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Author:

Stites, Jenna Pauline

Title:

When to speak up and when to shut up: The intended (and unintended) reputational consequences of social and environmental signaling

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

reputation
corporate social responsibility
sustainability
orgnanizational theory
signaling
stakeholder

File:

Download JennaP.Stites-Dissertation.FINAL.07-17-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Louise Gray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Grant Pollock, Committee Member
Vilmos Fosnocht Misangyi, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member

Author:

Kang, Charles A

Title:

Doing Good, Doing Bad, and Doing Well: Investigating the Dynamic Effectiveness of Sustainability Strategy

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

sustainability
CSR
marketing
CSO
portfolio management
structural panel VAR

File:

Download 2-Kang_Charles_Doctoral_Dissertation_July_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Rajdeep Grewal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rajdeep Grewal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duncan Fong, Committee Member
Shrihari Sridhar, Committee Member
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member

Author:

Buckland, Peter Dawson

Title:

The Unsuspected Teachers: Environmental Identity and Sustainability Education in the Anthropocene

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

anthropocene
climate change
ecological literacy
sustainability
higher education
memoir
arts-based research

File:

Download UNSUSPECTED_TEACHERS_4.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Suri Prakash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Christopher Uhl, Special Member

Author:

Brosius, James Angelo

Title:

Shaping Sustainability - Descriptions and Emic Perspectives on Sustainability and Landscape Practices in Two Ecovillage Communities

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

landscape architecture
intentional communities
sustainability
emic
perspectives
ecovillage

File:

Download Brosius-MLA-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Tamminga, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Michael Murtha Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas George Yahner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Demko, Iryna

Title:

ESSAYS ON U.S. ORGANIC FOOD TRADE AND CREDENCE GOODS CONSUMPTION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

organic food
organic equivalency arrangement
synthetic control method
gravity model
credence goods
vitamins
sustainability

File:

Download iryna_demko_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C. Jaenicke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C. Jaenicke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Spiro E. Stefanou, Committee Member
Douglas H. Wrenn, Committee Member
Peter W. Newberry, Outside Member

Author:

Masangu, Joyce Ndala

Title:

STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR RESOURCE ENDOWED COUNTRIES TO AVERT THE RESOURCE CURSE PHENOMENON: WITH A CASE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

resource curse
Democratic Republic of Congo
mining
mineral resources
resource-rich
artisanal mining
guidance
strategic considerations
mining sector
ministry of mines
ASM
political will
good governance
economic discipline
development
sustainability
economic growth
poverty reduction
poverty alleviation
Africa Mining Vision
Dutch Disease

File:

Download FinalThesisJM.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr.Kohler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Katunich, John

Title:

CONVIVIAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AMID THE CRISIS OF SUSTAINABILITY: RECLAIMING A “LANGUAGE-AS-COMMONS” ORIENTATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

commons
convivial
English language teaching
narrative inquiry
sustainability

File:

Download DISSERTATION.final.finaleditstosubmit0715d.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Thomas Kissling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Outside Member

Author:

Clees, William

Title:

Suitability of Penn State’s Biosolids for Land-Based Recycling: A Greenhouse Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

Biosolids
Land application
sustainability
Copper
Phosphorus
Wastewater

File:

Download Clees_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Herschel Adams Elliott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Member
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Barzegari, Saman

Title:

Application of Bio-Binders as Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Asphalt Binders

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

bio-binder
asphalt binder
rheology
sustainability
alternate binders
asphalt pavements

File:

Download Saman_Barzegari_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Committee Member
Stephen C Chmely, Outside Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Swift, Caroline Ann

Title:

Firm Performance Under Government Regulation

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

sustainability
supply chain management
conflict minerals
corporate average fuel economy
event study
regulations

File:

Download Swift_FinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

V Daniel R Guide, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
V Daniel R Guide, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suresh Muthulingam, Committee Member
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member
Margaret Grace Meloy, Outside Member
Brent William Ambrose, Program Head/Chair