• From the accused to the empowered: a cultural model of identity and witchcraft in New Orleans 

  Smith, Sarah Emily (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Historically, being accused of witchcraft meant death (Baker, 2015; Demos, 2008; Ehrenreich & English, 2010). More recently, identifying as a witch means living with a stigmatized and often concealed identity (Reece, 2016; ...
• Parent and child well-being in the context of food security: an assessment of federal nutrition programs and perceived stigma 

  Gall, Baili Jade (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  This study investigated local perspectives on federal nutrition programs and subsequent mental health outcomes in the context of food (in)security in Greenstown, Alabama. Food insecurity and experienced poverty stigma has ...
• A Study of the "Natural Groups" Within a Woman's Correctional Institution 

  Harper, Ian Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 1951)

  This is a study of "natural groups" among the staff and the inmates at the Alabama State Prison for women. Its purpose is the investigation of the nature and function of the social and cultural behavior of the individuals ...
• Cultural consonance in narrative: an example in the transition to retirement 

  Arnold, Randy J. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-05)

  Retirement is a liminal period that has been shown to have positive or negative effects on subjective well-being. In this study, a cultural model of retirement was identified among the general population in Tuscaloosa, ...
• The agency of ibogaine: emic understandings of a grassroots psychiatry in Mexico 

  Patterson, Dillon Robert (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  As opiate addiction rates rise, many individuals find conventional biomedical and 12-step-based treatment programs insufficient in their attempts to overcome addiction. In response to this unmet need, a grassroots community ...
• Reflections of life in death: an investigation of archaeo-biographies at the Perry Site (1lu25) 

  Stewart, Ashley Nicole (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  This study seeks to examine life and identity at the Perry site (1LU25) through osteological and archaeological analysis. The Perry site, located in northwestern Alabama, is a multi-component site dating to the Archaic and ...
• Organized Religion at a State University: A Sociological Analysis 

  Thomas, Michael Cager (University of Alabama Libraries, 1966)

  This thesis is the report and interpretation of an exploratory case study designed to test a redefinition of the Church-Sect typology. In the broadest terms the problem of this study has to do with the general theoretical ...
• Sensory knowledge and embodied cultural capital among coffee connoissuers in west and central Alabama 

  Dodson, Michael (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (1984) by Pierre Bourdieu is arguably the most influential book on consumption practices in anthropology. The purpose of the book is to describe the concept of ...
• Hidden in the matrix: using compositional analyses to examine social boundaries at the Chickasawhay Creek sites 

  Wright, Kevin Pierce (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This research uses compositional analyses to explore eighteenth-century Choctaw social interactions. In this thesis, ceramic artifacts from the Chickasawhay Creek sites (22KE630 and 22KE718) were analyzed using x-ray ...
• Hierarchy, scale, and complexity: Arcola Mounds (22WS516) and Mississippian ceremonialism in the Southern Yazoo Basin 

  Kowalski, Jessica Anne (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This dissertation examines ancient complexity among Mississippian mound centers in the Southern Yazoo Basin of the Lower Mississippi River Valley using an integrated landscape and historical approach. Combining a regional ...
• Stigma toward people with disabilities in Poland and its effects on social integration and policy implementation 

  Holleman, Mirjam (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The European Union (EU) recognizes the social integration of people with disabilities in society as an economic necessity and fundamental human right. However, not all countries in the EU are equally successful at realizing ...
• Examining change, persistence, and variation in the role of invertebrate fauna in mission-era Guale foodways on St. Catherines Island, GA 

  Colclasure, Cayla Briann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This thesis is an analysis of invertebrate fauna from Mission-era (ca. AD 1565-1680) shell middens on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, which contributes to archaeological inquiries into population aggregation, community ...
• Embeddedness, cultural consonance, and health in a dynamic migration network in Northern Peru 

  Stein, Max Jacob (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This dissertation investigates the effect of migrant embeddedness on cultural consonance and psychological health outcomes. Specifically, this project evaluates the extent that migrants’ relative attainment of shared ...
• Classic Maya palace complex at Actuncan, Belize: a functional analysis of room architecture and ceramic assemblages 

  Lawhon, Taylor Denise (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This thesis aims to shed light on activities that took place during the Late and Terminal Classic period (ca. A.D. 600 - 1000) in eight contexts within the Maya palace complex at Actuncan, Belize. The form and paste ...
• Human canalization and female growth buffering with Drosophila as a model organism 

  Spangler, Daryll Ross (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Child health is a central concern in populations experiencing economic, environmental, and nutritional stress. Adversity, however, does not affect individuals uniformly as preferential child investment and underlying ...
• Cultural consensus models of strategy among Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners in Atlanta, GA 

  Bennett, Karl (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This study utilizes mixed methods and cultural consensus analysis to understand how the cultural model of strategy among Brazilian jiu jitsu athletes in a gym in Atlanta, Georgia mediates the relationship between culture ...
• Culture's role in immigrant health: how cultural consonance shapes diabetes and depression among Mexican women in Alabama 

  Andrews, Courtney (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Mexican immigrants tend to be in better health upon arrival to the United States than their U.S.-born counterparts, despite living through the conditions that forced them to migrate initially and enduring what is often a ...
• People, primates, and peace: a case study in Barbary macaque ethnoprimatology and interdisciplinary conservation in the Rif Mountains of Morocco 

  Alexander, Sherrie Denise (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  The endangered Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) of North Africa, the only macaque outside of Asia and north of the Sahara, has experienced a continual decline in numbers over the course of several decades. Understanding ...
• Traditional health-seeking practices among rural and urban negev bedouin populations in israel 

  Wanis, Monika (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Despite the establishment of Israel’s 1995 National Health Insurance Law which provided biomedical healthcare to citizens of Israel, there remains a large number of Bedouins living in Israel’s Negev region with inadequate ...
• Black glass on the Georgia Coast: the utility of black glass trade beads in refining site chronology and detecting color preference at seventeenth century Mission Santa Catalina de Guale 

  Templin, Robert Burns (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Historical and archaeological research has established that European glass beads are high-resolution temporal markers for colonial sites in North America. Additionally, recent studies have demonstrated that compositional ...

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