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Author:

Abuya, Benta A.

Title:

UNDERSTANDING OBSTACLES TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: PERSPECTIVES OF POOR, URBAN GIRLS FROM NAIROBI, KENYA

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Urban education
Secondary education
Social construction

File:

Download Abuya_Benta__Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Bunten, Bridget Anne Conlon

Title:

Voices of the Classroom Policymakers: Teachers Make Sense of an English-only Policy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

educational policy
English-only policy
teacher sensemaking
bilingual education

File:

Download 7_19_Final_BBunten.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Dr Youb Kim, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member

Author:

Canada, Brian Ashley

Title:

Augmentation of the Zebrafish Phenomic Landscape by Histological Analysis and Content-Based Image Retrieval

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

content-based image retrieval
zebrafish
histological analysis
phenotyping
phenomics

File:

Download BrianCanada-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Keith C Cheng, Committee Member
Kenneth Monrad Weiss, Committee Member
Joan Therese Richtsmeier, Committee Member
Webb Colby Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Houser, Beth Ann

Title:

Toxigenic Clostridium difficile in the Bovine Calf Gut: Association with Enteric Disease in Calves and Significance to Public Health

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

Clostridium difficile
epidemiology
public health
calf enteritis

File:

Download Houser_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bhushan M Jayarao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhushan M Jayarao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Committee Member
Gary H Perdew, Committee Member
Arthur Hattel, Committee Member
Arlyn Judson Heinrichs, Committee Member
David R Wolfgang, Committee Member
Jeanne Ann Lumadue, Committee Member

Author:

Neff, Brian

Title:

Frightening Masculinity: Gothic Affect and Antebellum Manhood

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

manhood
masculinity
american gothic
fear
gender

File:

Download Brian_Neff.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Dean Castiglia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Dean Castiglia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hester Maureen Blum, Committee Member
Sean X Goudie, Committee Member
Amy S Greenberg, Committee Member

Author:

Swartz, Brian D

Title:

Time-Dependent Analysis of Pretensioned Concrete Bridge Girders

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

prestressed concrete
time-dependent analysis
Loss of prestress
creep
shrinkage

File:

Download Thesis_Swartz.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Schokker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Linzell, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee Member

Author:

Cox, Bradley E.

Title:

Life Happens: How Non-College Life-Events Influence Racial Inequality in Four-Year Graduation Rates at Selective Colleges and Universities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Net Equity
College Graduation
Student Outcomes
Non-College Life-Events
Racial Equality
Pre-College Characteristics

File:

Download Cox_-_Dissertation_-_Final_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert D Reason, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert D Reason, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Member
Kimberly A Griffin, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Committee Member

Author:

Cooley, Benjamin Joseph

Title:

Growth, Structure, and Optical Characterization of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

diluted magnetic semiconductor
nanowire
semiconductor nanowire
nanowire growth

File:

Download BCooley-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Kenneth O Hara, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Evans, Brian

Title:

Nozzle Erosion Characterization and Minimization for High-Pressure Rocket Motor Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon/Carbon Composites
Erosion Mitigation
Solid Propellant
Nozzle Erosion
Graphite
Rocket Motor Simulator

File:

Download BE_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Klein, Brianna Joy

Title:

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEAL RNA POLYMERASE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

RNA-directed RNA synthesis by DNA-dependent aRNAP
Pyrococcus furiosus Spt4/5
Structure of Spt4/5 at 1.8 Å
Archaeal RNAP
Inhibited TECs With or Without TFS

File:

Download BjK_dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Katsuhiko Murakami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Biao He, Committee Member