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Dissertation:  Professional Trespass: Has The US Army Command And General Staff College Extended Their Curriculum Into Areas Of Civilian Competence? Michael Cohen
Dissertation:  Social Capital as an Indirect Mechanism between Socioeconomic Status and Deliberative Decision-Making in Citizen Advisory Boards Across California Municipalities, Christopher Gerry
Dissertation:  The Story of Demise, a Narrative Policy Framework Examination of Oregon's Wildfire Risk Map, Robert Horton
Dissertation:  Empowering Change: Building Environmental Sustainability Initiatives and Becoming A Sustainability Champion, Amanda Karls
Dissertation:  An Investigation Of The Influence Of Decision-Maker Social Value Orientation On Perceived Performance Of Multi-Sector Partnerships, Paul Olsen
Dissertation:  Assessing Stakeholders' Perceptions Of Organizational Effectiveness Through A Multidimensional Theoretical Model: An Interpretive Phenomenological Qualitative Case Study, Andrea Paul

Dissertation:  Understanding Executive Order 13583's Impact to Federal Workforce Diversity & Employee Perception of Federal Policies and Programs, Michael Arenella
Dissertation:  Policymaker Receptivity To Corporate Political Activity As Influenced By Activists, Mark Bateman
Dissertation:  Does Motivation Matter? An Investigation of the Influence of Public Service Motivation on the Performance of Public-Private Partnerships in New Jersey, Giovanni Cusmano
Dissertation:  Identity Salience of Organizational Culture: The Intersection of Racial and Occupational Identities, Sarah Espinosa
Dissertation:  Rebuilding Trust in Government: A Mixed Methods Study of Government Transparency, Austin Kaiser
Dissertation:  Process Of Determining Multilevel Performance Indicators To Assess Network Effectiveness: A Qualitative Case Study Of USAID's People-To-People Reconciliation Programs, Sarah Lupton
Dissertation:  An Examination Of The Role Bureaucratic Discretion Plays In Public Education Policy And Administration: A Revelation Of How Discretionary Discipline Impacts Historically Marginalized Students, Regina Mitchell
Dissertation:  Process of Determining Multilevel Performance Indicators to Assess Network Effectiveness: A Qualitative Case Study of USAID's People-to-People Reconciliation Programs, Prapti Sedhain
Dissertation:  The Role Women Play As Facilitators And Barriers In The Career Trajectory Of Female Leaders, Anna Marie Smith
Dissertation:  Aiding and Abetting Scientific Integrity in U.S. Federal Government Agencies, Keeley Townsend

Dissertation: Stakeholders from Multiple Sectors Views and Policy Approaches to Marine Debris Removal: A Qualitative Case Study of Virginia’s Elizabeth River, Robin Dunbar
Dissertation: LAW’S IMPACT ON COLLABORATION: A THREE-CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES MANAGED BY THE U. S. COAST GUARD, Brian McNamara
Dissertation: Trust and Contexts: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Household Coastal Hazard Preparedness, Oge Niwanda-Vincent.
Dissertation: Public Service Motivation And Volunteer Firefighters In Rural Environments, Terina Brooms.
Dissertation: The Role Of Policy Entrepreneurs In Understanding Oral Health Care Policy: A Case Study Approach Analyzing Multiple Streams Framework In NC Oral Health Policy, Lori Hendrick.
Dissertation: A Quantitative Study Assessing The Impact Of Financial Sector Safeguards Rules On Us Publicly Traded Companies' Cybersecurity Breach Frequency And Severity, Alan Dinerman

