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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:

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:

Geddes, Alistair

Title:

Statistically Modified Farming: The Spatial Politics in Scottish Farming Statistics

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Statistics
Spatial Politics
Scotland
Geography
Governmentality
Censuses
Farming

File:

Download AlistairGeddes.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deryck William Holdsworth, Committee Member
James P Mc Carthy, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Roger Michael Downs, 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:

Abuya, Benta A.

Title:

UNDERSTANDING OBSTACLES TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: PERSPECTIVES OF POOR, URBAN GIRLS FROM NAIROBI, KENYA

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Urban education
Secondary education
Social construction

File:

Download Abuya_Benta__Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Jensen, Eric Brandon

Title:

DISTANT FIELDS: MEXICAN FARMWORKERS AND NEW IMMIGRANT DESTINATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Mexican Migration
Farm Labor
New Immigrant Destinations
Agricultural Restructuring
Rural Sociology

File:

Download Jensen_Dissertation_4192010.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark R Leach, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Ralph Salvador Oropesa, Committee Member

Author:

Leite, Francisco Carlos

Title:

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Educational Reform in Brazil's Federally Supported Agricultural Schools

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Education

Keywords:

Agricultural education
Adoption of innovations
Educational administration
Educational innovations
Brazil
Edudcational reform

File:

Download Leitedoc.pdf

Committee Members:

Connie Devine Baggett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Guo

Title:

THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF URBAN POVERTY IN CHINA

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Economic Reform
China
Deprivation
Spatial Inequality
Urban Poverty
Rural-Urban Migration

File:

Download Thesis_Guo_072307_black.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy K Glasmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lakshman S Yapa, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Chris Benner, Committee Member

Author:

Kindell, Heather S.

Title:

Coming of Age in Rural America: The Educational and Occupational Outcomes of Rural Young Adults

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

educational attainment
rural
geographic mobility

File:

Download Kindell_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Farkas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Hill, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Bedford, Jason G.

Title:

TEACHING CHANGE: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY OF INTERVENTIONS, RISK PERCEPTIONS, AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE AMONG THE GARIFUNA OF HONDURAS

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Garifuna
HIV/AIDS
Risk Perception
Mixed Methodology
Prevention

File:

Download Bedford_Dissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anastasia R Snyder, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Fledderjohann, Jasmine

Title:

"ZERO IS NOT GOOD FOR ME": MEASUREMENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF INFERTILITY IN GHANA

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Marriage
Reproductive Health
Sub-Saharan Africa
Infertility
Ghana
Cohabitation
Relationship Disruption

File:

Download Fledderjohann-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David R Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jenny Trinitapoli, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Alan Booth, Committee Member
Francis Dodoo, Committee Member

Author:

Houle, Jason N

Title:

Out of the Nest and Into the Red: Three Essays on Debt in Young Adulthood

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

transition to adulthood
life course
status attainment
young adults
student loan debt
debt
NLSY

File:

Download Houle_Diss_final_8-12-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Lynn Frisco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Molly Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Hwang, Joonho

Title:

DECONSTRUCTING THE DISCOURSE OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE AGE OF NEO-LIBERAL GLOBAL ECONOMY

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

the global digital divide
neo-liberalism
global economy
discourse
technology
development

File:

Download Dissertation-Joonho_Hwang.pdf

Committee Members:

Jorge Reina Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Mosley, Jannety M.

Title:

Utilization of Public Assistance Among Mexican-americans in the Black Belt South: Implications of 1996 Welfare and Immigration Reform

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Black Belt South
Public Assistance
Welfare Reform
Immigration Reform
Mexicans

File:

Download JannetyMosley_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anouk Patel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Burchfield, Keri B.

Title:

Neighborhood Attachment as a Source of Informal Social Control

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

neighborhood
attachment
informal social contro

File:

Download burchfield_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Silver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Felson, Committee Member
Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Schaeffer, Lucas

Title:

SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME AND U.S. MIGRATION NETWORKS: IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP?

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Economics and Demography

Keywords:

entrepreneurship
self-employment income
migration
networks
entropy
U.S. counties
knowledge flow

File:

Download ThesisV30.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephan J Goetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephan J Goetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rodriguez, Leila

Title:

Economic Adaptation and the Self-Employment Experience of Nigerians in New York City

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

African migration
immigrant adaptation
immigrant entrepreneurship

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Lyons Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Lyons Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James William Wood, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Ralph Salvador Oropesa, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Lin

Title:

LABOR MOBILITY, INTRAHOUSEHOLD DECISION-MAKING, AND AGRICULTURAL LAND LEASING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY WITH AGENT-BASED MODELING IN RURAL SOUTH CHINA

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Economics

Keywords:

labor migration
labor time allocation
intrahousehold decision-making
agricultural land leasing
household collective models
agent-based models

File:

Download Dissertation_final_LinZhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Jill Leslie Findeis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Committee Member
Jill Leslie Findeis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Rhonda Belue, Committee Member

Author:

Steinmetz, Michele

Title:

A MULTI-LEVEL STUDY OF REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOMES IN KENYA: QUALITY OF CARE AND COMMUNITY FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

fertility
quality of care
development
Kenya

File:

Download Steinmetz_Master.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon F De Jong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Committee Member

Author:

Bhandari, Prem Bahadur

Title:

TECHNOLOGY USE IN AGRICULTURE AND OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN NEPAL: DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC CORRELATES

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Technology use
agriculture
occupational mobility (farm exit)
demographic
socioeconomic
Nepal

File:

Download eTD_Prembhandari_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Shannon Stokes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Richard C Stedman, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Patrice Johnelle

Title:

INEQUALITY AND INFANT HEALTH: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH TO DISENTANGLING CORRELATES OF METROPOLITAN/NONMETROPOLITAN DISPARITIES IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

birth weight
rural
multilevel modeling

File:

Download dissertation_0605.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Shannon Stokes, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member

Author:

Moyi, Peter Liboyi

Title:

Child labor and schooling in Ghana and Kenya: The roles of poverty and education policy

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

child labor
education policy
poverty
Ghana
Kenya

File:

Download Moyi_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Qiuyan

Title:

ESSAYS ON WELFARE USE, THE WAGE GAP AND UNEMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Economics and Demography

Keywords:

welfare reform
unemployment transitions
rural-urban wage gap
rural labor markets
immigrants and welfare
low-income workers

File:

Download Wang_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jill Leslie Findeis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member
Mark Hayward, Committee Member
Stephen Michael Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Durham, Rachel E

Title:

ENGLISH ORAL LANGUAGE, GENERATION STATUS, AND THE EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Immigrant children
education
english
oral language
generation

File:

Download Dissertation_final_05-29-07.pdf

Committee Members:

George Farkas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane Francis Alwin, Committee Member
Ralph Salvador Oropesa, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Agha, Suzanne Elizabeth

Title:

CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS OF FEMALE CRIME AND THE GENDER GAP

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

crime
female crime
gender gap
cross-national
development
female status

File:

Download Agha_Dissertation_final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
John Kramer, Committee Member
Eric Silver, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Committee Member

Author:

Dorius, Shawn F

Title:

DEMYSTIFYING INTER-COUNTRY INEQUALITY: DATA, MEASURES, AND LONG-RUN TRENDS IN THE INTER-COUNTRY AND GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF HUMAN WELL-BEING

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

fertility
measures of inequality
global inequality
health
education
income

File:

Download Dorius.Dissertation.Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Glenn A Firebaugh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Glenn A Firebaugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane Francis Alwin, Committee Member
Jenny Trinitapoli, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Kar, Shiba P.

Title:

Non-timber Forest Product (NTFP) Utilization and Livelihood Development in Bangladesh

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Non-timber forest products
NTFP
forest conservation
livelihood development
Bangladesh
Chittagong Hill Tracts

File:

Download Shiba_Kar_PhD_Dissertation_May_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Gregory Jacobson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gregory Jacobson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marc Eric Mcdill, Committee Member
Wayne Lawrence Myers, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Sil, Susmita

Title:

The Role of Social Ties of Immigrant Parents in Determining their Children's School Success

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Immigrant Parents
Social Capital/ Ties
School Success

File:

Download Thesis_Sil-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Suet Ling Pong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Suet Ling Pong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Slack, Timothy A.

Title:

Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy: An Examination of Family Livelihood Strategies

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

rural poverty
livelihood strategies
informal economy

File:

Download slack_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
George Farkas, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Tse-Chuan

Title:

Exploring the rural paradox: A spatial investigation of rurality and mortality

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

inequality
environmental hazards
social capital
health disparity
mortality
rurality

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Shannon Stokes, Committee Member
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member

Author:

Gebreselassie, Tesfayi

Title:

TWO ESSAYS IN CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND URBAN POVERTY DYNAMICS IN ETHIOPIA

Graduate Program:

Special

Keywords:

Maternal education; Child health; Multilevel Analy

File:

Download Tesfayi-Final-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Shapiro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Dr Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
David Gerard Abler, Committee Member
Barbara White Pennypacker, Committee Member

Author:

Sambisa, William

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN’S AUTONOMY AND STATUS ON THEIR ADOPTION OF SAFE SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AS RELATED TO HIV/AIDS IN ZIMBABWE

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

safe sexual behaviors

File:

Download William_Sambisa_Diss_Re-Edited_5-15-06.pdf

Committee Members:

C Shannon Stokes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Gordon F De Jong, Committee Member
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Gretchen T Cornwell, Committee Member

Author:

Roka, Krishna

Title:

Are Ngos Making A Difference? A Community Approach To Measuring Non-government Organizations (ngos) Effectiveness In Nepal

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Nepal
NGOs
Rural development
Effectiveness

File:

Download FINAL_DISSERTATION_april_10_20121.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert E Luloff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Craig Finley, Special Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member

Author:

Shoff, Carla

Title:

Disparities in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Across the Levels and Dimensions of Rurality

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

pregnancy
rural
health disparities
multilevel modeling
health care

File:

Download 1-CarlaShoff.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane K Mc Laughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Mark R Leach, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member

Author:

Ader, David Russell

Title:

People of the land without land: A Socio-demographic study of Mapuche Poverty

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Mapuche
Indigenous Poverty
Indigeneity
Chile
Ethnic Identity

File:

Download Dissertation_Full_Draft_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Anouk Patel, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member

Author:

Halabi, Samira

Title:

Quality and Inequality in Arab Education: A Comparative Study of School Resource Disparities in the Middle East

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

school resources
TIMSS
Middle East
educational inequality

File:

Download Halabi_Samira.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Remster, Brianna

Title:

Invisible Men: A Longitudinal Analysis of Homelessness Among Ex-inmates

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

incarceration
homelessness
reintegration
reentry

File:

Download Remster_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

D Wayne Osgood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Member
John Henry Kramer, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Metraux, Special Member

Author:

Irving, Shelley Kay

Title:

Child Poverty, Program Participation, and Educational and Health Outcomes: The Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Poverty
Program Participation
Child well-being; Race/ethnicity
Nativity

File:

Download Irving_dissertation_071013.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon F De Jong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph Salvador Oropesa, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Deborah Jean Roempke Graefe, Committee Member

Author:

Rhubart, Danielle Christine

Title:

Former Street-involved Children in Rural Central Kenya: Uncovering an Understudied Population

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

street children
Kenya
reintegration programs

File:

Download Rhubart_Danielle_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Altman, Claire Estelle

Title:

High Fertility Among Mexican Immigrants To The United States: Myth Or Reality?

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Mexico
fertility
immigrants
binational
Mexican-American

File:

Download Dissertation_Claire_E_Altman_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Landale, Committee Member
Ralph Salvador Oropesa, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Special Member

Author:

Sen, Shonel

Title:

Three Essays On The Quantity-Quality Model Of Fertility For India: Theoretical Extensions And Empirical Testing

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Economics and Demography

Keywords:

fertility
quantity-quality tradeoff
OLG model
TFR
Indian demography

File:

Download 1-FinalDissertation_Sen2013.pdf

Committee Members:

David Gerard Abler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Special Member

Author:

Tucker, Catherine Denise

Title:

The Future of Latino Catholicism in the United States: A Population Projection from 2010 to 2060

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Catholics
Latinos
Hispanics
Catholicism
Population projections
demography
forecasting

File:

Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Kent Finke, Committee Member
Jenny Trinitapoli, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Henck, Adrienne Blaine

