Tushar Jain, Jodhpur, India
Dina Stevan Mijacevic, Belgrade, Serbia
Biological and Agricultural Engineering. Dissertation: “Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Cell Encapsulation.” Major Professor: Jon H. Van Gerpen
Education. Dissertation: “Where Mind Meets Body “It’s Not Just a Workout”: A Phenomenological Analysis of Sport Experience, Human Movement, Play, Exercise, and Body/Self Wholism through Storytelling.” Major Professor: Sharon K. Stoll
**Melanie Hinzpeter Johnson, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Denine Verlee Moyer Miller, Gooding
Environmental Science. Dissertation: “Spatial Approaches to Understanding Current and Future Landscape Development Patterns and Environmental Impacts in a Northern Minnesota Lake District.” Major Professor: Lee A. Vierling
Education. Dissertation: “A Case Study of Career Emergency Medical Technicians: Factors that Influenced their Decision to Stay.” Major Professor: Penny Lee Tenuto
**Manasi Krishnalal Kanuga, West Bengal, India
*Debbie Renee Muthersbaugh, College Place, Washington
Biology. Dissertation: “Sperm Subpopulations in Steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss.” Major Professor: Joseph G. Cloud
Education. Dissertation: “Choosing and Using Images in Environmental Science Education.” Major Professor: Anne L. Kern
Janel Marie Kerr, Caldwell
**Ishwar Babu Niraula, Solukhumbu District, Nepal
Education. Dissertation: “Examining Teacher Mental Models for the Implementation of a STEM-Focused Curriculum Paradigm in Engineering and Technology Education.” Major Professor: James A. Gregson
Physics. Dissertation: “Investigation of Van Der Waals Interactions of CO and H2O at the Surfaces of Pristine Gallium Nitride Nanowires and Gold Decorated Gallium Nitride Nanowires.” Major Professor: David N. McIlroy
**Sandya Rani Kesoju, Hyderabad, India
Julia Nkatha Nkanata, Meru, Kenya
Plant Science. Dissertation: “Modeling Wind Dispersal of Rush Skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea L.) in the Canyon Grasslands of Central Idaho.” Major Professor: Bahman Shafii
Education. Dissertation: “Social Justice Leadership in Rural Northwest: A Human Rights Task Force Response to Neo-Nazis.” Major Professor: Laura B. Holyoke
Jennifer Lynne Knight, Copley, Ohio
**David Edward O’Neill, Eagle
Education. Dissertation: “Examining the Mediating Role of Motivational Climate on the Relationship Between Coaches’ Leadership Variables and Athletes’ Psychosocial Outcomes.” Major Professor: Damon Burton
Education. Dissertation: “How Organizational Culture as Perceived by Senior Administrators Influences the Adoption of Information Technology Systems in Two 4-Year Public Universities.” Major Professor: Michael J. Johnson
Kevin Arnold Krause, Moscow
Olumuyiwa Ayodeji Omotowa, Abuja, Nigeria
Computer Science. Dissertation: “An ACL2 Approach to Verify C Integer Type Safety: A Formalism of C’s Static Typing Semantics and a Prototype Integer Type Safety Verification Tool.” Major Professor: James Alves-Foss
Nuclear Engineering. Dissertation: “Integral Scaling Methodology for Integral and Separate Effect Tests.” Major Professor: Akira T. Tokuhiro
Todd Mitchell Ott, Troy
**Jowita Anna Laniak, Piaski, Poland
Natural Resources. Dissertation: “The Geographic and Ecological Patterns of Genetic Variation of the Abies grandis-Abies concolor Complex.” Major Professor: Cort L. Anderson
Environmental Science. Dissertation: “Exploring Softwoods Fiber Formation Process in Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) In-Vitro Model System Using Proteomics Approach.” Major Professor: Armando G. McDonald
Sharon Elke Parkinson, Boise
*Nancy Jean Larsen, Coeur d’Alene
Civil Engineering. Dissertation: “Identifying Indicators and Guides for Sustainability of Pool-Riffle Sequences in Gravel Bed Rivers.” Major Professor: Peter Goodwin
Education. Dissertation: “Characteristics of Principals Whom Teachers Perceive to Have Influenced Their Efficacy in Classroom Practices.” Major Professor: Kathryn Marie Canfield-Davis
Donald Alex Patthoff, Martinsburg, West Virginia
**Yu-Jung Liao, Changhua County, Taiwan
Geology. Dissertation: “Tectonic History of the South Polar Terrain of Saturn’s Moon, Enceladus and Evidence for a Global Ocean.” Major Professor: Simon Allen Kattenhorn
Chemistry. Dissertation: “Actinide and Lanthanide Species in Ionic Liquid and in Supercritical CO2: Dissolution, Coordination, and Separation.” Major Professor: Chien M. Wai
*Michelle Denise Pettit, Scottsdale, Arizona
*Ondrej Linda, Prague, Czech Republic
Education. Dissertation: “Exemplary Educational Programs in Norwegian Prisons: A Case Study of Norwegian Educators’ Attitudes and Humanitarian Practices.” Major Professor: Martha Yopp
Computer Science. Dissertation: “Improved Uncertainty Modeling and Handling Using Type-2 Fuzzy Logic.” Major Professor: Milos Slobodan Manic
Carol Keogh Lindsay, Coeur d’Alene
**John Matthew Plumb, Husum, Washington
Education. Dissertation: “Teacher Observations and Teacher Decision Making in Early Childhood Emergent Curriculum.” Major Professor: Emily Duvall
Natural Resources. Dissertation: “Evaluation of Models and the Factors Affecting the Migration and Growth of Naturally-Produced Subyearling Fall Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Lower Snake River.” Major Professor: Christine Marie Moffitt
Amy Long, Pembroke Pines, Florida
Natural Resources. Dissertation: “Optimization of Diagnostic Assays and Enhancement of Vaccine Efficacy for Flavobacterium psychrophilum.” Major Professor: Kenneth D. Cain
*Elizabeth Marie Powers, Minnetonka, Minnesota
Natural Resources. Dissertation: “Carbon Cycling and Storage in Mountainous Terrain with Varied Disturbance and Forest Management.” Major Professor: John D. Marshall
Luther Montgomery Maddy, Nampa
Education. Dissertation: “Factors Affecting Self Esteem and Self Efficacy in the Unemployed.” Major Professor: John G. Cannon
Maziar Rostamian, Babol, Iran
Mechanical Engineering. Dissertation: “Computational Prediction of Dust Production in Graphite Moderated Pebble Bed Reactors.” Major Professor: Akira T. Tokuhiro
Babak Malek, Tehran, Iran
Electrical Engineering. Dissertation: “Fast Branch Current Control of Mesh Connected DC Grids Using Supplemental Converter Terminal Controls.” Major Professor: Brian K. Johnson
Pavitra Roychoudhury, Bangalore, India
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Dissertation: “Spatial Structure and Adaptive Evolution in Bacteriophages.” Major Professor: S. M. Krone
Ehab Amjad Marji, Irbid, Jordan
Physics. Dissertation: “Finite-cutoff Renormalization of the Chiral NucleonNucleon Interaction.” Major Professor: Ruprecht Machleidt
**Randal Lee Russell, Spokane, Washington
Education. Dissertation: “Successful Transition Planning for Incoming School Superintendents: A Qualitative Study of Best Practices and Strategies.” Major Professor: Donald K. Wattam
*Tyler James Masters, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Education. Dissertation: “A Mental Toughness Development Intervention in Collegiate Ice Hockey: Examining a Working Model.” Major Professor: Damon Burton
*Joanna Rzepka, Sanok, Poland
Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Dissertation: “Functions of Neutrophils during Respiratory Coronavirus Infection of Rats.” Major Professor: Tanya A. Miura
Brittani Dawn McNamee, El Paso, Texas
Geology. Dissertation: “Characterization of Minerals: From the Classroom to Soils to Talc Deposits.” Major Professor: Mickey E. Gunter
**Matthew Spencer Sanchez, Provo, Utah
*Arjan Johan Herman Meddens, Haelen, Netherlands
Geology. Dissertation: “Characterization of Soil Amphiboles: Comparing and Contrasting the Mineralogical and Regulatory Definitions of Asbestos.” Major Professor: Mickey E. Gunter
Environmental Science. Dissertation: “Mapping and Detecting Bark Beetle-caused Tree Mortality in the Western United States.” Major Professor: Jeff Hicke
Mark Emil Sanders, Nacogdoches, Texas
Judith Jill Mellon, Twin Falls
Education. Dissertation: “Transforming the Dysfunctional Academic Department: Dialoguing the Disabling Past, Collaborating Positively for the Future.” Major Professor: Donald K. Wattam
Education. Dissertation: “Becoming an Expert Strategic Thinker: The Learning Journey of Christian Ministers.” Major Professor: Michael S. Kroth
**Ali Mesgarani, Mashhad, Iran
Michael John Santora, Spokane, Washington
Electrical Engineering. Dissertation: “High Speed, Energy Efficient Data Converters for Ultra Wideband Communication Systems.” Major Professor: Suat Utku Ay
Electrical Engineering. Dissertation: “Tuning the Resonant Frequency of a Composite Piezoelectric Transducer with a Variable Impedance Load.” Major Professor: David P. Egolf
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