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This community features student work overseen by the Graduate School at Washington State University. Specifically, included here are interdisciplinary or individual-study dissertations and the McNair Journal, a publication created through the Ronald E. McNair Program, which is administered by the Graduate School at WSU.
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Annual Reports, Washington State University Graduate School
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Electronic Dissertations and Theses - Graduate School
Featured here are interdisciplinary or individual-study dissertations and theses by students at Washington State University. -
McNair Journal
The McNair Journal is a publication created through the Ronald E. McNair Program, which is administered by the Graduate School at Washington State University.
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Adoption of Newcastle disease vaccines by smallholder households in Tanzania
(2019)Veterinary vaccines contribute to the maintenance of animal health, control of animal diseases, and improvement of the socioeconomic well-being of people living in low and middle-income countries who rely on livestock as ... -
Health and Safety in Commercial Aviation
(2018)This dissertation includes three novel manuscripts involving research on commercial airline pilots, all written for submission to specific journals. The first manuscript, entitled The Application of Statistical Non-Inferiority ... -
PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A PROGRAM TO HELP LOW-INCOME LATINA MOTHERS HELP THEIR CHILDREN COPE WITH STRESS: A MIXED METHOD APPROACH
(2017)Learning to cope with stress is one of the most important tasks of childhood. Middle childhood (ages 6 to 12) is a period when youth develop valuable coping skills. Although school-based child coping programs exist, the ... -
Evaluating Risk for Psychiatric Re-Hospitalization a Recurrent Event History Analysis
(2017)Between 1960 and 2010, the number of psychiatric treatment beds in the United States dropped ten-fold—from 300 to 30 beds per 100,000 persons. The vision for this planned deinstitutionalization was to replace substandard ... -
Evaluating Risk for Psychiatric Re-Hospitalization: A Recurrent Event History Analysis
(2017)Between 1960 and 2010, the number of psychiatric treatment beds in the United States dropped ten-fold – from 300 to 30 beds per 100,000 persons. The vision for this planned deinstitutionalization was to replace substandard ... -
DARK LEGACIES: TRACING ROOTS OF U.S. SETTLER COLONIALISM IN CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL ISSUES
(2016)Drawing on the traditions and perspectives of ethnic studies, history and anthropology, I examine historical roots of U.S. settler colonialism and how they shape contemporary tribal issues in the U.S. Driven by the forces ... -
Graduate School Annual Report, 2016
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Empowered Fitness: Review and Evaluation of Empowerment Outcomes for Sexual Assault Victims in Women's Only Fitness
(2015)Empowerment is a complex, multidimensional construct. Its frequent use has led it to be considered a “buzz word" by many; however, the value and importance of empowering marginalized groups such as women and victims of ... -
The Android and our Cyborg Selves: What Androids Will Teach us about Being (Post)Human
(2015)In the search for understanding a future for our selves with the potential merging of strong Artificial Intelligence and humanoid robotics, this dissertation uses the figure of the android in science fiction and science ... -
Evaluation of World Preparedness Regarding the Outbreak of Emerging Zoonotic Pathogens
(2015)This study examines the threat of emerging infectious disease in the modern world and uses mathematical modeling to develop an entirely new way to respond to infectious disease outbreaks. The study begins with two comparative ... -
Graduate School Annual Report, 2015
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MEASURING THE RELATIONSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, GRANT-FUNDED POLICE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE CASE CLEARANCE RATES
(2014)The United States, Department of Justice (DOJ) has provided over 1.3 billion dollars of grant funding to law enforcement agencies nationally through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Making Officer ... -
Zero to Blaque: Preliminary Notes, Preparations, and a Groundwork for a Critique of Black Reason
(2014)This study takes up an intentionally aggressive polemic with what we might call Black Reason. It does so on several registers. The first is that it proceeds from a speculative observation made by comedian Paul Mooney. ... -
OCCUPANT TRAINING IN HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS: AN ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SATISFACTION, LEARNING, AND BEHAVIORS IN BUILDINGS
(2014)In the past twenty years, more stringent energy codes and environmental standards have led to higher performance building designs that use less energy. Oftentimes, high performance buildings that incorporate passive building ... -
Relationship conflict in construction management and how it affects performance and profit
(2014)The construction industry is a large and complex industry involving multiple stakeholders with divergent interests who often experience conflict that is detrimental to all involved. Interpersonal conflict know as relationship ... -
FOOD DESERTS: THE SPATIAL LOCATION OF GROCERY RETAILERS IN URBAN AREAS
(2013)The objective of this dissertation is to investigate food deserts, develop valid and reliable measures of accessibility to healthy foods, and offer strategies to mitigate the problem. The food we eat is shaped by both ... -
ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
(2013)This dissertation includes three essays that examine international migration in the former Soviet Union. Chapter 2 uses an endogenous growth model to explore the impact of remittances on growth in FSU countries. In this ... -
An Analysis of the Implications of Strengthened Intellectual Property Rights to Agriculture of Developing Countries and Responses of Selected Public Research Institutions in Southeast Asia
(2011)Better understanding of intellectual property rights (IPR) is indispensable to informed policy making in all areas of development, including agriculture - the backbone of economy of majority of developing countries. For ...