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Name

Program/Department
Title

Khaled Ibrahim Abdel-Kadel

Economics Three Essays on Economic Reform: Effects on Human Development, Fertility, and Factor Shares

Moataz Bellah Mohamed Abdel Fattah

Political Science Islam and Democracy: An Empirical Examination of Muslims' Political Culture
Asheber Abebe Statistics Nonlinear Regression Based on Ranks

Fasil Adefris Abebe

Chemistry

Optical and Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection of Metal Ions and Nerve Gas Agents Via Fluorescein and Coumarin Derivatives

Abou El-Makarim Abd El-Alim Aboueissa

Statistics New Statistical Methods For The Estimation Of The Mean And Standard Deviation From Normally Distributed Censored Samples

Abdou A. Abouelmagd

Geosciences

Paleoclimatic Regimes of the African Sahara Desert During Pleistocene and the Origin of Groundwater in the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System

Saleh Abdel Rahman Ahmed School of Public Affairs and Administration From Violence-Prone to Violence-Prepared Organizations: Assessing the Role of Human Resources Management in Preventing Workplace Violence in American City Governments

Fadi Fawzi Abu-Amara

Electrical and Computer Engineering

An Automated Framework for Defect Detection in Concrete Bridge Decks Using Fractals and Independent Component Analysis

Jafar jameel Abukhait

Electrical and Computer Engineering

A Discriminative Imaging Framework for Road Signs Condition Assessment Using Local Features and SVM Classifiers

Osama Abu-Haija Physics Single-Electron Capture Processes in Slow Collisions of He^2+ W September 18, 2012

Ilgin Poyraz Acar

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

A Decision Making Model for Nurse-to-Patient Assignment

Martha Addante

Biological Sciences

Mapping the Global Landscape In Women’s Diasporic Writing

Barry Eshkol Adelman Psychology   Behavioral Tolerance to Cocaine under Variable-Ration Schedules of Reinforcement
Kinfu Adisu Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Impact of Enrollment Management, Marketing and Strategic Planning on Adult Higher Education Enrollment Patterns

Margaret O. Ajayi-Nabors

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Students of Indian Heritage and United States Citizen Students’ Adaptation to College, Opinions about Mental Illness and Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Counseling Help

George Viche Akom

Mallinson Institute for Science Education

Using Formative Assessment Despite the Constraints of High Stakes Testing and Limited Resources: A Case Study of Chemistry Teachers in Anglophone Cameroon

Burak Aksoy Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging Effect of Coating Additives on the Rheological and Optical Properties of Coated Papers
Yaser Al-Alawi Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Capacitated and Uncapacitated Facilities Location/Allocation Problems with Price Sensitive and Stochastic Demands

Mohammad AL-Amar

Physics

Modifying Copper Phthalocyanine to Improve the Performance of Organic Solar Cells

Hassan Ali Abdullah Al-Momani

English

Negotiating Generational Conflict and Identity Formation as a Way to Self-Actualization in Contemporary Arab American Women’s Literature

Jafar Al-Momani Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Metaevaluation Case Study of Four Evaluations of OSHA VPP Programs

Zayd0un Ali Al-Shara

English

Creative Metacriticism: The Portrayal of Literary Theory in Contemporary Fiction

Jumana Ali Alshawawreh  

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Multi-Scale Optimization Using a Genetic Approach

Ahmed N. Albatineh Statistics On Similarity Measures for Cluster Analysis
Stephen John Albrecht Psychology Increasing Blood Glucose Monitoring in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: Effects of a Text Prompt

Barry Eshkol Aldeman

Psychology Behavioral Tolerance to Cocaine under Variable-Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement

Salem A. AlFaify

Physics

Dielectric Properties of Nitrogen Incorporated Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films

Alton Leon Alford Teaching Learning and Leadership Examining the Similarities and Differences in Benefits of School-to-Work as a Workforce Development Strategy: A Study of Key Stakeholders Involvement Using a Multiple Case Study Approach

Ahmad Aljaafreh

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collaborative Classification of Multiple Ground Vehicles in Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Acoustic Signals

Hussam E. Alkhasawneh

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging Drying Behavior of Fractionated Fibers

Eyad K. Almaita

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adaptive Radial Basis Function Neural Networks-Based Real Time Harmonic Estimation and PWM Control for Active Power Filter

Dhaifallah Almatrodi Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Effective Critical Thinking Teaching Strategies as Perceived by Program Evaluation Faculty

Cheryl Henderson Almeda

English

Composing Ourselves: Utilizing Literacy Narratives to Promote Knowledge and Reflection in Preservice Secondary English Teachers

Ali Sami Alnaser Physics Electron Correlation Leading to Double-K-Vacancy Production in Li-Like Ions Colliding with Helium

Qais H. Alsafasfeh

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Pattern Recognition for Fault Detection, Classification, and Localization in Electrical Power Systems

Nabeel T. Alshabtat

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Beading and Dimpling Techniques to Improve the Vibration and Acoustic Characteristics of Plate Structures

Abdel Ilah Nour Alshbatat

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Cross-Layer Design for Mobile Ad-Hoc Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication Networks

Ali A. Al-Shomrani Statistics A comparison of different schemes for selecting and estimating score functions based on residuals
Alicia M. Alvero Psychology Using Protocol Analysis to Help Determine the Behavioral Function of Conducting Safety Observations

Piyadarsha Amaratunga

Chemistry

Synthesis and Characterization of Monolayer Protected Gold Nano-particles and Design of a Gold-Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposite towards Photocatalytic Degradation of Environment Pollutants

Alemayehu Ambel

Economics Essays on Intrahousehold Allocation and the Family: Fertility, Child Education, and Nutrition

Supreeta Amin

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

A Study to Determine the Influence of Workload on Nursing Personnel

Michael Bennett Amspaugh Public Affairs and Administration Results of Early Implementation of Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 34 in 15 Ohio School Districts

Dawn L. Anderson

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Orientation and Mobility, Reading, and Math: Analysis of Data for Children with Visual Impairments from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study

Donna J. Anderson

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Systemic and Personal Change: A Retrospective Case Study of Balanced Literacy Implementation as Perceived by Those Involved

James B. Anderson

Psychology

The Predictive Power of Therapeutic Alliance on Treatment Retention

Kirk Anderson

Statistics

Robust Residuals and Diagnostics in Autoregressive Time Series

Lisa M. Anderson

Geosciences

Low-Level Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Waters of Michigan

Maria Haverhals Andersen

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Instructional Practices of Michigan Community College Math Instructors: The Search for a KAP Gap in Collegiate Math

Michele A. Anderson

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Memory and Language: Evidence of Relationships from Three Studies of School-Age Children

Patti Andrea

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Impact of Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers on the Mentor Teacher

Gordon P. Andrews

History

Undoing Plessy: Charles Hamilton Houston, Race, Labor, and the Law

Roger W. Apple

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Adolescents’ Experience of the Factors Influencing Their Diabetes Treatment Regimen

Benjamin Arendt

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Student Persistence at a Small Private Religiously-affiliated College: An Examination of Retention Theory

Daryl Arkwright-Keeler Biological Sciences The Glucose and Insulin Responsiveness of the Rat Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Promoter

Alicia Arribas

Spanish

Representaciones de la Inmigración Hispano-americana en España en la Narrativa y el Cine de Finales del Siglo XX y Principios del XXI

Rebecca K. Arvans-Feeney

Psychology

Improving Reading Fluency and Comprehension in Elementary Students Using Read Naturally

Reem A. El Asaleh

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging

New Media ICC Profile Construction and Concerns

Peter R. Atwood Mathematics and Statistics Learning to Construct Proofs in a First Course on Mathematical Proof

Ezechukwu Awgu

Evaluation

An Evaluation of Social Capital’s Effect on Depression among Adolescents

Oluwagbohunmi Adetunji Awosoga

Statistics

Meta Analyses of Multiple Baseline Time Series Design Intervention Models for Dependent and Independent Series

Osama Awwad

Computer Science

Topology Control Using Joint Power and Beam-Width Control in Hybrid RF/FSO Mesh Networks

Bedassa Tadesse Ayele    Economics  Essays on the Relationships between Foreign Direct Investment, International Trade and Exchange Rate Volatility
David W. Ayer Psychology The Effects of Acute Nicotine Abstinence on Vigilance and Verbal Memory in Non-diagnosed Smokers

Fatma Ayyad

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Invariance in the Factor Structure of Translated Instruments: Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Multiple Indicator Multiple Causes Models

Curtiss J. Babcock

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Impact of the Head Start Parent Teacher Partnership on Home-Based Mathematical Interventions Provided by Single Rural Head Start Mothers

Tonita Baines Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology The Relationship of Race and Ethnic Identity to Perceptions of Multicultural Counseling Competencies

Barbara Baker

Interdisciplinary Health Services

Vestibular Functioning in Migraines: Comparing Those with and without Vertigo

Jonathan C. Baker

Psychology

Acceptability of Interventions to Staff in Long Term Care Settings for Older Adults: Comparing Ratings and Hierarchical Selection

Michelle Ann Bakerson

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Persistence and Success: A Study of Cognitive, Social, and Institutional Factors Related to Retention of Kalamazoo Promise Recipients at Western Michigan University

Bilal Abu Bakr

Computer Science

LEACH-SM: A Protocol for Extending Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime by Management of Spare Nodes

Dan-Alexandru Balan

Economics The Relationship between Insurance Type and Health Care Costs, Use and Choice of Outpatient Provider
Carmen Colleen Baldus Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology A Study of the Effect of Group Family Play on Family Relations For Families with Children Considered At-Risk For
Educational Failure

Mary Ball

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Abortion Attitudes of Counselors, Social Workers, and Nurses in Training

Oluyinka Olugbenga Bamiro

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

A Direct Forcing and Heating Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann Method for Arterial Wall Thermography

Yasemin Bardakci Economics Essays on the Econometrics of Financial Volatility

Michelle Barger

Geosciences

The Influence of Organic Acids on Uraninite Dissolution and Uranyl Sorption on Kaolinite

Priscilla A. Barnes

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Local Public Health System Partnerships: A Mixed Methods Multi-State Study

Tracey Barnett Sociology The Link Between Smoking and Body Weight among Adolescents

Albert Barrese

Biology

A High-Throughput Screening Study of Inhibition with Human Carbonic Anhydrase II and Bacterial Flagella Antimicrobial Activity

Coleen Harrington Barry

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Female Collegiate Gymnasts and Experiences in Sport Retirement Due to Injury

David A. Barry

Teaching, Learning and Leadership Job Satisfaction and Leadership Style: A Study of Michigan High School Principles

David M. Barry

Sociology

Popular Perceptions of the Relationship between Religious and Ethnic Identities: A Comparitive Study of Ethnodoxy in Contemporary Russia and Beyond

Trisha M. Basford

Chemistry The Global Hepatic Transcriptional Response of Male Fisher Rats to Dietary Aroclor 1254 Exposure

Fodei Batty

Political Science

What Role for Ethnicity? Political Behavior and Mobilization in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone and Liberia

Karl E. Baughman

History

Women of Foreign Superstition: Christianity and Gender in Imperial Roman Policy, 57-235

Randy J. Baxter

Public Affairs and Administration

Applying Proximal Case Characteristics to Expand Outcome Measures and Strengthen Effectiveness in a State Family Preservation Services Program

Carol Beard

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Contemporary Clothing Issues of Women who are Post-Mastectomy

Brian N. Becker

History

Life and Local Administration on Fifteenth Century Genoese Chios

Richard H. Becker

Geosciences

Remote Sensing Studies for the Assessment of Geohazards: Toxic Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes and Land Subsidence in the Nile Delta

Kimberly S. Beistle

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Teaching and Understanding the Concept of Critical Thinking Skills Within Michigan Accredited Associate Degree Dental Hygiene Programs

Sonila Beliu Economics International Financial Integration

Bonnie M. Benson

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

A Grounded Theory of Lesbian/Queer/Same-Gender-Loving Women Students’ Perceptions of Transgender Individuals

Erinn Bentley

English

Professional Learning Communities and First-Year Composition Instructors

Bethney Bergh

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

A Qualitative Study of School Lockdown Procedures and Teachers’ Ability to Conduct and Implement Them at the Classroom Level

Jerry G. Bergsma

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Impact of Leadership Training on Student Athletes at Calvin College

Margaret M. Bernhard Public Affairs and Administration Essential Elements of an Implementation Process for Grant-Funded Projects/Programs in Nonprofit Organizations

Kathy Marie Bertsch

Psychology A comparison of one-to-one and small group instruction for young children with autism: Focus on effective teaching and behavior management
Nancy Ann Beukema Educational Studies Effects of Software Use on the Preparation of Individualized Education Program (IEP's)

Steven P. Beukema

Geosciences Late Pleistocene Climate Variability and Chemical Weathering in Goriganga, Higher Central Himalaya, North India

Vijay Bhuse

Computer Science Lightweight intrusion detection: A second line of defense for unguarded wireless sensor networks

Allan Bickle

Mathematics

The K-cores of a Graph

Robert Patrick Biggins

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

The Effects of Toyota Production System Training Discontinuation

Yusuf K. Bilgic

Statistics

Rank-Based Estimation and Prediction for Mixed Effects Models in Nested Designs

Brian Bird

Geosciences

Glaciotectonic Deformation along the Valparaiso Upland in Southwest Michigan

Lianne Briggs

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Student Success: An Investigation of the Role the Pre-Admission Variables of Academic Preparation, Personal Attributes, and Demographic Characteristics Contribute in Predicting Graduation

Patrick J. Bishop

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Paths to Upper-Level Positions in Public Relations

J. Frederick Bland

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Assessing Michigan School Counselors’ Preparedness to Meet the Needs of Sexual/Attractional Minority Students

Jason W. Bodnar

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Bayesian Item Response Theory: Statistical Inference and Power Analysis

Michelle Ann Bonczek

English

Where I Turn Bad

Christine M. Bonfiglio Psychology An Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Reading Interventions in a Small Group Reading Instruction Context

Bryan Walter Booker

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Development of a Task Assignment Tool to Customize Job Descriptions and Close Person-Job Fit Gaps

Amy L. Borgman Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology LGB Allies and Christian Identity: A Qualitative Exploration of Resolving Conflicts and Integrating Identities
Sebastien Bosch Psychology The Making of a Textbook on Behavior Analysis and Autism: A Behavior Analytic Approach
Janine A. Bower Sociology Thereby Become a Monster: Organizational Crime and the Case of Abu Ghraib
Agneza Bozic-Roberson Political Science The Politicization of Ethnicity as a Prelude to Ethnopolitical Conflict:  Croatia and Serbia in Former Yugoslavia

Elizabeth A. Bradshaw

Sociology

Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Elizabeth Sue Bradshaw

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Adults with African American and Korean Heritages

Cherise Brandell Public Affairs and Administration Building Social Capital through Structured Public Discourse

Andrew Ellis Brandt

Psychology

Experimental Analysis of Gambling Using a Concurrent-Schedules Procedure

Brenda Bratton Psychology Mindfulness in Childbirth: An Investigation of the Effects of Mindfulness Training on Maternal Satisfaction with Childbirth and Obstetric Outcomes

Edward C. Breitenbach

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Influence of Conflict Resolution Programs on Student Conduct Violations in Middle Schools with a School Uniform Policy

M. Lynn Breyfogle Mathematics Changing Mathematical Discourse: A Case of a Secondary School Mathematics Teacher

Sarah Brightman

Sociology

Systematic Sexual Violence by U.S. State Agencies: A Victimology Approach

Denise Broholm Briggs Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Therapist Stress, Career Sustaining Behavior, Coping and the Working Alliance

Lianne Briggs

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Student Success: An Investigation of the Role the Pre-Admission Variables of Academic Preparation, Personal Attributes, and Demographic Characteristics Contribute in Predicting Graduation

Thomas W. Brignall III Sociology The Truth Claims of Online Higher Education:  A Social Constructionist Analysis
Rebecca Brinks Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Intensive Professional Development in Early Literacy Instruction for Preschool Teachers

Leatrice Renee Brooks

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Comparing First Generation and Non-First Generation African-American Students at Predominately White Institutions

