Recent Dissertations

Full texts of IS PhD Program students' dissertations are available online through the ProQuest service (accessible through the UNT Libraries Electronic Resources menu). In addition, starting 2005, UNT dissertations, including those of IS PhD Program students, are placed in the UNT ETD repository and available via the online UNT Libraries catalog.

2026

Stuart, Makenzie Hope. Glitter On The Floor: Essays. [Committee: Drs. Daniel I Pena (Chair), Jacqueline M. Foertsch, Corey D. Marks]

Dominguez, Thomas. Identity Collection.[Committee: Drs. Miroslav N. Penkov (Chair), John A. Tait, Daniel I. Pena]

Pierce, Erin. On Siegel Eisenstein series with Level.[Committee: Drs. Ralf Schmidt (Chair), Olav K. Richter, Lea Beneish]

Ramirez, Jaelene. Pieces of Home.[Committee: Drs. Eugene L. Martin (Chair), Brandon M. Gaesser, Francis Perkins]

Taylor, Bryce Deshawn. Violence and Aftermaths.[Committee: Drs. John Alexander Tait(Chair), Daniel I. Pena, Miroslav N. Penkov]

Chevallier, Daniel Alexandre. A Guide to Adapting Solo Repertoire for the Alto Trombone. [Committee: Drs. Steven Menard (Chair), Sajid Surve, Timothy Owner.]

Robbins, Gabrielle D. A Kind of Begging: Essays. [Committee: Drs. Daniel Peña (Chair), Stephanie Hawkins, Tarfia Faizullah.]

Wilson, Chanel. Negotiating K-Pop Fandom Through a Black Lens: An Exploratory Study of Identity and Experience. [Committee: Drs. Karine L. Narahara (Co-Chair), Alicia Re Cruz (Co-Chair), Sasha J. Sanders.]

Coffey, Alisa. A Performance Guide and Transcription for Harpists: J.S. Bach’s French Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major, BWV 815 (1722). [Committee: Drs. Jaymee Haefner (Chair), Benjamin Brand, Malcolm R. Matthews.]

Zhang, Peng. When Preferences and Perceptions Diverge: Class, Inequality, and Meritocratic Misalignment. [Committee: Drs. Ronald Kwon (Chair), Dale E. Yeatts, William Scarborough.]

Salem, Noah S. Ruhaniya: The Spirituality of Music. [Committee: Drs. Kirsten Soriano (Chair), Jeffrey Hepker, David Bard-Schwarz.]

Mangan, Charlie Paige. "And Who Killed the President?:" Shifting Hollywood Narratives of the John F. Kennedy Assassination. [Committee: Drs. Courtney B. Donoghue (Chair), Jacqueline M. Foertsch, Jennifer Gomez Menjivar.]

McBain, Kara Ann. Reimagining Susan Labarr’s (B. 1981) "Little Black Book: A Song Cycle That Fails the Bechdel Test". [Committee: Drs. Carol Wilson (Chair), Stephen M. Morscheck, Mark F. Tempesta.]

Urbanek, Mary Tess. Characterizing Undergraduate Chemistry Students' Engagement with Epistemic Uncertainty. [Committee: Drs. Alena Moon (Chair), Molly B. Atkinson, Melonie Teichert, Rebecca J. Weber, Amy Petros.]

Trenary, Elijah. How Resurgence is Related to the Behavior Change Technique. [Committee: Drs. Christopher A. Varnon (Chair), Samantha C. Bergmann, Jesus Rosales-Ruiz.]

Singh, Jaskeerat. Music as a Non-Invasive Stimulus. [Committee: Drs. Paolo Grigolini (Chair), Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Guru Khalsa, Samina Masood.]

Reyna, Jesse. Analyzing Regional Energy Efficiency Trends: A Data-Driven Approach to Sustainable Urban Planning in the United States. [Committee: Drs. Jihoon Jung (Chair), Waquar Ahmed, John South.]

Nguyen, Xuan Thanh. Low Melting Temperatures Glasses for Lunar Applications Using Additive Manufacturing Process. [Committee: Drs. Jincheng Du (Chair), Rajiv S. Mishra, Thomas W. Scharf.]

Kimble, Penelope. You Are a Pirate: Queer Theory and 'One Piece' in Conversation. [Committee: Drs. Stephen Mandiberg (Chair), Tanya Zuk, Harry M. Benshoff.]

Sanchez, Aaron Joseph. Expanding Scope of Analysis and Inquiry: Considerations For Mechanisms of Intractable Problem Behavior. [Committee: Drs. April M. Becker (Chair), Aecio Borba, Jeanne S. Gonzalez.]

Abdul-Qader, Walid Ghassan. Internet Access Rates & COVID-19. [Committee: Drs. William Scarborough (Chair), Matthew Painter, Gabe Ignatow.]

Xiong, Kean. Composition for Clarinet in Mainland China: A History and Annotated Bibliography of Works for Clarinet and Piano. [Committee: Drs. Kimberly Cole Luevano (Chair), Jung Choi, Mary Karen Clardy.]

Xiong, Kean. Composition for Clarinet in Mainland China: A History and Annotated Bibliography of Works for Clarinet and Piano. [Committee: Drs. Kimberly Cole Luevano (Chair), Jung Choi, Mary Karen Clardy.]

Carney, Nautica Marie. An Experimental Evaluation of Blocking and Joint Control Training on Sequencing Visual Stimuli. [Committee: Drs. J. Stephanie Gonzalez (Co-Chair), Karen Toussaint (Co-Chair), Daniele Ortu.]

Williams, Steven Lee. Cardiac Development and Hypoxia Injury Response in Developing and Adult Teleost Fishes. [Committee: Drs. Warren W. Burggren (Chair), Edward M. Dzialowski, Huaxiao Yang, Mark L. Burleson, Edward M. Mager.]

Fan, Xiaolu. Controlling Measurement Error in SEM Using the Blavaan Package: A Comparison of Bayesian and Classical Approaches in Small Samples. [Committee: Drs. James O. Uanhoro (Chair), Darrell Hull, Wendy Middlemiss, Jihyun Lee.]

Hung, Chiao Ju. The Stylistic Fingerprints of Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) through the Lens of Analyzing Her Rhapsody for Cello and Piano (1923). [Committee: Drs. Elvia Puccinelli (Co-Chair), Steven C. Harlos (Co-Chair), David J. Heetderks.]

Shrestha, Sujan. Use of Epidemiological and Genomic Data for Infectious Disease Modelling. [Committee: Drs. Rajeev Kumar Azad (Chair), Lee E. Hughes, Pudur Jagadeeswaran, Arthur J. Goven III, Xuan Guo.]

Thapa, Nirvik. Exploring Recycling Engagement in Dallas. [Committee: Drs. Jamie Johnson (Chair), Gideon Singer, Andrew S. Nelson.]

Wang, Haojian. Enhancing Viola Orchestral Excerpt Preparation: Targeted Technical Exercises and the Application of Karen Tuttle’s Coordination Method. [Committee: Drs. Susan Dubois (Co-Chair), Daphne Gerling (Co-Chair), Gudrun Raschen.]

Habis, Fatimah Fayez. Modeling Defects in 2D Materials for Applications in Quantum Information Science. [Committee: Drs. Yuanxi Wang (Chair), Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Anupama Kaul, Yuankun Lin.]

Czyzyk, Brian. Buried Seeds. [Committee: Drs. Jehanne I. Dubrow (Chair), Corey D. Marks, Jeffrey S. Doty.]

Ju, Shuai. Resonance-Based Sensors for Liquid Dynamic Viscosity Measurement. [Committee: Drs. Haifeng Zhang (Chair), Xinrong Li, Hector Rafael Siller Carrillo, Tae-Youl Choi, Sheldon Q. Shi.]

Charneco, Adbeel. Trayectoria Musical A Julia De Burgos (1914 - 1953): Concertado A El Género Del Jazz Y Jazz Latino [Musical Trajectory to Julia De Burgos (1914 - 1953): Composed in the Genres of Jazz and Latin Jazz]. [Committee: Drs. Bradford C. Leali (Chair), Rebecca Geoffrey-Schwinden, Jose Manuel Aponte, Kimberly D. Hannon Teal.]

Tong, Wing Ka Penny. Application of Schenkerian Analysis and Karen Tuttle's Coordination Concepts to the Rediscovered Suite for Viola Solo (1940) by Reinhard Oppel (1878-1941). [Committee: Drs. Susan L. Dubois (Chair), Timothy L. Jackson, Daphne C. Capparelli Gerling.]

Akter, Farzana. Effects of Listener Attending Behavior on Self-Referential Verbal Responding. [Committee: Drs. Karen A. Rader Toussaint (Chair), Samantha C. Bergmann, Shahla Alai-Rosales.]

Carroll, Bridgette. The Effects of Sleep, Fatigue, and Screen Time on Attention, Behavioral, and Emotional Functioning in Pediatric Cancer Survivors. [Committee: Drs. Jennifer Callahan (Chair), David Cicero, Danica Slavish.]

Rajanak, Manish. Effect Of Grating Profile Geometry on Surface Plasmon Resonance Performance. [Committee: Drs. Tae-Youl Choi (Chair), Richard Zihao Zhang, Maurizio Manzo.]

Li, Meilin. The Effect of Leader Visits on Conflict and Peace. [Committee: Drs. Marijke Breuning (Chair), John Ishiyama, J. Michael Greig, Glen Biglaiser.]

Yang, You. Scriptless Drama: A Musical-Rhetorical Interpretation of Structure, Affect, and Tempo Flexibility of the Eighteenth-Century Flute Recitatives. [Committee: Drs. Terri Sundberg (Chair), Malcolm R. Matthews, Justin C. Lavacek.]

Madson, Sabrina Katherine. Self-Determination Theory as a Framework for Exploring the Motivation of Pregnant, Postpartum, and Non-Perinatal Women to Participate in Group Exercise. [Committee: Drs. Myungjin Jung (Co-Chair), Scott B. Martin (Co-Chair), Jean Keller, Thelma S. Horn, Megan E. Ware.]

Conant, Benjamin Gian. Non-Metropolitan Sustainability Across the Continental United States: Sustainable Development Goal Based Assessment of Regional and Socio-Economic Patterns. [Committee: Drs. Jihoon Jung (Chair), Harry F. Williams, John South.]

DeVaughn, Daniel Norton. Dispassion. [Committee: Drs. Corey Marks (Chair), Jeffrey Doty, Jehanne Dubrow.]

Lee, Ya Chen. Western Musical Structure And Eastern Music Elements In Chen Mao-Shuen's Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester. [Committee: Drs. Susan L. Dubois (Chair), Clay Couturiaux, Gudrun Raschen.]

Clagett, Peter Lansdale. Remembering Carmell Jones (1936-1996): Re-examining the Career and Music of an Unsung Jazz Legend. [Committee: Drs. Philip J. Dizack (Chair), Kimberly D. Hannon Teal, Brian F. Wright.]

Wei, Chun-Syuan. An Analytical and Performance Guide to Stephen Hough’s Sonata for Piano (Broken Branches) (2010). [Committee: Drs. Liudmila Georgievskaya (Chair), Panayiotis Kokoras, Adam Wodnicki.]

Delgado, Aaron Joseph. Latino Americans for Trump: Rhetoric, Fantasy, Identification, and Performance of the American Dream. [Committee: Drs. Brian A. Lain (Co-Chair), Mark Hlavacik (Co-Chair), Suzanne M. Enck-Wanzer.]

Kimbrough, Cooper. Computational Investigations of Molecular Design Influencing Reactivity: From Catalysis to Medicine and Biological Systems. [Committee: Drs. Thomas R. Cundari (Co-Chair), Xin Cui (Co-Chair), Hong Wang, Omar Valsson, Shengqian Ma, Jeffrey Sperry.]

Ellis, Noah. The Effect of Black and Veteran Beneficiary Group on Funding for Homelessness. [Committee: Drs. William J. Scarborough III (Chair), Ronald C. Kwon, Matthew A. Painter II.]

Lu, Qiuxian. Interpretive and Technical Challenges in Contemporary Chamber Music: A Conductor's Guide to Six Selected Works. [Committee: Drs. Clay Couturiaux (Chair), Malcolm R. Matthews, Joseph P. Klein.]

Yi, Peng. Interpreting the Legend: A Performance Guide For Jiang Zong (1928-) and Dong He’s (1947-) Violin Concerto the Legend of Luhuitou (1980). [Committee: Drs. Philip J. Lewis (Chair), Susan L. Dubois, Simon Gollo Delgado.]

Quarshie, Fiona Antoinette. Predicting Attendee Preferences in Hybrid Academic Conferences: Quantitative Insights for Strategic Event Planning. [Committee: Drs. Lisa R. Kennon (Chair), Xingyi Zhang, Kelcie S. Slaton.]

Hill, McKenna Desiree. Interdisciplinary Arts Integration: An Accessible Guide. [Committee: Drs. Raquel Rodriquez Samayoa (Chair), Benjamin Graf, Brian Walker.]

Dorety, Lauren Brooke. The Effects of Extinction at Two Points of the Reinforcement Chain. [Committee: Drs. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz (Chair), Christopher A. Varnon.]

Stice, Bonnie Lucille. Counselor Cultural Humility: Novice Counselor Self-Reports Compared to Supervisor Reports. [Committee: Drs. Natalya A. Lindo (Co-Chair), Azadeh Ahmadi (Co-Chair), Dee C. Ray, Matthew E. Lemberger-Truelove, Eric Dafoe.]

Harris, Reyden. Endeavor: A Regulated AI Workbench for Board Order Coding and Review. [Committee: Drs. Beddhu Murali (Chair), Song Fu, Cynthia Struen.]

Fisher, Michael Blake. Chiakuni Fossun Safei - Translating the Language of Health: Building the Translation Infrastructure for Chuukese Medical Communication. [Committee: Drs. Brady D. Lund (Chair), Ting Wang, Xian Zhang.]

Riek, Rene. Principal Self-Efficacy in Leading the Implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Support for Behavior after Participating in a Principal PLC. [Committee: Drs. Barbara L. Pazey (Chair), Kevin Rogers, Robert Voelkel.]

Eshbaugh-Soha, Michelle Ann. Shakespeare and Love: Staging Sacred Grace. [Committee: Drs. Jeffrey S. Doty (Chair), Jacqueline Vanhoutte, Nicole D. Smith.]

Horning, Morgan Rae. Towards a Women's History of Russian Music: Exploring The Art Song of Nineteenth Century Female Russian Composers. [Committee: Drs. Steven C. Harlos (Chair), Elizabeth McNutt, Jeffrey A. Snider.]

Park, Hoigum. Sunhee Cho’s Heil Sonata VI, VII, And X (2023–2024); A Professional Portfolio. [Committee: Drs. Philip J. Lewis (Co-Chair), Daphne C. Capparelli Gerling (Co-Chair), David B. Schwarz, Bokyung Byun.]

Shao, Danyang. Using Transfer Learning with Deep Learning Models to Detect and Classify Noncommunicable Diseases: A Comprehensive Assessment in Classifying Cancers. [Committee: Drs. Rajeev K. Azad (Chair), Andrew J. Gregory, Vladimir Shulaev, Xuan Guo, Pudur Jagadeeswaran.]

Louiselle, Marguerite Carolyn. Fearful to Friendly: Teaching Puppies to Interact with Strangers. [Committee: Drs. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz (Chair), Samantha C. Bergmann, April M. Becker.]

Ruiz, Kellis Ashton. Transit Mumbo Jumbo. [Committee: Drs. Jamie Johnson (Chair), Andrew S. Nelson, Laura Keyes.]

Gerkins, Benjamin. Utilizing German Lieder in Trumpet Pedagogy and Performance: A Practical Approach. [Committee: Drs. John Holt (Chair), Raquel R. Samayoa, Sean R. Powell.]

Ward, Tameca. Educating Black Girls Through the Restoration of Innocence. [Committee: Drs. Barbara L. Pazey (Chair), Johnetta Hudson, Wesley L. Edwards.]

Isaacs, Tiffany Joy. Shallow, Thirsty Roots. [Committee: Drs. Miroslav N. Penkov (Chair), John A. Tait, Daniel I. Pena.]

Soto, Michael. An Analysis of Cesar Franck’s L’Organiste (1890) As a Pedagogical Model. [Committee: Drs. Steven C. Harlos (Chair), Jesse E. Eschbach, Rebecca D. Geoffroy-Schwinden, Diego E. Cubero.]

Na, Dominic Kyungseu. A Pragmatic Application of Left Hand Framing in Moderato of the Cello Concerto in C Major, Hob. Vllb:1, By Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). [Committee: Drs. Horacio Contreras Espinoza (Chair), Clay Couturiaux, Jeffrey D. Bradetich, Andres Diaz.]

Leung, Pak Hei. Exploring Identity Through Postmodern Absurdity: Future Port, An Intermedia Performance. [Committee: Drs. Joseph Klein (Chair), Panayiotis Kokoras, David Stout, David Schwarz.]

Bridges, Katherine Grace. Assessing the Validity of the GIF-Based Social Interaction Preference Assessment. [Committee: Drs. Jeanne S. Gonzalez (Chair), Samuel Morris, Matthew M. Laske, Aecio Borba.]

Peng, Haichen. Chinese Culture Fusion in Western Contemporary Opera: Cultural Historical Considerations of the Opera Madame White Snake by Chinese-American Composer Zhou Long. [Committee: Drs. Carol S. Wilson (Chair), Elvia Puccinelli, Thomas S. Dubberly.]

Bhatt, Tekendra Prasad. Statistical Inference for Oscillatory Hawkes Processes with Applications to High-Frequency Financial Data. [Committee: Drs. Kai-Sheng Song (Chair), Jianguo Liu, Joseph A. Iaia.]

Garcia Tamez, Leihlani Tatzhel. Research-Informed Memorization Strategies for Musicians: Applied and Exemplified in the Fugue in a Minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1003 (CA. 1720) By J. S. Bach. [Committee: Drs. Daphne C. Capparelli Gerling (Co-Chair), Julia Bushkova (Co-Chair), James F. Kelley.]

Ehrgott, Bailey Anna. Dave Stryker (b. 1957) in the Jazz Guitar Lineage: Improvisational Vocabulary and Pedagogical Applications. [Committee: Drs. David Mooney (Chair), Kimberly D. Hannon Teal, Alan Baylock.]

Souphanthalop, Austin. Conceptualizing Multidimensional System Avoidance Among Children of Immigrants: Evidence from Confirmatory Factor Analysis. [Committee: Drs. William J. Scarborough III (Chair), Ronald C. Kwon, Matthew A. Painter II.]

Krueger, Kathryn. The Declining Success of MEAs: The Impact of Ideology on Adherence. [Committee: Drs. Jacqueline H. R. Demeritt (Chair), Idean Salehyan, Kimi L. King.]

Sidek, Zanariah. Moving Forward Without Letting Go: Cultural Integration, Educational and Career Aspirations of Emerging Adult Rohingya Refugees in Dallas-Fort-Worth. [Committee: Drs. Wendy Middlemiss (Chair), Amy Anderson, Nicole Sankofa, Yuan-Hsuan Lee.]

Chou, Jung An. A Study of Six Selected Taiwanese Art Songs by Two Female Composers. [Committee: Drs. Stephen M. Morscheck (Chair), Jeffrey A. Snider, Mary Mills.]

Richardson, Nathan Aaron. Flow Metacognition and Technology: Promoting Flow in Technology-Integrated Environments. [Committee: Drs. Kinshuk (Chair), Robert D. Wright, Xun Ge.]

Sharma, Jatan Kumar. Main Group Element-Based Porphyrin Systems as Push-Pull Architectures for Electronic and Photonic Applications. [Committee: Drs. Francis D'Souza (Chair), Hong Wang, William E. Acree Jr., Thomas Cundari.]

Raza-Taimuri, Mishal. Computational Simulation of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Using a Partitioned Fluid-Structure Interaction Framework. [Committee: Drs. Hamid Sadat (Chair), Tae-Youl Choi, Ian Chen, Kuruvilla John, Huseyin Bostanci.]

Kvapilova, Katerina. Forced Transfers of Germans from Czechoslovakia: A Case Study of East-West Tensions, Stalin, The Czechs, and The United States, 1942-1945. [Committee: Drs. Vojin Majstorovic (Co-Chair), Olga V. Velikanova (Co-Chair), Richard McCaslin, Dariga Abilova.]

Haileselassie, Shalom L. Must We Always Fight the Power?: The Possibility for Empowerment in a NYC Art-Based Youth NonProfit. [Committee: Drs. Mariela Nuñez-Janes (Chair), Emilia Gaston, Andrew S. Nelson.]

Canales, Roxana Guadalupe. An Analysis of Measurement Selections and Interobserver Agreement Considerations within Coaching Programs for Parents and Their Toddlers with Autism. [Committee: Drs. Shahla S. Ala'i-Rosales (Chair), April Becker, Samantha C. Bergmann.]

Frazier, Bre'Charia. Examining the Relationship between Extrinsic Motivation, Dark Triad, and Toxic Leadership in the Workplace. [Committee: Drs. Virginie N. Kidwell (Chair), Samantha L. Jordan, Danielle Cooper.]

Aviles, Brenda E. “We Cannot Do It Alone”: (Re)Framing Accessibility as a Shared Responsibility across Campus. [Committee: Drs. Veronica Jones Baldwin (Chair), Barrett J. Taylor, Mayra Olivares-Urueta, Kirsten Brown.]

Nelson, Matthew Wayne. Understanding Policy, Facility Design, and Educator Practice in Relation to Perceptions of Safety in a Rural Texas School District. [Committee: Drs. Barbara L. Pazey (Chair), Robert H. Voelkel Jr., Stephen Waddell, Melanie Meyer.]

Wright, Jackie Tourmaline. A Sense Of History Should Be The Most Precious Gift Of Science: Aldo Leopold's Philosophy Of Science Replies To David Hume's Problem Of Necessary Connection. [Committee: Drs. Adam R. Briggle (Chair), Ricardo Rozzi, Leah E. Kalmanson.]

Tehrani, Katayoun. An Interpersonal Conceptualization for Defense Mechanisms Using a Mixed Methods Analysis. [Committee: Drs. Sharon R. Jenkins (Chair), Patricia L. Kaminski, Craig S. Neumann.]

Hathorn, Ty Jeffrey. Culturally Responsive School Leadership in Independent International Baccalaureate World Schools: A Qualitative Study. [Committee: Drs. Lok-Sze Wong (Chair), Robert Thornell, Robert H. Voelkel Jr.]

Bishop, Isabelle Carol. The Politics of the Ordinary: The Supermarket in Theory. [Committee: Drs. Irene J. Klaver (Chair), Tyson E. Lewis, Emily Contois, Terra S. Rowe.]

2025

Bonds, Crystal Marie. Information Awareness in the Black Community: An Evaluation of the Literature and Social Media Content Related to the Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure. [Committee: Drs. E. Mpofu, M. Wheeler, J. Philbrick]

Kaz-Onyeakazi, Ijay Alexandra. Investigating the Moderating Effect of Socio-Demographic Factors on User Behavior Through Search Results: A Study of YouTube Search Results. [Committee: Drs. D. Smith (Chair), H. Kim, H.-C. Chang, S. Floyd]

Krutka, Kim Reichenbach. Looking into Mirrors and Windows: School Librarians’ Perspectives on Diverse Representation in Book Collections. [Committee: Drs. S. Evans (Chair), A. Anderson, J. Moore]

Lanier, Amy Dane. A Good Cup of Coffee, a Little Slice of America: Finding Common Ground Through Information Flow in a Small-Town Texas Information Ground. [Committee: Drs. B. O’Connor (Co-Chair), A. Roeschely (Co-Chair), L. Bonnici, I. Klaver, T. Zimmerman]

Nguyen, Huyen Thi Ngoc. Methods to Evaluate and Improve the Quality of Text Summarization. [Committee: Drs. J. Ding, E. Blanco, K. Shar, V. Ng]

Rawlings, Elizabeth Dunn. The Metaverse as Information Grounds Through the Lens of Information Architecture: A Scoping Review and Case Study of the Metaversity. [Committee: Drs. H.-C. Chang (Chair), S. Miksa, A. Bozer]

Shewade, Ruchi Ravi. A Multimodal Semiotic Investigation of Social Stratification of Women in Contemporary India. [Committee: Drs. K. Fuse (Chair), J. Mueller, Y. Du, N. Paul, J. Uanhoro]

Yogarajah, Jesudhas. The Social Media Influence on Childhood Obesity and Children’s Diets. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), B. O’Connor, G. Prybutok, C. Dinulescu]

2024

Alazemi, Mardhi F. Catalogers' Practices Representing Thesis and Dissertation Bibliographic Records at Kuwaiti Institutions: A Comparative Case Study. [Committee: Drs. J. Allen (Chair), S. Hawamdeh, D. Alemneh]

Alenezi, Abdullah M. S. M. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Library Management and User Services. [Committee: Drs. A. Cleveland, S. Hawamdeh, D. Alemneh]

Almousa, Najla Abdulrahman M. The Impact of Social Media on Knowledge Sharing Among Faculty Members in Saudi Universities. [Committee: Drs. J. Allen, S. Hawamdeh, H.-C. Chang]

Alsaid, Manar. The Relationship Between Social Noise and Misinformation and Their Impact on the Information Ecosystem. [Committee: Drs. S. Hawamdeh, H. Chang, J. F. Allen, T. Merlo]

Aria, Paria. Impact of Language Barriers and Students’ Perceptions on Classroom Knowledge Sharing: A Comparative Case Study. [Committee: Drs. J. Allen, B. Schultz-Jones, C. Wasson]

Atolagbe-Olaoye, Abidemi. Collaborative Information Behavior of Agile Teams During New Product Development. [Committee: Drs. D. Philpot, S. Hawamdeh, S. Floyd]

Bissadu, Kossi Dodzi. Enhancing Cybersecurity in Agriculture 5.0: Probabilistic Machine Learning Approaches. [Committee: Drs. G. Hossain, T. Hossain, S. Hawamdeh, R. Anderson]

Bukhari, Ahmed Abdulhakim T. Measuring Awareness and Ability of Students in Securing Personal Sensitive Data on Mobile Phones. [Committee: Drs. J. M. Allen, S. Hawamdeh, S. Ludi]

Esener, Yeter Yildiz. Comprehensive Evaluation of VA-Developed PTSD Apps: A Systematic Review, MARS Scale Assessment, and User Review Analysis Through Thematic and Path Analysis. [Committee: Drs. H. Kim (Chair), J. Allen, L. Hong, S. Warren]

Faulkner III, James Donald. Appraisal Practices in University Special Collections. [Committee: Drs. J. Kim, A. Roeschely, A. Hodges]

Heaton, S. Marty. Designing and Evaluating Technology with an Oral Community in Southern Oman. [Committee: Drs. A. Roeschely (Chair), S. Chelliah, S. Warren]

Huraysi, Mohammed. Foreign News Coverage in Conservative and Liberal U.S. Newspapers: A Case Study of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 2023. [Committee: Drs. J. Mueller, J. Allen, T. Everbach, X. Zhang]

Irhamni, Irhamni. Assessing the Readiness for Implementing Linked Open Government Data: A Study on Indonesian Government Agencies’ Library. [Committee: Drs. L. Hong, S. Ryan, D. Alemneh, M. Amith]

Keeton, kYmberly Mieshia Dionne. An Autoethnographic Survey on Community Archival Practices of African Americans in Texas During the COVID-19 Pandemic. [Committee: Drs. A. Cleveland, S. Evans (Co-Chair), M. Wheeler, A. Johnson]

Madali, Nayana Pampapura. Autism Knowledge, Awareness, Misinformation and Stigma: Mixed-Methods Study. [Committee: Drs. S. Hawamdeh, H.-C. Chang, T. Xiao, T. Merlo]

Marrapu, Satvika. Exploring the Intersection of Physical Inactivity, Emotional Responses on Twitter, and Psychological Factors in Omicron Vaccination Decision-Making during the COVID-19 Pandemic. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), W. Senn (Co-Chair), G. Prybutok, B. O’Connor]

Milburn, Stacie Marie. Collaboration of the School Librarian and Teachers of Life Skills Services. [Committee: Drs. D. Smith, D. Cockerham, T. Tyler-Wood]

Oladapo, Lydia Ladi L Ogbadu. The Impact of Information Literacy on Health Management among Senior Adults with Hypertension. [Committee: Drs. H. Kim (Chair), A. Cleveland, D. Smith, G. Prybutok, G. Madjaroff Reitz]

Ratnam, Cheran Jacob. Wearables in Healthcare: Popular Topics and Sentiments in Reddit and a Preliminary Quantitative Study on Health Professionals’ Wearable Adoption. [Committee: Drs. K. Fuse, J. Mueller, A. Cleveland, T. Xiao, H. Kim

Velverthi, Navya Reddy. Usage and Adoption of Patient Portals. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), G. Prybutok, L. Hong]

2023

Alamer, Mohammed Abdullah I. The Role of Social Media Influencers in Saudis’ Domestic Destination Choice. [Committee: Drs. X. Leung, B. Josiam, S. Hawamdeh, H. Wen]

Alboulayan, Moneerah Abdulhameed M. Cyber Addiction and Information Overload and Their Impact on Workplace Productivity. [Committee: Drs. S. Hawamdeh, B. O’Connor, H.-C. Chang]

