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Author:

Wilson, Andrew Mark

Title:

BIRD POPULATION RESPONSES TO CONSERVATION GRASSLANDS IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

grassland bird
conservation
CRP
Pennsylvania
CREP

File:

Download Andrew_Wilson_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member

Author:

Taylor, Catherine Freiday

Title:

Conceptions of Time and Competing Priorities in the Principalship: The Challenge of Staying Focused on Learning

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
No Child Left Behind legislation
New principals
Leadership in education
Instructional leadership
Instruction
Expectations
Email
Elementary schools
Elementary principal
Education
Decision making
Curriculum and instruction
Conceptions of time
Best interests
Availability or absence of time
Assessment results
Administration of schools
Achievement
Accountability in education
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
Principal
Priorities
Qualitative research
Rural schools
Students
Student learning
Suburban schools
Technology
Time
Time management
Teachers
Theories and principles
Urban schools

File:

Download CFTaylor-Dissertation-ThesisOffice.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul T Begley, Professor Of Education, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Lieb, David Andrew

Title:

THE ECOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA’S SURFACE-DWELLING CRAYFISH FAUNA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
management
conservation
distribution
ecology
crayfish

File:

Download FinalVersion_PhDDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Robert F Carline, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert F Carline, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, David Grant

Title:

"On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870"

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

border
petition
fugitive slaves
abolitionism
anti-slavery
antislavery
Pennsylvania
Thaddeus Stevens
contrabands
African Americans
Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee

File:

Download Final_1120DGSmithPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Alan Blair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Carver Rose, Committee Member
Lori D Ginzberg, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Richard J M Blackett, Committee Member

Author:

Gordon, Jason S.

Title:

LATINO ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS AND USES OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS: COMMUNITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
Latinos
community
environmental perceptions
outdoor recreation

File:

Download gordon_dissertation_final02-13-10.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert E Luloff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert E Luloff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Craig Finley, Committee Member
Jeffrey Cash Bridger, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Solsiree Del Moral, Committee Member
Rich Stedman, Committee Member

Author:

Kong, Ningning

Title:

Topographically-based Landscape-scale Ecological Mapping in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

landtype association
ecological landtype
topography
Pennsylvania

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Lawrence Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member
Charles Andrew Cole, Committee Member
Rick Lane Day, Committee Member

Author:

Jackson, Robert

Title:

PERCEPTIONS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT, AND TALENT: A MULTIPLE SITE CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SMALL BUSINESSES IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

small business
case study
multiple site case study
talent management
talent
organizational alignment
strategic planning
small businesses
small businesses in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

File:

Download R.D.Jackson_Dissertation_1.31.10.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Bergstrom, Eric John

Title:

A Comparison of the Leadership Competencies of Leaders in Manufacturing, Hospitals, and Community Banking Industries in the state of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
industries
leadership
competencies
human resource
ANOVA
t-Tests
means

File:

Download Final_Copy_to_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Calamia, Lynne Marie

Title:

A New Deal for Historic Preservation: The Impact of Relief Funding on the Cultural Landscape of Pennsylvania, 1932-1941

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

historic preservation
Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Pennsylvania
Colonial Revival
Pennsbury Manor
Old Economy Village

File:

Download L.Calamia_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Ayer Verplanck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
Joseph James Cecere, Committee Member

Author:

Capasso, Sarah Jane

Title:

Antibiotic Resistance in Pennsylvania Stone Fruit Orchards

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

antibiotic resistance
tetracycline
antibiotics
oxytetracycline
peach
nectarine
orchard
Pennsylvania
tree fruit

File:

Download Capasso2016DissF.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member

Author:

Meness, Joy Noelle

Title:

THE CURRICULUM OF THE CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL: AN AMERICAN EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Carlisle Indian Industrial School
curriculum
Haudenosaunee
Richard Pratt
United States Army
books
texts
colonization
children
military
students
residential boarding school
Indian
Pennsylvania
Penn State University
Cumberland County Historical Society
NARA
reader
pedagogy
archive
precedent
historical
library
American education

File:

Download Meness_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Daniel Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Daniel Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Dr. Jamie M. Myers, Committee Member
Dr. Christine Marme Thompson, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Yaru Grace

Title:

A GIS Imagery Based Woody Biomass Biorefinery Location Model for Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Woody biomass
Pennsylvania
Facility location
GIS
NAIP imagery
Mixed integer linear programming

File:

Download Yaru_Liu_Dissertation_2019_v9.pdf

Committee Members:

Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Alexander Novack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Outside Member

Author:

Hafer, Joseph

Title:

THE THEORY OF PRAGMATIC GOVERNANCE: A CLASSIC GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF PENNSYLVANIA’S BUREAU OF FORESTRY GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

public administration
pragmatism
public policy
management
forestry
Pennsylvania
state government
grounded theory

File:

Download Hafer_Dissertation_Final_Draft_20190130.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Ran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Ran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Triparna B Vasavada, Committee Member
Odd Jonas Stalebrink, Committee Member
Janet Duck, Outside Member

Author:

Black, Caitlin

Title:

From Seed to Cigar: A Cultural Landscape of South-Central Pennsylvania Tobacco

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
Tobacco
Cultural Landscape

File:

Download CBlack_DissertationFinal_March2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Ayer Verplanck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Simon Bronner, Committee Member
Joseph James Cecere, Outside Member

Author:

Kintner, Jonas

Title:

Relative Seismic Event Location and Size Estimation, Contributions to Earthquake Analysis and Seismic Discrimination at Local Distances

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Iran
Caribbean
Pennsylvania
Wyoming

File:

Download JonasKintner-DissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member

Author:

Kirkpatrick., Daphne

Title:

THE IMPACT OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S PRINCIPAL EFFECTIVENESS FRAMEWORK FOR LEADERSHIP

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Principal Effectiveness
Framework for Leadership
Principal Evaluation
Superintendent Roles and Responsibilities
Superintendent's Professional Development
Principal Supervisors
Pennsylvania

File:

Download DISSERTATION_KIRKPATRICK_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Lynn Schussler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Lynn Schussler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tiffany M Squires, Committee Member
Marsha Elizabeth Modeste, Committee Member
John Ewing, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kinsley, Jamie

Title:

The Garden in the Machine: Homesteading, Local Foodways, and Agriculture in York, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Foodways
Homesteading
agriculture
environmentalism
folklore
food
garden
gardening
vegetables
crops
ethnography
libertarian
communitarian
self-sufficient
York County
Pennsylvania
community gardens
food desert
farm
farmers
chicken
plants
small-scale farming
industrialization
urbanization

File:

Download Garden_in_the_Machine_Kinsley_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Rogers Haddad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Outside Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Clune, John

Title:

Toward the Development of Nutrient Criteria for Streams of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

water quality
streams
Pennsylvania
nitrogen
phosphorus
biota response

File:

Download John_Clune_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jay Richard Stauffer, Jr., Committee Member
Allyson Muth, Committee Member
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Outside Member
J. Kent Crawford, Special Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burton, Amanda

Title:

Thwarting climate change using simple practices in complex and adaptive agricultural systems

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

climate change
silage
corn
maize
soy
sorghum
dairy
Pennsylvania
United States
agriculture
grain
climate
sunflower
abiotic
stress
production

File:

Download Burton_Dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Armen R. Kemanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Carolyn Lowry, Committee Member
John Tooker, Outside Member
Gregory Wayne Roth, Special Member
Erin L Connolly, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Huerta Arredondo, Ilse Alejandra

Title:

An Exploratory Approach to Study Latino/a Farmers in Pennsylvania and the Role of Cooperative Extension

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Latino/a farmer
Hispanic farmer
Extension educator
Cooperative Extension
Penn State Extension
Pennsylvania

File:

Download HUERTA_ARREDONDO_AEE_INTAD2.pdf

Committee Members:

John Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Devine Baggett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patreese Donette Ingram, Committee Member
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Committee Member
Elsa Sanchez, Outside Member
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Program Head/Chair
John Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Devine Baggett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tiffin, Hannah

Title:

“Scratching” the Surface: Ticks and Sarcoptic Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) in American Black Bears

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

black bear
ursus americanus
mange
sarcoptic mange
parasite
host-parasite interactions
carnivores
red fox
grey fox
coyote
ticks
Ixodes scapularis
backlegged tick
Sarcoptes scabiei
scabies
neglected diseases
zoonotic disease
zoonoses
One Health
Pennsylvania
wildlife
disease spillover
disease ecology
emerging disease

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Erika Machtinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Justin Brown, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Mullinax, Special Member
Mark Ternent, Special Member
Joyce Sakamoto, Major Field Member

Author:

Deane, Chanel

Title:

Analysis of Seismic Source Characteristics Across A Broad Range Of Spatial Scales

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Pennsylvania
Southwest Indian Ridge
South Africa

File:

Download Dissertation_final_cd.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member
Charles Ammon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Major Field Member