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Author:

Pham, Viet

Title:

An Analysis and Framework for Multi-label Image Classification of Insect Taxonomy with Convolutional Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

multi-label image classification
image classification
computer vision
machine learning
insect taxonomy
convolutional neural networks

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member

Author:

Gertel, Victoria Haley

Title:

Prediction is Production? Exploring the Relationship Between Language Prediction and Production in Younger and Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

language prediction
language production
cognitive aging
language processing
self-paced reading

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Committee Members:

Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Michele Diaz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Frank Hillary, Major Field Member
Nancy Dennis, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Outside Field Member

Author:

Chang, Yi Ting

Title:

Independence's Others: Decolonial Taiwan in the Transpacific

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

Independence
Taiwan
Transpacific
decolonial
island
Asian America

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Committee Members:

Claire Colebrook, Major Field Member
Shuang Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mariana Ortega, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hester Blum, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tina Goudie, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kim, Kyungin

Title:

The experiences of Korean TVET teachers in Professional Learning Communities: A phenomenological study

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Professional Learning Community
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
TVET Teachers
Phenomenology

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Committee Members:

Mark Threeton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Ewing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cynthia Pellock, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Joey Fleck, Major Field Member

Author:

Leong Mattern, Alexandra Christine

Title:

FOR WHOM DOES PERCEPTION OF THREAT PREDICT SUSEQUENT AGGRESSION PERPETRATION?

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

family violence
IPV
PCA
dominance
interpersonal threat
threat sensitivity
threat perception

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Committee Members:

Steffany Fredman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Marshall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Lebreton, Major Field Member
Yo Jackson, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Niebauer, Allison Kate

Title:

“THE DIOCESE’S DARKEST CHAPTER”: CONSTRUCTING CULTURAL TRAUMA IN THE ALTOONA-JOHNSTOWN CATHOLIC DICOESE

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Cultural trauma
Rhetorical Criticism
Catholic
Child Abuse
Communal Conflict
Social Change

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Committee Members:

Sarah Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bradford Vivian, Major Field Member
Stephen Browne, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Denise Solomon, Program Head/Chair
Timothy Worley, Major Field Member

Author:

Jose, Nikesh

Title:

Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring of a metal target position in the transducer near field

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound testing
Structural health monitoring
Piezo electric transducer
Immersion testing
Near Field

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacques Riviere, Committee Member
Christopher Kube, Committee Member

Author:

Shiverdecker, Levi Keith

Title:

Structural Equation Modeling with Ordinal Variables: Performance of Robust Estimators Under Conditions of Misspecification, Missing Data, and Nonnormality

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Structural equation modeling
SEM
Simulation
Estimators
maximum likelihood
weighted least squares
ordinal
missing data
nonormal

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Committee Members:

Rustin Meyer, Major Field Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Lebreton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jean Phillips, Major Field Member

Author:

Ferland, Troy

Title:

Fire, Climate, and Vegetation in Pleistocene East Africa: Insights from Bulk Organic and Compound Specific Indicators at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

organic geochemistry
PAHs
East Africa
paleoclimate
Olduvai Gorge

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Committee Members:

Erin DiMaggio, Major Field Member
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Major Field Member
Kate Freeman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Foley, Kasey

Title:

Understanding Reception of Advice About Antibiotics by Emerging Adults in Primary Care Settings

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

interpersonal communication
advice
provider-patient communication
clinician-patient communication
antibiotic resistance
antibiotic stewardship
primary care

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Committee Members:

Denise Solomon, Major Field Member
Kathleen Bieschke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erina Macgeorge, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rachel Smith, Major Field Member