Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Effect of Acute Interpersonal Racial Discrimination on Smoking Motivation and Behavior among Black Smokers, Patricia F. Calixte-Civil
Seeking David Fagen: The Search for a Black Rebel's Florida Roots, Frank Schubert
Exploring Implicit Bias to Evaluate Teacher Candidates' Ethical Practice in the Internship, Jamie Silverman and Jessica Shiller
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Perceived Discrimination and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Blacks: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Heart SCORE Study, Marilyn Aluoch
Health Information Barriers, Weight Status, and Health Behaviors among Cancer Survivors: Exploring the Moderating Effects of Race and Ethnicity, Jennifer L. Barinas
Meaning and Monuments: Morality, Racial Ideology, and Nationalism in Confederate Monument Removal Storytelling, Kathryn A. DelGenio
The Experiences of African American Male Computer Science Majors in Two Year Colleges, Simone Brookins Jenkins
Ain't I a Woman, Too? Depictions of Toxic Femininity, Transmisogynoir, and Violence on STAR, Sunahtah D. Jones
In Another's Voice: Making Sense of Reproductive Health as Women of Color, Nivethitha Ketheeswaran
Teaching towards Critical Consciousness: Preservice Teachers Narrate Race in English Education, Joanelle Morales
The Peruvian minstrel: an analysis of the representations of blackness in the performance of El Negro Mama from 1995 to 2016, Ana Lucía Mosquera Rosado
Responding to racial incivility in classrooms: Hospitality and responsibility, Nathalie Piquemal, Dave Misir, and Rebeca Heringer
Fear, Death, and Being-a-problem: Understanding and Critiquing Racial Discourse with Heidegger’s Being and Time, Jesús H. Ramírez
A Family Histories Study of Parents Engaging Issues of Race and Racism, Omar J. Salaam
The Black Freedom Movement and the Politics of the Anti-Genocide Norm in the United States, 1951 - 1967, Daniel E. Solomon
Submissions from 2018
Politics, Greed, Regulator Violence, and Race in Tampa, 1858-1859, Canter Brown Jr.
Does A Student-Athletes' Socioeconomic Background Matter?, Carl E. Gilmore Jr.
Tampa's Black Business Community: 1900-1915, Daleah Goodwin
Learning in the Margins: The Educational Experiences of an African American Male with Disabilities, Aisha Holmes
Impact of Obesity and Expression of Obesity-Related Genes in the Progression of Prostate Cancer in African American Men, Mmadili Nancy Ilozumba
Hillsborough County School Desegregation Busing and Black High Schools in Tampa, Florida April 1971- September 1971, Elinor Kimmel
Race and Gender in (Re)integration of Victim-Survivors of CSEC in a Community Advocacy Context, Joshlyn Lawhorn
Evaluating the Effectiveness, Feasibility, and Treatment Acceptability of a Culturally Adapted Version of Discriminated Functional Communication with Afro-Caribbean Families, Monique R. Litchmore
Performing the Black-White Biracial Identity: The Material, Discursive, and Psychological Components of Subject Formation, Travis M. Marn
Do All “Good Mothers” Breastfeed? How African American Mothers’ Values and Experiences of Early Motherhood Influence Their Infant Feeding Choices, Airia S. Papadopoulos
Gleanings of Black Life in Tampa 1513-1993, Tony Pizzo
Perspectives of older Blacks and Whites living with serious mental illness about outpatient mental health services, Rosalyn Roker
An History of Blacks in Tampa/Hillsborough County from 1526 to the Present, James E. Tokley
A Culture of Resistance: An Ethnography of Tampa Bay’s Racial Justice Activist Community, Emily Janna Weisenberger
"Ain't I a woman?": Black Women Negotiate and Resist Systemic Oppression in Undergraduate Engineering and Mathematics Disciplines, Jessica Alyce Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Benchmarks of Equality? School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and School Discipline Risk and Disparities for Black and Hispanic Students, Christopher M. Barclay
Documenting an Imperfect Past: Examining Tampa's Racial Integration through Community, Film, and Remembrance of Central Avenue, Travis R. Bell
“Have a Seat at our Table: Uncovering the Experiences of Black Students Attending a ‘Racially Diverse’ University”, Diamond Briggs
“I Use to Pray and Ask God to Give Me Another Chance”: A Phenomenological Analysis of Black Males’ Journey Attending an Alternative School, Jimmy R. Caldwell Jr
Nonresident Paternal Factors and the Psychosocial Adjustment of Black Adolescents from Single-Mother Households, Erica Elizabeth Coates
A Portrait in Black and White: An Analysis of Race in the Adult Education Classroom, Tealia N. Deberry
Problematic Participation and Educational Dilemmas: Ethnography of the Educational Experiences of Black Male Youth in Hillsborough County, Florida, Deneia Y. Fairweather
Perceptual Learning Style Modalities: Comparing Latino, Black, and Caucasian Adults, Nicolle Chantelle Hardy
Black Girl Magic?: Negotiating Emotions and Success in College Bridge Programs, Olivia Ann Johnson
Testing the Medical Arms Race Hypothesis: a Spatial Approach, Robyn M. Kibler
Structural Racism: Racists without Racism in Liberal Institutions within Colorblind States, Alexis Nicole Mootoo
Resistance from Within: Domestic violence and rape crisis centers that serve Black/African American populations, Jessica Marie Pinto
Pain and Physical Function in a Socioeconomically Diverse Sample of Black and White Adults, Angela Sardina
The Spirit of Friendship: Girlfriends in Contemporary African American Literature, Tangela La'Chelle Serls
Parent Involvement Factors from the Perspectives of Academically Successful Black Male College Students, Vernon Leo Stanley Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Family Life in Carver City- Lincoln Gardens, Lisa K. Armstrong
Our Counter-Life Herstories: The Experiences of African American Women Faculty in U.S. Computing Education, Shetay Nicole Ashford
Neighborhood Perceptions of Proximal Industries in Progress Village, FL, Laura E. Baum
"The Afro that Ate Kentucky": Appalachian Racial Formation, Lived Experience, and Intersectional Feminist Interventions, Sandra Louise Carpenter
The Role of Religion in Mitigating Cancer Disparities Among Black Americans, Samar Hennawi
“Black Americans and HIV/AIDS in Popular Media” Conforming to The Politics of Respectability, Alisha Lynn Menzies
The Construction of Latino Im/migrant Families in U.S. News Media: Parents’ Responses and Self-representations, Jason Edward Miller
“Way Down Upon the Suwanee River”: Examining the Inclusion of Black History in Florida’s Curriculum Standards, William Newell
The Effects of Racial Bias on Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Scenarios, Batya Yisraela Rubenstein
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Scores and Novel Risk Factors in Relation to Race and Gender, Johanna Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Effect of Colorist Images on Appearance Concerns of Black Women, Leah Boepple
The Continuum of Ethno-Racial Socialization: Learning About Culture and Race in Middle-Class Latina/o Families, Maria D. Duenas
Effect of Empathy on Death Penalty Support in Relation to the Racial Divide and Gender Gap, Brian Godcharles
Muckraking and C.O.B.Y (Cry of Black Youth): Uncovering a History of Organizing in Belle Glade, Raymond A. Hamilton
Teaching About Race in Introductory Anthropology Courses: An Ethnographic Study, Jennifer Gilroy Hunsecker
"Now You Know What You're Reaching For...On the Up and Up": An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Scholar Identity Development Among Black Male Achievers, Coretta Andréa Irby
'She Shall Not Be Moved': Black Women's Spiritual Practice in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Beloved, Paradise, and Home, Rondrea Danielle Mathis
HEALTH INFOR[M-ED]: Black College Females Discuss a Virtual Reality (VR) Platform for Sexual Health Education and Training, Henry Arnett Ross
To "Plant Our Trees on American Soil, and Repose Beneath their Shade": Africa, Colonization, and the Evolution of a Black Identity Narrative in the United States, 1808-1861, Edward Jason Vickers
Race/Ethnic Disparities in Treatment Patterns among Newly Diagnosed Primary Prostate Cancer Patients in Florida, Vonetta L. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A Portraiture of Leadership as Enacted by School Administrators Working in Alternative Educational Settings, Eric Shawn Hall
The Birth of a Nation: The Case for a Tri-Level Analysis of Forms of Racial Vindication, Charles Fred Hearns
Not on My Street: Exploration of Culture, Meaning and Perceptions of HIV Risk among Middle Class African American Women, Corliss D. Heath
Four Women: An Analysis of the Artistry of Black Women in the Black Arts Movement, 1960s-1980s, Abney Louis Henderson
The Black Experience in the United States: An Examination of Lynching and Segregation as Instruments of Genocide, Brandy Marie Langley
Recreational Segregation: The Role of Place in Shaping Communities, Iyshia Michelle Lowman
Ghosts, Orphans, and Outlaws: History, Family, and the Law in Toni Morrison's Fiction, Jessica Mckee
Science Fiction/Fantasy and the Representation of Ethnic Futurity, Joy Ann Sanchez-Taylor
Caribbean Traditions in Modern Choreographies: Articulation and Construction of Black Diaspora Identity in L'Ag'Ya by Katherine Dunham, Viktoria Tafferner-Gulyas
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A Comparative Perspective of Black College Males on the Achievement Gap: Implications for School Counselors, Detra Bethell
Rhetorical Spirits: Spirituality as Rhetorical Device in New Age Womanist of Color Texts, Ronisha Witlee Browdy
"It's This Simple, You Really Have to Want to Be Together": A Qualitative Study of African American Military Couples, Emelda Curry
African Americans and Hospice: A Culture-Centered Exploration of Disparities in End-of-Life Care, Patrick Dillon
The Underrepresentation of African American Women Faculty: A Phenomenological Study Exploring the Experiences of McKnight Doctoral Fellow Alumna Serving in the Professoriate, Dionne Jones Ferguson
Marginalized African American Grandmothers Raising their School-Aged Grandsons: Perspectives on Parental Involvement, Felita Grant Lott
"All Blacks Vote the Same?": Assessing Predictors of Black American Political Participation and Partisanship, Antoine Lennell Jackson
Factors Influencing Vaccination Decisions in African American Mothers of Preschool Age Children, Chauntel Mckenzie Mcnair
The Strong Black Woman, Depression, and Emotional Eating, Michelle Renee Offutt
Community Arts in the Lives of Disadvantaged African American Youth: Educating for Wellness and Cultural Praxis, Mabel Sabogal
Social Determinants of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perinatal Morbidity: Social Origins of Perinatal Health Study, Abraham A. Salinas-Miranda
Negotiating Race-Related Tensions: How White Educational Leaders Recognize, Confront, and Dialogue about Race and Racism, Amy Jo Samuels
"When You Tell Them, Your Secret is Out There": Experiences of Sexuality and Intimacy Among HIV Positive Black Women, Mackenzie Rae Tewell
The Black Freedom Struggle and Civil Rights Labor Organizing in the Piedmont and Eastern North Carolina Tobacco Industry, Jennifer Wells
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A Mother's Love: A Narrative Analysis of Food Advertisements in an African American Targeted Women's Magazine, Janine Danielle Beahm
Testing a Model of Bacterial Vaginosis among Black Women, Jessica Brumley
Overcoming Adversity: Resilience of Low-income, Nonresidential, Black Fathers, Erica Elizabeth Coates
The Relationship between the Social Construction of Race and the Black/White Test Score Gap in, Toriano M. Dempsey
Understanding Social Integration and Student Involvement as Factors of Self-Reported Gains for African American Undergraduate Women, Edna Jones Miller
