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Fraternity Re-Founded: A 'Pedagogues'
This thesis analyzes the rhetoric of fraternity through an observational participant-observer study of founding the Lambda Phi chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha at Texas State University. It examines how fraternity operates as a communicative system shaped through recruitment, ritual, governance, and …
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Leadership Behavior in Independent and Fraternity Houses
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A fraternity house for the West Campus
Thesis: B. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1952
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Fraternity and Governance in Fifteenth-Century English Literature
… dissertation, I explore the intersection between fraternity and governance within fifteenth-century English literature, arguing that the familial relationships in these texts go beyond the interpersonal and are used by the authors to think through questions of both self-governance and the …
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A chapter house for a Greek Letter Fraternity
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1900.
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Investigating the White Identity of Historically White Fraternity Members: A Descriptive Study
<p>This purpose of this research study is to investigate the racial identity of White male college students who choose to join historically White fraternities (HWFs). Previous literature found that students in these organizations are more involved in community service and leadership organizations, …
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Impact of Alcohol Skills Training Program on College Fraternity Members' Drinking Behaviors
… the Alcohol Skills Training Program on college fraternity members' drinking behaviors and to attempt to ascertain what elements of the program may lead to change in behavior. A secondary purpose was to try to understand the role that chapter culture might play in the success of the program in …
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Building brotherhood: An examination of race, violence, sexuality and black fraternity membership
… to mold members’ manhood. We maintain that black fraternity members use various strategies to resist yet conform to the fraternity philosophy at the same time to negotiate their manhood. Using in-depth interviews with current and previous members, we examine the embedded gender, sexual and racial …
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Cultural Solidarity, Free Space, and African Consciousness in the Formation of the Black Fraternity
This dissertation analyzes and broadens the discourse regarding the impact of culture and the emergence of the social movement by focusing on some of the links between culture and social movements. Drawing upon the idea of cycle of protests this work explains how African Americans were able to …
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An analysis of the relationship of fraternity membership with members' measured spiritual, religious, and charitable variables
… the study was to examine the association between fraternity membership and members’ levels of spirituality, religiosity, and other variables. Data from the 2004-2007 ""College Students' Beliefs and Values"" (CSBV) longitudinal survey instrument from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) …
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Unrealistic Expectations: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lived Experiences of Former Campus-Based Fraternity/Sorority Advisors
… research about how the day-to-day reality of fraternity/sorority advising (FSL work) impacts the quitting behaviors of fraternity/sorority advising professionals (FSAs). This general qualitative study was rooted in the sensitizing concepts (Charmaz, 2003) of the weight of the work of FSAs, the …
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My Choice, My Fraternity, and My Engagement: Experiences of White Men in Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO)
… to examine the racial identity and engagement of fraternity men from a pluralistic experience. Additionally, the researcher hypothesized that there is a special experience of White men who belong to the historical racially segregated fraternal organizations in America. What was learned was the …
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An Incentive/Reward Intervention to Decrease Alcohol Abuse at Fraternity Parties: Differential Reinforcement of Blood Alcohol Concentration
… while in the applied setting of four fraternity parties. The study took place at two separate fraternity houses, a control fraternity and an experimental fraternity. During the intervention phase, participants with a BAC below .05 were entered into a raffle to win a cash prize. Upon …
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Fraternity and sorority member perceptions of homophily, supportive communication, and group behavior as a function of control expectancies
… examine the influence of control expectancies on fraternity and sorority member's perceptions of their group. Based on a review of the literature pertinent to this investigation nine hypotheses were forwarded. Generally speaking, the hypotheses suggest that fraternity and sorority members …
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The Influence Of Fraternity Membership On The Leadership Identity Development Of Latino Men Attending Primarily White Institutions (PWIs)
… study examined how membership in a social fraternity influences the leadership identity development of Hispanic/Latino men attending predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Seven participants who self-identified as Hispanic/Latino males and who are members of social fraternities were …
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From fear to fraternity: a socio-legal analysis of doctors' responses to being called to account by patients
… virtual exclusion of other networks. The medical fraternity has a large part to play in the re-negotiation and construction of doctors' damaged identities in line with the needs of the group. As well as representing a challenge to the individual, complaints are viewed as a symbolic challenge to …
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