Theses/Dissertations

2021

Linnea Ng
Fostering Belonging through a Brief Intervention
Dissertation
August 27, 2021
Time: 9:30AM – 11:30AM
Zoom Defense

Meghan Davenport
Reconsidering the role of error encouragement in error management training: Is self-regulation the key?
Thesis
July 22, 2021
Time: 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Zoom Defense

Allison Traylor
The Antecedents and Effects of Teamwork Process Exclusion in Engineering Teams
Dissertation
July 9, 2021
Time: 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Zoom Defense

Autumn Horne
Investigating the relation between phonological working memory and speech production
Thesis
July 8, 2021
Time: 11:30AM – 1:30PM
Zoom Defense

Ryan Brown
Bereavement and Food: An investigation of postprandial immune responses
Thesis
June 28, 2021
Time: 2:00PM – 4:00PM
Zoom Defense

Bradley Weaver
Effect of Motorcycle Lighting Configurations on Drivers’ Perceptions of Closing
Dissertation
June 24, 2021
Time: 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Zoom Defense

Rachel Zahn
The Role of Phonological Working Memory in Narrative Production: Evidence from Chronic Aphasia
Thesis
April 30, 2021
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Zoom Defense

Ivy Watson
Are you responsible for confronting prejudice?: Increasing ally behaviors by promoting responsibility
Thesis
April 29, 2021
Time: 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Zoom Defense

Amanda Woods
The Impact of Trainer and Trainee Race on Diversity Training Outcomes: Are the Differences Black and White?
Dissertation
April 23, 2021
Time: 8:30AM – 10:30AM
Zoom Defense

Denise Reyes
Moving Up or Giving Up: How Professional Rejection Sensitivity Impacts Career Success
Dissertation
April 22, 2021
Time: 9:30AM – 11:30AM
Zoom Defense

Shannon Cheng
Co-Conspirators in the Fight for Racial Justice?: Understanding How Asian American Respond to Anti-Black Discrimination at Work
Dissertation
April 13, 2021
Time: 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Zoom Defense

Ian Robertson
The Development and Initial Validation of the Trust in Self-Driving Vehicles Scale (TSDV)
Dissertation
April 9, 2021
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Zoom Defense

Jensine Paoletti
Addressing the Social Support Paradox with a Multidomain Complementary Fit of Desired and Perceived Support
Dissertation
April 9, 2021
Time: 11:00AM – 1:00PM
Zoom Defense

Shivam Pandey
Buzz Buzz: Haptic Cuing of Road Conditions in Autonomous Cars for Drivers Engaged in Secondary Tasks
Dissertation
April 7, 2021
Time: 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Zoom Defense

2020

Xianni Wang
Computational Modeling Reveals How Navigation Strategy and Ballot Layout Lead to Voter Error
Thesis
August 28, 2020
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Zoom Defense

Michelle Chen
The Role of Childhood Maltreatment and Self-Regulatory Processes on Inflammation, Depressive Symptoms, and Grief Symptoms During Spousal Bereavement
Thesis
July 29, 2020
Time: 10:30AM – 12:30AM
Zoom Defense

Julie Dinh
Creating Space for Care: Enhancing Patient-Centered Performance Outcomes Through Organizational Change
Dissertation
July 7, 2020
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Zoom Defense

Brittany Bradford
Examining STEM Formative Experiences and College STEM Outcomes from a Social Cognitive Career Theory Perspective
Dissertation
June 30, 2020
Time: 1:30PM – 3:30PM
Zoom Defense

Brad Weaver
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Takeover Performance during Conditionally Automated Driving
Thesis
June 17, 2020
Time: 8:30AM – 11:00AM
Zoom Defense

Sarah Irons
Phonetic Correlates of Sublexical Contributions to Reading Aloud Familiar Words
Thesis
June 5, 2020
Time: 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Zoom Defense

Michelle Kim
Perceived Work Environment, Job Characteristics, Job-related Mental Health: Across the Working Lifespan in a 19-Year Longitudinal Study
Dissertation
June 1, 2020
Time: 3:00PM – 5:00PM
Zoom Defense

Abby Corrington
Perceptions of Team Contributions for Men and Women
Dissertation
April 30, 2020
Time: 5:00PM – 6:30PM
Zoom Defense

Adam Braly
Direct Learning for Time-to-Collision Judgments of Approaching Objects: The Role of Fractal 1/f Noise in Exploration
Dissertation
April 6, 2020
Time: 11:00AM – 1:00PM
Zoom Defense

Isabel Bilotta
The Role of Fairness Perceptions in Patient and Employee Health: A Multi-Level Multi-Source Investigation
Thesis
March 5, 2020
Time: 1:30PM – 3:00PM
Location: Sewall Hall 109

Linnea Ng
The Effects of Interpersonal Discrimination on Older Adults’ Pill Sorting Task Performance and Interactions
Thesis
February 7, 2020
Time: 1:00PM – 2:30PM
Location: Sewall Hall 462

