Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2006
Investigating Forgiveness in Relation to Offensive Experiences Among Black and White Respondents, Allen R. Bellamy
'Pick it Up, It's Good' Utilizing Solution-Focused Guided Imagery with Golfers Experiencing the Yips: A Single-Subject Research Design, Robert J. Bell
Iterative Reconstruction of Cone-Beam Micro-CT Data, Thomas Matthew Benson
Chaucer's Questioning Impulse: Reading the Dream Visions and Troilus and Criseyde, Anita K. Bergeson
Socio-Emotional Conflict in Teams: A Social Relations Analysis and Exploration of Causes, Jacqueline Zelno Bergman
Community College Students’ Perceptions of Their Rural High School Mathematics Experience, Caroline Munn Best
Multiculturalism and the State: Globalization, National Protection, and the Role of Social Policy in Québec and Canada, Corey Allen Blad
Supplementation of Purified Fiber to Tall Fescue Grass Hay Diets, Howard Martin Blalock
The Effects of Fast Secondary Electrons on Low Voltage Electron Beam Lithography, Mehdi Bolorizadeh
Parent-Daughter Relationships in Abusive Families as Perceived by Adult Female Survivors of Childhood Abuse, Kimberly Sue Bolton
Regularization of the Particle-Particle Interaction in the Nuclear Density Functional Theory, Piotr Jerzy Borycki
Being Authentic in Life and on Stage: A Phenomenological Investigation of the Actor as Character, Sanderien Marieke Bosshardt
Identifying the Underpinnings of Compulsive Behavior: A New Measure of Addiction Proneness, Jennifer Lynn Bowler
Differential Attributions of the Causes of Subordinate Success and Failure by Aggressive and Non-Aggressive Individuals, Mark Connor Bowler
Essays on IPO-Firm Earnings Management, Scott N. Bronson
Screening Mammography Compliance in Rural and Urban Women in Tennessee, Kathleen Conroy Brown
Facing Down Death and Moving Beyond: Strategies Utilized by Female Survivors of Childhood Maltreatment, Tonya Barri Broyles
German Olympians’ Experiences of Competing at the 2004 Athens Games, Sebastian Brueckner
From the Voice to the Violent Act: Language and Violence in Contemporary Drama, Richard A. Bryan
A Case Study of Successful Small School Reform: The Construction Academy as a Fundamentally Different Enterprise, Alison E. Buehler
Explaining Species Diversity By Linking Local and Large Scale Processes, Marc William Cadotte
Unveiling the Regulatory Network for Di/tri-peptide Utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Houjian Cai
Development of a Measure of Sport Injury Anxiety: The Sport Injury Appraisal Scale, Camille McLain Cassidy
Packings of Conformal Preimages of Circles, Matthew Edward Cathey
Phosphorus Removal from Liquid Swine Manure by Chemical Precipitation, Ipek Celen
Interference effects among J = 3/2+ resonances in 19Ne system & Searching for resonances in the unbound 6Be nucleus, Kyung Yuk Chae
Psychological adaptation of Mainland Chinese Female International Students: A Phenomenological Inquiry, I-Wen Chan
Characterization of Aβ Aggregates Using Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry, Maolian Chen
Scalable Techniques for Fault Tolerant High Performance Computing, Zizhong Chen
Studies of the Mechanism of Electron Beam Induced Deposition (EBID), Young Ryong Choi
Developmental and Neurogenetic Studies on the Peptidergic Nerve System in Drosophila, Youn-Jeong Choi
The Thermophysical Roll of Nanoparticles in Nanofluidic Heat and Mass Transport, Chan Hee Chon
A Content Analysis by Political Cultures and Values of State Compliance Documents for the Federal Legislation, No Child Left Behind, Constance Didlake Cole
Avian Community Ecology: Patterns of Co-occurrence, Nestedness, and Morphology, Michael David Collins
Direct Integration of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy as a Detection Mode for Microfluidic Separations and Fluid Handling: μfluidic-SERS, Raynella Magdalene Connatser
Integrated Computational and Experimental Platform for Characterizing Protein Isoforms and PTMs in Microbial Systems by Top-Down FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry, Heather Marie Connelly
Thermodynamic and Neutron Structural Studies of Hydrocarbon Adsorption on MgO Nanocubes, Richard E. Cook
Relationship of Service Coordinators’ Family-Centered Service Delivery and Maternal Empowerment in Tennessee’s Early Intervention System, Fred W. Coulter
Exploring Sexual Scripts: College Students’ Perceptions of Seduction and Rape, Nicole Corsaro Cravens
Parent Perspectives of Family Involvement in Children’s Education: Doing Whatever They Think It Takes to Help Children Grow and Succeed, Regina Marie Curran
Cellulosic Fibers and Nonwovens from Solutions: Processing and Properties, Atul Dahiya
Secondary School Principals' Perceptions of the Value and Impact of High-Stakes Tests on Content and Mode of Instruction, Clifford Davis Jr.
The Role of Logistics Service Quality in Creating Customer Loyalty, Elizabeth Ruth Davis
The Experience of Being Loved: Physical Affection From Parents As Remembered From Childhood, Ellen Senter Denny
Superdeformation and High Spin Spectroscopy Studies on 174Hf, Martin Krassimirov Djongolov
Development of a Test Methodology for Determining the Efficacy of One Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma Against Airborne Contaminants, Ronald Edward Domitrovic
Efficient Image Processing in Resource-constrained Visual Sensor Networks, Hongtao Du
Applying Landscape-scale Modeling to Everglades Restoration, Scott M. Duke-Sylvester
A High Gain Multi-Stage Operational Amplifier using Compound Transconductance Element, Chandra Sekhar Acharyulu Durisety
Mechanical Properties of Granular Materials Using Nanoindentation and Modeling with Distinct Element Method, Amal Kumar Dutta
Political Advocacy on the Web: Issue Networks in Online Debate Over the USA Patriot Act, Margot Leigh Emery
Portfolio-Based Writing Assessment: An Investigation of Postsecondary Practices, Sharynn Owens Etheridge
Potential subsurface structures and hydrocarbon reservoirs in the southern Appalachian basin beneath the Cumberland Plateau and eastern Highland Rim, Tennessee, Kentucky, and southwestern Virginia, Jonathan Charles Evenick
Synthesis and Characterization of Complex Polymer Architectures, Brandon Scott Farmer
Spectroscopic Investigations in Chiral Crystalline and Solution Phases, Andrew Thomas Fischer
Teachers’ Awareness of Making Decisions for their Classrooms, Mary Kathryn Fitzgerald
The Pressure Model of Terrorism: A Behavioralist Model for Ethnonational Terrorism in Western Europe, 1945-2000, Ole J. Forsberg
Effect of Speech Presentation Level on Acceptance of Noise in Listeners with Normal and Impaired Hearing, Melinda Carol Freyaldenhoven
The Role of Logistics in the Market Orientation Process, Brian Scott Fugate
A Study of Japanese ELL Students in Mainstream Classrooms, Kazue Fujiwara
Thermal Stability of Binary Cr-Cr3Si and Ternary NiAl-Mo Eutectic Alloys, Aravind Gali
Effects of an Artificially Lengthened Vocal Tract on Glottal Closed Quotient in Untrained Male Voices, Christopher Somers Gaskill
Magnetism and Transport Properties of Transition Metal Oxides and Nanoparticles, Dane Thomas Gillaspie
Gender, Power, and the January-May Marriage in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Esther Liu Godfrey
The Thematic Meaning of Face-to-Face Conflict Experiences: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Investigation, Thomas Rhett Graves
Democracy and Capitalism in the American Western, Michelle C. Greenwald
Technology Proficiency Among K-12 Award-Nominated Teachers in Tennessee: A Survey of Teachers, Christopher John Greer
Development of a Potentially Accurate and Efficient LES CFD Algorithm to Predict Heat and Mass Transport in Inhabited Spaces, Marcel Andre Grubert
Measuring the Safety Climate of Steel Mini-mill Workers using an Instrument Validated by Structural Equation Modeling, Michael Edward Hall
Crises, Deficits, and Ideologies in the Congressional Debates of the NCLB: How Presidential Influence Impacted Early Childhood Education Initiatives, Winnifred Diane Hall
Empathic Accuracy and Adolescent Romantic Relationships, Peter T. Haugen
Administrators' Perceptions of Corporal Punishment in Hamilton County Elementary Schools, Kathryn Hunt Hawkins
Justifying Leadership: A Social Cognitive Approach to Understanding and Predicting Egotistic and Philanthropic Leadership, Katherine R. Helland
Dendroclimatological Analysis and Fire History of Longleaf Pine (Pinus Palustris Mill.) in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Joseph P. Henderson
Scenes from the Margins: A Participatory Action Research Study About the Praxis of Womanhood as a Different Way of Working in Male-Dominated Professions, Jane Bingham Henry
Essays on Tax Competition, Brian Christopher Hill
Disentangling the Meaning of Multisource Feedback: An Examination of the Nomological Network Surrounding Source and Dimension Factors, Brian J. Hoffman
Attachment Styles and Use of Defense Mechanisms: A Study of the Adult Attachment Projective and Cramer's Defense Mechanism Scale, Paul Matthew Hoffman
Optimal Control of Partial Di®erential Equations and Variational Inequalities, Volodymyr Hrynkiv
Sense of Identity and Life Satisfaction in College Students, Beverly Carol Huffstetler
Temperature Dependent Analytical Modeling, Simulation and Characterizations of HEMTs in Gallium Nitride Process, Hasina F. Huq
Effects of Balance Training On Falls Efficacy for Older Adults Residing In Assisted- Living Facilities, James Norman Hurtubise
Understanding Environmental Concerns and Contexts: A Multilevel Exploration of Economic, Social and Natural Environment Contexts on Environmental Concerns, Sean Thomas Huss
Thermodynamic Characterization of Polymeric Materials Subjected to Non-isothermal Flows: Experiment, Theory and Simulation, Tudor Constantin Ionescu
Automotive Crashworthiness of Adhesively Bonded Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite Structures, George Chennakattu Jacob
Instructional Leadership and Academic Performance in Tennessee High Schools, Denise Minton Johnson
The Role of Novel Magnetic Interactions in Surface-Supported Magnetic Nanodot Assemblies, Maria Asuncion Torija Juana
Materials Integration and Device Fabrication of Active Matrix Thin Film Transistor Arrays for Intracellular Gene Delivery, Seung-Ik Jun
Leadership Ability Based on Communication Style: A Quantitative Study of the Effects of Sex and Gender on Perception of Leadership, Linda Pysher Jurczak
Virtues and Dying: Patient Virtues and Good Deaths, William Paul Kabasenche
Pseudoelasticity and Shape Memory Effect in Single Crystal Fe3Al, Saurabh Kabra
The Stability Analysis of Linear Dynamical Systems with Time-Delays, Ajeet Ganesh Kamath
Unholstered and Unquestioned: The Rise of Post-World War II American Gun Cultures, Angela Frye Keaton
Internet Financial Reporting: The Effects of Hyperlinks and Irrelevant Information on Investor Judgments, Andrea Seaton Kelton
Anaclitic and Introjective Personality Distinctions among Psychotherapy Outpatients: Examining Clinical Change across Baseline and Therapy Phases, David Dix Kemmerer
Intention to Leave and Organizational Commitment among Child Welfare Workers, Shakira Alicia Kennedy
Embodying History: Women, Representation, and Resistance in Twentieth-Century Southern African and Caribbean Literature, April Conley Kilinski
Political Sophistication and Partisan Cues: Insight from South Korea’s 2002 Presidential Election, Do-Kyung Kim
Religion and Political Attitudes in South Korea, Junghyoun Kim