Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2024
The Opposite of Subaltern Agency is not Agency, it’s Listening: Self-Guided Anti-Racism Investigation for Aspiring White Anti-Racists, Lauren Elaine Specht
Bridging Biological Systems with Social Behavior, Conservation, Decision Making, and Well-being through Hybrid Mathematical Modeling, Maggie Renee Sullens
The Drive H(om)e: An Awakening to the Vibrational Language of the Universe, Jessica Kathryn Keeble Summers
Three Essays in Environmental Economics, Ryan Swartzentruber
Service Robot Collaboration in the Hotel Industry from a Front-Line Employee Perspective: An Application of the UTAUT Framework, Kenia I Taylor
Harming Groups: A Reflection on Long-term Harms of Climate Change, Jingsi Teng
Towards Continuous Variable Quantum Computation of Lattice Gauge Theories, Shane Nicklaus Thompson
Investigating and Developing Strategies for the Expression of Biosynthetic Genes In Vitro and In Vivo, Tien Thuy Tran
The Role of Grain Morphology and Individual Grain Fracture on Granular Material Behavior, Anne Katherine Turner
A Qualitative Case Study Examining Teacher Perceptions of Servant Leadership in Private K-12 Schools, Leighton Ray Upton
Beyond the Eyepiece: 'Learning' Physics from Microscopy Data, Sai Mani Prudhvi Valleti
SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN CONTAMINATED SUBSURFACE, Kathleen Fitzgerald Walker
Preschool Teacher Attitudes Toward Inclusive Education, Sherry A. Walker
Chemical Short Range Order in Complex Functional Ceramics, Xin Wang
EXAMINING RELIGIOSITY AMONGST BLACK AMERICANS: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LIFE SATISFACTION, END-OF-LIFE CARE PLANNING, AND SUCCESSFUL AGING, Chesney J. Ward
Characterization of Ceramic Powders through Powder Rheology, Samuel Weimer
Understanding the Conformational Dynamics of the A2A Adenosine Receptor by Single-Molecule Fluorescence, Shushu Wei
PHYSICAL HEALTH, TRANSPORTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS OF SHARED MICROMOBILITY SERVICES, Yi Wen
The Walking Threat: Traits of Pathogen Avoidance, Pathogen Threat Proximity and Functional Flexibility, Lahai Alexander Massaquoi Wicks
An Exploration of Psychological Mattering in Youth Sport, Rachel E. Williams
“Plotting a course” through the tenure terrain: A narrative inquiry into recently tenured professors’ tenure and promotion process navigation., David Austin Willis
Grandparents' Lived Experiences of Their Grandchildren's Cancer Journey, Jennifer L Wilson
Design and Develop Lignin based Recyclable Copolymers for Hydrophobic Coatings, Di Xie
Power System Electromagnetic Transient Simulation Using a Semi-Analytical Approach, Min Xiong
Increasing the Efficiency of Biodiversity Conservation Approaches that Address Habitat Loss, Climate Change, and Resource Overexploitation., Hyun Seok Yoon
CONSTRAINED-MOTION DRILLING DYNAMOMETER FOR TORQUE AND THRUST FORCE MEASUREMENT, Ross William Zameroski
Scalable Cloud-Based Load Management System, Learning Models, and Optimization Framework for Connected Communities, Helia Zandi
Extracting Value from Time-synchronous Phasor Measurement Data, Chujie Zeng
Thermal Runaway of Li-ion Batteries: Triggering, Emission, and Mitigation, Liwen Zhang
Dissertations from 2023
Understanding host-microbe interactions in maize kernel and sweetpotato leaf metagenomic profiles., Alison K. Adams
Generating Diverse Sets of Near-Optimal Solutions to Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems, Izuwa C. Ahanor
FABRICATION, MEASUREMENTS, AND MODELING OF SEMICONDUCTOR RADIATION DETECTORS FOR IMAGING AND DETECTOR RESPONSE FUNCTIONS, Corey David Ahl
Development and Characterization of Stable Low-cost Salt Hydrate-based Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications, Damilola Olayinka Akamo
