Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2024
Checking the Box: Does Compliance with Risk Management Regulation Increase Financial Stability?, Samuel W. Adams
Computational Study of Confined Cytoskeletal Assemblies: Simple Rules, Complex Behavior, Oghosa Honor Akenuwa
Topics in Energy, Trade and Environmental, and Public Economics, Ivan Peter Anich
Someone to Keep Me: Emotions, Labor, Trauma, and Orphanhood in Haiti, Hannah Mackynzie Archer
Perceptions of Tennessee Principals of their Supervisors’ Role in Developing their Instructional Leadership Capacity, Brandie P. Arnold
Music to their (big) ears: Exploring collective effervescence and well-being at the 2023 Big Ears Festival, Jackson W. Babb
Who Benefits from Detailed Income Tax Disclosure?, Jack Badger
Applying a One Health approach to expand disease surveillance in eastern wildlife, Eliza L. Baker
APPLYING KEYWORD AND SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSES TO DEVELOP MORE EFFECTIVE RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS, Anna S. Banks
Beyond Machines and Algorithms: Investigating Bias, Ethnic Attribution, and Social Categorization in Human-Robot Interaction, Jessica Barfield
Discrete Time State-Space Modeling Framework for Switched-Mode Power Supplies, Jared Baxter
Variational Multiscale Discontinuous Galerkin Interface Method for High-Performance Homogenization and Uncertainty Quantification of Microstructures, Amirfarzad Behnam
Tuned In: How novice teachers navigate personal, professional, and political influences, Mary Katherine Bentley
Transnational Discourses, Global Entanglements: Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Literary and Cultural Production from the Nineteenth Century Onwards, Cecily P. Bernard
Discriminative Nursing Care Practices Towards Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in the Hospital Setting: How Knowledge and Social Attitudes Impact Care Delivery, Jeanne Adam Bernier
Member Validation: Memorable Message Effects on Newcomer Social Integration and Organizational Socialization, Victoria L. Bertram
Two Essays on the Board of Directors, Dipesh Bhattarai
Developing a Strategic Approach for Utilizing Read-Aloud Technology in Secondary Social Studies Classes: A Design-Based Research Study, Katherine Alice Blake
Investigating Small Molecule Behavior in Living Bacterial Membranes with Second Harmonic Scattering, Marea J. Blake
Feature Interaction Selection for High-Dimensional Experimental Data, Di Bo
The Principal’s Dilemma: A Qualitative Study of Sensemaking through Ethical Decision Making in Response to Tennessee’s Third Grade Retention Law for EL Students, Virginia R. Boles
Investigation of Magnetic, Spectroscopic, and Structural Properties of Molecular Metal Compounds, Alexandria Bone
Phase Stability and Mechanical Behavior of BCC Refractory High Entropy Alloys, Jeffrey M. Brookins
“I have endured”: Lived Experiences of Adolescent Pregnancy in Rural Central Appalachia: A Phenomenological Inquiry, April Dawn Bryant
INVESTIGATING HABITAT, TIES TO AQUATIC FOOD WEBS, AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL THREATS TO COMMON AND DECLINING BAT SPECIES, Ashleigh B. Cable
Help-Seeking Tendencies and Motivations Among College Students in The Utilization of Professional Psychological Services, James Louie Cartee III
INVESTIGATING SELF-CARE AS EXPERIENCED BY INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES AND USING A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING DEVICE, Karen Marie Carver
Introjection, Mentalization, Ego Functioning, and Lacan’s “Name of the Father”, Chloe T. Cohen
“Sometimes giving up is the strong thing:” How women charter school teachers remain resilient in an educational marketplace, Gretchen N. Cook
The Development and Enhancement of a Forward Mathematical Model of the Human Knee Joint, Seth Coomer
Milling stability map identification and machining parameter optimization using Bayesian inference, Aaron William Cornelius
Phenology, Olfactory Response, and Tritrophic Interactions of Helicoverpa zea and Chloridea virescens on Hemp, Cannabis sativa, Julian B. Cosner
Development of SUPG and Stabilized Finite Element Method Solvers for the Two Fluid Plasma Model, Kenneth A. Croft
Stability of Quantum Computers, Samudra Dasgupta
Understanding the impact of divertor and main chamber ion fluxes on divertor closure in the DIII-D tokamak, Kirtan M. Davda
“It’s a Fine Line to Walk:” Rural Identity and Global Citizenship Education Gatekeeping, Dylan Tyler Edmondson
Combinatorial Thin Film Sputtering for Rapid Materials Discovery of Next Generation Alloys, Reece Emery
Classifying Facial Expressions of Students Being Tutored in a Gateway College Math Course, Kriss Gabourel
Examining Self-Regulation, Satisfaction, and Completion in Self-Paced Online Professional Development, Erin Garty
Educational Experiences that Lead to Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities and Complex Needs, Alison A. Gauld
Enhancing security and usability in password-based web systems through standardized authentication interactions, Anuj Gautam
Controlling Complex Dynamic Transportation Systems: Development and Adaptation of a Novel Distributed Cooperative Multi-Agent Learning Technique, Russell Thomas Graves
Physical Activity on Multiuse Trails and in a Novel Bike Park within an Urban Wilderness, Douglas Gregory
Essays on the Economics of Federal Programs, Diego A. Guerrero
Multimodal Data Fusion and Machine Learning for Advancing Biomedical Applications, Md Inzamam Ul Haque
Fundamental Investigation of Thermal and Mechanical Properties of High-Entropy Alloys via Composition and Structural Analysis, MD ABDULLAH AL HASAN
Rapport and collective attention: How we predict others will share knowledge, Andrew S. Heim
End of the Road: A Case Study of an HBCU Upward Bound Program That Lost Its Funding, Kimberly R. Hill
Of Hosts and Habitats: The Ecological and Evolutionary Patterns of the Amphibian Skin Microbiome, Benjamin Houston Holt
ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF MEDIA AND IDENTITY IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD: AN ARTS-BASED QUALITATIVE STUDY USING COMIC MAKING AS METHOD, Jared Benjamin Huisingh
The Infant Response to the Father's Voice, Lisa Robinson Jasin
“The Lotus Flower Blooms in the Mud”: Female Faculty Members’ Stories of Bullying Experiences in R1 Universities in the Southeastern United States, Kathy Mae Jenkins
Of Hamsters and Zebrafish: Stress-Induced Neuronal & Phenotypic Plasticity, Jeffrey Ryan Kelly
BUILDING UPON ALTERNATIVE-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHD HUMANITIES STUDENTS, Amber J. Kent-Johnson
DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION PROCESS MODEL FOR THE PYROCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF PLUTONIUM AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, Devin C. Kimball
How To Bridge Materialism and Ethical Behavior: Exploring the Influence of Scarcity Appeal, Minjeong Kim
A Relational Ontological Framework for Identifying Unstated Assumptions in Scientific Datasets, Kathryn Elizabeth Knight
HEALTH PARAMETERS IN THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) AND THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THEM, Samantha Kuschke
Instigators and Partners: Young Adult Literature’s Role in Readers’ Identity Formation, Cammie Jo Lawton
Uniting Cognitive Models and AI: Early Alzheimer’s Screening through Language Analysis, Ziming Liu
Novel energy scale calibration strategies for the PROSPECT-II experiment, Xiaobin Lu
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MAMMALIAN SPECIES OF CONCERN WITHIN THE APPALACHIAN ECOREGION, Lauren M. Lyon
An Examination of the Incentives to Issue Spring-Loaded Equity Awards, Kory Davis Maag
Characterization, Modeling, and Applications of Biomolecular Artificial Synapses, Joshua Maraj
The Role of Psychological Distance on the Antecedents and Consequences of Political Outgroup Moral Derogation, Phillip P. McGarry
Evaluation of Pre-Harvest Management Strategies for Corn Ear Rots and Associated Mycotoxins, Autumn McLaughlin
Postsecondary Opportunities for Young Black Males from Urban Communities: The Barriers of College Entrance Exams, Steven J. Mitchell
Engineering of Functional Hybrid Nanocomposites for Renewable Energy Applications via Laser Ablation, Mahshid Mokhtarnejad
Characterization of a Proof-of-Concept Imager to Safeguard Spent Nuclear Fuel Using Passive Fast Neutron Emission Tomography, Mairead Montague
Pre-Service Teachers’ Planned Accommodations for English Learners: An Assessment Approach for Systematic Improvement, John C. Mooneyham
Perceptions of School Administrators on the Effectiveness of Career and Technical Educator Teacher Preparation, Sheila K. Morris
Computation and Experimental Design of Intermetallic Compounds for the Production of Fuels from Greenhouse Gasses and Plastic Waste, Max Keith Mortensen Jr.
Public Education in Crisis: Predicting Teachers' Intention to Leave Through Exploration of Intra-Personal Characteristics and Macro-Economic Factors, Anna Grace O'Dell
Contemporary Approaches to Improve the Conservation of Endangered Horticultural and Orphaned Food Security Crops, Michelle Esther Odoi
School Leaders' Ethical Decision-making Related to Student Cyberbullying: A Multi-case Study of Two Tennessee School Districts, Jeana M. Partin
Advancing Power Equipment and Line Protection with Practical Solutions, Russell W. Patterson
Small-Signal Stability and Black-Box Modeling of Large-Scale Power-Electronic Converter Rich Power Systems, Liang Qiao
The Voices of Veteran Women Shared with the World: Experiences of Military Sexual Trauma, Kerri Alaine Qualls
Multi-Objective Radiological Analysis in Real Environments, David Raji
CMOS-Memristive Neuromorphic Architecture for Nonlinear Signal Processing, Manu Rathore
Experimental Quantum Key Distribution in Turbulent Channels, Kazi MH Reaz
New Geographies of Electronic Commerce: An Appraisal of Omni-channel Strategies in the United States Grocery Industry, Connor Reed
Effects of disease induced inflammation on reproductive neuroendocrinology in domestic ruminants, Allison N. Renwick
Urban Ecohydrology and the Watershed Microbial Continuum, Victoria C. Rexhausen
The Role of Awe in Risk-Taking and the Exploration of the Unknown, Matthew Thomas Richesin
Exploration of Event-Based Camera Data with Spiking Neural Networks, Charles Peter Rizzo
Bathsheba in Early Modern English Literature: Consent, Complicity, and Culpability, Emily J. Roberts
Development of Novel Cesium Chloride-based Ultrafast Inorganic Scintillators for Fast Timing Radiation Detection Applications, Daniel Rutstrom
Farm Animal Assisted Therapy Intervention with Ducks for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury, Arshak Alex Sargsyan
The World Reborn: A Phenomenological Study of 12th Unnamed Cave, Tennessee through Photogrammetry, 3D GIS, and Archaeoacoustics, Jordan L. Schaefer
World Language Teachers' Perceptions of Efficacy in the Modern, Communicative Classroom, Valerie M. Schmidt-Gardner
Jet Production and RpPb in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV and p--Pb Collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 8.16 TeV Using the ALICE Detector, Austin Schmier
Mapping Anti-Racist Pedagogy through Endarkened Storywork: Towards a Critical Race Trauma Reducing Pedagogical Framework, Jessica Michelle Schwind
A Pattern Matching Algorithm for Self-Adjusting Basal Rates in Insulin Pump Systems, Lauren Smith
Graph-Based and Anomaly Detection Learning Models for Just-in-Time Defect Prediction, Aradhana Soni