Browsing by Subject "diversity"
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21st Century Ecumenism: The Local Church as a Model for Unity and Diversity in a Fragmented World
(2023)This thesis introduces readers to the rich tradition of the ecumenical movementand explores how emerging new strategies can benefit congregations as well as facilitate healing in our fractured and divisive world. It argues ... -
An innovative educational program for addressing health disparities in translational cancer research.
(Journal of clinical and translational science, 2020-11)North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and Duke Cancer Institute implemented an NCI-funded Translational Cancer Disparities Research Partnership to enhance translational cancer research, increase the pool of underrepresented ... -
Assessing the effects of elephant foraging on the structure and diversity of an Afrotropical forest
(Biotropica, 2020-05-01)African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) are ecosystem engineers that browse and damage large quantities of vegetation during their foraging and movement. Though elephant trail networks and clearings are conspicuous ... -
Development and evaluation of a novel training program to build study staff skills in equitable and inclusive engagement, recruitment, and retention of clinical research participants.
(Journal of clinical and translational science, 2022-01)<h4>Background</h4>Adequate equitable recruitment of underrepresented groups in clinical research and trials is a national problem and remains a daunting challenge to translating research discoveries into effective healthcare ... -
Diversity and Inequality in Context: Schools, Neighborhoods, and Adolescent Development
(2022)Rising demographic diversity and persistent social inequality are two defining features of youths’ social worlds, and schools and neighborhoods are key developmental contexts where this component of contemporary life plays ... -
Media Framing of Public School Diversity Policy Changes, Wake County, N.C., 1975-2010
(2010-12-10)American public education commands a workforce of millions of people, a budget in the trillions of dollars, and a significant share of one’s childhood. It is a vast, complex system run simultaneously by local, state, and ... -
Population Genetics of Species Associated with Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents in the Western Pacific
(2012)Genetic diversity, population structure, and connectivity influence interactions among communities and populations. At hydrothermal vents in the western pacific, population structure in vent-associated species could occur ... -
Preserving the White Picket Fence: Interracial Conduct in an Integrated Neighborhood
(2012)My dissertation identifies and deconstructs the interracial codes of conduct produced and enacted by three distinct racial-ethnic communities in an integrated neighborhood. My analysis of Creekridge Park is based on data ... -
The Effects of Women’s Empowerment Messages on Perceptions of Women’s Role in Gender Inequality
(2019)Although women’s underrepresentation in senior level positions in the workplace has multiple causes, women’s self-improvement or “empowerment” at work has recently attracted cultural attention as a solution. For example, ... -
The Role of Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Environmental Identity Development through Duke Undergraduate Students’ Narrative
(2019-05-06)Recent work in environmental psychology and environmental education emphasizes environmental identity as important in predicting a broad array of environmental behaviors. However, there are gaps in our understanding of how ...
