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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:

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:

Download Dissertation_post_defense_06182018.pdf

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:

Mueller, Joel Thomas

Title:

The Effect of Natural Resource Dependence on Economic Prosperity in Rural America

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Natural Resources
Poverty
Development
Resource Curse
Resource Dependence
Rural
Tourism
Economic Development
Spatial Econometrics
Theory
United States

File:

Download Tom_Mueller_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Alan R Graefe, Outside Member
Brian Clemens Thiede, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair