Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2018
Heterosexist Discrimination and LGBQ Activism: Examining a Moderated Mediation Model, Trevor Lee Dunn
Improving Sustainability of Agricultural Landscapes Through Assessment and Adaptive Management, Sarah Elizabeth Eichler Inwood
Epidemiology of Veterinary Antimicrobial Use in Tennessee and Strategies for Antimicrobial Stewardship, John Eddie Ekakoro
Mathematical Models of Bacterial Chemotaxis, Mustafa Zeki Elmas
A Preliminary Examination of Weight Based Psychological Aggression in Intimate Relationships, Joanna Marie Elmquist
Applications of Pionless EFT in Atomic and Nuclear Theory, Samuel Bryan Emmons
Characterizing the regulation and the role of ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Ramya Enganti
Refining Measurements of Effective Impervious Area in Urban Watersheds to Support Targeted Green Infrastructure Retrofits, Thomas Harry Epps
NCAA Division I Student-Athletes' Perceptions of How the Coach-Athlete Relationship Influences Student-Athlete Resilience, Sara Marie Erdner
Opportunities and constraints related to the production and use of knowledge for climate change adaptation efforts in urban, energy, and water systems, Kathleen Marie Ernst
Exploring Individual- and Court-Level Predictors of Mental Health Court Completion, Jennifer Chadwick Erwin
An Examination of the Development of the NCAA Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence Guide, Jonathan Worrell Evans
Advancing Analytical Techniques to Study Biology: Mass Spectrometry Based Analysis of Small Molecules, Abigail Tester Farmer
Advocacy Among Counseling Leaders: A Constructivist Grounded Theory, Isabel Cecilia Farrell
New Methods for the Optical Detection of Trace Compounds and the Delivery of a Chemical Oxidant, Roberto Alan Federico-Perez
Instagram use and self-objectification: The roles of internalization, comparison, appearance commentary, and feminism, Chandra Erin Feltman
Coupling of Vortex Flows with Control Jets for Enhanced Mixing and Flame Holding in Supersonic Flows, Thomas Paul Fetterhoff
Structurally Rich Movement: Measuring Movement for Empirical Psychology and Examining the Dynamic Complexity of Affect Regulation in Behavior, Michael Timothy Finn
LA CRITIQUE DE L’ARISTOCRATIE ET DU LIBERTINAGE DANS LES ROMANS SENTIMENTAUX DES AUTEURES DE L’ÂGE CLASSIQUE AU DÉBUT DU ROMANTISME, Beatrice Flamenbaum
Next Generation Sequencing, Assembly, and Analysis of Bovine and Feline Tritrichomonas foetus Genomes Toward Taxonomic Clarification And Improved Therapeutic and Preventive Targets, Ellen Ann Fleetwood
Detection and Attribution of Climate Change Using Offline Model Simulations with Applications to Runoff in the United States and Streamflow in the Columbia River Basin, Whitney Leeann Forbes
Exploring Professional Teacher Identity Development for STEM Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs), Tam’ra-Kay Alisia Francis
CONTROL OF GRAIN STRUCTURE IN SELECTIVE-ELECTRON BEAM MELTING OF NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS, Curtis Lee Frederick
Essays in Organizational Design and Defense Policy, Charlton Eli Freeman
MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, Phillip Jackson Gainer
Social Influences in Behavioral Rigidity: Shared Attention in a Three-Alternative Choice Task, Andrés Hernando García Penagos
Bile Salt Hydrolase: From Basic Science to Translational Innovation, Wenjing Geng
Essays in Education & Economics, Mary Elizabeth Glenn
Foreign Policy Revisionism in the Post-WWII Era, Aaron Jacob Gold
Divide and Conquer: Examining the Effects of Conflict Rhetoric on Political Support, Katharine Sara Gomez
Enhancement and Local Calibration of Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, Hongren Gong
Biogeochemistry of Sulfur in Small Forested Catchments of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Adrian Miguel Gonzalez
Evaluation of a New Bt Toxin, Cry51Aa2.834_16, for Control of Thrips and Tarnished Plant Bug in Cotton, Scott Hester Graham
NUCLEAR POWER AND ELECTRIC GRID RESILIENCE: CURRENT REALITIES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS, Sherrell R. Greene
APPLICATIONS IN VIBROARTHROGRAPHY: ASSESSMENTS OF INSTABILITY IN TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY, CAM-POST ENGAGEMENT IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, AND VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION IN OSTEOARTHRITIC KNEES, Trevor Ferdinand Grieco
Popular Geopolitics, Empathy, and Cultural-Media Geographies in Doctor Who Fandom, Hannah Carilyn Gunderman
Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Materials for Biomedical Applications, Hien-Yoong Hah
Relationships of Self-Direction and Attitude toward Continuing Education in Community College Allied Health Programs, Julie Ann Hall
Development and Characterization of Lithium Indium Diselenide for Neutron Detection and Imaging Applications, Daniel Shane Hamm
Blood and Snow: Conservative Nationalism and Ice Spaces in Weimar Germany’s Science Fiction, Joy Marie Hancock
Incorporation of host fatty acids promotes tolerance to membrane stressors by modifying the lipid content of Enterococcus faecalis, John Robert Harp
Accounting Expertise on the Compensation Committee and CEO Compensation, Steven R. Hawkins
Identity Fusion: Reciprocal Activation and Motivational Primacy of Selves, Amy Kathleen Heger
Ocean Circulation as a Driver for Changes in Ocean Chemistry in the Middle Ordovician of Argentina, Miles Anthony Henderson
Damage Analysis of Aluminum Structure Repaired with A Composite Patch, Bozhi Heng
Ion Transport and Dynamics in Polymerized Ionic Liquids, Maximilian Ferdinand Heres
North, South, and City: Novellas and Stories, Richard James Hermes
Gómez Carrillo: la estética de lo inacabado, Ana Margarita Hernández de Polaczyk
Neutron Detection and Imaging Development of Lithium Indium Diselenide for Applications in Solid-State Devices, Elan Hunter Herrera
Coarse Constructions, Logan McKee Higginbotham
Acoustic monitoring of wildlife in inaccessible areas and automatic detection of bird songs from continuous recordings, Emily Vera Hockman
Optical Properties of Thin-Film High-Temperature Magnetic Ferrites, Brian Scott Holinsworth
Economic Models of Crime, Misconduct, and Deterrence, Ye Hong
CULTURAL HERITAGE SUPERIMPOSITION IN THE NOVELS OF EMMANUEL ROBLES AND MAïSSA BEY (20th AND 21st CENTURY), Lavinia Adina Horner
Analysis of Weierstrass Function and its effect on Loewner Hulls, David Nielsen Horton
An Analysis of the Impact of Design Tradeoffs On System-level Energy and Cost Efficiencies of Redox Flow Batteries, Jacob Russell Houser
An Investigation of Surface Water Sediment Source Tracking Using Bacterial Metagenomics and Elemental Fingerprinting, Yanchong Huangfu
Online Platforms as Consumer Service Channels: Roles of Retailer Response Types and Audience Power, Ran Huang
Actions Are Not Events: An Ontological Objection to the Causal Theory of Action, Jiajun Hu
The Relative Effectiveness of Group Contingencies on Academic Performance, Engagement, and Disruptive Behaviors, Caroline Marie Jaquett
Military Children's Perceptions of Parents' Frequent Missile Base Deployments, Deborah K. Jones
Characterization Methodology, Modeling, and Converter Design for 600 V Enhancement-Mode GaN FETs, Edward Andrew Jones
Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Applied to a Potential U.S. Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Allocation Queue Strategy, Robert Anthony Joseph III
Digitally Interfaced Analog Correlation Filter System for Object Tracking Applications, Mohsen Judy
Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Cascading Outages in Power Systems, Wenyun Ju
INTEGRATING AND ANALYZING DRIVER, VEHICLE AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE VOLATILITIES USING CONNECTED AND INSTRUMENTED VEHICLES TECHNOLOGY, Mohsen Kamrani
Development of Novel Thin Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) for High-Efficiency Energy Storage, Zhenye Kang
Incorporating Memory Processes in the Study of Early Language Acquisition, Ferhat Karaman
Experiences of Muslim Female Students in Knoxville: At the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Religion, Nuray Karaman
Mapping the Rhetorical Tectonics of Place in Local Discourses of Hydraulic Fracturing, Jacqueline Nicole Kerr
De l’indigène au banlieusard : figures de l’altérité dans le roman africain francophone., Jacques Gérard Keubeung Fokou
Sex, Love, and Mindfulness: Examining the Longitudinal Effects of Mindfulness on Young Adult Dating Relationship Outcomes, Alexander Malik Khaddouma
THE DRIVERS AND IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS: THE ROLE OF MIMICRY, Chung-Wha Ki
Field Notes for the Magician, Rosemary Suzann Kitchen
Elucidating the role of receptor like kinases ERf in plant development, Pawel Zbigniew Kosentka
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FACTORS CONSTRAINING THE SUCCESS AND TOXICITY OF MICROCYSTIS BLOOMS, Lauren Elisabeth Krausfeldt
House Prices and Household Behavior: Essays in Household Valuations, Price Cointegration, Residential Location Choice, and Neighborhood Resiliency, Kevin Russell Krivacsy
Digging deeper: Development and application of an untargeted exometabolomics approach to identify biogeochemical hotspots of dissolved organic matter vulnerability in Arctic soils, Mallory Paige Ladd
Pre-Brides and Independent Heroines: Evolving Representations of Female Teen Protagonists in American Film, 1982-2015, Kierstyn Gaye Lamour
Sensitivity of Neutrino-Driven Core-Collapse Supernova Models to the Microphysical Equation of State, Ryan Elliott Landfield
Removing the Colonizer’s Coat in Deaf Education: Exploring the Curriculum of Colonization and the Field of Deaf Education, Gloshanda La’Kenda Lawyer
Managing Customers and Motivating Employees for Success in the Frontlines, Na Young Lee
sCAM: An Untethered Insertable Laparoscopic Surgical Camera Robot, Ning Li
Behavioral mechanisms of reproductive isolation in avian hybrid zones, Sara Elizabeth Lipshutz
Knowledge Sharing Matters: A Mixed Methods Study on Knowledge Practices Among University Presses, Pui-Yi Judy Li
Numerical study of the electron-phonon interaction in multiorbital materials, Shaozhi Li
Binary Representation Learning for Large Scale Visual Data, Liu Liu
METHODOLOGIES FOR IMAGING A USED NUCLEAR FUEL DRY STORAGE CASK WITH COSMIC RAY MUON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, Zhengzhi Liu
ANALYSIS OF LARGE-SCALE TRAFFIC INCIDENTS AND EN ROUTE DIVERSIONS DUE TO CONGESTION ON FREEWAYS, Xiaobing Li
Enhancing Mobile Capacity through Generic and Efficient Resource Sharing, Yong Li
Understanding the influence of synchronization of ovulation on steroid bioavailability and its association with the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa within the bovine reproductive tract, Sierra Ashley Lockwood
The Law of Justice and Peace and the Disappeared: a Critical Evaluation of Forensic Intervention as a Tool of Transitional Justice in Colombia, María Alexandra López Cerquera