Spring 2010 (PDF) - Virginia Tech
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James Ray Wampler ........................................................................... Harrisonburg, VA<br />
Dissertation: An Analysis of Student Assistance Program Characteristics and<br />
Activities in Selected illinois Schools<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. K. J. Redican<br />
Fei Hong Wang ...........................................................................................Lishui, China<br />
Dissertation: Effects of Students’ identity Salience on Their Attitudes Toward<br />
and Experience in Face-to-face Peer Collaborative Learning Activities<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. J. K. Burton<br />
Daniel Woods ....................................................................................Christiansburg, VA<br />
Dissertation: Class Conscious or Conscience Class: The Pedagogical Choices<br />
Teachers Make as Critical Literacy Practitioners<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. P. P. Kelly and S. B. Kajder<br />
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EDUcAtioNAl lEADErshiP AND Policy stUDiEs<br />
Howard M. Ballentine ....................................................................................Fairfax, VA<br />
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Wellness and Academic Success in<br />
First-year College Students<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. S. M. Janosik<br />
Tina Marie Barringer ...............................................................................Disputanta, VA<br />
Dissertation: Teacher Growth in the Evaluation Process<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. G. i. Earthman<br />
Martha J. Glass ...........................................................................................Newport, VA<br />
Dissertation: College Transition Experiences of Students with Mental illness<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. J. B. Hirt<br />
Charles Cole Hurd .............................................................................<strong>Virginia</strong> Beach, VA<br />
Dissertation: Professional Learning Communities and English Language Learner<br />
Reading Achievement<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. T. W. Twiford<br />
George Parker iii ................................................................................<strong>Virginia</strong> Beach, VA<br />
Dissertation: Summative Evaluation of an Alternative Teacher Licensure Program<br />
Sponsored by a Large Suburban School Division<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. G. i. Earthman<br />
Callie Marvin Richardson .................................................................<strong>Virginia</strong> Beach, VA<br />
Dissertation: School Facility Conditions and Student Achievement, Attendance,<br />
and Behavior in an Urban Elementary School in Southeastern <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
Committee Chair: Prof. T. W. Twiford<br />
Lorenzo Tarpley, Jr............................................................................................Dallas, TX<br />
Dissertation: Leadership and Adoption of instructional <strong>Tech</strong>nology in a Military<br />
Medical Learning Environment: A Case Study<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. J. F. Eller iii<br />
Thomas Angelo Whitley ................................................................................ Suffolk, VA<br />
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Financial Ability and Building Conditions<br />
of Select School Divisions in the Commonwealth of <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
Committee Chair: Prof. G. i. Earthman and T. W. Twiford<br />
hUMAN DEVEloPMENt<br />
Judith May Octavia Brown ...........................................................Fort Washington, MD<br />
Dissertation: The Consequences of Telecommuting: The Affects and Effects on<br />
Non-Telecommuters<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. C. D. Klunk<br />
Bryce LeRoy Jorgensen ..............................................................................Bountiful, UT<br />
Dissertation: The influence of Religious Meaning and Structure on Family<br />
Commitment and Time Together<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. J. A. Mancini<br />
Matthew Francis Komelski .................................................................... Blacksburg, VA<br />
Dissertation: The Role of Taijiquan in Supporting Adaptive Development<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. R. Blieszner<br />
Milton Lawler ................................................................................................ Chester, PA<br />
Dissertation: Benjamin E. Mays: A Champion of the Cause for Equal Rights for<br />
All People<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. M. Boucouvalas<br />
Ramona Louise Lush ........................................................................Fairfax Station, VA<br />
Dissertation: An Ethnographic Study of interaction in an Online Discussion Forum<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. J. L. Callahan<br />
Mary Kathryn Svedberg ...........................................................................Manassas, VA<br />
Dissertation: Self-Directed Learning and Persistence in Online Asynchronous<br />
Undergraduate Programs<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. G. M. Belli and C. D. Klunk<br />
Susan Nadine Tice ........................................................................................... Boise, iD<br />
Dissertation: influential Client Factors: Understanding and Organizing Therapists’<br />
Perceptions of Client Factors that influenced Reported Outcome of Couples<br />
Therapy<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. F. P. Piercy<br />
socioloGy<br />
Roderick Q. Neal ....................................................................................... Bluefield, WV<br />
Dissertation: The State of the Drug Court: A Systematic and Critical Analysis of<br />
Drug Court Evaluations<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. D. J. Shoemaker<br />
collEGE of NAtUrAl rEsoUrcEs<br />
fishEriEs AND WilDlifE<br />
James Fitzgerald Dwyer ...............................................................................Auburn, WA<br />
Dissertation: Ecology of Breeding and Non-breeding Crested Caracaras (Caracara<br />
cheriway) in Florida<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. J. D. Fraser<br />
Robert T. Leaf ........................................................................................ Santa Rosa, CA<br />
Dissertation: The Evolutionary Effects of Fishing and implications for Stock<br />
Management and Rebuilding<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. Y. Jiao<br />
forEstry AND forEst ProDUcts<br />
Claudia A. Cotton ......................................................................................Princeton, KY<br />
Dissertation: improving Site Quality Estimates in the Upland Hardwood Forests<br />
of the Southern Appalachians with Environmental and Spatial Modeling<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. S. P. Prisley and T. R. Fox<br />
Fanfan Weng Hallmann ............................................................................Putian, China<br />
Dissertation: Three Essays on the Economics of Land Use and Uncertain<br />
Bioenergy Markets<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. G. S. Amacher<br />
Charlene Nicole Kelly ..................................................................................... Heath, OH<br />
Dissertation: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Two Watersheds in the Fernow<br />
Experimental Forest: Norway Spruce and Native Hardwood Systems<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. S. H. Schoenholtz<br />
Rupesh Shrestha .............................................................................Kathmandu, Nepal<br />
Dissertation: inventorying Trees in an Urban Landscape Using Small-footprint<br />
Discrete Return imaging Lidar<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. R. H. Wynne<br />
Huei-Jin Wang ................................................................... Tianjung, Changhua, Taiwan<br />
Dissertation: Projecting Carbon Pools in Aboveground Woody Accumulations and<br />
Harvested Wood in Loblolly Pine Plantations of the Southern United States:<br />
From Stand-level to Regional Scales<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. P. J. Radtke and S. P. Prisley<br />
collEGE of sciENcE<br />
BioloGicAl sciENcEs<br />
Damon Thomas Ely .......................................................................................... Bath, ME<br />
Dissertation: Ecosystem Stress: The Role of Acidification in Metabolic and<br />
Biogeochemical Processes in Lotic Ecosystems<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. H. M. Valett<br />
Jared David Heffron ................................................................................ Gloucester, VA<br />
Dissertation: The Roles of the Germination-Specific Lytic Enzymes CwlJ1, CwlJ2,<br />
and SleB in Bacillus anthracis Spores<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. D. L. Popham<br />
Emily Anne Lambert ................................................................................Princeton, WV<br />
Dissertation: Evaluation of the Bacillus anthracis SleL Protein and its Role in<br />
Spore Germination<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. D. L. Popham<br />
Michael Joseph Surace ............................................................................. Roanoke, VA<br />
Dissertation: Signaling Cross-Talk Regulating the Expression of Arginase 1 in<br />
Murine Macrophages<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. L. Li<br />
chEMistry<br />
Minjae Lee .......................................................................................Seoul, South Korea<br />
Dissertation: Self Assembly of Polymeric Building Blocks and ionic Liquid Based<br />
Conducting Polymers<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. H. W. Gibson<br />
Jun Qi ....................................................................................................Liaoyang, China<br />
Dissertation: Design and Synthesis of Androgen Receptor Targeted Taxane<br />
Analogs; Design and Synthesis of Simplified Fluorescently Labeled<br />
Discodermolide Analogs and Conformationally Constrained Discodermolide<br />
Analog<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. D. G. Kingston<br />
Vijay Taori ................................................................................................ Blacksburg, VA<br />
Dissertation: Novel Biodegradable Nucleic Acid Delivery Polymers: Effect of<br />
Charge Type and Charge Density on Biological Activity and Biodegradability<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. T. M. Reineke<br />
Qiongdan Xie .......................................................................................... Blacksburg, VA<br />
Dissertation: Nanoscale Confinement Effects on Poly(ε-caprolactone)<br />
Crystallization at the Air/Water interface & Surfactant interactions with<br />
Phospholipid Bilayers<br />
Committee Chair: Prof. A. R. Esker