These are dissertations submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a doctoral degree. Starting in 2012, all of the dissertations that we have available in electronic format should be available from the computers on the WMU campus (not wireless). For everyone else, most are open access, but some dissertations have been embargoed for 6 months, a year or two, others are restricted indefinitely per the request of the author. For some we offer links to the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database, as the full text may appear there eventually. If you are an author and would like to change the availability of your dissertation, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Dissertations from 2013
A Computational Method for Estimating and Finding the HConfidence Interval of the Ratio Scale Parameters in the Two-Sample Problem, Mona Abdullah Alduailij
Increasing Following Headway in a Driving Simulator and Transfer to Real World Driving, Michelle Arnold
Dissertations from 2012
Optical and Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection of Metal Ions and Nerve Gas Mimics via Fluorescein and Coumarin Derivatives, Fasil Adefris Abebe
Paleoclimatic Regimes of the African Sahara Desert during Pleistocene and the Origin of Groundwater in the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, Abdou Abouelmagd
A Discriminative Imaging-Based Framework for Road Sign Condition Assessment Using Local Features and SVM Classifiers, Jafar Jameel Abukhait
Preliminary Revision, Phylogenetics and and Studies of Leaf Anatomical Variation Along an Elevational Gradient in the Genus Schefflera (Araliaceae) in Sabah, Malaysia, Aida Shafreena Ahmad Puad
Integrated Approach for Hydrogeologic Investigations in Africa: Inferences from Space-Borne and Land-Based Gravity, Aeromagnetic, GIS, and Remote Sensing Data, Mohamed El Sayed Ahmed Ahmed
Adaptive Radial Basis Function Neural Networks-Based Real Time Harmonics Estimation and PWM Control for Active Power Filters, Eyad KH Almaita
Gravure Printability of Indium Tin Oxide Nanoparticles on Glass and PET Films for Applications in Printed Electronics, Dania Awni Alsaid
Varieties of Politics, Varieties of Capitalism: The Effects of Political Institutions on Capitalist Diversity, Matthew P. Arsenault
Effects of D-Galactose Treatment and Moderate Exercise on Spatial Memory in Rats, Amanda R. Austin
An Evaluation of Social Capital's Effect on Depression Among Adolescents, Ezechukwu Awgu
Vestibular Functioning and Migraines: Comparing Those with and Without Vertigo, Barbara J. Baker
Teaching and Understanding the Concept of Critical Thinking Skills Within Michigan Accredited Associate Degree Dental Hygeine Programs, Kimberly S. Beistle
Lesbian/Queer/Same-Gender-Loving Women Graduate Students in Mental Health Related Fields: A Grounded Theory of Attitudes Toward Transgender Individuals, Bonnie M. Benson
Rank-Based Estimation and Prediction for Mixed Effects Models in Nested Designs, Yusuf K. Bilgic
Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Elizabeth A. Bradshaw
"Sí Se Puede" Latino Students Can Succeed in School: A Success Case Method Study, Manuel J. Brenes
Predictors of Academic Success for Optometry Students, Robert S. Buckingham
A Behavioral Approach to Modus Operandi: Incident Form Completion and its Effect on Predictive Analysis, Sarah Elizabeth Casella
Design, Modeling and Fabrication of Shear Mode Bulk Acoustic Wave Sensor as a Potential Biosensor, Chi-Jung Cheng
Identifying In-School Predictors of Postsecondary Success for Students with Hearing Impairments, Jennifer Lynn Coyle
The Campus Queen: A Literary and Cultural Study of High School Royalty, Jamie L. Hammel Culver
The Contours of Judicial Tenure in State Courts of Last Resort: Accountability vs. Independence, Todd A. Curry
Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Monolayer Protected Gold Clusters Modified with Fluorophores, Mary Sajini Devadas
