Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2019
VaaS: Visualization as a Service, Alok Hota
A HIGH TEMPERATURE OUT-OF-PILE EXPERIMENT FOR TESTING NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION SURROGATE FUELS., Richard Howard
"Regarding themselves as permanently settled": An Ethnohistory of Cherokee Hyper-Displacement, Tyler B. Howe
Characterization of Deformation During Syn-Convergent Extension: Insights from the Brittle-Ductile-Transition in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Cameron Hughes
Vibrational properties of molecule-based multiferroics and quantum magnets across quantum phase transitions, Kendall Hughey
How Brand Empowerment Strategies Affect Consumer Behavior: From A Psychological Ownership Perspective, Songyee Hur
Explicit Timing Variations in Curriculum-Based Measurement of Written Expression Administration, Peter Lawrence Ignacio
Graduation Rates of Division I Student-Athlete Special Admits: Fact vs. Fiction, Alexandra Ingram
The Design of an Imager to Safeguard Spent Fuel Using Passive Fast Neutron Emission Tomography, Anagha Srikanth Iyengar
Paving New Roads for CMV Research with Chemokines and Peptides, Joseph Wilson Jackson
Navigating White Spaces: A Phenomenological Study Of Black Women’s Involvement Experiences In Predominantly White Student Organizations, Dametraus Lewis Jaggers
EVALUATION OF TIME RATE OF CONSOLIDATION AND UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH OF HYDRAULICALLY PLACED FINE COAL REFUSE, Cyrus Jedari Sefidgari
Herstory: A Qualitative Examination of the Experiences of African American Women Senior Student Affairs Officers at Land-Grant Institutions, Tanisha Jenkins
The Integration of Literacy and Science: An Ethnographic Case Study set in an Appalachian Elementary School, Jody LaShay Jennings
GaN-Based High Efficiency Transmitter for Multiple-Receiver Wireless Power Transfer, Ling Jiang
On the influence of cobamides on organohalide respiration and mercury methylation, Nannan Jiang
The population genetics, ecology, and transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in North America, Tiantian Jiang
Understanding the experiences of recruitment from African American males within master's level counseling programs: A narrative inquiry, Marlon Johnson
A transport study of high density helicon plasma discharges in the Prototype Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment, Nischal Kafle
Photochemical Control of Homogeneous Olefin Polymerization Catalysts, Jordan Michael Kaiser
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Heterogeneous Boron-Containing Cobalt Catalysts for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation, Michael Valentyn Kandziolka III
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION OF NUTRIENTS IN LACTATING DAIRY COWS EXPOSED TO HEAT STRESS, Jeffrey Kaufman
A Tale of Grievance and Opportunity: Evaluating The Effects of Counterterrorism Policies, Marginalization of Groups and Irredentism on the Rise of Terrorism in the Horn of Africa., Conny Sidi Kazungu
Synthesis of Cationic TetraNHC Complexes of Cobalt, Chromium, Iron, and Platinum for Oxidative Group Transfer, Calvin L. Keller
Evaluation of Biological Signaling and Transport Molecules Using Synthetic, Computational, and Mass Spectrometric Techniques., Brandon James Kennedy
“YOU HAVE MADE NO MISTAKE IN SEEKING TO SAVE SOULS AMONG US”: CATHOLIC EVANGELIZATION AMONG BLACK NASHVILLIANS, 1898-1908, Susan Alice Kennedy
Looking and Thinking: The Relationship Between Attention Functioning and Executive Functioning in 2.5- and 3.5-year-olds, Anastasia Nicole Kerr-German
Holocene Precipitation Variability, Prehistoric Agriculture, and Natural and Human-Set Fires in Costa Rica, Matthew Timothy Kerr
Buried Alive: Analysis of Uncultured Microbes in Marine Sediments, Richard Kevorkian
Nanoscale probing of Modified Surfaces with Surface Plasmons, Vineet Kumar Khulllar
Development of Iron Nanoparticles for Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Treatments of Glioblastoma Multiforme, Julie Elizabeth King
The Social Media Decision: Why Some Terrorist Organizations Choose to Build and Utilize a Social Media Presence and Others Do Not, Justin Robert Kinney
Chemical Transformations of Hydrated Uranyl Fluoride, Marie Kirkegaard
Psychometric Validation and Comparison of the Team Development Measure and Learning Community Concepts among High School Professional Learning Community Teams, Michael Kirkland
A Second Skin: Ascetics as Body-Places in Late Antique Christianity, Kathryn Willey Kleinkopf
Investigations into fracture and vein systems in Gale crater, Mars, Rachel Emily Kronyak
Study of spin and charge dynamics in one-dimensional cuprates using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, Umesh Kumar Kumar
The Role of Borderline Personality Features, Social Support, and Perceived Stress on Prescribed and Non-Prescribed Opioid Use during Pregnancy, Gretchen Kurdziel
The Influence of Shared Attention on Product Evaluation, Theresa Kwon
Children's Motivation for Physical Activity, Tyler Kybartas
