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Author:

Leveston, Danielle Michelle

Title:

"Wow! I Didn't Even Know Black Artists Existed!" Advocating for Black Students in the Visual Arts through Autoethnography

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

art education
qualitative research
autoethnography
art
visual art
African American students
Black students
intersectionality
gender
class
race

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dicicco, Elaine Claire

Title:

The Boundary Conditions of Backlash for Black Women: When Black Women Escape Backlash for Agentic and Dominant Behavior in the Workplace

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

stereotypes
gender
race
workplace
intersectionality
backlash
agency
dominance
leadership

File:

Download Dicicco_Format_Review_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Terman, Anna Rachel

Title:

Hillbilly women, Affrilachians, and queer mountaineers: Belonging and mobility among young adults in rural communities

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Appalachia
intersectionality
rural sociology
women's studies
youth
community
belonging
class
mobility

File:

Download TermanDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Committee Member

Author:

Bleser, William Killington

Title:

Better Understanding Influenza Vaccination in U.S. Children: Determinants, Family Impact, and Policy

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

influenza
vaccination
immunization
influenza vaccination
public health
demography
healthy policy
health disparities
health services disparities
preventive health
health services research
social determinants of health
health inequities
intersectionality
complex survey data
population health
United States
child health
vaccine policy
work loss
sick leave
regression analysis
policy analysis
Health in All Policies
preschool
childcare

File:

Download William_K_Bleser_-_Penn_State_HPA_Demography_Dissertation_-_FINAL_-_2016_07_14.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Y Miranda, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Y Miranda, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Rhonda Belue, Committee Member
Steven Andrew Haas, Outside Member
Daniel Salmon, Special Member

Author:

Farmer, Heather Rochelle

Title:

AN INTERSECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SOCIAL STATUS, SELF-REPORTED DISCRIMINATION, AND LOW-GRADE C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN THE HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

intersectionality
lifespan developmental perspective on social status and health
gerontology
c-reactive protein
racial disparities in health
social determinants of health
discrimination

File:

Download Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda Ann Wray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Ann Wray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
Laura Klein, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Outside Member
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Member

Author:

Hicks, Veronica

Title:

Exceptional Sistahood: Implications of Representing Identity in Comics for Collaborative Art Education Practices Among Women Students and Teachers of Color with Disabilities

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

art education
women's studies
gender studies
disability studies
comics studies
studio art
intersectionality
K-12

File:

Download Veronica_Hicks_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

B. Stephen Carpenter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
B. Stephen Carpenter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ariane Cruz, Committee Member
Mary Ann Stankiewicz, Committee Member
Joel Douglas Priddy, Outside Member

Author:

Whitley, Hannah Terese

Title:

Power, Privilege, and "Playing in the Dirt": An Intersectional Exploration of Women's Agricultural Experiences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

historically marginalized agriculturalists
intersectionality
participatory action research
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
social sustainability
urban agriculture
women farmers
critical food systems scholarship
qualitative research

File:

Download Whitley-_RSOC_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn J. Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair
Kathryn J. Brasier, Committee Member

Author:

Layland, Eric Keith

Title:

Leveraging Latent Class Modeling at the Intersection of Racism and Homonegativism: Identifying Subgroups of Black and Latino Sexual Minority Young Men and Links with Substance Use

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

intersectionality
sexual minority
Black
Latino
racism
homophobia
latent class analysis
substance use
transition to adulthood
race
ethnicity
homonegativism
subgroups
gay
bisexual
men who have sex with men
person-centered methods
alcohol
drinking
marijuana
poppers
substance use disorder
cannabis
binge drinking
substance abuse
substance use dependence
social support
family support
friend support

File:

Download Layland_Disseration_for_Committee_REVISED.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Lianne Maggs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Lianne Maggs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bethany Cara Bray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samantha Lauren Tornello, Committee Member
Jessica Lynn Matsick, Outside Member
Bethany Cara Bray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lesley Anne Ross, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stetz, Lauren

Title:

Transnational Feminist Data Visualization Mapping of Artists' Responses to Violence Against Women

Graduate Program:

Art Education (PHD)

Keywords:

transnational feminism
data visualization
art education
violence against women
gender-based violence
arts-based research
participatory action research
intersectionality
mapping
trauma
art activism
#MeToo

File:

Download Stetz_DissertationFinalRevised.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis, Major Field Member
Booker Carpenter, Major Field Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sarker, Arpita

Title:

Disability in Contemporary Indian Children’s Literature: A Qualitative Study of Adult Pedagogy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

Disability
Children's Literature
Decolonizing
postcolonial
south asian
adult pedagogy
publishing
representation
intersectionality
accessibility

File:

Download Sarker_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair
Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major Field Member
Joseph Valente, Major & Minor Field Member
Gail Boldt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Yamaguchi-Pedroza, Katsumi

Title:

Perceptions of Sexual Violence as a Function of Women's Race and Occupation

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

sexual harassment
sexual violence
dehumanization
victim blaming
intersectionality
sexual harassment
sexual violence
dehumanization
victim blaming
intersectionality

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Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member

Author:

Frasca, Terri

Title:

Beliefs About Diversity Trainings: Majority- and Minority-Group Member Perspectives

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

diversity
organizational psychology
race
gender
intersectionality
social psychology
diversity trainings
training

File:

Download Teresa_Frasca_Final_Masters_Thesis_Formatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kisha Shannon Jones, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Grimm, Erika

Title:

Linguistic Rupture, Racialization, and Resistance in Latina/x Feminisms: A Critical Phenomenological Approach

Graduate Program:

Philosophy (PHD)

Keywords:

linguistic rupture
Latina
Latinx
feminist philosophy
philosophy of race
language
intersectionality
critical phenomenology
Continental philosophy
Anzaldua
Lugones
Ortega
Martinez
Alcoff

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Committee Members:

Leonard Lawlor, Program Head/Chair
Ted Toadvine, Major Field Member
Eduardo Mendieta, Major Field Member
Mariana Ortega, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alicia Decker, Outside Unit & Field Member