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Author:

Milligan, Amy K.

Title:

Kallah's Choice: Hair Covering Practices of Orthodox Women in an American Small Town

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

hair
Jewish
Judaism
folklore
bodylore
Lancaster
synagogue
women

File:

Download Milligan_Dissertation_03-22-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Simon Josef Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon Josef Bronner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
Kamini Grahame, Committee Member
Andrea Lieber, Special Member

Author:

Chan, Hsing-I Michelle

Title:

AT HOME OR AN "OTHER" IN THE U.S.: TAIWANESE IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S AMBIVALENCE, RESISTANCE, AND BORDER CROSSING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

poststructuralism
feminism
identity
women
Taiwanese immigrant
ESL
Narrative
English learning and teaching

File:

Download Hsing-I_Michelle_Chan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Committee Member

Author:

Younger, Karen Fisher

Title:

Africa Stretches Forth Her Hands Unto You: Female Colonizationists in the Antebellum United States

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

antebellum
liberia
american colonization society
women

File:

Download Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Lori D Ginzberg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Carver Rose, Committee Member
Anthony Edward Kaye, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member

Author:

Schanbacher, Kathleen Ann

Title:

An Intergenerational Study of the Mathematics Attitudes of Preservice Women Teachers and Their Mothers.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

mathematics
attitudes
women
stereotyping
teacher preparation

File:

Download Schanbacher_2009-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Brandon B Hunt, Committee Member

Author:

Best, Latrica Evette

Title:

Mental Health Disparities among Women in Midlife: A Longitudinal Study of Depressive Symptoms, Status, and Disease in the United States

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

women
depressive symptoms

File:

Download DissMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Hardy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis Dodoo, Committee Member
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Committee Member
Linda Ann Wray, Committee Member

Author:

Ridout, Samuel James

Title:

AGE AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR LIMITS TO EXERCISING MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

cardiac output
aging
women
plasma volume expansion
exercise

File:

Download Ridout-Dissertation-07-31-11-FINAL-EDITION.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Nathan Proctor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member
Urs Andreas Leuenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Shrestha, Srijana

Title:

Quality of life among elderly nepali women

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

quality of life
aging
women
culture

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Jeanne Marecek, Committee Member

Author:

Harvey, Tristana Renee

Title:

African American Women's Career Development: The Role of Self-efficacy as a Mediator of Leadership Aspirations

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

African American
women
career development
self-efficacy
leadership

File:

Download HarveyDissertation2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Spencer G Niles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Jolynn Carney, Committee Member
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member

Author:

Sofolahan, Yewande A

Title:

Understanding Childbearing Decision Making within the Context of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Needs of Women Living With HIV/AIDS in Southwest Nigeria

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

HIV/AIDS
Nigeria
women
pregnancy
childbearing
healthcare
support
men
partners

File:

Download FinalDissertatnSOFOLAHAN-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary King, Committee Member
Rhonda Belue, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Kim, Jin-Kwang

Title:

ACUTE EFFECTS OF DIETARY NITRATE SUPPLEMENTATION IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

cardivascular
Aging
dietary nitrate supplementation
beetroot juice
women

File:

Download KimJ_acute_effects_of_dietary_nitrate_supplementation_in_postmenopausal_women_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Outside Member

Author:

Eikey, Elizabeth Victoria

Title:

The Health Journey of College Women with Eating Disorder Behaviors: A Qualitative Study on the Use and Unintended Consequences of Mobile Weight Loss Applications

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

eating disorders
mobile applications
health apps
weight loss
MyFitnessPal
Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
unintended consequences
self-diagnosed
users
design
Information Science
Information Technology
recovery
sociocultural perspective
mutual shaping
health journey
EDNOS
OSFED
UFED
anorexia nervosa
bulimia nervosa
college
university
women
qualitative
think-aloud
interviews
EAT-26
EDE-Q
quantified self
food journaling
mHealth
persuasive technology
food log
activity trackers
physical activity
exercise
diet
nutrition
mental health
psychology
smartphone
personal informatics
health informatics
self-tracking
calorie counting
students
CIA
logging
weight loss apps
mutual influence
eating disorder behaviors
disordered eating

File:

Download Eikey_Dissertation_FINAL_REVISED.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynette (Kvasny) Yarger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynette (Kvasny) Yarger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea H. Tapia, Committee Member
Eun Kyoung Choe, Committee Member
Kathleen L. Keller, Outside Member
Madhu C. Reddy, Special Member

Author:

Hayashida-Knight, Christopher Howard

Title:

"Sacrifices and sufferings of True Americans": Black Women's Nationalism and Activism in Philadelphia, 1863-1901

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

black
women
African-American
Philadelphia
Gilded Age
Reconstruction
feminism
activism
nationalism
patriotism
neighborhood nationalism
African American
politics
racism
sexism

File:

Download Diss_CHKnight.pdf

Committee Members:

William Alan Blair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Alan Blair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lori D Ginzberg, Committee Member
Amy S Greenberg, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Outside Member

Author:

Orme, Stephanie Lyn

Title:

GROWING UP GAMERS: FEMALE LEISURE IN DIGITAL GAMES CULTURE

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

video games
digital games
gaming
gender
women
girls
motivations
genre
leisure

File:

Download ORME_DISSERTATION_FINAL_VERSION_MARCH_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Matthew McAllister, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Matthew McAllister, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Committee Member
Dr. Patrick Parsons, Committee Member
Dr. Camilla Hodge, Outside Member

Author:

Golder, Lauren Jenna

Title:

Anarchy at Home: Anarchism and the Politics of Intimacy in the Gilded-Age United States

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

anarchism
women
gender
free love
sex radicalism
domesticity
radical education
US history
19th century
anarchists
Gilded Age
Emma Goldman
Lillian Harman
Benjamin R. Tucker
Voltairine de Cleyre
Modern School

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Committee Members:

Lori D Ginzberg, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lori D Ginzberg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tobias Heinrich Albert Brinkmann, Committee Member
Greg Eghigian, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Outside Member

Author:

Field, Meredith

Title:

Power and Injustice: Exploring the Factors that Limit Women's Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

healthcare
access
rural
childbirth
maternal
women
power
Gramsci
SisterSong
Foucault
feminist
health care
hegemony

File:

Download MField_Dissertation_Draft_Full_Revised_Format.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Brasier, Committee Member
Leland Glenna, Committee Member
Jill Wood, Outside Member
Erin Heidt-Forsythe, Committee Member

Author:

Ferguson, Michquelena

Title:

Oral Histories of Women Instrumentalists in College Marching Bands Post-Title IX

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

music education
marching band
Title IX
women

File:

Download MPFerguson-Dissertation-Spring2021-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrin Thornton, Committee Member
Charles Dowell Youmans, Committee Member
Jaime Schultz, Outside Member
Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Coburn, Kelly

Title:

Spoken Narratives by Autistic Adults of Under-represented Genders

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (PHD)

Keywords:

autism
gender
transgender
nonbinary
gender variance
women
narrative

File:

Download Coburn_Spoken_Narratives_by_Autistic_Adults_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Krista Wilkinson, Major Field Member
Diane Williams, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carol Miller, Major Field Member
Susan Strauss, Outside Unit & Field Member
Diane Williams, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tuttle, Michael Christopher

Title:

Subalterns at Sea: Women and Blacks in a Revolutionary Atlantic

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

history
colonial
maritime
women
blacks

File:

Download Tuttle_Dissertation_May_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

William Pencak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Bennett Restall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Giguette Atwill, Committee Member
Tim White, Committee Member

Author:

Troiani, Krista

Title:

A Qualitative Case Study Within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education: Exploring Working Mother Professors’ Challenges, Coping Strategies, and Support

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

employment
equality
women
career
working mothers
flexible work
work life balance

File:

Download krista_troiani_format_review__4_.pdf

Committee Members:

Wesley Donahue, Major Field Member
William Rothwell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Threeton, Major Field Member
Rama Radhakrishna, Outside Unit & Field Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Godfrey, Katherine

Title:

Matrilineality and Empire: Indigenous Kinship Networks and Gendered Mobility in Early Modern Colombia

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

matrilineal
colombia
indigenous people
colonialism
women
gender
children
new kingdom of granada
mobility

File:

Download Godfrey_Diss_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Amara Solari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Restall, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Few, Co-Chair of Committee
Amy Greenberg, Major Field Member
Ronnie Hsia, Major Field Member
Tatiana Seijas, Special Member
Michael Kulikowski, Program Head/Chair