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Author:: Hawkins, Daniel Nathan
Title:: Fatherhood and Father Involvement Across the Life Course: Differing Effects on the Quality of Men's Lives
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: life course
parenting
father involvement
fatherhood
quality of life
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Committee Members:: Alan Booth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Amato, Committee Member
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member
David Eggebeen, Committee Member

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Author:: Smith , Emily Grace
Title:: MOTHERS’ SCHOOLING AND CHILD MORTALITY: EXAMINING PATHWAYS IN NIGERIA
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: child mortality; education; Nigeria
File:: Download SMITH_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:: Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Baker, Elizabeth Helene
Title:: THREE ESSAYS ON BMI TRAJECTORIES BY GENERATION DURING THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: obesity; immigrant assimilation; Mexican-American;
File:: Download baker_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Committee Member
Nancy Landale, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member

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Author:: Walker, Edward Thomas
Title:: The Privatization of Political Influence: Professional Grassroots Lobbying in the United States
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: political participation
lobbying
civil society
voluntary associations
business
trade associations
social movements
interest groups
File:: Download WalkerDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: John David Mccarthy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan M Sica, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Kent Finke, Committee Member
Nancy Love, Committee Member
Lee Ann Banaszak, Committee Member

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Author:: Johnson, Erik W
Title:: ENVIRONMENTALISM IN THE UNITED STATES: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MOVEMENT’S NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, 1955-1998
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: social movements
environmental movement
organizations
political sociology
File:: Download ejohnson_dissertation_040505.pdf
Committee Members:: John David Mccarthy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David P Baker, Committee Member
Roger Kent Finke, Committee Member
Lee Ann Banaszak, Committee Member

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Author:: Kindell, Heather S.
Title:: Coming of Age in Rural America: The Educational and Occupational Outcomes of Rural Young Adults
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: educational attainment
rural
geographic mobility
File:: Download Kindell_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: George Farkas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Hill, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhong, Hua
Title:: THE AGE-CRIME RELATIONSHIP ACROSS TIME AND OFFENSE TYPES: A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: time-series analysis
culture
youth
development
age-crime relationship
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Silver, Committee Member
Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Committee Member
Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Committee Member

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Author:: Kodzi, Ivy Abla
Title:: Three Essays on the Fertility Preferences of Rural Ghanaian Women: a Longitudinal Perspective
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana
fertility preference
fertility intentions
childbearing decisions
fixed-effects logit regression
File:: Download Final_dissertation_submitted_Ivy_Kodzi_0109_.pdf
Committee Members:: David Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gordon De Jong, Committee Member
Michael Massoglia, Committee Member
David Shapiro, Committee Member

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Author:: Buher-Kane, Jennifer
Title:: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SECOND DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION IN THE US: EVIDENCE OF BIDIRECTIONALITY FROM A COHORT PERSPECTIVE (1982-2006)
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: ideational shift
second demographic transition
fertility
cohort
File:: Download ThesisMaster_-_JBK_final_7.08.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Amato, Alan Booth (Co Chairs), Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Booth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Pelton, Julie Ann
Title:: THE POWER OF DISCOURSE: SILENCING DISSENT THROUGH DEBATE ABOUT…DISSENT
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: Critical Theory
Framing
Discourse
Cultural Politics
Protest
Dissent
File:: Download Pelton_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mrinalini Sinha, Committee Member
Nancy Love, Committee Member
Michael Paul Johnson, Committee Member
Alan M Sica, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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