Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Old English elegies : language and genre, Stephanie Opfer
Sequential Monte Carlo macroeconometrics, Shawn Osell
Severity of illness, parenting, and child psychological adjustment : exploring the associations among mothers with multiple sclerosis, Emily Elizabeth Padgett
Core leadership practices or prior classroom teaching experience and their value when hiring building principals, Patti Palagi
Does evaluation affect teacher self-efficacy? : a qualitative investigation into the effects of evaluation on teachers' sense of efficacy, Anthony J. Palmisano
Role of urdA in regulation of development and secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans, Sandesh S. Pandit
The foundations of modern democracy : Machiavelli and the pursuit of greatness, Katherine Paton
Approximate Bayesian computation in nonparametric Bayesian models, Erina Paul
A comparison of variance and Renyi's entropy with application to machine learning, Adric M. Peccarelli
Helping users learn about social processes while learning from users : developing a positive feedback in social computing, Venkata Sai Sriram Pillutla
"Invisible knapsacks" in education : an autoethnography of privilege and power dynamics in higher education, Elyzia Powers
Beyond feeding the multitude : international nongovernmental organizations and local food systems in Southwestern Haiti, Heather M. Prentice-Walz
Grit, goal importance, and construals, Robert Pulvermacher
Synthetic methods involving cationic electrophiles and intermediates, Ahmad Fawzi Qarah
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign narrative and the perceptions of the American people, Paige Russell
Survival analysis with Bayesian additive regression trees and its application, Satabdi Saha
The American Adam in New Hollywood : Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Maggie Scanlan
Synthetic methods development with electrophiles, Mark N. Schaeff
Principals' perceptions of working with suburban elementary students from poverty, Kathryn M. Schafermeyer
An investigation of elementary school principals' self-efficacy beliefs, their goal expectations of student achievement, and their impact on student achievement, Paul D. Schrik Sr.
Pre-eruptive constraints for two neighboring volcanic systems in Southwestern Guatemala, Andrew Schwoerer
Student engagement : an application of the theory of planned behavior, Max A. Seisser V
The impact of mindfulness meditation on fear load and fear inhibition : examining parasympathetic activation as an underlying mechanism, Antonia Victoria Seligowski
The Epic of 1804 : based upon and incorporating an English translation of Maurice A. Sixto's J'ai venge la race, Myriam Souffrant
Memes and 4chan and haters, oh my! : rhetoric, identity, and online aggression, Erika M. Sparby
First world problems : neocolonial discourse in contemporary american literature, Tracy Stephens
Conscripting Billy Yank and Johnny Reb : the plight and consequence of conscription dodgers, disruptors, and resisters, Victoria Bryant Stewart
Education impacts of zero-tolerance expulsions on now-incarcerated individuals, John D. Suarez
Getting out the vote : studying the influence of social pressure on registered non-voters, Michael Sweeney
Race, gender, and the stigma of homelessness, Jeff Syverson
Documenting indigenous Tagbanua practices that support environmental conservation in Palawan, Philippines, Shannon E. Thomas
Effect of nutrition and growth conditions on d-cycloserine sensitivity of Escherichia coli, Poornima Vasireddy
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow : a study of Aurelio Tolentino's articulation of nationalism and identity through theatre in the Philippines during the American colonial period, Lily Ann Bolo Villaraza
Interplay of structure and dynamics in biomaterials, Preeti Vodnala
The use of choice to reduce negative reactions to online interstitial advertising, Paul Vogt
Principal motivation in the era of accountability, Matthew Vosberg
Reactions to age metastereotypes in the workplace : challenge, threat, and boost, Elora C. Voyles
Structural evolution and paleohydrology of a tertiary salt weld, Willouran Ranges, South Australia, Nicholas James Williams
Individual differences in the relevancy effect, James Woehrle
Natural language processing and syntactic differentiation : a corpus case study, Melissa Wright
Shared enthusiasm : social cohesion within anime fandom, Michael A. Yergin
An examination of parental perceptions of standards-based report cards, Erik Christian Youngman
Perpetrators, rescuers, scapegoats, and secondary witnesses : representations of the Nanjing massacre in Chinese American literature, Xiaoling Zhang
Ability group configuration for the high school physics classroom, Scott Zitnik
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Silicon and oxygen isotopes in diatom silica as a paleoenvironmental proxy from a pliocene Antarctic marine sediment core, Tirzah M. Abbott
A covert war at sea : piracy and political economy in Malaya, 1824-1874, Scott C. Abel
