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2005

Riddle, Mark - 2005
Dissertation: The Intergenerational Transfer of Social Capital
University of Northern Colorado, CO

2004

Doreen Anderson-Facile - 2004
Dissertation:
Dueling Identities: The Christian Biker
California State University , Bakersfield, CA

Carolina Bank - 2004
Dissertation:
Transnational Capital, Transnational Labor: The State and the Politics of Shop Floor Control in the Tortilla Industry
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, NY

David E. Boyns - 2004
Dissertation:
Into the Postmodern Imaginary: A Critical Investigation of Mass Media, Simulations, Self, and Social Interaction
California State University, Northridge, CA

Jami L. Brown - 2004
Dissertation: Sexual Assault on University Campuses
Riverside Community College, CA

Jacqueline L. Chapin - 2004
Dissertation:
Dimensions of Marital Power: A Comparison of Mexican-American and European American Marriages
Presidential Management Fellow, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC

Laura L. Hansen - 2004
Dissertation:
The "Bad Boys" of Wall Street: A Network Analysis of Insider Trading, 1979-1986
University of Massachusetts, Boston , MA

Andrew Jorgenson - 2004
Dissertation:
Export Partner Dependence and Environmental Degradation 1965 - 2000: A Cross-National Study of Deforestation in Less-Developed Countries
Washington State University, WA

James M. Lavalle - 2004
Dissertation: Guns and Homicide: Toward a Convergent Resolution of the Gun Policy Conundrum
Murray State University, KY

Scott A. Melzer - 2004
Dissertation:
The National Rifle Association: conservative Politics and Frontier Masculinity
Albion College, MI

Pedro Payne - 2004
Dissertation:
The Arlanza Neighborhood Initiative: A Municipal Effort at Applying Social Disorganization Theory to Youth Violence Prevention
Human Resources, City of Riverside, CA

Kay Kei-Ho Pih - 2004
Dissertation:
Neighborhood Context and Homicides: Examining the Nonlinear Relationship between Poverty, Institutional Breakdowns and Homicides
Florida International University, FL

2003

Michele A. Adams - 2003
Dissertation:
Constructing the Essential Family: A Comparison of 19th and 20th Century Marriage Reform Movements
Tulane University, LA

Alan D. Brown - 2003
Dissertation: Sex and Sensibility: Toward a Sociology of HIV Risk
University of Ottawa, Ontario CANADA

Glenn Tsunokai - 2003
Dissertation: Asian Youth Gangs in Southern California Suburbia: A Multidimensional Perspective Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

2002

Manuel Barajas - 2002
Dissertation:
An Extended Case Study of the Xaripu Community Across Borders: Interactive colonization in the 21st Century
California State University, Sacramento, CA

Andrew Herrity - 2002
Dissertation:
Explaining Institutional Change: Erosion of the Rules for Choosing CEOs at Large U.S. Industrial Corporations, 1975 - 1994
California Baptist, CA

Todd A. Migliaccio - 2002
Dissertation:
'Doing Gender', 'Doing Friendship': How Gendered Expectations Influence Friendships
California State University, Sacramento, CA

Deborah Plechner - 2002
Dissertation:
Deciphering the Treatment-Punishment Dichotomy: A New Conceptual and Empirical Approach to the Study of Placement Outcomes for Juvenile Delinquents
University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN

2001

Paul Almeida - 2001
Dissertation: Protest by Invitation and Intimidation: Cycles of Popular Contention in El Salvador, 1960-1981
Texas A& M University, TX

Valerie J. Callanan - 2001
Dissertation:
The Determinants of Punitiveness: The Effects of Crime Related Media Consumption and Crime Salience on Californians' Support for Three Strikes Sentencing
California State University, San Marcos, CA

Vincent E. Collum- 2001
Dissertation:
Social Inequality and the Politics of Production: Americans' Attitudes toward Workplace Democracy
University of Southern Maine, ME

2000

Kathleen Auerhahn - 2000
Dissertation: Dangerousness and Incapacitation: A Predictive Evaluation of Sentencing Policy Reform in California
Temple University, PA

Hui-Tzu Chou - 2000
Dissertation:
The Impact of Congregational Structure on the Transformation of Christian Worship Style
Shaw University,
NC

Melinda Jo Messineo - 2000
Dissertation:
The Nest Reconsidered: Delayed Launching, Returning Home, and the Changing American Family
Ball State University, IN