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Author:

Bidding, Britney

Title:

Listen To That Baby Purr!: The Aesthetic Pleasure of Car Engine Sounds

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

music
music theory
film music
cars
engine sounds

File:

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Committee Members:

R J David Frego, Program Head/Chair
Erik McKee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Taylor Aitken Greer, Committee Member

Author:

Grossi, Jeffrey

Title:

Identifying the Impact of COVID-19 on Archaeology - A Comparison in Academic and Commercial Field Work

Graduate Program:

Anthropology (MA)

Keywords:

Archaeology
COVID-19
coronavirus
pandemic

File:

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Committee Members:

Tim Ryan, Program Head/Chair
Kirk Dow French, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Katherine Shenk, Committee Member

Author:

Dooley, Anne

Title:

For Better or Worse?: The Effects of Interactivity and Perspective on Identification, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem in Video Games

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

video games
text-based games
interactivity
identification
social comparison
self-esteem
media effects

File:

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Frank Dardis, Committee Member

Author:

Webber, Hudson

Title:

Benjamin Britten's Evolving Style as Seen Through His Fugues for Solo Cello

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

Britten
Britten Cello Suites
Fugue
Fugues
Benjamin Britten
Suite for Cello
Second Suite for Cello
Third Suite for Cello

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:

Wang, Anqi

Title:

Oppositions and Reconciliations in Representative Piano Works by Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

Griffes
American composer
The White Peacock
The Fountain of the Acqua Paola
The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Sonata for Piano

File:

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Committee Members:

Taylor Aitken Greer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Perez Benitez, Jr., Committee Member
Rachel Copeland, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yanich, Daniel

Title:

POLICE BODY-WORN CAMERAS IN SMALL AND RURAL PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENTS

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice (MA)

Keywords:

Police Body-Worn Cameras (BWC)

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Drivas, Magdalayna

Title:

Make me pretty: The role of customization in the effects of attractive avatar use on self-image

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

video games
avatars
Proteus effect
social comparison theory
customization
body image

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kemp, Kayla

Title:

The Origins of Segregation Academies in Mississippi: 1954 to 1976

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

segregation academies
social movements
civil rights movement
private schools

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Committee Members:

David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
David P Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Charles Seguin, Committee Member

Author:

Mooney, Micah

Title:

Musical Topic as an Embodiment of Community in Two Musical-Dramatic Works of the 1940s

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

Topic theory
Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Oklahoma!
Tempesta
Pastoral
Church Musical
Opera
Musical Theatre
Theory
Analysis

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Committee Members:

R J David Frego, Program Head/Chair
Taylor Aitken Greer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric John Mckee, Committee Member

Author:

Caniglia, Michael

Title:

Work, Public Assistance, and the Transition to Adulthood Among Children Maltreated During Early Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

foster care
transition to adulthood
adolescence
public assistance
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

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Committee Members:

Sarah Anne Font, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fenelon, Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Molly Martin, Committee Member

Author:

Davoodi, Marjan

Title:

From Sinner to Disordered: The Evaluation Of The Transformation of Morality To Mental Health Paradigm Via Word Embeddings

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Mental Health
medicalization
Word Embeddings
Morality

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Committee Members:

Charles Seguin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary J Adler, Jr., Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Greg Eghigian, Committee Member

Author:

Kucenski, Andrew

Title:

Miyazaki's Peace: The Role of Pacifism and the Soundscape in the Films of Studio Ghibli

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

musicology
music theory
film music
film studies
music
pacifism
soundscape
Hayao Miyazaki
Studio Ghibli
Anime
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Princess Mononoke
Howl's Moving Castle

File:

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Committee Members:

R J David Frego, Program Head/Chair
Eric John Mckee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Dowell Youmans, Committee Member
Sarah Marian Schouten, Committee Member

Author:

Risi, Joseph

Title:

Is Institutional Representation Enough? Evidence from Chicago Concerning the Relationship Between Racial Congruence, Diversification, and Police Stopping Behavior

Graduate Program:

Criminology (MA)