Jackie Torres
A Lifespan Perspective on Proactive Socioemotional Behaviors and Work Attitudes and Performance
Dissertation
February 6, 2020
Time: 11:30AM – 1:30PM
Location: Sewall Hall 462

2019

Allison Traylor
It’s About the Process, Not the Product: A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Relationships Between Team Demographic Diversity, Processes, and Performance
Thesis
November 4, 2019
Time: 9:00AM – 10:30AM
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

Anoushka Shahane
Chromosomal, Lexical, and Neurobiological Mechanisms of Cognitive Reappraisal and How They Relate to Health Indicators
Thesis
August 23, 2019
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Location: BRC 140Q

Shannon Cheng
Examining the Social Identity of Being a Muslim in the American Workplace
Thesis
July 30, 2019
Time: 10:00AM – 11:30AM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Meiyuzi Gao
Multi-Cultural Usability Assessment with System Usability Scale
Dissertation
June 3, 2019
Time: 10:30AM – 12:00PM
Location: 1064 Duncan College

Rachel Trump-Steele
Male Allies and Gender Equality: Exploring the Explanatory Mechanisms
Dissertation
May 15, 2019
Time: 8:30AM – 10:00AM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Christine Nittrouer
Allies as Intermediaries: Strategies that Promote Hiring People with Intellectual Disabilities
Dissertation
April 15, 2019
Time: 12:00PM – 2:30PM
Location: 301 Sewall Hall

Amanda Woods
What Does it Take to Lead Change? A Qualitative Approach to Identifying Change Leader Functions and Competencies
Thesis
April 15, 2019
Time: 3:30PM – 5:00PM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Curtiss Chapman
How do Word Frequencies and Semantic Diversity Affect Selection of Representations in Word Processing?
Dissertation
April 4, 2019
Time: 11:15AM – 2:15PM
Location: BRC 706

2018

Chelsea Iwig
Unobtrusive Real-Time Cognitive State Measurement for Human Performance Assessment in the Field
Dissertation
November 27, 2018
Time: 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Location: 103 Martell College

Brittany Bradford
Qualitative Data Analysis and Biodata Measure Development of Rice Undergraduates’ STEM Formative Experiences
Thesis
November 27, 2018
Time: 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Michelle Kim
Vocational Interest and Its Impact on College to Job Trajectory in a 11-Year Longitudinal Study
Thesis
November 20, 2018
Time: 9:00AM – 10:30AM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Jensine Paoletti
Is it a Popularity Contest? Popularity and Diversity in Team Leadership
Thesis
November 6, 2018
Time: 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Qiuhai Yue
Evaluating the Buffer vs. Embedded Processes Accounts of Verbal Short-Term Memory by Using Multivariate Neuroimaging and Brain Stimulation Approaches
Dissertation
October 29, 2018
Time: 1:15PM – 3:15PM
Location: 706 BioScience Research Collaborative

Ian Robertson
Subjective Usability Evaluation: A Comparison of Four Methods
Thesis
July 5, 2018
Time: 1:00PM – 2:30PM
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

Colin Noe
Measuring Top-Down Influence onto Sub-Lexical Speech Perception
Thesis
April 20, 2018
Time: 8:30AM – 10:00AM
Location: 706 BioScience Research Collaborative

Shannon Marlow
Conditions Promoting Psychological Safety in Self-Managed Teams
Dissertation
April 11, 2018
Time: 1:00PM – 2:30PM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Jackie Gilberto
Old Dogs and New Tricks: How Ageism Affects Trainer Attitudes, Trainer Behaviors, and Training Characteristics
Thesis
April 6, 2018
Time: 3:00PM – 5:30PM
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

Denise Reyes
You Get What You’re Not Afraid to Ask For: The Role of Gender-Based Rejection Sensitivity on Gender Differences in Negotiation Initiation
Thesis
April 4, 2018
Time: 10:30AM – 12:00PM
Location: 460 Sewall Hall

Abby Corrington
A Multinational Examination of the Impact of Power Posing in a Negotiation Setting
Thesis
March 28, 2018
Time: 10:00AM – 11:30AM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Alda Rivas
Can Retrieval Practice Reduce the Associative Deficit?
Dissertation
March 21, 2018
Time: 4:00PM – 5:30PM
Location: 305 Sewall Hall

Julie Dinh
Cultural Competency in Healthcare Providers: A Qualitative Investigation
Thesis
March 21, 2018
Time: 10:00AM – 11:30AM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Yingxue Tian
The Domain-Specificity of Serial Order Short-Term Memory
Thesis
March 20, 2018
Time: 1:00PM – 2:30PM
Location: 706 BioScience Research Collaborative

2017

Amy Shaw
The Effects of Time and Material Constraints on Creativity
Thesis
November 21, 2017
Time: 10:00AM - 11:30AM
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Meiyuzi Gao
Measuring the Usability of Home Healthcare Devices
Thesis
May 18, 2017
Time: 11:00AM – 1:00PM
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

