All dissertations completed at Western Michigan University are entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies are available through interlibrary loan for dissertations before 2013. If you have any questions, please contact maira.bundza@wmich.edu.
Dissertations from 2018
Effective Reading Strategies for Increasing the Reading Comprehension Level of Third-Grade Students with Learning Disabilities, Nouf Rashdan Almutairi
Flexural Behavior of RC Beams Strengthened with Externally Bonded CFRP under Cyclic Loading, Mohammad Ahmad Salameh Al-Qaralleh
University Leaders’ Experiences in Advancing the Development and Transformation of Emerging Saudi Public Universities, Abdulrahman Hamed Alsulami
Elucidation of the Toxicity of Anthropogenic Nanoparticles in Environments Containing Heavy Metals, Chartanay Bonner
Mixing Matching and Sabermetrics: Combining Advanced Analytics and the Generalized Matching Law in NFL Football Play-Calling, Jacob Bradley
Characterization of a Cholinergic Synapse in a Model of Glaucoma, Cynthia Anne Cooley-Themm
Investigating Generalization of Motorist Yielding to the Gateway Prompt from the Treated Leg of the Intersection to the Untreated Adjacent Leg, Brian J. Crowley-Koch
Web-Based Stimulus Preference Assessment and Reinforcer Assessments for Videos, Hugo Curiel
Application of Response-to-Intervention in a Pre-Kindergarten Special Education Classroom, Justin J. Daigle
Assessment for Mild Cognitive Impairment: Striving for Best Practice, Julie Leigh Dalmasso
Response Shift Bias: An Examination of Measurement Invariance in Self-Reported Change, Katherine Nelson Daniels
Exploring the Use of Hierarchal Statistical Analysis and Deep Neural Networks to Detect and Mitigate Covert Timing Channels, Omar Darwish
Experiences of Underrepresented Minority Students in Health Professions Programs, and Their Journeys to the Programs, Alisha L. Davis
Impacts of Cohort Membership on Teacher Candidates in an Alternative Certification Program, Katherine Eaton
Social Comparison Feedback and Goal-Setting under Fixed Pay and Incentive Pay, Yngvi Freyr Einarsson
Teaching Eye Contact and Responding to Name to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Amelia M. Fonger
Further Development of a Supervision System for Behavior Analysts to Support Evidence-Based Supervision Practices, Katie Lynn Garza
Edge Induced Weightings of Uniform Hypergraphs and Related Problems, Laars C. Helenius
The Assembly and Function of PWI Domain Containing Complexes and Poxvirus Proteins, Nafiseh Jandaghi Jafari
Denoising Large Neuroimage MRI Data Using Spatial Random Effect Models, Leonard Chukuma Johnson
Support Assurance-Based Software Development for Mission Critical Domains Using the Model Driven Architecture, Chung-Ling Lin
Diabetes Prevention Program: Exploring Spirituality and Spiritual Interventions on Outcomes, Sharon E. Plutko Long
A Holistic Computational Approach to Boosting the Performance of Protein Search Engines, Majdi Ahmad Mosa Maabreh
Statistical Models for Correlated Data, Xiaomeng Niu
The Lived Experiences of Veteran and Military Students in the Context of a “Military Friendly” Institution: A Phenomenological Case Study, Gail Y. Rouscher
Using Agent-Based Implementation of Active Data Bundles for Protecting Privacy in Healthcare Information Systems, Raed M. Salih
A Comparative Analysis of Preintervention Diagnostic Tools in Organizational Behavior Management, Rachael E. Tilka
Mapping and Interpreting the Glacial Geology of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, Sarah M. VanderMeer
Comparison of Religious Problem-Solving Styles on the Use of Problem-Focused and Maladaptive Emotion-Focused Coping Related to Financial Strain and Stress, Kirk A. Vander Molen
No-Arbitrage Principle in Conic Finance, Mehdi Vazifedan
Examining the Impact of a Criminal Background in Social Work Education, Amy S. Vliek
Neurogenesis of Retinal Neurons in Response to an Alpha 7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist, Mark K. Webster Jr.
