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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| ABDUKADIROV, Sherzod A. | Goldstone | Emergence of Political Parties during Democratic Transitions: An Agent-based Approach (May 2011) |
| ABEL, Troy D. | Stough | Paths to New Public Policy: Civic Factors and Local Voluntary Environmental Efforts (Aug. 1998) |
| ADAMS, Richard C. | Kash | Culture, Policy, and Technology Innovation: U.S. and Japanese Performance in Electro/Mechanical Technologies (Aug. 1995) |
| ADASE, James | Hill | Cultural Divide Between Science and Diplomacy at the Department of State (Aug. 2002) |
| AFAQI, Jamil | Wedel | The Effect of Culture on the Workings of Bureaucracy: A Comparison of the U.S. and Pakistani Audit Bureaucracies (May 2015) |
| AGARWAL, Vertica | Reinert | The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Income Inequality: A Study of India (May 2007) |
| AGWARA, Hezekiah O. | Goldstone | Legacies of the Past: Coinciding Inequalities, Trust, and Entrepreneurial Capabilities of Nations (May 2012) |
| AL-FAHAD, Mohammad Y. | McNeely | Bridging the Global Digital Divide: Internet Diffusion in Muslim Countries (Jan. 2004) |
| ALLEN, Benjamin L. | Fukuyama | Consumption Taxation of Electronic Commerce: A Comparison of United States (US) and European Union (EU) Policies, 1997 to 2000 (May 2002) |
| AL-NSOUR, Maen F. | Stough | Economic Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma: The Case of Israel and the Arab States (Aug. 1998) |
| ALPERT, Sheri | Lipset | Machine Tractable Human Tissue: Policy Implications for Medical Privacy (Jan. 2001) |
| AL-SALLOUM, Tariq M. | Haynes | Policy Choices In Developing Countries: The Case Of Privatization in Saudi Arabia (May 1999) |
| AMES, Fred Lewis | Addleson | The Drive to Improve Performance in the Federal Government: A Longitudinal Case Study of Managing for Results (May 2015) |
| ANDERSON, Douglas | Koizumi | An Examination of Potential Medical Group Practice Participation in Accountable Care Organizations (August 2014) |
| APPLE, Kristen | Stough | Should Business Methods be Patentable? Understanding the Impact on Society of Business Methods Patents (December 2013) |
| ARENA, Peter M. | Stough | High Technology Employment Growth in Metropolitan America: An Empirical Investigation (May 2004) |
| ARIEIRA, Carlos | Haynes | Human Capital and Social Capital within Brazilian Families (Jan. 2000) |
| ARNOLD, Aaron M. | Acs | An Organizational Approach to Entrepreneurship in the Federal Sector (May 2014) |
| ASLAM, Ghazia | High | Dictatorship As a Bargaining Process: The Case Of Pakistan (Jan. 2011) |
| AU, Caterina | Stough | Diffusion and Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton:Interaction of Agricultural Policies and Farm Households in the United States (Jan. 2010) |
| AUD, Susan L. | Armor | Competition and Efficiency Effects of Charter Schools (May 2002) |
| AUGER, Robin N. | Kash | Public-Private Collaboration in Technological Innovation: An Examination of U.S. Experiences Since World War II (May 2006) |
| AUGUSTINE, Charles D. | Gifford | Evaluating the Emissions Contribution of Unresolved Vehicle Inspection Failures (May 2008) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| CAHILL, James D. | Rhodes | War Plans and Effective Military Organizations |
| CALHOUN, Todd R. | High | An Investigation into the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Freedom in Host Countries (May 2006) |
| CAMPBELL, Kristy | Gest | A Study on Presidential Approval and the Use of Force (August 2023) |
| CENGIZ, Mahmut | Shelley | The Globalization of Turkish Organized Crime and the Policy Response (Jan. 2011) |
| CERENZIA, Julia A. | Listokin | Professionalism and Self-Regulatory Standards: Responsiveness of Medical Licensure and Certification (May 2014) |
| CHAMPAGNE, Maurice B. | Fuller | Interest Groups and Ideas: The Battle over Housing Finance in the Run-up to the Financial Crisis (May 2015) |
| CHAPMAN, Lynn | Haynes | The Effects of Monetary Policy on U.S. Regional Employment 1999-2004 (May 2009) |
| CHECHERITA, Cristina | Hughes Hallett | A Macroeconomic Analysis of Investment Under Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Its Policy Implications – the Case of Developing Countries (Jan. 2010) |
| CHEN, Daowen Wendy | Abramson | Crowdfunding for Commercial and Social Ventures (May 2020) |
| CHEN, Zhenhua | Haynes | Regional Impact of Public Transportation Infrastructure in the U.S. Northeast Megaregion: A Spatial Econometric Computable General Equilibrium Assessment (May 2014) |
| CHENEY, David | Kash | Information Technology, Science, and Public Policy (Jan. 2008) |
| CHENG, Shaoming | Stough | Heterogenous Preferences in the Location Choice of Japanese Investors in China: A Mixed Logit Approach (Jan. 2006) |
| CHOI, Yon Jung | McNeely | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a World Cultural Norm?: A Comprehensive Analysis of Global CSR Governance (May 2017) |
| CHOKPRAJAKCHAT, Srisombat | Tolchin | Thailand’s Agenda Setting Process: The Foundation of the Special Investigation Department Using the FBI (Jan. 2004) |
| CHONG, Dae In | Root | Undervaluation, Political Economy, and Development (December 2018) |
| CHUDY, John P. | White | Political Management and Economic Policy Reform: An Exploration of Structural Adjustment Experience (May 1992) |
| COBIN, John | Ellig | Building Regulation, Market Alternatives and Allodial Policy (Aug. 1996) |
| COHEN, Jordan | Hunzecker | Deal or No Deal: Explaining Congressional Restrictions on Arms Transfers (May 2023) |
| COHEN, Martin F. | Hart | Testing Theories of Innovation Diffusion: Analysis of Physicians’ Adoption of Electronic Health Records (August 2015) |
| COLE, Benjamin R. | Goldstone | Re-conceptualizing Democracy: Harnessing Social Complexity at the State-Society Interface (May 2011) |
| COLEMAN, David W. | Perry | The U.S. Public Sector and its Adoption of Service Oriented Technology (December 2012) |
| COLEMAN, John J. | Tolchin | Controlling Prescription Drug Abuse by Design (May 2007) |
| COTTER, Joseph D. | Clark | Keeping the Faith: An Analysis of Ideological Continuity in the FSLN’s Revolutionary Leadership in Transition to Revolutionary Rulership in Nicaragua (May 1993) |
| COGHLAN, Thomas K. | Pfiffner | Intelligence Community (IC) Performance Management: Did the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) 2007 IC Policy Directive 651 on Performance Management Achieve its Policy Objectives? (August 2015) |
| COX, Kenneth E. | Button | Economies of Speed: Policy Implications of High Speed Technologies on the U.S. Maritime Transportation System (May 2001) |
| CUARTAS, Beatriz | Reinert | Essays on Well-being and Quality of Life in Latin America |
| CROMER, Gia C. | Goldstone | Transitioning Education in Emergencies in Africa |
| CUDA, Daniel L. | High | Competition, Depot Maintenance, and Businesslike Reform of the Department of Defense (Jan. 2011) |
| CURTIS, Michael R. | Kash | Technological Innovation and Public Private Sector Collaborations: The Case of the Advanced Turbine System Program (Jan. 2002) |
| CZARDA, Lawrence D. | Stough | The Productive Efficiency of Metropolitan County Government: Analysis of the Impact of Government Structure (Aug. 1997) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| DAITO, Nobuhiko | Gifford | Essays on Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships (December 2015) |
| DALESANDRY, Malia | Schintler | Persistent Criminalization as a Protracted Crisis: Stigma and Rational Choice Within the Sex Workers’ Rights Community (May 2023) |
| DANI, Lokesh | Auerswald | Reconciling Design and Evolution in Economic Development: Methods to Map Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (May 2020) |
| DAS GUPTA, Debasree | Stough | Addressing High Fertility and Low Women's Work Participation: An Empirical Reflection on India (December 2013) |
| DAVIS, Carol Barnett | Koizumi | An Examination of Family Health Spending and Medical-Financial Experience Circa Enactment of the PPACA of 2010 (May 2019) |
| DAVIS, Theodore J. | Hart | High-Skill Migration as a Positive-Sum Relationship for Tradable Services: The Case of India and the United States (December 2013) |
| DECHANT, Jason A. | Pfiffner | Catalyzing Change in Complex Organizations: The Department of Defense Office of Force Transformation (May 2013) |
| DEFRANK, Anthony J. | Scimecca | The Path to Firearms Control: Understanding Government Regulation at the End of the 20th Century (May 2002) |
| DESAI, Sameeksha | Acs | Essays on Entrepreneurship and Postconflict Reconstruction (Aug.2008) |
| DESANTIS, Mark F. | Stough | Leadership, Resource Endowments and Regional Economic Development (May 1993) |
| DEVIRGILIO, Mark | Sibley | Balancing Information Access and Security (BIAS): Explaining Three Decades of United States Encryption Policymaking (Aug. 2005) |
| DEWAL, Snigdha | Root | Governance and Political Entrepreneurship in India: Case Studies of Gujarat and Bihar (May 2016) |
| DIAMOND, David D. | Auerswald | Public Policies for Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: The Impact of Government Incentives on Consumer Adoption (May 2008) |
| DINC, Mustafa | Haynes | The Dynamics of Efficiency in the State Higher Education Systems in the U.S. 1974-1994 (May 1999) |
| DING, Lei | Haynes | Telecommunications Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development in China (Aug. 2005) |
| DO, Soo Gwan | Acs | Does Social Capital Matter? The Impacts of Social Capital on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth in the Knowledge Economy (Jan. 2010) |
| DOLAN, Dana Archer | Posner | Tracing a Slow Emergency through Kingdon’s Politics Stream: How Australia’s Extreme Millennium Drought Influenced Climate Change Adaptation Governance in the 2007 Water Act (May 2017) |
| DONAHUE, Patricia F. | McNeely | We, The Community: A Study of Participation, Community and Public Policy (December 2013) |
| DONNELLY, Daniel K. | Mahler | The Effect of Met Expectation on Organizational Commitment (Aug. 1996) |
| DUCHAK. George D. | Hill | Some Determinants of Information Technology Adoption Factors by Rural Electric Cooperatives (August 2015) |
| DUNCAN, Robert A. | Conlan | In Case of Emergency… Coordination of Emergency Management at the Local Level (Aug. 1995) |
| DUNLAP, Katrina Hubbard | Schintler | Linking Public Trust in Government with Federal Disaster Relief Aid: A Case Study of Hurricane-Prone Gulf Coast Residents (August 2022) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| EHRESMANN, Elaine C. | Connelly | A Marketing Process Model: An Analysis of the National Capital Area’s Coordinated Care Program (TRICARE) (May 1995) |
| ELROD, Catherine Schrader | Perry | Individuals with Chronic and/or Disabling Conditions: Determinants of Utilization of Physical Rehabilitation Services (May 2005) |
| EMMONS, Elinor K. | Gulledge | Public Policy Implications From Private Sector Enterprise Integration (May 2001) |
| ENGSTROM, Jeffrey | Wan | Patterns of Military Coercion: China and Taiwan, 1949-1958 (May 2020) |
| ESSIS, Jean-Mathieu | Clements | State Preferences in Multilateral Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Making: An Empirical Analysis of the 1995 N.P.T. Review and Extension Conference (Aug. 1997) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| FABSITZ, Richard R. | Kash | Shifting Federally Funded Research Into Pasteur’s Quadrant: A Case Study of the SBIR Program at NIH (May 2003) |
