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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:

Download HARNETTGRACETHESIS.pdf

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:

Download thesis_defense_draft_7-19.pdf

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:

Download Waite__2022__-_Adding_a_Spatial_Component_to_Contextual_Sentencing_Research_ThesisFinal.pdf

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:

Download Davis__KenyaFinalThesis3PDF.pdf

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