Literature books that reflect the demographic diversity of this nation are missing from popular websites, bookshelves, libraries, and schools. Books that perpetuate social stereotypes, discrimination and racism continue to be used and sold around the nation. Children are not exp…
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It has been established that there are numerous barriers to obtaining and maintaining employment following a criminal conviction, including background checks, which occur as part of most selection processes. Barriers to obtaining and maintaining employment may be higher for indi…
Statement of Problem Transgender soldiers are currently trying to serve openly in the military without the fear of termination due to policy changes by presidential administrations or the military. The Biden Administration is reestablishing Obama Administration policies that sup…
This study is an analysis of Palestinian cultural experiences in the United States. The interviews within this are of two Palestinians who have refused to assimilate into American society, one who considers himself American, one who is seen as both Palestinian and American, and …
International populations face difficulties adjusting to a new culture. This is especially true for international students, who have to adjust to a new country and face academic demands concurrently. Research has explored various factors that impact psychological adjustment of i…
This study explored Sikh immigrant parents' socialization practices in the ethno-religious identity formation of their children, especially boys, between the ages of 10 - 18 years. Sikh men and boys wear outward identity markers which distinguish them as a group belonging to the…
Leadership has been a foundational component of any society, religion, culture, and human development. The purpose of this study was six fold: to examine the concept of leadership in Muslim communities in America, to observe the first-generation Muslim Americans’ perception of M…
The post 9/11 context created a political and social climate in the United States (U.S.) that promoted prejudice and discrimination against anyone who looked Middle Eastern (e.g., Iranian) or Muslim (Britto, 2008). I was interested in how much and what kinds of prejudice and dis…
The notion of a family church could be taken to unhealthy levels in a faith community where the membership is comprised of people who share the same racial/ethnic and socio-cultural identities. Moreover, this sameness may not reflect the reality of the surrounding community. The…
In this thesis, I explore the perceived character of Islamophobia in American society, and how Islamophobia is embedded in the everyday lived experiences and identity negotiations of a sample of Middle Eastern immigrants, ten years post-9/11. Data consist of 13 qualitative inter…
This dissertation investigates mechanisms through which ethnic identity influences labor market outcomes in Pakistan. The first essay explores the role of the British Colonial Government and the Pakistani Government in promoting certain ethnic groups over others, over the period…
The events of September 11, 2001 dramatically changed the lives of Arab Americans. Some lost loved ones in the attacks while others, Arab Americans, became targets of discrimination and differential treatment because they had names and faces similar to the hijackers or they shar…
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of social dominance orientation (SDO) and right wing authoritarianism (RWA) on discrimination in the face of a threat to either resources or in-group identity. SDO can be viewed as the attitudinal manifestation of realistic co…
My goal throughout this study is to highlight psychosocial integration problems disabled people face in developing countries like Senegal. The goal being to lay the foundation of an inclusive society where all the daughters and sons of the nation may "in the common will of commo…
Why do Muslim minorities perceive more societal hostility in European countries with greater multicultural commitments? This paper examines a unique cross-national survey of Muslims in four Western European countries and finds that personal experiences of discrimination and perc…
The mixed method study largely followed on the work of Mona Amer (2005). It is a cross-sectional view of 100 non-U.S. born Arab Muslims living in the U.S. Using a non-random convenience sample of individuals from multiple U.S. cities, the study examined the hypotheses that H1: l…
The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether differentiation of self predicted bicultural identity and to clarify whether variations in immigrants' nation of origin and religious identification affected the links between self-differentiation and bicultural identit…
An ethnographic analysis of the nature, extent and processes of anti-Gypsy discrimination in contemporary Britain is used to test a number of hypotheses: that nomads are at odds with practices of social control and with capitalist spatiality; that there exists a sedentarist bias…
This thesis investigates on clinical applicability of a novel sensing technology in the areas of postural steadiness and stroke assessment. The mechanically simple Distributive Tactile Sensing approach is applied to extract motion information from flexible surfaces to identify p…