Browsing W&L University Student Scholarship by Subject "Washington and Lee University -- Honors in Sociology"
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Alienation in Modern America: A Sociological Inquiry into the Impact of Self-Estrangement on the American Character in the Twentieth Century and Its Specific Effects on Boys of the Lower Urban Classes
It is my intent in this thesis to present a description in depth of the term "alienation," showing the reasons I feel it has become one of the most significant problems in present day America and pointing out its impact ... -
Borders from Within and Without: Exploring Heterogeneity between National Identity Type and Immigration Attitudes in the U.S. (thesis)
Given the strong theoretical linkages connecting national identity and immigration attitudes, social scientists have granted arguably scant focus to empirically examining this relationship. Furthermore, despite the expansive ... -
Coeducation at Washington and Lee University: A Social Systems Approach
W&L is unique today, but twenty years ago, not only were most of the best private schools all-male, but even some public universities denied admission to women. Then, during the 1960's and 70's something happened, and the ... -
The Efficacy of Peer-led Sexual Assault Preventative Education at Washington and Lee University: Variation in Explicit and Implicit Attitudes (thesis)
This research examines the relative efficacy of peer-led sexual assault awareness training. Efficacy in this case is established by the measurement of a change in attitudes among the first-year students who attended the ... -
Efforts Toward an African Dignity: A Study of Negritude, African Personality, and African Socialism
It is with mixed emotions of indignation and anger that thoughtful, knowledgeable Africans have witnessed and experienced the injustices , frustrations , and degradation heaped upon the African masses and traditional ... -
Factors Influencing a Battered Woman's Decision to Return to the Abusive Situation: An Empirical Investigation Considering Learned Helplessness and Survivor Theory
This thesis will focus on presenting information to support different models that attempt to explain the behavior of abused women. The thesis wilJ describe the steps a woman takes throughout her relationship to protect ... -
Investigating Group Threat's Role in the Relationship Between Attitudes Towards Black People and State-Level Punitiveness (thesis)
This thesis is about understanding the relationship between group threat and punitiveness at the state level. In Chapter 1, I begin by giving an account of the history of racialized mass incarceration and how it's been ... -
Leadership Behavior Appraisal: A New, Broader Model of Understanding Leadership
Many current models of leadership appraisal assume that causation for all events within the group interaction emerges from the leader, and represents a permanent feature of the leader-group interface. Trait theories, ... -
Muslim Assimilation in the United States: A Study of Religion and Immigration (thesis)
This project set out to better understand the extent to which Muslim assimilation, at the individual and organization levels, is occurring in the United States. The paper began with a theoretical discussion of types of ... -
Outside the Law: Obstacles to Respecting Roma Housing Rights at a Toxic Landfill (thesis)
Nearly 2,000 people live at the site of a toxic landfill known as Pata-Rât in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Around 42 percent of the people who live at Pata-Rât were evicted to the site by local authorities. Additionally, approximately ... -
Student Perceptions of Mental Illness and Help Seeking Behaviors (thesis)
This study intends to provide a better understanding of help seeking behaviors amongst college students. It focuses on answering the question of what could be possible predictors of help seeking, and what could be driving ...