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Author:

Lutter, Stacy Lynn

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF REGISTERED NURSES’ INTENTIONS TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

intentions to leave
gender
poststructural feminism
registered nurse
nursing shortage

File:

Download Dissertation-Final_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Judith E Hupcey, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Ruiz Tresgallo, Silvia

Title:

De-Witching Female America: The Figure of the Sorceress in the Representation of America

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

sorcery
religion
transatlantic studies
gender
power
colonial
Latin-American
picaresque
Witchcraft
misogyny
corporeality

File:

Download Silvia_Ruiz_Tresgallo_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Julia Cuervo Hewitt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julia Cuervo Hewitt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Robert Blue, Committee Member
Laurence E Prescott, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Barnard, Committee Member
Djelal Kadir, Committee Member

Author:

Abarca, Sandra Yanet

Title:

Approach and avoidance sexual motives: Associations with risky sexual behavior in emerging adulthood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

gender
sexual motives
emerging adults

File:

Download abarca_FINAL_MASTERS.pdf

Committee Members:

J Douglas Coatsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, 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:

Anderson, Tyler Kimball

Title:

SPANISH-ENGLISH BILINGUALS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD CODE-SWITCHING: PROFICIENCY, GRAMMATICALITY AND FAMILIARITY

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Codeswitching
attitudes
matched-guise technique
identity
gender
proficiency
insertions
borrowing

File:

Download TylerAndersonCodeSwitchingAttitudes.pdf

Committee Members:

Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara E Bullock, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member

Author:

Qin, Wei

Title:

UNDERSTANDING THE DETERMINANTS OF AND MALE/FEMALE DIFFERENCES IN CONSUMER ATTITUDES TOWARDS GETNETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

genetic engineering
attitude
consumer perceptions
gender
genetically modified
salmon

File:

Download thesis_final_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Juanita Lynne Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member
Koushik Seetharaman, Committee Member
Johann Baumgartner, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Wei-Chung

Title:

A NARRATIVE INQUIRY INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF THREE WOMEN IN THE 3D ANIMATION INDUSTRY: USING SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY TO UNDERSTAND SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON CONCEPTS OF SUCCESS AND MOTIVATION

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

narrative inquiry
self-determination
motivation
animation
gender
technology

File:

Download Wei_dissertation-fin-3.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Marie Amburgy, Committee Member
Wanda B Knight, Committee Member
Jeanne L Hall, Committee Member

Author:

Morrow, Craig David

Title:

Future-oriented career cognitions among adolescents reared in military and non-military contexts

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

career cognitions
military families
gender
sexism
career aspirations
career expectations

File:

Download Morrow_Craig_D_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet Swim, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, Committee Member

Author:

Christian, Jenna Marie

Title:

Postwar Transformations: Women and the Work of Peace in Liberia

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

women
peace
violence
feminist geopolitics
gender
Liberia

File:

Download FULL_Final_Thesis_Jenna_Christian.pdf

Committee Members:

Lorraine Dowler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dicicco, Elaine Claire

Title:

The Boundary Conditions of Backlash for Black Women: When Black Women Escape Backlash for Agentic and Dominant Behavior in the Workplace

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

stereotypes
gender
race
workplace
intersectionality
backlash
agency
dominance
leadership

File:

Download Dicicco_Format_Review_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cundiff, Jessica L.

Title:

Communicating Non-normative Status through Asymmetrical Gender-marking: Consequences and Implications

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
bias
sexism
norm
social psychology
stigma
stereotyping
nonverbal behavior
perceptions

File:

Download Cundiff_-_Dissertation_Summer_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Janet Swim, Committee Member
Eric Loken, Special Member

Author:

Adams, Samantha Pearl

Title:

Developing and Promoting Engineering Entrepreneurship in Morocco: A Three-part Investigation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

engineering entrepreneurship
Morocco
motivation
self-efficacy
gender
women

File:

Download S._Adams_Final_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bhargava, Sakshi

Title:

Longitudinal Changes in Parental Involvement in Adolescents’ Education and the Effects of Neighborhood Context on Parental Involvement

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

home involvement
school involvement
academic socialization
race
socioeconomic status
gender
neighborhood context

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Submission_SB041714.pdf

Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lawson, Katie Michelle

Title:

Gendered occupational aspirations and initial occupational choices: The role of parents and children's attributes during late childhood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Career development
gender
family socialization
parent-child occupational consistency

File:

Download Lawson_Dissertation__6.25.14_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ann Caverly Crouter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann Caverly Crouter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Member
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Beltz, Adriene Marie

Title:

Sex differences in the resting state brain function of cigarette smokers and links with smoking-related behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

sex differences
brain function
resting state
cigarette smoking
gender
fMRI

File:

Download Beltz_dissertation_7.1.14_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sheri A. Berenbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Special Member

Author:

Dahl, Julia L

Title:

Who Undermines, Who Is Undermined, And Why: Gender, Power, and Undermining

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
power
undermining
stereotypes

File:

Download 2-Dahl_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Franklin, Madeline Gray

Title:

Owning Land: the Experiences of Women Farmers in Maryland

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

gender
land
agriculture
property

File:

Download FranklinThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jeppsen, Catherine E

Title:

Religion, Gender Equality, and Fertility

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Religion
gender
fertility
demography
sociology
context

File:

Download catherine_jeppsen_dissertation_for_pdf_04172015.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Kent Finke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenny Trinitapoli, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Committee Member

Author:

Tamer, Neslihan Burcin

Title:

Attention to Gendered Social Organization Improves Development Aid Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

foreign aid
gender
economic development
water access
Malawi

File:

Download ntamer_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Ann Banaszak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xun Cao, Committee Member
Joseph Wright, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
James A Piazza, Committee Member

Author:

Coyle, Emily Fay

Title:

Influences on children's play with a STEM toy: Interactions among children, parents, and gender-based marketing

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
gender development
STEM
play
informal learning

File:

Download Coyle_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynn Susan Liben, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janet Swim, Committee Member
Eric Loken, Committee Member
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Margaret Louise Signorella, Committee Member