NOTE (Keywords): Developmental Sensemaking, Expressive Value Orientaion, Interpretive Leadership Skill, Leader Identity, Leadership Practice, Nonprofit Leadership
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Ralph S. Brower, Professor Directing Dissertation; Gerald R. Ferris, University Representative; Francis S. Berry, Committee Member; Kaifeng Yang, Committee Member; David G. Berlan, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Public administration
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Loney_fsu_0071E_15395.pdf
TITLE: Enhancing Decision-Making in Experienced Military Medics: A Case Study Intervention
AUTHOR: Loney, Brittany S. (Brittany Susan)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Tenenbaum, Gershon
MEMBER (university representative): Panton, Lynn B. (Lynn Biship)
MEMBER (committee member): Chow, Graig Michael
MEMBER (committee member): Zhang, Qian
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (185 pages)
ABSTRACT: Decision-making (DM) is a critical task performed by military medics. Often split-second decisions must be made and executed in high pressure situations that tax the human system. The consequence for either making the wrong decision or executing the right decision poorly can threaten medics’ survival and the survival of those they are treating. While experience and a solid knowledge base are necessary components in the DM process, these qualities may not be sufficient. DM is strongly influenced by the medics’ schemas, and emotions and attention activate these blueprints (Tenenbaum & Razon, 2008). Because DM is greatly influenced by the aforementioned factors, we conducted a case study using three experienced United States (US) Army medics to enhance our understanding of the impacts of a 12-session intervention designed to enhance Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) DM under pressure. The training program began with arousal control (AC) as the medic’s Internal Environment (i.e., emotion-memory relationship) affects the perception-cognition-action linkage, and thus each aspect of the DM process (Tenenbaum et al., 2009). Because perception and cognition are inter-related and play a critical role in DM (Tenenbaum & Razon, 2008), the intervention also included imagery-driven schema development (SD) and attention training (AT). Multiple sources of data, including both qualitative and quantitative measures were incorporated into the near and far transfer measures to provide an in-depth examination of the effectiveness of the DM training. Near transfer measures, which were assessed at four points, included baseline biometrics (e.g., HRV), imagery use, and a computer-based multi-tasking and an attention shifting task. As hypothesized, all near transfer measures increased for each medic. Far transfer measures consisted of TC3 performance ratings and interviews, resting biometrics taken pre- and post-performance, active biometrics collected during TC3 execution, appraisal-based surveys, and interviews pertaining to TC3 anticipation and attention. TC3 performance improved for two of the three medics. As expected, average resting and active HRV increased for each medic. This study supported the previously found relationship between perceived stress reactivity and higher threat appraisals, negative emotions and reduced performance satisfaction (Britton et al., 2019; Nicholls et al., 2012). Overall imagery use increased and may have exerted some influence on performance. Lastly, we found TC3 performance and evaluator-derived relevant attention frequency to be associated. Although the medics may have reduced their self-reported relevant attention, their ability to refocus upon recognition of distraction improved.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 8, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Decision-making, intervention, Mental skills, military psychology, performance psychology, Sport psychology
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Gershon Tenenbaum, Professor Directing Dissertation; Lynn Panton, University Representative; Graig Chow, Committee Member; Qian Zhang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Lubna_fsu_0071E_15247.pdf
TITLE: Experimental Efforts to Study the Nuclear Structure of 33P and 38Cl and a Theoretical Endeavor to Develop an Empirical Shell-Model Interaction
AUTHOR: Lubna, Rebeka Sultana
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Tabor, Samuel L.
MEMBER (university representative): Albrecht-Schmitt, Thomas E.
MEMBER (committee member): Volya, Alexander
MEMBER (committee member): Reina, Laura
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Physics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (208 pages)
ABSTRACT: In this thesis, the excited states $^{33}$P were populated by the $^{18}$O+$^{18}$O reaction at E$_{lab}$=24 MeV. The GAMMASPEHRE array was used along with the Microball particle detector array to detect $\gamma$ transitions in coincidence with the charged particles emitted from the compound nucleus $^{36}$S. The use of Microball enabled the selection of the proton emission channel. It also helped in determining the position and energy of the emitted proton; which eventually helped in calculating more precise direction of the recoils to achieve better Doppler corrections. 16 new transitions and 13 new states were observed in $^{33}$P for the first time. The nearly 4$\pi$ geometry of GAMMASPEHRE allowed the measurement of $\gamma$-ray angular distributions leading to spin suggestions for many states. \\ In a separate experiment conducted at the John D. Fox laboratory in Florida State University, the higher-spin structure of $^{38}$Cl ($N = 21$) was investigated following the $^{26}$Mg($^{14}$C, $pn$) reaction at 30 and 37 MeV. The outgoing protons were detected in an $E- \Delta E$ Si telescope placed at 0$^\circ$ close to the target with a Ta beam stopper between the target and telescope. Multiple $\gamma$ rays were detected in time coincidence with the protons using an enhanced version of the FSU $\gamma$ detection array. A total of 11 new $\gamma$ transitions and 6 new states were reported for the first time. DCO ratio analysis and measurement of polarization asymmetry for the emitted $\gamma$ transitions were performed to assign spins and parities to a number of states. The level scheme was extended up to 8420 keV with a likely spin of 10 $\hbar$. \\ A new empirical shell model interaction was developed in the $spsdfp$ model space. This FSU interaction was built by fitting to the energies of 270 experimental states from $^{13}$C to $^{51}$Ti. Calculations using the FSU interaction reproduced observed energy states of $^{33}$P and $^{38}$Cl rather well, including other spectroscopic properties. The interaction has been used to predict the intruder states of other $sd$-shell nuclei, along with the configurations of the nuclei belong to the Island of Inversion region of the nuclear landscape.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Physics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 7, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Higher spin, Intruder states, Nuclear Structure, particle hole excitation, Shell evolution, Shell model
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Samuel Tabor, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Vandana Tripathi, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, University Representative; Alexander Volya, Committee Member; Laura Reina, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Nuclear physics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Lung_fsu_0071E_15134.pdf
TITLE: Two Studies on the Application of Machine Learning for Biomedical Big Data
AUTHOR: Lung, Pei-Yau
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Zhang, Jinfeng, (Statistics Professor)
MEMBER (university representative): Liu, Xiuwen, 1966-
MEMBER (committee member): Barbu, Adrian G., 1971-
MEMBER (committee member): Wu, Wei
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Statistics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (61 pages)
ABSTRACT: Large volumes of genomic data and new scientific discoveries in biomedical research are being made every day by laboratories in both academia and industry. However, two issues severely affect the usability of so-called biomedical big data: 1) the majority of the public genomic data do not contain enough clinical information, and 2) scientific discoveries are stored in text as unstructured data. This dissertation presents two studies, which address each issue using machine learning methods, in order to maximize the usability of biomedical big data. In the first study, we infer missing clinical information using multiple gene expression data sets and a wide variety of machine learning methods. We proposed a new performance measure, Proportion of Positives which can be predicted with High accuracy (PPH), to evaluate models in term of their effectiveness in recovering data with missing clinical information. PPH estimates the percentage of data that can be recovered given a desired level of accuracy. The experiment results demonstrate the effectiveness of the predicted clinical information in downstream inference tasks. In the second study, we propose a three-stage computational method to automatically extract chemical-protein interactions (CPIs) from a given text. Our method extracts CPI-pairs and CPI-triplets from sentences; where a CPI-pair consists of a chemical compound and a protein name, and a CPI-triplet consists of a CPI-pair along with an interaction word describing their relationship. We extract a diverse set of features from sentences, which are used to build multiple machine learning models. Our models contain both simple features, which can be directly computed from sentences, and more sophisticated features derived using sentence structure analysis techniques. Our method performed the best among systems which use non-deep-learning methods, and outperformed several deep-learning-based systems in the track 5 of the BioCreative VI challenge. The features we designed in this study are informative and can be applied to other machine learning methods including deep learning.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Statistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 16, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Jinfeng Zhang, Professor Directing Dissertation; Xiuwen Liu, University Representative; Adrian Barbu, Committee Member; Wei Wu, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Mathematics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Lynn_fsu_0071N_15444.pdf
TITLE: Informing Seagrass Management and Restoration along the Florida Gulf Coast through Remote Sensing and Spatiotemporal Analyses of Seagrass Distribution
AUTHOR: Lynn, Tyler Campbell
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Lester, Sarah
MEMBER (committee member): Folch, David C.
MEMBER (committee member): Yang, Xiaojun, 1965-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Geography
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (47 pages)
ABSTRACT: Seagrasses are valued for the range of ecosystem services they provide such as nursery and adult habitat for commercially and recreationally fished species, a critical food resource for threatened species, and filtration systems for improving water quality. In Florida, seagrasses are estimated to contribute $20 billion annually in benefits to the Florida Gulf Coast (FGC) region. However, even with the numerous benefits that seagrasses have been shown to provide they are still at risk due to anthropogenic pressures. Given the established importance of and threats to seagrasses, seagrass mapping and monitoring programs in the FGC have worked to better understand and predict the patterns of seagrass decline. Traditional methods for monitoring or mapping seagrasses, such as intensive field surveys (scuba/snorkeling) or costly aerial surveys often result in inconsistencies in the data necessary to better understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of seagrasses. This project used Landsat 5 satellite imagery to classify seagrasses in the Big Bend region of the FGC using a random forest model. Four years of data over a 15 year timeframe were classified and accuracies between 78-88% were achieved for the seagrass class. Counter to the prevailing narrative of seagrass degradation throughout the Gulf coast, 291 km2 of seagrass were gained between 1996-2011, with only 116 km2 lost in this same time period. Both seagrass losses and gains were positively spatially autocorrelated. Results from this project indicate that both accurate classifications and spatiotemporal analyses can be conducted using remotely sensed data for areas with limited or inconsistent field survey data.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Geography in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 26, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Big Bend, coastal habitat, Landsat, Random Forest
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Sarah Lester, Professor Directing Thesis; David Folch, Committee Member; Xiaojun Yang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Geography
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Madden_fsu_0071E_15419.pdf
TITLE: Examining Action Effects in Language Processing
AUTHOR: Madden, Julie
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Kaschak, Michael P.
