Dissertations from 2017
SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING IN ADOLESCENTS WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, Jordan Marie Constance
ApoE4 Genotype as a Moderator of Brain Responses to Target Stimuli Prior and Subsequent to Smoking Abstinence, Ryan Patrick Coppens
A Critical Disability Pedagogy: Legitimizing Dyslexia, Julie Susan Cosenza
A Community of the Lonely: Using Paul Ricoeur's Theory of Narrative to Cultivate Community in America, Benjamin Taylor Craig
THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT, SATISFACTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Yancy Luz Cruz-Virella
THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT VALIDATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL THINKING INVENTORY (OSCTI), Jason Mark Curry
Education from the "Bottom" Up: Black Women Navigating the Community College Transfer Experience, Kristin Dade
Energy metabolism and aging, Justin Darcy
INVESTIGATING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS: A CASE STUDY OF NORTHEAST CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, Deidra Denice Davis
HISTORY FROM THE MIDDLE: THE STUDENT INTERPRETERS CORPS AND IMAGINED AMERICAN ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM IN CHINA, 1902-1941, Nathaniel Alexander Davis
RESEARCH STUDY MEASURING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, JOB SATISFACTION, AND INTENTION TO TURNOVER IN UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, Aspen D'Costa
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON URBAN STORMWATER SYSTEM AND USE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADAPTATION: AN INVESTIGATION ON TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, AND GOVERNANCE, Krishna Prasad Dhakal
AN ASSESSMENT OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN DECENTRALIZED SERVICE DELIVERY: THE CASE OF VIETNAM, Diep Thi Ngoc Duong
PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION AND SCHEDULING FOR PARALLEL PROGRAMS WITH CRITICAL SECTIONS, Sourav Dutta
INHIBITORY CONTROL AND ITS RELATION TO PERSONALITY/TEMPERAMENT, EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, AND THE BRAIN, Sarah Mailander Dyer
INTERAREA OSCILLATION DAMPING BY USING A PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR WIND TURBINE, Emad Mohamed Elhaji
TRANSITION METAL COATINGS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL AND HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS, Bamidele Daniel Falola
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LITERACY IN SELECTED K-5 CLASSROOMS EMPLOYING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM METHODOLOGIES: A SOLOMON FOUR-GROUP ANALYSIS, Mary Margaret Fischer
WOMEN’S AWARENESS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD: A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY, Katherine Fishman
The Pernicious Prophecy of Diminished Academic Expectations, Stephen C. Foggatt
RESOURCE SUBSIDIES ACROSS THE AQUATIC-TERRESTRIAL BOUNDARIES OF TEMPORARY PONDS, Kelley Ann Fritz
Double-Change Covering Designs with Block Size k = 4, Nirosh Tharaka Sandakelum Gangoda Gamachchige
CANNABINOID RECEPTORS (CB) IN COCHLEA: CHARACTERIZATION AND OTOPROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS, Sumana Ghosh
Examining the Effects of Mindfulness on the Relationships between Citizenship Pressure, Job Stress, and Turnover Intentions within Healthcare: A Moderated Mediation Model, Nicole Louise Gilson
Understanding the Adjustment Needs of International Graduate Students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Mehrete Girmay
"My Journey Out Of...": How Women Narrate Their Religious Departures, Angela Louise Glunz
MUSIC TO OUR EYES: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE FOR MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION IN MUSIC PERCEPTION, Robert Edward Graham
HEALTH EXPERIENCES OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECTS OF GROWING MEDIA COVERAGE, Kimberly A. Gray
TO CURL UP OR RELAX? THAT IS THE QUESTION: TENURED BLACK FEMALE FACULTY NAVIGATION OF BLACK HAIR EXPRESSION IN ACADEMIA, Sylvia Monique Gray
Summoning the Spirit of Obsolescence in Media and Performance: A Posthuman Sèance, Lindsay Patrice Greer
Priming the Pump: Reflection as a Catalyst for Transfer, Tiffany Erin Griffith
CONTRACT V. TRUST: AN EXAMINATION OF TRUST FORMATION IN CONTRACTING DYADS., Dexter Rowe Gruber
ON THE LYAPUNOV-TYPE DIAGONAL STABILITY, Mehmet Gumus
DYNAMICS OF NUCLEOSOME REMODELING BY ATP-DEPENDENT CHROMATIN REMODELERS, Arjan Hada
DISTINCT GENOME WIDE FUNCTIONS OF CHROMATIN REMODELERS IN NUCLEOSOME ORGANIZATION AND TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION, Solomon Ghebremeskel Hailu
An Examination of Principals' Leadership and Its Impact on Early Elementary Grades, Megan Hallissey
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION MODEL ON ELEMENTARY READING PERFORMANCE IN MISSOURI, Philip Harrison
THE EFFECTS OF ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS ON ADIPOGENESIS VIA PPARγ AND CANONICAL WNT SIGNALING, Darcie Hastings
THE IMPACT OF INNOVATION ON FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSORSHIP AND TRANSGENERATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Carol Yvonne Heitman-Lucy
CONVERSATIONS ON COLLABORATION: GRADUATE STUDENTS AS WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS IN THE WRITING CENTER, Jennifer M. Hewerdine
Male rape myths: Measurement and relation to the gender role strain paradigm, Ingrid Hogge
PUBLIC, PRIVATE, PAST, AND PRESENT: AN EXPLORATION OF THE LANGUAGE AND MUSICAL STRUCTURES OF KOTIRIA/WANANO WOMEN’S KAYA BASA ‘SAD SONGS’, Aimee Jean Hosemann
INTERNALIZATION AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF MUCOSALLY-ADMINISTERED SOLUBLE AND PARTICULATE ANTIGENS, Savannah Ellyse Howe
Design and Implementation of Scalable High-Performance Network Functions, Cheng-Liang Hsieh
BIOINFORMATICS INVESTIGATION OF RNA PSEUDOKNOTS, Xiaolan Huang
Determinants of Sports Performance: Case Studies on Olympics & Major League Soccer, Taurean D. Hutchinson
INTEREST GROUPS IN RESPONSE TO THE OBAMACARE: THE CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD OF HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES, AKM Saiful Islam
ESTIMATING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF GENDER WAGE DISCRIMINATION IN ETHIOPIA, Mulugeta A. Jemberie
FOOTING FIXITY OF BRIDGE PIER WITH END-BEARING PILE FOUNDATION, Yunyi Jiang
Dating_MissRepresentation.Com: Black Women's Lived Love-Hate Relationship With Online Dating, James Henry Johnson
Society's Biological Entrapment: Maternity, Eugenics, and Violence in 1920's American Literature and Film, Jerrica Jordan
LINES THAT BIND: DISABILITY’S PLACE IN THE MODERNIST WRITINGS OF WILLIAM FAULKNER, AMY LOWELL, LANGSTON HUGHES, AND EZRA POUND, Levi James Jost
LOW RANK AND SPARSE MODELING FOR DATA ANALYSIS, Zhao Kang
DELETION OF THE Foxo1 GENE IN MOUSE PITUITARY GLAND AND THE EFFECTS ON SOMATOTROPE DIFFERENTIATION AND FUNCTION, Jyoti Kapali
Efficient VLSI Implementation of Arithmetic Units and Logic Circuits, Raghava Katreepalli
THRESHOLDING METHODS FOR LESION SEGMENTATION OF BASAL CELL CARCINOMA IN DERMOSCOPY IMAGES, Ravneet Kaur
Effect of Population Sources and Species Pools on Community Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity During Restoration, Mohammed Ibrahim Khalil
The Effects of Neuroendocrine Stress on Larval Development, Lucas James Kirschman
NEUROACTIVE AGENTS-MEDIATED CHANGES IN NEURONAL NETWORK ACTIVITY CONTROLS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY (SUDEP), srinivasa prasad Kommajosyula
ATTENTION TRAINING AND MINDFULNESS AS INTERVENTIONS FOR RUMINATION: ASSOCIATIONS WITH COGNITIVE CONTROL, Samuel Louis Kramer
The Assessment of Malingering by Proxy in the Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with the Conners 3, Samuel W. Larson
Weak Commitment to School, Deviant Peers, and Cyberbullying Victimization-Strain in Adolescent Cyberbullying, Charern Lee
ROLES OF ACCESSORY DOMAINS IN THE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT OF ISW2, Yuan-chi Lin
