Recent Student Research Projects

Titles of select senior research theses completed in partial fulfillment of the Sociology major requirements:

• The Social Demographics of Suicide
  S. Dale, 2002
• Characteristics of Advanced-Level and Regular-Level Classrooms and their Relationship with Students' Selected Demographic Variables
  Z. Gomez, 2002
• Advertisements and Stereotypes: A Content Analysis In Three Types of Women's Magazines
  S. Smith, 2001
• The Quick and the Dead: A Sociological Autopsy of the Medical Examiner's Office
  S. Connell, 2001
• Why College Students Drink: Perceptions of Awards and Consequences in Relation to Alcohol Use
  P. Reynolds, 2001
• A Qualitative Study: The Dynamics and Outcomes of Child Custody Arrangements in Divorce Mediations
  A. Janson, 2001
• The Effects of the Death of a Spouse on the Behavior of the Surviving Spouse
  C. Cloaninger, 1998
• Physician "Non-Nocere" (Do No Harm): Perceptions of the Problem of Iatrogenesis Among Physicians and Nurses
  J. Nesheiwat, 1997
• Some Sociological and Psychological Effects of the Oklahoma City Bombing Response on Oklahoma City Firefighters
  A. Boudreaux, 1996
• Language Retention Among the Desert River Native Americans: A Study of Social Factors Leading to Linguistic Change
  S. Ulfelts, 1986