Dissertations from 2022
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FRICTION MATERIAL FOR VEHICLES WITH REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEMS, Vishal Reddy Singireddy
CREATING, DESTROYING AND PRESERVING COHERENCE WITH QUANTUM CHANNELS, Masaya Takahashi
GENERATIVE MODELS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION, Sameerah M. Talafha
MINIMIZING PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN LOSS FROM AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS WITH COVER CROPS AND TILLAGE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Denamulle Gedara Ashani Madushika Thilakarathne
Developing Novel Ion Exchange Membranes for Renewable Energy Devices, Matthew Adam Thompson
Outrageous orchid organellar genomes: Structural evolution and composition, Janice E. Valencia Duarte
INFORMATION ACCESS AND MARKET PARTICIPANTS, Guitao Wen
African American Single Mothers' Religiosity and Faith, Suicidal Ideation, and Communication with Their Children, Arika Yvette Wiggins
On supersingular representations of GL(2, D) with a division algebra D over a p-adic field, Wijerathne Mudiyanselage Menake Wijerathne
PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) DEGRADATION BY NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON UNDER LIGHT FOR WATER REUSE, Chunjie Xia
THE DYNAMICS OF CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS AND CONFLICTS AMONG COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ETHIO-KENYA BORDER: THE CASE OF GABRA AND BORANA, 1905-2015, Isacko DIba Yattani
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE, Eunice Agyeiwah Yeboah
Determinants of Happiness in the U.S.A: an empirical study with longitudinal data, Ling Zhang
DATA SPLITTING INFERENCE, lingling zhang
Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling with Gaussian Processes, Reginald Ziedzor
Dissertations from 2021
ESSAYS ON EFFICIENCY AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Omotara Oluwatosin Adeeko
STUDIES OF FUSARIUM VIRGULIFORME CAUSING SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME OF SOYBEAN, Ramiz Mahdi Alabdalsaid
A ZERO-TRUST-BASED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR VOLUNTEER CLOUD COMPUTING, abdullah albuali
STATE FAILURE, POWER EXPANSION, AND BALANCING BEHAVIOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, Aso Ali
THE EXISTENCE OF SOLUTIONS FOR FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF ORDER q ∈ (n − 1, n], n ∈ N, WITH ANTIPERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, Saleh Aljurbua
Beyond Feminism: The Discourse of Positionality and Transnationalism in Alice Munro's Short Fiction, Hela Saleh Alkhider
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE HELIGMOSOMIDAE (NEMATODA: TRICHOSTRONGYLINA) IN NORTH AMERICA, Haitham Alnaqeb
THE CHOICE OF FAITH HEALING OVER MODERN MEDICINE AS A TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN FROM ALJOUF CITY IN SAUDI ARABIA, Maali Alruwaili
TRUST AND RELIABILITY-BASED FRAMEWORKS FOR SECURE VOLUNTEER CLOUD COMPUTING, yousef alsenani
Exploring Elementary Science Teachers’ Perceptions for Incorporating Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in Lesson Plans, Dalal Alasmar Alshammari
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ON THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EATING HABITS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS, Mohammed Alshehri
REAL-TIME CONGESTION MANAGEMENT IN MODERN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, Meisam Ansari
DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF BOILING AT SUPERHEAT LIMIT, Arash Asadollahi
DNA INTERFACES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE REPEAT SEQUENCES, Narges Asefifeyzabadi
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS – THE ROLE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS TO ENSURE CIVILIAN SUPREMACY OVER THE MILITARY, KEDAR P. BADU
HOMES AS ZONES OF PROXIMAL INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPMENT, Mahsa Bashang
Safe and Brave Spaces: What Comprises a Fruitful Multicultural Supervision Learning Environment?, Monica Becerra
GAME (OVER) LIFE: AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE OF VIDEO GAMES AND PLAY, Michael Jacob Beck
Teaching Stress, Sex, Drugs, and Drinking: A Qualitative Study Among Undergraduates Regarding Introductory Personal Health Course Topics, Kristen Lee Brewer
AN EVALUATION OF ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE, Kwadwo O. Britwum
CHRONIC CIRCADIAN DISRUPTION IN AN AβPP/PS1 and APPNL-F/NL-F MODEL OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Jesse Britz
Lessons from a Pandemic: Comparing the Competence and Confidence of Pre-Service Teachers between Blended Learning and Blended Online Learning of an Educational Technology Course, Wilber Alexander Bruno
Exploring the Role of Organizational Context in Interprofessional Collaboration: A Mixed Methods Study, Jessica Cataldo
BRIEF INTERVENTION TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL DISORDERED SLEEP: EXAMINING FACTORS RELATED TO INTERVENTION EFFICACY, Danielle Elizabeth Chambers
THE EFFECT OF IMMIGRATION STATUS ON EARNINGS OF SKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN STEM OCCUPATIONS, Aynur Charkasova
EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ON SATISFACTION WITH THE POLICE: DO SATISFIED POLICE SATISFY THE PUBLIC?, Myunghyun Choi
EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN RACIAL IDENTITY AND RACIAL ATTITUDES FOR WHITE AMERICANS USING CLUSTER ANALYSIS, Morgan B. Christie
A GROUNDED THEORY ANALYSIS OF BLACK AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT, Maame Coleman
Identity Integration Among Transgender Christians, Chelsey Couch
Magma-Sediment Interaction on Mars: Detectability and Habitability as Constrained by Terrestrial Analogs, Jake Rauch Crandall
ALWAYS BECOMING: HOW MODERN NEUROSCIENCE INFORMS A PLASTIC APPROACH TO DIFFRACTIVE COMPOSITION SCHOLARSHIP, PEDAGOGY, AND PRACTICE, Ryan D. Crawford
ACOUSTIC TEMPORAL VARIATION, CALL ORDER, AND TRAVEL IN RESPONSE TO ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE IN WILD SIAMANG (SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS), Justin D'Agostino
ESSAYS ON VALUE ADDED TRADE AND BUSINESS CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION: AGGREGATE AND SECTOR LEVEL ANALYSIS, Christian Isaac Darfah
EFFECTS OF THERMAL AND NON-THERMAL METHODS ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND BACTERIAL INACTIVATION OF CAMEL MILK, Namariq Dhahir
Places Set Apart: Stone Forts and Late Woodland Ritual Practice in the Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, AnneMarie Cobry DiCosola
EVALUATION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS TARGETING SELECT SOILBORNE PATHOGENS OF SOYBEAN, Mirian Filgueira Pimentel
INTERSECTIONAL MODEL OF WORKPLACE INEQUALITY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Michelle Nicole Fletcher
THE EFFECT OF MORAL OUTRAGE SOURCE ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL COMPONENTS OF MORAL OUTRAGE, Emily Rose Galeza
COMMUNICATION GTA COORDINATORS' IMPLEMENTATION OF DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE WITHIN GTA TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, Kathryn B. Golsan
QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION FOR GENERAL NOISE, Alvin Rafer Gonzales
MINIATUIRIZED ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNAS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, Hemachandra Reddy reddy Gorla
HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS OF TRADE AGREEMENTS ON TRADE, Oksana Grabova
HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE MEN EXPERIENCED THEIR FIRST YEAR AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, MID-WESTERN, REGIONAL, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S., Oniffe D. Grizzle
Examining an Integrated Model of Suicide Risk among Rural and Nonrural Sexual Minorities, Eva Katherine Harris
Studies on cell wall composition in bryophytes across taxa, tissue, and time, Jason S. Henry
TASTING TEA, TASTING CHINA: TEAROOMS AND THE EVERYDAY CULTURE IN DALIAN, Yingkun Hou
Canine-Based Training Programs in Prisons as a Deweyan Ethic, Emily H. Humbert
SECTIONAL LARCENY: THE SEIZURE OF FEDERAL PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH DURING THE SECESSION CRISIS., Ian Patrick Hunt
ROUTES TO ANTHRADITHIOPHENE POLYMERS, BENZODITHIOPHENE FUSED POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND SEQUENCE SELECTIVE GROWTH OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS, WASEEM Akhtar HUSSAIN
ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE: A MULTICOUNTRY EMPIRICAL STUDY, Nneamaka I. Ilechukwu
APPLYING VIDEO-OCCLUSION RESEARCH METHOD TO GUIDE THE DESIGN OF A PERCEPTUAL–COGNITIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, Mohammadreza Jalaeian Taghadomi
A Behavior Genetic Study of Activity Levels and Internalizing Problems Across Childhood, Matthew Jamnik
IMPACT OF CAST IRON MICROSTRUCTURE AND SURFACE TREATMENT ON PROPERTIES AND FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF BRAKE ROTORS, Rohit Jogineedi
Emptiness and the Changing Self: Nāgārjuna, Whitehead, and a Defense of Process Metaphysics, Joseph D. John
ASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON GROUNDWATER RISE AND SEA LEVEL CHANGES, Neekita Joshi
IMPACT OF BROADBAND ON RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT, YAGHA RAJ JOSHI
ESSAYS ON HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ: GENDER BIAS IN EDUCATION EXPENDITURE AND THE ROLE OF REMITTANCES, Erfan Jaleel Kareem
PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY AND CONFLICT IN CLINICAL SUPERVISION: A MIXED-METHODS ANALYSIS, Ryan Kimball
Graduate Tutors/Instructors: Navigating Shifting Identity Roles, Melissa Ann Kinsella
Predictors of latent-class trajectories of symptom change during intensive treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Keith Patrick Klein
Managing Negative Behavior in a Diverse Workplace, Erika Danielle Kline
LEGALIZATION EFFECTS ON ILLEGAL MULTI-STATE CANNABIS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, Brett Andrew Lacey
REFRAMING EDUCATIONAL SHAME AND WORRY: UNDERSERVED STUDENTS AND NARRATIVE INTERSUBJECTIVITY, Christopher Lancaster
Deliberative Democracy: John Dewey and Alasdair MacIntyre, Chanhee Lee
EVALUATION OF SOYBEAN DISEASES AND PESTS USING TWO ADVANCED BREEDING POPULATIONS, Yi-Chen Lee
ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION WITH MICROBIAL DYNAMICS AND ABERRANT ESTROGEN METABOLISM IN REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS, Nhung Xuan Hong Le
CELL-FREE AND INTELLIGENT REFLECTIVE SURFACES AIDED ARCHITECTURES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, Diluka Aravinda Loku Galappaththige
Automated Algorithmic Machine-to-Machine Negotiation for Lane Changes Performed by Driverless Vehicles at the Edge of the Internet of Things, Ellie Lovellette
DESIGNING A NEOTERIC ARCHITECTURE & COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR CHINESE REMAINDER THEOREM BASED STRUCTURED PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS WITH COMMON INTERESTS, Iswarya Maddali Vigneswara
ALIGNMENT OF INDONESIAN CURRICULUM WITH PROGRESS IN INTERNATIONAL READING LITERACY STUDY (PIRLS), Petra Kristi Mulyani
ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE’S CHARGING LOAD ON THE GRID BASED ON DRIVER’S PERSONAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEV USAGE AND CHARGING, Mehran Mustafa
SCHEDULING AND CONTROL OF DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS USING DIOID ALGEBRA AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING METHODS WITH APPLICATIONS, Adetola Oke
AN EVALUATION OF THE LOWER OHIO RIVER CHANNEL, BLUE, AND FLATHEAD CATFISH FISHERY, Devon C. Oliver
ANALYTICAL STUDY OF IMPACT-DRIVEN FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER, Saeed Onsorynezhad
VISUAL NARRATIVES IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2020: A BATTLE OF BELIEFS, VALUES, & IDEOLOGIES, Marguerite Page
THE MAKING OF THE MAN’S MAN: STARDOM AND THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF NEOLIBERALISM IN HINDUTVA INDIA, Soumik Pal