GIS/Geography Dissertations: Education & Women

Hoo-boy there are some fantastic PhD dissertations and Master theses written lately. I have been marking so many of them lately that I am starting to organize them into categories. The first two categories that I will list in this post are (1) Education and (2) Women.

These two topics seem to be popular these days among dissertation and theses-writing students. Why education? I think this is a great sign that future secondary and academic teachers are already thinking about GIS education during their studies. Why women and geography? Why not? Gender analysis has always been interesting, but I sure see fewer analysis on men than on women. Anyway, for those interested in women and GIS, see the GIS Lounge.

Previous lists include 11/05, 01/06, 01/06, 04/06

Education

• Geo-visualization for geo-science education
  by Woods, Birgit Aagaard, MSc, Carelton University, 2005, 151 pages.
  


• GIS in high schools: A case for teaching geography through technology
  by Pitts, Lisa, MA, California State University - Long Beach, 2005, 05 pages.


• How is GIS used in a community college setting for architectural identification
  by Judycki, Brian, MS, State University Institute of New York Institute of Technology, 2005, 48 pages.


• Is geography knowledge improving? A study of current geographic knowledge among United States college geography students
  by Sievertson, Michelle D., EdD, Delta State University, 2005, 86 pages.


• Using cognitive measures to predict the achievement of students enrolled in an introductory course of geographic information systems
  by Vincent, Paul C., PhD, Texas A&M University, 2004, 148 pages.
  


• The role of amenities in the location decisions of Ph.D. recipients in science and engineering
  by Sumell, Albert J., PhD, Georgia State University, 2005, 156 pages.

Women

• Makes me mad. The Fed Up Honeys investigate stereotypes, gentrification, and the disinvestment of the Lower East Side (New York City)
  by Cahill, Caitlin, PhD, City University of New York, 2005, 326 pages.


• Fashioning gentrification: The new role of women in neighborhood change (New York)
  by Patch, Jason, PhD, New York University, 2005, 252 pages.


• Health care accessibility for homeless women in Long Beach, California
  by Enriquez, Maribel Pena, MA, California State University - Long Beach, 2005, 84 pages.


• Influences on the selection of treatment for women with early-stage breast cancer (North Carolina)
  byWittie, Peggy S., PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000, 189 pages.


• It's where my roots are: Identity and place in the lives of older rural women
  by Oliver, Jane E., MSc, University of Guelph, 2005, 155 pages.