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Lee, Se Eun.
Studies on Understanding Loyalty Formation in the Sporting Event Context: Identity-based Perspectives.
Degree: PhD, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, 2016, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187332 
► This cross-disciplinary study examines fan loyalty, motivation, and relationships with university athletic teams via a literature review and three separate SEM-based hypothesis-testing models, each of…
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▼ This cross-disciplinary study examines fan loyalty, motivation, and relationships with
university athletic teams via a literature review and three separate SEM-based hypothesis-testing models, each of which includes theoretical investigations and action-oriented conclusions. The studies posit that identity orientations such as social in-groups on campus are drivers of fandom. Being in-group situates potential fans as individuals who can most easily overcome constraints to leisure activities involved in fandom experiences. The overcoming of such constraints leads to enhanced in-group activities and experiences and eventually loyalty formation. The outlier constraints that could lead to a lack of fandom are primarily intrapersonal (e.g. certain demographic groups) and structural constraints (e.g. a lack of funds or physical ability). The study is action-oriented in that recommendations include that
university athletics can leverage the results to increase fandom on campus by removing primary structural and intrapersonal constraints as possible for specific demographic groups.
Advisors/Committee Members: McIntosh, William A (advisor), Hodges, Louis (advisor), Heo, Jinmoo (committee member), Sell, Jane (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: sporting event; loyalty
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Lee, S. E. (2016). Studies on Understanding Loyalty Formation in the Sporting Event Context: Identity-based Perspectives. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187332
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lee, Se Eun. “Studies on Understanding Loyalty Formation in the Sporting Event Context: Identity-based Perspectives.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187332.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lee, Se Eun. “Studies on Understanding Loyalty Formation in the Sporting Event Context: Identity-based Perspectives.” 2016. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Lee SE. Studies on Understanding Loyalty Formation in the Sporting Event Context: Identity-based Perspectives. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187332.
Council of Science Editors:
Lee SE. Studies on Understanding Loyalty Formation in the Sporting Event Context: Identity-based Perspectives. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187332
Texas A&M University
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Deng, Xiaodan.
Residential Segregation of China’s Minority Nationalities from the Han, 2000.
Degree: MS, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8656
► Although a relatively large amount of literature dealing with the demography of the People’s Republic of China has been published in recent decades, few sociologists…
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▼ Although a relatively large amount of literature dealing with the demography of the People’s Republic of China has been published in recent decades, few sociologists and demographers have engaged in comparative studies of China’s ethnic minority populations. In fact, one of the major problems associated with China’s attempts at modernization today has been the uneven development of the Han majority, and its 55 different minority nationalities. This paper is an attempt to fill this void. I focus on the residential segregation of China’s minority populations from the Han majority in 2000. I calculate dissimilarity indexes of the degree of residential segregation from the majority Han for each of the 55 minority groups. I conduct my analyses at both the provincial and county levels. I then analyze the variation in residential segregation with independent variables, measuring for each minority group its levels of socioeconomic and demographic development and women’s status. Major contributions of my paper are advancing our understanding of the patterns of residential segregation of China’s minority nationalities from the Han majority and rethinking some of the possible causes of ethnic conflict in China today.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poston, Dudley (advisor), Saenz, Rogelio (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Residential Segregation; Minorities; China
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Deng, X. (2012). Residential Segregation of China’s Minority Nationalities from the Han, 2000. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8656
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Deng, Xiaodan. “Residential Segregation of China’s Minority Nationalities from the Han, 2000.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8656.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Deng, Xiaodan. “Residential Segregation of China’s Minority Nationalities from the Han, 2000.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Deng X. Residential Segregation of China’s Minority Nationalities from the Han, 2000. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8656.
Council of Science Editors:
Deng X. Residential Segregation of China’s Minority Nationalities from the Han, 2000. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8656
Texas A&M University
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Kim, Hyun Joo.
Airline Passengers' Satisfaction with Airports.
Degree: MS, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10537
► Airports are places where people have the potential to experience either satisfaction or frustration, and marketing and tourism scholars have argued that customer satisfaction is…
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▼ Airports are places where people have the potential to experience either satisfaction or frustration, and marketing and tourism scholars have argued that customer satisfaction is one of the primary goals of airports. However, few studies have systemically analyzed the service quality and efficiency of airports, or examined customer satisfaction with airport facilities. While airline passengers' expectations of airport service quality have been examined, there are few studies focusing on both their expectations and desires regarding airport services. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, no available studies have analyzed passengers' expectations and desires on the basis of the desires congruency model. This study attempted to define tourists' desires and expectations congruency as well as their satisfaction with their entire airport experiences.
A total of 262 airline passengers in Incheon International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport participated in the study. Six hypotheses were tested with data collected from a survey of the airline passengers with the use of descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling. Most relationships among latent variables were found to be in accordance with previous studies. Furthermore, the results of the current study implied that the desires congruency model could be applied to the satisfaction formation of airline passengers. Practical recommendations are presented for the airport managers to enhance airport services.
Advisors/Committee Members: Petrick, James F. (advisor), Gresham, Larry (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Airport; Satisfaction; Airline passenger; Desires Congruency Model; Tourism
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Kim, H. J. (2012). Airline Passengers' Satisfaction with Airports. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10537
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kim, Hyun Joo. “Airline Passengers' Satisfaction with Airports.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10537.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kim, Hyun Joo. “Airline Passengers' Satisfaction with Airports.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Kim HJ. Airline Passengers' Satisfaction with Airports. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10537.
Council of Science Editors:
Kim HJ. Airline Passengers' Satisfaction with Airports. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10537
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Brocato, Billy Ray.
Why So White? A Pilot Study of the Sociocultural Factors Affecting the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Veterinary Medicine.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2017, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173055
► By surveying students and veterinarians at three selected colleges of veterinary medicine (CVM) in the United States, this project investigated the sociocultural conditions that affect…
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▼ By surveying students and veterinarians at three selected colleges of veterinary medicine (CVM) in the United States, this project investigated the sociocultural conditions that affect the persistent underrepresentation of Blacks in the fields of veterinary medicine. A pilot study was conducted to examine survey participants’ attitudes and individual characteristics, including family background, educational experiences, and mentor relationships that might have contributed to their academic and career decisions. Additionally, as a cultural text, the survey instrument was designed as a lens to view participants’ social and personal beliefs informing their gender and racial identities.
Because this study was exploratory, quantitative techniques were included that allowed for abductive, counter-factual inferences based on statistical findings. Eighty-nine participants (faculty and practicing veterinarians and veterinary graduate students) were selected from three independent CVMs: one in
Texas, one in Alabama (a historically African-American
university), and one in Indiana. The survey instruments comprised 128 questions. Group comparisons, Chi-square contingency tables analyses, multiple and logistic regression, and exploratory factor analyses were computed to identify sociocultural spaces and fields of experience that led to careers in veterinary medicine. The findings demonstrated that Blacks and ethnoracial groups’ limited access and development of human capital resources disadvantaged their recruitment and retention in the fields of veterinary medicine in the United States.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sell, Jane (advisor), McIntosh, William A (advisor), Keith, Verna (committee member), Henderson, Kathryn (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: veterinarians; minorities in veterinary workforce
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Brocato, B. R. (2017). Why So White? A Pilot Study of the Sociocultural Factors Affecting the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Veterinary Medicine. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173055
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Brocato, Billy Ray. “Why So White? A Pilot Study of the Sociocultural Factors Affecting the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Veterinary Medicine.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173055.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Brocato, Billy Ray. “Why So White? A Pilot Study of the Sociocultural Factors Affecting the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Veterinary Medicine.” 2017. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Brocato BR. Why So White? A Pilot Study of the Sociocultural Factors Affecting the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Veterinary Medicine. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173055.
Council of Science Editors:
Brocato BR. Why So White? A Pilot Study of the Sociocultural Factors Affecting the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Veterinary Medicine. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173055
Texas A&M University
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Broadstone, Sasha B.
Growing Food is Work: A Spatial and Social Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Houston.
Degree: MS, Geography, 2014, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/152817
► Increasing interest and awareness of urban agriculture’s contribution to food access, healthy eating, and community interaction have influenced activists and city officials to re-evaluate this…
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▼ Increasing interest and awareness of urban agriculture’s contribution to food access, healthy
eating, and community interaction have influenced activists and city officials to re-evaluate
this activity’s role in sustainable city planning. While information regarding the spatial extent
and socio-economic context of urban agriculture (UA) would be beneficial to city planners
and policymakers as well as local communities, these data do not currently exist for most
North American cities; moreover, the characteristics of UA sites, such as production
practices and management strategies, are virtually unknown.
This research addresses this gap through a systems-based approach to urban socio-natural
landscapes, where UA sites are viewed as a system composed of three main
components: spatial form, social process, and material metabolism. Spatial form was
determined through a geospatial analysis of UA distribution within the socio-economic
context of Houston,
Texas. Both social process and material metabolism were discovered
through surveys and semi-structured interviews regarding management strategies and food
production practices for 31 UA sites. Qualitative data were analyzed in terms of UA site
objectives, access rules, decision making, labor, harvest destination, and challenges. The
interconnectedness between UA site objectives and site access was found to influence
decision-making strategies, division of labor, and destination of the harvest. Variations in
these characteristics indicate numerous circumstances in which UA sites produce food. All
UA sites surveyed face challenges such as access to consistent and committed participants,
an affordable water source, a safe and secure site, and funding.
