Political participation is an ever-important facet of United States democracy, but do patterns of participation differ from the local to the national level? Do citizens p[...]

Is racial residential segregation or integration a stronger predictor of educational attainment? Does the racialized direction of this relationship matter? Drawing from W[...]

Does social and cultural capital have beneficial outcomes that extend to the mental well-being of First Generation College graduates? Obtaining higher levels of education[...]

Immigration to the United States has been a prominent concern throughout U.S. history, but foreign culture’s influence on immigration attitudes has largely been ignored i[...]

There are many debates about the relationship between athletics and academic performance in the American liberal arts system. This study proposes that there is a negative[...]

Building on research conducted by sociologists on the predictors of abortion attitudes, through a secondary analysis of 2016 General Social Survey (GSS) data, with a tota[...]

Asians are often viewed as the “model minority” group for assumptions about their high income and education level. Does this necessarily translate to higher self-esteem, [...]

Art has been crucial in fostering individual and community identities, but does arts participation increase levels of civic engagement? I propose that individuals who att[...]

This study examines the relationship between the stigma of hooking up and reported sexual assault. Guided by Goffman’s (1963) social stigma theory and Gagnon and Simon’s [...]

Researchers and policy makers have looked at many factors that result in high teen birth rates, most notably sex education in public schools. Most often sex education pol[...]

Does social class affect political party affiliation in the African-American community? Drawing on two contrasting theories: the theory of group interests and class-based[...]

What demographic backgrounds are associated with a person’s attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policies? Applying group threat theory and contact theory, I propo[...]

Does having smoked cigarettes have any relationship to depression? This study explores the relationship between cigarette smoking and depressive frequency within the Asia[...]

Malnutrition exists in multiple forms when a person has an imbalanced intake of food and or vitamins. We include nutrition related illness such obesity and undernutrition[...]

Why do some people claim to “listen to all music” while others prefer one genre? Existing research on musical tastes suggests there is a lot more than mere taste that inf[...]

Abstract Individualism operates as a dominant ideology in American society, so how does individualism pervade both people’s larger views on society as well as their dyadi[...]

This paper examines the decline and changing nature of work in the manufacturing sector in a variety of industries located in the city of Glens Falls, New York. A small i[...]

This study aimed to understand the strengths and limitations of health literacy skills among older adults. The results informed a resource to improve any discovered gaps [...]

Is support for Donald Trump correlated with hate? This state-analysis examines the relationship between Donald Trump’s White supremacist rhetoric and rates of racially-mo[...]

Why are people engaging in dangerous behaviors, putting themselves and society at risk, despite the detrimental consequences? I propose that with more years of education [...]

This study analyzes the impacts of higher education on religiosity among young adults. Much of the literature on this topic points to a secularizing effect among college-[...]

Immigrant replenishment may affect assimilation patterns of US-born descendants by maintaining the use and relevance of the language of origin. This study asks, how does [...]

This study examines whether Mexicans who reside in the U.S. earn a higher income if they reside in a large population size area, such as an urban city. I propose that Mex[...]

Why does the birthrate in China continuously decline? Why are Chinese people unwilling to have children now even after the One-Child Policy has been abandoned? I propose [...]

Using three generational cohorts, this paper compares the effects of generational status on earnings among seven Asian ethnic groups: Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnames[...]

What are the effects of the English proficiency of immigrant parents on the educational attainment of their 1.5 or 2.0 generation children? In this paper, I propose three[...]

This study aims to explore whether the historical institution of slavery in the United States is manifested in contemporary white racial resentment towards African Americ[...]

How might an Asian immigrant who earned a college degree abroad experience different returns to their degree than an Asian American with an American degree? Human capital[...]

In Western media, drugs, alcohol, and casual sex are widely regarded as essential facets of the college experience. It is not only accepted but expected that students wil[...]

Social Identity theory states that societies create in-groups and out-groups due to social processes consistent of social categorization, social comparison and social ide[...]

Do first-generation college students sleep less than their peers? College students whose parents did not earn a bachelor’s degree have less support from family members an[...]

Does increased consumption of media affect how the public views the institutions of government and media? This study analyzes the relationships between time spent consumi[...]

How does treatment of consensual sexual behavior affect willingness to report assault on college campuses? This study proposes that higher levels of policy-based inhibiti[...]

How does context influence health? County racial composition and racial residential segregation shape health outcomes by creating different contexts that influence access[...]

Who is able to overcome adversity and experience upward mobility? Using cumulative inequality theory, which posits that the disadvantage or advantage associated with one’[...]

With the foundation of past research on the relationship between indicators of racial prejudice, police use of force and attitudes towards it, I use the General Social Su[...]

What is the effect of one’s religious attitudes and behaviors on the frequency of different emotions? I propose that a stronger religious affiliation and a higher frequen[...]

Gender roles are socially constructed norms prescribed for men and women in society to follow. Specifically, men and women have been assigned to traditional roles that ar[...]

Description: Dichotomous discourse surrounding sexual behavior frames sexual experiences as either consensual or non-consensual. This rhetoric suggests that all consensua[...]

Although women have been in the work force for time immemorial, their ability to obtain positions equal to men's have nearly always been compromised. There have been many[...]

Women face many challenges when they become mothers and decide to remain in the workforce. The choice of whether to remain in the workforce can be a hard decision for man[...]