Browsing Honors College by Author "Sociology"
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A Review of the Development and Implementation of the Healthy Pals Childhood Nutritional Education Program
Johnson, Sydney Elizabeth (East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Healthy Pals research group was established with the mission to address key health concerns in Greenville, North Carolina. The group sought to identify causes for diminished health experiences in the local community and ... -
Are College Students Colorblind? Associating Demographic Factors with Latent Racism
Weiss, Kelsey (2015)In the United States, people across social institutions increasingly perceive racism to be a thing of the past. Abundant research, however, demonstrates that racial bias by employers, and others, continues to take place. ... -
Best Practices in American Indian Student Retention at East Carolina University in Juxtaposition to the University of North Carolina System
Griffin, Joshua (2015-04-29)At just 0.9% of the total undergraduate student population, American Indian (i.e. Native American, Alaska Native1) students are underrepresented at most of the universities in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system ... -
DID POLICING OF IMMIGRATION CHANGE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Jane, Nitika (East Carolina University, 2023-04-26)In 2017, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) renewed its implementation of the “Secure Communities” initiative. It was ostensibly intended to intensify policing of undocumented immigrants who violated criminal ... -
Raising Awareness and Lowering Rates of Sexual Assault on East Carolina University’s Campus and Surrounding Areas
Stox, Logan Caroline (East Carolina University, 2022-05-06)Comprehensive writing about the struggles, successes, and blockages that our group worked through during our Signature Honors Project. The sexual assault prevention campaigns, actions, and changes we made or attempted to ... -
Religious and Socio-Cultural Influences on DignityUSA Chapters
Voyles, Michelle (East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)People who identify as both LGBTQ and Catholic have struggled with reconciling these identities as the larger Catholic church is anti-LGBTQ. There is little research on positive relationships between LGBTQ and Catholicism ... -
The Economic Trajectory of Juvenile Delinquency
Defranco, Francesca (East Carolina University, 2022-05-04)Economic status is one of the most important influences when it comes to an individual’s power and privilege. A factor that impact’s an individual’s ability to achieve adequate economic status is the individual’s interaction ... -
the forest burns bright
Lee, Noah Hardee (East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)The investigation I am undertaking is concerned with the demonstration of the effects of the intersections of a person's identity on their personhood and their lives through the avenue of poetry. This is executed through ... -
Understanding the Impact of Coronavirus on Student Housing, Health, and Success
Martin, Tara (East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)During Spring semester of 2020 and again Fall semester of 2020, two separate surveys were administered online to a random sample of ECU students focusing on their experiences with the school’s transition online. That data ...