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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Meditation and awakening: An exploration of the wind music of Eric Guinivan, Henry C. Hess Jr.
Release from masking: Behavioral and physiological masking level differences, Sarah L. Hodgson
Training future teachers to promote emotion regulation in the classroom, Marie E. Johnson
Applying solution behavior thresholds to a noncognitive measure to identify rapid responders: An empirical investigation, Mary M. Johnston
Predictors of private school sustainability using IRS form 990, Paul G. Leaman
Notes for a writer: The role of the flute as narrator in Jon Lord's To Notice Such Things, Brianne Little
Variability in clinically measured wideband acoustic immittance over time in young and old adults, Allison G. McGrath
Leadership, empowerment, and social capital in a civil society mental health program population in El Salvador, Samuel V. Nickels
Rhetoric and wit in Nicolas Bernier's Le Caffé, Anne C. Wick
Wideband acoustic immittance and DPOAE changes in older adults, Mandy M. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Exploring nonprofits in the social economy: The social enterprise phenomena, Kofi S. Adimado
'More divine than human': Early Tudor plainchant and polyphony of the Lenten Compline Office in the Use of Salisbury, 1485-1558, Mark Wayland Ardrey-Graves
What do I assume? An applied lesson approach integrating critical thinking and student-directed learning, Ayn T. Balija
Effects of training and lung volume levels on voice onset control and cortical activation in singers, Nicholas A. Barone
Examining the performance of the Metropolis-Hastings Robbins-Monro algorithm in the estimation of multilevel multidimensional IRT models, Bozhidar M. Bashkov
The nature and etiology of religious certitude: Implications of the EI framework and beliefs, events, and values inventory, Timothy W. Brearly
Effective elements of conducting: A study of high school orchestra directors, Matthew J. Brooks
Binaural listening in young and middle-aged adults: Interaural phase differences and speech-in-noise measures, Caitlin Cotter
Addressing serial-order and negative-keying effects: A mixed-methods study, Jerusha J. Gerstner
Improving student learning in higher education: A mixed methods study, Megan R. Good
Functional recovery: A mixed methods study of the specific variables within a post-hospital inter-disciplinary brain injury rehabilitation - residential program, Victoria Harding
Choro of Gordon Stout: Representation in a living art, Elayne Harris
Examining monaural and binaural measures of phase-locking as a function of age, Larissa M. Heckler
Use your words: A lyrical guide to the opera-inspired paraphrases of Antonino Pasculli (1842-1924), Aaron S. Hill
The Hungarian Rhapsodies and the 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs: Historical and ideological parallels between Liszt and Bartók, David B. Hill
The effect of auditory fatigue on reaction time in normal hearing listeners, Beth I. Hulvey
Pre-pulse inhibition assessment of sound localization in mice: Methodological, functional, and genetic considerations, Megan Klingenberg
A meta-analytic tutorial and a narrative review on motivation interventions in education, Rory A. Lazowski
The development of Character Adaptation SysTem (CAST) intervention, Lauren Mays
The impact of college leadership experiences on long term well-being, Kevin Meaney
Nonprofit leadership: A study of governance changes over time, Daisha M. Merritt
The effect of taste on swallowing function, Rachel Mulheren
Debussy and Schoenberg: Two musical reactions to late romanticism, Priscila Ott Falcao Oliveira
Teacher Child Interaction Training as a universal prevention program in preschool and kindergarten classrooms, Jessica Rossi
Speech function in persons with Parkinson's disease: effects of environment, task and treatment, Carrie E. Rountrey
Effect of adaptive frequency lowering on phoneme identification and sound quality of music in hearing-impaired listeners, Kaitlyn A. Sabri
Training to avoid distractions, Cara E. Sanderson
A detailed analysis of coaching in Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT), Krystal M. Studivant
Olivier Messiaen: A performance guide for selected mélodie, Melissa M. Sumner
The effects of a planned missingness design on examinee motivation and psychometric quality, Matthew S. Swain
Extending an IRT mixture model to detect random responders on non-cognitive polytomously scored assessments, Mandalyn R. Swanson
A mixed-methods study of Head Start Family Service worker qualifications and Family Services utilization: Implications for policy and leadership, Laura H. Trull
Teachers’ beliefs and practices related to student self-regulation in the classroom, Marlana L. Webster
The effect of examinee motivation on value-added estimates, Laura M. Williams
Hyolaryngeal kinematics and swallow patterning in normal and disordered swallowing, Seng Mun Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Transformational leadership and resilience, African-American women nonprofit leaders: A mixed-methods study, Donovan Branche
An exploration of the experience of in-home counseling services, Greg Czyszczon
The effects of academic libraries’ resource, expenditure, and service decisions on library use: An analysis of ACRL and NCES data, Jody C. Fagan
Using mindfulness to explore worldview perspective and enhance intercultural development, Rebecca J. Heselmeyer
Discrimination of duration differences of typically developing children and children with suspected childhood apraxia of speech, Susan B. Ingram
The treatment of missing data when estimating student growth with pre-post educational accountability data, Jason P. Kopp
Combating occupational apartheid plaguing internationally trained professionals: A mixed methods description of activist entrepreneurship in cross-sector partnerships, Stephen Wayne Lambert
Effects of Eph/ephrin mutations on pre pulse inhibition in mice, Andrea Marie Liuzzo
Influence of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship development in post-secondary education, Kenneth Newbold
Understanding the gendered self: Implications from EI Theory, EI Self, and the BEVI, Christen Pendleton
Engaged citizenship: A longitudinal study of student engagement and early adulthood, Jennifer Rau
Predictive modeling of alumni donors: An engagement model for fundraising in postsecondary education, Nicholas Rau
Effects of auditory and visual distracters on acceptable background noise level in hearing-impaired listeners, Elizabeth A. Ripley
The neural representation and behavioral detection of frequency modulation, Daniel Elliott Shearer
Violin pedagogy through time: The treatises of Leopold Mozart, Carl Flesch, and Ivan Galamian, Steffany Ann Shock
In search of best practices for multicultural education: Empirical evidence from the Forum BEVI Project, Mary Beth Tabit
Early music influences in Paul Hindemith's Compositions for the Viola, Domenico L. Trombetta
Inhibitory control and classroom behavior in kindergarten children, Samantha Anne Tynan
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The effects of musical training on perception and neural representation of temporal fine structure, Verleyne Andrews-Rodgers
A stylistic analysis and performance guide to selected compositions of Dave Douglas for the Tiny Bell Trio, Taylor Roy Barnett
Wired to bond: The influence of computer-mediated communication on relationships, Jennifer Lynn Cline
Effects of negative keying and wording in attitude measures: A mixed-methods study, Chris M. Coleman
Robert Schumann's Piano Sonata no. 1 in f-sharp minor, op. 11–style and structure, Stephanie Abigail Emberley
Implementing dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents in an acute inpatient psychiatric setting, Thomas Andrew Field
Pedagogical use of cinematic imagery in Augusta Read Thomas's Piano Etudes, Luis Bernardo Gonzalez
Measuring motivation for coursework across the academic career: A longitudinal invariance study, Makayla Grays
Artistic influence, stylistic irony, and musical reference in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, Ryan Michael Hoffman
Quantifying head acceleration during vestibular rehabilitation, Anne Hogan
A unified approach to well-being: The development and impact of an undergraduate course, Kimbelry Erica Kleinman
The effect of early hearing loss on Bobwhites’ responses to pure tones: A possible animal model of prelingual deafness, Bethany Leanne Magee
The effects of item and respondent characteristics on midpoint response option endorsement: A mixed-methods study, Kimberly Rebecca Marsh
The effects of various modes of feedback on preferred iPod listening levels, Justine A. McDermott
Ultrasonic vocalizations in Eph/ephrin mutant mice, Bryna Rickenbach-Cline
The effects of auditory and visual distracters on the toleration of background noise in normal hearing listeners, Lauren Shastany
Emotion regulation in European American and Hong Kong Chinese middle school children, Kayan Phoebe Wan
The acute effects of gentamycin ototoxicity on Bobwhite Quail Basilar Papilla and auditory brainstem responses, Kristie Wilson
Students’ attitudes toward institutional accountability testing in higher education: Implications for the validity of test scores, Anna Zilberberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The development of the well-being interview, Craig Alexander Asselin
J. S. Bach and the high school choir: A resource guide for teachers of intermediate and advanced level high school choirs, Lynn G. Atkins Jr.
Perceived occlusion and comfort in receiver-in-the-ear hearing aids, Sara A. Conrad
Crisis supervision: A qualitative study of the needs and experiences of licensed professional counselors, Madeleine Ann Dupre
The illusion of chaos: The compositional structure of Olivier Messiaen’s Le Merle Noir, Tiana Lynn Grise
Examining the bifactor IRT Model for vertical scaling in K-12 assessment, James Koepfler
Headturn preference of 10-month infants for familiar and unfamiliar signs, Steven Thomas Kulsar
A conductor's analysis: The birthday cantatas of Christoph Graupner (1683-1760), John Patrick McCarty
Investigation of personal and collective mortality threats in individualistic and collectivist cultures: A cross cultural study., Catherine Munns
Early flute pedagogy: The utilization of alternative types of flutes for young children, Erin Murphy
Demonstrating validity evidence of meta-assessment scores using generalizability theory, Chris D. Orem
Do different methods of hearing aid information delivery influence knowledge acquisition?, Lindsey Ann Parr
