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Author:

Fenton, Ginger D.

Title:

A Comprehensive Survey of Occupational Health Issues of Women Working on Dairy Farms in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

survey
occupational health
dairy farm
airborne bacteria
antibiotic resistance

File:

Download Fenton_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bhushan M Jayarao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhushan M Jayarao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Committee Member
Robert John Vansaun, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member
David R Wolfgang, Committee Member
George F Henning, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Jonathan Lawrence

Title:

Greening the Factory Farm: Toward a Theory of Agri-Environmental Technoscience

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

environmental technoscience
techno-fix
real subsumption of nature
regulatory science
livestock
production of nature

File:

Download jonathanlclark2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Edward Paul Durrenberger, Committee Member
Richard C Stedman, Committee Member

Author:

Weigle, Jason Lee

Title:

Resilience, Community, and Perceptions of Marcellus Shale Development in the Pennsylvania Wilds

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Marcellus Shale
Interactional Field Theory
Community
Resilience
Risk and Risk Perception
Adaptive Cycles

File:

Download Weigle_Dissertation_11Nov2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert E Luloff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert E Luloff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
James Craig Finley, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Richard C Stedman, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Lindsay A

Title:

FROM COW BELLES TO WAGNS: FACTORS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE CREATION OF WOMEN INITIATED AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

women agriculture organizations
social movement theories

File:

Download Cow_Belles_to_WAgNs__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Li

Title:

Spatial Econometric Issues in Hedonic Property Value Models: Model Choice and Endogenous Land Use

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Economics

Keywords:

spatial econometrics
hedonic property value mode
open space

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard C Ready, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member

Author:

Lenihan, Martin Henry

Title:

STATE, SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND PRODUCER PERSPECTIVES ON MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE IN THE GLOBAL FOOD REGIME

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

multifunctionality
agri-environmental
sociology of agriculture
rural governance

File:

Download DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Richard C Stedman, Committee Member
James Alan Mccarthy, Committee Member
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member

Author:

Ward, Melissa

Title:

Using Local Demographic Characteristics to Predict Admittance and Enrollment of Underrepresented Applicants in a Midwest Flagship University

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

underrepresented
higher education
diversity
admittance
enrollment

File:

Download Ward_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Patrice Johnelle

Title:

INEQUALITY AND INFANT HEALTH: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH TO DISENTANGLING CORRELATES OF METROPOLITAN/NONMETROPOLITAN DISPARITIES IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

birth weight
rural
multilevel modeling

File:

Download dissertation_0605.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Shannon Stokes, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member

Author:

Mendum, Ruth Marie

Title:

The Scientific Seed: Collaborative Plant Breeding and the Enhancement of Biodiversity

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

biodiversity
plant breeding
social studies of science
feminist science theory
sociology of agriculture

File:

Download Ruth_Mendum_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Richard Stedman, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member

Author:

Filteau, Matthew Richard

Title:

Who Are Those Guys? Undoing The Oilfield's Roughneck Masculinity

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Masculinity
Marcellus Shale
Social Disruption
Occupational Community
Oilfield
Boomtown

File:

Download Who_Are_Those_Guys--Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Timothy Wayne Kelsey, Committee Member
Kelly D'anne Davis, Special Member