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Author:

Moore, Amy JoAnna

Title:

Latino/as with Disabilities: Do gender and race influence vocational rehabilitation?

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

hispanic
latino
latina
disability
gender
race
vocation
rehabilitation

File:

Download RC_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Brandon Hunt (Thesis: Keith Wilson), Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keith B Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Parrillo III, Albert Louis

Title:

Parental attachment and involvement as predictors of high school students' career thoughts

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

career thoughts
dysfuncitonal career thinking
parental attachment
parental involvement
decision making confusion
external conflict
commitment anxiety
academic high school students
career and technical high school students
disability
trust
alienation
communication
demanding
responsive

File:

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Committee Members:

Spencer G Niles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Schriempf, Alexa

Title:

Material Witnesses: A Feminist Disability Theory of Testimonial Voices

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

neo-materialist feminism
testimony
epistemology
disability

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Shannon Sullivan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent M Colapietro, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Jennifer Mensch, Committee Member
Susan Merrill Squier, Committee Member

Author:

Fetzer, Linda M

Title:

QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURE FOR PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS WITH A DISABILITY

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

quality of life
disability
farmers

File:

Download Fetzer_Final_Thesis_August_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Connie Devine Baggett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Devine Baggett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Varghese, Susan

Title:

RESPONSES TO A FIRE EMERGENCY: STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ANOTHER STUDENT

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

emergency
disability
willingness to help
knowledge
gender

File:

Download Susan_VarghesefinaldissertationPhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa M Conyers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keith B Wilson, Committee Member
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Member
Lisa M Conyers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Beverly Vandiver, Committee Member

Author:

Jenkins, Stephanie

Title:

Disabling Ethics: A Genealogy of Ability

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Foucault
genealogy
ethics
disability

File:

Download Jenkins_Final_Dissertation_Complete_File.pdf

Committee Members:

Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent M Colapietro, Committee Member
Susan Merrill Squier, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member

Author:

Sanchez Quiros, Susana M

Title:

Disability among Hispanic Subgroups: The Effect of Duration of Residence on Physical Disability among Hispanic Immigrants

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Hispanic
immigrants
disability

File:

Download SusanaSQuiros_MasterThesis_July24014.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lemmon, Megan Elaine

Title:

How Young Children's Disabilities Affect Parents' Labor Force Participation and Earnings

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

disability
labor force participation
children
family

File:

Download Lemmon_thesis_draft_final_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Molly Ann Martin, 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:

Hoorn, Megan Elizabeth

Title:

“IF YOU USE YOUR AAC FROM THE BEGINNING OF A RELATIONSHIP, IT WILL BE NORMAL FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER, EVEN DURING SEX”: PEOPLE WHO USE AAC AND SEXUALITY

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

sexuality
sex
AAC
augmentative and alternative communication
complex communication needs
speech-language pathology
disability
relationships

File:

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Committee Members:

Janice Light, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gosnell Caron, Committee Member

Author:

Izquierdo Miranda, Maria Lourdes

Title:

Adaptable Debility: Becoming Human Under Biocapitalism

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

debility
mental illness
disability
neoliberalism
biopolitics
performance

File:

Download Dissertation_June_2017_PDF_Izquierdo_.pdf

Committee Members:

John Andres Ochoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Andres Ochoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew J Marr, Committee Member
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Committee Member
Michael Francis Berube, Outside Member
Rosemary Jane Jolly, Committee Member

Author:

Baldys, Emily Marie

Title:

Narrative Rehabilitation: Disability and Ideology in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Fiction

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

disability
ideology
Victorian literature
Charlotte Bronte
Charles Dickens
Elizabeth Gaskell
Emily Bronte

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas A. Joukovsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas A. Joukovsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Francis Berube, Committee Member
Robert E. Lougy, Committee Member
Greg Eghigian, Outside Member
Robert E. Lougy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert E. Lougy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Campbell, Angela Gale

Title:

Marriage and Health: Questions of Selection and Causality

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

marriage
selection
divorce
self-rated health
general health
disability

File:

Download ACampbell_Dissertation_revision_feb27_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Y Miranda-Hartsuff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Y Miranda-Hartsuff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
John Raymond Moran Jr., Committee Member
David R Johnson, Outside Member

Author:

Maier, Caleb Renwick

Title:

Tourhettorics: Visions of Disorderly Rhetorics

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Rhetoric
Tourhettorics
Tourette's
Tourettes
Tourette
Tourette syndrome
tics
disability studies
disability rhetoric
disorderliness
disorder
mental disorder
disordered
rhetorical agency
meaning
disability narrative
disability memoir
memoir
visual rhetoric
disability
eugenics
Lloyd Bitzer
Melanie Yergeau
pathologized speech
pathologized texts
chronotope
Bakhtin
Touretteshero
Communication studies
disorderly rhetorics
Oliver Sacks
Lowell Handler
Jessica Thom

File:

Download Sophia_Thesis_spring_2019_FINAL_v7.pdf

Committee Members:

Rosa Eberly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Demo, Committee Member
Kirt Wilson, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Felber, Angeline

Title:

COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES: COMPARING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA PERCEPTION AND SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

help-seeking behavior
college
stigma
disability
counseling

File:

Download AFelber_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

JoLynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
JoLynn Carney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Hazler, Committee Member
Wendy Coduti, Committee Member
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Outside Member
Jolynn Carney, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lemmon, Megan Elaine

Title:

The Consequences of Structural Stigma For Employment, Marriage, and Independent Living Among Deaf Individuals in 19th Century America

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

stigma
disability
employment
marriage

File:

Download Lemmon_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Molly Ann Martin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Molly Ann Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Member
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Outside Member

Author:

Aydemir Doke, Deniz

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ABLEIST MICROAGGRESSIONS IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Ableist microaggressions
disability
ableism
Scale development

File:

Download Aydemir-Doke_Dissertation_071619.pdf

Committee Members:

James Taylor Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlos P Zalaquett, Committee Member
Allison R Fleming, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Outside Member

Author:

Levchenko, Yuliana

Title:

Aging into Disadvantage: Disability Crossover among Mexican Immigrants in America

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

crossover
disability
health
Hispanic
immigrants
crossover
disability
health
Hispanic
migrant

File:

Download format_review_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Thomas Yabiku, Committee Member
Kevin J Thomas, Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rogers-Shaw, Carol

Title:

Performing Disability: An Autoethnography of Persevering and Becoming

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

disability
autoethnography
identity development
adulthood
performance

File:

Download C._Rogers-Shaw_Dissertation_Final_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Adnan Qayyum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adnan Qayyum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig A. Campbell, Committee Member
Joseph M Valente, Committee Member
Gail Louise Boldt, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pierce, K Lynn

Title:

A Delphi Study Exploring Assessment, Treatment Planning, and Care Coordination Considerations to Inform Standards of Care for Service Dog Handlers

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

assistance animal
assistance dog
counseling
Delphi
disability
guide dog
rehabilitation counseling
service animal
service dog

File:

Download Pierce_KL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Herbert, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jolynn Carney, Major Field Member
Liza Conyers (she/her), Major Field Member
Nancy Ann Dreschel, Special Member
Gerald Letendre, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julia Green Bryan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mihelcic, Christine

Title:

Social Entrepreneurs in the Disability Space: How They Manage Stigma and Seek Legitimacy

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

identity
stigma
legitimacy
disability
social entrepreneurship
identity
stigma
legitimacy
disability
social entrepreneurship

File:

Download C_Mihelcic_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Aparna Joshi, Major Field Member
Charlene Zietsma, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Karen Winterich, Outside Unit & Field Member
Linda Trevino, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Ellner, Samantha

Title:

Developmental Trends In Reading and Language Skills for Welfare-Involved Children

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

maltreatment
reading
reading development
language
disability

File:

Download EDITED_-_Ellner_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy N. Van Meter, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Levchenko, Yuliana

Title:

EXPLORING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF NURSING HOME ADMISSION

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

aging
nursing homes
disability
health

File:

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Committee Members:

Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ashton Verdery, Major Field Member
Andrew Fenelon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Van Hook, Major Field Member

Author:

Cole, Harrison

Title:

Tactile Maps for Flood Mitigation Planning: Design and Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

geography
cartography
accessibility
tactile
disability
flood

File:

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Committee Members:

Anthony Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jack Carroll, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lorraine Dowler, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Major Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roundtree, Sarah

Title:

"I'm Not Broken": Disabled Students' Perceptions of Representation in Counseling Programs

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

disability
multicultural counseling
counseling
counselor education
higher education
universal design

File:

Download Roundtree_DissertationFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Prosek, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Elizabeth Prosek, Major Field Member
Allison Fleming, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janice Byrd, Major Field Member
Wilson Okello, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Erlandson, Andrew

Title:

Disabled Democracy: Figuring Disability in Early Nineteenth-Century Literary and Political Discourses

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

disability
democracy
literature
nineteenth-century
American
United States
figure
figurative
figuration
participatory democracy
democratic citizenship
citizen
institutional
institution
debility
revolution
revolutionary
Charles Brockden Brown
Francis Lieber
Benjamin B. Bowen
Mary L. Day
Hannah Crafts
William Wells Brown
James Fenimore Cooper
Walt Whitman
temperance
Hannah Arendt
antebellum reform
abolition reform
temperance reform
reformers
crip
crip theory
cripping
cripped
radical
radicalism
embodiment
novel
fiction

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Committee Members:

Carla Mulford, Major Field Member
Christopher Castiglia, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Greenberg, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Bérubé, Major Field Member
Hester Blum, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Lajoie, Corinne

Title:

Beyond Accommodation: Access Problems and Responsibilities

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

disability
accessibility
inclusion
higher education
responsibility

File:

Download Lajoie_Complete_Diss.pdf

Committee Members:

Nancy Tuana, Major Field Member
Sarah Miller, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ted Toadvine, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ami Harbin, Special Member
Michael Bérubé, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Miller, Program Head/Chair