Interesting article on feminist movement and sororities

[DGMarie]

JONATHAN C. ZIEGERT
Department of Psychology Biology/Psychology Building
University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

EDUCATION University of Maryland, College Park M.A.: December 2002 Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Master's Thesis: Do Women Make the Sorority? An Analysis of the Attraction- Selection-Attrition Model Applied to Sorority Recruitment

[Tom Earp]

I agree with the Article and is well written. But the main scheme of things is not of the White, Black, Latino, Multi-Cultural Orgs.

I am sure, well depending on the parts of the country, that anyone walked into a house, looked at some of the composites , that there were No Black and White photos. My Chapter has been done in Color for many years!

I hope you get my drift!

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[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by DGMarie
JONATHAN C. ZIEGERT
Department of Psychology Biology/Psychology Building
University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

EDUCATION University of Maryland, College Park M.A.: December 2002 Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Master's Thesis: Do Women Make the Sorority? An Analysis of the Attraction- Selection-Attrition Model Applied to Sorority Recruitment

Marie,
This looks really interesting but I am completely clueless as to where I could look for it. Are theses (sp?) published online, do you know?

Thanks!

[Munchkin03]

It normally takes a year for a thesis to go from the student to their department to the library bindery. So, a 2002 MA thesis should be in the library (or in my school's case, the University archives) now. Most undergraduate honors theses are stored by the student's department. Of course, this probably all differs from school to school--but my alma mater was fairly small; for an Emory or UMD, it could be longer.

I do know by the time that I finished mine (which was tied to Greek Life, by the way), I was so sick of it that I didn't care what happened to it. Other than my own copy, and my advisors' personal copies, I don't know where my "official" copy is.

I remember our advisor telling us how sororities were the ultimate women's organization--entirely operated by women, from public relations to finance to everything in between. If there's any campus institution that fosters women's independence and friendships, it is a college sorority. I think sororities are excellent feminist organizations.

[Sistermadly]

*cough* Interlibrary loans at your university library. *cough*

[sugrsingr]

Originally posted by SDTSarah
Good post...it always amuses me that my sorority is the smallest of the NPCs on campus...but we're by FAR the most diverse. I guess that could be attributed to a lot of different things...but some of the huge sororities are glaringly homogenous.

That reminds me of my sorority. We are the youngest and the smallest on campus, yet we have such a diverse group of women! It really makes for a wonderful experience. Every woman brings something unique to the group.

[CatStarESP4]

This was a well written article and a breath of fresh air!