Alharbi, Mohannad Abdulrtef. The Security Aspects of Users’ Information Sharing on Social Media. [Committee: Drs. J. Chen, A. Habib, R. Anderson, R. Herrington]

Burke, Mary. Designing Archival Collections to Support Language Revitalization: Case Study of the Boro Language Resource. [Committee: Drs. S. Chelliah (Co-Chair), O. Zavalina (Co-Chair), M. Phillips]

Dewitt-Miller, Erin. Relevance Criteria When Searching and Evaluating Online Video for Informational Use. [Committee: Drs. S. D. Miksa (Chair), B. O’Connor, L. Schamber]

Fantasia, Anthony Thomas. Exposure to Trauma and Its Effect on Information-Seeking Behaviors and Decision-Making Processes. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok, B. O’Connor, G. Prybutok]

Fard, Fariba. Development and Utilization of Big Bridge Data for Predicting Deck Condition Rating Using Machine Learning Algorithms. [Committee: Drs. S. Hawamdeh (Co-Chair), Z. Huang (Co-Chair), P. Dong, L. Hong, J. Garcia]

Gadi, Abdullah Mohamed Y. Understanding Sociotechnical Factors Impacting Cybersecurity Controls on Mobile Devices and Smartphones at the Individual Level. [Committee: Drs. S. D. Miksa, H.-C. Chang, R. Anderson]

Gill, Diane. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Behaviors of School Librarians: Perceptions During Times of Crisis. [Committee: Drs. D. Smith, S. Baker, T. Kuon]

Livingston, Jo Ann. Information Receptivity: The Information-Seeking Behavior and Networking Activity of Women in a Rural Texas County Judicial System. [Committee: Drs. B. Schultz-Jones, H.-C. Chang, S. D. Miksa, D. Bland]

Njeri, Millicent. A Factor Analytic Evaluation of the Private Club Members’ Benefits Scale. [Committee: Drs. J. Allen, K. Williams, J. Unahoro, S. Hawamdeh]

Randall II, William Vincent. Antecedents to Reliance on Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Modeling. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), B. O’Connor, G. Prybutok]

Sinha, Vikas. Study of Information Behavior of Opportunistic Insiders with Malicious Intent. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), B. O’Connor, G. Prybutok]

Upchurch, Eric Conrad. Transdisciplinary Information Flow and Key Challenges of Effective Knowledge Transfer Between Expert and Novice. [Committee: Drs. S. Hawamdeh, H.-C. Chang, V. Prybutok]

Yu, Xinchen. Countering Hate Speech: Modeling User-Generated Web Content Using Natural Language Processing. [Committee: Drs. L. Hong (Chair), J. Ding, E. Blanco, D. Yang]

2022

Alkhaledi, Reem. Electronic Health Record Systems and Cyber Hygiene: Awareness, Knowledge, and Practices Among Physicians in Kuwait. [Committee: Drs. S. Hawamdeh, H.-C. Chang, R. Anderson]

Behpour, Sahar. Unsupervised Pre-trained Weight Initialization for the Convolutional Neural Networks Using Independent Component Analysis. [Committee: Drs. M. Albert (Co-Chair), T. Xiao (Co-Chair), S. Hawamdeh, P. Grigolini]

Chen, Haihua. A Systematic Investigation of Data Evaluation and Improvement for Machine Learning Systems. [Committee: Drs. J. Chen (Co-Chair), J. Ding (Co-Chair), A. Cleveland, X. Liu]

Enamela, Pranathy. Adoption of Wearable Devices by Older Adults. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), G. Prybutok, B. O'Connor, H. Tarakci]

Jim, Cary. K-12 Students' Digital Opportunity: Conceptualization, Analysis and Implications. [Committee: Drs. H. Chang (Chair), S. Evans, J. Oppong, R. Henson]

Khader, Malak. Development of the Big Bridge Data Across the Conterminous U.S. for Deck Condition Rating Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms. [Committee: Drs. J. Allen (Co-Chair), S. Evans (Co-Chair), S. Miksa, C. Najour]

Klein, Janette. Life Coaches, Communities of Practice, and Everyday Life Information Seeking and Practices: An Exploratory Case Study. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), B. Schultz-Jones, H. Chang, D. Alemneh, C. Wasson]

Mekala, Nithin. Social Networking Sites Usage Behavior: Trust and Risk Perceptions. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), G. Prybutok, B. O'Connor, F. Mirzaei, G. Gadgil]

Victor, Elise C. A Comparison of Plaintiff and Defense Expert Witness H-Index Scores in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Civil Litigation. [Committee: Drs. A. Cleveland, H.-C. Chang, J. Philbrick, T. Nguyen]

2021

Alasmari, Hanan. Understanding the Diffusion of COVID-19-Related Information on Social Media. [Committee: Drs. O. Zavalina (Chair), A. Cleveland, B. Schultz-Jones, D. Philpot]

Aljalahmah, Saleh. The Status of the organization of knowledge in cultural heritage institutions in Arabian Gulf countries [Committee: Drs. O. Zavalina (Chair), S. Miksa, D. Alemneh]

Almoqbil, Abdullah. Modeling Email Phishing Attacks. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Co-Chair), R.Anderson (Co-Chair, external), S. Hawamdeh, A. Habib (external)]

Bank, Nicole. At the Junction of Dissemination and Implementation: Facilitating Access to Behavior Analytic Research [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), M. Vaidya (external), E. Ingvarsson (external)]

Farabough, Michelle. PubMed Commons—What Happened on the Way to the Forum? Retrospective Explanatory Case Study Research and Lessons Learned from the U.S. National Library of Medicine's Online Forum for Open Science. [Committee: Drs. B. Schultz-Jones, (Chair), S. Miksa, B. Martens (external)]

Floyd, Schenita. Artificial Intelligence Teammates in a Collaborative Information Seeking Environment from the Perspective of Women Engineers in the United States. [Committee: Drs. H. Chang (Chair), D. Smith, K. Johnson (external)]

Huerta, Jose. Healthcare Data Science Applications with a Focus on Health Disparities [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), B. O'Connor, G. Prybutok (external)]

Hovious, Amanda. An Information Theoretic Analysis of Multimodal Readability. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), D. Smith, S. Warren, V. Shinas (external)]

Khan, Hammad. Understanding the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) of Data Professionals in United States Academic Libraries. [Committee: Drs. Y. Du (Co-Chair), H. Chang (Co-Chair), J. Kim, J. Johnson (external)]

Roeschley, Ana. “Take the Trouble to Compile a Whole New World:” The Role of Event-Based Participatory Projects in Institutional Archives. [Committee: Drs. J. Kim (Chair), S. Miksa, J. Johnson (external), J. Bastian (external), J. Lee (external)]

Stegmair, Juergen. A Quantitative Approach to Improve Understanding of Cyberbullying in Early Middle School. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair), G. Prybutok (external), B. O'Connor, D. Peak (external)]

Wu, Anping. Sustaining Multilinguality: Case Studies of Two Multilingual Digital Libraries. [Committee: Drs. J Chen (Chair), O. Zavalina, J. Kim, L. Lin (external)]

2020

Alomran, Amal. The Use of Smartphone Applications for Learning Purposes Among Saudi Students. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), B. Schultz-Jones, H. Chang, H. Alomran (external)]

Boyce, LeAnn. Examination of Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors: Case Studies of Online Health Communities in COPD Patients. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Co-Chair), G. Prybutok (Co-Chair), A. Cleveland, J. Philbrick (external)]

