Dissertation and Thesis Topics of GRID Students

I. RESEARCH ON AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS

Antwi-Nsiah, Cherub. 1991. Analysis of the Problem of Gender, Class, and Regional Inequalities in Peripheral States: A Case Study of Ghana. Doctoral Dissertation, Geography. University of Illinois.

Ayieko, Monica. 1988. Pattern of Time Use in Household and Agricultural Activities of Mothers and Their Children in Njoro-Kenya. Master’s Thesis, Human Resources and Family Studies. University of Illinois.

Ayieko, Monica. 1995. Household Allocation of Labor Time in Two Types of Smallholder Farming Systems in Rural Kenya. Doctoral Dissertation, Education. University of Illinois.

Fisher, Donna. 1996. Income Determinants of Small-Scale Cashew Nut Producers in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil. Master’s Thesis, Agricultural Economics. University of Illinois.

Harris, Virginia Lee . 1993. The Commercialization of Agriculture and its Impact on Women’s Household Production: A Case Study from the Philippines. Master’s Thesis, Agricultural Economics. University of Illinois.

Kehinde, Lucy. 1993. The Influence of Extension and other Sources of Information on the Adoption of Soybean Production and Utilization Technology by Low-Resource Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria. Doctoral Dissertation, Agricultural Communications. University of Illinois.

Malik, Khalida. 1993. Impact of Male Emigration on the Status of Left-Behind Women in North West Frontiers Province, Pakistan. Doctoral Dissertation, Rural Sociology. University of Illinois.

McGowan, Jamie. 1994. Women and the Environment: A Case Study of a NGO’s and Women’s Interests in Ngondu Community Forestry Project, Njoro, Kenya. Master’s Thesis, Geography. University of Illinois.

Musi, Patricia. 1993. Coping with Food and Income Insecurity: The Case of Swazi Households. Doctoral Dissertation, Consumer Economics. University of Illinois.

Sima, Sheriff. 1992. The Adoption of New Technology by Women Rice Farmers in the Gambia. Master’s Thesis, Agricultural Communication and Education. University of Illinois.


II.
HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL RESEARCH ON GENDER AND AIDS IN EAST AFRICA

Ayieko, Monica. 1996. Findings of the Action Research Project: From Single-Parent to Child-Headed Households: The Case of AIDS Orphans. Report to the United Nations Development Program.

Kabonesa, Consolata. 1997. Perceptions of and Responses to HIV Infection and Prevention by Rural Women and Men in Kabarole District, Uganda. Doctoral Dissertation, Human and Community Development. University of Illinois.

Malindi, Grace. 1997. Gender-Based Analysis of Adoption of Agricultural, Health and Family Planning Technologies by Individuals Within Rural Households: The Malawi Case. Doctoral Dissertation, Human and Community Development. University of Illinois.


III. GENDER TRAINING

Kabonesa, Consolata. 1994. Gender Training As Public Policy Strategy for Improving Development; A Ugandan Case Study. Master's Thesis, Human and Community Development. University of Illinois.

Kolia, Raiza. 1994. A Multi-Method Study of Gender Training Programs Used Internationally, with a Focus on the African Experience. Doctoral Dissertation, School of Social Work. University of Illinois.


IV. INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

Arrow, Holly. 1996. Standing Out and Fitting In: Culture, Gender, and Socialization in Growing Organizations. Doctoral Dissertation, Psychology. University of Illinois.

Panjaitan, Rosintan. 1993. Characteristics of Dual Role Women at the Agency for Agricultural Education, Training and Extension, Indonesia. Master's Thesis, Vocational Education. University Of Illinois.

Soumare, Aminata. 1995. Factors that Affect Girls’ Access to and Retention in School in Mali: 1965-1991. Doctoral Dissertation, Educational Policy Studies. University of Illinois.


V. CREDIT

Allman, Eleanor. 1996. Factors Influencing the Success of Female Entrepreneurs in the Informal Business Sector of Jamaica. Doctoral Dissertation, Vocational Education. University of Illinois.

Gakure, Roselyn. 1994. Factors Affecting Growth-Oriented Businesses Owned by Women in Kenya. Doctoral Dissertation, Vocational Education. University of Illinois.

Panjaitan, Rosintan. 1997. Impact of Agricultural Extension and Credit on the Role of Women in Household Management. Doctoral Dissertation, Vocational Education. University of Illinois.

VI. PARTIAL LISTING OF GRID STUDENT RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

Cherub Antwi-Nsiah from Geography - University of Wisconsin Land Tenure Center, Commissioned Paper on Women & Land Tenure in Ghana; and International Center for Research on Women; African Policy Research Fellowship.

Eleanor Allman from Vocational and Technical Education - The Latin American Summer Field Research Grant.

Monica Ayieko from Education - UNDP - AIDS/Social Science Research

Margarita Chavez from Anthropology - National Science Foundation Grant.

Heather Finstuen from Anthropology - Graduate College International Dissertation Research Grant, Fullbright Fellowship.

Matthew Gboku from Agricultural Education - Rockefeller Foundation Grant for African Agricultural Research.

Consolata Kabonesa from Human and Community Development - American Association of University Women Grant; and Ford-African Studies Grant to study Women; AIDS and Land Tenure in Uganda.

Ellard Malindi from Agricultural Education - Rockefeller Foundation Grant for African Agricultural Research.

Grace Malindi from Human and Community Development - Rockefeller Foundation Grant for African Agricultural Research; and USAID/International Center for Research on Women..

Rosintan Panjaitan from Vocational and Technical Education - Graduate College International Dissertation Research Grant.

Janet Salm from Philosophy - DAAD Fellowship.

 

 

 

 


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The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
320 International Studies Building, MC-480
Phone: (217) 333-1994
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