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Exploring College Students’ Reports of Parental Involvement, Academic Entitlement, and Contingent Self-Worth
(2019-05)
While parent involvement has been linked to many positive young adult outcomes (e.g., academic achievement, wellbeing), recent research has highlighted potential negative outcomes (e.g., anxiety) of excessive levels of ...
Drink like a Man! : A Qualitative Study on Toxic Masculinity and Bifurcated Consciousness in College Drinking Narratives
(2019-05)
The purpose of this project was to examine how gender influences problematic drinking on college campuses. In addition to close to 2000 college students dying per year, a host of other problems result from excessive alcohol ...
Social Media Engagement and High-Impact Immersion Experiences : An Examination of Facebook as a Platform for Assessment in Higher Education
(2020-04)
This study is a continuation of research conducted last year and it analyzes the extent to which social media engagement on Facebook enhances high-impact immersion trip experiences. Dumford and Miller (2018) examined ...
3D Visualization of Geologic Structures
(2021-04)
An important skill in geology is the ability to visualize spatial relationships of geologic units beneath the Earth. Virtual and physical models allow students to observe and measure geologic structures and visualize their ...
Analysis of Lunchtime Waste-Sorting Habits at the University Student Center
(2021-04)
Americans churn out an average of over 7 pounds of trash each day. As landfills reach capacity, it is becoming ever more critical to cultivate effective waste-sorting habits that can reduce waste-stream contamination, ...
Temporal Analysis of University Students’ Waste-Sorting Behaviors : Measuring the Impact of Intervention Efforts
(2020-04)
Americans churn out an average of over 7 pounds of trash each day. As landfills reach capacity, it is becoming ever more critical to cultivate effective waste-sorting habits that can reduce waste-stream contamination, ...
The Influence of Alcohol Outlet Density on Crime in Eau Claire, WI
(2021-04)
The density of alcohol outlets in proximity to college campuses may be associated with unhealthy drinking and alcohol involved crimes among college students. Alcohol outlet density is defined as the number of physical ...
An Exploration of the Impact of COVID-19 on Collegiate Student Athletes
(2022-04)
The COVID-19 pandemic had an unexplainably immense impact on the entire world when it began in March of 2020 including the cancellations or postponements of sports worldwide. The National Collegiate Athletics Association ...
COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Level of Trust in Information Sources
(2022-04)
In the two years since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a large spread of misinformation regarding COVID-19 which can hinder collective action in democratic societies and contribute to distrust in information ...
Smartphone Usage : Associations with Attention, Sleep, and Impulsiveness
(2022-04)
College students’ smartphone use presents concerns with academic dishonesty, distraction, sleep disturbances, and social withdrawal. We of the CHEEZ (Cognition and Human Electroencephalography Zone) conducted a survey to ...