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Author:

Smith, Britton Devon

Title:

The Transition from Population III to Population II Star Formation in the Early Universe

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

numerical simulation
cosmology
star formation

File:

Download Britton_Smith_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Niel Brandt, Committee Member
Jane Camilla Charlton, Committee Member
Deirdre Shoemaker, Committee Member
Richard Alan Wade, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Carissa Dawn Turner

Title:

Placing Religion: The Spiritual Geography of Twentieth-Century American Women Writers

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

religion
feminism
spiritual geography
literature
place

File:

Download diss_complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah L Clarke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Lee Gorby, Committee Member
Iyunolu Folayan Osagie, Committee Member
Robin G Schulze, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, David Grant

Title:

"On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870"

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

border
petition
fugitive slaves
abolitionism
anti-slavery
antislavery
Pennsylvania
Thaddeus Stevens
contrabands
African Americans
Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee

File:

Download Final_1120DGSmithPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Alan Blair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Carver Rose, Committee Member
Lori D Ginzberg, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Richard J M Blackett, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Damon Michael

Title:

READERS THEATRE: ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING READING FLUENCY, STUDENT MOTIVATION, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD READING AMONG SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

Oral Reading Fluency
Reading Attitude
Reading Motivation
Readers Theatre

File:

Download readers_theatre_final_5-4-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Schaefer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Leslie Hale, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bonnie J Meyer, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jeremy Douglas

Title:

EFFECTS OF PROSTHESIS INERTIA ON THE MECHANICS AND ENERGETICS OF AMPUTEE LOCOMOTION

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

transtibial
biomechanics
loading

File:

Download Jeremy_Smith_Final_Draft_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jason Michael

Title:

The Effects of Neighborhood and School Context on Extracurricular Participation and Educational Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

education
attainment
extracurricular
neighborhood effects
school effects
racial composition
class composition

File:

Download Jason_Smith_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Farkas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Member
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Kandler A.

Title:

Electrochemical Modeling, Estimation and Control of Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

lithium ion
battery
hybrid electric vehicle
model order reduction
diffusion systems
state of charge estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_KandlerSmith2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Kenneth Lee

Title:

Dynamic Singularity Excision in Numerical Relativity

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

black holes
classical general relativity
numerical relativity
singularity excision

File:

Download ksmith_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Pablo Laguna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernd BrÜGmann, Committee Member
Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Michelle C

Title:

AT THE INTERSECTION OF UTOPIA AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE: THE SPATIAL-RHETORICAL NEGOTIATIONS OF 19TH-CENTURY WOMEN

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

intentional communities
gender
space
rhetoric
public

File:

Download Dissertation_7-20.pdf

Committee Members:

Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John L Selzer, Committee Member
Hester Maureen Blum, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Megan Meredith

Title:

AWARENESS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DEFICITS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: SELF VERSUS INFORMANT RATINGS OF IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS VERSUS CONTROLS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OBJECTIVE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

executive functioning
anosognosia
multiple sclerosis
dysexecutive questionnaire

File:

Download MSmith_dissertation_06_07r.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member