  • Dissertation: Information and Communications Technology Within Coastal Resilience Planning Frameworks: The Case of Jamaica, a Small Island Developing State, Ren-Neasha Blake Gilmore
  • Dissertation: COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE: LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Noral Alshayan
  • Dissertation: The Evacuation Behaviors and Risk Perceptions of College Students in Coastal Communities: Exploring the Functionality of the False Alarm and Desensitization Model, Saige Hill
  • Dissertation: CMS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RULE: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSING HOME FACILITY CHARACTERISTICS AND REGULATORY DEFICIENCIES, Tihara Sommers
  • Dissertation: Other Transaction Authority: Evaluating Innovation Policy Impact of Alternative Contract Vehicle in the Department of Defense, Dolores Kuchina-Musina
  • Dissertation: Nonprofit Organizational Performance Measurement and Accountability: Funders Vs. Clients/Mission, Mavis Mansah Agbakpe
  • Dissertation: Three Essays on Clean Water State Revolving Funds: Determinants of State Leveraging and Measurement of Debt Affordability, Lien Nguyen
  • Dissertation: Looking Through Their Lenses: An Analysis of Virginia Environmental Nonprofits’ Roles and Challenges in Shoreline Management for Coastal Resilience, Taiwo Olanrewaju-Lasisi
  • Dissertation: Social Vulnerability and Hurricane Evacuation Behavior in Hampton Roads, VA: Emergency Management Stakeholders' Perceptions of Low-To-Moderate Income Households in a Social Construction Paradigm, Mechelle Smith
  • Dissertation: Why Do Nonprofits Fail? A Quantitative Study of Form 990 Information in The Years Preceding, Mackenzie Arbogust
  • Dissertation: Governance Impacts on Public-Private Partnerships on The World Bank Group Members Countries, Kouliga Koala
  • Dissertation: Enhanced Model of Collaboration and Social Capital: Hampton Roads All Hazards Advisory Committee Replication Study, Adale Martin
  • Dissertation: Case Study of Participant Responses to Organizational Change Involving Technology in the National Security Domain How Informal Processes Iterate Structure and Outcomes, Brian Martinez
  • Dissertation: Reassessing the Relationship Between Flood Risk Perceptions and Adaptive Behaviors of Households, Donta Council
  • Dissertation: Conceptualizing Governance Decision Making: A Theoretical Model of Mental Processes Derived Through Abduction, Matt Loesch
  • Dissertation: An Analysis of The Differences Between Nonprofit Board Members According to The Method by Which Nonprofit Board Positions Are Acquired, Patricia Birungi
  • Dissertation: Ethical Accountability of Licensed Professional Counselors: A Comparative Study of State Regulations and the Effects on Ethical Behavior, Kelly J. Doolan
  • Dissertation: Is There a More Distinct South? Comparing Key's, Elazar's and the U.S. Census Bureau's Version of the South through the Lens of the Affordable Care Act, Robert Christopher Kenter
  • Dissertation: Countervisuality as Policy Feedback: A Critical Policy Study on the Symbolic Role of Visual Culture in Contemporary Antiracist Resistance, Lindsay N. Plott-Buckner
  • Dissertation: Technology, Institutions and Their Interactions: How Do These Explain E-Participation Degree and Levels? A Cross-Country Analysis, Pragati Rawat
  • Dissertation: A Study of Public Seaport Governance in the United States. Christopher Michael Williams
  • Dissertation: Factors Influencing Health Outcomes Across the Least, Average and Healthiest States in America, Somayeh Hooshmand
  • Dissertation: Obesity Policy Stringency Over Time: A Four State Policy Design, Luisa M. Lucero
  • Dissertation: Exploring the Relationship between Media Influence and Policy Output: A State Comparative Study, Stephanie Savas Joannou Menefee
  • Dissertation: Exploring the Role of Organizational Motivations in Cross-Sector Watershed Collaboration, Luisa M. Diaz-Kope
  • Dissertation: Medicaid Expansion in the United States: A State Comparative Study Examining Factors that Influence State Decision Making, Tiffany J. Henley
  • Dissertation: Civic Crowdfunding and Local Government: An Examination into Projects, Scope, and Implications for Local Government, Martin Mayer

Dissertation:  Professional Trespass: Has The US Army Command And General Staff College Extended Their Curriculum Into Areas Of Civilian Competence? Michael Cohen
Dissertation:  Social Capital as an Indirect Mechanism between Socioeconomic Status and Deliberative Decision-Making in Citizen Advisory Boards Across California Municipalities, Christopher Gerry
Dissertation:  The Story of Demise, a Narrative Policy Framework Examination of Oregon's Wildfire Risk Map, Robert Horton
Dissertation:  Empowering Change: Building Environmental Sustainability Initiatives and Becoming A Sustainability Champion, Amanda Karls
Dissertation:  An Investigation Of The Influence Of Decision-Maker Social Value Orientation On Perceived Performance Of Multi-Sector Partnerships, Paul Olsen
Dissertation:  Assessing Stakeholders' Perceptions Of Organizational Effectiveness Through A Multidimensional Theoretical Model: An Interpretive Phenomenological Qualitative Case Study, Andrea Paul

Dissertation:  Understanding Executive Order 13583's Impact to Federal Workforce Diversity & Employee Perception of Federal Policies and Programs, Michael Arenella
Dissertation:  Policymaker Receptivity To Corporate Political Activity As Influenced By Activists, Mark Bateman
Dissertation:  Does Motivation Matter? An Investigation of the Influence of Public Service Motivation on the Performance of Public-Private Partnerships in New Jersey, Giovanni Cusmano
Dissertation:  Identity Salience of Organizational Culture: The Intersection of Racial and Occupational Identities, Sarah Espinosa
Dissertation:  Rebuilding Trust in Government: A Mixed Methods Study of Government Transparency, Austin Kaiser
Dissertation:  Process Of Determining Multilevel Performance Indicators To Assess Network Effectiveness: A Qualitative Case Study Of USAID's People-To-People Reconciliation Programs, Sarah Lupton
Dissertation:  An Examination Of The Role Bureaucratic Discretion Plays In Public Education Policy And Administration: A Revelation Of How Discretionary Discipline Impacts Historically Marginalized Students, Regina Mitchell
Dissertation:  Process of Determining Multilevel Performance Indicators to Assess Network Effectiveness: A Qualitative Case Study of USAID's People-to-People Reconciliation Programs, Prapti Sedhain
Dissertation:  The Role Women Play As Facilitators And Barriers In The Career Trajectory Of Female Leaders, Anna Marie Smith
Dissertation:  Aiding and Abetting Scientific Integrity in U.S. Federal Government Agencies, Keeley Townsend

Dissertation: Stakeholders from Multiple Sectors Views and Policy Approaches to Marine Debris Removal: A Qualitative Case Study of Virginia’s Elizabeth River, Robin Dunbar
Dissertation: LAW’S IMPACT ON COLLABORATION: A THREE-CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES MANAGED BY THE U. S. COAST GUARD, Brian McNamara
Dissertation: Trust and Contexts: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Household Coastal Hazard Preparedness, Oge Niwanda-Vincent.
Dissertation: Public Service Motivation And Volunteer Firefighters In Rural Environments, Terina Brooms.
Dissertation: The Role Of Policy Entrepreneurs In Understanding Oral Health Care Policy: A Case Study Approach Analyzing Multiple Streams Framework In NC Oral Health Policy, Lori Hendrick.
Dissertation: A Quantitative Study Assessing The Impact Of Financial Sector Safeguards Rules On Us Publicly Traded Companies' Cybersecurity Breach Frequency And Severity, Alan Dinerman

  • Dissertation: Information and Communications Technology Within Coastal Resilience Planning Frameworks: The Case of Jamaica, a Small Island Developing State, Ren-Neasha Blake Gilmore
  • Dissertation: COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE: LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Noral Alshayan
  • Dissertation: The Evacuation Behaviors and Risk Perceptions of College Students in Coastal Communities: Exploring the Functionality of the False Alarm and Desensitization Model, Saige Hill
  • Dissertation: CMS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RULE: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSING HOME FACILITY CHARACTERISTICS AND REGULATORY DEFICIENCIES, Tihara Sommers

  • Dissertation: Other Transaction Authority: Evaluating Innovation Policy Impact of Alternative Contract Vehicle in the Department of Defense, Dolores Kuchina-Musina
  • Dissertation: Nonprofit Organizational Performance Measurement and Accountability: Funders Vs. Clients/Mission, Mavis Mansah Agbakpe
  • Dissertation: Three Essays on Clean Water State Revolving Funds: Determinants of State Leveraging and Measurement of Debt Affordability, Lien Nguyen
  • Dissertation: Looking Through Their Lenses: An Analysis of Virginia Environmental Nonprofits’ Roles and Challenges in Shoreline Management for Coastal Resilience, Taiwo Olanrewaju-Lasisi

  • Dissertation: Social Vulnerability and Hurricane Evacuation Behavior in Hampton Roads, VA: Emergency Management Stakeholders' Perceptions of Low-To-Moderate Income Households in a Social Construction Paradigm, Mechelle Smith
  • Dissertation: Why Do Nonprofits Fail? A Quantitative Study of Form 990 Information in The Years Preceding, Mackenzie Arbogust
  • Dissertation: Governance Impacts on Public-Private Partnerships on The World Bank Group Members Countries, Kouliga Koala
  • Dissertation: Enhanced Model of Collaboration and Social Capital: Hampton Roads All Hazards Advisory Committee Replication Study, Adale Martin

  • Dissertation: Case Study of Participant Responses to Organizational Change Involving Technology in the National Security Domain How Informal Processes Iterate Structure and Outcomes, Brian Martinez
  • Dissertation: Reassessing the Relationship Between Flood Risk Perceptions and Adaptive Behaviors of Households, Donta Council
  • Dissertation: Conceptualizing Governance Decision Making: A Theoretical Model of Mental Processes Derived Through Abduction, Matt Loesch
  • Dissertation: An Analysis of The Differences Between Nonprofit Board Members According to The Method by Which Nonprofit Board Positions Are Acquired, Patricia Birungi

  • Dissertation: Ethical Accountability of Licensed Professional Counselors: A Comparative Study of State Regulations and the Effects on Ethical Behavior, Kelly J. Doolan
  • Dissertation: Is There a More Distinct South? Comparing Key's, Elazar's and the U.S. Census Bureau's Version of the South through the Lens of the Affordable Care Act, Robert Christopher Kenter
  • Dissertation: Countervisuality as Policy Feedback: A Critical Policy Study on the Symbolic Role of Visual Culture in Contemporary Antiracist Resistance, Lindsay N. Plott-Buckner
  • Dissertation: Technology, Institutions and Their Interactions: How Do These Explain E-Participation Degree and Levels? A Cross-Country Analysis, Pragati Rawat
  • Dissertation: A Study of Public Seaport Governance in the United States. Christopher Michael Williams

  • Dissertation: Factors Influencing Health Outcomes Across the Least, Average and Healthiest States in America, Somayeh Hooshmand
  • Dissertation: Obesity Policy Stringency Over Time: A Four State Policy Design, Luisa M. Lucero
  • Dissertation: Exploring the Relationship between Media Influence and Policy Output: A State Comparative Study, Stephanie Savas Joannou Menefee

  • Dissertation: Exploring the Role of Organizational Motivations in Cross-Sector Watershed Collaboration, Luisa M. Diaz-Kope
  • Dissertation: Medicaid Expansion in the United States: A State Comparative Study Examining Factors that Influence State Decision Making, Tiffany J. Henley
  • Dissertation: Civic Crowdfunding and Local Government: An Examination into Projects, Scope, and Implications for Local Government, Martin Mayer