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An Inconceivable Indigeneity? The Historical, Cultural, and Interactional Dimensions of Puerto Rican Ta
(2011)
This dissertation examines the historical, institutional, and interactional dimensions of Taíno activism in Puerto Rico. Particularly, I consider how the presumed extinction of the Taíno in Puerto Rico has served to limit ...
The Economic Integration of Foreign-Educated Immigrants: A Test of Classical Assimilation.
(2011)
The economic integration of immigrants has been a much-studied topic in social science research, yet the research on high-skilled immigration has been scant. As the U.S. becomes increasingly reliant on foreign labor, ...
The Intergenerational Family Relationships of Grandparents and GLBQ Grandchildren.
(2011)
In this dissertation I examined how the discovery of a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Queer (GLBQ) grandchild’s sexual identity shapes the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. I draw from dyadic qualitative data ...
Building the Ivory Tower: Campus Planning, University Development, and the Politics of Urban Space.
(2010)
In this dissertation I argue that the physical growth of American universities throughout the twentieth century held significant implications for the larger metropolitan order of their host communities. Indeed, universities ...
What Money Buys and Family Costs: Three Papers on the Work-Family Intersection.
(2011)
Family responsibilities and market work have the potential to influence one another. First, financial rewards received from the labor market may provide individuals with resources that they can use to manage their family ...
The Use of Construct Maps in Understanding 7th Grade Students' Learning of Chemical Reaction.
(2011)
Recent reports stress that students need an integrated understanding of science, particularly to understand the big ideas or core concepts. Chemical reaction is one such “big idea”. Despite considerable research regarding ...
Institutional Complementarities, Institutional Changes and Economic Outputs: Japanese Political Economy 1990-2005.
(2011)
The Japanese economy outperformed those of all other OECD countries before 1990 and was outperformed by most after the collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s. Japan subsequently implemented extensive institutional ...
Network Dynamics in Small Business Financing: Institutional Changes and Transformations of Inter-organizational Relations.
(2010)
A central insight in economic sociology is that firms depend on relationships with other organizations for their access to capital, information, and other resources. Such interactions among firms tend to develop into stable ...
When Does Social Capital Matter for Health? The Moderating Roles of Ethnicity, Income and Gender.
(2010)
Many empirical studies have suggested that social capital is positively related to health. However, little research has been conducted into how social capital is distributed and whether social capital matters for health ...
The Relation of Gender to Racial Discrimination Experiences and Achievement Among Black College Students.
(2011)
The current study examines gender differences in the nature of racial discrimination experiences for Black college students and considers how different forms of discrimination may be relevant to achievement. Utilizing an ...