Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2010
Computational Circle Packing: Geometry and Discrete Analytic Function Theory, Gerald Lee Orick
Professional Development: A Case Study of Mrs. G, Sharilyn Kay Owens
Laser Textured Calcium Phosphate Bio-Ceramic Coatings on Ti-6Al-4V for Improved Wettability and Bone Cell Compatibility, Sameer R. Paital
‘[A] litle treatyse in prynte and euen in the english tongue’: Appeals to the Public during the Early Years of the English Reformation, Bradley C. Pardue
A Comparison of Bullying and Victimization Rates among Gifted and High-Achieving Students, Megan R. Parker
Essays in Open Economy Macroeconomics, Kihyun Park
Physical and Mental Health Interventions in a Rural, School-Based Setting: A comparative analysis of academic performance, behavioral outcomes, and attendance, heather n. parris
Spin-Lattice Coupling in the Iron-Pnictide High-Temperature Superconductors, Daniel E Parshall
Conservation genetics and the Ctenosaura palearis clade, Stesha Ann Pasachnik
Thin Film Combinatorial Synthesis of Advanced Scintillation Materials, Jonathan Daniel Peak
Multi-Modular Integral Pressurized Water Reactor Control and Operational Reconfiguration for a Flow Control Loop, Sergio Ricardo Pereira Perillo
Legitimate Peripheral Participation of Secondary Educators in Scientific Research Experiences: Implications for Teachers' Understanding of the Nature of Science and Classroom Teaching, Matthew Phillip Perkins
An Exploration of the Relationships among Wellness, Spirituality, and Personal Dispositions of Practicing Professional Counselors, Laura Marinn Pierce
A Phenomenological Investigation of Gymnasts’ Lived Experience of Imagery, Phillip G. Post
Integrated Impression Management: How NCAA Division I Athletics Directors Understand Public Relations, Angela N. Pratt
Management Tool for Assessment of Alternative Fuel Cycles, Jeffrey R. Preston
More than Pretty Faces and Mini Skirts: An Autoethnographic Story of Female Sport Hostess Experience, Tanya Raquel Prewitt
Bioeconomic and Biophilic Intersect in Nature Centers - A Case Study of One Nature Center, Carolyn Jeanne Price
Polymeric Microsensors for Intraoperative Contact Pressure Measurement, Emily R. Pritchard
A Visual Approach to Automated Text Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Andrey A. Puretskiy
Boron and Titanium(IV) Halide Mediated Reactions, Michael Patrick Quinn
Functional Analysis of Chromodomain Helicase DNA Binding Protein 2(CHD2) mediated Genomic Stability, Sangeetha Rajagopalan
Dynamics of the Toc GTPases: Modulation by Nucleotides and Transit Peptides Reveal a Mechanism for Chloroplast Protein Import, Lovett Evan Reddick
Characterizing the Role of DNA Repair Proteins in Telomere Length Regulation and Maintenance: Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein and 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase, David Beomjin Rhee
"Not for an age, but for all time": Shakespeare's Romantic Comedies on Film, Kelly A. Rivers
Sublethal Toxicity of Microcystis and Microcystin-LR in Fish, Emily Dawn Rogers
Application and Utility of the Guskey Professional Development Evaluation Model in a Community College Setting, Amy Hawk Ross
Decoding Charlotte's Prevalence. A Kristevian Approach to the Representation of Femininity in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften, Zsuzsanna Rothne Zadori
Clinic-Referred Mothers' Autobiographical Narratives as Markers of Their Parenting Styles, Katherine Suzanne Rowinski
Translational Regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana: Genetic and Functional Characterization of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 3, Bijoyita Roy
The Fantasy Sport Experience: Motivations, Satisfaction, and Future Intentions., Brody James James Ruihley
Theoretical Models for Wall Injected Duct Flows, Tony Saad
"Expanding Horizons": Examining Master’s Level Counseling Students’ Experiences with Mentors, Shelley Elizabeth Salter
Government Intervention and Economic Growth, Maria Sarigiannidou
Ambigüedades éticas y estéticas: La narrativa peruana contemporánea y la violencia política, Gabriel T Saxton-Ruiz
The Assumption of Non-coerciveness and the Total Food Market, Harwood Schaffer
Autobiographical Memory Specificity and the Role of Defensiveness, Brooding, Executive Control, and Family Functioning, Lina Carvalho Schlachter
Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Burden: Does Resilience Matter?, Cathy B Scott
Interstitial Copresence: Experiencing Self With and Within Everyday Forms of Electronically Mediated Communication, Steven J. Seiler
Heterosexism and Homonegativism in Sport: A Phenomenological Investigation of Lesbian Athletes, Marie Elizabeth Shaw
Fractions of Numerical Semigroups, Harold Justin Smith
Always and never the same: Women's long-distance friendships during life course transitions, Jessica Thern Smith
The Impact of Secondary Mathematics Methods Courses on Preservice Secondary Teachers’ Beliefs about the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics, Ronald Gene Smith II
The Gendered Soul: Victorian Women Autobiographers and the Novel, Robbie E Spivey
A New Lean Model: Improving Race Team Performance through Team-Driver Communication Efficacy, Joseph Ruric Stainback IV
Interplay between structure and chemistry of materials and their physical properties, Alaska Subedi
A High -Temperature, High-Voltage, Fast Response Time Linear Regulator in 0.8um BCD-on-SOI, Chia Hung Su
Factors Related to Student Persistence in a New Residential STEM High School: The Case of the Tennessee Governor’s Academy for Mathematics and Science, Amy Cinci Sullins
A Case Study Exploring the Preservice Technology Training Experiences of Novice Teachers, Susan R. Sutton
Professionalism: What is it and are we teaching for it?, Brian K Tate
The Effect of Technique Instruction on Biomechanical Risk Factors Associated with ACL Injury Risk in Female Recreational Athletes, Jeremiah Jackson Tate
Novel Electrochemical Detections of Biologically and Environmentally Relevant Substances, Clarissa E. Tatum
Resistance to Learning in Mandatory Training Contexts: Design and Construction of a Diagnostic Instrument, Jonathan E. Taylor
Surface and Subsurface Physical and Chemical Characterization of Materials at the Nanoscale, Laurene Tetard
A Study of Presidential Derailment in Community Colleges, Leigh Anne Touzeau
Mixture of Factor Analyzers with Information Criteria and the Genetic Algorithm, Esra Turan
The Effect of Body Mass Index on Pedometer Accuracy in a Free-Living Environment, Brian Matthew Tyo
THE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PROCESS OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN ROMANIA, Antoneta Vanc
Affective Socialization Processes in Mathematics Doctoral Study: Gaining Insight from Successful Students, Lauren L Wagener
The Tennessee Death Penalty: Prosecutors, Juries and the Impact of Race, Kristin Amber Wagers
The role of the Suppressor of Hairy-wing insulator protein in chromatin organization and expression of transposable elements in Drosophila melanogaster, Heather Anne Wallace
An Investigation of Time Management and Organization in Head Start Families, Heather Sedges Wallace
Study of Deformation Behavior of Nanocrystalline Nickel using Nanoindentation Techniques, Changli Wang
A New Screening Methodology for Mixture Experiments, Maria Weese
Surface and subsurface structures of the western Valley and Ridge in Tennessee and geometry and kinematics that permit reconstruction of the Tennessee salient, southern Appalachians, Jennifer Kathleen Whisner
Adolescent Female Substance Use: An Examination of Male Peer Influences and Parental Control, Sarah Gwynne Whiteford
Inside the Minds of Sex Offenders: Illuminating the Role of Implicit Rape Attitudes in Sexual Offending, Laura M. Widman
EVALUATION OF AND BEHAVIOR TOWARD THE VISUAL RETAIL ENVIRONMENT: FUNCTION OF CONSUMERS’ VISUAL AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY, Sarah Eubanks Wilhoit
The Effects of Narrative Coherence & Mindfulness on Parenting Style & Child Behavior, Keith Lee Williams
Multivariate Optimization of Neutron Detectors Through Modeling, Martin Rodney Williamson
Unintentional Injury Content Assessment in Undergraduate Personal Health and Wellness Courses, Kiley Elizabeth Winston
Attrition and Mobility: Analysis of the Educational and Employment History of Teacher Education Graduates at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, William B. Wishart
Archaism, or Textual Literalism in the Historical Novel, Linell B Wisner
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Therapeutic Assessment with Depressed Adult Clients Using Case-Based Time-Series Design, Nicole J. Wolf
Effects of Taiji and Strength Training Interventions on Knee Osteoarthritis of Older Adults, Michael George Wortley
"Rapping About Authenticity": Exploring the Differences in Perceptions of "Authenticity" in Rap Music by Consumers.", James L. Wright
User’s Behavior in Selected Online Learning Environments, Ai-Lun Wu
Adolescent Predictors of Early Adult Adjustment, Porche' Wynn
Molecular Simulations of Adsorption and Diffusion in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Ruichang Xiong
An Effective Approach to Nonparametric Quickest Detection and Its Decentralized Realization, Dayu Yang
Differential Equation Models and Numerical Methods for Reverse Engineering Genetic Regulatory Networks, Mi Un Yoon
Human–animal relationships as modulators of trauma effects in children: a developmental neurobiological perspective, Janet G. Yorke
Campylobacter Pathogenesis and Subunit Vaccine Development, Ximin Zeng
Two Essays on Momentum Strategy and Its Sources of Abnormal Returns, Yu Zhang
Neutron scattering study of the high Tc superconductors, Jun Zhao
Durability and Fatigue Behavior of CIP Concrete Connections for Accelerated Bridge Construction, Peng Zhu
Dissertations from 2009
Service Delivery Consolidation, Governance and the Enhancement of Local Government Capacity: Creating a Service Consolidation Model, Charles Richard Abernathy
Levels of acetic and lactic acid in RTE meat and poultry products and their association with occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes at retail, Omaima Maamoun Ahmed
Experimental Studies of Exotic Negative Ions, Shaun Gerald Ard
Dynamic effects of government policies in a small open developing economy with external debt and sovereign risk, Mark Assibey-Yeboah
Novel Approach to Ocular Photoscreening, Kevin Charles Baker
Physical Adsorption of Ethylene on MgO(100): Effects of Substrate Ionicity and Symmetry on Wetting, Andi Barbour
Open source software contributors' motivations in a community of practice, Hoda Baytiyeh
Data Mining with Multivariate Kernel Regression Using Information Complexity and the Genetic Algorithm, Dennis Jack Beal
Giving Back Not Giving Up: Generativity Among Older Female Inmates, Regina White Benedict