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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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WHAT’S WITH ALL THE “HYPE?”: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, RACIAL IDENTITY, RACIAL SOCIALIZATION, AND HYPERMASCULINITY AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENT MALES, Christina M.B. Jordan

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THE GEOPOLITICS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE: LATINA IMMIGRANTS’ EXPERIENCES AS NON-CITIZENS AND BIOLOGICAL CITIZENA IN ATLANTA, GA, Rebecca E. Lane

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Spaces of Solidarity: Negotiations of Difference and Whiteness among Activists in the Arizona/Sonora Borderlands, Carrie Mott

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A Plural and Uneven World: Queer Migrations and the Politics of Race and Sexuality in Sydney, Australia, Derek Ruez

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Improvement of Under-Represented Minority Individuals in the Healthcare Field of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Allison Webb

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Transgender Individuals' Social Support Experiences in Central Appalachia, Angela J. Aaron

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Should We Stay or Should We Go?: A Study of Indian IT Migrants in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina: Deciding to Stay in the United States or Return to India, Andrew Robert Patrick Ashley

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Coming to America: An Examination of the U.S. Immigration Debate in its Historical Context, Julie R. Davidson

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Factors Influencing Differential Oral Health Care Use Between Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S., Nathalie Astudillo

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Black Power in River City: African American Community Activism in Louisville, Kentucky, 1967-1970, Zack G. Hardin

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NOT JUST A WOMEN’S ISSUE: HOW MALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS SOCIAL JUSTICE ALLIES FOR PREVENTING MEN’S VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, Alexandra M. Minieri

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The Effect of Therapist White Privilege Attitudes on Client Outcomes and the Therapist-Client Relationship, Kristin M. Miserocchi

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Beyond Blue and White: University of Kentucky Presidents and Desegregation, 1941-1987, Mark W. Russell

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SEX AND GENDER IDENTITY: A NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT, Steven Ray Wise

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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THE INFLUENCE OF RACE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON ROUTINE SCREENING PRACTICES OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, DeShana Ann Collett

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The Everyday Spaces of Humanitarian Migrants in Denmark, Malene H. Jacobsen

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LOCAL WOMEN: THE PUBLIC LIVES OF BLACK MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN IN KENTUCKY BEFORE THE “MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT", Karen Cotton McDaniel

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The Relevance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nonviolence Philosophy to Diversity and Inclusion Efforts, Dorneshia L. Thomas

Submissions from 2012

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Fear and Self-Loathing in the First Century: Why it Matters that Paul Was Not Gay, Catherine Anne Brereton

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BIOPOLITICS OF BIKE-COMMUTING: BIKE LANES, SAFETY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, Samantha Z. Herr

Theses from 2011

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ETHNIC IDENTITY AND PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC ATTITUDES: THE MEDIATING AND MODERATING ROLES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND SELF-REGULATION, Hui Chu

Dissertations from 2010

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QUEER APPALACHIA: TOWARD GEOGRAPHIES OF POSSIBILITY, Mathias J. Detamore

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NATIVIST NOTIONS: THE EFFECTS OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION PARTIES ON MAINSTREAM CONSERVATIVE PARTIES IN WESTERN EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES, Kathleen Gish

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CONSIDERING THE POWER OF CONTEXT: RACISM, SEXISM, AND BELOGING IN THE VICARIOUS TRAUMATIZATION OF COUNSELORS, Katharine J. Hahn

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LIFTING AS WE CLIMB: EXPERIENCES OF BLACK DIVERSITY OFFICERS AT THREE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS IN KENTUCKY, Erica NićCole Johnson