Graduate Student Research
Students may collect & analyze their own data, analyze nationally representative data sets or conduct policy analyses. Both qualitative & quantitative research approaches are encouraged. In addition to publishing the thesis, students are encouraged to present findings at professional conferences and to publish articles from their thesis in professional outlets. Below are some examples of recent graduate thesis research and professional publication.
| Hua Zan | Cohort Effects in Household Expenditures on Food Away From Home |
| Carrie Lefevre Sillito | Severe Intimate Partner Violence: Couple Characteristics, Child Outcomes, and Community Perspectives 1999-2004 |
| Sonja Hanson Anderson | Who Does What? Parents' Division of Child Care Tasks and Quality of Marital Interaction |
| Colette Janna Harrell | Are Girls and Boys Bad? The Effects of Sex Composition of Offspring on Parental Mortality |
| Deanne T. Uriona | Quality of Life in Congregate Care Living Facilities: Medical Model Versus Consumer-Driven Model |
| Angela Fontes | The Effects of Ethnic Identity on Household Budget Allocation to Status Conveying Goods |
| Laura E. Petty | Attachment and Stress: The Relationship Among Attachment Quality, Stress, and Competence in School-Aged Children |
| Marie E. Hafey | New Urbanism Versus Defensible Space: Design Philosophies Related to Neighborhood Satisfaction and Perceived Crime |
| Andrea Leigh Salvador | Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors in Women Tested for the BRCA1 Mutation: The Effects of Sibling Mutation Status and Familial Support |
| Ann C. House | Information Collection and Privacy Practices on Internet Health Sites |
| Nancy McCleod: | Factors that influence non-custodial fathers' compliance with child support orders. Published in Consumer Interests Annual. |