Daniel Chapin Beaver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Tobias Heinrich Albert Brinkmann, Committee Member Greg Eghigian, Committee Member Patrick G Cheney, Outside Member Michael Edward Kulikowski, Program Head/Chair Daniel Chapin Beaver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor