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Author:

Whitley, Hannah Terese

Title:

Power, Privilege, and "Playing in the Dirt": An Intersectional Exploration of Women's Agricultural Experiences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

historically marginalized agriculturalists
intersectionality
participatory action research
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
social sustainability
urban agriculture
women farmers
critical food systems scholarship
qualitative research

File:

Download Whitley-_RSOC_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn J. Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair
Kathryn J. Brasier, Committee Member

Author:

Habashy, Noel

Title:

“If I had more of a relationship with them, it would be good”: Community members' perspectives of Community-Engaged Education Abroad programs in Costa Rica

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Education

Keywords:

Education Abroad
Service Learning
International Service Learning
Community Development
International Development
Costa Rica
Community Engaged Education Abroad

File:

Download Noel_Habashy_-_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicole Sheree Webster, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Devine Baggett, Committee Member
Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Outside Member
Carter A Hunt, Outside Member
Edgar Yoder, Committee Member
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hoffelmeyer, Michaela

Title:

Sexuality and Sustainable Agriculture: Queer Farmers in the Northeastern U.S.

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Agriculture Sustainability Farming LGBTQ

File:

Download Hoffelmeyer_Thesis_AESE_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Smith, Effie

Title:

Livelihoods in the Balance: Haitians, Haitian-Dominicans and Precarious Work in the Dominican Republic

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Dominican Republic
Haiti
Migrant Workers
Precarious Work
Precarious Livelihoods
Batey

File:

Download Smith_Effie_Masters_Thesis_Rural_Sociology_July_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Scott, Christian

Title:

The Pasture, The Village, and The People: Food Security Endowments and Abatements in the Southern Kyrgyz Highlands

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Food Security
Kyrgyzstan
Agropastoralism
Political Ecology
Social Networks
Central Asia

File:

Download C.Scott.pdf

Committee Members:

Guangqing Chi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guangqing Chi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Committee Member
Ashton Michael Verdery, Outside Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Southard, Emily

Title:

Empowerment and Exploitation: A Critical Feminist Analysis of Gender in Cambodia’s Vegetable Value Chains

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

empowerment
marxist feminism
cambodia
agriculture
rural sociology
division of labor
agency
ideology
gender studies

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Draft_for_Submission_fixed.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Committee Member
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Velasco Palacios, Hazel

Title:

Assesing the Effectiveness of Participatory Gender-Responsive Development Projects in Rural Honduras

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (MS)

Keywords:

gender and development
participatory extension approaches
gender responsive design
rural development

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Kathryn Brasier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Paige Castellanos, Committee Member

Author:

Adrien, Carolyn

Title:

FOLLOWING THE MONEY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE AID, ORPHANAGE PREVALENCE, AND CHILD OUT-FOSTERING IN HAITI

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (MS)

Keywords:

orphanages
charity
private aid
international development
child out-fostering
charity finance

File:

Download Carolyn_Adrien_Final_MS_thesis_RSOC.pdf

Committee Members:

Laszlo Kulcsar, Program Head/Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Clemens Thiede, Committee Member
Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Committee Member

Author:

Griffin, Megan

Title:

Growing Resistance: An Ecofeminist Analysis of Seed Sovereignty in Xoy, Yucatan

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (MS)

Keywords:

agrobiodiversity
seed sovereignty
ecofeminism
science and technology studies
Yucatan
maize

File:

Download Griffin_RSOC_INTAD_Thesis_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mariana J Ortega, Committee Member
Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Magneson Chiles, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member