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Author:

Curry, Alisha Janette

Title:

Out-Group Marriages and Cohabitations: A Logistic Regression Approach to Studying Black, White, and Hispanic Unions

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

logistic regression
interracial/interethnic marriages and cohabitation
Blacks
whites
Hispanics

File:

Download Alisha_Curry.pdf

Committee Members:

Anastasia Snyder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coleman-Jensen, Alisha J.

Title:

Time Poverty, Work Characteristics and the Transition to Food Insecurity among Low-income Households

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

food security
food insecurity
time poverty
role overload
nonstandard schedules

File:

Download Coleman-Jensen_dissertation_072009.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane K Mc Laughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member

Author:

Ryan, Andrea Kay

Title:

The Effects of Alcohol and Illegal Drug Use on Initial Family Formation

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

childbearing
premarital cohabitation
illegal drug use
adolescent alcohol use
fertility
premarital parenthood

File:

Download ARyan_drug_use_and_family_formation_dissertation2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fern Kaley Willits, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Member

Author:

Schwartzberg, Audrey L.

Title:

Practices and Perspectives in Farm Labor Management: A Qualitative Study of Small-Scale Growers in Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

qualitative research
small farms
farm labor

File:

Download Schwartzberg_Final_Thesis_Nov22_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Meyer, Alissa Lynn

Title:

Farming Fuels: Searching for Rural Revitalization in an Agricultural Bioeconomy

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

public good
switchgrass
rural sociology
social impacts

File:

Download AM_DissertationFinal_11_21_08.pdf

Committee Members:

C Clare Hinrichs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Clare Hinrichs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Richard Stedman, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

Author:

Kazeem, Aramide

Title:

Examining Children's Well-Being: Schooling and Child Labor in Nigeria

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

schooling
education
child labor
sub-Saharan Africa
education and Nigeria
Child labor and Nigeria
Education and Child labor and sub-Saharan Africa

File:

Download Aramide_dissertation_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Shannon Stokes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member

Author:

Nonoguchi, Atsuko

Title:

Gender and Climate Change in Nepal

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

gender. climate change. Nepal. vulnerability. adaptive capacity.

File:

Download 2.23.2012_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member

Author:

Amsden, Benoni Lee

Title:

Understanding Sense Of Place Among Community Residents and Volunteers in Alaska

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

volunteering
community
sense of place
photographic methods
Alaska

File:

Download Final_Amsden_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Stedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert E Luloff, Committee Member
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Alan R Graefe, Committee Member

Author:

Woods, Bradley R.

Title:

Social Well-Being in the Appalachian Coalfields

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Rural Sociology
Community
Appalachia
Coal
Mountaintop Removal

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_4810.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert E Luloff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert E Luloff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Jeffrey Cash Bridger, Committee Member
Alan R Graefe, Committee Member
Richard Stedman, Committee Member

Author:

Raboanarielina, Cara M.

Title:

Community Perspectives on Conservation, Forest Livelihoods, and Social Well-being in Zahamena National Park, Madagascar

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Zahamena National Park
forest livelihoods
community perceptions
social well-being
social impacts of conservation
Madagascar

File:

Download Raboanarielina_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert E Luloff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert E Luloff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
James Craig Finley, Committee Member
B Ikabolajeh Logan, Committee Member