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Dissertations - June 2026
A Study of Student Involvement Variables in Higher Education Their Influence on Success on the Uniform CPA Examination
Campbell, Linda M., The University of Toledo, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Higher education
Re-examining Diversity Policy at University of California, San Diego: The Racial Politics of Asian Americans
Kong, Angela Wai-Yin, University of California, San Diego, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Higher education
Gender socialization in the family
Shearer, Cindy L., The Pennsylvania State University, 2007, Ph.D.
Subject: Developmental psychology
Content Analysis of the Theory Base Used in the Conference Proceedings of the Association of Educational Communications and Technologies
Flynt, Peggy R., Nova Southeastern University, 2014, Ed.D.
Subject: Education
Polymorphic pipeline array: A flexible multicore accelerator for mobile multimedia applications
Park, Hyunchul, University of Michigan, 2009, Ph.D.
Subject: Electrical engineering
An Investigation of the Relationships among High School Students' Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction, Strategy Use, Attitudes, and Achievement
Buxton, Jennifer A., George Mason University, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Reading instruction
Improving decision making in healthcare operations
Dean, Matthew D., University of Connecticut, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
The role of newly prepared PBL teachers' motivational beliefs and perceptions of school conditions in their project based learning implementation
English, Mary C., George Mason University, 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational psychology
A Narrative Inquiry into the Experience of Being a Victim of Gun Violence Stories from the Victims
Francis, Mary, Widener University School of Nursing, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Nursing
Attractional Church: The Impact of the Inner Life of a Local Church on Corporate Mission in North America
Sliger, Joseph Matthew, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Theology
St. Thomas Aquinas's confrontation with Neoplatonic thought in three commentaries, and in the "Treatise on Separate Substances"
Stefanczyk, John J., Fordham University, 2006, Ph.D.
Subject: Philosophy
Teacher Experiences with Formative Assessments: A Narrative Analysis
Tazewell, Kimberly, Northeastern University, 2018, Ed.D.
Subject: Elementary education
A study of imperfect competition of the Asian dairy markets: The impacts of Doha round agricultural negotiations and further trade liberalization
Peng, Tingjun, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2006, Ph.D.
Subject: Agricultural economics
Regulation of adipose development and lipid metabolism by natural stilbenoid, piceatannol and resveratrol
Kwon, Jung Yeon, Purdue University, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Food science
Towards a Shape Memory Alloy Based Variable Stiffness Ankle Foot Orthosis
Bhadane-Deshpande, Minal, The University of Toledo, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Biomedical engineering
A Phenomenological Study of University Leadership: Exploring the Leadership Practices Used to Implement Change to Increase Student Success
Johnson, David J., Miami University, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Organization theory
A study of the use of a social media learning tool in a face-to-face college biology class
Grasso, SandraJean M., Boston University, 2015, Ed.D.
Subject: Educational technology
Implementacion de modulos constructivistas que atiendan "misconceptions" y lagunas conceptuales en temas de la fisica en estudiantes universitarios
Santacruz Sarmiento, Neida M, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico), 2015, Ed.D.
Subject: Science education
Knowledge assessment: A comparison between human experts and computerized procedures
Kambouri, Maria, New York University, 1991, PH.D.
Subject: Experimental psychology
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Yield and Photosynthetic Response to Simulated Insect Defoliation and Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Feeding
Mustafa, Fatima, The University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Entomology
A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Racialized Experiences of Southeast Asian American Community College Students
Yi Borromeo, Varaxy, University of Denver, 2018, Ph.D.
Subject: Higher education
An assessment of dropout rates of former youth ministry participants in conservative Southern Baptist megachurches
Shields, James Brandon, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008, Ph.D.
Subject: Social sciences education
The relationship between strategising and ICT adoption
Govender, Neelambal Manival, University of Pretoria (South Africa), 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
Mechanically induced calcium efflux from bone matrix stimulates osteoblasts
Sun, Xuanhao, Purdue University, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Biomechanics
Nothing Left Unfinished: A Transcendental Phenomenology on the Persistence of Black Women in Distance Education Doctoral Programs
Rogers, Sherrita Yolande, Liberty University, 2018, Ed.D.
