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2015

Creating the American Teenager: Experts, Authority, and Youth in the Cold War, Molly A. Jessup

FAMILY COHESION AND CHILD FUNCTIONING AMONG SOUTH KOREAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE US: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF KOREAN PARENT-CHILD CLOSENESS AND THE MODERATING ROLE OF ACCULTURATION, Bora Jin

Effects of plant invasions on ecosystem processes: Linking above- and below-ground resource-use strategies of native and invasive species in Eastern U.S. forests, Insu Jo

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transformations for the Synthesis of Conjugated Dienes, Lauren Kaminsky

READING BODIES: ASSOCIATIONISM, EMPATHY, AND THE ETHICS OF SENSATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION, Peter Jeffrey Katz

MODULATION AND INTERACTIONS OF CHARGED BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANES WITH BIVALENT IONS, Adolphe Kazadi Badiambile

Angular trapping of a mirror using radiation pressure, David Bruce Kelley

Design of a High Capacity, Scalable, and Green Wireless Communication System Leveraging the Unlicensed Spectrum, Mohammad Riaz Khawer

Branched-Chain Amino Acid (BCAA) and Iron Status Effects on Aging Skeletal Muscle, Yu Ho Kim

The Decision to Pursue the Principalship: Perspectives of Certified Administrators in Upstate Central New York, Frederick Paul Kirsch

Flexible Labor in a Spiritual Economy: Peace, Work, and Inequality in Globalized Yoga, Laurah E. Klepinger

Against Making A Difference: Community Publishing, Organizing, and Power, Ben Kuebrich

INVESTIGATING THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CREDIBILITY ASSESSMENTS AND INFORMATION USE TASKS WITH RESPECT TO DOCUMENT GENRES IN THE CONTEXT OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING, Min-Chun Ku

Link Prediction in Dynamic Weighted and Directed Social Network using Supervised Learning, Ricky Laishram

A Path Analysis of Military Cultural Factors Contributing to Suicidal Behavior in the OEF/OIF/OND Veteran, Margaret J. Lane

BETTER OFF AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF UNIVERSAL LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE SYSTEMS? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GERMANY, JAPAN, AND KOREA, HEE SEUNG LEE

Essays on International Trade and Development, JAE YOON Lee

Gate-level timing analysis and waveform evaluation, Chaobo Li

Investor Relations: A Study of Perceived Fundamental Skills and Practices in Corporations and Agencies, Shuyi Li

WEB COMMUNICATIONS ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CHINESE AND UNITED STATES FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, Yijing Liu

Three Essays on Public Economics and Policy, Xiaoxue Li

Postemancipation Landscapes and Material Culture: The Bethel Community and the Benjamin W. Jackson Plantation, Sarah Elizabeth Loftus

Drift Mobility Measurements and Electrical Characterization in Thin Film Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells, Qi Long

Visualizing Words and Knowledge: Arts of Memory from the Agora to the Computer, Seth D. Long

A Framework for Adoption of Challenges and Prizes in US Federal Agencies: A Study of Early Adopters, Claudia Alice Louis

Language Abstractness as Discursive Microframes: LCM Framing in American Coverage of International News, Josephine Lukito

APPLYING THE CASE-BASED METHOD IN DESIGNING SELF-DIRECTED ONLINE INSTRUCTION, Heng Luo

Design and Fabrication of Multicomponent Heterostructured Nanoparticles, Patrick Lutz

Investigating the unique occurrence of polytypism and the role of available shell precursors in the growth of giant shell quantum dots, Somak Majumder

Generalization Programming and the Instructional Hierarchy: A Performance Feedback Intervention in Writing, Rigby Dawn Malandrino

MECHANICALLY ASSISTED CORROSION PERFORMANCE OF METALLIC BIOMATERIALS: IMPLANT RETRIEVAL, MATERIAL ANALYSES AND DEVICE TESTING, SACHIN A. MALI

Measurement of the Membrane Electric Field and the Swimming Behavior of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Experiments and Analytical Modeling, Gulmammad Mammadov