Drayden, Craig. Factors that Affect HIPAA Compliance: A Bibliometric Study. [Committee: Drs. A. Cleveland (Chair), D. Smith, Y. Artis (external)]

Chong, Miyoung. Twitter and the Affordance of Public Adgenda-Setting: A Case Study of #MarchForOUrLives. [Committee: Drs. J. Ding and T. Everbach (Co-Chairs), B. O'Connor, G. Nesbitt (external)]

Eaves, Tresia. Information Seeking Behaviors of Transitioning Veterans When Job Hunting in North Texas. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), B. Schultz-Jones, B. Dervin (external)]

Jones, Elizabeth. Using Diagnostic Decision Support Systems to Reduce Diagnostic Error in Oklahoma Critical Care: A Survey of Critical Care Physicians. [Committee: Drs. A. Cleveland (Chair), J. Chen, J. Kim, B. Wiskur (external)]

Kizhakkethil, Priya. Document and Information Experience in Virtual Zenanas: An Exploration of a Diaspora Small World. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), O. Zavalina, B. O'Connor, G. Burnett (external)]

Onye, Uriel. Social Disruptions in Nigerian Public Universities: A Study on the Impact of Strikes on Students' Information Behavior. [Committee: Drs. Y. Du (Chair), S. Miksa, B. O'Connor, B. Vinson (external)]

Phillips, Mark. Exploring the Use of Metadata Record Graphs for Metadata Assessment. [Committee: Drs. O. Zavalina (Chair), J. Chen, C. Caragea (external)]

Rosellini, Amy. Factors Impacting Performance Measurement and Knowledge Transfer in a Training Environment. [Committee: Drs. S. Hawamdeh (Chair), J. Allen, R. Busby (external)]

Zavalin, Vyacheslav. Are we there yet? Exploration of Functional Readiness of Existing RDA MARC21 Subject Metadata for Meaningful Conversion to BIBFRAME and Support of Linked Data. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor and S. Miksa (Co-Chairs), B. Schultz-Jones, M. Nazarova (external)]

Zimmerman, Tara. Examining Human Information Behavior on Social Media: Introducing the Concept of Social Noise. [Committee: Drs. S. Hawamdeh (Chair), H. Chang, J. Johnson (external), C. Brown (external)]

2019

Alkahtani, Latifah The Impact of Sociocultural and Information Communication Technology Adoption Factors on the Everyday Life Information Seeking Behavior on Saudi Students in the United States. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), Y. Du, O. Zavalina, G. Prybutok (external)]

Alsmadi, Duha. Information Sharing and Storage Behavior via Cloud Computing: Security and Privacy in Research and Practice and Users' Trust. [Committee: Drs. Hawamdeh (Chair), G. Oyarce, H. Chang, B. O'Connor, D. Alemneh (external)]

Asher, Donna. An Analysis of Student Perceptions of Teaching Effectiveness for Instructors Who Teach the Same Course in the Same Semester in Both Online and Face-to-Face Formats. [Committee: Drs. Y. Du and H. Totten (Co-Chairs), V.A. Clark, (external)]

Habib, Abdulrahman. A Smart Tale: An Examination of Smart City Phenomenon Through the Lens of a Case Study. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair, external), B. O'Connor, D. Peak (external)]

McGowan, Michael (Todd). A Study of Perceptions and Intent to Adopt and Embrace Technology Used in Teams in the Workplace. [Committee: Drs. Oyarce (Chair), B. O'Connor, V. Prybutok (external)]

Zhang, Yuan. A Fabric of Entropy: A Discussion on the Meaning of Fractional Information. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), H. Chang, R. Anderson (external)]

2018

Alfarhoud, Yousef. Influence of Social Media on Decision Making of The Kuwait National Assembly Members: Case Study. [Committee: Drs. Hawamdeh (Chair), G. Oyarce, H. Chang, B. O'Connor, D. Alemneh (external)]

Durr, Angel. Data Becomes Information: An Exploration of Partnership Opportunities for Data Science and Information Science. [Committee: Drs. N. Evangelopolous (Chair, external), S. Hawamdeh, B. O'Connor, J. Kim]

Gadgil, Guruprasad. Analyzing Tradeoffs between Privacy Concerns and Active Social Media Presence of 18-30 Year Old College Students. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Co-chair, external), D. Peak (Co-chair, external), B. O'Connor]

Hadidi (Hoyt), Rachel. Exploration of Knowledge Creation Structures within Makerspaces: A Mixed Methods Case Study of Dallas Makerspace and its Users. [Committee: Drs. B. Schultz-Jones (Chair), S. Miksa, M. Wheeler, L. Pasquini (external)]

Halwani, Marwah: An Examination of the Evolution of Big Data and its Business Applications. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Co-chair, external), D. Peak (Co-chair, external), B. O'Connor, N. Evangelopoulos (external)]

Hopkins, Mark. A Study of Physicians' Serendipitous Knowledge Discovery: An Evaluation of Spark and the IF-SKD Model in a Clinical Setting. [Committee: Drs. O. Zavalina (Chair), R. Herrington (external), E. Workman (external), L. Southmayd (external)]

Imhonde, Benjamin. A Model of Treatment Compliance Behavior of the Patient with Chronic Disease in the Age of Predictive Medicine: The role of Normative Beliefs. [Committee: Drs. Hawamdeh (Chair), A. Cleveland, J. Philbrick]

Kabashi, Artemida. Information Seeking in the Developing World: A Case Study of Information Seeking Behavior of College Students and Instructors in Vlore, Albania. [Committee: Drs. M. Wheeler (Chair), A. Cleveland, B. O'Connor, D. Alemneh (external)]

McMullin, Shelly. The Correlation Between Information Literacy and Critical Thinking of College Students: An Exploratory Study. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), J. Marino, L. Schamber (external)]

Mumah, Jenny. Where are the Women in the Ebola Crisis? An Analysis of Gendered Reporting and the Information Behavior Patterns of Journalists Covering a Health Outbreak. [Committee: Drs. T. Everbach (Chair, external), S. Miksa, D. Alemneh (external)]

Reyes, Brenda. A Grounded Theory of Information Quality in Web Archives. [Committee: Drs. J. Chen (Co-Chair), O. Zavalina (Co-Chair), S. Miksa, K. Masten-Cain (external)]

Shakeri, Shadi. Modeling Information Seeking Under Perceived Risk. [Committee: Drs. N. Evangelopoulos (Chair, external), O. Zavalina, S. Hawamdeh, B. O'Connor, S. Miksa]

Spence, James. A Comparison of Major Factors That Affect Hospital Formulary Decision-Making By Three Groups of Prescribers. [Committee: Drs. A. Cleveland (Chair), J. Chen, O. Zavalina, W. Heck (external)]

Stark, Hillary. The Influence of Visual Sources of nutrition-Oriented Information on Young Adults' Dieting Efforts. [Committee: Drs. V. Prybutok (Chair, external), B. O'Connor, C. Blankson (external), P. Connors (external)]

2017

Ammarukleart, Sujira: Factors Affecting Faculty Acceptance and use of Institutional Repositories in Thailand [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Co-chair), J. Kim (Co-chair), O. Zavalina, D. Alemneh (external)]

Baker, William A.: Controlled Vocabularies in the Digital Age: Are They Still Revelant? [Committee: Drs. G. Oyarce (Chair), B. O'Connor, W. Senn (external)]

Tmava, Ahmet: Investigating Factors that Affect Faculty Attitudes Towards Participation in Open Access Institutional Repositories (OA,IR) [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), O. Zavalina, D. Alemneh (external)]

