Dissertations from 2012
YOU CAN BREASTFEED BUT . . . : A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND COMMENTARY ON BREASTFEEDING, Jonna Ziniel
Women Trafficking Women and Children: An Exploratory Study of Women Sex Traffickers, Dawn Marie Zywiec
Dissertations from 2011
Cross-National Fear of Crime Among Women: An Examination of Structural and Individual-Level Causes, Jessica Abbott
Damnation or Illumination: Harold Frederic's Social Drama and the Crisis of 1890s Evangelical Protestant Culture, Richmond Brookshire Adams
A Centralized Wide Area Control of FACTS for Damping Power System Inter-Area Oscillations, Hany Ahmed Abdelsalam Ahmed
Conceptualizations of Sexual Health from the Perspectives of Asian Indian American Women, Anjuli Ramesh Amin
Contesting the State in Ghana's Cocoa Trade: The Case of the Kuapa Kokoo Farmers' Union, 1957-2004, Cyrelene Merrrilyne Amoah-Boampong
Essays on Product Placement: An Analysis of Key Executional and Individual Level Factors that Influence the Effectiveness of Product Placements., Deepa Anil Pillai
Ethnic Identity and Coping as Factors in Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of White, African American, and Latino Men, Jason Matthew Arnold
DOES DEMOCRATIZATION AFFECT GROWTH ACROSS TIME OR SPACE?, Andreas Andonis Assiotis
STUDY OF MULTI- AND BROAD-BAND INTERNAL ANTENNAS FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS, Seung Hoon Baek
ON GLOBAL LINKAGES OF ECONOMIES AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN LATIN AMERICA, Hem Chandra Basnet
Women, Fertility and Labor Market, Ghazal Bayanpourtehrani
MORAL IMAGINATION, FREEDOM, AND CONSTRAINT: THE GENESIS OF VALUE IN A DEWEYAN VEIN, Justin Bell
A DIATHESIS-STRESS MODEL OF VICTIMIZATION: RELATIONS AMONG TEMPERAMENT, PEER VICTIMIZATION, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, AND HEALTH PROBLEMS, Sara Jane Wonderlich Biebl
PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF WORK SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, Renata Borges
Religion and Political Behavior: Studies of Political Tolerance, Voting, and Public Opinion, Ryan Burge
STRESS RESPONSE OF STATIC PARTICULATE MEDIA, Abdullah Cakir
History, Nonviolence, and the Experience of Values, Anthony Lanier Cashio
Identification and Characterization of the Hfq protein and small RNAs in Francisella novicida, Jacob Richard Chambers
Whose Voices? Perceptions Concerning Native English Speaking and Non-Native English Speaking Tutors in the Writing Center, Tzu-Shan Chang
SWI/SNF COMPLEXES COORDINATE WITH HISTONE MODIFICATIONS TO REGULATE CHROMATIN REMODELING, Nilanjana Chatterjee
From At-Risk Literacy Labels to Resilient Identity Portrayals: Adolescents Fostering Hope Within Their Dreams, Fights, and Adaptations, Shannon Marie Clapsaddle
COMPROMISING EFFECTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON COLLEGE WOMEN'S HEALTH PROMOTING BEHAVIORS, Julia Annika Conrath
THE INTEGRAL ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON LEAN IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS, John J. Cooper
Optimization of a Single Reactor Process for the Selective Conversion of Coal to Liquid Fuels, Agnieszka Corsaro
EX-GAY MOVEMENT NARRATIVES AND THE IDENTITY WORK OF ACTIVE, FORMER AND MARGINALIZED PARTICIPANTS, SJ Creek
Evolution of Male Gametes in Liverworts, Tamrya Dawn D'Artenay
A THEORETICAL MODEL OF LEARNING EMPLOYING CONSTRUCTIVISM, NEUROSCIENCE, AND PHENOMENOLOGY: CONSTRUCTIVIST NEUROPHENOMENOLOGY, Jon Daniel Davey
Bilateral Asymmetry in Incisors: Implications for Miocene Hominoid Species Diagnosis, Candace Ann Davis
DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS AND AN INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS PROBATION OFFICERS' KNOWLEDGE OF OFFENDERS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, Valerie Elaine Dixon
The Zhuangzi and Nourishing Xin: Causes of Strife, Positive Ideals of Caring for Living, and Therapeutic Linguistic Practice, Carl Joseph Dull
Melancholy and Satire: Representation of Islam and Nationhood in the Works of Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk, Mustafa Onur Duman
TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING: USING THE NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT`S TOOLS AND PRINCIPLES TO PREPARE GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTORS TO FACILITATE FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION, Valerie Michelle Dunn
Performing Race, Performing History: Oral Histories of Sundown Towns in Southern Illinois, Elena Esquibel
Mergers and Acquisitions with a Flexible Policy Regime: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, Mahelet Getachew Fikru
The Self, the Church, and Medieval Identities: The Evolution of the Individual in Medieval Literature, Christopher Michael Flavin
Mourning, Melancholia, and Masculinity in Medieval Literature, Rebekah Mary Fowler
The Exploration of the Relationship Between Guessing and Latent Ability in IRT Models, Song Gao
ASSASSINATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, Wei Gao
Effect of training structures on the establishment of equivalence classes in college students and individuals with intellectual disabilities, Yors Alexander Garcia
"The Most Previous Refuge of Hope": Herbert Marcuse, Alienation and the Space of Possibility in European and American Contexts, Anthony Frank Giambusso
White Americans' Affect Toward African Americans: Predictive Power on Political Behavior and Measurement Problems, Paul Gerard Gottemoller
On the Interpenetration of Nature and Spirit: A Loving Relationship with the Earth and Our Natural Environment, Christina Marie Gould
Perceptions of Supervisors Regarding Essential Knowledge Domains for Clinical Supervision in Rehabilitation, Keisha Grayson
MEASURING PUBLIC PREFERENCES FOR AND THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES, Jacob Wayne Griffith
Temporal Context, Inequality and Democratic Survival, Selin Ece Guner
THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE WITHIN A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION, Molly Elizabeth Hamilton
PERCEPTIONS OF ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS ON THE IMPACT OF THE U.S. ECONOMIC RECESSION AND STATE FINANCIAL PRESSURES ON PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, Barry Ray Hancock
PERSONALITY AND ETHICAL DECISION: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY, Michael Hartmann
VILE HUMOR: GIVING VOICE TO THE VOICELESS THROUGH DARK COMEDY IN SOUTHERN GOTHIC LITERATURE, Rachel S. Hawley
Enabling Curricula: The Development of a Teaching Observation Protocol to Address Students' Diverse Learning Needs, Sharon Angella Hayden
AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE MISFIT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY AND ACCOUNTING TASK PERFORMANCE, Darla Dawn Honn
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE ISW2 CHROMATIN REMODELING COMPLEX, Swetansu Kumar Hota
CONSTRUCTING THE WEST IN CHINESE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: A CONTENT AND SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS, Ying Huang
UNEQUAL RIGHTS AND CONSTRAINED CHOICE: NARRATING WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES WITH IDENTITY, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, AND ABORTION, Jamie Lee Huber
Factors Affecting Sexting Behaviors Among Selected Undergraduate Students, Heather Kristine Hudson
IMPACT OF HEAT TREATMENT AND OXIDATION OF C/C COMPOSITES ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, Sardar S. Iqbal
Capturing the Significance of African American English (AAE): An Insider Perspective, Lilly Johnson
An Examination of Educators' Perceptions of the School's Role in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity, Sharon Harris Johnson
Investigating nitrate-dependent humic substance oxidation and in-service K-12 teachers' understanding of microbiology, Nastassia N. Jones
Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: The Everyday Southern Epic, Julie Lorraine Kares
ON GENERALIZED FRACTIONAL INTEGRALS AND DERIVATIVES, Don Udita Nalin Katugampola
Towards an Understanding of an Institution: The Perceived Legitimacy of Online Business Degree Programs, Roy Heath Keller
THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR USE IN MAMMOGRAPHIC SCREENING COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION SYSTEMS, Matthew Douglas Kelsey
SOME MULTIBAND COMPACT AND COST EFFECTIVE ANTENNAS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS, Muhammad Raashid Khan
THREE ESSAYS ON MEASURING PRODUCT PLACEMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN MOVIES: ECONOMIC WORTH, FORGETTING AND ATTITUDE TOWARD NEGATIVE PLACEMENTS, Raghu Kurthakoti
AN EMPIRICAL TEST OF A COGNITIVE MODEL OF PTSD USING PATH ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING, Steven L. Lancaster
A SOM+ Diagnostic System for Network Intrusion Detection, Chester Louis Langin
Analysis of the relationship between pre-kindergarten children's drawing and language, Hwakyoung Joanna Lee
The General Will and the Problem of Self-Love: An Analysis of Rousseau's Theory of Citizenship, Jeffrey David Linz
Functional Analysis of the Tumor Metastasis Suppressor, NDRG1, Wen Liu
TIME-PREDICTABLE FAST MEMORIES: CACHES VS. SCRATCHPAD MEMORIES, Yu Liu
USING CONJUGATED POLYMERS AS BIOLOGICAL SENSOR BASED ON FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER, Xuelian Li
LATE MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE LOW LATITUDE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, Brendan P. Lutz
Viscera(l) Views: Performing on the Brink of the Human, Shauna M. MacDonald
SOCIAL SUPPORT IN RELATION TO PARTNER CONFLICT AND PARTNER VIOLENCE: VIEWPOINTS OF SUPPORT RECIPIENTS AND SUPPORT PROVIDERS, Kristen Marie Marin
WOMEN AND WORK: A FOCUSED EXAMINATION OF FEMALE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARMY NURSE CORPS WITHIN THE AMERICAN MILITARY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, Tracy M. Matthews
ORANGEWOMEN SHOW THEIR COLORS: GENDER, FAMILY, AND ORANGEISM IN ULSTER, 1795-PRESENT, Christi Michelle McCallum
Ground Layer Response to Disturbance in the Pine-Dominated Eastern Foothill Region of West-Central Alberta, Canada, Rebecca Elizabeth Mooneyhan McClelland
Bank CEO Compensation, Bank Risks and the Financial Crisis Effect, Damion McIntosh
Identifying Competencies of AODA Clinical Supervisors for Integration into Rehabilitation Counselor Training Curriculum: A Delphi Study, Marissa McKee
A Framework for Influencing Massive Virtual Organizations, Brian Paul McLaughlan
Hearing Miles Davis: A Pedagogy of Autobiographical Performance and Jazz, Chris McRae
MAC AND APPLICATION LAYER PROTOCOLS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKING, Anil Mehta
EFFECTS OF ABSTRACT VERSUS CONCRETE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL SIMULATION ON STUDENTS' DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING TRANSFER, AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE SIMULATION, William Ernesto Mejia
Emotion Dysregulation and Psychopathology: A Structural Exploration of Emotional Factors and Positive and Negative Affect., Stephen Edward Melka
Employment as a Predictor of Substance Abuse Treatment Completion, Ann Melvin
Frameworks for estimating virtual water flows among U.S. states, Stanley T. Mubako
FOREIGN AID FOR TRADE POLICY REFORMS, Malokele Nanivazo
Brian O'Nolan's Multiple Selves: Flann O'Brien and Myles na gCopaleen and Addressing the National Culture of Ireland, Amy D. Nejezchleb
THE ROLE OF ATP AND FK-506 BINDING PROTEIN IN THE COUPLED GATING OF SKELETAL RYANODINE RECEPTORS, Jacob Trevor Neumann
Exploring Basic Writers' Perceptions of Writing Center Use, Deanna Odney
MASS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPING DEMOCRACIES: A STUDY OF POLITICAL CLIENTELISM IN THAI PROVINCES, David A. Owen
Simulating Univariate and Multivariate Burr Type III and Type XII Distributions Through the Method of L-Moments, Mohan Dev Pant