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Author:

Nichols, Andrew Howard

Title:

CAMPUS RACISM AND WHITE STEREOTYPE THREAT: IMPLICATIONS FOR CAMPUS RACIAL CLIMATES AND INTERRACIAL INTERACTIONS AMONG STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

White students
stereotype threat
diversity
inter-ethnic anxiety
campus climate
racism

File:

Download Andrew_Howard_Nichols_Dissertation_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert D Reason, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Reason, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Beverly Lindsay, Committee Member
Susan Ruth Rankin, Committee Member
Shaun Harper, Committee Member
Phillip Atiba Goff, Committee Member

Author:

Freeman, Amy Louise

Title:

Money, Math and Engineering: The Relationships Between Community Economics, Math Preparation and the Graduation of Racially Underrepresented Engineers

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

prediction
recruitment
math programs
minority engineering program
STEM
poverty
race
retention
money
precollege
underrepresented
minority engineering
minority
math preparation
summer bridge
high school funding
MEP
diversity
graduation
engineering
multicultural
funding
high school
engineering shortage
Penn State

File:

Download Final_Document2.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member

Author:

Krug, Andrew Zachary

Title:

TAXIC AND PHYLOGENETIC APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION AND EARLY SILURIAN RECOVERY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

recovery
mass extinction
Late Ordovician
diversity

File:

Download Andrew_Z._Krug_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Perez, Christopher R.

Title:

Strength in Numbers: Emotion Regulation, Psychological Functioning, and the Context of Oppression

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

emotion regulation
cognitive reappraisal
expressive suppression
depression
life satisfaction
oppression
diversity
ethnic minority

File:

Download Perez_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hickman, Faye Jean

Title:

The Identification of Effective Recruitment Strategies from Non-Traditional Engineers: A Recruitees' Perspective

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

diversity
workforce shortage

File:

Download FayeHickman.pdfDownload Hickman_Errata.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Hong

Title:

SURFACE AND DEEP LEVEL FAULTLINES AND NETWORK TIES IN MULTICULTURAL TEAMS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

diversity
faultlines
multicultural teams
networks

File:

Download HongRenPHDDISSERTATION_FINALSUBMISSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Louise Gray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Harrison, Committee Member
Wenpin Tsai, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member

Author:

Quesenberry, Jeria Lyn

Title:

CAREER VALUES AND MOTIVATIONS: A STUDY OF WOMEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Women
gender
diversity
career values and motivations
IT workforce
IT profession
IS workforce
IS profession
individual differences of gender and IT

File:

Download Quesenberry_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
David J Hall, Committee Member
Mark Wardell, Committee Member

Author:

Movit, Marcela A. K.

Title:

Equal Educational Opportunity for Language Minority Students from Diverse Backgrounds: An Assessment

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

diversity
language minority students
second langauge acquisition
equal educational opportunity
limited English proficienty

File:

Download FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, 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:

Wortman, Thomas I.

Title:

Psychosocial Effects of Studying Abroad: Openness to Diversity

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

student development
international education
international
study abroad
diversity
Chickering

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

M Lee Upcraft, Committee Member
Donald E Heller, Committee Member
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Richard Laubscher, Committee Member
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member