Dissertations
Dissertations from 2024
Ethics of Enhancement: Enhancing for Everyone Else, Ezekeal Desmond Bacans-Grounds
Lifting Limits: Mediation Moderation Effects of Barrier Awareness, Attitudes, Training Desire, and Job Performance in Fitness Staff
Author: Edward Chavez Jr.
Advisor: Swathi Ravichandran (Committee Chair)
Reprocessable and Photoresponsive Silicones for Increased Longevity and Upcycling/Recycling abilities, Herenia Espitia Armenta
Understanding The Impact Of Diversity, Equity, and, Inclusion On Artistic Programming Decisions At Nonprofit Arts Organizations
Author: Raynel Frazier
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
The New Culture War: Critical Race Theory, Gender Politics, K-12 School Board Meetings, Founding Myths, and the Religious Right, Marlena Graves
Aphasia Communication and Activity Groups: Experiences and Perspectives of Group Members and Facilitators, Eleanor Christine Gulick
Meeting Societal Expectations Through Understanding Police Decision-Making
Author: Herbert B. Homan
Advisor: Truit Gray (Committee Chair)
On the Posterior Consistency and Bernstein-von Mises Phenomenon for the Diaconis-Ylvisaker Prior, Xin Jin
The Socio-Technical Divide: A Comparative Qualitative Analysis of Banking Experiences in Low-Income and Higher-Income Communities
Author: Val A. Kaba
Advisor: Steven Cady (Committee Chair)
Spinning Wheels & Organizational Decline: Testing an Instrument for Validity and Reliability, Diane T. Keil-Hipp
The Role Transparency Plays in the Success and Sustainability of a Collaborative Network: Within a Midsized Citywide Strategic Change Initiative
Author: Gale A. Lacey
Advisor: Jeanelle Sears (Committee Chair)
Transformative Governance: Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence in State and Local Government Operations
Author: Ebony J. Lothery
Advisor: Michelle Brodke (Committee Chair)
Exploring Internal Collaboration in Community Colleges
Author: Carla LaShae McKnight
Advisor: Steve Cady (Committee Chair)
An examination of the effects of Affective Commitment and Job Security Satisfaction on Constructive Deviant Behavior use among campus equity, diversity, and inclusion professionals
Author: Nicolle Lynne Merkel
Advisor: Michelle Brodke (Committee Chair)
Thomas Jefferson, Cryptozoologist: The Intersection Of Science And Folklore In Early America, Justin Phillip Mullis
Employer Branding - Advocacy and Ambassadorship
Author: David Robinson Perry
Advisor: Margaret Brooks (Committee Chair)
The Normalization and Destigmatization of Raves, Cori Pryor
Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Photocaged R-Alkoxysilanes and Siloxane Polymers, Mahmud Ramdan Rashed
Antecedents of shared leadership during organizational change: a partnership case study, Maria Sellers-McGauley
Development and Characterization of Photo-Initiated and Responsive Hybrid Organosilicon Materials, Cory Blake Sims
The War On Recruiters: A Qualitative Exploration of Identifying Stress Factors in Talent Acquisition
Author: Cortney D. Smalley
Advisor: Michael Zickar (Committee Chair)
Making Democracy Safe for Empire: A History and Political Economy of the National Endowment for Democracy, United States Agency for International Development, and Twenty-First Century Media Imperialism, Benjamin Arthur Thomason
The Development of the Unified Human Dynamics Framework Instrument (UHDF-I): An Exploratory Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis
Author: Franco Pietro Viti
Advisor: Steven Cady (Committee Chair)
Advancing the Understanding of Police Crime from a Structural Perspective: An Analysis of American Counties, Chloe Ann Wentzlof
Dissertations from 2023
Characterization of Gallium Oxide thin film grown by MOCVD, Detcho Jean Noalick Morane Aboa
Probing Lipid Membrane Interactions with Drug Molecules and Cationic Proteins Using Combined Experimental and Computational Analysis, Lorena Alvarez
Projection Pursuit Indices Based on Weighted L2 Statistics for Testing Normality, Eugeniah Amma Pemah Arthur
Understanding Light Driven Processes in Molecules and Materials, Sruthy Baburaj
Perceived crisis readiness of ice arena managers, Jamie Ann Baringer
Loss of Remote Work as Psychological Contract Violation: Implications for Working Mothers, Employee Attitudes and Retention, Katherine Barlow
An Examination of the Effects of Storytelling in Meetings on Psychological Safety, Trust, and Employee Voice Behavior
Author: Douglas C. Bellah
Advisor: Michael Zickar (Committee Chair)
Impact of Vibrational Mode Coupling on the Isomerization of Natural and Synthetic Molecular Switches, Alejandro Blanco Gonzalez
Black Female Leadership: Barriers To Ascension To Senior Leadership Positions In Corporations In America
Author: Angelene Bonner
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
Predicting base conservation scores in RNA 3D structures, Gul Bahar Bulbul
Female CODE4her™ mentor experiences and perceptions of sense of belonging in computer science: a transcendental phenomenological embedded single-case study, Jadwiga Agata Carlson
The Roles of Direct and Indirect Marriage in the Marriage Bar, Marriage Wage Premium, and Within Couple Earnings Equality, Lisa Carlson
Leading the heist to restore American childhood and teacher autonomy through finnish principles of joyful leading, teaching, and learning, Margaret Ellen Carr
Frequency and Anchoring Effects on Lay Impressions of Comparison Validity Estimates, Marie Childers
Religious and Spiritual Coping with Parental Psychospiritual and Psychological Maltreatment of Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals, Jay Aaron Chinn
Taking Care: Exemplary Leadership During Adversity a Regenerative System
Author: Kelly Gesmundo Clarke
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
The Urban/Rural Divide: Social Identities on Schitt's Creek, Judith Clemens-Smucker
Sequential Inference and Goodness of Fit Testing using Energy Statistics for the Power Normal and Modified Power Normal Distributions, Bradley Craig
The impact of fee-based individualized academic support programs on attitude toward retention and belonging on college students with a disability, Timothy Depinet
Exploring Non-Activist Alternative Media: Audiences and Content, Matthew Michael Dorr
Methodology for Estimation and Model Selection in High-Dimensional Regression with Endogeneity, Fan Du
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)
Self-Determined Exit: How Self Determination Theory Can Explain Wellness Trajectories of Religious Disaffiliates, Joel Engelman
A technical college's connection to a learning organization during a pandemic: a case study, Tim Brian Fitzpatrick
Politics? What Politics? Digital Fandom and Sociopolitical Belief, Sarah Ellen Ford
When is fun "fun"? An examination of the effects of contextual factors on appraisals of fun in the workplace, Lindsey Marie Freier
Criminal Involvement, Risky Sexual Behavior, Relationship Formation, and Fertility Outcomes, Brittany Ganser
Efron’s Method on Large Scale Correlated Data and Its Refinements, Asmita Ghoshal
High Order Enriched Finite Element Methods for Interface Problems, Moumita Ghosh
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and its Relation to Components of Therapeutic Approaches, Assia Meriem Ghoul
Examining the impact of a pre-matriculation social belonging intervention on the academic achievement of incoming first-time, full-time college students, Brigette S. Gibson
Fanning While Female: Gatekeeping, Boundary Policing, and the Harassment of Women in the Star Wars Fandom, Shanna R. Gilkeson
Understanding Perceptions of Levels and Indicators of Addictiveness and Related Factors, Jennifer T. Grant Weinandy
Extenuating circumstances: a descriptive-interpretive qualitative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on graduate student professional socialization, Michael Allen Greene
Can Social Media Contact Reduce Stigma? Promoting Empathy with the Art and Writing of People Experiencing Mental Illness, Frances J. Griffith
Associations Among Parent Dieting, Dietary Restraint, and Children's Eating Attitudes and Behaviors, Lindsay Hamilton
Adolescent Media Exposure to Real-Life Violence: Impact and Parental Responses, Rachel M. Hardy Hickin
Universal Composition Operators on the Hardy Space with Linear Fractional Symbols, Aiham A. Hassan
Campus Climate and Non-Faculty Employees with Disabilities: A Quantitative Analysis of Perceptions, Mark Alan Heider
Theorizing and Developing a Non-Criminal Deviance Victimization Scale and Exploring Its Impact on Substance Use, Amanda Heitkamp
The Comedy Roast as American Ritual: Performing Race and Gender, Robin Hershkowitz
An examination of the shared experiences of adjunct faculty related to their readiness for teaching through distance learning, Daniel William Hoppe Jr.
The Curvilinear Impacts of Instrumental Social Support Elicitations, Ian Michael Hughes
Good Times?: Simulating the Seventies in Nineties Hollywood, Logan Johnson
#StopAsianHate Counterspeech on Twitter: Effectiveness of Counterspeech Strategies and Geospatial Analysis, Md Enamul Kabir
Manipulating Excited State Pathways to Uncover New Photochemical Processes, Lakshmy Kannadi Valloli
Collateral consequences of juvenile arrest: investigating adult prosocial behavioral and attainment outcomes, Samantha Kopf
C3 inquiry based instruction to promote social and emotional learning, Arthur J. Lewandowski
Generalizations of the Exterior Algebra, Steven Robert Lippold
A Strictly Weakly Hypercyclic Operator with a Hypercyclic Subspace, Zeno Madarasz
From "Sweat Equity" to the Sweet Spot: Understanding Career Commitment Influences for Title IX Administrators
Author: Jennifer McCary
Advisor: Maureen Wilson (Committee Chair)
Multipotential Student Academic Major and Career Choice, Tiffany Menard
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)
Junctione Ramorum: Meletama Philosophicum de Problematibus Intersectione de Ethica Metaphysica Epistemologiaque, Nathan Manning Mulch
Employer Perceptions of Certificate Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Rachel Najdek
Ultrafast Excited State Relaxation Dynamics in Molecular Probes and Organic Molecules of Biological Importance, Laura Marie Obloy
An efficient framework for hypothesis testing using Topological Data Analysis, Hasani Indunil Pathirana
Prioritizing others: an exploration of instructional coaches' servant leadership behaviors and teacher well-being, Katie Lynn Perkins
Sexual violence in higher education: the role of interactive media resources in how LGBQ+ students understand their experiences, Madison Ann Pollino
Probing the excited state processes with Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy, Sarvar Rakhimov
Contested Fidelities: An Analysis of Mononormativity and Polyamory in Christian Discourse, Jesse Thomas Reese
Agile XP, Stress, Trust and Empowerment in Distributed Workforce Environments
Author: Brandon Q. Rogers
Advisor: William Sawaya (Committee Chair)
"I Learned About This Online:" The Role of Indian Digital Feminist Activism as Public Pedagogy, Riddhima Sharma
Loss integration: A grounded theory of returning to work after perinatal loss
Author: Colleen Kindelin Steele
Advisor: Deborah O'Neil (Committee Chair)
Joyous Retaliation: Activism and Identity in the New Tone Ska Scene, Steven Stendebach
Linking IRTree Estimates of Within-Person Variability in Personality to Job Performance, Brent A. Stevenor