Honours Student Research
Alfieri, Cassandra
Superheroes or caregivers?: mother's perspectives on raising a child with a developmental disabiity
Jeffrey-Bent, Ciara
“One policy would never fit all”: teachers' experiences teaching students with disabilities in inclusive elementary classrooms in Nova Scotia.
Skinner, Nicole
From curriculum to teacher practice: is Nova Scotia's junior high social studies diverse in its offerings?
Gofwan, Nendelmwa
"The World Beyond the "Brochure": International Students and the Multicultural Branding of Acadia University"
MacDonald, Blake
"The Discursive Construction of the Trump Impeachment: Delegitimation Strategies and Moral Panic on Hannity"
O'Quinn, Makenzie S. J.
"Mu Na Kesinukutiwek: Engaging the 'Sick Indian' with Perspectives of Mi'kmaq on Healing and Sickness"
Bradley, Remy
Double shifts: Acadia University students' views on low -wage work and poverty
MacDonald-Francis, Naomi
The women of Generation X: will they be prepared for retirement?
Moreau, Christine
Transgression in queer theory
O'Connor, Caroline
The last straw: an exploratory study of receptivity to the movement to ban single-use plastic straws
Purkis, Jenna
Our narratives are radical: rethinking suicide care through lived experience
Teichman, Samantha E.
Family roles and sympathy casseroles: a sociological study examining the changes in the family after parental loss
Annett, Kathryn
Lez talk about sex: a critical discourse analysis of the "How to/lesbian sex 101" video type on Youtube
Bachar, Sarah M. K.
Denying duality: a qualitative study of the racial identity of biracial young adults
Campeau, Kaitlin
Overbooked, over worked and unorganized: students' perceptions of Acadia's student Counselling Services
Pulchny, Alexandra
A far cry from reconciling: Understanding youth responses to reconciliation in Canada
Ross, Sarah
Play like a girl: the presence of gender-based equality in varsity athletics at Acadia University
Berube-Sam, Suyin Isabelle
The Birth control pill: An analysis of the experience of women university students
Hutchinson, Hannah P.E.
Un(masc)ing the male feminist: An exploration of men's feminist identification and hegemonic sexual practices at Acadia University
Rogers, Malia
Balancing acts: Women actors in the Atlantic Canadian screen arts industry
Weaden, Devon
It's all about sex-here and now: The dynamics of heterosexual relationships at Acadia University
Allen, Nora
The Vagina Dialogues: conversations around women's bodies
Archer, Victoria
No girls allowed? Exploring bias, discourse, and exclusion in the old boys club of medicine
Dalrymple, Kate
Dr. Flow: the experiences of young women’s menstruation through a medicalized Lens
Esau, Erin Janice Darlene
Housing : one structural Influence on everyday, household-based pro- environmental practices
Heinrichs, Katharina
'The refugee type': Media representations of the refugee crisis in Germany
Murphy, Liam Patrick
Interrogating a label: An autoethnographic account of a man and feminism
Power-Grimm, Reed
The Ivany tower, whose One Nova Scotia?: a critical discourse analysis of "The Ivany Report"
Walls, Róisín Anne
The simplicity of fat?: Assessing the efficacy of anti-obesity campaigns from a fat studies and feminist perspective
Warren, Marianne
Say yes to the dress(es)?: An exploration of gender performance in lesbian weddings
Bethune, Stephanie
Knowledge in waves: The theory and practice of women's self-knowledge and self-understanding of their bodies
Bundy, Jessica
The problem of the coloured child: Child welfare services after the Halifax Explosion
Clarke, Bridget
What's in a name? A feminist analysis of critical self-reflection in decision making in heterosexual marriages
Jeanneau, Lauren
(Dis)labeled: A critique of the ‘disability’ discourse
Loney, Stephen
The Bedford community: Why and how it fought the dump, built the town and created a place of its own
Miller, Megan
Understanding sexual assault at Acadia University
Semalulu, Suleiman
Student athletes' attitudes towards the use of performance enhancing drugs
Bainomugisha, Enoka
Black listed: The barriers affecting African Nova Scotians and university enrollment
Cobb, Kathleen
Así es: The experience of the Latino population in the United States Criminal Justice System
Fagan, Coltan
Acadia alcohol policy and its effectiveness in reducing student harms
Graham, Jocelyn
The wondrous word(k)s of Theodor Seuss Geisel: The employment of surrealist thought to express messages in children's literature
Lathem, Callie
Navigating the edge: A population health approach to high-risk alcohol use
MacLean, Miranda
Internal colonialism in Canada: Residential schools and their legacy
Pulsifer, Brittany A.
A detour from the road to incarceration: Restorative approaches for youth in care
Rex, Andrea
The ripple effect: Housing insecurity and its impact on affording basic necessities
Creaser, Lincoln
The socio-political implications of egalitarian graffiti in western society
Dearman, Hayley
Rehabilitation programs in Canadian prisons and films: Reality and representation
den Hollander, Darlene
Socialism in the 21st century?: A case study of the People's War in Nepal
Gerhardt, Alyssa
Rappin' rurality: an investigation into white rural rap production
Glinsky, Victoria L.
Pains of incarceration: The stigmatization of incarcerated mothers
Knickle, Stacey
The issue of suicide in contemporary Canadian society: A discourse analysis
Loik, Logan
The sustainable self: A gateway to a greener future
McCormick, Emily
Gender, sport and the media: A study of the Canadian television coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games
Muise, Megan
Set up for failure?: An examination of the Nova Scotia sexual health education curriculum
Taylor, Allison
Monsanto: A case study of monopoly corporate power
Tilt, Margaret
Autism Spectrum Disorder and its effects on social and family relationships
Annett, Clare E.
Mad fashion: The fashion, femininity and sexuality of the female characters in Mad Men, a content analysis.
Dimmer, Sarah C.
Doomed from the start?: A Bourdieusian interrogation of working-class students in a rural Canadian context
Heffernan, Victoria
Muslims and discrimination in Canadian culture and law: Cultural conflict theory
Hornell-Kennedy, Victoria
The voices of students with learning disabilities: An untold story
Lesmond, Gayle J.
The outsider-within?: The role of race and gender in the academic and social integration of black female students at Acadia University
McCarthy, Erin
Feminism, the unfinished revolution: An analysis of feminism within Canada and its continuing utility
Smith, Kaleigh
Youth offender legislation and social change in Canada since 1908
Todd, Benjamin
The digital divide within education caused by the Internet
Toney, Wayne P.
Residential schools: Success or failure?
Van Rooyen, Emma
Housing in Kings County: Toward a holistic approach
Allen, Samantha
Toxic harvest: Island farmwomen, health and pesticide use
Amirault, Jenna R.
The Alberta tar sands: A crisis of contemporary capitalism in Canada
Anderson, Margaret Elizabeth Whitewood
The gendered sociology of knitting
Blackman, Kathy L.
The price of immigration is more than just money
Duffett, Emily M.
Breaking down barriers: Living with a physical disability on the Acadia campus
Haché, Joanni
“Le monde a bien changé”: Examining identity and migration within contemporary Acadian society in New Brunswick
Morgan, Alexandra
A sociological study of identity, ritual and a little drama
Sangster, Joel
The Canadian state as a contemporary imperialist power
Sewall, Samantha
The burden of truth: Disjuncture between knowledge and practice in agricultural farming
Trask, Michael W.
Corruption on an island paradise: An autoethnographic account of the Balinese police force
Trudel, Caroline
The invisibles rules of food in modern western societies
Wratschko, Kayla A.
Learning disabilities and delinquency
Banfield, Hannah
Heterosexism in medicine: Lesbians' access to and quality of healthcare
Bertrand, Philippe
Québec's myopic public sphere
Beveridge, Ceilidh Karin Eaton
Honour killings and intimate-partner homicide in Canada
Hattie, Nicole
Columbia: The political economy of fascist development
Hutchinson, Jessica
Drink, drank, drunk! The culture of drinking at Acadia: An ethnographic excursion
Lemesurier, Anne Rosamond
Indian informality and the manipulation of justice: the eviction and exclusion of the urban poor
Macdonald, Amy
Where is Daddy?: The visual portrayal of fatherhood in modern parenting magazines from 1994-2010
MacDonald, Jacqueline (Jackie) Patricia
Tracing theoretical approaches to crime and social control: From functionalism to postmodernism
Rodimon, Sarah
Destructive development: Exploitation and imperialism in Nicaragua
Vervaeke, Alison
Unbottling lies: The success of bottled water in North America
West, Sarah
Dangerous women: Karla Homolka, Penny Boudreau and the patriarchal reasons behind their crimes
Awalt, Amelia D.
Satirizing social issues in the name of Family guy: Exploring TV's impact on young viewers
Black, Steve J.
Rural to urban migration: The case of Mexico City in comparison to other megacities
Gracey, Anthony R.J.
Reclaiming the indigenous and treaty rights of the Mi'kmaq nation: An analysis of three engagements undertaken by the Mi'kmaq warrior society
Jarrett-MacKillop, Jessica J.
A movement of motherhood: The creation of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo.
Kumar, Parvathy
Rearranging arranged marriage: The meaning of marriage in India
Landry, Carolyn A.
From the verge of extinction to the survival of the Mi'kmaq
MacDonald, Shannon
Stolen innocence: An examination of child prostitution in Thailand
Mollins, Terri-Lynn
Fighting the gap: Does military service reduce the gender wage gap
Parmelee, Dana C.
Which face do you put on Facebook?: Missed opportunities to gain social capital on Facebook
Sanford, Melody D
On a wing and a prayer: How religion affects volunteering and charitable giving in Canada
Tidgwell, Tracy Ellen
Imagined selves: Fat & queer. The politics and power of a creative subculture
Turner, Lisanne
Nursing primary care back to health: Primary care nurse practitioners and their potentional to improve rural health in Nova Scotia