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Author:: Moore, Amy JoAnna
Title:: Latino/as with Disabilities: Do gender and race influence vocational rehabilitation?
Graduate Program:: Counselor Education
Keywords:: hispanic
latino
latina
disability
gender
race
vocation
rehabilitation
File:: Download RC_Master_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Brandon Hunt (Thesis: Keith Wilson), Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keith B Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Freeman, Amy Louise
Title:: Money, Math and Engineering: The Relationships Between Community Economics, Math Preparation and the Graduation of Racially Underrepresented Engineers
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: prediction
recruitment
math programs
minority engineering program
STEM
poverty
race
retention
money
precollege
underrepresented
minority engineering
minority
math preparation
summer bridge
high school funding
MEP
diversity
graduation
engineering
multicultural
funding
high school
engineering shortage
Penn State
File:: Download Final_Document2.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member

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Author:: Kundrat, Cara L.
Title:: Socio-demographic and Geographic Predictors of Health Care Receipt among Mothers and Infants in central Pennsylvania and North Carolina
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:: geographic
socio-demographic
infant
mother
healthcare
health care
rural/non-metropolitan
race
SES
File:: Download Cara_Kundrat_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Clancy Blair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clancy Blair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark T Greenberg, Committee Member
Kathryn Bancroft Hynes, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member

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Author:: Farrell, Chad R.
Title:: Urban Mosaics: Multiracial Diversity and Segregation in the American Metropolis
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: suburban
race
housing
segregation
neighborhoods
urban
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glenn A Firebaugh, Committee Member
Susan Welch, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Committee Member
Mark Hill, Committee Member

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Author:: Harris, Casey Taggart
Title:: A LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF THE MACRO-LEVEL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RECENT IMMIGRATION AND WHITE, BLACK, AND HISPANIC VIOLENT CRIME, 1990-2000
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: immigration
violence
crime
arrests
race
ethnicity
time
File:: Download Full_Manuscript_3-30-11_-_tables_and_figures_inserted.pdf
Committee Members:: Darrell J Steffensmeier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Committee Member
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Christopher Jon Zorn, Committee Member

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Author:: Brown, Darigg Collis
Title:: Reducing HIV and AIDS stigma among university students in South Africa
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:: HIV and AIDS
stigma
race
South Africa
File:: Download Darigg_Brown_Final_FullDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rhonda Belue, Committee Member
Gary King, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Tamul, Daniel John
Title:: Immigration news frames: Constructions of immigration and the passage of SB 1070
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: immigration
race
framing
News
SB 1070
File:: Download Tamul_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dennis Karl Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colleen Connolly Ahern, Committee Member
Matthew Mc Allister, Committee Member
Gretchen G Casper, Committee Member

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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:: Download FINAL_Masters_Thesis_Danielle_Leveston.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Ash, Erin Michelle
Title:: THE EFFECTS OF VIDEO GAME AVATAR RACE ON IN-GAME BEHAVIORS AND POST-PLAY AGGRESSION
Graduate Program:: Media Studies
Keywords:: video games
Proteus effect
aggression
race
avatar embodiment
File:: Download Ash_Thesis-final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Pearson, Katherine E
Title:: Stereotyping Neighborhoods, not Individuals? Testing the Race-Based Neighborhood Stereotyping Hypothesis
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: Neighborhood racial composition
stereotypes
residential preferences
race
File:: Download Pearson_Katherine_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Melissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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