The Graduate School
Other Dissertations
Nominated for Outstanding Dissertation
1999
| Nominee | Department | Supervising Professor(s) | Title of Dissertation | Degree Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Kehlet Barton | Biomedical Engineering | Ashley J. Welch | Predicting Dosimetry for Laser Coagulation if in vivo Cutaneous Blood Vessels | August, 1998 |
| Maureen Michelle Berner | Public Affairs | James K. Galbraith | U. S. Federal Budget Structure 1962-1995: Beyond Incrementalism | December, 1998 |
| Naomi Eleta White Carroll | Educational Administration | William Moore, Jr. | Undergraduate Retention Programs for Minorities: A Case Study | August, 1998 |
| Shih-Wei Chou | Kinesiology & Health Education | Lawrence D. Abraham | Stretch Reflexes in the Soleus Muscle of Normal and Spastic Subjects: Interactive Effects of Starting Positions and Stretching Velocities | May, 1998 |
| Allen J. Christenson | Art History | Terence Grieder | Scaling the Mountain of the Ancients: The Altarpiece of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala | August, 1998 |
| Laura Wood Corman | Curriculum & Instruction | Judith Wells Lindfors | "Every Story I Think of It Comes from Something!" An Examination of Voice in Texts Composed by Four Fifth-grade Writers | May, 1998 |
| John Frank Corvino | Philosophy | Aloysius P. Martinich | Hume's Moral Realism (David Hume) | August, 1998 |
| David Anthony Crockett | Government | Bruce Buchanan, II and Jeffrey K. Tulis | A Time to Rule: The President as Opposition Leader | May, 1999 |
| Geoffrey Alan Cunfer | History | Myron P. Gutmann, Alfred W. Crosby, Jr. | Common Ground: The American Grassland, 1870-1970 | May, 1999 |
| Keila Mackie Diehl | Folklore | James B. Brow and Steven Feld | Echoes from Dharamsala: Music in the Lives of Tibetan Refugees in North India | December, 1998 |
| Andrew David Gershoff | Marketing | Susan M. Broniarczyk and Patricia M. West | Consumer Agent Selection: Sensitivity to Task Dependence | May, 1999 |
| Frank Henry Goodyear, III | American Civilization | William H. Goetzmann | Constructing a National Landscape: Photography and Tourism in Nineteenth-century America | May, 1998 |
| Erik Michael Gregersen | Astronomy | Neal J. Evans, II | Collapse and Beyond: An Investigation of the Star Formation Process | August, 1998 |
| Jay Carter Hartzell | Finance | Laura T. Starks | The Impact of the Likelihood of Turnover on Executive Compensation |
May, 1998 |
| Jong-pil Hong | Advertising | John D. Leckenby | Advertising Media Models for Internet Reach/Frequency Estimation | December, 1998 |
| Lynda Marie Knox | Educational Psychology | Deborah J. Tharinger | The Ecology of Resillience in the Inner-city: Redefining Resilience in the Lives of High-risk Inner-city Youth | December, 1998 |
| Jinqi Liu | Microbiology | Jaquelin P. Dudley | Characterization of Negative Regulatory Proteins Involved in Tissue Specific MMTV Expression | December, 1998 |
| Daniel Preston Mears | Sociology | William P. Kelly | Evaluating Juvenile Justice Reform: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Discretion and Determinate Sentencing in Texas | December, 1998 |
| Anne Martin Morey | Radio-Television-Film | Janet K. Staiger | Fashioning Hollywood, Fashioning the Self: Industry Outsiders and Film, 1916-1934 |
August, 1998 |
| Elizabeth Claudine Pinel | Psychology | William B. Swann, Jr. | Stigma-consciousness: The Psychological Legacy of Social Stereotypes | December, 1998 |
| Prashant Jagdish Shenoy | Computer Sciences | Harrick M. Vin | Symphony: An Integrated Multimedia File System | August, 1998 |
| Noel Claire Stahle | Comparative Literature | Katherine M. Arens and Bernth D. Lindfors | Crossing the "Threshold of the Thinkable": The Emergence of White African Consciousness (South Africa) | August, 1998 |
| Maria Fatima Wade | Anthropology | James A. Neely and Thomas R. Hester | The Native Americans of the Texas Edwards Plateau and Related Areas: 1582-1799 | August, 1998 |