Browsing by Author "Finchum, G. Allen"
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Ethnolexicography of the skateboarding subculture
Horton, Ho'omana Nathan (2020-07)This study takes an ethnolexicographic approach (Silverstein, 2006) to present a glossary of the skateboarding subculture derived from sociolinguistic interviews conducted with 11 skaters. This study also uses this ... -
Exploring the relationship between urban form and door-to-door travel time: A focus on high-speed rail in the United States
Zhao, Yun (2018-05)High-speed rail (HSR) is gaining increasing attention in the United States due to its rapid development and success in Europe and Asia in recent decades. Traveling at a high speed, HSR is expected to increase the accessibilities ... -
Geographic perspectives on contemporary/smooth jazz
Flynn, William Robert (2014-12)This dissertation examines the geography pertaining to the radio format and subgenre of contemporary / smooth jazz from three different perspectives. First, the geography of audience consumption is investigated by studying ... -
Hidden in plain sight: Men's lived experiences with sexual violence as college students
Carlisle, Zachary Thomas (2020-05)Men's experiences with sexual violence are an understudied subject within sociological literature. Despite some past research endeavors that have focused on men, little is known regarding the ways that men college students ... -
Impact of a general aviation airport on surrounding land use patterns: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport
Brockway, David Arthur, Jr. (2008-05)Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this case study was to examine the impact of a general aviation airport on nearby land-use patterns. In particular, it sought to determine the ways in which land use changes with ... -
Impacts of Public-Private School Choice on Public Schools in the St. Louis Area
Cook, Tessa Daley (2019-05-01)St. Louis Public Schools was once a thriving school district, leading the way for cities west of the Mississippi, but since 1967 the district has been declining in enrollment and is less than 1/4th of its peak size (Feldmann ... -
Influences of geographic factors on the complementary nature of wind power and insolation
Li, Weiping (2012-12)The major objective of this study is to investigate the spatial variation of the complementary nature of wind power and solar radiation (CWS), and how geographic factors impact this nature. Quantification approaches, spatial ...