becoming the most common place of human habitation, and are growing particularly fast in the developing world. They create massive environmental problems for human health, the climate, global ecology ... -
The Use of Chimes and Keyboard Classes in Teaching and Reinforcing Socially Appropriate Behavior
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)The ability of music to enrich lives stretches around the world. Picture for a moment a rural village in Kenya. In this village a special school lies in the beautiful green hills of tea. The children in this school work ... -
The Use of Normative Control in Voluntary Organizations: An analysis of the USTA 18's & 16's Junior National Championships
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1993)Alvin Zander, author of The Purposes of Groups and Organizations, defines a group as a "collection of individuals who interact with and depend upon one another". 1 In order for a group to be successful it must consist ... -
Utilizing Opinion Surveys as a Tool for Measuring Employee Satisfaction: A Case Study - Ameritech Advertising Services and SBC Directory Operations
(2000)Employee opinion surveys have been used as a tool to measure employee satisfaction in many organizations. The merging of two large telecommunications companies, Ameritech advertising services and SBC Directory Operations, ... -
'The Vertigo of Eros': Examining the Aesthetic-Ecstatic Space of Electronic Music for the Postmodern Subject
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)This study applies modem and postmodern theoretical concepts toward the analysis of interviews and observations collected at two American music festivals, as well as in examining the subcultural productions of the ... -
Veterans Under Stress: The Unique Factors that Contributed to the Development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among Vietnam Veterans
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1994)I had the opportunity over the past ten weeks to meet and interact with some of the soldiers who served in Vietnam. Originally, I had intended to focus my senior thesis on the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that frequently ... -
Virgins, Wives, and Witches: Images of Andean Wiomen in Colonial Peru
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Visions of Another World: Senegal, Sorcery, and the Unconscious
(1994)The original intention of this paper was to present my findings in regards to the present day status of sorcery in Senegal. When I came across J. Finley Hurley's book, Sorcery, while doing background research, however, I ... -
Voices of the Poor: An analysis of the views and experiences regarding poverty of low-income residents in Kalamazoo County
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2002)While much research has been done regarding the structural causes of poverty, one voice that is often missing is the voice of the poor. The purpose of this study was to further investigate the causes and effects of poverty ... -
"Voices of the Women": Women's Empowerment and the Role of Family Planning Among Low-Income Women in Guadalajara, Mexico
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Volunteer Motivation and Loyalty: A Case Study of Volunteers at FareStart; Seattle, WA
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)This senior thesis examines the success of volunteer retention at a small, nonprofit organization, FareS tart, in Seattle, W A. In studying a sample of loyal volunteers as well as transient volunteers, this study uncovers ... -
Waitressing for my Life: An Auto-Ethnographic Study on Emotional Labor and Gender Identity within the Family Restaurant
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2012)The following is an auto-ethnographic account of how emotional labor, sexual harassment and gender affect interpersonal relations in a family run restaurant. To concentrate my examination, I focus my evidence on the ... -
The Ways In Which Experiential Learning Impacts Small Business in Two Regions of Michigan
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)This interview -based SIP investigated the ways in which experiential education, or EE, impacts Michigan-based private schools and regional theatres in 2016. -
"We're in this together:" A Study on Mutuality in Youth Mento ring Relationships
(2007)As the field of youth mentoring grows, the need for research become more and more necessary. There is a great demand to analyze youth men to ring relationships and their efficacy. It is important to understand how these ... -
"We're in this Together:" A Study on Mutuality in Youth Mentoring Relationships
(2008)As the field of youth mentoring grows, the need to analyze youth mentoring relationships and their efficacy is crucial. My research attempts to discover a greater understanding on not only the influence of youth mentoring ... -
Western Study and Perception of the Non-European Other
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1994)The primary objective of this study is to better understand Anthropology today, in its modern form. The history I have presented here is general at best, and borrowed from scholars more equipped than I, who followed ...
