Dissertations from 2021
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
Faculty Perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion Training in Higher Education, Remya Perinchery
ANXIETY SENSITIVITY, DISTRESS INTOLERANCE, EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER TREATMENT OUTCOME, Devin R. Petersen
ARCHITECTS OF INEQUALITY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1868-1917, Jessica O'Brien Pursell
APPLICATIVE ELASTO-PLASTIC SELF CONSISTENCY MODEL INCORPORATING ESHELBY’S INCLUSION THEORY TO ANALYZE THE DEFORMATION IN HCP MATERIALS CONSISTING MULTIPLE DEFORMATION MODES, Daniel Selvakumar Raja
WALD TYPE TESTS WITH THE WRONG DISPERSION MATRIX, Kosman Watte Gedara Dimuthu Hansana Rajapaksha
How do the Students Become the Supervisors? Student Training Experiences in Supervision and Supervisor Self-efficacy in Clinical Psychology, Jennifer Ramasami
ATOMISTIC MODELING OF COUPLED ELECTRON-PHONON TRANSPORT IN NANOSTRUCTURES, Mohammad Zunaidur Rashid
Design, Optimization, And Feedback Control Of A Planar Noncontact Magnetic Manipulator With Rotatable Permanent Magnets, Nayereh Riahi
BAYESIAN DYNAMIC FACTOR ANALYSIS AND COPULA-BASED MODELS FOR MIXED DATA, Hadi Safari Katesari
UNITED STATES’ DOMESTIC TRADE AND DOMESTIC MIGRATION DURING 1993 - 2017 : THE ROLE OF POLITICS, FOREIGN IMPORT, AND SIZE, Nawaraj Sharma Paudel
Resource management and application customization for hardware accelerated systems, Zois Gerasimos Tasoulas
CLASSIFICATION OF EIGENVALUES OF OCTONIONIC HERMITIAN MATRICES, Kalpa Madhawa Thudewaththage
ESSAYS ON ETHNIC FAVORITISM ACROSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME, Erickosowo Nsan Tiku
EDUCATION BULGES AND MASS PROTEST: HOW HIGHER EDUCATION INFLUENCES PROTEST ONSET AND OUTCOMES, Kimberly Noel Turner
How Are Women Farmers "Doing" and "Undoing" Gender?: An Exploration of Women's Gender Practices in Farming, Rebecca J. Tuxhorn
FUNCTIONALIZED POLY(P-XYLYLENE)S AND CYCLOPENTA-ANNULATED POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON MATERIALS, Ain Uddin
Long-term effects of tillage practices on soil physical, chemical, and biological health, and its economic and ecologic implications, Amanda Marie Weidhuner
GAINING INSIGHTS INTO TOURMALINE-BEARING LOCALITIES WITH MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS, Jason Ryan Williams
A DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDY ON THE ETHANOL OXIDATION REACTION OVER IRIDIUM-BASED CATALYSTS, Ruitao Wu
PHOTOPHYSICS OF CHROMOPHORE ASSEMBLIES IN POROUS FRAMEWORKS, Jierui Yu
The Necessity and Possibility of Decolonizing the Understanding of Chinese-ness, Tao Zhang
TMEM97/SIGMA 2 RECEPTOR INCREASES ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ΑLPHA ACTIVITY TO PROMOTE BREAST CANCER PROLIFERATION, Yuanqin Zhang
WORK MEANINGFULNESS: EXAMINING S-ABC NEEDS-SUPPLIES FIT AND WORK AS JOBS, CAREERS AND CALLINGS, Wenqian Zhou
The Impact of Developmental Regulation on Aging and Cancer, Yun Zhu
Dissertations from 2020
Chemical Tools for Potential Therapeutic Applications of CRISPR Systems, Eman ageely
NOVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SAUDI TEACHERS BUILDING PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY, Khulod Aljehani
Graduate Saudi ESL Students’ Perceptions of Writing Pedagogies in EFL Versus ESL Contexts: An Approach Toward Understanding Students’ Writing Difficulties, Khaled Almohawis
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STEM STUDENTS THROUGH HOLISTIC THINKING IN AN HONORS PROGRAM, NOOR ALRAJHI
EXPERIMENTAL AND MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATION OF ENHANCING MULTIPHASE FLOW IN THE PIPELINE SYSTEMS, Sajda S. Al-saedi
JOB SCHEDULING FOR STREAMING APPLICATIONS IN HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEMS, Ali Al-Sinayyid
DESIGN OF EFFICIENT MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR COMPUTER NETWORKS, ashraf alyanbaawi
BRAIN-INSPIRED MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION MODELS, Rajesh Amerineni
A QUALITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF GENDER-RESPONSIVE YOUTH PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE GIRLS ROCK CAMP ALLIANCE, Seyi Amosu
EXPLORATION OF NOVEL MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS IN MAGNETIC COOLING TECHNOLOGY, Anil Aryal
PARABOLICALLY INDUCED BANACH SPACE REPRESENTATION OF P-ADIC GROUPS, Chathurika Umayangani Athapattu
CUSTOMERS CAN LOVE FIRMS AGAIN AFTER SPREADING NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL IMPACT THEORY ON ECONOMIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPENSATION, Ramin Bagherzadeh
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCULAR OBSERVING RESPONSES AND RELATIONAL TRAINING PROCEDURES FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Becky F. Barron
The Nights’ Dreams: Shahrazad and Her Stories in Modern Human Rights Textual and Visual Narratives (1994-2014), Rana Khalid Basfar
SCENE AND UNSEEN: ABJECTION AND THE FEMALE BODY IN FILMS AND DRAMA OF THE NORTHERN IRISH TROUBLES, 1969-1998, Kelly Batchelder
YOUNG LIVES MATTER: AN EXAMINATION OF RACIAL SOCIALIZATION PRACTICES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS, Morgan Bobo
DISSEMINATION OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS TO FAMILIES IMPACTED BY AUTISM IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS VIA A TELEHEALTH-BASED PARENT TRAINING PROGRAM, Paige Solana Boydston
A Case Study on the Impact That the Meet & Teach Program Has on Youth Through Experiential Learning, Evan Brown
FRAMES OF ERROR: THREE BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO REDUCING STIGMA TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, Rocco Giovanni Catrone
THE CRAFT BREWER EXPERIENCE WITH THE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU’S (TTB) CERTIFICATE OF LABELING APPROVAL AND FORMULA SUBMISSION PROCESSES, Charlotte Ann Cervantes
DISORDERED EATING AMONG NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS, Marilyn Chung
EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF EDUCATION POLICIES ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR, Ibrahima Coulibaly
Redefining resistance: Exploring how multiracial women promote justice during clinical supervision, Emma Diaz
ADAPTING TO OBSTACLES: INHIBITION AND CREATIVE POTENTIAL IN A SAMPLE OF SUCCESSFULLY AGING OLDER ADULTS, Cassandra Dinius
A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SURVIVORS' EXPERIENCES WITH SEX TRAFFICKING, Catarina Durante Bergue Alves
The role of economic diversification in controlling macroeconomic volatility and stimulating total factor productivity growth, Abdella Eldarassi
MODE LOCKED RESONANCE VIA INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REFLECTIONS, Eman Elrifaei
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE WITH MULTIPLE FAMILIES OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM), Omer Elsanusi
MICROFINANCING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS OF FEMALES IN BANGLADESH: A ROLE CONGRUITY THEORY PERSPECTIVE, Riaheen Farzana
COMPARING INQUIRY-BASED TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING COMPUTER SIMULATION-BASED INSTRUCTION OF SCIENCE CONCEPTS, Rasheta Fateen
GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME: A PREVENTATIVE ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, Kristiana Marie Feeser
A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF LITERACY POLICY: ANALYZING IDEOLOGICAL POSITIONINGS IN RACE TO THE TOP FUND AND EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT, Susan Foster
SENSORY ANALYSIS OF EQUINE FEED PRODUCTS, Jesse Francis
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN EDGE COMPUTING FOR INTERNET OF THINGS APPLICATIONS, Ioannis Galanis
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION AND “GATE OPENING” OF ZEOLITIC IMIDAZOLATE FRAMEWORK-8 UPON GAS SORPTION: THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC EVIDENCE, Gallaba Mudiyanselage Dinuka Harshana Gallaba
U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF “GOOD” AND “BAD” IMMIGRANTS: FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY’S TALES OF SEXISM, RACISM, AND XENOPHOBIA AT WORK, Debaleena Ghosh
EMERGING MEMORY-BASED DESIGNS AND RESILIENCY TO RADIATION EFFECTS IN ICS, Krishna Prasad Gnawali
LOCALLY PRIMITIVELY UNIVERSAL FORMS AND THE PRIMITIVE COUNTERPART TO THE FIFTEEN THEOREM, Beruwalage Lakshika Kumari Gunawardana