The Transformation of a Confederate State: War and Politics on the South Carolina Home Front, 1861-1862, Eric Lager
Encapsulation of Vitamin D3 in Gum Arabic to Improve Application in Beverages and Enhance Bioavailability, Mary Ross Lamsen
Application of mechanistic models to separate the effects of mutation, selection, and drift on protein sequence evolution, Cedric Lars Landerer
A SITUATED PERSPECTIVE OF RURAL SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS DILEMMAS AND RESOURCES, Michael Lawson
Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Uranyl-based Semiconductors, Seth Lawson
Characterization of circulating extracellular vesicle content and PAG concentrations in pregnant sheep infected with BVDV, Andrea Sketch Lear
APPRAISING OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WELL-BEING AND PERFORMANCE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES, Michael Paul Lerman
Improving the Isotropy of Additively Manufactured Parts by Fused Deposition Modeling: From Polymeric Self-Assembly to Reactive Processing, Neiko Levenhagen
Principals Socially Just Leadership Practices, Charlene Lewis
The ecology of soil viruses: abundance, distribution, diversity and impact on microbial community structure, Xiaolong Liang
Source Coding for Controlling Cyber Physical Systems, Liang Li
Structural and Deformation Heterogeneities of Chemically Complex Multicomponent Alloys, Tingkun Liu
Essays in Health Economics, Yinan Liu
MATH SKILLS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION: A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE BIOLOGY FACULTY, Sondra M. LoRe
THE PASSOVER SEDER: THE HISTORY OF A MEMORY, Jacob F. Love
Investigation of Environmental Degradation of Plastic Scintillators, Matthew Loyd
Advances in Big Data Analytics: Algorithmic Stability and Data Cleansing, Yuping Lu
Index-Based Algorithms for Local Query Process in Large-scale Graphs, Zheng Lu
Asteroid Regolith Weathering: A Large-Scale Observational Investigation, Eric Michael MacLennan
PADUA RADIOLOGICAL SEARCH SYSTEM, Benjamin Magocs
Secure Embedded Computer Design using Emerging Technologies, Md Badruddoja Majumder
DATA SHARING PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES OF SCIENTISTS IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) COUNTRIES, Jimmy R. Malone
On the Prioritized Processing of Threat in a Dual Implicit Process Model of Evaluation, David Scott March
A Clumsy Method: Ethics and Community in Southern Fiction, 1947-1962, Atsushi Marutani
"The Jacksonian Reformation: Political Patronage and Republican Identity", Max Matherne
Exploring Optimization Techniques for an Existing Microgrid and the Unit Commitment with AC Optimal Power Flow Problem, Amelia McIlvenna
A RELIABILITY-BASED MODEL TO MANAGE HUMAN CAPITAL ASSET-RELATED MISSION RISK, Christopher Mears
Origins of Jacksonian Political Economy in Tennessee, 1768-1830, Matthew Joseph Menarchek
Community College Student Experiences in a Tuition-Free Scholarship Program, Rebecca Murph Milam
The Long-term Effects of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome on Neurodevelopmental Health Outcomes, Jennifer Shearer Miller
Potential for oil hydrocarbon biodegradation by microbial communities in marine environments, John Miller
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) pollen-mediated gene flow and transgene bioconfinement strategies, Reginald Millwood
“@ Whoever is Listening”: How Organizations and Its Members Perceive and Use Social Media During Critical Events in the Workplace, Brandy Melissa Mmbaga
FROM PREDATOR TO PREY: THE EDIFICATION OF STIGMA MANAGEMENT IN THE SMALL-DOLLAR LOAN INDUSTRY, Nick Mmbaga Mmbaga
Incorporating The Home Address of Road Users Involved in Traffic Crashes in Road Safety Analysis, Amin Mohamadi Hezaveh
"I sing of cruelty and compassion together": Reading Thomas Nashe's Religious Rhetoric through Kenneth Burke's Perspective by Incongruity, Charles Jeffrey Moody
High Resolution Neutron Imaging with Li-glass Multicore Scintillating Fiber and Diffusion Studies to Enable Improved Neutron Imaging, Michael Moore
Implementation of Quantum Key Distribution Protocols, Eleftherios Moschandreou
Spectroscopic Studies of Magnetic Properties and Spin-Phonon Couplings in Metal Complexes, Duncan Moseley
Centroid Path Integral Investigations of Zero-Point Motion and Three-Body Interactions in Solid He-4, Paul Mott III
High-throughput multifunctional materials characterization with real-time analytics and feedback, Eric Muckley
The chemical mechanisms of plant-soil interactions, Liam O'Connor Mueller
Design, Fabrication, Calibration and Testing of High-Temperature Sensors for Measurement of Surface Heat Flux, Temperature, and Total Heat Transfer, Justin Myrick Jr
Reproduction in Athletic Education, Society, and Culture: A Bourdieusian Approach to the Career Transition Process of Dropout College Student-Athletes in South Korea, Benjamin Hisung Nam
In vivo and in vitro approaches to studying the effect of osmolytes on enzymes of the folate pathway, Deepika Nambiar
"Education is the Key to Every Door: Narratives of Immigrant Adult Basic Education Learners, Sara Nasrollahian Mojarad