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Author:: Rubenstein, Brandon S
Title:: THE CONTRIBUTION OF A SUMMER CAMPING PROGRAM TO PARTICIPATION ASPIRATIONS FOR A YOUTH’S USE OF LEISURE TIME
Graduate Program:: Youth and Family Education
Keywords:: low income
camp
quantitative
leisure time
children
youth
underprivliged
income
awesome
File:: Download BrandonRubensteinThesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacklyn A Bruce, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constance A Flanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Zhong, Hua
Title:: THE AGE-CRIME RELATIONSHIP ACROSS TIME AND OFFENSE TYPES: A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: time-series analysis
culture
youth
development
age-crime relationship
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Silver, Committee Member
Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Committee Member
Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Committee Member

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Author:: Kirby, Joshua Aaron
Title:: To Make Their Journey Better: Research-Focused Aspirations for Preparing Adult Volunteers for Facilitating Positive Youth Development
Graduate Program:: Instructional Systems
Keywords:: mentorship
out-of-school learning
instructional systems
nontraditional dissertation
qualitative research
SPN
scholarly personal narrative
training design
facilitation
adolescents
Scouting
programs
youth
nonformal learning
Boy Scouts of America
BSA
Venturing
training
volunteer
PYD
Positive Youth Development
mentor
crew advisor
teenage
nonparental adult
congruence
instructional design congruence
curricular design congruence
curricular congruence
basic interpretive qualitative research study
developmental assets
Venturer
File:: Download Joshua_Kirby-Penn_State-Final_Dissertation-040610.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher M. Hoadley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher M. Hoadley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Richard Vahoviak, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Fleishman, Shannon Smythe
Title:: Community Colleges in the Lives of Contemporary Youth: Educational Expansion, Steady Expectations, and Inter-institutional Attendance
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: community colleges
higher education
college students
youth
educational expectations
inter-institutional
File:: Download diss-FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Leticia Oseguera, Committee Member

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Author:: Terman, Anna Rachel
Title:: Hillbilly women, Affrilachians, and queer mountaineers: Belonging and mobility among young adults in rural communities
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology
Keywords:: Appalachia
intersectionality
rural sociology
women's studies
youth
community
belonging
class
mobility
File:: Download TermanDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Committee Member

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Author:: Corra, Jennifer Lynn
Title:: Aspirations, Expectations, and Influences on the Post-secondary Plans of Rural Youth
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology
Keywords:: aspirations
emerging adulthood
rural
youth
habitus
social networks
social capital
File:: Download Corra_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member

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Author:: Wheeler, Sika Adzo
Title:: Black Girls Rock! and the Politics of Empowerment
Graduate Program:: Media Studies
Keywords:: black girls
empowerment
youth
girlhood
black feminism
black entertainment television
television
race
gender
celebrity
misogynoir
black girls rock
File:: Download Wheeler_2016_Black_Girls_Rock_and_the_Politics_of_Empowerment__Final_.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Lyn Rodino, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member

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Author:: Glumm, Stacey Ann
Title:: Functional Performance Criteria to Assess Pointe Readiness in Youth Ballet Dancers
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: pointe-readiness
ballet
pointe
functional testing
en pointe
youth
File:: Download Glumm_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Sayers John Miller III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Giampietro Vairo, Committee Member
John Challis, Committee Member

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Author:: Grzeslo, Jenna Michelle
Title:: The role of M-Pesa in community economic development: A study of young entrepreneurs in Kenya
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: mobile payments
ICT4D
youth
entrepreneurship
File:: Download GrzesloDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne M Hoag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Mark A Brennan Jr., Outside Member

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Author:: Diaz Beltran, Ana Carolina
Title:: "Am I North American or South American?" Theorizing and Studying Living Curricula of the Global
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: curriculum
citizenship
global citizenship
Latinas/os
immigrant
youth
Hazleton
living curriculum
place
global
stories
storying
narrative
File:: Download DiazBeltran._Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark Thomas Kissling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Outside Member

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