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Theses from 2020

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Kneeling for Social Justice: Epistemologies of Ignorance, Schemas, and Frames on Twitter, Robert J. Rice

Theses from 2013

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Trauma History and Social Connection in a Sample of Chronically Homeless Adults: A Test of the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis, Amanda L. Aykanian

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Gentrification is Political: How Local Government Fosters Community Change, Whitney A. Gecker

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Spatial Democratization, Urban Citizenship and Alternative Mobility: A Comparative Analysis of Bicycle Praxis in Boston, Massachusetts and Bogota, Colombia, Diego Gomez-Aristizabal

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The Disadvantage of a Sex-Segregated Labor Market: Sex Composition and the Availability of Work-Family Benefits, Orlaith D. Heymann

Theses from 2012

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How Would You Feel? Stigma and Self-Esteem in Student Responses to Intimate Partner Violence Vignettes, Taylor Lynn Hall

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Early Childhood Adversity and Risk for Psychotic Disorder in Adulthood, Anne G. Remington

Theses from 2011

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How Important is Culture? The Role of Social-Structural Versus Cultural Variables in Shaping Social Support Seeking in the Lives of African American, Italian, Dominican, And Other Hispanic Youth, Aged 18-36, Tsiom Ion Motkin

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Perception of Mental Illness on the University of Massachusetts - Boston Campus, Arthur Robert Stead

Theses from 1986

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The Massachusetts Higher Education in Prisons Program: History and Evaluation, Kathleen Bryant