Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Thomson, Ryan"

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Analysis of Gender Participation in the Marketing and Processing Phases of the Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria

Olaomo, Olanike (2021-04-30)

The Nigerian cassava value chain shows different gender roles for men and women in marketing and processing activities. Women are typically found in the less profitable work and at the bottom of the value chain because of ...

Boundary Spanners and Community-University Engagement Networks: A Mixed Methods Ethnographic Study

Duffy, Ashlee (2022-12-07)

Modern conceptions of land grant institutions have shifted focus from community outreach to community engagement, with focus on more egalitarian partnerships that place community members in active response to university ...

Co-Developing Climate-Smart Strategies: Enhancing Resiliency Among Alabama Row Crop Producers and Agricultural Stakeholders

Stewart, Hannah (2022-07-25)

This thesis is embedded in a large USDA-NRCS project titled the Future of Farming: Increasing Adoption of Conservation Practices among Alabama Row Crop Farmers (FFP). The FFP is designed to demonstrate the benefits of ...

Disinvestment: Heirs’ Property and Food Desert across the Deep South and Appalachia

Shin, Jihyun (2023-05-02) ETD File Embargoed

The culture of poverty argument is popular in the United States, especially in the South. Victim-blaming masks the structural nature of the problem. While individual explanations of poverty might be popular, they fail to ...

The Durability of Rurality: Connecting Deaths of Despair and Livelihood Characteristics in U.S. Counties

Sapkota, Yashu (2021-04-01)

Despite the decrease in overall mortality rate, drug related overdose deaths in the U.S. continue to increase. Factors such as unemployment and the decline of traditional livelihoods have been suggested as potential causes ...

Evaluating the Impact of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems on Watershed Contamination, Choccolocco Creek Watershed, Alabama

Jordan, Mallory (2022-06-29)

There is increasing evidence that onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTSs) can be a significant, and possibly underestimated, source of water contamination. OWTSs effectively treat wastewater when located in suitable ...

Extension Support for Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Production and Processing in Nigeria: Impact on Farm Practice Adoption

Otubo, Oluchi (2021-04-22)

Many factors have been found to affect farmers’ adoption of new technologies by different authors, which include farmers’ interaction with extension services and socio-economic characteristics of farmers. This study ...

The Glass Hospital

Mosier, Rebecca (2022-04-27)

This paper considers how the COVID-19 pandemic altered health care workers (HCWs) and their experiences with workplace discrimination. This research combines theories using glass as a metaphor (such as the glass escalator, ...

Homegrown Environmentalism: An Analysis of Natural Resource-Based Civic Groups Across Alabama

Zinnat, Farzana (2023-08-04) ETD File Embargoed

In Alabama, local grassroots groups have emerged as important players in building community capital, fostering community engagement, and providing cost-effective solutions. Despite popular beliefs about environmental ...

Maintaining Relevance in Agricultural Extension Programming Using Classical Extension Methods: A Social Network Analysis of the Future of Farming Project

Robinette, McKayla R. (2022-04-27)

Rural Sociology is credited with pioneering social network analysis (SNA) to study the connections between individuals. However, the use of SNA methods has been eclipsed by urban community research and continuations of the ...

Personal Anguish or Public Spectacle?: Understanding Involuntary Celibacy as A Deviant Identity

Currier, Keenon (2021-05-18)

Academic research into involuntary celibacy has increased in the past decade, and many studies have succeeded at describing the behaviors which make involuntary celibate people (Incels) infamous online without promoting ...

The Value of Talent Recruitment: Analyzing the Impact of Ethnic Campus Diversity and Social Movements in College Football Recruiting

Prada Martin, Antonio (2023-04-27)

Many U.S. higher education institutions compete for top talent in academics, administration, and athletics. Particularly college football is a major business and marketing tool for promoting the university to current and ...