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Author:

Clark, Jonathan Lawrence

Title:

Greening the Factory Farm: Toward a Theory of Agri-Environmental Technoscience

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

environmental technoscience
techno-fix
real subsumption of nature
regulatory science
livestock
production of nature

File:

Download jonathanlclark2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Edward Paul Durrenberger, Committee Member
Richard C Stedman, Committee Member

Author:

Foley, Caitlin Ann

Title:

Pennsylvania veterinarian perspectives of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

veterinarian
perspectives
antibiotic resistance
livestock

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_CF-revised_4-7-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Rama B Radhakrishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
John Ewing, Committee Member
Bhushan M Jayarao, Special Member

Author:

Weikert, Ben Spangler

Title:

The Factors that Influence the Involvement of Youth In Pennsylvania 4-H Extension District 16 Livestock Programs

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Education

Keywords:

4-H
youth development
extension
livestock

File:

Download 7-24_document_with_corrections.pdf

Committee Members:

Tracy Scheidt Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rama B Radhakrishna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann M Swinker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yurco, Kayla Marie

Title:

When the cows come home: Gender dynamics and intra-household livestock management in southern Kenya

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

gender roles
livestock
Maasai women
milk management
Kenya
pastoralism

File:

Download Yurco_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Hastings King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Hastings King, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Outside Member

Author:

Stagner, Forrest

Title:

Shifting smallholder livestock ownership for climate change resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

socio-ecological resilience
livestock
Sub-Saharan Africa
climate change
smallholder agriculture
Zambia

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Ransom, Major Field Member
Michael Jacobson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Clare Hinrichs, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Thiede, Program Head/Chair
Brian Thiede, Major Field Member

Author:

Kumanan, Varshini

Title:

Variability and drivers of system-level nitrogen use efficiency and surplus across conterminous united states

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Nitrogen inputs
Crop N harvest
Nitrogen Use Efficiency
Crop groups
nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen Surplus
Hydroclimatic variables
Edaphic conditions
and Water Management factors
Nutrients
Chemical fertilizers
livestock
nutrient budgets
Nitrogen cycle
Nutrient budgets
Nitrogen use efficiency
Nitrogen surplus
environmental drivers

File:

Download M.S.Thesis_VarshiniKumanan.pdf

Committee Members:

Meetpal Singh Kukal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Van Meter, Committee Member