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Leveraging social storytelling to foster consumer brand engagement
(2020-12)
Storytelling's potential to mentally transport consumers and influence their attitudes, behaviors and beliefs has been traversed by researchers from diverse fields, including anthropology, psychology, and marketing. In ...
"I don't see color, I only see behaviors" : Therapists' concerns in working with clients of color
(2020-07)
Although there have been significant gains in the field of multicultural counseling, including the development of multicultural competencies for counseling clients of color, the importance of examining the role of therapists' ...
Spatial and temporal variability in environmental conditions and its influence on the habitat selection and reproduction of the greater prairie-chicken
(2020-12)
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in resource availability and environmental conditions are key determinants of the distribution of many organisms and in-part shapes ecosystem function. As a result, understanding how ...
Dose-response analysis of a computer-based explicit timing intervention
(2022-05)
Educational technology has shown an increase in use over the years as a method of remediating student academic deficits. While educational technology demonstrates various benefits for students in schools, there is still ...
Exploring gradients of habitat suitability, habitat quality, and microclimate: Implications for Gray Vireo nesting ecology and management
(2020-07)
Gray Vireos are one of the most understudied songbirds in North America and are considered a species of conservation concern for multiple state and federal agencies. I sought to address some of the gaps in our understanding ...
Legitimate distinctiveness via cultural entrepreneurship in new ventures
(2021-07)
"To be different or to be the same?" Taking an ambidextrous perspective, I argue that new ventures can acquire legitimacy through their identity claims that communicate both distinctiveness and conformity. Adopting a ...
Divisor labelling of staircase diagrams and fiber bundle structures on Schubert varieties
(2023-05)
Let Gr(𝑟, 𝑛) denote the Grassmannian of 𝑟-dimensional subspaces of the 𝑛-dimensional vector space ℂⁿ over the field of complex numbers. Each Gr(𝑟, 𝑛) contains a unique codimension 1 Schubert subvariety called the ...
Sex steroid hormones, architects of behavior and development: A look at the effects of sex steroid hormones in a lizard model
(2022-05)
The mechanisms of sex determination and differentiation in reptilian groups are diverse and largely not well understood. With this study, we hoped to identify to what extent these mechanisms may be overridden by hormonal ...
Understanding affective trust in AI: The effects of perceived benevolence
(2022-12)
The primary objective of this research was to gain understanding of affective trust in AI (how comfortable individuals feel with various AI applications). This dissertation tested a model for affective trust in AI grounded ...
Role of differentiated instruction in meeting the needs of at-risk students: A case study
(2021-12)
This qualitative case study explored how an alternative education high school in an upper-class suburban town supported the needs of at-risk students. Using Differentiated Instruction as the theoretical lens, this study ...