Dissertations from 2014
EDUCATING HUMANIZATION: AN EXAMINATION INTO THE HUMANIZING PEDAGOGIES OF PAULO FREIRE, Jared M. Bishop
Thermal transport in low dimensional semiconductor nanostructures, Jaime Bohorquez Ballen
The Role of SOX2 in Colon Cancer Progression, Debasish Boral
Impacts of climate and land use change on fish species distributions in the central United States, Kristen Leah Bouska
FISH MEAL AS A POTENTIAL END USE OF INVASIVE ASIAN CARP FROM THE ILLINOIS RIVER, John Cory Bowzer
The Aesthetic Experience of Video Games: A Pluralistic Approach, Tad Bratkowski
MISSISSIPPIAN COMMUNITY-MAKING THROUGH EVERYDAY ITEMS AT KINCAID MOUNDS, Tamira Kathleen Brennan
ON WOMEN AND RUNNING: A FEMINIST RHETORICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLITICAL AND ONTOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING VIA THE SHARING OF WOMEN'S RUNNING STORIES, Janelle Leann Briggs
A Phenomenology of Incarnate Experience, John Thomas Brittingham
Addicted to the Addict: Hollywood's Sinuous Relationship With the Drug-Addict in the 1970s, Bryan Brown
Characterizing the role of dietary fat in the development and progression of liver dysfunction, James Cain
Employment Credit Checks: Through the Lens of Organizational Justice and Workplace Discrimination, Sean Michael Cameron
Predictors of Sexual Orientation Counselor Competency Among Counselors-in-Training in CACREP Accredited Master's-Level Training Programs, Joseph Campbell
Efficient Scientific Workflow Scheduling in Cloud Environment, Fei Cao
EFFECTS OF SPEAKER'S ACCENT IN A MULTIMEDIA TUTORIAL ON NON-NATIVE STUDENTS' LEARNING AND ATTITUDES, Lam Vien Cao Ngoc
PRIVATE ACTS, PUBLIC PROBLEMS: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A POLICY CASE STUDY, Emily S. Carroll
RISKY BUSINESS: HOW REVENUE MEASUREMENT AND RISK DISCLOSURE IMPACT EQUITY INVESTORS' VALUE JUDGMENT OF PRIVATE COMPANIES, Bryan Daniel Cataldi
Conflict of Interest and Corruption in the States, Brian Curtis Chapman
A TALE OF TWO METHYLATION MODIFICATIONS IN ARCHAEAL RNAs, Kunal Chatterjee
Mothering and Anxiety: An Evaluation of the Anxiety Levels of First-time Mothers in Rural Kentucky and Rural Michigan, Llena H. Chavis
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ENGINEERING FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF EMERGING NANOSCALE DEVICES, Vinay Uday Chimalgi
Assessing policy and institutional change's influence on alternative agriculture in Zimbabwe since 1980, Plaxedes Chitiyo
SEED DISPERSAL ROLE AND NUTRITIONAL STUDIES OF TWO SERRASALMID FRUGIVORE AMAZON FISH, BLACK PACU AND RED PACU, Fred William Chu Koo
ECOLOGY OF THE SWAMP RABBIT AND EASTERN COTTONTAIL IN BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Joanne Crawford
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITY STUDENT FACEBOOK USAGE AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION., Brent Michael Crow
COMMUNICATING CARE: A CRITICAL COMMUNICATION PEDAGOGY OF CARE IN THE UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM, Molly Cummins
optical engineer, Nima davoudzadeh mahboub sedigh
"I AM THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP": MOTHER'S EXPERIENCES BALANCING GRADUATE EDUCATION AND FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES, Denise Marie Demers
Factors Affecting Recogntion of Expriential Learning in Nepal, Dhruba Prasad Dhungel
EFFECTS OF ACUTE THC ADMINISTRATION ON EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED FEAR RESPONSES IN HUMANS: A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HIGH DENSITY EEG, Herman Augustus Diggs
Holistic Boolean Twig Pattern Matching for Efficient XML Query Processing, Dabin Ding
Growth, Poverty, and Capital Structure Effects of Financial Development, Ficawoyi Donou-Adonsou
THE INFLUENCE OF ANGEL INVESTOR CHARACTERISTICS ON VENTURE CAPITALIST DECISION MAKING, Andrew William Drover
Development of Amine Containing Polymer Modified MALDI Targets for Complex Peptide and Protein Mixture Fractionation Prior to MALDI Mass Spectrometry Analysis, Stephanie Eastwood
PROSTAGLANDIN E2 PATHWAY AS A TARGET TO PREVENT AND TREAT OVARIAN CANCER IN LAYING HENS, Erfan Eilati
An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationship Between Corruption And Inflation, Hussein Elkamel
CONSUMERS AND THEIR CELEBRITY BRANDS: HOW NARRATIVES IMPACT ATTACHMENT THROUGH COMMUNAL RELATIONSHIP NORMS, Bennie Eng
FORMULATION OF DETECTION STRATEGIES IN IMAGES, Ahmed Freidoon Fadhil
The Aesthetic Agency of Popular Culture in the Writings of Pierre Bourdieu and Arthur C. Danto, Rebecca Lee Farinas
MODULATION OF SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION AT THE NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARIUS, LIN FENG
PAPER PEOPLE AND DIGITAL MEMORY: RECREATING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN JAPAN, Meghan Sarah Fidler
Exploring the Relationships Between Neuroticism, Experiential Avoidance, and Worry: A Test of a Mediational Model, Elliott J. Fitzpatrick
EFFECTS OF STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION ON RELIABILITY OF NANOSCALE NITRIDE HEMTs, Vamsi Mohan Gaddipati
States on the Federal Stage: The Amicus Curiae Role of State Attorneys General, Shane A. Gleason
Relationship of Teacher Epistemic Beliefs, Perceived Barriers to Technology Use, and Integration of Educational Technology, Rodney J. Greer
Transcendentalist Aesthetics in Emerson, Peirce, and Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Painting, Nicholas Guardiano
Evaluation of Non-functionalized Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering, Ashim Gupta
Diversity Goals, Stereotypical Career Orientation, and Facial Attractiveness: Perceptions of Female Leader Competence, Rachel Hamel
I am a Merry Midwest Mestizo: Race, Space, and the Landscaping of Identity, David Alva Hanley-Tejeda
The Collaborative Performance of Open Mic Poetry and the Art of Making Do, Joseph Hassert
AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS THAT PREDICT STUDENT RETENTION AMONG AGRICULTURAL MAJORS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY, Patricia Margaret Hauser
First-generation Graduates and Issues of Employability, Malarvizhi Hirudayaraj
MENTAL HEALTH IMPAIRMENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL ACQUISITION: UNDERAGE DRINKING AS A PREDICTOR OF CONCOMITANT ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE AND POOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, Euchay Ngozi Horsman
IN THE WEB WE CONNECT: USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG THE SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA IN THE U.S., Mohammad Delwar Hossain
EVALUATION OF SEED TREATMENTS ON THE NODULE COMPETENCY OF SOYBEAN INOCULANTS, Chiun-Kang Hsu
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY, JiangBo HuangFu
Evolving Software Development Methodologies: The Search for Accounting Clarity, Amy Igou
The Individual as Ecological: Reconstructing Identity in a Deweyan Vein, Tanya Francis Jeffcoat
THE ROLE OF POU5F1B IN PROSTATE CANCER, Hongmei Jiang
College Students' HPV Knowledge and Intention to be HPV Vaccinated, Chandrika Johnson
THE EFFECTS OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING ON THE ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Kimberly M. Johnson-Harris
Genetic and Parental Influences on the Development of Emotion Recognition Skills in Children, Sufna Gheyara John
(N)Onomastics and Malory: Anonymity and Female Characters in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'arthur, Jennifer Justice
TEACHER EDUCATORS' TECHNOLOGY DECISIONS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY MODEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS IN TEACHING METHOD COURSES, Gilbert Kalonde
RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, SELF-CONCEPT, AND RESILIENCE AMONG FEMALE ORPHAN ADOLESCENTS IN MALAYSIA: AN EVIDENCE-BASED GROUP INTERVENTION, Siti Rozaina Kamsani
CLASSIFICATION OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIGNALS, Raghuveer Kanneganti
"Eolas to Ma:" Construction of Postnational Space in the Interstitial Visions of Heaney, Carson and Morrissey, David Gibbons Kelly
CHARACTERIZATION OF A DUAL FUNCTIONING SAM-I RIBOSWITCH AND TRANS ACTING SMALL RNA IN DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS HILDENBOROUGH, Megan Leigh Kempher
A Family Affair: The Political Economy of Media Ownership in the Republic of Korea (1998-2012), Chunhyo Kim
WHAT DO CLINICIANS DO? ADDRESSING WHITE CLIENTS' RACIST COMMENTS IN THE THERAPY ROOM, Melissa J. King
Psychological and Genetic Contributions to the Development of Social Cognition in Children, Jacqueline Marie Klaver
PSEUDO DIAMETER - A NOVEL CONCEPT IN DESIGNING HIGHLY BANDWIDTH EFFICIENT MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOLS, Sindoora Koneru
The number of zeros of linear recurring sequences over finite fields, Suwanda Hennedige Yasanthi Kottegoda
In Search of Home: How Kenyans Domiciled in the USA Negotiate Transnational Identities Online., Henry Edward Kyeyune
REGULATION OF EUKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION BY mRNA CAP BINDING COMPLEX AND CAPPING MACHINERY, Shweta L. Lahudkar
The Impact of Working Memory Training on Third-Grade Students' Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Performance, Sylvia Elaine Lee
The Heart Has Its Own Order: The Phenomenology of Value and Feeling in Confucian Philosophy, Yinghua Lu
Utilization of cobalt catalyst for high temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a fluidized bed reactor, James Mabry
MOBOCRACY: THE MOB AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1782-1851, Michael David MacBride
Teachers' Attitudinal Indicators As Predictors Of Job Satisfaction And Retention By Educational Sector: An Analysis Of The Schools And Staffing Survey, 2007-08, Justin A. Martin
Ancestor Worship in the Middle Sicán Theocratic State, Go Matsumoto
Adult attachment and psychopathology: The mediating role of emotion regulation and cognitive factors, Anna Matyja
Risk Propensity, Self-Efficacy and Driving Behaviors Among Rural, Off-Duty Emergency Services Personnel, Michelle Yvonne McLernon
Technological Systems of Small Point Weaponry of the Postclassic Lowland Maya (A.D. 1400 - 1697), Nathan Joseph Meissner
DEVELOPMENT OF IONIC POLYMER NANOBRUSHES WITH APPLICATION IN MALDI-MS, Bojan Mitrovic
FACTORS THAT LEAD MILLENNIAL ALUMNI TO DONATE TO THEIR ALMA MATER, Robert Andrew Morgan
COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: GROUP CAPACITY, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSESSING SUCCESS, Natalie Jones Mountjoy
Use of an Interactive Web-based Platform, Founded on Constructs from the Social Cognitive Theory, to Benefit Eating Competence, Matthew T. Moyer
THE UTILITY OF MOBILE-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (MALL): ESL STUDENTS' BELIEFS ABOUT NEW LITERACY IN SWAZILAND, Mandlakayise Patrick Mthethwa
FATE, TRANSPORT, AND MIXTURE TOXICITY OF TRANSGENIC BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CORN (ZEA MAYS) AND ASSOCIATED INSECTICIDES, Sara Ann Mueting
INTERMEDIA AGENDA-SETTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLITICAL BLOGS AND LEGACY NEWS MEDIA: A STUDY OF THE `OBAMA-IS-A-MUSLIM' RUMOR, Md. Abu Naser
On Motion Mechanisms of Freight Train Suspension Systems, Dennis O'Connor