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Author:: Thorsen, Margaret L.
Title:: Family Demographic Influences on the Timing and Stability of First Cohabiting Unions
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: cohabitation
family
union formation
family demography
transition to adulthood
event history analysis
File:: Download Thorsen_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Valarie Elizabeth King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Amato, Committee Member
Melissa Hardy, Committee Member
David Eggebeen, Committee Member
Alan Booth, Committee Member

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Author:: Baumgartner, Erin Marie
Title:: Does early childhood education climate matter? The relationship between state policy, school readiness, and enrollment in organized care
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: school readiness
early childhood
sociology
stratification
race
education policy
education
File:: Download Baumgartner_dissertation_school_readiness_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Michelle Lynn Frisco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member
Emily Kate Greenman, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member

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Author:: Beattie, Brett Aaron
Title:: An event history analysis of premarital cohabitation transitions and divergent relationship pathways
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: cohabitation
relationships
marriage
family
event history
latent class
File:: Download Beattie_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Richard Amato, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Johnson, Committee Member
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member
David Eggebeen, Committee Member

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Author:: Hayes, Lydia N
Title:: First Time Mothers' Postpartum Employment Breaks: Predictors, and Marital Quality and Mental Health
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: Transition to Parenthood
Work
Family
Maternity Leave
Marital Quality
Mental Health
Motherhood
Stratification
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: David R Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah A Damaske, Committee Member
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member
Kurt David Johnson, Committee Member

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Author:: Boyd, Lisa Marie
Title:: Individuals' Relationship Experiences from Adolescence to Adulthood: Associations with Family Characteristics in Adolescence and Implications for Mental and Physical Health
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: romantic relationships
social determinants of health
transition to adulthood
family
life course
latent class analysis
Add Health
File:: Download Boyd_20161012.pdf
Committee Members:: Valarie Elizabeth King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R Johnson, Committee Member
Melissa Hardy, Committee Member
David Eggebeen, Outside Member

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Author:: Pragg, Brianne Elizabeth
Title:: Fathers’ Parental Leave Use and Relationship Promotion in Fragile Families
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: family demography
Fragile Families
fathers
parental leave
parental engagement
File:: Download 2016.09.08_Pragg_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Johnson, Committee Member
Sarah A Damaske, Committee Member

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Author:: Lankes, Jane Louise
Title:: RELATIVE ASSETS AND CONFORMITY IN ATTITUDES: A TEST OF BARGAINING THEORY ON NEWLY MARRIED INDONESIAN WOMEN
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: bargaining theory
attitudes
identity
religion
Indonesia
File:: Download Lankes_2017.pdf
Committee Members:: Roger Kent Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Kay Luke, Committee Member

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Author:: Smith, Jesse
Title:: Intergenerational Transmission of Religious Conservatism
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: Religion
Religious conservatism
Intergenerational transmission
Millennial
Cohort
Moral absolutism
Transcendent authority
File:: Download Smith_Jesse_Thesis_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:: Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Finke, Committee Member
Gary J Adler Jr., Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Di Giovanni, Anna
Title:: sibling placement in foster care: do states maintain sibling connections?
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: Sibling placement
Foster care
File:: Download Anna_DiGiovanni_s_Master_s_Thesis_Fall_2020.pdf
Committee Members:: Sarah Anne Font, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valarie Elizabeth King, Special Signatory
Christian Michael Connell, Special Signatory
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Pragg, Brianne Elizabeth
Title:: Disentangling Estrangement: Exploring Adult Child-Parent Relationships
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: adult child-parent relationships
estrangement
File:: Download Pragg_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Valarie Elizabeth King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah A Damaske, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Yabiku, Committee Member
Hobart H Cleveland, III, Outside Member
Ashton Michael Verdery, Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

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