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1. The Enduring Legacy of Slavery: a Historical Examination of Black-white Mortality Disparities

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Author:
Black, Nyesha Cheyenne
Title:
The Enduring Legacy of Slavery: a Historical Examination of Black-white Mortality Disparities
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Mortality Disparities
Slavery
Health
Stratification
Place
File:
Download 1-NCBlack_Dissertation_PennState_0406.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Molly Martin, Committee Member
Shedra Amy Snipes, Committee Member

3. Understanding how Congregations Promote Community Involvement and Prosocial Behavior

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Open Access
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

4. The development of adolescent drinking and smoking: Peer beliefs and age-graded changes in selection and influence

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Author:
Ragan, Daniel T
Title:
The development of adolescent drinking and smoking: Peer beliefs and age-graded changes in selection and influence
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Peers
drinking
smoking
social network analysis
File:
Download Ragan_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
D Wayne Osgood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
David R Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott David Gest, Committee Member

5. Safety Nets and Social Reproduction: Three Essays on Child Fostering in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Era of AIDS

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Author:
Bachan, Lauren Kate
Title:
Safety Nets and Social Reproduction: Three Essays on Child Fostering in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Era of AIDS
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Families
Child Fostering
Africa
Malawi
File:
Download Bachan-DissertationSubmitted13Feb2015.pdf
Committee Members:
Jenny Trinitapoli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenny Trinitapoli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R Johnson, Committee Member
Kevin J Thomas, Committee Member
Nancy Kay Luke, Committee Member
Brian King, Special Member

6. Those Who Pay and Those Who Don't: Family Aid, Student Loan Debt, and Consequences for the Transition to Adulthood

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Open Access
Author:
Pearson, Katherine E
Title:
Those Who Pay and Those Who Don't: Family Aid, Student Loan Debt, and Consequences for the Transition to Adulthood
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Student loan debt
family aid
transition to adulthood
NLSY
young adults
File:
Download Pearson_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Melissa Hardy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Molly Martin, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Committee Member
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member

7. Understanding the role of immigration policy in health care of immigrants

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Open Access
Author:
Hasanali, Stephanie Nicole Howe
Title:
Understanding the role of immigration policy in health care of immigrants
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
immigrants
access to health care
health care inequalities
immigration policy
File:
Download SH_DISSERTATION_final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Gordon De Jong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Deborah Jean Roempke Graefe, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member

8. Detecting & Adjusting for Attrition Bias in Longitudinal Survey Panels

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Open Access
Author:
Roth, Veronica Leigh
Title:
Detecting & Adjusting for Attrition Bias in Longitudinal Survey Panels
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
attrition
panel conditioning
refreshment panels
multiple imputation
longitudinal panel data
marital quality
File:
Download V_Roth_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David R Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kurt David Johnson, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Committee Member
Paul Amato, Committee Member

9. Does early childhood education climate matter? The relationship between state policy, school readiness, and enrollment in organized care

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Open Access
Author:
Baumgartner, Erin Marie
Title:
Does early childhood education climate matter? The relationship between state policy, school readiness, and enrollment in organized care
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
school readiness
early childhood
sociology
stratification
race
education policy
education
File:
Download Baumgartner_dissertation_school_readiness_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member
Emily Kate Greenman, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member

10. An event history analysis of premarital cohabitation transitions and divergent relationship pathways

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Open Access
Author:
Beattie, Brett Aaron
Title:
An event history analysis of premarital cohabitation transitions and divergent relationship pathways
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
cohabitation
relationships
marriage
family
event history
latent class
File:
Download Beattie_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul Richard Amato, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Johnson, Committee Member
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member
David Eggebeen, Committee Member