Advisors/Committee Members: Brannstrom, Christian (advisor), Bednarz, Robert (committee member), McIntosh, William A (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: urban agriculture; urban community gardens; urban political ecology; farming systems; urban planning
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Broadstone, S. B. (2014). Growing Food is Work: A Spatial and Social Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Houston. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/152817
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Broadstone, Sasha B. “Growing Food is Work: A Spatial and Social Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Houston.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/152817.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Broadstone, Sasha B. “Growing Food is Work: A Spatial and Social Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Houston.” 2014. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Broadstone SB. Growing Food is Work: A Spatial and Social Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Houston. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/152817.
Council of Science Editors:
Broadstone SB. Growing Food is Work: A Spatial and Social Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Houston. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/152817
Texas A&M University
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Griffith, Athena Renee'.
A Closer Evaluation of Capital Punishment: Viewing Executions through the Lens of Former Prison Employees.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2014, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153803
► This dissertation examined the impact capital punishment has on the prison employees who worked with executions in the State of Texas. Qualitative methodology with an…
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▼ This dissertation examined the impact capital punishment has on the prison employees who worked with executions in the State of
Texas. Qualitative methodology with an emphasis on critical ethnography was used to collect the data for this study and assist with the analysis. The effects of capital punishment were captured through interviews with retired prison employees who reflected on their past experiences in retrospect. Political and religious orientations, as well as perceptions of racism in U.S. society were used as key variables to identify changes across time. Training, safety and support services provided by the prison were also examined.
The dehumanization processes of capital punishment for both the prison inmates and employees were of central concern for this study. Grounded theories were used to assist with the analysis on how the powerful socialization processes were influential to leading the participants in this study to agree to work with executions, despite their own personal beliefs on capital punishment. Erving Goffman’s “Dramaturgical Theory” focused on layered settings of the total institutions as related to the death penalty, and the many roles operating within. James Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, and Johnathon R. Sorenson’s “Implicit Theory of Race” assisted with insight to how the participants in this study had come to enforce laws that upheld racism and other forms of social exclusion for the State of
Texas. And George Ritzer’s “McDondalization Theory” provided assistance in understanding how the irrationality of capital punishment was the result of rational processes involving efficiency, calculability, and predictability.
The findings revealed that Protestant religious traditions that espoused pro-death penalty beliefs were used as the chief authority for capital punishment in
Texas and only chaplains who subscribed to such orientations were the primary sources of support the prison referred the workers to for coping with any negative effects. Religious and political orientations remained consistent for all participants in this study. Those who held pro-death penalty positions were raised in religious traditions that taught capital punishment is consistent with the Bible, while those who were anti-death penalty were raised in traditions that did not support capital punishment. While the political orientations varied with all participants, all had concluded they would not be bothered if capital punishment were abolished.
Advisors/Committee Members: McIntosh, William A (advisor), Meštrović, Stjepan (committee member), Murguia, Edward (committee member), Juntune, Joyce (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Capital Punishment; Prison Employees
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Griffith, A. R. (2014). A Closer Evaluation of Capital Punishment: Viewing Executions through the Lens of Former Prison Employees. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153803
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Griffith, Athena Renee'. “A Closer Evaluation of Capital Punishment: Viewing Executions through the Lens of Former Prison Employees.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153803.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Griffith, Athena Renee'. “A Closer Evaluation of Capital Punishment: Viewing Executions through the Lens of Former Prison Employees.” 2014. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Griffith AR. A Closer Evaluation of Capital Punishment: Viewing Executions through the Lens of Former Prison Employees. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153803.
Council of Science Editors:
Griffith AR. A Closer Evaluation of Capital Punishment: Viewing Executions through the Lens of Former Prison Employees. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153803
Texas A&M University
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Dathis Dorancy, Rolande.
Haitian Immigrant Multifaceted Identity in Florida.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2015, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155151
► Immigration has played a significant role in the structure of American society. Different immigrant groups have different trajectories in the United States: some groups have…
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▼ Immigration has played a significant role in the structure of American society. Different immigrant groups have different trajectories in the United States: some groups have assimilated quickly into the existing structure while other groups have not. The race and ethnicity of the immigrants are critical aspects of this trajectory. This research focuses on Haitian immigrants and their families. In particular, I ask how identities vary within the same family. I interview thirty-one Haitian immigrant families from three Florida counties: Dade, Broward, and Hillsborough. Family members discuss the everyday challenges they encounter in relation to school, work, encounters with the police, and organizations. There are obvious differences by generation. Those who grew up in Haiti carried Haitian identities that were strong; they emphasized Haitian definitions of race and talked about Haitian values. The children of immigrants, especially those who rarely visited Haiti, had different understandings and tended to identify as black and as American, although they also mentioned their heritage. All those interviewed were sensitive to the negative stereotypes of Haitians, and many belonged to organizations dedicated to developing and maintaining positive group identity and providing help for immigrants as well as those living in Haiti.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sell, Jane (advisor), Feagin, Joe (committee member), McIntosh, William A (committee member), Curry, Tommy (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Haitians; Identity; Race; Generations.
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Dathis Dorancy, R. (2015). Haitian Immigrant Multifaceted Identity in Florida. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155151
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dathis Dorancy, Rolande. “Haitian Immigrant Multifaceted Identity in Florida.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155151.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dathis Dorancy, Rolande. “Haitian Immigrant Multifaceted Identity in Florida.” 2015. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Dathis Dorancy R. Haitian Immigrant Multifaceted Identity in Florida. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155151.
Council of Science Editors:
Dathis Dorancy R. Haitian Immigrant Multifaceted Identity in Florida. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155151
Texas A&M University
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Rico, Brittany.
The Racial Identification of Taiwanese Immigrants in the U.S. Census, 1980 to 2000.
Degree: MS, Sociology, 2015, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155322
► The foreign-born Taiwanese population in the United States come from a politically divided homeland where Chinese national identity has been declining and Taiwanese national identity…
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▼ The foreign-born Taiwanese population in the United States come from a politically divided homeland where Chinese national identity has been declining and Taiwanese national identity has been on the rise since the 1990s. Studies in Taiwan have focused on the link between national identity and ethnic identity among Taiwan nationals, but little research has been conducted in the United States concerning the link between national identity and racial identity for Taiwanese Immigrants. Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 5% Integrated Public Use Microdata Series-USA (IPUMS-USA) samples I examine how Taiwanese immigrants have racially identified themselves in each U.S. Census and if their racial identity choices are significantly different across time. Additionally, I conduct a multilevel binomial logistic model of racial identity for Taiwanese immigrants, examining the extent to which socioeconomic, demographic, and contextual level variables are associated with racial identifying as Taiwanese compared to Chinese using data from the 2000 5% IPUMS-USA sample.
The findings reveal a significant decrease in Chinese racial identity and an increase in Taiwanese racial identity from 1980 to 2000, exemplifying a pattern of racial identification similar to the shift in national identity that occurred in Taiwan since the early 1990s. Findings from the multilevel model of racial identity suggested that Taiwanese immigrants with high socioeconomic statuses are more likely to racially identify as Taiwanese compared to Chinese. Those having the highest economic status, educational attainment, and greater English proficiency had greater odds of racially identifying as Taiwanese compared to those living in lower socioeconomic statuses. There were also differences by immigrant cohorts and age groups. Context, in the form of the proportion of Taiwanese racial identifiers in the state, also appears to be an important factor determining how Taiwanese immigrants racially identify themselves. Furthermore, this thesis highlights how racial formation theory provides a unique framework for analyzing the case of racial identification of Taiwanese immigrants.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poston, Dudley L (advisor), McIntosh, William A (committee member), Saenz, Rogelio (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Taiwanese immigrants; racial identity; multilevel model
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Rico, B. (2015). The Racial Identification of Taiwanese Immigrants in the U.S. Census, 1980 to 2000. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155322
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rico, Brittany. “The Racial Identification of Taiwanese Immigrants in the U.S. Census, 1980 to 2000.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155322.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rico, Brittany. “The Racial Identification of Taiwanese Immigrants in the U.S. Census, 1980 to 2000.” 2015. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Rico B. The Racial Identification of Taiwanese Immigrants in the U.S. Census, 1980 to 2000. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155322.
Council of Science Editors:
Rico B. The Racial Identification of Taiwanese Immigrants in the U.S. Census, 1980 to 2000. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155322
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Tucker, Richard Thorp.
Deweyan Naturalism: A Critique of Epistemic Reductionism.
Degree: MA, Philosophy, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9518
► This thesis articulates a critique of scientific naturalism from the perspective of John Dewey. Scientific naturalism can be defined by two explicit, metaphysical commitments, one…
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▼ This thesis articulates a critique of scientific naturalism from the perspective of John Dewey. Scientific naturalism can be defined by two explicit, metaphysical commitments, one ontological and one epistemological. Implicit to these commitments is a further commitment concerning the nature of human experience. This understanding of human experience can be described as epistemic reductionism because it reduces the whole of experience and all empiricism to epistemology.
Scientific naturalism is the orthodox position for most contemporary, Anglo-American philosophy. Many philosophers within this tradition are dissatisfied with scientific naturalism and attempt to critique scientific naturalism from the perspective of "liberal" naturalism. One major objection from the liberal perspective concerns the ontology and placement of moral qualities: where are moral qualities to be placed in a scientifically naturalistic ontology? However, due to the fact that liberal naturalists share with scientific naturalists a commitment to an epistemically reductionistic understanding of the nature of human experience, liberal naturalism fails to adequately address the placement problem.
