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Author:

Nichols, Andrew Howard

Title:

CAMPUS RACISM AND WHITE STEREOTYPE THREAT: IMPLICATIONS FOR CAMPUS RACIAL CLIMATES AND INTERRACIAL INTERACTIONS AMONG STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

White students
stereotype threat
diversity
inter-ethnic anxiety
campus climate
racism

File:

Download Andrew_Howard_Nichols_Dissertation_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert D Reason, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Reason, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Beverly Lindsay, Committee Member
Susan Ruth Rankin, Committee Member
Shaun Harper, Committee Member
Phillip Atiba Goff, Committee Member

Author:

Freeman, Amy Louise

Title:

Money, Math and Engineering: The Relationships Between Community Economics, Math Preparation and the Graduation of Racially Underrepresented Engineers

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

prediction
recruitment
math programs
minority engineering program
STEM
poverty
race
retention
money
precollege
underrepresented
minority engineering
minority
math preparation
summer bridge
high school funding
MEP
diversity
graduation
engineering
multicultural
funding
high school
engineering shortage
Penn State

File:

Download Final_Document2.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member

Author:

Krug, Andrew Zachary

Title:

TAXIC AND PHYLOGENETIC APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION AND EARLY SILURIAN RECOVERY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

recovery
mass extinction
Late Ordovician
diversity

File:

Download Andrew_Z._Krug_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Perez, Christopher R.

Title:

Strength in Numbers: Emotion Regulation, Psychological Functioning, and the Context of Oppression

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

emotion regulation
cognitive reappraisal
expressive suppression
depression
life satisfaction
oppression
diversity
ethnic minority

File:

Download Perez_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hickman, Faye Jean

Title:

The Identification of Effective Recruitment Strategies from Non-Traditional Engineers: A Recruitees' Perspective

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

diversity
workforce shortage

File:

Download FayeHickman.pdfDownload Hickman_Errata.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Hong

Title:

SURFACE AND DEEP LEVEL FAULTLINES AND NETWORK TIES IN MULTICULTURAL TEAMS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

diversity
faultlines
multicultural teams
networks

File:

Download HongRenPHDDISSERTATION_FINALSUBMISSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Louise Gray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Harrison, Committee Member
Wenpin Tsai, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member

Author:

Quesenberry, Jeria Lyn

Title:

CAREER VALUES AND MOTIVATIONS: A STUDY OF WOMEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Women
gender
diversity
career values and motivations
IT workforce
IT profession
IS workforce
IS profession
individual differences of gender and IT

File:

Download Quesenberry_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
David J Hall, Committee Member
Mark Wardell, Committee Member

Author:

Movit, Marcela A. K.

Title:

Equal Educational Opportunity for Language Minority Students from Diverse Backgrounds: An Assessment

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

diversity
language minority students
second langauge acquisition
equal educational opportunity
limited English proficienty

File:

Download FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Ward, Melissa

Title:

Using Local Demographic Characteristics to Predict Admittance and Enrollment of Underrepresented Applicants in a Midwest Flagship University

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

underrepresented
higher education
diversity
admittance
enrollment

File:

Download Ward_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wortman, Thomas I.

Title:

Psychosocial Effects of Studying Abroad: Openness to Diversity

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

student development
international education
international
study abroad
diversity
Chickering

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

M Lee Upcraft, Committee Member
Donald E Heller, Committee Member
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Richard Laubscher, Committee Member
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member

Author:

Sung, Yi-lin

Title:

Outage Probability And Transmitter Power allocation For Nc-based Cooperative Networks over Nakagami-m Fading Channel

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Bit error rate
network coding
complementary code-code division multiple access (CC-CDMA)
cooperative
relay
diversity
outag

File:

Download YILIN_SUNG_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aldo W Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sedig Salem Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Clouse, Carol Louise

Title:

A Lighter Shade of Green: The concept of Bounded Space as an influence on sustainability in architecture

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

dwelling
sustainability
nature
bounded space
essential elements
carrying capacity
diversity
community
Native American

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University_3rd_try-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Jawaid Haider, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fitzgerald, Dinora Rose

Title:

Decision Making Style Diversity and Faultlines in Teams

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

diversity
decision making style
faultlines
teams
conflict
process conflict
conflict resolution

File:

Download Thesis_FORMATTED.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sam Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Peterson, Lyn Rainelle

Title:

INCENTIVIZING POST-PICS INTEGRATION IN OVERWHELMING UNCERTAINTY

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

inducement
Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans
grant
integration
diversity
race
implementation
law

File:

Download FINAL_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mattise, Mary Christina

Title:

Exploring Linkages Among Preservice Teachers' Attachment Styles and Professional Dispositions Held by Effective Educators

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

preservice teachers
classroom conflict
diversity
professional dispositions
teacher preparation
teacher turnover
attachment

File:

Download MARY_CHRISTINA_MATTISE_DISSERTATION_RE_SUBMISSION_b.pdf

Committee Members:

Jolynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member
Richard Hazler, Committee Member
Catherine Augustine, Committee Member

Author:

Alipour, Kent K

Title:

Power Hungry: The Influence of Power Values Diversity on Relationship Conflict and Team Performance

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Values
power values
diversity
relationship conflict
team performance

File:

Download KKAlipour_THESIS_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Marshall Lebreton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sumita Raghuram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Al Thowaini, Mohammad

Title:

Can I see me? A study of pictorial representations in Saudi elementary textbooks and teacher and curriculum developers’ perceptions of multiculturalism

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Multiculturalism
diversity
education
science textbook
teacher education
curriculum
Saudi Arabia

File:

Download Malthowaini_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member

Author:

Grettenberger, Ian Mahaffy

Title:

The influence of increased crop genotypic diversity on arthropods in agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

variety mixture
diversity
aphid
pest management
genotypic diversity

File:

Download Dissertation_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Matthew Brian Thomas, Special Member

Author:

Cain, Curtis

Title:

Swimming Upstream: The Case of Black Males in Information Technology (IT) Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Black males
career choice
diversity
digital inequality
ethnicity
race
IT workforce
theory development

File:

Download Cain.Thesis.Final.03.29.2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen M Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Suzanne Adair, Committee Member
Michael Mc Neese, Committee Member
Kshiti (K D ) Joshi, Special Member

Author:

Chonde, Seifu John

Title:

A Methodology of Machine Learning in Automated Entity Summarization

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

text mining
network science
diversity
science of science
entity summarization

File:

Download SeifuChonde-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Joey W Storer, Special Member
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member
Paul M, Griffin, Committee Member
Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Committee Member

Author:

Weaver, Kayla B

Title:

The impact of race, gender, and error type on leader ratings

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

leadership
leader error
diversity

File:

Download Weaver_-_Thesis_Format_Review_26Apr16.pdf

Committee Members:

Kisha Shannon Jones, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brandt, Leah Danielle

Title:

A molecular analysis of subsurface microbial communities across a hydrothermal gradient in Okinawa Trough sediments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subsurface
hydrothermal
diversity
sequencing
microbial

File:

Download Brandt_Dissertation_revised2_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Tiffany Dawn

Title:

SCALING CLIFFS AND CROSSING CHASMS: UNPACKING THE MICRO-PROCESSES OF INCLUSION THROUGH THE LENS OF AUTISM JOB COACHES

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

diversity
stigma
inclusion
autism

File:

Download Tiffany_D_Johnson_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Aparna Joshi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aparna Anand Joshi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glen Kreiner, Committee Member
Forrest Scott Briscoe, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Benson, Lizbeth Erin

Title:

Fusing biodiversity metrics into investigations of daily life and healthy aging: Illustrations and recommendations with emodiversity

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

longitudinal analysis
emotion
diversity
intraindividual variability

File:

Download Benson_PS-Thesis_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Nilam Ram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Almeida, Committee Member
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member

Author:

Flores, Juan Carlos

Title:

A STRATEGY OF POWER RELATIONS FOR RACIALLY DIVERSE PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTITIONERS

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

diverse
diversity
business
public relations
organization
organizational power dynamics
power dynamics
power
power relations
mentors
race
minority groups
dominant groups

File:

Download Flores__Juan_-_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michel Haigh, Committee Member
Matt McAlister, Committee Member

Author:

Griswold, Kaytlynn Rose

Title:

Understanding Racial Identity and PO Fit in Applicant Attraction

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

diversity
racial identity
recruiting
recruitment websites
person-organization fit
diversity climate

File:

