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1. Sources of Work-related Support for Rural Special Education Teachers And Their Relationship to Teacher Satisfaction and Commitment

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Author:
Berry, Ann Bassett
Title:
Sources of Work-related Support for Rural Special Education Teachers And Their Relationship to Teacher Satisfaction and Commitment
Graduate Program:
Special Education
Keywords:
survey research
teacher satisfaction
special education
rural
teacher retention
teacher attrition
work-related support
teacher commitment
File:
Download _Ann_Berry_Dissertation_2.pdf
Committee Members:
Demetrius Thomas Farmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas W Farmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Brent Mcnaughton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda Mason, Committee Member
Mary Catherine Scheeler, Committee Member
Elizabeth M Z Farmer, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

3. Coming of Age in Rural America: The Educational and Occupational Outcomes of Rural Young Adults

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Open Access
Author:
Kindell, Heather S.
Title:
Coming of Age in Rural America: The Educational and Occupational Outcomes of Rural Young Adults
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
educational attainment
rural
geographic mobility
File:
Download Kindell_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
George Farkas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Hill, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member

4. Queering sex education: Rural sex educators' perceptions of queer issues

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Author:
DeCoste, Jennifer Michelle
Title:
Queering sex education: Rural sex educators' perceptions of queer issues
Graduate Program:
Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:
sex education
rural
qualitative research
queer
File:
Download dissertation_final_decoste.pdf
Committee Members:
John Daniel Marshall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Ann De Reus, Committee Member

5. INEQUALITY AND INFANT HEALTH: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH TO DISENTANGLING CORRELATES OF METROPOLITAN/NONMETROPOLITAN DISPARITIES IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS

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Author:
Smith, Patrice Johnelle
Title:
INEQUALITY AND INFANT HEALTH: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH TO DISENTANGLING CORRELATES OF METROPOLITAN/NONMETROPOLITAN DISPARITIES IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
birth weight
rural
multilevel modeling
File:
Download dissertation_0605.pdf
Committee Members:
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Shannon Stokes, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member

6. Disparities in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Across the Levels and Dimensions of Rurality

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Author:
Shoff, Carla
Title:
Disparities in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Across the Levels and Dimensions of Rurality
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
pregnancy
rural
health disparities
multilevel modeling
health care
File:
Download 1-CarlaShoff.pdf
Committee Members:
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Mark R Leach, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member

8. The Decline and Fall of a Cotton Empire: Economic and Land-use Change in the Lower Mississippi River "delta" South, 1930-1970

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Author:
Hagge, Patrick David
Title:
The Decline and Fall of a Cotton Empire: Economic and Land-use Change in the Lower Mississippi River "delta" South, 1930-1970
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
historical geography
cotton
Delta
rural
agriculture
US South
economic change
1930s
1970s
land
File:
Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Deryck William Holdsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deryck William Holdsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Michael Downs, Committee Member
Donna Jean Peuquet, Committee Member
William Alan Blair, Committee Member

9. Intersections of Knowledge, New Information Technologies, and Ideas of Good Farming in Southeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Italy

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Open Access
Author:
Babbie, Kristin Barbara
Title:
Intersections of Knowledge, New Information Technologies, and Ideas of Good Farming in Southeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Italy
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
sustainable agriculture
good farming
information communication technology
Pennsylvania
Italy
farming
sociology
rural
File:
Download BabbieKristin_FinalThesis_MSRuralSociology.pdf
Committee Members:
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. examining the impact of community policing activities on crime reporting in Jefferson County, West Virginia, the United States of America

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Author:
Apaydin, Levent
Title:
examining the impact of community policing activities on crime reporting in Jefferson County, West Virginia, the United States of America
Graduate Program:
Criminal Justice
Keywords:
community policing strategies
policing
strategies
crime reporting
small towns
rural
nonurban areas.
File:
Download LAST-thesis_with_corrections....pdf
Committee Members:
James M Ruiz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Salih Hakan Can, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jonathan Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor