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 2023
Exposure to Videos of Police Brutality Against Black Americans and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among U.S. Adults, Ingrid Rauk
Telehealth Functional Behavior Assessment in Practice: A Demonstration of the Clinical Utility of Dynamic Probability Analyses and Estimates of Contingency Strength, Lilith Michaele Reuter-Yuill
Design and Implementation of an Efficient Priority Queue Data Structure, James A. Rhodes
Leadership Identity Development Among Aspiring Women Leaders in Higher Education: A Phenomenological Study of Formal Mentoring, Malia E. Roberts
Teaching and Assessing Cornhole as a Leisure Activity for Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Katarina Rotta
Socially Aware Natural Language Processing with Commonsense Reasoning and Fairness in Intelligent Systems, Sirwe Saeedi
Effects of a Self-Forgiveness Intervention on Recovery from Substance Use Disorders, Michael Saltzman
An Analogue Study of Expected Working Alliance and Hope with Victims of Military Sexual Trauma Among Civilian and Military-Oriented Therapists, Alishia D. Salyer
Exploring Biotic and Abiotic Constraints on Competition for Signal Space Within Birdsong Communities, Joanna M. Sblendorio
Sustainable Diamond-Like Carbon Fabricated Gravure Cylinders for Printing Fine Lines of Electrodes and Graphic Structures, Chandramohan Seetharamiah Srinivasaraju
Promoting Equal Interactions in Early Childhood Settings, Daphne Snyder
A Phenomenological Investigation of the Meaning Making Experiences of Christian Women Who had an Abortion, Anne E. Stocker
The Correlational and Predictive Ability of Pre-season Risk Screenings on Hip and Groin Problems in Competitive Male Ice Hockey Players, William Suits
Using the Lens of Flourishing to Understand the Professional Well-being of K-12 Teachers Who Have Worked in Urban Schools for Over a Decade, Candis M. Thomas
Side-Stepping God: How the Nonreligious Find Success in Alcoholics Anonymous, Caitlin Trombley
Teaching without a Roadmap: A Mixed Methods Study of New Teachers' Experience with a Missing Curriculum, Christopher Reid Williams
Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Pieces, Nicholas Eric Witt
Student Experience and Learning in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience, Allison Witucki
Implementation of Team-Based Learning in the Pre-Clerkship Medical Curriculum: Investigating Essential Elements, Jade Woodcock
Anti-Woman Invective on the Early Modern Stage: Abuse, Degradation, and Resistance, Savannah Xaver
Advanced Materials for High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Jian Yang
Nonparametric Tests for Replicated Latin Squares, Joseph Yang
Antiracist School Counseling Pedagogy: A Quasi-Experimental Multiple Regression Analysis, Star L. Zetocha
Dissertations from 2022
Model Predictive Controller Design For Internal Combustion Engines Based On The Second Law Of Thermodynamics, Muataz Abotabik
Investigating Pedestrian Distraction By Phone At Intersection Crossings, Safety Implications And Potential Treatments, Lusanni Mercedes Acosta Rodriguez
Frequency Domain Modeling And Optimal Parameter Tuning Of Power Converters For Dynamic Analysis Of The Grid Integration Of Photovoltaic Systems, Hussein Abdulrazzaq Lafta Alameri
Synthesis And Characterization Of Nanojars And Their Anion Binding Ability, Wisam Abdulabbas Flayyih Al Isawi
The Experiences of Undergraduate Saudi Students in the STEM Trajectory: A Closer Look at Major Choice and Persistence Intentions, Manal Almalki
Influence of Work-Related Stressors on Safety Performance on Construction Sites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bandar Moshabab Alqahtani
The Role Of Motivation In Employee Disposition And Choosing To Act Among Manufacturing Employees: A Grounded Theory Of Discretionary Effort, Shawn Michael Andrews
Teacher Perceptions of Competence in Supporting LGBTQ+ Students, Christina Beushausen
A Mobile Crowdsourcing-Based Framework for Occupant-Centric Facility Maintenance Management, Mohamed Ahmed Madi Bin Alhaj
Understanding Creative Pedagogy of Saudi High School STEM Teachers: Three Case Studies of Mawhiba and Public Science Classes, Maryam Salman Bojulaia
Development Of Flexible Hybrid Electronics For Sterilization And Structural Health Monitoring Applications, Arnesh Kumar Bose
Lost In The Cloud: The Experiences Of College Students With Visual Impairments In An Online Environment, Gwen A. Bostic
Counseling Supervisors' Experiences Facilitating Supervisees' Cultural Competence, Christopher D. Bozell
A Qualitative Case Study of Health-Related Baccalaureate and Graduate Web-Based Simulated Clinical Learning Platforms, Kathrine Choura Branch
Irregular Orbital Domination in Graphs, Peter E. Broe
The Violence Against Women Act, Intersectional Negligence, and State Crime: A Case of Systemic Racism in Federal Law Development, Katherine Brown
Preclinical Behavioral Assessments of Mitraginyne, The Main Psychoactive Alkaloid in Kratom, Rachel Burroughs
Gender Responsive Treatment For Females With Substance Use Disorders, Brooke Buys
An Examination Of Medical Resident Practices Regarding Patient Communication About Infant Safe Sleep Practices, Summer Samir Chahin
Developing A Model To Measure Public Sector Knowledge Management Performance Using The Analytic Network Process, Hussein N. Chalabi
The Breakdown of Democracy in Nepal: A Comparative Study between 1960 and 2002., Abi Narayan Chamlagai
Relative Effects of Self-Paced and Machine-Paced Learning Under Computer-Based Training, Eunju Choi
From Young To Old: The Effects Of Sedentary-Aging And Exercise Interventions On Structural Plasticity Of Lumbar Motor Neurons, Nmj, And Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression, Alberto Felipe Cintron-Colon
Sprawl, Andrew Collard
Peridynamic Modeling of Crack Propagation in Brittle Materials with Electromechanical Coupling, Semsi Coskun
Slow Shutter, Robert Cummiskey
Three Essays on Financial Economics, Megersa Daksa
Intersectional Identities of Race and Religion of African American Muslims and Their Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services, Cheruba A. Dhanaraj
Crafting a Different Kind of Story: Experiences of Creative Writers Leading in Higher Education, Meredith L. Dodson
Mid To Late Neogene (5.9-3.7 Ma) Epeirogenic Uplift And Associated Ultramafic Volcanism, Canterbury Basin, New Zealand, Katherine Anne Dvorak
Instance Segmentation-based Depth Completion Using Sensor Fusion and Adaptive Clustering for Autonomous Vehicle Perception, Mohammad Z. El-Yabroudi
Evidence for an Early Saginaw Lobe Ice Retreat and Drainage Adjustments Across Southern Michigan, USA, Nathan Erber
Using a Design Thinking Approach in Human Resource Practices in North America, Corinne Diane Eswar
A Framework for Assessing The 4th Rank Dispersivity Tensor Under Anisotropic Axial Symmetries, Xiang Fan
Historical Memory And Feminist Consciousness In Almudena Grandes’ Episodios De Una Guerra Interminable, Alba Fernández-Fernández
What We Say Matters: Exploring the Importance of Microaggression Language for Lgbtq+ Science Major Undergraduate Students, Madison L. Fitzgerald-Russell
Unsupervised Learning With Word Embeddings Captures Quiescent Knowledge From COVID-19 And Materials Science Literature, Tasnim H. Gharaibeh
Cost-Effective Enablement of Automated Driving Systems on Snow-Covered Roads, Nicholas Alan Goberville
Determining the Effectiveness of Virtually-Delivered Written Exposure Therapy for Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Stephanie M. Haft
Oncolytic Tanapoxvirus Variants Expressing mIL-2 And mCCL-2 Regress Human Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts In Immunocompromised And Immunocompetent CAnN.Cg-Foxn1nu/Crl Nude Mice, Scott David Haller
Experimental Insights Into The Origin Of Microcrystalline Calcites, Mohammed Hashim
The Fractionation of Woody Biomass with Bifunctional Aryl Sulfonic Acids at Mild Conditions, Duo He
Minimizing Lapses for Weight Control: The Effects of Cue Exposure and Response Prevention Combined with Distress Tolerance, Meredith Ayers Holland
Pharmacogenomics Translation in a Community Medical Context Using a Diffusion of Innovations Framework: Provider Perspectives and Evaluation Implications, Sabrina Ewald Holley
Examining The Relationship Between Therapists’ Attachment-Related Characteristics And The Process And Outcome Of Psychotherapy, Char M. Houben
Three Essays in the Economics of Education, Md Ohiul Islam
A Remote Sensing and Machine Learning-Based Approach to Forecast the Onset of Harmful Algal Bloom (Red tides), Moein Izadi
Pathways to Success for African American Students at Predominately White Institutions: A Qualitative Study Exploring Academic Readiness, Jeffery Jackson
Evaluating Hospital Community Benefit And Community Health Improvement Requirements, Shelly Johnson
Teacher Evaluation In Saudi Arabia Relative To National And International Teacher Evaluation Standards And Best Practices, Suhayb Kattan
An Exploration of Stressors and Perceptions of Wellness Among Christian Church Ministry Wives, Laura Ann Kellicut
The Influence Of Demographic, Social, And Economic Factors On Referral For Heart Failure Services, Catherine Elaine Kelty
Forming Connections: The Cell-Autonomous Roles of GATA3 and NEUROD1 in Developing Auditory Neurons, Elizabeth Madison Ketchum
Probing the Equation of State of Neutron Stars With Heavy Ion Collisions, Om Bhadra Khanal
Comparing Survival Curves Using Contingency Tables, Udomlux Kiatchupipat
Vertex Identification in Graphs, Yuya Kono
Study of Sustainable Development in Paper, Printing and Packaging Material Applications to Support Circular Economy, Prashant Ramesh Kotkar
Generation Status, Ethnic Identity, Colonial Mentality, And Enculturation In Filipino Americans, Kamille Patricia Urmaza La Rosa
Equity In Grading: Teachers' Grading Practices And Beliefs Towards Student-Teacher Responsibility In The Classroom, Nathan Andrew Ledlow
Examining Indonesian Preservice Science Teachers’ Teaching Orientations And Pedagogical Reasoning, Listiani
Mixture Of Functional Graphical Models, Qihai Liu
Development of Smart Wearable Sensory Systems on Flexible and Fabric Platforms for Health Monitoring Applications, Simin Masihi
Factors that Influence High School Students' Postsecondary Career Decisions in a Guaranteed-Tuition Based School District, Tracy Y. Miller
Channeling Influence on Noise and Aerodynamic Performance of NACA 0012 Airfoil as a Possible Solution of Wind Turbines Noise, Hussein Khudhayer Mohammad
Factors in Graduate Student Resilience and Intention to Persist During Doctoral Study, Amber Mosley