Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2022
A Phenomenological Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Second-Year African American Male Students on Predominantly White Campuses through Critical Race Theory, Craig S. Pickett Jr.
Reading Temporality: The Present, Past, and Future of Slavery and Abolition in US Fiction Post-1945, Daniel J. Pizappi
Justice Involvement During COVID-19 and the Possibility of Transitional Justice, Rachel A. Ponder
Carbon Footprint and Cost Minimization for Grid Systems Through Day-ahead Order and Battery Size Optimization, Omid Pourkhalili
Examining the Connections Between Time, Length, and Specificity Factors in Homework and Undergraduate Grade Outcomes, Alexander C. Price
Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Jets Using Optical Diagnostics, Theron James Price
Rhetorical Sponsorship and Women Who Preach: Reimagining Sponsorship to Explore the Rhetorical Influences Surrounding Women Preachers, Holland Prior
The Emerging Potential of Zyflamend as a Caloric Restriction Mimetic, Dexter Puckett
CORN (Zea mays L.) PRODUCTION IN LIVING MULCH SYSTEMS, GRAZING POTENTIAL, AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY, Marcia Peireira Quinby
The Impact of Sharing Economy on Profitability, Environment and Innovation, Fahimeh Rahmanniyay
Interactions Between Soft Nanoparticles and Mammalian Cells, Mitchell Raith
A Coarse Approach to the Freudenthal Compactification and Ends of Groups, Hussain S. Rashed
Cerulean Warbler Full Annual Cycle Ecology: Filling in Critical Knowledge Gaps, Douglas W. Raybuck
Effects of Pre-ovulatory Follicle Physiological Status on Oocyte Metabolic Capacity, Casey C. Read
CUERPOS CLANDESTINOS E INDOCUMENTADOS: NARRATIVAS TRANSFRONTERIZAS CENTROAMERICANAS EN LA LITERATURA Y EL CINE, Sara D. Rico Godoy
"I Can't Say That I Hate It": Reading and ELA Teachers' Experiences with a Scripted Curriculum, Amanda Rigell
Broadscale Outcome and Monitoring Assessment to Evaluate Protected Area Effectiveness in Northern Patagonia, Maria Daniela Rivarola
Overcoming Atmospheric Effects in Quantum Cryptography, Brian Joseph Rollick
Better Understanding Genomic Architecture with the use of Applied Statistics and Explainable Artificial Intelligence, Jonathon C. Romero
Adverse Childhood Experiences and College Adjustment: A Moderated Mediation Model, Pamela Rosecrance
Conscientious Acceptance: The Impact of Public Support on Conscription, Simon Rotzer
Sphenoidal Sinuses and Spherical Harmonics: Variation and Covariation of the Most Morphologically Diverse and Least Understood Paranasal Sinus, Katharine Grace Josephine Ryan
Peer-Mediated Interventions to Improve the Transition Behavior of Children and Young Adolescents with Disabilities: A Systematic Review of 50 Years of Literature, Jorge A. Sandoval
A Ringamp-Assisted, Output Capacitor-less Analog CMOS Low-Dropout Voltage Regulator, Jordan Sangid
Development of Raman Spectroscopic Methods for Detection of Molecules Indicating Life in Extraterrestrial Environments, Grace Sarabia
Understanding Liquid Dynamics using the Van Hove function from Inelastic Neutron Scattering Measurements, Yadu Krishnan Sarathchandran
Environmental Design and Optimization of Modular Hydropower Plants, Colin Sasthav
Characterization and Modeling of H- Primary Stripper Foils for the Spallation Neutron Source, Leo Vernon Saturday III
Some Results About Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces of Certain Structure, Jesse Gabriel Sautel
Science Education to the Rescue? Assessing The Relationship Between Scientific Literacy and Carbon Emissions, Anthony Schmidt
Optimization Methods for Day Ahead Unit Commitment, Jonathan David Schrock
Defining Black Masculinities: Intersectional Analyses of Gender, Race and Sexuality in Caribbean and Latin American Literature, 1955 to Present, Jerry Eugene Scruggs Jr.
Evaluating Impacts of Shared E-scooters from the Lens of Sustainable Transportation, Nitesh Shah
The Adoption of the Citizen-Soldier Model in French and Caribbean Revolutionary Identities (1789-1848), Lucas Sharp
ELUCIDATING THE PATHOGENESIS OF BATRACHOCHYTRIUM SALAMANDRIVORANS CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS, Wesley Sheley
A Hydropower Facility as an Energy Water Signal Processor, Asha Shibu
Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Control Autonomy Via Embedded Decision, David Sikorski
Review Methods to Address Issues in Environmental Health Epidemiology, Anisha Singh
Beta-delayed neutron emission spectroscopy in the 78Ni region and development of YSO-based implantation detector, Maninder Singh
Looking at Community Issues Through the Lens of Mathematical Modeling, Anna H. Sisk
Do Big 4 Auditors Provide Higher Audit Service Quality Than Second-Tier Auditors in Small and Mid-Sized Initial Public Offerings?, Stefan K. Slavov
Direct Calculation of Configurational Entropy: Pair Correlation Functions and Disorder, Clifton C. Sluss
Transition Metal Computational Catalysis: Mechanistic Approaches and Development of Novel Performance Metrics, Brett Anthony Smith
Questing and Defense Against Death Anxiety, Connor Logan Smith
Layering landscapes: Linguistic commodification and semiotic layering in United States’ recreational spaces, Hannah Irene Soblo
Numerical Studies of Correlated Topological Systems, Rahul Soni
Understanding Structure-Property Relationships in Deep Eutectic Solvents, Stephanie Spittle
Shareholder Beware? Examining NOL Poison Pill Adoptions, Danielle Stanley
Tennessee's Hospital Closures: A GIS-Informed Approach to Understanding Access to Care Effects on County-Level Mortality and Rural Communities, 2010 – 2019., Tracey T. Stansberry
Formulation development and cure kinetics of UV curing vinyl ester photopolymers towards application in large-format additive manufacturing, Alexander Stiles
The Ballad of Wedge Salad, Shane Paul Stricker
Experimental Physical Chemistry Applications for Material Science: The Neutron Vibrational Spectrum of Biaxially-Oriented PET and HKUST-1 as a QCM-Based Ethylene Sensor, Zachary D. Stroupe
Functional analysis of soybean proteinase inhibitor genes and cyst nematode-inducible synthetic promoters for insects and nematode-resistance in plants, Mst Shamira Sultana
Data Center Power System Emulation and GaN-Based High-Efficiency Rectifier with Reactive Power Regulation, Jingjing Sun
ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC DEGRADATION OF BISPHENOLS, Yanchen Sun
Sparse Model Selection using Information Complexity, Yaojin Sun
Topological States in Matter, Hasitha W. Suriya Arachchige
A Weak Fractional Calculus Theory and Numerical Methods for Fractional Differential Equations, Mitchell D. Sutton
Online Program Management Providers and Higher Education: A Revelatory Case Study on Value Co-Creation, Britta Svoboda
Drinking Water Microbiome Dynamics within Premise Plumbing and Point-of-Use Filtration Systems, Clifford Swanson
Heat Pipes with Arbitrary Boundary Conditions, Katrina Sweetland
Development of Metal Halide Perovskites for Radiation Detection, Ryan Tan
Decentralized Resource Allocation through Constrained Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations, Bhagyashri Telsang
Improving the Biocompatibility of the Bio-Inorganic Interface for Enhanced Photosystem I-Based Biophotovoltaic Device Performance, Alexandra H. Teodor
Outlaws and Traitors: Justifying Rebellion in the Old French Epic of Revolt, Klayton Tietjen
The Unexplored Impacts of Communication Elements in Marketing, Can Trinh
A NOVEL APPROACH TO ORBITAL DEBRIS MITIGATION, Timothy S. Turk
Investigating the Regulation of Separase during Meiosis I in Caenorhabditis elegans, Christopher Turpin
Optimization and Development of Sodium-based Electrolytes for Energy Storage Devices, Jameson L. Tyler
An Exploration of Photography as a Wellness Tool for Counselors-in-Training, Charaya Chontay Upton
Optimal Control Applied to Resource Allocation in a PDE Ecosystem Model and a Zika Virus Epidemic Model, Wencel W. Valega-Mackenzie
Characteristic Sets of Matroids, Dony Varghese
The Dangerous/Endangered Modern Woman in Four Interwar Spanish Novels (1917-1936), Holly Villines
Remote Human Vital Sign Monitoring Using Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Radar at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies, Toan Khanh Vo Dai
Numerical methods for stochastic Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations, Liet Vo
Sexual Harassment as a Narrative Contest, Christine Vossler
Iterative Random Forest Based High Performance Computing Methods Applied to Biological Systems and Human Health, Angelica M. Walker
LOCAL IPOS AND RETAIL INVESTOR TRADING, Guanhuan Wang
Enterobactin-based Immune Interventions against Gram-negative Bacterial Infections, Huiwen Wang
Polynorbornenes for Advanced Applications and Processes, Xinyi Wang
Efficient Deep Learning and Its Applications, Zi Wang
Population Genetics and Reproductive Indicators of Tennessee Elk, Eryn Watson
Hardware for Memristive Neuromorphic Systems with Reliable Programming and Online Learning, Ryan Weiss
PLAYING THE GAME: VIDEO GAMES AND VIDEO GAME STREAMING PLATFORMS AS MARKETING COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, Roman Welden
Multiscale Investigation of Freeze Cast Process and Ion Transport for Graphene Aerogel Electrodes, Yu-Kai Weng
An Evaluation of Writing Self-Efficacy and Writing Apprehension Self-Report Instruments, Jada Kennice White
Power System Transients: Impacts of Non-Ideal Sensors on Measurement-Based Applications, Aaron Wilson
Macroecology of temperate riverine ecosystems, Taylor Woods
Developing an Instrument to Measure Food Insecurity among College Students, Hannah Wright
Fundamental Investigation of Interaction between Moisture and Asphalt-aggregate Systems, Rui Xiao
Studies on Magnetic Kagome Metals, Rui Xue
Computational Investigation of Planar Fault Structures in Ni-based Concentrated Alloys, Liubin Xu
What I talk about when I talk about integration of single-cell data, Yang Xu
Emergent phenomenon in Jeff=1/2 iridate, Junyi Yang