Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2016
Spin Flipper, Neutron Polarimetry, and Simulation, for the n3He Experiment, Christopher Bradshaw Hayes
Academic Outcomes in Higher Education for Students Screened as Twice-Exceptional: Gifted with a Learning Disability in Math or Reading, Elizabeth Ann Hays
Administrative Support in an East Tennessee Rural School District During the Change to Common Core State Standards, Victoria Lyn Henley
Synthesis and Behavior of Stimuli-Responsive Shape-Changing Linear Molecular Bottlebrushes, Daniel Mark Henn
Therapy Dogs in the College Classroom: The Effect of Dogs on Stress, Anxiety, and Spanish L2 Phonological Learning and Performance, Elaine Maralee Henry
Innocence Revisited: Nineteenth-Century Literature in the Works of C. S. Lewis, Heather Louise Nation Hess
Institutional Expenditures and State Economic Factors Influencing 2012-2014 Public University Graduation Rates, Brian Todd Hester
STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CNT YARNS AND CNT/CNF REINFORCED PAN-BASED CARBON FIBERS, Nitilaksha Phalaxayya Hiremath
Decoding the cellular zipcode: Functional analysis of transit peptide motifs and mechanistic implications in plastid targeting and import, Kristen N. Holbrook
Duality of Scales, Michael Christopher Holloway
The Effect of Attractive Polymer-Nanoparticle Interactions on the Local Segmental Dynamics of Polymer Nanocomposites, Adam Prillaman Holt
Re-Mapping the Space of the Sacred in the Nowell Codex, Teresa Marie Hooper
Studies of Uncertainties in Smart Grid: Wind Power Generation and Wide-Area Communication, Can Huang
Functional Role of Each Component in Gamma Secretase Complex, Chen Hu
Real-time Voltage Stability Monitoring and Control for Load Areas: A Hybrid Approach, Fengkai Hu
A Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Limb Segment Morphology in Humans and Other Primates: Genetic Variance, Morphological Integration, and Linkage Analysis, Brannon Irene Hulsey
Synthesis and Characterization of New Multifunctional Initiators for Anionic Polymerization and the Use of Poly(4-hydroxystyrene) as a Template for new Polymers, Christopher Michael Hurley
Deterministic Neutron Transport and Multiphysics Experimental Safety Analyses at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Christopher James Hurt
Complex Non-equilibrium Structural Dynamics in Globular Proteins, Xiaohu Hu
Ethnic Discrimination and Psychological Distress among Middle Eastern/Arab Americans: The Roles of Religiosity, Coping, Ethnic Identity, and Family Connectedness, Ayse Selin Ikizler
Governance of Supply Chain Information Flows, Joonhwan In
Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, and Paleohydrology of the Aeolis Dorsa region, Mars, with Insights from Modern and Ancient Terrestrial Analogs, Robert Eric Jacobsen II
THE FAMILY TIES THAT BIND: ESSAYS THAT EXAMINE AND EXTEND THE MICROFOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOEMOTIONAL WEALTH THEORY, David Scott Jiang
Computational Identification of Terpene Synthase Genes and Their Evolutionary Analysis, Qidong Jia
Reconstructing Late Holocene Fire, Agriculture, and Climate from Sediment Records in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, Erik Nicholas Johanson
“Will the Crested Cranes be there in the future?” An exploration of the Ugandan Senior Women’s National Football Team, Alicia Jane Johnson
HerStory: Dr. Ruth Simmons’ Journey to the Presidency, Patricia Yvette Jones
Attitudes and Barriers to Women’s Participation in a Proposed Community-Based Conservation Program in Western Belize, Amanda Shay Kaeser
ROLE OF INSIDE DIRECTORS IN MITIGATING NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF OUTSIDE DIRECTORS’ BUSYNESS, Syed Mainuddin Kamal
Effect of exposure to 3,4,4′-Trichlorocarbanilide (TCC) during critical developmental life stages, Rebekah Charlene Kennedy
Remediating Secondary Alternative School Students’ Academic Outcomes Using the Writing and Sharing Connections Process, Laura Karen Kildare
THE IMPACTS OF REGULATORY FOCUS AND TEMPORAL DISTANCE ON THE EVALUATION OF ONLINE CONSUMER REVIEWS, Seeun Kim
A Generalized Method for Fissile Material Characterization Using Short-Lived Fission Product Gamma Spectroscopy, Justin Richard Knowles
Dynamic Modeling and Renewable Integration Studies on the U.S. Power Grids, Gefei Kou
Characterization of an Ethylene Receptor in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Randy Francis Lacey
Sketches, Impressions and Confessions: Literature as Experiment in the Nineteenth Century, Andrew Ragsdale Lallier
Shades of Green: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Green Economies, Jenna Ann Lamphere
The Environmental Effects of Trade and Environmental Policy Within and Across Sectors, Lawrence Dale LaPlue III
“I Haven’t Worked to be a Token:” A Narrative Inquiry of the Experiences of Eight Black Female Assistant Coaches in NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball, Leslie Kaye Larsen
Design and Construction of Designer Bioester Libraries for Validation of the Modular Cell Theory, Donovan Layton
Modeling Feral Hogs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Benjamin Anthony Levy
A Characterization Study on Catalyst Layers in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Luyue Li
Interaction between Charge-transfer States Studied by Magnetic Field Effects, Mingxing Li
Material and Process Engineering for Bulk Single Crystal Growth of High Performance Scintillator Potassium Calcium Iodide, Adam Coleman Lindsey
DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR AN INTEGRAL LARGE SCALE PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR, Matthew Rowland Morrow Lish
Exploring Thermoelectric Effect Based on Multi-layer Conductor/Organic/Conductor Devices, Qing Liu
Extension Theorems on Matrix Weighted Sobolev Spaces, Christopher Ryan Loga
Principals' Perceptions of the Tennessee Teacher Tenure Law: A Concurrent Mixed Methods Study, David John Lomascolo
Living Alongside: A Narrative Inquiry into the Impact of Reflective Practice Training in Real Life, Patricia Randall Long
Development and Initial Validation of a Flipped Classroom Adoption Inventory in Higher Education, Taotao Long
Design and Analysis of a Fully-Integrated Resonant Gate Driver, Yu Long
Neuropsychological Effects of Placebo Stimulants in College Students, Samantha Jayne Lookatch
God's Brush Arbor: Camp Meeting Culture during the Second Great Awakening, 1800-1860, Keith Dwayne Lyon
Out of School Time Science Programs: Examining a Program’s Impacts on the Science Identities of Middle School Female Participants, Elizabeth Ripley MacTavish
Neurally Plausible Model of Robot Reaching Inspired by Infant Motor Babbling, Zahra Mahoor
“/ENTEE MIN FAINE/? [WHERE ARE YOU FROM?]": THE RHETORIC OF NATIONALITY OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHEAST, Bushra Mohammad Malaibari
Symbiotic plasmonic nanomaterials: Synthesis and properties, Abhinav Malasi
Design and Implementation of an Integrated Biosensor Platform for Lab-on-a-Chip Diabetic Care Systems, Khandaker Abdullah Al Mamun
The Conway Polynomial and Amphicheiral Knots, Vajira Asanka Manathunga
On the quantification of complexity and diversity from phenotypes to ecosystems, Zachary Harrison Marion
Mozarab Readers of the Bible, From the Córdoban Martyrs to the Glossa Ordinaria, Geoffrey Kyle Martin
Quantitative Metrics for Comparison of Hyper-dimensional LSA Spaces for Semantic Differences, John Christopher Martin
Examining the Writing Motivation and Achievement of At-Risk Elementary-Aged Students, Melissa Sue Martin
Reducing Power Consumption and Latency in Mobile Devices using a Push Event Stream Model, Kernel Display Server, and GUI Scheduler, Stephen Gregory Marz
A Comparative Study on Calcification of Aortic Valves, Shirin Masjedi
Variable selection via penalized regression and the genetic algorithm using information complexity, with applications for high-dimensional -omics data, Tyler J. Massaro
Becoming a Mathematics Teacher: Identity, Narratives, and Resources, Ellen Burleson Matheny
Perceiving Sexual Consent: The Effects of Gender and Alcohol Use on Perceptions of Sexual Consent, Sarah Elizabeth Mauck
A Biologically Informed Structure to Accuracy in Osteometric Reassociation, Kyle Mccormick
Mass and Charge Transport in Hydrated Polymeric Membranes, Marshall T. McDonnell
Technological Adaptations at Dust Cave, Alabama (1LU496): An Evaluation of Organizational Strategies from the Late Paleoindian to the Middle Archaic, Katherine Elizabeth McMillan
An Analysis of Skeletal Trauma Patterning of Accidental and Intentional Injury, Shauna Lynn McNulty
Lignin-based Li-Ion Anode Materials Synthesized from Low-Cost Renewable Resources, Nicholas William McNutt
Next Generation In-Vivo Forward Solution Physiological Model of the Human Lower Limb to Predict Implanted Knee Mechanics, Bradley Allen Meccia
Transgender Self-Attitudes: Formation and Change A Qualitative Study, Juliet Ezhil Meggs
Mining Uranium from Seawater: A Coordination Chemistry Approach, Nada Mehio
Gothic Naturalism and American Women Writers, Stephanie Ann Metz
THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES AMONG THE HISTORIC ARIKARA NATIVE AMERICANS, Jocelyn Diana Minsky-Rowland
Dynamics and Self-assembly of Single and Multi-component Polymeric Flows: A Mesoscopic Computational Study, Mouge Mohagheghi
MOLECULAR AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS AND ITS GIANT VIRUS, Mohammad Moniruzzaman
Utilizing Cover Crops to Improve Sustainability of Conventional Weed Management Programs, Garret Brown Montgomery
Plant-microbe interactions influence ecosystem processes: the role of roots and mycorrhizal fungal hyphae on terrestrial carbon dynamics, Jessica Andrea Moore
Public Support for Social Welfare Policies: A Cross-National Examination, Andrew Lee Morelock
The Effect of Illumination on the Conformation and Thermodynamics of Conjugated Polymers, Brian Frank Morgan
The Scruffy City: Development in Knoxville, TN, Katherine Leigh Morris
COHESION WITHOUT COHESINS IN DROSOPHILA MEIOSIS, Avik Mukherjee
Development of an f-element separation chemistry using solid electrolytes, Kristian Guy Myhre
Pigment dispersing factor: Transcriptional regulation and its role in metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster, Sudershana Nair