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Author:: Sandoe, Kathryn Jeanne
Title:: Hungry for Justice: The Hunger Games and Developing an Activist Identity in Women Fans
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: adult education
informal learning
popular culture
fan activism
The Hunger Games
social justice
public pedagogy
convergence culture
poststructural feminism
social movements
fan studies
File:: Download Sandoe_2017_Dissertation_FINAL_w_Vita.pdf
Committee Members:: Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Committee Member
Holly Angelique, Committee Member
Peter J. Kareithi, Outside Member

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Author:: Huang, Yan
Title:: ATTITUDE STABILITY AND RESISTANCE: THE IMPACT OF NARRATIVES IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: Narrative Persuasion
Attitude Stability
Resistance
Narrative Engagement
Cancer Communication
Health Message
Memory Accessibility
File:: Download YanHuang_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Fuyuan Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Michael Schmierbach, Committee Member
Xiaoyue Maggie Niu, Outside Member

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Author:: Wang, Xingsheng
Title:: THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL SEGMENTATION ON SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION MODELING
Graduate Program:: Computer Science
Keywords:: safety performance functions
roadway segmentation
machine learning
Negative Binominal models
coordinate-descent approach
Weighted Absolute Percentage Error
clustering
generalizability of models
File:: Download XingshengWang_Master_Thesis_PSH_final2.pdf
Committee Members:: Jeremy Blum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thang N. Bui, Committee Member
Linda Null, Committee Member
Sukmoon Chang, Committee Member
Omar El Ariss, Committee Member
Hyuntae Na, Committee Member

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Author:: Bassett, Ryan M
Title:: A Typology of Religious Influence on Gustav Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony
Graduate Program:: Musicology
Keywords:: Gustav Mahler
Spirituality
Reform Judaism
Christianity
Gustav Theodor Fechner
The Second Symphony
The "Resurrection" Symphony
File:: Download Bassett_Thesis__Complete_.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles Youmans, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Carr, Committee Member
Marica Tacconi, Committee Member

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Author:: Giossi, Joseph Thomas
Title:: Regulation of Seasonal Changes in Gene Expression via Adiponectin Signaling in a Migratory Bird Species
Graduate Program:: Physiology
Keywords:: clock
adiponectin
biological clock
sparrow
migration
File:: Download Regulation_of_seasonal_changes_in_gene_expression_mediated_by_adiponectin_signaling_in_a_migratory_bird_species.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Bartell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Harvatine, Committee Member
Joshua Lambert, Committee Member
Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member

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Author:: Davis, Ethan B
Title:: EVALUATING AGRICULTURAL LAND USE PATTERNS IN RELATION TO FOOD SYSTEMS, BIOENERGY, AND CARBON MITIGATION
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Biofuels
bioenergy
transportation energy
food security
carbon sequestration
greenhouse gas emissions
food demand
cropland intensification
pasture intensification
electric vehicles
indirect land use change
File:: Download Thesis8417_FinalDraft.pdf
Committee Members:: Erica Smithwick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica Smithwick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dave Mortensen, Committee Member
Alan Taylor, Committee Member
Tom Richard, Outside Member

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Author:: Dufour, Catherine Simmons
Title:: The Nature of the Working Relationship between a College President and Board of Trustees: A Case Study
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: higher education
president
board of trustees
relationship
roles and responsibilities
trust
communcation and transparency
shared vision
File:: Download Dufour_Catherine_S_-_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Neal H. Hutchens, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neal H. Hutchens, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M. Mendrickson, Committee Member
Michael J. Dooris, Committee Member
Kathleen J. Bieschke, Outside Member

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Author:: Ponce De Leon Jara, Maria Alejandra
Title:: MEASURED AND DAYCENT- SIMULATED NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM SOIL PLANTED TO CORN IN DAIRY CROPPING SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: Nitrous oxide
DAYCENT
Dairy sistems
Crop residue
Manure injection
Random Forests
File:: Download Thesis_Ponce_de_Leon.pdf
Committee Members:: Heather Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis Dell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Rotz, Committee Member

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Author:: Le Berre, Samuel
Title:: REMOTE DETECTION OF CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT INTEGRATED IN A MULTI-SENSOR ROBOT FOR DRY STORAGE SAFETY ASSESSMENT
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: nuclear spent-fuel
stress corrosion cracking
laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
fiber delivery
double-pulse
chlorine detection
sodium surrogate
dry storage canister
File:: Download MasterThesis_SamuelLeBerre.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Motta, Committee Member
Michael Tonks, Committee Member
Igor Jovanovic, Committee Member

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Author:: Spires, James Michael
Title:: MODEL FOLLOWING AND HIGH ORDER AUGMENTATION FOR ROTORCRAFT CONTROL, APPLIED VIA PARTIAL AUTHORITY
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: rotorcraft control
model following control
dynamic decoupling
explicit model following
H2
Hinf
dynamic inversion
nonlinear dynamic inversion
handling qualities
partial authority control
feed forward
turbulence rejection
piggyback compensation
File:: Download SpiresDissertation-postDefense.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Jacob Langelaan, Committee Member
Chris Rahn, Outside Member

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