Theses/Dissertations from 2017
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
A 5200 year record of precipitation changes in west-central Guatemala inferred from lacustrine carbonate-based stable isotopes, Jacob Ryan Feller
CPSA regulates mycotoxin production, morphogenesis and cell wall biosynthesis in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans, Xuehuan Feng
Spatiotemporal analysis of residential flood exposure in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, 1990-2010, Alex Page Ferguson
A qualitative exploration of masculinity among community college males, Marianne Fontes
Leading behavior, positioning, and group spacing as indicators of dominance in Hapalemur griseus, Kimberly Foreit
Evaluating Holocene precipitation variability in the Baltic region using oxygen isotopes of lacustrine carbonate from Estonia, Carolyn Fortney
Managing an information explosion : civilian administration and the Army of Louis XIV, 1661-1701, Robert Fulton
Get the party started : an analysis of EU political party development, James Godowic
Skeletal indicators of hyperpronation in Australopithecus sediba and extant primates, Deanna Goldstein
Design and synthesis of IspD, IspE and IspF enzyme inhibitors of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway, Gashaw Melkamu Goshu
Development of a PYTHON-based emittance calculator at Fermilab Accelerator Science & Technology (FAST) facility, A. T. Green
Increased personalization through the use of technology in the secondary mathematics classroom, Karla J. Guseman
Early Pliocene Ross Sea paleoclimate and a new application of the diatom oxygen isotope proxy, Hal W. Hackett
Conditions affecting biomass productivity, lipid production, and harvesting of the microalga Monoraphidium sp. Dek19 grown in wastewater, Adam Ralph Hage
Characterization of microstructural mutation events in plastomes of chloridoid grasses (Chloridoideae; Poaceae), Thomas J. Hajek III
You're too old for that! : ageism and prescriptive stereotypes in the workplace, Elizabeth A. Hanrahan
Characterization and inhibitor evaluation of IspD and IspE enzymes from the non-mevalonate pathway, Brian E. Hartnett
The utilization of flavonoids as inhibitors of urease and as antimalarial agents and the discovery of bacterial methionine aminopeptidase inhibitors, Travis Robert Helgren
Interpreting Nicaraguan high and low titanium basalts : insights from melt inclusions, Xai Her
Task specificity and multiple document integration, Karyn Paula Higgs
Late Holocene climate controls on carbon dynamics at Teringi Bog, Estonia, Kristyn Hill
Reconciling naturalism and theology in the political thought of Bernard Mandeville, Lewis Hoss
The role of social support and self-concept in victimization and social anxiety in adolescence, Linda Huber
Structural history and fracture network evolution of the Gypsum Valley salt wall, Paradox Basin, Colorado, Cory W. Hunter
Changes in the U.S. hurricane disaster landscape : the relationship between risk and exposure, Ashley Irizarry
An analysis of the transfer of life skills through sport, Jennifer M. Jacobs
Indigenous gold from St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands a materials-based analysis, Stephen E. Jankiewicz
Essays in public economics, Xiandeng Jiang
The judicialization of politics : an examination of the Administrative Court of Thailand, Aaron Micah Johnson
Finding meaning through video chat communication in longdistance romantic relationships, Rebecca Johnson
The effect of #BlackLivesMatter : the relevance of communities and collective identity, Stephanie D. Jones
Why do we need to learn this? : an investigation of the association between science teachers' use of utility value statements and students' immediate and global perceptions of science utility, Stephen Spaulding Kafkas
Impacts of tourism on water quality in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Katelyn Kane
Use of the green microalga Monoraphidium sp. Dek19 to remediate wastewater : salinity stress and scaling to mesocosm cultures, Anthony Robert Kephart
Publish or perish : linguistic policies and the Picard language of France, Marcy Taylor Kersch
Peroxygenase activity of cytochrome c peroxidase, Heather A. Kilheeney
Properties of the green microalga Monoraphidium sp. Dek19 for phycoremediation of wastewater and biofuel production, Nicholas James Kirchner
Evidence of genotypic variation, MHC class I copy number variation and recombination within the chicken major histocompatibility complex-y system, Renee T. Kopulos
Phenomenological studies of minimal extensions of standard model, Nilanjana Kumar
Analysis of an integrated readout layer for use in a highly granular analog hadron calorimeter, Heath J. LeFevre
Teacher beliefs about factors that influence student dropout, implicit theories of intelligence and self efficacy, Robin Lenart
A PTSD analogue study : investigating the roles of memory and metamemory in trauma-related outcomes, Ban Hong Phylice Lim
Ortho-hydroxychalcone : a molecular switch and metal sensing fluorophore, Theodore Litberg
Is legal action the right 'idea' : an examination of client-based legal action and its effects on organizational responses to the Individuals with Disablities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), Maureen A. Lowry-Fritz
Social support compensation and internalizing symptoms during adolescence, Kelly Marie Lyell