Advisors/Committee Members: Pappas, Gregory F. (advisor), McDermott, John J. (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: John Dewey; scientific naturalism; epistemic reductionism; ontological presuppositions
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Tucker, R. T. (2012). Deweyan Naturalism: A Critique of Epistemic Reductionism. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9518
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tucker, Richard Thorp. “Deweyan Naturalism: A Critique of Epistemic Reductionism.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9518.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tucker, Richard Thorp. “Deweyan Naturalism: A Critique of Epistemic Reductionism.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Tucker RT. Deweyan Naturalism: A Critique of Epistemic Reductionism. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9518.
Council of Science Editors:
Tucker RT. Deweyan Naturalism: A Critique of Epistemic Reductionism. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9518
Texas A&M University
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Bertinato, Sarita.
Próspero: A Study of Success from the Mexican Middle Class in San Antonio, Texas.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11451
► Immigration is a topic that has experienced an evolution of social importance across centuries. While the United States has welcomed individuals seeking lives of promise…
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▼ Immigration is a topic that has experienced an evolution of social importance across centuries. While the United States has welcomed individuals seeking lives of promise and opportunity, its neighboring border with Mexico has also encouraged significant migration into the United States Therefore, immigration into
Texas was not a new and unusual development. However, the flood of Mexican citizens trying to escape the regime of Porfirio Diaz was noteworthy and left San Antonio residents struggling to accept their new neighbors.
The purpose of this dissertation is to study a historically Mexican middle class neighborhood in San Antonio, in order to identify factors that made it possible for some residents to experience socioeconomic prosperity while others were less successful. I believe that positive socioeconomic success resulted from two important factors: high levels of human and social capital and the synergistic interactions of sociopolitical elements. I begin by presenting an overview of the shared turbulent history between Mexico and the United States, the rise and fall of President Porfirio Diaz, and the role that the Mexican Revolution played in San Antonio's 1910 immigration flux. Since this research focuses on the Mexican middle class, I explore the literature pertaining to racial/ethnic definitions, the middle class, and human/social capital, as well as the relevance of each concept within the context of my research question.
This research utilizes comparative/historical, qualitative, and quantitative methodologies. I present a quantitative analysis of Prospect Hill's residents, particularly those of an anomalous nature. Of the cases identified, I discuss the case of Romulo Munguia, a native-born Mexican who presented as the third anomalous Mexican resident. Munguia moved to the U.S. in 1926 and established himself as a successful, middle class printer who became heavily involved with San Antonio's Mexican community.
Ultimately, Munguia's success indicates a dependency on two specific factors. First, he possessed considerable human and social capital that afforded him social, economic, and political advantages. Secondly, he settled into a community that desperately needed his skills and expertise. Munguia's case supports the hypothesis that immigrant prosperity requires both human/social capital and specific synergistic interactions to achieve success.
Advisors/Committee Members: McIntosh, William A. (advisor), Liu, Dongxiao (committee member), Zheng, Lu (committee member), Hinojosa, Felipe (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Mexican Revolution; San Antonio; Texas; Mexican; Mexican American; middle class; human capital; social capital; socioeconomic success
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Bertinato, S. (2012). Próspero: A Study of Success from the Mexican Middle Class in San Antonio, Texas. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11451
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bertinato, Sarita. “Próspero: A Study of Success from the Mexican Middle Class in San Antonio, Texas.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11451.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bertinato, Sarita. “Próspero: A Study of Success from the Mexican Middle Class in San Antonio, Texas.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Bertinato S. Próspero: A Study of Success from the Mexican Middle Class in San Antonio, Texas. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11451.
Council of Science Editors:
Bertinato S. Próspero: A Study of Success from the Mexican Middle Class in San Antonio, Texas. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11451
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11.
Gamino, Eric.
Racialized Policing on the south Texas-Mexico Border: Mexican American Police Officers' Racialization of Latin-Origin Unauthorized Immigrants.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2015, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155622
► Studies on the police have centered on a variety of issues such as racial profiling, citizen perceptions of police, and police malpractice. However, absent from…
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▼ Studies on the police have centered on a variety of issues such as racial profiling, citizen perceptions of police, and police malpractice. However, absent from this body of research is a specific focus on Latino police officers. There is little to no mention of Latino police officers in the current academic literature. Hence, the aim of this study is to illustrate the relationship between Mexican American police officers and their co-ethnic immigrant counterparts. In particular, this study examines how Mexican American police officers racialize Latin-origin unauthorized immigrants.
Data for this ethnographic study was collected in a medium-sized police department located on the south
Texas-Mexico border over a twenty-month period from 2012 to 2014. The author was a police officer during the data collection phase of the study. Thus, the findings are illustrated from an auto-ethnographic context. The results reveal that Mexican American police officers racialize their co-ethnic immigrant counterparts through the use of derogatory terminology, and as being criminals or being a drain on U.S. social services. From this racialization process, the anti-Latin immigrant subframe emerges, which is derived from the white racial frame.
Advisors/Committee Members: Foster , Holly (advisor), Goldsmith , Pat (advisor), Henderson , Kathryn (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member), Murguia, Edward (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Race/Ethnic Relations; Mexican American Police Officers; Auto-ethnography; U.S.-Mexico Border
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Gamino, E. (2015). Racialized Policing on the south Texas-Mexico Border: Mexican American Police Officers' Racialization of Latin-Origin Unauthorized Immigrants. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155622
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gamino, Eric. “Racialized Policing on the south Texas-Mexico Border: Mexican American Police Officers' Racialization of Latin-Origin Unauthorized Immigrants.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155622.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gamino, Eric. “Racialized Policing on the south Texas-Mexico Border: Mexican American Police Officers' Racialization of Latin-Origin Unauthorized Immigrants.” 2015. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Gamino E. Racialized Policing on the south Texas-Mexico Border: Mexican American Police Officers' Racialization of Latin-Origin Unauthorized Immigrants. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155622.
Council of Science Editors:
Gamino E. Racialized Policing on the south Texas-Mexico Border: Mexican American Police Officers' Racialization of Latin-Origin Unauthorized Immigrants. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155622
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12.
Bracey II, Glenn Edward.
The White Evangelical Church: White Evangelicalism as a Racial Social Movement.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2016, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157813
► White evangelical Christianity is widely recognized as a powerful force in US culture and politics. Most observers consider white evangelicalism to be a religious phenomenon…
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▼ White evangelical Christianity is widely recognized as a powerful force in US culture and politics. Most observers consider white evangelicalism to be a religious phenomenon that successfully mobilized to dominate Republican and national politics in the mid-twentieth century. I argue that such a characterization is incomplete and misleading. White evangelicalism, or the white evangelical church (WEC), is better understood as a white supremacist social movement that organizes itself through religious institutions and uses Christian discourse to promote white interests. To be sure, many WEC members participate because they truly believe in the religious purpose and benefits of evangelical Christianity. However, the WEC’s demographics, doctrines, and political mobilizations are consistent with a social movement centered on whiteness more than conservative politics or Christianity.
My reading of race critical theories (e.g. systemic racism theory), social movement theories (e.g. political process theory), and theories of religion (e.g. civil religion) suggests that white evangelicalism is an ideal social institution for sustaining a white supremacist social movement. Unfortunately, most scholars have not explored this possibility. Using an enhanced version of extended case method, I expose tacit white supremacy at the heart of the WEC movement by examining its internal norms and social impact. My ethnographic research in evangelical churches in the South and Midwest reveals a pattern in which white evangelicals use what I call “race tests” to limit people of color’s access and participation in evangelical churches. I also argue that WEC growth strategies, popular literature, and collective behaviors evince a preoccupation with reaching white individuals who are failing to embody 18th century white virtue. Finally, I examine sermons and Bible studies to show how whiteness shapes the theological substance of the WEC and how white evangelicals place the Bible and God Himself in the service of whiteness. I conclude that the WEC operates as a white supremacist social movement by excluding people of color, mobilizing whites, and elevating whiteness to a sacred status.
Advisors/Committee Members: Feagin, Joe R (advisor), Moore, Wendy L (committee member), Saenz, Rogelio (committee member), McIntosh, William A (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: evangelicalism; white evangelicals; white institutional space; political sociology; white racial frame; white evangelical church; social movements; sociology of religion
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Bracey II, G. E. (2016). The White Evangelical Church: White Evangelicalism as a Racial Social Movement. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157813
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bracey II, Glenn Edward. “The White Evangelical Church: White Evangelicalism as a Racial Social Movement.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157813.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bracey II, Glenn Edward. “The White Evangelical Church: White Evangelicalism as a Racial Social Movement.” 2016. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Bracey II GE. The White Evangelical Church: White Evangelicalism as a Racial Social Movement. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157813.
Council of Science Editors:
Bracey II GE. The White Evangelical Church: White Evangelicalism as a Racial Social Movement. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157813
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Chou, Rosalind Sue.
Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2011, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7870
► Why study Asian American sexual politics? There is a major lack of critical analysis of Asian Americans and their issues surrounding their place in the…
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▼ Why study Asian American sexual politics? There is a major lack of critical
analysis of Asian Americans and their issues surrounding their place in the United States
as racialized, gendered, and sexualized bodies. There are three key elements to my
methodological approach for this project: standpoint epistemology, extended case
method, and narrative analysis. In my research, fifty-five Asian American respondents
detail how Asian American masculinity and femininity are constructed and how they
operate in a racial hierarchy. These accounts will explicitly illuminate the gendered and
sexualized racism faced by Asian Americans. The male respondents share experiences
that highlight how "racial castration" occurs in the socialization of Asian American men.
Asian American women are met with an exotification and Orientalization as sexual
bodies.
This gendering and sexualizing process plays a specific role in maintaining the
racial status quo. There are short and long term consequences from the gendered and
sexualized racist treatment. The intersected racial and gender identities of the
respondents affect their self-image and self-esteem. For the women, femininity has been shaped specifically by their racial identity. "Orientalization" as a colonial concept plays
a role in these racialized and gendered stereotypes of Asian American Women. The
gendered and sexualized racialization process and "racial castration" has impacted Asian
American men in a different way than their female counterparts. Violence is a prevalent
theme in their gendered and racial formation. Asian American men begin as targets of
violence and sometimes become perpetrators.
I also analyze how romantic and sexual partners are chosen and examine the
dynamics of Asian American intraracial and interracial relationships. While Asian
American "success" as "model minorities" is challenging white supremacy, gender and
sexuality become "regulating" forces to maintain both the racial and gendered order.
Finally, I offer and discuss the resistance strategies against gender and racial hierarchy
utilized by my respondents. Asian Americans must be creative in measures that they take
for group and individual survival. Respondents resist in intimately personal ways against
ideologies.
Advisors/Committee Members: Feagin, Joe R. (advisor), Moore, Wendy L. (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member), Eide, Marian (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Race; Gender; Sexuality; Asian Americans; Sexual Politics
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Chou, R. S. (2011). Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7870
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chou, Rosalind Sue. “Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7870.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chou, Rosalind Sue. “Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality.” 2011. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Chou RS. Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7870.
Council of Science Editors:
Chou RS. Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7870
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Guarneri, Christine E.
A Classic Model in a Low Fertility Context: The Proximate Determinants of Fertility in South Korea and the United States.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2011, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7777
► John Bongaarts' proximate determinants model of fertility has accounted for over 90 percent of variation in the total fertility rate (TFR) of primarily developing nations…
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▼ John Bongaarts' proximate determinants model of fertility has accounted for over 90 percent of variation in the total fertility rate (TFR) of primarily developing nations and historical populations. Recently, dramatically low fertility rates across the globe have raised questions regarding whether this model could be applied to exclusively below-replacement nations. This study follows Knodel, Chamratrithirong, and Debavalya's 1987 analysis of fertility decline in Thailand by conducting in-depth case studies of the proximate determinants in two low fertility countries over time: South Korea, where fertility is well below the level of replacement, and the United States, where fertility has hovered around replacement level for many years. Then, the fertility-inhibiting effect of the proximate determinants is assessed by comparing the quantitative index representing each determinant measured in the 1960s/1970s with its measurement in the 2000s. For both years, I consider the fertility level that would prevail in the determinant's presence as well as the level that would exist in its absence. Finally, I use each of the indices to calculate the TFR and assess how the strength of the model varies over time in the two countries.
Ultimately, results indicate that the proximate determinants model does not offer a clean picture of the fertility level in either South Korea or the United States; when trends uncovered by the case studies are compared to the results of the quantitative analysis, a number of inconsistencies are revealed. This suggests that certain components in the model may need to be respecified for more effective application in low-fertility contexts. However, that is not to say that it offers no insight into fertility at all or that it is no longer a useful tool. On the contrary, it is shown that the proximate determinants model holds a lot of potential for analysis in low-fertility nations. The implications of these results, as well as the need for improvements in international data collection efforts, are also discussed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poston, Dudley L. (advisor), Fossett, Mark (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member), Valdez, Zulema (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: fertility; low fertility; below-replacement fertility; proximate determinants; John Bongaarts; demography
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Guarneri, C. E. (2011). A Classic Model in a Low Fertility Context: The Proximate Determinants of Fertility in South Korea and the United States. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7777
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Guarneri, Christine E. “A Classic Model in a Low Fertility Context: The Proximate Determinants of Fertility in South Korea and the United States.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7777.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Guarneri, Christine E. “A Classic Model in a Low Fertility Context: The Proximate Determinants of Fertility in South Korea and the United States.” 2011. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Guarneri CE. A Classic Model in a Low Fertility Context: The Proximate Determinants of Fertility in South Korea and the United States. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7777.
Council of Science Editors:
Guarneri CE. A Classic Model in a Low Fertility Context: The Proximate Determinants of Fertility in South Korea and the United States. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7777
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15.
Chouinard, James Babson.
Social Structure as an Embodied Experience.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2013, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149358
► An overarching goal of my dissertation is to delineate social systemic processes as first and foremost embodied, experiential processes. I argue that such processes manifest…
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▼ An overarching goal of my dissertation is to delineate social systemic processes as first and foremost embodied, experiential processes. I argue that such processes manifest through and depend upon the organism’s affective integration with her environment. Whereby, I delineate concepts like alienation and agency as manifesting through an affective intelligibility. Symbolic alienation, then, represents a circumstance in which institutional narratives purport moral or aesthetic truths that denigrate and deny the organism’s affective understanding of a circumstance. Agentic growth refers to the organism’s affective adaptation to an environment. Such growth follows from the process of working through experiential discordance (i.e., the disturbance of experiential flow or continuity) and manifests as a new-found sense of trust and understanding. Experiential discordance is an unavoidable occurrence because the organism-environment relationship is a dynamic one. If the organism is unable to mitigate and repair such discordance, she will face the threat of traumatization. Furthermore, those who disrupt the conventional-institutional organization or channeling of experience take on the character of dirt and thereby represent a dirty Other. If institutions react to the troubling, dirty Other by means of systemic repression, rather than genuine communication and reintegration, then said dirty Other takes on the character of shit. In such a circumstance, the presence of the dirty Other likely reveals deep, social systemic inadequacies and thereby ruptures the collective’s existential confidence and praxeological competence.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mestrovic, Stjepan G (advisor), McIntosh, William A (committee member), Saenz, Rogelio (committee member), McDermott, John J (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Embodiment; Sociology of the Body; Dirt; Shit; Trust; Trauma; Psychoanalytic Sociology
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Chouinard, J. B. (2013). Social Structure as an Embodied Experience. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149358
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chouinard, James Babson. “Social Structure as an Embodied Experience.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149358.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chouinard, James Babson. “Social Structure as an Embodied Experience.” 2013. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Chouinard JB. Social Structure as an Embodied Experience. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149358.
Council of Science Editors:
Chouinard JB. Social Structure as an Embodied Experience. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149358
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Delgado, Amy Haley.
The Social Context of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control in Texas: Foundations for Effective Risk Communication.
Degree: PhD, Biomedical Sciences, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10495
► The introduction of FMD into the US would have serious economic and societal effects on the livelihoods and sustainability of affected livestock producers. Livestock producers…
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▼ The introduction of FMD into the US would have serious economic and societal effects on the livelihoods and sustainability of affected livestock producers. Livestock producers serve as an important line of defense in both detecting an introduction of FMD as well, helping to prevent disease spread. However, due to the complexity of moral, social, and economic issues surrounding the control of highly contagious diseases, producer cooperation during an outbreak may not be assured. This study was conducted using a mixed-methods approach, including qualitative analysis of interviews and quantitative analysis of a postal survey, in order to explore the factors likely to influence producer cooperation in FMD detection and control in
Texas.
Reporting of cattle with clinical signs of FMD in the absence of an outbreak was related to producers´ beliefs about the consequences of reporting, beliefs about what other producers would do, trust in agricultural agencies, and their perception of the risk posed by FMD. During a hypothetical outbreak, intentions to report were determined by beliefs about the consequences of reporting, and perception of the risk posed by FMD. Intentions to gather and hold cattle when requested during an outbreak were determined by beliefs about the consequences of gathering and holding, beliefs about barriers to gathering and holding, trust in other producers, and perception of the risk posed by FMD. Compliance with animal movement restrictions was determined by experiential attitudes, beliefs about the availability of feed, space, and disinfection procedures, beliefs about what other producers would do, and perception of the risk posed by FMD.
Recommendations for improving producer cooperation include targeting specific beliefs in both planning and communication, increasing transparency in the post-reporting process, planning for and communicating plans for maintaining business continuity in order to better inform risk perception, and partnering with organizations to ensure sustained and meaningful communication that supports trust between producers within the affected agricultural community.
Advisors/Committee Members: Norby, Bo (advisor), Scott, H. Morgan (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member), Posey, R. Daniel (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: foot and mouth disease; disease reporting; surveillance; foreign animal disease; theory of planned behavior; emergency response; behavior; disease control
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Delgado, A. H. (2012). The Social Context of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control in Texas: Foundations for Effective Risk Communication. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10495
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Delgado, Amy Haley. “The Social Context of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control in Texas: Foundations for Effective Risk Communication.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10495.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Delgado, Amy Haley. “The Social Context of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control in Texas: Foundations for Effective Risk Communication.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Delgado AH. The Social Context of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control in Texas: Foundations for Effective Risk Communication. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10495.
Council of Science Editors:
Delgado AH. The Social Context of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control in Texas: Foundations for Effective Risk Communication. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10495
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17.
Iwinska-Nowak, Anna Malgorzata.
