Dissertations from 2017
ECOLOGY OF A KŌAN: HAKUIN’S ZEN AS A MORAL MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT, Kevin Curtis Taylor
NOVEL NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY RELATED APPLICATIONS, Chung-Ying Tsai
The Effects of Knowledge Transfer On Complex Problem Representation and Judgment in Auditing, Brandon Vagner
WHEN CHURCH BECOMES STATE: CLERGY AS POLITICAL CANDIDATE, Robert William Velez
Intruder Dynamic Response in Particulate Media, Niranjan Mahaguruge Warnakulasooriya
Identifying and characterizing fungal pathogens causing seedling diseases on soybean through a multi-state survey, Amanda Jo Warner
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MAINSTREAM DEAF COLLEGE STUDENT WRITERS: THREE INSTITUTIONAL CASE STUDIES, Heidi Maria Williams
Influence of Remedial Education Policies: Experiences of Low-Income Native American Women at a Midwestern Community College, Carole Cristine Wilson-Armour
"We Heard Canada Was a Free Country": African American Migration in the Great Plains, 1890-1911, Rachel M. Wolters
MICRO-CIRCUIT DIODE FOR ULTRA-LOW-POWER ENERGY HARVESTING, Wei Wu
Numerical Analysis on Seismic Response of Cantilever Retaining Wall Systems and Fragility Analysis on Motion Response, Siavash Zamiran
EGGS UNDER THE RED FLAG AND BEYOND: THE CINEMA OF THE FIFTH GENERATION AND ITS REPRESENTATION OF CHILDHOOD, Haoyue Zhang
STUDY OF BIOGASIFICATION OF COAL TO METHANE FOR EX SITU AND IN SITU APPLICATIONS, Ji Zhang
Dissertations from 2016
AN IMPROVED ROCK MASS BEHAVIOR NUMERICAL MODEL AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO LONGWALL COAL MINING, Behrooz Abbasi
EFFECT OF FOREIGN PRESENCE ON DOMESTIC PERFORMANCE: THE CASES OF EDUCATION IN THE US AND MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN ETHIOPIA, Melaku Teklea Abegaz
The Development, Pilot, and Field Test of the Core HIV/AIDS Knowledge Assessment for Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Counseling-Related Degree Programs, Carrie L. Acklin
THE THREE CATEGORIES OF CREATIVE FREEDOM: GOD, SELF-CONTROL, AND COMMUNITY, Juliana Acosta López de Mesa
Realizations of simple Smale flows on three-manifolds, Kamal Mani Adhikari
The Impact of Brief Mindfulness Interventions on Attentional Control in Anxious Undergraduates: A Randomized Controlled Study, Megan Aiello
Environmental Sustainability: A Three Part Essay of The Value Relevance of Cost Management, Ouadie Akaaboune
MICROFLUIDIC DYNAMIC ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING COUPLED TO MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY, Srikanth Akinapalli
MEDIA AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: ANALYSIS OF WAR AND PEACE FRAMES IN THE BOKO HARAM CRISIS COVERAGE, Ngozi Akinro
MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS OF COMMODITY PRICE DYNAMICS, Md Rafayet Alam
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ZINC OXIDE BASED NANOSTRUCTURES AND COMPOSITES FOR ENERGY RELATED APPLICATIONS, Ahmed Al-Asadi
SAUDI PRESERVICE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD TEACHING SCIENCE: EXPLORATION OF COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE, AND PERCEIVED CONTROL BELIEFS, Ataallh Alatoai
OPTIMAL ANTENNA DESIGNS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS, ALI ABDULHADI NOAMAN AL-AZZA
A ZETA FUNCTION FOR FLOWS WITH L(−1,−1) TEMPLATE, Ghazwan Mohammed AL-Hashimi
VALIDATION OF CIRCUIT TIMING BEHAVIOR IN THE PRESENCE OF DELAY DEFECTS AND NBTI AGING, Phaninder Alladi
THE IMPACT OF ADDING LIVE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM DISCUSSION TO ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION IN A BLENDED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COURSE, Khalid Mutlaq Almalhy
BEREAVEMENT AND FACTORS OF ADJUSTMENT AMONG CHRISTIAN, JEWISH, AND MUSLIM BEREAVED PARENTS, Mais Imad Al-Deen Mohamad Al-Nasah
MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AMONG SAUDI TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORS IN USING ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Ali Suwayid Alqarni
Network Organization Paradigm, Saad Alqithami
STRICT REGULARITY OF POSITIVE DEFINITE TERNARY QUADRATIC FORMS, Hamdan Alsulaimani
Arabic Language Student Teacher Perceptions towards the Effectiveness of University Supervisors, Cooperating Teachers, and School Principals during the Teaching Practicum, MOHAMMED ALSULAMI
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRE-SERVICE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AND THEIR SELF-EFFICACY IN TEACHING SCIENCE, Adam Ali Al Sultan
DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF BANDWIDTH GRANULARITY FOR MULTIPATH ROUTING IN ELASTIC OPTICAL OFDM-BASED NETWORKS, Luae Abdul Fatah Barakat Al-Tarawneh
ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS- PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SOME MEDICINAL NATURAL PRODUCTS IN FOOD PLANTS, Ammar Badran Altemimi
A COMPARISON BETWEEN SAUDI AND AMERICAN SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PREPARATION PROGRAMS, Anas Altuwaijri
A THREE PART ESSAY ON THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES ON FIRM LEVEL INNOVATIVE CAPACITY A SYNTHESIS OF EFFECT, PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY., ASSYAD Al-Wreikat
A CASE STUDY: EXPLORING THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION DECISIONS TEACHER EDUCATORS MAKE AND EXAMINING HOW PREPARED PRESERVICE TEACHERS FEEL TO TEACH DIVERSE STUDENTS, Lawrence Kofi Ametepee
CRACKING THE WORLD SYSTEM: MEDIATING PUBLIC PEDAGOGIES FROM THE “WORLD REVOLUTION” OF 1848, James Kepley Anderson
Fertility preservation of ovarian germ cells: the horse and deer models, Gustavo Desire Antunes Gastal
Science Teachers' Knowledge, Beliefs, Values, and Concerns of Teaching through Inquiry, Yahya Ibrahim Assiri
Object tracking and fetal signal monitoring, Yang Bai
Rural Credit Markets in Ethiopia: Coexistence, Persistence, and Demand, Bizuayehu Getachew Bedane
Computational Studies of Electrorheological Emulsions, Ali Behjatian Esfahani
LABORATORY AND FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF COAL AND COAL PROCESSING WASTE - SIMULATION OF PRACTICES THAT MINIMIZE SULFATE AND CHLORIDE, Paul Thomas Behum
Exploring Interactions Between DRD4 Genotype and Perceived Parenting Environment, Kyle Bersted
Life Cycle Assessment of Select Agricultural Practices: Assessing the Potential for Climate Mitigation, Mukesh Dev Bhattarai
IMPLEMENTING EXPERTISE-BASED TRAINING METHODS TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEER ACADEMIC COACHES, Lisa Blair
THERAPEUTIC AND SAFETY EVALUATION OF CURCUMIN'S ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES ON CANINE AND EQUINE, Stephanie Bland
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES’ PERSPECTIVE ON PERSISTENCE DURING THEIR SECOND YEAR AT AN HBCU, Josette Bradford
MODES OF NUCLEOSOME INTERACTION AND MECHANISMS OF THE SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE CHROMATIN REMODELERS INO80 AND ISW1A, Sandipan Brahma
Realizing the Human Unity with the Universe by way of Letting Go and Emptying: Martin Heidegger and the Zhuangzi at the Crossroads of Being and Dao, Chesna Jane Braniger
The Hidden Advantage of Disaggregation in Substantive Analytical Procedures, David Breger
Trading in exogenous networks: a theoretical application and experimental results, Lisa Breger
NATURALLY STRIATED MUSCLE: EXAMINING THE IDEOGRAPHIC CRYSTALLIZATION OF, Dustin L. Briggs
Fracturing Illinois: Fields of Political Contention in Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Policy, Amanda T. Buday
Palliative Care: Viewpoints from Nurses, Nancy Kyle Buttry
THE ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP: A TEST OF TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECTS, Gukdo Byun
Development and Delivery of Mobile Learning for Composition Classrooms, Robert N. Calton
Gramophonic Trauma: The Object as Cultural Mnemonic in Irish Literature, Susanne Cammack
Biological Distance in Middle and Late Archaic Populations of the Mid-South United States, Meadow Lea Campbell
Why do White men ride the glass escalator?, Tracy Casanova
Active Affections: One or Several Canyons, Kyle Cheesewright
RESOURCE CONSTRAINT COOPERATIVE GAME WITH MONTE CARLO TREE SEARCH, Chee Chian Cheng
A Study on Retention and Achievement: Assessment of International Students' Resilience and Coping Strategies, Fui-Yee Phoebe Chin
PREDICTORS OF THE SUSTAINED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL-WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORT MODEL, Jonathan Chitiyo
ENHANCEMENT OF HIGH-SPEED FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE VIA CARBON-FIBER COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT, Michael Abu Conteh
Shawnee National Forest Rock Climbing and Frontcountry Recreation: Leave No Trace, Awareness, Attitudes and Behaviors, Evan Ryan Coulson
Losses Disguised as Wins in Slot Machines: A Case of Contingency Confusion, Jacob Hy Daar
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOCOMPOSITES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, Mallika Dasari
A Historical Narrative on the Role of Mrs. Esther Brown in the Development of Desegregation Policy in Public Education, Jessica Davis
TURKISH FANTASY FICTION FILMS THEN AND NOW: AN ANALYSIS OF FANTASY FILMS PRODUCED IN EARLY 1970s TURKEY, Iclal Alev Degim
ADOLESCENT PERCEPTIONS OF BARRIERS TO RECEIVING SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kelsie Deppen
THE EFFECT OF FLAXSEED AND ITS LIGNAN COMPONENT ON ESTROGEN SIGNALING AND METABOLISM IN NORMAL AND CANCEROUS HEN OVARIES, Anushka Dikshit
MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR JOB SATISFACTION: THE INFLUENCE OF TEAM BOUNDARY SPANNING, DOWNWARD COMMUNICATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, Charles Ian DiStefano
The formation and impact of formal and informal mentoring upon undergraduate academic performance and attitudes, Kent Dolezal
READY, SET, GO: A NARRATIVE STUDY ON JAMAICAN FEMALE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WHO ATTENDED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S., Khalilah Toyina Doss
The It-Narrator as Moral Agent: Social Guardians in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Literature, Christopher Charles Douglas
The Perpetual Finishing of Nature and reason Kant on Work, creativity, and individual fulfillment, Matthew James Dowd
PEAK FOR IBI: EXAMINATION OF THE UTILITY OF THE PEAK RELATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM FOR INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION, Sarah Marie Dunkel-Jackson
THE INVISIBLE FRAUD: THE IMPACT OF INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS ON AUDITOR FRAUD DETECTION, Mark Allen Edmonds
Initial Validation of the Work and Human Needs Inventory, Alec J. Eshelman
IS THERE JUSTICE FOR SEXUAL TRAUMA? A STRUCTURAL MODEL TO EXAMINE FACTORS INFLUENCING POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AND DISTRESS, Danielle Grace Fetty
EXPLORING THE CAPACITY AND STUDENT NEEDS OF WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED AT A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY (HBCU): A CASE STUDY APPROACH, Martinique C. Free
The Effect of Delayed Feedback on Long-Term Retention and Application for RN Student Nurses, Leanne Marie Furby
Techniques for Reliable and Efficient Analog to Digital Conversion, Yueran Gao
LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE, DYADIC DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND SUBORDINATES’ TURNOVER INTENT IN REHABILITATION AGENCIES, Bryan Oweilayefa Gere
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN DEAF-1 KNOCK-OUT MICE, Aniruddha Ghosh
A Critical Reflection: Foster Care Youth Experiences at a Four Year Postsecondary Institution, Renada D. Greer