Dissertations
Dissertations from 2012
Processes of Strain Crossover between Dual-Earner Couples, YoungAh Park
Marital Timing and Earnings over the Life Course, Krista K. Payne
Decision-Making Competence, Life Regrets, and Subjective Well-Being in Mature Adults, Olivia Pethtel
Some (Still) Like it Hot: Re-envisioning Transdisciplinarity and Collaboration in First Year Composition and Jazz, Krista L. Petrosino
RNA 3D Motifs: Identification, Clustering, and Analysis, Anton Petrov
Terrestrial Influences on the Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity of Temporary Wetlands, Michael Plenzler
The Design, Syntheses, and Photophysics of Novel Pt(II) Polypyridyl Arylacetylides and Arylthiolates, Valentina Prusakova
Single Molecule Spectroscopy Studies of Membrane Protein Dynamics and Energetics by Combined Experimental and Computational Analyses, Suneth Rajapaksha
Deliberative Rhetoric in the Twelfth Century: The Case for Eleanor of Aquitaine, Noblewomen, and the Ars Dictaminis, Shawn D. Ramsey
A Profile of Early 21ST Century Teachers of Northwest Ohio: The Relationship Between Teachers' Technology Integration and Leadership Practices, Carrie Rathsack
The Ecology of Aerial Algae, Jennifer Ress
Intense Adolescent Work and Deviance: Theoretical Mechanisms and Long-Term Outcomes, Gregory Rocheleau
Voices Unheard: Using Intersectionality to Understand Identity Among Sexually Marginalized Undergraduate Students of Color, Elizabeth Russell
A Multiscale Spatial Analysis of Oak Openings Plant Diversity with Implications for Conservation and Management, Timothy Schetter
Multidisciplinary Approach to Bat Conservation in the Oak Openings Region of Northwest Ohio, Jessica Sewald
The Effect of Marriage and Employment on Criminal Desistance: The Influence of Race, Nicole Shoenberger
Development and Validation of a Measure of Workplace Climate for Healthy Weight Maintenance, Katherine Sliter
But We're Here to Help! Positive Buffers of the Relationship between Victim Incivility and Employee Outcomes in Firefighters, Michael Sliter
A Study of the Relationship Between Traditional Peking Opera and Contemporary Western Percussion Music in Mu Kuei-Yin in Percussion by Chien-Hui Hung, Isabelle Streng
Manufacturing Identity: Peasant Workers' Spatial Production in China, Kang Sun
Exploring a Relationship between Worker' Perceptions of Leaders and Workers' Self-Efficacy in Social Services, Michele Toth
To Be or Not To Be a Protrusion: Unraveling the Determinants of Protrusion Formation, Mita Varghese
The Media is the Weapon: The Enduring Power of Balkan War (Mis)Coverage, Christian Vukasovich
Memory and Meaning: Constructed Commemoration in a Nation's Capital City, Eric Weeks
Digitizing Third World Bodies: Communicating Race, Identity, and Gender through Online Microfinance/A Visual Analysis, Franklin Nii Amankwah Yartey
Teen Dating Violence Victimization in a Life-Course Perspective: Linkages to Delinquency and Adult Criminal Behavior, Lecinda Yevchak
Dissertations from 2011
Base Triples in RNA 3D Structures: Identifying, Clustering and Classifying, Amal Abu Almakarem
Voicing the Voiceless: Feminism and Contemporary Arab Muslim Women's Autobiographies, Taghreed Abu Sarhan
Social Work Field Instructors’ Perceptions of Core Attributes: Implications for Leadership and Gatekeeping, Margaret Adams
Silence as a Rhetor's Tool: Rhetorical Choices for and uses of Silence, Suzan E. Aiken
Abusive Supervision as a Predictor of Deviance and Health Outcomes: The Exacerbating Role of Narcissism and Social Support, Katherine Alexander
YouTubing Difference: Performing Identity in Online Do-It-Yourself Communities, Samara Anarbaeva
Sugar, Salt, and Fat: Michelle Obama's Rhetoric Concerning the Let's Move! Initiative, Binary Opposition, Weight Obsession, and the Obesity Paradox, Jenny A. Armentrout
Adolescents' Perceptions of Rejection Status and Potentially Rejecting Situations, Tracie Baker
First-Generation College Students Transitioning to Graduate Teachers of Writing: A Proposed First-Generation Pedagogy, Emily Jordan Beard
The Experiences of Latina Students at a Predominantly White University, Mary Begley
Using the Health Belief Model to Predict Injecting Drug Users' Use of Harm Reduction, Erin Bonar
Isolated Incidents or Deliberate Policy? Media Framing of U.S. Abu Ghraib and British Detainee Abuse Scandals During the Iraq War, Ramune Braziunaite
Examining Empathy, Cognitive Distortions, and Social and Physical Aggression in Delinquent and Non-Delinquent Adolescents, Angela Capuano
Applications of Differential Functioning Methods to the Generalized Graded Unfolding Model, Nathan Carter
“A Correct and Progressive Road”: U.S.-Turkish Relations, 1945-1964, Michael Carver
Behavioral Genetic Characterization of Hunting in Domestic Dogs, Canis Familiaris, Budhaditya Chowdhury
Postmarital Union Formation and Childbearing, Jessica Cohen
Digital Media Ethics in the Writing Classroom, Toby F. Coley
Rethinking Artaud's Theoretical and Practical Works, Rob Connick
Honoring Their Services: Why Blacks in the United States Should Be Paid Reparations, Carolyn Council
Latino/as in Higher Education: Modes of Accommodation in First-Year Writing Programs, Vanessa Michelle Cozza
Development and fundraising practices in divisions of student affairs at 4-year, public universities, Peggy Crowe
The Virtual Hand: Exploring the Societal Effects of Video Game Industry Business Models, Mark Cruea
“Well, It Is Because He’s Black”: A Critical Analysis of the Black President in Film and Television, Phillip Cunningham
Cosmopolitan Ethics and the Limits of Tolerance: Representing the Holocaust in Young Adult Literature, Rachel Dean-Ruzicka
How Do General Evaluations of Corporations Develop? Test of an Impression Formation Model, Dalia Diab
Regulation of Ecdysone 20-Monooxygenase Activity in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta and the Apparent Occurrence of this Activity in Ascaris suum (Nematoda), Christopher Drummond
Synthesis of High Triplet Hosts for Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Selin Ergun
Composing Rhetoric and Composition Program Websites: A Situated Study and a Heuristic Model, Joey Jason Erickson
Hackers, Cyborgs, and Wikipedians: The Political Economy and Cultural History of Wikipedia, Andrew Famiglietti
A Longitudinal Analysis of Outcomes Associated with Ohio's Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program, Mary Geise
Worry, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, and Health Behaviors, Paul Goetz
Jamaican Immigrant Union Formation Patterns: A Test of Assimilation Theories, Natalee Gooden
Freeborn Men of Color: The Franck Brothers in Revolutionary North America, 1755-1820, Shirley Green
Living in the Community with Serious Mental Illness: Community Integration Experiences of Clubhouse Members, Shinakee Gumber
“You’ve Seen the Movie, Now Play the Game”: Recoding the Cinematic in Digital Media and Virtual Culture, Stefan Hall
A Test of an Auditory Motion Hypothesis for Continuous and Discrete Sounds Moving in Pitch Space, Molly Henry
Examples of Diagonal Operators That Fail Spectral Synthesis on Spaces of Analytic Functions, Melanie Henthorn
Using Spiritual Resources to Prevent Declines in Sexuality among First-Time Parents, Krystal Hernandez
Negotiating Gendered Expectations: The Basic Social Processes of Women in the Military, Manda Hicks
Constructing the End: Framing and Agenda-setting of Physician-assisted Suicide, Kyle Holody
The Perceptions of Adolescents Who Stutter Regarding Communication with their Parents, Charles Hughes
The Wild Things, Joanne Joys
Marriage in Japan: attitudes, intentions, and perceived barriers, Sayaka Kawamura
Engineering of Semiconductor Nanocomposites for Harvesting and Routing of Optical Energy, Maria Kirsanova
Answering the Call of Duty: Composition Pedagogy Problems, Multimodal Solutions, and Gaming Literacies, Bobby James Kuechenmeister
Using Molecular Probes to Detect Cyanobacterial Communities and Phosphorus Utilization in the Great Lakes, Olga Kutovaya
Unmasking Talchum: An Embodied Inquiry into Korea's Masked Dance-Drama, J.L. Murdoch
Photoaffinity Labeling Strategies Using Purine Nucleic Acid Bases, Denis Nilov
Self-Objectification among Overweight and Obese Women: An Application of Structural Equation Modeling, Marissa Oehlhof
A Place Apart: The Role of Nostalgia in a Detached Community, Martin Otto Zimmann
Applications of Entire Function Theory to the Spectral Synthesis of Diagonal Operators, Kate Overmoyer
The Relationship Between Principals’ Confidence, Humility, and Effectiveness: A Study of Teacher Perceptions, Brenda Oyer
Early Events in Photochemistry of Aryl Azides Used as Photoaffinity Labeling Agents, Maxim Panov
New Carbazole-, Indole-, and Diphenylamine-Based Emissive Compounds: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Formation of Nanoparticles, Krishna Panthi
Institutional Politics and the U.S. Government’s “Philippine Problem”, Steven Pedler
(Dis)Articulating the Frontier Body: Artifacts, Appendages, and Spectres in the Discourse of the American West, Charlotte Quinney
Consuming Liberation: Playgirl and the Strategic Rhetoric of Sex Magazines for Women 1972-1985, Chadwick Roberts
Collaborative Relationships Between Faculty and Student Affairs Professionals: A Case Study, Michelle Rodems
Revelations from the Dead: Using Funeral Home Records to Help Reconstruct the History of Black Toledo, Camillia Rodgers
As Seen on TV: Brand Placement and Its Influence on the Identity of Emerging Adults, Brittany Rowe-Cernevicius
Resident Advisor Selection: Is a Broad Measure of Personality a Good Predictor of Resident Advisor Performance?, Andrew Sadouskas