Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2010
Monotonic and Cyclic Compression Behavior of Bulk Metallic Glasses, Matthew Webster Freels
Communication in married couples: Exploring the roles of betrayal and forgiveness, Nikki N. Frousakis
The Effects of Pacing on Academic Performance in Elementary School Students with Attention Difficulties, Emily Jane Fuller
Client-Centered Play Therapy with an Elderly Assisted Living Facility Resident, Angela M. Fuss
Boiling Water Reactor Core Simulation with Generalized Isotopic Inventory Tracking for Actinide Management, Jack Douglas Galloway
Welcome to Boomland, Cebrun Abe Gaustad
A Method to Accomplish the Optimal Control of Continuous Dynamical Systems with Impulse Controls via Discrete Optimal Control and Utilizing Optimal Control Theory to Explore the Emergence of Synchrony., Rachel Natalie Graves
The Development of a Parameterized Scatter Removal Algorithm for Nuclear Materials Identification System Imaging, Brandon Robert Grogan
5’-Proximal cis-Acting RNA Signals for Coronavirus Genome Replication, Bo-Jhih Guan
Investigation of the Processing, Structure and Properties of Poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) Melt Spun Fibers, Prabhakar Gulgunje
Evaluation of genetic diversity of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.) in the eastern United States using microsatellites., Denita Hadziabdic
Teacher Political Self-Efficacy: Construct Development and Validation, Mary Catherine Hammon
The Consanguinity of Ideas: Race and Anti-communism in the U.S. - Australian Relationship, 1933 - 1953, Travis J. Hardy
Biological Affinities and the Construction of Cultural Identity for the Proposed Coosa Chiefdom, Michaelyn S. Harle
Revisiting the Iceberg: A Study of Technology, Self-Direction, and the Learning Projects of Small Business Owners, John David Harrison
In Sickness and in Health: Analyzing the Ethical Limits of the Marriage between Health Care and the Market in the United States, Thomas D Harter
A Comparison of the Wellness Levels of Victims of Domestic Violence with a Local Female Population, Tara Zeruie Harvey
Too Much Horse: Fiction, Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Andrew Otis Haschemeyer
Pin-Wise Loading Optimization and Lattice–to-Core Coupling for Isotopic Management in Light Water Reactors, Hermilo Hernandez Noyola
Development of Nanomechanical Sensors for Environmental Contaminate Screening Using Protein Functionalized Microcantilevers, Kasey L. Hill
Using Critical Race Theory to Read Fantasy Football, Stephanie Rene Hill
Women's Softball in Iran: An Autoethnographic Journey, Sarah J Hillyer
Is All Goodwill Created Equal? An Analysis of the Association Between Agency Conflicts, Board Monitoring, and Goodwill in U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions, Matthew L. Hoag
Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance in Campylobacter, Ky Van Hoang
Faith and Field: Christianity, the Environment, and Five Contemporary American Poets, Heather M. Hoover
A Novel Technique for CTIS Image-Reconstruction, Mitchel Dewayne Horton
Investigating Genetic Diversity of Phytophthora spp. and Related Oomycetes, Jonathan Patrick Hulvey
An Adaptive Nonparametric Modeling Technique for Expanded Condition Monitoring of Processes, Matthew John Humberstone
A High-Temperature, High-Voltage SOI Gate Driver Integrated Circuit with High Drive Current for Silicon Carbide Power Switches, Mohammad Aminul Huque
On the Irreducibility of the Cauchy-Mirimanoff Polynomials, Brian C. Irick
Phylogenetic analysis of the Nearctic Blepharicera Macquart (Diptera: Blephariceridae) with an emphasis on the eastern Blepharicera tenuipes group Hogue, Amanda Jane Jacobson
Invisible Mink, Jessie L Janeshek
The Effects of Mercury Contamination on Tree, Fungal, and Soil Composition along East Fork Poplar Creek, Anderson and Roane Counties, Tennessee, Sharon Jean-Philippe
Hairy Particles: Polymer Brush-Supported Organocatalysts and Asymmetric Mixed Homopolymer Brushes, Xiaoming Jiang
Synthesis and Solution Behavior of Doubly Responsive Hydrophilic Block Copolymers, Xueguang Jiang
Mammography Screening Practices and Health Beliefs of Women in East Tennessee, Peggy A. Johnson
The functional role of the Drosophila gypsy insulator in the regulation of gene expression, Hyuck Joon Kang
Investigating Cold Hardiness and Management Practices of Warm-season Putting Green Species in the Transition Zone, John M. Kauffman
Traditional Musician-Centered Perspectives on Ownership of Creative Expressions, Dick Kawooya
Use of Proteomics Tools to Investigate Protein Expression in Azospirillum brasilense, Gurusahai K. Khalsa-Moyers
Ambiguous Recognition: Recursion, Cognitive Blending, and the Problem of Interpretation in Twenty-First-Century Fiction, Christopher David Kilgore
Multi-scale Simulation of Linear, Short-Chain Polyethylene Liquids under Flow Conditions, Jun Mo Kim
Improving Ozone SIP Modeling in Complex Terrain at a Fine Grid Resolution, Yunhee Kim
The Effects of the Interspersal Procedure on Persistence with Computer-Delivered Multiplication Problems, Emily R. Kirk
Sources and Transport Pathways of Fecal Bacteria and Pathogens to Aquifers in Rural Bangladesh, Peter S. K. Knappett
Schubert Numbers, Masato Kobayashi
Flow-based Adaptive Split Signal Control, Airton G. Kohls
Into the Attic: A Novel, Laura E. Koons
Investigations of the Dynamical Response in Solids by Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory, Qinghong Kou
The Effect of Self-Recording and Contingent Credit on the Quantity and Relevance of College Student Participation in Class Discussion, Katherine Rae Krohn
“The Last Dear Drop of Blood”: Revenge in Restoration Tragic Drama, Misty Sabrina Krueger
THE EFFECT OF STORE ENVIRONMENT ON CONSUMER EVALUATIONS AND BEHAVIOR TOWARD SINGLE-BRAND APPAREL RETAILERS, Archana Kumar
Creating and Validating an Instrument to Measure Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Geri A. Landry
On Conjectures Concerning Nonassociate Factorizations, Jason A Laska
Spatiotemporal Dynamics in a Lower Montane Tropical Rainforest, Robert Michael Lawton
Linking community ecology and biogeography: the role of biotic interactions and abiotic gradients in shaping the structure of ant communities., Jean-Philippe Lessard
Microfluidic manipulation by AC Electrothermal effect, Meng Lian
Adaptive Voltage Control Methods using Distributed Energy Resources, Huijuan Li
Deformation Study of Nanocrystalline Ni-Fe Alloy using Synchrotron Diffraction, Li Li
Combinatorial Unification of Binomial-Like Arrays, James Stephen Lindsay
Energetics and Kinetics of Dislocation Initiation in the Stressed Volume at Small Scales, Tianlei Li
Anomaly detection in unknown environments using wireless sensor networks, YuanYuan Li
Presidential Derailments at Public, Master’s Level Institutions: An Examination of the Precipitating Factors and Events, Julie Diane Longmire
Newly-Developed Nanostructured Microcantilever Arrays for Gas-phase and Liquid-phase Sensing, Zhou Long
Listening to Undocumented Mothers: The Experiences of Undocumented Mexican Mothers of High School Students Living in the U.S. and Receiving Social Services, Maria Alejandra Lopez
Elasticity of Krull Domains with Infinite Divisor Class Group, Benjamin Ryan Lynch
A systems genetics approach to the characterization of differential low dose radiation responses in BXD recombinant inbred mice, Rachel Marie Lynch
SAINT OSWALD, CHRIST AND THE DREAM OF THE ROOD: MUTABLE SIGNS AT A CULTURAL CROSSROAD, Scott Hutcheson Mac Kenzie
Interpersonal Problems, Attachment, and Personality as Predictors of Response to an Empathy-Based Rape Prevention Intervention for Men, Megan Michelle MacNamara
In a Stranger's Shoes: Reducing mental illness stigma through perspective-taking, Caroline E. Mann
"People Who Look Like Me": Community, Space and Power in a Segregated East Tennessee School, Nicholas Scott Mariner
On Alvin Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism, Emmett Frank Mashburn
Environmental management reform through the Watershed Approach: A multi-case study of state agency implementation, Julie H. Mawhorter
Case Study: Community Perspectives of a Service Learning Partnership Involving One School of Nursing in the Southeastern United States, Polly McClanahan McArthur
Development of an Electrochemical Technique for Oxidative Surface Mapping to Investigate Solution-Phase Protein Dynamics with High Performance Mass Spectrometry and Advanced Informatics, Carlee Suzanne Patterson McClintock
An Analysis of Global Gene Expression Resulting from Exposure to Energetic Materials, Vernon L. McIntosh Jr.
Experiencing Sexually Objectifying Environments: A Case Study, Lauren Bell Moffitt
A Novel Hybrid Dimensionality Reduction Method using Support Vector Machines and Independent Component Analysis, Sangwoo Moon
Identifying Types of Teaching and Learning in an Informal Community of Practice, Shalane Balfour Navorska
Environmental Impacts to Stream Acidification and Brook Trout Populations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Keil Jason Neff
Narratives of the Development of Urban Teacher Leaders, Susan K. Newsom
Using the Personality Assessment Inventory to Diagnose and Discriminate between Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in a University Counseling Center, William Edward Nichelson III
Functional Neuroimaging in a Pediatric Case of Impaired Awareness, Christopher Richard N Nicholas
Exploring and Explaining Consumer Competition: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding the Phenomenon, Bridget M Satinover Nichols
El tema de la simulación en el teatro de cinco países hispanoamericanos del siglo XX, Koji Nishida
Shattered Communities: Soldiers, Rabbis, and the Ostjuden under German Occupation: 1915-1918, Tracey Hayes Norrell
I Am Not My Hair...Or Am I?: Exploring the Minority Swimming Gap, Dawn M. Norwood
Matching Vehicle License Plate Numbers Using License Plate Recognition and Text Mining Techniques, Francisco Moraes Oliveira Neto
Gender and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening in the Military: A Measurement Study, Mark Allan Oliver