Higher Education Leadership in American Geography: Restrospect and Prospect, Michael S. DeVivo
End of the Line: Tracking the Commodity Chain of the Electronic Waste Industry, Jacquelynn A. Doyon
School Counselors' Activities in Predominantly African American Urban Schools, Lacretia T. Dye
Rule-Based Precise Localization Services in Mobile Environments, Mohammed Elbes
Radiative Double Electron Capture in Collisions of Fully-Stripped Fluorine Ions with Thin Carbon Foils, Tamer Mohammad Samy Elkafrawy
Using TeachLivEᵀᴹ to Improve Pre-Service Special Education Teacher Practices, April N. Enicks
Winds of Change: The Historical Contingency of State Crime, Kelly L. Faust
In Their Own Words: The Lived Experiences of Unemployed African American Men, Kenlana R. Ferguson
Characterizing and Supporting Change in Algebra Students' Representational Fluency in a CAS/Paper-and-Pencil Environment, Nicole L. Fonger
Patterns of Interaction and Mathematical Thinking of High School Students in Classroom Environments that Include Use of JAVA-based, Curriculum-Embedded Software, Karen L. Fonkert
Teaching Language to Children with Developmental Disabilities Using Combined Direct Reinforcement and Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing, Brighid Helene Fronapfel-Sonderegger
Accelerated Degree Completion Programs: The Effects of Core Professors in Nontraditional Higher Education, Dale Frederick Gadd
Using Box-Jenkins Modeling Techniques to Forecast Future Disease Burden and Identify Disease Aberrations in Public Health Surveillance Report, Larry C. Garrett
Three Essays on Banking Foreign Direct Investment, Tamrat Workalemahu Gashaw
Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Descriptive Study, Erica Jex Gergely
Low-Water Mark, Natalie A. Giarratano
From Crisis to Stability: A Case Study of Presidential Leadership at a Christian College, Jeffrey Gill
Female Head Athletic Trainers in NCAA Division I (IA Football) Athletics: How They Made it to the Top, JoAnne Gorant
The Role of Focus Group Venu: A Comparative Study of Face-to-Face, Telephone, and Internet Video-Based Venues, June E. Gothberg
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Permissive Disclosure: What Information are Post-Secondary Institutions Disclosing and Why?, Christine Glah Greer
Development of a New Technology Venture Balanced Scorecard Derived from Critical Factors that Impact Product Quality, Zella Jackson Hannum
Comparing the Effects of Simulated, Intelligent Audible, Checklists and Analog Checklists in Simulated Flight, Bryan Hilton
Exogenous Alpha-Synuclein Induces Cell Death Related Proteins in C6 Oligodendrocyte-Like Cells Corresponding to Protein Expression Observed in Multiple System Atrophy, Derrick Samuel Hilton
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Randomized Technique Evaluation Trial, Marchion J. Hinton
Through the Eyes of Higher Education Attorneys: How Department Chairs are Navigating the Waters of Legal Issues and Risk Management, Carol L.J. Hustoles
What Psychotherapists Have to Teach Us About Childhood Developmental Trauma: The Roles of Attachment Orientation and Coping Strategy, Rebecca Klott
Examining the Role of Research Mentoring in Predicting Research Self-Efficacy Among Minority Professional Psychology Doctoral Students, Donald Edward Knight
Design in Evaluation: Adequacy and Validity of Health Evaluation in the Context of Developing Countries, Julien Kouamé
Discrete Targeting of Peptide and Non-Peptide Neurotransmitters by a Single Neuron, Daniel Kueh
Girls, Mothers and Others: Female Representation in the Adolescent Fantasy of J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, and Terry Pratchett, Jeanne Hoeker LaHaie
Stop Snitching: Hip Hop's Influence on Crime Reporting in the Inner City, Ladel Lewis
Inkjet Printability of Electronic Materials Important to the Manufacture of Fully Printed OTFTs, Sooman Lim
Examining the Research Designs and Analytical Techniques in Athletic Training from 2005-2010, Monica R. Lininger
The Domination Number of Kα□Kb□Kc□, Jianwei Lin
Investigating the Biochemical Activity of Some Flavonoids, Coumarins and Modified Gold-Nanoparticles as Anti-Breast-Cancer Agents, Amr Ezzat Mohamed Mahmoud
Mine Detection Rats: Effects of Repeated Extinction on Detection Rates, Amanda M. Mahoney
Study of the Structure of 9C via Single Neutron Transfer, Scott T. Marley
Three Essays on International Banking, Rong Ma
Mapa Provisonal de la Literatura Hispanoamericana de Entre Siglo (XX-XXI): Una Mirada al Camino Literario Actual, Claudia Lorena Márquez-Reséndiz
Experiences of Suburban and Rural High School Principals Who Have Attained Longevity in the Position: A Qualitative Study, Peggy A. Mathis
The Perception of Adult Learners Concerning their Satisfaction of Their Educational Experiences in a Midwestern Community College, Constance L. McCallum
First-Generation, African American Students' Experiences of Persisting at a Predominantly White Liberal Arts College, Candy S. McCorkle
Identification, Development, and Screening of Compounds Against Bacterial Glutamate Racemase, James McGee
HIV/AIDS Coverage in the Daily Nation Newspaper: A Mixed Methods Content Analysis to Inform Health Promotion and HIV Prevention in Kenya, Shannon Locke McMorrow
Traveling with a Purpose: Stories of Contradiction and Transformation in International Service-Learning, Rebecca A. McNamara
Predictors of Counselor Self-Efficacy among Master's Level Counselor Trainees: Impact of Cohort versus Non-Cohort Educational Programs, Regina Lynn Meyer
Influences in the Platonic Same-Sex Friendships of Heterosexual Black Males, Darian Mitchell
Child Parent Relationship Therapy for Parents of Children with Disruptive Behavior, Alison Moses
A New Non-Parametric Test for Umbrella Alternatives, Gilbert Ngwa Muma
Personality and Religiosity: The Influence of Normative Personality on Black Sunni Muslims' Religious Attitudes and Practices, Halim Khidher Naeem
Essays on Spatial Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth Determinants in Developing Countries, Uwaoma George Nwaogu
Tea with Edie and Fitz, Adam Pasen
Does Understanding the Kalamazoo Promise Impact African American Participation?, J. Douglas Penn
Boolean and Profinite Loops, Benjamin Andrew Phillips
Modeling Transmission of Photonic Crystal Waveguide Modes Enhanced by Kerr Nonlinearity, Buddhi M. Rai
The Effects of Repeated Resurgence Conditions on the Magnitude of Resurgence, Ryan Nathaniel Redner
Identifying Mechanisms of Change: Utilizing Single-Participant Methodology to Better Understand Behavior Therapy for Youth Depression, Andrew R. Riley
Teachers' Sense of Professional Practices as a Result of Mentoring, Leadriane L. Roby
Trace Driven Approach for Testing and Debugging Concurrent Programs, Mahmoud Said
Adaptive Security-Aware Scheduling for Packet Switched Networks Using Real-Time Multi-Agent Systems, Ma'en Saleh Saleh
Strategies for Studying the Interaction of Nanoscale Materials with Chemical and Biological Contaminants, Tova Ann Samuels
Behavior Based Sales: A Study of Behavioral Techniques for Sales Performance Improvement, Peder Henrik Seglund
The Relationship Among Training Policy, Knowledge Transfer, and Performance Improvement: A Study of Private Sector Organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Fayez M. Shafloot
FDI Transmission to a Third Developing Country Through the Remittances Channel, Ibrahim Hamdy Sheta
Clinically Meaningful Change in Heart Failure: The Six-Minute Walk Test and Daily Activity, Michael J. Shoemaker
Describing the Apprenticeship of Chemists through the Language of Faculty Scientists, Brandy Ann Skjold
Overcoming Non-Academic Issues to Gain Admission into Competitive Entry College Majors: The Power of Positive Psychological Development, Stephen J. Snyder