Shai Moshe Brosh

Psychology Evaluating the Immediate Impact and Short-term Therapeutic Effects of the “Internalized-other” Interviewing with Couples
Marcel H Brouwers English   What the Machine Says

Janine A. Bower

Sociology Thereby Become a Monster: Organizational Crime and the Case of Abu Ghraib

Ghassen Ben Brahim

Computer Science A New Model for Cooperative Mobility and Budgeted Constrained QoS in MANETs with Heterogenous Autonomy Requirements
James Brown Teaching, Learning, and Leadership A Multimethodological Study of Teachers Perceptions of Technology Professional Development  
Mary H. Brown Science Studies Understanding PhotosynTheses and Plant Cellular Respiration as "Nested Systems": The Characterization of Pre-Service Teachers' Conceptions

Nichole Brown

Psychology

The Effects of Implementing Restorative Justice in an In-School Suspension Program

Travis Bruce

History

The Taifa of Denia and the Medieval Mediterranean

Kirk Brumels Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Professional Role Complexities and Job Satisfaction of Collegiate Certified Athletic Trainers
Mozhdeh B. Bruss Educational Studies Childhood Obesity: Caregivers' Perceptions, Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Physical Activity and Inactivity 

Robert S. Buckingham

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Predictors of Academic Success for Optometry Students

Carrie Buist

Sociology

“Don’t Let the Job Change You; You Change the Job:” The Lived Experiences of Women in Policing

Biljana Bujanovic
Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging

Effects of Sodium Metaborate on Kraft Pulping

Tomislav Bujanovic

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Spatial Frequency Localization in Mammograms Using Wavelets

Melissa A. Bullard
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Working with Heterosexual Allies on Campus: A Qualitative Exploration of Experiences among LGBT Directors of LGBT Campus Resource Centers
Shawn A. Bultsma Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Supervision Experiences and Needs of New-Entrant Professional School Counselors: A Qualitative Study
Wendy Burns Biological 3+Sciences K+-Induced Dilation of Cremasteric Arterioles Involves Na+/K+ ATPase and Inward-Rectifier K+ Channels

DeAnna R. Burt

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

African-American Student Retention: A Study of the Effects of an Intrusive Advising Intervention at a Career College

C - D    
Lena Gloria Caeser Educational Studies Factors Affecting School-based Speech-Language Pathologists' Use of Language Assessment Practices with Bilingual Children

Lena Gloria Caesar

Interdisciplinary Health Studies Work Stress, Non-Work Stress and Mental Health among School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists: Effects of Social Support

Chaoli Cai

Computer Science

Anomaly Detection Techniques for Ad Hoc Networks

Jing Cai

Economics

The Allocation of Time and Goods: Three Essays on American Household Shopping Behavior

Xiaofan Cai Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Missing Data Treatment of a Level-2 Variable in a 3-level Hierarchical Linear Model
Liliana Rodriguez-Campos Educational Studies The Structure of The Leadership Construct: A Test of Factorial Invariance Using Structural Equation Modeling

Victoria E. Cane

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

LGB-Affirmative Therapists Use of Developmental Models of LGB-Identity in Therapy: A Phenomenological Investigation

Karen Carcia English Nearer
Sharon Carlson History Ladies' Library Associations in Michigan: Women, Reform, and use of Public Space

Sharon A. Carney

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology A Qualitative Study of Women Therapists’ Experiences of Spirituality in the Counseling Process
Jennifer J. Carpentier  English  "How Should One Love":  Alternative Love Plots and Their Ethical Implications 
Erika Ann Carr Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Attitudes Toward and Knowledge of Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Berta Carrasco de Miguel

Spanish

La mujer española escritora de su propia experiencia carcelaria

Stephaney Carter

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Jamaican American Child Disciplinary Practices

Robin M. Carter-Visscher

Psychology

Unwanted Sexual Experiences: Preliminary Development and Validation of a Behavioral Analog Measure for Risk Perception, Response Appraisal, and Response

Steven Richard Cartwright History The Romans Commentaries of William of St. Thierry and Peter Abelard:  A Theological and Methodological Comparison

Sarah Elizabeth Casella

Psychology

A Behavioral Approach to Modus Operandi: Incident Form Completion and Its Effect on Predictive Analysis

Nuno Castellanos

Spanish

Representaciones de la Memoria de la Guerrilla
Antifranquista en la Novelística Española Contemporánea

Amy Cavanaugh

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Ability of Clinicians-in-Training to Recognize Vicarious Traumatization: A Multiple Case Study

Claudia Protasio Ceccon

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Children’s Protagonism at the Centro Cultural da Criança: A Case Study

Cheryl A. Celestin Teaching, Learning and Leadership Role that Professional Positioning and Professional Socialization Play in the Career Path of African American Women Superintendents
Ronald Celestine Biological Sciences Molecular Analysis of the Effects of Atrazine on Xenopus Laevis Frogs

Chi-Jung Cheng

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Design, Modeling and Fabrication of Shear Mode Bulk Acoustic Wave Sensor as a Potential Biosensor

Nesrin Cengiz Mathematics What Allows Teachers to Extend Student Thinking During Whole Group Discussions?
Miguel Centellas Political Science Democracy on Stilts: Bolivia's Democracy from Stability to Crisis
Archara Chaiyakarn Mathematics Structure Preserving Algorithms for Computing the Symplectic Singular Value Decomposition

Kin Ming Chan

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology A Delphi Survey of Experts’ Opinions Regarding Prevention of Impairment in Professional Psychology Training
Thomaz K. Chianca The Evaluation Center International Aid Evaluation: An Analysis and Policy Proposals
Po-Chang Chiang Chemistry Quantification of Benzo[a]pyrene-Guanine Adducts in In Vitro and In Vivo Tissue Samples by LC Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Sang Dae Choi Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Psychophysically Derived Work Frequencies Associated With Roof Shingling Operations Involving Change in Grade
Ivy M. Chong Psychology Assessing the Differential Outcomes Procedure with Children Diagnosed with Autism

Woan Tian Chow

Psychology

Using Environmental Sounds to Initiate Receptive Language Training for Children with Autism

Brenda S. Clark Teaching, Learning and Leadership Sustaining Innovation in Career and Technical Education
Judith Brown Clarke Public Affairs and Administration Evaluating the Effectiveness and Benefit-Cost of the Michigan Background Check Program Using Crime Opportunity Theory
Chris C. Clatterbuck Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology   The Impact of Systematically Varying the Duration of Breath Samples During Infrared-based Alcohol Breath Testing

Adam Clay

English

A Hotel Lobby at the Edge of the World

Rosemary Cleveland

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology New Teachers’ Perceptions on Their Preparation
Barbara Cliff Interdisciplinary Health Studies A Study of Disaster Preparedness of Rural Hospitals in the United States

Brent Walter Cline

English

Tongueless: Representation of the Mentally Disabled and the Novel

Nancy A. Clinton

Educational Studies Co-occurring Disorders and Selective Substance Use in Females Ages 10 to 25 Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Jean L. Clore

Psychology Cognitive vs. Supportive Therapy for Distressed Collegians

Kellie D. Cody Jr.

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Measuring Graduating M.S.W. Students’ Knowledge of the Steps of Evidence-Based Practice

Stephanie A. Combs

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Effects of Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training on Motor Performance, Task Accomplishment and Participation in Persons with Chronic Stroke

Carrie Lynn Coleman Psychology Evaluating the Operative Mechanisms Underlying the High-Probability Request Sequence

Sharon Lorraine Colley

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Nursing Faculty Experiences and Perceptions of the Implementation Process to a Learner-Centered Teaching Philosophy: A Case Study

Patricia M. Collins Teaching, Learning & Leadership Predicting a passing outcome on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses by associate Degree Graduates.

Patricia Collins

School of Public Affairs and Administration Organizational Alignment: A Tool for Obtaining Greater Organizational Efficiency and Effectiveness in a State Government Agency

Maribel Colorado-Garcia

Spanish

El género detectivesco y su representación en la novela mexicana del siglo XXI

Suzette Compton Teaching, Learning and Leadership Salary Negotiation Strategies of Female Administrators in Higher Education
Jay Richardson Cooper Teaching, Learning and Leadership , Educational Leadership Social Responsibility and Types of Service Learning: A Comparison of Curricular Service Learning, Co-Curricular Service Learning, and Traditional Community Service
Carmen A. Cornieles Educational Studies Reliability of the Educational Technology Profiler Survey as a Method of Gathering Information in Teacher Preparation Programs
Tara Lynne Cornelius Psychology Examining the Behavioral and Physiological Components of Communication Skills Training with Married Couples: Are Differential Effects Mediated by the Topic Discussed and Initial Level of Marital Distress?

Chris L. S. Coryn

The Evaluation Center Evaluation of Researchers and their Research: Toward Making the Implicit Explicit

Courtney Cotter

Psychology

Evaluating the Effects of Camera Perspective in Video Modeling for Children with Autism: Point of View versus Scene Modeling

David D. Cotter

Psychology

Psychometric Evaluation of the Valued Living Questionnaire: Comparing Distressed and Normative Samples

Kymberli Cotton-Flanagan

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

A Study on Becoming an Alternatively Certified Career and Technical Educator

Dana C. Cox

Mathematics

Understanding Similarity: Bridging Geometric and Numeric Contexts for Proportional Reasoning

Ann Crabb

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Substance Abuse Treatment: Substance Abuse Counselors' Belief Systems and How these Beliefs Impact Treatment
Kimberly Crimin Statistics Visualization Methods: A Comparative Study of New, Traditional and Robust Procedures

Melanie Crow

English Rain Town
Diana R. Cucos Statistics On Rank-Based considerations for Generalized Linear Models and Generalized Estimating Equations Models
Laurentiu Cucos Computer Science  Load Sharing Strategies in Distributed Environments
Kathryn Culig Psychology The Effects of Individual Monetary Incentives with Individual Feedback and Group Monetary Incentives with Group Feedback on High Performance

Anne Cullen

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

The Politics and Consequences of Stakeholder Participation in International Development Evaluation

Jenifer M. Cullen Psychology Testing the Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation Therapy in the Acute Treatment of Unipolar Depression
Anne Rena Cummings Psychology Evaluating Progress in Behavioral Programs for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Continuous versus Intermittent Data Collection

Lucia Curta

History "Imagined Communities" In Showcases: The Nationality Rooms Program at the University of Pittsburgh (1926-1945)
Victoria S. Curtis Sociology Women and Heart Disease: A Comparative Analysis Between Osteopathic and Allopathic Rural Michigan Physician's Medical Approaches Taken To Diagnosing Female Heart Disease

Karen Cusack

Psychology Refugee Experiences of Trauma and Posttramatic Stress Disorder: Effects on Psychological, Social, and Financial Well-Being

Hanyi Dai

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Design of Adaptive Collective Foraging in Swarm Robotic System

Peter Cornelius Dams

Psychology A Systems Approach to Designing an Internship Model That Benefits the Sponsoring Organization

Kelly Daniels

English Four Roads: A Novel
John E. Daniels Statistics Determination of Spatial Strata for Environmental Regulatory Purposes
Bogdan Danila Physics Phase Coherent Effects in the Speckle Correlation of Light Scattered from Volume Disordered Media and Randomly Rough Surfaces

Marwan Daoud

Statistics Extensions of Two-part Tests to Compare K Independent Populations
Soumya Das Geosciences Adsorption of Lead on Single and Mixed Mineral Assemblages

Susanta Das

Physics

Transmission and Guiding of Fast Electrons through Insulating Nanocapillaries and Comparison with Ion Guiding

Julie Meredith Davis

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Heterosexual Mother-Lesbian Daughter Relationship After Mother Accepts Daughter’s Lesbian Identity: A Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) Analysis

Michael J. Davis

English

Gravity: Stories

Sharon Davis

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

A Study of the Impact of a K-12 School District-University Doctoral Cohort on District Leadership Capacity

Alexander Dawoody Public Affairs and Administration U.S. Policy Toward Iraq Within the Context of
Complexity Theories

Angelique Day

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

An Examination of Post-Secondary Education Access, Retention and Success of Foster Care Youth

Ray DeBruler, Jr.

History Land Use and Settlement Patterns in Michigan, 1763-1837

Alper Y. Dede

Political Science

Islamism, State Control over Religion and Social Identity: Turkey and Egypt

Jeanne C. DeBruyn

Sociology Binge Drinking and Salutogensis: Sense of Coherence, Stress, Religiousness and Spirituality

Suzanne E. Decker

Psychology

Testing the Effectiveness of an Interactive Multimedia System to Train Clinicians in Behavioral Activation

Denise E. Dedman

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Social Work Field Instructors’ Perceptions of On-Line Training

Daryl J. Delabbio Teaching, Learning, and Leadership   Non-traditional Paths to Presidencies of Higher Education Institutions in Michigan
Seife Dendir Economics Risk Sharing and Consumption Insurance in Poor Urban Economies: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Household Data
Betty D. Dennis Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Retaining Exploring Students: A Comparison Study of Decided and Undecided College Students

Amy Sue DeSonia

Public Affairs and Administration An Evaluative Model for Incorporating Diversity Training into Teacher Preparation
Glenn Deutsch English Misintentions: A Novella and Stories

Mary Sajini Devadas

Chemistry

Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Monolayer Protected Gold Clusters Modified with Fluorophores

Kristen E. DeVall Sociology The Theory and Practice of Drug Courts: Wolves in Sheep Clothing?

Mike DeVivo

Biological Sciences

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Michael R. DeVries Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Analysis of Group Differences and Predictors of Hooper Visual Organization Test Scores

Kristen Dewitt

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Experiences of Michigan Elementary National Board Certification Candidates

Ivan A. Duran Diaz

Economics

Essays on Export Destination Decisions and Spillovers from Inward FDI: Evidence from Chilean Manufacturing Plants

Beth Dietzel

Clinical Psychology

Emotion Recognition and the Propensity to Engage in Sexually Coercive Behaviors: A Study with College Males

Doris Andrea Dirks

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Transgender People on University Campuses: A Policy Discourse Analysis

Teresa M. DiStefano Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Experiences and Meanings of Maternal Ambivalence With First-born, Early Adolescents

Donya Dobbin

Mallinson Institute for Science Education

Experiences that Influence a Student’s Choice on Majoring in Physics

Melinda Dobson English Preparing Teachers to Use Technology: The WebQuest in the Secondary English Language Arts Methods Classroom
James Patrick Dolan, Jr. Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Private Narratives in Public Places: A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Experiences of Gay Male Undergraduates on LGB Classroom Panels

Laura Donnelly

English

The Principle of Flickering

Dawn Dore-Stites

Psychology Evaluation of a School-Based Program Targeting Pediatric Asthma Self-Management Skills in an Urban Population

Kevin R. Drzakowski

English the High School Play
Ke Du Chemistry SynTheses and fundamental characterization of Nanoparticles and their clusters

Robert Harold Duke

History

Language, Landscape, and Law: Uncle Sam and Schools on the Frontiers of Bilingual Education, 1964 1980

Ileana Dumitriu

Physics

Inner-Shell Photodetachment of Transition Metal Negative Ions

Anirban Dutta

Mathematics

Option Pricing and Stable Trading Strategies in the Presence of Information Asymmetry

Lacretia T. Dye

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

School Counselors’ Activities in Predominantly African American Urban Schools

E - F - G    
Shanda B. Easterday English The Beekeeper's Wife
Dikla Eckshtain Psychology Combined Cognitive Behavioral Treatment plus Caregiver Sessions for Childhood Depression
Ashraf Galal Eid Economics Determinants of Aggregate R&D, Role of Fiscal Policy, and the Effects of Government R&D on Economic Growth
Nelson R. Eikenhout Psychology The Effects of Task Structure and Group Target Monetary Incentives on Social Loafing
Kirsty J. Eisenhart Mathematics Multiobjective Optimal Control Problems with Endpoint and State Constraints

Amy J. Elliott

Psychology Analysis of Factors Involved in Ratings of Treatment Acceptability for Trichotollomania
Mohamed Gaber Hassan Elsayed Economics Investment and Capital Flows Under Uncertainty and Capital Market Imperfection in Oil Producing Countries