Subject: Higher education
Un/Tangling Girlhood: Negotiations of Identity, Literacy, and Place at an Elite, Independent Private All-Girls School in New York City
Wells, Emily Bailin, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018, Ed.D.
Subject: Communication
Servant leadership: A theoretical model
Patterson, Kathleen Ann, Regent University, 2003, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative, and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi syndrome
Bialik, Mayim Chaya, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007, Ph.D.
Subject: Neurosciences
Becoming a missional church in an attractional world: A strategy for reaching unchurched people through the South Tracy Community Church
Hilby, Stephen G., Anderson University, 2009, D.Min.
Subject: Religion
A Programmable Five Qubit Quantum Computer Using Trapped Atomic Ions
Debnath, Shantanu, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016, Ph.D.
Subject: Atomic physics
CUE UTILIZATION IN THE QUALITY PERCEPTION PROCESS: A COGNITIVE MODEL ANDAN EMPIRICAL TEST
OLSON, JERRY CORRIE, Purdue University, 1972, Ph.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology
Dissertations - July 2026
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND STAGNATION IN THE LOW COUNTRIES, 1800-1850.
MOKYR, JOEL, Yale University, 1974, Ph.D.
Subject: Economic history
ON THE ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION IN NUCLEAR REACTIONS AND COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENTS
YANG, CHEN NING, The University of Chicago, 1948,
Subject: Physics
Content Analysis of the Theory Base Used in the Conference Proceedings of the Association of Educational Communications and Technologies
Flynt, Peggy R., Nova Southeastern University, 2014, Ed.D.
Subject: Education
Improving decision making in healthcare operations
Dean, Matthew D., University of Connecticut, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
A Narrative Inquiry into the Experience of Being a Victim of Gun Violence Stories from the Victims
Francis, Mary, Widener University School of Nursing, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Nursing
An evaluation of the relationships between safety management system initiatives, transformational safety leadership, self-efficacy, safety behavior, and safety-related events mediated by safety motivation in collegiate aviation
Adjekum, Daniel Kwasi, The University of North Dakota, 2016, Ph.D.
Subject: Behavioral sciences
Cyclic Distillation for Energy Conservation in Spirit Production
Shriner, Nicole Elizabeth, Michigan State University, 2018, Ph.D.
Subject: Chemical engineering
Long time behavior of some nonlinear dispersive equations
Deng, Yu, Princeton University, 2015, Ph.D.
Subject: Mathematics
A Tale of Two Schools: Principal Practices That Support the Achievement of Low-Income Students in Demographically Diverse Schools
Brown, Goldy, III, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational administration
Knowledge assessment: A comparison between human experts and computerized procedures
Kambouri, Maria, New York University, 1991, PH.D.
Subject: Experimental psychology
Reconstructing the lived experiences of Practitioner Scholars using third space theory: A phenomenological interview study
Hooser, Angela, University of Florida, 2015, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational leadership
Interfacing Milton: The supplementation of "Paradise Lost"
Bjork, Olin Robert, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008, Ph.D.
Subject: British & Irish literature
Provider Communication Regarding Childhood Vaccines: An Educational Module
Burgad, Amber Lee, North Dakota State University, 2018, D.N.P.
Subject: Nursing
Investigation of Single Crystal and Bi-Crystal Deformation in Body-Centered Cubic Tantalum Using Indentation
Dunlap, Bret Elliott, Michigan State University, 2018, Ph.D.
Subject: Engineering
CUE UTILIZATION IN THE QUALITY PERCEPTION PROCESS: A COGNITIVE MODEL ANDAN EMPIRICAL TEST
OLSON, JERRY CORRIE, Purdue University, 1972, Ph.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology
Gender equity and neoliberal social policy: Health sector reform in Peru
Ewig, Christina, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001, Ph.D.
Subject: Political science
Men's discipleship using the Gospel of John and the effect on spiritual well-being
Warren, Linda D., Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2015, D.Min.
Subject: Theology
Academic performance in college online courses: The role of self-regulated learning, motivation and academic self-efficacy
Basila, Catherine L., State University of New York at Albany, 2016, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational technology
An assessment of dropout rates of former youth ministry participants in conservative Southern Baptist megachurches
Shields, James Brandon, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008, Ph.D.
Subject: Social sciences education
Leading through burnout: The influence of emotional intelligence on the ability of executive level physician leaders to cope with occupational stress and burnout
Wiens, Kandi J., University of Pennsylvania, 2016, Ed.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology
The Effects of Watson's Theory of Human Caring on the Nurse Perception and Utilization of Caring Attributes and the Impact on Nurse Communication
McMillan, Mary Owens, Gardner-Webb University, 2017, D.N.P.
Subject: Nursing
The Point of the Needle: An Anthropological Study of Childhood Vaccination in the United States
Brunson, Emily K., University of Washington, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Cultural anthropology
A study of imperfect competition of the Asian dairy markets: The impacts of Doha round agricultural negotiations and further trade liberalization
Peng, Tingjun, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2006, Ph.D.
Subject: Agricultural economics
Servant leadership: A theoretical model
Patterson, Kathleen Ann, Regent University, 2003, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
Attractional Church: The Impact of the Inner Life of a Local Church on Corporate Mission in North America
Sliger, Joseph Matthew, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Theology
Bodily Renderings of the Jarabe Tapatio in Early Twentieth-Century Mexico and the Millennial United States: Race, Nation, Class, and Gender
Mendoza-Garcia, Gabriela, University of California, Riverside, 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Dance
THE WILSON SCANDAL (DANIEL WILSON, JULES GREVY, FRANCE)
VERNON, HOWARD ALEXANDER, JR., The University of Chicago, 1940,
Subject: European history
An Analysis of the Aristotelian Rhetorical Appeals for Christian Preaching: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Adrian Rogers's Sermons from 1 John
Hughes, James Thomas, III, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Theology
Imaginary subjects: Fiction-writing instruction in America, 1826 -- 1897
Collins, Paul S., City University of New York, 2016, Ph.D.
Subject: Education history
Authentic leadership and follower moral decision intention: Role of follower moral identity
Zhu, Weichun, The University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2006, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
A comparative analysis of leadership development models in post-baccalaureate theological education
Kiedis, Thomas Lee, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational leadership
Music in Conflict: Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Aesthetic Production
Belkind, Nili, Columbia University, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Music
The Effects Unconditional Positive Regard on Psychotherapy Outcome
Tilliman, Damien, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2016, Psy.D.
Subject: Clinical psychology
A Study of Perceptions of Math Mindset, Math Anxiety, and View of Math by Young Adults
Hocker, Tami, Southeastern University, 2017, Ed.D.
Subject: Mathematics education
To "Own Yourself a Little More": Afropolitan Feminism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah
Tetteh-Batsa, Bridget, The University of North Dakota, 2018, Ph.D.
Subject: Black studies
Intensive professional development in early literacy instruction for preschool teachers
Brinks, Rebecca, Western Michigan University, 2007, Ph.D.
Subject: Teacher education
Modeling of classical swirl injector dynamics
Ismailov, Maksud M., Purdue University, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Aerospace engineering
Elementary school counselors' perceptions of the implementation of reality play therapy in student relationship building and problem-solving skills
Davis, Eric, University of Florida, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: School counseling
KARL LANDSTEINER AND THE PROBLEM OF SPECIES 1838-1968.
MAZUMDAR, PAULINE MARGARET HODGSON, The Johns Hopkins University, 1976, Ph.D.
Subject: Science history
Cooperative Learning in a Community College Setting: Developmental Coursework in Mathematics
Rivera, Natalie, Arizona State University, 2013, Ed.D.
Subject: Higher education
Strategies of Defending Astrology: A Continuing Tradition
Gee, Teri, University of Toronto (Canada), 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Science history
PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF RELIGIOUS VOCATION
RULLA, LUIGI M., The University of Chicago, 1968,
Subject: Psychology
Staking out their domain: Women in the New York City Police Department, 1890--1935
Aldrich-Moodie, Mary Jane, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002, Ph.D.
Subject: American history