Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2015
Characterization of Mechanically Cooled High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detectors at Elevated Temperatures, Joseph Benjamin McCabe
Home to the Reich: The Nazi Occupation of Europe's Influence on Life inside Germany, 1941-1945, Michael Patrick McConnell
A GHz-range, High-resolution Multi-modulus Prescaler for Extreme Environment Applications, Benjamin Matthew McCue
What Middle Schoolers Want: An Analysis of the Most Circulated Texts in a Public School District, Kimberly Flanders McCuiston
Mindfulness-Based Therapy and Behavioral Activation: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Depressed College Students, Crystal Constance McIndoo
Linking soil moisture and carbon-cycle processes in two understudied terrestrial ecosystems: Ecuadorian páramo grasslands and constructed agricultural wetlands, Julie Yvette McKnight
HOME/ECONOMICS: ENTERPRISE, PROPERTY, AND MONEY IN WOMEN’S DOMESTIC FICTION, 1860-1930, Julia Poindexter McLeod
Theory and Experiments Exploring Behavioral, Financial, and Public Economics, Matthew John McMahon
The Effects of Trade Competition on Health, and Determinants of Workplace Behavior, Thomas Clayton McManus
Community Formation and the Development of a British-Atlantic Identity in the Chesapeake: An Archaeological and Historical Study of the Tobacco Pipe Trade in the Potomac River Valley ca. 1630-1730, Lauren Kathleen McMillan
Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Lectin-Binding Properties of 1,2-cis-Glycosides, Bo Meng
NANOSCALED CELLULOSE AND ITS CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL: APPLICATION AND LOCAL STRUCTURE INVESTIGATION, Yujie Meng
Elucidating mechanisms of lipid droplet formation in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Alexander William Meyers
Understanding the Influence of Non-covalent Interactions and Nanoparticle Geometries in Carbon Based Polymer Nanocomposites, Bradley Carroll Miller
Conservation Planning in a Changing World, Austin Walker Milt
Development of the SETIS Instrument to Measure Teachers' Self-Efficacy to Teach Science in an Integrated STEM Framework, Monica Clutch Mobley
Collaborative Models for Supply Networks Coordination and Healthcare Consolidation, Shima Mohebbi
Microfluidic Syntheses of PET Radiotracers via Fluorodenitration, Thomas Madison Moore
Essays on Environmental Economics, Shukhrat Usmonovich Musinov
Positionality and Its Effects on Pedagogy: Examining the Identity Categories of Race, Class, and Gender of English as a Second Language (ESL) Preservice Teachers., Hollie Marie Nawrocki
Synthesis of Mesoporous Carbon for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration, Kimberly Marie Nelson
Rhetorics of Self in Eighteenth-Century Biography, Nathaniel Don Norman
Enriching Teacher Self-Efficacy Through a Support Centric Evaluation Model: A Mixed Methods Study of TEAM's Impact on Teacher Self-Efficacy, Elizabeth Marie Norton
Computational Simulation of Mass Transport and Energy Transfer in the Microbial Fuel Cell System, Shiqi Ou
Integrated application of genomic, biochemical and cultivation approaches to characterize 1,2-dichloropropane dichloroelemination in organohalide respiring Chloroflexi, Elizabeth Padilla
An Investigation of Key Personality Traits of Managers and Executives, Kanwarjit Pahwa
Self-assembled Casein Nanostructures to Deliver Novel Functionalities, Kang Pan
The Metastatic Receptor Status Impact on First-Line Treatment Plans and Outcomes for Recurrent Metastatic Breast Cancer, T. Allen Pannell
The Effects of Realistic Nuclear Kinetics, Dimensionality, and Resolution on Detonations in Low-Density Type Ia Supernovae Environments, Thomas L. Papatheodore
Essays on Energy Efficiency and Pricing Behavior in the U.S. Automobile Market: Evidence from Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Sangsoo Park
Template-Based Imaging Analysis of Arbitrary Nuclear Material Configurations Using Time and Directionally-Tagged Fast Neutrons, Kirsten Elise Pena
Exploring the Heterogeneity of Other-regarding Preferences, Langchuan Peng
Multipartite Graph Algorithms for the Analysis of Heterogeneous Data, Charles Alexander Phillips
“It Got the Ball Rolling”: A Qualitative Exploration of Counseling Students’ Small Group Experiences during Group Work Training, Brittany Lynn Pollard
Gain tuning of proportional integral controller based on multiobjective optimization and controller hardware-in-loop microgrid setup, Kumaraguru Prabakar
Assessment and Investigation of Electronic Aggression in the Romantic Relationships of Emerging Adults, Teresa Michelle Preddy
Recreando la imagen literaria de la mujer afrodescendiente en las narrativas femeninas afrocubanas y afrobrasileñas contemporáneas., Luciana da Trindades Prestes
Failure Simulations at Multiple Length Scales in High Temperature Structural Alloys, Chao Pu
"O Carefull Verse": Neoteric Poetics in the Shorter Poems of Edmund Spenser, Melissa Joy Rack
Are Auditor and Audit Committee Report Changes Useful to Investors? Evidence from the United Kingdom, Lauren Carse Reid
Proactive Communication: An Investigation of Employee Reactions to Organizational Communication Problems, Katie Marie Reno
Experimental and Ab initio Computational Study of Azobenzene and Several of its Derivatives, Mohammadreza Rezaee
Lived Experiences of Beginning Counselors in Harmful Supervision, Alessandra Joy Rhinehart
Russian anti-Americanism, public opinion and the impact of the state-controlled mass media, Natalie Manaeva Rice
Psycho-Physiological Effects of Television Viewing During Exercise, Brian Carl Rider
The Effects of Electronic Treatment Reminder Cues on Relapse Prevention, Kathrin Ritter
Sport Tourism, Destination Image and College Football Games: The Recreational Vehicle Tailgater, Cheryl Rebecca Rode
Evaluating the Effects of Standardized Patient Care Pathways on Clinical Outcomes, Anna V. Romanova
Data Fusion Methods for Improved Demographic Resolution of Population Distribution Datasets, Amy Nicole Rose
A Contingent Systems View of Urban Logistics, William John Rose
Essays in Environmental Economics and the Economics of Higher Education, Justin R. Roush
Three Rs: Relationship Orientation, Relational Interdependent Self-construal, and Relationship Maintenance Strategies, Maria Moana Rowley
Responsibility, Blame and the Psychopath, Matthew William Ruble
“You Came to Not Normal Land”: Nurses' Experience of the Environment of Disaster: A Phenomenological Investigation, Stasia Elizabeth Ruskie
An Examination of the Relationship Between Athletic Satisfaction and Student Adaptation to College, Brian C. Russell
Pre Clovis at Topper (38AL23): Evaluating the Role of Human versus Natural Agency in the Formation of Lithic Deposits from a Pleistocene Terrace in the American Southeast, Douglas Allen Sain
Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of Radiologic Sciences Faculty: Implications for Recruitment and Retention, Lisa Marie Satterfield
Development of High Performance Molecular Dynamics with Application to Multimillion-Atom Biomass Simulations, Roland Schulz
Neuroscience-Inspired Dynamic Architectures, Catherine Dorothy Schuman
Subordinate humor and leader-member exchange relationships: Laugh and the boss laughs with you?, Nancy Marietta Scott
You Have to Find That Music That Both Parties Can Dance To: One School District's Experience with Collaborative Conferencing, Janel Marie Seeley
‚Literarisch inszenierte Sprachbiographien’ Familiengedächtnis, Liebe und Stadt in Dimitré Dinevs Engelszungen, Marica Bodrožićs Das Gedächtnis der Libellen und Ilma Rakusas Mehr Meer. Erinnerungspassagen, Anja Katharina Seiler
Active Critical Engagement (ACE): A Pedagogical Tool for the Application of Critical Discourse Analysis in the Interpretation of Film and Other Multimodal Discursive Practices, Sultana Aaliuah Shabazz
Managing the Co-creation of Innovation: The Influence of Team Regulatory Style and Reflexivity on Customer Idea Selection and Innovation Outcomes, Matthew Brady Shaner
Analysis and Control of VSC Based HVDC System under Single-Line-to-Ground Fault Conditions, Xiaojie Shi
Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Evolution of Virulence in Toxoplasma gondii, Elliot Keats Cullen Shwab
"When Are We Going To Be Settled Down and Know This Is Our Place?”: A Phenomenological Examination of Iraqi Refugee Families’ Lived Experiences with Resettlement, Lisa Shari Silverman
Engineering Photosystem I Complexes for use in Bio-Hybrid Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Richard Franklin Simmerman
Computational Electrodynamics and Second hyper-Raman Scattering, Philip Dwaine Simmons Jr.
Practices and Routines in SIWI Lessons that Develop Skills in Reading, Paulson A. Skerrit
Molecular Breeding Strategies for Improvement of Complex Traits in Soybean, Christopher Joseph Smallwood
Unintended Consequences of Collegiate Living-Learning Community Programs at a Public University, David Buchanan Smith
Undergraduate International Student Persistence at a Large, Public US Institution, Elizabeth Washam Smith
Is Quantitative Ultrasound a Valid Technique for Assessing Bone Quality in Deceased Infants?, Miriam Elizabeth Soto Martinez
Health assessment of two reintroduced populations of American martens (Martes americana) in Michigan, Maria Catherine Spriggs
Lower Extremity Biomechanics during Stair Ascent in Healthy and Total Knee Replacement Older Adults, Tyler Whitney Standifird
Theories-in-use and espoused theories: An examination of team decision-making in the initial special education eligibility meeting, Heather Anne Stewart
Rare Earth Production and Characterization Studies, Jake Anson Stewart
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMANDS AND RESOURCES AND TEACHER BURNOUT: A FIFTEEN-YEAR META-ANALYSIS, Tammy Marie Stewart
Developing a Methodology to Characterize the Use of Emerging and Converging Technologies in Federal Agencies, Dorian Akerman Stiefel
Confessing Nuns: Gender, Hierarchy, and Institutionalized Power in Early Modern Hispanic Literature, Jason Michael Stinnett
Predictors of Youth Empathy: Early Adolescents’ Perceptions of Maternal and Paternal Support, Emily Elizabeth Stone
Microstructures and Mechanical Behavior of NiAl-Strengthened Ferritic Alloys at Room and Elevated Temperatures, Zhiqian Sun
Coaching Conversations: Discourse within Reading Recovery Teacher Leader Training, Kristi Dawn Swafford
Samuel Beckett: Age, Impairment, and the Drama of Confinement, Victoria Helen Swanson
STUDIES IN TAPHONOMY: BONE AND SOFT TISSUE MODIFICATIONS BY POSTMORTEM SCAVENGERS, Jennifer Ann Synstelien
CHARACTERIZATION OF HYPOTHALAMIC NEUROPEPTIDES IN MAMMALIAN REPRODUCTION, Valeria Tanco
Synthesis and Characterizations of Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications, Shuangcheng Tang
A Phenomenological Study: African American Clergy Response to Violence against Women, Milicia Antoinette Tedder
Sources of Heat in Synthetic Turf Systems, Adam William Thoms
Structural characterizations of photo-catalytic titanium oxide nanoparticles made from amorphous building blocks, Mengkun Tian
Structural Aspects of Deformation in Bulk Metallic Glasses, Yang Tong
Data Security and Privacy in Smart Grid, Yue Tong
STUDY OF SECONDARY PARTICLES PRODUCED FROM HEAVY-ION INTERACTIONS, Pi-En Tsai
Competition and cooperation: An assessment and integration of seemingly paradoxical actions, Kyle Dean Turner
Application of Hidden Markov Model based methods for gaining insights into protein domain evolution and function, Amit Anil Upadhyay
Thermal Inactivation of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Foods, Malcond David Valladares
Examining the Relationships between Gratitude and Readiness for Self-Directed Learning in Undergraduate Nursing Students, Kellee Renee Vess
Versatile Three-Phase Power Electronics Converter based Real-time Load Emulators, Jing Wang