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Author:

Zaharchuk, Holly

Title:

Cross-language transfer in voice onset time: A window into perceptual adaptation in brain and behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

psycholinguistics
adaptation
accent
EEG
ERP

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Committee Members:

Michele Diaz, Major Field Member
Janet van Hell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Navin Viswanathan, Outside Field Member
Matthew Carlson, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Johnson, Anne

Title:

Effects of toxin sequestration in spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) on predator-prey interactions in North America

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Spotted lanternfly
Predation
Toxin sequestration
Quassinoids
Lycorma delicatula
Invasive species

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Kelli Hoover, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fang Zhu, Major Field Member
Allison Cornell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sara Hermann, Major Field Member

Author:

Dinc, Emre

Title:

Prospective Teachers’ Reasoning While Pair Programming Geometric Patterns

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

mathematical reasoning
block-based programming
algebraic thinking
prospective teachers
cognitive mechanisms
constructionism
instrumental sociogenesis
pattern generalization
visual cues
rule generation
pair programming
geometric patterns
dynamic objects
pattern recognition
visualization
colalboration
recursive reasoning

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Committee Members:

Susan Land, Program Head/Chair
Susan Land, Major Field Member
Xiangquan Yao, Outside Unit Member
Rose Zbiek, Outside Field Member
ChanMin Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Pohlman, Max

Title:

The Economic Benefits of Forested Riparian Buffers: An Empirical Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)

Keywords:

Nonmarket valuation
Water quality
Non-point source pollution
Recreation Demand
Best Management Practices

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Committee Members:

Katherine Zipp, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Brent, Major Field Member
Martina Vecchi, Outside Field Member
Katherine Zipp, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Kreye, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Le Blanc, David

Title:

The Romantic Bower

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Romanticism
Poetry
Poetics
Anthropocene
Pastoral
Bower
Edmund Spenser
Mary Robinson
John Clare
Felicia Hemans
Charlotte Smith
The Faerie Queene
Post Humanism
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Timothy Morton
Manuel Arias-Maldonado
Heather Sullivan
Jacques Khalip
Andreas Malm
Anahid Nersessian

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Committee Members:

Claire Colebrook, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shara McCallum, Major Field Member
Daniel Purdy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hester Blum, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Capunaman, Ozguc

Title:

Towards Co-creation: Exploring Modalities of Vision-augmented Robotic Fabrication for Automation and Beyond

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Computer Vision
Robotic Fabrication
Additive Manufacturing
Digital Twin
3D Scanning
Conformal 3D Printing

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Committee Members:

Frank Jacobus, Program Head/Chair
Jose Pinto Duarte, Major Field Member
Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chris McComb, Special Member
Loukas Kalisperis, Major Field Member
Onur Yuce Gun, Special Member
Katie Fitzsimons, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Hagrass, Omar

Title:

Minimax Optimal Spectral Regularized Kernel Hypothesis Tests

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

maximum mean discrepancy
Two-sample test
reproducing kernel Hilbert space
reproducing kernel Hilbert space
covariance operator
U-statistic
Bernstein’s inequality
minimax separation
permutation test
spectral regularization
Goodness-of-fit test
kernel Stein discrepancy
adaptivity
adaptivity
wild bootstrap

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yanyuan Ma, Major Field Member
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Necdet Aybat, Outside Unit & Field Member
Krishnakumar Balasubramanian, Special Member
Zoltan Szabo, Special Member

Author:

Qiu, Xixin

Title:

A Concept- and Corpus-Based Instruction to Promote Effective Communication in Disciplinary Research Writing: Development of Sentence-Level Linguistic Knowledge in ESL/EFL Graduate Students

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

concept-based language instruction
data-driven learning
engineering writing
L2 writing pedagogy
multilingual graduate students
subordination

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Committee Members:

Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Meredith Doran, Major Field Member
Catherine Berdanier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin McManus, Major Field Member
Xiaofei Lu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Rojas Echeverri, Manuel

Title:

Essays on Non-Linear Pricing

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Water demand
nonlinear pricing
developing countries
Non-Linear Pricing
Developing Countries
Distributional Effects

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Committee Members:

Marc Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Karl Schurter, Major Field Member
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joris Pinkse, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Gechter, Major Field Member

Author:

Gezeroglu, Munire

Title:

Queering Video Gameplay as a Critical and Affective Praxis in Art Education

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

Agential Realism
Art Education
Posthuman
Queering
Video Gameplay
Visual/Digital Culture

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Committee Members:

Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair
Aaron Knochel, Major Field Member
Joseph Valente, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Wanda Knight, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Major Field Member

Author:

Yu, Jingyi

Title:

Deciphering the Interplay between Structure, Mechanics, and Growth Dynamics of Primary Cell Walls

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Primary cell walls
Mechanics
Growth
Structure-function analysis

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Outside Field Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Cosgrove, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Anderson, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Young, Haley

Title:

Design, Synthesis, and Modification of Inorganic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticles
synthesis
metal chalcogenide
post-synthetic modification
cation exchange

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Olson, Anneke

Title:

Caregiver-Child Communication Following Child Maltreatment: A Dynamic Systems Approach

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Child maltreatment
Emotion Regulation
Caregiver-Child Relationships
Dynamic Systems

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Committee Members:

Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Jennie Noll, Major Field Member
Chad Shenk, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sy-Miin Chow, Major Field Member
Sunny Bai, Major Field Member
Martha Wadsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Mc Laughlin, Chloee

Title:

Local adaptation of crop landraces

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

local adaptation
crop landraces
genotype-environment associations

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Committee Members:

Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
Liana Burghardt, Outside Field Member
Ruairidh Sawers, Major Field Member
Estelle Couradeau, Outside Unit Member
Jesse Lasky, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Mainou, Ellie

Title:

HIV within-host modeling of viral invasion and re-invasion: hypotheses into immune responses

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

HIV cure
Viral rebound
pediatric HIV
mathematical modeling
Acute HIV infection
Nonlinear Mixed Effects Modeling
Model Selection
Immune responses
Latent reservoir
Ensemble modeling

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair
Ephraim Hanks, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ottar Bjornstad, Chair of Committee
Jessica Conway, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Maciej Boni, Major Field Member
Cliburn Chan, Special Member

Author:

Ren, Yongwang

Title:

Three Essays on Flood Risk and FEMA’s Community Rating System

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)

Keywords:

flood risk community rating system
flood insurance
property market
flood risk
community rating system
flood insurance
property market

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Committee Members:

Katherine Zipp, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Brent, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Field Member
Douglas Wrenn, Major Field Member
Xun Cao, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Zeller Zigaitis, Wendy

Title:

Geospatial Sensemaking in Protected Areas to Understand Wildlife Poaching Patterns

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

geospatial synthesis
sensemaking
protected areas
wildlife poaching

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Committee Members:

Anthony Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erica Smithwick, Major Field Member
Jan A. Venter, Special Member
Roger Downs, Major Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Guoray Cai, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Huxford, Rachael

Title:

Towards Exclusive Low-Latency Detection of Gravitational Waves and the Inference of Neutron Star Equation of State with Next Generation Detection Networks

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

gravitational waves
astrophysics
equation of state

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
David Radice, Major Field Member
Donghui Jeong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Chad Hanna, Dissertation Co-Advisor

Author:

Flores, Ashley

Title:

Diet Quality and Nutritional Status Variability Predictors for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Cognitive Decline among Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Diet
Diet Quality
Body Composition
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Waist Circumference
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Parkinson's disease
Dementia
Cognitive Decline
Older Adults
Aging

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Committee Members:

Meg Bruening, Program Head/Chair
Gregory Shearer, Major Field Member
Marty Sliwinski, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiang Gao, Special Member
Muzi Na, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristina Petersen, Major Field Member

Author:

Custer, Chris

Title:

Predicting the abundance and distribution of freshwater fishes under global change

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Species distribution models
spatial dependencies
species dependencies
climate change

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Tyler Wagner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Outside Field Member
Jason Keagy, Major Field Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Park, Seongjun

Title:

