Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2008
Assessment of Cognitive Abilities in Children with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder Using the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test, Bobbie Ann Burton
Additive Effects of Contingent Rewards and Performance Feedback on Reading Performance Under Intensive Reading Instruction, Erin E. Carroll
A Case Study in Counselor Development: First Person Perspectives, Ellen Kay Carruth
Governmental Fragmentation and Rural Sprawl: Case Studies Examining Governmental Structure and Limited Public Choice, Daniel C. Carter
The Lack of Consequences for Audit Committee Members Following Accounting Restatements and the Resulting Impact on Investors, Brian Todd Carver
México Visto desde la Literatura de su Frontera Norte: Identidades Propias de la Transculturación y la Migración, Lori Celaya
Materials Chemistry of Nanocubes and Mesoporous Silicas: Characterization and Adsorption Studies, Sami Ziad Chanaa
Multispectral Imaging For Face Recognition Over Varying Illumination, Hong Chang
Evaluation of Experimental Bridges in Tennessee, David P. Chapman
Approaches to Generating Selectivity in Microcantilever Sensors, Peter J. Chapman
Characterization of the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) detector, Youssef Mohamad Charara
Wildfire Risk Assessment and Community Wildfire Protection in the Chilhowee Mountain Area of Blount County, East Tennessee, Piyarat Chimchome
Contribution of Water and Energetics of Ligand Binding in the Catalytic Mechanism of R67 Dihydrofolate Reductase, Shaileja Chopra
Explicit Methods in the Nuclear Burning Problem for Supernova Ia Models, Viktor Chupryna
Flow and Transport in Unsaturated Porous Media: Fractal Modeling, Analytical Solutions and Experimentation, Abdullah Cihan
Optimal Control of Epidemic Models Involving Rabies and West Nile Viruses, Timothy Joseph Clayton
Value Similarity and Its Relationship to Interpersonal Relationship Quality and Identity: Perceptions of Self, Partner, and Ideal Partner, Jennifer G. Clement
The Identification and Description of the Reasons Provided by Soldiers for Reenlisting in the U. S. Army Medical Department, Thomas Ray Coe
A Comparative Study of Faculty Expectations of New Hires in Mathematics Education and Qualifications of Doctoral Students in Mathematics Education, Randy L. Collins
An Investigation of The Big Five, Narrow Traits, and Positive Psychology in Relation to Life Satisfaction, Sarah Elizabeth Connor
Art Therapy with an Adolescent: A Case Study, Cynthia S. Crawford
Transcription Analysis of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Exposed to Sodium Benzoate, Faith Critzer
Influences on Growth: Development Beyond Conventional Wastewater Infrastructure, Kendrick J. Curtis
Characteristics of High-Performing, High-Poverty Elementary Schools in East Tennessee, John Edward Dalton
The Resolution of Hate: A Meaning Centered Analysis, John M. Daniels
Social Foundations in Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States: Changes in Roles and Responsibilities from the 1970s to the present, Melinda M. Davis
Distribution and dynamics of pyrene-degrading Mycobacteria in freshwater sediments contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Jennifer M. DeBruyn
Nanostructured Chitosan Membranes for Filtration, Keyur Desai
Measuring the Effects of Intergroup Dialogue on Teachers’ Attitudes, Feelings and Behaviors Regarding Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students and Parents, Adrienne Brodsky Dessel
Setting the Record Straight: Anne W. Armstrong, Regionalism, and the Social Efficacy of Fiction, Katherine Hoffman Doman
Soilborne with an Aerial Habitat: Characterization of Phytophthora Species Recovered from Nursery and Vegetable Production in Tennessee, Ryan S. Donahoo
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