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Author:

Fureman, Brandy Ellen

Title:

L-type calcium channel regulation in the P/Q-type calcium channel mutant mouse, tottering, a model for episodic neurological disorders

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

mutant mouse
tyrosine hydroxylase
nimodipine
dyskinesia
trigger
voltage-dependent calcium channel
development
BAY K8644
animal model
behavior
paroxysmal
movement disorder

File:

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Committee Members:

Ellen J Hess, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa L Wood, Committee Member
Robert G Levenson, Committee Member
Robert J Milner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melvin Lee Billingsley, Committee Member

Author:

Nelms, Brian Lewis

Title:

SUPPRESSION OF egl-13 SOX DOMAIN MUTANTS REVEALS A NOVEL FUNCTION FOR SOME MEIOTIC GENES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

C. elegans
egl-13
him-8
uterine
development

File:

Download PhD_eTD_BLN_August_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Pamela J Mitchell, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member

Author:

Porfeli, Erik Joseph

Title:

A LONGITUDIANL STUDY OF A DEVELOPMENTAL-CONTEXTUAL MODEL OF WORK VALUES DURING ADOLESCENCE

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescents
work value system
part-time work experience
developmental contextualism
discrepancy reduction and cohesion
development

File:

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Committee Members:

Fred W Vondracek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Caverly Crouter, Committee Member
Spencer Niles, Committee Member
Michael Shanahan, Committee Member
Michael J Rovine, Committee Member

Author:

Riina, Elizabeth Marie-Blanche

Title:

Ecological and Family Systems Perspectives on Coparenting during Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Coparenting
family systems
adolescence
development

File:

Download E._Riina_-_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mc Hale, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
J Douglas Coatsworth, Committee Member
Michael J Rovine, Committee Member
Alysia Blandon, Committee Member

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

Author:

Hwang, Joonho

Title:

DECONSTRUCTING THE DISCOURSE OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE AGE OF NEO-LIBERAL GLOBAL ECONOMY

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

the global digital divide
neo-liberalism
global economy
discourse
technology
development

File:

Download Dissertation-Joonho_Hwang.pdf

Committee Members:

Jorge Reina Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Cosar, Ahmet Kerem

Title:

ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LABOR MARKETS AND HUMAN CAPITAL

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

employment subsidy
liberalization
development
labor markets
human capital
trade

File:

Download cosar_PhdDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andres Rodriguez Clare & James R Tybout, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andres Rodriguez Clare, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James R. Tybout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Alexander Monge Naranjo, Committee Member
David Gerard Abler, Committee Member

Author:

Estes, Kathleen Anne

Title:

ANALYSIS OF C. ELEGANS VULVAL MORPHOGENESIS REVEALS NOVEL MECHANISMS FOR INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BIOLOGICAL TUBES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

tubulogenesis
lumen
anchor cell
c. elegans
development
vulva
egl-26
NlpC/p60

File:

Download ThesisMaster_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Wendy Hanna Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member

Author:

Steinmetz, Michele

Title:

A MULTI-LEVEL STUDY OF REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOMES IN KENYA: QUALITY OF CARE AND COMMUNITY FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

fertility
quality of care
development
Kenya

File:

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Committee Members:

Gordon F De Jong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Committee Member

Author:

Yanez-Prieto, Maria-del-Carmen

Title:

On Literature and the Secret Art of (Im)possible Worlds: Teaching Literature-Through-Language

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

literature
language
discourse
conceptual learning
development
pedagogy
creativity

File:

Download YanezPrieto_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lantolf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Lipski, Committee Member
Guadalupe Martí Peña, Committee Member
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member
Ronald Carter, Committee Member

Author:

Isenberg, Noelle Ariane

Title:

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES IN WEB-BASED AND CLASSROOM-BASED GERMAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AT THE POST-SECONDARY LEVEL: VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, LANGUAGE PROCESSING, AND ORAL PROFICIENCY DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

age
phonological working memory
individual differences
grammaticality judgment
translation recognition
WebCAPE
SOPI
text-based chat
mobile language learning
German language
oral proficiency
distance language learning
online language learning
language learning
distance learning
online learning
semester standing
SAT scores
grades
development
developmental outcomes
The Pennsylvania State University
German Online at PSU

File:

Download isenberg_noelle_937633171_phd_thesis_final_copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
J Scott Payne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Adrian Johannes Wanner, Committee Member

Author:

Hiller, Nathan J.

Title:

An Examination of Leadership Beliefs and Leadership Self-Identity: Constructs, Correlates, and Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

self-monitoring
core self-evaluation
leadership potential
self-identity
orientation toward leadership
LMX
self-schema
leadership
development
experience
medical

File:

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Committee Members:

David E Day, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Donald C Hambrick, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member

Author:

Agha, Suzanne Elizabeth

Title:

CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS OF FEMALE CRIME AND THE GENDER GAP

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

crime
female crime
gender gap
cross-national
development
female status

File:

Download Agha_Dissertation_final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
John Kramer, Committee Member
Eric Silver, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Committee Member

Author:

Zamule, Stephanie M.

Title:

ROLE OF THE CONSTITUTIVE ANDROSTANE RECEPTOR IN THE DERIVATION OF HEPATIC-LIKE CELLS FROM HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

embryonic stem cells
constitutive androstane receptor
liver
differentiation
nuclear receptor
development
lentivirus

File:

Download Zamule_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Curtis John Omiecinski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis John Omiecinski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
Gary H Perdew, Committee Member
John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Member

Author:

Vrablik, Tracy Lynn

Title:

NICOTINAMIDASE MODULATION OF NICOTINAMIDE LEVELS AND NAD+ SYNTHESIS SEPARATELY AFFECT DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MULTIPLE ORGAN SYSTEMS IN C. ELEGANS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

NAD+ metabolism
niacin
development

File:

Download VrablikThesis022811.pdf

Committee Members:

Wendy Hanna Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Troy Ott, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Zhenguo

Title:

THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF HIGHLY CONSERVED GENE FAMILIES CONCERNED WITH BASIC CELLULAR AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

evolution
origin
DNA repair
development
RAD51
recA
MutS
MutL
Hox

File:

Download LinZ_PhD_Thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Masatoshi Nei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Shujie

Title:

Exploring the mediating effect of social capital on human capital in economic well-being: A micro-analysis of four countries

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Economics and Demography

Keywords:

social capital
human capital
economic well-being
development
United States
Japan
Brazil
the Philippines

File:

Download Thesis_Shujie_Li_16Nov2012.pdf

Committee Members:

David Gerard Abler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Michael Smith, Committee Member
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
David Shapiro, Committee Member
Jill Leslie Findeis, Committee Member

Author:

Altieri, Stefanie Camille

Title:

Developmental Perspectives on Serotonin And susceptibility to Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

serotonin
serotonin transporter
antidepressant
development
mood and anxiety
brain-derived neurotrophic factor

File:

Download Stefanie_C._Altieri_FInal_Thesis_15Apr2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Anne M Andrews / David J Vandenbergh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
Sheri A. Berenbaum, Committee Member

Author:

Sheveleva, Yelena

Title:

ESSAYS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

international trade
multiproduct exporters
multiproduct firms
development
intermediaries

File:

Download Lena_Sheveleva_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kala Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kala Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Ross Yeaple, Committee Member
Edward C Jaenicke, Committee Member
James R. Tybout, Special Member

Author:

Moding, Kameron Jean

Title:

An Examination of Temperamental Approach/withdrawal and Responses to Novel Foods across Infancy and Early Childhood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

approach/withdrawal
development
food neophobia
temperament

File:

Download Moding_Dissertation_Final_3.14.16.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia Stifter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leann L Birch, Committee Member
Douglas Michael Teti, Committee Member
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Fortunato, Christine Karen

Title:

UNLOCKING THE HETEROGENEITY OF EXTERNALIZING PROBLEMS ACROSS EARLY CHILDHOOD:UNITING NEUROBIOLOGICAL, PARENTING, AND DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

parenting
early childhood
development
HPA
cortisol
externalizing problems
comorbidity
anxiety

File:

Download Fortunato_CK_Final_Dissertation_11.15.11.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas A. Granger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark T. Greenberg, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Karen Bierman, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Lili

Title:

VITAMIN A METABOLISM IN THE NEONATAL LUNG: STUDIES IN A RAT MODEL

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

Vitamin A
neonatal lung
metabolism
retinoic acid
retinoid homeostatic genes
development

File:

Download Dissertation_LiliWU_11.21_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

A. Catharine Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Okhee Han, Committee Member
Katarzyna Kordas, Committee Member
Pamela J. Mitchell, Committee Member
Jeffery M. Dodds, Committee Member

Author:

Von Der Heide, Rebecca Jane

Title:

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN ENCODING AND THE REPRESENTATION OF FACE INFORMATION

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

face perception
development
composite face task
inversion task
general recognition theory

File:

Download VonDerHeide_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Wenger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick Gilmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reginald Adams, Committee Member
Peter Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Mcsweeney, Colleen Patricia

Title:

RBM8a is required for normal cortical development

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

rbm8A
cortex
corticogenesis
development
microcephaly
autism

File:

Download Dissertation_edited_final_11.14.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Yingwei Mao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yingwei Mao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Outside Member

Author:

Titanski-Hooper, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

‘The Belly of Zagreb’: Identity, Development, and Europeanization in Croatia's Open-Air Markets

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

development
nationalism
European Union
Croatia
geopolitics

File:

Download TheBellyofZagreb_TitanskiHooper_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Brian Hastings King, Committee Member
Tobias Heinrich Albert Brinkmann, Outside Member

Author:

Broderick, Amanda Vivian

Title:

Gene-environment interplay: The role of family factors in internalizing symptoms across childhood and adolescence.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

internalizing
anxiety
depression
parenting
gene-environment interplay
gene-environment correlation
children
adolescents
development
genetically informed design

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Steffany Fredman, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dai, Junqiang

Title:

RACE BIAS IN ADOLESCENT FACE RECOGNITION: THE ROLE OF FRIENDSHIP DIVERSITY, ETHNIC-RACIAL IDENTITY, ETHNIC-RACIAL SOCIALIZATION, AND PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

own-race bias
adolescents
face processing
ethnic-racial identity
ethnic-racial socialization
development

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_JD_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Dawn Witherspoon, Major Field Member
Mark Shriver, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paul Quiin, Special Member
Suzy Scherf, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hong, Yooinn

Title:

Home gardens as agrobiodiversity sites amid agrarian transformations in Jeju, Korea (1960–2016)

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

home gardens
agrobiodiversity
smallholders
agricultural modernization
tourism development
agrarian transformations
rural changes
livelihood diversification
agricultural commercialization
cash crop
political ecology
ethnobotany
Korea
Jeju
green revolution
development
conservation

File:

Download Dissertation_Yooinn_Hong.pdf

Committee Members:

Leland Glenna, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Major Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian King, Major Field Member
Cynthia Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ratcliff, Kizzann Ashana

Title:

Longitudinal Influences of Parenting Behavior and Child Language on Young Children’s Social-Emotional Competence

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

social emotional competence
parenting
language
development

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Committee Members:

Karen Bierman, Major Field Member
Pamela Cole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ginger Moore, Major Field Member
Janet Welsh, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mahlobo, Christa

Title:

Examining Adolescent Precursors to Early Adult Flourishing in Black Americans: On the Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Identity

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

flourishing
Black youth
development
ethnic-racial socialization
ethnic-racial identity

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Committee Members:

Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Abenaa Jones, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Karen Bierman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan McHale, Major Field Member
Robert Roeser, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Crowley, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Freed, Sara Ann

Title:

Person-Environment Interactions and Older Adult Mobility

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

aging
development
transportation
mobility
driving
older adults
environment
gerontology

File:

Download Freed_Dissertation_Final_3Nov2021_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Mogle, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lesley Ross, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair