Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Church. Community. Care.: Equipping the Local Church to Engage in Foster Care Support
Northwest University, April 23, 2023
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The Church: Building and Supporting Healing Communities
Northwest University, 2011
50 pagesThis thesis targets our local, Seattle, churches and mental health system in the hopes of seeing a more productive and healing system take root. Mental illness has brought distress to our communities, and with this comes ... -
Co-powerment in the Mission-Driven Sector: Client Participation in Program Evaluation
Northwest University, April 2015
42 pagesThis paper centers on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) focused on development work in underserved populations, making the case that non-profits aimed at empowering the marginalized must fulfill their commitment to ... -
Collective Impact: Building Strong Bonds to Serve the Homeless and Low-Income Populations
Northwest University, April 24, 2022
70 pages -
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Del Norte County, California
Northwest University, April 22, 2018
64 pages -
Community Development and its Practitioners
Northwest University, March 17, 2018
43 pages -
Community Development Partnerships
Northwest University, April 11, 2012
30 pages -
Community Development Principles for Justice and Mission at Refuge Church
Northwest University, March 24, 2022
57 pages -
Community Development through Care Farming: Promoting Personal, Social, and Environmental Well-Being
Northwest University, April 22, 2019
90 pages -
Community-Based Organizations: Making Positive Impacts for Disadvantaged Families in Nigeria
Northwest University, May 2019
56 pages -
Congo, By and For the Congolese: Comparing Congolese and Western Perspectives Through the Lens of Mineral Exploitation
Northwest College, December 2009
108 pagesAlthough the West has turned its attention to the crisis in Eastern DR Congo (DRC), the advocacy movement lacks strong engagement with Congolese perspectives on the broader issues. Through qualitative research with Congolese ... -
Constructing an Eco-Theology Through the Framework of Eschatology
Northwest University, January 2013
i, 106 pagesThe aim of this thesis is to develop and explore an eco-theology through the lens of eschatology that sees the good creation of God as redeemable and ultimately restored. Looking at current trends of eco-theology it is ... -
Contextualized Recovery Services for Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation: a Model for Western Practitioners
Northwest University, April 3, 2014
60 pagesFor many years, both faith based and secular Western development workers practiced various types of development work in the two-thirds world. Unfortunately, these practices often resulted in unintended harm. Those sometime ... -
Coping and Growth in Bereavement
Northwest University, 2016
ix, 117 pagesThis study included an examination of the relationship between coping and growth in a mixed population of bereaved individuals. Coping was operationalized as the dual process model of coping with bereavement (DPM). Growth ... -
Copowerment in Education: Utilizing a Trauma in Early Childhood Education Training for Teachers to Reach Their Afghan Refugee Students
Northwest University, April 2023
78 pagesThis thesis paper explores the challenges and opportunities for growth among refugees in the classroom with the trauma they experienced. Drawing on a range of literature and research, the paper examines the various facets ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Outcomes: a Case for Fair Trade
Northwest University, 2013
33 pagesCorporate social responsibility (CSR) is a multifaceted, complex branch of business that can yield positive outcomes for producers in developing contexts and businesses in the West. Fair trade, a sub-set of CSR, shows mixed ... -
Counseling in the Work of Assembly of God Pastors in the Pacific Northwest
Northwest University, 2015
73 pagesResearchers has shown that people often perceive pastors as the initial sources of help when people encounter marital, emotional, and mental health challenges. However, limited research exists on the work of counseling ... -
Counseling Psychology Training of Chinese Expatriate Students in the US
Northwest College, 2019
56 pagesA qualitative study was conducted with 12 respondents who understand many aspects of Chinese culture and have counseling experiences with Chinese clients or teaching in the American counseling psychology training program. ... -
Creating a Partnership Model for ELL Organizations Serving Refugees in the Seattle Area
Northwest University, 2018
60 pages