Dissertations
Dissertations from 2021
From Memos to TikToks: A Qualitative Study of Multigenerational Student Affairs Workplace Expectations, Meredith Dixon
Fans are Going to See it Any Way They Want': The Rhetorics of the Voltron: Legendary Defender Fandom, Renee Ann Drouin
A Marathon, Not a Sprint: A Longitudinal Study of Social Sustainability and Supplier Development in Athletic Apparel/Footwear Supply Chains, Karen C. Eboch
Empowerment Education to Promote Youth and Community Health, Elizabeth A. Emley
Photophysical Studies of Luminescent Supra-Molecules and Their Application in Sensing of Anionic Analytes, Sepideh Farshbaf
Clarity-related Changes in Acoustic Measures of Intonation and Speech Timing in Read and Extemporaneous Speech of Speakers with Parkinson Disease, Anna Christine Gravelin
Advancing Bechhofer's Ranking Procedures to High-dimensional Variable Selection, Chao Gu
Bootstrap Methods for Estimation in Linear Mixed Models with Heteroscedasticity, Nelum Shyamali Sri Manik Hapuhinna
Women's Accounts of Their Experiences with the #MeToo Movement, Jessica Hartl Majcher
A Grounded Theory Study of the Self-Authorship Development of Art and Design Students, Andrea M. Hauser
Growth and Characterization of Wide Band-Gap Group III Oxide Semiconductors by MOCVD, Armando Hernandez Jr.
I'm Every (Black) Woman: Negotiating Intersectionality in the Music Industry, Jacqueline P. Hudson
Study of Defects and Doping in β-Ga2O3, Md Minhazul Islam
Feature Screening for High-Dimensional Variable Selection in Generalized Linear Models, Jinzhu Jiang
Domain-Specific Perfectionism in Adolescents: Using Expectancy-Value Theory to Predict Mental Health, Hannah R. Koerten
Horn and Live Electronics a Survey of and Performance Guide for a Neglected Repertoire, Garrett Krohn
Reading Our Writing | Writing Our Reading: Threshold Concepts for Graduate-Level Reading in Composition, Adam Lawrence Kuchta
Bridging the Gaps: Advancing the Communication Theory of Identity, Kimberly Kuiper
A Quantitative Investigation of Job Demands, Job Resources, and Exposure to Trauma on Burnout in Certain Student Affairs Professionals, Jody Ann Kunk-Czaplicki
Engagement as a Predictor of Charitable Giving to One's Alma Mater, Kelly Basden Lawrie
Exploring the Impact of Focus 3 R Factor Training on Principal Self Efficacy, Daniel E. Lee
How Readers Process Narrative Information Involving Characters' Decisions, Lingfei Luan
Basque and Modernist Influences in Gabriel Erkoreka's Qorks for Solo Piano (1994-2019), Ariel Magno da Costa
Issue Individuation in Public Reason Liberalism, Colin Manning
Living in the European Borderlands Representation, Humanitarian Work, and Integration in Times of Crises in Greece, Michail-Chrysovalantis Markodimitrakis
Alienation and Identification, Austin J. McGrath
Parasites of Harmful Algal Blooms: Characterization of Cyanophages and Chytrids as Top-Down Regulators in Lake Erie, Katelyn M. McKindles
Dispositional Algorithm Aversion: A Criterion-Related Validity Study, Sarah R. Melick
The Influence Of Young Adults' And Their Romantic Partners' Criminal Justice History On Relationship Uncertainty, Intimate Partner Violence and Depression, Mallory D. Minter
Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Selective Optimization with Compensation, Mary Moeller
Gambling Disorder and Comorbid PTSD: Pathological Dissociation as a Mechanism of Clinical Severity, Louis H. Moore III
Energy Distance Correlation with Extended Bayesian Information Criteria for Feature Selection in High Dimensional Models, Isaac Xoese Ocloo
Toward the Horizon: Contemporary Queer Theatre as Utopic Activism, Cody Allyn Page
An Approach to Improving Test Powers in Cox Proportional Hazards Models, Subhamoy Pal
"Nowhere is Straight Work More Effective:" Women's Participation in Self-Culture, Bailey M. Poland
Goal-Setting, Planning Abilities, and Resourcefulness as Protective Factors for Court-Involved Youth, Mercedes B. Pratt
To Stay or Go? A Qualitative Investigation of the Motivational Factors Influencing the Career Ascension of Academic Advisors in Higher Education Institutions, Rachel L. Punches-Flick
A Phenomenological Study of the Recruitment Experiences of Women Student-Athletes and the Factors that Influence College Choice, Breanna Chanel Robinson
Associations Between Self-Reported Reasons for Abstinence, Durations of Abstinence, and Continued Abstinence from Gambling Over a 6-Month Period, Joseph A. Rosansky Sr.
Single-Molecule Force Manipulation and Nanoscopic Imaging of Protein Structure-Dynamics-Function Relationship, Susovan Roy Chowdhury
Statistical Inferences for Missing Data/causal Inferences Based on Modified Empirical Likelihood, Sima Sharghi
The Homing Pigeon Hippocampus and the Spatial or Feature Encoding of Reward Probability and Risk, Brittany A. Sizemore
Too Tired to Escape Tiredness: Work Stress Undermines Healthy Leisure Decision-Making, Claire E. Smith
Rhetorically Interpreting Ohio Revised Law, Section 3345.281: Comparative Analysis of Two Oral Proficiency Program Models, Tammie L. Southall
Queer Sensibility as an Aesthetic of Inclusion: How Non-demographic Designers are Challenging Fashion Norms, Mariia Spirina
Cyclic behavior of holomorphic functions on a Runge region, Paul Matthew Switlyk Jr.
Exciton Physics of Colloidal Nanostructures and Metal Oxides, Yiteng Tang
Investigating Differences in Volunteer Administrator Challenges and Management Practices, David Thorne
Sojourners in the Country of Freedom and Opportunity: The Experiences of Vietnamese Women with Non-Immigrant Dependent Spouse Visas in the United States, Thi Hai Ly Tran
Adapting Writing Transfer for Online Writing Courses: Instructor Practices and Student Perceptions, Brian Urias
The Legitimacy of Online Feminist Activism: Subversion of Shame in Sexual Assault by Reporting it On Social Media, Tarishi Verma
The Functions of Psychological Reactance and Persuasion Knowledge in the Context of Narrative Engagement and Attitude Change, Tanja Vierrether
Energy Transport in Colloidal Inorganic Nanocrystals, Mingrui Yang
Incentive Contrast in Humans: Behavioral and Electroencephalographic Studies, Sanna Yuan
A Revisionist History of Loving Men: An Autoethnography and Community Research of Naming Sexual Abuse in Relationships, Lena M. Ziegler
Dissertations from 2020
Civilizational Memory: The Transformation of Palmyra as a Cultural Patrimony of The West, Bincy Abdul Samad
Uncovering New Photochemical Pathways Through Molecular Restrictions, Sapna Ahuja
Protein-Protein Interaction Assay in Phytophthora sojae Using Yeast Two-Hybrid System, Abasi Aikebaierjiang
Linear Mixed Model Selection by Partial Correlation, Audry Alabiso
Rio 2016's Promise to be Different: The Role of Social Media in Struggles Over Urban Imaginaries and Social Justice, Sasha Allgayer
Fostering Belonging: Improving Academic Outcomes Among First-Generation Students Through a Pre-Matriculation Intervention, Andrew W. Alt
Linear Mixed Model Selection Via Minimum Approximated Information Criterion, Olivia Abena Atutey
Staging Belonging: Performance, Migration, and the Middle Eastern Diaspora in the United States, Tamirdash Mohamadreza Babaee
Female Law Enforcement Leaders: Adapting, Improvising and Overcoming Socialized Gender Roles, Ruth Joy Babel-Smith
Effects of Non-Standard Alternative De Novo Mutations on Evolution of Drosophila Melanogaster, Michael A. Balinski
"Africa! Africa! Africa!" Black Identity in Marlos Nobre's Rhythmetron, Henrique Medeiros Batista
Characterization of PUT1, A Polyamine Transporter from Phytophthora parasitica, Gayathri Udayangika Beligala
The Role of Mindfulness, Perceived Discrimination, and Diabetes-Related Distress in Predicting Health Behaviors and Glycemic Control, Leah M. Bogusch
Urban Suburb: How the Built Environment Influences Class Identity, April Braden
Is It Remembered or Imagined? The Phenomenological Characteristics of Memory and Imagination, Jared Branch
Being and Otherness: Conceptualizing Embodiment in Africana Existentialist Discourse (The Bluest Eye, The Fire Next Time, and Black Skin, White Masks), Jonathan J. Brownlee
Am I a Bad Feminist? Moments of Reflection and Negotiation in Contemporary Feminist Identity, Elizabeth Ryan Brownlow
The Revolution Will Be Spotified: A Rhetorical Analysis of Music as a Mode of Resistance in the 21st Century, Triauna Rachelle Carey
Stories To Tell: Examining Experiences And Identities Of Individuals With Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Cody M. Clemens
Social Support and Youths' Resilience in Disadvantaged Neighborhood Contexts, Sindhia Colburn
Narratives of Undergraduate Men about Masculinity and Men's Violence, Keenan Yul Colquitt Jr.
The Shaping of Time in Kaija Saariaho's Émilie: a Performer's Perspective, Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia
Pathways to the Practice of Free Improvisation, Derek Emch
The Relation of Unwanted Consensual Sex to Mental Health and Relationship Variables: The Role of Motivations, Maren Wright Froemming
Genome-Scale Metabolic Network Reconstruction of Thermotoga sp. Strain RQ7, Jyotshana Gautam
A Top Fashion Program and the Traditional College Experience: A Narrative Study of Fashion Merchandising Students’ College Choice, Heather A. Golden
Socializing Adolescents to Cope With Trauma: Caregiver and Peer Influences, Lynnel C. Goodman
A Structured Principlist Framework for Decision Making in Healthcare, Tatiana Athena Gracyk
Functional Materials and Chemistry Education: Biomimetic Metallopolymers, Photoresponsive Gels and Infrared Cameras, Travis C. Green
Local Distance Correlation: An Extension of Local Gaussian Correlation, Walaa Ahmed Hamdi
A Cohort Comparison of Institutional Participation and Family Formation During Young Adulthood, Paul F. Hemez
A Phenomenology of Peer Interaction and Community in Accelerated Online Learning, Kristen Brooke Hidinger
Dissolution Pathways: Mother-Child Relationship Quality, Adolescent Academic Well-Being, and College Completion Among Young Adults, Elizabeth Suzanne Howe-Huist
A Comparative Study of Multi-Tiered Interventions on Attendance and Graduation Rates of Urban High School Students: A Whole Child-Equity in Education Approach, Treva Elise Jeffries
Making Their Voices Heard: How Women in Kosovo Used Amplification to Ensure Representation in a Newly Created Democracy, Darlene A. Johnston
Photochemistry of Iron(III) with Carboxylate-containing Polysaccharides for Sustainable Materials, Mudugamuwe Hewawasam Jayan Savinda Karunarathna
"So You Want To Be A Retronaut?": History and Temporal Tourism, Tiffany L. Knoell
Metaperceptions and Identity Negotiation Strategies of Perceived Middle Eastern Immigrants in the U.S., Esen Saygin Koc