Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Communicating Queer Identities Through Personal Narrative and Intersectional Reflexivity, Richard G. Jones, Jr.
Fabrication of Silicon Photovoltaic Micro-Particles for Low-Cost Solar Energy Generation, Siddhartha Kala
Development of Test of Academic Readiness, Tanachit Kasintorn
A Computer Science Approach to Identify and Classify Hyperactivated Spermatozoa, Norbert Kaula
Poetry from the Glass Closet: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Pk-12 Educators as They Manage Their Sexual Orientation Identity Within a Teaching Role, Megan Suzanne Kennedy
Exploring the Views of Rural Colorado High School Students About College, Kathleen McMahon Klug
The Burden of Fetching Water: Using Caloric Expenditure as an Indicator of Access to Safe Drinking Water—a Case Study from Xieng Khouang Province, Lao PDR, Jeff La Frenierre
Examination of Universal Screening in Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level, Debra Allison Layland
Alpha-MSH Regulated Cell Signaling in Pancreatic Alpha Cells, Liang Liang
Concurrent Validity of the Transdisciplinary Play Based Assessment-2, Keri E. Linas
Banach Spaces on Infinitely Branching Trees, Annette B. Locke
Using Ground-Penetrating Radar to Study the Bluff Great House: History and Regional Interactions from A.D. 200 to 1300, Sarah M. Lowry
Creating an Indian Space in the City: Development, Maintenance, and Evolution of Cultural Identity and Cultural Connectedness Among Multiple Generations of Urban American Indians, Nancy Marie Lucero
The Digitally Born Identity: The Influence of Social Networking Sites on Teen Identity, Alexis Lynn
Marginality and Coping: A Communal Contextual Narrative Approach to Pastoral Care with Korean American Christians, Jaesang Lyu
English Teachers and English Language Learners in Middle School Classrooms: Perspectives and Practices, Elmer Celso Manzanares
Comparative Study of Transition to Democracy in Portugal and Iran, Loosineh Markarian Senagani
The Humiliation Experience: Causes, Emotional Correlates, and Behavioral Consequences, Kendall Elyse McCarley
The Evolution of Opioid/Orphanin Receptors in Chordates, Jazalle DeShaun McClendon
Relational Financial Satisfaction of Cohabiting Couples, Christine C. McDunn
Gene x Environment Interactions in Developmental Dyslexia, Lauren M. McGrath
Becoming Good Europeans? Globality, the EU and the Potential to Realize Nietzsche's Idea of Europe, Michael J. McNeal
A Grounded Theory Study of Grief in the Lives of Lesbians Age 60 and Older: Implications for Practice and Societal Change, Ginger Charlyne Meyette
A Model for Electrical Communication Between Cochlear Implants and the Brain, Douglas A. Miller
The Child Protection Juvenile Court Process from a Communication Perspective: A Glimpse Behind the Veil of Objectivity Reveals That Race Matters, Debra Ann Mixon Mitchell
Why Two Swords Were Enough: Israelite Tradition History Behind Luke 22:35-38, Kevin Lee Moore
Multicultural Events Within Group Supervision: Minority Experiences and Supervision Satisfaction, Jacqueline Renee Moreno
Carpas, Cuentos, and Corridos: Chicano Arts and Community Building, Tanya Marina Mote
From 'Black-Eyed Girls' to the MMU (Mujeres Methotistas Unidas): Race, Religion and Gender in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Adriana Pilar Nieto
Chinese Eyes on the Prize: Strategic Partnerships and Changing Priorities, Elizabeth O'Grady
Quantifying Soil and Groundwater Chemistry in Areas Invaded by Tamarix spp. Along the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico, Michelle Kelly Ohrtman
Religio-Political Groups and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, Catherine Ruth Orsborn
A Critical Realist Exploration of the Relationship Between Personal and Professional Value Systems in Social Workers and the Impact on Motivations for Participation in a Social Work Community of Practice, Philip Jonathan Osteen
Soil Amino Acids at Upper Tree Line, Montane and Lower Tree Line, Kelly C. Owens
Disruptive Technologies in Systems of Care: An Exploratory Study of Social Work with Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities, Rebecca Lynn Paskind
Between Law and Justice: Kant, Derrida, and Religious Violence, Evgeni V. Pavlov
Imagination, Religious Practice, and World Transformations: Sophia, Heidegger, and Jacob Bohme's The Way to Christ, Mark Allen Peckler
Common Strategies Used by Kindergarten Teachers to Instruct Reading to English-as-a-Second-Language Students, Emma Kaye Penn
The Spirit of Stuff: What I Learned When I Sold (Almost) Everything, Rachel Tamsen Perry Schrank
An Exploration of Identification of Leadership for Gifted Students, Christine Estelle Phillips
The Relationship Between Femininity Ideology and Overt and Relational Aggression and Peer Victimization Among Girls, Anne Powell
Humiliation and Its Relationship to Embarrassment and Shame, Danielle Jean Pulham
Understanding Masculinity: The Role of Father-Son Interaction, Clyde J. Remmo
Fuzzy Optimal Swarm of Autonomous Aircrafts for Target Determination and Convergence Control System, Zach D. Richards
An Historical Inquiry into Thomas Jefferson's Influence on the American Educational System, Tory Lynn Richey
Perceived Closeness to the Deceased and Its Predictive Effect on the Development of Prolonged Grief Disorder and Suicidality Among Bereaved College Students, Jeffrey Alan Rings
Still Standing, Wendy Joy Rosoff
Representational Subversions and the Limits of Postcoloniality: Shahzia Sikander's Strategic Contemporaneity, Linda Eilene Sanchez
