Dissertations
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Black Female Leadership: Barriers To Ascension To Senior Leadership Positions In Corporations In America
Author: Angelene Bonner
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
Taking Care: Exemplary Leadership During Adversity a Regenerative System
Author: Kelly Gesmundo Clarke
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
I'mpossible: A Phenomenological Study of Factors Contributing to African American Women's Successful Ascension to Senior Leadership in Corporate America
Author: Tisha A. Duncan
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
From "Sweat Equity" to the Sweet Spot: Understanding Career Commitment Influences for Title IX Administrators
Author: Jennifer McCary
Advisor: Maureen Wilson (Committee Chair)
Coaches' Perceptions of Adolescent Team Resilience: Examining Resilient Moments in Sporting Events Using the Critical Incident Technique
Author: Meghan Michael
Advisor: Steven Cady (Committee Chair)
Working "Unbossed": Self-Leadership and Empowering Leadership Effects on Employee Attitudes
Author: Thomas George Mitchell
Advisor: Margaret Brooks (Committee Chair)
The Impact of Large-Group Drumming Events at Work on Employee Emotions
Author: Dale Arthur Monnin
Advisor: Steven Cady (Committee Chair)
Agile XP, Stress, Trust and Empowerment in Distributed Workforce Environments
Author: Brandon Q. Rogers
Advisor: William Sawaya (Committee Chair)
Loss integration: A grounded theory of returning to work after perinatal loss
Author: Colleen Kindelin Steele
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
Dissertations from 2022
Reclaiming the “C” in ICT4D: A Critical Examination of the Discursive (Un)Freedoms in Digital State Policy and News Media of Bangladesh and Norway, Mohammad Ala-Uddin
Exploring Potential Downsides of Job Crafting, Melissa A. Albert
Family Time: The Role of Workplace Policies and How Parents Spend their Time, Amira Allen
The UWC Breakthrough and Ascent: Factors and Transitions, Abdulrhman Ahmad Althgafei
Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Efficacy of Emphasizing Peer Relationships in a Facebook-based Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for College Students, LaNaya M. Anderson
International Faculty – Chair Relationship: Job Satisfaction Relative to Leadership and Communication Quality, Nina Barudzic
From the Boardroom to the Bedroom: Sexual Ecologies in the Algorithmic Age, Bernadette Bowen
A Spectrum of Horror: Queer Images in the Contemporary Horror Genre, David Eric Browning
Dispositions and Dual Credit: A Study on Student Attitudes toward Writing, Morgan Elizabeth Buchs
Portrait of a Real American: Class, Masculinity, Race, and Ideology in American Professional Wrestling, 1983-1993, Nicholas Ryan Canada
Aggregative Growth of Colloidal Semiconducting Nanocrystals for Nanoshell Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Molecules, James Cassidy
Debate Watch Parties in Bars and Online Platforms: Audiences, Political Culture, and Setting during the 2020 United States Presidential Election, Adam Nicholas Cohen
The Viewpoints: A Postmodern Actor Training for a Postmodern Theatre, Steven Daniel Cullen
An Examination of the Impact of Local Government Service Factors on Public Trust
Author: Jordan D. Daugherty
Advisor: Michael Zickar (Committee Chair)
Synthesis and Characterizations of Bis-diazirines and Their Applications in Organic Electronics, Kaustav Dey
Impact of Organizational Signals on Dynamic Performance Appraisal, Jordan Dovel
Photochemistry of Vanadium Clusters and Applications For Responsive Materials, E.A. Kalani D. Edirisinghe
Experiences of Teacher Educators Utilizing Technology in Teacher Preparation Programs, Cynthia Jane Edwards
Never the Twain Shall Meet?: Arab and Muslim Immigration and Far-right Reactions to Race, Nation, and Culture, Emily Edwards
Military Sexual Trauma, Combat Trauma, and Disordered Eating among United States Military Veterans: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Underlying Mechanisms, Emily Lauren Ferrell
Dating Couples' Spiritual Intimacy Predicts Relationship Satisfaction and Commitment Beyond Emotional Intimacy, Daniel Flint
A Life Course Perspective on Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Prior Partners and Adverse Relationship Histories, Mackenzie Grace
The Ah-Ha Experience in Peer-Mentoring Group Sessions
Author: Gary A. Gray
Advisor: Steven Cady (Committee Chair)
Constellating Graduate Students' Perceptions of the Impostor Phenomenon, Writing, and Mentoring, Emma Lee Guthrie
Photoreactivity and Enhanced Toughness and Stability in Polysaccharide-Based Materials Using Metal Ion Coordination, Carina Haddad
Using Fecal Microbial Transfer to Alter Drinking Behavior in a Rat Model of Alcoholism and Correlations with Dopamine Receptor Expression, Brittany Ann Halverstadt
Exploring the conditions under which collective empathy forms, embeds, and sustains in an organization: A grounded theory case study
Author: David Lyn Harkins
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
Pathways between Relational Spiritual Processes, AA Sponsorship Alliance, and Sponsee Recovery Goals, Allison C. Hart
White Senior-level Student Affairs Professionals' Experiences with Social Justice, Inclusion, and Whiteness, Brittany House Conrad
Synthesis and investigation of silsesquioxane networks from static to photoactive smart materials, Nai-hsuan Hu
Single-Molecule Spectroscopy Studies of Protein Conformational Dynamics in DNA Damage Recognition and Cell Signaling, Sunidhi Jaiswal
Reimagining How Putrescine Functions as a Signaling Compound: The Essential Role of Synthesis and Compartmentation, Kumud Joshi
Drosophila as a Model Organism to Study Opioid Use Disorder, Nabil Karnib
Influence of Cognitive Interference on Speech, Zoe Kriegel
Ultra High Dimension Variable Selection with Threshold Partial Correlations, Yiheng Liu
Parasites alter organismal behavior and interactions in aquatic ecosystems, Rebecca Noel MacKay
Simultaneous Inference With Application To Dose-Response Study, Rachana Maharjan
Synthesis and photophysical property investigation of beads on a chain (BoC) silsesquioxane hybrid oligomers: probable pseudo conjugation, Shahrea Mahbub
Discovering the Aspects of Crises, the Environment, and Self That Inform Entry-Level Residence Life Crisis Managers, Joshua Alexander Maxwell
The Effect of Nonlinear Source-Filter Interaction on Aerodynamic Measures in a Synthetic Model of the Vocal Folds and Vocal Tract, Nicholas A. May
Trolling of #MeToo: Audiences' Perceptions, Blessy McWan
Energy-Statistics-Based Nonparametric Tests for Change Point Analysis, Joseph Mwendwa Njuki
Employee Voice Behavior and Perceived Control: Does Remote Work Environment Matter?
Author: Kelly Irene O'Brien
Advisor: Swathi Ravichandran (Committee Chair)
Exploring Self-awareness from Organization Development Practitioners' Perspectives
Author: Adaeze O. Ochieze
Advisor: Michelle Brodke (Committee Chair)
Dungeons & Dragons & Figurations: A D&D Player's Place within a Sea of Media Objects, Jules Marcel Patalita
The Evolution of Musical Theatre in Nigeria: A Case Study of Bolanle Austen-Peters' Musicals, Leesi Patrick
Boronic Acids as Optical Chemosensors for Saccharides and Phosphate Related Analytes, Andrej Penavic
Trust, Trustworthiness, Trust Propensity, Social Determinants of Health, and Not-for-profit Healthcare Organizations: Is there an Impact on Relations?
Author: Heather Lynn Poddany
Advisor: Michelle Brodke (Committee Chair)
Electro-Optical Properties of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals Made by Means of Coalescence, Dmitry Porotnikov
"What a Man": The Crisis of Masculinity on the Broadway Musical Stage, Daniel Matthew Ricken
Transformations of Siloxane-Based Materials Toward a Reuse and Recycling Loop: Catalytic Methods and Photochemistry, Buddhima Rupasinghe
Understanding Families of Adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Measure of Service and Support Needs Grounded in Family Members' Experience, Sarah E. Russin
Evaluating the effects of anthropogenic land use and habitat fragmentation on bat diversity and activity in the Oak Openings Region, Kelly Russo-Petrick
Hex the Kyriarchy: The Resignification of the Witch in Feminist Discourse from the Suffrage Era to the Present Day, Stephanie Nicole Scheurich
"That's a very big deal": An examination of the social support process for victims/survivors of sexual assault, Jaclyn Rae Shetterly
Durable WAC: A Sustainability Study of Two WAC Programs at Two, Two-Year Colleges, Timothy D. Snyder
Black Queer TV: Reparative Viewing and the Sociopolitical Questions of Our Now, Tobias L. Spears
The Aerodynamic, Glottographic, and Acoustic Effects of Clear Speech, Mahdi Tahamtan
The Use of Self Survey Instrument (UoS-SI): An Exploratory Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis
Author: Jennifer L. Traxler
Advisor: Steven Cady (Committee Chair)
Some Universality and Hypercyclicity Phenomena on Smooth Manifolds, Thomas A. Tuberson
“It’s Hell”: Examining Suspicion, Ableism, and Disability Pride through an Intersectional Analysis of Fibromyalgia Experiences, Tabetha K. Violet
Communication Privacy Management Among Emerging Adult Children of Mothers with Depression, Kevin Walker
Normativity and Rationality – Analyzing the Norms for Disagreements and Judgment Suspension, Yuzhou Wang
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Pilot Online Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Medical Students, Rachel S. Wasson
"I Wish to Be, I Wish to Give, I Wish to Go, I Wish to Meet": Make-A-Wish and the Construction of Disability, 1980-Present, Kaitlyn E. Wauthier
What Certain Norms Say About Spectra, Danielle Witt
Dissertations from 2021
Phenylethylamine Derivatives: Pharmacological and Toxicological Studies, Amal Aburahma
Computational Raman Spectroscopy of Heterogeneous Organic-Inorganic Interfaces, Sajjad Afroosheh
Defect Studies in Metals, Alloys, and Oxides by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy and Related Techniques, Sahil Agarwal
The Misrepresentation of Arab Gulf Men Through Costumes on Stage and Screen, Abdulmajeed Aldoukhi
The Association Between Sibling Type, Sibling Relationship Quality, and Mental Health from Adolescence into Young Adulthood, Lindsey L. Aldrich
Universality of Composition Operator with Conformal Map on the Upper Half Plane, Fadelah Abdulmohsen Almohammedali
The Patterns of First Marriage Among Children of Immigrants, Maurice Anyawie
A Case Study Exploring the Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Membership on Gender Identity Development, Megan M. Arnold
Need for Cognition in Resident Assistants, Bryan Austin
Representations of HIV/AIDS in Popular American Comic Books, 1981-1996, William Richard Avila
Metal-organic Frameworks as Modern Tools for Isomerism, Photophysics and Spin Chemistry, Mayokun Joshua Ayodele
The Community Industry: An Analysis of Reddit and /r/socialism, Richard E. Babb
Reconceptualizing Desistance: An Examination of the Effect of Latent Adult Behaviors and Latent Adult Cognitions on Desistance from Crime Over Time, Kyle Jordan Bares
Force of Nurture: Influences on an Early-Career Secondary English Teacher's Writing Pedagogy, Brandie L. Bohney
Identity and Romantic Relational Meaning-making After Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, Aimee Jeanne Burns
The Pleasure in Paradox: The Negotiation Between Agency and Admiration in the Disney Fan Community, Alissa Nicole Butler
Iron Sharpens Iron: A Case Study On Instructional Coaching For Professional Learning and Leadership Development, Teresa M. Castellaneta
Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood: Assessing Relationship Quality, Union Dissolution, and Repartnering, Lindsey M. Cooper
The Relationship Between Adolescents' Self-Reported Mental Health Characteristics and College Enrollment Behaviors, Emily Thatcher Creamer
Are Fruit Snacks Like Fruit? Children's and Parents' Evaluations of Deceptive Packaged Foods, Lauren Ann Dial