Scholarly Work (Open Access)
Contains open access scholarly work from City University of Seattle students, faculty, and staff.
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Learning within the classroom: A phenomenological study of instructional literacy coaches
(2019-10-09)Increasing student achievement is a primary focus for teachers and administrators in school systems and federal agencies. Many mandates require these organizations to implement professional development sessions with teachers. ... -
Man, You Should See a Therapist: A Quasi-Experimental Research Proposal to Increase Men's Engagement with Mental Health Help-Seeking Behavior using Masculine-Oriented Brochures
(2019-06-19)This paper seeks to understand reasons for men's underutilization of counseling through the theoretical lens of Connell's (1995) hegemonic masculinity. My hypothesis is that due to the adherence to Western society's dominant ... -
Existential sexualities: The process of sexual becoming
(2019)This research project explores the lived experience of sexual becoming from an existential lens. Research linking philosophical conceptions of existential sexualities with lived experience is lacking in existing academic ... -
How faculty diversity affects underrepresented minority (URM) student completion rates at community colleges
(2019-09)Underrepresented minority students (URM) graduate from community college institutions within the United States at lower rates than their non-URM peers (Shapiro, Dunbar, Wakhungu, Yuan, Nathan, and Hwang, 2017). Diverse ... -
Addressing Faith in the Counselling Room: A Phenomenological Exploration of Lived Experience
(2019)Since a large percentage of the world’s population identifies with some sort of religious practice, I believe that as counsellors we need to feel comfortable and competent working not only with those from diverse ethnic ... -
A study of at-risk youth and how they respond to life's challenges
(2017-08)Students who attend alternate education programs are often the most vulnerable population in the school system. These youth face numerous challenges in their lives, including poverty, trauma, academic struggles, mental ... -
Social justice pedagogy within and beyond counselling education: Radical praxis towards liberatory healing
(2019-07-07)The current socio-political climate presents a challenge to the existing mainstream orientation that we have in our counselling programs. Therefore, it is critical for the practice and discipline of counselling to adapt ... -
Teachers Developing Leadership Capacity in Students
(2019-06)Young adults finishing school and entering the workforce today require a wide range of unique skills to succeed in their personal and professional lives. Today’s youth are expected to demonstrate and exemplify knowledge ... -
Evaluation of a peer-facilitated, gender-based violence prevention program in a Canadian secondary school context
(2019-06)This study evaluated the impact of a gender-based violence prevention program on a sample of grade eight students (n = 37) in a rural Canadian setting. The key factors evaluated were attitude, behavioural intent, and ... -
Fostering a sense of belonging: Attachment through movement and dance
(2019-07-11)This manuscript style thesis seeks to highlight the connection between the use of dance, movement, and music to support attachment development. There is abundant research showing the importance of early attachment bonds ... -
Moderators of gender-based barriers in the U.S. Army: How enlisted women increase their own recruitment, promotion, participation, retention, and integration
(2019-07)In their women’s integration plan, the U.S. Army (2016b) called for studies to identify and “develop strategies to overcome [gender] barriers” (p. 13) women encounter, without an institutional understanding of gender ... -
Reframing compliance: Exposing violence within applied behaviour analysis
(2019-06-04)The purpose of this study is to explore the potential relationship between Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and acts of violence. This relationship is explored through a critical discourse analysis of six scholarly research ... -
Two Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) Strategies and a Classroom
(2019-05-03)More than half of second grade students at an elementary school in Washington tested below the standard reading level. This study focused on using two Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) strategies, the Cooperative ... -
How can the lens of Dislocation Theory further understanding of why people contemplate suicide?
(2019-06-15)The reasons for suicide remain a widely researched topic. The majority of research on suicide offers reasons for suicide that are attributed to individuals having an underlying mental disorder. Research is needed on reasons ... -
Positive Reinforcement in the Classroom: The Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Student Behavior and Participation
(2019-06)This research investigates the in-class behavior and participation affected by positive reinforcement. A total of 53 students within two 5th grade math and science classes took part in this study. Throughout the study, ... -
The Impact of Sexual Violence on Female Student Athletes perpetrated by Male Student Athletes and applicable Therapeutic Modalities
(2019-06-16)Sexual violence against female intercollegiate athletes is a prevalent crisis evident in today’s society (McCray, 2015). This capstone will focus on male intercollegiate athletes as the perpetrators of sexual violence ... -
How Communication is Used in Polyamorous Relationships
(2019-06)This paper explores the phenomenological lived experience of what it is like to participate in a polyamorous relationship. The question proposed is how do polyamorous individuals use communication to negotiate rules and ... -
Childhood Interpersonal Violence: The Effects on Adult Attachment and How Best to Support Victims in Moving Beyond their Violent Experience
(2019-05-31)Child interpersonal violence continues to be a concern affecting a considerable proportion of the population. Without appropriate intervention, it is possible that many of these children will continue to experience ... -
Optimism and Counselling, Subjective Wellbeing and Mental as well as Physical Health
(2019-05-16)It is common for people to say either I am unhappy or I just want to be happy. So what makes people happy? This is a question that interests me and I also find that it interests many people as well. Sometimes individuals ... -
Intimate Partner Violence Among South Asian Women: Conceptualizing Culture, Building Resilience and Increasing Cultural Competency of Counsellors
(2019-05-30)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an issue that impacts all nationalities, ethnicities and cultures, and is continuing to gain more acknowledgement the more IPV is openly addressed. The South Asian culture is built on ...
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