Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2020
Chemico-physical interactions in metal halide perovskites, Yongtao Liu
Real-time Traffic State Assessment using Multi-source Data, Yuandong Liu
Failure and Fault: Further Defense of the Control-based Account of Moral Responsibility, Yuanyuan Liu
DRIVERS OF POPULATION SUCCESSION IN ANAEROBIC COMMUNITIES OF METHANOGENIC TREATMENT PROCESSES, Yabing Li
Civilian Oversight and Police Legitimacy in an Age of Conflict and Distrust, Ellen Grayce LoCurto-Martinez
An Examination of Whether Engaging in Authentic Science has an Impact on High School Students' Agency to Achieve Ecojustice in their Local Community, Billie Jeanette Long
The Rise of the Democratic Socialists of America: A Qualitative Analysis of the Contributing Factors to Insurgent Mobilization, Grady Lowery
Optimization of MPI Collective Communication Operations, Xi Luo
Multiscale Simulations of Polymeric Electrolytes for Electrochemical Devices, Xubo Luo
Lithium PFC Characterization and Plasma Performance for LTX-beta, Anurag Maan
Interparental Conflict Exposure and Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms and Religious Service Attendance in College Students, Geoffrey R. Mabe
Exploring Teachers’ Experiences Navigating the Inclusion of Women in World History Situated through a Professional Learning Community, Autumn Magliocca
Exploring Constraints to Student Attendance at FBS Non-Autonomous Football Games, John A. Magliocca
Dyadic Parent-Adolescent Role Confusion Dimensions: Development and Validation of an Observational Coding Scale, Rebecca Meredith Mahan
Alkoxysilane Bearing Polynorbornenes as Gas Separation Membranes, Christopher Maroon
Software Supply Chain Development and Application, Yuxing Ma
Study of the Production of Isotopes in an Urban Nuclear Post-Detonation Environment, Tucker Caden McClanahan
Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Culturally Adapted Cooking Curriculum to Address Dietary Acculturation and Food Security in a Refugee Population, Marissa McElrone
Three Essays in Behavioral Economics, Patrick McGuire
Three Essays in Microeconomics, Benjamin Meadows
THE LIVED RESETTLEMENT EXPERIENCE FOR SINGLE REFUGEE MOTHERS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Lauren Michelle Mefford
THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF GENOME ENGINEERING: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MANIPULATING MICROORGANISMS WITH CRISPR-CAS, Brian Joseph Mendoza
Persistence Diagram Cardinality and its Applications, Cassie Putman Micucci
Masculine Norms and Readiness for Change among Men in Substance Abuse Treatment, Renee Mikorski
Seed dispersal differences and determinants of ranges of narrow endemic and widespread eastern North American trilliums, Chelsea Nicole Miller
An Analysis of Post-Secondary Mathematics Instructors, Jimmy Edward Miller Jr.
Using Second Harmonic Generation to Study Gram-Positive Bacterial Membranes, Lindsey N. Miller
"Because It's Free": Interviews of Successful Tennessee Promise Students on How They Value Their Community College Experience, Susanna C. Miller
Monkey See, Monkey Do: Early New World Animal Descriptions as Transitional Texts, Kyrie Miranda
More than the sum of their parts: Building a framework for understanding host-microbe interactions in Medicago sativa, Katherine Mackenzie Moccia
Journey to Academic Leadership: Experiences of Women Business Deans, Tara Jeanette Mohrfeld
“If I’ve Got God on My Side, I Can Do It”: A Phenomenological Investigation of the Lived Experiences of Spirituality for LDS NCAA DI Student-Athletes, Matthew J. Moore
Examining teaching and research anxieties, self-efficacy, and coping in Biology Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs): a snapshot of graduate student mental health, Miranda Mann Lin Chen Musgrove
Electron Beam Heating Effects During 3D Nanoprinting Using Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition, Eva Mumbua Mutunga
Automated Intelligent Cueing Device to Improve Ambient Gait Behaviors for Patients with Parkinson's Disease, Nader Naghavi
From Native Ground to Underground: Political & Rival Cultural Landscapes at the Arkansas Post, 1686-1850, Tessa Annette Neblett Evans
Bioregional Ethics in the Literature of the United States: A Literary Survey of Four Major United States Bioregions, John Campbell Nichols
Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Soybean Agronomic Traits, Daniel Niyikiza
Examining the Physical Activity Levels of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities During Physical Education and Recess, Vincenzo Nocera
Women, War and Home in Contemporary American Drama, Coralyn Foults Nottingham
Structure and Hydrogen Dynamics of Alkaline Earth Metal Hydrides Investigated with Neutron Scattering, Eric Christopher Novak
Bayesian Topological Machine Learning, Christopher A. Oballe
Spatiotemporal Patterns and Burden of Myocardial Infarction in Florida, Evah Odoi
Novel Trinuclear Single-Site Titanosilicate with Targeted Connectivity: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Properties in Selective Oxidation of Olefins, Michael Charles Orick
Group Threat and Racial Disparities in Police-Caused Killings, Ruben A. Ortiz
Politeness Theory: Compliance and Paralinguistic Cooperation, Jamie Jacqueline Osborn
Essays on International Trade and Environmental Economics, Himadri Palikhe
From Genes to Ecosystems: Resource Availability and DNA Methylation Drive the Diversity and Abundance of Restriction Modification Systems in Prokaryotes, Spiridon E. Papoulis
Formulation and evaluation of gemcitabine plus romidepsin + cisplatin combination for controlling tumors, Pawat Pattarawat
IOJAP: MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOTYPE CHARACTERIZATION IN ARABIDOPSIS, Thomas Jay Payne
Geomorphic Investigations of Crater-Interior Features on Mars, Samantha Peel
Lower Extremity Muscle Contributions to ACL Loading in Healthy and ACL-Reconstructed Females, Shelby Peel
Identification of key factors in texture aversion and acceptance, Robert Pellegrino Jr
Data-Driven Modeling of the Heroin and Fentanyl Epidemic and the Harvesting of Trees in West Africa, Tricia Marie Phillips
Teacher and Preacher: Alan of Lille and Scholastic Theology in Paris and Occitania, Brittany Elizabeth Poe
Geometric frustration and competing interactions in selected chalcogenide spinels, Ganesh Pokharel
Investigating the Compactability of Hot Mix Asphalt Utilizing the Concept of the Locking Point, Pawel Andrzej Polaczyk
Root Stage Distributions and their Importance in Plant-Soil Feedback Models, Tyler Poppenwimer
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Related Quality of Life as well as Cognitive Decline in Adult Population in Tennessee, Pragya Poudel
Development, Evaluation, and Application of a Gas Chromatography – Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Interface for Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers, Joshua Bryant Powers
A New Approach for High Performing Electromaterial Synthesis: Solution for Rechargeable Battery Problems, Bishnu Prasad Thapaliya
Failing Heaven, Sean Purio
Supplier Ranking System and Its Effect on the Reliability of the Supply Chain, Farshad Rabib
Helium Line Emission Spectroscopy in the Prototype Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment for Evaluation of Electron Temperature and Density, Holly Beth Ray
The Social Side of Retention: Examining the Social Integration of African American and Latinx Students and their Retention to Graduation, Ashley Taylor Redix
Modeling and Optimization Algorithm for SiC-based Three-phase Motor Drive System, Ren Ren
Exploring Links Among Early Adversity, Temperament, and Social Relationships, Lucia Miranda Reyes
Manufacturing of carbon-based hybrid nanocomposites with engineered functionalities via Laser Ablation Synthesis in Solution (LASiS) techniques, Erick Leonardo Ribeiro
Raman Spectroscopy Substrate Optimization and Method Development for the Detection and Analysis of Cyclic Organic Molecules and Materials, Terence J. Riffey-Moore
Osseointegration of Complex Scaffolds, Rebecca Elaine Rifkin
Overcoming DNA Restriction-Modification systems to enable transformation and genetic engineering in non-model organisms, Lauren Ann Riley
Betwixt and Between: Qualitative Examinations of Leaders’ Internal Processes of Transition, Margaret M. Ritchie
The Lived Experience of Adolescents Who Provide Support to Friends with Anxiety, Depression or Suicidal Ideation, Ashley Roach
Above- and below-ground community responses to a mutualism-disrupting allelopathic invasive plant, Morgan Dake Roche
Neural Correlates of Individuation and Subordinate-Level Categorization of Other-Race Faces in Infancy, Kelly Roth
Book Choice of Emergent Readers: Impacts of Policy and Pedagogy, Amber Malaine Rountree
An Examination of Music Majors’ Exercise Motivations and Readiness for Change, Jason Ruggieri
Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Pre-College and College Factors of Success, Jada Russell
The Onset of Maritime Disputes: Alliance, Dissatisfaction, and Legal Warfare, Hayoun Ryou-Ellison
Bioanalytical Applications of Digital Imaging: Applications to Organ-on-chip and Point-of-care Analysis Systems, Amirus Saleheen
3D Genome Architecture Under Stress: A Survey of Ionizing Radiation, Progeria, and Osmotic Stress, Jacob Tyler Sanders
Uncovering Process Challenges and Performance Differences for Complex Substrate Utilization in Microbial Electrolysis Cells, Scott Jason Satinover
Design of Robust Memristor-Based Neuromorphic Circuits and Systems with Online Learning, Sagarvarma Sayyaparaju
Engineering Platforms for Advancing Plant Synthetic Biology, Tayler Marie Schimel McNeillie
The Role of Attachment, Self-Esteem and Impulsivity on Intimate Partner Violence in Same- and Opposite-Sex Relationships, Megan Schmidt
Fall Risk Factors among Hospitalized Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, Jean Bettencourtt Sconza
Effects of the Nab Spectrometer on the Measurement of the Electron-Antineutrino Correlation Parameter a., Elizabeth Mae Scott
Mathematical Analysis of a Nonlocal System of Equations Arising in Peridynamics, James Scott
Visualization of Structural Changes in Thermochemically Pretreated Plant Cell Wall Polymers, Riddhi Shah
Design of Discrete-time Chaos-Based Systems for Hardware Security Applications, Aysha Shanta
Probing structure, function and dynamics in bacterial primary and secondary transporter-associated binding proteins, Shantanu Shukla
Development of A Novel Casting Alloy Composed of Aluminum and Cerium with other Minor Additions, Zachary Cole Sims
Soil Moisture Sensitivity of Microbial Processing of Soil Organic Carbon, Shikha Singh
Soil Health Assessment for the Agroecosystems of West Tennessee, Surendra Singh