Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81).

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-124).

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology. / Advisor: Cash, Thomas F. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.S.)--Western Washington University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-44). Also issued online.

Orientador: Wiliam Siqueira Peres / Banca: Fernando Silva Teixeira Filho / Banca: Leonardo Lemos de Souza / Banca: Anna Paula Uziel / Banca: Neuza Maria de Fatima Guareschi / Resumo: Esta pesquisa se enunciou a partir de questionamentos acerca dos constantes embates vivenciados em sala de aula ao trazermos a temática de outras sexualidades, outros prazeres e de outras expressões de gênero, dissidentes dos modelos identitários heteronormativos, em nosso cotidiano universitário. Destes tensos encontros, anunciaram-se indagações como: - Que Psicologias estamos ensinando? - Que psicólog@s estão se formando atualmente? E mais uma indagação ainda: - Há uma identidade psi? Nesta pesquisa, agenciam-se através de sete narrativas outras possibilidades de nomearmo-n@s psicólog@s, pois esta pesquisa valora as tecnologias e os conjuntos de estratégias que tanto podem contribuir para a ampliação das Psicologias e suas conexões com a realidade e os movimentos sociais, quanto denunciando as estratégias que podem aprisioná-las em conceitos e metodologias descontextualizadas que reificam biopolíticas de manutenção ao Estado neoliberal. Os mapas que se desenharam nesta pesquisa-implicação, se compõem pelas ferramentas da cartografia e da genealogia, acompanhadas de autores como Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze e Félix Guattari, além de autor@s feministas como Donna Haraway e Paul B. Preciado. As cartografias anunciadas através dos capítulos destacam o necessário agenciamento de novos contratos éticos - estéticos e políticos nos territórios da formação em Psicologia, para a produção de outras Psicologias e que produzam outr@s modos de estar psicólog@s, através de desterritori... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The following research has been enunciated from questions about the constant clashes lived in a classroom when themes regarding other sexualities, pleasures and another gender expressions, dissidents from the heteronormative identities are brought up, on a College everyday. From such tense rendezvous, some quests were summoned, such as: - Which psychology we are teaching? - What kind of psychologists are graduating nowadays? And, yet, one other quest: - Is there a psi identity? Within this research, through seven narratives, other possibilities of naming ourselves psychologist in any gender are allocated. Due to this research's values the techniques and the amount of strategies that can as contribute for the magnification of the psychologies and their connexions with reality and the social movements, as denouncing the strategies that can enclosure them in concepts and descontextualized methodologies which reificate biopolitics of maintenance to the Neoliberal state. The maps in which such research-implication had drawn, are composed by the cartography and genealogy tools, accompanied by authors such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, besides of feminists authors e.g: Donna Haraway and Paul B. Preciado. The cartographies that were announced through the chapters highlight the necessary agency of new ethic-aesthetic and political contracts within the territory of psychology graduation In order to produce other psychologies and hence creating other methods o... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

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The Rocky Horror Show is the predecessor of the more widely known The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the former being a musical that debuted in 1973 and the latter being a film that debuted in 1975. Audience participation has become synonymous with the title, and when one attends either, he must expect to hear the audience shouting at the actors, as well as be prepared to dodge squirt guns and toilet paper. Unique and eccentric, Rocky Horror has been drawing small but steady audiences for over thirty years because of the freedom it gives to people who "give themselves over to absolute pleasure" and embrace Frank N. Furter's motto of "don't dream it – be it." This thesis focuses on the production of the musical and how to manage potential audience concerns over the content in the play. I argue that the audience participation activities as well as certain staging techniques work as distracters from the events taking place in the actual play, alleviating potential anxiety caused by the issues of gender and sexuality in the text. The first chapter examines the challenges that a production of The Rocky Horror Show might face, focusing mainly on the issues of gender and sexuality found in the text. The second chapter looks at how transgressive the show can be. Specifically, it examines how the evolution of the cult audience created the audience participation factors that are now synonymous with the film. I also suggest how these extra-textual elements add to contemporary stage productions of the show and analyze how various audiences reacted to the stage show. The third chapter is a case study of Florida State University's 2008 production of The Rocky Horror Show with the specific goal of assessing how the challenges outlined in the first chapter affected FSU audiences. The chapter begins by addressing the production team's strategies and compromises for success. I then examine interviews that I conducted with attendees of various performances of the production, both first-timers and veterans of Rocky Horror, as well as my own audience observations. Overall, it is my hope that this thesis will serve as a resource to aid future production teams desiring to create a successful production of The Rocky Horror Show. / A Thesis submitted to the School of Theatre in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. / Spring Semester, 2011. / March 16, 2011. / Audience Reception, Audience Participation, Cult Audience, Sexuality, Gender, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Rocky Horror Show, Theatre, Theatre Production / Includes bibliographical references. / Mary Karen Dahl, Professor Directing Thesis; Carrier Sandahl, Professor Directing Thesis; Elizabeth Osborne, Committee Member; Tom Ossowski, Committee Member.

