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1001. Teaching Assistant Pedagogical Development: Evolution, Biological Change over Time, and Concept Based Instruction

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Open Access
Author:
King, Seth Lawrence
Title:
Teaching Assistant Pedagogical Development: Evolution, Biological Change over Time, and Concept Based Instruction
Graduate Program:
Applied Linguistics
Keywords:
Sociocultural Theory
Vygotsky
Science education
Teacher education
Concept Based Instruction
Applied Linguistics
Teaching Assistants
File:
Download Final_draft_King_Dissertation_4.pdf
Committee Members:
James Lantolf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Lantolf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Richard Alan Duschl, Outside Member

1002. PREDICTING AND IMPROVING MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER PARTS PRODUCED BY MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

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Open Access
Author:
Bartolai, Joseph
Title:
PREDICTING AND IMPROVING MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER PARTS PRODUCED BY MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
Thermoplastic Polymer
Material Extrusion
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Bartolai_-_revFINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy William Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Outside Member

1003. CULTURE, CAPITAL, AND COMMUNITY CHANGE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM IN SANTIAGO ATITLÁN, GUATEMALA

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Open Access
Author:
Harbor, Lucy Caroline
Title:
CULTURE, CAPITAL, AND COMMUNITY CHANGE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM IN SANTIAGO ATITLÁN, GUATEMALA
Graduate Program:
Recreation and Parks
Keywords:
tourism
ethnography
Guatemala
Lake Atitlan
community capital
globalization
development
File:
Download HarborThesisPSU.pdf
Committee Members:
Carter A Hunt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Peter Renton Allison, Committee Member

1004. Coordinated Supplier Selection, Inventory Replenishment, and Pricing Decisions in Supply Chain Management

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Open Access
Author:
Duan, Lisha
Title:
Coordinated Supplier Selection, Inventory Replenishment, and Pricing Decisions in Supply Chain Management
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Supply chain management
Supplier selection
Integrated inventory planning
Length of time period
Price-sensitive demand
Logit demand function
Decentralized supply chain
Game theory
File:
Download Disseration_Lisha_Duan.pdf
Committee Members:
José A. Ventura, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
José A. Ventura, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Huanan Zhang, Committee Member
Saurabh Bansal, Outside Member

1007. Evaluating a Behavioral Health Integration Pilot in Primary Care Clinics Using Mixed Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Pitcavage, James Matthew
Title:
Evaluating a Behavioral Health Integration Pilot in Primary Care Clinics Using Mixed Methods
Graduate Program:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
Behavioral health
care integration
File:
Download Pitcavage_dissertation_fim.pdf
Committee Members:
Caprice Knapp, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caprice Knapp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Raymond Moran Jr., Committee Member
Christopher Samuel Hollenbeak, Committee Member
Douglas L Leslie, Outside Member
Joel E Segel, Committee Member
Sharon L Larson, Special Member

1009. DESIGN STABLE SOLID-ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE FOR ANODES IN RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES

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Open Access
Author:
Gao, Yue
Title:
DESIGN STABLE SOLID-ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE FOR ANODES IN RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Rechargeable batteries
Electrochemical interface
Solid-electrolyte interphase
File:
Download Dissertation_Yue_Gao.pdf
Committee Members:
Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

1010. Numerical Simulations of Productivity and Anoxia in the Western Interior Seaway During Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (93.9 Ma)

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Open Access
Author:
Clark, Brandon
Title:
Numerical Simulations of Productivity and Anoxia in the Western Interior Seaway During Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (93.9 Ma)
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
OAE2
Western Interior Sea
ROMS
Anoxia
File:
Download BLC_MS_FINAL_NOV_12_2018.pdf
Committee Members:
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernd Haupt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member

1012. Perspectives and Experiences of Parents of Children with Communication Needs in Early Intervention

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Open Access
Author:
Richardson, Laura
Title:
Perspectives and Experiences of Parents of Children with Communication Needs in Early Intervention
Graduate Program:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
augmentative and alternative communication
early intervention
family-centered practice
File:
Download RichardsonDissertation_Submitted2.pdf
Committee Members:
Kathryn D R Drager, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
Diane L Williams, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member

1013. LOW POWER, SECURE AND ROBUST DESIGNS OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES

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Open Access
Author:
Motaman, Seyedhamidreza
Title:
LOW POWER, SECURE AND ROBUST DESIGNS OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
STTRAM
Sense Margin
MTJ
Slope Sensing
Process Variation
Voltage Boosting
Voltage Feedback
Self-Reference
Destructive Sensing
Domain wall memory
shift power
cache segregation
dynamic shift current modulation
dynamic write current modulation
cross-layer design
synergistic systems
Dynamic shift current modulation
Dynamic write current modulation
Variation tolerant design
Resistive RAM
computing in memory
Crossbar Array.
Data security
magnetic attack
cache bypass
checkpointing.
File:
Download Dissertation_v13_f1.pdf
Committee Members:
Swaroop Ghosh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swaroop Ghosh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member

