Department of Sociology
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The Sociology Graduate Program
Thesis Titles
The long-term impact of sentencing
guidelines on unwarranted disparity in Virginia/ by Meredith Lynn
Farrar-Owens.
Black and white congregational involvement with the homeless : a study of
the motivations and barriers to participation with two nonprofit
agencies in Richmond, Virginia / by Valerie D. Carter.
Parental attachment and violent offending / by Charles William
Hall.
The social dynamics of rape / by Brian Albert Monahan.
Religion as a medium for cross-racial friendship formation : a study of
the Baha'is of the State of Virginia and Washington, D.C. / by
Leonda Williams Keniston.
What's the difference? : an examination of beliefs held by undergraduates
regarding gender differences in emotions / by Theresa D.
Eddins.
The composition of the U.N. NGO Fourth World Conference on Women : an
analysis of the framing of global feminism / by Lisa Ann
Barrenger Gibson.
Men in the student anti-rape movement : an exploratory study / by
April Elliott Pritchard.
Primary care physicians' attitudes and beliefs concerning major depressive
disorder : a study of family care physicians in the Commonwealth of
Virginia / by Henry Horace Bartlett, Jr.
Socially inadequate offspring : Virginia's sterilization program,
1924-1981 / by Linda-Leah Varney.
A structural examination of neighboring networks and neighbor
relationships : a case study of interaction in an urban neighborhood
/ by Marc Edward Leslie.
Parents educating parents : the
effect of a workshop to increase family communication about HIV /
by Mary Earheart Brown.
Race and birthweight : the influence of socio-economic status and
utilization of prenatal care / by Lena C. Frennborn.
An evaluation of community service programs in Prince William County /
by Robert Bruce Gantt.
Interfaith relationship development : a proposed model / by Joianne
Louise Shortz.
Lo, we have left all and followed thee : the deadheads as a quasi-religion
/ by Katherine D. Walker.
Family ties : a cross-cultural comparison examining adult contact with
parents / by Anne Georgiana Ball.
Information control : the power struggle between the media and military / by
Damon B. Sutton.
Reasons for residential change by middle-class white and black households
/ by Yongxin He.
Success and the Church of Scientology : a case study use of Stark's model
for religious success / by Mitchell L. Bracey.
AIDS coverage in the New York Times, July 1981-July 1994 : trends and
implications / by Danielle Marquis Currier.
The influence of education on the income and poverty status of males :
1970-1990 / by Leatha Lamison-White.
Routine activity, social disorganization, and crime rates of American
suburbs / by Zhiwei Zhang.
The sky is falling : a theoretical model for the social construction of
subversion myths / by Kent E. Bausman.
An exploration into the relationship between social categories, confidence
in social institutions and perceptions of news media credibility /
by Audrey E. Johnston.
The impact of religious affiliation and commitment on gender role and
abortion attitudes / by Courtney Lynn Robison.
Privatization decision-makers in Russia / by Rufat O. Babaev.
Race, class and ideology in the post-Civil Rights Era / by Nita L.
Bryant.
Waiver in Richmond from November 1986 to December 1991 : a descriptive
study / by Susan G. Ainsley.
Women at the center : a review of theories using the female offender as
the target population / by Jennifer A. Johnson.
Gender role attitudes of camp directors and their potential relationship
to the placement of women in key staff positions / by Diane
Illig.
Helping the homeless : the effectiveness of emergency shelters / by
Linda Ann Short.
The mass media and strike violence : the case of the United Mineworkers'
strike against the Pittston Company / by Paul B. Paolucci.
Mature women students : effects of the gender division of labor on
education / by Sarah Jane Brubaker.
Satanic culture scare : a comparative study of satanic subversion episode
between the United States and the United Kingdom / by Xuan
Chen.
The social construction of abortion / by Alexis Lora Ruffin.
Social position and attitudes toward police officer's use of force / by
Kathryn M. Engle.
Black family structure, black male joblessness : Richmond, Virginia,
1960-1980 / by Charles N. Wilson.
School desegregation and racial attitudes / by Dae Gil Lee.
A contribution to an understanding of collective political action / by
Mark Alan Wilder.
The "New Age Movement" : a case study / by Zachary Grant
Goodall.
U.S. anti-Catholicism in the nineteenth century : a study of counter-
subversion / by Edward F. Breschel.
Federal narcotic violators and the dispositions received through the
courts with an emphasis on cocaine offenders / by Phyllis Rena
Baker.
Department
of Sociology (J. Sherwood Williams, Chair)
Lafayette Hall, 312 N. Shafer St.
P.O. Box 842040
Richmond, VA 23284-2040
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