The Graduate School
Other Dissertations Nominated for Outstanding
Dissertation
1984
| Nominee | Department | Supervising Professor(s) | Title of Dissertation | Degree Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles William Almquist | Civil Engineering | Edward R. Holley | Transverse Mixing in Meanderng Laboratory Channels with Rectangular and Naturally Varying Cross Sections | May, 1984 |
| Kofi Anyidoho | Comparative Literature | Richard Bauman | Oral Poetics and Traditions of Verbal Art in Africa | August, 1983 |
| Patrick William Bigelow | Philosophy | Louis H. Mackey | The Topological Poetics of Presence | December, 1983 |
| Judith Karen Brown | Social Work | David M. Austin | Stepmothering in Stepmother and Combination Families: The Strains and Satisfactions of Making the Role of Stepmother | May, 1984 |
| Anne Marie de Zeeuw | Music | Douglass M. Green | Tonality and the Concertos of William Walton | December, 1983 |
| Ana Maria dos Santos | History | Richard Graham | Agricultural Reform and the Idea of 'Decadence' in the State of Rio de Janeiro, 1870-1910 | May, 1984 |
| Daniel Paul Franklin | Government | Bruce Buchanan, II | Departure or Debacle: Congressional Resurgence in the Aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate | May, 1984 |
| Jonathan Gershenzon | Botany | Tom J. Mabry | The Terpenoid Chemistry of Helianthus, Series Corona-Solis and Its Ecological and Systematic Applications (Sunflowers, Chemotaxonomy, Trichomes) | May, 1984 |
| Nancy Rebecca Harrison | English | Gayatri Spivak | An Introduction to the Writing Practice of Jean Rhys: The Novel as Women's Text | August, 1983 |
| Nuril Huda | Foreign Language Education | Elaine K. Horwitz and John G. Bordie | Orders of Acquisition of Monitored and Unmonitored English Morphemes by Indonesian-speaking Students | May, 1984 |
| Ruth Ann Huffhines | Educational Administration | Carl R. Ashbaugh | A Taxonomic Model for the Study of the Effective Principal | December, 1983 |
| Theodore Alan Jacobson | Physics | Cecile M. DeWitt | Spinor Chain Path Integral for the Dirac Electron (Pregeometry, Fermion) | December, 1983 |
| Stuart Duane Kellogg | Mechanical Engineering | J. Wesley Barnes | Algebraic Function of H-functions with Specific Dependency Structures | May, 1984 |
| Kenichi Kuga | Mathematics | Andrew J. Casson | On Immersed 2-spheres in Some 4-manifolds | May, 1984 |
| Ellen Louise Last | Curriculum and Instruction | Edmund J. Farrell | Textbook Selection or Censorship: An Analysis of the Complaints Filed in Relation to Three Major Literature Series Proposed for Adoption in Texas in 1978 | May, 1984 |
| James Louis Borlase Mallet | Zoology | Lawrence E. Gilbert | Population Structure and Evolution in Heliconius Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Mimicry) | May, 1984 |
| Louise Falls Montgomery | Journalism | Wayne A. Danielson | Stress on Government and Mexican Newspapers' Commentary on Government Officials, 1951-1980 | August, 1983 |
| John Phillip Morton | Geological Sciences | Leon E. Long | Rb-Sr Dating of Clay Diagenesis | August, 1983 |
| David Albert Mullin | Microbiology | James R. Walker | Molecular Genetic Studies of the dnaZX and dnaY Replication Genes of Escherichia coli |
December, 1983 |
| John Bradley Roucis | Chemical Engineering | John G. Ekerdt | The Influence of Intraparticle Mass Transfer on the Activity of a Gel-form Polymer-bound Transition Metal Catalyst (Polystrene Divinylbenzene) | August, 1983 |
| Mary Alice Turley | Nursing | Kay Avant | A Meta-analysis of Informing Mothers Concerning the Sensory and Perceptual Capabilities of Their Infants: The Effects on Maternal-infant Interaction | December, 1983 |
| Catherine Sherman Woodruff | Finance | Andrew J. Senchak, Jr. | The Intraday Speed of Adjustment of Stock Prices to Unexpected Quarterly Earnings (Efficiency, Information, Market) | May, 1984 |
| Ronald Alan Yeo | Psychology | Erin D. Bigler and David B. Cohen | The Influence of Sex and Age on Unilateral Cerebral Lesion Sequelae (Neuropsychology, CT Scan) | December, 1983 |