Doctoral Dissertation Fellows 2006-07
Jason Allen
Music
"Star Canticles": A multi-media work for orchestra, chorus, soloists,
and live digital processing
Adviser: Douglas Geers
Lynne Baker
Conservation Biology
The Endangered Nigerian Monkey in
Adviser: David L. Garshelis
Jennifer Bean
Civil Engineering
Mechanics and Design of Slender, Post-Tensioned Masonry Walls to Transverse
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Adviser: Arturo E. Schultz
Joel Bell
Materials Science & Engineering
Cocontinuous Polymer Blends: Role of Block Copolymer in Blend Morphology
Evolution
Adviser: Chris Macosko
Ela Bhatt
Rehabilitation Science
Competition in Brain: Does improvement in skill at one joint impair it at
another?
Adviser: James R. Carey
Daniel Blonigen
Psychology
Investigating Developmental Trends in Normal Range and Psychopathic Personality
Traits from Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood: A Longitudinal-Biometric
Study
Adviser: Robert Krueger
Angela Bos
Political Science
Stereotypes at the Gate? How the Rules of the Game Limit Women`s Representation
Adviser: John L. Sullivan
Terence Burns
Neuroscience
Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cell Therapy for CNS Disease
Advisers: Catherine M. Verfaillie and Walter C. Low
Maria Lourdes
Chamorro-Lacayo
Entomology
A Revision of Neotropical Polyplectropus and Phylogenetic Analysis of
Polycentropodidae (Insecta: Trichoptera)
Adviser: Ralph W. Holzenthal
Shushu Chen
Geophysics
Experimental Investigation of the Role of Water on Rheological Properties of
Clinopyroxene: Implications for the Strength of the Earth’s Lithosphere
Adviser: David L. Kohlstedt
Xi Chen
Health Informatics
Development and Evaluation of a Predictive Scoring System for Predicting Tooth
Survival in Older Adults with Dementia
Adviser: Lael C. Gatewood
Terryann Clark
Nursing
Protective Factors Associated with Reduced Depression and Suicide amongst Mäori
Youth in
Adviser: Linda H. Bearinger
Wendy Clement
Plant Biological Sciences
Phylogeny of Castilleae (Moraceae): Investigating the evolutionary
history of the figs` closest relatives
Adviser: George D. Weiblen
Robert Compton
Physics
Noise Spectroscopy in Ferromagnetic Metals
Adviser: Paul A. Crowell
Anna Courtier
Geophysics
Mantle Dynamics, Composition, and State in Regions of Active and Ancient
Subduction: Inferences from Seismic Discontinuities
Adviser: Justin Revenaugh
Sarah Crabtree
History
A Nation of God: The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry, 1760-1810
Advisers: Lisa A. Norling and Kirsten Fischer
Andrew Drenner
Computer Science
A Framework for Distributed Robotic Teams
Adviser: Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos
William Edmonds
Chemical Engineering
Amphiphilic Block Copolymers in Condensed Carbon Dioxide
Advisers: Timothy P. Lodge and Marc A. Hillmyer
Sudeshna Ghosh
Civil Engineering
Subtherapeutic Antibiotic Use in Agriculture and the Proliferation of
Resistance among Soil Bacteria
Adviser: Timothy M. LaPara
Andrew Graves
Entomology
The Chemical Ecology of the Northern Spruce Engraver, Ips perturbatus
(Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and Associated Insects in Spruce Forests of
Adviser: Mark E. Ascerno
Kyle Greenwalt
Education, Curriculum & Instruction
The School as a Site of Memory
Adviser: Timothy J. Lensmire
Ozgun Evren Guler
Child Psychology
Autobiographical Memory Development: Links to speed of processing and working
memory
Adviser: Patricia J. Bauer
Ayten Gundogdu
Political Science
Non-Citizens and the Global Politics of Human Rights
Advisers: Mary G. Dietz and Raymond D. Duvall
Mary Hearst
Epidemiology
The Effect of Racial Residential Segregation on Black Infant Mortality and
Black-White Disparities
Adviser: J. Michael Oakes
Yucheng Hou
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Simulation of Turbulent Boundary Layers Using a Novel Algorithm
Adviser: Krishnan Mahesh
Jennifer Illuzzi
History
The "Gypsy" Problem and the Nation-State in
Advisers: Eric D. Weitz and Mary Jo Maynes
Michael Illuzzi
Political Science
Equal Opportunity and the Debate Over Inequality in American History
Adviser: James F. Farr
Karen
Kapusta-Pofahl
Anthropology
Legitimating Gender: Expert Authority, Supranational Governance, and Feminist
Activism in the Postsocialist Czech Republic
Adviser: Daphne J. Berdahl
Eric Klinker
Chemistry
High-Valent Iron: Studies of C-H Activation and Characterization of New
Intermediates
Adviser: Lawrence Que, Jr.