Title:

INGOs, the global ideology of childhood and educational policy in Nepal

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

childhood
child-friendly schools
INGOs
education policy
quality education
and Nepal

File:

Download Adrienne_Henck_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

James, Ann

Title:

Feeding Hungry People: An Investigation of US Food Assistance Programs

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

poverty
food security
food insecurity
social policy
welfare
health
food assistance
United States
post-structuralism
food

File:

Download amjthesis_11.17.2014_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lakshman S Yapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lakshman S Yapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Ewart Easterling Iii, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Amy Glasmeier, Special Member

Author:

Tran, Thang Chien

Title:

Ethnic minorities and fertility in Vietnam: knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Vietnam
ethnic minorities
Thai
knowledge
attitude
practice
contraception
population
family planning
fertility

File:

Download Thang_Tran_Chien_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anouk Patel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Corra, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Aspirations, Expectations, and Influences on the Post-secondary Plans of Rural Youth

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

aspirations
emerging adulthood
rural
youth
habitus
social networks
social capital

File:

Download Corra_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member

Author:

Castellanos, Paige Caroline

Title:

Stipends and schooling: A mixed-methods approach to evaluating Costa Rica's conditional cash transfer education program, Avancemos

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Conditional Cash Transfer
Poverty
Social Assistance Programs
Education Policy

File:

Download Paige_Castellanos_Final_Dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member
Anouk Patel, Committee Member

Author:

Hung, Li San

Title:

Gender, Household Decision-Making, and Hurricane Preparedness

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

hurricane
preparedness
gender
intra-household dynamics
household decision making
natural hazards
Sarasota

File:

Download Dissertation_final_Li-San_Hung.pdf

Committee Members:

Brenton Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brenton Yarnal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Christopher Stiles Fowler, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Espinoza Hermoza, Mauricio

Title:

Breaking Land Inequality in Peru: Are Land Markets Enough?

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

Land markets
Land inequality
Peru
Land Fragmentation
Land Concentration

File:

Download MSThesis_MEspinoza.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephan Goetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
David Abler, Committee Member

Author:

Rhubart, Danielle Christine

Title:

EXPANDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: OUT WITH THE DISPARITIES AND IN WITH THE… DISPARITIES?

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Affordable Care Act
Medicaid Expansion
Health Insurance
Spatial Disparities

File:

Download Rhubart_Final_Dissertation_6.27.pdf

Committee Members:

Shannon Monnat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shannon Monnat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Diane McLaughlin, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Outside Member

Author:

Jomaa, Lamis Hassan

Title:

Implementation of Local Wellness Policies in Pennsylvania School Districts: Student Involvement and Process Factors Associated with Positive Changes in the School Wellness Environment

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

student involvement
schools
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 200
local wellness policies
childhood obesity
nutrition education
physical activity
competitive foods and beverages

File:

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Committee Members:

Claudia Probart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terryl Hartman, Committee Member
Katarzyna Kordas, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Ely, Danielle Mamie

Title:

Using the Rural-Urban Continuum to Assess Women's Reproductive Health Care Utilization Across the Life Course

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Mammogram
Pap test
HPV vaccination
Rural-Urban Continuum
Health Disparities
Women's Health
Reproductive Health

File:

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Committee Members:

Shannon Marie Monnat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shannon Marie Monnat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Patricia Y Miranda, Outside Member

Author:

Acciai, Francesco

Title:

Socioeconomic Status and Health in Middle and Late Life: A New Look at an Old Issue

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Social inequalities in health
Health disparities
Socioeconomic status
SES
Chronic conditions
Chronic diseases
Elderly
Late life
SHARE
Europe
Aging
Health trajectories
Longitudinal analysis
Attrition
Sample selection

File:

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Committee Members:

Melissa Hardy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glenn A Firebaugh, Committee Member
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Wornell Seregow, Emily Joy

Title:

Immigrant Integration In New US Destinations: The Prevalence, Function, And Networks Of Informal Work

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

livelihood strategies
informal work
new immigrant destinations
immigrant assimilation
social networks

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann R. Tickamyer, Committee Member
Shannon Monnat, Committee Member
Lise Nelson, Outside Member

Author:

Castro Bernardim, Maria Del

Title:

Antes del Amanecer [Up Before Dawn]: Work-Family Strategies of Asparagus Agricultural Wage Workers

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Gender
Wage Workers
Agricultural Labor
Feminization of Labor
Household labor
Family
Global South
Perú
Labor
NTAE

File:

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Committee Members:

Carolyn E. Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn E. Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Braiser, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Sarah A Damaske, Outside Member

Author:

Balfour, Bruce Joseph

Title:

Incubating Community: Arts-Based Development, Network Structure, and the Embedding Process

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

structural embeddedness
relational embeddedness
social network analysis
overembeddedness
arts-based development
arts business incubator
community embeddedness
community development

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Outside Member
Robert Magneson Chiles, Committee Member

Author:

Trieu, Quang Thanh

Title:

ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION IN VIETNAM

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Educational Disparities
Family Background
Socioeconomic Transformations
Education Resilience
Vietnam
Ethnic Minorities

File:

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Committee Members:

Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott David Gest, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
David Post, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Donghui

Title:

THE POWER OF IDEAS: HOW NORMS, PERCEPTIONS AND ASPIRATIONS RELATE TO DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS AND INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING IN CHINA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

China
Life course
Spatial analysis
Aging
Transition into adulthood
Fertility
Culture
Social Change
Rural
Poverty

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guangqing Chi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian Theide, Committee Member
Diane McLaughlin, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Outside Member

Author:

Hagedorn, Annelise Dejong

Title:

“IF WE WERE VALUED MORE”: A STUDY OF CHILDCARE PROVIDERS IN RURAL SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Childcare
Rural
Gendered Employment
Work

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Tickamyer, Committee Member
Leland Glenna, Committee Member
Sarah Damaske, Outside Member

Author:

Sanders, Arie A

Title:

ASSEMBLING THE HORTICULTURE VALUE CHAIN IN WESTERN HONDURAS

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

value chain development
Honduras
smallholders
assemblage thinking

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janelle Beth Larson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Member
Karl Zimmerer, Outside Member

Author:

Hancock, Matthew

Title:

Armed Conflict and Childhood Food Security: The Association between Exposure to Conflict and Childhood Nutrition in West Africa: 1998-2008

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Conflict
Food Security
West Africa

File:

Download Thesis_Final_ETD_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Clemens Thiede, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Wei Lin

Title:

CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND RURAL DISPARITIES: RURALITY, ENVIRONMENT AND BODY MASS INDEX AMONG U.S. CHILDREN

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Childhood obesity
Rural-urban difference
Food environment
Multilevel modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn J. Brasier, Committee Member
Guangqing Chi, Committee Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Outside Member
Kathryn J Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Huot, Sovanneary

Title:

GENDER AND LEADERSHIP OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES: THE CASE OF CAMBODIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Gender
leadership
agriculture
women’s empowerment
cooperatives
Cambodia

File:

Download Huot-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann R. Tickamyer, Committee Member
Ricky M. Bates, Committee Member
David R. Ader, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nguyen, Chi Phuong

Title:

Education in the reform era: How policy and politics transformed Vietnamese students, school leaders, and communities

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Vietnam
Vietnamese education
rural education
international education
comparative education
education reform
education policy
college expectation
college access
politics
educational leadership
principal

File:

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Committee Members:

Kai Arthur Schafft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soo-Yong Byun, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Soo-Yong Byun, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chandler, Raeven

Title:

Latinx Health and Health Care in the United States: Comparing Rural and Urban Adults in New versus Established Destinations

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Rural Health
Healthcare Access
Healthcare Satisfaction
Latino Health
Hispanic Health
Patient Satisfaction
New Destinations

File:

Download DissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Brian Clemens Thiede, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Outside Member
Shannon Monnat, Special Member
Kathryn J. 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:

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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:

Brooks, Matthew

Title:

The Changing Landscape of Affordable Housing in the United States

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Affordable Housing
Rural
Urban
United States
Population Growth
Population Aging
Natural Amenities
Race
Policy
Income Measurement
Spatial Econometrics

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian Clemens Thiede, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Clemens Thiede, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Laszlo Kulcsar, Committee Member
John David Iceland, Outside Member
Laszlo Kulcsar, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tami Barrera, Lina

Title:

Socioeconomic and Technological Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in Cacao Farms of Two Post-conflict Regions in Colombia

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Colombia
Technology Adoption
Socioeconomic Factors
Post-conflict
Cacao

File:

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Committee Members:

Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Siela N. Maximova, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee 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:

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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:

Garner, Elisabeth

Title:

Re-evaluating Women in Rural Development and Food Security: Identifying the Intersections of Gender and Environment in Northern Ghana's Regional Food Systems

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

food systems
agriculture and rural development
gender
feminist political ecology
care work
peasant theory
Ghana

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathryn Brasier, Major Field Member
Leif Jensen, Major Field Member
Melissa Wright, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carolyn Sachs, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhou, Zhangjun

Title:

Educational Attainment and Late-life Health Trajectories: Evidence from Aging Cohorts in Developing Contexts

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

demography
health disparity
life course
comparative study

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Committee Members:

Steven Andrew Haas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David P Baker, Committee Member
Liying Luo, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stagner, Forrest

Title:

Shifting smallholder livestock ownership for climate change resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

socio-ecological resilience
livestock
Sub-Saharan Africa
climate change
smallholder agriculture
Zambia

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Ransom, Major Field Member
Michael Jacobson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Clare Hinrichs, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Thiede, Program Head/Chair
Brian Thiede, Major Field Member

Author:

Johnson, Jacob

Title:

Integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA) systems in Zambia: A case study of aquacultural system management and farm diversity in two districts of Northern Province

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (PHD)

Keywords:

agroecology
aquaculture
integrated agriculture
smallholder
farm system diversity

File:

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Committee Members:

Heather Karsten, Major Field Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jay Stauffer, Major Field Member
Michael Jacobson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alford, Katrina

Title:

Using the Community Capitals Framework to Conceptualize Drivers of Migration: A Quantitative Analysis of County-Level, Rural-Urban, and Age-Specific Trends in the United States

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Community Capitals
Migration
Rural migration
Elderly migration

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Committee Members:

Guangqing Chi, Major Field Member
Leif Jensen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Matthews, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian Thiede, Major Field Member

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:

Vivanco (She/Her), Maria F

Title:

Neglected how? Neocolonial discourses and practices in the production of Andean crops and knowledges

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Keywords: neglected and underutilized species; Andean crops; decoloniality
superfoods
ecologies of knowledge
Global South.
neglected and underutilized species; Andean crops; decoloniality
Global South
neglected and underutilized species
Andean crops
decoloniality

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Major Field Member
Leland Glenna, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathleen Sexsmith, Major Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian Clemens Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Reyes, Carolyn

Title:

Mining our Hopes and Dreams: Large-Scale Mines and Youth Outcomes in Peru

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Peru
Youth
Mining
Development
Rural

File:

Download Reyes_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Sexsmith, Major Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian Thiede, Major Field Member
Kathryn Brasier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Leif Jensen, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Randell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Butler, Jaclyn

Title:

Essays on the Economic, Demographic, and Social Dynamics of Income Inequality in the United States

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Income inequality
Uneven development
Deindustrialization
Population aging
Spatial inequality

File:

Download Butler_Dissertation_FinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Major Field Member
Stephen Matthews, Outside Unit & Field Member
Laszlo Kulcsar, Major Field Member
Brian Thiede, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathryn Brasier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Taleb, Mariam

Title:

Fungal community ecology of Lycorma delicatula in Pennsylvania, and the social-ecology of biological invasion risk

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

invasion ecology
environmental sociology
spotted lanternfly
mycology
unequal exchange
biological invasion
agroecology

File:

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Committee Members:

Edwin Rajotte, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julie Urban, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanya Renner, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

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:

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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

Author:

Brown, Allison

Title:

UNDERSTANDING FLAVOR IN FINE OR FLAVOR THEOBROMA CACAO: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

fine or flavor cocoa
craft chocolate
Theobroma cacao
consumer choice
descriptive analysis
international development
human subjects
agriculture
chocolate
Honduras
value chain
supply chain
sensory evaluation
focus group
interview
qualitative

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Lambert, Major Field Member
Greg Ziegler, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair