PhD Dissertations

2023

Agey, Elizabeth R. 2023. Arranged Marriage in Evolutionary Perspective: Implications for the Uniqueness of Human Mating Systems. University of California, Santa Barbara. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2022

Rai, Sauharda. 2022. Together but Alone: The Effect of Husband’s Migration on Mental Health of their Wives in Rural Nepal. University of Washington. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2020

Ferraz Musse, Isabel. 2020. Essays on the Economics of Population Health. Department of Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2018

Reisman, Andrea. 2018. Gender Structures, Strategies, and Expectations during Nepal’s Labor Migration. Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2017

Compernolle, Ellen. 2017. Spouses Crossing Borders: Husbands’ International Migration and the Marital Relationship. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2014

Han, Seung Yong. 2014. Migration and Livelihood Transitions of Rural Farming Households. Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2013

Carter, Neil H. 2013. Coupled Human and Natural System Approach to Tiger Conservation in Chitwan National Park, Nepal, and Beyond. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

Jennings, Elyse A. 2013. Marital Dissolution in South Asia: Empirical Tests of New Theoretical Frameworks. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

McKendry-Smith, Emily. 2013. Old gods, new religions, and modern marriages in Nepal. Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill, NC. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

Zvoleff, Alex. 2013. Understanding the Dynamics of Changing Land-use and Land-cover, Population, and Climate in the Chitwan Valley, Nepal. Department of Geography, San Diego State University / University of California Santa Barbara. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2011

Bohra-Mishra, Pratikshya. 2011. Migration and Remittances During the Period of Civil Conflict in Nepal. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

Ji, Yingchun. 2011. Issues of Marriage Timing in Different Cultural Contexts. Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill, NC. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

Pradhan, Meeta S. 2011. Social Exclusion and Social Change: Access to, and Influence of, Community-Based Collective Action Programs in Nepal. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2010

Link, Cynthia F. 2010. Husbands, Wives, and In-Laws: Family Dynamics and Childbearing Behavior in Nepal. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2009

Mitchell, Colter. 2009. Three Essays on Worldviews, Autonomy and the Family in Nepal. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

Williams, Nathalie E. 2009. Living with Conflict: The Effect of Community Organizations, Economic Assets, and Mass Media Consumption on Migration During Armed Conflict. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2007

Brauner-Otto, Sarah R. 2007. Health Services, Schools, Attitudes, and Contraceptive Use: Tests of a Theoretical Model Among Rural Nepalese. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2006

Bhandari, Prem B. 2006. Technology Use in Agriculture and Occupational Mobility of Farm Households in Nepal: Demographic and Socioeconomic Correlates. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology and The Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

Sutherland, Elizabeth. 2006. Contraceptive behavior in the Western Chitwan Valley of Nepal: Effects of season, natural resource responsibility, women’s status, and accessibility of family planning services. Department of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2004

Dhital, Purandhar. 2004. Household Human and Social Capital and School Enrollment in Chitwan, Nepal. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2003

Ghimire, Dirgha J. 2003. The Social Context of First Birth Timing in Nepal. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2002

Yabiku, Scott T. 2002. Social Organization and Marriage Timing in Nepal. Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2001

Gajurel, Kishor. 2001. Organization of Agricultural Production and Human Fertility. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

2000

Pearce, Lisa D. 2000. The Multidimensional Impact of Religion on Childbearing Preferences and Behavior in Nepal. Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.