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Dissertations from 2022
Finding the Meaning of Naloxone: Perceptions of the Administration of an Opioid Antagonist Drug Among Police Officers, Michelle N. Crist
Neighborhood and Environmental Predictors of At-Risk and Problem Gambling in Massachusetts, Kendra E. Pugh
Dissertations from 2021
Exploring “The Healthy Immigrant Effect” Among Elderly Asians with Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Assessment, Manan Nayak Forde
Moving Beyond the Individual: Applying Cultural Identity to Stigma Theory and Methodology, Emily Reichert
Dissertations from 2020
An Integrative Model of Mental Illness Identity Development: Volunteerism as a Supplement to Treatment for Depression, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Well-Being, Candace C. Cantrell
Managing Methadone Mile: Dynamics of Neighborhood Change and Social Control in Boston's South End, Adam W. Pittman
Dissertations from 2019
Dreams of College: In Pursuit of Higher Education While Undocumented, Alessandra Maria Bazo Vienrich
The Impact of Stigmatization on College Students Returning from Mental Health Leave, Don A. Camelio
Digital Vanguards: Tween Girls' Online Performances and the Construction of Modern American Girlhoods, Katherine A. Phelps
Defining Worthy Victims: State-Level Legislative Decisions to Prevent the Criminalization of Commercially Sexually Exploited Children in the United States, Kathleen A. Price
From Victim to Volunteer: A Life Course Perspective and the Transition to Adulthood for Individuals Who Have Sold Sex, Julianne M. Siegfriedt
Dissertations from 2018
Surveying Identities in Context: Race, Gender & Sexual Orientation ‘at Work’, Justine A. Bulgar-Medina
Navigating Young Adulthood with a Serious Mental Health Condition: Influential Factors on School, Training, and Work Activities, Kathryn Sabella
Dissertations from 2017
Absent Identities, Actual Identities, Identity Prominence, and Psychological Distress, Gerard Byron
Dissertations from 2016
The Role of the Media in Framing the American Indian Victim, Lena M. Campagna