• Effect of a heart beating breathing doll on infant sleep 

  O’Loughlin, Hannah (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Infant sleep patterns are one of the most common sources of concern for parents. While there is a wide range of products and information claiming to support infant sleep, available to parents, the empirical evidence ...

• American TV series in China: how online viewing impacts perceptions of reality, cultural values and identity 

  Xu, Meng (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  With the growth and popularity of the Internet in China, American TV series can bypass the strict Chinese broadcasting censorship of TV programs and be watched directly. These TV series, of course, are also an influential ...

• Paxing tig outside the crib: dynamics of lexical variation in New Zealand 

  Watson, Vicky Marie (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  This thesis is a sociolinguistic study into lexical regional variation in New Zealand English. The study utilises qualitative responses provided in an online survey and analyses them using quantitative methods. Classification ...

• Disaster lessons as governmentality : the disaster lessons of Canterbury emergent post-earthquake groups. 

  Butters, Minique (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Disasters that significantly affect people typically result in the production of documents detailing disaster lessons. This was the case in the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes, as government and emergency response ...

• Leavenworth : a history of the United States disciplinary barracks. 

  Foss, Nicholas William (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  The United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is America’s only maximum-security military prison. Despite frequent references to it in American popular culture, little is known about Leavenworth’s ...

• Youth engagement with Anzac in New Zealand : a Christchurch Case study. 

  Ansley, Alice (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  This thesis explores the discussions and perspectives of Christchurch secondary school students in regards to their particular experiences and engagement with Anzac. In this thesis I seek to rigorously and robustly examine ...

• The influence of accent on perceptions of credibility. 

  Taylor, Nathan (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  This thesis explores the influence that the New Zealand, Chinese, and Scottish accents have on perceptions of credibility in the New Zealand context. Listener respondents judged the truthfulness of a series of trivia ...

• Exploring the vocal satisfaction and self-perceived vocal masculinity of transmasculine individuals 

  Wong, Sidney Gig-Jan (University of Canterbury, 2017)

  Minimal research has been conducted on transmasculine individuals due to the prevailing belief that exogenous androgen hormone treatment lowers the f0 to a satisfactory masculine-sounding voice (Van Borsel et al., 2000; ...

• Examining EU power narratives within an emerging region : examining normative power Europe and market power Europe through images and perceptions of the European Union within external partners in an emerging region 

  Pokoati, Connor (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Since its conception, the European Union (EU) has battled to confirm its legitimacy as an influential player within the global arena, where some have considered the EU to be a “new superpower” (Reid, 2004; Schnabel, 2005; ...

• Management of non-profit social service organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand 

  Kuruvila, Albert (University of Canterbury, 2017)

  Non-profit social service organisations make a significant economic and social contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand societies. Despite their growing significance and reach, non-profit organisations (NPOs) have been facing ...

• The development of the use and the origins of the modern trust : Maitland's thesis, the crusades, and beyond 

  Breach, Lindsay Dean (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  This thesis advances a new theory to explain the origin of the use in English law. It defines a use, in the absence of consensus about definition, as occurring when a person (the feoffor) makes an enforceable grant of land ...

• Climate change and sustainable development in the Pacific: the EU’s contributions 2000-2017, with a case study on the Cook Islands 

  Abbott, S.R. (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  My thesis is going to mainly discuss climate change, sustainable development and the European Union’s climate change policies within the Pacific region, it will use the Cook Islands as a case study. The context for this ...

• Does dissociation produce shame? : an exploration of adults with sexual abuse histories 

  Schultz, Abbie Louise (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Studies suggest a causal interplay between shame and dissociation. Increased shame in response to dissociation has only been indirectly assessed in non-clinical populations. This study employed dissociation induction ...

• New Zealand viewers of Geordie Shore talk casual sex and binge-drinking 

  Low, Grace (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  In the current ‘postfeminist’ cultural climate, women are increasingly invited to be confident, free, open and ‘up for it’ and to take part in domains typically considered masculine, such as drinking alcohol and having ...

• Full metal jacket : challenges to reducing gun violence in Obama’s America 

  Dunn, Seamus Patrick (University of Canterbury, 2017)

  According to the non-advocacy Gun Violence Archive, more than ninety Americans are killed by guns every single day. Although definitions vary, on average, there is a mass shooting incident where four or more people are ...

• Understanding water supply sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) in the context of sustainable development and sustainable development goal six : a case study of the role of the European Union as an actor in the development of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) WaSH sector 

  McLintock, Shontal Rae (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Water is central to our ability to lead a life of quality. We require it for most day to day activities, using it for domestic purposes and consumption, growing crops, even recreational activities. Consider now, what ...

• A sociophonetic description of Jordanian speakers of English living in Christchurch through different generations 

  Alshboul, Abdelkader M. (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  The current research supports the ongoing investigation into the role of the age of arrival in a foreign country as an important factor affecting not only immigrants’ linguistic production but also production of the next ...

• Rural and urban dialects in contact in Jordan: the case of [tʃ] de-affrication in the rural dialect of Irbid suburbs 

  Alrabab’ah, Sharif (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  This thesis investigated the effect of phonological and social factors (age, education, word style and phonological environment) on the variation patterns of [tʃ] variant for 24 speakers of rural Jordanian Arabic in suburban ...

• An analysis of the proposed solutions to the Fermi-Hart paradox. 

  Tew, Joshua A. P. (University of Canterbury, 2017)

  The Fermi-Hart paradox claims that there is a very high probability that detectable extraterrestrial intelligences exist, while also observing that we see no signs of them. This high probability of extraterrestrial ...

• If they build it will it take root? : applying lessons of colonial legacy to polity imposition. 

  Miller-McTaggart, Dawn (University of Canterbury, 2017)

  In this project, I explore whether imposed, liberal institutions installed by a colonial power affect the persistence of democracies in the postcolonial period. If a state imposes democratic institutions within another ...

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