The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of developmental readiness on the perceived individual improvement of leadership development trainees. Developmental readiness can be described as the motivation ...

In 2015, one-half of college entrants originally enrolled in a STEM field switched majors to a non-STEM field or left STEM fields entirely before graduating college. This study was designed to investigate why students do ...

In "`Will the Circle Be Unbroken?': Lynn Nottage's Multicultural Community Plays," I argue that the playwright creates progressive communities by incorporating African American female characters within multicultural circles. ...

This thesis aims to restore Wood-Martin to his place in the story of the development of archaeology in Ireland. Not for his contributions alone, but as an individual whose story intersects with events and movements taking ...

Paleoart is the reconstruction of landscapes and organisms from Earth’s prehistoric past. It is an essential part of educating the public of paleontological discoveries, and can serve to raise awareness and cultivate ...

This dissertation takes as its argumentative center what Benedict Anderson names the “anomaly of nationalism.” More specifically, it aims to challenge this hegemonic force and its influence on individual creativity through ...

The purpose of this research was to examine relapse factors among women in recovery from substance abuse. Many previous substance abuse studies have excluded women from the research. The recent opioid epidemic has ...

For the first time in decades America is debating over marriage as an institution in combination with sexuality and the onslaught of what it means to people’s identity (Adam 2003; Brandzel 2005; and Poirier 2008). Swinging ...

For the first time in decades America is debating over marriage as an institution in combination with sexuality and the onslaught of what it means to people’s identity (Adam 2003; Brandzel 2005; and Poirier 2008). Swinging ...

The purpose of this study is to explain the effect of Hegel's motifs on Whitman's Drum-Taps. This effect is traceable in the thematic structure of the collection as a whole and in the design of several individual poems. ...