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Author:

Brown, Darigg Collis

Title:

Reducing HIV and AIDS stigma among university students in South Africa

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

HIV and AIDS
stigma
race
South Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Miller, Jacqueline Ann

Title:

IDENTIFYING PREDICTORS OF FORCED SEX IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF HEALTHWISE.

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Adolescents
Intervention
Sexual Violence
South Africa
forced sex

File:

Download JCox_Thesis_Finalformat.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Webster, Jonas DeWitt

Title:

Using a Cultural Model to Assess Female Condom Use in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

HIV/AIDS
South Africa
female condom
peer educators
culture

File:

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Committee Members:

Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Yamaguchi, Kosei

Title:

Geochemistry of Archean–Paleoproterozoic Black Shales: The Early Evolution of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Biosphere

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

N2 fixation
Carbon
Photosynthesis
Sulfur
Sulfate reduction
Stable Isotopes
Proterozoic
Continental Crust
Black Shales
Paleoproterozoic
Anoxic
Pilbara
Hamersley
Iron
Australia
Nitrogen
Archean
Oxic
Pyrite
Thorium
Nitrification
Denitrification
Uranium
Molybdenum
Methanogenesis
Griqualand West
Witwatersrand
Barberton
South Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Leigh M.

Title:

Haunted Democracies and the Politics of Possibility: A Deconstructive Analysis of Truth Commissions

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Rogues
metaphysics of presence
democracy to come
hospitality
Emmanuel Levinas
Soren Kierkegaard
Chile
Uganda
Argentina
deconstruction
specters
postcolonial
truth commissions
apartheid
South Africa
South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Jacques Derrida
democracy
reconciliation
forgiveness
transitional justice
autoimmunity
Desmond Tutu
aporia
Politics of Friendship
The Gift of Death

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Shannon Sullivan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Vincent M Colapietro, Committee Member
Dr Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Committee Member
Dr John Caputo, Committee Member

Author:

Palen, Lori-Ann

Title:

FREE-TIME ACTIVITIES AND SUBSTANCE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescence
South Africa
free-time activities
substance use

File:

Download Palen_-_Dissertation_-_061708.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda L Caldwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
J Douglas Coatsworth, Committee Member
John Walter Graham, Committee Member

Author:

Tibbits, Melissa Kaye

Title:

Engagement Within and Across Leisure Activities in Adolescence: Implications for Substance Use and Sexual Activity

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Adolescence
Leisure Activities
South Africa
Substance Use

File:

Download Tibbits_Dissertation_Final_6-24-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda L Caldwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark T Greenberg, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Committee Member
John Walter Graham, Committee Member

Author:

Gleeson, Sarah Laree

Title:

Gender differences in leisure motivation, participation, and constraints for South African adolescents

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

Leisure motivation
South Africa
Adolescents
Leisure
Leisure constraints

File:

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Committee Members:

Linda L Caldwell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Careen M Yarnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Balashov, Nikolay Victor

Title:

Relationship Between Surface Ozone over South African Highveld and El Nino - Southern Oscillation

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Ozone
ENSO
Southern Oscillation
South Africa
Highveld
El Nino
meteorology
trend

File:

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Committee Members:

Anne Mee Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Louw, Enette

Title:

Structure and combustion reactivity of inertinite-rich and vitrinite rich South African coal chars: quantification of the structural factors contributing to reactivity differences

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal
char
reactivity
structure
molecular modeling
South Africa

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Enette_22July.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member

Author:

Rose, Mary Lai

Title:

Investigating the role of social and emotional competencies as predictors of problem behaviors among a sample of South African youth

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescent substance use
delinquency
South Africa
social competencies
emotional competencies
co-occurring problem behaviors

File:

Download Mary_Lai_Rose_-_Dissertation_HDFS.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Marie Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda L Caldwell, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member

Author:

Weybright, Elizabeth Hall

Title:

Healthy leisure and its relationship to substance use in South African adolescents: A variable and person centered approach.

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

healthy leisure
adolescents
South Africa
substance use

File:

Download Dissertation_8.21.13.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda L Caldwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Daniel Hickerson, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Committee Member

Author:

Decker, Michelle Gene

Title:

African Genres: Literature, Geography, and Poetics in the Long East Coast

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

African literature
South Africa
East Africa
Egypt
genre
comparative literature
African poetics
Zanzibar
Arabic
Swahili

File:

Download DECKER_DISSERTATION_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Robert Hayot, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Robert Hayot, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Committee Member
Nergis Erturk Lennon, Committee Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Committee Member
Christopher Gervais Reed, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Jacqueline Ann

Title:

The Context and Consequences of Sexual Coercion towards South African Boys and the Impact of Enhancing the School Environment on School Sexual Climate and Coercion

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

sexual violence
male victimization
adolescents
South Africa

File:

Download JAM_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda L Caldwell, Committee Member
Donna Coffman, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Tavenner, Kathleen Anne

Title:

A FEMINIST POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN A SOUTH AFRICAN PROTECTED AREA COMMUNITY

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Feminist Political Ecology
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Biodiversity Conservation
Forest Foods
South Africa

File:

Download Tavenner_Dissertation_Final_Copy_Dec6_Revisions.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Carolyn Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Carolyn Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Ann Tickamyer, Committee Member
Dr. A.E. Luloff, Committee Member
Dr. Robert Crane, Outside Member

Author:

Bediako, Phylicia Twumwaa

Title:

Adolescent HIV Risk in South Africa: Multiple Perspectives on Sexual Behavior

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

adolescent
sexual behavior
sexual risk
HIV/AIDS
systems science
South Africa
abstinence
transactional sex

File:

Download Bediako_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Rhonda BeLue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rhonda Belue, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda L Caldwell, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Outside Member

Author:

Layland, Eric Keith

Title:

Association Leisure Boredom with Risky Sexual Debut During Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescence
leisure boredom
risky sexual behavior
sexual debut
South Africa
adolescence
leisure boredom
risky sexual behavior
sexual debut
South Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

Nilam Ram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Caldwell, Committee Member

Author:

Boyle, Margaret

Title:

National Development Identities in the Self-Differentiated Paris Climate Agreement: Implications for Multi-scalar Climate Governance

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Climate Change
Governance
Paris Agreement
Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Food Security
South Africa
Development
Differentiation
Self-Differentiation

File:

Download Margaret_Boyle__Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian H. King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian H. King, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Bronwen Powell, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Outside Member
Jia-Ching Chen, Special Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Deane, Chanel

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

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

Author:

Manzini, Zinhle

Title:

AN EXISTENTIAL- STANDPOINT READING OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLACKWOMEN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHIES UNDER APARTHEID

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Apartheid
Blackwomen
Autobiography
South Africa
Black Feminism
Sartre
Fanon
Biko
Ramphele
Makhoere
Collins
existential-standpoint

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Miller, Program Head/Chair
Nancy Tuana, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ariane Cruz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Bernasconi, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kris Sealey, Major Field Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Special Member