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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Changing Perceptions of Masculinity and Femininity in America?: Revisiting the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, Sarah Ann Bell
Morality Based Messaging? An Examination of State Health Departments' Facebook Posts in Advertising COVID-19 Vaccines, Kylee R. Casner
Morality-Based Messaging? An Examination of State Health Departments’ Facebook Posts in Advertising COVID-19 Vaccines, Kylee R. Casner
Rural depopulation and the rural‐urban gap in cognitive functioning among older adults, Rebecca Glauber
Trumpism, Climate and COVID: Social Bases of the New Science Rejection, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Submissions from 2021
1,000 Predictions: Looking Back on the Sea Ice Outlook, 2008-2020, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Population Dynamics of Arctic Alaska: A graphical library of changes in 102 towns and villages, 1990–2020, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Elite Cues and the Rapid Decline of Trust in Science Agencies on COVID-19, Lawrence C. Hamilton and Thomas G. Safford
The Worst Is Behind Us: News Media Choice and False Optimism in the Summer of 2020, Lawrence C. Hamilton and Thomas G. Safford
Scientists, presidents, and pandemics—comparing the science–politics nexus during the Zika virus and COVID-19 outbreaks, Thomas G. Safford, Emily H. Whitmore, and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Follow the Scientists? How Beliefs about the Practice of Science Shaped COVID-19 Views, Thomas G. Safford, Emily H. Whitmore, and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Submissions from 2020
Social Media's Impact on Mental Health, Alayna M. Blodgett
Views of the Highway: Infrastructure Reality, Perceptions, and Politics, Linda M. Fogg, Lawrence C. Hamilton, and Erin S. Bell
Surveys Find "Two Kinds" of Public Knowledge about Polar Regions, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Two kinds of polar knowledge, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Sociopolitical Silos: Environmental Views and the Multiplicative Effect of Same-Party Friends, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Joel Hartter, and Curt Grimm
UNH STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE POLICE, Angela R. Hurley
Submissions from 2019
Simple guide to starting a research group, Patricia Condon, Julie Simpson, Jessica A. Bolker, Summer B. Cook, Eleanor M. Jaffee, Cari A. Moorhead, Cesar J. Rebellon, Nathan A. Schwadron, Michael J. Simmons, R. Scott Smith, John E. Sparrow, May-Win Thein, and James Wible
The Wage Penalty for Parental Caregiving: Has it Declined Over Time?, Rebecca Glauber
Physical-World Knowledge and Public Views on Climate Change, Lawrence C. Hamilton and Linda M. Fogg
Memorial to Warren B. Hamilton, 1925-2018, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Gillian R. Foulger, Sarah R. Hamilton, Keith A. Howard, and Seth A. Stein
Generational Aspects of U.S. Public Opinion on Renewable Energy and Climate Change, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Joel N. Hartter, and Erin Bell
Making Meaning of Consent: A Content Analysis, Sonja Winter Heels
Questioning scientific practice: linking beliefs about scientists, science agencies, and climate change, Thomas G. Safford, Emily H. Whitmore, and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Submissions from 2018
The News You Choose: News Media Preferences Amplify Views on Climate Change, Jessica L. Bolin and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Trends in the Motherhood Wage Penalty and Fatherhood Wage Premium for Low, Middle, and High Earners, Rebecca K. Glauber
Current Trends in Same-Sex Couples in the United States: How Race and Gender Affect Education, Income Levels, and Urban Living, Emily Lane Haley
Arriving: Expanding the Personal State Sequence, Danielle M. Pillet-Shore
Outdoor activity involvement and postsecondary status among rural adolescents: Results from a longitudinal analysis, Jayson O. Seaman
Submissions from 2017
Deep warming, Lawrence C. Hamilton and Merijn Knibbe
Arctic knowledge of the U.S.public, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Jochen Wirsing, Jessica Brunacini, and Stephanie Pfirman
Researchers, activists and climbers respond to Trump’s withdrawal from Climate Accord, Lawrence C. Hamilton and Paula Wright
Does it matter if people think climate change is human caused?, Joel N. Hartter, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Angela E. Boag, Forrest R. Stevens, Mark J. Ducey, Nils D. Christoffersen, Paul T. Oester, and Michael W. Palace
Staying in place during times of change in Arctic Alaska: The implications of attachment,alternatives, and buffering, Henry P. Huntington, Philip A. Loring, Glenna Gannon, Shari Fox Gearheard, S. Craig Gerlach, and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Preference Organization, Danielle M. Pillet-Shore
Submissions from 2016
Shifting environmental concern in rural eastern Oregon: The role of demographic and place-based factors, Angela E. Boag, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Joel N. Hartter, Forrest R. Stevens, Michael W. Palace, and Mark J. Ducey
Abortion as a Social Problem, Michele M. Dillon
Christian Affiliation and Disaffiliation the United States: Generational and Cultural Change, Michele M. Dillon
Post-Secular Society, Michele M. Dillon
Sociology of Religion, Michele M. Dillon
The Orphaned Irish: Church and State in Neo-Liberal Irish Society, Michele M. Dillon
Cultural cognition of weather, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Post-factual perceptions of weather, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Public awareness of the scientific consensus on climate, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Researchers find link between memories of weather and climate change beliefs, Lawrence C. Hamilton and Peter Biello
Wildfire, climate, and perceptions in northeast Oregon, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Joel N. Hartter, Barry D. Keim, Angela E. Boag, Michael W. Palace, Forrest R. Stevens, and Mark J. Ducey
Climigration? Population and climate change in Arctic Alaska, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Kei Saito, Philip A. Loring, Richard B. Lammers, and Henry P. Huntington
400 predictions: The SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook 2008–2015, Lawrence C. Hamilton and Julienne Stroeve
500 predictions: Looking back on nine years of the Sea Ice Outlook, Lawrence C. Hamilton and Julienne Stroeve
Flood realities, perceptions, and the depth of divisions on climate, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Cameron P. Wake, Joel N. Hartter, Thomas G. Safford, and Alli J. Puchlopek
Science, scientists, and local weather: Understanding mass perceptions of global warming, Wanyun Shao, James C. Garand, Barry D. Keim, and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Submissions from 2015
Assessing Reverence in Contexts: A Positive Emotion Related to Psychological Functioning, Amy L. Ai, Paul Wink, Terry Lynn Gall, Michele M. Dillon, and Terrence N. Tice
The Effects of Helicopter Parenting on College Students, Victoria Barnaskas
Many Eligible Children Don’t Participate in School Nutrition Programs; Reauthorization Offers Opportunities to Improve, Jessica A. Carson
Rates of SNAP Receipt Stabilize or Drop in All Regions for First Time Since Great Recession, Jessica A. Carson and Paul Anskat
2014 Data Indicate That Four in Ten Children Live in Low-Income Families, Jessica A. Carson, Andrew P. Schaefer, and Marybeth J. Mattingly
Review of A. Coco, Catholics, Conflicts, and Choices, Michele M. Dillon
Review of C. Smith et al., Young Catholic America, Michele M. Dillon
Review of K. Jenkins, Sacred Divorce (Rutgers University Press, 2014), Michele M. Dillon
Secularization, Generational Change, and Ireland’s Post-Secular Opportunity, Michele M. Dillon
Should I Say Something? Dating and Sexual Aggression Bystander Intervention Among High School Youth, Katie Edwards, Robert P. Eckstein, and Kara Anne Rodenhizer-Stampfli
A holistic approach to child maltreatment, David Finkelhor and Corinna J. Tucker
Limited Access to AP Courses for Students in Smaller and More Isolated Rural School Districts, Douglas J. Gagnon and Marybeth J. Mattingly
Federal EITC Kept 2 Percent of the Population Out of Poverty Greatest Poverty Reductions in Texas, North Carolina, and Arizona, Douglas J. Gagnon, Marybeth J. Mattingly, and Andrew P. Schaefer
25 years of Statistics with Stata, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Arctic sea ice — in pre-election perceptions, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Polar facts in the age of polarization, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Polar Polling part three, Lawrence C. Hamilton
The elephant in the room, Lawrence C. Hamilton
The psychology of climate change denial, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Tracking public knowledge and perceptions about the Arctic, Lawrence C. Hamilton
What people know, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Who knows what about the polar regions? Polar facts in the age of polarization, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Tracking public beliefs about anthropogenic climate change, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Joel N. Hartter, Mary D. Lemcke-Stampone, David W. Moore, and Thomas G. Safford
Validity of county-level estimates of climate-change beliefs, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Joel N. Hartter, and Thomas G. Safford
Trust in scientists on climate change and vaccines, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Joel N. Hartter, and Kei Saito
Modeling associations between public understanding, engagement and forest conditions in theInland Northwest, USA, Joel N. Hartter, Forrest R. Stevens, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Russell G. Congalton, Mark J. Ducey, and Paul T. Oester
Deaths Exceed Births in Most of Europe, But Not in the United States, Kenneth M. Johnson, Layton M. Fields, and Dudley L. Poston Jr.
Migration signatures across the decades: Net migration by age in U.S. counties, 1950−2010, Kenneth M. Johnson and Richelle Winkler
Behind at the Starting Line: Poverty Among Hispanic Infants, Daniel T. Lichter, Scott R. Sanders, and Kenneth M. Johnson
Methodological approaches for sociological research on climate change, Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt, Andrew K. Jorgenson, and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Strategies to Strengthen Youth Leadership and Youth Participation Opportunities in Central Appalachia, Rebecca O'Doherty, Ada Smith, Ben Spangler, Elandria Williams, and Katie Richards-Schuster
West-Nordic Region, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Johanna Roto, and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Official Poverty Statistics Mask the Economic Vulnerability of Seniors A Comparison of Maine to the Nation An, Andrew P. Schaefer and Marybeth J. Mattingly
Breadth of Participation in Organized and Unstructured Leisure Activities Over Time and Rural Adolescents’ Functioning, Erin Hiley Sharp, Corinna Jenkins Tucker, Megan E. Baril, Karen T. Van Gundy, and Cesar J. Rebellon
Public opinion on climate change, Rachael L. Shwom, Aaron M. McCright, Steven R. Brechin, Riley E. Dunlap, Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt, and Lawrence C. Hamilton
Coverage Rates Stabilize for Children’s Health Insurance: State Policy Change May Be Needed to Address Remaining Children Without Insurance, Michael J. Staley
Socioeconomic Strain, Family Ties, and Adolescent Health in a Rural Northeastern County, Karen T. Van Gundy, Meghan L. Mills, Corinna J. Tucker, Cesar J. Rebellon, Erin Hiley Sharp, and Nena F. Stracuzzi
Child Protective Services May Link Families to Needed Income Supports, Wendy A. Walsh and Marybeth J. Mattingly
Submissions from 2014
The Connection of Soul (COS) scale: An Assessment Tool for Afterlife Perspectives in Different Worldviews, Amy L. Ai, Andreas Kastenmuller, Terrence N. Tice, Paul Wink, Michele M. Dillon, and Dieter Frey
Proposed EITC Expansion Would Increase Eligibility and Dollars for Rural and Urban “Childless” Workers, Jessica A. Carson and Marybeth J. Mattingly
Rural Families and Households and the Decline of Traditional Structure, Jessica A. Carson and Marybeth J. Mattingly
Practical Considerations Community Context in a Declining Rural Economy and Emerging Adults’ Educational and Occupational Aspirations, Genevieve R. Cox, Corinna J. Tucker, Erin Hiley Sharp, Karen T. Van Gundy, and Cesar J. Rebellon
Asynchrony in Attitudes toward Abortion and Gay Rights: The Challenge to Values Alignment, Michele M. Dillon
Multiple Belongings: The Persistence of Community amid Societal Differentiation, Michele M. Dillon
The Difference between Irish and American Catholicism, Michele M. Dillon
Gender Composition and Salary Gaps in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Institutions, Eleta Exline
Commentary: Cause for alarm? Youth and internet risk research – a commentary on Livingstone and Smith (2014), David Finkelhor
Trends in Bullying and Peer Victimization., David Finkelhor
Dilemmas for international mobilization around child abuse and neglect., David Finkelhor and Patricia Lannen