Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2014
Drawing the Primetime Color Line: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Interracial Marriages in Television Sitcoms, Jodi Lynn Rightler-McDaniels
The Roles Boards Play in CEO Succession Planning, Yi Li Rivolta
Relationship quality, individual wellbeing, and gender – A series of longitudinal studies, Patricia Nola Eugene Roberson
Examining the Process of Identification in the Mathematics Classroom and the Role of Students’ Academic Communities, Richard J. Robinson
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DEPRESSION, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, FORGIVENESS, MEANING IN LIFE, AND SPIRITUALITY IN SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, Shannon Marie Rogers
A Study in Conjugated Polymers: From Solution Properties of P3HT to Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Conjugated Polymers; Moving Toward Block Copolymers and Beyond, Justin Taylor Roop
Characterization of the Reproductive Tract in Recipients for Bovine Embryo Transfer: pH and Bacterial Presence, David Allen Roper
Microbloggers’ motivations in participatory journalism: A cross-cultural study of America and China, Jue Rui
Composition Dependence of the Flory-Huggins Interaction Parameter in Polymer Blends: Structural and Thermodynamic Calculations, Travis H. Russell
Behavioral Activation for Depressed Breast Cancer Patients: The Impact of Therapeutic Compliance and Quantity of Activities Completed on Symptom Reduction, Marlena Maria Ryba
The Long and the Short of it: Testing the Conversion and Cuckold Strategies of Ancestral Human Outgroup Mating, Joseph Frederick Salvatore
Talent and Trust: A Case Study Describing the Process of Designing a Global Elite World-Class University in Denmark, Brian Walter Samble
International Trade and Third Parties' Conflict-Joining Propensities: The Political Economy of Conflict Expansion, Amanda Gale Sanford
Agent of Harm and Good Corporate Citizen? The Case of Tyson Foods, Jennifer Lindmar Schally
The Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Lab-based Aggression, Amanda Eliza Seavey
La supervivencia del acompañado: reflexiones y debates sociológicos en cuatro novelas de Benito Pérez Galdós, Mariana Roxana Segovia
Measuring the Norm of Reciprocity on Data Sharing Practices: A Carrot or Stick Approach?, Crystal Pleake Sherline
Development of RF accelerating structures in the front-end system of light ion particle accelerators, Ki Ryung Shin
Do Non-Audit Fees Impair Auditor Independence? Using Goodwill Accounting to Help Reconcile the Debate, Jonathan Edward Shipman
The Temporal Association between Alcohol, Negative Affect, and Dating Violence, Ryan Christopher Shorey
Smoking-Related Fires and the Impact of the Fire Standard Compliant Legislation in the States, Christopher Adam Shults
Properties of Ideal-Based Zero-Divisor Graphs of Commutative Rings, Jesse Gerald Smith Jr.
Two Ethnographic Case Studies of Response to Intervention, Kandy Curtis Smith
Reflective Practice, Collaboration, and Stakeholder Communication: Where Does the Field of Evaluation Stand?, Tiffany Lee Smith
LOCAL FOODS PURCHASING IN THE FARMERS' MARKET CHANNEL: VALUE-ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR THEORY, Christopher Thomas Sneed
Insurgent Spectacles: Spring Awakening, Woyzeck, Mother Courage and the ‘New’ Broadway Spectacle, Noah Porter Soltau
EXPLORING THE CONSEQUENCES OF SHOPPER-FACING TECHNOLOGIES: THEIR EFFECT ON SHOPPER EXPERIENCES AND SHOPPING OUTCOMES, Brian Ijams Spaid
The Role of Family in Wellbeing and Quality of Life among Palestinian Adults, Carolyn Reagh Spellings
An Examination of the Role of Gender in Understanding Faculty Perceptions of Student-Athletes at NCAA Division I Institutions, Jana Thomas Spitzer
Chemical Fragmentation and Properties of Bulk Graphite and Inorganic Graphite Analogs Produced for Large-Scale Applications in Polymer Composites, Vikram Kumar Srivastava
Increasing the Throughput of Liquid Chromatography, Joseph John Stankovich
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF MICROCYSTIS BLOOMS, Morgan Michelle Steffen
Mirror in the Dark: Poems, Carolyn Rose Stice
World Wide Diversity of Phytophthora capsici, Dylan B. Storey
Tennessee Teachers' Support for the Curriculum Component of State Accountability Policies, Shannon Lee Strahan
Discovery of the Meanings, Expressions, and Practices Related to Malaria Care Among the Maasai, Cecily Weller Strang
Development of a Method for Incorporating Fault Codes in Prognostic Analysis, Eric Allen Strong
More Myself: Exploring Students' Perceptions of Self-Authorship Development, Benjamin B. Stubbs
Citizen Science: Framing the Public, Information Exchange, and Communication in Crowdsourced Science, Todd Ernest Suomela
Client Responses to Non-Compliant Audits: An Analysis of Clients Targeted by PCAOB Inspection, Quinn Thomas Swanquist
Families of Struggling Readers in the Accountability Era: A Collective Ethnographic Case Study of Literacy Engagement and Interaction in the Home and School, Sarah Lynn Swauger
Site Supervisor Self-disclosure: A Shared Experience, Jeffrey R. Sweeney
Evaluation of Traits Associated with Breeding for Improved Biomass and Ethanol Yield in Switchgrass, Virginia Roseanna Sykes
Measuring Academic Leadership Effectiveness of Hospitality and Tourism Academic Administrators: A Transformation Leadership Framework, James Edward Talbert III
Development of a Forward/Adjoint Hybrid Monte Carlo Absorbed Dose Calculational Method for Use in Radiation Therapy, Mat M. Tamimi
Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Nanowires Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Siwei Tang
Fatigue, Fracture, and Environmentally-Assisted Behavior of Advanced Engineering Materials, Zhi Tang
Quantum Tuning of Plasmons in Ultrathin Metal Films, Ao Teng
ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF SENSE OF COMMUNITY ON MILITARY VETERAN COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION DIFFICULTIES, Veliska Joy Thomas
Understanding Polymers in Thin Films to Improve Photovoltaic Properties and Surface Bound Polymerization, Lesley Danielle Thompson
Determination of Area of Fire Origin through Examination of Structural Failure and Deformation, Andrew Thomas Tinsley
Assessing Motives for Consensual Sex: Development of the Sexual Motives Questionnaire, Vanessa Tirone
Measuring Change in Psychotherapy Using the MMPI-2 and the Holt Measure of Primary Process Manifestation, Karen M. Toman
Reflections of Parents and Teachers on the Process of Daily Transitions Into Infant-Toddler Child Care, Linda Carol Traum
Development and Modeling of a Biosensor Platform using AlGaN/GaN HEMT Devices, Fahmida Shaheen Tulip
In Defense of the Direct Argument for Incompatibilism, Paul Roger Turner
The People Who Do ‘This’ in Common: Book Clubs as ‘Everyday Activists’, Julie E. Tyler
Exploring martian magmas: From the mantle to the regolith, Arya Sigrid Waltraud Udry
Planning for Communication through Rehearsal Imagined Interactions, Martijn Jos Van Kelegom
Communities of Abundance: Sociality, Sustainability, and the Solidarity Economies of Local Food-Related Business Networks in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tony Nathan VanWinkle
Developmental Trajectories of ADHD Symptoms to Adolescent Substance Use: What Influence Do Peer, Family and Neighborhood Factors Have?, Michael Lawrence Vitulano
Belief in the Efficacy of Psychotherapy (BEP): Psychometric Scale Development and Examination of Theoretical Correlates, Erin Gray Volpe
Self, Society, and Environment in the 21st Century: The Development and Assessment of an Ecological Identity Scale, Tobin N. Walton
Interactive Feature Selection and Visualization for Large Observational Data, Jingyuan Wang
Barrier Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks, Zhibo Wang
Do Clients Avoid ‘Contaminated’ Offices? The Economic Consequences of Low Quality Audits, Robert Lowell Whited
Deferred Tax Assets and Credit Risk, Scott David White
Integration and management of winter-annual cover crops and herbicides to control glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats), Matthew Scott Wiggins
Nonlocal Polarization Interferometry and Entanglement Detection, Brian P. Williams
A Bayesian Approach to Broad-Area Nuclear and Radiological Search Operations, Samuel James Willmon
Peace Under Pressure: Portraits of Christian Leadership in College Basketball Coaches, Charles Henry Wilson Jr.
Unique Functions of the Ethylene Receptors in Seed Germination, Rebecca Lynn Wilson
Bidirectional Associations between Parenting Behavior and Child Callous-Unemotional Traits: Do Delinquent Peer Affiliations and/or Parental Psychopathology Moderate these Links?, Amber Rochelle Wimsatt
Graduate Teaching Assistants' Development of Expertise in Teaching First-Year Composition, Carolyn Anne Wisniewski
This Humbling River, Ryan Dean Woldruff
Associations of Total Activity Counts and Physical Activity Intensity Levels with the Metabolic Syndrome: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Dana Lizbeth Wolff
Testing Claims of Efficacy and Mechanism of Action for Emotion Focused Couples Therapy: A Dyadic Case Study Using Time-Series Design, Albert Jun-Wei Wong
Atomic and Molecular Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Above a Titanium Target, Alexander Charles Woods
Hospital Competitive Strategies and Performance Outcomes, Wei Wu
Temperature and Alloying Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Equiatomic FCC Solid Solution Alloys, Zhenggang Wu
Cascaded Inverters for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems, Bailu Xiao
INVESTIGATION OF DEFORMATION AND FAILURE MECHANISMS IN NANOINDENTATION MECHANICS, Yuzhi Xia
High Density EMI Filter Design in High Power Three-Phase Motor Drive Systems, Jing Xue
Adaptive Control for Power System Voltage and Frequency Regulation, Yao Xu
Computer Simulations of Enzymes, Jianzhuang Yao
"Game Time is My Time. I Get to Define That:" Gender, Identity, and the National Football League's Female Fans, Traci Yates
Probing the size dependent chemical properties of metals in reduced dimension, Xiangshi Yin
Migrating towards Using Electric Vehicles in Fleets – Proposed Methods for Demand Estimation and Fleet Design, Taekwan Yoon
Modeling, Analysis, and Control of a Mobile Robot for In Vivo Fluoroscopy of Human Joints during Natural Movements, Matthew A. Young
Scalable Hardware Efficient Deep Spatio-Temporal Inference Networks, Steven Robert Young
IN-LINE MICROFLUIDIC PARTICLE PRECONCENTRATOR AND DETECTOR FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW MONITORING, Quan Yuan
3D Robotic Sensing of People: Human Perception, Representation and Activity Recognition, Hao Zhang
Frequency Monitoring Network (FNET) Data Center Development and Data Analysis, Ye Zhang
Deformation of a face-centered cubic FeCoCrMnNi high entropy alloy, Chao Zhu