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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Making Connections: Social Networks and Healthcare Access in China 

      Nagao, Haruka (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      When there are obstacles to access public services, citizens tend to resort to social connections to get things done. While the existing studies suggest that people rely on connections to compensate for ineffective formal ...

    • On willing and the phantasy of empathy 

      Ozen, Vasfi Onur (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      The ultimate goal of this dissertation is to expose Friedrich Nietzsche’s critically neglected account of empathic concern. In what follows, I will briefly present the main ideas and purpose of the project, and include ...

    • Smells and Spells: Plants, Olfaction, and Evolution in the Greek Magical Papyri 

      Phillips, Laura A (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      This thesis explores the rationale behind the inclusion of botanical ingredients in the Greek and Demotic Magical Papyri using an interdisciplinary lens. After summarizing current anthropological and pharmacological ...

    • Is This Therapy?: Literary Self-Reflection and Women’s Voices in Sappho, Catullus, and Ovid 

      Movich, Caty Green (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      This study considers the intersection of women’s voices and literary self-reflection in the works of Sappho, Catullus, and Ovid. My chosen textual range includes both authentic and manufactured female voices to interrogate ...

    • Does he mean it? The role of sincerity in ally motivations and behaviors 

      Moser, Charlotte (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      Allyship is a two-step process that involves both acknowledgement of inequality with sincere motivations, and behaviors to enact social change (Ashburn-Nardo, 2018; Drury & Kaiser, 2014). Yet, the majority of previous ...

    • Divisia Monetary Aggregates and Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy 

      Nguyen, Van H. (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      The first chapter in my doctoral dissertation is co-authored with my advisor and it has been published in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management, August 2021. This paper applied the formula for user cost price of ...

    • In the Spirit of the Principality 

      Powell, Jacob G (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      Post-Net Principality is an installation experience that aims at a total conversion of a space into a temple for an egregore that is born of that communal experience. An egregore (pronounced egg’ gree gore) is a group ...

    • Essays on the Economics of Fertility 

      Park, Misun (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      This thesis includes three topics: (a) the effects of childbirth subsidy policies on the number of births in South Korea, (b) how a slowdown in retirement affects fertility rates among young adults through the labor market, ...

    • Essays in Health Economics of Inhaled Substances 

      Park, Hojin (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      This dissertation consists of three standalone chapters that respectively examine individuals’ health behavior associated with inhaled substances: medical marijuana laws on individuals’ exit from unemployment, the high ...

    • A Hopf Monoid On Set Families 

      Marshall, Kevin Michael (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      We first introduce a Hopf monoid on set families called SF. Following that we will use the topological methods of Aguiar and Ardila to find a cancellation-free formula for the Hopf submonoid of SF spanned by lattices of ...

    • The Effects of Jargon on School-Based Consultation 

      Martin, Shannon (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      Behavior analysts trained in applied behavior analysis (ABA) often use specific terminology and jargon when describing and implementing behavioral interventions. However, the use of jargon may be confusing to individuals ...

    • "IT'S LIKE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE": BREAKING THE BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT WITH INCARCERATED FAMILY MEMBERS 

      McDaniel-Rilinger, Courtney (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      The United States houses more prisoners than any other nation, with nearly 2.3 million individuals currently serving time in prison (BBC, 2020). Social support and positive interpersonal family relationships are paramount ...

    • Multi-component surface-wave analysis for tunnel detection in the Sonoran Desert, AZ 

      Rupert, Sarah Laura Morton (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      Subsurface void detection using seismic imaging is a challenging task that has been the subject of extensive research. In this thesis, I employ the novel multi-component backscatter analysis surface waves (BASW) methodology ...

    • Mechanistic Insights on the Hydrodeoxygenation of Benzyl Alcohol with a Pd-Terpyridine Catalyst 

      MOORE, ISAAC Allen (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      Lignin is a readily available renewable carbon polymer consisting of aromatic monomers, which can be used in the generation of alternative fuels. However, many of these monomers contain oxygen, reducing their usability and ...

    • Sascia: A Genesis 

      Lindo, Tristan Robert (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      Sascia: A Genesis is a Master of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition that focuses on a science-fantasy narrative that examines the precious yet fragile condition of existence. This exhibition was completed through the use of oil ...

    • Hidden Beneath 

      Lindo, Hannah Jane (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      Hidden Beneath is an exhibition of fifteen paintings and two drawings. It is an exhibition about change: the uncomfortable and beautiful feelings experienced during a state of transition. I explore growth in both a positive ...

    • Econometric Modeling for Functional-Coefficient VAR Models: Theories and Applications 

      Liu, Xiyuan (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      This dissertation proposes theories and applications for three new types of functional-coefficient VAR models. The first part of dissertation develops a vector autoregressive model for conditional quantiles with functional ...

    • Diffractive Dijet Photoproduction in pPb collisions at √SNN = 8.16 TeV 

      Lindsey, Cole Leon (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      With the advent of the Large Hadron Collider(LHC), experimental high energy physicsgained access to brand new kinematical regions. Experiments performed here allow us to explore the realms heretofore unknown and unseen by ...

    • SHALLOW CUMULUS AND THE MASS-FLUX FRAMEWORK 

      McMichael, Lucas A (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      Shallow cumulus clouds are individually small, only hundreds of meters in horizontal extent,but exert an influence far outweighing their size. Scattered cumulus fields cover vast regions of the Earth’s surface and are an ...

    • The Soldier and the Citizen: Examining the U.S. Military’s Non-partisan Norms 

      Lythgoe, Trent J (University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)
      This dissertation improves our understanding of non-partisan norms in the U.S. military. These norms are an essential part of American civil-military relations because they help ensure the military does not use its latent ...