Gregory Nichols and Dr. Laura Walker, School of Family Life Introduction Emerging adulthood is a stage of development encompassing the years between 18 and 25 during which individuals strive for self-reliance despite the instability in their education, employment, and housing status (Arnett, 2007). Identity exploration, though historically associated with adolescence (e.g., Erikson, 1959), is so […]
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Adolescents’ and Parents’ Perceptions of Religious Pre- and Proscriptions
Ryan Woodbury and Dr. Sam Hardy, Department of Psychology As mentioned in my proposal, we sought to understand adolescents’ and parents’ perceptions of religious norms and how those norms predicted adolescents’ positive and negative behaviors. We asked six questions to help guide our research: What do adolescents think their religions encourage and discourage? What behaviors do parents […]
Religious Influence on Adolescents and Their Parents Faculty Mentor: Sam Hardy, Psychological Sciences
Carrolyn McMurdie and Dr. Sam Hardy, Department of Psychology For decades, research has shown religious involvement and religious belief to predict positive outcomes for adolescents and adults, including better physical and mental health, fewer risk-taking behaviors, and greater involvement in moral or pro-social and helping behaviors (Hood, Hill, & Spilka, 2009). However, the current body […]
To Stand on Their Own Legs: Independence and Other Motivations for Women’s Pursuit of Post- Graduate Studies, and Their Parents’ Influence on Them, in Vishakhapatnam India
Colleen McDermott and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Department of Anthropology In recent years, there have been countless studies on the benefits of educating women. Though there is a general consensus on the positive results of women’s education, their access to education is still rather limited in many areas of the world. One such area is India, […]
Parent Entrance and Adolescent Outcomes using Longitudinal Family Structure Data
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 […]
Remembering “The Good Life”
Colby Sanford and Joseph Ostraff, Art Introduction They’re selling the family farm. In the summer of ‘73 my Grandparents left their home in Connecticut to follow the ideologies of Helen and Scott Nearing “to take [their] life into [their] own hands and live it in the country, in a decent, simple, kindly way” (Nearing, 11). […]
Uncovering Reasons Behind Attrition: A Micronutrient Program Evaluation for a Global Nonprofit
Elizabeth Pulsipher, Savannah Henshaw and Dr. Scott Sanders, Sociology Introduction Last summer, we conducted quantitative and qualitative research for an in-depth analysis of the attrition occurring in the Liahona Children’s Foundation’s program—a program attempting to alleviate child malnutrition in sixteen countries. Our findings draw upon five sources: 1) individual interviews we conducted with a randomized […]
America’s Hope
Cassie Prettyman and Paul Adams, Design Being able to come up with this project, plan it, execute it, and have a gallery show was one of the most fulfilling experiences in my artistic career. There were definitely some challenges along the way but I have learned so much that I will now be able to […]
City of Nothing: Architectural Simulation & Las Vegas
Rachel Playstead and Daniel Everett, Art Introduction In my proposal, I wrote that the purpose of this project was to construct my final BFA show, in which I would display a large-scale installation exploring the uncanny through architectural simulation with Las Vegas as a case study. I was interested in how reality and imitations of […]
The Long run Economic Effects of the Dustbowl Migration
Julie Hollenbaugh and Joseph Price, Economics Introduction In this project we explore the long-run economic effects of the dustbowl migration on children in families that moved out of the Oklahoma dustbowl region in the 1930’s relative to children in families that stayed in the region. My primary contribution to this ongoing analysis was the creation […]
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