Muisi Krosi
French
The Germ of Sodom: Homosexuality at the Borders of Identity
Adviser: Maria M. Brewer
Sujeewa
Kumaratunga
Physics
Studying Neutrino Oscillations Using Quasi-Elastic Events in MINOS
Adviser: Keith Ruddick
Donald Leech
History
Community of Town and Country: Social Class and Property in Late Medieval
Coventry
Advisers: Ruth M. Karras and Kathryn L. Reyerson
Xiaohua Lou
Physics
Electrical Detection of Spin Transport in Ferromagnet/Semiconductor
Heterostructures
Adviser: Paul A. Crowell
Nathaniel Lynd
Chemistry
The Effects of Polydispersity on Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Adviser: Marc A. Hillmyer
Cristina Marques
Comparative & Molecular Biosciences
Microglia-mediated Immune Responses During the Development of Herpes
Encephalitis
Adviser: James R. Lokensgard
Anna Mosser
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Group Territoriality of the African Lion: Behavioral adaptation in a
heterogeneous landscape
Adviser: Craig Packer
Masaya Nishioka
Physics
Spin Transport through Organic Single Crystal FETs
Adviser: Allen M. Goldman
Sean O`Neill
Astrophysics
Three-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Interactions Between Radio
Galaxies and Their Environments
Adviser: Thomas W. Jones
Hyung Wook Park
History of Science & Technology
Redefining Old Age: Shaping Scientific Research on Aging, 1900-1950
Advisers: John M. Eyler and Sally G. Kohlstedt
Shin Hee Park
Comparative Studies in Discourse &
Society
Disseminating Difference: The Transformation of Identity in the Multicultural
Marketplace
Adviser: Cesare Casarino
Carla Pavone
Business Administration
Opportunity Re-Evaluation: How Evolving Risk Perceptions Influence Funders`
Support of Entrepreneurial Firms
Adviser: Harry J. Sapienza
Nicole Phelps
History
Legitimacy and the New Liberal Order: The United States, the Habsburg Empire,
and the End of the Great Power System, 1848-1919
Advisers: David F. Good and Barbara Y. Welke
Ananth
Ramanarayanan
Economics
International Trade and the Coordination of Macroeconomic Activity
Adviser: Timothy J. Kehoe
Miruthubashini
Raveendranathan
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology &
Biophysics
The Role of S Phase Checkpoint Kinases MEC1 and RAD53 in Regulating Replication
Stress Hotspots in Budding Yeast
Adviser: Anja K. Bielinsky
Jeffrey Ross
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental
Biology & Genetics
Functional Characterization of Smooth Muscle Cells Derived from MAPCs and
Resulting Applications
Adviser: Catherine M. Verfaillie
Dipen Sangurdekar
Chemical Engineering
Transcriptional Control of Amino Acid and Nucleotide Metabolism in Escherichia
Coli
Advisers: Arkady B. Khodursky and Friedrich Srienc
Deanna Scher
Environmental Health
Pesticides and Prostate Cancer: A biologically-based approach to exposure
assessment
Adviser: John L. Adgate
Monica Schneider
Political Science
Gender Bending: Candidate Strategy and Voter Response in a Marketing Age
Adviser: James N. Druckman
Alicia Sivitz
Plant Biological Sciences
Analysis of Sucrose Transporter Activity, Regulation and Redundancy
Adviser: John M. Ward
David Souder
Business Administration
Choice of Payoff Horizon and Firm Performance: Strategic Investments by Cable
Operators 1972-1996
Advisers: Akbar Zaheer and Myles Shaver
Jason Stahl
History
Selling the New Right: Think Tanks and the Revolt Against New Deal Liberalism,
1945-Present
Adviser: Lary L. May
Robert Steinmetz
Conservation Biology
Ecological Overlap of Sympatric Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus) and Sun
Bears (Ursus malayanus) in Seasonal Tropical Forest, Thailand
Adviser: David L. Garshelis
Triantafyllos
Stylianopoulos
Chemical Engineering
Multiscale Modeling of Collagenous Materials
Adviser: Victor H. Barocas
Yan Su
Mechanical Engineering
Numerical Study of Natural Convection in Solar Thermal Storage Vessels
Adviser: Jane H. Davidson
Victor Sussman
Chemistry
Studies in the Low-Valent Chemistry of Tantalum and Niobium
Adviser: John E. Ellis
Brynnar Swenson
Comparative Studies in Discourse &
Society
Incorporation: The Architecture of Fiction
Adviser: Cesare Casarino
Kristin Sziarto
Geography
Spaces and Practice in Alliance Politics: A Case Study of a Religion-Labor
Alliance in the Twin Cities
Adviser: Helga Leitner
Nicole Talge
Child Psychology
The Effect of Antenatal Corticosteroids on the Regulation of HPA Activity and
Behavior During Early Infancy
Adviser: Megan R. Gunnar
Jason Tennessen
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental
Biology & Genetics
Novel Heterochronic Functions of the Caenorhabditis Elegans Period Homolog
lin-42
Adviser: Ann E. Rougvie
Jennifer Teske
Nutrition
Orexin, Spontaneous Physical Activity and Obesity
Adviser: Catherine M. Kotz
Douglas Texter
English
Teaching a World, Building a World
Adviser: Ellen Messer-Davidow
Juan
Trelles
Mechanical Engineering
Finite Element Modeling of Flow Instabilities in Direct Current Plasma Torches
Adviser: Joachim V. R. Heberlein
Sara Wakefield
Sociology
The Consequences of Incarceration for Parents and Children
Adviser: Christopher Uggen
Carrie Walling
Political Science
The United Nations and Intervention: Causal Stories about Human Rights and War
Adviser: Kathryn A. Sikkink
Annette Watson
Geography
Knowledges that Travel: Expertise and the `Nature` of Wildlife Management in
the Alaskan Sub-Arctic
Adviser: George L. Henderson
Matthew
Wolf-Meyer
Anthropology
Nocturnes: Sleep, Medicine, Governmentality, and the Production of American
"Everyday Life"
Adviser: Karen-Sue Taussig
Guang Yang
Mechanical Engineering
Experimental Investigation of the Anode Boundary Layers in High Intensity Arcs
in Cross Flow
Adviser: Joachim V. R. Heberlein
Xiaofeng Yang
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method for interfacial flows with
insoluble surfactants
Adviser: Ashley J. James
John York
Chemistry
Application of N-Donor Ligated Copper Complexes in Dioxygen Activation and the
Synthesis of Copper-Sulfur Centers Relevant to Biology
Adviser: William B. Tolman
Zhen Zhang
Human Resources & Industrial
Relations
In the Eyes of the Follower: Effects of implicit leadership theories and
affectivity on transformational leadership perception and individual outcomes
Adviser: Richard D. Arvey
Ning Zhou
Chemical Engineering
Polymeric Bicontinuous Microemulsions
Advisers: Frank S. Bates and Timothy P. Lodge
Jose Zuniga
Mathematics
The Quantum Master Equation of Open-Closed String Theory
Adviser: Alexander A. Voronov