Commencement Program 2008

Doctoral Degrees WINTER 2008 GRADUATES Dawn Angela Barberis Ed.D. Educational Leadership: Curriculum and Instruction Head Start Parents’ Perceptions of Parental Involvement During Their Childrens Transition to Kindergarten: A Phenomenological Study Adviser: Christine Chaille Professor of Education Matthew Adam Jones Ph.D. Public Administration and Policy Police Organizations: An Empirical Examination of America Sheriff’s Offices and Municipal Police Agencies Adviser: Craig Shinn Associate Professor of Public Administration Shea Brackin Marshman Ph.D. Public Administration and Policy Organizational Change in Corrections Organizations: The Effect of Probation and Parole Officer Culture on Change in Community Corrections Adviser: Douglas Morgan Professor of Public Administration Sangsuree Vasupongayya Ph.D. Computer Science Goal-Oriented Job Scheduling for Parallel Computer Systems Adviser: Su-Hui Chiang Assistant Professor of Computer Science FALL 2007 GRADUATES Shilah Bonnett Ph.D. Chemistry The Characterization oftRNA Modifying Enzymes S-Adenosylmethionine:tRNA Ribosyltransferase-Isomerase (Que A) and a Novel Type IGTP Cyclohydrolase Adviser: Dirk Iwata-Reuyl Associate Professor of Chemistry Kristin Elizabeth Charles Ph.D. Systems Science: Psychology Shift Work in the Long-Term Care Industry: An Examination of Organizational and Individual Eactors that Influence Employee Outcomes Adviser: Robert Sinclair Associate Professor of Psychology Jessica Christine Goin Ph.D. Environmental Sciences and Resources: Geology Biosedimentology of Thermal Eeatures in the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia: Implications for Biosignature Eormation Adviser: Sherry Cady Associate Professor of Geology Chong Ho Lee Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering Ultra Reliable Computing Systems Adviser: Douglas Hall Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering Scott David Mist Ph.D. Systems Science Prediction of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis from Psychological Questionnaires Adviser: Wayne Wakeland Associate Professor of Systems Science Karen Lynn Morgalne Ph.D. Social Work and Social Research “Creative Interpretation and Eluidity in a Rights Framework”: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Human Rights in the United States Adviser: Stephanie Wahab Associate Professor of Social Work Adenike Ajoke Otoikhian Ph.D. Environmental Sciences and Resources: Chemistry Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Some Selected Organosulfur Oxo-Acids Adviser: Reuben Simoyi Professor of Chemistry Toni Garrett Pennington Ph.D. Environmental Sciences and Resources Seasonal Changes in Allocation, Growth, and Photosynthetic Responses of the Submersed Macrophyte Egeria densa Planch. (Hydrocharitaceae) From Oregon and California Adviser: Mark Sytsma Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences Rebecca Elizabeth Sanders Ph.D. Social Work and Social Research Food Security and Hunger Among Low Income U.S. Households: Relations to Federal Food Assistance Program Participation Adviser: Nancy Koroloff Professor of Social Work Erin Alexandra Saunders Rath Ph.D. Public Administration and Policy Cultivating Promises: Incorporating Human Development and Governance in U.S. Foreign Drug Policy Adviser: Melvin Gurtov Professor of Political Science Carol Rutan Smith Ed.D. Educational Leadership: Curriculum and Instruction The Impact of the Swingshift Options School Alternative Educational Pathway on At-Risk Middle School Students’ Transition to High School Adviser: Karen Noordhoff Associate Professor of Education I wan Sudrajat Ph.D. Systems Science: Engineering Management Supply Chain Integration Practices in the U.S. Electronics Industry Adviser: Dundar Kocaoglu Professor of Engineering and Technology Management 15

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