Mohamed Medhat Elwakil

Computer Science

Debugging Support for Message-Passing Based Concurrent Software

Douglas Engebretsen

English Four One Acts: Quaddies, Static, Pluto, Dis Associates, and Woody Woodpecker's Dream Cafe
Pamela Meserve Erbisch Public Affairs and Administration
Management Style, Organizational Climate and Organizational Performance in a Public Mental Health Agency: An Integral Model

David J. Erwin

Mathematics and Statistics Cost Domination in Graphs

Barbara E. Esch

Psychology The Role of Automatic Reinforcement in Early Speech Acquisition
Henry E. Escuadro Mathematics Detectable Colorings of Graphs
Kelli J. Esteves Special Education and Literacy Studies Audio-assisted Reading with Digital Audiobooks for Upper Elementary Students with Reading Disabilities

Stephanie D. H. Evergreen

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

The Role of Visual Processing Theory in Written Evaluation Communication

Maxine R. Eversley-Gilling

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

How Politics, Economics, and Technology Influence Evaluation Requirements for Federally Funded Projects: A Historical Study of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act from 1965 to 2005

Alicia V. Fahr Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Representation of the Elderly in Counselor Education Textbooks
Rhiannon M. Fante Psychology A Comparison of Three Training Methods on the Acquisition and Retention of Automotive Product Knowledge

Kelly L. Faust

Sociology

Winds of Change: The Historical Contingency of State Crime

Leilani Feliciano Psychology A Behavioral Model for the Assessment and Management of Dehydration in Older Adults
Ximao Feng Physics Photoexcitation and Photoionization of Ar Atoms and HBr Molecules

Kenlana R. Ferguson

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

In Their Own Words: The Lived Experiences of Unemployed African American Men

Bianca T. L. Fetherson

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

What About Me: Using Grounded Theory to Understand How African-American Counseling Professionals become Multiculturally Competent

Michael Feutz

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Phenomenology of the Bachelor of Science in HVAC Engineering Technology from Ferris State University

Anna A. Filipova Public Affairs and Administration Perceived Organizational Support and Ethical Work Climates as Predictors of Turnover Intention of Licensed Nurses in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Laura L. Finley

Sociology Teachers' Perceptions of School Safety-Based Changes, and Their Resultant Impact on School Climate: A Case Study.
Jane E. Finn Educational Studies The Effects of the Michigan Transition Outcomes Project

Charles Michael Fischer

English

“Crybaby Lane: A Short Story Cycle”

Jessica R. Schultz Fischer

Psychology Treatment of Co-morbid Methamphetamine Substance Abuse and Borderline Personality Disorder Features Using Modified Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Edith M. Fisher Sociology The Social Construction of Rape Research: Exploring Epistemologies and Evaluating Methods

Marla A. Fisher

Biological Sciences Health Impacts of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Aquatic Organisms.
Terry L. Fisk School of Public Affairs and Administration A Comparative Study: Factors Related to Adoption, Management, and Impact of Police Consolidation and Amalgamation in Norfolk County, England and Kent and Ottawa Counties, Michigan

William W. Fitzgerald

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Influence of a Personal Practice of Meditation on One’s Therapeutic Practice

Thorhallur Orn Flosason

Psychology

Evaluating the Impact of Small-Group Discussion on Learning in an Organizational Psychology Class Utilizing a Class Response System

Nicole L. Fonger

Mathematics

Characterizing and Supporting Change in Algebra Students’ Representational Fluency in a CAS/Paper-and-Pencil Environment

Karen L. Fonkert

Mathematics

Patterns on Interaction and Mathematical Thinking of High School Students in Classroom Environments that Include Use of Java-Based, Curriculum-Embedded Software

Alyssa C. Ford

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Health and Relationship Variables Impacting Psychological and Social Well-being among Adults 65 and Older Who Receive Assistance with Their Care from Family Members

Laura C. Ford Interdisciplinary Health Studies A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Concept of Female Sexual Health
Lonnie Ford Educational Leadership, Research and Technology How Can Art Education Enhance Other Content Subject Areas in an Urban School Setting?

Mark Forner

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

An Examination of the Leadership Practices of Effective Rural Superintendents: A Multiple Case Studyto

Richard P. Foss

English The Road Between Cemeteries

Richard H. Fowler

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Comparing Indigenous and External Rural Teachers: Beliefs, Origins of Beliefs, and Expectations

Joseph A. Fox Mathematics Nilpotent Orbits on Infinitesimal Symmetric Spaces

Tony Frazier

History

Air Too Pure for Slavery and the Rights of British Liberty: The Black Experience in London, 1772-1833

Richard P. Freedberg

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Investigation

Amy L. Freeland

Interdisciplinary Health Studies

Visual Impairment and Eye Care among Older Americans:
Secondary Analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveil-lance System (BRFSS), Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care Module and the Diabetes Module

Brighid Fronapfel-Sonderegger

Psychology

Teaching Language to Children with Developmental Disabilities Using Combined Direct Reinforcement and Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing

Cynthia L. Fuller Biological Sciences An Examination of Neurons in the Olfactory Bulb of Adult Zebrafish: Morphology, Distribution, Cellular Interactions, and Structural Stability Following Deafferenation

LaShonda B. Fuller

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Impact of Structured Group Counseling on Resiliency, Self-Efficacy, and Racial Identity among African American Female Teenagers

Ovidiu Furdui

Mathematics The Fock Space and Related Bergman Type Integral Operators

Dale Frederick Gadd

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Accelerated Degree Completion Programs: The Effects of Core Professors in Nontraditional Higher Education

Talal Gahnnam Physics Quantum Properties of Light Emitted from Dipole Nano-Laser

Kristen Lynn Gaisford

Psychology

Trial and Error, Delayed Prompting, and Reinforcement of Prompted Responses in Teaching Receptive Identification of Pictures

Song Gao

Economics

A Study of the Productivity Effects of Enterprise Reforms in China

Lisa Garvelink English Willa Cather: The Letters and Novels of a Romantic Modernist

Tamrat Workalemahu Gashaw

Applied Economics

Three Essays on Banking Foreign Direct Investment

Worlanyo Eric Gato Chemistry Gene Expression Analysis of Fisher 344 Male Rats Exposed to 0PPM, 50PPM and 500PPM Lead Acetate in Drinking Water
David P. Gaunt Teaching, Learning and Leadership High School Seniors' Perceptions of Career and Technical Education and Factors Influencing their Decision to Attend an Area Career Technical Center

Tsigabu A. Gebrehiwet

Geosciences Chemical and Isotopic Investigations on Microbial Iron Reduction and Redox Stratification in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems: Experimental and Field Approaches

Robyn J. Geelhoed

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology A Qualitative Investigation of How Adult Missionary Children Make Meaning of Their Past Transcultural Experiences
Brett A. Geier Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Michigan Elementary School Facility Quality and Its Impact on Student Achievement

Irene Elksnis Geisler

History

The Gendered Plight of Terror: Annexation and Exile in Latvia 1940-1950

Paul R. George, Jr Comparative Religion   Selfhood and the Search of an Identity: Explaining the Emergence of the Nineteenth-Century Holiness Movement and Early Church of the Nazarene
Ralucca M. Gera Mathematics Stratification and Domination in Graphs and Digraphs

Erica Jex Gergely

Psychology

Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Descriptive Study

Patrick M. Gerkin Sociology Seeking Justice for Victims and Offenders: A Needs- based Approach to Justice
Jean M. Germain Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Using journal writing to promote reflective practice in the counseling practicum: A multiple-case, narrative study of counselor development

Geniene Michelle Gersh

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Counselors Working in Integrated Primary Behavioral Health and the Influence on Professional Identity: A Phenomenological Study

Laura A. Getty Special Education and Literacy Studies Perceptions and Intervention Practices of Speech- Language Pathologists Serving Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders

Peter James Geye

English You Will Come Safe from the Sea

Natalie A. Giarratano

English

Low-Water Mark

Diane J. Gibbs

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

A Study of Support Services in Schools and Their Relationship with School Effectiveness in American Public Schools: Findings from the School and Staffing Survey (SASS) 2007-2008

Douglas Lee Gilbertson

Sociology What Have They Told Us About Gangs? A Content Analysis of Twentieth Century Texts on U.S. Gangs

Kristin Rae Gillen

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Sense of Coherence: The Impact on Personal Growth and Distress after a Relationship Breakup

Michael D. Gillespie

Sociology

From Reproduction to Consumption: The Economic Deterioration of Families in the United States after World War II

Paul Giroux

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Transcending Burnout: A Study of the Characteristics and Experiences of Resilient Elementary Educators Teaching at Urban Schools

Charlotte L. Giscombe

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

First-Generation, Income-Eligible Peer Mentor Study

Janet M. Glaes

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Applying an ASCA-Informed School Counselor Supervision Model: A Qualitative Study

Tina R. Goldsmith

Psychology

Using Virtual Reality Enhanced Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Street-Crossing Skills to Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Rigoberto J. Rincones-Gomez

Department of Educational Studies Integration of Multiple Perspectives on Leadership: A Comparative Study of Experienced and Novice Leaders

Amy K. Goodwin

Psychology Assessment of the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of (+)-3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy") and (+)-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) in a Three-Lever Drug Discrimination Procedure

Linda Goossen

Science Studies Classroom Questioning Strategies as Indicators of Inquiry-Based Science Instruction

Richard F. Goosen

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Longitudinal Study of Factors Impacting the Implementation of Notebook Computer Based CAD Instruction

June E. Gothberg

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

The Role of Focus Group Venue: A Comparative Study of Face-to-Face, Telephone, and Internet Video-Based Venues

Sean Tamarun Goudy

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Modeling the Momentum and Mass Transfer within a Micro-Scale Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell for Flows within the Slip Flow Regime

Apollos Bitrus Goyol

Educational Studies , Educational Leadership Adjustment Problems of African Students at Western Michigan University

Brandon Graham

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Middle School Teacher and Parent Perceptions of Parental Involvement

Jessie L. Grant Teaching, Learning, and Leadership An Examination of the Job Satisfaction of Mid-Level Managers in Student Affairs Administration
George Grant Jr. Sociology The Cultural Script of Special Needs Adoption

Lanette Lawrence Grate

English

Jane Addams and the Foundationalist Fallacy: Coming to Voice at Rockford Female Seminary

Nicole E. Gravina

Psychology

An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Consultant Workshop Model in a Human Service Setting

Gregory B. Gray

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Career Decision Making for Male Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Model of Critical Factors Aiding in Transitional Efforts

Larry D. Gray II

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

A Comparison of High School Teachers’ Perceptions in a Large Metropolitan Midwestern County across Six Different Dimensions Associated with Professional Learning Communities

Jeffrey D. Greene

Educational Studies
A Test of Factor Analysis as a Validation Procedure for Physician Certification Examinations

Christine Greer

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Permissive Disclosure: What Information are Post-Secondary Institutions Disclosing and Why?

Nancy Greer-Williams Teaching, Learning and Leadership Underrepresented Doctoral Students: The Cultural and Institutional Barriers that Impact Successful Graduation

Paul D. Gregory

Sociology Refocusing on Adult Probation: Theory versus Practice

Angelica C. Grindle

Psychology The Effects of Group Size on Incentive Effectiveness A Meta-Analysis

Janina Grineviciute

Physics

Relativistic R-matrix Theory

Amy Gross

Psychology

Evaluation of Verbal Behavior in Older Adults

Laura L. Grow

Psychology

A Comparison of Methods for Teaching Auditory-Visual Conditional Discriminations to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Venkat Reddy Guduru Chemistry Synthesis, Study of Self-assembly, and Trivalent Lanthanide Metal Ions Recognition Characteristics of Amphiphilic Acylpyrazolone and Amphiphilic Acylisoxazolanes

Gregg G. Guetschow

Public Affairs and Administration Coordination, Collaboration and Culture: Local Economic Development in a Time of Networks

P. Cristian Gugiu

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

Summative Confidence

Ozcan Gulacar

Mallinson Institute for Science Education An Investigation of Successful and Unsuccessful Students’ Problem-Solving in Stoichiometry

Amy M. Gullickson

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

Mainstreaming Evaluation: Four Case Studies of Systemic Evaluation Integrated into Organizational Culture and Practices

Wen Guo

Chemistry

Designing Molecular and Nanoscale Materials for Environmental Chemistry Processes

Gordon Gurley Biological Sciences Exposure of Nervous System Cells to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Results in Alterations of Neurotrophic Factor Expression
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Hedy Habra

Spanish La Creación de Submundos: Lo Visual en la Narrativa de Mario Vargas Llosa

Anne Julie Hacker

Public Affairs and Administration Unintended Consequences in Public Policy: Formulation and Implementation of Michigan's Safe Delivery of Newborns Law
Chad Eric Hadden Chemistry Investigation of Accordion-Optimized NMR Spectroscopy
Fasika Damte Haile Economics Contagious Currency Crisis

Beverly Ann Hair

Sociology Examining the Experiences of Nontraditional Undergraduate Women: Pedagogy vs. Andragogy

Rosemary Hakes

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Self-criticism as Experienced by Performing Artists:  A Phenomenological Study
Shamika Y.L. Hall Counselor Education and Counselor Psychology A Phenomenological Study Assessing African-American Women’s Perspectives on Successful Heterosexual Relationships

Zella Jackson Hannum

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Development of a New Technology Venture Balanced Scorecard
Derived from Critical Factors that Impact Product Quality

Boyd Jay Hanson

Mathematics and Statistics
A Comparison of Methods for Detection of Qualitative Interaction in Multicenter Trials

Carl E. Hanssen

Educational Studies
Structural Equation Modeling as a Tool for Multisite Evaluation
Michael Harris Counseling Education and Counseling Psychology A Qualitative Study of Psychotherapists Whose Work is Informed by Buddhist Psychological Perspectives
Peter K.W. Harris Biological Sciences The Effect of Chloramphenicol on BB88 Murine Erythroleukemia Cells
A. Celeste Shelton-Harris Teaching, Learning and Leadership A Descriptive Study: New Teacher Career Commitment and New Teacher Retention Strategies
Holly Harrison Psychology The Three-Contingency Model of Self-Management

Jennifer L. Harrison

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Contextual Learning for a Global Economy: A Comparative Case Study of Two Career Technical Centers and Two Machine-Tool Manufacturing Businesses

Robert Harrison

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Impact of a Community Leadership Academy in a Midwestern county on Graduates’ Attitudes and Behavior Toward Community Trusteeship

Breanne K. Hartley

Psychology

A Molecular Analysis of Training with Multiple versus Single Manipulations to Establish a Generalized Manipulative Imitation Repertoire

William J. Hartley Sociology Importation and Prisonization Models of Corrections Workers' Attitudes and Behaviors: An Empirical Examination of Social Distance, Correctional Orientation, and Punitive Behavior Within a Correctional Setting

Arus Harutyunyan

Political Science

Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization

Muhammet Fatih Hasoglu

Physics

Calculations of K-Shell Fluorescence Yields and Photo-absorption Cross Sections for Carbon Ions at the K-Edge

Angela P. Hatcher

Psychology

An Evaluation of a Sexual Assault Education Program

Kurt Frederick Hayden

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Determining the Probability of the Visual Detection of Sink Marks on Differently Textured Injection-Molded Products

Tina K. Head

Psychology

Evaluation of Medication Effects on Academic Performance, Sleep, and Core ADHD Symptoms in Children

Jill Marie Hebert

English

Shapeshifter: The Manifestations of Morgan le Fay

Dana Hebreard

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Opt Out: Women with Children Leaving Mid-Level Student Affairs Positions

Marin Heinritz

English—Creative Writing

Cancerland

Kirsten Hemmy English Dear Beyond

Kimberlee J. Henrion

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Key Challenges Facing Student Athletes and Connections to Their Choice of Major

Julio César Hernández-Correa

Economics

Economic and Risk Factors Associated with Sexual and Reproductive Health

Robert Herrera

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Principal Leadership and School Effectiveness: Perspectives from Principals and Teachers

Julie Kinney Higbie

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Perceived Levels of Nurse Educators’ Attainment of NLN Core Competencies

Raymond J. Higbea

Public Affairs and Administration Nongovernmental Program Replication and Implementation: What Can Community-Based Programs to Support the Uninsured Learn from Other Communities?

