Sociology & Anthropology Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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An analysis of intersecting factors influencing first-generation college student enrollment
(North Dakota State University, 2024)This study examined the impact of college visits on first-generation college students (FGCS). Specifically, I analyzed data from a midsized university in the upper Midwest to understand the the intersecting effect of ... -
Are Rural North Dakota Hospitals Prepared for a Disaster? An Exploratory Study
(North Dakota State University, 2009)This study examined the disaster preparedness plans within selected rural North Dakota hospitals. The ultimate goal was to explore rural North Dakota hospitals' disaster preparedness plans, gathering information that ... -
Primary Health Care Provider Differences in the Management of Preschool Aged Children's Mental Health Issues
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis examined health care providers' methods of identification and treatment of preschool aged children's (age 0 to 5) mental health issues and barriers to those methods in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. I ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Downtown Fargo: Stakeholder Struggles and the Crisis ofldentity
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This research sought to discover the social impact of demographic, aesthetic, and economic neighborhood restructuring in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 cultural, economic, and ... -
Does Social Capital Always Affect Immigrant Employment? Analyzing the Mediating Effect of United States’ Cultural Context on the Relationship Between Social Capital and Immigrant Employment
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The paper investigates if culture mediates the relation between immigrants’ social capital and the likelihood of employment in a host country. It applies Social Capital Theory to predict potential effects of culture and ... -
Understanding Rural Red Communities: Socialist History and Structural Causes of Contemporary Ideologies in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2021)The rural-urban divide is discussed between scholars (Pew Research Center, 2018), politicians (Siegler, 2020), and everyday Americans (Badger, 2019). Those in urban blue states (majority voting Democrat) blame those in ... -
Pioneers and Pestilence: Emotion, Memory, and Historical Narratives at the Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery
(North Dakota State University, 2021)This thesis examines the interplay between emotion and social memory in the historical narrative (re)formation of the Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery in the village of Lockbourne, Pickaway County, Ohio. The research ... -
Vaccine Skeptical Mothers in the Upper Midwest and their Kitchen-based Care Practices
(North Dakota State University, 2021)While many Americans view vaccination and medical intervention as benefits to society and for the greater good, vaccine skeptical mothers not only reject vaccinations but most biomedical interventions as well. In place of ... -
Exploring the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Domestic Violence Victim-Serving Agencies and Professionals
(North Dakota State University, 2021)This study explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the domestic violence victim-serving agencies and professionals through the interview responses of eight professionals working in domestic violence shelters in ... -
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 ... -
The Effects of Traditional Gender Norms on the Fate of Girls' Education in Tajikistan
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Tajikistan is the only post-Soviet republic that went through a civil war after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which negatively impacted all aspects of the country as well as education, particularly girls’ education. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Sexual Health Perspectives of Pastoral Adolescent Girls in Samburu County
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Teenage girls from the Turkana pastoral community in Northern Kenya have varying views of sexuality. Some parents choose to send their daughters to school creating disparate levels of knowledge about their bodies and sexual ... -
A Geospatial Analysis of the Northeastern Plains Village Complex: An Exploration of a GIS-Based Multidisciplinary Method for the Incorporation of Western and Traditional Ecological Knowledge into the Discovery of Diagnostic Prehistoric Settlement Patterns
(North Dakota State University, 2019)This thesis research analyzes how Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) can be used to understand extant Northeastern Plains Village (NEPV) settlement strategies in aggregate for the purposes of subjoining a subsequent ... -
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. ... -
Political Representation of Visible Minorities at the Local Level: A Case Study
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Visible minorities – i.e., persons defined by the Government of Canada as those who are not Aboriginal, Caucasian in race, or white in color – account for roughly 22% of Canada’s population. Yet this group continues to be ... -
School Integration in Arizona's White Mountains
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Due to Arizona’s mandated open enrollment policy for public schools, Blue Ridge Unified School District’s (BRUSD) population of Native American students has increased by 148% over the last 12 years as students migrate into ...