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Florida International University Graduate School | Annual Report1

Presidential FellowsNicolas BeckmannDr. Felix Martin

Iian BlackDr. Ranu Jung

Alfred CastilloDr. Weidong Xia

Kathryn ChabaudDr. Bruce McCord

Ruthmara CorzoDr. Jose Almirall

Jonathan FlickingerDr. Francisco Ortega

Maria GabryszewskaDr. Rebecca Mae Salokar

Zhe GengDr. Hai Deng

Mohammad HajigholizadehDr. Lakshmi N. Reddi

Inkyoung HurDr. Weidong Xia

Yagya JoshiDr. Pete E.C. Markowitz

Margaret KieperDr. Haiyan Jiang

Stephen LeathermanDr. Keqi Zhang

Ankush MohekarDr. Arun Prakash

Janice O’DriscollDr. David Cohen

Tiyash PariraDr. Barry Rosen

Imtiaz ParvezDr. Arif Sarwat

Geri SatinDr. Ronald Fisher

Jessica SaundersDr. Lorraine Bahrick

Raju SinhaDr. Nezih Pala

Thomas SoltisDr. Ronald Cox

Muhammad TalukdarDr. Suchismita Mishra

Laura TimmDr. Heather Bracken-Grissom

Ling WangDr. Bruce McCord

Mary Jo WeissDr. Kevin O’Shea

Tanja ZerullaDr. Phillip Stoddard

McNair FellowsAmary AlcideDr. Paul Stuart

Jason AlmodovarDr. Thomas Reio

Natalie DamasoDr. DeEtta Mills

Christopher DavisDr. Victor Uribe

Angelica HillDr. Caroline Faria

Jennifer HoustonDr. Valentina Bruk-Lee

Brionna PowellDr. Purnima Madhivanan

Daniel RoncancioDr. Yi Xiao

Vanessa QuirozDr. Asia Eaton

Tonya St. JulienDr. Chantalle F. Verna

Tyler WielandDr. Haiyan Jiang

Kao YangDr. Benjamin Boesl

Alberto ZunigaDr. Berrin Tansel

McKnight FellowsTara BlakeyDr. Assefa M. Melesse

Haydee BorreroDr. Hong Liu

Cherelle CarringtonDr. Stephen E. WongMiguel CruzDr. O. Dale Williams

Alejandro DiazDr. Anibal Gutierrez

Elaine EspañolaDr. Anibal Gutierrez

Armando FalconDr. Valentina Bruk-Lee

Dana FarrellDr. Elena Bastida

Ange FievreDr. Shekhar Bhansali

John GibsonDr. Stavros Georgakopoulos

Jennifer HernandezDr. Daniel Bagner

Andrea HeadleyDr. Stewart D’Alessio

Gregory Jean-BaptiseDr. Ming Zhao

Kailey MacNamara Dr. Angela Laird

Alan McKenzieDr. Francisco Fernandez-Lima

Francisco OrtegaDr. Naphtali Rishe

Alejandro PachecoDr. Edward R. Lawrence

Dudith Pierre-VictorDr. Purnima Madhivanan

Jodonnis RodriguezDr. Suchismita Mishra

Alnecia Rumphs NisbettDr. Purnima Madhivanan

Tammy SandersDr. Thomas Reio

Vanquilla ShellmanDr. Kenneth Furton

Maria SiderDr. Laurel Collins

Carlos TamayoDr. Hector R. Fuentes

DEA FellowsRicha AgrawalDr. Chunlei Wang Gretha BurchardDr. Mohamad G. Alkadry Chunhui ChenDr. Chunlei Wang Nikoloz EsitashviliDr. Felix MartinDr. Ronald Cox

Yuanyuan FangDr. Thomas A. Breslin Zeila FradeDr. Erik Camayd-Freixas Yong HaoDr. Chunlei Wang Ryan HillDr. Jeremy Pettit Alexander HuezoDr. Ulrich Oslender

Mustafa KaraabiyikDr. Nezih Pala Sven KubeDr. Kenneth J. LipartitoDr. Jenna M. Gibbs Nathan LemoineDr. Deron E. Burkepile Judith MansillaDr. Bianca C. Premo

Vishal MusaramthotaDr. Norman D. MunroeDr. Benjamin Boesl

Ryan OpsalDr. Felix Martin Venkataraghavan RamamoorthyDr. Adriana L. Campa Oceane RobertsDr. Vrushali B. Patil

Michelle ThompsonDr. Maureen Donnelly Kristie WendelbergerDr. Jennifer H. Richards

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Bridge to Doctorate FellowsFernand BontempsDr. Peter Clarke

