Humanities and Social Sciences Theses
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
"Far in Distant Lands to Dwell": The Sacred Harp Presence in the Arkansas Ozarks, Matthew James Shomaker
Mourning and Reversal/Joy in the Hebrew Bible: David's Lost Child in 2 Samuel 12:15-23, Christine Rene Tibbs
China's Religious Policies in the Post-Mao Period: Co-Existence or Confrontation, Yiran Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Karaikkal Ammaiyar: A Study of Feminine Autonomy, Power, and Prestige in the Medieval Bhakti Tradition, Meghan A. Faries
The Evolution of Thought: The Development and Motivation of Religious Conflict Between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula From 711-1609, Stephen Mark Fugitt
Selling Timeshares in Heaven: A Psychological-Historical Analysis of Revival Preaching in the United States, Nena Leann Kircher
Dynamics of Rural School Consolidation in the Arkansas Ozarks, 1900-1950, James Blake Perkins
Powerful Magic: Sorcery, Magic, Witchcraft and the Spanish Inquisition as Catalysts for Women's Power, Diana M. Rosia
The Contemporary Critique of Ethnographic Exhibits: A Case Study at Discovery Center Springfield, Megan Lynn Scales
As Seen Through Foreign Eyes: Nineteenth Century French Images of Mexico and Mexicans and Their Contributions to the Creation of a National Stereotype, 1822-1873, Argelia S. Segovia-Liga
"He Has Dark Secrets He Will Not Reveal…": Medicine and Magic Tried by the Ecclesiastical Courts of New Spain, 1523-1689, Cody Austin Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
So Many Thieves and Lutherans at Sea: Spain's Reaction to the Emergence of French Huguenots in the New World, Annie Louise Adams
Theology, Music, and Emotion: The Gethsemane Section of J. S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Kimberly Kay Clark
Student-Athletes' Leadership Self-Efficacy, Michael Ty Davis
Lipstick Squadron: The Media's Portrayal of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, Sarah Elizabeth Myers
Xxxianity: A Safe, Non-Pornographic Place to Shop for All Your Christian Sex Toy and Romance Needs, Miles Adam Park
The Role of Jewish Transformational Mysticism in Paul's Thought, Tyson Lee Putthoff
A Contempt for the German Nation: The Plight of the Germanic Peoples before the Spanish Inquisition, 1525-1700, Samantha Louise Rohaus
Call And Response: Aesthetic Reception of Lamentations 2.20-22, Jane Ellen Terry
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Emergency Management: A Case Study of the Springfield-Greene County, Missouri Ice Storm, Carmen Parker Bradshaw
Seeking Neo-Bohemias in Mid-Sized Cities: The Case of Springfield, MO., Evangelia Petridou Daughtrey
This-Worldly Explanations for Otherworldly Growth: Vitality in an Ozarks Megachurch, Joseph Lee Dutko
Nonprofit Board Composition and Overall Organizational Effectiveness, Kathryn Ellen Hammock
From the Margins to the Mainstream: The Emergence of an American Pentecostal Intellectual Life, Jonathan William Olson
Anthropodicy: How Non-Theists Explain Evil, Katharina Sandmark Phoenix
The Chinese Must Go: The Attitudes of Californians toward the Chinese, 1850-1885, Sarah C. Randow
Local Tax Initiatives as a Funding Source for Children's Mental Health, Marie E. Swope
David Rice Atchison, Southern Spokesman: 1844-1855, Matthew T. Vogeler
The Communist and the Altruist: Alcander Longley's Newspapers and Communities, Robert Jeffrey David Wells
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Sniffles, Immigration, and Lunch: New Security Threats, Anthony L. Buttacy
Christian Science and Anxiety in the Life of Principia College Students, Heather J. Fabian
The Influence of Some Late Medieval Devotional Literature on Margery Kempe, Carla Jeanette Jeanette McKinney Heifner
The Boy Battery: A Socio-Military Study of the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery, Claire Marie Momot
A Matter of Marching, a Matter of Supply: Politics and Logistics in Arkansas, 1863-1864, Alfred Hoyt Wallace
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Conflict and Conformity: The Holy Office of the Inquisition in Colonial Cuba, 1511-1821, Brendan V. Fletcher
Yitzhak Rabin: the Struggle For War and Peace, 1967-1995, Stephanie Kirk
Can I Get a Witness?: Narratives of Disaffiliation as Narratives of Healing Written by Women Who Grew up as Jehovah's Witnesses, Mary Marguerite Langille-Hoppe
Asoka in the Postcolonial Imagination: Contemporary Ideological Readings of India's Past, Johnathon Parsons
How the Missouri Baptist Convention Shifted Their Identity to the Southern Baptist Convention's New Hegemony, David James Rice
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15: Reconciling Abjection Within Confinium, Robert R. Schafer
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Religion and Politics: Adding a Definition of Religion to John Rawls and Richard Rorty, Mary Brune
The Quest for Political Legitimacy Within Christian and Islamic Fundamentalist Movements, Kyle Coble
Behold These English Dogs!: Englishmen in the Atlantic World Before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, 1560-1630, Michael S. Hale
The Mazmanian-Sabatier Implementation Framework Examined: an Application to Storm Water Policy, Marie Elizabeth Beckmann Hatlelid
The Defeat of the 1914 Missouri Woman Suffrage Initiative, Lynn Michele Lansdown
Gamla: A Question of Ultimate Sacrifice, Joe K. Moore
Creating the Exotic East: Romantic Literature, Orientalist Scholarship, and the Colonial Construction of the East, Martha Smith
War Continued by Other Means: The Politics of Religion And Violence, Jean A. Stalhood
The Value of Study Abroad: Intended Outcome Goals and Evaluation Instruments of the High School Study Abroad Industry, Jennifer L. Wiley
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Governing Interests: Structured Interest Maximization as a Construct For Choice Dynamics, Leslie J. Bass
Patriarch as Trickster: the Social and Literary Function of the Jacob Cycle in Genesis 25-33, Brian R. Doak
Security Council Reform in the Context of Global Policy, Olga E. Gordon
Awakened Lambs: Jewish Armed Resistance in the Ghettos, 1939-1944, Gregory A. Katzin
A Continuous Story Of Wrongs And Outrages: The First Arkansas Union Cavalry, Michael L. Price
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
It Comes and It Goes: the History of Professional Baseball in Springfield, Missouri: 1887-1950, Rusty D. Aton
Globalization: From a Political, Economical and Cultural Perspective, Robert Bohuslav
The Soviet Prosecution At Nuremberg and Its Relation to Nazi Collaboration in Ukraine, Douglas N. Jones
Food, Flesh, and Fervor: Perfecting the Ascetic Body in Tertullian's De Ieiunio, John R. Kennedy
For-Profit Or Not-For-Profit?: An Empirical Analysis Of The Rural Hospital Conversion Process, Sheila A. Mitchell
"One Taste Worldwide": Defining Taste in Mcdonald's Court Cases, George C. Welch
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Islam & Democracy In The Context Of The Contemporary Islamic Political Resurgence, Kamran Bokhari
"--As in all the Churches of the Saints-- " : What to do With 1 Corinthians 14:33B?, Michael D. Fisher
Here Comes The Bride: A Discursive Analysis Of The Twelve Tribes Messianic Kingdom's Eschatological Wedding Ritual, Jacob Harris
Death Cults In Ancient Israel And Modern Scholarship: Practical And Theoretical Issues In Old Testament Studies, Erin Danielle Kuhns
U.S.-China Relations in the New Century: Challenges and Opportunities, Yitan Li
Border Disputes in Southeast Kansas, 1856-1858, David Stone
The Shaping Of The Ukrainian Catholic Church Through Myth, Ritual, And Classification, Alexandra Yaremko
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
The United States And The European Union: A Sparring Session That Has The U. S. Worried, Nick Beatty
Transatlantic Relations: An Assessment Of The Post-Cold War Transformations, Alexander Demishkevich
U. S. Foreign Policy In The Post-Cold War Era, Huiyim Mellenbruch
Family Values: Anti-Familial Rhetoric And Counterculture In The Sayings Of Jesus: A Social-Structural Study, James A. Murphy
Perspectives of Integration in Central Asia, Zamira Satarkulova
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
European Union Enlargement Towards The Central And Eastern European Countries With Special Emphasis On The Czech Republic: A Process Of Widening And Deepening, Daniela Bohuslav
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Misplaced Justice: the Hadamar War Crimes Trial of Irmgard Huber, Rhonda McHale-Moore
Divine Order, Divine Myth: The Necessity Of Gender Paradigms In The Study Of Protestant Fundamentalist Thought, Leslie Elizabeth Smith
The Making of American Religious Experience: a Socio-Political Critique of 'Experience' in American Religious History, Matthew S. Waggoner
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Mexican Immigrants to Hutchinson, Kansas, 1905-1940: How a Temporary Haven Became Home, Kathie Hinnen
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Seeing People: Policies And Perceptions That Impact Health Care Equal Communication In Springfield, Missouri, Chris Raymond
Rituals of Power in Southern Africa: an Investigation of the Healing Dance of the !Kung in the Context of African Rituals of Power, Jeffrey Clark Ruff
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Federal Bureau of Prison Wardens' Correctional Orientation to Rehabilitation, Mary Lynn Kinkade
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Civilizing The Savage: The Women's National Indian Association, 1879-1901, Daniel L. Ragsdale
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Children At Risk: Child Health in America, Melissa Beach Haddow
Executive Regulation of Abortion During the Reagan-Bush Years, Tracy A. Weitz
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Evaluation of Diagnosis Related Groups: Impacts on Cost and Patient Care, Edward Ray Barber
A Study of Fifth Century Persian Administration in Western Anatolia and Eber Nari, Paul W. Lewis
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Federal Government Recruiting: a Comparative Study of the Public and Private Sectors, Sandra M. Crews
Education: a Necessary Investment For Economic Success, Tracey M. Elmore
Close Range: a Study of Battlefield Ranges At Shiloh and Antietam, Michael Paul Newton
Competition Vs. Regulation in the Health Care Market: Approaches to Cost Containment, Joan Kathryn Twiton
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
The Land Of A Million Smiles: Tourism And Modernization In Taney County And Stone County, Missouri 1900-1930, Linda Myers-Phinney
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Opportunities For Career Advancement in the Public Sector: an Analysis of the Views of Frontline Supervisors in Missouri Merit Agencies, Wilma Jean Kinder
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Multihospital Systems Wave of the Future in Healthcare, Jesus Alvaro Garcia
The Impact of Illness on World Leaders, Bert Edward Park
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
A Study of Unionization in the Field of Nursing, Shirley Jeanne Eckert
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
A Planner's Dilemma: Hostile Public Opinion and Land Use Planning in Rural Southwest Missouri, Andrew A. Hair
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Adolf Eichmann: a Reappraisal, Lue Anne Christensen
Bureaucratic and Ethnic Pluralism: the Nigerian Experience, Amaefule Santiago Uchegbu
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
A Critical Examination of the Later Omrides, Joseph O. Downey
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
The Pre-Israelite Nations of Canaan, Gerard A. Bachke
Characterization of the Murine Macrophage Suppressor Factor (Msf), Mary Ann Francka
