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Author:

Sterner, Glenn Earl

Title:

An Examination of Community Organizing Processes to Assess the Potential for Increasing Innovation in Practice

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

community development
rural sociology
community engagement
community organizing
innovation
social networks

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Special Member
Thomas S Lyons, Special Member

Author:

McClure, Jennifer Marie

Title:

Understanding how Congregations Promote Community Involvement and Prosocial Behavior

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Religion
congregations
community
prosocial behavior
social networks
values
theology
organizations
activities
context

File:

Download McClure_dissertation_with_diagrams.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Kent Finke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Helen Felmlee, Committee Member
David R Johnson, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Zhe

Title:

Understanding and Modeling User Behavior in Social Question and Answering

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

social question and answering
social search
information seeking
social networks
Twitter
Weibo

File:

Download Dissertation_Zhe_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernard James Jansen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard James Jansen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Yen, Committee Member
Heng Xu, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Chun-ting

Title:

essays on communication, coordination, and correlation

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

repeated game
coordination
correlated equilibrium
pre-play communication
social networks

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward James Green, Committee Member
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member
Sona Nadenichek Golder, Committee Member

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