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Dissertations from 2011
Evaluating the Use of a Self-Advocacy Strategy as a Means of Improving Progress in the General Curriculum for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities, Amy L. Schelling
Short-Term Nicotine Abstinence and Decision Making, Gabriel D. Searcy
Dosed Versus Prolonged Exposures: A Direct Comparison of One-Session Treatments for Animal Phobias, Richard William Seim
Soviet Holocaust Survivors: An Ethnographic Study, Marina Shafran
Contemporary Arab-American and Middle Eastern Women's Voices: New Visions of "Home", Abdullah Kheiro A. Shehabat
Examination of Anxiety and Substance Use Symptoms in Trauma Exposed Versus Environmentally Stressed College Students, Theresa M. Souza
Social Justice Advocacy and Counselor Education: A Study of Counselor Educators' and Counseling Interns' Perceptions of Social Justice Advocacy Training, Darryl C. Steele
Highly Qualified Public School Teacher: Its Status, Distribution, Determinants, and Relationship with Job Commitment and Job Satisfaction, Samuel Striker
AFTER: A POEM, John Chad Sweeney
Understanding the Career Paths and Experiences of Division I-A Athletic Directors: A Phenomenological Study, Harold Thomas Swift
Reading, Writing, and Repetition: Performance on Nonword Measures byStudents With and Without Language-Learning Disabilities, Patricia J. Tattersall
Generalization or Specialization in High School Based Health Careers Transition Programs: What Is the Impact on the Health Care Work Force Shortage?, James Wm. Taylor
Characterizing Potential Sustainable Energy Feedstocks, Jesse George Thompson
All I Am: Defining Music as an Emotional Catalyst through a Sociological Study of Emotions, Gender and Culture, Adrienne M. Trier-Bieniek
Counselor Trainees' Experience of Analyzing Their Counseling Sessions During a Master's-Level Practicum, Abbie VanDerWege
Latina Women’s Reasons for and Experience of Sexual Assault Disclosure: A Qualitative Investigation, Melissa Villarreal
Assessing the Effects of a Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacon on Vehicle Speeds along a Four-Lane Divided Highway, Michelle Van Wagner
A National Study of Parental Involvement: Its Trends, Status and Effects on School Success, Alandra Washington
The Role of Evaluations in Community Foundations, Brad R. Watts
Spectroscopic Study of New Sensors for Organophosphates, Metals, and Cyanide Based on Rhodamine and Cholic Acid Derivatives, Arambe Gedara Aruna Weerasinghe
Professional Development Experiences of Indiana K-12 Public School Teachers: Evidence from the SASS 2007-2008, Patrick David Weil
Exploring the Experiences of Living with a Controversial Illness in Patients with Fibromyalgia, Samantha L. Wheeler
Study Abroad Program Design, Personal Development and Intercultural Effectiveness, Margaret Davis Wiedenhoeft
Effectiveness of a Motivational Enhancement Group Treatment in a Community Treatment Program with a Substance Abusing Population, Matthew S. Willerick
Robust Nonparametric Methods for Regression to the Mean Model, Therawat Wisadrattanapong
Administrator Perspectives of Post-Secondary Educational Opportunities for Michigan High School Students, Carl Wozniak
The Experiences of Married International Graduate Students and Their Accompanying Non-Student Spouses in the US Culture: A Qualitative Study, Adriana Yellig
An Analog Experiment Comparing Goal-Free Evaluation and Goal Achievement Evaluation Utility, Brandon W. Youker
Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Effects of Atrazine on the Xenopus Laevis Tadpole, Renee Maryanne Zaya
Advanced Placement Courses and College Student Success: Evidence from BPS: 96/01, Jinhai Zhang
Dissertations from 2010
Dielectronic Recombination for Aluminum-Like Ions and Photoabsorption Cross Sections for Magnesium Ions at the K-Edge, Shahin Ahmed Abdel-Azim Abdel Naby
An Automated Framework for Defect Detection in Concrete Bridge Decks Using Fractals and Independent Component Analysis, Fadi Abu-Amara
A Decision Model for Nurse-to-Patient Assignment, Ilgin Acar
Composing Ourselves: Utilizing Literacy Narratives to Promote Knowledge and Reflection in Preservice Secondary English Teachers, Cheryl Henderson Almeda
Pattern Recognition for Fault Detection, Classification, and Localization in Electrical Power Systems, Qais Hashim Alsafasfeh
Synthesis and Characterization of Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticles and a Gold-Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposite intended for Photocatalytic Degradation of Environmental Pollutants, Piyadarsha Amaratunga
Orientation and Mobility, Reading, and Math: Analysis of Data for Children with Visual Impairments from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study, Dawn L. Anderson
The Predictive Power of Therapeutic Alliance on Treatment Retention, James B. Anderson
The Impact of Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers on the Mentor Teacher, Patti Andrea
The Abortion Attitudes of Counselor, Social Worker, and Nursing Trainees, Mary J. Ball
High-Throughput Screening Studies of Inhibition of Human Carbonic Anhydrase II and Bacterial Flagella Antimicrobial Activity, Albert A. Barrese III
What Role for Ethnicity? Political Behavior and Mobilization in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone and Liberia, Fodei Joseph Batty
Applying Case Characteristics to Expand Outcome Measures and Strengthen Effectiveness in a State Family Preservation Services Program, Randy Jay Baxter
Life and Local Administration on Fifteenth Century Genoese Chios, Brian Nathaniel Becker
The k-Cores of a Graph, Allan Bickle
Glaciotectonic Deformation along the Valparaiso Upland in Southwest Michigan, USA, Brian C. Bird
Paths to Upper Level Positions in Public Relations, Patrick J. Bishop
Assessing Michigan School Counselors' Preparedness to Meet the Needs of Attractional/Sexual Minority Students, J. Frederick Bland
Where I Turn Bad, Michelle Ann Bonczek
Development of a Task Assignment Tool to Customize Job Descriptions and Close Person-Job Fit Gaps, Bryan W. Booker
Experimental Analysis of Gambling Using a Concurrent-Schedules Procedure, Andrew Ellis Brandt
The Influence of Conflict Resolution Programs on Student Conduct Violations in Middle Schools with a School Uniform Policy, Edward C. Breitenbach
The Taifa of Denia and the Medieval Mediterranean, Travis Bruce
The Allocation of Time and Goods: Three Essays on American Household Shopping Behavior, Jing Cai
LGB-Affirmative Therapists' Use of Developmental Models of LGB-Identity in Therapy. A Phenomenological Investigation, Victoria E. Cane
Ability of Clinicians-In-Training to Recognize Vicarious Traumatization: A Multiple Case Study, Amy Cavanaugh
Tongueless: Representation of the Mentally Disabled and the Novel, Brent Walter Cline
Design of Adaptive Collective Foraging in Swarm Robotic Systems, Hanyi Dai
A Study of the Impact of a K-12 School District–University Doctoral Cohort on District Leadership Capacity, Sharon Davis
Inner-Shell Photodetachment of Transition Metal Negative Ions, Ileana Dumitriu
Essays on Export Destination Decisions and Spillovers from Inward FDI: Evidence from Chilean Manufacturing Plants, Ivan A. Duran Diaz
Option Pricing and Stable Trading Strategies in the Presence of Information Asymmetry, Anirban Dutta
The Phenomenology of the Bachelor of Science in HVAC Engineering Technology from Ferris State University, Michael Feutz
An Examination of the Leadership Practices of Effective Rural Superintendents: A Multiple Case Study, Mark Forner
Trial and Error, Delayed Prompting, and Reinforcement of Prompted Responses in Teaching Receptive Identification of Pictures, Kristen Lynn Gaisford
A Study on the Productivity and Efficiency Effects of Enterprise Reforms in China, Song Gao
From Reproduction to Consumption: The Economic Deterioration of Families in the United States after World War II, Michael David Gillespie
Implementing an ASCA-Informed School Counselor Supervision Model: A Qualitative Field-Based Study, Janet M. Glaes
Modeling the Momentum and Mass Transfer within a Micro-Scale Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell for Flows within the Slip Flow Regime, Sean Tamarun Goudy
Mainstreaming Evaluation: Four Case Studies of Systematic Evaluation Integrated into Organizational Culture and Practices, Amy M. Gullickson
Designing Molecular and Nanoscale Materials for Environmental Chemistry Processes, Wen Guo
Evaluation of Medication Effects on Academic Performance, Sleep, and Core ADHD Symptoms in Children, Tina K. Head
Opt Out: Women with Children Leaving Mid-Level Student Affairs Positions, Dana Hebreard
Economic and Risk Factors Associated with Sexual and Reproductive Health, Julio Cesar Hernandez-Correa
Principal Leadership and School Effectiveness: Perspectives from Principals and Teachers, Robert Herrera
Perceived Levels of Nurse Educators' Attainment of NLN Core Competencies, Julie Kinney Higbie
The Scholarly Activity Predictor Model among Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students: A Modification and Extension, Daniel M. Huber
Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Timely Graduation from Associate Degree Registered Nursing Programs, Delores J. Jackson
Lest We Forget: The Library of Congress's Veterans History Project and "Radical Trust", Christopher Michael Jannings
The In-Situ Removal of Menthofuran from Peppermint Oil and Subsequent Reactions of the Solid-Supported Adduct, Robert Joseph Justice II
Determining Characteristics that Increase Success on the National Asthma Educator Certification Exam, Karen Kain
Testing the Efficacy of a Computerized Behavioral Activation Treatment of Depressive Disorders, Alyssa H. Kalata
The Interface of Breastfeeding and Work: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experiences of White Low-Income Women, Jessica A. Kerby
Direct Care Workers Perceptions and Practices Related to Quality of Life in Long Term Care, Karen M. Kinyon
Proton Capture Reactions and Network Calculations on 46Ti, 64Zn, 114Sn and 116Sn Relevant to the rp-Process, Ravin S. T. Kodikara
Optimum Failure Truncated Testing Strategies, Erik Kostandyan
Robust Interval Estimation of a Treatment Effect in Observational Studies Using Propensity Score Matching, Scott F. Kosten
The Allopolyploid Origin and Population Genetics of the Rare Solidago Houghtonii (Asteraceae), Pamela J. Laureto
Isotropic and Anisotropic Metallic and Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Their Potential Applications in Biology, Minghong Liu
The Process of One White Upper Middle Class Lesbian Couple Pursuing Parenthood for the First Time: A Qualitative Case Study, Jessica L. Manning
This Glass Sun and Other Cities, Elizabeth Marzoni
The Last Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show, Melinda Moustakis
Characterization of the N-Terminal Domains and Disease-Causing Mutations of the Human Wilson Protein, Joshua Mutambuki Muia
A Qualitative Exploration of African American Womanhood: Implications for Counseling and Counselor Education, Nikita Murry
Job Satisfaction of University Chief Student Conduct Administrators and Their Intent to Stay or Leave the Position, Suzie Nagel-Bennett
The Perceived Impacts of the 14-Year (1989-2003) Civil War on Higher Education in Liberia: An Analysis of the Case for the University of Liberia and Cuttington University, Manjerngie Cecelia Ndebe
Counseling Professionals' Attitudes toward Transgender People and Responses to Transgender Clients, Emily A. Nisley
The Lipid Acyl-Chain Dynamics in Giant Liposomes and Characterization of Domain 4 of the Wilson Disease Protein, Wilson Okumu