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Doctoral Dissertations

Dissertations from 2020 2020

Cracking and Earing Phenomenon in Deep-Drawn Stainless Steel Alloys: Role of Transformation Kinetics, Microstructure, and Texture, Peijun Hou

Efficacy of a Cycling Intervention with Pedal Reaction Force Augmented Feedback on Reducing Inter-Limb Asymmetries in Patients with Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty, Erik T. Hummer

Factors Predicting Turnover of International Science and Engineering Faculty at US Research Universities, Lauren Longino Jacobs

3D Study of Gas Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in Porous Media and DEM Modeling of Granular Materials, Zaher Jarrar

Passive Protection of Structures using Innovative Rotational Inertia Dampers and Rotational Energy Conversion Devices, Abdollah Javidialesaadi

Help Seeking Attitudes Among New Mothers with Postpartum Depression, Aubrey Elizabeth Jones

The Intersection of Context, Professional Philosophy, and Working Alliance: MPCs’ Experiences within Professional Baseball, Matthew Steven Jones

An Investigation of How Institutional and State Characteristics Influence Community College Award Rates, Jacob A. Kamer

Numerical studies of multi-orbital Hubbard models, Nitin Kaushal

Dually Responsive Shape-Changing Linear and Star Molecular Bottlebrushes with Bicomponent Side Chains, Ethan Wesley Kent

Advancement of a Forward Solution Mathematical Model of the Human Knee Joint, Milad Khasian

Creation and Validation of the Multi-Stakeholder Survey of Learning Environments (MSSLE) for Medical Schools, Kevin Edgar Kidder

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Lubricant Oil Additives on the Performance of PD-Based Three-Way Catalysts (TWCs), Daekun Kim

The Effects of Small-Group Discourse in Collective Argumentation on Secondary Students’ Mathematical Arguments and Mathematical Identities, Nicholas Chin King

Construction and Validation of the Scale of Emotional Functioning: Medicine (SEF: MED), Baileigh Kirkpatrick

EXPLORING THE GEOGRAPHY OF NEIGHBORHOOD MENTAL HEALTH VULNERABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF RACIAL/ETHNIC RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION, Donghee Koh

Managing power system congestion and residential demand response considering uncertainty, Xiao Kou

Post, Update, Tweet, or Snap? Promoting Safe Social Media Use for Young Adults with Intellectual Disability, Mary Jo Krile

Alloy Design of Creep Resistant Fe30Cr3Al Alloys Strengthened by Laves Phase, Chih-Hsiang Kuo

Workplace Flexibility, Work-Family Guilt, and Working Mothers’ Parenting Behavior, Melissa LaGraff

Essays on Investor Attention and Information Acquisition, Charles A. Lambert

Classification of ActiGraph GT9X Accelerometer and Gyroscope Data for Characterizing Youth Physical Activity, Samuel Robert LaMunion

Incorporating the “Invisibles” in Ant Seed Dispersal: Microbial Mortality Agents in Myrmecochory, Chloe L. Lash

Characterizing the Unsteady Dynamics of Cylinder-Induced Shock Wave/Transitional Boundary Layer Interactions Using Non-Intrusive Diagnostics, Elizabeth Lara Lash

Developing Pre-Service Teachers’ Understandings of Mathematical Mindsets: Influences of an Online Gamification Tool, Rebecca Doty Layton

Costs of Protected Areas in the United States, Diane LeBouille

Design and Development of Strong and Ductile Single BCC Refractory High-entropy Alloys for High-temperature Applications, Chanho Lee

Seeing is Tasting: Effects of Visual Design on Multisensory Food Experience in the Context of Online Platforms, Jinha Lee

Rapid Design, Construction, and Validation of Synthetic Metabolic Pathways in a Modular Escherichia coli (chassis) Cell, Jong-Won Lee

Three Essays in Environmental Economics, Sangwon Lee

Denominators of the Weierstrass Coefficients of the Canonical Lifting, Delong Li

The Strength of Self: An Examination of Self-Directed Learning and Self-Regulated Learning Among Master’s Students, Holley Marie Linkous

A Study of DRAINMOD-Urban For Enhanced Bioretention Cell Modeling, Whitney A. Lisenbee

Inhibiting Ice Recrystallization by Nanocelluloses: Effects of Surface Charge Density and Fibril Length, and Applications in Cell Cryopreservation, Teng Li

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

Organizing Social Entrepreneurship in Cuba and the United States: Moving Right to Stay Left and Left to Stay Right in the Era of Neoliberalism, Emily Medley

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

Genetic Variation for Biomass Yield and Identification of Genomic Regions Associated with Regrowth Vigor and Salinity Tolerance in Lowland Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), Santosh Nayak

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

Tuning Photocurrent Responses from Photosystem I via Microenvironment Alterations: Effect of Plasmonic Electric Fields and Membrane Confinements, Ravi Pamu

From Genes to Ecosystems: Resource Availability and DNA Methylation Drive the Diversity and Abundance of Restriction Modification Systems in Prokaryotes, Spiridon E. Papoulis

Theoretical Modeling of Metallic Compounds with Versatile Properties by Combining First-Principles Calculations and Global Structure Prediction Algorithms, Jinseon Park

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