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Sex Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates in the United States: A Study of California Public Schools
Paper examines teen pregnancy rates across states in the United States and proposes a study that correlates the types of sex education utilized in individual counties or independent school districts and teen pregnancy rates across a sufficiently diverse state, such as California.
Date:
2015
Creator:
Horton, Hannah
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wither the Whip, Strengthen the Sword: Colonial Legacy and Geno-/Politicide in the Post-Colonial World, 1945-2012
Undergraduate thesis examining the causes of geno-/politicides and the potential correlation between colonial legacy and the increased likelihood of seeing geno-/politicide across all newly independent states post-WWII from 1945-2012. This study reviews colonialism through an anthropological and sociological lens and applies it to state-structure's impact on political violence.
Date:
May 8, 2014
Creator:
Wood, Colin
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
All Terrorism is Local? A Quantitative Analysis of Al Qaeda Affiliation and Rebel Group Behavior
Paper examines the effects of affiliation, focusing on Al Qaeda, on the behavior of rebel groups.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Robbins, Arianna
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
All’s Well That Ends Better: Third-Party Intervention as a Challenge to Sovereignty
Paper investigates the role third party intervention has played in undermining or bolstering the stability of a state’s leadership in a post-conflict setting via capacity building and legitimacy.
Date:
2014
Creator:
VanMeter, Emily
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Does the Truth Really Set You Free? Examining the Effect of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions on Social and Political Trust
Paper investigates the effect that truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have on social and political trust in Africa, utilizing the Afrobarometer and World Values Survey.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Mendez, Nicole
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Engendering Violence: The Acceptability of Domestic Violence as a Determinant of Intrastate Conflict
Paper analyzes the influence of attitudes regarding domestic violence upon the likelihood of civil conflict.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Leban, Lucy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Expanding Powers, Gender Dynamics and Militarized Interstate Disputes: The Impact of National Material Capability and Gender on Onset and Escalation
Paper explores the relationship between national capabilities and the likelihood of conflict, and in particular the impact of gender on this relationship.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Ferris, Rachel Elizabeth
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Finding the Frontline in Civil Conflict: Looting and Recruiting in African Refugee Camps
This paper explores the relationship between the locations of conflict zones and refugee camps in African nations.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Bolte, Brandon L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Repressed by the Scales of Justice: The Ramifications of the International Criminal Court
Paper argues that the creation of the International Criminal Court will increase repression of citizens in participating countries.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Schoner, Rachel J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stronger than Yesterday: The Effect of Ethnic Conflict on Ethnic Identity
Paper explores the relationship between ethnic conflict and ethnic identity using quantitative methods.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Shymonyak, Andriy V.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
When Will People Learn? Democracy Just Doesn’t Work
Paper explores questions about the efficacy of democracy in America.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Wood, Justin
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Calling in the Big Guns: Desire for Military Intervention in Politics
Paper explores the relationship between perceptions of legitimacy and the desire for military intervention in politics.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Hayden, Sarah L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Confederated States of Africa: A Framework for Continental Unity
Undergraduate thesis presenting a framework for a united African continent. The current international system has left Africa largely behind and a massive portion of Africa's issues such as territorial disputes are the result of Western influence and intervention. A philosophical normative idea is presented whereby those affected by its implementation can develop the methodologies and intricacies such a program requires and no claim should be made by an outside influence.
Date:
2013~
Creator:
Lux, Ryan
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Decentralization and Conflict: The Missing Link in State Capacity Literature
Paper explores the relationship between decentralization and the onset of civil wars.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Fan, Derick
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Discord is Beauty; Silence is Beast: Dissent in Authoritarian Regimes
Paper explores the link between types of authoritarian regimes and violent and nonviolent dissent.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Copeland, D.K.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Roles of the White House Chief of Staff
Paper analyzes the roles that the White House Chief of Staff plays and how effective they are in said roles.
Date:
2013
Creator:
McAlister, Lisa
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Size Matters: Strength of Force in Peace Building Missions
Paper analyzes the correlation between the size of a peacekeeping force and the likelihood of peacekeeping failures.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Fink, Frances Reka
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United States Diplomatic Negotiations Under the Articles of Confederation
Paper examines how and why the United States had difficulty accomplishing diplomatic goals under the Articles of Confederation.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Clark, Joshua
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
We Didn’t Start the Fire: The Effect of Foreign Sponsorship on Peace Duration
Paper explores the effect of foreign sponsorship on the likelihood of civil war reoccurance.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Roberts, Jordan
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
We’re Not Gonna Take It: The Impact of Societal Support on Conflict Onset
Paper analyzes the effect of societal support on the likelihood of civil conflict.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Dietrich, Nicholas
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Acquisition of Sino-Japanese Characters by Non-Native Language Students: A Primary Language Approach
Poster for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on how non-native, western speakers acquire languages involving Sino/Japanese characters. Specifically, it addresses how elements from instruction in the native language and culture may be modified to enhance mastery of the given language with regard to character use and literacy.
Date:
April 19, 2012
Creator:
Posey, Eric & Verrill, Diane
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Attention Black College Women: "It Is Time To Think Twice Before You Make That Choice!"
Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on African American women on college campuses. This research consists of studying African American women on college campuses and discerning what psychological components encourage them to have premarital sex.
Date:
April 19, 2012
Creator:
Yasmeen, Frazier & Verrill, Diane
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biocompatible Graphene-based Growth of Cancer Cells: A Work in Progress
Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on the biocompatible graphene-based growth of cancer cells. Graphene is made of a single layer of carbon atoms. Recently is has been used to successfully differentiate stem cells in neural cells.
Date:
April 19, 2012
Creator:
Parks, Melissa & Verrill, Diane
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Changing American Family and its Consequences
Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on the changing American family and its consequences.
Date:
April 19, 2012
Creator:
Cha, Jina & Verrill, Diane
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library