Dissertations from 2015
The Schoolyard as an Outdoor Classroom: Learning Through Experience, Jason W. Spray
Oxidative Stress in Avian Embyros, Toshi Tsunekage
Wavelet analysis of non-stationary signals with applications, Maria Dorothea Van der Walt
AN EXAMINATION OF FORGIVENESS ATTITUDES, ASSERTIVENESS AND SELF-ESTEEM IN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FORGIVENESS, RELATIONAL ABUSE, AND WELL-BEING., Brandon Lowell Whittington
The Arts: Building A Foundation To Increase Science Literacy Skills For Urban Youth, Mildred Zimmerlyn Wigfall
Picolinyl-Assisted Approaches to Stereocontrolled Glycosylation, Jagodige Prithika Yasomanee
Dissertations from 2014
Proprioception and Developmental Motor Training: A New Treatment For Chronic-Phase Stroke Patients
Digital Finger Painting: A Qualitative Exploration of the Tablet Computer and its Artistic Implications in an Early Childhood Setting, Sarah Nicole Ackermann
Advocating For Educational Equity: African American Citizens' Councils in St. Louis, Missouri, From 1864 To 1927, Melanie Alicia Adams
Collaborating on Web 2.0 Technologies: The Best-Fit Model for the Behavioral Intentions of Preservice Teachers, Lisa Jane Amundson
“What I care bout dogs?” How the hegemony of the English language colonizes marginalized groups, Richard Eric Andrews
Women in Kazakhstan: A Multifaceted Approach to Female Political Representation, Ashley Gaile Benedict
Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanostructured Noble Metal Films for Biosensing, Jay Kishan Bhattarai
Structural and cognitive correlates of body mass index in healthy older adults, Jacob Bolzenius
Assessing the Monitoring and Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children Hospitalized for Asthma, Anne E. Borgmeyer
Supply Chain Relationships in Procurement: Is Collaboration Reality?, Wesley S. Boyce
Training Teaching Assistants Across the Curriculum: A Study of the Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) Program, Carolyn I. Brown
Stories of African American male principals following the intra district desegregation plan, Candice Chere Carter-Oliver
Development from Abroad? Transnational Remittance and the Institutionalization of Diaspora Engagement in Africa., Todd Bryan Combs
A Sleep Apnea Program for Commercial Drivers, Gayla Ann Dace
Researching the Real: Transforming the Science Fair through Relevant and Authentic Research, Rosemary McBryan Davidson
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF CHELATING COMPOUNDS AND SOLID-SUPPORTED CHELATORS FOR METAL DEPLETED SOLUTIONS, Surendra Dawadi
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT EXTENDED CAMPUS SITES: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Deborah Diane DeGan-Dixon
DISTRICT WITHIN A DISTRICT: De FACTO SEGREGATION AND WHITE FLIGHT INTO AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF UNIVERSITY CITY (1967-1991), Carlos Javier Diaz-Granados
Who Decides? A Study of the Effects on Decision Unit Dynamics in Crisis and Crisis Transition, Janet Leigh Drake
Provider Perception of Patient Satisfaction if Antibiotics Are Not Given for Upper Respiratory Infection, Robyn Doniel Drake
Safety Hazards Education for Mothers Who Are Homeless: Target Teaching to Improve Knowledge of Safety Hazards for Children Under Five Years of Age, Susan Halpern Fliesher
Increasing Patients’ Knowledge in Transmission of Bacterial Vaginosis and its Treatment Regimens, Debra Garner
Nutrition, Appetite and Weight Loss in Elders Living in Long-Term Care Facilities, karene Marie Goodman
Racial-Ethnic Differences in Rape and Sexual Assault Victimization: A Pooled Analysis of NCVS Data, 1994-2010, Ekaterina Archakova Gorislavsky
Strategic Managment of Human Capital: A Crtique of Urban Education Human Resources Policies and Procedures, Sharonica LaTrease Hardin-Bartley