| FANDL, Kevin J. | Goldstone | Beyond the Invisible: The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Formalization on Small Businesses in Colombia (May 2010) |
| FARLEY, Robin | Baker | Making Program/Budget Decisions about the Future of the Navy: How Senior Flag Officers Work with Political Appointees and Career Civilian Executives inside the Navy Headquarters (August 2014) |
| FAROOQUE, Mahmud A. | Kash | The Evolution of Technological Forecasting and the Contemporary Policy Systems, 1935-1999 (May 2004) |
| FARR, DeAnn J. | Armor | Interstate Equity in Health Policy (Aug. 2004) |
| FASEHUN, Simisola | Goldstone | Impact of Humanitarian Aid on Facilitating Corruption: A Look at Nations in Central America and the Caribbean |
| FAZZARI, Justin D. | Fuller | A Study of Metropolitan Economies from 1980 – 2000: Examining Changes in Metropolitan Sectoral Employment and Poverty (January 2012) |
| FERNANDES, Benjamin J. | Goldstone | Impact of Foreign Military Education and Training on Coups (May 2020) |
| FISHEL, Eugene M. | Rhodes | Third-Party Considerations in U.S. Bilateral Relations: Four Case Studies Examining the Presence of the Moscow Factor in U.S. Policy Toward Sovereign Ukraine |
| FITZSIMMONS, Carolyn | Sibley | Knowledge Spillovers From Joint Government-Industry Supported Research: A Case Study from the Automotive Industry (May 2001) |
| FLACH, Helen R. | Mahler | Influence of the Organizational Culture in Implementing Radical Mission Change in an Agency: The U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1985-1995 (May 1997) |
| FLETCHER, Charles V. | Armor | Politics and Military Base Closures (Aug. 2006) |
| FONTANEZ, Paul J. | Fuller | Determinants of Kyrgyz Economic Growth (January 2012) |
| STURTEVANT (FOWLER), Lisa Ann | Fuller | Immigrant Suburbs: An Analysis of the Residential Mobility and Location Decisions of Recent Immigrants (May 2006) |
| FRANK, Peter | Stough | Nonprofit Entrepreneurship in Regional Economies: Organization Creation and Economic Growth (Jan. 2005) |
| FRASER, Ronald R. | White | Policy Subsystems and the Idea Whose Time Has Come (Jan. 1997) |
| FREITAS, Elizabeth Neglia | Koizumi | The Impact of the End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program on the Elderly (August 2020) |
| FRYE, Douglas W. | Gulledge | E-Procurement in the Private and Public Sectors (May 2004) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| GARG, Sachin | Auerswald |
Essays on Big Data and Development (August 2017) |
| GERMAN, Keith H. | Goldstone | Interagency Interaction: Exploring the Facilitators & Inhibitors of Interagency Interaction in the US National Security System (May 2015) |
| GETTMAN, Jon | Fuller | Portfolio Variance Analysis and Sustainable Rural Economic Development (May 2000) |
| GILL, Angela D. | Goldstone | Leadership Legitimation and Political Instability in U.S. Interventions (December 2020) |
| GOEPNER, Erik | Thrall | Hurt People Hurt People: Trauma, the State, and Civil War (December 2018) |
| GOODLOE, John M. | Lavoie | Money, Democracy, and the Southern Tradition (May 2001) |
| GOPALAN, Sasidaran | Rajan | Monetary and Financial Implications of Foreign Bank Entry in Emerging and Developing Economies (August 2014) |
| GORDON IV, John | Pfiffner | The Quadrennial Defense Review: Analyzing the Major Defense Review Process (May 2005) |
| GORMAN, Sean P. | Stough | Networks, Complexity, and Security: The Role of Policy in Critical Infrastructure Protection (May 2004) |
| GORY, Duane | Pfiffner | State Control Over NGOs That Are Not Financially Dependent On The State (Aug.2008) |
| GUDGEL, John E. | Koblentz | Insurance as a Private Sector Regulator and Promoter of Security and Safety: Case Studies in Governing Emerging Technological Risk from Commercial Nuclear Power to Health Care Sector Cybersecurity (May 2022) |
| GUTIERREZ, Juan Julio | Hart | Plant-Level Innovation Patterns in a Globalized World: A Latin American Perspective (December 2013) |
| GUTH, Andrew | Shelley | The Corruption-Clientelism Relationship: Social Bonds and Debts Obligations (August 2019) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| HAMILTON, Robert | Perry | Foreign Science & Engineering Doctoral Attainment in American Universities (Jan. 2010) |
| HAN, Lianchao | Kash | The New Food Pyramid: Culture, Policy and Technology in the TransAtlantic GMO Controversy (May 2005) |
| HANCOCK, John A. | Pfiffner | Officer Performance: Do the Service Academies Make a Difference? An Examination of the U.S. Navy (May 1999) |
| HANNA, Mitri | White | Perspectives on Decision Making: The Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference, 1973-1982 (Aug. 1995) |
| HARDY, Matthew | Gifford | Simplified Integrated Transportation and Land Use Modeling to Support Metropolitan Planning Decisions: An Application and Assessment (May 2011) |
| HARE, Forrest B. | Sommer | The Interdependent Nature of National Cyber Security: Motivating Private Action for a Public Good (Jan. 2011) |
| HARPEL, Ellen D. | Fuller | The Role of Professional and Business Services in Metropolitan Economies (Aug. 2006) |
| HARTKE, Jason | Pfiffner | The Environmental Presidency: Explaining Environmental Policy by Direct Action (May 2009) |
| HARTMAN, Anna | Dinan | Out of the Shadows: EU Security Strategies and the Emergence of Intelligence Sharing (December 2022) |
| HEARNE, Sheila M. | Regan | Medical Records: The Role of Advocacy Coalitions in Policy Change (Jan. 2003) |
| HASHEMI, Layla | Shelley | Dynamics of Contention: Protest and Resistance in Authoritarian Contexts (May 2020) |
| HEFFELMIRE, Kirk | Koizumi | The Spread of Evidence-Based Practices in Public Mental Health Services (August 2018) |
| HELFRICH, Monique V. | McNeely | Crafting Policy in the Face of Uncertainty: Managing the Risk of High-Consequence Operations (May 2018) |
| HENNESSEY, J. Thomas, Jr. | Pfiffner | Organizational Culture and the “Reinvention of Government” (Jan. 1997) |
| HENRY, Sandra M. | Fuller | An Econometric Analysis of Internet Adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1996-2000 (May 2004) |
| HICKS, Joel | Hart | Behavioral Interventions in Energy Consumption (December 2019) |
| HIGGINBOTHAM, Brian D. | Auerswald |
The Standardization of Standardization: The Search for Order in Complex Systems (August 2017) |
| HIGGINS, Lindley R. | Fuller | Assessing the Economic Impact of Community Based Home ownership Programs on Inner-City Neighborhoods (May 2001) |
| HIMATHONGKAM, Tinapa | Koizumi | Grocery Shopping Destination Choice and Obesity: an Empirical Study of Urban Population in Bangkok, Thailand (December 2016) |
| HIRA, Ronil | Gulledge | Electronic Commerce and Manufacturing Supply Chain Integration and Management: Approaches to Improve Government Policies (Aug. 2002) |
| HODGE, Ronald | Listokin | Patterns of Adoption for Mobile Broadband: Its Role in the U.S. Digital Divide (May 2017) |
| HOFFMAN, Linda E. | Armor | Collaborating Virginia Welfare and Workforce Services (May 2007) |
| HOLLEY JR, William T. | Fuller | Assessing the Impact of Prison Siting on Rural Economic Development (Jan. 2009) |
| HOPEWEL, Lindsey | McNeely | Manifestations of Diversity: An Ecological Analysis of the Institutionalization of Ethnic Studies Programs (December 2014) |
| HOLZHEIMER, Terry F. | Stough | Smart Growth Policies and the Public Sector Costs of Growth (May 2006) |
| HOUGH, Paul G. | Gulledge | Reforming the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System in the Department of Defense: A Study of Budget Process and Rules (May 1994) |
| HSING, Yulan | HSING, Yulan | Regional Hub Port Performance and Institutional Evaluation: Data Envelopment Analysis for the Port of Kaohshiung (Jan. 2000) |
| HU, Xiaochu | Fuller | Immigration and Economic Growth in Metropolitan Areas (May 2014) |
| HU, Yinyue | Schintler | The Adoption of Electronic Medical Records by US Hospitals: An Exploration of Network Methods and Models (May 2016) |
| HUSSAIN, Nazia | Shelley | Tracing Order in Seeming Chaos: Understanding the Informal and Violent Political Order of Karachi (May 2016) |
| HUTCHINSON, George | Rhodes | Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and the Bomb: A Framework for Explaining North Korea’s Nuclear Decisions and Strategies (December 2022) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| IQBAL, Mufeeza | Reinert | Poverty, Basic Needs, and Political Violence: Insights into the Social Context of Terrorism from Pakistan's Northwestern Tribal Areas (August 2020) |
| ISTRATE, Emilia C. | Stough | Small Businesses, Institutions, and the Informal Economy (May 2012) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| JACKSON, Scott | Stough | Mulling Over Massachusetts: Health Insurance Mandates and Entrepreneurs (May 2008) |
| JEFFERSON, Katherine D. | Stough | Transportation Policy and Quality of Life: An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Effects of Implementing Ramp Metering, High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes and High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Within an Urban Transportation Network (Jan. 2009) |
| JIN, Dengjian | Kash | Knowledge Regimes and National Competitiveness (Aug. 1998) |
| JOHNSON, Kirk A. | Stough | What Factors Explain Edge Cities? (Aug. 1998) |
| JOHNSON, Maurice | Listokin | The Impact of Addressing Social Determinants on Health Outcomes Among Medicaid Patients (August 2023) |
| JONES, Boyd A. | Gulledge | Information Technology Enabled Public Sector Service Satisfaction (May 2004) |
| JUSTUS, Adam R. | Mayer | Is Your Public Housing RAD? Public Housing Authority Capacity Building and Decision Making (December 2020) |
| JUNG, Yu Jin | Fuller | Linking Workforce Development and Economic Development in Regions: A Mixed Method Evaluation (May 2012) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| KALLAS-ZELEK, Kadri | Hart | Innovation in the Services Sector: Towards a New Typological Theory (August 2014) |
| KARADEMIR, Kutluer | Goldstone | Democratic Policing and Organizational Learning in UN Police Missions: A Mixed-Methods Study (December 2012) |
| KATCHANOVSKI, Ivan | Lipset/Kash | Regional Political and Policy Divisions in Ukraine and Moldova (Jan. 2002) |
| KAY, Ward R. | Mayer | Where's the "Public" in Public Policy: Skewed Democratic Pluralism vs. Nuanced Public Opinion in Attitudes toward Unauthorized Immigrants (May 2010) |
| KAZMI, Hina | Schintler | Government Contracts and the Organization of Firms (August 2016) |
| KECKLER, Charles | Rozell | The Functional and Constitutional Consequences of Independent Commission Structure (December 2021) |
| KELEKAR, Uma | Stough | Fiscal Interactions among Local Government Units – A Spatial Analysis of the Health and Education Expenditures in the Philippines (August 2011) |
| KELLER, Bradford M. | Fuller | Higher Education and Employment: An Examination of How Support for Higher Education Can Improve Long-Term Economic Performance (May 2010) |
| KHAN, Muhammad Salar | Hart and Olds | Absorptive Capacity and Economic Growth: How Does Absorptive Capacity Affect Economic Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? (August 2022) |
| KHWAJA, Elsa | Reinert | The Network Architecture of Rural Development Interventions: Exploring the Relational Dynamics of Aid-impact in the Fragile and Conflict-Affected Cases of Pakistan and Afghanistan (August 2021) |
| KILPATRICK, Henry E. | Stough | Dynamic Increase Return to Scale, Technology Growth, Lock-in and Hysteresis: A Study of Evolutionary Growth of the Semiconductor Industry in the U.S. (Aug. 1998) |
| KIM, Hyun Ju (Monica) | Koizumi | Essays on Household Decision-Making and Mobile Access in Ethiopia |
| KIM, Mee Jung | Earle | Finance, Business Growth and Entrepreneurship (May 2020) |
| KIM, Sung Jae | Reinert | The Impact of Standards and Institutional Capacity on International Trade: An Examination of Food and Agricultural Products (May 2006) |
| KING, Marva E. | McNeely | Collaboration Program Effectiveness: Comparing Two Community Partnership Programs (December 2012) |
| KLOC, Michelle L. | Koizumi | Policy Options for Use of Media Directed to Increase the Supply of Bachelors Educated Nurses in the U.S.A. (May 2010) |
| KOCORNIK-MINA, Adriana | Stough | The Effects of Space of Inter-State Growth Dynamics and Income Disparities in India - Modeling the Simultaneous Growth of a System of Spatial Units (Aug. 2007) |
| KRISHNASWAMY, Suresh | Auerswald | Clouds in the Distance? Assessing the Role of Service Provisioning Decisions in Shaping Cyber Infrastructure Resilience (December 2020) |
| KRUEGER, Richard D. | Pfiffner | Technology Transfer and U.S. National Security Policy: The Joint Strike Fighter (Aug. 2010) |
| KUILER, Eric W. | McNeely | The Search for Eudaimonia: An Analysis of International Development, Migration, and Gender Equality (May 2007) |
| KULCHITSKY, Dmytro Roman |
Lavoie | Computerization, Knowledge and Information Technology Initiatives: The Cases of Jordan and Israel (Aug. 2001) |
| KULIG, Nancy Lynn | Mahler | The Archetype Model of Leadership (May 1997) |
| KWEUN, Jeong Yun | Stough | Essays on Travel Demand for Toll Roads (May 2017) |
| KWON, Chang | McNeely | Fiscal Policy, Transparency, and Subjective Well-Being (December 2020) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| LALL, Somik | Haynes | The Role of Infrastructure in Regional Growth (Jan. 2001) |
| LASSELLE, Alexis R. | Pfiffner | Legislating “Military Entitlements": A Challenge to the Congressional Abdication Thesis (December 2015) |
| LAWRENCE, James A. | Armor | Growing Earnings Inequality in U.S. Metro Regions (1990 to 2004): The Role of the Financial Services and Information Technology Industries (December 2013) |
| LAVENDER, Wayne | Rozell | Worldview and Public Policy: From American Exceptionalism to American Empire (Jan. 2010) |
| LEARY, Mary A. | Schintler | Policy Intersections or Policy Chasms - State Elder Mobility Policy, Practice and Long-term Care Reform (May 2008) |
| LEE, Joshua A. | Schintler | Artificial Neural Networks in Public Policy: Towards an Analytical Framework (May 2020) |
| LEE, Margo M. | Mahler | Coping Strategies of Scientific Organizations (May 2003) |
| LEE, Kyung Min | Earle | Essays on Labor, Health, and Entrepreneurship (May 2019) |
| LE FAVOUR, John W. | Tolchin | Examination of the Influence of TRICARE Implementation on Ambulatory Health Care Utilization (Jan. 2003) |
| LE RENARD, Callie | Dinan | External Actors and National Preference Formation: European Energy Security Policy and Relations with Russia (December 2013) |
| LI, Huaqun | Haynes | Regional Economic Inequality and Foreign Direct Investment in China (January 2012) |
| LI, Meng-Hao | Schintler | Multi-State Markov Models for the Analysis of EMR Diffusion in Health Care (May 2022) |
| LI, Ning | Kash | Innovation Systems and Technology Spillovers: Economic, Geographic, and Institutional Perspectives (May 2004) |
| LI, Qiangsheng | Haynes | Regional Dynamics and Growth Advantages of the Washington Metropolitan Economy: An Extended and Integrated Shift-Share Approach (Jan. 1997) |
| LIN, Xintong | Sibley | E-Government Implementation and Practices for Policy Goals - A Methodology and Case Studies (Aug. 2007) |
| LINDSEY, Bruce | Armor | The Effect of Computers on the Mathematics Achievement of American 8th Grade Students (Aug. 2005) |
| LINEHAN, Patrick D. | Armor | Factors Influencing Improved Student Achievement in Virginia (August 2012) |
| LITTON, Eric | Marvel | How Do Framed Messages Affect Budget Recommendations? An Experiment in Federal Government Budgeting (May 2017) |
| LITZELMAN, Michael | Perry | Cost Effectiveness and Cost/Benefits of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Demining Programs (May 2001) |
| LIU, Yanchun | Haynes | Impacts of Telecommunications Infrastructure and Its Spillover Effects on Regional Economic Growth in China (Jan. 2009) |
| LOYOLA-TRUJILLO, Jose | Fuller | The Spatial Relocation of Mexico's Largest Exporting Industries: A Comparative Study of Five Metropolitan Areas (Jan. 2005) |
| LUNN, Maxine P. | Lipset | Community at a Crossroads - Latino Community Participation in Agenda Setting in Washington, D.C. (Aug. 1996) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| MAAS, Gerard C., Jr. | Stough | Federal Workforce Restructuring: Agency Responses to External Pressures (Jan. 2004) |
| MADISON, John J. | Kash | The Scientific Elite: Enterprising Participants in Science Policy Development (Aug. 1994) |
| MAGGIO, Mark E. | Stough | Decision-making on Controversial Transport and Enforcement Technology Applications (May 2004) |
| MAGNESS, Phillip | High | From Tariffs to the Income Tax: Trade Protection and Revenue in the United States (Jan. 2010) |
| MALIK, Ammar Anees | Root | Exploring the Dynamics of Urban Development with Agent-Based Modeling: The Case of Pakistani Cities (May 2015) |
| MAO, Rebecca J. | Ketkar | The Effects of Core Divestments on Innovations in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Public Policy Analysis (May 2014) |
| MARSTON, Kayyonne | Shelley | In Pursuit of Illicit Goals: Structure, Dynamics, and Collapse of Crime Facilitating Networks in Jamaica (August 2016) |
| MARWAH, Sanjay | Haynes | Opportunity Structures and Crime in Suburban Los Angeles (Jan. 2005) |
| MASCI, Pietro | High | Insurance Market Development and Entrepreneurship, with a Focus on Latin America and Brazil (August 2013) |
| MASTAL, Margaret F. | Mahler | Governance in American Health Care Organizations: 1984-1993 Elements and Patterns (Jan. 1997) |
| MAXWELL, Sarah P. | Armor | The Changing Nature of the Feminist Movement (May 2004) |
| MAY, Kyle P. | Hart | Internet Disseminated Medical Information: An Investigation of Three Regulatory Policy Tools (Jan. 2009) |
| MCCLUSKEY, Neal P. | Armor | Education and Soial Capital Maximization: Does Decentralization Hold the Key? (May 2013) |
| MCCORMICK, Michael | Gifford | The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Passenger Hub Airport Abandonment by Legacy US Air Carriers (May 2023) |
| MCCREESH, Patrick J. | Listokin | The Factors Contributing to Agency-Level Budgetary Patterns in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (May 2016) |
| MCGOVERN, Tara A. | Shelley | New Armed Groups in Colombia: The Emergence of the Bacrim in the 21st Century |
| MCNAMARA, Castilla Florence | Stough | Science Policy for Biomedical Crises: Examination and Analysis of the Synoptic Strategy (Jan. 2005) |
| MCQUADE, Samuel C., III | Sibley | Cops Versus Crooks: Technological Competition and Complexity in the Co-Evolution of Information Technologies and Money Laundering (Aug. 2001) |
| MEDLOCK, Kathleen V. | Pfiffner | A Critical Analysis of the Impact of the Department of Defense Reorganization Act on American Officership (Aug. 1993) |
| METSCHER, Karen Noelle | Goldstone | Population Health Measures as Indicators of Fertility Change (Jan. 2009) |
| MICHAEL, George J. | Fukuyama | The U.S. Response to Domestic Right Wing Terrorism and Extremism: A Government and NGO Partnership (Jan. 2002) |
| MILLER, David J. | Acs | Campus as Frontier: High Growth Student Startups at US Colleges and Universities (August 2015) |
| MITOKO, Jeremiah B. | Auerswald | Toward A Risk Tolerant Paradigm in Microcredit: Modeling the Case of Kenya (December 2019) |
| MOHD AMIN, Fatima | Hill | Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Malaysian Information Technology (IT) Industry (May 2001) |
| MOORE, Lewis | Stough | Weather-Related Crashes on Public Lands (Jan. 2008) |
| MORAR, David | Listokin | Analyzing the Relationship Between Communities of Practice and Institutional Structure in Multistakeholder Frameworks. A Case Study in Internet Governance (August 2018) |
| MORRIS, Andrea Y. | Fuller | Affordable Housing: A Question of Definition A Case Study on the Housing Markets of Arlington County, VA and Montgomery County, MD (May 2008) |
| MORSTEIN, Jennifer | Perry | Determining the Structure of the Global Dual Use Nuclear Trade Networks (May 1999) |
| MUSTAFA, Shahid S. | Sibley | Factors that Explain Internet Growth in Africa: An Empirical Model (Jan. 2002) |
| MUTONE-SMITH, Danielle Marie | Tolchin | Food Aid Reform: The Basis for an NGO Led Reform Process (January 2012) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| NAREL, James L. | Avruch/Pfiffner | Humanitarian and Military Organizational Cutures and the Challenges of Contemporary Complex Emergencies (May 2007) |
| NAYEBPOUR, Mehdi | Koizumi | Personalization of Immunosuppressive Medication for Kidney Transplant Recipients (May 2022) |
| NEIVA, Rui Quesado | Button | Economic Efficiency of Air Navigation Service Providers: An Assessment in Europe (May 2014) |
| NOVAK, Justin M. | Hart | Use of Knowledge Commons in Open Innovation Systems: The Case of Free and Open Source Software (December 2016) |
| NUCCI, Owen | Koizumi | Three-Paper Dissertation on Female Veteran Healthcare Relating to Mental Health (December 2022) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| OLSON, Warren | Kash | Urban Information Systems Technology: Tools and Policy Implications for the Military and Law Enforcement in the 21st Century (Jan. 2001) |
| O’LAUGHLIN, Johanna C. | Goldstone | Aging in America: Exploring the Long-Term Care Puzzle and Barriers to Private Insurance Coverage (May 2018 |
| O'NEIL, Sean | Addleson | The Formation of Collaborative Inter-Organizational Networks (May 2009) |
| ONWUDIWE, Ruby | Goldstone | Globalization, Extractive FDI and the Effects of Multinational Corporations on Conflict Situations in Developing Countries (August 2011) |
| OUTZEN, Richard | Mandaville | The U.S. Practice of Coercive Diplomacy 1990-2020 (May 2023) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| PALUBINSKAS, Ginta T. | Stough | Economic Transformation: The Full Societal Transformation Thesis (Jan. 2003) |
| PANDIT, Nitin S. | Haynes | Policy Design For Retail Electric Institutions: Artificial Intelligence Representations for a Common Property Resource Approach (Jan. 1999) |
| PARAJULI, Jitendra | Haynes | Broadband Internet in the U.S. (May 2013) |
| PARDO, Camilo H. | Shelley | The Political Economy of Land Property Rights in the Colombian Civil War: A Study on Land-Grabbing (December 2019) |
| PARFOMAK, Elizabeth C. | Stough | Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide: Socioeconomic Characteristics and Landowner Acceptance of Carbon Sequestration Sites (December 2012) |
| PARK, Eun Jung | Armor | Explaining Achievement Disparities between the United States and South Korea (May 2013) |
| PARKER, Emma | Pfiffner | The Securitization of United States Foreign Assistance (December 2022) |
| PEDLIKIN, Phillip S. | Mayer | The Closure of Institutions for the Intellectually Disabled: How Depopulation Impacts Programs and Spending (December 2020) |
| PATACSIL, Peter K. | Rhodes | The Design and Evolution of the United States Cyber Command |
| PATEL, Amit V. | Stough | Slumulation: An Integrated Simulation Framework to Explore Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India (December 2012) |
| PELLETIERE, Danilo | Reinert | Why Do Countries Protect Used Goods Markets: An Inquiry Into the Used Automobile Trade (May 2003) |
| PENNY, Robert G. | Harrington | An Assessment of the Relative Importance of Public Sector Versus Private Sector Export Assistance in the Export Performance of Virginia Manufacturers (Aug. 1997) |
| PERINO, George H., Jr. | Gulledge | Complexity: A Cognitive Barrier to Defense Systems Acquisition Management (May 2000) |
| PERRON, Michael A. | Rhodes | State Sovereignty at Risk: A Descriptive Case Study on the Foreign Policy Decision-Making Behavior of Kim Jong Il During the Six-Party Talks (2003-2009) (May 2019) |
| PETERS, Lutheria N. | Schintler | The Positionality of Race in Graduate and Professional School Admissions: A Theoretical Lens and Empirical Contribution for Race Conscious and Race Neutral Policies (December 2018) |
| PETRIE, Ann | Mahler | Human Services Coalition: A Theory of Governance (May 2000) |
| PHARIS, Claudia C. | Stough | A Framework for the Application of the Tools of Complexity Science to the Analysis of Regional Growth and Development: Toward a Computational Regional Science (December 2015) |
| PHILOGENE, G. Stephane | Haynes | A Comparative Statics Analysis of Efficiency and Productivity Changes of the National Institutes of Health's General Clinical Research Centers: 1990-1997 (Aug. 2000) |
| PLANT JR., John T. | Goldstone | Population Policies for Developed States in Eastern Europe: A Framework for Comprehensive National Responses to Demographic Change (December 2018) |
| POMMERENING, Christine | Tolchin | The Development of Governance Structures For the Internet. Principles and Practices in the Case of the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (Jan. 2004) |
| POOL, Amy C. | Lipset | The Path to Power: The Evolution of Rights Discourse in the Twentieth Century United States (Aug. 1996) |
| POOLE, Kenneth | Fuller | The Role of the Practitioner Networks in the Successful Diffusion and Implementation of Policy Innovations: Lessons from Enterprise Zone Experiences (Jan. 2000) |
| PORTER, Tameka | Armor | Affirmative Action and Mismatch at Selective Postsecondary Institutions (December 2015) |
| PRASAD, Nikhilesh | Goldstone | Modernization as a Social Process: The Case of Britain (Aug. 2009) |
| PRICE, James E. | White/Cole | An Investigation of the Relationship Between Perceived Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness in Matrix Organizations (Aug. 1993) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| QIAN, Haifeng | Acs | Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship: The Nexus of Human Capital, Knowledge, and Entrepreneurial Activity (Aug. 2010) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| Ramnath, Gayatri | Ketkar | Innovation in Emerging Market Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Barriers and Access to Resources (August 2012) |
| RANVILLE, Michelle | Rudder | The Effectiveness of Due Process Requirements in Public and Private Standard-Setting (December 2015) |
| RAY, Marcella Ridlen | Lipset | Out of the Shadows: An Empirical Analysis of How Civil Society in the U.S. Changed During the 20th Century (May 2000) |
| RESTON, Russell | High | The Philippine Economy Under Ramos: A Comparative Scorecard (Jan. 2001) |
| RIGGLE, James | Conlan | The Future of American Federalism: Modeling State Politics and Policy (Aug. 2002) |
| ROGERS, Modestine | N Hart-Nibbrig | The Effects of Judicial Intervention on the Development of Deinstitutionalization Policy for Persons with Mental Disabilities (May 1993) |
| ROUGH, Jill A. | Mayer | Is the Abrams Doctrine Valid?: Exploring the Impact of Army National Guard Mobilization on Public Support for the War on Terror (Jan. 2011) |
| RUSTICI, Thomas C. | High | The Economic Effects of the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 and the Beginning of the Great Depression (May 2005) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| SANY, Joseph Nzima | Goldstone | USAID Funds and Locals Own: Local Ownership of Projects in Situations of Fragility and Instability. The Cases of Idejen in Haiti and Building Peace and Prosperity in Casamance, Senegal (May 2013) |
| SAGER, Michelle | Conlan | Cooperation Without Borders: Federalism and International Trade (May 1999) |
| SALAZAR, Maria E. | Stough | Local Economic Development in Mexico: A Comparative Study of the Methods and Goals of Local, State and Federal Development Agencies (May 2007) |
| SALEEM, Raja Muhammad Ali | Goldstone | Effect of Islam's Role in State Nationalism on the Islamization of Government: Case Studies of Turkey and Pakistan (August 2014) |
| SALEM, Pofen | Fuller | The Internationalization of Small Business Service Firms in Metropolitan Economies: A Case Study of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area (Aug. 2000) |
| SAMUDA, Karelle A.Y. | Goldstone | The Political Economy of the Constituency Development Fund in Kenya and Jamaica (May 2018) |
| SARKISSIAN, Alfred | Hart | Essays on the Drug Discovery Innovation System (December 2017) |
| SCAPPINI, Karla L. | Addleson | Organizing for Aid Effectiveness: A Multi-Case Study of U.S. Foreign Aid Delivery Models (December 2013) |
| SCHALLER, Robert R. | Kash | Technological Innovation in the Semiconductor Industry: A Case Study of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) (May 2004) |
| SCHUM, Richard M. | Sibley | A Study in Direct Democracy: The Citizen Initiative & the Determinants of Voter Behavior (Jan. 2009) |