Job Satisfaction Determinants of Certificated Staff in the XYZ School District, Grant Edward Schmidt
A Vocation as Politics: Work and Popular Theology in a Consumer Culture, Jeffrey E. Scholes
The Ties That Bind: An Examination of Outgroup Relationships as a Deviant Behavior, Carrie L. Shamos
Jean Toomer and Carl Van Vechten: Identity, Exploitation, and the Harlem Renaissance, Phil Shaw
Analyzing the Factors Behind Crude Oil Price Increases from 2002–2007 and the Implications for the Oil Industry: A Non-Technical Assessment, Brian Patrick Shepherd
Reducing Disparities in the Adult Criminal Justice System: Creating a Model for Denver County, Shelley Siman
Remembering Liberal Feminism in Radical Ways: Locating Conservative Strategies in the Narratives of Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers, Tammy Bruce, and Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Jenni Marie Simon
Struggling, Coping, and Thriving: Sense-Making in Stepfamily Couples' Narratives About Coparenting, Andrea L. Smith Sisk
School Engagement and the Achievement Gap, Nicole R. Skalsky
The Provision of Social Support by Adolescent Youth and Their Subsequent Risk for Secondary Traumatic Stress Reactions, Lindsay E. Smart
Effects of Institutional Factors on the Retention of Graduate Students of Color in Schools of Library and Information Science, Sandra M. Snyder-Mondragon
A Case Study of Reform at One Urban High School, Linda Nadene Sorenson
Role Expectations and State Socialization: Germany's Rediscovery of the Use of Force 1990–1995, Thorsten Spehn
Freshman Academy: Making the High School Transition, Tracy L. Srofe
Impacts of Tamarisk Biocontrol (Diorhabda Elongata) on the Trophic Dynamics of Terrestrial Insects in Monotypic Tamarisk Stands, Stephanie Michelle Carroll Strudley
Computational Studies on the Effective Properties of Two-Phase Heterogeneous Media, Elyas El Arbi Tawerghi
Effective Teaching, Karen Pickles Taylor
A Clash of Worldviews: The Impact of Modern Western Notion of Progress on Indigenous Naga Culture, Tezenlo Thong
Heuristics for Improved Enterprise Intrusion Detection, James J. Treinen
Teacher Artistry and the Not-So-Still Life of Arts-Centered School Reform, Cassandra Andres Trousas
Social and Emotional Factors and Achievement Patterns Amongst High Ability Learners, Jacquelynn Anne Truckey
Amino Acid Residues Implicated in the Interaction of Melanocortin Ligands and Their Receptors: A Study of MC2R Selectivity, Kristopher D. Veo
Peer and Maternal Relationship Predictors of Adolescent Romantic Conflict Resolution, Pallavi Visvanathan
Occupational Stress and Coping Resources of K-12 Probationary Teachers, Lori Ann Wagner
Image Processing of OCT Glaucoma Images and Information Theory Analysis, Shuting Wang
April 4, 1968: Death, Difference, and Dialogue, Kristine Marie Warrenburg
Japan's Preventive Strategy: Secure the World—the National Defense Program Guidelines in and After FY 2010, Tadashi Watanabe
Encountering the Religious 'Other': Limitations of Confining 'Religious' Conversation in Interreligious Dialogue in Denver, Adam Buchanan Westbrook
Biblical Revision Both Ancient and Modern, Jamie Christine Willeford
Motivation and Perceptions of Learner-Centered Practices at a Military Service Academy, Joel Leonard Witzel
Mitigating Risk for Anxiety Among Preschool-Age Children Living in Poverty: Evaluating the Impact of Adult-Provided Social Support on Autonomic Stress Reactivity, Brian Cory Wolff
Media Literacy Education, Elizabeth Etherington Wood
Perceptions of Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination in a Mexican American Sample, Jeff D. Wright
Taking the 'Sport' out of Sports Parenting: Toward a Theory of Sport Related Parent-Child Communication Competency, Marissa Metala Yandall
Toward a Dialogic Interpretation of Psychological Belief in Spirits Among Gamei of Ghana, Ebenezer Narh Yebuah
Georgia: Frozen Conflict and the Role of Displaced Persons, Kate Elizabeth Zimmerly
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Toward a New Social Contract: A Tripartite Mixed-Methods Analysis of Social Sustainability at Three Land-Grant Universities, Lyndsay Josephine Agans
Islamic Religious Curricula and Terrorism: A Case Study of the Azherite Schools in Egypt, Babikir F. Babikir
Effects of Plain Language Revision on Item Difficulty, Discrimination and DIF, Holly E. Baker
A Study of Colorado's TABOR Law and Its Influence on Public Finance During the 2001 Recession, Zak Brewer
Resisting and Transforming: Pastoral Theology and Care of Korean Military Wives, Bocheol Chang
Competency-Based Curriculum for a Master's Program in Service Science, Management and Engineering (SSME): An Online Delphi Study, Rahul Choudaha
Transcending Curriculum Ideologies: Educating Human Beings Well, Kevin M. Cloninger
Metric Conflict in the Brandenburg Concertos of J. S. Bach, Ellwood P. Colahan
Effects of Contextual and Individual Difference Factors on Perceptions of Victims, Melody Dawn Combs
Particle Motion in Flows: Contributions to Airborne Aerosol Measurement, Maryam Darbeheshti
Hemingway and Bullshit, Nathan R. L. Eilers
Examining the Effects of Linguistic Accommodations on the Colorado Student Assessment Program—Mathematics, Marisol Enriquez
Protecting Investment, Profit, and Personnel: Corporations as Social Change Agents, Carole C. Fotino
Role of Perceived Partner Responsiveness on Mexican American Males' Pain Severity and Depressive Symptomatology, Carolyn M. Freedman
Polymer Supported Optical Biosensors, Ignacio Joseph Garcia