This study focuses on the lived sexual and reproductive health experiences of four families, each with three generations of Latinas living in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Existing literature has portrayed Latinx communities through a deficit lens, wh . . .

My study is a critical analysis of the reproduction of structural oppression within contemporary high school Social Studies and Sociology. The purpose of my critical analysis was to identify whether or not classroom content within Social Studies and S . . .

This study explores the sex offender discourse on the online website, Reddit (www.reddit.com). The literature points to a culture of fear, moral and sex panics, as well as the creation of a sex offender as a foundation to understanding the over-crimin . . .

Recent research provides systematic attention to the process of the formerly incarcerated and their reintegration into society. However there is scant research that gives attention to the reintegration process, the mandatory supervision and the stipul . . .

This study assesses how the probation officers (POs) navigated their roles in the workplace as corporal punishment and isolation were replaced with rehabilitative interventions. Previous literature talks about probation officers’ role in the rehabilit . . .

This qualitative research investigates the lives of 8 Indigenous womxn from various Indigenous tribes who served in the United States Marine Corps. It examines how intersecting social identities impact Indigenous womxn’s experiences with violence in t . . .

First-generation, low-income college students are an increasing population at American universities and colleges (Tinto, 2012). TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) is an academic support program funded by the U.S. Department of Education that seeks to . . .

This project focuses on the power of veteran storytelling and art therapy. It discusses the high suicide rates, MTS and PTSD in the military and a lack of resources for military personnel and families.

This study focuses on the lived sexual and reproductive health experiences of four families, each with three generations of Latinas living in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Existing literature has portrayed Latinx communities through a deficit lens, wh . . .

A tale of two drugs attempts to examine the content of newspapers reporting on the drug epidemics of crack cocaine and opioids through a content analysis of the New York Times. This work analyzes newspaper articles from 1986 for crack cocaine and 2016 . . .

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) college students face discrimination, harassment, and oppression throughout university campuses, consequently leading to a different set of experiences than those of their heterosexual counterparts. I . . .

This qualitative study examines how Xicanas are pushed out of comprehensive schools to continuation schools through criminalization based on gender and their ethnic background. I conducted semi-structured interviews that collect Xicana testimonios. I . . .

This paper studies physiological as well as psychological stress disorders in children as possible outcomes of custody litigation. It introduces a stress disorder model to examine disorders. This model defines and suggests that there are buffers and f . . .

This study looks at how the experiences of Black faculty in Southern California community are shaped by anti-Blackness and gendered racism and what strategies they employ to navigate such institutions. In addition, this study investigates the signific . . .

This research provides a statistical analysis on cyber bullying trends in a local city in Southern California based on data derived from a survey administered to 193 middle school students. Using logistic regression analyses, this study’s findings sho . . .

This study is a qualitative look at the experiences of Latino youth on probation in San Diego County. In keeping with Smith's standpoint theory, this research gives voice to Latino youth and puts their perspectives of the juvenile justice system at th . . .

This research will investigate the dynamics of human-perpetrated violence towards women and their companion animals. A small body of research indicates that abusers often threaten, hurt, or kill family pets as a means of coercing and controlling their . . .

This research aimed to transform the commonly portrayed image of Latino immigrant youth as “at-risk” to youth who exhibit resiliency. With this intention in mind, I took the definition of resiliency and focused on how Latino immigrant youth overcome i . . .

This research draws on the personal experiences of Black women in recovery who have administratively lost their children to state welfare agencies, and who are going through the processes of reunification. Using current statistics drawn from the crimi . . .

This research explores the linguistic practices of Spanish/English bilingual students in higher education, a predominantly English-speaking environment. Focusing on the instances in which they deploy the Spanish language, these research findings lead . . .

My past experiences within the working poor class faction have compelled this thesis and the desire to create a grassroots project to help the working poor and others with limited incomes in my local community. I entered the field seeking to learn the . . .

The purpose of this research is to study the effects of self-perceived skin color on assimilatory attitudes of U.S. Latinos/as of Mexican descent. This study examines how preferential treatment based on skin color shapes the experiences of Hispanic im . . .

The goal of this research was to understand the social interactional processes that lead some youth to succeed in homeless youth programs while others struggle. The homeless youth program where I spent my time in was a school in Downtown San Diego tha . . .

Homeless mothers and their dependent children make up the fastest growing segment of the homeless population within the United States. The primary societal response to the increase in homeless families with dependent children has been to establish tra . . .

