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Author:

Yocum, Rebeka

Title:

Socialization of Safety: An Investigation into the Impact Socioeconomic Factors Have on Crash Frequency, Severity, Risk, and Cost in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

transportation safety
crash frequency
crash severity
crash risk
crash cost
statistical analysis
socioeconomics

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Committee Members:

Eric Donnell, Major Field Member
S. Ilgin Guler, Major Field Member
John Hughes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rathbun, Molly

Title:

Herpes simplex virus 1 ecology and evolution in natural infections

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Herpes simplex virus type 1
genital herpes
virus genomics
transmission
host20 pathogen evolution
oligonucleotide enrichment
within-host diversity
virus transmission
host-pathogen evolution
neurovirulence
comparative transcriptomics
virus evolution

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Committee Members:

Moriah Szpara, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shaun Mahony, Major Field Member
Kateryna Makova, Outside Field Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Outside Unit Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair
Timothy Miyashiro, Major Field Member

Author:

Abrams, Alyssa

Title:

Comparing Heavy Episodic Drinking and High-Intensity Drinking: Effects on Academic Achievement Across Adolescence

Graduate Program:

School Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

alcohol
adolescence
heavy episodic drinking
high-intensity drinking
time varying effect model
academic achievement
time-varying effect model

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Committee Members:

Cristin Hall, Major Field Member
Jennifer Frank, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Turrisi, Outside Unit Member
Elizabeth Hughes, Outside Field Member
Ashley Linden-Carmichael, Outside Field Member
James Diperna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alharbi, Omar

Title:

INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF OCEANIC WAVES ON LASER PROPAGATION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Optical Propagation
FSO
Ocean Waves
Underwater Wireless Optical Communication
IoT
IoUT
Air-Water-Interface

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Committee Members:

Tim Kane, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Major Field Member
John Doherty, Major Field Member
Diane Henderson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

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:

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