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The Forgotten Army: The Republic of Korea Forces’ Conduct in the Vietnam War, 1965 – 1973
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)South Korean participation in the Vietnam War (1964-1973) is like the United States’ endeavors in the Korean War (1950-1953), namely both became soon-forgotten wars. Based on bilingual research in the U.S. and South Korea, ... -
Thermally altered microbialites of the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation, Sichuan Basin, South China
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)In the Sichuan Basin and surrounding areas, the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation hosts diverse microbialite forms. Interest in this formation has mainly centered around oil and gas reservoir development, but recent ... -
Accessing Genre/Genre as Access
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This dissertation project asks: How does writing shape access to particular actions, communities, and/or settings? The author adapts a framework for exploring the relationship between writing and access by synthesizing ... -
Are the Criterion B Binge-Eating Disorder Symptoms Interchangeable in Conveying the Latent Binge-Eating Trait? An Item Response Theory Analysis
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Binge-eating disorder (BED) is one of the most prevalent eating-disorder diagnoses among nationally representative samples of adults. Yet, few studies have evaluated the psychometrics of the BED diagnostic criteria. The ... -
Lorraine Hansberry's Radical Activism Beyond Broadway
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This thesis utilizes two of Lorraine Hansberry’s plays, "Les Blancs" (1970) and "Flowers for the General" (1955), to interrogate the larger misconceptions and myths that surround Hansberry and her most famous play, "A ... -
Reconstruction of Holocene Relative Sea-Level Positions for the Morgan Peninsula and Gulf Shores Area of Alabama Using Ground-Penetrating Radar
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Holocene sea-level rise along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast has been debated. One hypothesis interprets basal peats from the Mississippi Delta to indicate continual sea-level rise for the Gulf of Mexico. An alternate ... -
An Inquiry Concerning the Nature of Racial Discourse
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)In this dissertation, I assess the nature of racial discourse from an interdisciplinary perspective. I argue against the new biological racial realism, according to which races are genetic natural kinds or distinct parts ... -
Kindergarten Readiness Summer Speech Boot Camp—Can Children Make Enough Gains in Their Stimulability of Target Sounds Over Summer Break?
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Children with mild-to-moderate speech sound disorder (SSD) often don’t qualify for an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the public-school setting as a result of the large caseloads that school-based speech-language ... -
A Behavioral Economic Evaluation of Preference and Reinforcer Assessment Methods in Organizational Behavior Management
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)There are several available methods for identifying incentives that employees would prefer to work for. However, few organizational behavior management studies have directly evaluated the reliability and validity of these ... -
Restructuring the National Security State: President Richard M. Nixon, the War in Vietnam, and Executive Reorganization
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)My dissertation explains how and why President Richard M. Nixon directed a fundamental rebuilding of the National Security State. I argue that Nixon worked hard to sideline major executive departments, as well as Congress, ... -
Hydrodynamic Controls on Sedimentology and Geomorphology of Marine-Carbonate Ramps: Insights from a Holocene Analogue, Northern Yucatán Shelf, Mexico
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)As one of the end-members of carbonate platform types, carbonate ramps have long been characterized and interpreted with regard to large-scale controls such as tectonics, sea level, climate, and biota. Yet, details on the ... -
Saudi Female Journalists’ Perspectives: The Influence of Gender-Related Work Problems, Support, and Intergroup Contact on Work-Related Outcomes and Attitudes toward Saudi Men
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Abstract From the perspectives of Saudi female journalists (N = 207), the current online survey examined the predictive association between work related problems (i.e., gender discrimination and sexual harassment), social ... -
Essays on Microfinance under Weak Enforcement
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This paper theoretically and empirically studies the optimal lending contracts for both non-profit and for-profit microcredit lenders. I begin by building a theoretical model, where both types of lenders use dynamic ... -
Mythscaping Novorossiya: Nationalism in the Donbass, 2014-15
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)In 2014, Russia-backed rebels in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) declared independence from Ukraine. In addition to establishing control over large swaths of territory in ... -
Efficacy of TAGteach Interventions: Comparing the Effects of Verbal and Audible Feedback on Skill Acquisition of Volleyball Skills
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)TAGteach® (based on principles of teaching with acoustical guidance) is an emerging behavioral coaching strategy that utilizes verbal instructions, visual models, and audible feedback to promote skill acquisition of a ... -
...like a decay in our bones
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)My art practice is a blend of academic research and installation of large-scale figurative ceramic pieces within sacred architectural environments. My work is a reaction to the fragmented representations of women in the ... -
THE “RIGHT” TYPE OF MAN: A DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Exploring video games with a communicative lens is a growing genre of research, one which this project aims to contribute to by examining Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 with an in-depth digital ethnography. By playing ... -
Hieroglyphic, Oral, and Performative: (Re)Evaluating Resistance to Colonialism in the Works of Melville
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Herman Melville’s legacy in nineteenth-century American literary studies remains prolific. Recent scholarly inquiry, such as those by Christopher Freeburg, Geoffrey Sanborn, and Birgit Brander Rasmussen, critically read ... -
Exploring Gendered Violence from Tragic Episodes in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This thesis discusses how Ovid integrates scenes and characters from tragedy into his Metamoprhoses. I examine how Ovid repurposes violence from tragedy, a form of violence that is typically gendered female and occurs in ... -
Partisan Bias Among U.S. Military Service Members and Veterans
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Scholars argue that growing partisanship among U.S. military service members and veterans erodes the military’s apolitical social norms and threatens healthy civil-military relations. I investigate this question by examining ...