Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2008
At home here and abroad the rhetoric of presence and narratives of place, William C. Doyle
The Use of Force Against Hegemonic Malcontents, John R. Dreyer
Individuals with Age-Related Vision Loss: Experiences of Learning to Use Assistive Technology, Patricia Frances Duffley-Renow
The Experience of Teachers Who Have Moved From Childhood Poverty to Middle Class, John Steven Dunkin
Evaluation of statistical correlation and validation methods for construction of gene co-expression networks, Suman Duvvuru
Integration of Spatial and Spectral Information for Hyperspectral Image Classification, Zheng Du
Psychophathology and Interpersonal Relationships: Clinical vs. Normative (Non-Patient) Samples, Guy Edlis
Design and Analysis of Screening Experiments Assuming Effect Sparsity, David Joseph Edwards
Establishment of a Structure-Activity Relationship in Heterogeneous Titanosilicate Catalysts for Olefin Epoxidation via a Building Block Method, Geoffrey T. Eldridge
Modeling of AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor for Sensors and High-Temperature Circuit Applications, Sazia Afreen Eliza
Systematics of Gratiola (Plantaginaceae), Larry D. Estes
Adsorption of Propane on the Magnesium Oxide (100) Surface and Synthesis of Anodized Aluminum Oxide, Michael John Felty
Biological Invasions, Global Climate Change and Species Distribution Models: An Investigation of Species-Climate Relationships Across Space and Time, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick
Actuatable Membranes based on Polypyrrole-Coated Vertically Aligned Nanostructures, Benjamin L. Fletcher
The Solubility and Diffusivity of Helium in Mercury with Respect to Applications at the Spallation Neutron Source, Matthew W. Francis
Molecular Hydrogen Adsorbed on MgO (100) Surfaces: A Thermodynamic Study, Lillian Ruth Frazier
The Impact of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on Parent Involvement in Selected East Tennessee Title I Schools: A Mixed Methods Study, Elton F. Frerichs Jr.
Does the Grade Level at Which Algebra I is Completed Affect Future Mathematics Performance, Jamie Kay Fugitt
Backpack Journalism in Television Newsgathering: Audience Perceptions of Quality, Charles Wesley Gee
Public Health Nutrition: A Workforce in Transition, Alexa M. George
The Development of a Dual-Tag Affinity Purification System and its Application to Elucidate the Interacting Protein Network Surrounding the Human Telomere Binding Proteins TRF1, TRF2, and POT1, Richard John Giannone
Extraction of Proteins by Winsor III Microemulsion Systems, Javier Alejandro Gomez del Rio
Evaluating Frame-of-Reference Rater Training Effectiveness via Performance Schema Accuracy, Charles A. Gorman
Field Portrait: Poems, Jesse Kendall Graves
Imaging by Detection of Infrared Photons Using Arrays of Uncooled Micromechanical Detectors, Dragoslav Grbovic
Localized Corrosion Behavior of Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glasses in Neutral NaCl Electrolytes, Brandice Annette Green
Annenberg Rural Challenge Ten Years Later: Looking for a Place for Mathematics in a Rural Appalachia Place-based Curriculum, Craig Alan Green
Detail Enhancing Denoising of Digitized 3D Models from a Mobile Scanning System, Bradley I. Grinstead
cis-Acting Determinants of Coronavirus Genome Translation and Replication, Kortney Michele Gustin
Mindfulness: Mediating the Relationship between Attachment Security and Parenting Style, Ian P. Haag
System-on-Package Low-Power Telemetry and Signal Conditioning unit for Biomedical Applications, Mohammad Rafiqul Haider
A Digital-to-Analog Converter Architecture for Multi-Channel Applications, Mark D. Hale
Nanomagnets: Magnetic Properties and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Studies, Jason T. Haraldsen
Spokes, Pyramids, and Chiefs of Staff: Howard H. Baker, Jr. and the Reagan Presidency, Michael Lee Haynes
Utilizing Experiential Collaboration to Enhance Facilitation Skills, Nancy Surrett Headlee
Heuristic Procedures to Solve Sequencing and Scheduling Problems in Automobile Industry, Jingxu He
Estimating Potential Economic Net Carbon Flux from U.S. Agriculture Using a High Resolution, Integrated, Socioeconomic-Biogeophysical Model, Chad M. Hellwinckel
Agency of Novice Pre-Service Secondary Science Teachers and the Influences on Their Planning Decisions, Andrea Wentworth Henrie
An Experimental Investigation of the Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of Small, Erik Gregory Herbert
"Of beggeris and of bidderis what best be to doone?": The Problem of Poverty in Piers Plowman, Dina Bevin Hess
Relationship of Broad versus Narrow Personality Traits to Psychological Sense of Community in College Students, Katherine Higgins
Conditions Surrounding Four Mexican Females’ Quest for a Higher Education in a Southeastern United States Community, Sharon L. Hixon
Identities in Practice: Relating Identity and Instructional Practices among Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers, Thomas Edward Hodges
A measurement of open charm using single muons at forward angles for p+p collisions at center of mass energy 200 GeV, Donald Eric Hornback
The Development and Validation of the Houston Experience Measure (HEM): A Culturally Sensitive Instrument Measuring Variables Related to Developing Work Drive, Meagan Nicole Houston
A Socioeconomic Study of the Non-industrial Private Forest Landowner Wood Supply Chain Link in the Cumberland Plateau Region of Tennessee, Kevin Patrick Hoyt
Microstructural Control and Alloy Design of the Ti-Al-Nb-W-B Alloys, Lan Huang
Interest, Convenience, or Necessity? An Experimental Study of Listener Responses to Localism in Radio Programming and Ownership, Glenn Thomas Hubbard
MRF Stereo Matching with Statistical Estimation of Parameters, Mohammad Shafikul Huq
Generating Genetic Resources for Phytophthora capsici (L.) and Studying P. capsici and Phytophthora Hybrids in Peru, Oscar Pietro Hurtado-Gonzales
Forest Responses to Rising Atmospheric CO2: Causes and Consequences of Increased Fine-Root Production in a CO2-Enriched Sweetgum Plantation, Colleen Marie Iversen
Forestry Extension in Tennessee: Comparing Traditional and Web-Based Program Delivery Methods, Samuel Wayne Jackson
Revenue Management Concept Training: Its Efficacy as an Intervention Methodology for Hotel Front Desk Employees and Hotel Managers, Warren Thomas Jahn Jr.
The Question of Learning Equity between Online and Onsite Undergraduate Mathematics Courses in Rural Appalachia, Sherry J. Jones
Walking in their Shoes: Parents' Journeys Through Early Childhood Special Education Transitions, Lucanne Marie Kachmarik
Multivariate Mixed Data Mining with Gifi System using Genetic Algorithm and Information Complexity, Suman Katragadda
Testing the Spousal Model of Stress in Healthy Controls, Persons with Multiple Sclerosis and their Spousal Caregivers, Donna L. Kennedy
Reliability in Lean Systems, Robert S. Keyser
Characterization of Dynamic Response of AFM Cantilevers for Microscale Thermofluidic and Biophysical Sensors, Seonghwan Kim
Collision-Induced Dissociation of Multiply-Charged Anions, Nasrin Mirsaleh Kohan
Producing effective messages in the multicommunicating environment managing multitasking in organizational meetings, Alla Kushniryk
The First New South: J. D. B. De Bow’s Promotion of a Modern Economy in the Old South, John Franklin Kvach
Zero-Divisor Graphs, Commutative Rings of Quotients, and Boolean Algebras, John D. LaGrange
No sickness, no need: A qualitative exploration of female undergraduates‘ health message perspectives, Cheryl A. Lambert
A kernelized genetic algorithm decision tree with information criteria, James Michael Lanning
The Applications of the Tracer Particle Method to Multi-Dimensional Supernova Simulations, Ching-Tsai Lee
TECHNOLOGY-BASED SELF-SERVICE KIOSKS IN RETAILING: AN OPTIONAL CHANNEL FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, Hyun-Joo Lee
Mutual Coupling Considerations in the Development of Multi-feed Antenna Systems, Sung-Woo Lee
Business Role Schema Effects: Exploration of Information Processing in the Perception of Values Advocacy Advertising, Yoon-Joo Lee
Phenotypic and Genetic Correlations Among Mating Traits in Three Species of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae, Jason E. Leonard
Prevalence of Class 1 Integrons and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Bacteria of Swine and Chicken in the US and Thailand, Sumalee Liamthong
Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Responsive Polymer Brush-Grafted Particles, Dejin Li
Daily Routines in Prekindergarten, Shari Robinson Lillestolen
Scalable, Data- intensive Network Computation, Huadong Liu
Essays on Environmental Policies Under Incomplete Enforcement, Lirong Liu
SAFDetection:Sensor Analysis based Fault Detection in Tightly-CoupledMulti-Robot Team Tasks, Xingyan Li
Stochastic Modeling and Estimation of Wireless Channels with Application to Ultra Wide Band Systems, Yanyan Li
Imagining the Fields: A Sociology of Sport Management and Sociology of Sport, Adam Love
Advancing Data Analysis for Spectroscopic Imaging by Combining Wavelet Compression with Chemometrics, Robert Daryl Luttrell
Treeline Responses to Climate Change in High-Elevation Landscapes of Western Montana, U.S.A., David F. Mann
Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Arrays as a Platform for Gene Delivery and Expression Analysis in Mammalian Cells, David George James Mann
Investigating critical talk between preservice English teachers and middle school students in online literature discussions, Joellen Maples
From Nearfield Nanoparticle Tracking To Intracellular Vesicle Tracking, Charles H. Margraves
Essays on Urban Sprawl, Julie L. Marshall
Investigating the Petrogenesis of the Basaltic Crust of Asteroid 4 Vesta: A Combined Petrologic-Spectral Study of the Unbrecciated Eucrites, Rhiannon Gwenllian Mayne
A Philosophical Investigation of Maxine Greene’s Aesthetics Theory for K-12 Education, Karen L. McDonald-Currence
“Successful Communication in a Social Movement: A Case Study of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Felicia McGhee-Hilt
Teacher Attitudes Toward English Language Learners, Rich W. McKinney
"This Butterfly Coming Out of Its Cocoon": A Phenomenological Investigation of Significant Weight Loss, Melissa N. Medeson
Bandwidth on Demand for Laser Communications Satellites, Alexander M. Melin
A Critical Literacy Case Study: The Journey from Pre-service Exploration to In-service Implementation, Wendy Beth Meller