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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:

Cain, Curtis

Title:

Swimming Upstream: The Case of Black Males in Information Technology (IT) Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Black males
career choice
diversity
digital inequality
ethnicity
race
IT workforce
theory development

File:

Download Cain.Thesis.Final.03.29.2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen M Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Suzanne Adair, Committee Member
Michael Mc Neese, Committee Member
Kshiti (K D ) Joshi, Special Member

Author:

Massaro, Vanessa Anne

Title:

Drug Dealing as Livelihood Practice: Space, Social Relations, and Everyday Life in Urban Illegal Economies

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

geography
urban studies
feminist geography
illicit economies
race
war on drugs
Philadelphia
social reproduction

File:

Download UPLOADEDFINALVERSION_3-29-16.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Ariane R Cruz, Committee Member
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Member
Dr Sallie Marston, Special Member

Author:

Clemson, Christen E

Title:

A Comparison Study Of The Policies And Procedures between A Juvenile Justice Facility And A Public High School

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

high school
juvenile facility
race
policies
procedures
organizations
practice
and discipline

File:

Download Clemson_Dissertation_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria M Lewis, Committee Member
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
John Henry Kramer, Committee Member
Dr Anthony Normore, Special Member

Author:

Worthington, Stephen Staley

Title:

Gaps in the Armor: Predictors of Civil Rights Complaints in Pennsylvania's Elementary & Secondary Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

civil rights
education
discrimination
Pennsylvania
Office for Civil Rights
public schools
Title VI
Title IX
Section 504
race
disability
charter schools
educational equity
binary logistic regression
special education funding
special education disputes
dispute resolution

File:

Download Worthington_Thesis_-_Gaps_in_the_Armor.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria M Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wheeler, Sika Adzo

Title:

Black Girls Rock! and the Politics of Empowerment

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

black girls
empowerment
youth
girlhood
black feminism
black entertainment television
television
race
gender
celebrity
misogynoir
black girls rock

File:

Download Wheeler_2016_Black_Girls_Rock_and_the_Politics_of_Empowerment__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Lyn Rodino, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member