Dissertations
Dissertations from 2015
Shame as an Alternate Mechanism for the Abusive Supervision-Performance Relation and the Role of Power Distance Values, Michael A. Daniels
Characterization of Drug Reward in an Invertebrate Model System Using Operant Conditioning Paradigms, Udita Datta
Women's Advocates: Grassroots Organizing in St. Paul, Minnesota, Amanda Jo Dennison
Constructing Elysium and Playing Ugly: Methods of Intimacy in Fantasy Role-Playing Game Communities, Genesis Downey
Self-Actualization: Transcendentalist Discourse in the Work of Stuart Saunders Smith, Jose Augusto Duarte Lacerda
The Grotesque Cross: The Performative Grotesquerie of the Crucifixion of Jesus, Hephzibah D. Dutt
Effects of Mindfulness Training on Individuals Experiencing Post-Breakup Distress: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Melissa D. Falb
Claiming and Framing African American Male Ethos: Case Studies of the Literacy Practices of Two African American Male Writers, Shirley Elizabeth Faulkner-Springfield
Situational Leadership Awareness Development In Student Outdoor Leaders Through Training Versus Experience, Jerome Gabriel
Contested Titles: Gendered Violence Victim Advocacy and Negotiating Occupational Stigma in Social Interactions, Johnanna Ganz
The Export of Polyamines in Plants Is Mediated By a Novel Clade of Bidirectional Transporters, Lingxiao Ge
At War with Words: Understanding U.S. Service-Personnel's Literate Practices for a Universal Design for Learning Worldview, Mariana Grohowski
Single Molecule Optical Magnetic Tweezers Microscopy Studies of Protein Dynamics, Qing Guo
New Deal To New Majority: SDS's Failure to Realign the Largest Political Coalition in the 20th Century, Michael Hale
From the Avant-Garde to the Popular: A History of Blue Man Group, 1987-2001, Stephen Harrick
Socializing First Year Composition: A Study of Social Networking Sites', Impact on First Year Students, Kenneth J. Hayes
Assessing Source Credibility On Social Media–––An Electronic Word-Of-Mouth Communication Perspective, Xiao Hu
An Examination of the Perceptions of Online Physical Education: How Fit is Online PE?, Joyce Marie Jackson
Exploring the Time Course of Object Persistence in Apparent Motion: Studies with the Simple Apparent Motion Display and the Ternus Display, Samuel D. Jaffee
Love is (Color) Blind: Historical Romance Fiction and Interracial Relationships in the Twenty-First Century, Mallory Jagodzinski
Secondary Stigma For Professionals Who Work with Marginalized Groups: A Comparative Study, Samantha R. Jesse
"Introducing America to Americans": FSA Photography and the Construction of Racialized and Gendered Citizens, Lisa Kaplan
"The Idea Of Beauty In Their Persons:" Dandyism And The Haunting Of Contemporary Masculinity, Darin Douglas Kerr
Age Differences in Identity Processing Styles and Self-Consciousness: A Moderation Analysis and Examination of Ageism, Robert Michael Kirk
Self-Concept, Weathering Experiences, and Neighborhood Attainment: Variations by Race/Ethnicity, Andrea Garber Krieg
The Ecotoxicological Impacts of Copper in Aquatic Systems, Sara Elisabeth Lahman
Social Capital for LGBTQ+ Student Leaders of LGBTQ+ Identity-based Student Groups, Kelly Jo M. Larsen
Funding Faithful Felons: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Higher Education Transitions of Ex-Offender Scholarship Recipients, Judith A. Leary
The Rhetorical Landscape of Itaewon: Negotiating New Transcultural Identities in South Korea, Eun Young Lee
Rhetorical Inquiry: Feminist Argumentative Modes and Expectations in Detective Fiction, Eden Leone
Have You Heard the One About the Woman Driver? Chicks, Muscle, Pickups, and the Reimagining of the Woman Behind the Wheel, Christine Lezotte
K-groups: A Generalization of K-means by Energy Distance, Songzi Li
Improving the Accuracy of Variable Selection Using the Whole Solution Path, Yang Liu
Goodness-of-Fit Tests For Dirichlet Distributions With Applications, Yi Li
Circadian Clocks in Neural Stem Cells and their Modulation of Adult Neurogenesis, Fate Commitment, and Cell Death, Astha Malik
But why is it so Long?: Eschatology and Time Perception as an Interpretation of Morton Feldman's 'For Philip Guston', Jeffrey M. Manchur
Squeezing In: Exploring Female Athletes' Body Perceptions, Mallory Mann
Healthy Bodies Matter: Analysis of the Disclosure of Race and Health Care on WebMD.com, Aisha McGriff
New at Barnes and Noble: An Argument for More Public Based Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition Studies, Craig Truitt Olsen
The Provider-Consumer Relationship and Individual Well-Being: Perspectives of Adults with Serious Mental Illness and their Mental Health Care Providers, Lawrence Andrew Osborn
On Modern Measures and Tests of Multivariate Independence, Mary Elvi Aspiras Paler
Towards Automating Structural Analysis of Complex RNA Molecules and Some Applications In Nanotechnology, Lorena Georgeta Parlea
The Role of Polyamine Uptake Transporters on Growth and Development of Arabidopsis Thaliana, Jigarkumar J. Patel
Retaliatory Behavior as a Response to Executive Compensation, Nicole L. Petersen
The Relationship Between Leadership Traits and Effectiveness Among the Private, Public, and Nonprofit Sectors, Ruth Ann Petroff
The Moderating Effects of Religiosity and Extracurricular Involvement On The Economic Disadvantage-Delinquency Association, Cassady M. Pitt
The Stillness of the Silent Sound: A Tantric Analysis of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Aus den sieben Tagen, Mihai Popean
(Re)Presentation: An Affective Exploration of Ethnographic Documentary Film Production, Deborah Ribera
Circadian Timing of Curcumin Efficacy and Nuclear Transport Properties of Cancer Cells, Ashapurna Sarma
Threatening Immigrants: Cultural Depictions of Undocumented Mexican Immigrants in Contemporary US America, Katharine Schaab
What Attracts Students To A Small, Private University?, Ronald M. Schumacher
Synthesis, Photochemical Properties and DNA Binding Studies of DNA Cleaving Agents Based on Chiral Dipyridine Dihydrodioxins Salts, Alexei E. Shamaev
Metagenomic And Metatranscriptomic Analyses Of Lake Vostok Accretion Ice, Yury M. Shtarkman
Poverty and the Art of Medicine: Barriers to Empathy in Medical Education, Heather Sloane
Couples' Fertility Intentions: Measurement, Correlates, and Implications for Parent and Child Well-Being, James B. Stykes
Exhibiting Scenographic Identities at the 2007 & 2011 Prague Quadrennials, Carl Harry Walling
Iminium Based Electrocaralysts for Water Oxidation and Organic Photohydrides for Proton Reduction, Janitha Kumara Walpita
Resentment and Morality, Elijah Weber
Women in Stage Combat: A Study on Babes With Blades Theatre Company, Macaela Carder Whitaker
"Killing in Silence: Alternative and Mainstream Media Coverage of U.S. DRONE STRIKES.", Brion White
Marked: A Policy Capturing Investigation of Job Applicant Tattoos as Stigmatizing Marks in Blue and White Collar Employment, Ryan P. Whorton
Genetic Modification of Thermotoga to Degrade Cellulose, Hui Xu
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
Blended Families and Their Influence on Sibling Relationships and First Union Formation, Michael St. Aubyn Yee Shui
Dissertations from 2014
Theorizing Mental Models in Disciplinary Writing Ecologies through Scholarship, Talk-Aloud Protocols, and Semi-Structured Interviews, Laural L. Adams
Multimodal Expressions of Young Arab Muslim American Women, Amira Akl
An Evaluation of the Impact of Cue Exposure on the Relationship Between Pain Level and Craving For Prescription Opiods, Lisham Ashrafioun
Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Stress-Related Inhibitory Gating Impairment, Rachel Atchley
Fostering Language Diversity through Classroom-Based Writing Assessment Practices, Amanda Gall Athon
A Phenomenological Study of the Nurse Leader: Before, During, and After Merger, Debra Ball
Spinsters, Old Maids, and Cat Ladies: A Case Study in Containment Strategies, Katherine Barak
Lying in Familial Relationships as Portrayed in Domestic Sitcoms Since the Recession: An Examination of Family Structure and Economic Class, Nancy Bressler
Writing in the Age of Mobile: Smartphone and Tablet Multiliteracies and Their Implications for Writing as Process, Matthew Bridgewater
Safety-Specific Person-Environment Fit: Relation with Safety Behaviors, Job Attitudes, and Strain, Ashlie Rae Britton
Campus Friends, Gender, and College Student Success, Ryan Bronkema
Single Molecular Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Manipulation of Protein Conformation and Dynamics, Jin Cao
Design, Synthesis, Photophysical, and Electrochemical Studies of Novel Cyclometalated Pyrazolate-Bridged Dinuclear Platinum(II) Complexes, Arnab Chakraborty
Studying Abroad: An Opportunity for Growth in Spirituality, Jacob Clemens
Planning and the Survival Processing Effect: An Examination of the Proximate Mechanisms, Leisha Colyn
Bayesian Model Checking Methods for Dichotomous Item Response Theory and Testlet Models, Adam Combs
Normative Beliefs, Financial Strains, and IPV in Young Adulthood, Jennifer E. Copp
Photon Upconversion Based on Triplet-Triplet Annihilation, Fan Deng
Playing Violent Video Games Alone or with Others Present: Relations with Aggressive Behavior, Aggressive Cognition, and Hostility, Jason Drummond
Responding to Spiritual Struggles: Experiential Avoidance and Mindfulness in Adjustment, Carmen Kay Oemig Dworsky
An Examination of Mentoring Relationships and Leadership Capacity in Resident Assistants, Sherry Early
Mechanics and The Essence of Technology, William Emerson
Design, Synthesis, and Application of Sensors for Biologically Relevant Molecules, Nina Esipenko
A Discontinuous Galerkin - Front Tracking Scheme and its Optimal -Optimal Error Estimation, Adamou M. Fode
K-12 Private Catholic School Leaders' Perceptions of Marketing Plans & Enrollment Management: Implications for Leadership and Enrollment, Danielle Foster
Cross-Border Film Production: The Neoliberal Recolonization of an Exotic Island by Hollywood Pirates , Anthony Frampton
Isolated Point Theorems for Uniform Algebras on Manifolds, Swarup Narayan Ghosh
Contraception Biographies: Women's Contraceptive Method Switching and Union Status, Larry Gibbs