The post-Civil Rights era has been characterized by numerous challenges to traditional understandings of race. The dismantling of legalized segregation and discrimination, ongoing immigration from Asia and Latin America, increasing acceptance of interracial contact and relations…
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The complexity of traumatic experiences and their influence on psychological wellness continues to expand and inform the clinical practice of trauma-specific interventions. Race relations within the United States have created and sustained long-standing pervasive issues that hav…
This thesis examines the representations of sex between men in the British Columbia and Washington press from 1866 to 1910. During this period, B.C. and Washington newspapers covered both local and international sex scandals involving men engaging in sex with other men or boys. …
The controversial subject of blackness resides at the center of discussions of race in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally, scholars have painted the Dominican Republic as a society ignorant of its own history of blackness and devoid of a black consciousness. They argue that D…
This thesis discusses the relationships of misplaced ancestors of perceived African ancestry and the Muscogee Nation's ancestral lands in Middle Georgia. These ancestors were excavated from Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (OMNHP) almost 90 years ago (1930s and 1940s) in…
For the past 60 years, less than 15% of the Black popular vote has gone to a Republican Presidential candidate. This trend started at the end of the Civil Rights Era and has been consistent for Republican candidates across the spectrum. In this Dissertation, I explore the social…
Many models of White racial identity include some form of antiracist behavior or ideology as part of a mature White racial identity. However, antiracism is not exclusive to a mature White racial identity. Diverse Christian faith communities have demonstrated antiracist action th…
To date, little research has focused on the experiences of U.S. Muslims with same-sex attraction. The purpose of this study is to extend research on the experiences of Muslims in the United States of America who have same-sex or same-gender attraction. This study sought to answe…
I examined 30 semi-structured interviews of adult North Carolina residents who experienced the racial integration of schools firsthand. My main research question: how did Black and White people perceive the racial integration of schools as it initially unfolded? My interviewees’…
Every Sunday morning, whether for an hour or more--depending on your community—our sacred gathering time is the most common and can be the most consistent public witness Christians do. It is in this space, amid celebration and ritual that we grapple with the pathos and ethos of …
Background: Childhood trauma has a direct impact on parenting. Parents with a history of adverse childhood experiences are more likely to struggle with mental illness in adulthood and have children at augmented risk for behavioral health issues. However, most of this work has fo…
The purpose of this study was to expand on the current literature on help-seeking attitudes among Black Americans. There is little research exploring the variables associated with Black American’s help-seeking attitudes. However, research has documented the underutilization of s…
The faces of students in schools across America are and will continue to become more racially and ethnically diverse. (Banks, 2001; Neuharth-Pritchett, Reiff, & Pearson, 2001; Sleeter, 2001). This change in the student body also extends to rural school districts as well. Therefo…
This study seeks to understand how undergraduate Filipinx Americans develop historical consciousness and what the impacts of this are on their racial identity. The roots of Filipinx American historical erasure date back to colonization of the Philippines, both Spanish and U.S. o…
Research lacks answers for reasons why African American men neglect their mental health. The small amount of research that does provide some answers for Black men is in comparison to White Americans and other minorities. The purpose of this study is to pinpoint the specific reas…
Race-based discrimination has negative implications for marginalized populations. In the United States, African Americans have been significantly impacted by racism due to the history and legacy of slavery and on-going oppression. While research shows that discrimination impacts…
Questions of racial and cultural identity have almost become endemic in current Africana, American, cultural and humanistic studies. So too have issues concerning subaltern resistance to, and/or determined self-integration into, dominant cultures. This study has been conceived a…
This study explores sexual and ethnic identity development among Arab American lesbians. This population has been ignored in the psychological literature. Seven interviews were conducted and an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used to capture the perspectives of …
My dissertation, entitled “Examining the Life of Oyabe Zen'ichirō: The New Formation of Modern Japanese Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” reconstructs the life history of Oyabe Zen'ichirō (1867-1941) and examines the formation of his Japanese identity within interna…