Human exposure to airborne pathogens and secondary contaminants associated with germicidal UV lights disinfection

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Indoor air quality
airborne transmission
UVGI
secondary organic aerosols
ventilation
ozone
photochemistry

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Committee Members:

Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bill Sitzabee, Outside Unit Member
Yuan Xuan, Outside Field Member
Donghyun Rim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Mistrick, Major Field Member

Author:

Tran, Tran

Title:

Facilitating Access and Advancing Analytical Methodology for Confidential Data via Differentially Private Quantile Regression

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

differential privacy
quantile regression

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sarah Rajtmajer, Outside Unit & Field Member
hyebin song, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Mahmoud, Dina

Title:

Reading Literatism and (Il)Literacies across The Sudanese and Lebanese Civil Conflicts

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

(il)literacies
Witnessing
Reading
inṣāt
Literatism
empathy
fu’ād

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Committee Members:

Thomas Beebee, Major Field Member
Charlotte Eubanks, Program Head/Chair
Charlotte Eubanks, Co-Chair of Committee
Michael Allan, Special Member
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Wanda Knight, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Charles, Tembi

Title:

The Phenomenology of Migration: Humanizing Makwerekwere in Southern African Migration Literature and Visual Art

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

Makwerekwere
Migration
Diaspora
Zimbabwe
Sound Studies
Embodiment
African Studies
Phenomenology

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Committee Members:

Rosemary Jolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Emmanuel Jean-Francois, Outside Unit Member
Maha Marouan, Outside Field Member
Charlotte Eubanks, Major Field Member
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Major Field Member
Charlotte Eubanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kuno, Kan

Title:

Essays on Empirical Market Design

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

market design
industrial organization
school choice
bargaining
search
childcare
online marketplace

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Committee Members:

Marc Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ran Shorrer, Major Field Member
Karl Schurter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Grieco, Major Field Member
Chloe Tergiman, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Richardson, Paul

Title:

Essays on the Role of Audit Partners in the Capital Markets

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Audit Partners
Information Intermediaries
Auditing

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Committee Members:

Samuel Bonsall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Hills, Major Field Member
Jed Neilson, Major Field Member
Peter Iliev, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Aobdia, Major Field Member

Author:

Gosalia, Jigar

Title:

Neurocognitive Decline in Metabolic Syndrome: Cerebrovascular Mechanisms and the Therapeutic Potential of Beetroot Juice

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Neurocognitive
Metabolic syndrome
nitrate supplementation

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew Gardner, Outside Unit Member
Jim Pawelczyk, Major Field Member
Nancy Dennis, Outside Field Member
David Proctor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Godzieba, Daniel

Title:

Numerical Studies in Lattice QCD

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

physics
particle physics
computational physics
qcd
lattice qcd
thermodynamics
quantum field theory
phase transitions

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Shandera, Major Field Member
Anna Stasto, Major Field Member
Hyungsuk Tak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zoltan Fodor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Bao, Shashan

Title:

The Lonely Leader: How Organizational Power Distance and Need to Belong Shape Leader Loneliness

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

Leader loneliness
Power distance
Social closeness
Need to belong

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Committee Members:

Donna Quadri-Felitti, Program Head/Chair
Heyao Yu, Major Field Member
Phillip Jolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Tews, Major Field Member
Alicia Grandey, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Lakomy, Margaret

Title:

Construction of Carbo- and Heterocycles Through Alkene Difunctionalization

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Catalysis
cyclization
heterocycles

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Ramesh Giri, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Nacsa, Major Field Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Program Head/Chair
Emily Weinert, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Kraus, Adam

Title:

Multiscale Methods Development for Nuclear Fuel Rod Bundle Analysis: Integrating High-fidelity Simulations with Domain Knowledge

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Multiscale
Rod Bundles
Direct Numerical Simulation
Subchannel

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Committee Members:

Jon Schwantes, Program Head/Chair
Fan-Bill Cheung, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elia Merzari, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saya Lee, Major Field Member
Xing Wang, Major Field Member

Author:

Frank, Mark Allen

Title:

Cellulose Biosynthesis from a Product and Machinery Perspective

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Cellulose
Cellulose Synthase
Cellulose Microfibril
Electron Tomography
Mutagenesis
Physcomitrium patens

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Committee Members:

William Hancock, Outside Field Member
Matthew Swulius, Outside Unit Member
Manish Kumar, Special Member
B Nixon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joyce Jose, Major Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Program Head/Chair
Jean-Paul Armache, Major Field Member

Author:

Merseal, Hannah

Title:

Examining Executive and Associative Contributions to Bilingual Creativity: A Neurocognitive Networks Approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

creativity
bilingualism
network science
semantic memory
executive control
fMRI

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Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Roger Beaty, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janet van Hell, Major Field Member
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Nieves-Miranda, Sharon

Title:

ADVANCES IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION OF NEW O ANTIGEN GENE CLUSTERS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI AND CAS9 CRISPR CLONING OF O ANTIGEN GENE CLUSTERS

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

O antigen
O antigen Gene Cluster
Escherichia coli
Antibiotic Resistance
Virulence
Nomencla-ture
Nomenclature
Multiplex PCR
wzx/wzy
wzm/wzt
CIRSPR Cas9
Cloning

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Jasna Kovac, Major Field Member
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nkuchia Mikanatha, Special Member
Edward Dudley, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Josephine Wee, Major Field Member

Author:

Berglund, Kallan Llan

Title:

Quantum-Corrected Black Holes: Constructing and Investigating Modified Black Hole Models with Quantum Corrections and Exploring Avenues for Testable Predictions

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Quantum gravity
black hole
canonical gravity
quantum correction
modified gravitiy
superposition
gravity
gravitational physics
gravitational waves
quasinormal modes
quantum switch
Physics education research
PEI
Equity
Diversity
Inclusion
Advocacy
mental health
resources
advice
mentorship
outreach
science communication
EDI

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Committee Members:

Ping Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Major Field Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Major Field Member
Martin Bojowald, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Olanrewaju, Sherif

Title:

Understanding Transition Experiences of Internationally Educated Nurses Working with Older Adults in Long-Term Care: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs)
Older Adults
Long-Term Care (LTC)
Transitioning

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Susan Loeb, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Susan Loeb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marie Boltz, Major Field Member
Ying-Ling Jao, Major Field Member
Manuel Rosaldo, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Palacio Betancur, Alejandro

Title:

Design and control of smart structural systems under multiple hazards

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Smart Structures
Real-time Hybrid Simulation
Cyberattacks
Semi-active control
Diagrid structures
Reconfigurable system

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Committee Members:

Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jared Butler, Outside Field Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Vishal Monga, Outside Unit Member
Gaston Fermandois, Special Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zargar, Seyed Hossein

Title:

Incorporating Robotic Constructability in Computational Design Optimization

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Autonomous construction
Robotic constructability assessment
Multi-objective optimization
Design space exploration
Data-driven design
Surrogate modelling

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Committee Members:

Rob Leicht, Major Field Member
Nathan Brown, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Pinto Duarte, Outside Field Member
Alan Wagner, Outside Unit Member
Caitlin Mueller, Special Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Arnous, Ferris

Title:

Exploration of Multi-Domain Data Fusion and Deep Learning Algorithms for Radar Imagery Classification

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Biologically Inspired
Sensor Data Fusion
Radar Imagery
Image Classification
Machine Learning

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Michael Lanagan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Soundar Kumara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Major Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Peco, Major Field Member
Tim Kane, Outside Field Member

Author:

Ahmadi, Azadeh

Title:

Cultivating growth in transgender and gender-diverse client work: The mediating roles of self-compassion and minority stress in the relationship between counselor factors and posttraumatic growth

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

counselor factors
cultural humility
transgender and gender-diverse clients
posttraumatic growth
minority stress
self-compassion.

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Elizabeth Prosek, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amber O'Shea, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Prosek, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Belland, Minor & Outside Field Member
Kamaria Porter, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Zhang, Pengxiang

Title:

Assessing and Enhancing Road Safety: Comparative Methods for Traffic Intervention Efficacy

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Safety Performance Functions
Adaptive Traffic Signal Control
Crash Modification Factor
Empirical Bayes
Propensity Scores Potential Outcomes
Negative Binomial Regression
Propensity Score Potential Outcomes
Adaptive Traffic Signal Contral
High Friction Surface Treatment
High Tention Cable Median Barriers
Binary Logit Model
Safety Analysis
Traffic Safety

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Committee Members:

Andisheh Ranjbari, Major Field Member
Eric Donnell, Major Field Member
hyebin song, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xie, Xin

Title:

Exploring Chinese American Immigrant Children's Musical Cultures and Musical Identities: A Multiple Case Study

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

Music Identity
Chinese American Immigrant Children
Children Music Culture
Music Engagement

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Committee Members:

Charles Youmans, Outside Field Member
Linda Thornton, Chair of Committee
Allison Henward, Outside Unit Member
Sarah Watts, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ann Marie Stanley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

O'Shaughnessy, Meaghan

Title:

Bereaved Adults’ Experiences Through the American Counseling Process Following the Death of a Loved One: A Phenomenological Study

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

grief counseling
American death avoidance
death competence
training counselors
grief illiteracy
grief and loss

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Committee Members:

P Murphy, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Prosek, Major Field Member
Mari Haneda, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Herbert, Major Field Member
Deirdre O'Sullivan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lin, Tzu Hsing

Title:

Understanding Error Patterns in Integer Operations for Students with and without Specific Learning Disabilities: A Descriptive Analysis

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

integers
integer addition
integer subtraction
error pattern
specific learning disabilities

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Committee Members:

David Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Paul Riccomini, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Lee, Major Field Member
Xiangquan Yao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hughes, Major Field Member

Author:

Gerthe, Jessica

Title:

Suicide Gatekeeper Trainings: A Content Analysis

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

suicide
gatekeeper training
suicide prevention
suicide intervention
content analysis
suicide gatekeeper

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Prosek, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kenneth Levy, Outside Unit Member
Brian Belland, Outside Field Member
Elizabeth Prosek, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristen Nadermann, Major Field Member

Author:

Level, Rachel

Title:

Maternal anger in the perinatal period

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Pregnancy
Anger
Perinatal
Women's Health
Smoking

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Committee Members:

Jenae Neiderhiser, Major Field Member
Rina Eiden, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Wadsworth, Major Field Member
Danielle Downs, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ginger Moore, Co-Chair of Committee
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wise, Shane

Title:

Look Out! Examining Children's Immediate Neural Responses to Threat Stimuli

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Electroencephalogram
diffusion model
anxiety
ADHD

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Committee Members:

Koraly Perez-Edgar, Major Field Member
Carol Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cynthia Huang-Pollock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Arnett, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Delgado, Jocelyn

Title:

A nutraceutical timing hypothesis: Does supplementation with nitrate-rich beetroot juice provide vascular protection across postmenopausal stages?

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

Menopause
Endothelium
Dietary Nitrate
Vascular
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Nitric Oxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory Shearer, Program Head/Chair
Joshua Kellogg, Outside Unit Member
Mary Jane De Souza, Major Field Member
David Proctor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristina Petersen, Outside Field Member

Author:

Tybush, Brooke

Title:

Femmes Galantes, Femmes Savantes: Literary Expressions of Women's Sexuality and Mentorship in the Long Eighteenth Century

Graduate Program:

French and Francophone Studies (PhD)

Keywords:

French
Francophone
Gender
Sexuality
Race
Eighteenth Century
Literature

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Boittin, Major Field Member
Benedicte Monicat, Major Field Member
Jennifer Wagner Lawlor, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tracy Rutler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary McAlpin, Special Member
Adlai Murdoch, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ho, Leslie

Title:

The Changing Developmental Significance of Relational Aggression: Prescshool Vs. Preadolescence

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

relational aggression
preschool relational aggression
developmental trajectory of relational aggression
social dominance theory
resource control theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Bierman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erika Lunkenheimer, Major Field Member
Martha Wadsworth, Major Field Member
Janet Welsh, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair