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Thesis Titles

2006--

Braswell, Jennifer. "Social Reproduction and Cultural Capital: College Students' Aspiration to Premedicine". May 2006

Farney, Lori Ann. "Physical and Mental Health Indicators as Predictors of Prison Adjustment Among Older Incarcerated Women". August 2006

Hendrickson, Monte D. "Child Labor in the Brazilian Amazon: An Ethnographic Approach". August 2006

McKinney, Laura. "A Cross-National Analysis of Economic Prosperity as a Predictor of Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions Intensity, 1995 and 2000. August 2006

Mesecher, Helen A. "Parental Family Structure and Sibling Integration: Do Intact Families Promote Sibling Closeness"? May 2006

Pell, Christopher William. "Medical Dominance or Institutionalization? Challenges to a Local HIV/AIDS Network Affiliated with the Ryan White Act of 1990". August 2006

2005--

Alexandre, Renata B. "The Affects of Long Term Poverty on Personal Attitudes Toward Community and Health". December 2005

Austin, Karen Morgan. "Factors Affecting Perceptions of Safety on a College Campus Utilizing Community Policing". December 2005

Hall, Sara Ruth. "Gender, Perceptions of Fairness, and Alienation in the United States Postal Service". May 2005

Kehoe, Gayle C. "Working in Old Age: Benefits of Participation in the Senior Community Service Employment Program". December 2005

Lacy, Stanley. "Testing Alternatives to the Southern Subculture of Violence Theory: Black and White Homicide Rates Within the American South for 1979-1981 and 1986-1988. May 2005

Parker, Patricia Anna Lisa. "Women, Children and Poverty: Public Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform". December 2005

Work, Laura M. "Social Integration and Divorce: An Analysis of U.S. Counties in the Former Confederate South". 2005

2004--

Adams, Robert Randall. "Private Sector Unions and Revitalization: An Analysis of a Southern Local". 2004

Brown, Cynthia Smith. "An Examination of the Eden Alternative in the United States Nursing Home Industry". December 2004

Brown, Dustin C. "Familial Integration and Suicide: An Analysis of U.S. Counties, 1990. May 2004

Crouch, Jenny Tenpenny. "Ethics for Journalists: Belief vs. Adherence to the Ideal". December 2004

Du Toit, Nola Cora. "Sustaining Immigrant Religion: The Effects of Migration on Religious Mobility Among Immigrants in the United States". May 2004

2003--

Gates, Kimberly Carter. "An Evaluation of Homeless Services". August 2003

Martinez, Carmen. "Collegiate Softball Players: A Comparison of Division I, II, and III on Perceptions of Body Image, Social Physique Anxiety, and Eating Disorders". December 2003

Neel, Horace Craig. "An Analysis of Relative Income for Tennessee Counties". May 2003

Pennington, Alesia D. "For Good or for Evil: Presenting Feminist Religion in America's Newspapers". May 2003

Thurman, Libby S. "Accounting for Murder: A Discourse Analysis of Newspaper Articles Reporting Femicides". May 2003

Yanagi, Akie. "An Iconography of Otherness: Images of American & Japanese Cultures". October 2003

2002--

Chananie, Ruth A. "Avoiding the 'Boogeywoman' Label: Marketing the Elite Female Athlete." August 2002.

Parker, Crystal Renea. "Influential Factors of Employee Levels of Job Satisfaction in a Residential Treatment Facility". August 2002

Hudgens Wilson, Emily S. "Bureaucratic Decision-Making in Occupational Fraud and Financial Abuse Cases." May 2002.

2001--

Maule-Trail, Cynthia. "The Employment of Racism in Televised Situation Comedies from 1950 through 2000." May 2001.

2000--

Brunetti, Roxanne Davis. "Embracing the Caregiver Role: Case Studies of Caregivers of the Bedbound Elderly." August 2000.

Smith, Kathy A. "Parricide: A Descriptive Analysis." August 2000

Gannon, Sam. "Witchcraft and Witchlore among School-Aged Children." December 2000.

Kennedy, Justina Sara. "Qualitative Content Analysis: Emergent Themes in African-American Spirituals Selected from 1867." December 2000.

1999--

Grimm, Karen E. "Dimensions of Spiritual Experience: A Survey Based on Glock and Stark's Taxomony of Religious Experience." May 1999.

1998--

Adams, Antonio M. "Parental Attitude toward Parental Involvement in their Child's Education." December 1998.

Swanson, Laura Deason. "Welfare Reform and the State of Tennessee's Tenant-Based Section 8 Housing Population: A Preliminary Impact Assessment." December 1998.

Syler, J. Kent. "Deconstructing a Winning Formula: Newt Gingrich's Attack on American Political Structure in the 1994 Midterm Elections." December 1998.

Deshotels, Tina Herbert. "Naming Sexual Harassment: A Process." August 1998.

Dove, Roxana A. "A Content Analysis of the Voluntary Simplicity Movement: Rhetorical Uses and Macro/Micro Linkages." August 1998.

Felice, Anita M. "G.I. Jane - Myth or Reality: A Quantitative Look at Women in Ground Combat." August 1998.

Frey, Connie D. "He Thinks - She Means: Research in College Students' Perceptions of Dating Cues that Lead to Rape." August 1998.

Wheeler, Deronda Worley. "An Evaluation of Self-Esteem and Prestige Group Membership in Secondary Schools." August 1998.

Parker, Susan Ingram. "Education and Support Needs and Caregiver Burden in Caregivers of Persons with AIDS and the Confused Elderly." May 1998.

Irby, Charles E. "Collective Identity Theory and Rosa Parks: 1943-1955." December 1997.

Mannion, Elgin. "Embracing the Parts, Rejecting the Whole: The Transcontextualization of Verstehen into American Sociology." December 1997.

Newman, James Paul. "A Study of the Societal Reaction Theory and its Impact on the Insanity Defense." December 1997.

Ogden, Cynthia Shea. "How Are they Surviving?: Ethnographic Interviews with Elderly Widowers." December 1997.

Claypool, Mark K. "The Kids at Mill Creek Center: An Evaluation of Success." August 1997.

Smith, Annette Plichta. "Female Banking Executives: An Exploratory Study." August 1997.

Terry, Sheila L. "Impact of the Fair Housing Act of 1988 on Life Satisfaction of Residents of Public Housing High-Rise Buildings." May 1997.

Tuverson, Robert Brian. "Parental Structure and Adolescent Deviance: A Comparison of Intact, Single-Parent and Stepfamilies." December 1996.

Hales, Brent David. "Schwartz and Markham Revisited: A Re-examination of Sex Stereotyping in Toy Advertisements - A Decade Later." July 1996.

Carvalho, Lola Hall. "How Hospice Helps Families Cope with Terminal Illness: An Exploratory Case Study." August 1994.

Chapman, Jacson F. "Images of Inner-City Life: A Content Analysis of Hit Rap Music." May 1994.

House, Gene Ray. "Flower-Child or Long-Haired Freak?: The Mass Media Construction of the 'Hippie'." May 1994.

Rea, Melinda R. "Body Image and Satisfaction: A Comparison/Contrast between Heterosexual and Homosexual Women." May 1994.

Penrod, Paula Wynn. "The Environment's Role in Living Environments for the Elderly." December 1993.

Leach, Deborah Ruth. "Death Anxiety in the Institutionalized Elderly: Evaluation of a Program." December 1992.

Traughber, Schuyler "Sky." "The Relationship between the Frequency of Viewing MTV and the Perceived Influence on the Consumer Behavior of College Students." December 1992.

Hardison-Petty, Lorraine G. "Attitudes toward Extramarital, Cross-Gender Associations." August 1992.

Shahan, Tommy. "Young Adult Female's Perceptions of Filial Responsibilities toward Their Aging Parents: An Exploratory Study." May 1991.

Hayes, Terrell Allen. "Attitudes and Behavior of College Students toward Consumption and the Use of Consumer Credit: An Exploratory Study." August 1990.