The Light from Pisgah, Jeffrey Robert Amos
Image Deblurring Application via Statistical Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Sajjad Amrollahi Biyouki
Clickable Lipid Precursors as Chemical Tools for Imaging and Tracking Lipids, Christelle Anne Fernandez Ancajas
Retinoic Acid, Insulin, and Cycloheximide Alter Glycogen Homeostasis in Differentiating L6 Myoblasts, Aaron Armstrong
Development and Biomechanical Analysis toward a Mechanically Passive Wearable Shoulder Exoskeleton, Seyyed Morteza Asgari
Defining Systemic Change in School Counseling: A Delphi Study, Haley Renee Ault
Investigating the Electrochemical Performance of Biphenyl-Sodium Polysulfide Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Mohammad Bahzad
The Disparate Effects of Non-Reliance Restatements on Retail and Institutional Investor Trading, Jason T. Bangert
Social Wellness of Counselor Education and Supervision Doctoral Students Before, During and After COVID-19, Alexandria Barnette
A HIERARCHICAL PEOPLE-CENTRIC OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM TO CREATE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, Guilherme Barquete Zuccolotto
Nurse Staffing and Staff Nurse Involvement in Hospital Staffing Governance: Explorations of Policy and Practice, Marissa P. Bartmess
Ruinous Natures: The Approach of Social Timespace, Thomas Frederick Bechtold
Toward Accelerated Qualification of ATF Claddings: An In-Situ Burst Testing Framework and Insights into Zr Alloy LOCA Behavior, Samuel Bernat Walker Bell
Implementing the Color Wheel System to Improve Individual Student Behavior and Reduce Repeated Teacher Directions, Jade Bennett
Riding the Wave: How Entrepreneurs Respond to Social Movements’ Indirect Spillover Effects, Adrian M. Beorchia
A TWO-DIAMETER HELICAL ENDMILL BEAM MODEL FOR TOOL TIP DYNAMICS PREDICTION WITH APPLICATION TO MILLING, Emma D. Betters
Explicit Constructions of Canonical and Absolute Minimal Degree Lifts of Twisted Edwards Curves, William Coleman Bitting IV
Economics in Transition: Issues Applicable to Climate Change, Odysseus Bostick
Translational Models for Advancement of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Kristin Marie Bowers
“EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS”: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS PERSISTING IN A FOUR-YEAR, INSTITUTIONAL PROMISE PROGRAM, Ashton Braddock
"You're Not Thriving, You're Just Trying to Survive the Environment that You're In:" Mental Performance Consultants' Narratives of Emotional Abuse in Sport, Victoria Lynn Bradshaw
The Synthesis and Optimization of Sulfide and Halide Solid Electrolytes for All Solid-State Batteries, Teerth Brahmbhatt
POPULATION ABUNDANCE AND GROWTH OF ELK (CERVUS CANADENSIS) IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, Jessica Braunstein
Bone Tired: Resisting Labor in Southern Women’s Fiction, Rachel Erin Bryan
Characterization of Lignin Structural Variability and the Associated Application In Genome Wide Association Studies, Nathan D. Bryant
Multiple Objective Co-Optimization of Switched Reluctance Machine Design and Control, Timothy Burress
THE SOCIAL BIBLE: SCRIPTURAL EXCHANGE AND INTERRACIAL FELLOWSHIP IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE, Emily Pamela Butler-Probst
AN EVALUATION OF EMERGENT AND ESTABLISHED TICK SPECIES AT MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC SCALES: COMMUNITY IMPACTS AND ECOLOGICAL PREDICTORS, Rebecca Ann Butler
An Examination of Trauma-Informed Care in Medical Settings that Serve Mothers with Opioid Use Disorders & their Infants, Shannon Patrick Mee Cain
Induction and Evasion of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps by Campylobacter jejuni and its Implication in Disease, Sean M. Callahan
Fallen Flesh: Experiencing the Body in the Middle English Lives of Adam and Eve, Harley J. Campbell
On Beliefs "Worth Risking" in Plato, Clayton Willis Carden
Ethylene Perception and Response in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7, Timothy S. Carlew
Counselor Educators’ Engagement in Mental Health Services in Higher Education Institutions, Kristen Anne Carlosh
Methods to Hasten Zoysiagrass Establishment from Sprigs, Tyler Carr
Path Integral Monte Carlo for Entanglement in Bosonic Lattices at T = 0, Emanuel Casiano-Diaz
Following the Thread: Ex-Combatant Reintegration and the Search for the Disappeared in Colombia, William Daniel Cawley
Hashed Coordinate Sparse Tensor Storage with MATLAB, Jama MeiLi Charles
Essays In Microeconomics, Michael Charysh
Effect of Seawater and Temperature Upon Carbon Fiber/Vinyl Ester (CFVE) Composites and its Constituents, Vivek Chawla
Impact of cadmium stress on soil virus reproduction and the persistence of viruses under abiotic conditions, Zhibo Cheng
Experimental Investigation of the Downstream Effects from High-Speed Fluid Structure Interactions and the Development of Supporting Diagnostics, James R. Chism
Higher Education Assessment Professionals' Professional Identity: Influences of Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Work Motivation, and Professional Development, Rosanna Nichole Christen
An Exploratory Study of the Career Mobility Patterns of African American Women Working in Public Parks and Recreation Agencies, Chermaine Cole
Using Quantitative Wood Anatomy to Improve Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Climate and Environmental Disturbances, Savannah Anne Collins-Key
Mitigating Space Industry Supply Chain Risk Thru Risk-Based Analysis, Jennifer S. Cooper
Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Mo-106 and Tc-106, Michael Cooper
Increasing Productivity and Biodiversity of Tall Fescue Swards by Intercropping Cool and Warm-Season Forage Species, Michael Dereck Corbin
Sensitivity Analysis of Thermophysical Properties of Molten Salts using a Molten Salt Demonstration Reactor Model in TRANSFORM, Sarah Elizabeth Creasman
The Epistemic Value of Resonance: Intuitive Thinking in Theoretical Understanding, Claire Dartez
Reduced Order Modeling And Analysis Of Cardiac Chaos, Tuhin Subhra Das
DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-DOSE RADIATION THERAPY DEVICE FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, Thomas Heath Davis
Exploiting Symmetry in Linear and Integer Linear Programming, Ethan Jedidiah Deakins
Student Choice-of-Text in an Upper Secondary Independent Reading Program: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Brian M. DeLoach
Computational Aspects of Mixed Characteristic Witt Vectors and Denominators in Canonical Liftings of Elliptic Curves, Jacob Dennerlein
Resiliency of Power Systems in the Cyber Layer: Application to Load Forecasting and Security Assessment, Mojtaba Dezvarei
Enhanced Bioretention Modeling at the Catchment-Scale: An Integrated DRAINMOD-Urban and SWMM Approach, Ghada Diab
The Role Of Multiple Object Views In Early Word Learning: A Dynamic Process, Abigail Julian DiMercurio
Cell-free Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Accelerated Biomanufacturing, Jaime Lorenzo N. Dinglasan
Leveraging Supply Chain Planning for Improved Supply Chain Performance, Anne Elizabeth Dohmen
Greenwashing “Brown Gold”: A Critical Analysis of Anaerobic Digesters and California’s Neoliberal Environmental Programs in Wisconsin’s Dairyland, Sarah Emily D'Onofrio
The G_2-Hitchin Component of Triangle Groups: Dimension and Integer Points, Hannah E. Downs
Developing Spin and Polarization Order in 2D Hybrid Perovskites, Bogdan Dryzhakov