Recent Theses

2006

Catherine Cecilia Marie Schwenkler, Language Matters, Community Matters: Immigrants, Language, and Meaning in Williamsburg, Virginia

2005

Wesley D. Allen, Oversexed and Undermined: The Perceptions of Hypersexuality Among Gay Men

Jana M. Chavers, Preparation, Planning and Professionalism: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Teachers in Special Education

Sheila Marie Leonard, Old Lesbians: Inhabiting Aging Bodies

Sara M. McDonough, What Are You: A Sociological Study on Racial Identity Development in Multiracial Individuals

2004

Melanie Marzolf, Liberation Theology and Environmentalism

Chelsea Moyer, Present Fears, Past Injustices: A Study of the Collective Memory and Racial Realities of Black and White Citizens of York, Pennsylvania

Emily Muth, Christmas Gift-Giving Norms

Elizabeth Titrington, Neutralization Theory in Musicals: An Exploration in Methodology for the Sociology of Musical Theatre

2003

Jessica Blaemire, But What Will People Say? The Effects of Societal Stigma on the Decision to Seek Treatment and Coping Abilities of Individuals with Bipolar Disorder

Sara Covington, Complexities and Contradictions: Women in their 50s Ascribe Meaning to their Aging Bodies

John Doyle, A Throwback to Brown; How Individual Choice Renews School Segregation

Paula Eckberg, Ripping the Bodice: Romance Novels and Perceptions of Rape in America

Joanna Groarke, Artistic Differences: A Study of the World of Art Museum Education in New York

Beth Latshaw, Should Fathers do Mothering? Stay-at-home Father and College-Aged Students' Attitudes Towards the Full-time Father Option, Gender Roles, Family and Work

2002

Patrick Miller, Coalition or Uneasy Alliance? The Relationship Between the Gay Community and the Democratic Party

James Wilkes, The Construction of Capital Punishment in Modern America

2001

Mary Bowen, The Human Costs of Caregiving on the Primary Caregivers of an Elderly Relative / Spouse / Friend with Alzheimer's Disease

Laine Briddell, "Boots and Braces Don't Make a Racist" A Study of the Skinhead Subculture

Nora Czuchlewski, Risk Perception and Breast Cancer Knowledge: the Experience of Breast Cancer Among Young Women

Philip DiBella, The Social Form of Artistic Patronage in the Italian Renaissance, 1300-1600

Jaime Page, An Exploratory Study of Women's Softball

Laurie Randolph, The Importance of Foodways in the Controversy Over Genetically Modified Organisms: The Case of Italy