Graduate Studies, UNL

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

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2025

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Data-driven Methods for Signal Analysis and Nonlinear System Identification, Cristian Felipe López Ruano

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A Quantitative Examination of the Sexual Health of Aging Black Men in Rural South Africa, Esihle Lupindo

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Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TSVIs) Assistive Technology (AT) Competencies: An Update Study, Benjamin Kendall Lytle

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Empowering Multilingual Learners Through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Arts-based Learning in Burkina Faso, Inoussa Malgoubri

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Functional Genomics of Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Amanda Marie Maliva

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Defending the Homeland: An Archaeoethnodemographic (AED) Analysis of Population Dynamics and Settlement Patterns in the Navajo Dinétah, AD 1720–1745, Kurt Mantonya

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A Survey of and Performance Guide to Representative Flute Music by Two Twentieth-Century Serbian Composers: Ljubica Marić and Enriko Josif, Sanda Mašić

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Contraceptive Hormone Influences on the Role of Primary Reinforcement and Reinforcer-enhancement in Nicotine Self-administration, Kathleen Robin McNealy

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Youth Sport Participation and Cognitive Development: The Need for Improved Measurement, Amelia Anne Miramonti

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Belly Dance in Nebraska: Identity, Social Acceptance, and Perseverance, Alex R. Mohr

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The Long Arc of Love: A Humanizing Meditation on Enduring Former Student–Teacher Relationships, Cara Morgenson

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Analysis of Graph-based Decoders for Quantum Low Density Parity Check Codes, Kirsten Morris

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Securing Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Owana Marzia Moushi

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A Case Study on Readiness of Engineers in Agricultural Technology Start-ups, Katie M. Mowat

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Mass Effects on Energy Transfer Paths in Nonlinear Vibrating Systems, Manal Mustafa

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Racial Powers, Talhah Mustafa

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A Temporal Extension of Tasselnet with Uncertainty Quantification Using Bayesian Latent Autoregressive Model, Gayara Demini Fernando Muthunama Gonnage

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The Advancement of Automation in Beef Packaging Pack-off Systems, Matthew Newman

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Global, Continental, and Local Scale Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Methods for Interpreting the History of Miocene North America and the Great Plains, Willow Hue Nguy

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Constructing an Attractive Targeted Sugar Bait for Reducing Mosquito Populations, Xi Xian Ng

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Educating the New Generation of Food Scientists through Innovative Learning Experiences, Karen Andrea Nieto Flores

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Egg White Hydrolysate in Hypertension: A Mechanistic Investigation of Gut Microbiota Dependent and Independent Pathways, Emerson David Nolasco

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Large-scale Experimental Study on the Impact of Air Cleaning & Ventilation on Indoor Air Quality and Student Illness-related Absenteeism, Daud Nosham

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From Vision to Practice: Implementing an Instructional Model through Teacher Experience and Leadership Support, Stefanie Novotny

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Influence of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on Decomposition and the Determination of Time Since Death: Applications of Forensic Entomology and Taphonomy, John Oladapo Obafunwa

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Authentication and Message Integrity Verification for Emerging Wireless Networks, Ebuka Philip Oguchi

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Don't Settle for Less: Incorporating Postcolonial and Settler Colonial Perspectives into the Sociological Canon, Eli Xavier Ornelas

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Two Essays on Agricultural Trade Policy and Total Factor Productivity, Hanifi Otgun

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Robot-Integrated 4D Building Information Modeling (4D BIM): Framework for Planning Safe Autonomous Construction Operations in Dynamic Environments, Hafiz Oyedimeji Oyediran

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Real-time, Co-regulated Design for Cyber-physical, Multi-rotor UAS Swarms, Grant Simon Phillips

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Towards Advancing Streamflow and Peak Flow Prediction with Machine Learning: Identifying Infrastructure at Risk, Sudan Pokharel

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An American Song Cycle: A Performance Guide to The Rim of Love by Andrea Clearfield, Margot Marie Porter

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Analyzing Reciprocating Piston Expander Performance in Small-scale CAES Considering Expansion Mismatch and Residual Mass Losses, Mehrdad Poursadegh

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Making Deep Neural Networks Trustworthy: Intelligibility and Safety through Symbolic Methods, Eleanor Catherine Quint

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Walleye and Sauger Movement and Entrainment in Lewis and Clark Lake, William Joseph Radigan

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Modifying Italian Consonants in the Voice Studio: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Elisa Ramon

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Familismo and Family Achievement Guilt in Latine College Students: Relationships with Psychopathology and Wellbeing, Abril Rangel-Pacheco

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“Self-Compassion Has to Be the Heartbeat of How I Move Through Life”: A Mixed Methods Study of Family Caregiver Emotional Well-being, Sarah O. Rasby

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The Significance of Snow in Hydrometeorological Extremes, Sinan Rasiya Koya

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The Influence Rural Leaders Have on Local Population Change: A Two-part Study, Nichole T. Reiner

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The Origin of Community as Experienced by Intercollegiate Athletes at Benedictine Institutions of Higher Education: A Hermeneutical, Phenomenological Hybrid Study, Barbara Rezac

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Use of High-throughput Phenomics with and Without Fungicide as a Wheat Breeding Tool, Gerardo Ivan Rivera Collazo

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Characterization of Mitochondrial DNA Repair Components and Repair Choices at Targeted Double-strand Breaks in Arabidopsis thaliana, Moira Rodriguez

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Residential HVAC Installation Faults: Field Prevalence, Drivers, and Energy Impacts, Seyed Ali Rooholghodos

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Interpolation in Weighted Projective Spaces, Shahriyar Roshan Zamir

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Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone II and Its Receptor: Novel Regulators of Semen Quality and Follicular Function in Swine, Caitlin Elizabeth Ross

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Exploring Transformative Learning Experiences in Engineering Doctoral and Post-doctoral Education: Developing Non-technical Competencies for Early-career Academic Roles, Ibukunoluwa Eunice Salami

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Mujeres en movimiento: La posmigración en obras contemporáneas de hijas de inmigrantes en España y Estados Unidos, Olatz Sanchez-Txabarri

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Examining Trauma and Substance Use Co-morbidity in African Americans, Breanne Maray Sande Russell

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Melanated Reflections Through Testimonios: Centering the Experiences of African American Women Teachers Turned Leaders and Their Implications on Recruitment, Selection, Hiring, and Retention of Women of Color in Leadership Positions, Tanya Rochelle Santos

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Hormonal Modulation of Sexual Approach and Avoidance Among Women with a History of Sexual Trauma, Anneliis Susan Sartin-Tarm

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Wondrous Uncertainty: Transforming Student Educational Experiences Using Restorative Practices, Zachary C. Schafer

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Carrying Light in the Shadows: Four Portraits of Critical Literacy Teacher Agency in Unlikely Contexts, Cassandra Schroeder

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Reductive and Nucleophilic Cleavage of Peroxides and Synthesis of Tocotrienols as Radioprotective Targets, Amber Marie Schuster

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Bioenergy Crop Production: Implications for Grassland Bird Communities in Southwestern Nebraska, Grace E. Schuster

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Experimental Evaluation of Corrosion of Strands and Wires to Estimate Corrosion Rate in Grout and Concrete, Dipendra Shrestha

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Chronic Pain after Traumatic Brain Injury: Treatment Experiences and Effects on Cognition and Functioning, Rachael L. Snyder

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Flooding: Risk Assessment and Its Interaction with Population & Environmental Health, Shivendra Srivastava

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Creed and Variations: Tracing the Divergence of Christian Traditions in Select Piano Works of Arvo Pärt, Olivier Messiaen, and J. S. Bach, Rebekah E. Stiles

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Landscape Effects on the Beneficial Arthropod Community in Agriculturally Dominated Environments, Hannah E. Stowe

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Giving Voice to Student Grief: Using Community-based Participatory Research to Develop and Pilot a Translational Storytelling Intervention for Bereaved College Students, Cassidy Rae Taladay-Carter

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Support, School Climate and Teacher Wellbeing in the Wake of COVID-19: A National Study Using NTSP Data, Annastashia M. Teepe

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Communication and Privacy Management Between Female Veterans, Their Military Voluntary Kin, and Biolegal Family Members, Carol Lee Tschampl-Diesing

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Effect of Planting Date, Insecticide Efficacy, and Hail Injury on Soybean Gall Midge (Resseliella maxima Gagné) Infestation in Soybean, Natasha Hiromi Umezu

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The Effect of Need for Closure, Gender Essentialism, and Contact on Transphobia, Jacob E. Vargas

