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 2011
Multi-Scale Optimization Using a Genetic Algorithm, Jumana Ali Alshawawreh
Cross-Layer Design For Mobile Ad-Hoc Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication Networks, Abdel Ilah Nour Alshbatat
A Study to Determine the Influence of Workload on Nursing Personnel, Supreeta G. Amin
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Instructional Practices of Michigan Community College Math Instructors: The Search for a KAP Gap in Collegiate Math, Maria Haverhals Andersen
Memory and Language: Evidence of Relationships from Three Studies of School-Age Children, Michele A. Anderson
Undoing Plessy: Charles Hamilton Houston, Race, Labor, and the Law, Gordon Andrews
New Media ICC Profiles Construction and Concerns, Reem El Asaleh
The Impact of the Head Start Parent Teacher Partnership on Home Based Mathematical Interventions Provided by Single Rural Head Start Mothers, Curtiss J. Babcock
LEACH-SM: A Protocol for Extending Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime by Management of Spare Nodes, Bilal Abu Bakr
Direct Forcing and Heating Immersed Boundary- Lattice Boltzmann Method for Arterial Wall Thermography, Oluyinka Olugbenga Bamiro
Investigating the Influence of Organic Acids on Uraninite Solubility and Uranyl Sorption onto Kaolinite, Michelle L. Barger
Local Public Health System Partnerships: A Mixed Methods Multi-State Study, Priscilla A. Barnes
Women of Foreign Superstition: Christianity and Gender in Imperial Roman Policy, 57-235., Karl E. Baughman
Contemporary Clothing Issues of Women Who Are Post-Mastectomy, Carol Beard
Professional Learning Communities and First-Year Composition Instructors., Erinn Bentley
The Impact of Leadership Training on Collegiate Student Athletes, Jerry Bergsma
Bayesian Item Response Theory: Statistical Inference and Power Analysis, Jason W. Bodnar
A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Adults with African American and Korean Heritages, Elizabeth Sue Bradshaw
Systematic Sexual Violence by U.S. State Agencies: A Victimology Approach, Sarah Brightman
Comparing First Generation and Non-First Generation African-American Students at Predominately White Institutions, Leatrice Renee Brooks
The Effects of Implementing Restorative Justice in an In-School Suspension Program, Nikki Brown-Kersey
"Don't Let the Job Change You; You Change the Job": The Lived Experiences of Women in Policing, Carrie Buist
Jamaican American Child Disciplinary Practices, Stephaney Carter
Children‘s Protagonism at the Centro Cultural Da Criança: A Case Study, Claudia Protasio Ceccon
Using Environmental Sounds to Initiate Receptive Language Training for Children with Autism, Woan Tian Chow
El género detectivesco y su representación en la novela mexicana del sigloXXI, Maribel Colorado-García
Evaluating the Effects of Camera Perspective in Video Modelingfor Children with Autism: Point of View Versus Scene Modeling, Courtney Cotter
Psychometric Evaluation of the Valued Living Questionnaire: Comparing Distressed and Normative Samples, David D. Cotter
A Study on Becoming an Alternatively Certified Career and Technical Educator, Kymberli Cotton-Flanagan
Electron Transmission Characteristics and the Production of Narrow Beams Using Glass Optics, Buddhika Senarath Dassanayake
Gravity: Stories, Michael J. Davis
An Examination of Post-Secondary Education Access, Retentionand Success of Foster Care Youth, Angelique Day
Testing the Effectiveness of an Interactive Multimedia System to Train Clinicians in Behavioral Activation, Suzanne E. Decker
La mujer española escritora de su propia experiencia carcelaria, Berta Carrasco de Miguel
Transgender People on University Campuses: A Policy Discourse Analysis, Doris Andrea Dirks
Experiences That Influence a Student's Choice on Majoring in Physics, Donya Rae Dobbin
The Principle of Flickering, Laura K. Donnelly
Debugging Support for Message-Passing Based Concurrent Software, Mohamed Medhat Elwakil
Death by Boredom: The Role of Visual Processing Theory in Written Evaluation Communication, Stephanie D. H. Evergreen
How Politics, Economics, and Technology Influence Evaluation Requirements for Federally Funded Projects: A Historical Study of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act from 1965 to 2005, Maxine R. Eversley-Gilling
What About Me: Using Grounded Theory to Understand How African-American Counseling Professionals Become Multiculturally Competent, Bianca T. L. Fetherson
The Influence of a Personal Practice of Meditation on One’s Therapeutic Practice, William W. Fitzgerald
Evaluating the Impact of Small-Group Discussion on Learning in anOrganizational Psychology Class Utilizing a Classroom Response System, Thorhallur Orn Flosason
Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Investigation, Richard P. Freedberg
The Impact of Structured Group Counseling on Resiliency, Self-Efficacy, and RacialIdentity among African American Female Teenagers, LaShonda B. Fuller
The Gendered Plight of Terror: Annexation and Exile in Latvia 1940-1950, Irene Elksnis Geisler
Sense of Coherence: The Relationship to Personal Growth and Distressafter a Breakup, Kristin R. Gillen
Relativistic R-Matrix Theory, Janina Grineviciute
Evaluation of Verbal Behavior in Older Adults, Amy Gross
Summative Confidence, Paul Cristian Gugiu
Cancerland, Marin Love Heinritz
Teachers and Their Struggle with Personal Satisfaction as Young Mothers, Katherine Homer
Society in Crisis: A Critical Perspective on Health Care and Distribution ofHealth Status in the United States, Curtis D. Hosier
Exploring the Well-Being of Foster Children of Parents with Substance Abuse Problems in Family Dependency Treatment Courts, Barbara M. Howes
Neuroprotective Effects of a Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist and Modulator in the Rodent Retina, Kazuhiro Iwamoto
Daily Practices Elementary Principals Utilize to Increase Student ReadingAchievement: A Case Study of Successful Michigan Elementary Schools, Susan L. Johnson
The Picture Exchange Communication System: Digital Photographs Versus Picture Symbols, Carmen Jonaitis
Modular and Graceful Edge Colorings of Graphs, Ryan Jones
Evaluating the Effects of a Job-Aid for Teaching Visual Inspection Skills to University Students, Candice M. Jostad
Benefits of CPFR and VMI Collaboration Strategies in a Variable Demand Environment, Dattaraj Kamalapurkar
The Experiences of Infertility among Married Kenyan Women, Patrick Mugi Kamau
Evaluating the Impact of a Performance Based Methodology on Transfer of Training, Richard Rashid Kazbour
Recruitment to Leadership Positions in the German Bundestag, 1994-2006, Melanie Kintz
An Exploration of Worldview and Conceptions of Nature of Science among Science Teachers at a Private Christian High School, Kara M. Kits
The Relationship between Spirituality and Personality, Kimberly C. Koessel
Preparation of 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives with B-Ring Functionalization and Their Application, Lars Kohler
Inositol and Rhizopine Metabolism - Key Pathways for Competitive Host Nodulation in Sinorhizobium Meliloti, Petra R. A. Kohler
Hamiltonicity and Connectivity in Distance-Colored Graphs, Kyle C. Kolasinski
Implementation of the 2009 CACREP Standards Addiction Competencies, Tiffany K. Lee
Commissioning of the Helical Orbit Spectrometer: A New Device for Measuring Nuclear Reactions in Inverse Kinematics, Jonathan C. Lighthall
Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca y sus narrativas sobre la exploracion del Rio de la Plata (1540-1545), Maria del Pilar Lopez-Castilla
Psychometric Properties of Diagnostic Assessment Instrumentsfor Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Community Sample Aged 2 Through 17 Years, Sheryl Lozowski-Sullivan
The Effects of Yellow Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) onMotorists' Yielding, Exit Lane Encroachment and Conflicts at Fire Station Exits, Erick K. Marmolejo
Mysteries in a World That Thinks There Are None, Gary L. McDowell
Understanding the Dimensions of Spirituality in Caucasian Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Students, Michele L. McGrady
Reluctant to Report: The Mandated Reporting Practices of Child Care Providers, Aileen McKenna
Spiritual Independence in Finley's Elsie Dinsmore Series, Alcott's Little Women Seriesand Wilder's Little House Series, Rebekka Anna Mehl
Comparisons of Three Analytical Techniques for Measuring Absolute and Relative Temperature Changes During Ultrasound Treatment, Michael G. Miller
A Case Study of How Students Enrolled in CTE Programs and Faculty Understand and Assess the Implications of Globalization on Career Preparation, Mohammad A. Moradi
Three Essays on Financial Markets and Monetary Policy, Abeba Siraj Mussa
Virtual Design Verification and Process Improvement of Composite Sheet Material Products Using Intelligent Finite Element Analysis (iFEA), Sathyanarayanan Narasimhan
The Bandi of Northwestern Liberia: A Study of Change and Continuityin Bandi Society to 1964, Samuel Benedict Ngovo
Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area Classroom:Teacher Attitudes and Predictors, Sara L. Norton-Ejnik
Robust Adaptive Scheme for Linear Mixed Models, Gabriel Asare Okyere
African American Male Teachers in K-12 Education: A Limited Quantity, Kelley A. Peatross
A Qualitative Study of Instructional Strategies Used by Elementary General Education Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms, Kristen Peterson
Citizen-Informed Performance Measurement and Reporting in Local Government: Key Factors for Effective Democratic Governance, Eileen L. Pierce
Voices of Parolees Who Have Chosen a Community College Element within a Reentry Program, Kristi S. Potts
African American Experiences of Race Relations in the Supervision Dyad, Brandi L. Pritchett-Johnson
Preference Assessments for Older Adults with Dementia: Utility of the MSWO Procedure and Assessment of the Stability of Preference, Paige B. Raetz
Becoming Formal or Informal Entrepreneurs: How Institutions Matter, Joël Luc Raveloharimisy
Ductile Mode Material Removal of Ceramics and Semiconductors, Deepak Ravindra
Evaluation of the Impact of a Large Corporate Leadership Development Course, Anna A. Rice
Learning Organization Principles: The Impact on a Midwest State Government as Perceived by Its Employees, Rosalee Billingslea Rush
Stability of Popular R-CBM Progress Monitoring Tools: Dibels® Next and Aimsweb®, Christine Russell