Teshaun FrancisDr. Wei-Chiang Lin

John GibsonDr. Stavros Georgakopoulos

Marcus HerndonDr. Bilal El-Zahab

Brett JonesDr. Ming Zhao

Heather KumarDr. Irina Agoulnik

Claudia Martinez-LopezDr. Jose Almirall

Jose MatteoDr. Jorge J. Riera-Diaz

Yemeserach MekonnenDr. Wei-Chiang Lin

Kelly MesaDr. Shekhar Bhansali

Andres PeñaDr. Ranu Jung

Michelle PierreDr. Alexander Mebel

Krystine PimentelDr. Shekhar Bhansali

Karina RinconDr. Shekhar Bhansali

Ivan Rodriguez-PintoDr. Kevin Boswell

Nicole SebestaDr. Jennifer Richards

Deon WilkinsDr. Ismael Guvnenc

Dissertation YearFellowsHamidreza AsgariDr. Xia Jin Anamica BatraDr. Richard C. Palmer Sadegh BehdadDr. Benjamin BoeslDr. Arvind Agarwal Vinay BhardwajDr. Anthony J. McGoron Seyed BidgoliDr. Malek Adjouadi Chunhui ChenDr. Chunlei Wang Diana ChurchillDr. Michael R. Heithaus Juliana CorralesDr. Fernando R. Miralles-Wilhelm Rachel EmasDr. Allan Rosenbaum Mustafa FarhadiDr. Osama A. Mohammed Hadi FekrmandiDr. Ibrahim Tansel Peter FerdinandoDr. Kristen E. Wood Diana Grullon-GarciaDr. Erik Camayd-Freixas Seongshin GwakDr. Jose R. Almirall Nubia HeuettDr. Piero R. Gardinali

Lisa HoweDr. Rebecca Friedman Bahareh InanlooDr. Berrin Tansel Peeraya InyimDr. Wallied Orabi Yexi JiangDr. Tao Li Robel KiflemariamDr. Cheng-Xian Lin Nathan LemoineDr. Deron E. Burkepile Ying LiuDr. Mary Ann Von Glinow Anamaria Lopez-AbadiaDr. Santiago Juan-Navarro Tan MaDr. Osama A. Mohammed Lindsey MaxwellDr. Darden A. Pyron Brian MachovinaDr. Kenneth Feeley Ali MazloomzadehDr. Osama Mohammed Sheila McKinneyDr. William W. Darrow Peter MolinaroDr. Ronald P. Fisher Kamran MoradiDr. Bilal El-Zehab Dana MuellerDr. Nadja Schreiber Compo

Vishal MusaramthotaDr. Norman D. MunroeDr. Benjamin Boesl Alina NazarethDr. Shannon M. Pruden Emily NodineDr. Evelyn Gaiser Jaimit ParikhDr. Nikolaos Tsoukias Ramona PerezDr. Werner Boeglin Palina PrysmakovaDr. Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor Chandan PulletikurthiDr. Norman H. Munroe Venkataraghavan RamamoorthyDr. Adriana L. Campa Siavash RastarDr. Igor G. TsukanovDr. Cesar Levy Sasmita RathDr. Sharan Ramaswamy Ramanjaneyulu RayalaDr. Stanislaw Wnuk Evan RehmDr. Kenneth J. Feeley Alessandra RosaDr. Jorge Duany Pratikkumar ShahDr. Chen Zhong Li Sandeep SinghDr. Stanislaw Wnuk

Yin SongDr. Chunlei WangDr. Jiuhua Chen Supriya SrinivasanDr. Anthony J. McGoron Kiran SubediDr. Jose R. Almirall Yongzhou SunDr. Jiuhua Chen Sharon SuritaDr. Berrin Tansel Cheng TaoDr. Haiyan Jiang Tereza VokataDr. Joong Ho Moon Gregory WeimerDr. Kirsten E. Wood Xiong YangDr. Amir Mirmiran Wang YongzhiDr. Jinpeng Wei Cen ZhaoDr. Kevin O’Shea Qi ZhouDr. Malek Adjouadi Xuena ZhuDr. Chenzhong Li

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Dissertation TitlesAbas Abdoli, Ph.D.Dr. George S. DulikravichOptimization of Cooling Protocols for Hearts Destined for Transplantation Mark Allison, Ph.D.Dr. Peter J. ClarkeA Generic Model of Execution for Synthesizing Interpreted Domain-Specific Models

Murat Altuglu, Ph.D. Dr. Tatiana KostadinovaElectoral Rules and Elite Recruitment: A Comparative Analysis of the Bundestag and the U.S. House of Representatives

Reza Amini, Ph.D. Dr. Christine LisettiLearning Data-Driven Models of Non-Verbal Behaviors for Building Rapport using an Intelligent Virtual Agent

Sushma Amruthaluri, Ph.D.Dr. Norman MunroeDr. Benjamin BoeslAn Investigation on Biocompatibility of Bio-absorbable Polymer Coated Magnesium Alloys

Charles K. Andrews, Ed.D. Dr. Benjamin BaezUtilizing Traditional Cognitive Measures of Academic Preparation to Predict First-Year Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Majors’ Success in Math and Science Courses

Janet Antwi, Ph.D.Dr. Fatma G. HuffmanFactors of Inflammation in Haitian Americans and African Americans with and without Type 2 Diabetes

Maryam Asghari Mooneghi, Ph.D.Dr. Arindam Gan ChowdhuryDr. Peter A. IrwinExperimental and Analytical Methodologies for Predicting Peak Loads on Building Envelopes and Roofing Systems

Trisha Lynn Ashley, Ph.D.Dr. Caroline SimpsonThe H I Chronicles of LITTLE THINGS Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies

George Atisa, Ph.D.Dr. Jean-Claude Garcia-ZamorDr. Mahadev G. BhatAnalysis of Global Compliance and Implementation of the Goals of International Environmental Treaties: A Case Study of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD)

Nida Azhar, Ph.D.Dr. Irtishad AhmadDr. Arindam Gan ChowdhuryIntegrated Construction Project Delivery Systems in the U.S. Public Sector: An Information Modeling Framework

Beyte Barrios Roque, Ph.D.Dr. Suzanne Koptur Pollination, Herbivory, and Habitat Fragmentation: Their Effects on the Reproductive Fitness of Angadenia berteroi, a Native Perennial Plant of the South Florida Pine Rocklands

Anamica Batra, Ph.D.Dr. Richard C. Palmer Investigating the Outcomes of a Physical Activity Program Offered to Older Adults in South Florida and Understanding the Correlates of Completion

Marie-Michèle Beauchesne, Ph.D.Dr. Nathan J. HillerCEO Humility: Development of an Unobtrusive Measure and Strategic Implications

Ana Paula da Silva Benaduce, Ph.D.Dr. Lidia KosUV-Induced Melanoma Mouse Model Dependent on Endothelin 3 Over-Expression

Gerald A. Berry, Ph.D.Dr. Fernando G. NoriegaDr. John BerryMosquito Larvicides from Cyanobacteria

Jason Bono, Ph.D.Dr. Lei GuoFirst Time Measurements of Polarization Observables for the Charged Cascade Hyperon in Photoproduction

Mance E. Buttram, Ph.D.Dr. Dennis WiedmanDr. Mark PadillaSyndemic Health Disparities and Resilience Processes Related to HIV Transmission Risk among African American/Black Men in South Florida

Raúl Cabrera, Ph.D.Dr. Santiago Juan-NavarroEl Posnacionalismo en la Narrativa Cubana Actual: Reivindicación de lo Privado y lo Homoerótico

Ryan T. Cassell, Ph.D.Dr. Kathleen ReinSynthesis of PbTx-2 Photoaffinity and Fluorescent Probes and an Alternative Synthetic Route to Photoaffinity Labels

Boris Castillo Chabeco, Ph.D.Dr. Lou W. Kim Redox Regulation of Ras Proteins in Dictyostelium discoideum

Laura Bhatti Catano, Ph.D.Dr. Deron BurkepileNon-consumptive Effects of Predators in Coral Reef Communities and the Indirect Consequences of Marine Protected Areas

Michelle Maria Cerreta, Ph.D. Dr. Kenneth G. Furton The Creation and Evaluation of Novel Canine Training Aids for Cocaine using Molecularly Encapsulated Sol-Gel Polymers and an Investigation of Canine Field Accuracy

Amanpreet K. Cheema, Ph.D.Dr. Fatma G. HuffmanPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Coactivator 1-α (PPARGC1A) Genetic Associations with Type 2 Diabetes in Three Ethnicities

Yu Chen , Ph.D.Dr. Mahadev BhatEssays on Intergenerational and Regional Aspects of Water Management

Bilal Ciplak, Ph.D.Dr. Mohiaddin MesbahiDr. Ronald CoxDemocracy Promotion and Turkey

Jonathan Cofino, Ph.D.Dr. Armando BarretoUsing Sonic Enhancement to Augment Non-Visual Tabular Navigation Joshua C. Collins, Ed.D.Dr. Tonette S. RoccoA Critical Examination of the Experience of Being a Gay Officer in the Masculinized Industry of Law Enforcement

Yongqing Cong, Ph.D.Dr. Howard A. FrankSustainable Public Pension System for Florida Local Governments: Financial Solvency, Paradigm Switch and Interperiod Equity

Teo O.H. Cooper, Ed.D. Dr. Eric BreweInvestigating the Effects of Cognitive Apprenticeship-Based Instructional Coaching on Science Teaching Efficacy Beliefs

Miguel Angel Cruz, Ph.D.Dr. O. Dale WilliamsA State and Territorial Survey Regarding Utilization of Environmental Health Shelter Assessments during Disasters, and a Secondary Analysis of Available Shelter Assessment Data

Xizi Dai, Ph.D. Dr. Wei-Chiang LinFiber Scaffolds of Poly (glycerol- dodecanedioate) and its Derivative via Electrospinning for Neural Tissue Engineering

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Ali Darroudi, Ph.D.Dr. Mohammed HadiVariable Speed Limit Strategies to reduce the Impacts of Traffic Flow Breakdown at Recurrent Freeway Bottlenecks

Amanda Gail de Varona, Ed.D.Dr. Eric DwyerThe Response to an ESL Population Boom in the Beaufort County, South Carolina School System: A Case Study

Edward M. DeCambra Ph.D.Dr. Hakan YilmazkudayThree Essays on the Economics of Defense Contracting, Output and Income Inequality

Yi Ding, Ph.D.Dr. Cem KarayalcinThree Essays on Taxation, Growth and Consumption

Erika L. Doctor, Ph.D.Dr. Bruce McCordDevelopment of a Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Method for the Detection of Benzodiazepines in Urine

Whitney G. Douglas Fernandez, Ph.D.Dr. Sumit K. KunduWhat Does Board Capital Really Bring to the Table? Exploring the Effect of Directors’ Human and Social Capital on Effective Governance during International Expansion

Rupak Dua, Ph.D.Dr. Sharan RamaswamyEnhanced Anchorage of Tissue-Engineered Cartilage using an Osteoinductive Approach

Krzysztof Duniewicz, Ph.D. Dr. Chockalingam Viswesvaran Don’t Get Mad, Get Even: How Employees Abused by their Supervisors Retaliate Against the Organization and Undermine their Spouses

Iryna Dzhuryak, Ph.D.Dr. Hilary LandorfEstablishing a Baseline Measurement of Intercultural Competence of Ukrainian Faculty: Setting the Stage for Domestic and Global Intercultural Understanding

Latoya E. Eaves, Ph.D.Dr. Gail M. HollanderSpatial Articulations of Race, Desire, and Belonging in Western North Carolina

Anya T. Edun, Ph.D.Dr. Chockalingam Viswesvaran Workplace Discrimination Climate and Team Effectiveness: The Mediating Role of Collective Value Congruence, Team Cohesion, and Collective Affective Commitment

Jacqueline Caroline Ellis, Ed.D. Dr. Eric DwyerEnglish Language Learners: Providing Instruction that Fits

Hadi Fekrmandi, Ph.D. Dr. Ibrahim Nur TanselDevelopment of New Structural Health Monitoring Techniques

Peter John Ferdinando, Ph.D. Dr. Kirsten E. Wood Atlantic Ais in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Maritime Adaptation, Indigenous Wrecking, and Buccaneer Raids on Florida’s Central East Coast

Ange Marie Patricia Fievre, Ph.D. Dr. Shekhar BhansaliUniquely Identifiable Tamper-Evident Device using Coupling between Subwavelength Gratings

Fausto C. Fleites, Ph.D.Dr. Shu-Ching ChenDissertation: A Scalable Multimedia Content Processing Framework with Application to TV Shopping

Karen Fortuna, Ph.D.Dr. Barbara ThomlisonInfluence of Gender and Life Stressors on Longitudinal Depression Treatment Outcomes among Older Primary Care Patients

Linda Donnell Fowler, Ed.D. Dr. George E. O’BrienDr. Maria Fernandez Comparison of Linear Functions in Middle Grades Textbooks from Singapore and the United States

Zeila María Frade, Ph.D. Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas Literatura infantil, ideología e identidad nacional antes y después del triunfo de la Revolución cubana

Hanzhuo Fu, Ph.D.Dr. Bruce R. McCordDevelopment of Advanced Capillary Electrophoresis Techniques with UV and Mass Spectrometry Detection for Forensic, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Applications

Rolando Garcia, Ed.D.Dr. Joy BlanchardThe Relationship between Socioeconomic Status, Course Delivery Method, and Student Success at a State College: A Single Institution Analysis

Ricardo Gasparini, Ph.D.Dr. Igor TsukanovDr. Cesar LevyEngineering Analysis in Imprecise Geometric Models

Michael Good, Ph.D.Dr. Cem KarayalcinEssays on Migration: Nexus with Policy, Trade, and Development

Claudia G. Grigorescu, Ed.D. Dr. Hilary LandorfUndergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Study Abroad and their Level of Achievement of Global Learning Outcomes Julie Ann Grochowski, Ph.D.Dr. Barbara ThomlisonPredictors of Independent Living Outcomes among Older Women Receiving Informal Care

Diana M. Grullón-García, Ph.D.Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas Epistemologia cultural del Caribe: Modelos conceptuales de la cultura en el ensayo caribeño del siglo XX

Francisco Guido-Sanz, Ph.D.Dr. Dorothy BrootenThe Effects of Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) as Intensivists in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) on Patient Outcomes, Healthcare Charges, and APN Intensivist Services in the SICU

Michael B. Harari. Ph.D.Dr. Chockalingam ViswesvaranThe Validity of Broad and Narrow Personality Traits for Predicting Job Performance: The Differential Effects of Time

Ding He, Ph.D.Dr. Rudolf JafféApplication of Biomarkers and Compound Specific Stable Isotopes for the Assessment of Hydrology as a Driver of Organic Matter Dynamics in the Everglades Ecosystem

Ileana Hernandez, Ph.D.Dr. Jeremy PettitDr. Wendy K. SilvermanCognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Youth: Treatment Specificity and Mediation Effects

Adriana Herrera, Ph.D.Dr. Santiago Juan-NavarroFicción extrema: Deslizamientos en la realidad a través de la relación entre arte y literatura (Max Aub, Leonora Carrington y Enrique Vila-Matas)

Joshua A. Herrington, Ph.D.Dr. Robert LickliterElevated Progesterone in Yolk as a Moderator of Prenatal and Postnatal Auditory Learning in Bobwhite Quail

Sven Paul Holbik, Ph.D.Dr. Rosemary Hickey-VargasArc Crust-Magma Interaction in the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone from Thermobarometry, Mineral Composition, Radiogenic Isotope and Rare Earth Element Systematics of the Azufre-Planchon-Peteroa Volcanic Complex, Chile

Peeraya Inyim, Ph.D. Dr. Wallied OrabiDr. Arindam Gan ChowdhuryTime, Cost and Environmental Impact Analysis for Sustainable Design at Multiple Building Levels

Yukari Ito, Ph.D.Dr. John Clark Identity, Ideology, and Cinema: Making Sense of Japan’s Foreign and Security Policies in the 1950s and 2000s

Rana Jaber, Ph.D. Dr. Wasim Maziak Determinants of Waterpipe and Cigarette Smoking Progression among a School Based Sample of Adolescents in Irbid, Jordan: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study (2008-2011)

Asha Jaja-Chimedza, Ph.D.Dr. John BerryContribution of Lipophilic Secondary Metabolites to the Toxicity of Strains of Freshwater Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms, Identified using the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo as a Model for Vertebrate Development

Pascale C. Jean, Ph.D. Dr. Jessy G. Dévieux The Influence of Psychological Predictors and Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Intervention on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence among HIV-Positive Female Haitian Alcohol Users

Xuan Jiang, Ph.D.Dr. Eric DwyerDr. Kyle PerkinsVocabulary Learning Through use of the Picture-Word Inductive Model for Young English Learners in China: A Mixed Methods Examination using Cognitive Load Theory

Yexi Jiang, Ph.D. Dr. Tao LiTemporal Mining for Distributed Systems

Esther Joseph, Ph.D.Dr. Maria FernandezDemographics, Persistence, and Academic Performance: A Logistic Regression Analysis of who Chooses to Enter the Mathematics and Science Teaching Pipeline

Selim Kalayci, Ph.D.Dr. S. Masoud SadjadiTechniques for Efficient Execution of Large-Scale Scientific Workflows in Distributed Environments

Ramtin Kargarmoakhar, Ph.D. Dr. Arindam Gan ChowdhuryDr. Peter A. IrwinLarge-Scale Testing to Study the Effects of Critical Parameters on the Aerodynamic Behavior of Long Span Bridges

Hari P. Khanal, Ph.D.Dr. Werner U. Boeglin Experimental Deuteron Momentum Distributions with Reduced Final State Interactions

Colleen Marcia Kilgore, Ph.D.Dr. JoAnne M. YoungblutMenopause, Rurality, and Obesity in Rural African American Women

Aparajita Biswas Kuriyan, Ph.D. Dr. William E. Pelham, Jr.The Effectiveness of an Online Workshop on Behavior Management as a Professional Development Tool for Teachers

Lei Li, Ph.D.Dr. Tao LiNext Generation of Recommender Systems: Algorithms and Applications

Melissa Li, Ph.D.Dr. Adriana Campa Defining Fluid Restriction in the Management of Infants Following Cardiac Surgery and Understanding the Subsequent Impact of Nutrient Delivery and Growth Outcomes

Yong Liang, Ph.D.Dr. Stanislaw F. WnukNovel Approaches for the Synthesis of C-5 Modified Pyrimidine Nucleosides

Su Liu, Ph.D.Dr. Xudong HeFormal Modeling and Analysis Techniques for High Level Petri Nets

Ruonan Liu, Ph.D.Dr. Stephen LinCan Compensation Committees Effectively Mitigate CEO Horizon Problem? The Role of Co-opted Directors

Shuo Liu, Ph.D.Dr. Gang QuanDelay-Sensitive Service Request Scheduling for Cloud Computing

Lorena N. Loguzzo, Ph.D. Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas Dr. Andrea Fanta Destabilizing Strategies in the Narrative of Silvina Ocampo

Stephanie A. Long, Ph.D.Dr. Fernando Miralles-WilhelmSimulating Everglades National Park Hydrology and Phosphorus Transport Under Existing and Future Scenarios using Numerical Modeling Anamaría López-Abadía Laya, Ph.D.Dr. Santiago Juan-NavarroLa tentación del abismo en Armonía Somers: entre el expresionismo de vanguardia y el gótico postmoderno

Tan Ma, Ph.D. Dr. Osama A. MohammedHybrid Power System Intelligent Operation and Protection Involving Plug-in Electric Vehicles

Brian L. Machovina, Ph.D.Dr. Kenneth J. Feeley The Role of Agriculture and Food Consumption in Tropical Conservation

Vanessa Lynn Madrazo, Ph.D.Dr. Mary J. LevittIdentity, Purpose, and Well-Being among Emerging Adult Hispanic Women

Mehrnoosh Mahmoudi, Ph.D.Dr. Fernando Miralles-WilhelmNumerical Modeling of the Effects of Hydrologic Conditions and Sediment Transport on Geomorphic Patterns in Wetlands

Sabrina Sales Martinez, Ph.D.Dr. Adriana Campa Overweight/Obesity and HIV Disease Progression in HIV+ Adults in Botswana

Alejandra C. Matamala, Ph.D.Dr. Chockalingam ViswesvaranAssessing Organizational Image: Triangulation across Different Applicant Perceptions, Website, and Facebook

Ali Mazloomzadeh, Ph.D.Dr. Osama MohammedDevelopment of Hardware in the Loop Real-Time Control Techniques for Hybrid Power Systems Involving Distributed Demands and Sustainable Energy Sources

Karma L. McKelvey, Ph.D.Dr. Wasim MaziakTime Trends and Predictors of Initiation for Cigarette and Waterpipe Smoking among Jordanian School Children: Irbid, 2008-2011


Michael Andrew McLean, Ph.D.Dr. Fatma G. HuffmanThe Relationship among Serum Levels of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase and mitochondrial DNA 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine, and Dietary Antioxidants Intake in Type 2 Diabetes

Eladio Mendez, Ph.D.Dr. Joong Ho Moon Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Biological Labeling and Delivery

Simona Emanuela Merati, Ph.D.Dr. Mohiaddin Mesbahi Russia’s Islam: Discourse on Identity, Politics, and Security

Julia Meszaros, Ph.D.Dr. Vrushali PatilRacialized Sexualities within the Romance Tour Industry: The Influence of Affect and Emotion upon Transnational Hierarchies of Desire

Debbie Meyer, Ph.D.Dr. Arindam Gan ChowdhuryAerodynamic Testing of Variable Message Signs

Brandon Mintz, Ph.D.Dr. Arindam Gan ChowdhuryDr. Nakin SuksawangDevelopment of a Precast Concrete Supertile Roofing System for the Mitigation of Extreme Wind Events

Peter F. Molinaro, Ph.D.Dr. Ronald P. Fisher Exoneration or Observation? Examining a Novel Difference between Liars and Truth Tellers

Ruba Monem, Ed.D. Dr. Kyle BennettThe Effect of Mobile Technology as an Active Student Response System on the Acquisition of U.S. History Content of Secondary Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

Beverly Moore-Garcia, Ed.D.Dr. Benjamin BaezThe Decolonization of Northwest Community College

Kamran Moradi, Ph.D. Dr. Bilal El-ZahabAcoustic Manipulation and Alignment of Particles for Applications in Separation, Micro-Templating, and Device Fabrication

Lilliana I. Moreno, Ph.D.Dr. Bruce R. McCord The Effect of Sample and Sample Matrices on DNA Processing: Mechanisms for the Detection and Managing of Inhibition in Forensic Samples

Marisa Morgan, Ph.D.Dr. Deodutta RoyExposure to Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Reproductive Toxicity in Women

Karl A. Morris, Ph.D.Dr. Peter J. ClarkeA Middleware to Support Services Delivery in a Domain-Specific Virtual Machine Santhosh Narayanan, Ph.D.Dr. Sumit K. KunduEnvironmental Performance of Multinationals: A Comparative Study Based on Climate Change Strategy

Emily R. Nodine, Ph.D.Dr. Evelyn GaiserEvidence of Climate Variability and Tropical Cyclone Activity from Diatom Assemblage Dynamics in Coastal Southwest Florida

Deepthi V. Nori, Ph.D.Dr. Bruce R. McCordA Novel Method for Rapid and Selective Extraction of Male DNA from Rape Kits using Alkaline Lysis and Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT)

Aaron Justin Nowakowski, Ph.D.Dr. Maureen A. DonnellyConnectivity of Fragmented Amphibian Populations in a Neotropical Landscape

Pratik Nyati, Ph.D.Dr. Fernando NoriegaCharacterization of Juvenile Hormone Biosynthetic Enzymes in the Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Briana O’Dowd, Ph.D.Dr. Robert LickliterThe Effect of Prenatal Auditory Enrichment on Perceptual Narrowing in Bobwhite Quail Neonates

Francisco R. Ortega, Ph.D.Dr. Naphtali RisheDr. Armando Barreto3D Navigation with Six Degrees-of-Freedom using a Multi-Touch Display

Daniela Fabiana Ottati Reperger, Ph.D. Dr. Hilary LandorfGeographical Literacy, Attitudes, and Experiences of Freshman Students: A Qualitative Study at Florida International University

Ahmet Senol Oztekin, Ph.D.Dr. Suchismita MishraDr. Robert T. DaiglerMicrostructure Characteristics of U.S. Futures Markets

Feng Pan, Ph.D.Dr. Ophelia WeeksDr. Lidia Kos Understanding Ten-Eleven Translocation 2 (TET2) in Hematological and Nervous Systems

Jaimit Parikh, Ph.D.Dr. Nikolaos TsoukiasTheoretical Investigation of Intra- and Inter- Cellular Spatiotemporal Calcium Patterns in Microcirculation

Alfredo M. Pastor, Ph.D.Dr. Maria A. GómezLa representación de la masculinidad y la violencia de género en la novela española de la posguerra

Fernando M. Patterson, Ph.D.Dr. Robert T. DaiglerThe Relation of Steroid Hormones and Personality Factors to Financial Performance and Risk-Taking Behavior

Natalie Paul, Ph.D. Dr. M.O. ThirunarayananA Basic Interpretive Study of the Experiences of University Students Who Have Dropped or Failed an Online Course

Luis G. Perez, Ph.D.Dr. Héctor R. FuentesDevelopment of a Methodology that Couples Satellite Remote Sensing Measurements to Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Soil Moisture in the Vadose Zone of the Everglades National Park

Kelley L. Peters, Ph.D.Dr. Bruce McCordDevelopment of Presumptive and Confirmatory Analytical Methods for the Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Improvised Explosives

Jitesh Kannan Pillai, Ph.D.Dr. Barry P. RosenMechanisms of Arsenic Detoxification and Resistance

Michael Porter, Ed.D. Dr. Erskine DottinOnline Education, Accrediting Standards, and Student Success: An Examination of the Relationship between the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Standards for Online Education and Student Success

Nicole Clare Porther, Ph.D. Dr. M. Alejandro Barbieri Intracellular Signaling and Trafficking in Cancer: Role of Rab5-GTPases in Migration and Invasion of Breast Cancer Cells

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Andrea S. Prentiss, Ph.D.Dr. JoAnne M. YoungblutHearing the Child’s Voice: Their Lived Experience in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Mamyrah Prosper, Ph.D. Dr. Vrushali Patil New Haitian Social Movements: Alternative Modernities, (Trans)local Nationalisms, and Solidarity Economies

Palina Prysmakova, Ph.D.Dr. Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor Public Service Motivation in Public and Nonprofit Service Providers: The Cases of Belarus and Poland

Chandan Pulletikurthi, Ph.D. Dr. Norman MunroeBiocompatibility Assessment of Biosorbable Polymer Coated Nitinol Alloys

Shannon Quintana, Ph.D.Dr. Dionne StephensParental and Cultural Influences on Hispanic College Women’s Verbal Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: An Examination of Within Group Differences

Namitha Raju, Ph.D.Dr. Robert LickliterEffects of Altered Prenatal Sensory Stimulation on Postnatal Contingency Learning in Bobwhite Quail Neonates (Colinus virginianus)

Daniel Alfonso Ramírez-Lamus, Ed.D. Dr. Eric DwyerForeign Language Education in Colombia: A Qualitative Study of Escuela Nueva

Sasmita Rath, Ph.D. Dr. Sharan RamaswamyRegulation of Bone Marrow Stem Cells through Oscillatory Shear Stresses - A Heart Valve Tissue Engineering Perspective

Angela Christin Reaves, Ph.D. Dr. Chockalingam Viswesvaran Work Creativity as a Dimension of Job Performance

Evan M. Rehm, Ph.D. Dr. Kenneth J. Feeley Factors Affecting Current and Future Treeline Locations and Dynamics in the Peruvian Andes

Jon Rehm, Ed.D.Dr. Hilary LandorfAdvanced Placement and American Education: A Foucauldian Analysis of the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board

Sayed Mohammad Reza Afjei, Ph.D.Dr. Karen PaulA Content Analysis of Sustainability Dimensions in Annual Reports

William Riccardi III, Ph.D.Dr. Kannan RaghunandanDr. Dasaratha RamaAn Emperical Analysis of the Global Audit Market: International Financial Reporting Standards-Related Changes and Differences within the Big 4 Global Networks

Jillian R. Rivard, Ph.D.Dr. Nadja Schreiber CompoConfirmation Bias in Witness Interviewing: Can Interviewers Ignore Their Preconceptions?

Rosa M. Roche, Ph.D.Dr. Dorothy BrootenDeath of a Brother or Sister: Siblings’ Perception of their Health, Treatments and the Associated Health Care Costs

José Luis Rodríguez, Ph.D.Dr. María Asunción Gómez Ekphrasis and Icono-Textual Discourse in “Leyendas” by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Alessandra M. Rosa, Ph.D.Dr. Jorge Duany Resistance Performances: (re)Constructing Spaces of Resistance and Contention in the 2010-2011 University of Puerto Rico Student Movement

Adelaida M. Rosario, Ph.D.Dr. Mario de la RosaSantería as an Informal Psychosocial Support among Latinas Living with Cancer

Dibakar Saha, Ph.D.Dr. Albert GanImproved Criteria for Estimating Calibration Factors for Highway Safety Manual (HSM) Applications

Amy Saldana Tavares, Ph.D.Dr. Lidia KosThe Role of the Transcription Factor Ets1 in Melanocyte Development

Manuel Salinas, Ph.D.Dr. Sharan RamaswamyMovement Effects on the Flow Physics and Nutrient Delivery in Engineered Valvular Tissues

Yosmel Sanchez-Hernandez, Ph.D.Dr. Florentin MaurrassePaleoenvironmental Conditions and Geochemical Signals from the Late Barremian to the Middle Aptian in a Tethyan Marginal Basin, N-E Spain: Implications for Understanding Carbon Sequestration in Restricted Basins

Saman Sargolzaei, Ph.D. Dr. Malek AdjouadiDr. Mercedes CabrerizoIntracranial Volume Estimation and Graph Theoretical Analysis of Brain Functional Connectivity Networks

Ena Sawhney, Ph.D.Dr. Chockalingam ViswesvaranCultural Intelligence: Extending the Nomological Network

Mirta R. Segredo, Ed.D.Dr. Peter J. CistoneThe Relationships between Elementary School Principals’ Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Style and School Culture

Desiree Jasmin Sepulveda, Ph.D. Dr. Anibal Gutierrez, Jr.Evaluating the Effectiveness of Discrete Trial Procedures for Teaching Receptive Discrimination to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Claudia A. Serna, Ph.D.Dr. Elena BastidaExploring Oral Health Problems in Adult Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers: A Mixed-Methods Approach

LéTania P. Severe, Ph.D.Dr. Guillermo GrenierAccess to Better Education: The School Choice Experience of Families Served by Low-Performing Elementary Public Schools in Miami-Dade County

Pratikkumar Shah, Ph.D.Dr. Chenzhong LiDevelopment of a Lab-on-Chip Device for Rapid Nanotoxicity Assessment in vitro Major

Tara Sheehan, Ph.D.Dr. Mary J. LevittThe Effects of Paternal and Maternal Nurturance and Involvement on Young Adult Academic Outcomes

Chao Shen, Ph.D.Dr. Tao LiText Analytics of Social Media: Sentiment Analysis, Event Detection and Summarization

Georgina Silva-Suárez, Ph.D.Dr. Elena BastidaLife Experiences of Youth Who Were Born with HIV Infection in Puerto Rico: The Voices of Young Survivors


Sandeep Singh, Ph.D. Dr. Stanislaw F. Wnuk Dr. Mehmet T. Dorak A Case-Only Genome-Wide Association Study of Gender- and Age-Specific Risk Markers for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Synatra Alyse Smith, Ph.D.Dr. Jean Muteba RahierOn and Off the Stage at Atlanta Greek Picnic: Performances of Collective Black Middle-Class Identities and the Politics of Belonging

Jason Kenneth Steinert, Ph.D.Dr. Valentina Bruk-Lee Workplace Aggression: A Reconceptualization of the Construct and an Exploration of Strain Based Outcomes

Elizabeth W. Stoner, Ph.D.Dr. Craig LaymanHuman-driven Benthic Jellyfish Blooms: Causes and Consequences for Coastal Marine Ecosystems

Michael Suarez, Ph.D.Dr. Robert LickliterEffects of Prenatal and Early Postnatal Exposure to Aversive Stimuli on Fearfulness and Exploratory Behavior in Bobwhite Quail Neonates (Colinus virginianus)

Yongzhou Sun, Ph.D. Dr. Jiuhua ChenStudy of Ammonia Borane and its Derivatives: Influence of Nanoconfinements and Pressures

Sharon Czarina Surita, Ph.D. Dr. Berrin TanselEmergence and Fate of Siloxanes in Waste Streams: Release Mechanisms, Partitioning and Persistence in Three Environmental Compartments

Hod Yehuda Tamir, Ph.D.Dr. Dionne Stephens Romantic Relationships and Adjustment in Early Adulthood: The Role of Cross-Sex Experience in the Context of Social Norms and Support

Liang Tang, Ph.D.Dr. Tao LiEvent Mining for System and Service Management

Arash Tarighi, Ph.D.Dr. Ton-Lo WangDynamic Behavior and Fatigue Life of Highway Bridges Due to Doubling Heavy Vehicles

Purushottam Babu Tiwari, Ph.D.Dr. Yesim DariciMultimode Analysis of Nanoscale Biomolecular Interactions

Svetlana Tyutina, Ph.D.Dr. Erik Camayd-FreixasHispanic Orientalism: The Literary Development of a Cultural Paradigm, from Medieval Spain to Modern Latin America

Vivian Lucia Veiga, Ed.D.Dr. Joyce C. FineThe Effect of Authentic Literacy Experiences as Book Buddies with Hispanic Fourth Graders on Preservice Teachers’ Literacy Content Knowledge and Reading Maturity

Daniella K. Villalba, Ph.D.Dr. Lindsay C. MalloyThe Effect of Rapport Building in Police Interrogations: Can Rapport Improve the Diagnosticity of Confession Evidence?

Karina Villalba, Ph.D.Dr. Jessy G. DévieuxThe Influence of Gene Environment Interaction on the Risk of Cognitive Impairment: Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors and Alcohol Use in HIV-infected Adults

Tereza Vokatá, Ph.D.Dr. Joong Ho Moon Synthetic Approaches to Flexible Fluorescent Conjugated Polymers

Jiangyun Wan, Ph.D. Dr. Kaz MiyagiwaEssays on Competition in Pharmaceutical Industry

Lixi Wang, Ph.D. Dr. Ming ZhaoFuzzy Modeling and Control Based Virtual Machine Resource Management

Nicole Warmington-Granston, Ph.D.Dr. Barry LevittThe Caribbean Court of Justice: An Investigation of the Impact of Elites on its Creation and Present Structure as it relates to Original Jurisdiction

Meng Xu, Ph.D.Dr. Yuan LiuOxidative DNA Damage Modulates Trinucleotide Repeat Instability via DNA Base Excision Repair

Chao Ya, Ph.D.Dr. Rudolf JafféSources, Fate and Transformation of Organic Matter in Wetlands and Estuaries

Ugan Yasavur, Ph.D.Dr. Christine LisettiStatistical Dialog Management for Health Interventions

Susan Caroline Young, Ph.D.Dr. Allan Rosenbaum Factors Affecting the Adoption of New Technology: The Case of 311 Government Call Centers

Charlotte A. Zeitsiff, Ed.D.Dr. Thomas G. Reio, Jr.The Effects on Students’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs Regarding Their Comprehension of American Literature When Aesthetic Reading and Reader Response Strategy are Implemented

Fang Zhao, Ph.D. Dr. Abhijit BaruaImplications of FIN 46 for Accruals Quality and Investment Efficiency

Li Zheng, Ph.D.Dr. Tao LiDr. Shu-Ching ChenTowards Next Generation Vertical Search Engines

Feng Zhu, Ph.D.Dr. Jinpeng WeiIntegrity-Based Kernel Malware Detection

Diansy Zincke, Ph.D. Dr. Kalai Mathee Characterization of the poxAB Operon Encoding a Class D Carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Luca Zini, Ph.D.Dr. John F. StackThe Modern State and the Re-Creation of the Indigenous Other: The Case of the Authentic Sámi in Sweden and the White Man’s Indian in the United States of America

Maria Carolina Zumaglini, Ph.D.Dr. Mark SzuchmanDr. Bianca PremoCosmopolitan Imperialism: Mann, Sarmiento, and the Origins of Universal Education in Nineteenth-Century Boston and Buenos Aires

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