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Dissertations from 2015

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Shame as an Alternate Mechanism for the Abusive Supervision-Performance Relation and the Role of Power Distance Values, Michael A. Daniels

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Characterization of Drug Reward in an Invertebrate Model System Using Operant Conditioning Paradigms, Udita Datta

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Women's Advocates: Grassroots Organizing in St. Paul, Minnesota, Amanda Jo Dennison

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Constructing Elysium and Playing Ugly: Methods of Intimacy in Fantasy Role-Playing Game Communities, Genesis Downey

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Self-Actualization: Transcendentalist Discourse in the Work of Stuart Saunders Smith, Jose Augusto Duarte Lacerda

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The Grotesque Cross: The Performative Grotesquerie of the Crucifixion of Jesus, Hephzibah D. Dutt

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Effects of Mindfulness Training on Individuals Experiencing Post-Breakup Distress: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Melissa D. Falb

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College Students' Positive Strategic SNS Involvement and Stress Coping in the United States and China, Ling Fang

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Claiming and Framing African American Male Ethos: Case Studies of the Literacy Practices of Two African American Male Writers, Shirley Elizabeth Faulkner-Springfield

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Situational Leadership Awareness Development In Student Outdoor Leaders Through Training Versus Experience, Jerome Gabriel

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Contested Titles: Gendered Violence Victim Advocacy and Negotiating Occupational Stigma in Social Interactions, Johnanna Ganz

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The Export of Polyamines in Plants Is Mediated By a Novel Clade of Bidirectional Transporters, Lingxiao Ge

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"It's not just about giving them money": Cultural Representations of Father Involvement Among Black West Indian Immigrants in the United States of America, Lance Gibbs

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At War with Words: Understanding U.S. Service-Personnel's Literate Practices for a Universal Design for Learning Worldview, Mariana Grohowski

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Single Molecule Optical Magnetic Tweezers Microscopy Studies of Protein Dynamics, Qing Guo

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New Deal To New Majority: SDS's Failure to Realign the Largest Political Coalition in the 20th Century, Michael Hale

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From the Avant-Garde to the Popular: A History of Blue Man Group, 1987-2001, Stephen Harrick

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Psychosocial Coping, Religious/Spiritual Appraisals, and Religious/Spiritual Coping in Predicting College Students' Adjustment to Non-Marital Breakup, Anna R. Hawley

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Socializing First Year Composition: A Study of Social Networking Sites', Impact on First Year Students, Kenneth J. Hayes

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Assessing Source Credibility On Social Media–––An Electronic Word-Of-Mouth Communication Perspective, Xiao Hu

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An Examination of the Perceptions of Online Physical Education: How Fit is Online PE?, Joyce Marie Jackson

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Exploring the Time Course of Object Persistence in Apparent Motion: Studies with the Simple Apparent Motion Display and the Ternus Display, Samuel D. Jaffee

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Love is (Color) Blind: Historical Romance Fiction and Interracial Relationships in the Twenty-First Century, Mallory Jagodzinski

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Secondary Stigma For Professionals Who Work with Marginalized Groups: A Comparative Study, Samantha R. Jesse

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"Introducing America to Americans": FSA Photography and the Construction of Racialized and Gendered Citizens, Lisa Kaplan

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"The Idea Of Beauty In Their Persons:" Dandyism And The Haunting Of Contemporary Masculinity, Darin Douglas Kerr

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Age Differences in Identity Processing Styles and Self-Consciousness: A Moderation Analysis and Examination of Ageism, Robert Michael Kirk

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Self-Concept, Weathering Experiences, and Neighborhood Attainment: Variations by Race/Ethnicity, Andrea Garber Krieg

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The Ecotoxicological Impacts of Copper in Aquatic Systems, Sara Elisabeth Lahman

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Social Capital for LGBTQ+ Student Leaders of LGBTQ+ Identity-based Student Groups, Kelly Jo M. Larsen

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Funding Faithful Felons: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Higher Education Transitions of Ex-Offender Scholarship Recipients, Judith A. Leary

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The Rhetorical Landscape of Itaewon: Negotiating New Transcultural Identities in South Korea, Eun Young Lee

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Thinking Otherwise: Exploring Narratives of Women who Shifted from a Heterosexual to a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and/or Unlabeled Identity, Clare Lemke

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Rhetorical Inquiry: Feminist Argumentative Modes and Expectations in Detective Fiction, Eden Leone

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Have You Heard the One About the Woman Driver? Chicks, Muscle, Pickups, and the Reimagining of the Woman Behind the Wheel, Christine Lezotte

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K-groups: A Generalization of K-means by Energy Distance, Songzi Li

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Improving the Accuracy of Variable Selection Using the Whole Solution Path, Yang Liu

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Goodness-of-Fit Tests For Dirichlet Distributions With Applications, Yi Li

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Circadian Clocks in Neural Stem Cells and their Modulation of Adult Neurogenesis, Fate Commitment, and Cell Death, Astha Malik

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But why is it so Long?: Eschatology and Time Perception as an Interpretation of Morton Feldman's 'For Philip Guston', Jeffrey M. Manchur

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Squeezing In: Exploring Female Athletes' Body Perceptions, Mallory Mann

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Healthy Bodies Matter: Analysis of the Disclosure of Race and Health Care on WebMD.com, Aisha McGriff

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A Novel Approach for the Fabrication of All-Inorganic Nanocrystal Solids: Semiconductor Matrix Encapsulated Nanocrystal Arrays, Pavel Moroz

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New at Barnes and Noble: An Argument for More Public Based Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition Studies, Craig Truitt Olsen

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The Provider-Consumer Relationship and Individual Well-Being: Perspectives of Adults with Serious Mental Illness and their Mental Health Care Providers, Lawrence Andrew Osborn

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On Modern Measures and Tests of Multivariate Independence, Mary Elvi Aspiras Paler

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Inoculation Information Against Contagious Disease Misperception about Flu with Heuristic vs. Systematic Information and Expert vs. Non-Expert Source, SangHee Park

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Towards Automating Structural Analysis of Complex RNA Molecules and Some Applications In Nanotechnology, Lorena Georgeta Parlea

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The Role of Polyamine Uptake Transporters on Growth and Development of Arabidopsis Thaliana, Jigarkumar J. Patel

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Retaliatory Behavior as a Response to Executive Compensation, Nicole L. Petersen

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The Relationship Between Leadership Traits and Effectiveness Among the Private, Public, and Nonprofit Sectors, Ruth Ann Petroff

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The Moderating Effects of Religiosity and Extracurricular Involvement On The Economic Disadvantage-Delinquency Association, Cassady M. Pitt

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The Stillness of the Silent Sound: A Tantric Analysis of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Aus den sieben Tagen, Mihai Popean

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"I Don't Take Kindly To Your Invasion of This Fine Gaming Culture": Gender, Emotion, and Power in Digital Gaming Spaces as Demonstrated Through Dead Island, Nicole Reamer

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(Re)Presentation: An Affective Exploration of Ethnographic Documentary Film Production, Deborah Ribera

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Circadian Timing of Curcumin Efficacy and Nuclear Transport Properties of Cancer Cells, Ashapurna Sarma

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Threatening Immigrants: Cultural Depictions of Undocumented Mexican Immigrants in Contemporary US America, Katharine Schaab

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What Attracts Students To A Small, Private University?, Ronald M. Schumacher

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Synthesis, Photochemical Properties and DNA Binding Studies of DNA Cleaving Agents Based on Chiral Dipyridine Dihydrodioxins Salts, Alexei E. Shamaev

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Metagenomic And Metatranscriptomic Analyses Of Lake Vostok Accretion Ice, Yury M. Shtarkman

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Poverty and the Art of Medicine: Barriers to Empathy in Medical Education, Heather Sloane

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Couples' Fertility Intentions: Measurement, Correlates, and Implications for Parent and Child Well-Being, James B. Stykes

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Exhibiting Scenographic Identities at the 2007 & 2011 Prague Quadrennials, Carl Harry Walling

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Iminium Based Electrocaralysts for Water Oxidation and Organic Photohydrides for Proton Reduction, Janitha Kumara Walpita

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Resentment and Morality, Elijah Weber

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Women in Stage Combat: A Study on Babes With Blades Theatre Company, Macaela Carder Whitaker

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"Killing in Silence: Alternative and Mainstream Media Coverage of U.S. DRONE STRIKES.", Brion White

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Marked: A Policy Capturing Investigation of Job Applicant Tattoos as Stigmatizing Marks in Blue and White Collar Employment, Ryan P. Whorton

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Genetic Modification of Thermotoga to Degrade Cellulose, Hui Xu

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Knowledge (K), Attitude (A), and Practice (P) of Women and Men about Menstruation and Menstrual Practices in Ahmedabad, India: Implications for Health Communication Campaigns and Interventions, Arpan Shailesh Yagnik

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Blended Families and Their Influence on Sibling Relationships and First Union Formation, Michael St. Aubyn Yee Shui

Dissertations from 2014

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Theorizing Mental Models in Disciplinary Writing Ecologies through Scholarship, Talk-Aloud Protocols, and Semi-Structured Interviews, Laural L. Adams

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Multimodal Expressions of Young Arab Muslim American Women, Amira Akl

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An Evaluation of the Impact of Cue Exposure on the Relationship Between Pain Level and Craving For Prescription Opiods, Lisham Ashrafioun

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Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Stress-Related Inhibitory Gating Impairment, Rachel Atchley

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Fostering Language Diversity through Classroom-Based Writing Assessment Practices, Amanda Gall Athon

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A Phenomenological Study of the Nurse Leader: Before, During, and After Merger, Debra Ball

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Spinsters, Old Maids, and Cat Ladies: A Case Study in Containment Strategies, Katherine Barak

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Lying in Familial Relationships as Portrayed in Domestic Sitcoms Since the Recession: An Examination of Family Structure and Economic Class, Nancy Bressler

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Writing in the Age of Mobile: Smartphone and Tablet Multiliteracies and Their Implications for Writing as Process, Matthew Bridgewater

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Safety-Specific Person-Environment Fit: Relation with Safety Behaviors, Job Attitudes, and Strain, Ashlie Rae Britton

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Campus Friends, Gender, and College Student Success, Ryan Bronkema

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Single Molecular Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Manipulation of Protein Conformation and Dynamics, Jin Cao

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Design, Synthesis, Photophysical, and Electrochemical Studies of Novel Cyclometalated Pyrazolate-Bridged Dinuclear Platinum(II) Complexes, Arnab Chakraborty

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Studying Abroad: An Opportunity for Growth in Spirituality, Jacob Clemens

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Planning and the Survival Processing Effect: An Examination of the Proximate Mechanisms, Leisha Colyn

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Bayesian Model Checking Methods for Dichotomous Item Response Theory and Testlet Models, Adam Combs

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Normative Beliefs, Financial Strains, and IPV in Young Adulthood, Jennifer E. Copp

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Photon Upconversion Based on Triplet-Triplet Annihilation, Fan Deng

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Playing Violent Video Games Alone or with Others Present: Relations with Aggressive Behavior, Aggressive Cognition, and Hostility, Jason Drummond

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Responding to Spiritual Struggles: Experiential Avoidance and Mindfulness in Adjustment, Carmen Kay Oemig Dworsky

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An Examination of Mentoring Relationships and Leadership Capacity in Resident Assistants, Sherry Early

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Mechanics and The Essence of Technology, William Emerson

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Design, Synthesis, and Application of Sensors for Biologically Relevant Molecules, Nina Esipenko

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Examining François Rossé's Japanese-Influenced Chamber Music with Saxophone: Hybridity, Orality, and Primitivism as a Conceptual Framework, Noa Even

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A Discontinuous Galerkin - Front Tracking Scheme and its Optimal -Optimal Error Estimation, Adamou M. Fode

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K-12 Private Catholic School Leaders' Perceptions of Marketing Plans & Enrollment Management: Implications for Leadership and Enrollment, Danielle Foster

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Cross-Border Film Production: The Neoliberal Recolonization of an Exotic Island by Hollywood Pirates , Anthony Frampton

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Isolated Point Theorems for Uniform Algebras on Manifolds, Swarup Narayan Ghosh

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Contraception Biographies: Women's Contraceptive Method Switching and Union Status, Larry Gibbs