This dissertation examines one season of episodes of the television show Extreme Makeover. It focuses on the efforts of the show's producers, managers and staff as well of the majority of makeover candidates to frame their surgeries, training/instruction, and stylistic changes as transformative—of both the physical body and essential identity or self. My methods included watching and taking extensive notes on 18 one-hour episodes in the 2004-2005 season and then subjecting them to inductive analysis with a goal of understanding (a) how alterations of the body (particularly via cosmetic surgeries) and (b) how transformations of the self and (c) how femininity and masculinity were depicted on the show. The literature I use to frame my analysis reflects the central themes that I discovered—including the subjective feelings that the makeover candidates reported but also the differential experiences of women versus men. My two analysis chapters reflect these themes. I attempt to situate the study in literature on "reality" television shows, theories of emotions and bodies, and theories of gender. I am especially interested throughout in how the body, or embodiment, is represented in the discourse of the show's authorities and makeover candidates. At the conclusion of my study, I attempt so show how my findings can extend theoretical and empirical work in five areas: on theoretical debates of free choice versus false consciousness in cosmetic surgery, on men's increasing investment in beauty practices, on discussion of hegemonic masculinity and hegemonic femininity, on the male gaze, and on the political economy of Extreme Makeover. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Sociology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2007. / May 3, 2007. / Reality Television, Extreme Makeover, Media, Gender, Emotion, Embodiment / Includes bibliographical references. / Patricia Y. Martin, Professor Directing Dissertation; Leigh H. Edwards, Outside Committee Member; Douglas Schrock, Committee Member; Jill Quadagno, Committee Member.

Florida judges have the discretion to withhold adjudication for felony offenders sentenced to probation. This sentencing option allows offenders to retain all rights normally lost upon felony conviction within the state of Florida, including the right to vote and carry fire arms. Those who receive adjudication withheld can also legally assert that they are not convicted felons. In short, they suffer none of the associated "civil" or social penalties that generally accompany criminal conviction. This research investigates the direct impact of individual characteristics such as race, ethnicity and gender on the withholding of adjudication for a sample of probationers (N=120,771) convicted in Florida courts between 1999 and 2002. The study also examines the situational influence of crime type and the cross level impact of socially threatening conditions such as black and Hispanic unemployment, racial composition and concentrated disadvantage on the effect of individual traits using Hierarchical Generalized Linear Modeling. The results indicate that blacks and Hispanics have substantially lower chances than white offenders, with similar personal and legal attributes, to receive adjudication withheld. The influence of race and ethnicity on adjudication withheld is more prominent for drug offenders and for blacks in areas of high black unemployment and for both blacks and Hispanics in places with elevated levels of disadvantage. Gender also significantly impacts adjudication withheld with female offenders significantly more likely to receive this beneficial sentencing decision when compared to male offenders. Additionally, women convicted of atypical crimes such as murder and auto theft do not enjoy the sentencing advantage that other female offenders have over males. Overall, the chance of adjudication withheld for female offenders is substantially increased in areas with stronger female earnings. The race, ethnicity and gender findings are discussed within the social threat and social control theoretical framework. / A Dissertation submitted to the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Spring Semester, 2006. / March 17, 2006. / Threat, Gender, Ethnicity, Race, Social Control / Includes bibliographical references. / Theodore Chiricos, Professor Directing Dissertation; Richard Tate, Outside Committee Member; William Bales, Committee Member.