Browsing Human Development and Social Relations (HDSR) Senior Individualized Projects by Title
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The Faces of Choice: An Ethnography of the Counseling Department at Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan
(1994)In this paper I examine the organization of Planned Parenthood through participant observation with the help of the counselors, as I explain in the Methodology. In the Review of Literature, I propose a social evolution of ... -
The Fetishism of Soap and Hygiene and Its Implications for Racist Ideologies
(2010)Our modern world is over stimulated by a torrent of commodity promotion and consumption. Most people continue to consume products at a remarkable rate without ever stopping to think about what it is they are actually ... -
The Formation of Personal Identity: Environmental Influences and Opportunities that Affect Self-Definition throughout Adolescence
(2008)Human beings appear to be the only species that anguish over the question, 'Who am I' In order to make sense of personality characteristics and behaviors and find some kind of fundamental sense of our being, one uses ... -
Getting Us There: Transportation Systems in Urban Regions And The Effect on Quality of Life
(2009)This paper will attempt to explore the complex interconnections between transportation systems and the lives of those who use them. First, an overview of the history of transportation in the United States and a summary ... -
God Concepts and· Social Class: The Impact of the Evangelical Movement
(2009)There exists a complex and ambiguous relationship between socioeconomic class and religion. Modem studies continue to reassess early theories on this relationship proposed by Marx, Weber and Durkheim. This study reexamines ... -
Half the Chance at Life: An Investigation of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality Rates in Calhoun County, Michigan
(2011)In Calhoun County, Michigan, the rate of infant mortality an1ong black mothers is nearly twice the rate among white mothers. Infant mortality, rooted in complicated and interrelated factors such as poverty, health care ... -
Hip and Harmonious Living: Race and class implications of new revitalization efforts on urban America
(2003)This paper explores the Cool Cities phenomenon, a new revitalization effort in which cities aim to attract young professionals. Richard Florida explains that this emerging "creative class" is the key to bringing cities ... -
The History of The New England Home for Little Wanderers The Behavior Modification and Milieu Therapy Program at Orchard Home
(1995)Philosophies, strategies, and implementation of treatment services for children are constantly changing to make improvements. There is no one perfect solution to eliminate the crises of children. There are many schools ... -
Home Cooked Meals: The negative consequences of food globalization and movement towards local farming
(2007)The following research describes the rise in food globalization and the negative effects it has had on the environment, health and consumers. It begins by addressing the history of globalization following World War II, and ... -
The Home Health Aide Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of the Value of Labor of Homecare Workers in the United States in Relation to Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status
(2013)Home health care is a rapidly growing field and home health aides are at the heart of it. Their jobs put them in direct contact with patients, which is both difficult and demanding. For all their hard work they receive ... -
Homelessness and The Family Dynamic
(2009)Homeless families are the fastest growing population among homeless in America. In spite of this fact, many homeless shelters still implement policies which are only suited to meet the needs to single homeless adults. ... -
I'm Learning How To Be Me and Loving It: A critical case study of support groups for abused women. Participants perspectives at a women's counseling agency in Philadelphia, PA.
(1991)For my senior thesis, I chose a project that joins together three very important aspects of my undergraduate experience: Psychology, Sociology, and Women's Issues. I designed a research project in which all three interests ... -
If You Seek A Pleasant Peninsula: Challenges & Opportunities In Regional Coordinated Land Use Planning In Lower Michigan
(2003)This paper hopes to examine what challenges, opportunities, and possibilities compose Michigan's regional coordinated land use planning issues. The reader should look for the obstacles that stand in the way of implementing ... -
In Touch With Teens, An Effort to Prevent Dating Violence
(2002)This document chronicles the history of rape as seen by the legal syste~ theories (called approaches) as to why rape and relationship violence exist and these theories include the feminist perspective, the biological ... -
Indigent Juvenile Delinquency Defense Services: How Our Political Economy Shapes the Experiences of Troubled Youth
(2004)In this paper the access to and quality of juvenile indigent defense services in Washington State, Texas, Maryland, and Kalamazoo County are investigated. Information was gathered by interviewing judges, juvenile public ... -
The Influence of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors on the Academic Achievement of Adolescent Boys in a Residential Home
(2011)The purpose of this study was to research the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence the academic achievement of adolescent boys' age14-17 in· a residential home. The research was conducted at the Methodist ... -
Intentional Death: Understanding Adolescent Suicide
(2007)This is a study of adolescent suicide, with a focus on particular cases in Cadillac, Michigan. I examined the sociological, psychological and briefly mention the biological aspects contributing to adolescent suicide. ... -
It's Who I Am: Defining Jewish-American Identity in an Era of Choice
(2002)I am proud of my identity, both as an American and a Jew, but this project has forced me to acknowledge my own issues of ambivalence. The reason I chose this project in the first place was because my immediate reaction ... -
Neither Aquí nor Allá: Identity Formation among Latinos in a New Destination City
(2009)This study examines why members of a Latino population chose to identify as they did and how that might be a reflection of participants' experiences in Columbus, Ohio or the US more generally. The literature surrounding ...