This research draws on the experiences of eight women who are survivors of domestic violence and have graduated from or are currently living in long-term housing programs. Recently, research has highlighted a strong correlation between domestic violen . . .

This research gives an account of working class Black women’s lives based on the “strong Black woman ideal.” Eight narratives were used to discuss their experiences from their standpoint. The findings suggest that the need to be strong is a byproduct . . .

California is continually looking for new ways to tackle the problem of recidivism and reduce prison populations. Unfortunately, once an individual comes into contact with the prison system, he or she will likely have more than one encounter. There ar . . .

This qualitative research study seeks to understand how “successful” elementary school teachers conceptualize and manage their work in the age of standardization. I analyzed the interview data collected from a convenience sample of ten elementary scho . . .

This research is an exploratory analysis on the process of anticipatory socialization in the nursing profession. Using identity theory, this research examines the potential of anticipatory socialization in the formation of a nursing role identity. As . . .

Filipino language, in its history, has been a source of strength and empowerment, and a means of nationalism and identity, against dominating powers. I propose that in the U.S., Filipino language teachers have played a pivotal role in how Filipino lan . . .

The participation of fathers at the earliest stages of child carework can be somewhat undistin-guished when mothers handle all of the feeding carework through breastfeeding, but a possible solution to this gender inequity could be to encourage male br . . .

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the meaning and experiences of interracial relationships for Black women. Although there is ample research on the subject of interracial unions, the perspectives of Black women engaged in these rela . . .

Although young people have been a focus in the research, a gap remains in research. While society has enacted laws and regulations concerning youth, they have very limited say as to issues pertaining to them. In this study, I gained entry into an orga . . .

Encouraging recycling by businesses will play an important role in diverting waste from landfills. However, little is currently known about the motivations and barriers to recycling for businesses. Qualitative interviews conducted with business owners . . .

This research attempts to explain the rise in elective cosmetic surgical procedures, women, and westernized expectations of beauty. The social lens through which these variables are viewed derive from hegemony, race, and media constructions of gender. . . .

This research draws on the experiences of five male service members and two female navy spouses who have been clients of Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. While the military and the military way of life have attracted considerable attention in the med . . .

The purpose of this research is threefold: 1) to examine in-home hands-on care of elderly family members from the caregiver's perspective; 2) to consider the impacts of in-home caregiving on the caregiver and other family members; and 3) to discover w . . .

This study examines the experiences of Mexican construction workers in the nonunion residential construction sector of the drywall/taper trade. Mexican workers make up the largest drywall/taper workforce in San Diego County, working under some of the . . .

This study analyzed the experiences of former Latino ESL students after they completed the ESL program at a community college. Twelve semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted. The findings in this study suggest that former Latino ESL studen . . .

This research looks at the factors that lead to crimes in which women are overrepresented in state prisons. The study uses the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities (United States Department of Justice, 2004).This survey . . .

This study aims to understand the role of non-biological maternal caretakers in society. Examined in this qualitative study were non-biological maternal caretakers’ negotiations of their role. For this purpose, nine women who were in an unmarried dati . . .

Abstract: This qualitative study examines the process of worker displacement due to the structural conditions of technological advancements in the presentation of media and their impacts on newspaper press workers. I use Erving Goffman’s concept of a . . .

Based on hegemonic gender conceptualizations, Black couples are inundated with issues of sexism and racism that threatens to sabotage the formation of healthy relationships between black males and black females. This includes expressions of sexuality. . . .

This study examines the experiences, feelings and perceptions of day laborers regarding their socio-economic realities, their views on their employers, and the impact of social agencies that help them secure temporary employment and prevent employer a . . .

Social movement studies have seen various attempts at explaining multiple manifestations on “punk” as a social movement. Different scholars have variously emphasized the role of masculinity, delinquency, and subcultural features of punk. Many of these . . .

Executive Summary The Agency The Hillcrest Youth Center (also known as the Youth House) is designed as a safe place for youth to gather and socialize and has served over 1,500 youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds, half of whom are youth of color a . . .

This thesis reports findings from an ethnographic study of how police officers maintain social order in two high schools. The project looks at the experiences of two School Resource Officers (SROs) located in two different communities. One SRO is loca . . .

Simmons and colleagues (Simmons and Blyth, 1987; Simmons, Burgeson, Carlton-Ford, and Blyth 1987) developed the arena of comfort theory. Call and Mortimer (2001) employ this theory developing constructs in four comfort arenas: family, peer, school and . . .