2016

Alahmad, Badr: Costly Ignorance of Job Seekers: A Case Study in Saudi Arabia [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), R.Anderson (external), G.Knezek (external)]

Albannai, Talal: Conversational Use of Photographic Images on Facebook: Modeling Visual Thinking on Social Media. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), R.Anderson (external), I.Klaver (external)]

Albar, Ali: Development of an Instrument to Measure the Level of Acceptability and Tolerance of Cyber Aggression : Mixed-Methods research on Saudi Arabian Social Media Users. [Committee: Drs. G. Oyarce (Chair), S. Hawamdeh, Y. Du, S. Squires (external)]

Alshara, Mohammed. Customers' Attitude toward Mobile Banking Applications in Saudi Arabia. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), G. Oyarce, R.Anderson (external)]

Azogu, Olajumoke. What are they Doing up There? A Uses and Gratification Study of Small and Medium Enterprises Cloud Use. [Committee: Drs. J. Chen (Chair), S. Hawamdeh, S.Smith (external)]

Bomar, Shannon: From the Outside in: A Multivariate Correlational Analysis of Effectiveness in Communities of Practice. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), E. Figa, J. Hetzel (external)]

Cantu, Brenda: The Effects of Student-Perceived Instructor Demotivating Bahaviors on Doctoral Students' Information Seeking Behaviors. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), Y. Du, M. Ward (external)]

Elwani, Nabil: The Information Behavior of Individual Investors in Saudi Arabia. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), B. Schultz-Jones, V.Prybutok (external)]

Harrelson-Hubbard, Diana: Rated M for Monkey: An Ethnographic Study of Parental Information Behavior When Assessing Video Game Content for their Children. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), B. Moen (external), C. Wasson (external)]

Helge, Krystyn: Impetus for First, Second and Third Year Law Student Information Seeking Behavior, and Perception of Common Knowledge and Citation. [Committee: Drs. Y. Chandler (Chair), D. Alemneh, M. Abbe]

Johnson, Barbara: Modeling Cognitive Authority Relationships. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), S. Miksa, O.Zavalina, L. McLaughlin (external)]

Norris, Tiffany: Journalist as Information Provider: Examining the One-Voice Model of a Corporate Sports Account. [Committee: Drs. B. Schultz-Jones (Chair), J. Kim, O. Zavalina]

Stewart, Sarah: Understanding the Information Seeking of Pre-Kindergarten Students: An Ethnographic Exploration of their Seeking Behaviors in a Preschool Setting. [Committee: Drs. E. Figa (Chair), D. Smith, C. Vires (external)]

Sykes, Jason: Poststructuralist Critical Rhetorical Analysis as a Problem Analysis Tool: A Case Study of Information Impact in Denton's Hydraulic Fracturing Debate. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), R.Anderson (external), I.Klaver (external)]

Walczyk, Christine. Building an Understanding of Library Culture through International Service Learning. [Committee: Drs. S. Warren (Chair, external), B. Schultz-Jones, A. Kim]

Weaver, Margaret. The Role of the Strength in the Diffusion of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Information among Yoga Practitioners. [Committee: Drs. B. Schultz-Jones (Chair), J. Hilbun (external), L. Henry (external)]

2015

Buchanan, Paul: Information Structures in Notated Music: Statistical Explorations of Composers' Performance Marks in Solo Piano Scores. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), M.Wheeler, R.Anderson (external)]

Dankasa, Jacob: Information Use Environment of Religious Professionals: A Case Study of The Everyday Life Information Seeking Behavior of Catholic Clergy in Northern Nigeria. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), E. Figa, L. Heinrich (external)]

Hasenyager, Richard: Convenience to Cataloger or Convenience to the User?: An Exploratory Study of Cataloger's Judgment. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Co-Chair), O.Zavalina (Co-Chair), B. Schultz-Jones, J. Abbas (external)]

Knudson, Ryan: Automatic Language Identification for Metadata Records: Measuring the Effectiveness of Various Approaches. [Committee: Drs. J. Chen (Chair), B.O'Connor, R.Mihalcea (external), H. Ross (external)]

Linkins, Kathy: Modeling the Role of Boundary Spanners-in-Practice in the Nondeterministic Model of Engineering Design Activity [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor (Chair), E.Figa, R.Anderson (external), I. Klaver (external)]

Obitade, Peter: An Examination of the Role of Corporate Governance Structure in the Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems : An International Perspective. [Committee: Drs. M. Wheeler (Chair), C.Koh (external), T.Mantecon (external)]

Polyakov, Serhiy: Enhancing User Search Experience in Digital Libraries with Rotated Latent Semantic Indexing . [Committee: Drs. N. Evangelopoulos (Co-Chair, external) and W. Moen (Co-chair), Dr. J.Chen]

Priyanto, Ida: Readiness of Indonesian Academic Libraries for Open Access and Open Access Repositories Implementation: A Study onIndonesian Open Access Repositories Registered in OpenDOAR. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), J.Kim, D.Alemneh (external)]

Ruthledge, Hannah: Patient Family and Hospital Staff Information Needs at a Pediatric Hospital: An Analysis of Information Requests Received by the Family Resource Libraries. [Committee: Drs. S. Miksa (Chair), A.Cleveland, G.Knezek (external)]

2014

Algarni, Mohammed: The Use of Social Media in Informal Scientific Communication Among Scholars : Modeling the Modern Invisible College. [Committee: Drs.S. Miksa (Chair), B.Schultz-Jones, T.Tyler-Wood]

Hall, Nathan: Faculty Attitudes towards Institutional Repositories. [Committee: Drs.B. O'Connor (Chair), A.Cleveland, S.Warren]

Horne, Stephanie: Identifying Key Success Factors for the Implementations of Enterprise Content Management Systems. [Committee: Drs.S.Hawamdeh, O. Zavalina, M. Jones]

Masten, Kathryn: Toward a Grounded Theory of Community Networking. [Committee: Drs.L. Schamber (Chair), C. Caragea, R. West, H.Rosenbaum (external member)]

Morgan, Deanne: Assessing Terrorist Cyber Threats: Creating a Functional Construct. [Committee: Drs.B. O'Connor (Chair), B. Chilton, A. Yayla (external member)]

Pettit, Alex: Development and Validation of an Instrument to Operationalize Information System Requirements Capabilities. [Committee: Drs.L. Kappelman (Chair), R.Pavur, B.O'Connor]

Prybutok, Gayle: An Integrative Model of eHealth Communication: A Study of 18-30 Year Old College Students. [Committee: Drs.A. Cleveland (Chair), B.O'Connor, C. Koh]

Senn, William: An Empirical Study of Quality and Satisfaction with a Focus on Creating a Parsimonious Measurement Instrument in an Information Space. [Committee: Drs.G. Oyarce (Chair), A.Clark, V. Prybutok]

Spiker, Chance: Exploring Factors that Lead to Perceived Instructional Immediacy in Online Learning Environments. [Committee: Drs.S. Miksa (Chair), B.Richardson, K. Anderson-Lain]

Stephens, Wendy: The Influence of Engagement with Graphic Narrayive Text Formats on Student Attitudes towards the School Library. [Committee: Drs.Y. Du (Chair), J.Hilbun, L. Lin]

Sutcliffe, Tami: Exploring Naming Behavior in Personal Digital Image Collections: The Iconology and Language Games of Pinterest. [Committee: Drs.B. O'Connor (Chair), L.Schamber, S. Miksa]

