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 2013
Exercise Alters Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Protein Content in the Spinal Cord, Monica Janine McCullough
Impact of Participating in a Short-Term Intervention Model of Sports Education Camps for Children with Visual Impairments, John Michael McMahon
From Script to Screen to Syllabus: The Path to Curriculum Design for Undergraduate Film Production Programs, Peter J. Muir
Engineered Interfaces and Nano-Scale Thin Films for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes, Manjula I. Nandasiri
Hurting Leaders: The Lived Experiences of African-American Clergy and Their Views, Attitudes, and Barriers to Help-Seeking, Bernice Suzette Patterson
A Description of Group Supervision in Internships: A National Study of Programs Accredited by CACREP, Robert Powell
Evaluation of Modafinil in Preclinical Behavioral Assays of Abuse Liability, Amanda J. Quisenberry
A Qualitative Study of Counselors Who Work with Spanish-Speaking Clients: Implications for Counselor Training and Practice, Daniel Rolando Romero
Leadership Loss within Independently-Controlled Protestant Churches: Protecting against Leadership Turmoil and Turnover, Daniel L. Rundhaug
The Process of How Teachers Become Teacher Leaders and How Teacher Leadership Becomes Distributed Within a School: A Grounded Theory Research Study, Steven J. Sanocki
The Partial Characterization of the 142R Protein of Tanapox Virus, Krystal N. Seibert
A Phenomenological Exploration of Superintendents’ and Principals’ Experiences in a Shared Professional Development Process, John R. Severson
Slope of Change through D-Cycloserine Facilitation of Exposure Therapy in a Social Anxiety Population, Christina M. Sheerin
Pathways to Cyber Bullying from Bystander to Participant: Secondary School Students’ Perspectives, Michele L. Siderman
Weighted Shifts of Finite Multiplicity, Daniel S. Sievewright
Student Conceptions of Learning and the Approaches to Learning Adopted in an Introductory Science Course: A Q Methodology Study, Kelly Marie Sparks
Sharing: Social Behavior in Situations of Risk, Stephanie Theresia Stilling
Teaching Students About Plagiarism: What it Looks Like and How It Is Measured, Diana Stout
SIMO: Modeling and Measuring the Relationships between Strategy, IT/Mission Alignment Maturity and Nonprofit Organizational Outcomes, Kelly Ann Trusty
Student Thoughts and Perceptions on Curriculum Reform, Douglas D. VanderJagt
Psychosocial Development of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Higher Education, Kathleen M. VanderVeen
Old English Ecologies: Environmental Readings of Anglo-Saxon Texts and Culture, Ilse Schweitzer VanDonkelaar
Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Induced Structure-Property Relationships of Metal Nanostructures, Subramanian Vilayurganapathy
Making Grades Matter: Connections Between Teacher Grading Practices and Attention to State Assessment, Gregory D. Warsen
Judicial Behavior and Litigant Success in Environmental Cases at the United States Court of Appeals, Elizabeth Wheat
Single Case Research Designs: An Effective and Efficient Methodology for Applied Aviation Research, Geoffrey R. Whitehurst
The Voices of Higher Education Service-Learning Directors: A Qualitative Inductive Analysis, Kelsey Woodard
Global Skin Friction Diagnostics: The Glof Technique and Measurements of Complex Separated Flows, Sudesh A. Woodiga
Grip Strength, Multimorbidity, and Disability, Amy M. Yorke
Writing the Wrongs: How Gay and Lesbian Playwrights Use the Paranormal in Autobiographical Writing, George William Zorn
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 A. Abouelmagd
A Discriminative Imaging-Based Framework for Road Sign Condition Assessment Using Local Features and SVM Classifiers, Jafar Jameel Abukhait
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
Preliminary Revision, Phylogenetics and Studies of Leaf Anatomical Variation Along an Elevational Gradient in the Genus Schefflera (Araliaceae) in Sabah, Malaysia, Aida Shafreena Ahmad Puad
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
A Study of the Effects of Charter Schools on Achievement, Attendance and Selected Mitigating Factors in a Midwestern State’s Small Urban School Districts, Frederick C. Clarke
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
Crybaby Lane: A Short Story Cycle, Charles Michael Fischer
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 Venue: 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