College of Liberal Arts Theses and Dissertations
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Informal science learning institutions and social media engagement
(2020-05)Uses and gratifications theory has been widely used to examine the motivations individuals have to consume media. This study utilizes uses and gratifications theory in combination with consumers’ online brand related ... -
Walking memories: the origins and significance of civil war reenactment
(2020-05)Civil War Reenactment has become a popular pastime for the past fifty years. Thousands of people done Civil War era clothing, march on national battlefields in military units, and fire muskets at one another in order to ... -
Communicating forgiveness: how organizational members seek forgiveness to benefit their workplace
(2020-08)Though often challenging, conflict is an inevitable part of organizational life. At some point, organizational members will have to face their interpersonal issues, or risk suffering negative implications in their roles ... -
Brown bodies and police killings: The case of José Campos Torres, Jr. and anti-Mexican violence in Houston in the 1970s
(2020-05)This thesis addresses the often-silenced history of violence perpetrated against Latinos for decades. This is not only about physical violence, but about the historical violence done to these victims. What does this mean? ... -
Dr. Hector P. Garcia: A study in cross cultural communication leadership
(2020-05)The purpose of this study is to investigate the communication leadership styles of Dr. Hector P. Garcia, a Mexican American leader in the United States. Dr. Garcia is best known for founding the American G.I. Forum social ... -
Transitioning to a consensually nonmonogamous relationship: an investigation using relational turbulence theory
(2020-05)Nonmonogamous behaviors have interested the public and researchers for decades. For many years, attention to nonmonogamous behaviors has been paid primarily to infidelity. Within recent decades, however, the focus has ... -
Changing media leadership and its perceived impact on news objectivity
(2020-05)This study seeks to explore how media leadership has evolved in the United States and how leadership styles of media owners have impacted the perceived objectivity of news stories. Objectivity of news stories has been a ... -
“It cam wi’ a lass and it will gang wi’ a lass!”, or Mary Stuart, the Woman of Scotland
(2019-12)This manuscript explores the controversial life of Mary Stuart, a sixteenth century Scottish Queen through the lens of intimate household staff and the Edinburgh citizenry. Traditionally, Mary Stuart has been portrayed ... -
The pulse of the Blucher archive: the making and life of a Texan institutional archive, 1980-2019
(2019-12)The aim of this thesis is to reconstruct the history of the Blucher Archive. Rather than taking the life of the Blucher Archive to be a self-evident background, institution, and repository, this thesis will explore its ... -
Positive Disintegration: Memories, Morals, and Other Combustibles
(2019-12)This practice-lead research and the resulting exhibition of paintings are the product of an investigation into personal experiences of cognitive dissonance caused by emotional conflict and traumatic events. Expressing these ... -
"Fifty Years After Cisneros v. CCISD: a History of Racism, Segregation, and Continued Inequality for Minority Students"
(2018-12)Throughout the history of Corpus Christi, racism has played a central role within many aspects of life including within the role of education. For many decades, students attended particular schools based upon the color of ... -
Re-defining medical empathy: Du Boisian double consciousness in memoirs written by doctors of color
(2018-12)Through ongoing technological and scientific advancements, the science of American medicine progresses every day. Comparatively, however, the culture and cultural approaches of the field fall short with the problem of ... -
"A Brave New Woman:" Print Media's Portrayal of Women in the American Civil War
(2018-12)The American Civil War transformed the roles of women in the United States. Their domestic lifestyle was uprooted as many women vacated their domestic duties and joined different public causes to support the war in either ... -
How and when: the development and strategic maintenance of supervisor-subordinate blended relationships in the workplace
(2018-08)This study explores the development and maintenance strategies of blended supervisor subordinate relationships in the workplace, or those friendships that develop in and outside of work. The motives that drove ... -
Feminist identity and the personal epistemologies of Latina college students
(2018-08)The current study examines the relationships between women’s ways of knowing, ethnicity, and feminist identity, making use of Belenky et al’s (1986) research paradigm published in Women’s Ways of Knowing (WWK). The focus ... -
Social status influence on implicit bias
(2018-08)Stereotypes help us quickly make sense of the world by categorizing people into groups and making assumptions about them based off this group membership. According to Social Role Theory, stereotypes form by observing gender ... -
Social anxiety interventions: reappraisal versus acceptance and values
(2018-08)Social anxiety is a prevalent psychological difficulty, and even individuals who do not meet criteria for the diagnosis can demonstrate functional impairment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been the most established ... -
Social Exclusion: ego depletion and self-awareness
(2018-05)Previous research investigating ego depletion has found that self-control actions yield a state of ego depletion. Ego depletion occurs after the reserve of limited resources necessary for self-regulation are depleted ... -
Overlooking misogyny: a critical examination of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s music, lifestyle and legacy
(2018-05)This study examines the ways in which misogyny is projected through the media and how patriarchal norms and expectations have contributed to misogyny being overlooked in society. This is achieved by looking at the extent ... -
Pretty Color Time
(2017-12)“Pretty Color Time” is the language that underscores my intertwined practices of painting, printmaking, collage, and theoretical study over the past year and several months. It is a culmination of three years of work ...
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