Kamalika Ghosh
Trait and Experiential Antecedents of Indian Medical Students’ Prosocial Knowledge and their Contribution to Students’ Clinical Performance
Thesis
May 9, 2017
Time: 2:30PM – 4:00PM
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

Stephanie Zajac
Diversity in Design Teams: A Ground Theory Approach
Thesis
April 18, 2017
Time: 3:30PM – 5:00PM
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

Christina Lacerenza
Leader Emergence in Self-Managed Teams as Explained by Surface- and Deep-Level Leader Traits
Thesis
April 18, 2017
Time: 1:30PM – 3:00PM
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

2016

Carlos Moreno
A Longitudinal Study: Promoting First-Generation Latino Success through Parental Pro-Educational Interventions
Thesis
December 16, 2016
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

Carmen Young
Age and Training: A Meta-analysis Examining Training Features
Thesis
December 16, 2016
Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Location: 462 Sewall Hall

Wendy Jackeline Torres
Course Participation, Performance, and Completion of Adult Learners in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Trait Complexes, Interest, and Non-Ability Determinants
Thesis
November 17, 2016
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: 250 Sewall Hall

Heather Dial
Sublexical, lexical and phonological short-term memory processes: Evaluating models of speech perception and short-term memory
Thesis
July 29, 2016
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: BioScience Research Collaborative Rm 706
Chair: Randi Martin
Other committee members: Simon Fischer-Baum, Caleb Kemere

Curtiss Chapman
Rethinking the behavioral patterns that dissociate semantic dementia and comprehension-impaired stroke aphasia
Thesis
July 7, 2016
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Sewall Hall 462
Chair: Randi Martin
Other committee members: Simon Fischer-Baum, James Pomerantz

Tao Wei
Naming "CAT" in the past affects naming "DOG" in the present: How and where semantic facilitation and interference occur
Thesis
June 20, 2016
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 462
Chair: Tatiana Schnur
Other committee members: Randi Martin, Simon Fischer-Baum, Casey O'Callaghan

Julie Hughes
The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Bilingual Word Selection
Thesis
June 17, 2016
Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Location: BioScience Research Collaborative Rm 706
Chair: Tatiana Schnur
Other committee members: Randi Martin, Caleb Kemere, James Pomerantz

Yu-Hsuan Chang
It Takes More Than Practice and Experience to Become a Chess Master: Evidence from a Child Prodigy and from Adult Tournament Players
Dissertation
May 20, 2016
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 562
Chair: David M. Lane
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Arthur Gottschalk and Frederick L. Oswald

2015

2014

Clayton Stanley
Comparing vector-based and ACT-R memory models using large-scale datasets: User-customized hashtag and tag prediction on Twitter and StackOverflow
Dissertation
November 13, 2014
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: Philip T. Kortum and Devika Subramanian

Jeffrey Zemla
Factors Influencing Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs in Decision Making
Dissertation
September 25, 2014
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: Tatiana T. Schnur, Richard Batsell, and Philip T. Kortum

Jisoo Ock
Why do raters pursue different rating goals? The role of rater personality and accountability context
Dissertation
September 2, 2014
Chair: Frederick L. Oswald
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Anton J. Villado, and D. Brent Smith

Samuel McAbee
Personality, Interpersonal Skills, and Students' Job Search Behaviors
Dissertation
August 7, 2014
Chair: Frederick L. Oswald
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, D. Brent Smith, and John Cornwell

Claudia Acemyan
System Usability and User Mental Models of Three Verifiable End-to-end Voting Methods: Helios, Prêt à Voter, and Scantegrity II
Dissertation
July 1, 2014
Chair: Philip T. Kortum
Other committee members: Michael Byrne, Dan Wallach, and David M. Lane

Denise Y. Harvey
Semantic Interference in Language Production and Comprehension: Same or Separable Loci?
Dissertation
April 18, 2014
Chair: Tatiana T. Schnur
Other committee members: Randi C. Martin, Simon Fischer-Baum, and Casey O'Callaghan

Seydahmet Ercan
Antecedents of Expatriates' Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Expatriate Adjustment and Job Attitudes as Mediators and Cultural Similarity as the Moderator
Dissertation
April 1, 2014
Chair: Frederick L. Oswald
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Anton J. Villado, and D. Brent Smith

Katie O'Brien
Just Saying "No": An Examination of Gender Differences in the Ability to Decline Requests in the Workplace
Dissertation
March 31, 2014
Chair: Michelle Hebl
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Anton J. Villado, and Bridget Gormon

Debshila Basu Mallick
An Investigation of Audiovisual Speech Perception Using the McGurk Effect
Master's Thesis
March 11, 2014
Director: Michael Beauchamp
Chair: James L. Dannemiller
Other committee members: Tatiana T. Schnur and Margaret E. Beier

Heather Dial
Separating Semantic and Phonological Short-term Memory in Aphasic Patients Using a Novel Concurrent Probe Paradigm
Master's Thesis
January 1, 2014
Chair: Randi C. Martin
Other committee members: Tatiana T. Schnur and Jessica M. Logan

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