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1. The Effect of Work and Parental Role Occupancy and Role Performance on Exercise Participation among U.s. Adults

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Open Access
Author:
Sherman-Wilkins, Kyler James
Title:
The Effect of Work and Parental Role Occupancy and Role Performance on Exercise Participation among U.s. Adults
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Work
Parenthood
Role Occupancy
Role Performance
Exercise
Time Use
File:
Download finalized_thesis_20150216.pdf
Committee Members:
Melissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Molly A. Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Maurice Ravel's Tzigane: Performance Practice and the "Gypsy" Influence

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Author:
Minnich, Mark William
Title:
Maurice Ravel's Tzigane: Performance Practice and the "Gypsy" Influence
Graduate Program:
Music Theory and History
Keywords:
Ravel
Roma
Romani
Gypsy
Tzigane
Sinti
Music Theory
Music History
Violin
Performance Practice
Rhapsody
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark C Ferraguto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric John Mckee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marica Susan Tacconi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. examining the impact of community policing activities on crime reporting in Jefferson County, West Virginia, the United States of America

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Author:
Apaydin, Levent
Title:
examining the impact of community policing activities on crime reporting in Jefferson County, West Virginia, the United States of America
Graduate Program:
Criminal Justice
Keywords:
community policing strategies
policing
strategies
crime reporting
small towns
rural
nonurban areas.
File:
Download LAST-thesis_with_corrections....pdf
Committee Members:
James M Ruiz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Salih Hakan Can, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jonathan Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. An Investigation Into Identity Formation Via Participation In Sports And Consumption Of Mediated Sports

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Author:
Reagan, Kevin Michael
Title:
An Investigation Into Identity Formation Via Participation In Sports And Consumption Of Mediated Sports
Graduate Program:
Humanities
Keywords:
Sports
ideology
identity
Ideological State Apparatus
discourse
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter Jones Kareithi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Explaining Adolescent Alcohol, Tobacco, & Marijuana Use through the Application of Routine Activities Theory

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Open Access
Author:
Herriman, Martha Louise
Title:
Explaining Adolescent Alcohol, Tobacco, & Marijuana Use through the Application of Routine Activities Theory
Graduate Program:
Criminal Justice
Keywords:
routine activities theory
target availability
parental monitoring
cigarette
alcohol
marijuana
adolescent substance use
File:
Download M_Herriman_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jonathan Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. The moderating effect of school racial/ethnic composition on the relationship between race/ethnicity and weight perception accuracy in U.s. adolescents

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Open Access
Author:
Yetter, Dylan Thomas
Title:
The moderating effect of school racial/ethnic composition on the relationship between race/ethnicity and weight perception accuracy in U.s. adolescents
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
adolescents
weight
weight perception
accuracy
school
multilevel
multinomial logistic regression
racial composition
File:
Download Yetter_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Examining the conditioning effect of self-control on strain using a within-individual change appraoch

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Author:
Palmore, Christopher C
Title:
Examining the conditioning effect of self-control on strain using a within-individual change appraoch
Graduate Program:
Criminology
Keywords:
strain
self-control
conditioning effect
File:
Download palmore_thesis_3.pdf
Committee Members:
Julie Horney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Felson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. Anomie of the State: Societal Response of Keeping Homelessness Hidden Through Urban Policies and Shelter Settings

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Author:
Funkhauser, Kevin Scott
Title:
Anomie of the State: Societal Response of Keeping Homelessness Hidden Through Urban Policies and Shelter Settings
Graduate Program:
Criminal Justice
Keywords:
Anomie
Total Institution
Gentrification
Homeless Shelter
Urban Policies
Institutionalization
File:
Download Anomie_of_the_State_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip Richard Kavanaugh Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. An assessment of variable newspaper characteristics on the coverage of Move-on anti Iraq war vigils in 2005: The relative impacts of Iraq war issue attention, location type, newshole size, and proximity to a protest

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Author:
Sullivan, Samuel Michael
Title:
An assessment of variable newspaper characteristics on the coverage of Move-on anti Iraq war vigils in 2005: The relative impacts of Iraq war issue attention, location type, newshole size, and proximity to a protest
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
sociology
media
social movement
issue attention
location
distance
newshole
Iraq
Move On
bias
selection bias
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Sullivan.pdf
Committee Members:
John David Mccarthy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Ann Banaszak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Kent Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Iceland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. From “Lumbee” to “Tuscarora”: Varieties of Citizenship Claims in Robeson County, North Carolina

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Author:
Manthey, Dominic Joseph
Title:
From “Lumbee” to “Tuscarora”: Varieties of Citizenship Claims in Robeson County, North Carolina
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Social Movements
Rhetoric of Resistance
Indigenous Studies
Civil Rights
File:
Download THESIS_ETD_6.19.15.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Howard Browne, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Walter Benson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. Chilean National Identity: The Various Iterations of Chilean Identity in the Miners' Accident of 2010

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Author:
Yunis, Bernardita Maria
Title:
Chilean National Identity: The Various Iterations of Chilean Identity in the Miners' Accident of 2010
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Chile
Miners
San Jose Mine
Identity
Chilean Identity
Testimonio
Media Analysis
Chilean Miners
Miners Accident 2010
File:
Download Yunis_Varas_-_MA_Thesis_-_Summer_2015_-_FINAL_SUBMISSION.pdf
Committee Members:
Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

27. The Relationship among Parental Involvement, Socioeconomic Status, and Children's Academic Achievement in China

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Author:
Wang, Yangyang
Title:
The Relationship among Parental Involvement, Socioeconomic Status, and Children's Academic Achievement in China
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
Parental involvement
Socioeconomic status
Academic achievement
CFPS
China
File:
Download Yangyang_Wang_Thesis_Final_Version_PDF_Corrected.pdf
Committee Members:
Soo Yong Byun, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liang Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

30. Investigating the Communication of Weight Stigmatization to Obese People: Classes of Stigmatization and their Predictors

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Author:
Quesnell, Madisen Nicole
Title:
Investigating the Communication of Weight Stigmatization to Obese People: Classes of Stigmatization and their Predictors
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Weight stigma
Latent class analysis
Teasing
Advice
Aggression
Avoid
File:
Download Quesnell_Final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Rachel Annette Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor