2009 Fall
La Luz B., W. Azul, PhD
Dissertation Title: Hispanos in the Valley of Death: Street-Level Trauma, Cultural-PTSD, Overdoses, and Suicides in North Central New Mexico
Dissertation Committee: Nancy Lopez (chair), Magdalena Avila, Ernest Stringer, and Susan Tiano
LaPoint, Kevin, PhD
Dissertation Title: Liberal and Devout: the Sources of Enthusiasm and Organizational Commitment Within the Liberal Religious Niche
Dissertation Committee: Richard L. Wood (chair), Beverly H. Burris, William R. Miller, and Rhys H. Williams
2009 SUMMER
Diaz, Aaron N., MA
Thesis Title: "The impact of indian gaming on educational attainment & poverty
among native american tribes."
Thesis Committee: Nancy Lopez (chair), Roberto Ibarra and Aki Roberts
McConnell, Marjorie S., PhD
Dissertation Title: Comparing the effectiveness of Hantavirus outreach in NW New Mexico, Panama, and Chile.
Dissertation Committee: Philip A May (Chair), Richard Coughlin, Gary Simpson and Susan Tiano
2009 SPRING
Ben-Meir, Yossef, PhD
Dissertation Title: Participatory development and its emergence in the fields of community and international development
Dissertation Committee: George Huaco (chair), Richard Coughlin, Ernest Stringer and Susan Tiano
Olson, Colin B., PhD
Dissertation Title: Who rules the city? how growth coalitiion elites believe they influence decision-making
Dissertation Committee: John M. Roberts (chair), Susan Tiano, Harry Van Buren and Richard L. Wood
FALL 2008
Volke, Chris D., MA
Thesis Title: An assessment of four Christian denominations' ideology toward homosexuality
Thesis Committee: Robert Fiala (chair), Nancy Lopez and Susan Tiano
SUMMER 2008
Zhu, Geshu, MA
Thesis Title: Globalization or regionalization : geographical patterns and the dynamics of foreign direct investment in the contemporary world automotive industry
Thesis Committee:
SPRING 2008
Green, Brenda L., MA
Thesis Title: "Carving our own niche" : Arab American women's discourses of gender ideals in marriage
Thesis Committee: Susan Tiano (chair), Phillip Gonzales, Nancy Lopez |