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1001. Advance-Fee Pet Scams Through the Lens of Narrative Victimology

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Author:: Derrickson, Kaylie
Title:: Advance-Fee Pet Scams Through the Lens of Narrative Victimology
Graduate Program:: Criminal Justice (MA)
Keywords:: Qualitative
Fraud
Narrative Criminology
Victimization
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Committee Members:: L. Marvin Overby, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Lindmar Schally, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Andrew Howard, Committee Member
Emily Ruth Strohacker, Committee Member

1002. Student Perceptions of Zero-Tolerance Policies

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Author:: Detore, Tessia
Title:: Student Perceptions of Zero-Tolerance Policies
Graduate Program:: Educational Theory and Policy (MA)
Keywords:: Zero-tolerance
School resource officer
school-to-prison pipeline
restorative practices
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Committee Members:: Dana Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mimi Schaub, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

1003. Characterizing Diseases using Genetic and Clinical variables: A Data Analytics Approach

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Author:: Gollapalli, Madhuri
Title:: Characterizing Diseases using Genetic and Clinical variables: A Data Analytics Approach
Graduate Program:: Data Analytics (MS)
Keywords:: gene expression values
multinomial logistic regressio
k-means clustering
landmark genes
principal component analysis
File:: Download Madhuri_Gollapalli_thesis_Dec2022.pdf
Committee Members:: Colin Neill, Program Head/Chair
Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Youakim Badr, Committee Member
Raghu Sangwan, Committee Member
Adrian Sorin Barb, Committee Member

1004. A Longitudinal Investigation of Broiler Chickens' Microbiome Using High-Throughput Sequencing

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Author:: Fonseca, Ana Caroline
Title:: A Longitudinal Investigation of Broiler Chickens' Microbiome Using High-Throughput Sequencing
Graduate Program:: Animal Science (MS)
Keywords:: Broiler
Probiotic
Essential oil
Microbiome
Performance.
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Committee Members:: Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Erika Ganda, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Boney, Committee Member
Alberto Gino Lorenzoni Calvo, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member

1005. Relationship between Achilles Tendon Moment Arm and Plantarflexor Muscle Architecture

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Author:: Faux-Dugan, Logan
Title:: Relationship between Achilles Tendon Moment Arm and Plantarflexor Muscle Architecture
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology (MS)
Keywords:: Achilles tendon moment arm
Plantarflexors
Muscle Architecture
Regression Analysis
Ultrasonography
3D Ultrasonography
Motion Capture System
File:: Download Faux-Dugan_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen Piazza, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonas Rubenson, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

1006. Evaluating BIM Execution Planning Elements and Their Alignment to International Information Management Standards

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Author:: Gadi, Moad
Title:: Evaluating BIM Execution Planning Elements and Their Alignment to International Information Management Standards
Graduate Program:: Architectural Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: Building Information Modeling (BIM)
BIM Execution Plan (BEP)
BEP Elements
BIM Standards
ISO 19650
File:: Download 110422_Gadi___Final_MS__EVALUATING_BEP_ELEMENTS.pdf
Committee Members:: Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
John Messner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rob Leicht, Committee Member
Yuqing Hu, Committee Member

1007. Biasing Distance and Heterogeneous Solution Effects in Liquid Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors

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Author:: Felins, Michael
Title:: Biasing Distance and Heterogeneous Solution Effects in Liquid Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)
Keywords:: Liquid gating
Graphene
Biosensor
FET
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Committee Members:: Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Saptarshi Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member

1008. Focused ultrasound therapy to treat tendinopathies

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Author:: Smallcomb, Molly
Title:: Focused ultrasound therapy to treat tendinopathies
Graduate Program:: Acoustics (PHD)
Keywords:: focused ultrasound
therapeutic ultrasound
tendon
tendinopathy
histotripsy
mechanical fractionation
microdamage
dry needling
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Committee Members:: Christopher Kube, Major Field Member
Meghan Vidt, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julianna Simon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yun Jing, Major Field Member
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair

1009. Application of Language and Symbolic Dynamics for Radar Functionality Optimization

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Author:: Singerman, Paul
Title:: Application of Language and Symbolic Dynamics for Radar Functionality Optimization
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: radar
maneuver detection
target tracking
language
optimization
symbolic dynamics
information overload
information elasticity
fully adaptive radar
cognitive radar
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Committee Members:: Gregory Huff, Major Field Member
Yan Li, Major Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Muralidhar Rangaswamy, Special Member
Asok Ray, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

1010. Profitable Examples: Grammatical and Rhetorical Voices in Early Modern Women's Life-writing

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Author:: Ryle, Ashley Danielle
Title:: Profitable Examples: Grammatical and Rhetorical Voices in Early Modern Women's Life-writing
Graduate Program:: English (PHD)
Keywords:: Women's literature
life-writing
early modern English literature
feminist formalism
voice
early modern Women's literature
Renaissance Women's literature
grammar
rhetoric
File:: Download Profitable_Examples_Grammatical_and_Rhetorical_Voices_in_Early_Modern_Womens_Lifewriting_rev.pdf
Committee Members:: Patrick Cheney, Major Field Member
Caroline Eckhardt, Outside Unit & Field Member
Marcy North, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Loewenstein, Major Field Member
Janet Wynne Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Claire Colebrook, Major Field Member

1011. Sequencing Biases in Langauge and Motor Planning: A Comparative Study of Humans And Bonobos

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Author:: Schwob, Natalie
Title:: Sequencing Biases in Langauge and Motor Planning: A Comparative Study of Humans And Bonobos
Graduate Program:: Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: sequencing
planning
evolution
motor planinng
language planning
domain general
bonobos
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Committee Members:: Elisabeth Karuza, Major Field Member
Daniel Weiss, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

1012. Shrinkage Estimation for the Diagonal Multivariate Natural Exponential Families

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Author:: Siapoutis, Nikolas
Title:: Shrinkage Estimation for the Diagonal Multivariate Natural Exponential Families
Graduate Program:: Statistics (PHD)
Keywords:: shrinkage estimators
diagonal multivariate natural exponential families
unbiased estimate of risk
semi-parametrics
sampling methods
File:: Download Siapoutis_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald Richards, Dissertation Advisor
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexei Novikov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1013. Essays on Stakeholder Networks in Marketing

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Author:: Schmid, Franziska
Title:: Essays on Stakeholder Networks in Marketing
Graduate Program:: Business Administration (PHD)
Keywords:: social networks
business-to-business sales
community detection
social media
File:: Download Dissertation_FranziskaSchmid.pdf
Committee Members:: J. Andrew Petersen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stefan Wuyts, Major Field Member
Arvind Rangaswamy, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Bruce Desmarais, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

1014. Formal exponential maps and Hochschild cohomology associated with dg manifolds

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Author:: Seol, Seokbong
Title:: Formal exponential maps and Hochschild cohomology associated with dg manifolds
Graduate Program:: Mathematics (PHD)
Keywords:: differential graded manifolds
Hochschild cohomology
Atiyah class
homotopy Lie algebras
Duflo theorem
File:: Download Seol-dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Ping Xu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mathieu Stienon, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nigel Higson, Major Field Member
Adrian Ocneanu, Major Field Member
Martin Bojowald, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1015. Learned Experience and Resource Dilution: A Family Systems Approach Using Mixed Methods to Understand Sibling Feeding

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Author:: Ruggiero, Cara
Title:: Learned Experience and Resource Dilution: A Family Systems Approach Using Mixed Methods to Understand Sibling Feeding
Graduate Program:: Nutritional Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: Responsive feeding
siblings
family systems
mixed methods
infancy
toddlerhood
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Committee Members:: Stephen Kodish, Major Field Member
Jennifer Williams, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathleen Keller, Major Field Member
Gregory Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Susan McHale, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Damon Jones, Outside Field Member

1016. Public Futures: The Rhetorics of Sustainability and Survival in Philadelphia, 2007 - 2021

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Author:: Schneider, Haley Elizabeth
Title:: Public Futures: The Rhetorics of Sustainability and Survival in Philadelphia, 2007 - 2021
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: Publics
futurity
environment
urban planning
climate change
rhetoric
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Committee Members:: Rosa Eberly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Allen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bradford Vivian, Major Field Member
Stephen Browne, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Program Head/Chair
Joshua Barnett, Major Field Member

1017. Strain, Security Measures, and Trends in Postsecondary Aspirations for High School Students

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Author:: Shields, Lauren
Title:: Strain, Security Measures, and Trends in Postsecondary Aspirations for High School Students
Graduate Program:: School Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: high school
strain
school security
postsecondary aspirations
security measures
postsecondary
aspirations
File:: Download Lauren_Shields_Strain__Security_Measures__and_Postsecondary_Aspirations_for_High_School_Students.pdf
Committee Members:: Cristin Hall, Major Field Member
Jennifer Frank, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Wendy Coduti, Outside Field Member
Cynthia Pellock, Outside Unit Member
James Diperna, Program Head/Chair

1018. Application of Life Purpose in Addressing Health Disparities and Minorities Health

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Author:: Tan, Shyuan Ching
Title:: Application of Life Purpose in Addressing Health Disparities and Minorities Health
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)
Keywords:: Life purpose
aging-varying cognitive health
high-effort coping
functional health
poverty and health
racial minority adults
low SES adults
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Committee Members:: David Almeida, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Graham-Engeland, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zita Oravecz, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1019. Fungal community ecology of Lycorma delicatula in Pennsylvania, and the social-ecology of biological invasion risk

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Author:: Taleb, Mariam
Title:: Fungal community ecology of Lycorma delicatula in Pennsylvania, and the social-ecology of biological invasion risk
Graduate Program:: Entomology (PHD)
Keywords:: invasion ecology
environmental sociology
spotted lanternfly
mycology
unequal exchange
biological invasion
agroecology
File:: Download Taleb_dissertation_Summ2022_b.pdf
Committee Members:: Edwin Rajotte, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julie Urban, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanya Renner, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

1020. Pro-active and re-active dispatch of energy flexible buildings using peer-to-peer markets for building-to-grid integration

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Author:: Swaminathan, Siddharth
Title:: Pro-active and re-active dispatch of energy flexible buildings using peer-to-peer markets for building-to-grid integration
Graduate Program:: Architectural Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Model predictive controls
building-to-grid integration
non-wires alternative
peer-to-peer markets
microgrid sizing
energy flexible buildings
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Committee Members:: Minghui Zhu, Outside Field Member
Greg Pavlak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Outside Unit Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1021. Deep learning on Mobile Devices with Neural Processing Units

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Author:: Tan, Tianxiang
Title:: Deep learning on Mobile Devices with Neural Processing Units
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Mobile computing
Edge computing
Deep Learning
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Committee Members:: Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mahanth Gowda, Major Field Member
Guohong Cao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

1022. Sterile Filtration Of Large Particle Therapeutics - New Insights Using A Live Attenuated Viral Vaccine And A Model Nanoparticle Suspension

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Author:: Taylor, Neil
Title:: Sterile Filtration Of Large Particle Therapeutics - New Insights Using A Live Attenuated Viral Vaccine And A Model Nanoparticle Suspension
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Sterile Filtration
Live Attenuated Viral Vaccine
Nanoparticles
Pore Size Distribution
Fouling
Prefiltration
File:: Download Neil_Taylor-thesis-final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Zydney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Themis Matsoukas, Major Field Member
Stephanie Velegol, Major Field Member
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1023. Green Infrastructure Placement under Deep Uncertainty

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Author:: Tebyanian, Nastaran
Title:: Green Infrastructure Placement under Deep Uncertainty
Graduate Program:: Architecture (PHD)
Keywords:: Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty
Green Infrastructure
Spatial Planning
Climate Change
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Committee Members:: Klaus Keller, Outside Unit Member
Lisa Iulo, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Guido Cervone, Outside Field Member
Hong Wu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Loukas Kalisperis, Major Field Member
Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair

1024. Essays on Dynamic Spatial Economics

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Author:: Suzuki, Yuta
Title:: Essays on Dynamic Spatial Economics
Graduate Program:: Economics (PHD)
Keywords:: Economic Geography
Spatial Economics
Population Aging
Migration
Labor Dynamics
Capital Dynamics
Internal Trade
Distributional Effects
General Equilibrium
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Fisher-Vanden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jonathan Eaton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Yeaple, Major Field Member
Marc Albert Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fernando Parro, Major Field Member
Kala Krishna, Major Field Member

1025. New advances in structure learning of graphical models

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Author:: Tao, Jun
Title:: New advances in structure learning of graphical models
Graduate Program:: Statistics (PHD)
Keywords:: graphical model
statistical learning
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Committee Members:: Ephraim Mont Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lingzhou Xue, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Antonio Blanca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bing Li, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Major Field Member

1026. Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Devices for Space Exploration

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Author:: Tendulkar, Mohit Milind
Title:: Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Devices for Space Exploration
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: ZnO
Zinc oxide
TFT
thin film transistor
curved substrate lithography
trilateral liftoff
trilateral tfts
adjustable x-ray optics
lynx mission
zno strain sensor
zno temperature sensor
File:: Download ZnO_thin-film_devices_for_space_exploration_-_Mohit_Tendulkar.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tom Jackson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rongming Chu, Major Field Member
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

1027. Process development for selective separation of critical elements from secondary resources

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Author:: Vaziri Hassas, Behzad
Title:: Process development for selective separation of critical elements from secondary resources
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Critical Elements
Rare Earth Elements
Secondary Resources
Acid Mine Drainage
Staged Precipitation
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Behzad_Vaziri_Hassas.pdf
Committee Members:: William Burgos, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarma Pisupati, Major Field Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Athanasios Karamalidis, Major Field Member
Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1028. Modeling Heat Transfer in Saturated Soil

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Author:: Wang, Chu
Title:: Modeling Heat Transfer in Saturated Soil
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Heat transfer
Thermal conductivity
Thermal dispersion
Effective porosity
Thermal nonequilibrium
Numerical modeling
Layered soil
Local thermal equilibrium
File:: Download Final_Phd_Dissertation_Chu_Wang.pdf
Committee Members:: Yuan Xuan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Fox, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tong Qiu, Major Field Member
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Pinlei Chen, Minor Field Member

1029. Morality, Legitimacy, and Donors: Recipient Perspectives of Foreign Aid

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Author:: Waddick, Aubrey
Title:: Morality, Legitimacy, and Donors: Recipient Perspectives of Foreign Aid
Graduate Program:: Political Science (PHD)
Keywords:: international political economy
foreign aid
aid recipient
aid recipients
opinion research
survey experiments
Chinese foreign aid
new donors
authoritarian donors
File:: Download Waddick_Dissertation_Final_7_15_2022.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Wright, Major Field Member
Bee Roberts, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bumba Mukherjee, Major Field Member
Boliang Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael J Nelson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1030. Employability of International Master's Returnees

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Author:: Wang, Jialing
Title:: Employability of International Master's Returnees
Graduate Program:: Higher Education (DED)
Keywords:: international students
employability
international higher education
gender equity
international mobility
File:: Download JWANG.pdf
Committee Members:: Kelly Rosinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karly Ford, Major Field Member
Celeste Kinginger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gerald K Letendre, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Major Field Member

1031. Children's Neural Processing of Affective Prosody: Speaker and Emotion Effects

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Author:: Vazquez, Lauren C
Title:: Children's Neural Processing of Affective Prosody: Speaker and Emotion Effects
Graduate Program:: Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: : affective prosody
speaker familiarity
affective prosody
speaker familiarity
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Committee Members:: Pamela Cole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Wilson, Major Field Member
Suzy Scherf, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

1032. ESSAYS IN SEMIPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION

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Author:: Wang, Rui
Title:: ESSAYS IN SEMIPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION
Graduate Program:: Economics (PHD)
Keywords:: Identification
Estimation
Semiparametric
Treatment Effects
Misreporting
Substitution Patterns
File:: Download Rui_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Keisuke Hirano, Major Field Member
Joris Pinkse, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sung Jae Jun, Co-Chair of Committee
Runze Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Marc Albert Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1033. "We didn't do it, and we won't do it again": Class-action sex discrimination lawsuits at news organizations in the 1970s

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Author:: Walter, Ashley
Title:: "We didn't do it, and we won't do it again": Class-action sex discrimination lawsuits at news organizations in the 1970s
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications (PHD)
Keywords:: journalism history
women's labor
media
mass communications
feminist history
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Committee Members:: Katherine Maich, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Russell Frank, Major Field Member
James Risley, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Madden, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

1034. Transitioning to College During a Pandemic: Examining the Contributions of Activities, Belonging, and Personal Experiences to First-Year Outcomes

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Author:: Walsh, Shannon
Title:: Transitioning to College During a Pandemic: Examining the Contributions of Activities, Belonging, and Personal Experiences to First-Year Outcomes
Graduate Program:: School Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: first-year students
retention
college adjustment
pandemic
transition
File:: Download Walsh_Dissertation_6.21.22_post_format_review7.pdf
Committee Members:: James Diperna, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Major Field Member
David Guthrie, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shirley Woika, Major Field Member
James Diperna, Program Head/Chair

1035. Nonassociative Quantum Mechanics

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Author:: Van Kuppeveld, Martijn
Title:: Nonassociative Quantum Mechanics
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: Nonassociative
Quantum Mechanics
Magnetic Monopoles
File:: Download NQMThesisMvK__3_.pdf
Committee Members:: Murat Gunaydin, Major Field Member
Ping Xu, Outside Unit Member
Nigel Higson, Outside Field Member
Martin Bojowald, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

1036. G-Protein Coupled Receptor Kinase 2: A Novel Regulator of Postnatal Skeletal Development

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Author:: Yoshioka, Natalie
Title:: G-Protein Coupled Receptor Kinase 2: A Novel Regulator of Postnatal Skeletal Development
Graduate Program:: Anatomy (PHD)
Keywords:: skeletal development
endochondral ossification
PTHrP-IHH feedback loop
GRK2
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Committee Members:: Fadia Kamal, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patricia Mclaughlin, Major Field Member
James Broach, Major Field Member
Amanda Nelson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Irina Elcheva, Major Field Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair

1037. THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: DOES THE LIFE CYCLE STAGE OF A FIRM AND ITS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE MATTER?

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Author:: Yeon, Ji Hwan
Title:: THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: DOES THE LIFE CYCLE STAGE OF A FIRM AND ITS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE MATTER?
Graduate Program:: Hospitality Management (PHD)
Keywords:: Corporate Life Cycle
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Financial Performance
Corporate Governance
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Committee Members:: Donna Quadri-Felitti, Program Head/Chair
Heyao Yu, Major Field Member
Phillip Jolly, Major Field Member
Seoki Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judd Michael, Outside Unit & Field Member

1038. Deciphering seismic attenuation: fractal description, wavefield modeling and Q full waveform inversion

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Author:: Xing, Guangchi
Title:: Deciphering seismic attenuation: fractal description, wavefield modeling and Q full waveform inversion
Graduate Program:: Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:: seismic attenuation
rock physics
fractal
forward modeling
wave propagation
full waveform inversion
critical zone
File:: Download GX_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member

1039. a study on collaborative networks in a home visiting program: based on the Nurse–Family Partnership program in Pennsylvania

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Author:: Yoo, Eun Sil
Title:: a study on collaborative networks in a home visiting program: based on the Nurse–Family Partnership program in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Public Administration (PHD)
Keywords:: collaborative network
egocentric network
home visiting program
performance
organizational type
network analysis
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Committee Members:: Triparna Vasavada, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Younhee Kim, Major Field Member
Odd Jonas Stalebrink, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lauren Azevedo, Major Field Member
Sheela Pandey, Outside Unit & Field Member

1040. Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties

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Author:: Xu, Yifan
Title:: Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Block copolymer
Photonic band gap property
Nonlinear optical property
Responsive materials
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Committee Members:: Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

1041. Analytical Estimation of Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram for Complicated Networks and Implications for Network Traffic Control

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Author:: Xu, Guanhao
Title:: Analytical Estimation of Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram for Complicated Networks and Implications for Network Traffic Control
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
Network Exit Function
Cellular Automata Model
vehicle turning
bus dwelling
hierarchical street network
hysteresis loop
File:: Download dissertation_Guanhao_Xu.pdf
Committee Members:: S. Ilgin Guler, Major Field Member
Terry Friesz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Eric Donnell, Major Field Member

1042. Fast Local Graph Node Proximity Ranking

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Author:: Yan, Yaowei
Title:: Fast Local Graph Node Proximity Ranking
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)
Keywords:: Random Walk
Graph Clustering
Community Detection
Link Prediction
Multi-network Analysis
Social Network
Social Recommendation
Adversarial Attack
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Committee Members:: Xiang Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Xiao Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Dongwon Lee, Major Field Member

1043. Reconfiguring literacies: Young immigrant and emergent bilingual children's literacy practices in a Korean preschool

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Author:: Yoon, Yeojoo
Title:: Reconfiguring literacies: Young immigrant and emergent bilingual children's literacy practices in a Korean preschool
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)
Keywords:: Koryo-saram
Emergent Bilingual
Early Literacy
Translanguaging
Embodied Literacies
Literacies as Material
Korean Preschool
Multiculturalism
New Materialism
Posthumanism
Immigrant Children
Koreanness
Ethnography
File:: Download Yeojoo_Yoon_Dissertation_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:: Esther Prins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Major Field Member
Allison Henward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Minsoo Kim-Bossard, Special Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major Field Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1044. The Impact of Resource Scarcity Type on Consumer Responses to CSR-related Activities

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Author:: Ye, Tian
Title:: The Impact of Resource Scarcity Type on Consumer Responses to CSR-related Activities
Graduate Program:: Hospitality Management (PHD)
Keywords:: Resource scarcity
Culture priming
Emotion appeal
Cause scope
Donation intention
Corporate social responsibility
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Committee Members:: Heyao Yu, Major Field Member
Seoki Lee, Major Field Member
Anna Mattila, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Bolton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anna S Mattila, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1045. Extracellular Vesicle -Mediated Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition as a Disease Mechanism in Retinal Pigment Epithelia

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Author:: Zhou, Mi
Title:: Extracellular Vesicle -Mediated Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition as a Disease Mechanism in Retinal Pigment Epithelia
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: RPE
EMT
Unfolded Protein Response
Fibulin-3
TGF-beta
Extracellular Vesicles
File:: Download ZhouMi-Dissertation_2022-07-18_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Xuemei Huang, Outside Unit Member
Jeffrey Sundstrom, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nicholas Buchkovich, Major Field Member
John Wills, Major Field Member
James Connor, Major Field Member
Patricia Grigson Kennedy, Outside Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

1046. Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling

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Author:: Zorn, Jacob
Title:: Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: phase-field
thermodynamic
ferroelectric
landau theory
TDGL
Cahn-Hilliard
Allen-Cahn
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Committee Members:: John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Jinchao Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Major Field Member

1047. Theory of Two-Dimensional Materials: Substitutional Doping, Magnetism and Photoemission

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Author:: Zheng, Boyang
Title:: Theory of Two-Dimensional Materials: Substitutional Doping, Magnetism and Photoemission
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: 2D materials
density functional theory
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Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

1048. Drawing Fungal Care: A Latina/x Approach Toward Remediating Gaia's Symbiopoietic Homeokinesis in Response to the Metabolic Rift

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Author:: Zuniga, Xalli
Title:: Drawing Fungal Care: A Latina/x Approach Toward Remediating Gaia's Symbiopoietic Homeokinesis in Response to the Metabolic Rift
Graduate Program:: Art Education (PHD)
Keywords:: Agonism
Aisthesis
Queer Autoarte
Lugones
Burnout
Mycorrhizae
Decolonization
Latina/x Feminisms
Sympoiesis
Symbiogenesis
Loving-Perception
Coalition-building
Care
File:: Download Complete_Dissertation_Xalli_Zuniga_EDTA_Corrections_compressed.pdf
Committee Members:: Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Outside Field Member
Wanda Knight, Major Field Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mariana Ortega, Outside Unit Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair

1049. On the Processing and Outcomes of Conflicting Advice

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Author:: Zhou, Yanmengqian
Title:: On the Processing and Outcomes of Conflicting Advice
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: conflicting advice
decision-making
interpersonal communication
social influence
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Committee Members:: Andrew High, Major Field Member
Denise Solomon, Major Field Member
Karen Gasper, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erina Macgeorge, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1050. Tests of Hypotheses on Regression Coefficients in High-Dimensional Regression Models

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Author:: Zhao, Ye Alex
Title:: Tests of Hypotheses on Regression Coefficients in High-Dimensional Regression Models
Graduate Program:: Statistics (PHD)
Keywords:: high-dimensional inference
regression coefficient testing
hypothesis testing
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Committee Members:: Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ethan Fang, Major Field Member

1051. Regulatory Issues for Distributed Generation

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Author:: Aldebot, Emanuel
Title:: Regulatory Issues for Distributed Generation
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: Distributed Generation
Net Metering
Decarbonization Programs
Cost-Shifting
File:: Download Emanuel_Aldebot_M.S._Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Hannah Wiseman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

1052. Upcycling By-products of the Agri-food Industry as Carbon Sources for the Application of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Pennsylvania Vegetable Production Systems

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Author:: Balaguer Barbosa, Raymond
Title:: Upcycling By-products of the Agri-food Industry as Carbon Sources for the Application of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Pennsylvania Vegetable Production Systems
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)
Keywords:: Anaerobic soil disinfestation
Vegetable Production
Soil health
Lettuce
Tomatoes
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Committee Members:: Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Di Gioia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Erin Rosskopf, Committee Member

1053. Thermal Design and Analysis of the BlackCAT CubeSat

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Author:: Baker, Logan
Title:: Thermal Design and Analysis of the BlackCAT CubeSat
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: BlackCAT CubeSat
CubeSat
Thermal Analysis
Thermal Design
Astronomical CubeSat
File:: Download BAKER_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Robert G. Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilén, Committee Member
Abe Falcone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

1054. INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING DEVICE TO TREAT INFECTED METAL FRACTURE FIXATION IMPLANTS

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Author:: Ahmad, Aiman
Title:: INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING DEVICE TO TREAT INFECTED METAL FRACTURE FIXATION IMPLANTS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: Induction Heating of Metal Implants
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Committee Members:: Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew R. Garner, Committee Member
Ma'Moun A. Abu Ayyad, Committee Member
Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Committee Member

1055. Exploring the Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Sustained Attention on Reading Outcomes

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Author:: Alvarado, Charles
Title:: Exploring the Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Sustained Attention on Reading Outcomes
Graduate Program:: Educational Psychology (MS)
Keywords:: Sustained Attention
Reading Comprehension
Achievement
Childhood Adversity
File:: Download Alvarado_-_Master_s_Thesis_-_Final_Draft__corrected_.pdf
Committee Members:: Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1056. The effects of worry and rumination on response to daily events in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Application of the contrast avoidance model

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Author:: Baik, Seung Yeon
Title:: The effects of worry and rumination on response to daily events in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Application of the contrast avoidance model
Graduate Program:: Psychology (MS)
Keywords:: generalized anxiety disorder
major depressive disorder
contrast avoidance
worry
rumination
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Committee Members:: Michelle Gayle Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member

1057. "We Need to Talk": Toward a Process Model of Texting Before Conflict

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Author:: Barger, David
Title:: "We Need to Talk": Toward a Process Model of Texting Before Conflict
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)
Keywords:: modality switching
imagined interactions
serial arguments
computer-mediated-communication
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Committee Members:: Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Denise Haunani Solomon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Manata, Committee Member
Andrew High, Committee Member
Timothy Worley, Special Signatory

1058. The Impact of the Organizational Structure of Android Third Party Libraries

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Author:: Beyda, Sophia
Title:: The Impact of the Organizational Structure of Android Third Party Libraries
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: Smartphone Privacy
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Committee Members:: Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Syed Rafiul Hussain, Committee Member

1059. FitTok: A Modern Guide or Existential Threat?

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Author:: Amin, Farheen
Title:: FitTok: A Modern Guide or Existential Threat?
Graduate Program:: Communications (MA)
Keywords:: Social Media
TikTok
Fitness
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Committee Members:: Nakho Kim, Ph.D., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gina M. Brelsford, Ph.D., Committee Member
Craig Welsh, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Candace M. Hogue, Ph.D., Committee Member

1060. Ungulate space-use and movement in response to changes in reproductive status and hunting pressure

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Author:: Gundermann, Kathleen
Title:: Ungulate space-use and movement in response to changes in reproductive status and hunting pressure
Graduate Program:: Wildlife and Fisheries Science (MS)
Keywords:: space-use
movement
ungulates
File:: Download gundermann_thesis_v03.pdf
Committee Members:: Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Frances E Buderman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member

1061. Domain Wall Motion In Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Films

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Author:: Hennessey, Gavin
Title:: Domain Wall Motion In Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Films
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: Polarization
PFM
Grain Boundary
EBSD
Ferroelectrics
Domain Wall Motion
Nonlinearity
Rayleigh
File:: Download GavinTHennessey_Master_sThesisFile_GTH5076.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan E Trolier-Mc Kinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Darren C Pagan, Committee Member

1062. Growing Resistance: An Ecofeminist Analysis of Seed Sovereignty in Xoy, Yucatan

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Author:: Griffin, Megan
Title:: Growing Resistance: An Ecofeminist Analysis of Seed Sovereignty in Xoy, Yucatan
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology (MS)
Keywords:: agrobiodiversity
seed sovereignty
ecofeminism
science and technology studies
Yucatan
maize
File:: Download Griffin_RSOC_INTAD_Thesis_2022.pdf
Committee Members:: Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mariana J Ortega, Committee Member
Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Magneson Chiles, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

1063. Warmer and more variable temperatures influence both crop yield and weed seedbank longevity in a perennial forage system

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Author:: Isaacson, Ashley
Title:: Warmer and more variable temperatures influence both crop yield and weed seedbank longevity in a perennial forage system
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)
Keywords:: open-top chambers
climate change
perennial forage
forage production
weed seedbank
seedbank longevity
increased temperatures
weed seed mortality
alfalfa productivity
temperature fluctuations
winter injury
File:: Download Isaacson_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Carolyn Lowry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Wallace, Committee Member
Richard Smith, Committee Member

1064. A U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS date (230.964 Ma ± 0.077 Ma) for the Maple Creek Gabbro, Wrangellia Large Igneous Province, Kluane Range, the Yukon

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Author:: Grosswiler, Kate
Title:: A U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS date (230.964 Ma ± 0.077 Ma) for the Maple Creek Gabbro, Wrangellia Large Igneous Province, Kluane Range, the Yukon
Graduate Program:: Geosciences (MS)
Keywords:: Wrangellia
zircon
CA-IDTIMS
large igneous province
carnian
triassic
extinction
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Committee Members:: Brian Kelley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Jesse R Reimink, Committee Member

1065. How do new safety practices contribute to service workers' turnover intentions? A Self-Determination perspective

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Author:: Gonzalez, Cristina
Title:: How do new safety practices contribute to service workers' turnover intentions? A Self-Determination perspective
Graduate Program:: Psychology (MS)
Keywords:: COVID-19
Turnover Intention
Service Work
Safety Climate
Autonomy
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Committee Members:: Alicia Ann Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Hanyi Min, Committee Member

1066. Understanding the Role of Selenium and Selenoproteins during Gut Inflammation

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Author:: Nettleford, Shaneice Kimarie
Title:: Understanding the Role of Selenium and Selenoproteins during Gut Inflammation
Graduate Program:: Pathobiology (PHD)
Keywords:: Selenium
Selenoproteins
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Enteric Infections
Selenoprotein W
Yap1
Egfr
15-PGDH
15d-PGJ2
Gut Inflammation
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Committee Members:: Connie Rogers, Outside Unit & Field Member
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Major Field Member
Margherita Cantorna, Major Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kumble Prabhu, Program Head/Chair

1067. CFD Modeling of ignition and soot formation for advanced compression-ignition engines

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Author:: Han, Jun
Title:: CFD Modeling of ignition and soot formation for advanced compression-ignition engines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Compression-ignition engine
Transported probability density function (tPDF) method
Engine modeling
Soot modeling
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling
File:: Download JunHan_FinalDisertation_10252022.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Turns, Major Field Member
Philip Morris, Outside Unit & Field Member

1068. Examining Adolescent Precursors to Early Adult Flourishing in Black Americans: On the Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Identity

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Author:: Mahlobo, Christa
Title:: Examining Adolescent Precursors to Early Adult Flourishing in Black Americans: On the Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Identity
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)
Keywords:: flourishing
Black youth
development
ethnic-racial socialization
ethnic-racial identity
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Committee Members:: Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Abenaa Jones, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Karen Bierman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan McHale, Major Field Member
Robert Roeser, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Crowley, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

1069. Alternative Ways To Feed The Arecibo Spherical Reflector

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Author:: Alkhatib, Mohamed Redha
Title:: Alternative Ways To Feed The Arecibo Spherical Reflector
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Gregorian Sub-Reflector
Gain
Method of Moments
Optimization
Numerical Methods
Linefeed
FEKO
Electric Field
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Committee Members:: Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Breakall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Shizhuo Yin, Major Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

1070. investigation of cyclopentenone prostaglandins and associated receptor GPR44 in acute myeloid leukemia

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Author:: Qian, Fenghua
Title:: investigation of cyclopentenone prostaglandins and associated receptor GPR44 in acute myeloid leukemia
Graduate Program:: Pathobiology (PHD)
Keywords:: leukemia
selenium
cyclopentenone prostaglandin
crth2
DP2
PPARγ
interleukin-4
androgen receptor
EPHA7
RTK
tumor microenvironment
leukemic stem cell
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Committee Members:: Robert Paulson, Major Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Vanden Heuvel, Major Field Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Vishal Singh, Outside Unit & Field Member

1071. Endomorphism rings and algebras of Jacobians of certain superelliptic curves

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Author:: Eritsyan, Tigran
Title:: Endomorphism rings and algebras of Jacobians of certain superelliptic curves
Graduate Program:: Mathematics (PHD)
Keywords:: Abelian variety
Ree groups
Superelliptic jacobians
Trigonal curves
Modular Representations
Galois Groups
File:: Download Eritsyan-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mihran Papikian, Major Field Member
Mark Strikman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuriy Zarkhin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Lesieutre, Major Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1072. Landscape Visualization to Improve Sustainability Competencies in Participatory Natural Resource Management

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Author:: Nasr Azadani, Elham
Title:: Landscape Visualization to Improve Sustainability Competencies in Participatory Natural Resource Management
Graduate Program:: Geography (PHD)
Keywords:: Landscape Visualization
Sustainability Competencies
Systems Thinking
Indigenous Knowledge
Menominee Nation
Participatory Planning
File:: Download Dissertation__Elham_Nasr_Azadani.pdf
Committee Members:: Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Denice Wardrop, Co-Chair of Committee
Erica Smithwick, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Trevor Birkenholtz, Major Field Member
Alexander Klippel, Major Field Member

1073. Vocal Satisfaction in Transfeminine Speakers

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Author:: Romo, Nina
Title:: Vocal Satisfaction in Transfeminine Speakers
Graduate Program:: Communication Sciences and Disorders (PHD)
Keywords:: Transgender
Voice
Satisfaction
Acoustics
Context
Identity
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Committee Members:: Nicole Etter (she/her), Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Samantha Tornello, Outside Unit & Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Major Field Member
Michael Robb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aarthi Madhavan (she/her), Major Field Member

1074. Searching For Transiting Planets Around One Million Stars

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Author:: Melton, Elizabeth
Title:: Searching For Transiting Planets Around One Million Stars
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: exoplanets
machine learning
File:: Download Melton_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ian Czekala, Major Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Major Field Member
Joel Hartman, Special Member
Hyungsuk Tak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Eric Feigelson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebekah Dawson, Program Head/Chair

1075. Systems Optimizations for Learning and Processing on Large Scale Graphs

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Author:: Ramezani, Morteza
Title:: Systems Optimizations for Learning and Processing on Large Scale Graphs
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Graphs
Graph Processing
Graph Neural Networks
File:: Download PhD_Thesis_Updated.pdf
Committee Members:: Mahmut Kandemir, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Major Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

1076. INVESTIGATING RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS IN RODENTS VIA A MULTIMODAL STRATEGY

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Author:: Tu, Wenyu
Title:: INVESTIGATING RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS IN RODENTS VIA A MULTIMODAL STRATEGY
Graduate Program:: Neuroscience (PHD)
Keywords:: Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging
DREADDs
default-mode network
respiration
anterior cingulate cortex
resting state network
hub
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Committee Members:: Xiao Liu, Outside Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Patrick Drew, Major Field Member
Sonia Cavigelli, Outside Unit Member

1077. Social-Emotional Learning for At-Risk Children: Utilizing the Strong Start Curriculum

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Author:: Sturtz, Emily Marie
Title:: Social-Emotional Learning for At-Risk Children: Utilizing the Strong Start Curriculum
Graduate Program:: School Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: social-emotional learning
social skills
academic competence
problem behaviors
early elementary
at-risk students
File:: Download Sturtz_Dissertation_Final_Version_10.25.22.pdf
Committee Members:: Jennifer Frank, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Deb Schussler, Outside Unit Member
Jolynn Carney, Outside Field Member
Shirley Woika, Major Field Member
James Diperna, Program Head/Chair

1078. All things gravitational waves

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Author:: Dhani, Arnab
Title:: All things gravitational waves
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: Gravitational waves
Black hole
Ringdown
Cosmology
Neutron star
equation of state
File:: Download ArnabDhani-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Radice, Major Field Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Major Field Member
Donghui Jeong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

1079. Optimizing the Utilization of Gluten-Free Grains for the Production of Gluten-Free Beer

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Author:: Ledley, Andrew
Title:: Optimizing the Utilization of Gluten-Free Grains for the Production of Gluten-Free Beer
Graduate Program:: Food Science (PHD)
Keywords:: beer
gluten-free beer
brewing
amylases
mashing
fermentable sugars
malt enzymes
starch hydrolysis
starch gelatinization
starch granules
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Committee Members:: Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Ryan Elias, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Catchmark, Outside Unit & Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Major Field Member
Philip Jensen, Special Member
Darrell Cockburn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

1080. The Biogeochemical Cycling of Rare Earth Elements in the Modern and Ancient Oceans

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Author:: Barnes, Benjamin
Title:: The Biogeochemical Cycling of Rare Earth Elements in the Modern and Ancient Oceans
Graduate Program:: Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:: biogeochemistry
rare earth elements
paleoceanography
paleoclimate
carbonate chemistry
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Committee Members:: Miquela Ingalls, Major Field Member
Raymond Najjar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lee Kump, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Fantle, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair

1081. Numerical Simulations of High-Z Material Ablation in Transient Conditions

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Author:: Hagopian, Victoria
Title:: Numerical Simulations of High-Z Material Ablation in Transient Conditions
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Godiva IV
Electrothermal Plasma
Dusty Plasma
ETFLOW
ANSYS
HELIOS
Tungsten Alloys
Uranium Alloys
TZM
Fast Burst Reactor
Mass Loss Mitigation
File:: Download Hagopian_PhD_Dissertation_V4.9.pdf
Committee Members:: Marek Flaska, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Leigh Winfrey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marek Flaska, Major Field Member
Kenan Unlu, Major Field Member

1082. Automatic Recognition of Birdsong Syllables Using Ultra-Sparse Spike Sequence Representations

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Author:: Tavares, Leonardo Estevao
Title:: Automatic Recognition of Birdsong Syllables Using Ultra-Sparse Spike Sequence Representations
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: birdsong
songbird
speech
speech recognition
syllable recognition
spike code
sparse representation
neuronal reconstruction
soma
File:: Download LeonardoESTavares-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Collins, Major Field Member
Chad Hanna, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Dezhe Jin, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor

1083. Foresight at the Wright Brothers National Memorial: Technology, Memory, and the American Imagination

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Author:: Firgens, Benjamin Aaron
Title:: Foresight at the Wright Brothers National Memorial: Technology, Memory, and the American Imagination
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: Public Memory
Technology
Rhetoric
Social Imagination
Wright Brothers
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Committee Members:: Rosa Eberly, Major Field Member
Michele Kennerly, Major Field Member
Mary Stuckey, Major Field Member
Patrick Parsons, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Browne, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1084. EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES

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Author:: Fair, Ryan
Title:: EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Conjugated polymers
TEM
Persistence Length
Gel Permeation Chromatorgraphy
Light Scattering
GIWAXS
SANS
4D STEM
Organic Photovoltaic
Organic Field Effect Transistor
Organic Electronics
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Committee Members:: Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Pester, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit Member

1085. Understanding China’s International Aid to Education Through the Lens of Mutual Benefit in South-South Cooperation: A Study of China’s Educational Aid Programs

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Author:: Jiang, Xiaoying
Title:: Understanding China’s International Aid to Education Through the Lens of Mutual Benefit in South-South Cooperation: A Study of China’s Educational Aid Programs
Graduate Program:: Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (PHD)
Keywords:: international aid to education
South-South cooperation
mutual benefit
China
gift theory
adult education
working the planning table
international students
program planners
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Committee Members:: David Post, Outside Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Outside Unit Member
John Holst, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Cossa, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1086. Data-Driven Modeling For Analysis And Control Of Dynamical Systems

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Author:: Gueho, Damien
Title:: Data-Driven Modeling For Analysis And Control Of Dynamical Systems
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Koopman Operator
System Identification
Dynamical System
Subspace Method
Uncertainty Quantification
Bilinear System
Controlled Koopman Operator
Time-varying Dynamics
Reduced-order Model
File:: Download Gueho-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Melton, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Puneet Singla, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daning Huang, Major Field Member
Manoranjan Majji, Special Member
Vishal Monga, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

1087. Effects of behavior and arousal state on cortical hemodynamics, neurovascular coupling, and functional connectivity

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Author:: Turner, Kevin
Title:: Effects of behavior and arousal state on cortical hemodynamics, neurovascular coupling, and functional connectivity
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Neurovascular coupling
Sleep
Pupil
Electrophysiology
Mice
Functional Connectivity
Coherence
Blood flow
File:: Download Dissertation_KLTurner_v05.pdf
Committee Members:: Patrick Drew, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Alloway, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiao Liu, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

1088. Supporting claim-making in democratic deliberation through an information recommendation system

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Author:: Tian, Ye
Title:: Supporting claim-making in democratic deliberation through an information recommendation system
Graduate Program:: Informatics (PHD)
Keywords:: Information overload
recommendation systems
claim-making
democratic deliberation
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Committee Members:: Andrea Tapia, Major Field Member
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Guoray Cai, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Gastil, Outside Unit & Field Member

1089. Technology adoption by cacao farmers in San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander: the role of Cadmium regulations

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Author:: Gil Aguirre, Alejandro
Title:: Technology adoption by cacao farmers in San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander: the role of Cadmium regulations
Graduate Program:: Education, Development, and Community Engagement (PHD)
Keywords:: Rural Development
Adoption Research
Cadmium
Colombia
File:: Download Dissertation_Alejandro_Gil_-fv.pdf
Committee Members:: Claudia Schmidt, Co-Chair of Committee
Siela Maximova, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nicole Webster, Major Field Member
Suzanna Windon, Major Field Member
Mark Brennan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1090. Teacher Quality in Rural Schools Under ESSA: Inequities, Root Causes, and Proposed Solutions

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Author:: Peppetti, Melissa
Title:: Teacher Quality in Rural Schools Under ESSA: Inequities, Root Causes, and Proposed Solutions
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership (PHD)
Keywords:: rural
Teacher Quality
equity
ESSA
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Committee Members:: Maria Lewis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Eppley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kai Schafft, Major Field Member
Edward Fuller, Major Field Member
Gerald Letendre, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

1091. The Evolution of the Corporate University: Reasons for Continued Utilization, Operations During A Pandemic, and Connection to Talent Management

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Author:: Johnson-Vegas, Lori
Title:: The Evolution of the Corporate University: Reasons for Continued Utilization, Operations During A Pandemic, and Connection to Talent Management
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development (PHD)
Keywords:: Corporate University
Talent Management
Talent Development
Pandemic
COVID-19
Learning and Development
Human Captial
Qualitative Research
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Committee Members:: Wesley Donahue, Co-Chair of Committee
Mark Threeton, Major Field Member
Ashley Patterson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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