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
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
Implementation of a Modified Reading Program in an Urban High School Setting, Ann Vayre
A Comparison of Charter Public and Traditional Public School Principals: Who They Are and How They Function, Jared R. Vickers
Size-Dependent Interactions of Metal Nanoparticles with Fluorophores and Semiconductors, Liyana A. Wajira Ariyadasa
The Neurobehavioral Consequences of Gestational and Chronic Atrazine Exposure in Male and Female Sprague Dawley Rats, Jennifer L. Walters
Relative Roles of Host Exposure and Parasite Establishment in Producing Patterns of Infection Using Eptesicus Fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and Its Helminths as a Model System, Elizabeth Warburton
Harnessing Complexity: Analysis Methodology and Ethical Framework to Facilitate Utilization of Video Data in Evaluations, Kurt A. Wilson
Using Multi-Objective Value Estimation to Support Predictive Analytics for Human Service Project Management, David D. Wingard
Principal-Teacher’s Decision-Making Power Relationship: A National Study Based on Sass 2003-04 Data, Jiangang Xia
Dissertations from 2013
Three Essays on Social Health Insurance in Developing Countries: The Case Study of Ghana, Stephen Ofori Abrokwah
Cultural Adaptations of American Teachers in International Schools, David J. Alban
A Computational Method for Estimating and Finding the HConfidence Interval of the Ratio Scale Parameters in the Two-Sample Problem, Mona Abdullah Alduailij
Modification and Adaptation of the Program Evaluation Standards in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Alyami
Committed Seventh-Day Adventist Students at Secular Institutions of Higher Education, LaShonda R. Anthony
Classifying Spaces of Symmetric Groups and Wreath Products, David Louis Arnold
Increasing Following Headway in a Driving Simulator and Transfer to Real World Driving, Michelle Arnold
Essays on the Relationships between Foreign Direct Investment, International Trade, and Exchange Rate Volatility, Bedassa Tadesse Ayele
Interaction of Fast Highly Charged Ions with Insulating Straight and Tapered Glass Capillary Surfaces, Asmaa Mohammed Ayyad
Ultrafast Dynamics and Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Chromophores at Interfaces, Semere Ghebru Bairu
Measuring Performance Excellence: Key Performance Indicators for Institutions Accepted into the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), Paul J. Ballard
Effective Leadership Behaviors: How One Principal Made Sense of and Integrated Research-Based Behaviors Into His Daily Practice, Heidi Ann Beidinger-Burnett
Assessing the Generality of a Bout Analysis in the Description of Operant Behavior, J. Adam Bennett
An Examination of Executive Function, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Fall Risk in Community Dwelling Older Adults, Jennifer A. Blackwood
A Prospective Examination of Mindfulness Training on the Mitigation of Postraumatic Stress Symptoms, Abby E. Blankenship
Computerized Behavioral Activation Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder and the Effects on Sexual Desire, Anthony G. Bonita
The Qur'anic Jesus: A Study of Parallels with Non-Biblical Texts, Brian C. Bradford
A Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Protocol for Depression in an Inpatient Setting: An Effectiveness Study, Lucas Broten
Population Demographics and Genetics of Spix's Disk-Winged Bat: Insights Regarding Survival, Mate Choice, Gene Flow and Effective Population Size, Michael Buchalski
Anxiety-Reducing Strategies in the Classroom, Robin K. Buchler
Exploring the Experiences of Counselor Educators Recognized for their Excellence in Teaching, Allison E. Buller
An Embodied Perspective of Expertise in Solving the Problem of Making a Geologic Map, Caitlin Norah Callahan
The War Against Joblessness: U.S. Intervention in State Labor Markets in Response to Economic Recessions, LaTasha Y. Chaffin
Fuzzy Search Strategy Generation for Adversarial Systems Using Fuzzy Process Particle Swarm Optimization, Fuzzy Patterns, and a Hunch Factor, Stephany Coffman-Wolph
The Impact of Institutional Culture on Student Activism: A Multi-Case Study in Christian Higher Education, Brian E. Cole
Special Education Leadership and the Implementation of Response to Intervention, Derek Ryan Cooley
Exploring Adolescent Experiences of Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in Counseling Relationships: A Qualitative Approach, Christina Crans
How Schools are Meeting State Legal Mandates to Provide Online Education, Mark Edward Deschaine
Motivational Interviewing Assessment and Behavior Therapy as a Stepped-Care Approach to the Treatment of Adolescent Depression, Tanya N. Douleh
Using Behavior-Analytic Techniques to Benefit an African Non-Governmental Organization: Improving and Expanding Services, Amy L. Durgin
"This is Not Just My Story; It's Part of Who I Am": A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective of Battered Women's Identity Negotiations, Jessica Edel Harrelson
Influences of TNT-Food Pairings on the Performance of Mine Detection Rats in Early Training Stages, Timothy L. Edwards
A Robust Estimate for the Bifurcating Autoregressive Model with Application to Cell Lineage Data, Tamer M. E. Elbayoumi
Building A House of Peace: The Origins of the Imperial Presidency and the Framework for Executive Power, 1933-1960, Katherine Elizabeth Ellison
NO SECRETS, Andrea England
Collaboration between Grant-Making Organizations, Evaluators, And Program Staff Related to Standardized Evaluation Requirements, Kristin M. Everett
Metal-Organic and Supramolecular Architectures Based on Mechanically Interlocked Molecules, Isurika Rosini Fernando
Air Too Pure for Slavery and the Rights of British Liberty: The Black Experience in London, 1772-1883, Tony A. Frazier
Veteran Teachers and Novice Coaches: A Case Study of Content Focused Coaching in Three Persistently Failing Midwestern Middle Schools, Brian E. Gamm
Development of Polarization Analysis of Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering, Xuan Gao
Reconceiving Self-Abnegation: Female Vulnerability as Embodied (Un)Sovereignty, Renee Lee Gardner
Compositional and Structural Analysis of Nitrogen Incorporated and Ion Implanted Diamond Thin Films, Elias James Garratt
Foreign Aid Effectiveness: Three Essays on Aid-For-Trade and Export Performance of Developing Countries, Shanka Prasad Ghimire
New Approaches on Deinking Evaluations, Roland Gong
Exploring Police Active Shooter Preparedness in Michigan: A Grounded Study of Police Preparedness to Active Shooter Incidents, Developing a Normative Model, Daryl Darwin Green
Quantifying Value in Public Health: Using Economic Methods to Analyze System Change, Theresa M. Green
Organic Solar Cells Based on High Dielectric Constant Materials: An Approach to Increase Efficiency, Khalil Jumah Tawfiq Hamam
The Characterization of Algae Grown on Nutrient Removal Systems and Evaluation of Potential Uses for the Resulting Biomass, Kristin Hampel
The History of Shakespeare in American Education, 1620-1930, Joseph P. Haughey
Examining Antarctica from a Geodynamic Perspective: Backstripping, Ice Thickness, Tectonics and Erosion, Travis Gary Hayden
Experiences of Male Saudi Arabian International Students in the United States, Molly Elizabeth Heyn
Principal Leardership Behaviors Which Teachers at Different Career Stages Perceive as Affecting Job Satisfaction, Valari Hill
Mixed Methods Analysis of Counselor Views, Attitudes and Perceived Competencies Regarding the Treatment of Internet Pornography Addiction, Bradly K. Hinman
Almost Touching, Almost Free, Dustin M. Hoffman
Recombinant Metaphors: Uses of Language and Medieval Interdisciplinarity in Pearl, Lisa M. Horton
A Pattern in the Lusternik-Schnirelmann Category of Rational Spaces, Julie Dare Houck
Investigation of Recycled Paper Deinking Mechanisms, Veronika Husovska
A Comparative Study of Exact Versus Propensity Matching Techniques Using Monte Carlo Simulation, Mukaria J. J. Itang'ata
Estimation and Inference for Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Mixed Effects Models, Casey M. Jelsema
Discovery and Characterization of a Tanapoxvirus Encoded Human Neuregulin Mimetic, David Jeng
Client-Based QoS Monitoring and Evaluation Architecture for Network Infrastructure and Services, Ammar Mohammed Kamel
Coveting the Backstage: A College Student Audience Study Regarding Authenticity Construction in the Reality Television Viewing Process, Lisa Marie Kruse
Counselor Educator Knowledge, Experience, Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Jennifer Mills Langeland
Motivating Operations in Drug-Discrimination, Amin Duff Lotfizadeh
Clinician's Experience of Suicide Assessment from a Qualitative Perspective, Eric W. Macleod
Artificial Immune Systems and Particle Swarm Optimization for Solutions to the General Adversarial Agents Problem, Jeremy Mange