The Graduate School
Other Dissertations Nominated for Outstanding Dissertation
2006
| Nominee | Department | Supervising Professor(s) | Title of Dissertation | Degree Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAnna Lynn Adkins | Neuroscience | Theresa A. Jones | Cortical Electrical Stimulation Combined with Motor Rehabilitation Following Unilateral Cortical Lesions: Effects on Behavioral Performance and Brain Plasticity | December, 2005 |
| Arindam Banerjee | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Joydeep Ghosh | Scalable Clustering Algorithms | August, 2005 |
| Guzin Bayraksan | Operations Research and Industrial Engineering | David Morton | Monte Carlo Sampling-Based Methods in Stochastic Programming | August, 2005 |
| Shellie Marie Callahan | Pharmacy | Maria A. Croyle | Recombinant Adenoviral-Mediated Alterations of Cytochrome P450 3A2 and 2C11 | August, 2005 |
| Anindya Chaudhuri | LBJ School of Public Affairs | Kenneth Flamm | Internet Access in the U. S. | December, 2005 |
| Cary Cordova | American Studies | Steven D. Hoelscher and Shelley Fisher Fishkin | The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Identity in San Francisco | December, 2005 |
| Sarah R. Crissey | Sociology | R. Kelly Raley | Gender Differences in the Academic Consequences of Adolescent Heterosexual Relationships | May, 2006 |
| Catherine Rachel Darst | Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior | David Cannatella and Molly Cummings | Evolutionary and Ecological Dynamics of Aposematism and Mimicry in Poison Frogs | May, 2006 |
| Caroline Jane Frick | Radio-Television-Film |
Thomas Schatz and Janet Davis | Restoration Nation: Motion Picture Archives and "American" Film Heritage | August, 2005 |
| Christopher Thomas Gaffney | Geography | Paul C. Adams | Dynamic Sites and Cultural Symbols: The Stadiums of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires | May, 2006 |
| Alfredo Ghezzi | Cell and Molecular Biology | Nigel Atkinson | Activity-dependent Regulation of Ion Channel Gene Expression: A Homeostatic Hypothesis for Drug Tolerance | May, 2006 |
| Meike Hauschildt | Materials Science and Engineering | Paul S. Ho | Statistical Analysis of Electromigration Lifetimes and Void Evolution in Cu Interconnects | May, 2005 |
| Kristen Amber Hogan | English | Ann Cvetkovich and Joanna Brooks | Reading at Feminist Bookstores: Women's Literature, Women's Studies, and the Feminist Bookstore Network | May, 2006 |
| Rockwell Frank Jones | Educational Administration | James P. Duncan | A Study of Executive Leadership in Church-related Higher Education | May, 2006 |
| Soyon Jung | Social Work | David W. Springer and Dennis L. Poole | Understanding Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Internal School Suspension and Identifying Compensatory and Protective Factors | May, 2006 |
| Nathaniel Joseph Kemp | Biomedical Engineering | H. G. Rylander and T. E. Milner | Enhanced Polarization - Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography (EPS - OCT) for Characterization of Tissue Anisotropy | December, 2005 |
| Matilde Noemí Lalín | Mathematics | Fernando Rodriguez-Villegas | Some Relations of Mahler Measure with Hyperbolic Volumes and Special Values of L-functions | August, 2005 |
| Donald Allen Lange | Management | Alison Davis-Blake | A Study of Controversial Organizational Action: Organizational Action and Audience Reaction in the Contexxt of Financial Restatement | May, 2006 |
| Jeong-Eun Lee | Astronomy | Neal Evans | Chemical and Dynamical Conditions in Low-mass Star-forming Cores |
August, 2005 |
| Ji-Hoon Lee | Microbiology | Tanya T. Paull | Characterization of the Mechanisms of ATM Activation by the MRN Complex and DNA | December, 2005 |
| Steven Edward Lindquist | Asian Cultures and Languages | Patrick Olivelle | In Search of a Sage: Yajñavalkya and Ancient Indian Literary Memory | December, 2005 |
| Seth Charles McKee | Government | Daron R. Shaw | This Ain't Your Daddy's Dixie: Explaining Partisan Change in Southern U. S. House Elections, 1988-2004 | December, 2005 |
| Seong-Won Na | Civil Engineering | Loukas F. Kallivokas | On a Class of Two-dimensional Inverse Problems: Wavefield-based Shape Detection and Localization and Material Profile Reconstruction | May, 2006 |
| Margaret Courtney Pace | Marine Science | Peter Thomas | Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Oocyte Maturation in Sciaenid Fishes | August, 2005 |
| Jean Carlos Perez | Physics | Wendell Horton | Theory and Simulation of Drift Waves and Sheared Flows in the Helimak and the LArge Plasma Device | May, 2006 |
| Steven Anthony Rains | Communication Studies | Craig Scott | What's in a Name?: Two Studies Examining the Impact of Anonymity on Perceptions of Source Credibility and Influence | August, 2005 |
| Shravanthi Reddy | Chemical Engineering | Roger T. Bonnecaze | Fluid and Solid Mechanics in the Step and Flash Imprint Lithography Process | May, 2006 |
| Clinton Robert Starr | History | Janet M. Davis | Bohemian Resonance: The Beat Generation and Urban Counterculture in the United States during the Late 1950s and Early 1960s | May, 2005 |
| Hsiu-Min Tsai | Nursing | Eun-Ok Im | Physical Activity among Taiwanese Women with Menstrual Symptoms | August, 2005 |
| Ariela Tubert | Philosophy | E. David Sosa, Jr. | Does Rationalism Rest Upon Reason Alone? | August, 2005 |
| Angela Lynn Vaughan | Educational Psychology | Marilla D. Svinicki | An Interaction of Teacher and School Variables: Assessing Influences on Secondary Teacher Motivation, Retention, School Participation, and Professional Development | May, 2005 |
| Zeyun Yu | Computer Sciences | Chandrajit L. Bajaj | Computational Approaches for Structure Analysis of Large Bio-molecular Complexes | May, 2006 |
| Scott Zimmer | Aerospace Engineering | Cesar Ocampo | Reducing Spacecraft State Uncertainty through Indirect Trajectory Optimization | December, 2005 |