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The encouragement and support of my committee members are greatly appreciated: Dr. Miles Richardson, Dr. Laura Hensley, Dr. Eugene Kennedy, and Dr. Teresa Summers. I truly appreciate each of you and your commitment to this research. My committee was a wonderful group of professionals who guided me and held me accountable to make certain that this document would be something of which we could all be proud. Thank you for your contributions to my dissertation and to my personal development. A special thank you to the Balfour Fellowship Program and to the Founders’ Foundation of Theta Phi Alpha for providing financial support for this research. As stated earlier in the Dedication of this dissertation, the love and support of my family truly gave me the courage to complete this degree and for that I am very thankful. In addition to my family, I want to thank and acknowledge all those who, along the way, supported me and never gave up on me. First, God has been the constant foundation in my life. Without my faith in Him and the community of people that He has continued to send to my life, I would not have completed this dissertation. There have been so many friends and colleagues who have been such an important part of this process. When I entered the doctoral program at LSU in Fall, 1994, I never imagined how this process would impact not only my life, but the lives of those around me. One of the areas that had to make the most sacrifice was my staff in the Office of Student Organizations/Greek Life at Southeastern Louisiana University where I was the Director for ten years. Thank to Mrs. Fran Dorsa and Mrs. Alice Peltier who made my professional life easier in order for me to be in the doctoral program and for helping with the many facets of this process. Thank you both for being patient with me and for encouraging me to continue moving forward. To the student workers and graduate assistants who worked me throughout the years, thank you iv
for teaching me that a group of people can work together as a team and that we could support one another in believing that we could accomplish anything. During the most difficult part of this dissertation process, a new family came into my life that was understanding and gave me the time I needed to complete this degree. Thank you to Dr. Tom Hosie, Lori White, and the faculty and students in the Counselor Education/Educational Psychology Department at Mississippi State University. Thank you to my student affairs students who were my daily motivators during the final phases of my dissertation. Thank you for welcoming me into your family. Besides my family, there have been many people in my life who have been constant support to me throughout this endeavor. First, thank you to Dr. Dawn Wallace who assisted me at many different phases of this study. You were such an inspiration to me and I could not have gotten through this process without you. There were many others who were daily support for me: Kelly Wells, Shannon Maneri, Jason Oller, Margarita Perez, Jackie Dale Thomas, and the members of the Beta Epsilon Chapter of Theta Phi Alpha. There were four people who, at different phases, were the ones who did not give up on me, who were there to give constant encouragement and unconditional love and support: Carolyn Fulton – thank you for all the years of continually encouraging to do things in my life, including getting a Ph.D., that I may never have done with your constant belief in me; “Decker” – I don’t know what I would have done without you being there everyday, making me laugh, and keeping me moving forward so that we could play again. Angela Zabala – thank you for the time that you spent encouraging me and for all the time that you spent proofing the document and helping me personally. v
Page 1 and 2: SORORITY RITUALS: RITES OF PASSAGE
Page 3: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am very grateful
Page 7 and 8: TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION ......
Page 9 and 10: CHAPTER V: SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, REC
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Each year th
Page 13 and 14: The member groups of the National P
Page 15 and 16: hopes of the founders rather than t
Page 17 and 18: ceremony is complete, that person i
Page 19 and 20: 80,000 women join sororities. On mo
Page 21 and 22: issues, and topics …that formerly
Page 23 and 24: when do we use it? How do we use it
Page 25 and 26: the sorority experience has on the
Page 27 and 28: The lack of information concerning
Page 29 and 30: of the NPC member groups, and to co
Page 31 and 32: CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE Thi
Page 33 and 34: Ritual Ceremonies and Symbolism in
Page 35 and 36: Robson writes further: In a world c
Page 37 and 38: strengthened by encountering differ
Page 39 and 40: student initiated and created to au
Page 41 and 42: Gradually, however, they took over
Page 43 and 44: Following the founding of Kappa Alp
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Page 47 and 48: Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity Lombard C
Page 49 and 50: What Is Ritual? In order to explain
Page 51 and 52: theorist/researcher in the area of
Page 53 and 54: Ritual as a Rite of Passage Underst
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we are and giving meaning to us wit
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am I? Well, as I see it, I am a per
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Value Congruence Research conducted
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the majority of authors . . . have
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To better understand Gilligan’s F
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only women, all with varying opinio
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member transitions to a leader/role
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development. The isolation period a
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Gilligan’s point that sex differe
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undergraduate members. Understandin
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not an option. Actual observance of
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Role of the NPC Research Committee
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the chapters were part of large nat
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where I was able to travel based up
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a whole. I piloted the interview qu
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These categories were reflective of
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participated in my sorority ritual,
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sorority women was a cognitive asse
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In addition, only one participant w
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school. Sixteen (31%) sophomore par
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itual among themselves outside of t
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was founded in 1978. Their average
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chapters ranging in size from 150 t
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participants’ feelings about the
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A few of the participants expressed
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Several of the participants related
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One of the participants explained w
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During new member education, you le
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Women’s Development within the So
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Comments from several of the partic
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When I first joined my sorority, I
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the participants referred to other
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I think that ritual has made me a b
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The reasons that the participants g
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This study included both private an
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internal value system or they know
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sorority women’s length of member
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when an 18-year old woman joins a s
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ehavior of sorority women, it must
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* The level of responsibility and /
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to evaluate sorority women and the
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they are and what role ritual has i
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numbers vary from chapter to chapte
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that those ceremonies can bring to
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Butler, E. R. (1990). Initiations r
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Kuh, G. D., & Arnold, J. C. (1992).
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Pennington, D., Zvonkovic, A. C., W
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Taylor, S.E., Peplau, L.A., C Sears
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APPENDIX A CONSENT FORM 141
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APPENDIX B PROFILE QUESTIONS 143
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APPENDIX C INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 145
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general? What would you say that th
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APPENDIX D (LETTER TO THE GREEK ADV
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APPENDIX E NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CON
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six months doing literature researc
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common knowledge similarities--the
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Correspondence II To: Shelia Barnes
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I truly appreciate your guidance an
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Application for Exemption from IRB
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