Matthew Usevitch and Mikaela Dufur, Sociology Introduction The effects that a parent entrance, such as the marriage of a single parent, has on child outcomes are currently not well documented. Since literature suggests that children living in single-parent families tend to have worse educational outcomes on average than children living in married-parent families, a logical […]
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Research Project: Work-family Balance and Social Support: Impact on Physical Health
Principle Investigator: Lori L. Wadssworth, Romney Institute of Public Management and Co-PI: Wendy Birmingham, Department of Psychology This research project explores the relationship between work social support, work-family balance, and marital quality on physical factors, measured by ambulatory blood pressure. The data collection involves each spouse wearing an ABP monitor for 24 hours. The monitor […]
Family Health History: What’s the Best Tool?
Dr. Gaye Raye and Dr. Karen Whitt, Nursing Department Evaluation of Objectives The purpose of this project was to mentor undergraduate nursing students as they worked on a project to identify the most effective tools for collecting family health history and to assess the impact of knowledge of family health history on preventive health behaviors. […]
Family Foundation of Faith Mentoring Environment Grant (2015-2016):
Dr. Justin Dyer, Dr. Michael Goodman, and Dr. Mark Ogletree, Department of Church History and Doctrine Academic Objectives Met The project met several academic objectives. The first was to collect the initial round of data for the Family Foundations of Faith project. Data were collected from over 600 families and were cleaned and prepared for […]
Perspectives on Family Values: A Photographic Exploration of Memory and Home
Stephanie Froelich and Faculty Mentor: Robert Machoian, Department of Design This ORCA grant funded phase one of a long term project documenting the lives and stories of my two sets of grandparents who live in different geographic areas of Canada. Through the guidance of my mentor, and through the opportunities he provided to meet with […]
It Runs in The Family: Determining the Most Important Characteristics in Family Health Histories
Lauren Bretzing and Faculty Mentor: Gaye Ray, Nursing Department Introduction Family health history (FHH) is a significant risk factor for many diseases and can help determine which patients need further genetic testing, lifestyle changes, and preventative screenings at earlier ages. Though recognized as an important step in controlling and preventing disease, FHH is often underutilized […]
Women’s Autonomy and the Effect on Family Planning in Nepal
Andersen (Taylor), Margo Women’s Autonomy and the Effect on Family Planning in Nepal Faculty Mentor: Scott Sanders, Renata Forste In 2010, maternal death rates globally reached as high as 210 per 100,000 (United Nations, 2013) and resulted in part from a lack of maternal health services. Maternal health services like family planning play a critical […]
Effects of Family Structure and Transitions on Adolescent Stress in Korea
Amanda Ferguson and Mikaela Durfur, Sociology Department Introduction A wide scope of research has been done on family structures in the United States and Western culture. Research has moved from studying divorce extensively to researching cohabitation, just as extensively (Kennedy and Fitch, 2012). Korea, due to their strong cultural focus on traditional families, is only […]
Preparing the Royal Family Archive of the South Pacific
Allen, Erica Preparing the Royal Family Archive of the South Pacific Faculty Mentor: Paul Adams, Department of Design, Photography For my project, I went to Tonga in an effort to prepare the archive of the royal family. The Kingdom of Tonga is the last monarchy in the South Pacific, and creating a lasting digital archive […]
Phylogeny and species boundaries in the “flying dragons” of the Draco maculatus species complex (family Aamiedae)
Klabacka, Randy Phylogeny and species boundaries in the “flying dragons” of the Draco maculatus species complex (family Agamidae) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jack W. Sites Jr., Biology Department Introduction Indo-Burma, comprising most of Mainland Southeast Asia east of India and north of Peninsular Malaysia, is a biodiversity hotspot within Southeast Asia that has been called a […]
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