Derrick S. Hilton

Biological Sciences

Exogenous Alpha-Synuclein Induces Cell Death Related Proteins in C6 Oligodendrocyte-like Cells Corresponding to Protein Expression Observed in Multiple System Atrophy

Martin R. Hill

Sociology
The Social Construction of Moderate Drinking Classifications: The Utility of a Salutogenic Perspective in Assessing Drinking Behavior

Warren L. Hills

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Best Practices Within Campus Mediation Programs

Marchion J. Hinton

Psychology

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Vs. Supportive Therapy for Depression: A Randomized Technique Evaluation Trial

Sally Hipp Teaching, Learning and Leadership Factors Affecting Superintendent Longevity in Michigan

Jonathan K. Hodge

Mathematics Separable Preference Orders
Alice Brouwer Hoekstra Educational Studies The Use of Quality Indices for Successful Programs for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders in the State of Michigan 

Karl G. Hokenmaier

Political Science Education, Social Security, and the Welfare State: Alternative Policy Choices in the United States and Germany

Mary Ann Holmes

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Retaining Information Technology Employees in Higher Education

Katherine M. Holverstatt-Cockrell

Psychology Using Measures of Intervention Integrity, Intervention Acceptibility and Intervention Effectiveness to Evaluate a Toilet Training Program in a Preschool Classroom for Children with Special Needs
Susanne F. Homant School of Public Affairs and Administration The War on Drugs versus The War on Pain: Do Controlled Prescribing Laws have a Role?

Katherine Homer

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Teachers and Their Struggle with Personal Satisfaction as Young Mothers

Joseph J. H. Horak Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Factors Predicting Divorce at Marital Therapy Onset

Curtis Hosier

Sociology

A Society in Crisis: A Critical Perspective on Health Care and Distribution of Health Status in the United States

Sabbir Hossain Physics Interferences in Electron Emission Spectra for H+ Impact on H2

James H. Houston

Educational Studies
Drug Courts: A Study of Retention and Suspension in the Kalamazoo County Drug Court Program

Mildred Patricia Howard

Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
A Study of the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Culture

Dale Kennedy Howe

Public Affairs and Administration
Demographic Factors Predictive of Medicaid Enrollment in Michigan Counties
Eric M. Howe Science Studies/Mallinson Institute for Science Education Using the History of Research on Sickle-Cell Anemia to Affect Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of the Nature of Science

Barbara M. Howes

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Exploring the Well-Being of Foster Children of Parents with Substance Abuse Problems in Family Dependency Treatment Courts

Melissa Howse Science Studies Student Ecosystems Problem Solving with Computer Simulation

Erika Hrehorova

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging Materials and Processes for Printed Electronics: Evaluation of Gravure Printing in Electronics Manufacture
Chin-ju Jean Hsiao Biological Sciences Characterization of Molecular Events Following Heavy Metal Cadmium Exposure: A Cellular Regulatory Symphony in Response to Early Cadmium Insult

Fang Huang

Mallinson Institute for Science Education

Curriculum Coherence: A Comparative Analysis of Elementary Science Content Standards in People’s Republic of China and the USA

  Joy Yuyin Huang Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Taiwanese Female Counselors' Experiences of Managing Work and Family Roles and Responsibilities

Peng Huang

Economics   Applications of Time-Varying-Parameter Models to Economics and Finance

Daniel M. Huber

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Scholarly Activity Predictor Model among Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students: A Modification and Extension

Andrew J. Hudak

Geosciences Using Biosurfactant Production to Enhance the Applicability and Performance of Bioslurry Systems for Site Remediation
Rebecca Erin Huskey English Doers of the Living Word: Gospel Ideology and the African American Womanist Novel

Alketa Hysenbegasi

Economics The Economic Cost of Depressive Disorders: Evidence from a Large Midwest Public University

Carol L. J. Hustoles, J.D.

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Through the Eyes of Higher Education Attorneys: How Department Chairs Are Navigating the Waters of Legal Issues and Risk Management

Christine Iaderosa

English

The Sins of Kalamazoo, a Full-length Play Based on the Works of Carl Sandburg

Nuria Ibáñez-Quintana Spanish Visiones Convergentes: Mito, Historia y Arquetipo en la Dramaturgia de Lourdes Ortiz, Sabina Berman y Diana Raznovich

Kazuhiro Iwamoto

Biological Sciences

Neuroprotective Effects of a Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist and Modulator in the Rodent Retina

Kristen Jack

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Role of Experiential Learning in Nurturing Management Competencies in Hospitality and Tourism Management Students: Perceptions from Students, Faculty, and Industry Professionals

Wendy Jaehnig Psychology Audio Narration and Reading Ability in Programmed Instruction

Delores J. Jackson

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Timely Graduation from Associate Degree Registered Nursing Programs

Christopher Michael Jannings

History

Lest We Forget: The Library of Congress’s VHP and “Radical Trust”

Michael Alan Jansen Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Therapists’ Handling of Secrets between Partners in Couple Therapy
Kimberly Ann Jarema Psychology Effects of Nicotine and Anatoxin-a Exposures on the Operant Performance of Rats
Stephanie J. Jass History Recipes for Reform: Settlement Houses, Americanization, Gender and Foodways in Chicago, 1880-1920

R. Lanai Jennings

Psychology Citation Analysis and Journal Impact in School Psychology from 1995 through 2004

Yan Jiang

English

Homemaking in Asian American Women’s Writing: Chuang Hua, Bharati Mukherjee and Meena Alexander Performing the Diasporic Home

Barb Johnson Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Leadership Influenced Practices that Impact Classroom Instruction Related to Writing: A Case Study of a Successful Elementary School
Darrel Johnson Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Academic Performance, Persistence, and Cultural Congruence of African American Males Attending Predominantly White Colleges and Universities

Douglas A. Johnson

Psychology

When Self-Pacing Goes Wrong: A Comparison of Two Methods for Reducing Computer-Based Racing

James Clayton Johnson History Flights Past: The Wright Brothers’ Legacy and Dayton, Ohio
Paula Johnson Roberts Educational Studies Girls and Science: A Look At Their Percceptions and Views As It Relates To Their Success and Failure

Sarah Elizabeth Johnson

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Exploring the Ultimate Role of Central Office in the Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Professional Development: A Comparative Case Study

Susan L. Johnson

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Daily Practices Elementary Principals Utilize to Increase Student Reading Achievement: A Case Study of Successful MIBLSI Elementary Schools

Shannon Tate Jonas

English

Little to No Stars

Carmen Jonaitis

Special Education and Literacy Studies

The Picture Exchange Communication System: Digital Photographs versus Picture Symbols

Diane J. Jones Interdisciplinary Health Studies Creating a Culture of Safety: The Influence of Medical Simulation on Attitudes of Surgical Team Members

Joni L. Jones

Educational Studies Specifying the Psychomotor Domain of the Construct of Nursing Competence
Prentiss Jones, Jr. Biological Sciences Characterization of Membrane Potentials in Vascular Smooth Muscle of Hagfish, Lamprey and Trout

Romauld C. Jones

History Utopia Park, Utopian Church: James K. Humphrey and the Emergence of Sabbath Adventists

Ryan Jones

Mathematics

Modular and Graceful Edge Colorings

Candice Marie Jostad

Psychology

Evaluating the Effects of a Job-Aid for Teaching Visual Inspection Skills to University Students

Barbara J. June Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Early Childhood Program Director Leadership Characteristics and Program Quality

Robert Joseph Justice II

Chemistry

The In-Situ Removal of Menthofuran from Peppermint Oil and Subsequent Reactions of the Solid-Supported Adduct

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Karen Kain

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Determining Characteristics that Increase Success on the National Asthma Educator Certification Exam

Kevin M. Kain History Patriarch Nikon's Image in Russian History and Culture

Alyssa H. Kalata

Psychology

Testing the Efficacy of a Computerized Behavioral Activation Treatment of Depressive Disorders

Zill-e-Huma Kamal Computer Science On Implementing a Small Scale Class 2 Opportunistic Network and Utilizing Its Resources with QoS Constraints

Dattaraj Kamalapurkar

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Benefits of CPFR and VMI Collaboration Strategies in a Variable Demand Environment

Patrick Mugi Kamau

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

A Study of the Experiences of Infertility among Married Kenyan Women

Sheila Kampa-Kokesch

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Executive Coaching as an Individually Tailored Consulation Intervention: Does It Increase Leadership?
Mary-Catherine Kane Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Relationships Associated with Long-term Step- grandmother Role Behavior, Role Meaning, and Satisfaction
Timothy J. Kangas School of Public Affairs and Administration Child Welfare and Devolving Federalism: An Analysis of the Effects of Federal Funding Schemes on Intended Child Welfare Outcomes in Michigan
Nancy Van Kannel-Ray Teaching, Learning and Leadership Meaningful Learning: Reconciling the Tensions Between Constructivist and Environmentally Sustainable Pedagogy

Peter Kariuki

Public Affairs and Administration The Challenges of Implementing Privatization Reform Program of State-Owned Enterprises in Kenya

Amanda M. Karsten

Psychology

Evaluation of a Progressive Model for Identifying Preferred Stimuli for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Lisa Kasmer Educational Leadership, Research and Technology The Role of Prediction in the Teaching and Learning of Algebra

Ramesh Chandra Kattumenu

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging

Materials and Processes for Printed Electronics: Study of Flexography Printing for Electronics Manufacture

Rennie Bwalya Kaunda

Geosciences Some Applications of Gaussian Quadrature and Neural Network Modeling in Earth Flows and Other Slow Moving Landslides in Cohesive Slope Materials

Amy L. Kavanaugh

Teaching, Learning and Leadership
New Teachers' Perceptions of Discipline- Related School Problems and Teacher Satisfaction

Marcia Harriet Kaye

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Critical Components to Improve Literacy Learning for All Students

Richard Rashid Kazbour

Psychology

Evaluating the Impact of a Performance Based Methodology on Transfer of Training

Kay L. Keck

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Community College Retention: The Role of Late Registration Policies

Jenny Ritha Keller

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Peace Building and Counselor Education: Current Status and Future Directions

Jessica A. Kerby

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Interface of Breastfeeding and Work: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experiences of Caucasian Low-Income Women

Scott E. Kerby

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Informed Consent as a Predictor of Working Alliance and Perception of Counselor/Psychotherapist

Stephen Mark Keizer Teaching, Learning and Leadership A Study of the Effects of Goal Conflict on Job Satisfaction in Auxiliary Enterprise Units within Higher Education
Elizabeth Kerlikowske English The Laying on of Maples
Richard A. Ketrow Public Affairs and Administration A Leadership Model for Roman Catholic Social Service Agencies
Robert Keys Science Studies The Interactions Between an Orthodox Christian Worldview and Environmental Attitudes and Beliefs: For the Purpose of Developing Better Instructional Practice in Environmental/Ecological Attitudes and Knowledge

Duane Kiley

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Differentiated Instruction in the Secondary Classroom: Analysis of the Level of Implementation and Factors that Influence Practice

Donna Selman-Killingbeck Sociology A Sociological History of Prison Privatization in the Contemporary United States

Wambuii Henry Kiragu

Political Science The Politics of HIV/AIDS and Implications for Democracy in Kenya

Dae Shik Kim

Interdisciplinary Health Studies

Analysis of Factors Related to Drop-off Detection with the Long Cane

Junhyung Kim Chemistry Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalyst Applications of Gold Nanoparticles
Chad Kimmel Sociology Levittown, Pennsylvania: A Sociological History
Brenda Taylor King Sociology  Perceptions of a Prejudiced Campus: Institutional Antecedents and Personal Consequences for African-American Students

Melanie Kintz

Political Science

Recruitment to Leadership Positions in the German Bundestag, 1994-2006

Karen M. Kinyon

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Direct Care Workers Perceptions and Practices Related to Quality of Life in Long Term Care

Kara Kits

Mallinson Institute for Science Education

An Exploration of Worldview and Conceptions of Nature of Science among Science Teachers at a Private Christian High School

Elsy Thomas Kizhakethalackal

Economics

Empirical Essays on the Impact of Health-aid on Health Outcomes

Karen Kleinheksel Educational Studies Examining the Keyword Mnemonic Strategy as an Effective Academic Intervention for High School Students Labelled Emotional or Behavioral Disordered

Michael T. Klemp-North

Sociology

A Cross-Sectional Approach to Institutional Anomie Theory and Gang-Related Homicide

John Kloke Statistics Rank-Based Methods for Repeated Measures Data Under Exchangeable Errors

Rebecca Klott

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

What Psychotherapists Have to Teach Us about Childhood Developmental Trauma: The Roles of Attachment Orientation and Coping Strategy

Elizabeth Knapp English Intimacy
Kimberly Knutsen English The Lost Journals of Sylvia Plath

Seonghyuk Ko

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging

Zeolite-Based Nanosized TiO2 Photocatalytic Paper for Antimicrobial Barrier and Toxin Passivation in Packaging: Design, Synthesis and Characterization

Ellen I. Koch

Psychology Comparison and Generalization of Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral One-Session Exposure Treatments for Small Animal Phobias

Ravin S. T. Kodikara

Physics

Proton Capture Reactions and Network Calculations on 46Ti, 64Zn, 114Sn and 116Sn Relevant to the rp-Process

Chaminda Nalaka Kodituwakku

Physics Inelastic X-Ray Scattering Studies on Organic Semiconductors and Organic Superconductors

Kimberly Christine Koessel

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Relationship between Spirituality and Personality

Lars Kohler

Chemistry

Preparation of 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives with B-Ring Functionalization and Their Application

Petra R. A. Kohler

Biological Sciences

Inositol and Rhizopine Metabolism—Key Pathways for Competitive Host Nodulation in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Konstantinos N. Kokkinos Computer Science Load Balancing and Congestion Avoidance Routing

Kyle Kolasinski

Mathematics

Hamiltonicity and Connectivity in Distance-Colored Graphs

Ann Rea Kopy Educational Leadership, Research and Technology A Case Study of the Efficacy of a University Cohort Group in a Small Urban School District

Craig Korpela

Public Affairs and Administration The Cover-Up is More Damaging than the Sin: Sexual Scandals at the Cabinet and Sub-Cabinet Levels

Erik Kostandyan

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Optimum Failure Truncated Testing Strategies

Scott F. Kosten

Statistics

Robust Interval Estimation of a Treatment Effect in Observational Studies Using Propensity Score Matching

Miki Koyama

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Collective Voices of Asian International Doctoral Students in Counseling Psychology in the U.S.: Recom-mendations for Faculty and Training Programs

Andrea T. Kozak Psychology Treatment of Specific Animal Phobias and the Relationship of an Opiate Antagonist to Outcome 
Andrew Kozlowski Geosciences Origin of the Central Kalamazoo River Valley, Southwest Michigan, USA

Sridevi Krishnamurthy

Electrical and Computer Engineering Wireless Passive Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Sensing System

Mark Krommendyk

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
The Association Between School Choice and School Climate: Comparing School Climate in Private Religious, Charter and Public Schools

Daniel Kueh

Biological Sciences

Discrete Targeting of Peptide and Non-peptide Varicosities by a Single Neuron

Anil Raghavendra Kumar

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering A Study to Investigate the Relationship Between a User’s Thermal Comfort and Seat Pan Materials
Yi-Ling Linda Kuo-Rice Counselor Education and Counseling Philosophy Career Experiences and Career Development among Chinese American Professional Women:a Qualitative Study

Meg Kwak

Psychology Using Bibliometric Journal Citation Analysis as a Technique to Assess Trends in School Psychology Journal Publications Between 1995-1999
Uisoon Kwon Political Science Who Voted?: Social Class and Participation in United States Presidential Elections

Mary Alice Schultz-Krajenta

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology The Effects of Educational Development Plans on Motivation to Learn, and Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Learning Among Eighth Graders
Carl J. Lafata Sociology The Effects of Post-Secondary Education on State Troopers’ Job Performance, Stress Levels, and Authoritarian Attitudes
Doug LaFleur Psychology A Multicomponent Intervention System Using Goal
Setting, Feedback, and Incentives to Improve
Performance in Small Service Businesses

