Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2012
Thinking and Reading Among College Undergraduates: An Examination of the Relationship between Critical Thinking Skills and Voluntary Reading, Kimberly Tanner Hawkins
The Operationalization and Validation of Isomorphism in Supervision, Robert Eric Heidel
Career Development and Employment Concerns of Employment-Seeking Students with Psychiatric Disabilities, Sarah Charlotte Helm
The Intersection between Home and School: Developing a Scale to Measure Parental Perceptions of Childhood School Stress, Teresa Marie Henke
Multicultural Personality, Hardiness, Morale, Distress and Cultural Stress in U.S. Service Members, Catherine Joan Herrera
Prepared for Natural Disaster? How Children and Families Understand and Make Sense of Natural Disaster Preparedness, Tatjana Magdalena Hocke
Optimization of Transcurium Isotope Production in the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Susan Hogle
Examining the Effects of a High School Healthcare Summer Immersion Program, Jenny M. Holcombe Curry
Hydrology, Soil Erosion and Climate Interactions on Low Compaction Steep-Sloped Reclaimed Sites in the Southern Appalachian Coal Fields, Tennessee, Siavash Hoomehr
Synthesis and Temperature-Induced Phase Transfer Behavior of Thermosensitive Hairy Particles between Aqueous Solution and a Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid, Jonathan Michael Horton
A Novel Approach to Assess Environmental Changes in Marine Ecosystems via Spectroscopic Analyses of Microalgae, Rebecca Burke Horton
Development of Patient Specific Predictive Treatment Margins to Account for Prostate Motion During Treatment Using Real-Time Intra Fraction Tracking, Michael Edward Howard
Health Care Disparities: The Impact of Benevolent Sexism, Dawn Marie Howerton
In Vitro Alterations of a Putative Phospholipid Translocase, Atp10c, and Its Role in Glucose Metabolism, Sarah Elizabeth Hurst
Engineering Transcriptional Control and Synthetic Gene Circuits in Cell Free systems, Sukanya Iyer
Exploring Computational Chemistry on Emerging Architectures, David Dewayne Jenkins
"When Are You Going to Get a Real Job?": An Experiential Sport Ethnography of Players' Experiences on the Men's Pro Tennis Futures Tour, Jacob Cannon Jensen
“It was fight or flight...and flight was not an option”: An Existential Phenomenological Investigation of Military Service Members’ Experience of Hand-to-Hand Combat, Peter Richard Jensen
Effects of Highway Geometric Features and Pavement Quality on Traffic Safety, Ximiao Jiang
Electric Vehicles in China: Emissions, Health Impacts, and Equity, Shuguang Ji
Shopper Value: A Framework and Examination of the Impact of Importance, Shopping Context and Shopping Social Situation, Robert Paul Jones
Teaching Evaluator Competencies: An Examination of Doctoral Programs, Susanne Anna Maria Kaesbauer
Deep Machine Learning with Spatio-Temporal Inference, Thomas Paul Karnowski
"To Preserve This Much-Injured Race": Techniques of Neutralization and Indian Removal, 1829-1831, Robert Michael Keeton
Examining the Role of Perceived Immediacy as a Mediator: Revisiting the Relationships among Immediate Behaviors, Liking, and Disclosure, Stephanie Erin Kelly
Consumers' Correspondence Inference on Celebrity Endorsers: The Role of Correspondence Bias and Suspicion, Taewoo Kim
Assessing the Effect of Relocation Control on Psychological Well-being of Assisted Living Residents, Young Sook Kim
Self-Directed Learning: A Potential Predictor for Technology Integration among K-12 Teachers, Julia Marie Kirk
Teacher Perceptions of Their Science Teaching and Student Learning for Diverse Learners, Yolanda Kirkpatrick
Examination of The Big Five And Narrow Traits In Relation To Learner Self-Direction, Jeral Ray Kirwan
Magnetic and Elastic Properties of Magnetostrictive Tb6Fe1-xCoxBi2, Michael Richard Koehler
Justice, Health, and Normal Function: A Political Foundation for Just Health Distribution, Erik Randall Krag
Development and Experimental Analysis of Wireless High Accuracy Ultra-Wideband Localization Systems for Indoor Medical Applications, Michael Joseph Kuhn
Techniques for Wireless Channel Modeling in Harsh Environments, Phani Teja Kuruganti
Fire Regimes of Lower-elevation Forests in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, U.S.A., Lisa Battaile LaForest
Records of the Institut fuer Deutsche Ostarbeit (1940-1943): Using Anthropometrics of Polish Populations to Examine Secular Trends and Region Specific Variation, Alicja Karolina Lanfear
Control Over Multiple Forms of Instructional Assistance While Learning the Cascade Juggle, David Daniel Laughlin
AIR: Adaptive Dynamic Precision Iterative Refinement, Jun Kyu Lee
The Genius of a Crow: Poems, Michael Jon Levan Jr.
