Since 1954 when segregation of schools became illegal, educators and parents have wondered how diversity impacts children’s outcomes. While some research studies have shown that schools with more equal representation of ...
There are many risk factors, including low-socioeconomic status, gender, and teacher/school perceptions, which impede in the academic achievement of immigrant students. Despite these risk factors, recent research shows ...
A systematic review of neighborhood influences on HIV risk behaviors was conducted with a focus on 1) the various conceptualizations of neighborhood, 2) the net findings regarding neighborhood effects on HIV risk, and 3) ...
Executive function is a widely studied psychological construct proposed to play a key role in healthy development and success in life. In children, executive function is often measured using particular behavioral laboratory ...
This study uses individual characteristics and indicators of social disorganization to model the variation in fear of crime in Fairfax County, Virginia. While the theory of social disorganization is traditionally employed ...
This thesis analyzes the prison environment and the potential for terrorist inmates to recruit fellow inmates. While incarcerated, inmates often face distortion and feel the need to belong. Terrorist prisoners sometimes ...
While research in writing studies has attended to the emotional labor involved in writing instruction, there has been no empirical research into the emotional labor of writing instruction in the disciplines. This study ...
This study identified patterns in domestic lone wolf terrorist attacks by examining data from the RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents (RDWTI) and the University of Maryland Study of Terrorism and Responses to ...
This dissertation traces changes in the dominance patterns of national government currency holdings. The work employs an analytic history technique to identify those factors and the process that leads to changes in identified ...
A person cosplays to engage in a social experience, feel support, have fun, and illustrate their creativity. Cosplayers hold common values that are traditionally found in theater, such as a dedication to artistic purity, ...
This study conducted a content analysis of print media coverage to explore what sources journalist cited on articles pertaining to U.S. drone strikes. Drone strikes have increased rapidly during the Obama administration ...
This study seeks to examine the determinants of the increasing rates of school dropout
among non-native English speakers in Northern Virginia high schools between 2010 and
2020. It examines the differences in student ...
This dissertation investigated the long-term efficacy of Support Focused
Marital Therapy. This study analyzed the six month follow-up data collected from
couples who completed the 12 session intervention. In addition to ...
This thesis explores the motif of porcelain in seventeenth century Dutch “highlife”
genre paintings. “High-life” genre paintings depict imagery inspired by the everyday
lives of the upper echelons of Dutch society. My ...
Work and family, as two enduring institutions, have often been at odds with one another and have caused internal conflict for individuals. The economic and social stress resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new ...
In this dissertation, I discuss robust theoretical approaches to three dynamic environments with progressively larger scope: social preferences, strategic games, and markets for indivisible goods. A significant part of ...
This dissertation provides insights and analysis from a qualitative study about workplace writing transfer during career change. The study relies on narrative-driven, long-form interviews with professionals across fields ...
A mixed-methods, two-part study was deployed exploring experiences of students with
disabilities at George Mason University. The first part of the study involved a
quantitative survey of student attitudes towards persons ...
Early exposure to multiple languages shapes children's experiences and language background as well as influences later functioning. Prior research indicates that students who speak a minority language at home experience ...
Early childhood education (ECE) centers are more than a series of contiguous classrooms. They are vibrant social communities where child and adult emotions are ever-present and integral to learning. Although much research ...