Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2020
Application of Crowdsourced Data in Transportation Operations and Safety, Nima Hoseinzadeh
Essays on Financial Frictions, Shipping Frequency and Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Md Deluair Hossen
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
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
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
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
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