Browsing Sociology & Anthropology Masters Theses by Title
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Healing Garden for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The development and impacts of participation in a healing garden group for survivors of interpersonal violence were studied. The healing garden group focused on reconnection with self, others, and community as outlined in ... -
The Historic Fargo Theatre: A Symbol of Collective Memory and Community Consciousness
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The Fargo Theatre has been the gem of the Fargo, North Dakota, area for eightytwo years and is at the epicenter of the community's collective history. The theatre has hosted independent films, musical productions, vaudeville, ... -
Host Communities’ Perceptions of Refugees in North Dakota and Perceived Impacts of Refugees on North Dakota Communities
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This study identifies host communities’ perceptions of refugees and perceived impacts of refugees on North Dakota communities by analyzing a 2015 petition against future refugee resettlement using Braun and Clarke’s guide ... -
How It Meets the Eye: Altering Locus of Control Through Environmental Data Visualization
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Locus of control (LOC), first defined as a trait determining one’s sense of control over outcomes, continues to be refined. Originally treated as a generalized expectancy, scholars have extended its range for queries in ... -
Inheritance Patterns and Strategies: Process for Intergenerational Farmland Transfer in Southeastern North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2013)In this project, I conducted interviews with members of farm families in order to understand the process of intergenerational farmland transfer. Focusing on southeastern North Dakota, I paid particular attention to the ... -
Integration of African Refugee Women into the Fargo-Moorhead Community
(North Dakota State University, 2015)African refugee women (ARW) flee from their home countries due to civil unrest, war, fear of being persecuted, nationality, and membership of a particular social group or political opinion. They migrate to Western countries ... -
Integration of Bosnian Immigrant Women in the US
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The number of immigrants from different countries has increased in the United States in the past few years. Fargo/ Moorhead area was enriched with individuals and families from various post-war and undeveloped countries. ... -
"It's More How Other People Perceive You": Social Identity Formation through Study Abroad
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This research investigated how study abroad affected students’ sense of identity and how interactions between study abroad students and other people shaped their understanding of their identity. While abroad, students ... -
It's the Process, not the Project: The Role of Social Capital in Adaptive Co-Management in Northwest Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Changing behavior to improve water quality must be endogenous, arising from a balancing or integration of self-interest and shared interests. The subject of this study is the public who are not organized, affiliated or ... -
Land Use and the Human-Environment Interaction on Olosega Island, Manu'a, American Samoa
(North Dakota State University, 2011)The human-environment relationship has often been characterized as one of human adaptation. This particular view has now come into questions as critiques have shown that the relationship is complex and dynamic. In archaeology, ... -
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Technology in Archaeology and the Human – Environmental Interaction: The Case of Ta‘u Island, Manu‘a American Samoa
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The research reported here utilizes lidar technology for a case study of archaeological site and feature identification in a unique landscape to investigate the human-environmental interaction in a defined study area, ... -
Lithic Organization, Mobility, and Place-Making at the Frog Bay Site: A Community-Based Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2020)The Frog Bay site (47BA60) has been excavated for three field seasons. Excavations in 1979 located the site and continued in 2018 – 2019 by the Geté Anishinaabe Izhichigéwin community archaeological field school. This ... -
Marine Resource Use and Distribution on Ofu Island, Manu’a, American Sāmoa
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Marine resources have played a vital role in the lives of the prehistoric populations that settled Oceania. While it is widely accepted that marine resources make up a considerable component of the diet of prehistoric ... -
Money and Ill Fame: Interpreting a Prostitution Hierarchy in Fargo, North Dakota’s Historical Red-Light District
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Many inhabitants of early Fargo sought economic opportunities in the local sex trade, and the intersectionality of class, gender, sexuality, and race was central to their varying degrees of success. Police Magistrate Court ... -
Nature Versus Technology: Which is More Appealing to Youth Ages 11-14?
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Recent studies show playtime for youth has shifted from playing outdoors to being connected to a screen-based device. This study examines the amount of time youth ages 11-14 are spending in nature versus the amount of time ... -
Nature’s Best: An Analysis of a Lactation Education Needs Assessment
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis explores the perceptions of nurses regarding the importance of breastfeeding, the need for lactation education, and the barriers that may be preventing nurses from obtaining lactation education. Nurses working ... -
#NOFILTER: Exploration of Instagram and Individuals’ Conception of Self
(North Dakota State University, 2017)For this study, I sought to explore the use of Instagram and to understand how an individuals’ self-concept is portrayed on Instagram through Goffman’s (1959) theoretical frameworks of impression management and performance. ... -
An Organizational Assessment for the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Park using Community Capital Frameworks
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The Boys & Girls Clubs of South Park (BGCSP) is a youth service 501(c)3 serving Park County, Colorado. With over 60% of Park County’s workforce commuting to another county for employment the need for affordable out-of-school ... -
Paleopathological Conditions Presenting in a Collection of Juveniles from a Merovingian Site in Central Germany
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis explores the pathological conditions that affected a juvenile skeletal population dating to the Merovingian ages in what is now central Germany. The goal of this research is to gain an understanding of the ... -
Parents of Children with Autism: The Stigma and Emotion Work Associated with Navigating, Advocating, and Managing Autism
(North Dakota State University, 2020)This study analyzes the experiences of stigmatization and emotion work through the interview responses of eight parents of children with autism. Developing from Goffman’s theories of direct stigma and associative stigma ...