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Taken for granted? Exploring the relationships between social service agencies and religious congregations.
(2006-07-30)Religious congregations play a significant role in the provision of social services in American communities. While some congregations establish their own social service programs, most do not. Instead, the majority of ... -
The changes and patterns of Turkish family values under the conflicts of religion and modernity.
(2019-01-07)In this study, I assess family values change among Turkish adults from 1991 to 2012, under the influence of religion and modernity. While Turkey is an overwhelmingly Muslim nation as other most countries in the region, ... -
The complexity of disadvantage : examining the effects of moral ecology on adolescent educational outcomes.
(2018-06-27)Popular methods of addressing educational inequality emphasize structural barriers to educational attainment such as access and affordability, or individual barriers that highlight a lack of character traits such as grit ... -
The electronic hearth revisited : social media, text messaging, and perceived relational closeness.
(2019-01-07)This paper examines the effects of social media use and text messaging on perceptions of relational closeness to one’s family, friends, and neighbors. The human need for belonging is reviewed, with special emphasis on ... -
The long arm of childhood bereavement : parental death and pathways to adult health and educational inequalities.
(2020-03-23)The death of a parent is generally considered to be among the most devastating kinds of losses that children can experience. While research has examined the associations between childhood parental death and health and ... -
The politics of pot : marijuana use and the potential for collective action.
(2018-03-23)Marijuana and its legal status occupy a lengthy and controversial place in United States history. Penalties for marijuana use and distribution have increased in severity alongside the number of individuals who annually ... -
Understanding iaddiction : a sociological analysis of technological device addiction and attachment in the digital age.
(2019-05-15)Technological device addiction is a phenomenon widely described anecdotally but little understood empirically across the broad landscape of American life. In this dissertation, I analyze a nationally-representative sample ... -
Underutilization of medication to treat ADHD in African American children: reasoned action and planned behavior.
(2006-07-30)Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common mental illness diagnoses given to children today. While African American children are diagnosed with the disorder at approximately the same rate as Anglo ... -
Variations in the sociology of Islam and gender : a multi-level analysis of Islam and gender in majority Muslim contexts.
(2011-05-12)This dissertation answers two main questions: First, what is the relationship between Islam and gender? In other words, where can we find the intersection of religion and gender in the beliefs and actions of Muslims in a ... -
Who does consociationalism work for? Evidence from the Arab Barometer's survey of Lebanon.
(2016-04-27)This study examines the extent to which confessional identities in Lebanon are responsible for shaping individual views toward their government. Specifically, I investigate disparities between religious groups in their ... -
Who shares your pew : intersectional religion and occupational prestige.
(2019-03-26)Research repeatedly shows that stratification occurs through racial classification and systemic racism. Scholars have also shown that stratification in wealth, education, and occupational attainment for Americans varies ... -
Whose change is it? : a multimodal exploration of urban ecology and gentrification resistance in crumbling Black communities.
(2011-01-05)An extensive body of literature notes the racial and ethnic patterns of gentrification categorizing Whites as antagonizing decisions to disinvest in communities and Blacks and other minorities as falling victim to renewal ...