MEMBER (university representative): Wood, Carla, (Speech-Language Pathology Professor)
MEMBER (committee member): Boot, Walter Richard
MEMBER (committee member): Conway, Paul, (Psychology Professor)
MEMBER (committee member): Kelley, Colleen M.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (65 pages)
ABSTRACT: Embodied cognition, which stresses the intertwined nature of the perceptual-motor system and cognitive processes (Willems & Francken, 2012), has been a prominent area of focus in replication failures and the broader discussion of the validity of an embodied theory of cognition. What follows is an attempt to assess the effectiveness of one of the early behavioral measures (the Action-sentence Compatibility Effect, Glenberg & Kaschak, 2002), which served as an existence proof for embodied cognition. The original task was replicated, and extended, in order to address underlying cognitive mechanisms that may play a more central role to the theory than previously thought. The role of memory and attention were directly manipulated in order to assess their impact on the magnitude of the ACE measurement. The results are discussed, giving context and insight to the task specifically, as well as what these results mean to the embodied cognition theory overall.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 12, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): embodied cognition, language processing
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael Kaschak, Professor Directing Dissertation; Carla Wood, University Representative; Walter Boot, Committee Member; Paul Conway, Committee Member; Colleen Kelley, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Cognitive psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Makhanova_fsu_0071E_15293.pdf
TITLE: Inflammation during Marital Conflict
AUTHOR: Makhanova, Anastasia
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): McNulty, James
MEMBER (university representative): Fincham, Frank D.
MEMBER (committee member): Maner, Jon K.
MEMBER (committee member): Plant, Ashby
MEMBER (committee member): Eckel, Lisa A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (65 pages)
ABSTRACT: Relationship conflict is a stressful experience for couples and stress can disrupt the balance within the immune system. In particular, stressful experiences tend to be linked with an upregulation of cytokines. In this study, I examined whether being the target of oppositional behavior from one’s partner during a conflict interaction—a factor that is linked with greater stress during conflict—would be associated with upregulation of the cytokine interleukin-1β. Data were drawn from a sample of newlywed couples; interleukin-1β was assayed from saliva samples collected before and after four conflict interactions. This study extends the literature in three meaningful ways: (1) analyses differentiated between third-party observers’ assessments of partner oppositional behavior and individuals’ perceptions of partner oppositional behavior, (2) effects of the discrete conflict observed in the lab were isolated by accounting for critical covariates that indicate greater relationship conflict more generally, and (3) moderation analyses tested whether individual differences associated with greater sensitivity to conflict exacerbated the association between partner oppositional behavior and post-conflict interleukin-1β. Overall, the results largely did not support my hypotheses. However, an effect in the opposite direction to my predictions emerged: individuals with high self-esteem, compared to those with low self-esteem, experienced greater cytokine upregulation when they perceived partner opposition. There was also a trend for men to experience greater upregulation than women when perceiving partner opposition. Findings are discussed in light of differences in cytokine measurement between the current study which assessed interleukin-1β in saliva and past research which focused on assessments of other cytokines in plasma. Overall, findings highlight the importance of examining perceptions and individual difference variables when examining links between relationship conflict and health.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 21, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): James K. McNulty, Professor Directing Dissertation; Francis D. Fincham, University Representative; Jon K. Maner, Committee Member; E. Ashby Plant, Committee Member; Lisa A. Eckel, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Social psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Maradzike_fsu_0071E_15349.pdf
TITLE: Development and Application of the Variational Two-Electron Reduced Density Matrix Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field Method to Address the Electron Correlation Problem in Quantum Chemistry
AUTHOR: Maradzike, Elvis
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): DePrince, A. Eugene, III
MEMBER (university representative): Bertram, R. (Richard)
MEMBER (committee member): Steinbock, Oliver
MEMBER (committee member): Yang, Wei
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (142 pages)
ABSTRACT: The goal of this dissertation is to describe a series of developments and applications of the variational two-electron reduced density matrix (v2RDM-) complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method to the electron correlation problem in electronic structure theory. The v2RDM-CASSCF method is a complete active space (CAS) method based on optimizing the two-electron reduced density matrix (2RDM). Since the 2RDM is a more compact object than the $N$-electron wavefunction, it is possible to formulate a CAS approach that scales polynomially, rather than exponentially, with respect to the size of the active space. For this reason, computer implementations of v2RDM-driven CASSCF are capable of treating active spaces much larger than the limit of current implementations of wavefunction-/configuration interaction (CI-) driven wavefunction CASSCF. The work described in this dissertation addresses three deficiencies of v2RDM-CASSCF: the lack of an analytic energy derivative code, the lack of an efficient code with which to compute excited states, and the lack of a method with which to correct the v2RDM-CASSCF energy for dynamical correlation. We develop analytic first derivatives of the v2RDM-CASSCF energy, and we show, in fact, that the expressions for the analytic first derivative of the energy are identical to those for CI-based CASSCF. For the excited state problem, we improve an approach by which excited states and excited state properties can be computed from the ground state 2RDM. Lastly, we develop a model for dynamical correlation for v2RDM-CASSCF references. With this model, energies computed at the v2RDM-CASSCF level of theory can be corrected to account for the effects of dynamical correlation.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 8, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): chemistry, electronic structure theory, quantum
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): A. Eugene DePrince, III, Professor Directing Dissertation; Richard Bertram, University Representative; Oliver Steinbock, Committee Member; Wei Yang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Marzano_fsu_0071N_15211.pdf
TITLE: Human Pluripotent Stem Cells on Cellular Behaviors of Isogenic Corticalspheroids
AUTHOR: Marzano, Mark Cole
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Li, Yan
MEMBER (committee member): Ma, Teng, -2019
MEMBER (committee member): Guan, Jingjiao
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: Differentialeffects of Extracellular Vesicles of Lineage-Specific
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (73 pages)
ABSTRACT: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) or exosomes are responsible for a variety of signaling processes and overall physiological and pathological states of stem cells and tissues. Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have unique characteristics that can mimic embryonic tissue development. EVs derived from hiPSCs can be used as therapeutics, biomarkers, and drug delivery vehicles. One issue is that little is known about the characteristics of secreted EVs/exosomes by hiPSCs during tissue morphogenesis due to paracrine signaling. In this study, EVs derived from hiPSC-derived neural progenitors (ectoderm), hiPSC-derived cardiac cells (mesoderm), and the undifferentiated hiPSCs (healthy iPSK3 and Alzheimer’s associated SY-UBH lines) were analyzed. Nanoparticle tracking analysis and electron microscopy results showed that the derived EVs had the average size of 100-250 nm. Western blot revealed that exosomal markers ALIX, CD63, and TSG 101 were expressed in the derived EVs. miRNAs including miR-133 and miR-155 were differently expressed in different EV groups. Treating the cortical spheroids with different EVs in vitro showed the differential abilities of increasing cell proliferation (indicated by BrdU assay) and axonal growth (indicated by β-tubulin III staining). For the Aβ42 oligomer treated cultures, the derived EVs increased cell viability and reduced oxidative stress differentially, showing neural protective ability. This study should advance our understanding of cell-cell communications in stem cell microenvironment and provide possible therapeutic options for treating neural degeneration.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 5, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Yan Li, Professor Directing Thesis; TengMa, Committee Member; Jingjiao Guan, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Biomedical engineering
SUBJECT: Engineering
SUBJECT: Biology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Maynard_fsu_0071E_15302.pdf
TITLE: A Curriculum Delivered, a Curriculum Remembered: An Alumni Study of an Undergraduate Concentration in Writing and Rhetoric
AUTHOR: Maynard, Travis
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Yancey, Kathleen Blake, 1950-
MEMBER (university representative): Dennen, Vanessa P., 1970-
MEMBER (committee member): Neal, Michael R.
MEMBER (committee member): Graban, Tarez Samra
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (294 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation explores the impact and influence of undergraduate major programs in writing and rhetoric on the lives of their students through an alumni study of the Editing, Writing, and Media (EWM) major at Florida State University. Building on prior alumni studies in the field of Rhetoric and Composition, this study captures a capacious portrait of alumni lives prior to, during, and after their time within the EWM program. Framing this portrait is Kathleen Blakey Yancey’s three-part curricular framework of the delivered curriculum (the institutional materials that instantiate a course of study), lived curriculum (students’ prior knowledge and experience they draw upon in a course or program) , and experienced curriculum (a student’s unique set of experiences in a major program). In order to account for alumni lives following graduation, this project theorizes a fourth curriculum known as the remembered, comprised of the elements of a student’s experienced curriculum that influence their subsequent lives of alumni. Three questions guide this study: 1) How do alumni retrospectively perceive their experience and knowledge prior to enrolling in a major program as influencing their experiences in an undergraduate writing major? 2) What elements of an undergraduate major curriculum do alumni perceive and report as contributors to their lives after graduation? 3) How do alumni of this undergraduate writing major perceive and report the influence of their experiences in an undergraduate writing major on their lives after graduation? To address these research questions, the study relies on an alumni survey and three interview case studies, with each case study containing two mapping activities. The survey collects demographic information from EWM alumni, alongside their reasons for enrolling in the major (lived curriculum), their perceptions of their learning within the EWM program (experienced curriculum), their academic and professional experiences following graduation, current writing tasks, perceptions of how the EWM program has influenced those experiences, and perceptions of how well the EWM program prepared them to meet the program’s outcomes (remembered curriculum). The interview protocol asks alumni to create two maps of their a) experiences at Florida State University and b) current writing tasks, and document their perceived connections among the elements within each map; after alumni the complete those maps, I ask them semistructured interview questions about their perceived relationships between and among their lived and experienced curricula and how they influence the remembered curricula in their current lives. The data generated by the survey and case studies provide insight into the lived, experienced, and remembered curricula of EWM alumni. The lived curriculum is most prominently defined by two factors: first, alumni’s prior writing experiences, and second, their aspirations to pursue careers related to writing. Alumni cite structured writing environments like courses and/or co-curricular activities and self-sponsored writing tasks like fiction and/or blogging as both leading them to enroll in the program and shaping their course projects. Further, a large portion of alumni believe the EWM program would prepare them to write within professional environments including but not limited to the publishing industry. The experienced curriculum shows that alumni benefit from the gateway courses of Writing and Editing in Print and Online (WEPO) and Rhetoric and their required internship, as these experiences prepare them to compose rhetorical texts for a variety of contexts and within multiple genres. However, alumni feel they were less prepared to engage with the visual dimensions of composing and work within advanced composing technologies. Additionally, alumni consistently rely on a sense of pragmatism to identify elements of the EWM program that they retrospectively value, frequently benefitting from experiences they are able to adapt into their own writing. The remembered curriculum shows that the EWM program prepares alumni to enter into a range of academic and professional opportunities, with 40% entering postgraduate study and 93.7% finding employment following graduation; alumni consistently feel the EWM program positively influences these experiences. Personal and professional writing are the most frequent types of writing alumni complete, with 78% completing some form of self-sponsored writing and 70% writing more than ten hours a week for their occupations. In describing their current writing processes, alumni exhibit varying degrees of rhetorical awareness, with their explanations tethered to concepts such as context, audience, and genre guiding their rhetorical decision-making processes. Together, these results illustrate the influence of alumni’s prior writing on their rhetorical education within undergraduate majors, emphasize the importance of praxis for alums’ experienced curricula, and exhibit the varying ways in which undergraduate major programs can influence the writing lives of its alumni.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 14, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Alumni Study, Rhetoric and Composition, Undergraduate Majors, Writing and Rhetoric
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Kathleen Blake Yancey, Professor Directing Dissertation; Vanessa Paz Dennen, University Representative; Michael Neal, Committee Member; Tarez Samra Graban, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Rhetoric
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: McCrea_fsu_0071N_15372.pdf
TITLE: Availability of Information on the Web Regarding National Roster Music Therapy Internships: A Content Analysis
AUTHOR: McCrea, Casie Rose
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Gooding, Lori F. (Lori Fogus)
MEMBER (committee member): Standley, Jayne M.
MEMBER (committee member): Gregory, Sarah Dianne
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (55 pages)
ABSTRACT: Music therapy is a rapidly growing allied health profession. In order to become a board-certified music therapist (MT-BC), one must complete a college degree program approved by the American Music Therapy Association, which includes an AMTA approved program of study and a six-month internship under the supervision of an MT-BC in good standing with the Certification Board of Music Therapy. This study focused on the six-month internship aspect of training. A content analysis was conducted to determine what information is available on the web to aid prospective music therapy interns in deciding where they will apply, and to aid internship sites to receive applicants who are likely to fit well with the existing program. A web search was conducted using the National Roster Internship link found on the “Education and Careers” tab of the American Music Therapy Association website, which yielded 64 results (N=64). Of the sample (N=64), 52 sites were active and 12 were inactive, 31 had a website/tab/link, and 33 did not. Additionally, five internship sites had a Facebook page. Twenty-nine (45.3%) of the National Roster Internship sites did not have information available on the web to be assessed, meaning (n=35) internship sites remained for consideration in data collection. A total of 15 categories of information were assessed for all websites included in the analysis, and “music therapy” was the only category investigated listed consistently across 100% of all websites. The lack of consistent information may inhibit accurate internship comparisons for students as they seek information about internship placements.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 14, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Availability, Internet, Internship, Music, Therapy, Web
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Lori Gooding, Professor Directing Thesis; Jayne Standley, Committee Member; Diane Gregory, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: McGraw_fsu_0071E_15423.pdf
TITLE: An Investigation of Mathematics Language and Its Relation with Mathematics and Reading
AUTHOR: McGraw, Amanda Lee
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Kaschak, Michael P.
MEMBER (university representative): Jakubowski, Elizabeth M.
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Ganley, Colleen M.
MEMBER (committee member): Boot, Walter Richard
MEMBER (committee member): Schatschneider, Christopher
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME:
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (61 pages)
ABSTRACT: Unlike mathematical ability, mathematical language consists of terminology that is necessary to understand and participate in mathematical tasks. More recently, research indicates that mathematical language is vital for mathematic performance. Research examining mathematical language may help us better understand the long-established relation between mathematical performance and literacy. Further, little is known about potential correlations of mathematical language. Here, I will examine the relation between mathematical language with socioeconomic status (SES) and math anxiety. I find that both mathematical language and reading ability predict mathematics performance, but reading ability is the stronger predictor. Finally, both socioeconomic status and math anxiety are significant predictors of mathematical language.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychologyin partial fulfillment of therequirements for the degree ofDoctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 11, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): language, mathematics
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael Kaschak, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Elizabeth Jakubowski, University Representative; Colleen Ganley, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Walter Boot, Committee Member; Chris Schatschneider, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Cognitive psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: McLean_fsu_0071E_15178.pdf
TITLE: Shifting the Mental Health Gatekeeper Paradigm on University Campuses: Enhancing Social Support and Sense of Belongingness
AUTHOR: McLean, Kate Elizabeth
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Becker, Martin Swanbrow
MEMBER (university representative): Glueckauf, Robert L.
MEMBER (committee member): Jenkins, Lyndsay Nicole
MEMBER (committee member): Pfeiffer, Steven I.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (166 pages)
ABSTRACT: The present study compared a sample of first-year university students residing in Living Learning Programs (LLPs; n = 64) with a matched-group of first-year students residing in traditional residence halls (n = 83) at a large university located in the southeastern United States. The study examined if students in LLPs experience greater belongingness, perceived social support, and mental health in comparison to peers in traditional residence halls, and if this corresponds to greater help-seeking intentions and superior RA mental health gatekeeper performance. Participants completed the Psychological Sense of School Membership Scale (PSSM; Goodenow, 1993), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988), the Mental Health Continuum Short-Form (Keyes, 2009a), and an RA Gatekeeper Performance and Student Help-Seeking Questionnaire that was designed by the researcher. Findings from the present study suggest that LLPs are effective for increasing the amount of social support and belongingness students’ experience in relation to their resident hall communities, but not for increasing overall or global belongingness and social support. Results also indicate that students in LLPs received more support from their RA mental health gatekeeper and exhibited greater help-seeking intentions towards RAs and resident hall peers in comparison to students in traditional residence halls. A discussion of the findings is offered in support of Wyman and colleagues’ (2008) communication model of gatekeeper training. Implications for theory, research, and practice are discussed, in addition to suggestions for future research. Keywords: living learning programs, college students, sense of belongingness, perceived social support, mental health, help-seeking intentions, mental health gatekeepers, resident assistants, RA gatekeeper training
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 17, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): college students, living learning programs, mental health, perceived social support, RA gatekeeper training, sense of belongingness
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Martin Swanbrow Becker, Professor Directing Dissertation; Robert Glueckauf, University Representative; Lyndsay Jenkins, Committee Member; Steven Pfeiffer, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Counseling psychology
SUBJECT: Social psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: McLean_fsu_0071N_15306.pdf
TITLE: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Feasting at Grand Mound Shell Ring (8Du1), Duval County, Florida
AUTHOR: McLean, Emily A.
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Peres, Tanya M.
MEMBER (committee member): Marrinan, Rochelle A.
MEMBER (committee member): Halligan, Jessi J.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Anthropology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (109 pages)
ABSTRACT: Archaeologists have been interested in the foodways of prehistoric peoples for over half a century, leading to a plethora of analyses on diet and subsistence strategies. In the last 30 years, archaeologists have come to focus on the role of food in ideological, political, and social settings. One avenue of exploration into these relationships is through the identification of communal eating events, or feasting. In this thesis I investigate whether or not feasting events occurred at Grand Mound Shell Ring (8Du1), Duval County, Florida. To test this, I compare the faunal assemblage from three discrete deposits (nineteen units and six features) at Grand Mound Shell Ring to archaeological correlates of feasting outlined by three different models (Jackson and Scott 1995; Twiss 2008; VanDerwarker 1999; VanDerwarker et al. 2007). My analysis, based on the faunal material and limited contextual information, found it is likely that communal feasting activities took place at Grand Mound Shell Ring.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 17, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Archaeozoology, Feasting, Mississippian, Shell Ring, Zooarchaeology
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Tanya M. Peres, Professor Directing Thesis; Rochelle A. Marrinan, Committee Member; Jessi Halligan, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Archaeology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: McMahon_fsu_0071E_15410.pdf
TITLE: Departmentalization in Intermediate Elementary Grade Levels and Student Performance in Mathematics
AUTHOR: McMahon, Paige E. (Paige Elizabeth)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College Ofeducation
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and PolicyStudies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (84 pages)
ABSTRACT: Departmentalization is a growing trend in elementary schools nationwide due to a focus on high stakes accountability testing. In a departmentalized school, teachers specialize in one to three subject areas and students benefit from the instruction of teachers with expert knowledge in their specific areas as opposed to the traditional, self-contained elementary school model where students receive instruction in multiple subjects from one teacher. This mixed methods study sought to investigate the process of departmentalizing fourth and fifth grade classrooms, and to examine the relationship between departmentalization and student achievement growth in St. Lucie Public Schools in Florida. The study found that elementary and K-8 schools with higher poverty populations, as well as schools with lower student enrollments, were the most likely to utilize departmentalization, especially a semi-departmentalized model in the fourth grade level. Students in departmentalized classrooms showed less growth over the course of the school year. The choice to departmentalize was largely teacher-directed and assignment of specific subjects to teachers was based on teachers’ strength, comfort levels, and supporting student data. These findings are discussed and recommendations for the district are offered in the final chapter.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and PolicyStudies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 15, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
SUBJECT: School management and organization
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Miller_fsu_0071E_15337.pdf
TITLE: The Impact of a Career Course on Undergraduate Students' Career Decision State as a Function of Negative Career Thoughts
AUTHOR: Miller, Adam K. (Adam Kyle)
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Osborn, Debra S., 1968-
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Sampson, James P.
MEMBER (university representative): Guthrie, Kathy L.
MEMBER (committee member): Lenz, Janet G., 1953-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (163 pages)
ABSTRACT: The current study examined the impact of taking a career development course on career decision making. Specifically, this study sought to determine when students are likely to see the greatest changes in career decision state, as well as how students’ negative career thinking can impact such changes. The sample consisted of 151 undergraduate students participating in a career course that was theoretically informed by cognitive information processing (CIP; Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, & Lenz, 2004). The Career State Inventory (CSI; Leierer, Peterson, Reardon, & Osborn, 2017) was used to measure students’ career decision state throughout each unit of the course, while the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI; Sampson et al., 1996a) was used as a measure of negative career thinking. A repeated-measures ANOVA was performed to determine differences in course impact by level of negative career thinking (high, medium, low). Results of the ANOVA analysis found that students reported significantly more positive career decision states following Unit I and Unit III of the course, but not Unit II of the course. Additionally, results from that same analysis found an interaction effect between the course and negative career thinking; indicating that students with higher levels of negative career thinking started and maintained less positive career decisions states throughout the course, compared to those of medium and lower levels of negative career thinking. Finally, a second repeated-measures ANOVA found that students who saw the greatest decrease in negative career thinking throughout the course also saw the greatest changes towards a more positive career decision state. A discussion of the findings is offered, followed by the study’s limitations, and the implications for theory, research, practice, and policy.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 5, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Career Course, Career Decision State, Career Development, Career Development Course, Cognitive Information Processing, Negative Career Thoughts
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Debra Osborn, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; James P. Sampson, Jr., Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Kathy Guthrie, University Representative; Janet Lenz, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Counseling psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Minor_fsu_0071E_15303.pdf
TITLE: Flowers as Mind Control
AUTHOR: Minor, Laura L.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Belieu, Erin, 1965-
MEMBER (committee member): Kimbrell, James, 1967-
MEMBER (committee member): Epstein, Andrew, 1969-
MEMBER (committee member): Galeano, Juan Carlos, 1958-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (64 pages)
ABSTRACT: "Flowers as Mind Control" is a debut collection of poems that mixes the Welsh notion of Hiraeth and memories with a fiery, insatiable need to "power through." It also blends narrative elements with lyric ones. Here I try for a raw edge that's an outlaw perspective beyond many first collections, but the selvage is also softened by empathy in the face of humanity's tryst with failure and trauma. Collectively, the poems in this dissertation articulate the social anxieties of entering the middle of one's life, accepting them, but specifically as a woman who values truth and beauty as parallel to the complicated nexus of romantic and feminist in a world that rarely values the "duende" in any of them. From this perspective, the speaker weaves humor, grief, loss, and gratitude as witnesses along the way, ending in a supplication of endurance. Drawing inspirational structure from the slim volumes of Pablo Neruda's Twenty Love Poems & A Song of Despair or Deborah Digges' Vesper Sparrows, this collection, once voluminous and sprawling, is now a concise book of lyrical prayers to survival. These poems explore new ground in how they make fun of, or subvert the idea of the person being held back or propelled through nature which is often atavistic, corrosive, or unfiltered in its foggy contempt for the artist. This collection proves powerful ownership in the face of uncertainty and a respectful certainty in one's own ability to heal and change.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 2, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Control, Flowers, Laura, Mind, Minor, Poetry
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Erin Belieu, Professor Directing Dissertation; James Kimbrell, Committee Member; Andrew Epstein, Committee Member; Juan Carlos Galeano, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Literature
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Mookerjee_fsu_0071E_15371.pdf
TITLE: Cravings in the Caribbean: Women, Food, and Desire in Contemporary Literature
AUTHOR: Mookerjee, Rita
MEMBER (university representative): Upchurch, Charles, 1969-
MEMBER (committee member): Ward, Candace
MEMBER (committee member): Ribo, John
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (108 pages)
ABSTRACT: Though many scholars have already remarked upon the Caribbean as a site of cultural and culinary convergence, this study specifically addresses the role of women, desire, and food within literature of the region. Existing research on these topics tends to focus on the phenomenology of events within Caribbean history. Scholars have noted the function of food in nation-building, the impact of plantation economics across the islands, and the symbolic power of edible commodities in the region, but few employ a gendered lens to examine the intersections of these areas. My research illustrates how postcolonial female subjects are inextricable from edible commodities cultivated in the Caribbean and how women writers such as Edwidge Danticat, Shani Mootoo, and Pauline Melville have made use of this property in contemporary literature as a means of reclaiming history and shaping identity. This project will analyze novels and short stories with feminist postcolonial theory and historiographic research as a framework. My dissertation is informed by notions of “eating the Other” as articulated by bell hooks as well as Valérie Loichot's The Tropics Bite Back: Culinary Coups in Caribbean Literature. Additionally, Racial Indigestion: Eating Bodies in the nineteenth Century by Kyla Wazana Tompkins shapes my understanding of gender and edibility. I situate my research within the larger field of critical eating studies as defined by Tompkins. The function of critical eating studies is to show the politicized nature of eating as well as the overlap between the fetishization of food objects, racial minorities, and women. My dissertation project is unique in its focus on the specific contributions of living Caribbean women authors. While my work draws from history and cultural studies, it remains rooted in literary scholarship. I understand literature as the space where lost narratives can be excavated, resurfaced, and re-presented to ultimately enrich our understanding of writing and history. The structure of my inquiry is built upon three intersections of women, desire, and food. First, the enslaved female body has been a site of colonial rule and exploitation. In history and literature, brown and black women are often likened to sugar, coffee and cacao – all edible commodities that periodically served as the impetus for the colonization of the islands of the Caribbean and the nation states that subsequently formed. I show the impact of this association on Caribbean labor and national identity construction in the second chapter. Namely, I unpack the paradox of domestic laborers in that many Caribbean women must work in the service of families and bodies that are not their own. The next chapter highlights the role of bricolage in making sense of trauma and fractured identity. In my fourth chapter, I show the impact of tourism on women using Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn. In the final chapter, I inspect how prescribed gender roles are subverted by Caribbean women and how sensation and spectacle work as means of empowerment and self-actualization.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 10, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Food, Power, Sex, Women
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Robin Truth Goodman, Professor Directing Dissertation; Charles Upchurch, University Representative; S. Candace Ward, Committee Member; John Rib, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Literature
SUBJECT: Women's studies
SUBJECT: Caribbean literature
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Morris_fsu_0071N_15300.pdf
TITLE: Cognitive and Motivational Processes Underlying ADHD and Early Academic Skills in Preschool Children: Are the Processes Distinct?
AUTHOR: Morris, Brittany M.
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Lonigan, Christopher J.
MEMBER (committee member): Meyer, Alexandria
MEMBER (committee member): Kaschak, Michael P.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (67 pages)
ABSTRACT: The dual-pathway model (Sonuga-Barke, 2002, 2003) proposes Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) develops along two distinct but interrelated developmental pathways, a cognitive pathway of inhibitory control (IC) deficits and a delay-aversion pathway (i.e., hypersensitivity to delay). Studies suggest delay-of-gratification (DG) tasks tap both components of the dual-pathway model, and, therefore, it is unclear whether IC, DG, and delay-aversion tasks are measuring distinct constructs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dimensionality of the constructs underlying the dual-pathway model and their differential impacts on ADHD symptomology and early academic skills in preschool-age children. Results of confirmatory factor analyses of data from 163 preschool children (49% female; mean age 55.42 months, SD = 8.42) indicated that measures of IC, DG, and delay-aversion were best conceptualized as two factors, rather than three distinct constructs. Specifically, IC and DG tasks were best represented as a single factor, and Delay-Aversion was a distinct factor. Although the IC + DG factor was significantly related to both teacher report of ADHD symptoms and early academic skills, the Delay-Aversion factor was not. In contrast to predictions based on the dual-pathway model, ADHD symptoms did not mediate the relation between the IC + DG factor and early academic skills. Overall, although results of this study indicate that delay-aversion tasks sufficiently reduce the influence of IC, the lack of association between delay-aversion and both ADHD symptomology and early academic skills makes it unclear what delay-aversion tasks are measuring. Taken together, this study highlights possible limitations in the applicability of the dual-pathway model, particularly in preschool-age populations.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 14, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Christopher J. Lonigan, Professor Directing Thesis; Alexandria Meyer, Committee Member; Michael P. Kaschak, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Clinical psychology
SUBJECT: Educational psychology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Muchira_fsu_0071E_15245.pdf
TITLE: Predictors of Students' Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in Kenyan Secondary Schools: Do Business Studies Matter?
AUTHOR: Muchira, John M. (John Munyui)
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Lamont, Bruce T.
MEMBER (university representative): Doan, Petra L., 1955-
MEMBER (committee member): Iatarola, Patrice
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (118 pages)
ABSTRACT: The unemployment rate is very high in Kenya, with approximately 25% of the youth between the ages of 15 and 25 being currently unemployed (GOK, 2007). Some entrepreneurship education scholars believe that entrepreneurship education can alleviate the problem of high unemployment among the Kenyan youth. However, we do know other factors are likely to influence students’ decisions of starting their own business. The influence of entrepreneurship education as well as other factors known to affect entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) is, however, under-researched at the secondary level in Kenya. The current study therefore employs quantitative methods in examining how students’ business education exposure influences their ESE controlling for tribe/ethnic culture, family entrepreneurship history, prior entrepreneurship experience, family socio-economic status (SES), the type of school the students are attending, and their gender, as well as the extent at which family SES and gender moderate the influence of business studies education on ESE.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 6, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurship mindset, experiential learning
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Stephanie S. Zuilkowski, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Bruce T. Lamont, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Petra L. Doan, University Representative; Patrice Iatarola, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational evaluation
SUBJECT: Entrepreneurship
SUBJECT: Curriculum planning
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Mulligan_fsu_0071N_15436.pdf
TITLE: Reward Sensitivity and Stress as Predictors of Antenatal Depression
AUTHOR: Mulligan, Elizabeth M.
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Proudfit, Greg Hajcak
MEMBER (committee member): Meyer, Alexandria
MEMBER (committee member): Eckel, Lisa A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (45 pages)
ABSTRACT: Recent research suggests that stress and reward insensitivity may interact to confer risk for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). However, no study has yet examined stress and reward sensitivity, and their interaction, in the context of risk for antenatal depression (i.e., depression in pregnancy). The present study is the first study to examine whether the neural response to reward (i.e., the Reward Positivity, or RewP), stress exposure as indexed by hair cortisol and self-report, and their interaction, are associated with antenatal depressive symptoms and/or categorical diagnoses of MDD, above and beyond self-report measures of psychosocial risk for perinatal depression. To this end, the present study examined cross-sectional associations between biological and psychosocial measures obtained in pregnancy, such as RewP amplitude, hair cortisol concentration, self-reported psychosocial risk factors (i.e., past major depressive episodes (MDE) and scores on a psychosocial risk factor questionnaire), and concurrent depressive symptoms and diagnoses. While the RewP was unrelated to stress exposure and to continuous depressive symptoms, and stress did not moderate associations between the RewP and continuous or categorical depression, associations were revealed between stress exposure and continuous depression, as well as between the RewP and categorical depression. Furthermore, the RewP and scores on self-report measure of common psychosocial risk factors for perinatal depression were identified in a logistic regression as independent predictors of antenatal diagnoses of MDD, and together predicted 37 percent of the variance in likelihood of MDD diagnosis. The present study provides novel evidence that the RewP is associated with MDD diagnoses in women in the antenatal period and highlights the need for further research investigating the RewP as a prospective predictor of risk for perinatal increases in depression.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 11, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): antenatal depression, EEG, event-related potentials, hair cortisol, reward positivity, stress
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Greg Hajcak, Professor Directing Thesis; Alexandria Meyer, Committee Member; Lisa Eckel, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Psychology
SUBJECT: Endocrinology
SUBJECT: Neurosciences
SUBJECT: Neurosciences
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: MusacchioSchafer_fsu_0071N_15193.pdf
TITLE: The Status of Suicidality Prediction Research: A Meta-Analysis
AUTHOR: Musacchio Schafer, Katherine
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Franklin, Joseph
MEMBER (committee member): Joiner, Thomas, Jr.
MEMBER (committee member): Wagner, Richard K.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (41 pages)
ABSTRACT: Theories of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) have long guided treatment and prevention efforts. Meta-analytic investigation into general risk factors, psychopathology, and STB related clinical instruments indicated chance level prediction, and some researchers have suggested that a shift toward a machine learning approach would yield superior STB prediction. Thus, I conducted a meta-analysis of traditional theories and machine learning models to estimate and compare respective accuracy. I searched PsycInfo, PubMed, and GoogleScholar for studies using at least one theoretically relevant construct or machine learning model associated with suicide ideation, attempt, or death. This yielded 224 traditional (from 142 papers) and 14 machine learning (from 10 papers) effect sizes. Prediction from constructs related to traditional theories was consistent with previous meta-analytic work indicating weak, inaccurate prediction. No particular theory was particularly accurate in prediction of STB outcomes. Machine learning models demonstrated substantially more accurate association with STB outcomes, although these data are few in numbers. This work demonstrated that STB theories have largely not been directly tested in the extant literature and that moderators of machine learning models are largely unclear. Future studies are needed to directly test STB theories in order to stringently test these ideas. More machine learning studies are needed to investigate characteristics of extremely accurate models.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 10, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): suicidal, suicide, suicide attempts, suicide death, suicide ideation, theories
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Joseph C. Franklin, Professor Directing Thesis; Thomas Joiner, Committee Member; Rick Wagner, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Clinical psychology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Neal_fsu_0071E_14927.pdf
TITLE: A Matter of Policy: Experiments in Bureaucracy, Insurance, and Monetary Economics
AUTHOR: Neal, Daniel R.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Isaac, R. Mark (Robert Mark), 1954-
MEMBER (university representative): Großer, Jens W.
MEMBER (committee member): Cooper, David J.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Economics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (88 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a collection of essays that employ experimental economic methodology in a variety of settings to address important uses of microeconomic and macroeconomic public policy. Chapter 1 serves as a forward to the remaining chapters. It highlights the importance of experimental economics to policy decisions and its unique place in the overall field of economics. Chapter 2 of this dissertation explores the influence of the ratchet effect on a bureaucracy's expansion and the resulting consequences. To examine the individual effects of adverse selection and moral hazard, Chapter 3 uses an experimental method to study how asymmetric information affects individual behavior when insurance is present. Finally, Chapter 4 addresses the claim that money is neutral and its arbitrary injection into a market has no distributional effects. Throughout this dissertation, experimental economic methodologies will be employed in an array of economic fields demonstrating the broad applicability of experimental economics.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Economics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 17, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Robert Mark Isaac, Professor Directing Dissertation; Jens Großer, University Representative; David Cooper, Committee Member; Luke Boosey, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Economics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Nguyen_fsu_0071E_15140.pdf
TITLE: Design and Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube-Based Multifunctional Composites and Advanced Sensors for Composites Manufacturing
AUTHOR: Nguyen, Nam Nhu
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Liang, Zhiyong (Richard)
MEMBER (university representative): Yeboah, Yaw D.
MEMBER (committee member): Okoli, Okenwa O. I.
MEMBER (committee member): Zeng, Changchun (Chad)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (106 pages)
ABSTRACT: Polymer matrix composites are increasingly used in aerospace applications due to their high specific properties. Recently, wide application of composite materials leads to extensive research in improving manufacturing processes to increase production quality as well as potentially reduce cost. In addition, adding new functionality such as sensing, communication, lightning strike protection into composite structures to make multifunctional composites has gained more and more interests. Incorporation of functionalities triggers the development of integration technologies as well as innovate manufacturing approaches such as 3D printing or additive manufacturing. In this research, the design and fabrication of multifunctional composites by using different techniques including in-situ curing, 3D printing, and printed sensor network on composite structures are studied. In-situ curing in CNT/CF hybrid composites is presented in this work as an effective technique to manufacture multifunctional composites. By passing electrical current through highly conductive CNT layers, composite is fully cured by heat generated from CNT layers. FEM simulation is used to demonstrate uniformity of composite temperature which was in good agreement with the experiment result. In addition, 3D printing of functional ink using graphite nanoplatelets and milled carbon fiber is discussed. We successfully formulated conductive ink with thermal conductivity of 2W/mK and a density of 1.21 g/cm3. This research also introduced a new way of fabricating lightweight heat sink for thermal management by a combination of 3D printing technology with carbon nanotube sheet. Our heat sink offered effective thermal performance and extremely lightweight. Results indicate that the techniques are effective ways to transfer the properties of CNT sheets into lightweight thermal devices for thermal management applications. Furthermore, this work demonstrated feasibility and preliminary results of a fully printed wireless sensor that can potentially operate, monitor and transfer high quality of signal such as a change in relative permittivity. The sensors can effectively detect the change in permittivity of the environment Printed wireless sensor could open cost-effective and efficient way to monitor the large composite structure or manufacturing process.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 5, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): 3d printing, carbon nanotube, heat transfer, printed sensor, thermal management, wireless sensor
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Zhiyong Richard Liang, Professor Directing Dissertation; Yaw Yeboah, University Representative; Okenwa Okoli, Committee Member; Changchun Chad Zeng, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Materials science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Noakes_fsu_0071N_15449.pdf
TITLE: Investigating the Interaction of Sleep and Alcohol
AUTHOR: Noakes, Eric J. (Eric Joseph)
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Lyons, Lisa C.
MEMBER (committee member): Arbeitman, Michelle N. (Michelle Nina)
MEMBER (committee member): Houpt, Thomas A.
MEMBER (committee member): Deng, Wu-Min
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Biological Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (56 pages)
ABSTRACT: Alcohol abuse is more prevalent in populations in which sleep deprivation is more common including shift workers and older individuals. While much research has investigated the impact of alcohol use and abuse on sleep quality, little is known about the role of sleep in alcohol sensitivity and toxicity. Using Drosophila melanogaster, a well-established model for sleep and alcohol studies, I investigated the modulating effect of sleep on alcohol sensitivity, toxicity, and tolerance. Mechanical sleep deprivation increased alcohol sensitivity and alcohol-induced mortality following an acute binge-like exposure to alcohol. Genetically sleep deficient flies exhibited increased alcohol-induced mortality which accumulated with age, but not increased alcohol sensitivity. Conversely, pharmacologically increasing sleep protects against the toxic effects of alcohol. Sleep deprivation blunted long-term but not short-term functional alcohol tolerance. Finally, sleep deprivation, alcohol exposure, and the combination of sleep deprivation and alcohol exposure induce both distinct and overlapping changes in gene expression. Taken together, the results of this study suggest that sleep modulates alcohol toxicity and impacts functional alcohol tolerance. This study lays the foundation for a future in-depth investigation of potential mechanisms governing the interaction of sleep and alcohol.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Biological Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 16, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Alcohol, Drosophila, Sleep
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Lisa C. Lyons, Professor Directing Thesis; Michelle N. Arbeitman, Committee Member; Thomas A. Houpt, Committee Member; Wu-Min Deng, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Neurosciences
SUBJECT: Neurosciences
SUBJECT: Biology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: OMalley_fsu_0071E_15227.pdf
TITLE: The Importance of the Principal/Teacher Relationship in West African International Schools in Countries with Instability
AUTHOR: O'Malley, James E. (James Edward)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Preston, Courtney
MEMBER (university representative): Jones, Ithel
MEMBER (committee member): Akiba, Motoko
MEMBER (committee member): Rutledge, Stacey A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (89 pages)
ABSTRACT: Teacher retention is an area of importance for school leaders. Attrition rates are especially high in international schools (Hayden & Thompson, 2008). School leaders working in small West African international schools (500 students or less) face a more challenging landscape than many schools in other regions. The significance of this challenge is more impactful in many ways than in traditional schools in the United States. Teacher retention has a direct impact on student learning. Retention also has financial implications for school leaders in these West African international schools. The costs of recruiting teachers continue to soar and soak up school financial resources. International schools offer benefits when hiring teachers that include settling-in packages, shipping allowances, and costs associated with providing housing. Improved teacher retention would have a positive impact on school budgets and free funds for other resources that impact student learning. Many factors impact a teacher’s decision to stay or leave the school in which they work. Some of the areas that research has proven to be important include relationships with administration, geographical location, salary and benefits, and family and personal reasons. This study focused on the importance of the principal-teacher relationship role when teachers decide to stay or leave their small West African international schools and how the impact of the challenges that are faced by expatriate teachers affect the importance of that relationship. The findings of this study showed that the perception of the quality of life differentiated the stayers and leavers. The leavers could not overcome the challenges they faced in West Africa. The stayers did not have to overcome these challenges; they simply did not experience the challenges. Instead, they valued the positive relationships with principals, teachers, students, and community members. Good salary and benefits, professional development, and support were also important. Most teachers had a positive relationship with their principal regardless of their decision to stay or leave, but the difference for the stayers, this relationship was the determining factor, while for the leavers, it was not as they valued the independence, travel, and social life beyond school.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 24, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): International School, Principal Relationship, Teacher Attraction, Teacher Relationship, Teacher Retention, West Africa
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Courtney E. Preston, Professor Directing Dissertation; Ithel Jones, University Representative; Motoko Akiba, Committee Member; Stacey Rutledge, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational leadership
SUBJECT: Educational evaluation
SUBJECT: School management and organization
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Oglesby_fsu_0071E_14619.pdf
TITLE: Randomized Control Trial Examining the Efficacy of an Iu-Focused Psychoeducation Intervention
AUTHOR: Oglesby, Mary E.
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Schmidt, Norman B.
MEMBER (committee member): Joiner, Thomas, Jr.
