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

Debshila Basu Mallick
Factors affecting audiovisual speech perception as measured by the McGurk effect
Dissertation
March 31, 2016
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 303
Thesis Director: Michael Beauchamp
Chair: James L. Dannemiller
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Richard Grandy

Kamalika Ghosh
Personality Traits, Prosocial Knowledge, Charismatic Leadership Behavior, and Clinical Performance of Indian Medical Students
Master's Thesis
January 14, 2016
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 462
Chair: Stephan J. Motowidlo
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald and Margaret E. Beier

2015

Rachel Trump
Male Allies: Men Convince other Men that Gender Equity Matters
Master's Thesis
November 11, 2015
Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 309
Chair: Mikki Hebl
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald and David M. Lane

Christine Nittrouer
Lacking a Voice: Bias against Women as Academic Speakers at Top Universities
Master's Thesis
October 15, 2015
Time: 3:45pm-5:30pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 250
Chair: Mikki Hebl
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Frederick L. Oswald

Christina Zimmer
Virtual Teams: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review of Best Practices
Dissertation
August 27, 2015
Time: 1pm-3pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 250
Chair: Anton J. Villado
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Michelle R. Hebl, and Rick Wilson

Jason Randall
Mind Wandering and Self-directed Learning: Testing the Efficacy of a Self-Regulation Intervention to Reduce Mind Wandering and Enhance Online Training Performance
Dissertation
July 21, 2015
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 250
Chair: Anton J. Villado
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Erik Dane, and Michelle R. Hebl

Kimberley Orsten
False Pop Out
Dissertation
May 1, 2015
Time: 12pm - 2pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 462
Chair: James Pomerantz
Other committee members: James L. Dannemiller, Richard Grandy, and David M. Lane

Ting Xiao
Reasoning, Fast and Slow: Investigating Cognitive Abilities, Speed and Effects of Personality Traits
Master's Thesis
April 17, 2015
Time: 9:30am - 12pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 460
Chair: Fred Oswald
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Anton J. Villado

Jingyi Geng
Role of features and categories in the organization of object knowledge
Dissertation
April 17, 2015
Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 462
Chair: Tatiana Schnur
Other committee members: Randi C. Martin, Simon Fisher-Baum, and Steven Cox

Alda Rivas
Do older adults benefit from effortful retrieval?
Master's Thesis
April 16, 2015
Time: 3pm - 4:30pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 462
Chair: Jessica Logan
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Simon Fisher-Baum

Carmen Young
The Effects of Structure and Metacognitive Prompts on Learning Outcomes in Training Environments
Master's Thesis
February 10, 2015
Time:1-3pm
Location: Sewall Hall Rm 429G
Chair: Margaret Beier
Other committee members: Michelle Hebl and Anton J. Villado

Nicole Howie
The Generalizability of Cognitive Modeling Parameters for Older Adults
Master's Thesis
January 7, 2015
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: Philip T. Kortum, Marcia O'Malley, and Jessica M. Logan

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

2013

Michelle Martin
Personality, Emotional Intelligence, and Skill in Service Encounters: Exploring the Role of Prosocial Knowledge as a Mediator
Dissertation
August 30, 2013
Chair: Stephan J. Motowidlo
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Frederick L. Oswald, and D. Brent Smith

Rebecca Lundwall
Molecular Genetics and the Development of Reflexive Visual Attention
Dissertation
August 8, 2013
Chair: James L. Dannemiller
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald, John Alford, and Anne Sereno

Christina Upchurch
Adaptive Performance: The Role of Knowledge Structure Development
Master's Thesis
April 17, 2013
Chair: Anton J. Villado
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Frederick L. Oswald

Julie Walker Hughes
All cumulative semantic inference is not equal: A test of the Dark Side Model of lexical access
Master's Thesis
April 17, 2013
Chair: Tatiana T. Schnur
Other committee members: Randi C. Martin and Simon Fischer-Baum

Bryan Campbell
The Usability Implications of Long Ballot Content for Paper, Electronic, and Mobile Voting Systems
Dissertation
April 15, 2013
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: Philip T. Kortum, Dan Wallach, and David M. Lane

Gillian Piner
CHILVote: The design and assessment of an accessible audio voting system
Dissertation
April 10, 2013
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: Philip T. Kortum and Dan Wallach

Enrica Ruggs
The Influence of Employee Inkings on Consumer Behavior: Booed, Eschewed, and Tattooed
Dissertation
March 28, 2013
Chair: Michelle Hebl
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald, D. Brent Smith, and Margaret E. Beier

