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Author:

Levchenko, Yuliana

Title:

Aging into Disadvantage: Disability Crossover among Mexican Immigrants in America

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

crossover
disability
health
Hispanic
immigrants
crossover
disability
health
Hispanic
migrant

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Thomas Yabiku, Committee Member
Kevin J Thomas, Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lowrey, Kendal

Title:

Igens-20 Europeans: Immigrant Intergenerational Mobility in the United States (1940-2017)

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

intergenerational mobility
integration
education
European immigrants

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin J Thomas, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Davis, Kenya

Title:

Re-Presenting Iris West: Race-Bent Black Women in Post-Racial Comic Book Adaptation

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

The Flash
Colorblindness
Comic Book Adaptation
Representation

File:

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Kirt H Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Stuckey, Committee Member
Bradford James Vivian, Committee Member

Author:

Derrickson, Kaylie

Title:

Advance-Fee Pet Scams Through the Lens of Narrative Victimology

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice (MA)

Keywords:

Qualitative
Fraud
Narrative Criminology
Victimization

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Committee Members:

L. Marvin Overby, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Lindmar Schally, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Andrew Howard, Committee Member
Emily Ruth Strohacker, Committee Member

Author:

Detore, Tessia

Title:

Student Perceptions of Zero-Tolerance Policies

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (MA)

Keywords:

Zero-tolerance
School resource officer
school-to-prison pipeline
restorative practices

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Committee Members:

Dana Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mimi Schaub, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Barger, David

Title:

"We Need to Talk": Toward a Process Model of Texting Before Conflict

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

modality switching
imagined interactions
serial arguments
computer-mediated-communication

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Denise Haunani Solomon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Manata, Committee Member
Andrew High, Committee Member
Timothy Worley, Special Signatory

Author:

Amin, Farheen

Title:

FitTok: A Modern Guide or Existential Threat?

Graduate Program:

Communications (MA)

Keywords:

Social Media
TikTok
Fitness

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Committee Members:

Nakho Kim, Ph.D., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gina M. Brelsford, Ph.D., Committee Member
Craig Welsh, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Candace M. Hogue, Ph.D., Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Benjamin

Title:

Assessing How Perceptions of Police Closeness Affect Social Distance and Recruitment Efforts

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice (MA)

Keywords:

police closeness
social distance theory
police recruitment
pennsylvania
gender
race
job satisfaction
law enforcement

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Catherine Gibbs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Catherine Gibbs, Committee Member
Jennifer Gibbs, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jonathan Lee, Committee Member
Jennifer Lindmar Schally, Committee Member

Author:

Rothermel, Samuel

Title:

Minimalism in the Twenty-First Century: An Analysis of Max Richter's "The Blue Notebooks"

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

Minimalism
String Quintet
Piano
Richter
Max Richter
Postminimalism
Electronic Music
Living Composer
Contemporary Classical Music
Popular Music
Concept Album
Protest
The Blue Notebooks

File:

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Committee Members:

Rachel Copeland, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Taylor Aitken Greer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric John Mckee, Committee Member

Author:

Buchan, Jennifer

Title:

Rhetoric, Gender, and Myth in the Age of the Technoapocalypse

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

artificial intelligence
gender
rhetoric
communication
myth

File:

Download Buchan_FinalThesisMay2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Michele Jean Kennerly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Ekaterina Haskins, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Qu, Yan

Title:

Who Spoke out During COVID-19 Pandemic in China? A Content Analysis About Chinese Coverages During the Outbreak

Graduate Program:

Communications (MA)

Keywords:

KEY WORDS: Media censorship; Content analysis; News source; Emotional tendency

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Jones Kareithi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig Robert Welsh, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Nakho Kim, Committee Member
Stephanie Leigh Morrow, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Haoyang

Title:

Migration Status and Parent-Child Discrepancies in Educational Expectations: Does social capital matter?

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Educational Expectations
Parent-child Discrepancies
Social Capital
China
Urban-rural disparity

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Elyse Glick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member

Author:

Krishnamurthy, Aaditya

Title:

Blood-Sheady Player One - How Indiscriminate Violence is Framed in Narrative-Driven Action Video Games

Graduate Program:

Communications (MA)

Keywords:

Video Games
Violence
Ludonarrative Dissonance
Moral Disengagement
Action-Adventure
Narratives
Ludic Structure
Narrative Structure.
Narrative Structure

File:

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Committee Members:

Nakho Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie Leigh Morrow, Committee Member
Yonatan Tewelde, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Falcone, Jay

Title:

The Etrusco-Italic Temple and Its Roman Legacy

Graduate Program:

Anthropology (MA)

Keywords:

Etruscan
Italy
Rome
Roman History
Etruscan History
Classical Studies
Classics
Architecture
Architectural History
Roman Architecture

File:

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Committee Members:

Jake Nabel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Doyle, Committee Member
Tim Ryan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Spearly, Katie

Title:

Doing Fine or In Decline? A Look at Housing in the Historic Rust Belt Region

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

housing
rust belt
socioeconomic status
wealth inequality
housing inequality
population decline
economic decline

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott Yabiku, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jonathan Kyle Daw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member

Author:

Boynton, Karen

Title:

LGBTQ+ Identity Disclosures in the Workplace: Exploring the Relationships Between Organizational Support, Interpersonal Justice, and Intention to Quit

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

self disclosure
workplace
LGBTQ+ identity
identity disclosure
organizational support

File:

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Brian Manata, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Dillard, Committee Member
Andrew High, Committee Member

Author:

Vogel, Elisa

Title:

'Hears' the thing: A meta-analytic systematic review of the effects perceived listening

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

listening
meta-analysis
attitude change
organizational behavior

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Committee Members:

John W Gastil, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Dillard, Committee Member
Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Shannon Cruz, Committee Member

Author:

Newell, Anna

Title:

From Pain Management to Street Crime: A County-Level Analysis of Opioid Prescriptions and Drug-Related Arrest Rates

Graduate Program:

Criminology (MA)

Keywords:

Drugs
Substance Use
Arrests
Opioids
Prescribing

File:

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Committee Members:

Holly Nguyen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Antohi Graif, Committee Member
Pamela Wilcox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sarah Brothers, Committee Member

Author:

Belt, Michael

Title:

Protestant Megachurch Growth: The Role of Congregant-Focused and Public-Focused Social Services

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Religion
Megachurches
Institutions
Social Services
Congregations
Complete Institutions

File:

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Committee Members:

Roger Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary J Adler, Jr., Committee Member
Eric Baumer, Program Head/Chair
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

Author:

Roberts, Mary

Title:

Exploring the Veteran-Civilian Health Crossover: A Matching Estimator Approach

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

veterans
depression
physical health
biomarkers
institutions
military

File:

Download Roberts_thesis_211027.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Baumer, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Kyle Daw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Committee Member
Daniel F Perkins, Committee Member

Author:

Horn-Green, Kyle

Title:

Education Development in Poly-Ethnic and Mono-Ethnic Societies: A Comparative Analysis

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (MA)

Keywords:

poly-ethnic
mono-ethnic
education revolution
education development

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Committee Members:

David P Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Member
Mimi Schaub, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dana Mitra, Committee Member

Author:

Atac, Ibrahim Enes

Title:

Varieties of Group Threat: Ethnic Group Position, Individual-Level Status, and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

intergroup relations
anti-immigrant sentiments
group threat
ethnicity
migration
race
minority groups

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Committee Members:

Charles Seguin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary J Adler, Jr., Committee Member
Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Joseph Della Posta, Committee Member
Brandon Gorman (Outside Member), Special Signatory