Advocacy is an essential component of the professional role of the registered nurse and may be an even more critical component of the nursing role in a military operation where soldiers are separated from family. While the nursing literature suggests that advocating for patients…
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The dissertation analyzes the intersections between the discourse of adolescence and the discourse of Empire. The adolescent is a major, if not the central, figure in the rhetoric of Empire, specifically as a site of adult anxiety and imperial contestation. Chapter 1 revisits Ho…
How and when do non-state actors matter? To date, the growing political salience of non-state actors has been acknowledged but not assessed. In this dissertation, I argue that non-state actors can impact international processes to the extent that they are able to leverage other …
This dissertation integrates the history of Arab, Muslim, Sikh, and South Asian American civil rights advocacy organizations since 1980 into extant sociological knowledge about civil rights advocacy. Beginning with an introduction that reviews sociological thinking on race and r…
The purpose of this study was to expand the research concerning Illinois School Superintendents’ perceptions of the importance of understanding, responding to and influencing the political context of schools in Illinois. The overarching research question for this study asked: Wh…
Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have increasingly been recognized as influential players in world politics and international development. Despite limited financial resources and having to rely on volunteers who often lack formal training, NGOs’ advocacy work has often been…
Transnational advocacy networks (TANs) are a rapidly proliferating phenomenon in international contentious politics. Widely known for waging headline-grabbing wars of words, TANs remain under-theorised on important levels of analysis. Unsurprisingly, they have been termed ‘elusi…
The world today witnesses increasing recognition and a more positive reception towards disability. Despite this recognition, persons with disabilities continue to share experiences of stigma and discrimination. Based on this observation, I raise the following questions: 1) To wh…
Each week, Christians leave their respective worship services and go out into the world to “make Christ known.” But what sort of Christ do they have in their heads, and what techniques do they possess that will help them proclaim that Christ? A Christian religious educational ap…
This is the thesis component of a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Published Works at the University of Salford, United Kingdom (UK). The overall submission is a portfolio of seven published works supported by five associated publications and a critical appraisal focusing on the co…
This study addresses the lack of voices of members of historically marginalized or disenfranchised communities, in shaping dominant cultural narratives by outsiders. Such dominant cultural narratives are often used to justify exclusion of these communities from engagement in dec…
While our current political moment and the US' long history of anti-immigrant rhetoric clearly demonstrates how Latinx people are socially marginalized, across the country there is a wave of government communications and outreach practitioners incorporating social justice and eq…
In the period following World War II, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) served as the longest standing and most experienced organization serving African Americans. It was during this postwar period, from 1945 to 1995, that its
Colin Kaepernick exercised his right to protest by kneeling during the National Anthem to raise awareness of police brutality and racial injustice against Black Americans. Nearly four years after his silent protest began, athletes continue to stand in solidarity with Kaepernick …
This thesis investigates environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) operating in the non-Western setting of the Republic of South Korea by presenting a literature review of the history of Korean NGOs and the environmental movement in Korea, and analyzing data gathered w…
This thesis examines the role of advocacy and social justice in the music of three living American women composers, and the ways their efforts as mentors, patrons, academics, and educators interact with their work as composers. Case studies include Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972),…
Rhetorical studies are deeply concerned with the way that human beings use language and symbols to interact and persuade others to follow a particular point of view, or plan of action. In the male dominant culture of 15th century France, Christine de Pizan recognized the limitat…
During the 1950s, animal welfare advocates launched a campaign for the passage of a law to require the use of improved slaughtering methods in packinghouses across America. The campaign ignited a widespread debate between animal welfare advocates, religious communities, and the …