Jeanne LaHaie

English

Girls, Mothers, and Others: Female Representation in the Adolescent Fantasy of J.K. Rowling, Phillip Pullman, and Terry Pratchett

Blake M. Lancaster

Psychology Examination of the Impact of Age, Family Conflict, and Perceived Parental Involvement on Treatment Adherence for Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis and Diabetes
Teresa S. Lance Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
More than In and Out of the Classroom Closet: A Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teachers' Identity Management Strategies
John Landosky Biological Sciences The Effects of Elevated CO2 on Brassicacae and the Specialist Herbivore, Cabbage White Butterfly Pieris rapae
Sean Patrick Laraway Psychology The Effects of Gamma-Hydoxybutyrate on Response Acquisition
Penny Larsen Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Making the Difference in High School Poverty: Selected Principals Perspectives from High- achieving Urban Elementary Schools
Dorothy Latuszek Public Affairs and Administration Effectiveness of Teaching Modalities for Pre-College Level Mathematics Courses

Pamela J. Laureto

Biological Sciences

The Allopolyploid Origin and Population Genetics of the Rare Solidago Houghtonii (Asteraceae)

Carol Jaspere Lautenbach Teaching, Learning and Leadership What Kinds of Adolescent Leaders Are Hiding in Newbery Books

Maryann Lavender

Educational Leadership, Research and Technologyiological Sciences Community College Partnerships with Business and Industry

Angela R. Lebbon

Department: Psychology

Investigating the Effects of Observer Presence and Feedback on Individuals’ Work-Related Behavior

Sarah A. Lechago

Psychology

Overcoming Functional Independence: The Effects of Multiple Exemplar Instruction in Generating Functional Interdependence between Listener and Intraverbal Categorization Repertoires

Chien-Hong Lee

Political Science International Cooperation in the World of Sovereign but Interdependent Nation States: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation as an International Regime 

Helen Lee

Special Education The Effects of Detectable Warning Surfaces on Individuals with Mobility Impairments
Hyun Kook Lee Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Imaging Fumed Metallic Oxides and Conventional Pigments for Glossy Inkjet Paper

Sukhee Lee

Political Science A Foundation for Democratic Transition: The Evolution of Korean Civil Society 1972-1987

Tiffany K. Lee

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Implementation of the 2009 CACREP Standards Addiction Competencies

Franklyn D. Legall

Geosciences
Geochemical and Isotopic Characteristics Associated with High Conductivities in a Shallow Hydrocarbon-contaminated Aquifer
Adugna Lemi Economics Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: Uncertainty, Trade and Welfare
Emily Lenning Sociology This Journey is not for the Faint of Heart: An Investigation of Challenges Facing Transgender Individuals and their Significant Others
Susan J. Lentz Biological Sciences Cellular Proliferation, Death and Histology of Gambusia Affinis Livers After Exposure to 2-Aminofluorene and Benzidine 

Jeffrey M. Leslie

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Correlates of Teachers’ Job Satisfaction: A Hierarchical Linear Modeling Study Using 2003-2004 Schools and Staffing Survey

Ekaterina M. Levintova   Political Science  Official Discourse and Public Opinion in Post-Communist Societies: The Role of Government-Affiliated Intellectuals
Jennifer E. Lewis   Psychology  Effects of Writing Therapy across PTSD and Chronic Stress

Ladel Lewis

Sociology

Stop Snitching: Hip-Hop’s Influence on Crime Reporting in the Inner City

Shujun Li Computer Science Online Support for Multivariate Integration

Melissa A. Lidderdale

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Phenomenological Study of Resilience in the Lives of White, Midlife Lesbian Psychologists in Clinical Practice

Jonathan C. Lighthall

Physics

Commissioning of the Helical Orbit Spectrometer: A New Device for Measuring Nuclear Reactions in Inverse Kinematics

Sooman Lim

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging

Inkjet Printability of Electronic Materials Important to the Manufacture of Fully Printed OTFTs

Jianwei Lin

Mathematics

The Domination Number of Ka? Kb? Kc

Yuchun Lin Chemistry An Exploration of the Chemical and Biological Processes through Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Block-Localized Wavefunction Method

Monica R. Lininger

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Examining the Research Designs and Analytical Techniques in Athletic Training from 2005 – 2010

Jeremy M. Linton Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Group Processes in Group Supervision: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study

Lisa Lishman

English Cottonlandia

Fengjun Liu

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Numerical Studies of Transportation for Flows Around Multi-Element Airfoils
Lezheng Liu Economics Empirical Essays on Inflation and Economic Growth

Minghong Liu

Chemistry

Isotropic and Anisotropic Metallic and Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Their Potential Applications in Biology

Marci Marroquin-Loiselle Psychology The Effect of Alcohol on Women's Detection of Risk in a Date Rape Vignette
Georgios Paris Loizides Sociology Deconstructing Fordism: Legacies of the Ford Sociological Department

Janice M. Long

Interdisciplinary Health Studies

Perceptions of Quality of Life of Latinos with Diabetes Living in the U.S.: Variations by Geographic Region of Origin

Kaye Lynn Longberg

English Unconfessed

María del Pilar López-Castilla

Spanish

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca y sus Narrativas sobre la Exploración del Río de la Plata (1540-1545)

Jessa R. Love

Psychology

Training the Execution of Single-Case Research Methodology Skills in an Early and Intensive Behavioral Intervention Setting

Veronika Lovell Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging   Deep Look into Ink Jet Printing-Recent Technologies, Novel Ink Formulations, Performance, Requirements, and Expectations

Sheryl Lozowski-Sullivan

Psychology

Psychometric Properties of Diagnostic Assessment Instruments for Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Community Sample Aged 2-17

Min Lu

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Study of Automotive Hydromount Mechanism
Xuejin Lu Teaching, Learning and Leadership Teacher Quality and Teacher Preparedness of Scondary Public School Teachers: Evidence from SASS 1999-2000

Denise Ann Ludwig

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Special Education Preschool: Perceptions of the Parent Participation and Education Component

Jessica C. Lynam

Spanish

Estadounidenses and Gringos as Reality and Imagination in Mexican Narrative of the Late Twentieth Century

Rong Ma

Economics

Three Essays on International Banking

Emily Kathleen MacDonald Psychology An Evaluation of Methylphenidate Preference in Adults Diagnosed wtih Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 

Shawn Victoria MacDonald

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Struggling with Race: A Grounded Theory Study of the Development of Awareness of Racism by White Counselors in Training
Dawn M. Mackety Evaluation, Measurement, and Research

Mail and Web Surveys: A Comparison of Demographic Characteristics and Response Quality when Respondents Self-Select the Survey Administration Mode

David L. MacQuarrie Educational Studies Automotive Service Technology Intersectional Skills Proficiency Assessment

Sandra R. Madden

Mathematics

High School Mathematics Teachers’ Evolving Understanding of Comparing Distributions

Sherrie L. Maher Psychology Identifying Behavioral Risk Factors for Acquaintance Rape in College Women

Amanda Mahoney

Psychology

Mine Detection Rats: Effects of Repeated Extinction on Detection Rates

Amr Ezzat Mohamed Mahmoud

Chemistry

Investigating the Biochemical Activity of Some Flavonoids, Coumarins and Modified Gold-Nanoparticles as Anti-Breast Cancer Agents

Scott Walter Maieritsch

Psychology Social Anxiety: Attentional Bias in Reaction to Emotional Faces Before and After Participation in a College Level Public Speaking Course

Venkata Raghu Ram Malapaka

Biological Sciences Structure-Function Studies of Self-Assembling Flagellin Proteins from Salmonella Typhimurium and Aquifex Pyrophilus
Rashida Khatoon Malik Teaching, Learning and Leadership School Counselors' Perceptions about Female Participation in Non-Traditional Secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs

Jessica L. Manning

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Process of One White Upper Middle Class Lesbian Couple as They Pursued Parenthood for the First Time: A Qualitative Case Study

Nancy Barnes Mansberger

Teaching, Learning and Leadership After Turning Points:  The Evidence of Adoption of Middle School Reforms in United States, 1989-2000

Elizabeth Maier Marietta

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology In Our Own Words: Exploring Female Psychosocial Student Development

Scott T. Marley

Physics

Study of the Structure of 9C via Single Neutron Transfer

Erick K. Marmolejo

Psychology

The Effects of Yellow Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) on Motorists’ Yielding, Exit Lane Encroachment and Conflicts at Fire Station Exits

Michael Thomas Martin   History The Italian Homiliary: Texts and Contexts

Thomas Martin

English The Country of the Blind

Beth M. Martinelli

English Water Bearing Bodies: A Poetry Collection
Ruvie Lou Maria C. Martinez Statistics Diagnostics for Choosing Between Log-rank and Wilcoxon Tests

Wesley A. Martz

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

Toward Evaluating Organizational Effectiveness

Elizabeth Marzoni

English

This Glass Sun and Other Cities

Sheila F. Matthews

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology The Relationship Between Self- esteem and Impostor Phenomenon of Female Teachers of Kindergarten through Grade 12

Jeanine Mattson-Gearhart

Special Education and Literacy Studies

Graduate Cohort Approach in Teacher Education

Kyle W. Mayer Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Collective Bargaining in Public Schools: Superintendents’ Perspective

Ioana Raluca Mazarc

Economics State Regulations of Smoking in Public Places: Determinants and Implementations on the Demand for Cigarettes and Consumers' Behavior
Colin S. McCaleb Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Differences in Bachelor’s Degree Attainment: Are College Degrees a Function of Habitus?

Constance L. McCallum

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

The Perception of Adult Learners Concerning Their Satisfaction of Their Educational Experiences in a Midwestern Community College

Candy S. McCorkle

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

First-Generation, African American Students’ Experiences of Persisting at a Predominantly White Liberal Arts College

Rhonda McDaniel English Male and Female He Created Them: Aelfric's Lives of Saints and Patristic Theories of Gender

Gary L. McDowell

English

Mysteries in a World that Thinks There Are None

James McGee

Biological Sciences

Identification, Development, and Screening of Compounds against Bacterial Glutamate Racemase

Rhonda Elliott McGee Sociology   Controversial Maternal Roles of "Familial" Child Sexual Abuse

Michele L. McGrady

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Understanding the Dimensions of Spirituality in Caucasian, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Students

Eugene H. McKay, III Public Affairs and Administration Student Satisfaction With Michigan Community College Distance Education Courses

Aileen C. McKenna

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Reluctant to Report: The Mandated Reporting Practices of Child Care Providers

Shannon McMorrow

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

HIV/AIDS Coverage in the Daily Nation Newspaper: A Mixed Methods Content Analysis to Inform Health Promotion and HIV Prevention in Kenya

Rebecca A. McNamara

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Traveling with a Purpose: Stories of Contradiction and Transformation in International Service-Learning

David Meade Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering System's Approach to Modeling the Strategic Impact of Management Accounting Practices on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing

Rebekka Anna Mehl

Comparative Religion

Spiritual Independence in Finley’s Elsie Dinsmore Series, Alcott’s Little Women Series, and Wilder’s Little House Series

Meng-Huang Lu

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

A New Rough Wall Layer Modeling for Turbulent Flows Using the Brinkman Equation

Haile A. Mengistu Geosciences Investigating Oxy-ligand Adsorption onto the Surface Iron Oxides and Bacterial Cell Membranes in Aquifers
Ruby Meriweather School of Public Affairs and Administration Factors Affecting Treatment Program Development in a Mental Health Facility Serving Prisoners

Scott Merkel

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

A Look at the Beginning: Strengths, Weaknesses and the Support Structures for New Teachers from the Perspectives of Elementary School Principals

Catherine E. Merovich Biological Sciences Bufadienolides in the Chemical Defenses of the Toads, Bufo Americanus and Bufo Fowleri

Mátyás Tamás Mészáros

Economics

On the Battleground of Environmental and Competition Policy: The Renewable Electricity Market

Patrick Gerard Meyer Mallison Institute for Science Education A Study of How Precursor Key Concepts for Organic Chemistry Success are Understood by General Chemistry Students

Regina Lynn Meyer

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Predictors of Counselor Self-Efficacy among Master’s Level Counselor Trainees: Impact of Cohort versus Non-Cohort Educational Programs

David C. Meyers

Teaching, Learning and Leadership A Study of Emergent Leadership Factors in a Total Ministry Model
Caio Flavio Miguel Psychology The Role of Naming on Stimulus Categorization by Preschool Children
Adam Milewski Geosciences Remote Sensing Solutions for Estimating Runoff and Recharge in Arid Environments
Lori H. Miller Psychology Using Behavioral Systems Analysis to Improve the Placement Service of the Association for Behavior Analysis

Michael G. Miller

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Comparisons of Absolute and Relative Intramuscular Temperature Changes during Ultrasound Treatment Using Three Analytical Techniques

Pamela J. Miller Teaching, Learning and Leadership Teacher Leadership in Community Colleges: Transforming Teaching and Organizational Governance

Sagarika Mishra

Economics

Essays on Asymmetric Loss and Learning in Macroeconomic Forecasting

Darian Mitchell

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Influences in the Platonic Same Sex Friendships of Black Males

Loago N. Molwalefhe Geosciences Geochemical and Isotopic Characterization of Shallow Basinal Brines From the Makgadikgadi Pans Complex of Northeastern Botswana: Determination of the Source of Salinity

Javier M. Montefort

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
On the Dynamics and Kinetic Energy of Axisymmetric and Wavy Taylor-Couette Flows
Bobbi Morehead Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Exposing Star Teachers of Children in Poverty

Gregory A. Moorehead

Teaching, Learning and Leadership
The Impact of Values and Gender on Advising Satisfaction and Persistence of African Americans at Predominantly White Universities

Mohammad A. Moradi

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

A Case Study of How Students Enrolled in CTE Programs and Faculty Understand and Assess the Implications of Globalization on Career Preparation

Thomas B. Morgan Psychology The Effects of Dextromethorphan on Response Acquisition with Delayed Reinforcement
Kineta Lynn Morgan-Paisley Psychology Disruptive Effects of Ab Oligomers to the Radial-Arm Maze Performance of Rats
Joel Mort Comparative Religion Considering the Rationality of African Ritual Behavior

Shannon R. Mortimore

English

From Picture to Word to the World: A Multimodal, Cultural Studies Approach to Teaching Graphic Narratives in the English Classroom

Natalie Morton Teaching, Learning and Leadership The Study of Nontraditional Student Satisfaction with Academic Support Services Offered at Westen Michigan University

Alison Moses

Psychology

Child Parent Relationship Therapy for Parents of Children with Disruptive Behavior

Melinda Marie Moustakis

English

The Last Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show

Thilak Kumara Mudalige

Chemistry Bioengineering of Protein Nanotubes and Protein- Nanomaterial Composites

Joshua M. Muia

Chemistry

Characterization of the N-terminal Domains and Disease-causing Mutations of the Human Wilson Protein

Robert G. Muladore Public Affairs and Administration Implementing Community Policing Successfully: An Analysis of Police Engagement with the Philosophy and Practice of Community Policing

Patrick S. Mulick

Psychology Examination of the Efficacy of Behavioral Activation in the Treatment of Co-morbid Major Depressive Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Timothy M. Mullen

Interdisciplinary Health Studies

Radiographic and Functional Analysis of Movement Allowed by Four Wrist Immobilization Devices

Megan C. Mullins Sociology Remembering the Mendiola March: Understanding the Role of Experience and Accounts in the Construction of History

Gilbert N. Muma

Statistics

A New Nonparametric Test for Umbrella Alternatives

Lily Cheyanne Munavu

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Effects of Defendant Race, Psychological Expert Witness Race, and Racially Salient Psychological Expert Testimony on Juror Decision Making

Margaret Elizabeth Munger

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

NovaNET Online Curricula and the Course Completion of Alternative High School Students

Ahmed A. Murad

Geosciences Chemical and Isotopic Investigation of Groundwater in Eastern United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Laura Kay Murray