Van Bebber, Marion: The Denial of Relevance: Biography of a Quest(ion) Amidst the Min(d)fields -- Groping and Stambling. [Committee: Drs.B.O'Connor (Chair), J. Duban, J. Kearns]

2013

Altunbas, Fuat: Social media use in policing: a study of Dallas-Fort Worth Area City Police Departments. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor (Chair), G.Oyarce, S.Warren]

Bone, Tonda: Bridging the theory-to-practice gap: a mixed methods study exploring the effects of a graduate online learning environment modeled on a community of practice framework. [Committee: Drs. E.Figa (Chair), B.Schultz-Jones, L.Smith (external member from UIUC)]

Can, Ahmet: Organizational justice perception and its effects on knowledge sharing: a case study of forensic experts in the Turkish National Police. [Committee: Drs. S.Hawamdeh (Chair), G.Oyarce, M.Davis]

Gupta, Kailash: Seeking information in managing mass fatalities: a case study of the Haiti 2010 earthquake. [Committee: Drs. N.Moro (Chair), A.Cleveland, G. Oyarce]

Kim, EunGi: Implications of punctuation mark normalization on text retrieval. [Committee: Drs. W.Moen (Chair), B.O'Connor, C.Wasson]

Kurtenbach, John: Adolescent task management: multitasking and social media in the student search process. [Committee: Drs. B.Schultz-Jones (Chair), L.Lin, D. Smith]

Lee, Jisu: Graduate students' collaborative information seeking in a group-based learning setting. [Committee: Drs. L.Schamber & J.Kim (Co-chairs), Y.Du]

McMillan, Tyson: Web information behaviors of users interacting with a metadata navigator. [Committee: Drs. G.Oyarce (Chair), L.Lin, R.Alex]

Muwanguzi, Samuel: The Adoption of Open Source Software In Uganda: A Pragmatist Approach To The Formation of A National Information Policy For A New Technology . [Committee: Drs. B.Moen (Chair), L. Schamber, B. Richardson, L.Lin]

Reed, Richard: The Information Politics Assessment Scale (IPAS): Developing and Testing An Instrument to Measure and Identify the Information Politics of Organizations . [Committee: Drs. Grant MIles (Chair), Robin Henson, L. Schamber]

White, Mel: Information Seeking Behaviors in a Population of Assistive Mobility Device Users. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor (Chair), A. Cleveland, B.Davenport]

2012

Cox, Trissa: Factors associated with behavioral intention to disclose personal information on geosocial networking applications. [Committee: Drs. L.Schamber (Chair), S.Miksa, L.Patton]

Eren, Murat: Knowledge-sharing practices among Turkish peacekeeping officers. [Committee: Drs. G.Oyarce (Chair), A.Celik, B.O'Connor, S. Hawamdeh]

Oyarce, Sara: In pursuit of image: how we think about photographs we seek. [Committee: Drs. B. O'Connor(Chair), R.Anderson, J.Iaia]

Pan, Xuequn: The role of tasks in Internet health information searching of Chinese graduate students. [Committee: Drs. A.Cleveland (Chair), D.Cleveland, J.Chen, C.-L.Chng (external member from Kinesiology department]

Philbrick, Jodi: A study of the competencies needed of entry-level academic health sciences librarians. [Committee: Drs. A.Cleveland (Chair), Y.Chandler, L.Thompson, R. Wilhelm]

Sharber, Shelli: Blogging and tweens: communication portal to reading selection and engagement. [Committee: Drs. E.Figa (Chair), C.Thomas, B.Schultz-Jones]

Vassilieva, Elena: Web content authorship: academic librarians in web content management. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor (Chair), R.Busby, S.Hastings]

2011

Alajmi, Mohammad: Modeling students' perceptions of Web 2.0 technologies adoption in Kuwait. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor (Chair), G.Oyarce, A.Rorissa]

Angchun, Peemasak: Factors related to the selection of information sources: a study of Ramkhamhaeng University Regional Campuses graduate students. [Committee: Drs. P.Turner (Chair), L.Lin, D.Alemneh]

Cakar, Bekir: Factors affecting police officer's acceptance of GIS technologies: a study of the Turkish National Police. [Committee: Drs. M.Ruiz (Chair), G.Oyarce, B.Hunter]

Chuenchom, Sutthinan: User-centered evaluation of the quality of blogs. [Committee: Drs. J.Chen (Chair), M.Ruiz, S. Warren, O.Zavalina]

Lewis, Elise: Image representation and interactivity: an exploration of utility values, information-needs and image interactivity.[Committee: Drs. S.Miksa (Chair), P.Turner, T.Crews]

Snow, Karen: A study of the perception of cataloging quality among catalogers in academic libraries. [Committee: Drs. S.Miksa (Chair), W.Moen, S.Hall-Ellis]

Tombul, Fatih: The impact of leadership styles and knowledge sharing on police officers' willingness to exert extra effort to provide better security: a study in the riot unit of the Turkish National Police. [Committee: Drs. J.Chen (Chair), G.Oyarce, B.O'Connor]

Xu, Hong: Factors affecting faculty use of learning object repositories: a case study of orange grove and Wisc-Online. [Committee: Drs. W.Moen (Chair), H.Totten, L. Schamber, C. Wasson]

Guclu, Idris: Information-seeking behavior of police officers in the Turkish National Police. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor & L. Schamber (Co-Chairs), M.Ruiz, S.Ozeren]

Yildirim, Idris: Information-seeking behavior of digital evidence examiners. [Committee: Drs. L.Schamber (Chair), B.O'Connor, G.Oyarce]

2010

Baker, Rebecca Dawn: Comparing the readability of text displays on paper, e-book readers, and small screen devices. [Committee: Drs. C.Norris (Chair), D.Ennis-Cole, B. O'Connor, R. Pavur]

Carroll, Margaret Aby: Using financial rankings to identify characteristics of libraries serving highly profitable private law firms: implications for evidence-based librarianship. [Committee: Drs. Y.Chandler (Chair), A.Cleveland, L.Taylor, L.Enoch]

Demircioglu, Mehmet: Information seeking behavior of crime scene investigators in Turkish National Police. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor (Chair), M.Ruiz, S.Ozeren]

Kilic, Osman: Information literacy skills in the workplace: a study on police officers. [Committee: Drs. J.Chen (Chair), M.Ruiz, J.Hilbun, L. Schamber]

Odabasi, Mehmet: User acceptance of North Central Texas Fusion Center Systems by law enforcement officers. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor (Chair), J.Chen, S.Terrell]

Slagle, Tisha: The situational small world of a post-disaster community : insights into information behaviors after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in Slidell, Louisiana. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor (Chair), D.McEntire, H.Totten]

Tatil, Serkan: Effects of tasks on information-seeking behavior in a police work environment in the context of criminal intelligence. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor (Chair), J.Chen, S.Ozeren]

Thomas, Julie: Information censorship : a comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of the Iyllands-Posten editorial caricatures in cross-cultural settings. [Committee: Drs. B.O'Connor & F.M. Land (Co-Chairs), J.Lambiase]

Wyatt, Erin: Middle school students in virtual learning environments. [Committee: Drs. E.Figa (Chair), B.O'Connor, G.Bush]

Recent Proposals

IS PhD doctoral candidates have recently defended the following dissertation proposals and are currently working on the following dissertation research projects:

Alharbi, Mohannad. The Security Aspects of Users' Information Sharing in Social Media.

Alkhaledi, Reem. Electronic Health Record Systems and Cyber Hygiene: Awareness, Knowledge and Practices Among Physicians In Kuwait.

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