Gender Equity and Fertility in European Below-Replacement Fertility Countries: Poland and Estonia.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10427
► Much of the recent scholarly attention has been devoted to the low fertility situation experienced by a growing number of developed countries. In this context,…
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▼ Much of the recent scholarly attention has been devoted to the low fertility situation experienced by a growing number of developed countries. In this context, the theoretical framework explicitly incorporating the issues of gender in explanations of low fertility has been gaining notable popularity.
This dissertation is focused primarily on the application of McDonald's theory of gender equity to the fertility context of two post-communist "low" and "very low" fertility countries, namely Poland and Estonia. Additionally, it tests the relative importance of gender equity at the societal level and the level of the family, contrasts the results of using different operationalizations of gender equity in the family, and compares the effects of gender equity on male and female fertility.
I estimate two sex-specific models for Poland and two-sex specific models for Estonia, which respectively use three and two independent variables capturing gender equity in different institutions as well as in the family. All the models use intended fertility as the dependent variable operationalized as either the intention to have the second or higher order birth or the number of additional children intended.
The main findings of this dissertation support the gendered explanation of low fertility in Poland and Estonia. More specifically, they indicate that gender equity in the family significantly increases fertility intentions of Polish men and women and Estonian women but not men. However, in none of the models there is evidence that gender equity in institutions outside the family matters to fertility. All in all, the findings support the gendered approach to fertility.
The results of my dissertation indicate that it is important to pay attention to how we measure gender equity. I observe some variation in the findings depending on how stringent definition of equity is used. Finally, my research suggests that the importance of gender equity for women's fertility might be more universal but it is also not completely irrelevant to the fertility of men.
I conclude this dissertation with a discussion of the implications of my findings and the potential for future development of research in this area.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poston, Dudley L. (advisor), McIntosh, William A. (committee member), Saenz, Rogelio (committee member), Wunneburger, Douglas F. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: fertility; gender equity; Poland; Estonia
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Iwinska-Nowak, A. M. (2012). Gender Equity and Fertility in European Below-Replacement Fertility Countries: Poland and Estonia. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10427
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Iwinska-Nowak, Anna Malgorzata. “Gender Equity and Fertility in European Below-Replacement Fertility Countries: Poland and Estonia.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10427.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Iwinska-Nowak, Anna Malgorzata. “Gender Equity and Fertility in European Below-Replacement Fertility Countries: Poland and Estonia.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Iwinska-Nowak AM. Gender Equity and Fertility in European Below-Replacement Fertility Countries: Poland and Estonia. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10427.
Council of Science Editors:
Iwinska-Nowak AM. Gender Equity and Fertility in European Below-Replacement Fertility Countries: Poland and Estonia. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10427
Texas A&M University
18.
Lopez, Angelica.
Latinos and the Natural Environment Along the United States-Mexico Border.
Degree: PhD, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10425
► The vitality of international transborder natural resources is important for the preservation of wildlife corridors, clean water, clean air, and working lands. In particular, not…
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▼ The vitality of international transborder natural resources is important for the preservation of wildlife corridors, clean water, clean air, and working lands. In particular, not only does the
Texas Rio Grande Valley Region in the United States (U.S.), on the U.S.-Mexico border, offer critical habitat important to North American migratory species, the area also provides substantial agricultural goods (i.e., sugarcane, sorghum, melons, onions, citrus, carrots, cabbage, and cattle). Hence, the dilemma between consumptive and non-consumptive uses of natural resources along a large geographic expanse separated by sociopolitical and sociocultural differences, is further complicated. Latinos of Mexican descent along the southwestern U.S. are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the U.S., yet their influence on U.S. natural resource allocation and management has been largely ignored. For this reason, the purpose of my study was threefold: (1) to determine public perceptions toward natural resources, the environment, and conservation; (2) to assess general environmental behaviors; and (3) to determine general recreational behaviors among three student population groups along the U.S.Mexico border region. The student groups were comprised of
Texas students (
Texas Latino and
Texas non-Latino white), and Mexican students from three northern Mexico states, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas. A survey was derived from three of the most frequently used environmental concern, behavior, and recreation indices used for research in the discipline.
Predictors of environmental concern, behavior, and outdoor recreation participation for my sample varied across sociodemographic and sociopolitical variables for each student group. A review of environmental attitudes found Mexican students were more environmentally friendly (~ 2.35 odds; P < 0.05) than their U.S. counterparts. Among the three student groups, basic environmental behaviors (environmental conservation contribution; avoiding environmentally harmful products; changing car oil; and lawn responsibility) were influenced (P < 0.05) by environmental orientation, political candidate's environmental position, father and mother's educational attainment, place of origin, sex, and combined parent income. Outdoor recreation participation and constraints to outdoor recreation participation among the student groups were influenced (P < 0.05) by parent income, age, place of origin, and environmental orientation. Examples of constraints were: not enough money, personal health reasons, inadequate transportation, and personal safety reasons. Findings from my study benefit natural resource and environmental organizations pursuing collaborative program development and implementation along the U.S.-Mexico border and other transborder regions.
Advisors/Committee Members: Torres, Cruz C. (advisor), Silvy, Nova J. (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member), Griffin, Clifton P. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Borderlands; Latinos and Natural Resources; United States-Mexico Border; Wildlife Corridors; Environmental Attitudes; Environmental Behaviors; Outdoor Recreation; Participation and Constraints; Mexican American
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Lopez, A. (2012). Latinos and the Natural Environment Along the United States-Mexico Border. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10425
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lopez, Angelica. “Latinos and the Natural Environment Along the United States-Mexico Border.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10425.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lopez, Angelica. “Latinos and the Natural Environment Along the United States-Mexico Border.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Lopez A. Latinos and the Natural Environment Along the United States-Mexico Border. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10425.
Council of Science Editors:
Lopez A. Latinos and the Natural Environment Along the United States-Mexico Border. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10425
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Kainer, John Michael.
More Please: Food and the Infinity of Desires.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2017, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/165753
► This dissertation might best be described as a discussion and analysis of the tendency towards excess at the heart of modern American culture. In studying…
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▼ This dissertation might best be described as a discussion and analysis of the tendency towards excess at the heart of modern American culture. In studying excess, the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer—whose writings on the limitless desire of the will had such a profound influence on the writers and thinkers at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century— is linked to Emile Durkheim’s theory, which informs much of this study. Durkheim’s conception of anomie is examined using a combination of etymology and hermeneutics culminating in the understanding of anomie as derangement, or, as rules that are lack of rules.
To illustrate this tendency in a concrete way, food is employed as a vehicle for discussion. I outline and critique the various definitions of food, and offer my own definition of food as something that sustains life, but does so through the utilization of the collective constituent elements (vitamins, minerals, calories) that naturally occur within a material substance. Defining food holistically and in terms of nature allows me to also identify unnatural foods by employing Durkheim’s concept of derangement.
I trace the origins of excessive willing in modern American culture back to the
Protestant religious doctrines of predestination and the calling, arguing that tendency towards worldly asceticism has been removed—replaced by an insatiable desire to consume more—and resulting in the formation of what I am calling the consumption industry. Recontexualizing Mestrovic’s postemotional theory, I contend that the food industry in particular, and the consumption industry in general, rely on prepacked ideas as well as prepacked emotions to sell their foods in modern American society. This includes the consumption industry’s research on human biology and neurology—which has led to the production of deranged foods that actually induce hunger in consumers. Finally, the rise of monopoly capitalism is examined in light of Eros’ unitive power—highlighted through a comparison of Plato, Freud, and Durkheim— leading to the conclusion that the modern spirit of capitalism is postemotional Eros – a drive towards greater unity, divided against itself, fueled by recycled emotions and inflamed desires.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mestrovic, Stjepan G (advisor), McIntosh, William A (advisor), May, Reuben B (committee member), McDermott, John J (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Food; Anomie; Emotions; Desire; Durkheim; Mestrovic; Schopenhauer; Postemotional theory; Eros
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Kainer, J. M. (2017). More Please: Food and the Infinity of Desires. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/165753
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kainer, John Michael. “More Please: Food and the Infinity of Desires.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/165753.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kainer, John Michael. “More Please: Food and the Infinity of Desires.” 2017. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Kainer JM. More Please: Food and the Infinity of Desires. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/165753.
Council of Science Editors:
Kainer JM. More Please: Food and the Infinity of Desires. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/165753
Texas A&M University
20.
Curry, Gwenetta Denise.
The Relationship Between Education and Obesity Among Black Women in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cycles 1999-2010.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2016, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157871
► Although the obesity epidemic in America has begun to level off in recent years, Black women’s rates have continued to increase. The latest Center for…
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▼ Although the obesity epidemic in America has begun to level off in recent years, Black women’s rates have continued to increase. The latest Center for Diseases Prevention and Control (CDC) numbers show that 56.6% of Black women are considered to be obese compared to 44.4% Hispanic and 32.8% of white women. These numbers simply highlight the need for a deeper understanding of what factors increase the risk of obesity for Black women. This dissertation begins by exploring the current literature on factors that influence obesity rates and linking educational attainment to health outcomes.
The 1999-2010 years of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were combined for these analyzes. I examine the prevalence of obesity among Black women from 1999-2010 by education and age groups. The results show that Black women with some education and associate degree and age group 20-39 had the highest rates of obesity. Next, I ran multiple, logistic, and multinomial regressions to determine which factors are associated the obesity in Black women. The results indicate that C-reactive protein levels >0.3 mg/dl had a positive association with obesity. C-reactive protein was used to measure exposure to stress triggering an inflammation response.