Psychology Self-Control Training in Young Children

Nikita Murry

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

A Qualitative Exploration of African American Womanhood: Implications for Counseling and Counselor Education

Abeba Siraj Mussa

Economics

Three Essays on Financial Markets and Monetary Policy

Jonathan Muterera

School of Public Affairs and Administration The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership Theory Behaviors, Follower Attitudes and Behaviors, and Organizational Performance in United States County Governments
Flora Myamba Sociology Domestic Violence Rights Movement in Tanzania: An Exploration

Kerisa A Myers

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Child Care Centers on Higher Education Campuses: Internal and External Roles and Director Leadership

Marcella J. Myers

Political Science

Important or Impotent: Radical Right Political Parties and Social Policymaking in Germany and Austria

N - O - P    

Shahin Ahmed Abdel Naby

Physics

Dielectronic Recombination for Aluminum-Like Ions and Photo-absorption Cross Sections for Magnesium Ions at the K-Edge

Halim Naeem

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Personality and Religiosity: The Influence of Normative Personality on Black Sunni Muslims’ Religious Attitudes and Practices

Suzie Nagel-Bennett

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Job Satisfaction of University Chief Student Conduct Administrators and Their Intent to Stay or Leave the Position

Adela Josefina Najarro

English Inroads Towards Contemporary Latina Literature: Poetry and Criticism

Srinand Ponnathapura Nandakumar

Statistics

Statistical Procedures for Bioequivalence Analysis

Eric Nantz

Statistics

Testing Equality of Competing Risks of Patient Discontinuation across Multiple Disease States

Bruce Nanzer Public Affairs and Administration Ownership and Stewardship: Attitudes Among Michigan's Voters Impacting Opposition to Great Lakes Water Diversions

Sathyanarayanan Narasimhan

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Virtual Design Verification and Process Improvement of Composite Sheet Material Products Using Intelligent Finite Element Analysis (iFEA)

MANJERNGIE CECELIA NDEBE

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Perceived Impacts of the 14-Year (1989-2003) Civil War on Higher Education in Liberia: An Analysis of the Case for the University of Liberia and Cuttington University

Laura Nejedlik

Biological Sciences

Construction of a New Model System in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae to Study YopO and Identify Its Target

Samuel B. Ngovo

History

The Bandi of Northwestern Liberia: A Study of Change and Continuity in Bandi Society to 1964

Linda Nicks Geosciences The Glacial Geology of Southern St. Joseph County, Michigan
Sherry Broadwell Niewoonder English Ben Jonson and the Mirror: Folly Knows No Gender

Emily A. Nisley

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Counseling Professionals’ Anti-Trans Attitudes and Responses to Transgender Clients

Alhaji Umar N'jai Chemistry Analysis of Benzo(A)Pyrene Induced Gene Expression Changes in Fisher 344 Rat Liver by Affymetrix Microarray and Quantitative Real-Time PCR
Hanacho Michael Nmom Teaching, Learning and Leadership Increasing the Awareness of Human Resource Development Activities in Small Firms
Jihwa Noh Mathematics
An Investigation of Secondary Teachers' Knowledge of Rate of Change in the Context of Teaching a Standards-Based Curriculum

Abraham Matthew Northup

Geosciences Modified Fenton Oxidization of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils with CaO2: Microbial Survival and Surfactant Production

Sara L. Norton-Ejnik

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area Classroom: Teacher Attitudes and Predictors

Carol Nowakowski

Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Career Planning Needs of Students
Theresa Andrea Nugent Educational Leadership, Research and Technology A Narrative Inquiry of Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding Their Professional Development Experiences

Uwaoma George Nwaogu

Economics

Essays on Spatial Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth Determinants in Developing Countries

Ebrima Nying Educational Studies A Comparative Study of Interrater Reliability Coefficients Obtained from Different Statistical Procedures Using Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques

Themba Louis Nyirenda

Statistics

Heteroscedastic Linear Model Estimation Based on Ranks: An Iterated Reweighted Least Squares Approach

Maureen M. O'Brien History Power and Prayer as Reflected in "A Mirror of Monastic Perfection:" A Prosopographical Study of the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu, 1043-1184
Jennifer Ann-Schultheis O’Donoghue Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Transitioning Between the Requirements of Accrediting Bodies in Athletic Training Education Programs: What It Might Take

Kristian O’Hare

English

Like Poetry: A Collection of Short Plays

Futaba Okamoto

Mathematics Measures of Traversability in Graphs

Eugene Okoli

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Gender Disparity in Nigerian Education: Women’s Experience of Barriers to Equal Educational Opportunity

Wilson Okumu

Chemistry

The Lipid Acyl-Chain Dynamics in Giant Liposomes and Characterization of Domain 4 of the Wilson Disease Protein

Gabriel A. Okyere

Statistics

Robust Adaptive Scheme for Linear Mixed Models

Jason Paul Olsen

English

Neon Allegiance

Ryan Olson

Psychology An Analysis of Student Progress in Beginning Flight Training: Performance Prediction, Performance Measurement, and Performance Improvement

Lotfi Ben Othmane

Computer Science

Active Bundles for Protecting Confidentiality of Sensitive Data throughout Their Lifecycle

Randy Ott

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

White Male College Students: An Examination of Identity Development, Masculinity, and Institutional Connections

Jason T. Otto

Psychology The Use of Computer-based Programmed Instruction As a Supplemental Tool to Train Behavior Analysis Concepts

Hend Ouda

Statistics New Tests of Univariate Symmetry Based on the Gini Mean Difference

Anne-Marie Oulai

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Development and Application of a Checklist for Evaluating E-Learning in Organizations

Pariwat Pacheenburawana Mathematics Global Optimality Conditions in Mathematical Programming and Optimal Control

Lokendra Pal

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging Sustainable Barrier SBS Paperboard Coatings Using Shape Engineered Pigments and In-situ Polymerization

John J. Panos

Psychology

Neurochemical Effects of Amyloid-Beta Oligomers in Rats

Srinivasa Pantula

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Modeling Fluid Structure Interaction over a Fin Attached to a Naca0012 Airfoil

Herdley O. Paolini

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology The Development and Function of the God Representation in Women
Nathanael David O’Reilly English Between the City and the Bush: Suburbia in the Contemporary Australian Novel
Alan Dean Papendick Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Leadership Styles Inventory of Michigan Career and Technical Education Area Center Principals
Jason C. Parcon Statistics Spearman Rank Regression
Byoungkook Park English The Biographic and Poetic Dimensions in Gary Synder’s Green Buddhism Poetry: Cold Mountain Poems, Mountains and Rivers Without End, and Danger on Peaks
Randy D. Parker Teaching, Learning, and Leadership The Differences in Performance Between Large and Small Organizations in Mental Health Settings

Adam Pasen

English

Tea with Edie and Fitz

Lori A. Pashnik Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology School Counselor's Perceptions of Developmental Guidance: A Qualitative Study

Ananda Mani Paudel

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Optimizing Green Sand Properties of Fluidized Sand from Aeration and Developing New Green Sand Testing Technique

Lorraine Pearl-Kraus

Interdisciplinary Health Studies Effects of Two Parkinson’s Disease Patient Education Models on Disease Self-Management and Quality of Life

Charles Pearson

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Understanding the Impact of the Kalamazoo Promise from the Perspectives of Parents and Community Group Members

Kelley A. Peatross

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

African American Male Teachers in K-12 Education: A Limited Quantity

Erik Thomas Pederson Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Investigation of the Iced Airfoil Flow Field Characteristics Related to the Stall Margin Instrumentation Used in Icing Conditions

Susan J. Peets

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Effective Intervention Approaches for Increased Student Achievement with At-risk Middle School Students: Voices from Parents

Victoria Mary Pellettiere

Psychology An Examination of the Effects of Fluency Training on Retention Distractability and Generativity

J. Douglas Penn

Sociology

Does Understanding the Kalamazoo Promise Impact African American Participation?

Yongquing Peng

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Analytical, Computational and Experimental Studies of Capillary Flow in Complex Geometries

Sarah E. Pernie

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Content Analysis of University Alcohol Policies: “Party Schools” Compared to Non-party Schools

Nadini Persaud

The Evaluation Center Conceptual and Practical Analysis of Costs and Benefits in Evaluation: Developing a Cost Analysis Tool for Practical Program Evaluation
Nathan Peplinski Biological Sciences The Effects of Aging and Activity on Glial Cell Line- derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in Skeletal Muscle

Kristen Peterson

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

A Qualitative Study of Instructional Strategies Used by Elementary General Education Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms

Sharon L. Peterson

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Assessing Problem Solving Strategy Differences within Online and Face-to-Face Courses and Their Relationship to Pre-Service Teachers’ Competence and Confidence for Integrating Technology into Teaching

Anna Ingesborg Petursdottir

Psychology An Evaluation of Intraverbal Training and Listener Training for Teaching Categorization Skills

Bryan Phinezy

Mathematics

Variations on a Graph Coloring Theme

David Joseph Piacenti

Sociology

The Ethnic Identity of Returning Immigrants to a Pueblo in Yucatán

Eileen L. Pierce

Public Affairs and Administration

Citizen-Informed Performance Measurement and Reporting in Local Government: Key Factors for Effective Democratic Governance

Ronald Pimentel

Statistics

Kendall’s Tau and Spearman’s Rho for Zero Inflated Data

Darryl P. Plunkett

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Exploring the Relationships Between Religious Faith, Mental Health Help Seeking Attitudes and Preferences for Counselor Characteristics Among Black American Churchgoers

Kathleen Poindexter Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Perceived Essential Novice Nurse Educator Role Competencies and Qualifications to Teach in a Pre- licensure Registered Nurse Education Program

Matthew Porritt

Psychology Fluency in Pigeons: The Effects of Response Rate on Learning

Carla Postell

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

African American Students’ Academic Experiences, Achievement and Outcomes Examined through the Lenses of Teacher Expectations, Racial Congruence and Stereotype Threat

Kathryn M. Potoczak Psychology Identifying the Function of Aberrant Behavior: Comparing Variations of the Experimental Functional Analysis 

Kristi S. Potts

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Voices of Parolees who have Chosen a Community College Element within a Reentry Program

Jack Phillip Powell

Teaching, Learning and Leadership The Relationship Between Financial Aid and Freshman Persistence at a Midwestern Liberal Arts College

Lara Preacco

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Student Athlete Worldview: A Qualitative Discovery of Student-Athletes’ Outlook of the World through their Athletic Experiences

Brandi L. Pritchett-Johnson

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

African American Experiences of Race Relations in the Supervision Dyad

Aida Shafreena Ahmad Puad

Biological Sciences

Preliminary Revision, Phylogenetics and Studies of Anatomical Variation Along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Genus Schefflera (Araliaceae) in Sabah, Malaysia

Brian L. Pyles

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology A Study of Career Preparation Activities Used in Michigan’s Public High Schools
Q - R - S    
Geraldina Villalobos-Quezada Educational Studies Performance Evaluation Models: A Review of the Balanced Scorecard and CIPP Models for Strategic Decision Making

Pamela M. Radford

Psychology Documenting Lines of Communication Between School Personnel and Physicians for Medication Evaluation Purposes for Students with ADHD

Paige Raetz

Psychology

Preference Assessments for Older Adults with Dementia: Utility of the MSWO Procedure and Assessment of the Stability of Preference

Md. Habibur Rahman Economics Three Essays on Financial Intermediation, Capital Formation, and Economic Growth and Development

Buddhi M. Rai

Physics

Modeling Transmission of Photonic Crystal Waveguide Modes Enhanced by Kerr Nonlinearity

J. Mark Rainey

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Principals’ Instructional Leadership in the Development of Curriculum and Meeting District/State Performance Goals

William Gene Rantz

Psychology

Comparing the Accuracy of Performing Digital and Paper Checklists using a Feedback Intervention Package during Normal Workload Conditions in Simulated Flight

Jason M. Rapelje Sociology Fabricating Freddy vs. Jason: Understanding a Motion Picture as a Social Encounter between Fans and Filmmakers

Sylvia M. Raphles

Public Affairs and Administration Women and Combat: Impediments to the Total Integration of Women in the Military
Sauwanit Ratanaruamkarn Statistics New Estimators of a Circular Median
Peter F. Rausch Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Affective Expression and Behavior of Sex Offenders

Joël Luc Raveloharimisy

Political Science

Becoming Formal or Informal Entrepreneurs: What Explains the African Case?

Deepak Ravindra

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Ductile Mode Material Removal of Ceramics and Semiconductors

Glinda Jeanette Rawls

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Research Self-Efficacy and Research Mentoring Experiences as Predictors of Occupational Commitment in Counselor Education Doctoral Students

Berta Rebimbas-Cohen Biological Sciences Changes in Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Nerve Growth Factor Expression With Development, Age, Exercise and Hypertension

Ryan Redner

Psychology

The Effects of Repeated Resurgence Conditions on the Magnitude of Resurgence

Mark Steven Reece School of Public Affairs and Administration Economic Impacts of Casino Gambling on Rural Michigan Communities
Patricia L. Reeves Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
Increasing Organizational Capacity: A Systems Approach Utilizing Transformational and Distributed Leadership Practices

Steven Reifert

Sociology State-Corporate Crime in Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety: A Case Study of Deviant Activity between the Police and Computer Vendors

Vincent Reusch

English

Circumnavigation

Ronald Riekki English Incarcerated: A Collection of Short Plays

Deborah E. Renard

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Counseling Clients with Physical Disabilities: Biased and Exemplary Practices

Claudia L. Márquez Reséndiz

Spanish

Mapa provisional de la literatura hispanoamericana de entre siglos: una mirada al camino literario actual

Vanessa Revindran

Biological Sciences

Isolation and Characterization of Cellular Targets of HopM1; a Plant Pathogen Effector of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato

William R. Reynolds English Starlight Drive
Gayle Rhineberger   Sociology  Social Disorganization, Disorder, Social Cohesion, Informal Controls and Crime: A Reformulation and Test of Systemic Social Disorganization Theory

Anna A. Rice

Psychology

Evaluation of the Impact of a Large Corporate Leadership Development Course

David L. Rich

Public Affairs and Administration   A Heuristic Study of the Decision to Privatize Local Government Services

Margaret M. Richardson

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

Development of the Trauma Informed System Change Instrument: Evaluation of Factorial Validity and Implications for Use

Rhae-Ann Richardson-Booker

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

A Comparative Study of Extended Meta-ethnography and Meta-Analysis Based on the Fundamental Micro-purposes of
a Literature Review

Christopher J. Richmond Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology A Study of Intake and Assessment in Solution- focused Brief Therapy

Thomas F. Rienzo

Mallinson Institute for Science Education
Conceptual Change Resulting from Experiential Learning with Business Enterprise Software

Andrew R. Riley

Psychology

Identifying Mechanisms of Change: Utilizing Single-Participant Methodology to Better Understand Behavior Therapy for Youth Depression

John S. Risley The Evaluation Center Legislative Program Evaluation Conducted by State Legislatures in the United States

Mihaiela Ristei

Political Science

Competing Formal and Informal Institutions in a Democratizing Setting: An Institutional Analysis of Corruption in Romania

Donna M. Ritenour Teaching, Learning and Leadership Differences Among Accredited Athletic Training Education Programs in Preparing Students for the National Certification Examination
John Charles Ritzler Teaching, Learning and Leadership An investigation on the impact of the structure of summative student evaluation on self-regulated learning
Kathy L. Rix Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Differences by Degrees: Providing Services to Adult Students Based on Degree Level Pursued
Gary C. Roberts Political Science
The United States Supreme Court and American Individualism
Kristi Robinia Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology The Effect of Online Teaching Self-Efficacy on Nurse Faculty Teaching in Public, Accredited Nursing Programs in the State of Michigan

Leadriane L. Roby

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Teachers’ Sense of Professional Practices as a Result of Mentoring

Miles Rogers

Biological Sciences

A Tale of Two Proteins: Regulation of the Enterohemolysin Operon by the Histone-Like Nucleoid Structuring Protein and Characterization of the Novel Protein YghJ in Shiga-Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli

Donald H. Rohn Psychology
Exploring the Behavioral Function of Work Monitoring

Xiaoying Rong

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging Numerical Study of Flow in Three-dimensional Fiber Network and Curved Fiber Sedimentation by Lattice Boltzmann Method

Karen Grace Villarente Rosales

Statistics

Confidence Intervals and Tests on the Difference of Means of Two Delta Distributions

Mathew Anthony Cantos Rosales

Statistics

The Robustness of Confidence Intervals for the Mean of Delta Distribution

Tamara H. Rosier Teaching, Learning and Leadership Teachers' Career Decisions in a Cognitive Framework: Logistical Regression Analyses of a National Data Set
Dawn L Rothe Sociology The Masquerade of Abu Ghraib: State Crime, Torture and International Law

Sophie Rubin

Psychology

The Comparative Efficacy of Dosed, Enhanced Dosed, Prolonged Exposure, and Mindfulness in the Reduction of Anxiety

Robert James Ruhf

Mallison Institute for Science Education Analyzing the Effects of Inquiry-Based Instruction on the Learning of Atmospheric Science Among Pre-Service Teacher Education Students

Isabel Ruiz

Economics Essays on the Latin American Foreign Exchange Market
Manuel R. Rupe Teaching, Learning and Leadership Higher Education Attorneys Perceptions Regarding Academic Freedom and Challenges to Academic Freedom

Rajka Rush

Comparative Religion
Religion and Semiosphere: From Religious to the Secular and Beyond

Rosalee Billingslea Rush

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Learning Organization Principles: The Impact on a Midwest State Government as Perceived by its Employees

Christine Russell

Special Education and Literacy Studies

Stability of Popular R-CBM Progress Monitoring Tools: DIBELS Next and AIMSweb

Robert Adams Rozema English Electronic Literacy: Teaching Literary Reading Through the Digital Medium

Lisa Ryan

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Characteristics of Alternative Public High Schools: A National Study Using the 2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey

Varaporn Saenpholphat

Mathematics Resolvability in Graphs

Zhanay Sagintayev

Geosciences

Integrated Approach for the Assessment and Development of Groundwater Resources in Arid Lands: Potential Applications in the Quetta Valley, Pakistan

Ayman Said Physics Inelastic X-ray Scattering Studies in Lithium and Metal Ammonia Solutions

Mahmoud Said

Computer Science

Trace Driven Approach for Testing and Debugging Concurrent Programs

Ma’en Saleh Saleh

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adaptive Security-Aware Scheduling for Packet Switched Networks Using Real-Time Multi-Agent Systems

Dayanthi Nishani Samaraweera

Psychology

The Effects of Brief Visual Stimuli on the Anxious Arousal Associated with Public Speaking

Tova A. Samuels

Chemistry

Strategies for the Detection and Deactivation of Chemical and Biological Environmental Pollutants

Wendy Samuels Teaching, Learning and Leadership The Persistence of Adult Undergraduates on a Traditionally Oriented University Campus
Mustafa Sanver Computer Science Interactive Visual Exploration of Large Relational Data

Ryoh Sasaki

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

Metaevaluation by Formal Evaluation Theory of Aid Evaluation Work

Joseph R. Sasson Psychology The Comparative and Contributive Effects of Process and Human Performance Improvement Strategies

Rachael A. Sautter

Psychology The Role of Problem-solving in Complex Intraverbal Repertoires

Lisa Schade

English How Does It Mean? Literary Theory as Metacognitive Strategy for Reading and Interpretation

Amy L. Schelling

Special Education and Literacy Studies

Evaluating the Use of a Self-Advocacy Strategy as a Means of Improving Progress in the General Curriculum for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities

Rebecca C. Scherzer Statistics Testing Procedures for Group Sequential Clinical Trials with Multiple Survival Endpoints
Kenneth J. Schilling Public Affairs and Administration The One-stop Permit and Plan Review Center: Three Case Studies

Regina Schinker

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

4-H Leaders: Factors that Affect their Persistence in the 4-H Youth Development Program

Keith A. Schramm

Mallinson Institute for Science Education A Study of Expert Problem-Solving in Qualitative Organic Analysis Using a Computer Simulation
Janine M. Schroeder Psychology Sexual Victimization: An Examination of Variables Predicting Psychological Adjustment
Sandra Ellen Schroer Sociology Amorous Liberty: A critical discourse analysis of gendered situations in Free Love in the mid 1800s

Daniela C. Schröter

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

Evaluation of Sustainability for Sustainability: Development and Validation of an Evaluation Checklist

Adam Bruce Schuitema

English Freshwater Boys
Debra Scott Schultz Teaching, Learning, and Leadership A Model for Using the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination Results as a Method of Outcomes Assessment

Constance M. Schwass

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in AQIP Accredited Community and Technical Colleges

Amy E. Scrima

Psychology

Implementing a Mastery Model through Self Quizzing in an Online Learning Environment

Gabriel D. Searcy

Psychology

Short-Term Nicotine Abstinence and Decision-Making

Libbie Searcy

English Tongues

Kimberly E. Seckinger-Bancroft

Psychology

Examining the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Delivery Models to Teach Children Abduction Prevention Skills

Peder Seglund

Psychology

Behavior Based Sales: A Study of Behavioral Techniques for Sales Performance Improvement

Richard William Seim

Psychology

Dosed versus Prolonged Exposures: A Direct Comparison of One-Session Treatments for Animal Phobias

Elizabeth Semkiw

Chemistry

Evaluation of Electron Donor Materials Used to Create Subsurface Permeable Bioreactive Barriers for Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes

Buddhika Senarath-Dassanayake

Physics

Electron Transmission Characteristics and the Production of Narrow Beams Using Glass Optics

Dawit Legesse Senbet Economics Estimating the Impact, Transmission Mechanism and Reaction Function of Monetary Policy: A Factor- Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) Approach

Aberra Senbeta

Economics

Three Essays on Foreign Aid, Poverty and Growth

Jamie M. Severtson

Psychology

A Sequential Analysis of Staff Training Procedures Used to Teach Novice Instructors to Implement Discrete-Trial Training with a Confederate Learner

Daniel B. Shabani Psychology Development of an Analogue of a Response-Class Heirarchy
Kathryn G. Shafer Mathematics Two High School Teachers' Initial Use of Geometer's Sketchpad: Issues of Implementation

Jon L. Shaffer

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Role of Residence Hall Staff in Offering Early Warning Academic Intervention

Fayez M. Shafloot

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

The Relationship Among Training Policy, Knowledge Transfer, and Performance Improvement: A Study of Private Sector Organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Marina Shafran

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Soviet Holocaust Survivors: An Ethnographic Study

Hardik Shah Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Robust Kanban Design for a Lean Supply Chain

Abdullah Kheiro A. Shehabat

English

Contemporary Arab-American and Middle Eastern Women’s Voices: New Visions of “Home”

Matthew Sheptoski

Sociology Ideology or Insanity? Media Presentation of Ted Kaczynski and Tim McVeigh

Ibrahim Hamdy Sheta

Economics

FDI Transmission to a Third Developing Country through the Remittances Channel

Takeshi Shimamura

Biological Sciences Roles and Regulation of NF-kB in Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Transformed Cells

Michael Shoemaker

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Clinically Meaningful Change in Heart Failure: The Six-Minute Walk Test and Daily Activity

Elias Kedir Shukralla Economics Aid Effectiveness, Policies and Reform

Jimmy Wayne Shurbutt

Psychology

Effects of Yellow Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons and Novel Lane Markings on Motorists’ Yielding, Speed, and Headway at Multilane Uncontrolled Crosswalks

Cheryl Sibilsky-Soule School of Public Affairs and Administration Collaboration through Partnerships: A Review of Six Michigan Communities
David Sidener Psychology A Behavioral Account of Remembering: Precurrent Behavior and Mediation of Delayed Matching to Sample
Tina M. Sidener Psychology Effects of Single versus Multiple Verbal Operant Arrangements on the Acquisition of Mands and Tacts in Preschool Children

Susan Rote Siferd

English "Fay Weldon's Late Bloomers and Comedy," and A Lawyer, a Vet, and a Couple of Dogs, One of Them Dead
Sigurdur Oli Sigurdsson Psychology Investigating the Effects of Real-Time Visual Feedback on Computer Workstation Posture

Solomon Bera Simiyu

Chemistry

Optimization of Biodiesel Production from Free Fatty Acids (FFA) in Trap Grease in the Presence of Different Meta Salts

Jason Skipper English Hustle

Brandy A. Skjold

Mallinson Institute for Science Education

Describing the Apprenticeship of Chemists through the Language of Faculty Scientists

Alee A. Sleymann Public Affairs and Administration A Study on Perceptions of Civil Engineers Regarding Mandatory Continuing Education

D. Jason Slone

Comparative Religion Why Religious People Believe What They Shouldn't: Explaining Theological Incorrectness in South Asia and America
Julie M. Slowiak Psychology Self-solicited Feedback: Effects of Hourly Pay and Individual Monetary Incentive Pay
Kent D. Smallwood Psychology Behavioral, Attitudinal, and Decision-Altering Effects of Aggressive Video Games on Young Adults

Laura Smart

Geosciences Geophysical Monitoring Probes and Their Applications to Some Hydrogeological Problems
Jacalyn S. Smeltzer Psychology A Behavior Systems Analysis Approach to Designing a High-Impact Knowledge Management System
 

Denise L. Smith

Biological Sciences

Characterization of the AP-1 and NF-kappaB Transcription Factors in the U-87 MG Astrocytoma Cell Line

Jennifer A. Smith English A Highly Ambiguous Condition: The Transgender Subject, Experimental Narrative and Trans-Reading Identity in the Fiction of Virginia Woolf, Angela Carter, and Jeanette Winterson
Paula T. Smith Mathematics Local Symmetries of Symmetrical Cayley Maps

Steven L. Smith

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Coping with Disaster: Lessons Learned from Executive Directors of Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) in New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina

Sean Smitham Psychology Common Sense Parenting (CSP) Learn-at-Home Kit: A Clinical Effectiveness Evaluation of a Commercially Available Video Training Program for Parents

Susan M. Snycerski

Psychology Lever-press Acquisition by Rats: Effects of Some Historical Variables

Stephen J. Snyder

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Overcoming Non-Academic Issues to Gain Admission into Competitive Entry College Mojors: The Power of Positive Psychological Development

Jennifer Lee Sobie

Psychology Effect of Extinction across Multiple Contexts on Renewal of Responses within a Functional Response Class
Robert J. Sobie Public Affairs and Administration Electronic Government Accessibility for People with Visual Impairments
Blen Solomon Economics Three Essays on the Impacts of Risk and Uncertainty on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Remittances Flows into Developing Countries
Rajeev Sooreea Economics
Taylor-Based Monetary Policy Rules: Are They Forward-Looking, Data Congruent, and Asset Price Responsive?

Ericka L. Souders

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Counselor Trainees’ Perceptions of Their Personal Growth and Development: A Qualitative Inquiry

Theresa M. Souza

Psychology

Examination of Anxiety and Substance Use Symptoms in Trauma Exposed versus Environmentally Stressed College Students

Julie Kozaczka Stahlhut Biological Sciences A Microsatellite DNA Analysis of Inbreeding, Male Diploidy, and Complementary Sex Determination in the Solitary Wasp Euodynerus foraminatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Sandra L. Roberts Standish Educational Studies Impact of Michigan's Career Preparation Initiatives on High School Counselors

Amanda Stearns-Pfeiffer

English

Interpreting and Implementing English Language Arts State
Standards / Expectations in Secondary Classrooms

Darryl C. Steele 

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Social Justice Advocacy and Counselor Education: A Study of Counselor Educators’ and Counseling Interns’ Perceptions of Social Justice Advocacy Training

Janeé Marie Steele

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Political Ideology and Its Relationship to Perceptions of Social Justice Advocacy among Members of the American Counseling Association (ACA)

Kurt A. Stevens Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology A Comparative Study of the Counseling Practices of Bachelor-Level and Master-Level Wesleyan Pastors

Kimberly St. Martin

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Knowing-Doing Gap: The Influence of Teacher Feedback in Changing Principal Behavior—A Mixed Methods Study

Mark W. St. Martin Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology An Investigation of Relationship Characteristics, Exercise and Physical Activity, Couple, and Life Satisfaction

Emily Stinson

English

Creatures after Their Kind

Wayne Russell Stitt

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Superintendents Use of Research-Based Responsibilities/Practices in High-Performing School Districts

Shari Stockero Mathematics The Effect of Using Video Cases of Mathematics on Preservice Teachers' Development of a Reflective Stance Towards Teaching
Julie Stotz-Ghosh English Figure Drawing: A Poetry Collection
Stoyan Stoychev Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Load Interaction Effects on Fatigue Crack Growth

Sara Streufert

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Social Justice, White Racial Identity, and Multicultural Competency among Master Level Trainees in Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Sam Striker

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Highly Qualified Public School Teacher: Its Status, Distribution, Determinants, and Relationship with Job Commitment and Satisfaction

Elizabeth T. Suarez Psychology A Behavioral Systems Analysis of Texbook Quality Improvement

Michelle A. Suarez

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Food Selectivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Associated Factors and Impact on the Family Meal Experience

Melati Sumari

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Family Functioning and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy: A Study of First Year Malaysian Undergraduate Students

April R. Summitt

History Perspectives on Power: John F. Kennedy and U.S.-Middle East Relations
Carol Sundberg School of Public Affairs and Administration Examining the Meaning and Experience of Self-Determination and Its Impact on Quality of Life for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities

Kamleshkumar J. Suthar

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Simulation, Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrogel and Nanocomposite Gels

James Eric Swanson

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Success in the First Year: Impact of Alternative Advising on Students at a Private Liberal Arts College

Rachel Swearingen

English

A Habit of Seeing: Stories

Harold Thomas Swift

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Understanding the Career Paths of Division I Athletic Directors: A Phenomenological Study

T - U - V    

Richard A. Tackett

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Correlates of Life Satisfaction After Retirement

Wendy L. Tackett

Educational Studies Perceived Use of Evaluation Findings in Michigan's 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs
Koji Takeshima Psychology Pyramidal Staff Training: Teaching Play and Manding to Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities
Wendy Guat Hoon Tan Biological Sciences Comparative Genomic Analyses and Expression of a Set of Overlapping Open Reading Frames of Frog Virus 3, Type Species of Ranavirus (Family Iridoviridae)
Feridun Tasdan   Statistics A Robust Two-Sample Procedure to Estimate a Shift Parameter

Beatrice Antly Tatem

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology The Influence of Race on Ethical Decision-Making Regarding Nonsexual Dual Relationships
Anthony Tatman Counselor Education and Counceling Psychology The Relationship between Counselor-in-Training Personality Traits and Family-of-Origin Characteristics with the Working Alliance

Patricia J. Tattersall

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Reading, Writing, and Repetition: Performance on Nonword Measures by Students with and without Language-Learning Disabilities

Jezaniah Kira Sarion Tena

Statistics

Test Procedures for Equality of Two Variances in Delta Distributions

Christina M. Terenzi

Psychology

Curriculum-Based Measures in Writing: A School-Based Evaluation of Predictive Validity

Duane Terpstra Public Affairs and Administration Job Perceptions Within Campus Law Enforcement
Mark Terwilliger Computer Science Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

Michael George Till

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
A Perspective On Teaching My Son To Be An Adolescent Father: A Qualitative Study On The Plight Of Unmarried Adolescent African American Fathers
Deborah M. Thalner Teaching, Learning and Leadership The Practice of Continuous Improvement in Higher Education
Monica Thiagarajan Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology A Qualitative Exploration of First-generation Asian Indian Immigrant Women in Cross-Cultural Marriages
  Aparna Thomas Political Science Women's Participation in the Panchayati Raj (Local Government Councils): A Case Study of Maharashtra, India

Jai Thomas

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Using a Torsional Stiffness Curve in a Simulation Model to Predict Brake Hose Shape

Willis H. Thomas

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

A Metaevaluation of Lessons Learned Repositories: Evaluative Knowledge Management Practices in Project Management

Gayle A. Thompson Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Systematic Study of the Validity of Clinical Performance Assessments in Entry-level Athletic Training Education