Two Essays in Corporate Finance, Zhengkai Liu
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES' ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERACY AT A MEDIUM-SIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Sheila Faye Long
AN INVESTIGATION OF VARIABLES CONTRIBUTING TO DISORDERED GAMBLING AND SLOT MACHINE PLAY, Amy Katherine Loukus
POWER-AWARE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION ON MULTICORE ARCHITECTURES, Sheheeda Mariam Manakkadu
FACTORS AFFECTING STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS AND INFLUENCE ON MANAGEMENT AGENDAS WITHIN THE TISZA (CENTRAL EUROPE) AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS (U.S.A.), Amanda Christine Marshall
THE ROLE OF NOTCH SIGNALING IN THE DIFFERENTIAL ABILITY OF SUPPORTING CELL SUBTYPES TO SPONTANEOUSLY REGENERATE HAIR CELLS IN THE NEONATAL MOUSE COCHLEA, Melissa M. McGovern
Communication, John Dewey's Sacred Quest: The Pragmatic Church and Catholic Pragmatism, Daniel Isaac Millis
EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE 1 (EGR1) AS A TUMOR SUPPRESSOR AND APOPTOSIS INDUCER IN RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, Trefa Salih Mohamad
SUPERVISORS’ EXPERIENCE OF RESISTANCE DURING ONLINE GROUP SUPERVISION: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL CASE STUDY, James R. Morton Jr.
Aperiodic Job Handling in Cache-Based Real-Time Systems, Sankalpanand Motakpalli
Clinical Supervision of Externs in Speech-Language Pathology, DIANE MUZIO
ESSAYS ON DOMESTIC FACTORS DRIVING ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS AND EMIGRATION, Maliha Nazir
ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING: THE CHANGING SELF, IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CONTROL, Katherine M. Niman
PROTECTION OPTIMIZATION OF CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES AGAINST AIR OXIDATION BY COATING WITH ANTI-OXIDANTS, Adnan Khalil Oues
ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TISZA RIVER MINE TAILINGS POLLUTION AND EFFECT OF CHRONIC CADMIUM EXPOSURE ON FISH PHYSIOLOGY, Jenny Sueanna Paul
At the margins of intersecting identities: What does it mean to be a Black queer woman?, Courtney Payne
INFERENCE AFTER VARIABLE SELECTION, Lasanthi Chathurika Ranasinghe Pelawa Watagoda
Integrating Feature and Graph Learning with Factorization Models for Low-Rank Data Representation, Chong Peng
From Text to Textile: An Autoethnographic Exploration of the Guatemalan Huipil, Olivia Gessella Perez-Langley
THEORY OF MIND, EMPATHY, AND IDENTITY PROCESSING STYLE: EXAMINING INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND ADVANTAGES OF ACTING EXPERIENCE, Zachary Allen Pilot
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH EDUCATION SPECIALISTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS PROVIDING END-OF-LIFE EDUCATION, Amy Piontek
Anna He Purnabramha: Deorukhe Women’s Agency in the Making of Bodies, Cuisines, and Culture in Maharashtra, India, Gauri Anilkumar Pitale
ECOLOGY AND COEXISTENCE OF SCAPHIRHYNCHUS STURGEON AT MULTIPLE SCALES, Anthony Porreca
EXPLORATION OF NEW MAGNETOCALORIC AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC MATERIALS, Abdiel Quetz
A NOVEL LINEAR DIOPHANTINE EQUATION-BAESD LOW DIAMETER STRUCTURED PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK, Shahriar Rahimi
Computational Studies of Stable and Unstable Growth of Vapor bubbles in Superheated Liquid, Sai Manohar Ramachandran
REACTIONS AND PROCESSES AT CELL-MIMICKING MEMBRANE SURFACES, Julia Constanza Reyes-Cuellar
Monitoring and Assessment of Military Installation Land Condition under Training Disturbance using Remote Sensing, Santosh Rijal
Examining the Relationship between Safety Management System Implementation and Safety Culture in Collegiate Flight Schools, Mike Robertson
BOOTSTRAPPING ANALOGS OF THE ONE WAY MANOVA TEST, Hasthika Sriyantha Rupasinghe Arachchige Don
COUNSELORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INTEGRATING INDIAN/EASTERN AND WESTERN COUNSELING APPROACHES IN INDIA, Nupur Sahai