Somali youth experience significant amounts of racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia in our schools and communities. In addition, Somali girls are seen as being monolithically oppressed by their culture and religion. My dissertation research demonstrates the spirit and strength o…
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For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. African Americans perceived racial issues, race relations, prejudice, and discrimination; in Vietnam through a lens heavily influenced by their earlier experiences …
This dissertation argues for the central place of theaters and places of amusement in the story of the African American fight for citizenship in the northern United States from 1865 to 1915. The 1875 Civil Rights Act explicitly mentions “theaters” as public accommodations that c…
Recidivism is costly for both individuals and society as a whole. While there are multiple causes for recidivism, one area that has not been adequately explored is felon disenfranchisement. To expand the scope of this study, recidivism will be measured by using rearrest, reconvi…
The research in this thesis examines cultural appropriation, one of the defining elements of contemporary discourse in an increasingly globalized world. Cultural appropriation constitutes the adoption by a dominant community of cultural habits, materials, or performances origina…
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’…
It is well established that a major contributing factor to the high incarceration rate of the United States is recidivism and that an important factor in its prevention is access to quality employment opportunities. However, individuals with criminal convictions face high unempl…
Dr. Willa Beatrice Player survived the college presidency during one of America's most tumultuous times, the 1950s and 1960s. Unfortunately, like the many other Black women's contributions, there is very little known about Dr. Player's work in education. Very little is also bein…
In this dissertation, I examine how we quantify the dynamic, cumulative effects of relational social exposures with longitudinal survey data. In Chapter 1, I demonstrate a new mediation framework for describing what are often conceptualized problematically as “neighborhood effec…
In the United States, Black women often face a number of disparities due to historical systems of oppression, social determinants of health and intersecting aspects related to gender and race (Lewis et al., 2016; Thomas et al., 2011; Spates et al., 2020). These factors may affec…
Involvement with the criminal justice system is a serious detriment to a person’s chances of gaining employment, especially to those possessing both an ex-offender and minority status. As such, a large body of existing literature is dedicated to examining the policies and progra…
Written in a time of great turbulence (COVID-19, racial, political and civil unrest, police killings of BIPOC, justified rebellions and climate degradation), this thesis brings together an important body of scholarly work into a critical exploration of the representations of the…
This project documents the history of Pittsburgh’s Black Musicians Local 471, founded in 1908. In 1966, Local 471 merged with white musicians Local 60, forming Local 60-471. Surviving members of Local 471, primarily jazz artists, expressed the deleterious effects of the merger, …
President Richard M. Nixon's fear and hatred of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) resulted in the SDS having an undue influence on his foreign policies. The SDS was a small faction of the larger Anti-Vietnam War movement. Despite that, by 1969, Nixon's fixation on the …
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…
This qualitative study examined the Japanese American internment during World War II and its impact across generations. Particular attention was given to the experiences of Japanese American fathers and how they communicated with Nisei, Sansei, and Yonsei generations. The goal o…
Globally, mental health continues to be a rising issue for many adolescents. Although mental health services are becoming more accessible in the United States, adolescents still struggle with mental health literacy, stigma, and developing healthy coping skills. The purpose of th…
Against oppressive heteronormative community and cultural norms, as well as conservatism and religious influences, South African gay men of Indian descent experience discrimination that has become less direct in the form of everyday homonegative verbal and nonverbal slights and …