Browsing College of Human Sciences and Humanities Projects, Theses, and Dissertations by Title
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A Job Analysis of Financial Coaches & Case Managers: Enhancing Selection, Performance Management, & Identifying Training Opportunities
(2018-05-15)This project studies two positions at a social services agency in the southern region of the U.S. The purpose of the project was to identify the most critical tasks performed by case managers and financial coaches in order ... -
A Snapshot; Job Attitudes Within the HR Profession
(2019-12-16)The purpose of this project was to analyze job attitudes, specifically in the Human Resources (HR) department, using two samples. Sample 1 is comprised of HR employees in an organization located in Houston, Texas. This ... -
Associations Among Teacher Identification of Symptomology in the Classroom and Children's Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptomology: Potential Influences of Caregiver Childhood Maltreatment
(2019-05-07)Child abuse is a substantial public health problem in the United States, with approximately one in three children experiencing abuse before the age of 18. Studies examining the cycle of violence suggest that when caregivers ... -
Changes in culture and values among Saudi students' families in the United States, and their impact on the centrality of financial management and purchasing decisions within the family
(2019-05-17)Saudi Arabia and the United States of America have a strong relationship both politically and economically. This is exemplified by the number of Saudi students sent on scholarship to study in the US. Roughly, there are 70 ... -
Charles H. "Chuck" Laubach Collection
(2017-12-05)This project details the organization, preservation and digitization of the Charles H. “Chuck” Laubach collection, which includes a process narrative, a detailed finding aid, and a sample selection of digitized sources ... -
Comparison of Texas and Finnish Education Systems
(2020-05-29)The Finnish education system is widely considered to be one of the best in the world (Chung, 2019). Educators from many countries have examined Finland’s system to determine what makes it so successful (Nieme et al., 2012). ... -
Creating belonging for minority university students through multicultural organizations
(2019-05-14)This study explores how minority students who participate in multi-cultural student organizations find belonging on their university campuses. Using focus groups from students across the University of Houston system and ... -
Destruction of "Unworthy Lives": Eugenics and Medical Discourse in Weimar and Third Reich Cinema
This project tracks the eugenic discourse of the 1920s through the Nazi era, and analyzes the eugenic links within mainstream Weimar and Nazi films. This thesis argues that M (1931), La Habanera (1937), and Ich Klage An ... -
Development and Evaluation of a Decision-Making Tool for Evaluating and Selecting Prompting Strategies
(2020-05-27)An extensive literature has demonstrated the successful application of various response prompts and prompt-fading strategies for teaching students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. However, few practical ... -
Do wraparound services mediate academic achievement for "at risk” Latinx youth?
(2019-12-19)Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory provides the framework to examining the academic outcomes of at-risk students at a Latinx-serving Title 1 charter school in Houston, Texas which models itself as a Full Service Community ... -
Effects of the 5-HT2A Receptor Inverse-Agonist Pimavanserin on a Rodent Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(2019-05-14)Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and debilitating psychological disorder that manifests in individuals that are witness to or directly exposed to intense life-threatening situations. Exposure to such ... -
Effects of Volinanserin on Sleep and Wake Stages and the EEG Spectrum During Nicotine Withdrawal in Rats
(2020-05-29)Sleep disturbances, such as sleep onset latency and fragmentation commonly occur during nicotine intake and withdrawal. They may be one major factor in supporting relapse during smoking cessation. In a laboratory model of ... -
Emotional Intelligence Leadership Development Program
(2018-05-16)The proposed project examines the current literature on Emotional Intelligence (EI) and leadership development. Recent research on EI indicates that there is a vast amount of potential for the use of EI in leadership ... -
Environmental (in)justice and unequal burden: Race, income, and solid waste sites in Houston
(2019-12-06)Since the 1980s, the environmental justice (EJ) movement, academics, and advocates have raised much awareness for EJ issues and concerns. Many EJ studies have found that environmental burdens such as waste sites, polluting ... -
Examining the relationship between classroom climate and student achievement of middle school students
(2017-04-21)The purpose of this sequential mixed method study was to examine the relationship between classroom climate and student achievement of middle school students. This study included a review of data collected from the Learning ... -
Exploratory Analysis of Delay Discounting and Cognitive-Affective Regulation Measures in Cocaine Users
(2020-12-04)Research investigating addiction across populations suggests that identifying high-risk behavioral factors within a population may help identify key areas to target during treatment. Delay discounting, the measure of the ... -
Family Structure and Emotional Expressiveness
(2020-07-29)There is a potential relationship between gender roles and emotional expressiveness. The central hypothesis is that the households that present high levels of both masculine and feminine gender roles will have higher levels ... -
For Sex or Marriage: The Commodification of Women in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Aphra Behn's The Rover
William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Aphra Behn’s The Rover emphasize the effect on women of being treated as commodities. When the plays were written, marriage was the most common means by which women were ... -
Genre and Audience Reception in The Rake's Progress
(2019-05-13)W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman’s libretto for Igor Stravinsky's 1951 opera The Rake's Progress has challenged audiences' expectations since its premiere, especially concerning its narrative arc. These frustrations resolve ... -
Heart Rate Reactivity In Stressed and Sleep Deprived Individuals
(2020-07-29)Acute sleep deprivation and acute stress lead to similar changes in physiological and cognitive functioning. However, very little research has investigated the combined effects of acute sleep deprivation and acute stress ...