Download Griswold_Thesis_For_Graduate_School_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Kisha Jones, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James LeBreton, Committee Member
Jonathan Cook, Committee Member

Author:

Coco, Angela M

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF CROP PHYLODIVERSITY ON HERBIVOROUS INSECTS OF SQUASH AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

ecology
entomology
biology
squash
butternut
evolution
phylogeny
insect
plant
interaction
structure
volatile
ipm
cues
response
behavior
parasite
parasitoid
Centistes diabroticae
Celatoria setosa
nematode
gregarine
coco
angela
tooker
john
kaplan
ian
rock springs
agriculture
vegitable
crop
intercrop
polyculture
herbiore
pest
phytophageous
bug
cucumber beetle
squash bug
wasp
fly
food
integrated
management
cucurbit
balduf
community
phylogenetic
relatedness
neighbor
divergence
zucchini
associational
resistance
apparency
research
thesis
2017
2018
2019
regression
elytron
length
sticky
pitfall
trap
foliage
flower
scout
scouting
rain
natural
enemies
diversity
merkle
control
eastern
north
america

File:

Download CocoA_thesis_final_draftc.pdf

Committee Members:

John F Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member

Author:

Powers, Samantha

Title:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Intergroup Contact, and Social Justice in U.S. Urban Parks

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (PHD)

Keywords:

urban parks
intergroup contact
social justice
equity
diversity
inclusion
belonging
critical consciousness
systemic racism
engagement
prejudice
civic engagement
public space

File:

Download Samantha_Powers_-_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicole Webster, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alan Graefe, Major Field Member
Andrew Mowen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jen Agans, Major Field Member
Peter Newman, Program Head/Chair

Author:

James, Derek

Title:

Why Ag Sci

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education (MS)

Keywords:

Agricultural Science
diversity
underrepresented students
influence

File:

Download WHY_AG_SCI_Thesis_MS_DJames.pdf

Committee Members:

Patreese Donette Ingram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Julia A Green Bryan, Committee Member

Author:

Frasca, Terri

Title:

Can Women of Color "Just Say No"?: Reactions to Their Refusals of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-Related Service Requests in Nonacademic Workplaces

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

diversity
equity
inclusion
service
gender
race
organization
culture
diversity
equity
inclusion
service
gender
race
organizations
cultures

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Stephanie A Shields, Special Member & Co-Dissertation Advisor
Aparna Joshi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jonathan Cook, Major Field Member
Jes Matsick, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Erin Heidt-Forsythe, Outside Field Member

Author:

Ealy, Phillip

Title:

Identifying Whole System Change Factors of the Ealy Conceptual Framework for Organizational Diversity

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

whole system change
executive level leadership
diversity
organization development
Ealy Conceptual Framework for Organizational Diversity
organizational culture
talent management
networking

File:

Download P_L_Ealy_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Wesley Donahue, Major Field Member
William Rothwell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nicole Webster, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Assan, Elsie

Title:

Evaluating The Implementation of and Farmers’ Participation in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program: A Case of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Environmental governance
agri-environmental programs
farmers
diversity
stakeholder participation

File:

Download Assan_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Brasier, Outside Field Member
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nicole Webster, Major Field Member
Rama Radhakrishna, Major Field Member
Charlie White, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mark A Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Harris, Gabriella

Title:

Origins of Icehouse Vegetation in Southern South America: Climate Change and Turnover in Eocene and Oligocene Patagonian Fossil Floras

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Argentina
Patagonia
Río Pichileufú
Laguna del Hunco
fossil leaves
leaf architecture
Araucaria
Austrocedrus
Oligocene
Eocene
climate change
Araucariaceae
Cupressaceae
conifers
EECO
total evidence phylogeny
rainforest
Gondwana
South America
Adobe Bridge
diversity
turnover
mosaic evolution
paleoecology
morphology
vegetation
paleobotany
seasonality
Splendid Isolation

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Mark Patzkowsky, Major Field Member
Peter Wilf, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarah Ivory, Major Field Member
Jesse Lasky, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Frasca, Terri

Title:

Beliefs About Diversity Trainings: Majority- and Minority-Group Member Perspectives

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

diversity
organizational psychology
race
gender
intersectionality
social psychology
diversity trainings
training

File:

Download Teresa_Frasca_Final_Masters_Thesis_Formatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kisha Shannon Jones, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair