Dissertations from 2020
Utopian Regionalism: The Speculative Radicalism of Local Color in the Long Gilded Age, Andy Harper
CHARACTERIZATION OF KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES AT THE RECLAIMED SANDHILL WETLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR ACHIEVING WETLAND RECLAMATION SUCCESS IN THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS REGION, Jeremy Allen Hartsock
HFTS AND NON-HFTS ALONG THE LIMIT ORDER BOOK, ZHENG HE
ENZYME ACTIVE SITE DYNAMICS AND SUBSTRATE ORIENTATION PROBED VIA STRONG ANHARMONIC COUPLING IN AN ARYL-AZIDE VIBRATIONAL LABEL USING 2D IR SPECTROSCOPY, Tayler DeLanie Hill
Effect of constitutively activated luteinizing hormone receptor on male sexual function, Deepak Somashekar Hiremath
THE APPLICATION OF CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS TO CLASSIFY PAINT DEFECTS, Sherri F. Houmadi
WHAT ROLE DOES MEDIA LITERACY PLAY IN A CONTENT AREA CLASSROOM?, Samaneh Jafari
Spin Network Evaluation and the Asymptotic Behavior, Dinush Lanka Panditharathna Jayasooriya Arachchilage
THE EFFECTS OF A SIMULATION WITH WORKED EXAMPLES ON EPISODIC MEMORIES AND TROUBLESHOOTING IN MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN STUDENTS, Karen Jo Johnson
Intolerance of Uncertainty and Curiosity: A Natural Pairing?, Jeremy MacLaren Kelly
THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE ON MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA AMONG PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, Abby Jane Spalding Kelty
The Appraisal of Challenge-Hindrance Stressors: Considering the Role of Personal Resources, Allysha Kochenour
The relationship between efficacy and teacher turnover intent, Bradley J. Kolwyck
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF TRANSMISSION STRATEGIES FOR TRAINING-BASED MASSIVE MIMO SYSTEMS, Dhanushka Priyankara Kudathanthirige
THE IMPACT OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS ON USE OF FORCE AND CITIZEN COMPLAINTS: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AT THE NEWPORT NEWS POLICE DEPARTMENT, Michael Jon Kyle
MENYUAM LAIB: ENTRY, PERSISTENCE, AND EXIT AMONG HMONG GANG MEMBERS, Sou Lee
ITEM RESPONSE MODELS AND CONVEX OPTIMIZATION., Naama Lewis
MATTERING PERCEPTIONS AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Tingting Liu
LEARNING FROM THE PAST SO THAT THE PEOPLE MAY LIVE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY ON FEDERAL POLICIES AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS, Brione Lockett
Mathematical literacy: A case study of pre-service teachers, Maria Gabriela Lopez Jaramillo
Preliminary Examination of Methods for Identifying the Function of Stealing, Brandon Ellis McCord
Evaluating Assessment and Effectiveness Data to Program Characteristics in Accredited Medical Dosimetry Programs in the United States, Richard C. McKinnies
IMPACT OF PRIVACY ISSUES OF STUDENTS ON THEIR PARTICIPATION WITHIN BLOGS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND BLENDED/ONLINE COURSES, Craig L. McPherson
"The Very Insides of Nationality": Reproduction, Reform, and Birth Control as Population Control in 20th Century Puerto Rico, Carlos Medina
FACTORS AFFECTING COMPREHENSIBILITY OF THE GLOBALLY HARMONIZED SYSTEM OF CHEMICALS IN THE UNITED STATES, Susan Miller
Narcissistic Group Orientation, Water-like Group Orientation, and Their Relations To In-group Identification, Richard Montoya
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF ARCHAEAL SMALL GUIDE RNAS AND THE ROLES OF HUMAN PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASES FOR Ψ55 FORMATION IN tRNAS, shaoni mukhopadhyay
“From Behind The Plow”: Agrarianism And Racial Uplift In African American Literature, 1881-1917, James O'Donoghue
RESERVOIR SCALE IMPLICATION OF MICROBIAL COAL-TO-METHANE CONVERSION, Rohit Pandey
AFRICAN AMERICAN DENOMINATIONAL MOBILITY: THE IMPACT OF STATUS, FAMILIAL FACTORS, AND GENDER, Kristie Yvonne Perry
NEW TECHNIQUES ON VLSI CIRCUIT TESTING & EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATIONS OF ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS, Konstantinos Poulos
Using Infrared Spectroscopy to Uncover Structure in Biomolecular Assemblies Related to Disease: Applications to Nucleic Acid and Peptide Oligomers and Aggregates, David Andrew Price
CONTENT VARIATION IN JURY INSTRUCTIONS FOR FATAL POLICE USE OF FORCE TRIALS DO NOT MODERATE THE EFFECT OF ATTITUDES TOWARD POLICE ON VERDICTS, Chasity Lynn Ratliff
Collective Protesting as Existential Communication: A Phenomenology of Risk, Responsibility, and Ethical Attendance, L. Shelley Rawlins
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL EXPERIENCES DURING THE 2018 NICARAGUAN UPRISING, MILDRED GUISELLA REYES MUNGUIA
Cell-Based Models and RNA Biology for a Genetic Form of Lou Gehrig's Disease, Kushal Rohilla
EFFECTS OF BUPROPION DURING SMOKING ABSTINENCE ON LORETA-ASSESSED FRONTAL LOBE ACTIVITY, Matthew Allen Ruehle
You Only Live Once: Bollywood, Neoliberal Subjectivity and the Hindutva State, Namrata Sathe
GEOMECHANICAL STATE OF ROCKS WITH DEPLETION IN UNCONVENTIONAL COALBED METHANE RESERVOIRS, Suman Saurabh
Evaluating the Effects of Relational Training Procedures on Memory, Dementia Symptomology and Derived Relational Responding in Older Adults, Ayla M. Schmick
EXAMINING RELATIONS AMONG POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE METRICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY AND POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OF EXPOSURE TO TRAUMA, Dustin A. Seidler
TISSUE-SPECIFIC ABLATION OF INSULIN RECEPTOR SIGNALING RESULTS IN INFERTILITY IN FEMALE MICE, Nikola Sekulovski
Testing and Security Considerations in Presence of Process Variations, Basim Shanyour
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF ONLINE INSTRUCTION AND ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT TRAINING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANS™, Ashley Shayter
FAMILY, NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXTS, AND THE MIXED EFFECTS ON KOREAN JUVENILES’ VIOLENCE, Songyon Shin
Student Perceptions of Animal Science Concepts as They Apply to Introductory Course Curriculum Development, Samantha Siemers
Scapegoating as a Form of Color-Blind Racism: Do African American and Latino Men Receive Harsher Punishment in the Workplace?, Brittany Sievers
Engineering structural/electronic properties of layered Selenides : A multi-scale modeling approach, Henaka Rallage Hansika Iroshini Sirikumara
ACUTE ADMINISTRATION OF LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI IN NEURODEGENERATION AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING JUVENILE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Aidan C. Smith
The Niggarization of Black Bodies, Joseph Leonard Smith
A THEORETICAL INTEGRATION OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE AND DETERRENCE: A TALE OF TWO THEORIES, Alaina Dawn Steele
AUTOMATA IN THE VICTORIAN IMAGINATION: FICTIONAL RESPONSES TO INDUSTRIALIZATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN PERFECTIBILITY, Ethan Stephenson
Defining "Engagement" for the Composition Classroom, Kylee Thacker Maurer
HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY WITHIN THE CLIMATE REGIONS OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND ITS TELECONNECTION WITH CLIMATE VARIABLES, Balbhadra Thakur
GENDER-CRITICAL/ GENDERLESS? A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF TRANS-EXCLUSIONARY RADICAL FEMINISM (TERF) IN FEMINIST CURRENT, Emily Vajjala
Pointing and Laughing: Stand-up Comedy and Anti-Mental-Illness-Stigma Advocacy, Darren James Valenta
DETERMINANTS OF BILATERAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY, Di Wang
DELAY DISCOUNTING, SELF-CONTROL TRAINING, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER UTILIZATION, Tara Webb
BLESS OUR HEARTS: TOWARDS A MODEL FOR QUEER ORAL HISTORY, Colin Whitworth
The role of sport participation on exercise self-efficacy, psychological need satisfaction, and resilience, Eric Michael Wiedenman
ENTREPRENEUR VALUES, PREFERENCES, AND MOTIVES: A PERSON-ENTREPRENEURSHIP FIT PERSPECTIVE, Aric Wilhau
STABILITY AND BIFURCATION DYNAMICS OF JOURNAL BEARING ROTOR SYSTEMS, Yeyin Xu
DESIGN A SCALABLE AND SECURE NDN-BASED DATA RETRIEVAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTERNET OF THINGS, Ning Yang
Estimating the performance of hybrid (monocrystalline PV - cooling) system using different factors., Laith Akeelaldeen Zeinaldeen
Systemic Investigation of Ga2O3 from Material to Device, zichang zhang
NEW SOURCES OF SOYBEAN SEED COMPOSITION TRAITS IDENTIFIED THROUGH FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS, Zhou Zhou
Dissertations from 2019
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting via Frequency Up-conversion Technology, Amin Abedini
THE ROLE OF POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX-2 (PRC2) MEDIATED REGULATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION BY JARID2, Abhinav Adhikari
INNOVATIVE GENERIC JOB SCHEDULING FRAMEWORKS FOR CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS, ABDULRAHMAN M. ALAHMADI
RHABDOMYOSARCOMA 2 ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPT (RMST) AS A NEGATIVE REGULATOR OF MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (MTOR) IN CANCER CELLS, Entkhab Alanisi
TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITIES: IRAQI AMERICAN MIGRANTS BRIDGING HOME AND HOST SOCIETIES, Ahmed J. Alansari
DESIGNING A SMART GREENHOUSE VENTILATION WINDOW BASED ON NITI SMA ACTUATOR, Sheymaa Alazzawi
Extending Saleable Shelf Life Of Selected Perishable Specialty Crops, Samir B.Salman Al-badri
SEMKEYPHRASE: A NOVEL UNSUPERVISED APPROACH FOR KEYPHRASE EXTRACTION FROM MOOC VIDEO LECTURES, Abdulaziz Ali Albahr
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NEW MODELS AND METRICS FOR THE ASSESSMENTS OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS, Wisam Subhi Talib Al-Dayyeni
The Influence of TPACK on the Perceptions of Al-Jouf University’s Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Future Use of Technology in the Classroom, Fatimah Alenazi
SIMULATION OF A NOVEL MEDIATED OXYCOMBUSTION SYSTEM, Hussein M. Al Mrayatee
RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES TOWARD SOCIAL MODERNIZATION AND THEIR IMPACT ON STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA FROM THE 1920s TO THE 1970s, Faris Muteb Almutairi
TITLE: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S.: BELIEFS ABOUT ESL/EFL CONTEXTS AND THE EFFECT ON FLUENCY, Mashael Alnefaie
SELECTIVE EXPOSURE THEORY IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA: EXAMINING SELECTIVITY ON TWITTER AMONG STUDENTS AT KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, Mohammad Alotaibi
UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM BY WHICH TBX3 PROMOTES MYOGENESIS, AIYSHA NASSER ALTHOBAITI
CONSERVATION GENETICS OF PADDLEFISH: GENETIC EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE AND RANGEWIDE GENETIC STRUCTURE, Allison Marie Asher
JOURNALISM AT GROUND ZERO: IMPERIAL WARS AND PRECARIOUS LABOR IN FRONTLINE NEWS PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN, SYED IRFAN ASHRAF
Cotton Production in Southern Illinois: Reviving a Crop, William Aycock
USING REFLECTION WRAPPERS AS A SELF-REGULATED LEARNING TOOL TO IMPROVE SAUDI ARABIAN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ METACOGNITION, AMANI ABDULLAH BIN JWAIR
AN EXAMINATION OF MORAL INJURY, ACCEPTANCE, MEANING-MAKING, AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH SYMPTOMS OF PTSD, Christine Breazeale
J20 DEFENDANTS: DISRUPTING STIGMA THROUGH IDENTITY MANAGEMENT, Lacey Brown
THE EFFECTS OF ATTENTIONAL CONTROL AND ATTENTIONAL BIAS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANXIETY AND STRESS RESPONSE, Moselle Campbell
LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SLEEP PROBLEMS AND EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN: INVESTIGATING GENETIC AND TEMPERAMENTAL MODERATORS, Gabriel Casher
Development and initial validation of the Perceived Classism Questionnaire, Klaus Eickhoff Cavalhieri
CHARACTERIZATION AND STUDY OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF CTL0511, A CHLAMYDIAL PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE TYPE 2C, Ja Claywell
Biological Stress and Sociocultural Reactions to Environmental Change on the Central Coast of Peru: A Case of the Lima From Huaca 20 in the Maranga Complex, Megan Kathleen Cleary
PERCEPTIONS OF ALUMNI OF CHILD WELFARE REGARDING SUPPORTS RELATED TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS WELL-BEING: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY, Tanya L. Collins