New Methods and Strategies for Orthogonal Oligosaccharide Synthesis, Scott James Hasty
Using Prior Knowledge and Learning from Experience in Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, Mark Walter Hauschild
A longitudinal look at electronic mentoring relationships, Lyndsey Marie Havill
The Impact of Special Education Transition Services on the Post-Secondary Education Preparedness of Students with Emotional Disturbance: A Study of Student Perceptions, Cyrhonda Denise Hill-Shavers
A Study of Missouri's Educator Evaluation System and its Efforts to Increase Teacher and Leader Effectiveness, Paul J. Katnik
Redemption or Condemnation? A Long-Term Follow-up of the Desistance Patterns of Sex Offenders, Kimberly Raye Kras
Organizational Interventions for Restoring Justice in the Workplace, Wanyi Ma Lai
Quantitative Measurement of Reciprocal Social Behavior among Toddlers Aged 18 to 24, Rebecca Sarah Light-Pearlman
Basis Function Approaches for Two Dimensional Cochlear Models, Lihua Li
Moral Foundations of Academic Freedom in the Community College: Professional Right or Public Benefit?, Paul David Long
Privatization, State Militarization through War, and Durable Social Exclusion in Post-Soviet Armenia, Anna Martirosyan
An Analysis of the Educational Experiences of African American Male Prison Inmates Enrolled in a Voluntary College Vocational Program: Variables that Encourage or Preclude Postsecondary Degree Attainment, Kenton Rondelle Mershon
Takt Time Grouping: A Method to Implement Kanban-Flow Manufacturing in an Unbalanced Process with Moving Constraints, Mitchell Alan Millstein
Network Flexibility for Recourse Considerations in Bi-Criteria Facility Location, Jeremy North
Implementation of Sleep Problem Screening in a Pediatric Primary Care Office, Jennifer Erin O'Donnell
Informally Educating the Community: St. Louis Phyllis Wheatley’s YWCA Committee on Administration Speaks on the Decline of the Organization Through Historical Narratives, Cheryl Denise Osby
Teacher Perceptions and Implementation of Positive Behavior Support in Urban Language Immersion Schools, Jeffrey Joseph Pauls
FAMILY-OF-ORIGIN CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN WHO ENGAGE REGULARLY IN SEXUALLY ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR, Mark Stephen Pfuetze
The Impact of a School-to-Work Transition Program on Self-Determination of Young Adults with a Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Ambumulire Nellie Phiri
Validation of the Transportation Burden Questionnaire Among Family Caregivers of Older Adults, Bryant James Price
Spatial Mapping of Macular Pigment Optical Density and Its Relationship to Contrast Sensitivity and Glare Disability, Christopher Michael Putnam
Vision 2020: An analysis of policy implementation and agrarian change in rural Rwanda, Sterling Recker
The Relation of Anxiety, Depression, and Stress to Binge Eating Behavior, Diane L. Rosenbaum
The Romance of Leadership: Construct Clarification and Its Relationship with Reactions to Organizational Change, Cari Lois Rottman
An Empirical Investigation of Factors Influencing IT Professionals’ Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Organizations, Prasad Shambulinga Rudramuniyaiah
Mechanisms of Condition-Specific Regulation of mRNA Stability by Puf Proteins: From Yeast to Humans, Joseph Russo
Impact of the Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism on Emotion Identification in Healthy Older Adults, Staci Erin Scott
Nanoporous Gold Characterization, Structural Modification and Use as a Solid Support for Biomolecule Immobilization, Abeera Sharma
School Climate and Building Highly Effective Schools: How Student Perception of School Structure and Supportive Learning Environments Affect Their Enjoyment of School, Amber D'nay Simpson
An Examination of Factors Influencing the Implementation of Student-Led IEP Meetings in Secondary Schools, Marilyn Louise Smith
Elucidation of the role of auxin-input pathways in auxin homeostasis., Gretchen Spiess
Making Telework Work: The Effect of Telecommuting Intensity on Employee Work Outcomes, Maria Spilker
Synchronous and Asynchronous Collaboration Technology Use in Teamwork, Thanaporn Sundaravej
Community organization of avian malaria parasites in lowland Amazonia: Prevalence, diversity, and specialization in a local assemblage, Linda Maria Elenor Svensson
Schisms in Schooling: Domains of Power as seen from Our Students, Kristen Michelle Taylor
The Role of Violence within and across Self-identified Gang Youth, J. Michael Vecchio
Retired African American Female Urban Middle SchoolScience Teachers Beliefs and Practices, Frances Mary Whitney
Cities Awash in a Sea of Governments: How Does Political Fragmentation Affect Cities and Their Regions?, Laura E. Wiedlocher
The Amplification of Deviance Following Police Contact: An Examination of Individual and Neighborhood Factors among a Sample of Youth, Stephanie Ann Wiley
Black Teachers And St. Louis Public School Teacher Strikes Of 1973 And 1979, Sharleta L-Shae Williams
Chemistry and Thermochemistry of Selected Fatty Acids Using Correlation Gas Chromatography, Joe A. Wilson
MOTIVATED TO ADAPT: APPLYING GOAL-SETTING THEORY, PRIMED SUBCONSCIOUS GOAL, AND IMPLEMENTATION INTENTION, Graham Benjamin Wohler
Dissertations from 2013
GP Representation Space Reduction Using a Tiered Search Scheme, John Joseph Aleshunas
Middle Mississippi River Islands: Historical Distribution, Restoration Planning, and Biological Importance, Teresa Cecilia Allen
Lightning Strikes Twice: An Examination of the Political Factors Associated with State-Level Death Sentences and Executions in the United States, 1930-2012, Ethan Christopher Amidon
Cognitive Conceptualizations and Schemata as Predictors of Distress in Female Rape Victims, Tiffany Maria Artime
Move Montana: An Exercise Program for Children, Adolescents, and Their Families, Deanna Lynn Babb
Synthesis and Characterization of Luminescent Cyclic Germanium Compounds, Teresa Lynn Bandrowsky
The Role Of Sexual Scripts In Men's And Women's Interpretation And Endorsement Of Items Measuring Self-Reported Sexual Aggression, Sarah Kristen Buday
Tax Increment Financing in Missouri: Political Development of the Statute Contextualized with Use and Patterns of Adoption, Cassandra Butler
A Pilot Project to Develop a Tool to Assess Gain in Knowledge in Third Graders Participating in a Science Based Drug Prevention Education Curriculum, Miriam Dawn Butler
Handel's Maser-Soliton Theory of Ball Lightning: The Creation of Stable Three-Dimensional Cavitons by an Atmospheric Maser within an Open Resonator, Glenn Andrew Carlson
Compassion Fatigue: Prevalence Among Nurses at a Midwest Pediatric Hospital, Branch Carole
Siloles Bearing Coordination-Active 2,5-Substituents: Synthesis, Reactivity, Structural and Spectral Properties., James Bryan Carroll
THE BLACK FLAME TRILOGY, MULTIGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TRAUMA, AND THE DEHUMANIZATION OF BLACK STUDENTS, June Cara Christian
The effects of word prediction and text-to-speech on the writing process of translating, Robert Paul Cunningham
Novel Behavioral Markers in the Ppt1-/- Mouse Model of Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Joshua Thomas Dearborn
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF TWO STAR FORMING REGIONS, Kristen Leilani Erickson
The Relationships Among Recruiter Characteristics and Pre-and Post-hire Recruitment Outcomes, Jacob Scott Fischer
A Comparison of Medication Managemnt Between Older and Younger Adults Living with HIV, Judy A. Frain
VOICES FROM BEHIND BARS: A WORKING ALLIANCE?, Mariaimee Gonzalez
The Effects of Religious Fundamentalism and Threat on Prejudice, Theta P. Gribbins