Keywords:

Policing
Diversity
Criminology

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Committee Members:

Corina Antohi Graif, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Committee Member
Eric Baumer, Program Head/Chair
David M Ramey, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Qing

Title:

Game streaming as pandemic relief: how might gratifications of viewing gameplay combat mental stress

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

Game streaming
COVID-19
Stress
Twitch
YouTube gaming
Uses and gratification
Recovery

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Christofer J Skurka, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Jisu

Title:

Can We Trust the Changes? Institutional and Cultural Factors in the Occupational Desegregation of Gay and Lesbian Workers in the United States

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Occupational Segregation
Sexuality
Public Attitude
Institutional Change
Sex Typing
Task Independence
Stigma

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah A Damaske, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Joseph Della Posta, Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen A. Matthews, Committee Member

Author:

Pojman, Elena

Title:

Do couples outsource their domestic labor upon receiving an income shock? Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

gender
domestic labor outsourcing
couples
inequality

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Committee Members:

Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Léa Pessin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah A Damaske, Committee Member
Hilary Wething, Committee Member

Author:

Shetler, Anna

Title:

Allostatic Load and Internal Migration: Health Impacts of Residential and Social Transitions in Early Adulthood

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

allostatic load
internal migration
neighborhood effects
mobility
health
segregation

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Committee Members:

Scott Thomas Yabiku, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Member
Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Committee Member

Author:

Ryan, Cayley

Title:

Home Away From Home: Education, Health, and Nursing Home Care

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

education
healthcare
health
nursing homes
demography

File:

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Committee Members:

Liying Luo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jessica Williams, Committee Member

Author:

Shaulis, Kelsey

Title:

Educational Expectations and Serious Mental Illness among Midlife Women

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Mental Health
Education
Educational Expectations

File:

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Committee Members:

Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah A Damaske, Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member

Author:

Yoo, Seul Ki

Title:

Reform and Renewal in Paul Dukas’s Variations, Interlude, et Finale sur un Thème de Rameau

Graduate Program:

Music Theory (MA)

Keywords:

Paul Dukas
fin-de-siècle
French keyboard work
Variation
Théodore Dubois
Variations Interlude et Finale sur un Thème de Rameau

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Committee Members:

Taylor Aitken Greer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric John Mckee, Committee Member
R J David Frego, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Carrier, Josie

Title:

Killing What Kind of Pain? Loneliness as a Form of Emotional Strain

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Loneliness
social isolation
adolescence
substance use

File:

Download Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Ashton Michael Verdery, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sarah Brothers, Committee Member

Author:

Harnett, Grace

Title:

Adderall Use In Penn State Undergraduate Students

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (MA)

Keywords:

Adderall Use
Adderall and college students
study drugs
Penn State drug use
college students use of Adderall
Adderall
Studying
Illegal drugs
demographics of college students
undergraduate students drug use
study and patying
greek life
ohio state adderall
studying and Adderall
Adderall and grades
affects of Adderall
Penn State

File:

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Committee Members:

Mimi Schaub, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Mitra, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Perez-Reyes, Eduardo

Title:

Scared Senseless: The Rise of Sensory Horror

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

film
horror
sense
blindness
deafness

File:

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Kevin J Hagopian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Mc Allister, Committee Member
Lisa Sternlieb, Committee Member

Author:

Wolff, Elise

Title:

The Relationship between Professional and Lay Expertise within an Advocacy Field: Historical Changes in the 'Intellectual and Developmental Disability' Construct

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

classification
categorization
identity
social movements
disability studies
disability rights
intellectual disability
developmental disability
expertise

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Committee Members:

Gary J Adler, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Seguin, Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alan M Sica, Committee Member
Sarah Brothers, Committee Member

Author:

Waite, Emerson

Title:

Adding a Spatial Component to Contextual Sentencing Research

Graduate Program:

Criminology (MA)

Keywords:

sentencing
spatial lags
county contexts

File:

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Committee Members:

Megan C Kurlychek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Committee Member
Thomas Loughran, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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