The results also indicate that Black women have increased odds of being obese if they worked more than 46 hours a week. Fruits and vegetable intake was not associated with body mass index of Black women. Lastly, physical activity was only positively associated with body mass index of Black women with Some College and Associate degrees. These data indicate there is a real need to focus on Black women’s health and the impact their environment has on their health behaviors and health outcomes.
Advisors/Committee Members: McIntosh, William A (advisor), Keith, Verna M (committee member), McKyer, Ellisa L (committee member), Gatson, Sarah A (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Obesity; C-Reactive Protein; Race; Education
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Curry, G. D. (2016). The Relationship Between Education and Obesity Among Black Women in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cycles 1999-2010. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157871
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Curry, Gwenetta Denise. “The Relationship Between Education and Obesity Among Black Women in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cycles 1999-2010.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157871.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Curry, Gwenetta Denise. “The Relationship Between Education and Obesity Among Black Women in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cycles 1999-2010.” 2016. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Curry GD. The Relationship Between Education and Obesity Among Black Women in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cycles 1999-2010. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157871.
Council of Science Editors:
Curry GD. The Relationship Between Education and Obesity Among Black Women in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cycles 1999-2010. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157871
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21.
He, Lei 1984-.
Family Structure, Marital Fertility and Premarital Sex among Married and Never-Married Women in Contemporary China.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148218
► According to Chinese traditions, patrilocal residence is believed to be linked with early and high marital fertility. However, despite the rapid fertility decline and the…
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▼ According to Chinese traditions, patrilocal residence is believed to be linked with early and high marital fertility. However, despite the rapid fertility decline and the enormous social and economic changes that have occurred in recent years in China, research still shows that family structure in China is relatively stable compared to western countries. This dissertation investigates the effects of family structure on fertility in contemporary China. This dissertation had two main objectives: first, to examine the effects of family structure on the marital fertility of married women; and second, to better understand the effects of family structure on the premarital fertility by examining the effects of family structure on premarital sex of never-married women.
This dissertation utilizes data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey and the Chinese Health and Family Life Survey. Logistic regression model and Cox proportional hazards model are used to to estimate the the effects of family structure on marital fertility and premarital sex. The major finding in this dissertation shows that patrilocal residence has been well preserved in contemporary china. After controlling for relevant factors, co-residence or quasi-coresidence with parents-in-law significantly accelerates the transition from marriage to first birth, and promotes a desire for more children. However, second births are significantly impacted by factors associated with socioeconomic status and family planning policy other than family structure. This dissertation also confirmed the effects of family structure on premarital sex in terms of behavior, but not in terms of attitudes. After controlling for relevant factors, co-residence with parents significantly decreased the odds of engaging in premarital sex.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poston, Dudley L (advisor), McIntosh, William A (committee member), Saenz, Rogelio (committee member), Kwok, Oi-Man (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Contemporary China; Premarital Sex; Marital Fertility; Family Structure
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He, L. 1. (2012). Family Structure, Marital Fertility and Premarital Sex among Married and Never-Married Women in Contemporary China. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148218
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
He, Lei 1984-. “Family Structure, Marital Fertility and Premarital Sex among Married and Never-Married Women in Contemporary China.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148218.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
He, Lei 1984-. “Family Structure, Marital Fertility and Premarital Sex among Married and Never-Married Women in Contemporary China.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
He L1. Family Structure, Marital Fertility and Premarital Sex among Married and Never-Married Women in Contemporary China. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148218.
Council of Science Editors:
He L1. Family Structure, Marital Fertility and Premarital Sex among Married and Never-Married Women in Contemporary China. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148218
Texas A&M University
22.
Munajat.
FPI (Islamic Defenders' Front): the Making of a Violent Islamist Movement in the New Democracy of Indonesia.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10865
► The current study is aimed at investigating the puzzle of why FPI (Islamic Defenders' Front) has chosen to adopt violent strategies within the democratic context…
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▼ The current study is aimed at investigating the puzzle of why FPI (Islamic Defenders' Front) has chosen to adopt violent strategies within the democratic context of Indonesia. Much of literature on social movements suggests that democracy is inherently nonviolent because it allows social movements to use a number of reasonable tactics to pursue their goals. On the contrary, authoritarianism is considered to be the cause of the emergence of violent movements. However, a violent movement is not necessarily absent in the context of democracy. Using the language of Islam, justice and democracy, FPI (Islamic Defender's Front) conspicuously committed at least 64 cases of violent collective actions from 1998 to 2010.
Three levels of analysis are used in order to investigate this social puzzle, namely the level of organization, individual characters and FPI's violent actions. Combining these three levels of analysis, this study found that the making of the violent Islamist movement (FPI) is complex and interconnected. First, there are at least four social environments that have led FPI to the adoption of violent means. They are the historical context of Islamist movements in Indonesia (1945-1998), the timing of violence by FPI, social support for FPI's violent actions and low state capacity. Second, there are at least four factors that relate to individuals and organization of FPI. They are FPI's encounter with so-called justified violence, FPI's engagement in violence-prone activities, fundamentalism and FPI's framing of its violent actions. Combining these factors has made FPI's violence become more persistent in the new democratic context of Indonesia.
Consequently, despite the fact that democracy inhibits political violence, democracy may also allow the use of violent means by social movements. In doing so, democracy opens an opportunity for people, especially elites, to support the cause of violence. Therefore, this can undermine the government's will to fully suppress the violent movement. In addition, there are other significant factors, other than state repression, that also facilitate violence, such as a movement's choice to engage in violence-prone activities, low state capacity, a good timing of violence (cultural resources) and a good framing of violence.
Advisors/Committee Members: McIntosh, William A. (advisor), Liu, Dongxiao (committee member), Mackin, Rob (committee member), el-Husseini, Rola (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Political violence; Islamist movement; democracy
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Munajat. (2012). FPI (Islamic Defenders' Front): the Making of a Violent Islamist Movement in the New Democracy of Indonesia. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10865
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Munajat. “FPI (Islamic Defenders' Front): the Making of a Violent Islamist Movement in the New Democracy of Indonesia.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10865.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Munajat. “FPI (Islamic Defenders' Front): the Making of a Violent Islamist Movement in the New Democracy of Indonesia.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
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Munajat. FPI (Islamic Defenders' Front): the Making of a Violent Islamist Movement in the New Democracy of Indonesia. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10865.
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Council of Science Editors:
Munajat. FPI (Islamic Defenders' Front): the Making of a Violent Islamist Movement in the New Democracy of Indonesia. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10865
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23.
Yoon, Jee In.
An Examination of Coping Processes within the Context of Water-based Recreation.
Degree: PhD, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11022
► Many outdoor recreation settings present stressful situations that directly influence the quality of one's leisure experience. Some recreationists are able to maintain their enjoyment by…
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▼ Many outdoor recreation settings present stressful situations that directly influence the quality of one's leisure experience. Some recreationists are able to maintain their enjoyment by adopting various coping strategies. In conditions that induce stress, recreationists can select from a combination of behavioral coping strategies (e.g., substitution of recreational setting or activity) and/or cognitive coping strategies (e.g., rationalization). Previous coping research has indicated that the key to understanding the stress – coping process is how one appraises the stressors. In spite of the acknowledged importance of individual appraisals, however, there is scant empirical evidence available documenting this mediating effect. To explore the role of appraisal in the stress - coping relationship, I drew upon Lazarus and Folkman's transactional theory of stress and coping. Using data collected from recreationists boating in
Texas and Korea, I tested a model where the relationship between stress and coping was hypothesized to be mediated by individual's appraisals within the context of water-based recreational activities.
Data were collected from recreationists residing near Lake Granbury in
Texas (n=186) and recreationists at Lake Chung-pyung in South Korea (n=462). Initial testing of the model illustrated poor fit. I then tested the model independently for the two groups. For Korean respondents, results showed that one's evaluative process (appraisal) mediated the relationship between stress level and selected coping strategies. Further, the degree of involvement with a recreational activity, attachment to a setting, and self-construal moderated the stress – appraisal – coping relationship. Model testing for American respondents showed that the factor structure deviated from what was originally hypothesized. Subsequent testing produced an alternate factor structure; direct action, disengagement, temporal substitution, and cognitive coping. However, there was no mediating role of appraisal in the relationship between stress and coping for this group. Moreover, there was no moderating effect of place attachment, leisure activity involvement, and self-construal for American respondents. In short, the results of this study partially supported the transactional theory of stress and coping. For both groups, positive appraisal was more strongly related to behavioral coping, while cognitive coping (rationalization) was influenced by respondents' negative appraisal of the boating conditions. Even under potentially stressful conditions, some recreationists consider the situation controllable. Future investigations should also consider exploring and comparing the coping processes of different user groups, across age cohorts, and among recreationists within similar contexts.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kyle, Gerard T. (advisor), McIntosh, William A. (committee member), Petrick, Jim (committee member), Sell, Jane (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: coping; recreational hassles; self-construal; recreational boating
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Yoon, J. I. (2012). An Examination of Coping Processes within the Context of Water-based Recreation. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11022
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Yoon, Jee In. “An Examination of Coping Processes within the Context of Water-based Recreation.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11022.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Yoon, Jee In. “An Examination of Coping Processes within the Context of Water-based Recreation.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Yoon JI. An Examination of Coping Processes within the Context of Water-based Recreation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11022.