Nicole Howie
The Effect of Response Modality on Task Performance for Older and Younger Adults
Master's Thesis
March 6, 2013
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: Philip T. Kortum and Jessica M. Logan

Jennifer Chen
Human Olfactory Perception: Characteristics, Mechanisms and Functions
Dissertation
March 5, 2013
Director: Xiaohong Denise Chen
Chair: James R. Pomerantz
Other committee members: Jessica M. Logan and Casey O'Callaghan

Sebastian Thomas
The Impact of Feedback Tone, Grammatical Person and Presentation Mode on Performance and Satisfaction in a Computer-based Learning Task
Dissertation
January 9, 2013
Chair: David M. Lane
Other committee members: Michael Byrne, H. Albert Napier, and Philip T. Kortum

2012

Yu-Hsuan Chang
Chess performance under time pressure: Evidence for the slow processes in speed chess
Master's Thesis
December 19, 2012
Chair: David M. Lane
Other committee members: James L. Dannemiller and Frederick L. Oswald

Louma Ghandour
Stability of College Students’ Fit with Their Academic Major and the Relationship Between Academic Fit and Occupational Fit
Dissertation
November 29, 2012
Chair: Margaret E. Beier
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald, Bridget Gorman, and John M. Cornwell

Jason Randall
Is Retest Bias Biased? An Examination of Race, Sex, and Ability Differences in Retest Performance on the Wonderlic Personnel Test
Master's Thesis
November 26, 2012
Chair: Anton J. Villado
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Frederick L. Oswald

Corinne Allen
Inhibitory control mechanisms and their role in task switching: A multi-methodological approach
Dissertation
May 8, 2012
Chair: Randi C. Martin
Other committee members: Tatiana T. Schnur, Suzanne Kemmer, Chandramallika Basak, and Frederick L. Oswald

Larry Martinez
Confronting Bias: How Targets and Allies Can Address Prejudice Against Gay Men in the Workplace
Dissertation
April 16, 2012
Chair: Michelle Hebl
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Rick K. Wilson, and John M. Cornwell

Jisoo Ock
Practical impact of predictor reliability for personnel selection decisions
Master's Thesis
April 13, 2012
Chair: Frederick L. Oswald
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Anton J. Villado

Seydahmet Ercan
Assessing Adverse Impact: An Alternative to the Four-Fifths Rule
Master's Thesis
April 11, 2012
Chair: Frederick L. Oswald
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Anton J. Villado

Azli Hassan
Testing the semantic control hypothesis for stroke aphasics with semantic deficits
Master's Thesis
April 11, 2012
Chair: Randi C. Martin
Other committee members: Tatiana T. Schnur and David M. Lane

Yi Glaser
The Mechanisms of Proactive Interference and Their Relationship with Working Memory
Dissertation
April 10, 2012
Chair: Randi C. Martin
Other committee members: Michael Byrne, Rick Wilson, Chandramallika Basak, and Michael Beauchamp

Chad Tossell
An Empirical Analysis of Smartphone Use: Characterizing Internet Visit Patterns and User Differences
Dissertation
February 24, 2012
Chair: Philip T. Kortum
Other committee members: Michael Byrne, David M. Lane, and Lin Zhong

Sara Haber
The Neurological Components of Metacognitive Monitoring: JOL Accuracy in Younger and Older Adults
Dissertation
January 10, 2012
Chair: Jessica M. Logan
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Richard Grandy, Michael Beauchamp, and James L. Dannemiller

2011

Shu Wang
Individual Differences in Adaptation to Changes
Dissertation
December 15, 2011
Chair: Margaret E. Beier
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald, H. Albert Napier, Anton J. Villado, and Jeffrey Fleisher

Jeffrey Zemla
A Computational Model of Commercial Jetliner Taxiing
Master's Thesis
September 7, 2011
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: David M. Lane and Philip T. Kortum

Daniel Glaser
Implications of differences of echoic and iconic memory for the design of multimodal displays
Dissertation
August 12, 2011
Chair: David M. Lane
Other committee members: Michael Byrne, Philip T. Kortum, and H. Albert Napier

Rebecca Lundwall
Is Response Time Variability on an Exogenous Visual Orienting Task Associated with Specific Genetic Markers?
Master's Thesis
June 27, 2011
Chair: James L. Dannemiller
Other committee members: Chandramallika Basak and Frederick L. Oswald

Gillian Piner
A Usability and Real World Perspective on Accessible Voting
Master's Thesis
May 10, 2011
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: David M. Lane and Philip T. Kortum

Ashley Meyer
The positive and negative effects of testing in lifelong learning
Dissertation
April 12, 2011
Chair: Jessica M. Logan
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier, Nicoletta Orlandi, and James L. Dannemiller

Gunes Avci
Transfer of the testing effect: Just how powerful is it?
Dissertation
April 6, 2011
Chair: Jessica M. Logan
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald and Suzanne Kemmer

Jennifer Chen
Binaral Rivalry in the Presence of Visual Perceptual and Semantic Influences
Master's Thesis
March 31, 2011
Chair: Denise Chen
Other committee members: Chandramallika Basak and Jessica M. Logan

Rochelle Evans
Why Does Content Desirability Impact Subjective Video Quality Ratings and What Can Be Done About It?
Dissertation
January 24, 2011
Chair: Philip T. Kortum
Other committee members: Michael Byrne, Lin Zhong, and David M. Lane

Michelle Martin
The Generalizability of Knowledge as Measured by a Single-Response Situational Judgment Test Across Domains
Master's Thesis
January 21, 2011
Chair: Stephan J. Motowidlo
Other committee members: Margaret E. Beier and Frederick L. Oswald

2010

Bryan Campbell
Usability Assessment of the Straight-Party Voting Ballot Option on Paper, Punch Card, and Electronic Voting Systems
Master's Thesis
December 13, 2010
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: David M. Lane and Philip T. Kortum

Kristen Greene
Effects of Multiple Races and Header Highlighting on Undervotes in the 2006 Sarasota General Election: A Usability Study and Cognitive Modeling Assessment
Dissertation
November 22, 2010
Chair: Michael Byrne
Other committee members: David M. Lane, Dan Wallach, and Philip T. Kortum

Ashley Rittmayer Hanks
Employee Turnover: The Effects of Workplace Events
Dissertation
November 12, 2010
Chair: Margaret E. Beier
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald, Andrew Perkins, and Michelle Hebl

Katharine Bachman
The Influence of Work-Family Balance Based Realistic Job Previews on Job Search Decisions
Master's Thesis
November 9, 2010
Chair: Michelle Hebl
Other committee members: Anton J. Villado and Margaret E. Beier

Yue Su
The effect of secondary tasks and stimulus type on ratings of telephone hold workload
Master's Thesis
August 20, 2010
Chair: Philip T. Kortum
Other committee members: Michael Byrne and David M. Lane

Larry Martinez
Childhood cancer survivors' workplace experiences
Master's Thesis
August 3, 2010
Chair: Michelle Hebl
Other committee members: Frederick L. Oswald and Margaret E. Beier

Katherine Ramos
Development of a New Measure of Helping at Work
Master's Thesis
June 15, 2010
Chair: Frederick L. Oswald
Other committee members: Stephan J. Motowidlo and Daniel J. Beal

Denise Harvey
Object Priming in the Fusiform Cortex: Exploring Effects of Task and Visual Similarity
Master's Thesis
May 14, 2010
Chair: Tatiana T. Schnur
Other committee members: James L. Dannemiller, Randi C. Martin, and E. Darcy Burgund

Sebastian Thomas
The Influence of the Tone of Feedback Prompts on the Learning Behavior and Satisfaction of University Students in a Multiple Cue Probability Task
Master's Thesis
May 13, 2010
Chair: David M. Lane
Other committee members: Michael Byrne and Philip T. Kortum

Corinne Allen
Task switching and short-term retention: The role of memory load in task switching performance
Master's Thesis
April 14, 2010
Chair: Randi C. Martin
Other committee members: David M. Lane and Jessica M. Logan

Jingyi Geng
The distractor frequency effect in Stroop and picture-word interference paradigms
Master's Thesis
April 13, 2010
Chair: Tatiana T. Schnur
Other committee members: Randi C. Martin and Jessica M. Logan

Loan Vuong
The role of attentional control in garden path recovery
Dissertation
January 15, 2010
Chair: Randi C. Martin
Other committee members: David M. Lane, Jessica M. Logan, and Suzanne Kemmer

Pablo Cruz
Emotion Perception and Reactions to Tests: Affective Influences on Test Performance
Dissertation
January 13, 2010
Chair: Daniel J. Beal
Other committee members: Michelle Hebl, Andrew Perkins, and Margaret E. Beier