MEMBER (committee member): Cougle, Jesse R. (Jesse Ray), 1975-
MEMBER (committee member): Kelley, Colleen M.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2018
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (104 pages)
ABSTRACT: Anxiety disorders affect more than 40 million Americans and represent a significant public health and individual burden. The existing literature supports intolerance of uncertainty (IU) as an important transdiagnostic risk factor in the development and maintenance of anxiety-related disorders. Individuals high in IU react negatively to uncertainty, believe they are unable to cope with future unknowns, and consider uncertainty itself threatening. Given the robust association between IU and anxiety-related disorders, developing interventions designed to reduce IU is important. Experimental research has shown that IU can be mitigated; however, the extant work has yet to design and examine the efficacy of a comprehensive IU-focused intervention. The aim of the current proposal was to develop and test the efficacy of a brief IU-focused psychoeducation intervention in comparison to a control intervention. The sample consisted of 84 undergraduate individuals with elevated levels of IU as measured by the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, Short Form (IUS-12). Participants were randomly assigned to the active (IU-focused Psychoeducation) or control (Health-focused Psychoeducation) condition. Results revealed that the active condition did not lead to reductions in IU from pre- to post-intervention or from pre-intervention to week one follow-up. However, IU was significantly reduced from pre-intervention to month one follow-up in the active condition in comparison to control. This same of pattern of findings was found at month one follow-up within the active condition for symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and levels of negative affect. Results of the present study are discussed in terms of clinical implications and directions for future research.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2018.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 15, 2018.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Norman B. Schmidt, Professor Directing Thesis; Tomi Gomory, University Representative; Thomas Joiner, Committee Member; Jesse Cougle, Committee Member; Colleen Kelley, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Clinical psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Omran_fsu_0071E_15278.pdf
TITLE: Chemical Garden Catalysis of Prebiotic Chemistry
AUTHOR: Omran, Arthur P. (Arthur Phillip)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Steinbock, Oliver
MEMBER (university representative): Blaber, Michael
MEMBER (committee member): DePrince, A. Eugene, III
MEMBER (committee member): Yang, Wei
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (143 pages)
ABSTRACT: Prebiotic processes required a reliable source of free energy and complex chemical mixtures that likely included sugars. The formose reaction is a potential source of those sugars but is tied to alkaline conditions and elevated temperatures, under which these sugars rapidly decay. Here we show that calcium, barium and iron based chemical gardens catalyze the formose reaction to produce glucose, ribose, and other carbohydrates. These thin inorganic membranes are analogs of hydrothermal vent materials—a possible place for the origin of life—and similarly exposed to very steep pH gradients. Supported by simulations of a simple reaction-diffusion model, we show that such gradients allow for the dynamic accumulation of sugars in specific layers of the thin membrane. This spatial separation of sugar production and accumulation might have been one of the earliest examples of pre-biological compartmentalization.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 22, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): chemical gardens, formose reaction, hydrothermal vent theory, origins of life, prebiotic chemistry, RNA world hypothesis
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Oliver Steinbock, Professor Directing Dissertation; Michael Blaber, University Representative; Albert Eugene DePrince, Committee Member; Wei Yang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Chemistry
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Peek_fsu_0071E_15407.pdf
TITLE: Discovering the Phillips Catalyst: from Characterizing the Precursor to the Initiating Sites
AUTHOR: Peek, Nathan
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Stiegman, Albert E., 1953-
MEMBER (university representative): Telotte, John C.
MEMBER (committee member): Shatruk, Mykhailo
MEMBER (committee member): Hu, Yan-yan
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (119 pages)
ABSTRACT: Our research aimed at exploiting spectroscopic techniques in order to characterize and determine the electronic and vibrational properties of chromium(VI) oxides (precursor to the Phillips catalyst) dispersed on an amorphous silica support for the sake of investigating the Phillips catalyst system. In addition to characterizing the Cr(VI)/SiO2 just mentioned, we focus on analyzing the mechanistic pathway the sites undertake to becoming catalytically active. Catalytic activation of the material involves a redox reaction with either carbon monoxide (CO) gas or ethylene (C2H4) gas to reduce the chromium to a labile, open-faced Cr(II)/Si. These highly reactive Cr(II) sites react with ethylene almost instantaneously to form the active sites for polymerization. An old sol-gel method previously developed for this system was used for the synthesis of our Cr(VI)/Si xerogel materials.17,18 These sol-gels provide higher quality spectroscopic resolution at lower concentrations and are isotropic and non-scattering which allows the use of polarization studies. These factors allow for a superior investigation through spectroscopy. Raman, resonance Raman, and low temperature fluorescent techniques were used for investigating the vibrational properties of the initial Cr(VI)/Si as well as the material after onset of polymerization. UV-Vis and fluorescent spectroscopy were used for analyzing the electronic properties of the initial Cr(VI) as well as studying the reduction of the chromium and polymerization via C2H4(g). In-situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) assisted in analyzing the oxidation state of our chromium material during the different stages of the preparation and initiation. The electronic and vibrational modes of the Cr(VI)/Si precursor were assigned with the help of a collaborator from FSU whom performed computational studies We assign the electronic structure to a dioxoCr(VI) species with two terminal Cr=O bonds and two Cr-O-Si bridging networks. The possibility of other species claimed to potentially be present was tested and no spectroscopic evidence was observed for any species other than the dioxoCr. The Chromium is observed to reduce to Cr(II) through an intermediate Cr(IV) via CO reduction. It is then observed to oxidize to an organoCr(III)/Si after exposure to ethylene and formation of the active sites for polymerization. Reduction using ethylene is still less understood, but is hypothesized to go through the same oxidation states and is experimentally observed to be consistent with the CO method in terms of polymer produced and Cr(III) active sites. As to the type of Cr structure present after initiation, we identify the presence of a vinylCr(III) species and present a proposal for the mechanism of initiation for the Phillips catalyst.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 12, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Inorganic
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Albert E. Stiegman, Professor Directing Dissertation; John C. Telotte, University Representative; Mykhailo Shatruk, Committee Member; Yan-Yan Hu, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Chemistry
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Perng_fsu_0071E_15398.pdf
TITLE: Understanding Protien Corona Formation on Inorganic Nanocrystals
AUTHOR: Perng, Woody
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Mattoussi, Hedi
MEMBER (university representative): Tang, Hengli
MEMBER (committee member): Steinbock, Oliver
MEMBER (committee member): Strouse, Geoffrey F.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (106 pages)
ABSTRACT: Nonspecific interactions in biological media can lead to the formation of protein corona around nancolloids, which tend to alter their behavior and limit their utility when used as probes for imaging or sensing applications. Yet, understanding the corona buildup has been challenging. This dissertation focuses on understanding factors that govern corona formation and developing means to prevent such nonspecific adsorptions, using semiconductor and metallic nanocrystals as model nanocolloid systems. In Chapter 1 we showcase the intrinsic photophysical properties of quantum dots (QDs) and gold nanocrystals (AuNCs), along with the growth mechanisms and synthetic routes. In addition, we introduce the definition of “protein corona”, hard vs soft, factors that affect the corona composition, and its impact on biology and environment. We also provide an overview of the analytical techniques used and promising strategies applied in investigating and preventing nonspecific protein adsorptions, respectively. In Chapter 2 we investigate the role of surface coating on the promotion or prevention of protein corona around QDs, where we carefully vary the nature of the hydrophilic block in the surface coating, while maintaining the same dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) bidentate coordinating motif. We first use agarose gel electrophoresis to track changes in the mobility shift upon exposure of the QDs to protein-rich media. We find that QDs capped with DHLA (which presents a hydrophobic alkyl chain terminated with a carboxyl group) could promote corona formation, in a concentration-dependent manner. However, when a polyethylene glycol block or a zwitterion group is appended onto DHLA, it yields a coating that prevents corona build-up. Additional gel experiments using SDS-PAGE allowed further characterization of the corona protein when formed. We find that for coating strategy based on the bidentate motif, only soft corona form around the DHLA-capped QDs. In chapter 3 we investigate the nonspecific protein adsorptions on AuNPs, where we strategically modify the ligand structures of a series of DHLA-based ligands. We use agarose gel electrophoresis to monitor any potential corona formation on AuNPs when exposed to bovine serum albumin (BSA) or fetal bovine serum (FBS). We find that AuNPs capped with dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA, a small alkyl-COOH) are prone to interactions with proteins, while capping AuNPs with polyethylene glycol- or zwitterion-appended DHLA significantly reduces corona buildup. Supplementing measurements using UV-Vis spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering have allowed further characterization of the role and the binding kinetics of these protein adsorptions. Our results clearly show that surface chemistry of the NP and the nature of the core material plays a significant role in corona formation. In chapter 4 we describe the effect of shape of gold nanocrystals on corona formation using nanospheres, nanostars, and nanorods. Such nanocrystals functionalized with poly(ethylene glycol), poly(isobutylene-alt-maleic anhydride) (PIMA), and PEG-appended PIMA induce or discourage nonspecific protein adsorptions depending on the surface coating used and the nature of the shape. We show that the presence of PEG moieties significantly inhibits the corona formation when exposed to complex fluids, independent to the shape of nanocrystals. We find that in absence of PEG, the shape of nanocrystals strongly intervenes with interactions at the nano-bio interface. Additionally, we show that the effect of shape on corona buildup prevails under different temperatures, a result that contributes highly to designing corona-free nanocrystals. In chapter 5 we include a summary of the findings and implications described in this dissertation, along with a discussion of the future outlook in the corona science.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 24, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Hedi Mattoussi, Professor Directing Dissertation; Hengli Tang, University Representative; Oliver Steinbock, Committee Member; Geoffrey Strouse, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Nanoscience
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Pugh_fsu_0071E_15319.pdf
TITLE: Reacquiring Identity-Based Customer Defectors
AUTHOR: Pugh, Harrison B. (Harrison Brandon)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Brady, Michael K.
MEMBER (university representative): Holmes, R. Michael (Robert Michael), Jr.