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Planting the Seed: Rumors and CEO Dismissal, Diego Villalpando

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Assessing Crop Rotation Productivity, Soil Health, and Fertility, and Economic Performance, to Enhance Semi-arid High Plains Cropping Systems Sustainability, Ezequiel Maria Villamil

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Transgender and Gender Diverse Young Adults’ Navigation of Sexuality: What Mental Health Providers Need to Know, Sage A. Volk

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A Miniature Robotic Surgery Technology Demonstration during Orbital Spaceflight, Rachael A. Wagner

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How a Garden Hoe Changed my Literacy Life: A Story of Teaching, Coaching, and Becoming, Kelsey J. Walker

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The Integration of Western Compositional Techniques and Traditional Chinese Folk Music in the Piano Works of Jianzhong Wang, Yingqi Wang

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Adolescent Online Leisure, Media Literacy, Online Victimization, and Multifaceted Well-Being during COVID-19: The Role of Parental Support, Yunqi Wang

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Addressing Agricultural Mulch Challenges in Specialty Crop Production, Caleb David Wehrbein

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Using Permutation Groups to Identify Family of Capacity Achieving Codes, Daniel Joseph Welchons

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Rhetorics of Encounter: Toward a Biocentric Theory of Discourse, Matthew D. Whitaker

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Mass of Perpetual Indulgence, Michael Joseph Willette

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Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Ferroic Oxide Thin Films and Free-standing Membranes, Qiuchen Wu

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Geometric Modeling, Reconstruction and Evaluation of Maize Leaf Morphology in 3D, Zhaocheng Xiang

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Intergenerational Family Dynamics among Caregivers and Children’s Social-Emotional Development in China, Weiman Xu

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Development of Databases for Glycan Utilization and Anti-prokaryotic Defense in Microbiomes, Yuchen Yan

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A Phenomenological Study of Rural Immigrants and Their Experiences of Community Leadership, Jian Ju Yeo

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Implications of Type IV Pilus Retraction for DNA Uptake by Acinetobacter baumannii, Yafan Yu

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Integrating Chinese Tradition and Western Techniques in Jiang Zuxin’s Piano Works: A Study of Temple Fair and Mountain Flower Collection, Qi Zhang

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Investigating Molecular Rotation and Vibration with Ultrafast Electron Diffraction, Haoran Zhao

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Exploring and Characterizing Organic Chemistry Students’ Meaningful Engagement in Science Practices, John Zhou

2024

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The Mental Health Experience of Transgender and Gender Diverse Colombians: Que la Diversidad no Cueste la Vida, María Natalia Acosta Canchila

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Microbiome Variation in Production Phenotypes and the Role of Colonization History in Microbiome Establishment, Seidu Adams

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Project: Gogi, Joshua Allen Joseph Aguiar

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Essays on Education and Labor Market Outcomes, Ishita Ahmed

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The Relationship Between General and Content-Specific Classroom Practices and K-6 Student Math Achievement: A Multi-Method Analysis, Karen Alexander Glueckdert

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Enhancing Civil infrastructure Performance through LIDAR-based Dynamic Monitoring and Phased-Construction Bridges, Khalid Hossam Alkady

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Assessment of Foam Decontamination in Tomato Washing Process, Basim M. Alohali

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Second Order Effects in Concrete Insulated Wall Panels, Salam A. Al-Rubaye

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Asteroidal Sets and Dominating Targets in Graphs, Oleksiy Al-saadi

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Examining the Role of Immersive Technologies in Preparing Preservice Elementary Teachers: Augmented Reality, Integrated STEM, Teaching Self-efficacy, and Technology Self-efficacy, Deef Allah Al Shorman

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Perceptions of College Campus Climate among Queer Female Sexual Assault Survivors, Elyxcus J. Anaya

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The Sexual Trauma of the Female Body: Violence against Women in Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Cultures, Lara Armenteros Garrido

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Effects of Cultivars and Fungicides on Foliar Fungal Diseases and Fusarium Head Blight in Winter Wheat, Mahnoor Asif

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A Data-Driven Discovery System for Studying Extracellular Microrna Sorting and RNA-Protein Interactions, Sasan Azizian

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First-Principles Studies of Spin Transport and Spin-Orbit Torques, Giovanni Gabriel Báez Flores