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 wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Dissertations from 2014
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
Teacher Candidates’ Formative Assessment Development: Implications for Evaluating Teacher Preparation Programs, Lindsay A. Noakes
Nationalism, Universality, and Globalization: Notes on the Narrative of Three Guatemalan Authors, Marcie Noble
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Orthopaedic Fracture Fixation, Bipinchandra Patel
The State and Civil Society in the Arab Middle East, Stacey E. Pollard
Instructional Change in Academic Departments: An Analysis from the Perspective of Two Environment-Focused Change Strategies, Kathleen M. Quardokus
An Evaluation of Various SAFMEDS Procedures, Shawn Patrick Quigley
Three Essays on Gender Differences on Risk Preferences and Credit Market Constraints, Jyoti Rai
Wielding Eden: Early Modern Voices and the Appropriation of Paradise, Adrienne Redding
The Logistics of Implementing a Field-Based Comprehensive School Reform Initiative, Dawn E. Reeves
Constellarium, Jordan Brynn Rice
The Development of an Assessment for Learning Pyramid Conceptual Framework: A Case Study on Formative Assessment Pedagogy in Preservice Preparation, Diane Renee Rogers
Mediated Homestyle: Congressional Strategy and Local Press Relations in the 111th House of Representatives, Michael K. Romano
Opportunistic Service Differentiation and Cloud Resource Management in Support of Enhanced Vehicular Applications, Mohammad Ali Salahuddin
The Experiences of Latina/o Executives in Higher Education, Leonard A. Savala III
A Phenomenological Study into How Students Experience and Understand the University Presidency, Kahler B. Schuemann
Efficacy of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with the Use of In-Room Coaching, Cassie Shacklett Reeve
Like Oil and Water: How Federalism Muddies the Waters of Interest Group Decision-Making, Melissa Shaffer-O’Connell
Eliciting Elementary School Students’ Informal Inferential Reasoning through Storytelling, Dustin Owen Smith
Teachers' Making Meaning of Reduced Class Sizes: A Phenomenology, Brenda Ludy Snow
Teaching the Writing Methods Course: A Multiple Case Study of Teachers’ Professional Journeys, Teaching Contexts, Theoretical Frames, and Courses, Kristin A. K. Sovis
“Gentiles by Nature”: Indian–Dutch Relations in New Netherland/New York, 1524–1750, Stephen Staggs
Magnetic Nickel Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Environmental lmplications and Potential Role as Drug Carriers, Setare Tahmasebi Nick
The Influence of Teacher Leadership and Professional Learning on Teachers’ Knowledge and Change of Instructional Practices in Low Performing Schools, Christen Conklin Topolinski
The Counselor Experience in Counseling Clients Who Have Been Sexually Assaulted, Carrie J. Tremble