Statistical Properties of Population Stability Index, Bilal Yurdakul
Dissertations from 2017
Social Health Insurance and Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Case of Ghana, Ama Agyeiwaa Abrokwah
Bio-Socially Inspired Strategies in Support of Dynamic Spectrum Access: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective, Mohammad Ali Marzoug Abu Shattal
Metaphysics in Science Education: Balancing Between Religious and Physicalist Extremism, Betty Ann J Adams
Time-Dependent Photoionization of Gaseous Nebulae, Ehab Elsayed Elhoussieny Ahmed
The Effectiveness of Using Leadership Practice lnventory (LPl 360) Feedback on Leaders' lnsight into their Leadership Behaviors in Higher Education, Abdulrahman S. Alajlan
Managing Workforce Diversity in Construction to Improve Communication and Reduce Fatalities (Hispanic Workforce Focus), Ahmed Jalil Al-Bayati
A Deep Learníng-Based Data Minimization Algorithm for Big Genomics Data in Support of loT and Secure Smart Health Services, Mohammed Aledhari
Structures of Derived Graphs, Khawlah Hamad Alhulwah
Multiprocessing Real Time Vision Based System for Condition Monitoring in Solar Panels, Moath Hashim Alsafasfeh
Architecture, Simulation, and Implementation of Commodity Computer Components in Software Defined Radio Systems, Amean Al-Safi
Coping and Africultural Adolescents, Britne R. Amos
A Meta-Analysis of Energy Savings from Lighting Programs in Michigan, Teryila Ephraim Amough
Subgroup Analysis and Growth Curve Models for Longitudinal Data, Nichole Andrews
Fate of Conductive Ink Pigments During Recycling and Landfill Deposition of Paper-Based Printed Electronics, James Edward Atkinson
Women’s Representation in Local Democracy: Formal and Informal Institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Abida Bano
A Qualitative Investigation of the Interpersonal Changes White Psychology Trainees Experience During their Race-Based Learning and Development, Molly K. Beagle
Employing Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis to Better Understand the Relationship between Individuals’ Anthropogenic Climate Change Acceptance and Belief in Anti-Climate Change Dissenter Messages, Andrew Phillip Keller Bentley
Highly Hamiltonian Graphs and Digraphs, Zhenming Bi
Networked: An Investigation into the Economic Contribution of Manuel Castells, Darrick Brake
LGBT Microaggressions in Counselor Education Programs, Sarah Bryan
Self-Management as a Class-Wide Intervention: An Evaluation of the “Self & Match” System Embedded within a Dependent Group Contingency, Andrew J. Bulla
From Following to Leading: Experiencing the Phenomena of Becoming a Teacher Leader, Alan L. Carter
El Amerindio Y El Conquistador en Seis Comedias Áureas de Tema Peruano, Jerusa Carvajal-Villamar
Structure, Dynamics and Functional Mechanisms of the PWI Domain and the RNA-Binding Domain of Rotavirus Non-Structural Protein 3, Harry Amuguni Chanzu
Development of Flexible Sensing Systems for Printed Electronic Applications, Amer Abdulmahdi Jabbar Chlaihawi
An Exploration of Data Mining Approach in Prediction of the Use of Physical and Occupational Therapy in US Adults, Raju Chowdhary
Using Concept Maps to Monitor Knowledge Structure Changes in a Science Classroom, Leah J. Cook
Justice Involved Veterans’ Post-Release Employment-Related Experiences, James L. Dawson
Assessing a Punching Bag Feedback Performance Device, Neil Deochand
Color-Connected Graphs and Information-Transfer Paths, Stephen Devereaux
Deadly Hostility: Feud, Violence, and Power in Early Anglo-Saxon England, David DiTucci
From Descendants of Refugees to First-Generation College Students: The Untold Story of Southeast Asian American College Students’ Lived Experience, Vunsin Hiew Doubblestein
Rebranding Mediocrity: A Rhetorical Analysis of Common Core Textbooks for College-Bound Writers, E. Suzanne Ehst
An Examination of Behavior Analysts' Treatment Selection Behavior for Escape-Maintained Problem Behavior, Rebecca Eldridge
Development of Flexible Sensing Systems and Energy Harvesters Using Printing Techniques, Sepehr Emamian
Biosorption of Pharmaceuticals and Noble Metals Nanoparticles by Algal Turf Communities, Haider Abid Faraj
Methods for Systematic Characterization and Monitoring of Radiotherapy Administration to Breast Cancer Patients, Milton Soto Ferrari
Evaluating the Effects of a Self-Management Program with a Peer-Mediated Praise Procedure, Sean P. Field
Diagnostics for Choosing between Stratified Logrank and Stratified Wilcoxon, Jhoanne Marsh C. Gatpatan
High Performance Computing Techniques for Analyzing Risky Decision Making, Vinay B. Gavirangaswamy
Slavery and Manumission in Fourteenth-Century Palermo, Jack Goodman
Predictors of Change in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans in a Residential PTSD Treatment Program, Andrew C. Hale
From the Arab World to the American World: Transition and Adjustment Experiences of Muslim Women, Nancy Hammoudah
Primatus Hispaniae: Identity and Assimilation in Medieval Toledo, Patrick W. Harris
Effects of Early Adolescent Exposure to d-Amphetamine in a Rodent Model of Nicotine Reward, Eric Louis Harvey
Optimal Combiners for Multiple Classifier Systems, Mohammed Falih Hassan
Sex Differences in Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Mediation of LSD Discrimination in Rats, Keli A. Herr
Evaluation Instruction in Council on Education for Public Health Accredited Master of Public Health Schools and Programs, Kristin Ann Hobson
The Collage Effect: Form and Participatory Reading in Contemporary Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Krystal Howard
Evolution of Caffeine Biosynthetic Enzymes and Pathways in Flowering Plants, Ruiqi Huang
Preparing Teachers in English Language Arts: Mentor Teachers Speak, Lindsay J. Jeffers
Interpersonal Dependency and Self-Efficacy on Intention to Return to a Domestically Violent Relationship among Low-Income Women, Erin N. Jenkins
Impact of Post-Secondary Correctional Education on Self-Efficacy and Personal Agency of Formerly Incarcerated African American Men, David E. Jones
Lived Experience of College Students Who Reduced their Alcohol Consumption, Devin L. Jordan
Dielectronic Recombination Calculations for Silicon-Like Ions and the S2+ Orion Nebula Abundance Conundrum, Jagjit Kaur
Expanding a Path Analytic Model of Quality Management to Include the Management of Safety, Bruce J. Ladewski
Controlling Political Corruption in Latin America: Institutional Constraints on Executive Power, George G. Lluberes
Birth Record Analysis of Gestational Diabetes: Applications for Intervention Planning, Elizabeth L. MacQuillan
Analytical and Numerical Optimization of a Solar Thermoelectric Generator (STEG), Hadi Ali Mohammed Madkhali
Four Films, Michael Marberry
ldentifying and Characterizing Cognitive Factors Significant to Practicing and Learning Meteorology, Peggy M. McNeal