1014. Multiple Document Question Instruction: Promoting Multiple Document Thinking through Inquiry

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Open Access
Author:
Cameron, Chelsea
Title:
Multiple Document Question Instruction: Promoting Multiple Document Thinking through Inquiry
Graduate Program:
Educational Psychology
Keywords:
Multiple Document Learning
Reading Comprehension
Strategy
Self-Questioning
Strategy Instruction
Inquiry
History Instruction
File:
Download Cameron__Dissertation_Final_2.pdf
Committee Members:
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
Crystal Marie Ramsay, Committee Member
Michael James Milligan, Outside Member

1016. #BLACK LIVES MATTER - INVESTIGATING LITERACY ENGAGEMENTS OF BLACK ADOLESCENT MALES IN AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL: CASE STUDIES OF FOUR YOUTH IN TWO SPACES

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Author:
Simmons, Corey L
Title:
#BLACK LIVES MATTER - INVESTIGATING LITERACY ENGAGEMENTS OF BLACK ADOLESCENT MALES IN AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL: CASE STUDIES OF FOUR YOUTH IN TWO SPACES
Graduate Program:
Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:
LITERACY
File:
Download Corey_L_Simmons__Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeanine M Staples, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanine M Staples, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Ashley Nichol Patterson, Committee Member
Darryl Thomas, Outside Member

1017. Hidden in Plain Sight: A Philosophical Examination of the Invisibility of Black Women in Analyses of State Violence

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Author:
Mensah, Shaeeda
Title:
Hidden in Plain Sight: A Philosophical Examination of the Invisibility of Black Women in Analyses of State Violence
Graduate Program:
Philosophy
Keywords:
State violence
philosophy of punishment
feminism
racism
mass incarceration
police brutality
black women
File:
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Committee Members:
Sarah Clark Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Sophia Belle, Committee Member
Amy Rebekah Allen, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Outside Member

1018. Tracing the environmental and human health impacts of oil and gas development

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Open Access
Author:
Tasker, Travis Lindsay
Title:
Tracing the environmental and human health impacts of oil and gas development
Graduate Program:
Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
hydraulic fracturing
Marcellus Shale
Utica Shale
TENORM
Oil and gas
isotopes
File:
Download Tasker_Dissertation_2018.pdf
Committee Members:
William D Burgos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Franklin Lewis Dorman Jr., Committee Member
Matthew S Fantle, Outside Member

1019. Rigidity for abelian actions with rank 1 factors

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Open Access
Author:
Rudenko, Oleg
Title:
Rigidity for abelian actions with rank 1 factors
Graduate Program:
Mathematics
Keywords:
dynamical systems
rank 1 factors
abelian actions
rigidity
File:
Download Rudenko-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Boris V Kalinin, Committee Member
Zhiren Wang, Committee Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Outside Member

1020. E.T.C. Phone Home: Perspectives of Evidence-Based Practices in an After School Program

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Open Access
Author:
Root, David Timothy
Title:
E.T.C. Phone Home: Perspectives of Evidence-Based Practices in an After School Program
Graduate Program:
Criminal Justice
Keywords:
Juvenile Delinquency
Evidence-Based Practices
After-School Program
Behavior Modification
Qualitative Research
File:
Download Root_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip Richard Kavanaugh Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Lee, Committee Member
Eileen Michelle Ahlin, Committee Member

1021. An ecological lens on the emergence of plant pathogencity: comparative studies of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum

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Open Access
Author:
Tesdall, Genna
Title:
An ecological lens on the emergence of plant pathogencity: comparative studies of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum
Graduate Program:
Plant Pathology
Keywords:
Fusarium oxysporum
Banana
International agriculture
Plant pathology
microbial ecology
soil-borne plant pathogens
fungal evolution
pathogen evolution
File:
Download Master_Thesis_27November2018.pdf
Committee Members:
Maria del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Melanie Joy Miller Foster, Committee Member

1022. Information Theoretic Security Guarantees against More Capable Adversaries

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Open Access
Author:
Nafea, Mohamed Saeed
Title:
Information Theoretic Security Guarantees against More Capable Adversaries
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Information theoretic security
Wiretap channel
MIMO wiretap channel
Secure degrees of freedom
Interference alignment
Cooperative jamming
Adversarial resource advantage
Wiretap Channel II
Strong secrecy
Concentration of measures
Designed adversarial attacks
Chosen ciphertext attack
Coded caching
Secure coded caching
Cache tapping
Generalized wiretap model
Generalized multi-terminal wiretap models
Type II adversaries
File:
Download MNafea_dissertation-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Aylin Yener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aylin Yener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Jonathan Miller, Committee Member
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Committee Member
Jan Severin Reimann, Outside Member

1023. Central Park in Film: Architecture as the Structure of Desire

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Open Access
Author:
Tehrani, Sadra
Title:
Central Park in Film: Architecture as the Structure of Desire
Graduate Program:
Architecture
Keywords:
Architecture
Central Park
Landscape
Film
Cinema
movies
design
Olmsted
New York
Desire
File:
Download Sadra_Tehrani_-_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mehrdad Hadighi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reggie Aviles, Committee Member
Kevin J Hagopian, Committee Member
Donald Kunze, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

1024. KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: MEASURING ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP WITH SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSES OF SCHOLARLY JOURNAL CITATIONS IN PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION AND RELATED FIELDS

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Open Access
Author:
McGuigan, Glenn Steele
Title:
KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: MEASURING ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP WITH SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSES OF SCHOLARLY JOURNAL CITATIONS IN PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION AND RELATED FIELDS
Graduate Program:
Public Administration
Keywords:
Social network analysis
Public Administration
Scholarly Publishing
Citation Analysis
Prestige
File:
Download Dissertation_McGuigan_Final_Revision__11_14_18B.pdf
Committee Members:
Goktug Morcol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Goktug Morcol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bing Ran, Committee Member
Steven Peterson, Committee Member
Rhoda Joseph, Outside Member

1025. Tensions in International Higher Education: Sense Making, Decision Making, and Organizational Culture

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Open Access
Author:
Brinker, Suzan
Title:
Tensions in International Higher Education: Sense Making, Decision Making, and Organizational Culture
Graduate Program:
Higher Education
Keywords:
Qualitative Research
Higher Education
International Higher Education
Ethnography
Organizational Culture
Sense Making
Decision Making
File:
Download Brinker_FinalDissertation_Fall2018.pdf
Committee Members:
John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Kyle Peck, Outside Member

1026. Ventilated Supercavity Physics

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Author:
Hansford, Samuel E
Title:
Ventilated Supercavity Physics
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Supercavitation
File:

No files available due to restrictions.

Committee Members:
Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rhett William Jefferies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy A Brungart, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Outside Member

1027. MECHANISTIC STUDY OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND NEUROD1-MEDIATED IN VIVO CELL CONVERSION

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Author:
Wang, Yue
Title:
MECHANISTIC STUDY OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND NEUROD1-MEDIATED IN VIVO CELL CONVERSION
Graduate Program:
Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
Alzheimer's disease
NeuroD1
Cell conversion
Beneficial effect
GAD67
Haploinsufficiency
Small molecule cocktail
Therapy
In vivo
File:

No files available due to restrictions.

Committee Members:
Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Cavener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member
Yingwei Mao, Outside Member

1028. Puja at the Crossroads: A Transnational Ethnography of Hindu Festivals in the United States

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Author:
Mitra, Semontee
Title:
Puja at the Crossroads: A Transnational Ethnography of Hindu Festivals in the United States
Graduate Program:
American Studies
Keywords:
South Asian Indians
Diaspora
Hindu Religion
Religious Festivals
Women
Goddesses
Durga Puja
Diwali
Kali Puja
Navratri
Folk Traditions
Indian Americans
Commercialization of Religion
File:
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Committee Members:
Simon J. Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon J. Bronner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Member
Triparna B Vasavada, Outside Member

1029. HIGH PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF CRYSTALLINE DOPED ZNSE OPTICAL FIBERS

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Author:
Coco, Michael G
Title:
HIGH PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF CRYSTALLINE DOPED ZNSE OPTICAL FIBERS
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
FeZnSe
mid-infrared
optical fiber laser
CrZnSe
high pressure
chemical vapor deposition
ZnSSe
File:

No files available due to restrictions.

Committee Members:
John V. Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V. Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E. Mallouk, Committee Member
Miriam A. Freedman, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

1030. PHYLOTRANSCRIPTOMICS, TAXONOMY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE CARIBBEAN-ENDEMIC MISTLETOES DENDROPEMON (LORANTHACEAE)

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Author:
Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A
Title:
PHYLOTRANSCRIPTOMICS, TAXONOMY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE CARIBBEAN-ENDEMIC MISTLETOES DENDROPEMON (LORANTHACEAE)
Graduate Program:
Biology
Keywords:
Loranthaceae
Viscaceae
Santalaceae
Arceuthobium
Phoradendron
Dendrophthora
Psittacanthus
Oryctanthus
Passovia
Dendropemon
Endemism
West Indies
Phylogenetics
Transcriptome
Antilles
Fruit Dispersal
Parasitic Plants
Caribbean Islands
Caribbean Flora
Endemic Plants
File:
Download Caraballo_dissertation_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Outside Member