Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2019
Development of a Three-Dimensional Trap for Single-Molecule Studies with a Four-Focus Confocal Fluorescence Microscope, Kapila Deshappriya Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Agriculture: Data Stability and Utility, Lori Duncan
Influence of Motivational Text Messages on Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy, John Dunlap
“Our Bodies and Our Lands Are Not for Sale:” A Comparative Analysis of Law, Transnational Allyship, and Development-Related Violence, Eliza Echeverry
Understanding NCAA DI Athletic Administrators' Perceptions of and Experiences with Mental Performance Services, Morgan Eckenrod
Patterns of Skeletal DNA Preservation and the Influence of Post-mortem Microbial Communities, Alexandra Emmons
Benevolent Patriarchs: Gender and Charity in Colonial America, Elizabeth Blevins Eubanks
On the Intersection of Communication and Machine Learning, Yawen Fan
Two Essays on Dark Trading, Ryan Farley
Against Melancholic Pleasure: Care and Affect in Twentieth-Century Southern Literature, Jill Fennell
Understanding Population Variability in Age-at-Death Estimation for Modern Populations in Mexico and Puerto Rico Through the Use of 3D Laser Scans of the Pubic Symphysis, Cristina Figueroa Soto
Utilization of Organic Synthesis and Spectroscopy in the Investigation of Biological Systems, Alexander Ryan Fisch
The Development of a Dual-ligand PEGylated Liposome Nanotechnology for Cell-selective Targeted Vascular Gene Therapy, Richard Kern Fisher III
Societal Default Identities and Dehumanization of Outgroup Members, Elizabeth Fles
Development and Validation of the Social Justice Behavior Scale, Lee D. Flood
Two Essays on Short Sellers, Corbin Allen Fox
Worse Than I Thought: How a Model of a Racial Dialogue Affects White People’s Anxiety, Keri Frantell
Providing Refuge: Faith-Based Resettlement Actors and Refugee Integration in the United States, Emily Frazier
Observation of Baryon Number Violation via Cold Neutron Sources, Matthew Frost
A Public Health Approach to Sexual Violence in Military Communities, Brandy Elaine Fuesting
Investigation of Powder Recyclability and Liquid-Solid-Gas Interactions during Powder Bed Selective Laser Melting of Stainless Steel 316L, Daniel Walter Galicki
Anti-predator behavior in Neotropical bats, Melquisedec Gamba-Rios
Assessing Hydrologic Vulnerability and Resilience of Critical Energy-Water Infrastructures in a Changing Environment, Sudershan Gangrade
Hierarchical Neural Architectures for Classifying Cancer Pathology Reports, Shang Gao
Assessing the Vulnerability of the Human and Natural Systems and Prioritizing Alternatives to Reduce Vulnerability at Mt. Kasigau, Kenya., Njoroge Ikonye Gathongo
Dynamic Stability and Adaptive Control of Linear and Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems, Vinod Poonamchand Gehlot
Novel wet laid nonwoven carbon fiber mats and their composites, Hicham Kheir Ghossein
Applications of Chemical Methodology in Environmental Science, Systems Biology, and Interdisciplinary Chemical Education, Caleb Michael Gibson
The Development and Validation of the Emporium Model Motivation Scale (EMMS), Terry O. Gibson Jr.
Development of a Scale Designed to Measure Interest in Verbal and Written Expression, Jared Ian Goldman
Context and Decision Making: An Exploratory, Mixed Methods Study Examining the Mental Models of Rural and Urban Principals., Matthew A. Gowan
Conceptualizing College-Going Volition: Investigating Relationships with Barriers and Self-Efficacy in Rural Appalachia, Danielle Graham
Electric Co-operatives as Rural Retail Broadband Network Providers: Opportunities and Challenges, Jamie Alexander Greig
Roles for the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Resistance to Acute Social Stress, Johnathon Grizzell
Coarse Proximity, Proximity at Infinity, and Coarse Structures, Pawel Grzegrzolka
SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF STONE MASONRY AND UNREINFORCED CONCRETE RAILROAD BRIDGE PIERS, Qiang Gui
Determination of the Yield Stress of Borosilicate Glasses by Means of Spherical Nanoindentation, Benjamin Hackett
Thermal conductivity of MXY₃ magnetic layered trichalcogenides, Amanda Haglund
Correlation-based Analytics in Big Data, Nooshin Hamidian Hamidian
Investigating the reinforcement effect of geogrids in flexible pavements, Bingye Han
Toward a New Paradigm for Risk-Based Radiation Policymaking, Thomas William Hansen
The response of Ti₃SiC₂ MAX phase to ion energy dissipation during energetic irradiations at different temperatures, William Alexander Hanson
Indebted: Cultural Implications and the Role of Debt as Discipline on a Public College Campus, Maria Hartley
Quantitative Sequestration of Anthropogenic Pollutants by Marine Microalgae, Mohammed Fahad Hasan
A Mixed-Methods Approach to Assessing Factors Contributing to Heat Exposure at the Neighborhood- and Individual-Levels in Knoxville, Tennessee, Alisa Lynn Hass
Reward Contingencies and Student Interactions that Contribute to the Success of Cooperative Learning Groups, Kendall Bree Hauck
Numerical Methods for Radiative Transport Equations, Vincent Heningburg
“Behaviors of Employees in the Frontlines: Implications for Customer-Based Strategy”, Adam Mark Hepworth
CELL MORPHOLOGY AND CELL DIVISION ARE PRECISELY CONTROLLED THOUGH DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF CDC42, Brian Hercyk
A Narrative Inquiry on the Experiences of Refugee Adult Learners in Community Colleges in the Southeastern Region of the United States, Patricia Higgins
Alabama's Public Wilderness: Reconstruction, Natural Resources, and the End of the Southern Commons, 1866-1905, Joshua Stephen Hodge
Oxidative and Adsorbent Impacts on Selenide Based Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Anna Hoffman
Effects of ASL Rhyme and Rhythm on Deaf Children’s Engagement Behavior and Accuracy in Recitation, Leala K. Holcomb
Simulations of Unsteady Shocks via a Finite-Element Solver with High-Order Spatial and Temporal Accuracy, Kevin Raymond Holst
Dynamic Task Discovery in a Data-Flow, Task-Based Runtime System, Reazul Hoque
Freeform Heat Exchanger Design and Optimization Based on Constructal Law, Ali Hossein Nejad
VaaS: Visualization as a Service, Alok Hota
A HIGH TEMPERATURE OUT-OF-PILE EXPERIMENT FOR TESTING NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION SURROGATE FUELS., Richard Howard
"Regarding themselves as permanently settled": An Ethnohistory of Cherokee Hyper-Displacement, Tyler B. Howe
Characterization of Deformation During Syn-Convergent Extension: Insights from the Brittle-Ductile-Transition in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Cameron Hughes
Vibrational properties of molecule-based multiferroics and quantum magnets across quantum phase transitions, Kendall Hughey
How Brand Empowerment Strategies Affect Consumer Behavior: From A Psychological Ownership Perspective, Songyee Hur
Explicit Timing Variations in Curriculum-Based Measurement of Written Expression Administration, Peter Lawrence Ignacio
Graduation Rates of Division I Student-Athlete Special Admits: Fact vs. Fiction, Alexandra Ingram
The Design of an Imager to Safeguard Spent Fuel Using Passive Fast Neutron Emission Tomography, Anagha Srikanth Iyengar
Paving New Roads for CMV Research with Chemokines and Peptides, Joseph Wilson Jackson
Navigating White Spaces: A Phenomenological Study Of Black Women’s Involvement Experiences In Predominantly White Student Organizations, Dametraus Lewis Jaggers
EVALUATION OF TIME RATE OF CONSOLIDATION AND UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH OF HYDRAULICALLY PLACED FINE COAL REFUSE, Cyrus Jedari Sefidgari
Herstory: A Qualitative Examination of the Experiences of African American Women Senior Student Affairs Officers at Land-Grant Institutions, Tanisha Jenkins
The Integration of Literacy and Science: An Ethnographic Case Study set in an Appalachian Elementary School, Jody LaShay Jennings
GaN-Based High Efficiency Transmitter for Multiple-Receiver Wireless Power Transfer, Ling Jiang
On the influence of cobamides on organohalide respiration and mercury methylation, Nannan Jiang
The population genetics, ecology, and transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in North America, Tiantian Jiang
A transport study of high density helicon plasma discharges in the Prototype Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment, Nischal Kafle
Photochemical Control of Homogeneous Olefin Polymerization Catalysts, Jordan Michael Kaiser
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Heterogeneous Boron-Containing Cobalt Catalysts for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation, Michael Valentyn Kandziolka III
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION OF NUTRIENTS IN LACTATING DAIRY COWS EXPOSED TO HEAT STRESS, Jeffrey Kaufman
A Tale of Grievance and Opportunity: Evaluating The Effects of Counterterrorism Policies, Marginalization of Groups and Irredentism on the Rise of Terrorism in the Horn of Africa., Conny Sidi Kazungu
Synthesis of Cationic TetraNHC Complexes of Cobalt, Chromium, Iron, and Platinum for Oxidative Group Transfer, Calvin L. Keller
Evaluation of Biological Signaling and Transport Molecules Using Synthetic, Computational, and Mass Spectrometric Techniques., Brandon James Kennedy
“YOU HAVE MADE NO MISTAKE IN SEEKING TO SAVE SOULS AMONG US”: CATHOLIC EVANGELIZATION AMONG BLACK NASHVILLIANS, 1898-1908, Susan Alice Kennedy
Looking and Thinking: The Relationship Between Attention Functioning and Executive Functioning in 2.5- and 3.5-year-olds, Anastasia Nicole Kerr-German
Holocene Precipitation Variability, Prehistoric Agriculture, and Natural and Human-Set Fires in Costa Rica, Matthew Timothy Kerr
Buried Alive: Analysis of Uncultured Microbes in Marine Sediments, Richard Kevorkian
Nanoscale probing of Modified Surfaces with Surface Plasmons, Vineet Kumar Khulllar
Development of Iron Nanoparticles for Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Treatments of Glioblastoma Multiforme, Julie Elizabeth King
The Social Media Decision: Why Some Terrorist Organizations Choose to Build and Utilize a Social Media Presence and Others Do Not, Justin Robert Kinney