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Dissertations from 2015
The Effects of Incentive Pay Systems with Tiered Goals on Performance, Daniel B. Sundberg
The Impact of Uncertainty on Data Revision, Pei-Ju Sung
Principal Leadership: Communication, Support, Management, and Evaluation in Literacy Education in Michigan Elementary Reward Schools Beating the Odds, Jason Michael Surian
An Evaluation of the Primary Care Providers’ Perspective of the Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on Health, Gisele Tchamba
From Networked Learning to Operational Practice: Constructing and Transferring Superintendent Knowledge in a Regional Instructional Rounds Network, Timothy J. Travis
The Effects of Tiered Goals and Bonus Pay on Performance, Jessica L. Urschel
The Relationship between Counselor Trainees’ Personal Therapy Experiences and Client Outcome, Bonnie L. VanderWal
Missing Pieces: How Neighborhood Health Context Influences Jail Reentry, Andrew Gregg Verheek
Regulation of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Production in Voluntary and Involuntary Muscle, John-Mary Vianney
Memory Deficits in Older Adults: Evaluating Spaced Retrieval with Multiple Probe Techniques, Christopher Walmsley
Impact of Athletic Identity and Emotional Competence on Athletes’ Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help, Garett V. Weatherhead
Electron Transmission through Micrometer Sized Funnelshaped Tapered Glass Capillaries and Electron Micro-Beam Production, Samanthi Jayamini Wickramarachchi
Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Statistics: Developing an Initial Profile, Christina M. Zumbrun
Dissertations from 2014
From Teachers' Control of Curricula to Curricula's Control of Teachers: An Analysis of Loss of Autonomy in the lnstructional Labor Process, Joseph Daniel Abbott Jr.
Aminoglycoside-Induced Otoneurotoxicity: Analysis of Inner Hair Cell Synaptic Plasticity Following Drug Exposure, Matthew M. Abernathy
Synthesis, Characterization and Potential Applications of Palladium and Ruthenium Nanostructures, Clara Patrice Adams
Printing Functional Electronic Circuits and Components, Ahmed Tausif Aijazi
Relationships between Wellness-Related Behaviors and Academic Performance, Helene M. Alfano
Integrated (Remote Sensing, GIS, and Modeling) Hydrological Investigation and Landslide Susceptibility Studies in the Arabian Shield, Talal Ghazi Alharbi
Probing the Unfolding and the Stability of the Last Four Metal Binding Domains of Wilson Disease Protein Using Circular Dichroism and Novel Spectroscopic Techniques, Ibtesam Yaseen Alja’afreh
Examining the Operant Function of Feedback: Evaluation of the Temporal Location of Feedback, Elian Aljadeff-Abergel
An Adaptive Kalman Filter for Voltage Sag Detection in Power Systems, Hisham Odeh Alrawashdeh
On Eulerian Irregularity and Decompositions in Graphs, Eric Andrews
The Lived Experiences of Veteran Elementary Urban School Teachers: Why and How They Stay, Cynthia A. Anthony
Investigating Practices of Research-Proven Multidimensional Teacher Evaluation Systems in Michigan Schools, George A. Aramath
Elementary School Teachers’ Use of Curricular Resources for Lesson Design and Enactment, Napthalin Achubang Atanga
The Experiences of Women in Post Graduate Physics and Astronomy Programs: the Roles of Support, Career Goals, and Gendered Experiences, Ramón S. Barthelemy
Structural Evolution in the Neutron Rich-Nucleus 14B, Shadi A. Bedoor
Using Case Method to Explicitly Teach Formative Assessment in Preservice Teacher Science Education, Amy Elizabeth Bentz
Teacher Trust Levels and How They Differ Between School Settings and Impact Teacher Involvement in Student Achievement Activities, Gretchen Kaeding Bergan
Conceptual Framework Alignment between Primary Literature and Education in Animal Behaviour, Andrea Marie-Kryger Bierema
Focus and Priority Schools: How Principals Enact Leadership Responsibilities to Increase Student Achievement in Selected Mid-Western Counties, Jeffery P. Boggan
Processes, Tools, and Procedures Section 504 Coordinators Use toCreate and Provide Uniformity of Section 504 Requirements Across Their Districts, Caroline Breault-Cannon
Investigations into the Unconfirmed Miracles at Puraquequara, Traci Brimhall
A Metaevaluation of Energy Efficiency Evaluations, Brandy Brown
Lie Loops Associated With GL(ℋ), ℋ A Separable Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Space, Alper Bulut
Multivariate Autoregressive Time Series Using Schweppe Weighted Wilcoxon Estimates, Jaime Burgos
Place-Based Education: An Impetus for Teacher Efficacy, Tamara Chase Coleman
Urban School Counseling Impact: An ABA Reversal Single Subject Time-Series Analysis of Academic, Suspension, and Attendance Data, Katherine L. N. Colles
Oncolytic Tanapoxvirus Expressing fliC Causes Regression of Human Colorectal Cancer Xenografts in Nude Mice, Steven J. Conrad
Career and Technical Education and the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award in Education, Patricia Crum-Allen
A Monte Carlo Study of the Optimal Rank Order Relationship with Criterion Scores, Hongyan Cui
How Do Middle School Core Content Area Teachers in a Title 1 School Use Cooperative Learning in the Context of High Accountability for Student Proficiency: A Multiple Case Study, Martha Cunigan-Wells
Comparison of Hazard, Odds and Risk Ratio in the Two-Sample Survival Problem, Benedict P. Dormitorio
Fundamental Studies of Protein Ionization for Improved Analysis by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Related Methods, Kevin A. Douglass
A Deeply Digital Instructional Unit on Binomial Distributions and Statistical Inference: A Design Experiment, Alden Jack Edson
Elementary Principals’ Perspectives on Newly Graduated General Education Teachers’ Abilities to Teach Students with Disabilities in Inclusion Classrooms, Darla Jane England
The Effects of Systemic Racism on the Academic Achievement of African American Male Adolescents, Andre Rubin Fields
A Metaevaluation of Evaluations of Health Care Programs that Employ the Chronic Care Model, Jan Fields
Administrators as Change Agents in Implementing MTSS: Beliefs, Skills, and Challenges, Tasha Frigmanski
The Impact of Mentoring on the Self-Perceived Personal and Professional Success Of African American Women Graduates of a Midwestern University, Deveta R. Gardner
Testing a Model of Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depression Symptoms: The Roles of Emotional Disclosure, Emotion Regulation Strategies, Adult Attachment, and Shame, Angela M. Garrison
A Phenomenological Study of University Faculty Experiences with Disruptive Undergraduate Students in a Face-to-Face Classroom or Laboratory Setting, Anne Marie Gillespie
Fabrication, Testing and Analysis of a Fatigue Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring, Subash Gokanakonda
A Method for Assessing and Describing the Informal Inferential Reasoning of Middle School Students, Joshua Michael Goss
Hacia un mapa ex-céntrico de lo afro-hispano: notas sobre un meta-archipiélago desbordado, Brian J. Gunderson
From National Standards to Classrooms: A Case Study of Middle Level Teachers’ Assessment Knowledge and Practice, Susan Lynn Gutierrez
GDNF Content and NMJ Plasticity in Slow and Fast Twitch Myofibers Follows Recruitment in Exercise, Amy Morrison Gyorkos
Battling the Separate Spheres: New Woman Writers and British Women Writers of World War I, Christine Haskill
Black Male Graduates’ Reflections on their College Experiences at a Private, Faith-Based, Predominantly White Institution of Higher Education, Kimberly Hayworth
Impulsive Choice in Unmedicated and Medicated Children Diagnosed with Adhd: Examining the Variables of Reward Type and ADHD Subtype, Nicole Henriksen
Biophysical Characterization of the First Four Metal-Binding Domains of Human Wilson Disease Protein, Alia V.H. Hinz
Reassurance in Negative Space, Elizabyth A. Hiscox
Evaluating the Use of the Math Reasoning Inventory for Improvement in Fraction Instruction, Kathy Huffman Boyer
A Study on Generic Prescription Substitution Policy as a Cost Containment Approach for Michigan’s Medicaid System, Khandaker Nayeemul Islam
Exploring Help-Seeking Intentions among Black American Church-Goers, Krystelle Jean-Michel
Blue Violets, Brandon Davis Jennings
lnference on Differences in k Means for Data with Excess Zeros and Detection Limits, Haolai Jiang
The Relationship between Racial Ambiguity and Self-Concept in Multiracial lndividuals, James R. Jobe
The Growing Women’s Political Activism in Africa 1990-2010: An Explanatory Analysis of Institutions and Contexts, Sylivia Juta
Connecting the Disciplinary Dots: Faculty Attitudes Toward the Professionalization of Web Development, Kathleen Mary Kalata
District Mandated Changes in Technology and Inquiry-Based Instruction, Mulonge Musa Kalumbula
Males’ Expectations of Counseling, Sheryl Kelly
Mathematical Methods of Analysis for Control and Dynamic Optimization Problems on Manifolds, Robert J. Kipka
An Attempt to Establish Approval as a Learned Reinforcer, Kelly T. Kohler
Meeting the Needs of Students with Traumatic Brain lnjury, Heather K. Koole
The Use of Response Interruption Redirection, Timeout, and Differential Reinforoement to Decrease Stereotypy, Jessica Korneder
The Intersection of Depression, Partner Violence and Poverty during the Perinatal Period, Catherine L. Kothari
An Examination of How Feminist Perspectives and Generational Differences lnfluence the Leadership Practices of Women Administrators in Higher Education, Marlene Kowalski-Braun
Differences in Elementary School Team Communication and Practices for Students of Varied Educational Status, Kathleen Kroll
Active Control of Aerial Refueling Drogue, Taeseung Kuk
Bound by Words: Oath-taking and Oath-breaking in Medieval lceland and Anglo-Saxon England, Gregory L. Laing
Studies of the Quantum Phase Transition in Chromium Using Inelastic X-Ray Scattering and Ab Initio Methods, Chengyang Li
Modular Monochromatic Colorings, Spectra and Frames in Graphs, Chira Lumduanhom
All the Proud Fathers, Dan Mancilla
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in the College Chemistry Laboratory: Students’ Perceptions of PBI and Its Relationship with Attitude and Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Lloyd Madalitso P. Mataka
Tatweer School Principals' Perceptions of New Authorities Grantedin the lnitial Steps of Decentralization, Salah Salih Meemar
From Altruism to Investment: Venture Philanthropy and its Impact on Shared Governance at Liberal Arts Colleges, Joshua D. Merchant
Ultrafast Interfacial Electron Transfer across Molecule-TiO2 Nanocomposites: Towards Solar Cells and Two Photon Absorption, Edwin Mghanga
Perceptions of General Education Deans and Department Chairs of their Colleges as Learning Organizations, May Charmayne Mulligan
Integrating Nanotechnology into the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum: The Impact on Students’ Affective Domain, Jacinta M. Mutambuki
lntegration of Conventional Lithography and Printing Processes as a Key Enabling Technology for Printed and Flexible Sensing Systems, Binu Baby Narakathu