Council of Science Editors:
Yoon JI. An Examination of Coping Processes within the Context of Water-based Recreation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11022
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24.
Evans, Louwanda.
Facing Racism at 30,000 Feet: African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11127
► In this qualitative study, I examine the experiences of African American pilots and flight attendants with emotional labor. Integral to existing theories of emotional labor…
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▼ In this qualitative study, I examine the experiences of African American pilots and flight attendants with emotional labor. Integral to existing theories of emotional labor is the incorporation of voices of color and their contemporary movement into professional industries. Essentially, most all theories of emotional labor were built through the examination of low-wage service workers in gendered or racially segregated occupations, with only recent incorporations of gendered occupations within professional settings. Using the theoretical concept of emotional labor, or the labor required to reduce or suppress feeling in order to sustain the outward countenance that produces the proper state of mind in others, I argue that emotional labor is much more than labor produced within the confines of a job, but is also based on identity characteristics that directly influence interactions in the workplace. Therefore, I qualitatively examine, through in-depth interviews with more than thirty African American flight crew members, how emotional labor is influenced and performed when people of color are introduced to professional settings.
The results of this study show that there are multiple dimensions of emotional labor that should be added to existing theory. Primarily, existing standards of emotional labor in the airline industry are a direct result of institutional structures and cultures created during a period of systematic exclusion that do not account for contemporary racism and sexism. Thus, performing emotional labor in this industry is unequally placed on those white women and people of color that had no input into its creation. The results of this study suggest that emotional labor should be inclusive of systemic racism perspectives as a method of understanding how salient identity characteristics, such as gender, race, and class, are directly connected to preconceived ideologies that influence interactions that call for emotional labor. Moreover, because African American men and women in this industry are underrepresented, emotional labor becomes a necessity in their interactions with coworkers, consumers, and management. In addition, African Americans experience highly regulated emotional labor that influence how they perform their jobs, interact with others, and formulate appropriate counter-narratives.
Advisors/Committee Members: Feagin, Joe R. (advisor), Gatson, Sarah N. (committee member), Moore, Wendy L. (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Emotional Labor; Systemic Racism; White Institutional Space; Racism; Sexism; Airline Industry
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Evans, L. (2012). Facing Racism at 30,000 Feet: African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11127
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Evans, Louwanda. “Facing Racism at 30,000 Feet: African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11127.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Evans, Louwanda. “Facing Racism at 30,000 Feet: African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Evans L. Facing Racism at 30,000 Feet: African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11127.
Council of Science Editors:
Evans L. Facing Racism at 30,000 Feet: African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-11127
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25.
Aldana Marquez, Beatriz.
Keeping Rural Tradition Alive: The Race, Class, and Gender Dynamics of the Modern Charro Community.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2017, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187196
► The Charro tradition is the national sport of Mexico. Yet, its national recognition is limited even though the Charro tradition has influenced other important Mexican…
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▼ The Charro tradition is the national sport of Mexico. Yet, its national recognition
is limited even though the Charro tradition has influenced other important Mexican and American cultural symbols such as the mariachis and even the American cowboy. I conducted an ethnographic study (2013-2015) in Mexico on the Charro community to assess their cultural adaptability in a changing Mexico. The figure of the Charro serves as the personification of centuries of culture and tradition as it is displayed through their body comportment and clothing, as well as the behaviors, mannerisms, and adherence to the norms that are unique to this subculture. Charros perform suertes or events as a team to gain points in front of judges during Charreadas or competitions to pay homage to early Charros. The judgment is strict and points can be deducted for incorrect techniques, clothing, or form which is indicative of the continuous standardization by the Federation of Mexican Charros. Charro women (Escaramuzas) perform a ten-minute routine of synchronized horse dancing to traditional Mexican song and are judged on their grace, elegance, and presentation. Although men and women both participate in the Charro tradition, emphasis is placed on men since their presence in the Charro tradition originates from its inception. The following chapter use the theories of Thorstein Veblento analyze the race, class, and gender dynamics of the Charro community in relation to a changing Mexico.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mestrovic, Stjepan (advisor), Eason, John M (committee member), McIntosh, William A (committee member), Poirot, Kristan (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Mexico; rural tradition; Veblen; intersectional analysis
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Aldana Marquez, B. (2017). Keeping Rural Tradition Alive: The Race, Class, and Gender Dynamics of the Modern Charro Community. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187196
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Aldana Marquez, Beatriz. “Keeping Rural Tradition Alive: The Race, Class, and Gender Dynamics of the Modern Charro Community.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187196.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Aldana Marquez, Beatriz. “Keeping Rural Tradition Alive: The Race, Class, and Gender Dynamics of the Modern Charro Community.” 2017. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Aldana Marquez B. Keeping Rural Tradition Alive: The Race, Class, and Gender Dynamics of the Modern Charro Community. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187196.
Council of Science Editors:
Aldana Marquez B. Keeping Rural Tradition Alive: The Race, Class, and Gender Dynamics of the Modern Charro Community. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/187196
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Conde-Dudding, Eugenia.
Theoretical and Methodological Issues and Challenges in Analyses of Teen Fertility.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10565
► The United States has the highest teen birth rate of any developed country in the world. In the period 2005-2010, the fertility rate for the…
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▼ The United States has the highest teen birth rate of any developed country in the world. In the period 2005-2010, the fertility rate for the United States was 41 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19, compared to 26 births in the United Kingdom, and 4 in Switzerland and The Netherlands. However, the teen birth rates in the United States vary considerably by race and ethnic group. National vital statistics data for 2009 report that the rate for Blacks is more than twice that of non-Hispanic Whites, and the rate for Latinas is almost three times as high. The difference within Latino groups is just as dramatic. The adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 for Cubans is 23.5, while for Puerto Ricans it is 61.67, and for Mexicans the rate is 78.7. Teen pregnancy and childbearing in the Mexican American population are issues of great concern because this ethnic group is the fastest growing population in the United States. The literature on teen childbearing among Latinos, and specifically among Mexican origin teens, tends to attribute the high rates to cultural differences. In this dissertation, I argue that the high rates of teen pregnancy cannot properly be attributed to "cultural" characteristics.
Instead, I develop falsifiable hypotheses that are derived from theoretical frameworks which recognize the relationship between racial inequalities and teen fertility. I first test the social characteristics hypothesis to determine the effect that income and parents? education have on teen fertility. Second, I test if other characteristics such as religiosity, type of religion and views on teen pregnancy have an impact on predicting the odds of having a teen birth. Third, drawing on demographic literature, I ascertain whether educational experiences and aspirations to attend college are critical factors in predicting a teen birth. Last, I test if having a teen birth has the same impact for Mexican origin teens compared to Whites in terms of being able to obtain a college degree.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poston, Dudley L. (advisor), Saenz, Rogelio (committee member), Ackerman, Jeffrey (committee member), Foster, Holly (committee member), Gorman, Dennis M. (committee member), McIntosh, William A. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Teen Fertility; Hispanic Adolescents; Teen Pregnancy; Teen Motherhood; Latino youth; Latina mothers
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Conde-Dudding, E. (2012). Theoretical and Methodological Issues and Challenges in Analyses of Teen Fertility. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10565
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Conde-Dudding, Eugenia. “Theoretical and Methodological Issues and Challenges in Analyses of Teen Fertility.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10565.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Conde-Dudding, Eugenia. “Theoretical and Methodological Issues and Challenges in Analyses of Teen Fertility.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Conde-Dudding E. Theoretical and Methodological Issues and Challenges in Analyses of Teen Fertility. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10565.
Council of Science Editors:
Conde-Dudding E. Theoretical and Methodological Issues and Challenges in Analyses of Teen Fertility. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10565
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Jan, Jie-Sheng.
Ethnic Language and East Asian Endogamy and Exogamy in the United States.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10415
► Previous research on Asian intermarriage has examined the effects of cultural and structural assimilation, such as educational attainment, English ability, and income, on major Asian…
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▼ Previous research on Asian intermarriage has examined the effects of cultural and structural assimilation, such as educational attainment, English ability, and income, on major Asian groups' intermarriage patterns. But it has given little attention to the importance of cultural retention in determining East Asians' intermarriage patterns and sometimes treats distinct East Asian groups as one pan-Asian group. East Asian Americans possess their own distinct languages, customs, and cultures, much different from one another. These unexplored characteristics play a crucial role in the definition of group identity and relationships with other groups. This study draws on selective assimilation perspective and utilizes the Census 2000 5% PUMS files and multinomial logistic regression models to investigate the influence of ethnic language on the probabilities of endogamy and exogamy of East Asians in the U.S. Ethnicity, English ability, gender, age, nativity status, and college education are included.
Findings indicate that ethnic language retention increases endogamy and decreases exogamy for all men of the four East Asian groups, but not intermarriage with other races for Vietnamese men. Ethnic languages also increase the chance of in-group marriage (while decreasing the likelihood of out-group marriage) among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese women, except on intermarriage with other races for Japanese women. The effects of ethnic language on East Asian marriages are the most prominent among all predictors and are almost comprehensive. All other predictors in the study are no match for ethnic language in influencing marriage patterns of East Asians.
