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Author:

Maull, Amanda

Title:

THE ENTANGLEMENT OF FACT AND VALUE: EXPLORING THE AFFINITIES BETWEEN WEBER’S VERSTEHEN AND AMERICAN PRAGMATISM

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Weber
Epistemology
Pragmatism

File:

Download MaullThesisFinalFR.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan M Sica, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan M Sica, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jackson, Audrey L.

Title:

Let the Corporation Say Amen?: Role Definition and Negotiation of Chaplains in Corporate America

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

corporate chaplaincy
religion in workplace
establishing presence
chaplains

File:

Download AJackson_CChapThesis_Master_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Beattie, Brett Aaron

Title:

Predictors of marriage and dissolution amongst cohabiting couples

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

relationships
cohabitation
marriage

File:

Download Predictors_of_Marriage_and_Cohabitation_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Amato, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Amato, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tucker, Catherine Denise

Title:

Broken Bridges: Disrupted Religious Participation Among the New Immigrants

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

religion
immigrants

File:

Download FinalThesisCopy.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Altman, Claire Estelle

Title:

Migradollars and Meat: Food Expenditures in Mexican Migrant-Sending Households

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

nutrition transition
remittances
International migration
mobility transition

File:

Download cea159thesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jackson, Chloe M

Title:

Doing Memory: 'Structure as memory,' a case study of George Wahington's Mount Vernon Estate

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

historic site preservation
collective memory
monuments

File:

Download ThesisMaster_6.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan M Sica, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wolfe, Christina Marie

Title:

Effects of Parental Cohabitation on the Romantic Relationships of Adult Children

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

divorce
cohabitation
Canada
intergenerational processes
nonmarital birth

File:

Download CWolfe_MAthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Alan Booth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Alan Booth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith , Emily Grace

Title:

MOTHERS’ SCHOOLING AND CHILD MORTALITY: EXAMINING PATHWAYS IN NIGERIA

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

child mortality; education; Nigeria

File:

Download SMITH_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gobeil, Jonathan MacKay

Title:

CONDITIONS OF AGGRESSIVENESS IN US PRESIDENTIAL AND UK PRIME MINISTER NEWS CONFERENCES, 2002-2009

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

press conferences
United Kingdom
United States
media systems
comparative analysis
Conversation analysis
models of press behavior

File:

Download Gobeil_-_Journalist_Aggressiveness_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan M Sica, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan M Sica, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Amato, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amit Schejter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pearce-Morris, Jennifer

Title:

The Well-Being of Children Living with Ethnically Heterogamous Parents

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

interracial
child well-being
interethnic

File:

Download thesis_for_thesis_office2.pdf

Committee Members:

Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schreiner, Jonathan

Title:

AN EXPLOATORY STUDY OF CONVERSATION-BASED, PEER-FACILITATED DIVERSITY EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Contact Hypothesis
Peer-Facilitation
Race and Ethnic Relations
Diversity Education

File:

Download J_Schreiner_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Marylee Carmel Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pearson, Katherine E

Title:

Stereotyping Neighborhoods, not Individuals? Testing the Race-Based Neighborhood Stereotyping Hypothesis

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Neighborhood racial composition
stereotypes
residential preferences
race

File:

Download Pearson_Katherine_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zeiser, Kristina Lillian

Title:

Interscholastic Sports Participation and Academic Achievement: A New Statistical Approach to a Classic Question

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

sports and race
sports participation
academic achievement

File:

Download Zeiser_masters_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Emily Kate Greenman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Farkas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sanchez, Luis Alberto

Title:

EXPOSURE TO PHILADELPHIA’S CHARTER SCHOOLS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

charter schools
spatial analysis
GIS
urban sociology

File:

Download Sanchez.Thesis.Fall2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Augustus Matthews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tinik, Leigh

Title:

Plea Bargaining in Pennsylvania: Effects of Case, Court, and County Factors

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Plea bargaining
procedural justice
distributive justice

File:

Download Tinik_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Barry Ruback, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Barry Ruback, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rosell, Laura Maria

Title:

Latina Teens and Intimate Partner Violence: How Do Immigrant Parents Influence Daughters' Victimization Risk?

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

intimate partner violence
IPV
dating violence
abuse
parenting
Latinas
Latino families
teens
adolescents
immigrants
assimilation

File:

Download MA_Thesis_Laura_Rosell.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon De Jong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon De Jong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Jean Roempke Graefe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Booth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thorsen, Margaret L.

Title:

Bullying in Adolescence and Psychosocial Maladjustment: The Mediating Role of Social Self-Concept and the Buffering Effect of Parental Communication

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

bullying
adolescence
parent-child relationship
communication
gender

File:

Download LedwellMastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Black, Nyesha Cheyenne

Title:

CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON OBESITY PREVALENCE: A SPATIALLY EXPLICIT ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

health disparities
geographically weighted regression (GWR)
obesity

File:

Download Thesis_Nyesha_Cheyenne_Black_Fall2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Matthews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Steward, Nicole R

Title:

Early Academic Ability, Family Formation, and Educational Attainment: Examining the Role of Childbirth and Union Formation among Young Women

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

marriage
fertility
educational attainment
cohabitation

File:

Download Steward_thesis_office.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan Booth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Booth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Young, Rebekah Lynn

Title:

THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF IMPUTATION STRATEGY ON CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE ESTIMATES IN THE 2007 CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY ANNUAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SUPPLEMENT

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

multiple imputation
missing data
current population survey
hot deck

File:

Download young_masters_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David R Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor