Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Evaluation of spirituality as a moderator of risk for suicidal ideation in a community sample of adolescents, Lisa Callio Konick
Chief administrator influence in Illinois council-manager and mayor-council cities, William T. Lichter
Studio art practices and k-12 art teachers' identities : art curricula and professional discourses, Eun Hee Lim
Characteristic beliefs of K-12 teachers that influence their decision to implement GIS into classroom practice, Aryliss Lee Lisner
Dynamic portfolio and consumption decisions under ambiguity for time varying investment opportunities, Hening Liu
Business executives' perceptions of ethical leadership and its development : implications for higher education and human resource development, Catherine Marsh
The effects of computer animation in the design of instructional messages, Yue Ma
The role of student support services programs in motivating students to persist in postsecondary institutions, Jonathan McKenzie
Perceived benefit of new teacher induction programs by Illinois teachers, Donn Mendoza
A class of functions in [fourier transform] whose integral is not in [fourier transform], Jonathan Alex Szaukellis Meshes
"So great a correspondence" : Native American diplomacy in the Hudson Valley, 1609-1783, Tom Arne Midtrød
Synthesis, characterization, redox kinetics, and assessment of DNA and thiol binding of a new class of platinum(II) and -(IV) pyrophosphato complexes, Robert John Mishur
Affect, self-efficacy, and responsive caregiving in mothers: A model of infant care, Bradley S. Montgomery
Teacher support, teacher-child conflict, and school adjustment for African American children living in high risk urban communities, Kelly M. Murray
Subcellular localization of DRG family proteins, Benjamin John Nelson
Disciplinary knowledge, intertextuality, and developmental readers : a study of community college students, Mary Claire Newman
An analysis of the problem-solving experience of students in an online problem-based learning environment, Nancy L. Oldenburg
Making a difference: Teacher efficacy and Latino student success, Kenneth E. Ortega
Learning organization attributes and organizational performance : is there a relationship in church congregations?, James Gerald Panosh
Voices of faculty members in the community college: A grounded theory study on hybrid course development and delivery, Joanne M. Parke
Creating social presence through online discussion forums, Ardelle Pate
Reactions to distressing events during emotional imagery in college students reporting high and low levels of experiential avoidance, Scott M. Pickett
A critical budgeting component for a "forgotten government" : a case study of budgeting for county jail facilities, Donald E. Piwowarski
Diffusion of innovation: A case study of course management system adoption, Phillip Powell
Generalizations for the blocks of the symmetric group and Nakayama's conjecture, Mihai-Teodor Racovitan
The perceptions of newly certified athletic trainers regarding transfer of learning into the workplace, Sarah Lynn Radtke
Synthesis, structure, and properties of ternary and quaternary rare earth chalcogenides, Rosemary Sue Rakers
An investigation of the relationship between coping behaviors and dispositional traits during job transitions: A longitudinal study, Daylashunta Lakesha Randolph
Teachers' educational technology practices : understanding teachers' critical thinking skills and teachers' cognitive demand practices in the classroom, Ximena D. Recalde
Children and adults : indirect attitude measurement, Heather J. Risser
Standards and technology integration among beginning K-8 teachers, Wynter J. Rose
Educational contexts perceived to influence effective teaching practices, Kristine A. Schach
The effect of spirituality on golf performance, Cynthia Joyce Schendel
From books to Broadway : the musicalization of literature, Jeanne McGowan Sheehan
Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic application of novel and immobilized palladium and ruthenium complexes, Matthew Ryan Sheets
A kaleidoscope of literacy and learning: A portrait of a critical community of practice in first grade, Mary C. Shorey
First Rays of the Midnight Sun: The Beginning of Nietzsche's Response to Nihilism, Lewis Mark Slawsky
The impact of maternal employment on child overweight and obesity, Jennifer J. Smith
Quadratic inverse eigenvalue problems: Theory, methods, and applications, Vadim Olegovich Sokolov
Redeeming Eve : a model woman in middle English vernacular literature, Ellen B. Sorenson
The relationship among bullying participant roles, social support, and school climate, Kelly Hodgson Summers
Spin polarization of electrons by reflection at a barrier, Voltaire Teodorescu
The impact of a face-to-face orientation and sociocultural factors on student retention in a community college distance learning course, Darrylinn D. Todd
Data-driven problem solving and students' critical thinking in a problem-based learning environment, Ming-Huey Tseng
Negotiating the senior project : epistemology and expectations, Linda E. Urman
The tendency of affections: Natural families in nineteenth-century Louisiana, Thomas Jay Vaughan
An analysis of the levels of moral decision making of public elementary school principals, Charles J. Vitton
Hearing the voices : African American nutrition educators, Jill H. White
A Monte Carlo investigation of bootstrapping in covariance structure modeling under varying levels of multivariate nonnormality, Wayne W. Wilkinson
Effects of adult sexual assault types and tactics on cognitive appraisals and mental health symptoms, Maha H. Zayed
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
The effects of using different types of multimedia presentations on Thai seventh-grade learners' understanding of a social studies text, Rosarin Adulseranee
Faculty attitudes and perceptions concerning the use of course management systems in higher education, Muhannad Anwar Al-Shboul
"Minimalist" administration : an innovative administration model utilized by a film institute in Arizona, Jane Campa Alvarez
Thai government reform : The case of the integrated provincial administrative system, Udomchoke Asawimalkit
A study of two technology-enriched inclusion classrooms that promote learning for students with learning disabilities, Sylvia Elisabeth Asplund
Levels of thinking in individual vs. group problem-based asynchronous online learning environments, Mary Ellen Aydam
Use of epiphyseal and total fusion scores as methods of age estimation and evaluation of morphological indices in the macropodidae, Caroline K. Ballard
The impact of a tailored lesson introduction on learners' motivation and cognitive performance, Jennifer Rebecca Banas
Regional autonomy and patterns of democracy in Indonesia, Anies Rasyid Baswedan
Cross-hedging with futures and options : bivariate lognormal and other distributions, Anthony J.F. Biagioli
Relationships among academic stress, social support, and internalizing and externalizing behavior in adolescence, Stacy Marie Bjorkman
A phenomenological study of superintendents of high-performing, high-poverty school districts as servant leaders, Robert G. Bohanek
Subcutaneous : the life experience of African American transsexual college students, Darnell J. Bradley
Comparing methodologies used to predict outcomes on high stakes tests with curriculum-based measurement, Sarah Eleanor Brown
The high-temperature synthesis and an investigation of the optical and catalytic properties of transition metal chalcogenide compounds, Douglas N. Bryhan
Achievement Motivation : the effects of conscious, chronic, and nonconscious goals on task performance, Jill Susan Budden
Ethical epiphanies of an instructional technologist : an autobiography, Bernard Dean Bull
Three essays in growth and development, Qiang Chen
How one community high schoo (sic) district addresses the needs of student at risk for academic failure, Dorothea M. Chianakas
A study of faculty attitudes, perceptions, resistance, and expectations toward teaching Web-based learning courses in higher education, Constance Cooper
Playing the external market : efficiency wage as a means for strategic compensation in the public sector, Trenton J. Davis
Using metaphor in designing training activities to support large-scale organizational change efforts : a case study, Susan L. Dodt
"A little kingdom of mixed nationalities" : race, ethnicity, and class in a western urban community--Rock Springs, Wyoming, 1869-1929, Timothy Dean Draper
The improvisational theater art form in theory and practice : a phenomenological study into the cognitive and affective dimensions of undergraduate students' education and learning, Max Broderick Elsey
The role of motivational and attitudinal variables in second language acquisition, Ricardo Espinosa de los Monteros
Return-to-school decisions of adults in the workforce, Qi Feng
Nonverbal teacher immediacy behaviors of baccalaureate nursing faculty, Ruth Fiedler
Frozen at 435 : the size of the U.S. House of Representatives, district constituency populations and the implications for representation, Brian Frederick
Divine benevolence to the poor : charity, religion and nationalism in early national New York City, 1784-1820, Amy M. Godfrey
The process of becoming : a grounded theory study of Hispanic nursing student success, Carla R. Goetz
Bargaining of beliefs : agencies, advocacy groups, and the evolution of pesticide regulatory reform, Thomas J. Greitens
Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexuality, Jennifer M. Guimond
The liberated beast : evolution and liberty, Lauren K. Hall
P-polynomial table algebras and distance-regular graphs, Robert J. Hein
Children's understanding of gossip as it relates to reputation, Valerie A. Hill
Negotiating identities : South German Catholics and the formation of national identity, 1871-1914, Pontus A. Hiort
An Interpretive analysis of selected peace education activists with implications for adult education, Hsiu-Chu Hsu
Military retirement transition as learning, James E. Hunt
Use of an advance organizer in the ill-structured problem domain of information seeking : a comparative case study, Terry Lillian Huttenlock
Influences on career decisions of international students attending community colleges in the United States, Patricia L. Jachowicz
The role of resiliency in the journey from welfare to self-sufficiency for former welfare recipients : a quantitative study :, Pamela D. Jackson-Smith
Narrative delivery of psychoeducation : decreasing phobic symptoms through narrative interference, Adrian S. Janit
