Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2012
Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida L.) biology, competition, and control in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), Kelly Anna Barnett
Multi-level impacts of introduced wild boar on Patagonian ecosystems, Maria Noelia Barrios Garcia Moar
Integrity, Self-Control, and the Impact of Ego Depletion on Counterproductive Behavior, Joshua D. Bazzy
Interactive Whiteboard Transition: A Case Study, Jason S Beach
Clawback Provisions: How Sharp Are the Claws? An Analysis of the Deterrence Effectiveness of Voluntary Clawback Provisions, Allison Kristina Beck
Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of 1,2,4- Triazoles in Oxidative Processes, Ashesh Shirish Belapure
Synthesis, Evaluation and Applications of Biologically Significant Molecules and their Analogues, Sneha Ashesh Belapure
Derivation of Correction Terms to the Eikonal Approximations in the Formulation of Analytical Abrasion-Ablation Model, Santosh Bhatt
Characterization of the Function of the Azospirillum brasilense Che1 Chemotaxis Pathway in the Regulation of Chemotaxis, Cell Length and Clumping, Amber Nicole Bible
Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Giftedness: An Examination of the Relationship Between Teacher Background and Gifted Identification, Susan D Bishofberger
Impacts of an Interdisciplinary Research Center on Participant Publication and Collaboration Activities, Pamela Rene Bishop
Measuring Drinking Peer Caretaking: Toward Informing Peer-Based Alcohol Interventions, Jason Thomas Black
Select Reactions of Organoboranes and Organostannanes, David W. Blevins
Mindfulness and Self-Compassion: Exploring Pathways to Adolescent Emotional Well-Being, Karen Leslie Bluth
Medically Valid Religious Beliefs, Gregory Lawrence Bock
Reformulando espacios, estereotipos y discursos: las narrativas femeninas de la violencia en la literatura hispanoamericana contemporánea., Mara Pereira Borges
Application of Bioinformatics to Protein Domain, Protein Network, and Whole Genome Studies., Kirill Andreyevic Borziak
Development and Application of Synthetic Lipid Probes to Study and Mimic Lipid Function, Heidi Elizabeth Bostic
Leksell Gamma Knife Treatment Planning via Kernel Regression Data Mining Initialization and Genetic Algorithm Optimization, Joseph Michael Bowling
Inclusion and Collaboration: Impact of Preservice Teachers’ Experiences on Their Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceived Sense of Efficacy, Tamara McMahan Bowlin
'By Winding Paths and Varied Slopes': John Ruskin's Non-fiction Prose and the Transformation of the Nineteenth Century Elegy, Bethann R. Bowman
New Approaches to Electroanalysis of Metals and Pretreatment of Biological and Environmental Samples, Stefanie Bragg
Primary Wood-Using Mills and Forest Resources: Interactions between Wood Demand and Procurement Areas, Consuelo Brandeis
A Phenomenological Study of Doctoral Student Attrition in Counselor Education, John Anthony Breckner
Online Reflections in a Blended Approach to Collaborative Faculty Development, Ronny Keith Bridges
Charge-Lattice-Spin Interactions in Molecule-Based Magnets, Tatiana Vladimir Brinzari
Students’ writing self-efficacy, motivation, and experience: Predictors in journalism education, Matthew Bryan Broaddus
Characteristics of Foster Parents Willing to Care for Sexual Minority Youth, Justin Douglas Bucchio
Diversity and Activity of Roseobacters and Roseophage, Charles Ryan Budinoff
Migration, Residential Preference, and Economic Development: A Knowledge-based Approach Regarding Locational Preferences of Two Disparate Subgroups of the Creative Class, Charlynn Alita Burd
Modulation of Bone and Nerve Cell Behavior Using Biodegradable Polymer Networks, Lei Cai
Improving Beef Cattle Performance on Tall Fescue, Brian Thomas Campbell
Polymer Mediated Therapeutic Delivery for Neural Interface Applications, Yu Cao
The Correlates of Work Role Stress with Employee Burnout, Engagement, Amy Rebecca Caponetti
How do psychiatric healthcare workers prevent the use of restraint and seclusion?, Kelly A. Carlson
Experimental studies of nuclei near doubly magic 100Sn and 78Ni, Lucia Cartegni
It Transforms All of You: Lived Experiences of Partners of Iraq Combat Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries, Laurel Sue Cassidy
The Estimation of Caloric Expenditure Using Three Triaxial Accelerometers, Tyrone Gene Ceaser
Measurement of Production and Decay Properties of Bs Mesons Decaying into J/Psi Phi with the CMS Detector at the LHC, Giordano Cerizza
Theoretical Modeling of the Formation and Functionality of Low-Dimensional Materials, Hua Chen
Getting Ready for the Test: The Impact of School Restructuring on High School English Teachers, Todd Sloan Cherner
Advancements in Modeling Self-Consistent Core-Collapse Supernovae with CHIMERA, Merek Austin Chertkow
Examining the Interplay of Rejection Sensitivity, Self-Compassion, and Communication in Romantic Relationships, Jennifer Anne Christman
Educators’ Perceptions about the Uses of Primary Sources in Social Studies Classroom, Jeremiah Curtis Clabough
The Itinerant Position of Yttrium as Evidenced by Carboxylic Acid Extractions, Dustin C Collier
Organizational Storytelling in Academic Libraries: Roles, Addressees and Perceptions, Monica Colon-Aguirre
The Relationship between Self-Directed Learning and Information Literacy among Adult Learners in Higher Education, Tiffani Reneau Conner
A Consideration of the Potential Side Effects of Health Insurance Coverage, Melanie Jane Cozad
Liquidity in the 144A Debt Market, Karen Ann Craig
John Randolph of Roanoke and the Politics of Doom: Slavery, Sectionalism, and Self-Deception, 1773-1821, Aaron Scott Crawford
Microbial Community Structure And Ecosystem Function In A Changing World, Melissa Ann Cregger
The Effect of Race on Crime: A Multilevel Analysis, Wanjun Cui
Atomistic Simulations of the Fusion-Plasma Material Interface, Mostafa Jon Dadras
The Construction and Performance of Adulthood in 18- to 25-year-old GED Students: A Narrative Exploration, Clara Amelia Davis
Safety Climate Perceptions of Contingent and Permanent Employees Associated with the Manufacturing of Office Products, Anthony Jeffery Depietro
Teacher Efficacy and Classroom Management among Botswana Junior Secondary School Teachers, Waitshega Tefo Smitta Dibapile
Of This Ground: Land as Refuge in the Works of Three Kentucky Women Writers, Nicole Marie Drewitz-Crockett
Hard and Soft Error Resilience for One-sided Dense Linear Algebra Algorithms, Peng Du
The Role of Non-Bonding Interactions and Bonding Schemes in the Structure and Properties of Multi-Component Polymer Systems, Caleb Will Dyer
Parenting Behind Bars: A Qualitative Study of Incarcerated Mothers, Beth Allen Easterling
Board of Directors Monitoring of CEO Insider Trading: Before and After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Alireza Ebrahim
Disengaging From Moral Disengagement: Scant Experimental Evidence For a Popular Theory, Lydia Elisabeth Eckstein Jackson
Boards as Strategy Makers: The Antecedents and Consequences of Board Involvement in Strategic Decision Making, Karen Ford Eickhoff
Finding peace: A theory of neighborhood safety among Burundian refugees in Knoxville, Lacreisha Nicole Ejike-King
End-of-Life Culture Care Expressions, Meanings, Patterns, and Practices among Yup'ik Eskimo, Pamela J. Embler
Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Nanomaterials: Heterogeneous Palladium Catalyst and Lithium-Doped Graphene Oxide, Benjamin E Estes
Characterization of Bipolaris species, their effects on switchgrass biomass yield and chemical components, Oluseyi Lydia Fajolu
Detection of Soybean Amino Acid QTLs and Seed Yield QTLs Using Selective Genotyping, Benjamin David Fallen
Deciding to Divert: Domestic and International Sources of Constraints on Leader Decision-making, Norris Thomas Feeney
Evolutionary Interactions in Invasive Species: the Importance of Plant-Soil Feedbacks to Local Adaptation and Rapid Evolution, Emmi Felker-Quinn
Real-Time Selective Harmonic Minimization for Multilevel Inverters Using Genetic Algorithm and Artificial Neural Network Angle Generation, Faete Jacques Teixeira Filho
Judicial Influence on Academic Decision-Making: A Study of Tenure Denial Litigation Cases in which Higher Education Institutions Did Not Wholly Prevail, Julee Tate Flood
Confinement Effects of Solvation on a Molecule Physisorbed on a Metal Particle, Jacob Fosso Tande
JOB SATISFACTION, ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN SELECTED TENNESSEE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, James Lon Fox
(Un)Packing Your Backpack: Educational Philosophy, Positionality, and Pedagogical Praxis, Yvette Prinsloo Franklin
The role of hybridization in generating species- and population-level variation in Sarracenia (Sarraceniaceae), Marvin Steven Furches
The Impact of Relational Aggression and Friendship Quality on the Pathway from Parental Psychological Control to Child Internalizing Symptomology, Alden Elizabeth Gaertner
Comparative analysis of courtship in Agelenopsis funnel-web spiders (Araneae, Agelenidae) with an emphasis on potential isolating mechanisms, Audra Blair Galasso
The Role of Faculty in Institutional Decision Making, Marisa Ann Galick Moazen
Underwater Video Mapping of the Pigeon River in Haywood County, North Carolina, and Cocke County, Tennessee, Michael Scott Gaugler
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of genotypic variation and indirect genetic effects on plant-neighbor interactions, Mark Alan Genung
Analyzing Conflict in Organizations with Positioning Theory: A Narrative Inquiry, Cynthia Dionne Ghosten
Aspects of biomacromolecular dynamics at different scales, Dennis Christian Glass
Measuring Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Vegetable Pathogen Phytophthora capsici, Daniel Jara Gobena
Effects of Folate Availability on Expression of Adipocyte Metabolic Genes Via Modulation of DNA Methylation, Julia Stair Gouffon
Deaf Education Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Scientific Inquiry and Teaching Science to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, Shannon Carol Graham
A Highly Integrated Gate Driver with 100% Duty Cycle Capability and High Output Current Drive for Wide-Bandgap Power Switches in Extreme Environments, Robert Lee Greenwell
The Role of the Party Record in Elections for the House of Representatives, 1970-2008, Matthew Thomas Gross
FORM FOLLOWS VALUES. Explaining Embassy Architecture, Natasha Dimitrova Guenova
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Finance and Managerial Control in the US Forest Products Industry, 1945-2008, Andrew Augustus Gunnoe
Agricultural Land-Use Change and Local Context: The Shenandoah-Cumberland Valley Apple-Growing District in the Eastern United States, Joseph Paul Guttmann
PERSONALITY, ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, AND JOB SEARCH BEHAVIOR: A FIELD STUDY, Cynthia Ward Hackney
Nutritional Adequacy and Performance of Raw Food Diets in Kittens, Beth Alair Hamper
Tree Growth Dynamics, Fire History, and Fire-Climate Relationships in Pine Rocklands of the Florida Keys, U.S.A., Grant Logan Harley
Magnetic Excitations in the Iron Based Superconductors, Leland Weldon Harriger