MEMBER (committee member): Hofacker, Charles F.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Business
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Marketing
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (70 pages)
ABSTRACT: Defected customers cost U.S. companies over $62 billion in 2016, $42 billion more than 2013 (Hyken 2016). To combat these losses, firms increasingly engage with these defectors in an effort to cultivate a fruitful second-lifetime. In a two-study, multimethod design based on a customer-company identification theory framework, this research introduces identity-based customer defection. Although many customers defect due to the lackluster performance by the company as typically studied in extant research (a performance-based defection), this research proposes that some defect due to a perceived mismatch between their identities and their perceptions of a firm’s identity (an identity-based defection). Because of their unique defection reasons, strategies that are effective for performance-based defectors may be ineffective for identity-based defectors. Study 1 utilizes twelve years of firm-provided, longitudinal data on 1,390 defected customers to demonstrate that whereas win-back communications are effective for recovering performance-based defectors, loyalty communications, those focused on reinforcing the positive, non-economic aspects of the firm, are more effective for identity-based defectors. A follow-up study focused on second-lifetime value demonstrates that identity-based defectors represent more revenue in their second-lifetimes when they receive loyalty communications after defection. Based on self-affirmation theory, experimental data in Study 2 support the idea that loyalty communications address perceived incompatibility between the defector’s identity and the identity of the firm. Findings suggest that after a firm makes a decision that may affect perceptions of its identity, it should remind customers about the various ways in which the company’s identity is still attractive.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Marketing in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 10, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael K. Brady, Professor Directing Dissertation; R. Michael Holmes, University Representative; Colleen M. Harmeling, Committee Member; Charles F. Hofacker, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Marketing
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Rahming_fsu_0071E_15240.pdf
TITLE: Black Women in White Coats: Science Identity Construction in Anglophone Afro-Caribbean Women
AUTHOR: Rahming, Sophia G. (Sophia Glenyse)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Jones, Tamara Bertrand
MEMBER (university representative): Lathan, Rhea Estelle, 1961-
MEMBER (committee member): Perez-Felkner, Lara
MEMBER (committee member): Khurshid, Ayesha
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (291 pages)
ABSTRACT: Forty-three percent of all international college students in the United States enroll in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. In 2014, the Caribbean sent the highest proportion of female students (44%) to study STEM in the United States. Even though minority women in STEM must construct science identities to persist in STEM, Afro-Caribbean women tend not to be featured in research on STEM diversity and participation. Afro-Caribbean women have constructed personal and collective identities crucial to science identity construction outside of the U.S. in unique sociocultural contexts where Black is dominant and British-styled instruction remains intact. As a result, Afro-Caribbean women in STEM, while existing in a unique bifurcation of hypervisibility and invisibility resulting from multiple and intersecting identities, experience for the first time the “triple threat” minoritizing effects of being Black, female, and international/non-immigrant both in predominantly White institutions and the wider U.S. society. This research examines how triple threat experiences might facilitate or constrain science identity construction for Afro-Caribbean women in STEM. Using grounded theory, this dissertation proposes a model of science identity construction that attends to the intersectionality of Afro-Caribbean women’s experiences in STEM.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 2, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Afro-Caribbean Women, Black Women, Citizenship, Minoritization, Nativity, Science Identity
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Tamara Bertrand Jones, Professor Directing Dissertation; Rhea Lathan, University Representative; Lara Perez-Felkner, Committee Member; Ayesha Khurshid, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education, Higher
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: RamosJr_fsu_0071E_14988.pdf
TITLE: Smartwatch Adoption within the Running Community
AUTHOR: Ramos, Nathaniel, Jr.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Mon, Lorri M.
MEMBER (university representative): Dennen, Vanessa P., 1970-
MEMBER (committee member): Burnett, Kathleen M.
MEMBER (committee member): Kazmer, Michelle M.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Communication and Information
CORPORATE NAME: School of Information
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (144 pages)
ABSTRACT: This research investigates the adoption of smartwatches within the running community. By using a mixed methods design consisting of quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, this study asks runners what factors influence their adoption of smartwatches, what information is valued and most utilized, and the impact of these devices on their behavior. This study primarily relies on Diffusion of Innovations theory as a lens through which to view the factors of adoption for runners, but it also utilizes questions from the Technology Acceptance Model to attempt to better understand the role of these devices within the running community. Through the utilization of surveys and interviews, this study identifies relative advantage to be the primary factor in adopting smartwatches and trialability to be an unimportant factor. Further, all interview participants in this study reported that smartwatches made them more aware of their behavior, and 14 of 15 interview participants stated that their behavior and/or training regimens had changed due to data they obtained via smartwatches. The findings of this study suggest that more research is needed to determine whether these changes are temporary or part of a larger, permanent trend. Further, based on this study, there is a need for more research into the impact of smartwatches in other communities to determine whether the effect of smartwatches on behavior is isolated to athletes who are actively training or whether more fitness data and greater awareness of one’s activity spurs greater movement in the population more generally.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the School of Information in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 10, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): human behavior, smartwatch, wearable
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Lorri Mon, Professor Directing Dissertation; Vanessa Dennen, University Representative; Kathleen Burnett, Committee Member; Michelle Kazmer, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Information science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Rawlinson_fsu_0071N_15428.pdf
TITLE: A Matter of Priority: Exploring Attentional Resource Allocation as the Proximal Cause of the Animacy Effect
AUTHOR: Rawlinson, Heather Courtney
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Kelley, Colleen M.
MEMBER (committee member): Boot, Walter Richard
MEMBER (committee member): Ganley, Colleen M.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (48 pages)
ABSTRACT: People recall and recognize animate words better than inanimate words, possibly because memory systems were shaped by evolution to prioritize memory for predators, people, and food sources. However, the proximal cause of this animacy advantage is not yet known. Attentional paradigms show an animacy advantage in change detection tasks and in attentional blink tasks, which suggests that the animacy advantage in memory could stem from a prioritization of animate items when allocating attentional resources during encoding. In a series of three experiments, I replicate the animacy effect in a remember-know paradigm (Experiment 1), and test whether better recognition (Experiment 2) and better recall (Experiment 3) for animate items can be traced to enhanced attention at encoding by comparing the animacy effect under conditions of full versus divided attention at encoding. Results demonstrate that word type does not interact with attention condition, suggesting that attention is not the proximal cause of the animacy effect in memory.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 19, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Animacy, Attention, Memory, Recognition
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Colleen M. Kelley, Professor Directing Thesis; Walter R. Boot, Committee Member; Colleen Marie Ganley, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Cognitive psychology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Reed_fsu_0071E_15375.pdf
TITLE: Demagogue: The Revolutionary Birth of an American Literary Figure
AUTHOR: Reed, Wayne M.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Kilgore, John Mac
MEMBER (university representative): Frank, Andrew, 1970-
MEMBER (committee member): Mariano, Trinyan
MEMBER (committee member): Moore, Dennis D.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (217 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation asks new questions about the figure of the demagogue as cultural production. How did the concept of the demagogue emerge and manifest itself in the public imagination during the American Revolution and what relationship does it have to revolution? Who was using this term and to what end? What cultural materials, both physical and discursive, go into the making of the demagogue as a figure of political literature? What factors make the character not only intelligible and applicable in a modern political era when the people are considered the source of all legitimate authority? I argue that elites during the American Revolution struggled to make sense of the popular movements of the 1760s, and they used the figure of the demagogue as an aesthetic expression, a way of coming to terms with the realities of a popular political revolution. Over the course of the revolution and afterwards in the run-up to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the figure of the demagogue became a rhetorical device that elites used to intervene on public opinion of convince audiences of the dangers posed by democratic political relationships. More importantly, the demagogue registers a fundamental contradiction of modern political reality. In an era of popular sovereignty, when the people are considered the source of authority, those who aspire to power must both lead and be led by the people. The idea that the people have authority over their leaders is in contradiction with the idea that leaders have authority over the people. This is a foundational contradiction of modern political relationships that animates political movements as much as it animates the imagination. That the demagogue re-emerged in the popular imagination is a direct result of this contradiction.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 9, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): constituent, demagogue, democracy, populism, public sphere, republicanism
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): John Mac Kilgore, Professor Directing Dissertation; Andrew Frank, University Representative; Trinyan Mariano, Committee Member; Dennis Moore, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: American literature
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Riling_fsu_0071N_15432.pdf
TITLE: Sing with Me: A Survey to Guide Development of an In-Home Developmental Curriculum for Premature Infants Post-Discharge from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
AUTHOR: Riling, Alison Faye
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Gooding, Lori F. (Lori Fogus)
MEMBER (committee member): Standley, Jayne M.
MEMBER (committee member): Darrow, Alice-Ann
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (46 pages)
ABSTRACT: According to 2017 CDC statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 1 in 10 infants in the United States are born prematurely. Preterm infants may demonstrate a delay in reaching developmental milestones due to extended hospitalization; however, developmental-based programs like music therapy may offset these delays. Limited research exists exploring follow-up services to offset developmental delays for infants admitted into the NICU upon discharge. The purpose of this study was to survey current music therapists to determine the current needs in the NICU, as well as provide research to assist in the development of follow-up music therapy interventions post discharge. Twenty-eight board certified music therapists who have or currently do work in the NICU participated in an online survey. Participants’ responses indicated that all participants completed NICU-MT training, with more than half reporting both having 1-3 years of experience as well as working with a minimum of 7 infants per week. The majority of the participants reported providing parent training in the NICU as well as educational resources prior to discharge. Lastly, the majority of participants responded in agreement regarding the potential benefit for follow-up music therapy services post-discharge.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 26, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): infants, medical, music therapy, neonatal intensive care unit, nicu, premature
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Lori Gooding, Professor Directing Thesis; Jayne M. Standley, Committee Member; Alice-Ann Darrow, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Ringer_fsu_0071N_15446.pdf
TITLE: Suicide-Related Internet Use's Effects on Suicide Risk and Fearlessness about Death
AUTHOR: Ringer, Fallon B.
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Joiner, Thomas, Jr.
MEMBER (committee member): Franklin, Joseph
MEMBER (committee member): Plant, Ashby
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (43 pages)
ABSTRACT: Examining suicide risk in the context of new technological advances is vital to informing suicide prevention efforts. Previous research has shown associations between internet use for harmful suicide-related purposes (e.g., increasing knowledge about lethal means) and higher suicide risk. The current study examined these associations by testing the relationship between harmful suicide-related internet use and higher suicide risk in a longitudinal design among a sample of undergraduates (n = 44, 75% female, 63.6% White/Caucasian/European American, 75% Heterosexual/Straight) and a sample of current and former military personnel (n = 88, 78.4% male, 69.3% White/Caucasian/European American, 55.7% Heterosexual/Straight). The research examined the association between baseline suicidal ideation, baseline suicide intent, number of previous suicide attempts, fearlessness about death, implicit suicide risk, and harmful suicide-related internet use. The study also examined whether harmful-suicide related internet use predicts higher suicidal ideation, higher suicide intent, increased fearlessness about death, and larger implicit associations between the self and suicide/death at a four-week follow-up. Findings did not support the effects of harmful suicide-related internet use on outcomes associated with suicide or fearlessness about death in either sample; however, results were limited by the small sample size and inconsistent responding. Further studies are needed to further clarify the role of harmful suicide-related internet use and suicide risk.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 10, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): fearlessness about death, internet, military, suicidal ideation, suicidal thoughts, suicide
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Thomas E. Joiner, Professor Directing Thesis; Joseph C. Franklin, Committee Member; Elizabeth A. Plant, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Clinical psychology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Robinson_fsu_0071E_15269.pdf
TITLE: Teacher Perceptions of Teaching Choral Music in Urban Schools
AUTHOR: Robinson, Gaylon
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): VanWeelden, Kimberly D.
