The rise of social media influencers as a vehicle to reach consumers is a developing addition to the marketing mix. The purpose of this honors thesis is to determine if boutique hotel brands can benefit from the use of micro-influencer marketing to reach more potential guests than through their own social media accounts. The research methodology... Honors Thesis Advisor : Dr. Susan Ryan, PhD.
To determine what types of injuries are common in figure skaters and how many figure skaters have an athletic trainer for their practice or competition. Research Advisor, Dr. Carol Biddington.
The purpose of this action research study was to analyze the teachers’ perspective of 10 characteristics of inquiry-based learning. The review of literature framed inquiry based learning aligned to the past professional development sessions in Parkland School District. The literature indicated that inquiry-based learning varied on level of inqui...
This study aims to discover whether there is a difference in philanthropy between billionaires who made their own wealth and billionaires who inherited their wealth by testing the applicability of an earlier statistical model from previous research. Two samples of billionaires from the 2019 Forbes 400 list were used, one sample of the top 100 an... Honors Thesis Advisor: Dr. Joshua Chicarelli.
This study explored the causes of teacher stress, teachers' perceived stress, and the selfcare teachers and staff at the elementary level are taking to minimize their stress levels. In addition, the study looked at the impact of an 8-week mindfulness intervention to assist in alleviating stress. This study looked at the impact of distance learn...
The purpose of this research project was to investigate a method for a small rural school district to provide fiscally responsible, effective, and personalized professional development to all of its staff members. The use of social media, such as Twitter, has allowed teachers the ability to connect with other educators, develop professional lear...
