Disaster mental health expert Karla Vermeulen draws on a combination of statistics, academic sources, and her own original research, including results from a nationally representative survey, to examine the unique challenges experienced by emerging adults post-9/11.
Introduction -- Section 1: Generation Disaster in Their Youth: Formative Experiences -- Meet Generation Disaster -- Parenting Post-9/ -- Lockdown Drills in Kindergarten: The Threat (Perceived and Actual) of School Shootings -- Section 2: Generation Disaster in Emerging Adulthood…
"The "Introduction" chapter of Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 describes the book's premise: Current emerging adults (ages 18 to 29) have faced an unprecedented level of cumulative stressors throughout their lives, including the post-9/11 wars, school shootings and …
"Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 is an in-depth examination of the multiple stressors that shaped the developmental environment for today’s emerging adults in their youth and as they now take on adult responsibilities in an unprecedentedly complex world. Those stres…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the world as we know it within only a few years. Its most significant impact will be on our Human Resource (HR). What is AI and what's made it significant are contained in this concise book. The book has a wide readership and will provide…
Generation Z, ranging from tweens to young adults, has enormous spending power; yet it is one of the most challenging generational cohorts for brands to reach. Embodying an unrelenting relationship with information and mobile technology from a young age, Generation Z's ecosystem…
An anthropologist uses spelling bees as a lens to examine the unique and diverse traits of Generation Z-and why they are destined for success At first glance, Generation Z (youth born after 1997) seems to be made up of anxious overachievers, hounded by Tiger Moms and constantly …
Generation Z-- youth born after 1997-- seems to be made up of anxious overachievers, hounded by Tiger Moms and constantly tracked on social media. One would think that competitors in the National Spelling Bee, the most popular brain sport in America, would be the worst off. Shan…
Student activists have a long history of causing disruption on American college campuses. They have fought against numerous racial, sexual, and economic injustices in order to provide a more welcoming environment. Research supports that students who have a stronger sense of belo…
The purpose of this project was to engage Millennial and Generation Z young adults in Abundant Life church by teaching them how to have spiritual conversations before and after the Sunday morning worship services. The project involved young adults from Abundant Life church teach…
The purpose of this project is to help those who minister to children develop a clear understanding of the culture of Generation Z children and adapt their teaching tools and methodologies in culturally relevant ways. Objectives of the twelve-week course included praying for Gen…
This project sought to empower college students to pursue freedom from pornography at Breakaway Ministries in College Station, Texas. Chapter 1 introduces the ministry context of Breakaway Ministries along with the rationale, purpose, goals, research methodologies, definitions, …
This work unfolds in three moves to explore the rise in fear and anxiety in young adults and to provide a theological response from a chapel office on a college campus. The first move involves an exegetical reading of the Markan parable (adapted in Matthew) of “Binding the Stron…
The focus of this dissertation is to answer the question, “What should constitute a contextualized curriculum designed to enhance resiliency in Generation Z Military members?” This resiliency 3-day-workshop with military personnel in Georgia was birthed in response to the vision…
Grace Temple Church, located in Little Rock, Arkansas, has the possibility of having an impactful young adult populace of churchgoers. Along with other churches, Grace Temple faces the challenges of keeping young adults between the ages of 18–23 connected with the church fellows…
The Christian church has long functioned as an integral institution in American culture. In recent years, however, societal trust in the church has declined. Issues surrounding Christian clergy are frequently associated with this downturn, leading to lower rates of congregationa…
This dissertation argues that a strategic way to reach college students is through collegiate church planting. Chapter 1 introduces the purpose of the dissertation, provides definitions of key terms, and states the method of research. Chapter 2 expounds on the geography of the A…
