Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2012
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
Effects of a Home-Based Exercise Program on Perception of Illness and Adaptation in Heart Failure Patients, Robin Faust Harris
Thinking and Reading Among College Undergraduates: An Examination of the Relationship between Critical Thinking Skills and Voluntary Reading, Kimberly Tanner Hawkins
The Operationalization and Validation of Isomorphism in Supervision, Robert Eric Heidel
Career Development and Employment Concerns of Employment-Seeking Students with Psychiatric Disabilities, Sarah Charlotte Helm
The Intersection between Home and School: Developing a Scale to Measure Parental Perceptions of Childhood School Stress, Teresa Marie Henke
Multicultural Personality, Hardiness, Morale, Distress and Cultural Stress in U.S. Service Members, Catherine Joan Herrera
Prepared for Natural Disaster? How Children and Families Understand and Make Sense of Natural Disaster Preparedness, Tatjana Magdalena Hocke
Optimization of Transcurium Isotope Production in the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Susan Hogle
Examining the Effects of a High School Healthcare Summer Immersion Program, Jenny M. Holcombe Curry
Hydrology, Soil Erosion and Climate Interactions on Low Compaction Steep-Sloped Reclaimed Sites in the Southern Appalachian Coal Fields, Tennessee, Siavash Hoomehr
Synthesis and Temperature-Induced Phase Transfer Behavior of Thermosensitive Hairy Particles between Aqueous Solution and a Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid, Jonathan Michael Horton
A Novel Approach to Assess Environmental Changes in Marine Ecosystems via Spectroscopic Analyses of Microalgae, Rebecca Burke Horton
Development of Patient Specific Predictive Treatment Margins to Account for Prostate Motion During Treatment Using Real-Time Intra Fraction Tracking, Michael Edward Howard
Health Care Disparities: The Impact of Benevolent Sexism, Dawn Marie Howerton
In Vitro Alterations of a Putative Phospholipid Translocase, Atp10c, and Its Role in Glucose Metabolism, Sarah Elizabeth Hurst
Engineering Transcriptional Control and Synthetic Gene Circuits in Cell Free systems, Sukanya Iyer
Exploring Computational Chemistry on Emerging Architectures, David Dewayne Jenkins
"When Are You Going to Get a Real Job?": An Experiential Sport Ethnography of Players' Experiences on the Men's Pro Tennis Futures Tour, Jacob Cannon Jensen
“It was fight or flight...and flight was not an option”: An Existential Phenomenological Investigation of Military Service Members’ Experience of Hand-to-Hand Combat, Peter Richard Jensen
Effects of Highway Geometric Features and Pavement Quality on Traffic Safety, Ximiao Jiang
Electric Vehicles in China: Emissions, Health Impacts, and Equity, Shuguang Ji
Shopper Value: A Framework and Examination of the Impact of Importance, Shopping Context and Shopping Social Situation, Robert Paul Jones
Teaching Evaluator Competencies: An Examination of Doctoral Programs, Susanne Anna Maria Kaesbauer
Deep Machine Learning with Spatio-Temporal Inference, Thomas Paul Karnowski
"To Preserve This Much-Injured Race": Techniques of Neutralization and Indian Removal, 1829-1831, Robert Michael Keeton
Examining the Role of Perceived Immediacy as a Mediator: Revisiting the Relationships among Immediate Behaviors, Liking, and Disclosure, Stephanie Erin Kelly
Consumers' Correspondence Inference on Celebrity Endorsers: The Role of Correspondence Bias and Suspicion, Taewoo Kim
Assessing the Effect of Relocation Control on Psychological Well-being of Assisted Living Residents, Young Sook Kim
Self-Directed Learning: A Potential Predictor for Technology Integration among K-12 Teachers, Julia Marie Kirk
Teacher Perceptions of Their Science Teaching and Student Learning for Diverse Learners, Yolanda Kirkpatrick
Examination of The Big Five And Narrow Traits In Relation To Learner Self-Direction, Jeral Ray Kirwan
Magnetic and Elastic Properties of Magnetostrictive Tb6Fe1-xCoxBi2, Michael Richard Koehler
Justice, Health, and Normal Function: A Political Foundation for Just Health Distribution, Erik Randall Krag
Development and Experimental Analysis of Wireless High Accuracy Ultra-Wideband Localization Systems for Indoor Medical Applications, Michael Joseph Kuhn
Techniques for Wireless Channel Modeling in Harsh Environments, Phani Teja Kuruganti
Fire Regimes of Lower-elevation Forests in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, U.S.A., Lisa Battaile LaForest
Records of the Institut fuer Deutsche Ostarbeit (1940-1943): Using Anthropometrics of Polish Populations to Examine Secular Trends and Region Specific Variation, Alicja Karolina Lanfear
Control Over Multiple Forms of Instructional Assistance While Learning the Cascade Juggle, David Daniel Laughlin
AIR: Adaptive Dynamic Precision Iterative Refinement, Jun Kyu Lee
The Genius of a Crow: Poems, Michael Jon Levan Jr.
When One Should Forgive: Eirenistic Responses to Wrongdoing, David Court Lewis
Numerical Study of the Transition Metal Oxides and the Transport Properties of Iron Pnictides, Shuhua Liang
Towards a Unification of Supercomputing, Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Neutron and X-ray Scattering Techniques, Benjamin Lindner
Stability of Nonlinear Filters and Branching Particle Approximations to The Filtering Problems, Zhiqiang Li
Virtual Representations of the American Far West in 20th Century French Theater, Sarah Christine Lloyd
OPTING OUT: NON-PARTICIPATION IN AN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, Mary Elizabeth Lucal
Teaching and Learning Algebra 1 via an Intelligent Tutor System: Effects on Student Engagement and Achievement, Karen Kerner Lucas
The Role of Sense of Community in Online Brand Social Networking Sites, Je Won Lyu
Minding Nature: A Defense of a Sentiocentric Approach to Environmental Ethics, Joel P. MacClellan
Organizational Ambidexterity and Not-for-profit Financial Performance, Timothy Michael Madden
On Compressible Gaseous Motions in Swirl Dominated Combustors, Brian A. Maicke
Changes in US Ethnic Niches, 2005-2010, James N. Maples
Data Mining and Machine Learning Applications of Wide-Area Measurement Data in Electric Power Systems, Penn Norris Markham
Steam Reheat in Nuclear Power Plants, Paul John Marotta
Local Residents' Experience of the Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee: A Phenomenological Study, Amy Lynn Mathis
Control Design and Filtering for Wireless Networked Systems, Xiao Ma
Optimal Tax Risk and Firm Value, Rebekah Daniele McCarty
Microscopic Description of Nuclear Fission at Finite Temperature, Jordan David McDonnell
Formation and Alteration of Basaltic Soils on Mars, Ian Oliver McGlynn
Cognitive Style Diversity in Decision Making Teams, Abby Lynn Mello
When Comments About Looking Good Lead to Feeling Good: The Interactive Effects of Valuing Women for Their Sexual and Non-Sexual Attributes, Andrea L Meltzer
Associations Between Climate, Latitude, Fertility and the Decline of the US Sex Ratio at Birth, Michael C. Meyers