Advisors/Committee Members: Fossett, Mark (advisor), McIntosh, William A. (advisor), Poston, Dudley (committee member), Valdez, Zulema (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Ethnic language; East Asians; endogamy; exogamy
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Jan, J. (2012). Ethnic Language and East Asian Endogamy and Exogamy in the United States. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10415
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jan, Jie-Sheng. “Ethnic Language and East Asian Endogamy and Exogamy in the United States.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10415.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jan, Jie-Sheng. “Ethnic Language and East Asian Endogamy and Exogamy in the United States.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Jan J. Ethnic Language and East Asian Endogamy and Exogamy in the United States. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10415.
Council of Science Editors:
Jan J. Ethnic Language and East Asian Endogamy and Exogamy in the United States. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10415
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Peng, Lu.
Food Group Consumption in a Sample of Children in Houston Area and Its Related Influencing Factors.
Degree: MS, Nutrition, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9258
► The objective of this research is to discover if significant relationships exist between age, gender, household income, locations where children/adolescents ate, whom they ate with,…
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▼ The objective of this research is to discover if significant relationships exist between age, gender, household income, locations where children/adolescents ate, whom they ate with, whether they considered the food as a meal or a snack, and their consumption of food by food group.
Three hundred and twelve children (9-11 years old)/adolescents (13-15 years old) completed a 24-hour dietary intake recall, and a 2-day dietary record. The subject was asked to indicate the amount of food he/she consumed, where he/she consumed it, who was with him/her when he/she consumed the food, and whether he/she considered the food to be a meal or a snack. The information was coded and all the foods were grouped into 12 groups. Data were analyzed with the Statistical Analysis System (SAS). The results showed that children had higher intakes of breads and cereals, dairy products, fruits and fruit juices, snacks and desserts than adolescents. Girls consumed more snacks and desserts, and condiments than boys. Children/adolescents in families with higher household incomes consumed more snacks and desserts, but fewer meats than those with lower household incomes. Children and adolescents consumed more breads and cereals, dairy products, fruits and fruit juices, vegetables, fats, meats, and snacks and desserts when they ate at home than when they ate away from home. Children/adolescents ate more breads and cereals, dairy products, fruits and fruit juices, vegetables, fats, meats and condiments when they ate with various family members than when they ate alone, with only one family member or with non-family members. Children/adolescents consumed more breads and cereals, dairy products, fruits and fruit juices, burgers and sandwiches, snacks and desserts, condiments, but less fats when they ate with their friends as compared to eating with others. Children/adolescents who ate breakfast had higher intakes of breads and cereals, dairy products, fruits and fruit juices, vegetables, fats, meats, snacks and desserts, and condiments than those who did not eat breakfast. Children/adolescents who ate more fruit and fruit juices had consumed significantly more breads and cereals, dairy products, vegetables, snacks and desserts, but consumed fewer sweetened beverages than those who did not eat fruits and fruit juices.
Advisors/Committee Members: McIntosh, William A. (advisor), Kubena, Karen S. (advisor), Sharkey, Joseph R. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Children; adolescents; food groups; influencing factors
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Peng, L. (2012). Food Group Consumption in a Sample of Children in Houston Area and Its Related Influencing Factors. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9258
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Peng, Lu. “Food Group Consumption in a Sample of Children in Houston Area and Its Related Influencing Factors.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9258.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Peng, Lu. “Food Group Consumption in a Sample of Children in Houston Area and Its Related Influencing Factors.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Peng L. Food Group Consumption in a Sample of Children in Houston Area and Its Related Influencing Factors. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9258.
Council of Science Editors:
Peng L. Food Group Consumption in a Sample of Children in Houston Area and Its Related Influencing Factors. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9258
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Le, Jennifer Linh.
The Religiosity of Vietnamese Americans.
Degree: MS, Sociology, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9247
► Religion is a deeply important tradition in many people's lives, especially for those forced to leave abruptly their homes and loved ones and resettle in…
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▼ Religion is a deeply important tradition in many people's lives, especially for those forced to leave abruptly their homes and loved ones and resettle in a foreign land. Religion not only provides spiritual guidance but also social networks, comfort, and moral standards, among many others things. I chose to study the beliefs and practices of Vietnamese American Buddhists and Catholics as well as the relationship between those two groups in the U.S. The Vietnamese present an interesting case because of their collective status as a well-publicized immigrant, formerly refugee, population that is now well-established in this country. With my research, I was able to test five hypotheses. I wanted to determine the degree of transnationality, tension between the religious groups, conversion, and ancestor worship. Secondarily, I assessed any differences regionally. In order to test my hypotheses, I conducted 60 quantitative surveys. I sampled from the Houston and Minneapolis-St. Paul Vietnamese communities.
Transnationality, or ties to the homeland, was more prevalent for Buddhists than Catholics as I had hypothesized. There was a minute degree of tension present, however, generally with older members of the first generation cohort. Traditional Vietnamese ancestor worship was not more prevalent with Buddhists than with Catholics. I was unable to sample enough religious converts in order to test my conversion hypothesis. In terms of differences across regions, all variables other than national identity as well as an indicator of transnationality were statistically insignificant. This data helps fill a nearly 30-year gap in the research in this area and focuses specifically on the Vietnamese population which many studies have been unable to do.
In addition to my quantitative study, I also conducted qualitative fieldwork at four primary research and three secondary research sites in the Minneapolis-St. Paul and Houston metropolitan areas. Twenty-five to thirty hours were spent at each primary location observing the members, volunteers, dress, interactions, normative and deviant behaviors during services, socialization, languages spoken, attentiveness, racial diversity, and additional activities provided by the religious organization to the membership. This fieldwork gave me a better understanding of this community in a religious context.
Advisors/Committee Members: May, Reuben (advisor), McIntosh, William A. (advisor), Gatson, Sarah N. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Religion; Vietnamese Americans; Buddhism; Catholicism; Quantitative; Qualitative; Principal Components Analysis; OLS Regression; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Houston, TX
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Le, J. L. (2012). The Religiosity of Vietnamese Americans. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9247
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Le, Jennifer Linh. “The Religiosity of Vietnamese Americans.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9247.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Le, Jennifer Linh. “The Religiosity of Vietnamese Americans.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Le JL. The Religiosity of Vietnamese Americans. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9247.
Council of Science Editors:
Le JL. The Religiosity of Vietnamese Americans. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9247
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Hutchinson, Jennifer Becker.
Linking Household Food Inventories with Dietary Recalls to Examine the Association between Nutrient Availability and Dietary Intake among Mexican-origin Children who Reside in Texas Border Region Colonias.
Degree: MS, Nutrition, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9859
► The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between household food inventories (HFI) and dietary recalls among Mexican-origin children (ages 6-11 years old)…
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▼ The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between household food inventories (HFI) and dietary recalls among Mexican-origin children (ages 6-11 years old) who reside in
Texas border region colonias. Household food availability is a known influence upon children's diets; however, this population faces unique influences upon children's dietary intake and household food availability may not exhibit the same influence upon children's dietary intake that it does in other areas of the United States.
This study utilized promotoras (community healthcare workers native to the
Texas border region) to collect data from participants due to their rapport with residents of the community. These promotoras collected a series of surveys, HFI's and 24-hour dietary recalls with each mother-child dyad participant.
Data from the HFI-s and 24-hour recalls were entered into the Nutrition Data System for Research (NDS-R) from the
University of Minnesota and the nutrient profiles for each were analyzed. The HFI data was then adjusted for household composition to obtain a more accurate representation of what nutrients are available to each specific member of the household.
After analysis, participant children reported living in households with 5.7 adults and children (range 3-10). All children participated in school breakfast and lunch programs. Age- and gender-specific body mass index (BMI) percentiles indicated that 42% were considered overweight or obese. Lower food security was associated with greater energy, total sugar, and added sugar intakes. The largest correlations between HFI's and 24-hour intakes were for total protein, total sugar, sodium, and added sugar. Sodium was the only nutrient with a significant correlation between household availability and children's dietary intake. HFI was independently associated with greater intake of sodium and lower intakes of total sugar and added sugar.
Results show a relationship between household food availability and children's dietary intake. However, at the nutrient level, this association is only statistically significant for sodium and almost significant for total sugar. Colonia children are likely eating many meals outside of the home; the traditional HFI might not be useful in determining what foods are available for these children to eat.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sharkey, Joseph R. (advisor), McIntosh, William A. (committee member), Kubena, Karen S. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: children; obesity; colonias; household food inventory
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Hutchinson, J. B. (2012). Linking Household Food Inventories with Dietary Recalls to Examine the Association between Nutrient Availability and Dietary Intake among Mexican-origin Children who Reside in Texas Border Region Colonias. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9859
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hutchinson, Jennifer Becker. “Linking Household Food Inventories with Dietary Recalls to Examine the Association between Nutrient Availability and Dietary Intake among Mexican-origin Children who Reside in Texas Border Region Colonias.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9859.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hutchinson, Jennifer Becker. “Linking Household Food Inventories with Dietary Recalls to Examine the Association between Nutrient Availability and Dietary Intake among Mexican-origin Children who Reside in Texas Border Region Colonias.” 2012. Web. 15 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Hutchinson JB. Linking Household Food Inventories with Dietary Recalls to Examine the Association between Nutrient Availability and Dietary Intake among Mexican-origin Children who Reside in Texas Border Region Colonias. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9859.
Council of Science Editors:
Hutchinson JB. Linking Household Food Inventories with Dietary Recalls to Examine the Association between Nutrient Availability and Dietary Intake among Mexican-origin Children who Reside in Texas Border Region Colonias. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9859
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