All master’s theses completed and available to us at Western Michigan University since 1941 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years are available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses from 2002
Evaluation of Clozapine Discriminative Stimulus Properties as a Function of Training Dose, Adam J. Prus
Earning the Right: Exploring the Communication Strategies of European Americans in Interracial Relationships, Angela L. Putman
Resonance Detection and Acoustic Behaviour in Polymer Intake Manifolds, Amrith Ramanan
Science Activities and Content Recall in Primary and Secondary Grades as Remembered by College Students, Elizabeth Cromie Rochow
Examining the Effects of Conducting Beavior-Based Safety Observations, Joseph R. Sasson
Management Commitment to Construction Safety, Areen M. Shaar
The Social Roles of the Early Irish Monastery of Kildare and Its Paruchia within the Kingdom of Leinster, Bridgette K. Slavin
Non-Prescriptive Behavior Therapy: Effectiveness of a Self-Help Book in Teaching Parents How to Manage Their Child’s “Picky Eating” Behavior, Sean T. Smitham
Measuring Urban Sprawl in Kalamazoo Region: A Land Cover Approach, Olena I. Smith
UV-VIS Spectral Analysis of Spot Colors, Radovan Sporka
Isotopic Investigation of Lake Sediments: Paleoclimatic Implications, Krista A. Syrup
Lifecourse of a Community Survey, Craig Tollini
Rheology of Silica Based Inkjet Coatings and Their Filterability, Peeyush Tripathi
High Oblique Photographic Assessment of Lakeshore Residential Landscapes in Southwest Michigan, John E. Truchan
Practical Evaluation of Psychotropic Medication, Lynne E. Turner
Development of Water-Based Ink System for Braille Printing, Saurabh Varma
Adaptation of Project Finance to Small Contractor Financing, Ragunathan Venkateswaran
Women Hunters and Modernity: A Nietzschean Analysis, Deborah S. Wilson
Stratigraphic Analysis of Diamicton Units in Southern Allegan County, Michigan, Shannon A. Wong
Literacy Practices and Connections in Head Start Classrooms and Homes: Teachers' Perspectives, Laura A. Workman
General Motors and Toyota: Comparison of American and Japanese Managerial Cultures, Seiko Yomogita
Development of a Simulation for the Prediction of PVDF Surface Velocity Sensor Response for Vibrating Beams and Rectangular Plates, Brian C. Zellers
Separation of Enantiomers with Chiral Dendrimer, Jie Zhuang
Promise Keepers: A Study of a Website Ideology, James E. Zoetewey
Theses from 2001
This Is the Price We Pay: A Study of Divorce in the U.A.E. From Divorced Women's Perspectives, Wadha Al Nuaimi
Hot Melt Inks for Rotogravure-Formulation, Print Ability and Rheology, James Atkinson
Gender Equality and Agricultural Development: Women and Agricultural Extension Programs in Malawi, Amanda Bigelow
The Biomechical Analysis of the Kinetics and Kinematics for Three Figure Skating Jumps, Laura Blazok
Development of an Arc View™ Extension to Measure Local Fractal Dimension, Christopher Page Caird
Meeting the Challenge of Jaegwon Kim's Theory of Functional Reduction as a Solution to the Mind/Body Problem, Craig T. Carley
Enzymatic Deinking of Flexographic Water-Based Inks, Somporn Chaiarrekij
Appropriation of a Tradition: Continuity and Discontinuity of Daoism in North America, Steven V. Chamberlin
The Strange Races on the Hereford Mappa Mundi: An Investigation of Sources, John H. Chandler
First and Second Generations of Urban Black Mayors: Atlanta, Detroit, and St. Louis, Harold Eugene Core
Is It DigitALL? Who's Invited to the Digital Revolution?, Sarah E. Dempsey
An Analysis of the Lithic Assemblage from the Armintrout-Blackman Site (20AE812), Allegan County, Michigan, Arthur L. DesJardins
A Study of the Effectiveness of a Commercially Available Feedback Training Program in Increasing the Classroom Attending Skills of Students with Attention Deficit Disorder, Janice M. DiGiovanni
Pragmatic Behaviors and Competency Levels of Typically Developing and High Risk African American Preschoolers, Jennifer Dodd
Exploring the Social Dimensions of Grog-Temper Use at the Ink Bayou Site (3PU252): A Plum Bayou Culture Site in Central Arkansas, Eric Chadwick Drake
A Biomedical Analysis of the Walking Patterns of Blind Individuals Who Consistently Veer, Beth Engler
Surface Modification of Diamond and Determination of Kinetics and Mechanism of Modification Reactions, Humera Farooq
Bringing Liberalism and Communitarianism Closer, Paul Frazier
Football Yobbery: The Social Organization of European Soccer, Pakky M. Gerkin
A Qualitative Investigation of the Polymerization Process in the IHSS Humic Substances Extraction Procedure using Model Phenolic Compounds, Roger J. Germay
Diversity in the 21st Century: Perceptions of Minority Professionals in Organizations, Nancy Greer-Williams
Expenditure Control and Traditional Budgets: Comparing Two Implementations, Angela Lauria Gunnink
Development and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Yaba-Like Disease Virus, Scott Haller
Assessing Silicone Holdout for Release Papers, Rudolf Haraga
The Sense of Coherence in Adjustment to Widowhood, Nora Dorothy Hartung
In Situ Biosurfactant Production at Carson City Park, Michigan, Andrew J. Hudak
Lateral Migration of a Solid Particle in Shear Flow, Wutthapong Jiraporncharoen
The Role Physical Maturation Plays When Children Perform the Presidential Fitness Test, Anil M. Joseph
Relationship between Nursing Nutrition Knowledge and Attitudes and Identification of Malnutrition in the Acute Care Setting, Susan D. Kendziorski
Effects of Adult Modeling on Literacy Behaviors of Head Start Preschoolers, Stephanie L. Kerbel
For Orchestra, Joo Won Kim
Gender Differences in the Career Paths and Wages in the Japanese Labor Market, Machiko Kitagawa
Avoiding Pitfalls in Administrative Internships, M. Scott Korpak
The Accuracy of U.S. Age Estimation Standards When Used to Age U.S. and Bosnian Skeletal Samples, Megan Lagrou
“The Kingis Quair”: A Critical Edition, Michael D. Livingston
A Geostatistical Screening Strategy for Assessing Contaminated Sediment, Yasuyo K. Makido
Alkyl Nitrates in Dickson during the SOS 1999 Field Campaign, Mei Ma
Adapting the Habitat for Humanity Model to Sabah, Malaysia, Rozita Abdul Manap
Protestant Christianity and Chinese Women: A Study with Life Histories, Johnson G. McDowell
Arianism and the Goths: Religion and Identity Preservation in Late Antiquity, Richelle K. Mead
The Effects of Automatic Reinforcement on Vocal Behavior of Children Diagnosed with Autism, Caio Flávio Miguel
The Effects of a Management System in a Non-Profit Association, Lori H. Miller
MOVE!, David Morneau
The Effects of Learning to Learn: Nine Years of Data from Western Michigan University, Kimberly A. Morrill
Maximum Acceptable Oral Reading Speed for Voice Input Systems, Nirari M. Oda
The Wreck of the Rockaway: The Archaeology of a Great Lakes Scow Schooner, Kenneth R. Pott
Examining Corrections Policy and Practice in Response to in Diana's Zachary's Law: A Regional Analysis, Janine A. Ralston
“Welcome to Prime-Time, Bitch”: The Nightmare on Elm Street Film Series and the Social Problematic of Mediated Quasi-Interaction, Jason Rapelje
Development of an Integrated Sensor for the Measurement of the Acoustic Local Volume Displacement of Vibrating Beams, Randall Rozema
Mantra Meditation as a Stress Management Technique for University Students, Gerald Sander
The Impact of the Program for Athletic Coaches Education (PACE) Certification –MIVCA Coaching Association, Heather L. Sawyer
Nudists in the Know: Investigating Social Assumptions of a Clothed Society, Sandra E. Schroer
Regular Public Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Children with Physical Disabilities in Their Classrooms, Marina D. Scott
A Histological Approach to Taphonomy: The Freeze-Thaw Cycle and Water Immersion, William A. Souchick
The Geochemistry of a Leaf Composting Leachate Plume, Asylum Lake, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Eric G. Steeves
Influence of Starch Molecular Weight and Sodium Alginate on Silicone Holdout for Release Papers, Peter Suchy
Using Performance Analysis to Increase Staff Compliance with Acquisition Programs for Children with Autism, Scott Traynor
Agents and Action: A Theory of Religious Modulation, Todd Tremlin
Apoptosis Following Peripheral Sensory Deafferentation in the Olfactory Blub of Adult Zebrafish, Danio Rerio, Akiko M. VanKirk
The Incidence of Caregiver Reported Sensory Processing Disorders in Children Who Are Experiencing Traumatic Stress Reaction, Ann K. Viviano
PAN, PPN and MPAN Measurements and the Quantitative Relationship of PAN and MPAN in Biogenic Hydrocarbon Conditions, Chen Wangchun
Physiological and Perceptual Responses to Elliptical Trainer Exercise at Three Different Grade and Resistance Settings, Katherine A. Wehmeyer
The Impact of Peer Pressure on Self-Reported Alcohol and Other Drug Use, Daniel D. White
"Abandoning Time:" Temporal Symmetry in Recent Physical Cosmology: Entropy, Nomically Consistent Reversibility and McTaggart's C-Series, Nathan R. Wright
Structural Studies of Metastable Nanocrystalline Magnesium Titanate Ceramics, Renmei Xu
Characterization of Organo-Tin and Organo-Mercury Compounds with Electrospray Mass Spectrometry, Kan Zhu
Theses from 2000
Texture and Young’s Modulus of Nickel/Gamma-Alumina Composites, Abdulaziz Alamr
Temporal and EMG Relationships among the Phases of Vertical and Depth Jumps, Amanda Albright
Residual Stress and Wear Resistance of Composite Coatings of Nickel/Gamma-Alumina, Khaled Abdulrahman Al-Ogab
Do Safety Observers Perform More Safely as a Result of Conducting Observations?, Alicia M. Alvero
The Utility of Functional Assessment Rating Scales: An Analysis of the Effects of Training on Teacher Rated Functions and Intervention Suggestions, Kari N. Anderson
Development of a Photoinitiator Blend for UV Cured Inks and Coatings, Madhu Bansal
Reading Between the Lines: The Business Discourse of Globalization, Using Amway as a Local Example, Darlene Bos
A CMOS Chaotic Oscillator, Boonsin Chansilp
The Safety and Efficacy of Resistance Training for Chronic Heart Failure Patients, John B. Coleman