Theses/Dissertations from 2020
CARCERAL EXTRACTIVISM, LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES, AND “ACTING RIGHT” IN THE U.S. SOUTH, Edward L. Bullock
BEYOND EXTRACTIVISM AND GOVERNMENTALITY: THE POSTNEOLIBERAL STATE, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE CIRCULATION OF OIL RENTS AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON, Karla Monserrath Encalada-Falconí
VILLAGE-TEMPLE CONSCIOUSNESS IN TWO JAFFNA TAMIL VILLAGES IN POST-WAR SRI LANKA, Pathmanesan Sanmugeswaran
Restructuring Work “The Chattanooga Way”: Urban Revitalization, Contingent Labor, and Trying to Get By in Tennessee, Mauri Systo
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
THE WAGES OF PRECARIOUS WORK: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA’S RESERVE ARMY OF THE LABORING, Henry Bundy
MIDDLE TO LATE HOLOCENE (7200-2900 CAL. BP) ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE FORMATION PROCESSES AT CRUMPS SINK AND THE ORIGINS OF ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTS IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY, USA, Justin Nels Carlson
RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION IN A WORLD SYSTEM PERIPHERY: LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVES FROM THE LAKE ATITLAN BASIN, HIGHLAND GUATEMALA 600 BC – 1600 AD, Gavin R. Davies
EXPERIENCING DISPLACEMENT AND STATELESSNESS: FORCED MIGRANTS IN ANSE-À-PITRES, HAITI, Daniel Joseph
CONSUMING APPALACHIA: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF COMPANY COAL TOWNS, Zada Komara
Making Experts: An Ethnographic Study of “Makers” in FabLabs in Japan, Vaughn M. Krebs
FINDING THE SINGING SPRUCE: CRAFT LABOR, GLOBAL FORESTS, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS IN APPALACHIA, Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
UNENDING MAZES: GENDERED INEQUALITIES, DRUG USE, AND STATE INTERVENTIONS IN RURAL APPALACHIA, Lesly-Marie Buer
GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND CATEGORIES OF RISK: PHYSICIAN VIEWS OF CERVICAL CANCER IN BANGALORE, INDIA, Emily G. Capilouto
VARIATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN CERAMICS IN THE BIG BEND REGION OF THE LOWER OCMULGEE RIVER VALLEY, GEORGIA, AD 1540 TO AD 1715, Rachel Paige Hensler
LATE PLEISTOCENE ADAPTATIONS IN THE MIDSOUTH: THE PALEOINDIAN OCCUPATION OF THE CARSON-CONN-SHORT SITE AND THE LOWER TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY, James Scott Jones
“WE’RE BEING LEFT TO BLIGHT”: GREEN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND RACIALIZED SPACE IN KANSAS CITY, Chhaya Kolavalli
STORIES OF STRENGTH: CHICAGO LATIN@S' NAVIGATION OF HEALTH, WELL-BEING, AND CHRONIC DISEASE, Lilian L. Milanés
RACISM, RESISTANCE, RESILIENCE: CHRONICALLY ILL AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES NAVIGATING A CHANGING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Elizabeth New
PRECARITY IN PARADISE: TOURISM, MIGRATION, AND THE BROADER CAUSES OF INSTABILITY IN ROATÁN, HONDURAS, Heather Jan Sawyer
BINATIONAL FARMING FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA AND THE MEXICAN BAJIO, Mary Elizabeth W. Schmid
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
HEALTHY AGING IN THE NORTH: SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, Britteny M. Howell
“TO NURTURE SOMETHING THAT NURTURES YOU”: CARE, CREATIVITY, CLASS, AND THE PRODUCTION OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTS IN DEINDUSTRIAL MICHIGAN, Megan L. Maurer