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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
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
Spatial Rape: Globalization and the Tourist-Vagabond Relationship in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, Tracy Stephens
Shifting Borders and Shaded Boundaries: Liminality, Identity, Language, and Place in Jean Toomer's Cane, Kristin Taber
An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Interpretive Synthesis Examining the Barriers to Implementing Restorative Justice as the Standard Paradigm of Adult Criminal Justice Within the Context of the United States, Matthew J. van Maastricht
An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Interpretive Synthesis Examining the Barriers to Implementing Restorative Justice as the Standard Paradigm of Adult Criminal Justice Within the Context of the United States, Matthew J. Van Maastricht
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Search for Wholeness in J.M. Coetzee's In the Heart of the Country, Waiting for the Barbarians, and Disgrace, Joanna Buboltz
From In-Vitro to In-Vivo: Corporate Development and Efficacy of a Topical Hair Growth Agent Derived from Natural Extracts, Kelly Michael Glynn
Fish Assemblages in Manistee River Tributaries: Longitudinal Distribution Analysis, Seasonal Variation, and Riparian Improvement Evaluation, Nicholas J. Gressick
Integrating a Variety of Cultures and Diversity into the Upper Elementary Curriculum, Tammy Joy Hamlin
'Til We Meet Again: The Soul's Alchemy in John Donne's Songs and Sonnets, Ann Hayward
Codes of Conduct: Didacticism in the Works of Maria Edgeworth, Megan Lockard
Sediment Remediation Impacts on Macroinvertebrate Community Structure: Assessing the Success of Urban Stream Restoration, Laurie Beth Nederveld
A Possible Positive Feedback Modulation of Acetylcholine Release through the Stimulation of Alpha-7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors on Bipolar Neurons in Pig Retina, Viralkumar M. Patel
Factors Affecting Occupational Therapists’ Decisions to Join Their State Association, Shawn Thomas Ross
A Community Ecology and Stable Isotope Study of Plankton, Macroinvertebrate, and Fish Communities Surrounding Groundwater Vents in Lake Huron, Michigan, Thomas Garrison Sanders Jr.
Transcending Tragedy: The Power of the Green World in Renaissance Drama, Sheridan Lynn Steelman
Creating the Tradition of Honoring the Older Population, Catherine Weisbeck
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Sayyid Qutb: An Historical and Contextual Analysis of Jihadist Theory, Joseph D. Bozek
The Higher Senses of Sight and Sound in Jane Austen’s, Sense And Sensibility., Robyn S. Brodie
Community Response to Habitat Restoration in Sickle and Bear Creeks, with Emphasis on Mottled Sculpin in Sickle Creek, Jason Andrew DeBoer
How Does the Living-Learning Environment Affect Honors Students’ Perception of Self, Others, and the Institution?, Janaan Mary Decker
Victorian Restriction, Restraint, and Escape in the Children's Tales of Beatrix Potter, Mandy L. DeWilde
The Circle and the Cross: The Self-Destructive Nature of Evil in Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, Scott De Young
The Development of a Progressive Failure Model of a Fiber-Rein forced Composite Lamina, Michael Maletta
Examining the Effects of Nurse Work Hours, Inter-Shift Recovery, Fatigue, and Sleep Debt on Intent to Leave, Amy M. Manderscheid
A Study on the Impact of Information Technology Use on Nonprofit Organizations, Ashima Saigal
A Narrative Study: Exploration of Arts and Crafts as Meaningful Productivity in a Middle-Old Adult who Resides in an Independent Living Facility, Sara E. Thornburg
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Police Misconduct and Early Warning Systems; an Exploratory Examination of Influential Variables, Lisa B. Andre
Constraining Protein Structure Simulation with Aggregate Data Using Robotic Techniques, Eric Bracey
The Use of Verbal and Written Emotional Expression for Empowerment and Healing in Clinical Social Work Practice, Laurie Lynn Dix Schmit
Using Art in Occupational Therapy with People Who Have Cancer: A Qualitative Case Study, Jennifer R. Dochod
The Acute Effects of Therapeutic Activities on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure: A Literature Review, Patricia Figueiredo Teles
Attitudes of Nurses Toward Research, Nancee Hofmeister
Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation and Phylogenetic Relationships among Michigan Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) Strains, Shleby S. Johnson
A Study of the Relationship Between Semiotic Content in Commercial Email Subject Lines and the Decision by the Recipient to Open the Message, Stephen J. Johnson
An Upper Extremity Biomechanical Model: Application to the Bicep Curl, Adam Miller
Development of a Needs Assessment for Youth Violence Prevention Programs in a Large Midwestern City, Laura Lynn Savel
Faith, Hope, and Love through Doubt in Tennyson's In Memoriam, David Settle
The Medieval Influences of Shakespeare’s Richard III: Morality Plays, Miracle Plays, and The Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Shelley
Voicing the Unvoiceable: Tracing Rage in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind, Christina A. Triezenberg
Occupations, Habits and Routines: A Case Study of an African-American Woman, Michelle Leigh Velting
Assessing the Efficacy of Field Training Officers’ Organizational Maturity and Their Decision to Utilize Communicative Competencies, Michael White
Using Non-Fiction Conventions to Improve Expository Reading in 6* Grade History, Annie Whitlock
Long-Arm Splinting for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Case Study, Crystal Wolters
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Investigation of the Effects of a Rapid Response Team on Nurse Satisfaction, Collaboration, and Communication, Jacob William Ainsworth
Low Back Pain in Police Officers, Jennifer Gwyn Arts
TIC: Term Intersection Clustering of Text Documents, Casey R. Bartman
The Transtheoretical Model: A Theoretical Application to Homelessness, Richard D. Campbell
How has MultiChoice Africa Affected the Way People View Television in African Countries?, Jesse Geston
Where Are The News Media Role Models? A Study of Skepticism of the Mainstream News Media among Communications Graduate Students, Lindsey J. Hugelier
Removing Borders: The Influence of the Toyota Production System on an American Office Furniture Manufacturer, Susan E. Koole
Resilience and Depressive Symptoms in Midlife Women, Keverne L. Lehman
Human Trafficking: A Theoretical Application of Anomie on the Tier Placement System Utilized by the U.S. Department of State’s “Trafficking in Persons” Report, Jennifer L. Melvin
Perceived Barriers to Care Among Hispanic Women Who Delay Prenatal Care, Gustavo A. Moretta
First Year Resident Assistant Retention at Grand Valley State University, Karl Rishe
Nonprofit Arts Organizations in Grand Rapids, Michigan: An Exploratory Study, Ruth Terry
Predicting Distribution, Habitat Suitability and the Potential Loss of Habitat for Sitta formosa, The Beautiful Nuthatch, Jill C. Witt
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Fright at the Improv: The Fear of Public Speaking as a Social Phobia, Patrick J. Bishop
Classroom Management in Music Ensembles: Exploring the Relationship between Perceived Classroom Management Skills and Performance Achievement, Jeffrey David Costello
Un/Worthy: The US Print Media's Portrayal of the Kosovo and East Timor Massacres, Derek De Vries
Relational Aggression in Adolescent Girls: Developing Self-Esteem for the Target Girl, Lisa Suzanne Gulch
