Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2025
Essays in Macroeconomic Analysis: Oil Shocks, Textual Forecast, and Bubble Cycles, Gabriel Appau Abeyie
UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING THE DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE STRONGBACK STRUCTURAL SYSTEM, Sima Abolghasemi
Soil Nitrous Oxide Hot Moments: Identification, Characterization, and Prediction Across Agroecosystems, Ryan Ackett
CHARACTERIZATION OF A HYPOMORPHIC ALLELE OF SPC25, SPINDLE POLE BODY COMPONENT 25, DURING MITOSIS AND MALE MEIOSIS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Elsie E. Adams
View from the Top: University Administrators' Perceptions of Crisis Preparedness and Response, Hope M. Adkins
Exploration of Viral Pathogenesis and Immune Function Following Fetal Infection with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus, Morgan L. Adkins
Latines are not homogenous: A latent profile analysis of adverse childhood experiences and social determinants of health to assess health symptom endorsement, Jasmine M. Aguirre
Magnetic Gear Electric Continuously Variable Speed Transmission (ECVT) for Helicopter Application, Zhisheng Ai
Paradigms of Scientific Machine Learning: From Model-Based Inference in NMR Spectroscopy to Predictive Automation in Agricultural Robotics, Kelechi Akwataghibe
Using Repeated Reading to Increase Reading Fluency Among Postsecondary Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities, Marwah Ibrahim Alammari
Reimagining Cryogenic Computing with Superconducting and Topological Devices, Shamiul Alam
Urban Muslim Communities and Disaster Risk Reduction: Strengthening Faith-Based Collaboration in a Changing Climate, Haya B. Albaker
Enhancing Power System Strength and Inertia in the Saudi Electric Grid for Solar Power Integration, Waleed Mohammed R Albukhari
English Representations of Muslim Characters in the Drama of the Renaissance, Adel Alshammari
Evaluation of Leakage and Airflow Pattern in Different Fume Hood Styles, Salman A. Altamimi
Quantum Framework for Topological Data Analysis, Bernardo Ameneyro
Low-Income Energy Efficiency Programs: A Multicriteria Framework for Energy Audit Software and Evaluation Methodologies for Energy Conservation Measures, Charles N. Amoo
Which Engagement Partner Pays the Price for Misstatements?, Jose N. Arguello
INDIGENOUS ANDEAN WOMEN MOUNTAINEERS: IDENTITIES, MEDIA, AND SOCIAL CHANGE, Ilina Arsova
UNPACKING GHANA’S PUNITIVENESS: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS, Stella K. Ashong
Investigating the chloroplast-to-nucleus signaling that regulates plasmodesmata- mediated intercellular trafficking in plants, Mohammad Fazle Azim
Ecological and Geochemical Factors Underlying the Distribution of the Aerobic Methane-Oxidizing Microbial Community in Aquatic Systems, Jennifer A. Baily
Ammonia for Decarbonization: Spray Dynamics, Ignition Enhancement, and Practical Applications, Ahmad Hadi M. Bakir
Essays on the Economics of Conservation Policy: Impacts of Protected Areas, Wildfire Dynamics, and Species Delisting, Prubesh Balgobin
Growth and Characterization of Ligand Multivariate Metal–Organic Nanotubes, Jacob A. Barrett
Implications of Dynamic Buying and Selling Patterns for Firm Performance, Melissa Baucum
Petitions and the Fight for Legal Rights in the Later Roman Empire, 200-450 CE, Stacie L. Beach
Peer Mentorship in R.O.T.C., Katrina L. Benson
Development and Applications of Jump-In Equilibrium Modeling Methods for Pebble-Bed High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors, Annie M. Berens
Improving Eastern Grasslands Through Native Warm-Season Grasses, Megan E. Berry
Quantum Magnetism in the Shastry Sutherland Lattice Family R2Be2SiO7, Alexander Brassington
THE UTILITY PLAYERS: UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS’ DECISIONS TO HIRE OR NOT TO HIRE CHIEFS OF STAFF, Adam T. Brimer
Feasibility of Using Triton for an Aerogravity Assist, Jakob Dale Brisby
CAUGHT BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE NEOLIBERAL ACADEMY: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF CHEF PRACADEMICS, Shawn Bucher
Exploring How Hospice Nurses Practice Self-Care, Amanda Mary Camden
POLYMERS WITH DYNAMIC BONDS: AN EXPERIMENTAL FORAY INTO THEIR FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS, Gregory Peyton Carden
Mechanical behavior and thermal stability of Ti-Zr-Hf-Nb-Ta alloys, William J. Carpenter
We Have Come to Turn it: Merging Archaeological Practice with the Cherokee Concept of Duyudvi, Beau Duke Carroll
THE MODEL IN PRACTICE: RCM EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES AT U.S. PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, Clayton J. Carroll Jr
Biophysical Impacts of Mixed Chain Phospholipids on Membrane Structure and Phase Behavior: Insights from Molecular Dynamics and Experimental Approaches, Emily H. Chaisson
The effects of developmental stress on perineuronal nets, the immune system, and behavioral outcomes in adult Sprague Dawley rats, Marcia C. Chavez
Development of a Career Intervention for Women in a Transitional Housing Program, Katherine Danielle Cook
An Investigation of the Frustrated Quantum Magnets CeCl3 and CeBr3, Matthew Aaron Cothrine
Going Home: Repatriation, Contemporary Art, and Indigiqueer Futures in Museums, Sadie V. Counts
Cyber-Physical System Security in a Quantum-Enabled Era, Tyler Andrew Cultice
A “Memorable Occasion:” Remembering the Convention and Interpreting the Constitution, 1787—1861, Amanda M. Deanda
Geographic Disparities and Temporal Patterns of Diabetes-Related Deaths in Florida, Nirmalendu Deb Nath
Efficient Neural Representations in Spatial Navigation and Pharmacokinetic Imaging: Information-Theoretic and Machine Learning Approaches, Jared Deighton
Scale Dependence of Bird Distributions in London, Jacob Douglas Dein
Optimizing Energy Solutions for Equity in Disadvantaged Communities: A Multi-Scale Approach from Deterministic to Stochastic Models, Rupam Kumar Dey
Understanding the Switching Dynamics in Memristor Materials using Large-scale Simulations and Deep Learning Methods, Abhijeet S. Dhakane
WHITENESS, IMPERIALISM, AND CULTURAL REPRODUCTION: UNVEILING U.S INFLUENCE IN POST-DICTATORIAL CHILEAN SOCIETY, Rossana A. Diaz
Kinship, Diet, and Ecosystem Services of Insectivorous Bats, Jessica M. Dreyer
Safety and Safeguards for Molten Salt Reactors in Integrated Energy Systems, Nicholas J Dunkle
Understanding the role of ethylene-mediated metabolic priming in plant stress resilience, Esha Dutta
THE DUAL ROLE OF BETA-CATENIN SIGNALING IN PANCREATIC INFLAMMATION AND TUMORIGENESIS: WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, Ahmed Elshaarrawi
DNA break and repair in programmed DNA elimination, Brandon S. Estrem
Modeling the Opioid Epidemic in Vulnerable Subpopulations and a Multiscale Mixed Modeling Approach to Parasitoid Wasp Dispersal with Host Interaction, Kimberlyn Eversman
Temporal Data Techniques for Analyst Sensemaking, Evan C. Ezell
Resisting Epicurean Therapy: On Why Death Is a Fitting Object of Fear, Ning Fan
Investigating Molecular Mediators of Neurotropic Flavivirus Infection, Kehinde Damilare Fasae
An Examination of Influencing Factors on Supreme Court Decision Making in Federal Agency Cases, George T. Fields
PREKINDERGARTEN TEACHERS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY RELEVANT COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM: A CASE STUDY OF DOROTHY VAUGHAN EARLY LEARNING CENTER, Charles E. Flowers Jr.
Investigation of Electronic Mechanisms in Sputtered Thin-Film Oxides for Next Generation Computational Devices, Matthew I. Flynn-Hepford
Warped Gaussian Processes for Power Grid Data Analysis, Emma Foley
The Capital Market Effects of Machine-Readable Data Errors: Evidence from XBRL US Data Quality Committee Rules, Travis A. Foshag
THE WHITESBURG BRIDGE SITE, MONUMENTALITY, AND POPULATION MAINTENANCE IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY, USA, Matthew D. Gage
Design Considerations on Insulation and Magnetics for Medium Voltage DC/DC Converters, Zihan Gao
A Radical Generation: High Temperature Ammonia Treatments of Carbon Felt Electrodes for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, Kaycee Madeline Gass
Distributed and Approximate Quantum Circuits for Noise Resilience and Security, Bhaskar Gaur
Direct Write Editing of Electronic Materials by Gas Assisted Focused Electron Beam Induced Etching for Device Prototyping, Branden Spencer Gellerup
SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE RISKS ACROSS AN URBAN LANDSCAPE, Nathaniel Lee Gibson
HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, Patricia J. Goedecke
Investigating Freshwater Mussel Disease and Mortality in the Clinch River Within a Population Ecology Framework, Jeronimo Gomes Da Silva Neto
The Integration of Magnetic Arc Oscillation into the Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Workflow, Devon Russell Goodspeed
Policy Problems on Campus: An Exploration of Macro-Level Policy Narratives About Sexual Violence in Higher Education, Melissa Grant
Methodological and Theoretical Advances in the Social Assessment of Ecosystem Services, Scott Greeves
Investigation of the ruminant materno-fetal interface in health and disease, Caroline K. Griffin
DEVELOPMENT AND RECYCLING OF PAPER-FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES, Cecile A. Grubb
Numerical Methods for Multi-Species Kinetic Models with Approximate Collision Operators, Evan Habbershaw
"I was never going to be fully included": Transgender Sport Participants' Experiences of the Athletic Transition Process, Jessica Hamdan
Genetics and Genomics of Cornus florida and C. kousa to Enhance Dogwood Breeding, Trinity Hamm
Vehicle Tracking Data Imputation and Shortest Path Prediction under Stochastic Travel Time Conditions, Michael J. Han
Graphene Oxide and Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Nerve Tissue Engineering: Approaches in Functional Repair and Regeneration After Neural Injury, Meaghan Harley-Troxell
Minor Details: Tracing the Radical Potential of Minor Characters and Their Narrative Dynamics Through Urban Spaces of Early Twentieth-Century American Novels, Emily M. Harrison
A Taxonomy of Pitfall Traps: Stories, Sarah E. Harshbarger
From Data to Decisions: Machine Learning for Enterprise Demand Forecasting, FNU Harshvardhan
Variational Multiscale Based Multiresolution Discontinuous Galerkin Framework for Interface Problems, Mdariful Hasan
Neural Dynamics of Label Understanding and Their Role in Attentional Selection and Distractor Inhibition in Children, Hollis Lee Ratliff Heim
MULTI-SCALE CHARACTERIZATION OF GLASS SURFACE MODIFICATION IN STRUCTURAL SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS, William J. Henken
Host Genetics, the Rumen Microbiome, and Holobiont Effects Jointly Contribute to Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle, Madison Henniger