1. THE EFFECTS OF VIDEO GAME AVATAR RACE ON IN-GAME BEHAVIORS AND POST-PLAY AGGRESSION Open Access Author: Ash, Erin Michelle Title: THE EFFECTS OF VIDEO GAME AVATAR RACE ON IN-GAME BEHAVIORS AND POST-PLAY AGGRESSION Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: video gamesProteus effectaggressionraceavatar embodiment File: Download Ash_Thesis-final.pdf Committee Members: Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMichael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Stereotyping Neighborhoods, not Individuals? Testing the Race-Based Neighborhood Stereotyping Hypothesis Open Access Author: Pearson, Katherine E Title: Stereotyping Neighborhoods, not Individuals? Testing the Race-Based Neighborhood Stereotyping Hypothesis Graduate Program: Sociology Keywords: Neighborhood racial compositionstereotypesresidential preferencesrace File: Download Pearson_Katherine_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Melissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMelissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMarylee Carmel Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. LI’L FATTIES: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER, RACE, AND CLASS IDENTITY PORTRAYALS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE CHILDREN IN POPULAR CHILDREN’S FILMS Open Access Author: Guldin, Rachel Elizabeth Title: LI’L FATTIES: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER, RACE, AND CLASS IDENTITY PORTRAYALS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE CHILDREN IN POPULAR CHILDREN’S FILMS Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: childrenfilmmovieoverweightobesefatchildracegenderclass File: Download Guldin.Rachel.MAThesis2011.pdf Committee Members: Dr Jeanne Lynn Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJeanne Lynn Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. The Effects of Offender Characteristics on Injury During Robbery Open Access Author: Costigan, Adele Marie Title: The Effects of Offender Characteristics on Injury During Robbery Graduate Program: Crime, Law and Justice Keywords: robberyinjuryoffender characteristicsheightraceweaponsrational choice File: Download ACostigan_thesis.pdf Committee Members: Julie Horney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. From Iq to the Sat and its Impact on African Americans: Promise for the Sat-optional movement Open Access Author: Blackman, Horatio Walton Title: From Iq to the Sat and its Impact on African Americans: Promise for the Sat-optional movement Graduate Program: Educational Theory and Policy Keywords: IQSATraceAfrican-Americanhigher educationaccessoptional File: Download Masters_Thesis-HB.pdf Committee Members: Mindy L Kornhaber, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKaterina Bodovski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. Race/ethnicity, Timing Of Pregnancy Recognition And Women’s Risk Of Delivering A Low Birth Weight Infant Open Access Author: Campbell, Angela Gale Title: Race/ethnicity, Timing Of Pregnancy Recognition And Women’s Risk Of Delivering A Low Birth Weight Infant Graduate Program: Sociology Keywords: low birth weightraceethnicitypregnancytiming File: Download ACampbell_MA_thesis_submission.pdf Committee Members: Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
7. race and place: investigating racial differences in the spatial patterning of mortality through social capital theory Open Access Author: Prather, Chris Thomas Title: race and place: investigating racial differences in the spatial patterning of mortality through social capital theory Graduate Program: Sociology Keywords: social capitalracespatial autocorrelationspatial autoregressioninequalitymortality File: Download Prather_Thesis_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Glenn A Firebaugh, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorStephen Matthews, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorBarrett Alan Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJohn Iceland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
8. INCENTIVIZING POST-PICS INTEGRATION IN OVERWHELMING UNCERTAINTY Open Access Author: Peterson, Lyn Rainelle Title: INCENTIVIZING POST-PICS INTEGRATION IN OVERWHELMING UNCERTAINTY Graduate Program: Educational Theory and Policy Keywords: inducementTechnical Assistance for Student Assignment Plansgrantintegrationdiversityraceimplementationlaw File: Download FINAL_Masters_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Mindy L Kornhaber, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
9. Gaps in the Armor: Predictors of Civil Rights Complaints in Pennsylvania's Elementary & Secondary Schools Open Access Author: Worthington, Stephen Staley Title: Gaps in the Armor: Predictors of Civil Rights Complaints in Pennsylvania's Elementary & Secondary Schools Graduate Program: Educational Theory and Policy Keywords: civil rightseducationdiscriminationPennsylvaniaOffice for Civil Rightspublic schoolsTitle VITitle IXSection 504racedisabilitycharter schoolseducational equitybinary logistic regressionspecial education fundingspecial education disputesdispute resolution File: Download Worthington_Thesis_-_Gaps_in_the_Armor.pdf Committee Members: Maria M Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
10. Black Girls Rock! and the Politics of Empowerment Open Access Author: Wheeler, Sika Adzo Title: Black Girls Rock! and the Politics of Empowerment Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: black girlsempowermentyouthgirlhoodblack feminismblack entertainment televisiontelevisionracegendercelebritymisogynoirblack girls rock File: Download Wheeler_2016_Black_Girls_Rock_and_the_Politics_of_Empowerment__Final_.pdf Committee Members: Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMichelle Lyn Rodino, Committee MemberDenise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member
