Dissertations from 2026
Bridging the Gap: Action-Oriented vs. Community-Minded Mentalities and Behaviors in Cold Case Investigation Units, Samantha Strine
Dissertations from 2025
Institutionalizing Organizational Change, Fernando Ospina
Diagnosis by Algorithm: The Transformative Impact of Social Media–Driven ADHD Self-Diagnosis for Women Over 30 and the Proposal of Neurotype Strain Theory, Rebecca Lynn Sevin
Dissertations from 2023
Moral Discourses of Atheist Organizations: Moral Contrasts, Symbolic Boundaries, and Collective Identities, Alexander Fether
Side-Stepping God: How the Nonreligious Find Success in Alcoholics Anonymous, Caitlin Trombley
Dissertations from 2022
The Violence Against Women Act, Intersectional Negligence, and State Crime: A Case of Systemic Racism in Federal Law Development, Katherine Brown
Holism, Philanthropy, and Community Self-Determination: A Case Study of Urban Sustainability Logics in Kalamazoo, Robert Roznowski
Dissertations from 2021
The Political Economy of American Militarism: The Military- Industrial Complex, Power Elite, and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, Randy S. La Prairie
Refugee Social Relations: The Development of Social Ties Among Burmese and Congolese Refugees in West Michigan, Diane M. Roushangar
"Not in My Town": A Community's Response to Water and Soil Pollution, Karolina Staros
Centering Trans-Gender Experiences of Marginalization, Precarity, and Representation: Developing a Theory of Trans-Precarity, Christine E. Strayer
Dissertations from 2020
Collateral Consequences: the Experiences of Black Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones, Keiondra Jné Grace
Politically and Historically Bound: Examining Whiteness and Intersectionality among Self-Identified Feminists, Olivia M. McLaughlin
Dissertations from 2019
At The Crossroads of Race, Class and Culture: Identifying the Unintended Consequences of Technology on the Agency of Blues Musicians, Michael D. Berghoef
Are the Most Educated Indeed the Least Religious? A Study Across Countries, Faiths, and Generations, Yevgeniya Leontyeva Abbott
Dissertations from 2018
The Place of Art in Black Panther Party Revolutionary Thought and Practice: From Revolution to Reform, A Content Analysis, Michael James Macaluso
A Recipe for Success in the ‘English World’: An Investigation of the Ex-Amish in Mainstream Society, Jessica R. Sullivan
Dissertations from 2017
Networked: An Investigation into the Economic Contribution of Manuel Castells, Darrick Brake
Dangerous Deals: A Case Study of NAFTA as a Criminogenic Policy, Daniel J. Patten
Speaking Our Truth: Gender Minority People's Experiences with Discrimination, Codie L. Stone
Dissertations from 2016
Seventh-Day Adventists and ‘Race’ Relations in the U.S.: The Case of Black-White Structural Segregation, Cleran Hollancid
The Rwandan Diaspora in Canada and the United States: Reconciliation and Justice, Jennifer J. Marson
Bullying Experiences and Resilience in LGBTQ Youth, Melinda McCormick
Can You Help Me Now?: The Effects of Cell Phone Use on Social Capital Formation in a Group Setting, Simon J. Purdy
Rising Against the “Enemies of the Church”: The Dynamics of Russian Desecularization and the Making of Its Punitive Regime, Rachel Lynn Schroeder
Capitalism, Social Institutions, and Pathways to Crime: Reconstructing Institutional Anomie Theory, Amanda Marie Smith
Dissertations from 2015
Erich Fromm’s Contributions to Sociological Theory, Walter A. Jensen
Missing Pieces: How Neighborhood Health Context Influences Jail Reentry, Andrew Gregg Verheek
Dissertations from 2014
From Teachers' Control of Curricula to Curricula's Control of Teachers: An Analysis of Loss of Autonomy in the lnstructional Labor Process, Joseph Daniel Abbott Jr.
Dissertations from 2013
"This is Not Just My Story; It's Part of Who I Am": A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective of Battered Women's Identity Negotiations, Jessica Edel Harrelson
Coveting the Backstage: A College Student Audience Study Regarding Authenticity Construction in the Reality Television Viewing Process, Lisa Marie Kruse
Dissertations from 2012
Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Elizabeth A. Bradshaw
End of the Line: Tracking the Commodity Chain of the Electronic Waste Industry, Jacquelynn A. Doyon
Winds of Change: The Historical Contingency of State Crime, Kelly L. Faust
Stop Snitching: Hip Hop's Influence on Crime Reporting in the Inner City, Ladel Lewis
Does Understanding the Kalamazoo Promise Impact African American Participation?, J. Douglas Penn
The Religious Aspects of the 1893 Columbian Exposition: A Case Study of Interreligious Interaction and Religious Pluralism in the Public Square, Cynthia Visscher
Dissertations from 2011
Systematic Sexual Violence by U.S. State Agencies: A Victimology Approach, Sarah Brightman
"Don't Let the Job Change You; You Change the Job": The Lived Experiences of Women in Policing, Carrie Buist
Society in Crisis: A Critical Perspective on Health Care and Distribution ofHealth Status in the United States, Curtis D. Hosier
All I Am: Defining Music as an Emotional Catalyst through a Sociological Study of Emotions, Gender and Culture, Adrienne M. Trier-Bieniek
Dissertations from 2010
From Reproduction to Consumption: The Economic Deterioration of Families in the United States after World War II, Michael David Gillespie
Dissertations from 2009
A Cross-Sectional Approach to Institutional Anomie and Gang-Related Homicide, Michael T. Klemp-North
Domestic Violence Rights Movement in Tanzania: An Exploration, Flora Peter Myamba
The Ethnic Identity of Returning Immigrants to a Pueblo in Yucatan, David Piacenti
Dissertations from 2008
The Theory and Practice of Drug Courts: Wolves in Sheep Clothing?, Kristen E. DeVall
This Journey Is Not for the Faint of Heart: An Investigation of Challenges Facing Transgender Individuals and Their Significant Others, Emily Lenning
Financialism in Pretrial Release and Criminal Case Outcomes: A Relative Comparison of Finances, Ethnicity and Sex, Daniel White
Dissertations from 2007
Thereby become a Monster: Complex Organizations and the Torture at Abu Ghraib, Janine A. Bower
The Effects of Post-Secondary Education on State Troopers’ Job Performance, Stress Levels, and Authoritarian Attitudes, Carl J. Lafata
Fabricating Freddy vs. Jason: Understanding a Motion Picture as a Social Encounter between Fans and Filmmakers, Jason M. Rapelje
Dissertations from 2006
Seeking Justice for Victims and Offenders: A Needs-Based Approach to Justice, Patrick M. Gerkin
Refocusing on Adult Probation: Theory Versus Practice, Paul David Gregory
State-Corporate Crime in Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety: A Case Study of Deviant Activity Between the Police and Computer Vendors, Steven Edward Reifert
The Masquerade of Abu Ghraib: State Crime, Torture, and International Law, Dawn Rothe
The Effect of Parenting Styles in Adolescent Delinquency: Exploring the Interactions Between Race, Class, and Gender, Yaschica Williams
The Representation of Race and Ethnic Relations in Japanese Junior High School English Language Textbooks from 1987 to 2002, Mieko Yamada
Dissertations from 2005
A Sociological History of Prison Privatization in the Contemporary United States, Donna Selman-Killingbeck
Assessing Putnam’s Theory of Social Capital through the Use of Path Analysis, Craig Tollini
A Structural Analysis of Law Enforcement Officer Deaths; 1995-1999, Kasey A. Tucker
Intergenerational Power Exchange Model: Meta-Analysis of Male Batterers’ Intervention Programs, Suzanne Van Weelde
Dissertations from 2004
The Social Construction of Rape Research: Exploring Epistemologies and Evaluating Methods, Edith M. Fisher
Moderate Drinking Classifications as Social Constructions: The Utility of a Salutogenic Perspecitve in Assessing Drinking Behavior, Martin R. Hill
Levittown, Pennsylvania: A Sociological History, Chad M. Kimmel
Deconstructing Fordism: Legacies of the Ford Sociological Department, Georgios Paris Loizides
Controversial Maternal Roles of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Rhonda Elliott McGee
Remembering the Mendiola March: Understanding the Role of Experience and Accounts in the Construction of History, Megan C. Mullins
Amorous Liberty: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Gendered Situations in Free Love Publications in the Mid 1800s, Sandra Ellen Schroer
Dissertations from 2003
Interspecies Encounters: An Ethnography of a Veterinary Hospital, Dana Atwood-Harvey
A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Benton Harbor, Michigan Desegregation Case between 1967 and 1981, Tiffany Anne Loftus Butzbaugh
Social Disorganization, Disorder, Social Cohesion, Informal Controls, and Crime: A Reformulation and Test of Systemic Social Disorganization Theory, Gayle M. Rhineberger
One Mind or Two? How Psychiatrists and Psychologists Manage Medical-Scientific and Religious Interpretations of Mind, Ellen Wagenfeld-Heintz
Culture and the Effectiveness of Supplier Diversity Programs: A Test of Predictors, Gwendolyn Whitfield
Dissertations from 2002
The Link between Smoking and Body Weight among Adolescents, Tracey Barnett
Teachers' Perceptions of School Safety, Safety-Based Changes, and Their Resultant Impact on School Climate: A Case Study, Laura L. Finley
What Have They Told Us About Gangs? A Content Analysis of Twentieth Century Texts on U.S. Gangs, Douglas Lee Gilbertson
The Cultural Script of Special Needs Adoption, George Grant, Jr.
Examining the Experiences of Nontraditional Undergraduate Women: Pedagogy versus Andragogy, Beverly Ann Hair
Perceptions of a Prejudiced Campus: Institutional Antecedents and Personal Consequences for African-American Students, Brenda Taylor King
Economic Development and Social Diversity: The Origin and Composition of a Systemic Growth Regime in Louisville, Kentucky, 1897-1933, John W. McTighe
Ideology or Insanity? Media Presentation of Ted Kaczynski and Tim McVeigh, Matthew P. Sheptoski
Family Structure and Attachment and Their Role in Reducing Delinquency in the African American Family, Kiesha Warren
Dissertations from 2001
Aging Beauty: The Adaptive Reconstruction of the Aging Process in Women, Sheila Marie Bluhm
The Truth Claims of Online Higher Education a Social Constructionist Analysis, Thomas Wells Brignall III
Binge Drinking and Salutogenesis: Sense of Coherence, Stress, Religiousness and Spirituality, Jeanne C . DeBruyn
Dissertations from 2000
A Socio-Cultural Comparative Study of Freshmen of Mexican Descent Attending Western Michigan University, Diane M. Ariza
The Victim Rights Movement: A Social Constructionist Examination, Angela Renee Evans
Social Factors Related to Recovery after Hip Fracture, Debra Lindstrom Hazel
African-American and White Female Homicide Offenders: Women who Kill Intimate Partners Versus Non-Intimate Partners in Chicago between 1980-1995, Shauntey James
Coping with Chronic Fatigue, Susan Lynne Jensen
Childcare and Experiential Knowledge: Expanding Definitions of Childcare, Lori L. McNeil
An Examination of Voir Dire from an Interactionist Perspective, Peter R. Stevenson
Capital Punishment: A New Perspective on Race and Ethnic Differences in Punishment and Death Sentence Outcomes, Martin G. Urbina
Dissertations from 1999
Job Satisfaction among Governmental and Private Sector Employees in Qatar, Jassim Al-Nasr