When One Should Forgive: Eirenistic Responses to Wrongdoing, David Court Lewis
Numerical Study of the Transition Metal Oxides and the Transport Properties of Iron Pnictides, Shuhua Liang
Towards a Unification of Supercomputing, Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Neutron and X-ray Scattering Techniques, Benjamin Lindner
Stability of Nonlinear Filters and Branching Particle Approximations to The Filtering Problems, Zhiqiang Li
Virtual Representations of the American Far West in 20th Century French Theater, Sarah Christine Lloyd
OPTING OUT: NON-PARTICIPATION IN AN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, Mary Elizabeth Lucal
Teaching and Learning Algebra 1 via an Intelligent Tutor System: Effects on Student Engagement and Achievement, Karen Kerner Lucas
The Role of Sense of Community in Online Brand Social Networking Sites, Je Won Lyu
Minding Nature: A Defense of a Sentiocentric Approach to Environmental Ethics, Joel P. MacClellan
Organizational Ambidexterity and Not-for-profit Financial Performance, Timothy Michael Madden
On Compressible Gaseous Motions in Swirl Dominated Combustors, Brian A. Maicke
Changes in US Ethnic Niches, 2005-2010, James N. Maples
Data Mining and Machine Learning Applications of Wide-Area Measurement Data in Electric Power Systems, Penn Norris Markham
Steam Reheat in Nuclear Power Plants, Paul John Marotta
Local Residents' Experience of the Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee: A Phenomenological Study, Amy Lynn Mathis
Control Design and Filtering for Wireless Networked Systems, Xiao Ma
Optimal Tax Risk and Firm Value, Rebekah Daniele McCarty
Microscopic Description of Nuclear Fission at Finite Temperature, Jordan David McDonnell
Formation and Alteration of Basaltic Soils on Mars, Ian Oliver McGlynn
Cognitive Style Diversity in Decision Making Teams, Abby Lynn Mello
When Comments About Looking Good Lead to Feeling Good: The Interactive Effects of Valuing Women for Their Sexual and Non-Sexual Attributes, Andrea L Meltzer
Associations Between Climate, Latitude, Fertility and the Decline of the US Sex Ratio at Birth, Michael C. Meyers
The Psychosocial Effects of Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease, Jeffrey Robert Miller
The roles of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine in Candida albicans cell wall maintenance and mitochondrial function, Anthony Edward Montedonico
A Factor Analysis of the Health, Safety, and Welfare in the Built Environment Toward Interior Design as Perceived by Building Industry Professionals, Dana Marie Moody
Exploring the Status of Learning Outcome Focused Initiatives in Four-Year Public Higher Education, Andrew Quentin Morse
Investigating Supplier Accommodation of Customers: A Mixed-Method Approach, Monique Lynn Murfield
Urban Elementary Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices, Meredith Elise Murray
Understanding the Thermodynamic Behavior of Nanoparticles to Tailor Polymer Nancomposite Structure, Mary Catherine Mutz
Towards Sustainable Development of Nanomanufacturing, Sasikumar Ramdas Naidu
An Investigation Of Gene Networks Influenced By Low Dose Ionizing Radiation Using Statistical And Graph Theoretical Algorithms, Sudhir Naswa
An Examination of Shame and Traditional Gender Roles on Behavioral Response in Non-Stranger Sexual Assault with College Females, Alison Megan Nathanson
Iron Pnictides: Superconductivity in Multi-Orbital Systems, Andrew David Nicholson
Structure and Dynamics of High Temperature Superconductors, Jennifer Lynn Niedziela
Gothic Modernism: Revising and Representing the Narratives of History and Romance, Taryn Louise Norman
Elevating Justice: The Strategic Elevation of District Court Judges to the Courts of Appeals, Mikel Aaron Norris
Vision-Based Robot Control in the Context of Human-Machine Interactions, Andrzej Nycz
Adaptations of Yoga: Christian Interpretations, Eleanor Freyhan Odenheimer
Study of Local Structure, Stress and Dynamics in Disordered Materials Using Ab-Initio and Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Madhusudan Ojha
Driving Simulator Transportation Safety: Proper Warm-up Testing Procedures, Distracted Rural Teens, and Gap Acceptance Intersection Sight Distance Design, Ryan Andrew Overton
Effects of Increased Step Width on Knee Joint Biomechanics in Healthy and Knee Osteoarthritis Older Adults During Stair Descent, Maxime Robert Paquette
Understanding Size Effects in Small Scale Deformation: A Statistical Perspective, Sudharshan Phani Pardhasaradhi
Effects of Online Consumer Reviews on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions toward Products and Retailers, Jee Sun Park
Understanding the Dimensions of Trust in Public Relations and Their Measurements, Joosuk Park
Exploring a Training Facility for Elite Athletes with Physical Disabilities: The Case of Lakeshore Foundation, Joshua Ray Pate
SURFACE STRUCTURING STRATEGIES FOR MICRO-CANTILEVER SENSING PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS FOR HYDROGEN RELATED ISSUES, James F. Patton
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS OF HUNTINGTIN EXON1 AGGREGATION STUDIED BY SANS, Tatiana Perevozchikova
The Role of Psychological Distancing in Prejudice and Prejudice Reduction, Joy Elise Phillips
Boron and Metal Catalyzed C-C and C-H Bond Formation, Adam Barret Pippin
Antecedents and Consequences of Supply Chain Resilience: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective, Serhiy Ponomarov
Secondary Light Particle Data Base Development Using a Thermodynamic Coalescence Model, Mahmoud PourArsalan
The Naked Afterward: A Novel, Adam Blair Prince
Gender in Head Start preschool classrooms: Children's experiences and teachers' perceptions, Swapna Anil Purandare