Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2010
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
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