Developing a Framework for Stigmergic Human Collaboration with Technology Tools: Cases in Emergency Response, Janet Hinda Watkins Marsden

Moral Worth and Supererogation, Amy Massoud

Observing, Understanding, and Manipulating Biological Membranes, Ian Mc Cabe

Eliciting Bootstrapping: The Development of Introductory Statistics Students’ Informal Inferential Reasoning via Resampling, Jeffrey Allen McLean

Human-Managed vs. Natural Grazing Systems: Exploring Effects of Livestock and Wildlife Grazing at Multiple Scales, Megan Esther McSherry

Assessing the Quantified Impact of a Hybrid POGIL Methodology on Student Averages in a Forensic Science Survey Course, Tyna Lynn Meeks

Uncertainty-Integrated Surrogate Modeling for Complex System Optimization, Ali Mehmani

Electricity Generation Location and Benefits to Human Health: What health benefits can be attributed to RGGI in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania?, Todd Metcalfe

Estimation of Earthquake Input Energy, Hysteretic Energy and its Distribution in MDOF Structures, Mebrahtom Gebrekirstos Mezgebo

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION, AND INNOVATIVE RESPONSES, Qing Miao

Optimizing Acyclic Identification of Aptamers, Caitlin M. Miller

Decreasing Disparities In Physical Activity: An Intervention Based On Self-determination Theory And Motivational Interviewing, Lauren S. Miller

A Phenomenological Study of Factors that Influence Project Manager Efficacy: The Role of Soft Skills and Hard Skills in IT-Centric Project Environments, Chuck Millhollan

Assessing motor and cognitive function to detect shifts in brain function in two models of Parkinson's disease, Katherine Lee Mitterling

Integration of EVs and DGs into the Electric Power System for Grid Modernization, Mohammad Nikkhah Mojdehi

THE EFFECT OF COMPACT OBJECT SPIN ON THE SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM BINARY NEUTRON STAR AND NEUTRON STAR-BLACK HOLE MERGERS, Alexander Harvey Nitz

Three essays on the impact of student assignment policies, Sun Jung Oh

Butlers of the Mohawk Valley: Family Traditions and the Establishment of British Empire in Colonial New York, Judd David Olshan

Educating for Export: Producing Filipino Migrant Workers for the Global Market, Yasmin Patrice Ortiga

Label Free Analysis of Native Planktonic P. aeruginosa cells and Growth Media by Near Infrared (NIR) Binary Spectronephelometry (BSN), Steven Ortiz

Reconfiguring French Secularism: The Mosque as the New Multicultural Space of Young Muslims, Ayse Ozcan

Breaking Binge: Exploring The Effects Of Binge Watching On Television Viewer Reception, Lesley Lisseth Pena

Leading Edge Embedded Fan Airfoil Concept - New Powered High Lift Technology, Nhan Huu Phan

Binary Program Integrity Models for Defeating Code-Reuse Attacks, Aravind Prakash

The Rootbeer Gpu Compiler, Phil Pratt-Szeliga

Three Essays on Individual and Collective Choice Theory from a Revealed Preference Approach, Shaofang Qi

Learning by Game Design for Library Instruction: A Multiple Case Study, Angela Usha Ramnarine-Rieks

Teaching Artistry as a Critical Community of Practice: An arts-based ethnography, Laura K. Reeder

Influence of environment on soil carbonate clumped isotope records, Andean piedmont of Central Argentina (32-34⁰S), Mallory Cecile Ringham

The Potential For Greek Housing To Shape Diet And Exercise Patterns: An Exploratory Intra-Greek Comparison, Anna Rose Riverso

Mechanically Active Electrospun Materials, Jaimee Marie Robertson

Negotiating DSE Teaching Identity in Today’s Public Schools: Complexity, Camaraderie, & Subversion, Carrie Eileen Rood

What is the Relationship Between the Degree Middle Schools Implement the Essential Elements, Student Achievement and the Programs and Practices Applied in Each School, Ravo Root III

Leading Teacher Unions: Negotiating Challenges and Impact, Carrie A. Roseamelia

Question-Asking Behavior of Faculty During Conceptual Instructional Design: A Step Toward Demystifying the Magic of Design, Susan Lee Rothwell

Questions And Inquiry: Some Epistemological Applications, Jason Rourke

The Self-Assembly of Peptides to Create Catalysts, Caroline Marie Rufo

In Search of Ordenamiento Ambiental Territorial in the Peasant Reserve Zones of Colombia, Manuela Ruiz Reyes

The Political Economy of Ceramic Production in Barbados: From plantation industry to craft production, Dwayne Scheid

Geopolitics of Digital Literacies: Accounting for Myths and Realities, Rachael Shapiro

A Unified And Green Platform For Smartphone Sensing, Xiang Sheng

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THERMAL STABILITY OF FAEE BIODIESEL FUEL WITH ETHANOL, Yujie Shen

Discovering the Biological Activities of Maltose Derivatives for Controlling Bacterial Multicellular Behaviors, GAURI SHIRISH SHETYE

Poletsky-Stessin Hardy Spaces on the Unit Disk, Khim Raj Shrestha

Which Jobs for Which Boys? Party Financing, Patronage and State Capacity in African Democracies, Rachel Sigman

Synthesis towards Polyhedral and Rigid Organic Non-Linear Optic Materials, Casey R. Simons

Controlling Microbial Multicellular Behaviors With Saccharide Derivatives, NISCHAL SINGH

Electrochemical Aspects of Metalllic Biocompatibility, Shiril Sivan

Effects of Ultrasound as Visual Feedback of the Tongue on Generalization, Retention, and Acquisition in Speech Therapy for Rhotics, Greta Sjolie

Designing Core/Alloy Nanoparticles by Manipulation of Interfacial Oxidation and Atomic Diffusion, Rahiem Davon Slaton

Interactions Between Cultural Attitudes, Cultural Instruction, and Second Language Use by International Students at the University Level, Rebecca K. Smith

Commercial Capital and the Political Economy of Agricultural Overproduction, Dean Snyder

Indexing the White House Statements Regarding Snowden and NSA: A Content Analysis of U.S. Elite Newspapers’ Opinion Pieces, Elena Sorokina

Effects of an Expressive Writing Intervention Aimed at Improving Academic Performance by Reducing Test Anxiety, Stephanie Lauren Spielberger

Trace Metal Characterization and Ion Exchange Capacity of Devonian to Pennsylvanian Age Bedrock in New York and Pennsylvania in Relation to Drinking Water Quality, Jeffrey Dale Spradlin

LEADING CURRICULAR CHANGE: THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS, Tiffany Marie Squires

COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYEE INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC: EXTENDING THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE TYPOLOGY, CONSEQUENCES, PROCESSES, AND CONTINGENCIES, Angsuthon Srisuthisa-ard

Privileged Resistance: Prisoners of Conscience in the United States, 1980-2013, Anya Stanger

Understanding Disordered Systems Through Numerical Simulation and Algorithm Development, Sean M. Sweeney

Governing through Health: The Biomedical and Public Health Management of Drug Using Bodies, Kelly Szott

Predictions and Constraints of Cosmological Correlators, Jayanth Tallakere Neelakanta

Soft Reversible Actuator based on Shape Memory Polymer, Che Tan

The Influences Of Atmospheric Cues On Consumer Behavioral Intentions: An Affordance Perspective, Jian Tang

Self-expansion Motivated Goal Pursuit in Relational and Non-relational Domains for Individuals with Different Attachment Styles, Ying Tang

Marginalization and Democracy: Kenya's 2007 Post Election Violence, Hamdi Ibrahim Tartarini

Beyond Able-Minded Citizenship: Embracing Intellectual Ability Differences in Democratic Education, Ashley Taylor

HOW MENTAL HEALTH, SOJOURNER ADJUSTMENT, AND DRINKING MOTIVES IMPACT ALCOHOL-RELATED CONSEQUENCES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD, Laura Kay Thompson

Conceptual Design of Wind Farms Through Novel Multi-Objective Swarm Optimization, Weiyang Tong