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Author:

Wilson, Andrew Mark

Title:

BIRD POPULATION RESPONSES TO CONSERVATION GRASSLANDS IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

grassland bird
conservation
CRP
Pennsylvania
CREP

File:

Download Andrew_Wilson_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member

Author:

Norton, Andrew Scott

Title:

AN EVALUATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SEX-AGE-KILL MODEL FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

temporal variability
spatial variability
harvest rate
bootstrapping
Sex-Age-Kill
ecology
wildlife
population modeling
white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
deer
sensitivity
robustness
Pennsylvania
precision

File:

Download Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kelleher, Christa Ann

Title:

Characterization of stream temperatures across Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
stream temperature modeling
hydrology

File:

Download Kelleher_Final_Dec.pdf

Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Taylor, Catherine Freiday

Title:

Conceptions of Time and Competing Priorities in the Principalship: The Challenge of Staying Focused on Learning

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
No Child Left Behind legislation
New principals
Leadership in education
Instructional leadership
Instruction
Expectations
Email
Elementary schools
Elementary principal
Education
Decision making
Curriculum and instruction
Conceptions of time
Best interests
Availability or absence of time
Assessment results
Administration of schools
Achievement
Accountability in education
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
Principal
Priorities
Qualitative research
Rural schools
Students
Student learning
Suburban schools
Technology
Time
Time management
Teachers
Theories and principles
Urban schools

File:

Download CFTaylor-Dissertation-ThesisOffice.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul T Begley, Professor Of Education, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Lieb, David Andrew

Title:

THE ECOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA’S SURFACE-DWELLING CRAYFISH FAUNA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
management
conservation
distribution
ecology
crayfish

File:

Download FinalVersion_PhDDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Robert F Carline, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert F Carline, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Peterson, Daniel Adam

Title:

Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fluvial
Devonian
tetrapod
avulsion
Acadian orogeny
Pennsylvania
Red Hill
stratigraphy
floodplain
paleosol
sandstone

File:

Download Thesis_-_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aman, Destiny Dawn

Title:

The Mystery of the Mobile Home: A Geographic Investigation of Mobile Homes in Rural Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
mobile homes
tax assessment data
housing
hazards

File:

Download AmanThesis.9.pdf

Committee Members:

Brenton Yarnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, David Grant

Title:

"On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870"

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

border
petition
fugitive slaves
abolitionism
anti-slavery
antislavery
Pennsylvania
Thaddeus Stevens
contrabands
African Americans
Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee

File:

Download Final_1120DGSmithPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Alan Blair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Carver Rose, Committee Member
Lori D Ginzberg, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Richard J M Blackett, Committee Member

Author:

Fischer, Douglas Paul

Title:

LIFE HISTORY ASPECTS OF THE BURBOT LOTA LOTA (LINNAEUS) IN THE UPPER ALLEGHENY RIVER

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

zoogeography
burbot
endangered fish
Pennsylvania

File:

Download DPF_Final_PDF_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Retchless, David Pahl

Title:

Public Perceptions of Spatial Analogs for Climate Change: A Survey of Centre Region, Pennsylvania Residents

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
communication
spatial analogs
perceptions
climate change

File:

Download RetchlessThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Brenton Yarnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brenton Yarnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stainbrook, David Philip

Title:

METHODS OF ESTIMATING WHITE-TAILED DEER ABUNDANCE AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: TESTING ASSUMPTIONS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Global Positioning System (GPS)
Lincoln-Petersen
mark-resight
Bowden
abundance
density
bias
non-uniform transects
roads
distance sampling
Odocoileus virginianus
white-tailed deer
resource selection
habitat use
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania

File:

Download Thesis_DPS_final_2011_high_res.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thomas, Emily Hope

Title:

Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Songbird Abundance in the Allegheny National Forest

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

fragmentation
wells
abundance
songbirds
Pennsylvania

File:

Download ANF_OGM.pdf

Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham And Walter Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gordon, Jason S.

Title:

LATINO ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS AND USES OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS: COMMUNITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
Latinos
community
environmental perceptions
outdoor recreation

File:

Download gordon_dissertation_final02-13-10.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert E Luloff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert E Luloff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Craig Finley, Committee Member
Jeffrey Cash Bridger, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Solsiree Del Moral, Committee Member
Rich Stedman, Committee Member

Author:

McCormick Higgins, Judith Ann

Title:

FINDING OUR WAY: WOMEN'S LIVED EXPERIENCES LEADING TO THE LEGISLATURES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Women legislators
Pennsylvania
Maryland
women politicians

File:

Download Whole_document_Apr_15_05_-_Judith_Higgins.pdf

Committee Members:

Ian E Baptiste, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Carol Ruth Nechemias, Committee Member

Author:

Orsulak, Megan

Title:

RISK AND COST ANALYSIS OF SAFETY VIOLATIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINES

Graduate Program:

Mining Engineering

Keywords:

coal mines
cost analysis
risk assessment
standard citations
safety
Pennsylvania

File:

Download MS_Thesis_-_Megan_Orsulak.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Keenan, Matthew Thomas

Title:

HUNTER DISTRIBUTION AND HARVEST OF FEMALE WHITE-TAILED DEER IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

harvest
hunter density
hunter distribution
hunting efficiency
hunting mortality
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
survival
white-tailed deer
antlerless

File:

Download Keenan_Thesis_Nov2.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kong, Ningning

Title:

Topographically-based Landscape-scale Ecological Mapping in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

landtype association
ecological landtype
topography
Pennsylvania

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Lawrence Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member
Charles Andrew Cole, Committee Member
Rick Lane Day, Committee Member

Author:

Jackson, Robert

Title:

PERCEPTIONS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT, AND TALENT: A MULTIPLE SITE CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SMALL BUSINESSES IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

small business
case study
multiple site case study
talent management
talent
organizational alignment
strategic planning
small businesses
small businesses in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

File:

Download R.D.Jackson_Dissertation_1.31.10.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Glade, Tyrone H

Title:

FY 2010: The Response of the In-House Lobbyists at the State-Related Research Universities of Pennsylvania to an Economic Crisis

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

state appropriations
research universities
lobbying
lobbyists
political perspective
in-house lobbyists
Pennsylvania

File:

Download June_17a_2011_Draft--Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dorothy H Evensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member

Author:

Bergstrom, Eric John

Title:

A Comparison of the Leadership Competencies of Leaders in Manufacturing, Hospitals, and Community Banking Industries in the state of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
industries
leadership
competencies
human resource
ANOVA
t-Tests
means

File:

Download Final_Copy_to_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Svoboda, Amanda Lyn

Title:

Presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O-groups in small and very small beef processing plants and resulting beef products detected by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

E. coli
non-O157
beef processing
small plants
very small plants
Pennsylvania

File:

Download AmandaSvobodaThesis_FINAL_June_13_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Catherine Nettles Cutter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward William Mills, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitrita Debroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kelly, Andrew Paul

Title:

Estimating Migration to Pennsylvania Counties Due to Marcellus Shale Drilling Activity

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Marcellus
migration
boomtown
population
Census
Pennsylvania

File:

Download AndrewKellyThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark R Leach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Diane Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kathy Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Very, Katherine Joanne

Title:

Investigation of the Prevalence and Spatial Distribution of Salmonella enterica Infections in the Pennsylvania Common Raccoon (procyon lotor)

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

Raccoon
Salmonella
Pennsylvania

File:

Download Very_Thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Bhushan M Jayarao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dicarlo, Michael John

Title:

Development Of An Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests development of an Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Advance regeneration
modeling
Pennsylvania
hardwood forest

File:

Download MichaelDiCarloMastersThesisAugust2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc Mc Dill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yang, Chieh-chung

Title:

Quantifying Potentential Benefits of Carbon Market Participation for Owners of Pennsylvania Oak Stands

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Oak stands
Pennsylvania
carbon credit
carbon benefits
CAR

File:

Download Chieh-Chung_Yang_Thesis_final_20140712f.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc Eric Mcdill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Babbie, Kristin Barbara

Title:

Intersections of Knowledge, New Information Technologies, and Ideas of Good Farming in Southeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Italy

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

sustainable agriculture
good farming
information communication technology
Pennsylvania
Italy
farming
sociology
rural

File:

Download BabbieKristin_FinalThesis_MSRuralSociology.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vreeland, Wendy Christine

Title:

Dispersal timing, distances, and rates of Pennsylvania black bear

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

black bear
dispersal rates
dispersal distances
dispersal timing
Pennsylvania
population density
range expansion

File:

Download Dispersal_timing_distances_and_rates_of_Pennsylvania_black_bear.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Calamia, Lynne Marie

Title:

A New Deal for Historic Preservation: The Impact of Relief Funding on the Cultural Landscape of Pennsylvania, 1932-1941

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

historic preservation
Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Pennsylvania
Colonial Revival
Pennsbury Manor
Old Economy Village

File:

Download L.Calamia_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Ayer Verplanck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
Joseph James Cecere, Committee Member

Author:

Abramson, Sidney Caleb

Title:

Population genetics structure and morphometric analyses of Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus collections from Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay, and three Erie County, Pennsylvania, streams

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

round goby
neogobius melanostomus
Erie
Pennsylvania
morphometrics and meristic characters

File:

Download FINAL_Thesis_Draft_Nme.pdf

Committee Members:

Stauffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Lee King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanette Lane Schnars, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Arroyo, Gabriella B

Title:

Crustal structure of the mid-atlantic U.s. from P-wave receiver functions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

crustal structure
receiver functions
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Appalachian
Scranton
Scranton High
Grenville Front
Allegheny Front
Mid-Continent rift
Vp/Vs
Hk stacking
PASEIS
UsArray
US Transportable
mid-atlantic

File:

Download Arroyo_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lutz, Clayton Lee

Title:

Dispersal Behavior in Female White-tailed Deer

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

barriers
chronic wasting disease
disease spread
dispersal
foray
movement
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
proximate causes
ultimate causes
white-tailed deer

File:

Download Lutz_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Sheriff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher S Rosenberry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Forman, Nicholas Sean

Title:

River otter population monitoring in northeastern Pennsylvania using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture-recapture models

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

River otter
non-invasive genetic sampling
spatial capture-recapture
population size
population density
Pennsylvania

File:

Download ThesisFinalSubmission_12092015.pdf

Committee Members:

William David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cassandra Michaela Miller Butterworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Homman, Kyle A

Title:

Seismicity in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismic
seismicity
induced seismicity
earthquakes
Pennsylvania
mining
cross correlation

File:

Download HommanThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Capasso, Sarah Jane

Title:

Antibiotic Resistance in Pennsylvania Stone Fruit Orchards

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

antibiotic resistance
tetracycline
antibiotics
oxytetracycline
peach
nectarine
orchard
Pennsylvania
tree fruit

File:

Download Capasso2016DissF.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member

Author:

Gigliotti, Laura Christine

Title:

Ecology, habitat use, and winter thermal dynamics of snowshoe hares in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

snowshoe hare
Pennsylvania
body condition
survival
home range
habitat use
adaptation
movement

File:

Download Gigliotti_thesis_final_format.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Boleman, Patrick James

Title:

Nitrogen Credit Trading as a Mechanism for Riparian Buffer Establishment on Pennsylvania Farmland

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Riparian Buffer
Nitrogen
Nutrient Credit Trading
Agroforestry
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Payment for Ecosystem Services
Pennsylvania

File:

Download Thesis_Patrick_J_Boleman.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Gregory Jacobson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Worthington, Stephen Staley

Title:

Gaps in the Armor: Predictors of Civil Rights Complaints in Pennsylvania's Elementary & Secondary Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

civil rights
education
discrimination
Pennsylvania
Office for Civil Rights
public schools
Title VI
Title IX
Section 504
race
disability
charter schools
educational equity
binary logistic regression
special education funding
special education disputes
dispute resolution

File:

Download Worthington_Thesis_-_Gaps_in_the_Armor.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria M Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Xueyi

Title:

BARRIERS TO IMPROVING IMPLEMENTATION OF PENNSYLVANIA’S UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELL PROGRAM

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

shale gas
wastewater
underground injection well
Pennsylvania

File:

Download Xueyi_Ms_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Jaenicke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Abdalla, Committee Member
Edward Jaenicke, Committee Member

Author:

Mazzone, Jennie Diehl

Title:

Responding to growers' needs: Evaluation of management strategies for onion center rot, caused by Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea agglomerans

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

onion
Pantoea ananatis
Pantoea agglomerans
center rot
cultivar
nitrogen
transplant
bactericide
management
integrated pest management
Allium cepa
bacteria
disease
Honduras
horticultural production guide
Rhizoctonia solani
tomato
tomato foliar blight
Pennsylvania

File:

Download Thesis-_MAZZONE_J.D..pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Beth K. Gugino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco, Committee Member
Dr. Kari A. Peter, Committee Member
Dr. William Lamont, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Meness, Joy Noelle

Title:

THE CURRICULUM OF THE CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL: AN AMERICAN EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Carlisle Indian Industrial School
curriculum
Haudenosaunee
Richard Pratt
United States Army
books
texts
colonization
children
military
students
residential boarding school
Indian
Pennsylvania
Penn State University
Cumberland County Historical Society
NARA
reader
pedagogy
archive
precedent
historical
library
American education

File:

Download Meness_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Daniel Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Daniel Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Dr. Jamie M. Myers, Committee Member
Dr. Christine Marme Thompson, Outside Member

Author:

Cahill, Michael Scott

Title:

A COMPARISON OF YOUTH PERCEPTIONS REGARDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NICARAGUA

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Agriculture
Education
Agricultural Education
Student
Pennsylvania
Nicaragua
International
Bandura
Azjen
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial
Self-Efficacy
FFA
SAE
Supervised Agricultural Experience
NGO
Perceptions

File:

Download A_COMPARISON_OF_YOUTH_PERCEPTIONS_REGARDING_ENTREPRENEURSHIP_IN_PENNSYLVANIA_AND_NICARAGUA.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Douglas Foster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Ewing, Committee Member
Carl Daniel Azzara, Committee Member

Author:

Williamson, Lacey Taylor

Title:

Monitoring Wild Ring-necked Pheasant Population Restoration in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

density estimation
detection probability
Pennsylvania
Phasianus colchicus
restoration
ring-necked pheasant
habitat modeling
pheasant
habitat

File:

Download Williamson_thesis_Final_11_22.pdf

Committee Members:

W. David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Hanrath, Lily Savannah

Title:

MORE THAN JUST MONEY: HOW THE BAIL PROCESS CREATES UNINTENDED RACIAL DISPARITY

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

Bail
Focal Concerns
Race
Pennsylvania
Judges
Disparity

File:

Download Hanrath_Lily_Final_Thesis_Formatting_11.28.2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric P Baumer, Committee Member
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Member

Author:

Sciaudone, Kyra Tatiana

Title:

IMPACTS OF VEGETATIVE BUFFERS AND WINTER CROPS ON WATER QUALITY AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

Energy Crops
Profitability
Crop Budgets
Water Quality
Switchgrass
Willow
Agroecosystem Model
Mahantango Creek
Pennsylvania
Flood Frequency

File:

Download Final_Thesis_KTS_Spring_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Katherine Yoder Zipp, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Yaru Grace

Title:

A GIS Imagery Based Woody Biomass Biorefinery Location Model for Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Woody biomass
Pennsylvania
Facility location
GIS
NAIP imagery
Mixed integer linear programming

File:

Download Yaru_Liu_Dissertation_2019_v9.pdf

Committee Members:

Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Alexander Novack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Outside Member

Author:

Hafer, Joseph

Title:

THE THEORY OF PRAGMATIC GOVERNANCE: A CLASSIC GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF PENNSYLVANIA’S BUREAU OF FORESTRY GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

public administration
pragmatism
public policy
management
forestry
Pennsylvania
state government
grounded theory

File:

Download Hafer_Dissertation_Final_Draft_20190130.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Ran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Ran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Triparna B Vasavada, Committee Member
Odd Jonas Stalebrink, Committee Member
Janet Duck, Outside Member

Author:

Black, Caitlin

Title:

From Seed to Cigar: A Cultural Landscape of South-Central Pennsylvania Tobacco

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
Tobacco
Cultural Landscape

File:

Download CBlack_DissertationFinal_March2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Ayer Verplanck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Simon Bronner, Committee Member
Joseph James Cecere, Outside Member

Author:

Kintner, Jonas

Title:

Relative Seismic Event Location and Size Estimation, Contributions to Earthquake Analysis and Seismic Discrimination at Local Distances

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Iran
Caribbean
Pennsylvania
Wyoming

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member

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:

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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:

Kirkpatrick., Daphne

Title:

THE IMPACT OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S PRINCIPAL EFFECTIVENESS FRAMEWORK FOR LEADERSHIP

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Principal Effectiveness
Framework for Leadership
Principal Evaluation
Superintendent Roles and Responsibilities
Superintendent's Professional Development
Principal Supervisors
Pennsylvania

File:

Download DISSERTATION_KIRKPATRICK_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Lynn Schussler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Lynn Schussler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tiffany M Squires, Committee Member
Marsha Elizabeth Modeste, Committee Member
John Ewing, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Donohue, Marielle

Title:

Understanding Regional Sensory Profiles of White Wines in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
White Wines
Descriptive Analysis
Free Sorting
Sensory Science

File:

Download Donohue_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Helene Hopfer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Hayes, Committee Member
Kathleen Marie Kelley, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kinsley, Jamie

Title:

The Garden in the Machine: Homesteading, Local Foodways, and Agriculture in York, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Foodways
Homesteading
agriculture
environmentalism
folklore
food
garden
gardening
vegetables
crops
ethnography
libertarian
communitarian
self-sufficient
York County
Pennsylvania
community gardens
food desert
farm
farmers
chicken
plants
small-scale farming
industrialization
urbanization

File:

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Committee Members:

John Rogers Haddad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Outside Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Keller, Stephanie

Title:

Examining Regional Trends in Pennsylvania Grüner Veltliner Wines Using Instrumental and Human Sensory Methods

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Grüner Veltliner
White Wine
Wine Regionality
Pennsylvania
Descriptive Analysis

File:

Download SK_Thesis_FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Ryan John Elias, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michela Centinari, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Clune, John

Title:

Toward the Development of Nutrient Criteria for Streams of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

water quality
streams
Pennsylvania
nitrogen
phosphorus
biota response

File:

Download John_Clune_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jay Richard Stauffer, Jr., Committee Member
Allyson Muth, Committee Member
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Outside Member
J. Kent Crawford, Special Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burton, Amanda

Title:

Thwarting climate change using simple practices in complex and adaptive agricultural systems

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

climate change
silage
corn
maize
soy
sorghum
dairy
Pennsylvania
United States
agriculture
grain
climate
sunflower
abiotic
stress
production

File:

Download Burton_Dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Armen R. Kemanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Carolyn Lowry, Committee Member
John Tooker, Outside Member
Gregory Wayne Roth, Special Member
Erin L Connolly, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hernandez, Nebraska

Title:

Towards a Critical Environmental Justice: An Analysis of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Environmental Justice Policy Revision

Graduate Program:

Geography (MS)

Keywords:

critical environmental justice
Pennsylvania
policy

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer E Baka, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua F Inwood, Committee Member

Author:

Trouba, Erin

Title:

Engaging Stakeholders in Local Water Quality Planning: Pennsylvania Countywide Action Plans

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (MS)

Keywords:

Chesapeake Bay Watershed
stakeholder engagement
collaborative governance
Pennsylvania
water quality

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lara Fowler, Committee Member

Author:

Huerta Arredondo, Ilse Alejandra

Title:

An Exploratory Approach to Study Latino/a Farmers in Pennsylvania and the Role of Cooperative Extension

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Latino/a farmer
Hispanic farmer
Extension educator
Cooperative Extension
Penn State Extension
Pennsylvania

File:

Download HUERTA_ARREDONDO_AEE_INTAD2.pdf

Committee Members:

John Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Devine Baggett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patreese Donette Ingram, Committee Member
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Committee Member
Elsa Sanchez, Outside Member
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Program Head/Chair
John Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Devine Baggett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tiffin, Hannah

Title:

“Scratching” the Surface: Ticks and Sarcoptic Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) in American Black Bears

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

black bear
ursus americanus
mange
sarcoptic mange
parasite
host-parasite interactions
carnivores
red fox
grey fox
coyote
ticks
Ixodes scapularis
backlegged tick
Sarcoptes scabiei
scabies
neglected diseases
zoonotic disease
zoonoses
One Health
Pennsylvania
wildlife
disease spillover
disease ecology
emerging disease

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Erika Machtinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Justin Brown, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Mullinax, Special Member
Mark Ternent, Special Member
Joyce Sakamoto, Major Field Member

Author:

Reed, Bridget

Title:

The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Wine Consumer Behavior in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Region

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

wine
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania wine
COVID-19
pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic
consumer ethnocentrism

File:

Download Bridget_Reed_Thesis.V3.pdf

Committee Members:

John Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Kirkmeyer, Committee Member

Author:

Deane, Chanel

Title:

Analysis of Seismic Source Characteristics Across A Broad Range Of Spatial Scales

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Pennsylvania
Southwest Indian Ridge
South Africa

File:

Download Dissertation_final_cd.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member
Charles Ammon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Major Field Member