Works in this series are the final written component of a masters degree program at Grand Valley State University.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Generational Digital Divide: Understanding Adult Learners’ Self-Efficacy in Online Education, Justin Allen Melick
Characterization of Histidine Decarboxylase in Drosophila Using an Internal FLAG Epitope, Maxwell Mianecki
Postsecondary Inclusion for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability: A Comparative Case Study, Eric Jordan Moore
Evaluating the Success of Wetland Mitigation in West Michigan: A Macroinvertibrate-Based Approach, James N. Neal
Genetic Analysis of Ancient Human Remains from the Early Bronze Age Cultures of the North Pontic Steppe Region, Jeff Pashnick
(Re)Claiming Spaces Through Story: An Examination of the Liberatory Potential of Autobiographical Narrative in Adult L2 Literacy Development, Jessica Elizabeth Peters
The Nutrient Intake of Homeless Women of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Emily D. Popma-Metsaars
The Economic Espionage Act of 1996: A 15 Year Review, Matthew T. Priebe
An a Priori and a Posteriori Analysis of Usefulness of TEM 8 and TOEFL, Yuanjun Qi
The Initial Effects of Community Variables on Sand Prairie Restoration: Species Establishment and Community Responses, Robert Christopher Roos
Resting Site Characteristics of American Marten in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Robert L. Sanders
Fern Community Reassembly in Secondary Forests of Puerto Rico: Predictors, Complexity, and Niche Model Assessment, Thomas J. Schmidt
From Verification to Guided-Inquiry: What Happens When a Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum Changes?, Pamela Sue Scott
Wetland Sediment Nutrient Flux in Response to Proposed Hydrologic Reconnection and Climate Warming, James T. Smit
Effects of Fatty Acid Structure on Endothelial Cell Expression of Connexin43, Albert E. Sowers III
Low Noise NMOS Imager Fabrication with a Study on the Effect of Photodiode Shape on Dark Current, Steven Taylor
Comparing Methods for Full Body Inverse Dynamics Analysis of a Standing Long Jump, Nathaniel Vlietstra
A Textbook Analysis: A Case Study of Changes in History Textbooks Based on the Revolutionary War, Danielle Renee Wager
Acute Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Alters Vascular Reactivity Independent of ATP, William Cole Waggener IV
Genetic Structure of Yellow Perch Populations in Coastal Areas of Eastern Lake Michigan, Jessica N. Wesolek
Milton‘s Feminized Satan: A Study of Gender Imbalance in Paradise Lost, Kari Anne Wiest
"God Made Me Thisaway": Mary Wilkins Freeman, Flannery O'Connor, and Religiosity as Challenge to Heteronormativity, Anna M. Worm
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Content Analysis of British Petroleum and Tokyo Electric Power Company's Crisis Communication Messages. Comparative Analysis of Crisis Communication Strategies, Viktoryia Abramenka
Teacher's Attitudes towards Integrating Technology: Case Studies in Saudi Arabia and the United States, Asma Mohammed Alharbi
Egyptian Diasporas, Social Media, and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution: How Egyptians Living in Saudi Arabia used Social Media during the Revolution, Maisoon O. Al-sebaei
Future Foreign Language Teachers’ Intercultural Competence, Andrew Baalerud
School Adult and Student Perceptions of Bullying in Middle School: A Mixed Methods Case Study, Michelle L. Barrows
Parents’ Attitudes Toward Their Children’s Heritage Language Maintenance: The Case of Korean Immigrant Parents in West Michigan, Duckyoung Jung Becker
Geographical, Linguistic, Social, and Experiential Demarcation: The River in Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones, April Dawn Best
The Other In Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, Pauline Bleuse
A System for Preclinical Imaging Facility Management and Data Processing, Ryan Anthony Bozio
Master’s and Doctoral Theses on Second Language Writing: A Survey of the Emerging Voices in China, Yue Chen
Mapping of UML Diagrams to Extended Petri Nets for Formal Verification, Byron DeVries
Investigation of the Closing Forces Involved in Re-Approximation of the Renal Remnant Following Partial Nephrectomy, Donald M. Endres II
Bound for Home: Containment and Community in Cold War America Through Shirley Jackson's "Flower Garden", Jennifer Lynne Furner
Understanding High-Achieving African American Students: A Quantitative Study at Grand Valley State University, John A. Gipson Jr.
Climate Change and Metapopulation Implications for Species Re/introductions: A Spatial Analysis of Suitable Habitat for the American Marten (Martes americana) in Northern Michigan, Joshua Michael Green
Changes in Vascular Reactivity of Mesenteric Arteries Following Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment, Benjamin Matthew Hake
Disease Ecology of a Microsporidian Parasite and its Effects on Mottled Sculpin, Jared Joseph Homola
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Community Health Workers‘ Impact Upon The Birth Outcomes of At-Risk Pregnant Women in Muskegon County, Edward Michael Jados
Inkjet Printing of Titanium Dioxide Photoanodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Jeffrey Corbet Johnson
Information Technology Effects on Tunisian College Students; Tunisian English Majors as a Case Study, Ahmed Lachheb
Burning on the Shore of an Unknowable Void: Nature as Mystical Reality in the Fiction of Cormac McCarthy, Skyler Latshaw
Native Plant Establishment Success Influenced by Centaurea stoebe Control Method, Laurelin Marie Martin
An Examination of the Long Term Effects of Exposure to Prescription Drugs on Infant Growth and Development, AnnaLisa Maurer
The African American/Black Male Experience at Grand Valley State University: Implications for the Future, Reba Loret Oguntokun
The Role of Extracellular Matrix Proteins on Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Glioblastoma Multiforme, Stephen C. Orey
Effects of Nonylphenol on Orientation by the Crayfish Orconectes propinquus, Kathryn J. Page
Wind Energy Assessment using a Wind Turbine with Dynamic Yaw Control, Md Nahid Pervez
Perceptions of Creativity among Faculty in Higher Education, Ellie Melissa Potter
Predicting the Effects of Land-Use and Climate Change on Michigan Stream Ecosystems, Jacqueline M. Taylor
Identification of Actin Cytoskeletal Protein Interactions with the Fission Yeast Scaffold, Mid1, Marian Testori
The Experience of Being a Foster Parent in Non-Kinship Placements: Emotional and Psychological Impacts, Lindsay Michelle Tryc
Real-time Stage 1 Sleep Detection and Warning System Using a Low-Cost EEG Headset, Bryan Van Hal
Demographic and Reproductive Status of Lake Sturgeon in the Muskegon River System, Michigan, Alex C. Wieten
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Role of Saturated Fatty Acids in Connexin Expression on Endothelial Cells and Eosinophils, Kurt Anthony Ashack
Origin of Great Lakes Brown Trout, Salmo trutta: A Phylogeographic Analysis Using mtDNA Sequence Variation, David Baisch
Organic Options for Striped Cucumber Beetle Management in Cucumbers, Katie Brandt
The Effects of Berberine and Nitroxl (HNO) on the Glucose Uptake in L929 Fibroblast Cells, Jude Terver-Jeremiah Chenge
Heart Rate Artifact Suppression, Christopher Dickson
Dominant Upper Extremity Kinematics and Muscular Activity in Sonographers during Kidney Scanning, Jennifer Elizabeth Edwards
Effect of Using Hand-Weights on Performance in the Standing Long Jump, Austin Filush
Meeting English Language Learners’ Academic Needs through Teacher Training: A Multicultural Approach, Marjorie Ninoska Gomez Talavera
A Narrative Life Story of Activist Phyllis Lyon and Her Reflections on a Life with Del Martin, Dianna Lee Johnson
The Church of Craiglockhart: Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon‘s Critique and Use of Religion in their World War I Poetry, Brian Karsten
Determining the Sufficiency of the bHLH Gene Nato3 in Dopamine Neurogenesis, Darcy Nichole Kaufman
Effect of Exercise on Adult Neurogenesis in Crayfish, Jennifer E. Klutts
Aquatic Mesohabitats: Abiotic and Biotic Comparisons in a Sand-Dominated, 3rd Order, Michigan Stream, Edward M. Krynak
An Exploratory Study of Perceptions of Benefits and Barriers to Study Abroad for Students with Disabilities, Melissa Jean Kutsche
Effects of Oak Savanna Restoration and Thinning on Gypsy Moth Predation Rates and Small Mammal Communities, Angela Lynn Larsen
Hybridization Facilitates the Rapid Evolution of Reduced Herbicide Sensitivity in the Widely-managed Invasive Aquatic Plant, Eurasian Watermilfoil, Elizabeth Ann LaRue
Effects of Ailanthus altissima Soil Leachates on Nodulation and Expression of Two Genes that Regulate Nodulation of Trifolium pratense, Jesse Michael Lincoln
The Acute Responses of Different-sized Coronary Arteries to Testosterone, Sampath Madanu
Restoring the Richness: The Influence of Utopia on Walker Percy’s Love in the Ruins, Kyle Matthew McCarthy
Winter Habitat Selection and Genetic Relatedness of Southern Flying Squirrels in Southwest Michigan, Sheila M. Miara
Development of A Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) Tool For Contrast Micro Computed Tomography Imaging In Diagnosing Liver Metastases, Anderson Steadham Peck
Refinement of the Cast Microstructure of Hypereutectic Aluminum-Silicon Alloys with an Applied Electric Potential, Alexander Joseph Plotkowski
Accessorized Therapeutic Game Experiences for Touch-Enabled Devices, Alex Restrepo
A Novel Electronic Laparoscopic Training Device, Paul Allen Shields
Laboratory and Field Performance of the Biosand Point of Use Water Filtration System in the Artibonite Valley, Haiti, Andrew John Sisson
An Improved Custom Development Process Utilizing Lean Methods and Tools, Lisa Gay Smith
“Temples fit for Thee”: The Interplay of Holy Space, Time, Actions, and People in George Herbert’s The Temple, Carrie Lynn Steenwyk
Automatic Atlas Based Analysis of Radiotracer Uptake in Bones from Fused Nuclear Imaging/CT Data Sets of Mice, Jeffrey Lee VanOss
High School Policy Debate as an Enduring Pathway to Political Education: Evaluating Possibilities for Political Learning, Ellen C. Zwarensteyn
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
An Exploratory Study of Predictors of Academic Success in a Graduate Nursing Program, Lori B. Brown
Pediatric Nurses' Death Anxiety and Level of Comfort in Approaching Families of Dying Children, Elizabeth J. Cook
Preserving Euskera in a Globalized World: Determining the Long-term Efficacy of Multilingual Schools in the Basque Country, Spain, Olivia Destrades Mendoza
Murder with a Penknife: Individual Identity Formation in Charles Brockden Brown's Ormond, Patrick Prominski
Sprouty2 Deficiency in Mice Leads to the Development of Achalasia, Benjamin Lee Staal
Place as Plot: A Comparison of the Use of Place in C. S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces and John Milton's Paradise Lost, Jonathan A. Whitmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Lived Experience: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Intravenous Prostaglandin Therapy, Phyllis D. Boone
Fear of and Fascination with the Foreign in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Adventures, Mae Leigh Cooke
Transcriptional Regulation of M1 Cells in Response to IL-6, IL-10 and LPS, Lyna Goto
Writing a Chemistry Textbook that Supports Inquiry Based Learning, Sarah Jean Henning Toman
"Who Will Remain Whole? Who?": The Pursuit of Power and Place in "The Displaced Person", Katy L. Leedy
Out of This Stony Rubbish: Echoes of Ezekiel in T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Luke J. Rapa
