Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2005
Principals' Implementation of Exclusion Policy in Tennessee Public High Schools, Clarence Steve Moser
Photochemical Reactions of Optically Active Chiral and Achiral Organic Materials, Nicie Conley Murphy
A Reliability and Validation Study of an Administrative Effectiveness Survey for Deans at Institutions of Higher Education, Kristi Jolena Nelms
The Relationship between Spirituality and the Health of College Students in a University Setting, Linda Wyatt Nelms
The dS/CFT Correspondence and Quasinormal Modes of Black Holes, Scott Henry Ness
Unsaturated Flow and Transport of 90Sr, Co(II)EDTA, and U(VI) in Undisturbed Cores from the Hanford formation, Hanford, WA, Mary Fairfax Nichols-Pace
Examining the Experiences of Students Engaged in Online Study, Michael North
Accumulation and Food Retailer Store Type: Determining Hispanic Consumers' Attitude Toward Store Attributes in the San Antonio Market, Carol Lynn Nute
Experimental studies of intra- and intermolecular chemical structure, Cara Lynn Nygren
Shell Model Monte Carlo Method in the pn-Formalism, Cem Ozen
Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Conditioning Protein Concentration and Quality, and Other Seed Characteristics in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], Dilip Raj Panthee
Examining Consumer Pre-purchase Deliberation Process in an Online Marketplace, Hyung Chul Park
Two Essays on Momentum, Seung-Chan Park
The Challenge of Realizing Sustainable Natural Resource Management on Private Lands: Problems and Promise, Jamey L. Pavey
Frequent Pattern Finding in Integrated Biological Networks, Xinxia Peng
Fatigue Behavior of a Zirconium-Based Bulk Metallic Glass, William Hutchison Peter
Sedimentation, Hydrology, and Bottomland Hardwood Forest Succession in Altered and Unaltered Tributaries of the Hatchie River, TN, Aaron R. Pierce
The role of viruses in Fe recycling in the world's oceans, Leo Poorvin
Razor Wire Cuts Both Ways: Teaching Inside a Juvenile Institution, Betty B. Ragland
Experimental, Theoretical, and Device Application Development of Nanoscale Focused Electron-Beam-Induced Deposition, Steven Jeffrey Randolph
Trapped in a State of Mitigating Danger: Forgotten Process, Forgotten Women, Alva Hunt Reid
From Father to Child: An Application of the Process-Person-Context-Time Model, Lauren Ella Renkert
Geochemical Investigations of Ordinary Chondrites, Shergottites, and Hawaiian Basalts, Valerie Slater Reynolds
Applied Sport Psychology: Unearthing and Contextualizing a Dual Genealogy, Tatjana V. Riba
Federal Funding and the New Regionalism: Blurring the Lines of Federalism, Lori Adele Riverstone
Tennessee Higher Education Accountability Policies & Practices: A State Legislative Perspective, Kristi Roberson-Scott
The Experience of Participants in an Online Collaborative Learning Environment, Gina Phipps Roberts
Interdisciplinary Approaches to New Chemical Analysis, David Lynn Rodman
An Investigation of the Big Five and Narrow Personality Traits in Relation to Academic Performance, Craig Lancer Rogers
Absenteeism and Presenteeism as Related to Self-Reported Health Status and Health Beliefs of Tennessee Safety and Health Professionals, William Tunstall Rogerson Jr.
Identification of the Microfabric of Kaolin Clay and its Impact on the Shear Strength Behavior, Ajanta Sachan
The Other-Directed Adolescent: Associated Personality Processes as Measured by the Rorschach, Elisabeth D. Scherpenisse
An Investigation of Institutional Research in Tennessee Community Colleges: Functions, Technology Use, and Impact on Decision-making by College Presidents, Randolph C. Schulte
Relationships between Operationalizations of Dyslexia and Attitudes and Perceptions of Learning a Foreign Language, Katrinda Wills Scott
Internet Purchasing Decision Behavior And Product Involvement, Jung-Im Seo
A Criterion Validity Study Of Individuals' Reports of Gunfire And Recorded Gunfire, Sylvia Jane Sergent
Division I Female Athletes’ Experience of Team Cohesion, Vanessa Regina Shannon
Parity Theorems for Combinatorial Statistics, Mark A. Shattuck
Systematics of the North American Plums (Prunus subgenus Prunus section Prunocerasus; Rosaceae), Joey Thomas Shaw
Breast Milk or Formula: An Existential Phenomenological Study of Infant Feeding Decisions Made by WIC Recipients in East Tennessee, Jenny Blair Short
An Empirical Model for Assessing Academic Research Levels and Capacities of Colleges and Universities, Fred Donald Shults
The Duties, Responsibilities, and Challenges of Opening a New Elementary School, Kathy Dykes Sims
Analysis of Teacher Candidates and Faculty Evaluations of the Utility of a Single Digital Portfolio System, Thillainatarajan Sivakumaran
Moving Toward Social Justice Through Sport: An Exploration into the Ability of Intercollegiate Coaches of Women’s Teams to Effect Social Change, Elizabeth A. Slator
Predicting Success of Developmental and Core Mathematics Students at East Tennessee State University, Daryl Lynn Stephens
An Assessment of Influences Which Affect Teachers’ Use of Technology, Bryan K. Stewart
Analysis of Martian Parental Melts and Thermal Infrared Studies of Putative Paleolake Basins on Mars, Karen Renée Stockstill
Hypersurfaces of prescribed curvature in hyperbolic space, Marek Szapiel
Load Balancing in Parallel and Distributed Databases, Zhong Tang
C3/C4 Variations in High Salt Marsh Sediments: An Application of Compound Specific Isotopic Analysis of Lipid Biomarkers to Late Holocene Paleoclimatic Research, Benjamin Ryan Tanner
The Effectiveness of Accountability Policy in Higher Education: The Perspectives of Higher Education Leaders, Sharon J. Tanner
Study of The N = 77 Isotones Near The Proton-drip Line; Isomeric Decays of 140Eu, 142Tb, 144Ho, and 146Tm, Mohammed Noor Tantawy
College Choice Decisions of Student Athletes, John Patrick Teeples
Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design Using the Adaptively Biased Body-Driven Circuit Technique, Stephen Christopher Terry
Serial Long Bone Histology: Inter- and Intra-Bone Age Estimation, Mariateresa Anne Tersigni
Predicting the Academic Achievement of African American Women at Two Predominantly White Women's Colleges, Tammalyn Michele Thomas-Golden
Personnel Selection in the Transportation Sector: An Investigation of Personality Traits in Relation to the Job Performance of Delivery Drivers, Mark Andrew Tichon
Characteristics of the Therapeutic Alliance in Couple Therapy: Perspectives from the Field, Nathan Daniel Tomcik
The Use of Capacity and Inventory in a Rate-Based Planning and Scheduling System to Achieve Strategic Goals in Industrial Applications, Chad Aaron Toney
Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics for Studying Microbial Physiology from Isolates to Communities, Nathan Christopher VerBerkmoes
Modification and Evaluation of Continuous Roll Prediction Model for Front Drive Mowers, Xinyan Wang
Understanding and Controlling the Molecular Level Processes Involved in the Development of Latent Fingerprints Using the Cyanoacrylate Fuming Method, Stephen Paul Wargacki
Overcoming Statistical Error and Bias in Quantum Monte Carlo: Application to Metal-Doped Helium Clusters, Gary Lee Warren Jr.
'Black Atlantic' Cultural Politics as Reflected in Panamanian Literature, Sonja Stephenson Watson
A Reevaluation of the Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions Associated with Homo erectus from Java, Indonesia, Based on the Functional Morphology of Fossil Bovid Astragali, Daniel Charles Weinand
Intimate partner violence in Appalachia : a study of relationship violence among community college students in Southern Appalachia, Karen Michelle Wetzel
The Middle Ordovician Tellico-Sevier Syncline: A Stratigraphic, Structural and Paleoseimic Investigation., Stephen Christopher Whisner
Student Reports of Physical and Psychological Maltreatment in Schools: An Under Explored Aspect of Student Victimization in Schools, Kathryn Suzanne Whitted
The Oligopeptide Transport Family: Informatic and Experimental Characterization, Amy Marie Wiles
Mapping a Journey to Change: Teachers and facilitator learning together, Lorna B. Williams
The Effects of Known Versus Unknown Criteria on Journal Writing Performance of Elementary Students Using an Independent Group Contingency, Janet Beth Winn
Isolation and Thermodynamic Characterization of Aminoglycoside Nucleotidyltransferase (2″)-Ia, Roger Edward Wright
Analysis of Vehicle Use Patterns during Military Field Exercises to Identify Potential Roads, Chunxia Wu
Energy Efficient Designs for Collaborative Signal and Information Processing inWireless Sensor Networks, Yingyue Xu
Fabrication and characterization of nanoelectronic devices for electron beam lithography applications, Xiaojing Yang
Design, Analysis, and Applications of Failure Amplification Experiments, Oksoun Yee
Female Head Coaches of Men's Collegiate Teams: A Critical Feminist Analysis, Colin Fisher Young
'Phenomenal Woman': A Phenomenological Exploration of the 'Voices' and Experiences of My Sistas', Eva Yoshan Wiggins Young
A Proposed Framework for Simultaneous Optimization of Evacuation Traffic Distribution and Assignment, Fang Yuan
Temporal GIS Design of an Extended Time-geographic Framework for Physical and Virtual Activities, Hongbo Yu
Syntheses, Structures, and Reactivities of Early-Transition-Metal Silyl, Amide, and Imide Complexes, Xianghua Yu
Sexual Contacts and Advances between Psychology Educators and Students: A National Survey of APA Student Affiliates, Robert Francis Zakrzewski
Novel Approaches in the Thermal Management of Electronics Involving Coupled Electrical, Thermal and CFD Analysis, Bahram Zandi
Charge transport measurements of vertically aligned carbon nanofiber, Lan Zhang
Essays on Intra-Industry Trade, Yanhong Zhang
An Integrated Approach to Performance Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Nuclear Power Systems, Ke Zhao
Dissertations from 2004
Integration of Design Scales and Its Application to Multi-component Adsorption Systems, Parag S. Adhangale
Structure–Function Studies of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae α–Mating Factor Pheromone Receptor Ste2p, Ayça Akal–Strader
Growth Stimulation of Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma and their Cells of Origin by "Chemopreventive" Agents that Increase Intracellular cAMP, Hussein Abdulhadi Nasser Al-Wadei
Multicultural Initiatives at ACA Colleges, Cara Everett Anderson
"Running In and Out of Pregnancy": Elite Distance Runners' Experiences of Returning to Competition After Pregnancy, Karen M. Appleby
A Taxonomy of Customer Dissatisfaction-Related Coping Tactics Based on Dissatisfaction-Related Goals, Andrew B. Artis
Generalized Multigroup Method, Ibrahim Khalil Attieh
The Role of History in the Diversification of the Funnel-web Spiders, Agelenopsis Aperta, and its Congeners, Nadia Antoine Ayoub
Christian Woman, womanChrist: The Feminization of Christianity in Constanza de Castilla, Catherine of Siena, and Teresa de Cartagena, Mary Elizabeth Baldridge
Murine Herpetic Stromal Keratitis: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Involved in its Pathogenesis, Kaustuv Banerjee