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[...]

America has a culturally accepted norm of what makes someone beautiful. A standard that is hard to meet. Being light-skinned, blonde and blue-eyed is the benchmark of bea[...]

Skidmore students are an underutilized customer base for small businesses in Saratoga Springs. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the purchasing behaviors of Skidmo[...]

Is community size tied to attitude towards environmental spending? Previous research has shown that whether one lives in an urban, suburban, or rural setting affects one’[...]

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[...]

With time continuing, American education has progressively improved. Though there still remains much-needed improvement and some of that stands in the way of equality wit[...]

This study explores the impact of race and employment status on the degree of women’s emotion management. Drawing on Hochschild’s theory of emotional labor and feeling ru[...]

Religion and sexuality have long been conflicting in the lives of LGB Persons. If someone were to identify as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual, a conflicting understanding of rel[...]

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[...]

Does gender influence racial attitudes? I propose that the differences in men and women’s emotional processing as a result of gendered socialization have an effect on the[...]

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[...]

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-[...]

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[...]

Conventional wisdom says that when you know better, you do better. Various theories of racism generally conform to this popular understanding, motivating colleges and bus[...]

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[...]

Social media is ubiquitous and holds a significant place in modern society. Social media feeds are inundated with political content and are used by politicians and citize[...]

How are the performing arts and happiness sociologically connected? I propose that people who have attended a music performance in the last 12 months will report an incre[...]

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[...]

Existing research suggests that patterns of both men and women serial killers are hyper-gendered. In American society, however, gender norms for women have dramatically c[...]

This paper analyzes the cultural processes of grief and death practiced in Fortnite and Elden Ring in relation to the military history of the countries in which these gam[...]

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[...]

Evaluating medical professionals implicit racial and gender biases compared to other professions provides a window into medical professionals’ covertly biased behaviors. [...]

Is trust in the institution of medicine dependent on race? Are there racial differences in change of trust over time? The central hypotheses of this study are that a) whi[...]

As mass shootings events continue to occur with alarming frequency in the United States, scholars search for explanations, turning frequently to a dynamic referred to as [...]

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[...]

Does religiosity act as a buffer to all negative life circumstances? To explore this question, I study the relationship between income and happiness and I analyze the eff[...]

Why do people switch religions? Under the theoretical framework of interactionism theory of conversion, which posits that the interplay between active, negotiated, and so[...]

How has the recent surge in social media network usage affected in-person social interaction? As the Internet continues to become more integrated in everyday forms of com[...]

In recent years there has been an increase of immigrants in the United States and upward mobility has become extremely challenging through secondary education. Higher edu[...]

Does exposure to natural environments improve mental health? Past research shows benefits from spending time in green spaces, including improved well-being, as well as be[...]

Over the past decade, there has been a rapid growth of social media. Much of the problem lies with the new potential for constant social comparisons. Social media also ad[...]

Does the number of social media platforms that an adolescent uses have an effect on the quality of their social relationships? As social media continues to grow and evolv[...]

How do teachers contribute to the growing racial disparities in school discipline? Previous research indicates that teachers influence students’ academic and social outco[...]

Women’s growing numerical representation in gender atypical careers, including the professoriate, has not necessarily meant that they are being accepted, included and int[...]