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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

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Author:: Kundrat, Cara L.
Title:: Socio-demographic and Geographic Predictors of Health Care Receipt among Mothers and Infants in central Pennsylvania and North Carolina
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:: geographic
socio-demographic
infant
mother
healthcare
health care
rural/non-metropolitan
race
SES
File:: Download Cara_Kundrat_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Clancy Blair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clancy Blair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark T Greenberg, Committee Member
Kathryn Bancroft Hynes, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member

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Author:: Farrell, Chad R.
Title:: Urban Mosaics: Multiracial Diversity and Segregation in the American Metropolis
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: suburban
race
housing
segregation
neighborhoods
urban
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glenn A Firebaugh, Committee Member
Susan Welch, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Committee Member
Mark Hill, Committee Member

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Author:: Harris, Casey Taggart
Title:: A LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF THE MACRO-LEVEL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RECENT IMMIGRATION AND WHITE, BLACK, AND HISPANIC VIOLENT CRIME, 1990-2000
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: immigration
violence
crime
arrests
race
ethnicity
time
File:: Download Full_Manuscript_3-30-11_-_tables_and_figures_inserted.pdf
Committee Members:: Darrell J Steffensmeier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Committee Member
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Christopher Jon Zorn, Committee Member

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Author:: Brown, Darigg Collis
Title:: Reducing HIV and AIDS stigma among university students in South Africa
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:: HIV and AIDS
stigma
race
South Africa
File:: Download Darigg_Brown_Final_FullDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rhonda Belue, Committee Member
Gary King, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Tamul, Daniel John
Title:: Immigration news frames: Constructions of immigration and the passage of SB 1070
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: immigration
race
framing
News
SB 1070
File:: Download Tamul_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dennis Karl Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colleen Connolly Ahern, Committee Member
Matthew Mc Allister, Committee Member
Gretchen G Casper, Committee Member

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Author:: Auerbach, Karen J
Title:: Alcohol and Marijuana Use Across the Transition to Marriage: Group Differences and Psychosocial Factors
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:: peer substance use
time spent with friends
race
gender
transition to marriage
substance use
substance use attitudes
young adulthood
multilevel modeling
File:: Download kjadiss.pdf
Committee Members:: Jennifer Lianne Maggs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda Marie Collins, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Schafer, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Committee Member

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Author:: Poniatowski, Kelly L.
Title:: NBC’S PORTRAYAL OF U.S. AND CANADIAN HOCKEY PLAYERS ON THE OLYMPIC STAGE: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER, RACE, AND NATIONALITY ISSUES IN THE COMMENTARY
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: Olympics
race
nationality
sexual difference
hegemonic masculinity
hockey
File:: Download Microsoft_Word_-_Kelly_Poniatowski-Final_Thesis-_July_10_2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Marie Hardin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Spicer Nichols, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colleen Connolly Ahern, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member

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Author:: Shreffler, Karina M.
Title:: Race/Ethnicity, Fertility Intentions, and Well-Being: The Importance of Occupational Characteristics in American Women's Lives
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: occupational segregation
ethnicity
race
job characteristics
occupational characteristics
fertility
life satisfaction
File:: Download Final_Dissertation_Shreffler.pdf
Committee Members:: David R Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan Booth, Committee Member
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Committee Member
Robert Drago, Committee Member

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Author:: Logue, Melissa A
Title:: Familial Paternalism in the Federal System: Do The Types of Family Arrangements Matter?
Graduate Program:: Crime, Law and Justice
Keywords:: sentencing
race
gender
familial paternalism
File:: Download Loguedissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Silver, Committee Member
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Member
John Henry Kramer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Paul Johnson, Committee Member

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