The politics of natural resource use : a comparative study of forest exploitation in Indonesia and Cambodia, Azriansyah Achdiat Agoes
Value-at-risk (VaR) estimation with extreme mixture model and backtesting diagnostics, Rexford M. Akakpo
The indirect effect of social support on PTSD through self-blame in sexual assault survivors and the moderating role of gender, Christy E. Allen
The outermost court : gentiles in Mormon Zion, 1831-1869, Christopher W. Anderson
Adding mental health to the treatment of mental illness : a qualitative content analysis of the construction of recovery in psychiatric journals, 1990-2016, Amy Ann Armstrong
Three essays on democratic capital and per capita income, Raymond S.K. Attawia
Investigating the context-dependent effects of plant mutualists on plant and herbivore performance in an agricultural legume, Catherine Ann Ausland
A framing analysis of the news coverage of science, Sam Babin
Does inflated responsibility moderate the relationship between thought-action fusion beliefs and neutralizing behaviors?, Brenda Ellen Bailey
Synthesis and characterization of nanoalloys and non-precious metal catalysts for energy and environmental applications, Heather Marie Barkholtz
Disposable labor : urban and rural agricultural migrants from the Monterrey Center through the Nuevo Leon Corridor to San Antonio, 1915-1925, Edward L. Bates
21st century assessment : an examination of the relationship among computer-adaptive homework, self-regulation strategies and student scores on computer-adaptive assessment, Darla Bennett-Smailis
Clerics in arms : militant Catholicism and religious violence in France, 1584-1598, Gregory D. Bereiter
Using LiDAR to measure the urban forest in DeKalb, Il, Dustin Bergman
A study of boundary spanning : pastors' perceptions of their role as boundary spanners in the ELCA, Rachel Carrie Berry
Potent legacies : the transformation of Irish American politics, 1815-1840, Mathieu W. Billings
A matter of size : examining representation and responsiveness in state legislatures and city councils, Benjamin Bingle
Characterization of potential anti-infective agents of Burkholderia pseudomallei targeting IspF, Joy Michelle Blain
Robbed : exploring the role of the DCS in spatial and temporal processing, Philip A. Blankenship
Classifying violent offenders and gang members : a consideration of childhood variables and future time perspective, Lauren T. Bradel
Teen mothers' management of stigma, Christine Buckner
Inter-sexual social interactions in Cebus capucinus, Margaret S. Buehler
Assessing the compatibility of filth fly pesticides with filth fly biological control parasitoids through toxicological and behavioral assays, Edwin R. Burgess IV
Small mammal responses to bison reintroduction and prescribed fire in one of the world's most threatened ecosystems, Angela Marie Burke
Constraining neutrinos as background to wimp-nucleon dark matter particle searches for DaMIC : CCD physics analysis and electronics development, Melissa Jean Butner
Examining K-8 teachers' perceptions of mandated curriculum change, Sarah Marie Cacciatore
What are we going to do when the yellow bus stops coming? : a historical legal analysis of the transition provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Tanya Leah Carter
Methionine aminopeptidase as a target for the discovery of novel antibacterial agents, Congling Chen
Monetary policy transmission mechanism in Bangladesh : an SVAR approach, Mainul Islam Chowdhury
Identity talk of homeless sheltered women, Danielle T. Clemons
Inferring West Antarctic subglacial basin history and ice stream processes using siliceous microfossils, Jason James Coenen
The associations among relational victimization, social support, depression, and academic achievement in early adolescence, Sonia Nowakowska Cooper
The social validity of supportive behaviors and social anxiety in adolescence, Samantha Coyle
Writing without boundaries : examining a professional writer's environment using activity theory, Lindsey Crane
Bioanalytical applications of protein-ligand interactions, Kaitlynn Richelle Davenport
Relational uncertainty between frenemies in forensics, Benjamin Davis
Adolescent bullying : an analysis of personality characteristics, bullying participant behaviors, and social anxiety, Erin Deliberto
A bird for the ages : national concupiscence in the work of John Milton, Doug DePalma
Edge states in single-layer graphene, Harsh Deshpande
An examination of the reactivity of CO2 with Mg-silicates at pressures and temperatures of the earth's mantle and implications for deep carbon storage, Emily S. Devers
The role of hemiparasitic plants : influencing tallgrass prairie quality, diversity and structure, Jane P. DiGiovanni
Historic Native American village sites in the Middle Rock River, Amanda Douglas
The genre of the linguistics article within studies of language variation and change : a diachronic perspective, 1891-2015, David Durian
The rhetor's audience is also a fiction : a unified theory of rhetorical situation and a universal example, Erica Leigh Durian
Altering state intolerance of uncertainty and its influence on checking behavior, Hannah Faleer