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Author:

Bleser, William Killington

Title:

Better Understanding Influenza Vaccination in U.S. Children: Determinants, Family Impact, and Policy

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

influenza
vaccination
immunization
influenza vaccination
public health
demography
healthy policy
health disparities
health services disparities
preventive health
health services research
social determinants of health
health inequities
intersectionality
complex survey data
population health
United States
child health
vaccine policy
work loss
sick leave
regression analysis
policy analysis
Health in All Policies
preschool
childcare

File:

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Committee Members:

Patricia Y Miranda, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Y Miranda, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Rhonda Belue, Committee Member
Steven Andrew Haas, Outside Member
Daniel Salmon, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Kristen A

Title:

Work and Other Factors Influencing Student's Likelihood of Working in College in the United States and the Republic of Korea

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

College choice
Work
United States
Korea

File:

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Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Kyle Leonard Peck, Outside Member

Author:

Chai, Chengping

Title:

Multi-Objective Geophysical Inversion for Earth Structure and Earthquake Parameters

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geophysical Inversion
United States
Antarctica
Sumatra
Earth Structure
Earthquakes

File:

Download ChengpingChai-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles J. Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles J. Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Andrew Nyblade, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Freude, Katrin

Title:

Nisei Achitects: Challenges and Achievements

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Architecture
Japanese-American
Nisei Architects
Minority Architects
Stereotyping
Biculturality
United States
Japan
Japanese Architecture
Japanese-American Architects
George Nakashima
Minoru Yamasaki
George Matsumoto
American Architects
American Architecture
Double-Coding

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexandra Staub, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Miller, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

Refugees Post-Resettlement: Comparing US Mobility Patterns to Immigrants

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

refugees
refugee resettlement
residential mobility
United States

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Glick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member

Author:

Ludwig-Dehm, Sarah Marie

Title:

Ethnic Diversity and Its Effects on Social Capital in Germany and the United States

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Ethnic Diversity
Social Capital
Generalized Trust
Segregation
Germany
United States

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Committee Members:

John David Iceland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Iceland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Member
Christopher Stiles Fowler, Outside Member

Author:

Bai, Yifan

Title:

THE CONSEQUENCES OF EDUCATIONAL ASSORTATIVE MARRIAGE FOR CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY IN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Educational Assortative Marriage
Academic Proficiency
United States
China

File:

Download Yifan_Bai_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Soo-yong Byun, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soo-Yong Byun, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Kevin Paul Kinser, Committee Member
John David Iceland, Outside Member

Author:

Miron, Layli

Title:

Reframing Immigration through Religious Advocacy: Rhetoric, Cosmopolitanism, and the Divine

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

migration
immigrant
refugee
asylum
immigration policy
advocacy
activism
religion
Islam
Baha'i Faith
Bahá'í
Catholicism
Jesuit
social media
United States
human rights
cosmopolitan
public communication
comics
faith-based
nonprofit organization
NGO
nativism
xenophobia
nationalism
higher education
pedagogy
Mexico
Iran
globalization
rhetoric and composition
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
transnational
undocumented
Islamophobia
women's rights
writing studies
border control
detention
college teaching
social justice
mobility
deportation

File:

Download Miron_ReframingImmigration__c_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaoye You, Committee Member
Ana Cooke, Committee Member
Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Member
David Andrew Loewenstein, Program Head/Chair

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

Author:

Brooks, Matthew

Title:

The Changing Landscape of Affordable Housing in the United States

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Affordable Housing
Rural
Urban
United States
Population Growth
Population Aging
Natural Amenities
Race
Policy
Income Measurement
Spatial Econometrics

File:

Download Brooks_Dissertation_vFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Clemens Thiede, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Clemens Thiede, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Laszlo Kulcsar, Committee Member
John David Iceland, Outside Member
Laszlo Kulcsar, Program Head/Chair