Jesse Thompson

Chemistry

Characterizing Potential Sustainable Energy Feedstocks

Janet Thorne-Chan

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Effects of Age and Promotion in the Use of Psychological Resources of Newly Promoted Employees

Ovidiu F. Toader Physics Irradiation Induced Order-Disorder Transformation in Ni-Mo Alloys

Valentina Tobos

Physics Vortex-Defect Interactions in High Temperature Superconductors

Cindy Todd

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The State of Art Education: Beyond Discipline Based Art Education

Craig Tollini Sociology Assessing Putnam's Theory of Social Capital Through the Use of Path Analysis

Jody K. Tomko

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Predicting Counseling Psychologists’ Attitudes and Clinical Judgments with Respect to Older Adults

Scott A. Topping

English The Sense of Nonsense: An Annotated Edition of Ring W. Lardner's Short Plays

Annie Tordilla

Statistics

A Two-Sample Adaptive Procedure Based on the Log-Rank and Peto and Peto’s Wilcoxon Tests

  Darrick Tovar-Murray Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Exploring The Relationship Between Race-Related Stress, Identity and Well-Being Among African Americans
Kristen Tracy English Worry

Jason S. Trahan

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Decision Support Systems in Product Development: A Bayesian Network Approach for Injection-Molded Products
Son Duc Tran Chemistry Synthetic Studies of 1,10-Phenathroline Derivatives as Novel Catalysis Ligans and their Application in Transition Metal-catalyzed Reactions
Todd Tremlin Comparative Religion Divine Minds: The Cognitive Foundations of God and
Religion

Tererai Mafukidze Trent

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

Metaevaluation of HIV/AIDS Prevention Intervention Evaluations in Sub-Saharan Africa with a Specific Emphasis on Implications for Women and Girls

Adrienne M. Trier-Bieniek

Sociology

“All I Am”: Defining Music as an Emotional Catalyst through a Sociological Study of Emotions, Gender and Culture

Peeyush Tripathi Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging Stabilization of Curtain Coater at High Speeds
Kasey A. Tucker Sociology A Structural Analysis of Law Enforcement Officer Deaths
Lynne E. Turner Psychology Monitoring the Effects of Psychotropic Drugs in Students with Emotional Impairment: Home and School Data

Nayane Udawatte

Chemistry

Gold Nanoparticle-Modified Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as Novel Photocatalytic Materials

Betty Pacutho Udongo

Mallinson Institute for Science Education

Science Education Policy for Emergency, Conflict, and Post Conflict: An Analysis of Trends and Implications for the Science Education Program in Uganda

Philip Ugorowski Physics A New Type of Particle Detector for Nuclear Scattering Experiments
Lucian M. Undreiu Physics Influence of Uncorrelated Defects on the Vortex Phase Diagram in the YBa2 Cu 3 O 7-8 Superconducting System

Gerald A. Unterreiner

Geosciences Chemical, Isotopic, and Hydrogeologic Investigations of an Agriculturally Impacted Area, Nottawa Creek Watershed, Calhoun County, Michigan

Chokchai Usawinchai

Science Studies Understanding on Concepts of Force of Thai Freshmen
Matthew W. VanBrocklin Biological Sciences Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Promotes Survival in Melanoma

Gregory P. Vander Kooi

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Problem-Based Learning: An Attitudinal Study of Police Academy Students
Julia K. VanderMolen Teaching, Learning, and Leadership   Job Tasks Performed by Career Preparation System Administrators: Implications for Leadership Development

Abbie VanDerWege

Counselor Trainees’ Experience of Analyzing Their Counseling Sessions during a Master’s-Level Practicum

Counselor Trainees’ Experience of Analyzing Their Counseling Sessions during a Master’s-Level Practicum

Curtis VanDonkelaar

English

Everything Empty is Broken, A Novel

Mary Kay Kempker VanDriel

Teaching, Learning and Leadership Have Charter Schools Materialized their Promise: A Contrast Between Rhetoric and Reality
Eric H. Vangsnes Interdisciplinary Health Studies A Comparative Study of Learning Styles and Job Satisfaction to Medical Specialty Chosen Among Physician Assistant Graduates

Jill B. VanHof

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Establishment and Maintenance of Academic Optimism in Michigan Elementary Schools: Academic Emphasis, Faculty Trust of Students and Parents, Collective Efficacy

Kathleen M. VanTol

Special Education and Literacy Studies

Technical Adequacy of Curriculum-Based Measures of Vocabulary Growth for Preschool English Language Learners

John R. VanWagoner II

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

The Inception and Development of Michigan’s 21st Century Schools Fund

Michelle VanWagner

Psychology

Assessing the Effects of a Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacon on Vehicle Speeds

Suzanne VanWeelde Sociology  Intergenerational Power Exchange Model: Meta-Analysis of a Batterers' Intervention Program

Shankar Varaganti

Chemistry

Switch on and Switch off Nanosensors for the Detection of Nerve Gas Agents

Carlos Ivan Vargas-Silva

Economics   Determinants and Consequences of Workers' Remittances

Sandhya N. Adiyodi Veetil

Chemistry

Glucosamine Induced Insulin Resistance in Primary Rat Hepatocytes and Role of Selenium as Insulin Mimetic

S. Mark Veldt

History Christian Attitudes toward the Jews in the Earliest Centuries A.D.

Sarah VerLee

Psychology

School-Based Delivery of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Plus Caregiver Sessions for the Treatment of Youth Depression

Kevin B. Vichcales

History The Tragedy of The Rivers: Building Authority Over The British Water Environment

Wanda Lou Elizabeth Viento

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Scholarly Art: The Writing Experiences of Student Affairs Professionals

Melissa Villarreal

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Latina Women’s Reasons for and Experience of Sexual Assault Disclosure: A Qualitative Investigation

John Nathaniel Vinson Public Affairs and Administration An Analysis of the Leadership Competency Needs of Future U.S. Campus Law Enforcement Administrators

Cynthia Visscher

Sociology

The Religious Aspects of the 1893 Columbian Exposition: A Case Study of Interreligious Interaction, and Religious Pluralism in the Public Square

Gretchen Rumohr Voskuil

English

Adoption and Integration of Best Practice Methods in Secondary English Teaching

W - X - Y - Z    
Ellen Wagenfeld-Heintz Sociology One Mind or Two? How Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists Bridge the Gap between the Medical-Scientific and Religious Interpretation of Mind
Christine M. Wallace School of Public Affairs and Administration The Theory of Transpersonal Leadership: A Grounded Theory Study
Stacey A. Waller Psychology Continuous and Interrupted Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of Public Speaking Anxiety

James J. Walters

Public Affairs and Administration Funding Michigan K-12 Educational Adequacy without Rewarding Inefficiency
Chun Wang Chemistry Synthesis and Characterization of Stilbenoids and Their Aza-analogues as Photoluminescence Materials for the Detection of Nerve Agents
Jianfeng Wang Political Science The Politics of Neighborhood Governance: Understanding China's State-society Relations through an Examination of the Residents Committee

Lihua Wang

Physics

Entanglement Perturbation Theory for Antiferromagnetic Spin Chains

Xue Wang Physics Structure and Excitations in Metal Ammonia Compounds
Amanda Rachelle Warren English Ridge-Runner

Kiesha Warren

Sociology Family Structure and Attachment and Their Role in Reducing Delinquency in the African American Family

Alandra Washington

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

A National Study of Parental Involvement: Its Trends, Status and Effects on School Success

Kuanwong Watcharotone

Statistics

On Robustification of Some Procedures Used in Analysis of Covariance

Lori Watson

Psychology

Social Separation in the Rat: The Investigation of a Proposed Model of Depression

Brad R. Watts

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

The Role of Evaluations in Community Foundations

Yazmine Michelle Watts

Political Science

Degrees of Institutionalization: Family Planning Policies and Programs in Senegal, 1980-2005

Kevin Douglas Weakley

Mallinson Institute for Science Education

The Effects of an Inquiry-Based Earth Science Course on the Spatial Thinking of Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Education Students

Nicholas L. Weatherly

Psychology

A Comparison of Maintenance-Training Methods for Children Diagnosed with Autism

Marc Weeden

Psychology

The Effects of Chlordiazepoxide on Resurgence in Male Rats: A Preliminary Investigation

Arambe Gedara Aruna Weerasinghe

Chemistry

Spectroscopic Studies of New Sensors for Organophosphates, Metals, and Cyanide Based on Rhodamine and Cholic Acid Derivatives

Patrick David Weil

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Professional Development Experiences of Indiana K-12 Public School Teachers: Evidence from the SASS 2007-2008

Douglas D. Werkema Jr.

Geosciences Geolectrical Response of an Aged LNAPL Plume: Implications for Monitoring Natural Attenuation

Jason Robert Werkema

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Making Sense of Roles and Responsibilities: A Socialization Study of College and University Music Department Chairs

Kenneth M. Werner

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Transitioning and Adapting to College: A Case-Study Analysis of the Experience of University Students With Psychiatric Disabilities
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley English Becoming Ebony
David D. Westcot Public Affairs and Administration An Analysis of the Level of Union Membership since the Implementation of NAFTA
Jaclyn M. West-Frasier Interdisciplinary Health Studies Relationships among Self-efficacy, Emotional Well-being, Clinical Outcomes, Telemonitoring, and Diagnosis in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Heart Failure
Marcia L. Weller Weinhold Mathematics How Teachers Construct an Understanding of "Appropriate Use" of Graphing Calculators in the Context of Collegial Inquiry

Samantha Wheeler

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Exploring the Experiences of Living with a Controversial Illness in Patients with Fibromyalgia

Daniel White Sociology Financialism in Pretrial Release and Criminal Case Outcomes: A Relative Comparison of Financial Ability, Race, and Gender

Charmeka Whitehead

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Validation of the Attitude toward Sex Offender Scale

Gwendolyn Whitfield Department of Sociology Culture and the Effectiveness of Supplier Diversity Programs: A Test of Predictors
Marco Wiedenhoeft Physics Double Photoionization of Atoms

Margaret Davis Wiedenhoeft

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Study Abroad Program Design, Personal Development, and Intercultural Effectiveness

Matthew S. Willerick

Psychology

Effectiveness of Motivational Enhancement Group Treatment in a Community Treatment Program with a Substance Abusing Population

Sherie Williams Public Affairs and Administration Examination of the Skills and Dispositions
Needed for Assistant Principals to be Effective Disciplinarians

Yaschica Williams

Sociology The Effect of Parenting Styles on Adolescent Delinquency: Exploring the Interactions between Race, Class and Gender

Eileen M. Willits

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Can We Get Nurses to Stay? A Qualitative Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Formal Mentoring Program in an Acute Care Health System

Oliver Wilson Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Perceptions and Attitudes of African American Male School Administrators in West Michigan

Lori A. Wingate

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

The Program Evaluation Standards Applied for Meta-evaluation Purposes: Investigating Interrater Reliability and its Implications for Use

Therawat Wisadrattanapong

Statistics

Robust Nonparametric Methods for Regression to the Mean Model

Tadesse Biru Wodajo

Economics

Three Essays on Computer and Internet Use at Home

Amy J. Wojciechowski Teaching, Learning and Leadership The Relationship Between Student Characteristics and Success in an Online Business Course at West Shore Community College

Kara E. Wolff

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Exploring the Relationships between White Racial Consciousness, Feminist Identity Development and Family Environment for White Undergraduate Women

Stephen J. Worst Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Vygotsky’s Theory of the Creative Imagination: A Study of the Influences on Pre-service Teachers’ Creative Thinking Capacities”

Carl Wozniak

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Administrator Perspectives of Post-secondary Educational Opportunities for Michigan High School Students

Colleen A. Thebert-Wright

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Women's Experiences With Coping After Late Pregnancy Loss: A Qualitative Study

Theodore P. Wright

Psychology The Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation Group therapy: Treating Comorbid Depression on a Specialized Impatient Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Unit for Combat Veterans
Yu Ju Wu Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging The Effect of Substrates Properties on Print Attributes for Gravure Printing: From Proof to Press

Donghai Xie

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology A Study of Teacher Leadership and Its Relationship with School Climate in American Public Schools: Findings from SASS 2003-2004
Renmei Xu Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging The Effect of Paper Physical Properties on Print Gloss and Ink Mileage
Jun Yang Chemistry Acylpyrazolones: SynTheses, Self-assembly and Lanthanide Metal Ions Recognition

Yang Yang

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Atomic-based Finite Element Simulation of Carbon Nanotubes

James V. Yanna Educational Studies Cognitive Orthotics for Students with Cognitive Disabilities

JiQiang Yao

Biological Sciences Genetic Transformation of Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum CV. Xanthi-NC NN Genotype) with b-Glucosidase to Induce Constitutive Systemic Acquired Resistance Against Tobacco Mosaic Virus

Saad Y. Yasin

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Systematic Methods for Designing Fuzzy Logic Controllers with Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications

Adriana Yellig

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

The Experiences of Married International Graduate Students and Their Accompanying Non-Student Spouses in the U.S. Culture: A Qualitative Study

Xiangren Yi Teaching, Learning and Leadership Impact of Standards on Physical Education Teacher Education: Curriculum, Collaboration, and Learning Outcomes

Brandon W. Youker

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation

An Analog Experiment Comparing Goal-Free Evaluation and Goal Achievement Evaluation Utility

Andrea Yount History Historic Preservation in Late 19 th Century England, France and Germany: The Influence of William Morris and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
Sayera Younus Economics Essays on Monetary Policy in Bangladesh
Zaki Yusuf Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging Study of Decarbonization Reaction by Sodium Borates

Mina Zadeh

The Evaluation Center

Evaluating Country, State, and Local Emergency Preparedness Plans through Conducting Exercises

Anne G. Zahradnik Public Affairs and Administration Providing Uninsured Adults with Free or Low-cost Primary Care: Does it Influence Their Use of Hospital Emergency Departments?

Gerald L. Zandstra

Public Affairs and Administration Public Administration Theory and Views of the Human Person

Roselyn Zator

Public Affairs and Administration

Exploring Collaborative Governance: Case Studies of Disruptions in Coastal Management Collaborations and Resulting Effects upon the Collaborations and Outcomes

Renee M. Zaya

Biological Sciences

Molecular, Cellular and Systematic Effects of Atrazine on Xenopus laevis Tadpoles

Brian A. Zeider

Chemistry

Biophysical Characterization of Theromin a Novel Leech Inhibitor and Interactions of the Fourth Domain of Wilson Disease Protein and Its Copper(I) Chaperone HAH1

David Zeitler

Mathematics and Statistics Empirical Spectral Analysis of Random Number Generators

Janice Marie Zerfas

English Why the Moon is Everyone's Image

Huaizhen Zhang

Physics

Photoionization of Rare Gas Clusters

Jing Zhang

Computer Science

Efficient Reinforcement Learning in Multiple-Agent Systems and Its Application in Cognitive Radio Networks

Jinhai Zhang

Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology

Advanced Placement Course and College Students’ Success

Kun Zhao

Economics

The Motives of Trade Credit Usage and the Importance of Risk Perception for Decision-Making

Yao Zhao

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Communications and Positioning in Wireless Networks

Mikela Zhezha-Thaumanavar

Spanish

Social Networks, L2 Pragmatics, and Spanish Hasta as an Aspectual Marker with and without Negation: Student Understandings, Judgments, and Uses

Yuanlei Zhu Economics An Evaluation of the Renaissance Zone Programs of Michigan
Rick Zomer Teaching, Learning, and Leadership The Persistence of At-Risk College Students into Their 8th Semester at a Private Christian College

Andra Mara Zommers

Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Climate in Catholic Schools: A Comparative Study of Three
Types of Organizational Structures

Martha Cruz Zuniga

Economics Three Essays on International Transmission and Monetary Policy in Emerging Countries

David E. Zwart

History

Faithful Remembering: Constructing Dutch America in the 20th Century

Damita Jo Zweiback Public Affairs and Administration The Relationship Between Locus of Control and Nutrition Health Status Among Adult WIC Participants

Imad Mohammad Zyout

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Toward Automated Detection and Diagnosis of Mammographic Microcalcifications

 

 

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