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Author:

Mokhtari, Kasra

Title:

Incorporating Social Information into An Autonomous Vehicle's Decision-Making Process and Control

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Autonomous Vehicles
Navigation
Pedestrians
Path Planning
Risk-Aware Decision-Making

File:

Download Dissertation_KasraMokhtari_Summer2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alan Wagner, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sean Brennan, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Farhat, Farshid

Title:

Comprehensive Photographic Composition Assistance through Meaningful Exemplars

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

image aesthetics
deep learning
image retrieval
recommender system

File:

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Committee Members:

James Wang, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Robert Collins, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Wang-Chien Lee, Member Added & Major Field Represnt
Jia Li, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Jesse Barlow, Chair & Major Field Represnt
Zihan Zhou, Member Added & Related Areas Represent
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shahri, Maryam

Title:

Sports fans public recycling: How mood and environmental credibility affect recycling on game day

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (PHD)

Keywords:

Public recycling behavior
Mood
Theory of Reasoned Action
Recycling attitudes
Recycling norms
Sports fans
Sports environmental programs
Sports fan engagement with recycling programs
Environmental credibility
Recycling attitude
Recycling norm
Sports Environmental Programs
Zero Waste
Recycling programs

File:

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Committee Members:

Johanna Slot, Outside Unit Member
Paul Heinemann, Major Field Member
Karen Gasper, Outside Field Member
Judd Michael, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Hanrath, Lily Savannah

Title:

Are Two Systems Better Than One?: How Interactions Between Police and CPS Workers Influence Outcomes in Child Maltreatment Cases

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

CPS
Police
Arrests
Substantiation
Child Abuse

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Anne Font, Committee Member
Eric Silver, Committee Member
Christian Michael Connell, Outside Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhou, Zhangjun

Title:

Educational Attainment and Late-life Health Trajectories: Evidence from Aging Cohorts in Developing Contexts

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

demography
health disparity
life course
comparative study

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Committee Members:

Steven Andrew Haas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David P Baker, Committee Member
Liying Luo, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Anantharaman, Anuradha

Title:

Organizational political ideology diversity and satisfaction: Election cycle as temporal context

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Political ideology diversity
organizational satisfaction
presidential elections
time-varying effect model

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Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Aparna Anand Joshi, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Holmes, Kathryn

Title:

Your Religion is Showing: Negotiating the Culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the Body

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Bodylore
Mormon Studies
Folklore
Gender

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Committee Members:

Simon Josef Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon Josef Bronner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Member
Christopher Hollenbeak, Outside Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lain, Korie Lee

Title:

A House Fit For the Dead: Gravehouses in the Cultural Landscape of the Upland South

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

gravehouse

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Committee Members:

Simon Josef Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon Josef Bronner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Member
Joseph James Cecere, Outside Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kennedy, Curry

Title:

Grace and Skill: Religion and Rhetorical Education in Early Modern England

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Rhetoric
Religion
Early Modern England
Rhetorical Education
Literacy Education
History of Religion
Reformation
Humanism
Renaissance

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Committee Members:

Debra Hawhee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stuart Selber, Committee Member
David Andrew Loewenstein, Committee Member
Claire Mary Louise Bourne, Committee Member
Michele Jean Kennerly, Outside Member
Debra Hawhee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Andrew Loewenstein, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Smith, Emily

Title:

Performing Histories: Archival Embodiment as Rhetorical Historiography

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

historiography
public memory
performance
rhetoric

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Committee Members:

Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Debra Hawhee, Committee Member
Stuart Selber, Committee Member
Pamela Ruth Vanhaitsma, Outside Member
David Loewenstein, Program Head/Chair