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Social Justice Student Research

This collection showcases University of Kentucky student research that addresses topics related to equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Psychological Distress and Relationship Satisfaction Among Survivors of Sexual Violence, Alyssa Campbell

Gender Violence on Television: Insights and Implications from Female Audiences of Drama Series, Mary Celeste Clark

A FAT IMPOSTER: THE EMBODIED INTERSECTION BETWEEN RACE, BODY TYPE AND FATNESS IN MARGARET CHO’S COMEDY, Julia Cox

Breaking the Silence of Racially Minoritized Students: Structural and Everyday Injustice in U.S. Anthropology Graduate Training, Takami S. Delisle

UNDERSTANDING STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS OF WIDOWS IN CENTRAL NIGERIA: A PATH TO COMMUNICATION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, Meredith Annette Garrison

“I FELT SEEN”: A MIXED-METHODS INVESTIGATION OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, Caiti Siobhan Griffiths

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP EXPERIENCES OF BISEXUAL-IDENTIFYING ASIAN MEN WITH SAME AND DIFFERENT GENDER PARTNERS, Cheryl Kwok

I Need to See Me on TV: Parasocial Affirmations of Sexual and Gender Identity Development of LGBTQ+ Mass Media Consumers, Donald I. Lowe

LIVING AS AN IMPOSTOR: AN EXPLORATION OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCES AMONG MULTIRACIAL YOUTH IN SECONDARY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, Juliana Danielle Markham

Gentrification and the Black Church: Mitigating Black Suburban Displacement in a Post COVID-19 World, Jordan McCray

“I KNEW I WANTED MORE FOR MYSELF”: SEXUAL MINORITY MEN’S NARRATIVES ABOUT GETTING HELP FOR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, Jonathan Ryser-Oatman

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN IDENTITY AND FUTURE PARENTHOOD AMONG LGBTQ+ ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS, Kay Simon

EXPLORING PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ PRACTICES AND PERSPECTIVES ON WHITENESS: DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL VALIDATION OF THE WHITENESS COMPONENTS SCALE, Falynn Amor Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Stretching the Dollar: Exploring the Lived Experiences, Multiple Identities, and Class Politics of Poor and Working-Class Women at the University of Kentucky, Rachael Deel

A Content Analysis of Representations of Women's Bisexuality in American Popular Music, 2008-2018, Haley D. Hintz

What Does it Mean to be White: Investigating White Culture, White Privilege and Allyship Through the Lens of Aspiring White Allies, Brett Kirkpatrick

UTILIZING A COMMUNITY-BASED DOULA CARE INTERVENTION TO REDUCE RACE-BASED PERINATAL HEALTH INEQUITIES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, Brendan Mathews

EMBODYING INEQUALITY: THREE PAPERS ON THE ROLE OF GENDER AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN, Stefana I. Moldovan

Curious Natures: Constructing Queer Ecologies in Early America, Richard Lee Parmer Jr.

A Legacy Through Carnations, Tara Pulaski

FIX SOCIETY, PLEASE: THREE PAPERS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, SOCIAL SUPPORT RESOURCES, AND SUICIDOLOGY OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE ADULTS, Annie Snow

NEGOTIATING MY CHINESENESS IN COLLEGE: THE COMPLEXITIES AND UNIQUENESS OF BEING CHINESE AMERICAN, Yan Wang

The Mothman and Other Strange Tales: Shaping Queer Appalachia Through Folkloric Discourse in Online Social Media Communities, Brenton Watts

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

RACE-BASED DISCRIMINATION, OCCUPATIONAL STRESS, AND DEPRESSION IN BLACK REGISTERED NURSES, Arica A. Brandford

STUDENTS IDENTITIES AND TEACHER EXPECTATIONS: A FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY, Amy E. Fisher

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