MEMBER (committee member): Thomas, André J. (André Jerome), 1952-
MEMBER (committee member): Darrow, Alice-Ann
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (80 pages)
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore choral music educators’ perceptions of teaching in urban secondary schools as compared to teaching in rural and suburban public and charter schools to provide greater clarity to help prepare preservice music educators. The participants (N = 61) in this study were music educators teaching choral music in public/charter middle or high schools in the state of Tennessee during the 2018-2019 academic school year. The results indicated that parental engagement was perceived as the greatest issue while administrative support was the least issue. The results also indicated the majority of participants believed urban schools better address classroom management issues and provides more school funding when compared to rural schools. Conversely, participants believe that rural schools provide more administrative support and parental support respectively compared to urban schools. For the results comparing urban schools to suburban schools, participants indicated they believe school funding, school climate, parental engagement, and administrative support are better addressed or provided for by suburban schools.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 24, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Choral, Perceptions, Rural, Suburban, Urban
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Kimberly VanWeelden, Professor Directing Dissertation; Marcia Porter, University Representative; André J. Thomas, Committee Member; Alice-Ann Darrow, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Music--Instruction and study
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Rupp_fsu_0071N_15270.pdf
TITLE: Polk County Deathparade
AUTHOR: Rupp, Elisabeth Anne
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Hamby, Barbara, 1952-
MEMBER (committee member): Kirby, David, 1944-
MEMBER (committee member): Edwards, Leigh H., 1970-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (63 pages)
ABSTRACT: There are four main topics that drive conversations in small towns: births, weddings, deaths, and rumors. In my hometown, in the dead-center of Florida, most rumors revolve around strange deaths and murders. This fascination with the grotesque serves as the focal point of my manuscript. However, I also want to explore different characters who are either members of the “Rumor Mill” or subjects of their whispered meetings, as well as describe significant landmarks, which will increase the realism of the manuscript, despite the absurdity. Throughout my project, I examine what makes “my own little postage stamp” of the world, to borrow Faulkner’s phrase, unique through descriptive poems of the area, persona poems for the characters, and poems focusing on the most intriguing deaths and murders. My manuscript, tentatively titled Polk County Death Parade, explores the misunderstood aspects of small towns in central Florida. The town that serves as the focal point for my manuscript appears to be a perfectly normal town with picturesque houses, churches every quarter mile, and people unafraid to walk at any time of day. However, my manuscript challenges this idyllic surface. I explain the reality of my town by dissecting the landmarks, characters, and strange deaths that serve as fodder for the rumors and local legends. I want to create a tone that falls between The Twilight Zone and Mayberry, with nods to David Lynch and Flannery O’Connor. To achieve this tone, I will incorporate lessons from both poets and fiction writers to help me create the narratives and descriptions that accompany voice driven murder stories. I admire Billy Collins’ approach to dark topics with a light tone, Flannery O’Connor’s hyper-realistic characters, and Andrew Huggins’ connection to regionality. I also want to incorporate Dorothy Allison’s belief in treating all of her characters with respect, never writing as if they are lesser people even if their actions are reprehensible. Similarly, I want to follow Larry Brown’s lead in creating places, characters, and voices that sound, if not familiar, then at least honest, for readers in and out of the South. Although not all of my poems will be focused on characterization or will be persona poems, my goal for this manuscript is to be a Southern counterpart to Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology. The town and people are based on my own experiences or rumors I grew up hearing, but fictionalized just enough to enhance the natural strangeness. This exploration into small town life will illustrate the universality of searching for humor in dark situations, explore a natural fascination with the grotesque, and a guilty pleasure found through the creation of local legends and rumors. While the characters, places, and actions are unique to the manuscript, the themes, emotions, and situations stretch well beyond the city limit signs. Readers do not have to be intimately familiar with Southern small towns to connect with the characters, create an image the town for themselves, and become invested in the murders. I illustrate snap shots of humanity and explore experiences that, while specific to my town still connect with people who have never lived in a small town. Deaths, murders, and questionable characters serve as common ground between my manuscript and a wide readership. Rather than limiting the reach of my project, the intimate connection to region helps to illustrate commonalities of the human experience of dissecting the strange and unusual experiences of their own hometowns. There are three major types of poems which make up my project, which will be a singular piece without sections or chapters. The majority of the manuscript is dedicated to exploring the deaths and murders through a darkly humorous tone to illustrate the natural strangeness of the town and to explore the theme of death through a non-sentimental lens. Interspersed throughout the death poems will be persona poems; some from the point-of-view of town-characters to give context regarding who lives in this area, some from the point-of-view of the deceased, and some from the point-of-view of the murderers. These voice-driven poems will not only contextualize the people who make up the town, but will work to explore dark situations from unusual perspectives. Additionally, I will include poems dedicated to the important landmarks throughout the town, such as the most popular bar, the park with an alligator filled lake, and what is generously referred to as the local country club. These poems ingratiate the reader to the town, explaining not only the geography, but to make the reader feel as if they are a part of the town as well. My manuscript opens with “They’re Good People, Babe,” a voice-driven poem outlining the types of people and situations readers will encounter throughout the project, followed by a poem detailing some of the places and people readers will encounter again as the project progresses. These opening poems will help to ground the reader in the reality of the project, giving them context before they fall into the realm of rumor and hearsay. My manuscript will continue the Southern gothic tradition of telling the stories of people who otherwise would go unnoticed. In the same way Brown, Allison, and O’Connor write about the people who exist on the periphery of society, I want to tell the stories that otherwise would never be told. I hope to obscure the line between realism and surrealism, truth and the absurd, the courtroom transcripts and the surrounding rumors. Picasso says “Art is the lie that tells the truth.” Therefore, although aspects of these poems will be based on true events, I will create an alternate universe for them, blurring the barriers between fact and fiction. The importance of this project lies with the characters whose stories deserve to be told, but with changes to protect the survivors.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 8, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Barbara Hamby, Professor Directing Thesis; David Kirby, Committee Member; Leigh Edwards, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Sabin_fsu_0071N_15382.pdf
TITLE: Modeling Coastal Adaptation: Human-Environment Interactions in the Big Bend Region, Florida, through the Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary
AUTHOR: Sabin, John Edward, III
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Halligan, Jessi J.
MEMBER (committee member): Mehta, Jayur M. (Madhusudan)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Anthropology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (164 pages)
ABSTRACT: Still working on this...
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 23, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): agent-based modeling, computer modeling, Florida, GIS, Paleoindian archaeology, Underwater archaeology
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Jessi J. Halligan, Professor Directing Thesis; Thomas P. Leppard, Committee Member; Jayur M. Mehta, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Archaeology
SUBJECT: Paleoecology
SUBJECT: Computer science
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Sampson_fsu_0071E_15380.pdf
TITLE: Career Pathways to School Leadership: A Case of Florida State University Educational Leadership Program Completers
AUTHOR: Sampson, Erin M.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Akiba, Motoko
MEMBER (university representative): Ke, Fengfeng
MEMBER (committee member): Preston, Courtney
MEMBER (committee member): Rutledge, Stacey A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (104 pages)
ABSTRACT: Despite the critical role of school leaders in supporting teachers and improving student learning and the importance of ensuring qualified candidates to enter school leadership positions, perceptions and experiences of related to the career pathways of leadership preparation program completers into leadership are not yet fully understood. This mixed-methods study conducted a survey of 36 graduates and interviews of 9 graduates who graduated from the Florida State University’s Educational Leadership and Administration (EDA) master’s, specialist, and modified certificate programs between fall 2012 and summer 2018 to examine their career decision and experience with seeking and securing an assistant principal (AP) position. The study identified three career pathways—pathway 1: the graduates who have never applied for an AP position (17 or 47%), pathway 2: the graduates who have applied and secured an AP position (11 or 31%), and pathway 3: the graduates who have applied but not secured an AP position (8 or 22%). The main reasons for not applying for an AP position included: 1) Less time at home with family members (2.0); 2) Difficulty maintaining work-life balance (2.0); and 3) Less personal time (1.8). . Interview data revealed the differences between the graduates in pathways 2 and 3 were the availability and the use of positive relationship with school leaders and district leaders to build their reputation. While both groups were aware of the district eligibility requirements to apply for an AP position, group 2’s ability to capitalize on those established relationships to gain feedback and clear guidance on how to secure an AP position was a difference between the two groups. Another difference identified was group 2’s perception of their district’s hiring process, which included multiple rejections similar to group 3, was one of understanding while group 3’s perception was one of discouragement and skepticism of the process. An important implication of this study is for program completers to understand impactful factors that could potentially affect their career decisions upon completion of their EDA program, the research to support the job searching experiences to secure an AP position, and the necessary support to gain a comprehensive understanding of best practices to support their efforts to secure an AP position. An additional implication of this study is for program faculty to have an understanding of extenuating factors that could affect the career decisions of their students and to integrate evidence based methods of support to ensure students are leaving the program with realistic expectations to successfully secure an AP position, how to capitalize on available resources to fully understand the path to apply and secure an AP position, and knowledge of what they may encounter in the application and interview process to build resiliency and perseverance in the midst of possible rejections. KEY TERMS: Career Pathways, Assistant Principal (AP), Principal, Educational Leader, Leadership Preparation, Florida State University (FSU), Educational Leadership and Administration (EDA) Program, Florida Department of Education (FDOE)
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 15, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Motoko Akiba, Professor Directing Dissertation; Fengfeng Ke, University Representative; Courtney E. Preston, Committee Member; Stacey Rutledge, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational leadership
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Sanchez_fsu_0071N_15452.pdf
TITLE: Enhancing the Observability of Distribution Systems State Estimation
AUTHOR: Sanchez Cifuentes, Andres F. (Andres Felipe)
MEMBER (committee member): Anubi, Olugbenga Moses
MEMBER (committee member): Li, Hui, 1970-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Electrical Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (60 pages)