| SHAKIROVA, Ramziya | Hughes Hallett | The Importance of Institutional Arrangements for Development: A Study of the Relationship between Decentralized Governance and the Provision of Public Education (August 2013) |
| SHEARN, Benjamin | Rhodes | Identity Framing: How Indian Policy-Maker Identity Affects Threat Perception (May 2023) |
| SHOCKLEY, Gordon | Stough | The Function of Policy Entrepreneurship in American Politics: The Return of Stability to Federal Arts Policy (Aug. 2005) |
| SHOEMAKER, Melissa | Wedel | A House Divided: Evolution of EU Asylum Policy After The Bosnian War (May 2009) |
| SHPAK, Solomiya | Earle | Essays on FDI, Oligarchs, and Firm Performance (May 2020) |
| SIDDIQUE, Abu Bakkar | Koizumi | Three Essays on Tax Behavior, Public Goods Provisions, and Income Poverty (August 2022) |
| SKLAREW, Jennifer | Hart | Shock to the System: How Catastrophic Events and Institutional Relationships Impact Japanese Energy Policymaking, Resilience, and Innovation (August 2015) |
| SONG, Abraham Keunwon | Acs | State Business Incentives, Job Creation, and Entrepreneurship (May 2020) |
| SONG, Chunpu | Stough | The Regional Macroeconomic Effects of Public Infrastructure in China (May 2011) |
| SOKOLOWSKI, Eugene | Fauntroy | The Transitional Component of the African-American Electorate in the 2004 Presidential Election: Issue Orientation and the Voting Decision (May 2009) |
| SOUSA, Sonia A. | Fuller | Entrepreneurship and Initiatives in European Union Regional Competitiveness (January 2012) |
| SPENGLER, Arthur W. | Stough | Why Local Government Employees Choose to Bargain Collectively: The Role of Collective Voice in the Competition For Budget Resources in An Era of Fiscal Discontent (May 1998) |
| SRINIVASAN, Divya | Srinivasan, Divya | The Influence of Health Reform on "Direct Pay" Medicine (May 2014) |
| STABILE, Bonnie B. | Tolchin | Balancing Morality and Economy: The Case of State Human Cloning Policies (May 2006) |
| STALEBRINK, Odd J. | Gifford | Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting in Transition: A Study of "Earnings Management" Under the Accrual and Consolidation Model (Aug. 2000) |
| STANFORD, Virgil Ian | LaPorte | Rooftop Revolution? The Comparative Effectiveness of State Incentives for Solar Photovoltaic Adoption in the Residential Sector (December 2014) |
| STEVENS-THOMPSON, Yolanda | Perry | Analysis of the Eligibility Determination Methods for Medicaid's Aged and Disabled Waiver (Aug. 2005) |
| STOLORZ, Sebastian | Hughes Hallett | The Implementation of Inflation Targeting in Emerging and Developing Countries: The Role of Accountability in Designing and Executing Monetary Policy Regime (December 2019) |
| STURTEVANT (FOWLER), Lisa Ann | Fuller | Immigrant Suburbs: An Analysis of the Residential Mobility and Location Decisions of Recent Immigrants (May 2006) |
| SULLIVAN, Ellen | McNeely | The Webmaster's Tale: Joining the EU Information Society (Aug. 2005) |
| SUNDERBRUCH, Jude | Pfiffner | An Assessment of Neofunctionalist Spillover in Security Structures of the Post-Cold War European Union (Aug. 2008) |
| SUTTER, Ryan C. | Stough | The Psychology of Entrepreneurship and the Technological Frontier - A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Entrepreneurship in the United States (May 2010) |
| SZYMALAK, Jim | Pfiffner | Expanding the Obligation to Accommodate Public Employee Religious Free Expression and its Effects on Bureaucratic Accountability (December 2014) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| TALKINGTON, Scott W. | Lipset | The Influence of Political Values and Campaign Spending in 1996 Congressional Elections (May 1998) |
| THIBAULT, Marc A. | Perry | A Multivariate Analysis of US Coast Guard Enlistment Propensity (Aug. 2004) |
| THOMAS, Kevin | Addleson | Resistance to Wireless Telecommunication Antenna Siting: A Comparative Case Study of Regulatory Policy (Jan. 2008) |
| THOMAS, William C. | Tolchin | Cultural Transformation in the U.S. Air Force (Jan. 2003) |
| TIAN, Fangmeng | Hart | Emigration of Chinese Scientists and its Impacts on National Research Performance from a Sending Country Perspective (January 2012) |
| TINGLE, Anthony L. | Hart | Essays on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs |
| TIRTOSUHARTO, Darius | Stough | Regional Competitiveness in Indonesia: The Incentives of Fiscal Decentralization on Efficiency and Economic Growth (Jan. 2010) |
| TRAMPE, Paul | Mayer | The Effects on Work Effort of the Simultaneous Phase-Down of Multiple Assistance Programs (Aug. 2008) |
| TRANG, Nga T. | Armor | Building Social Capital through Girl Scouts (Aug. 2004) |
| TUCKER, Jonathan C. | Hill | An Analysis of Industry Support for the NSF's Engineering Research Centers (May 2003) |
| TURNER, Sidney C. | Haynes | The Political Economy of Urban Primacy: A Reconsideration (December 2013) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| UNDERHILL, Jack A. | N Hart-Nibbrig | Putting the Pieces Together: An Integrated Approach to Moving Poor Mothers from Poverty to Independence (Aug. 1994) |
| UMAROV, Utkirdjan | Haynes | Modeling Lending Pressure and House Price Bubble Absorption: A Case of the United States (May 2018) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| VACHAL, Kimberly J. | Button | Economic Growth of Nonmetropolitan and Agricultural Region Cities (Jan. 2005) |
| VALENTINE, Patrick F. | Heclo | Equality and Efficiency: Telecommunications Policy and Conflicting American Principles (Jan. 1997) |
| VANCE, Walter K. | Pfiffner | Financial Management Information Produced as a Result of the CFO Act and Its Use by Federal Government Agencies, the OMB and Congress (May 2003) |
| VENERI, Michael C. | Pfiffner | The Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Joint Duty Promotion Requirement: An Analysis of the U.S. Military's Implementation of a Congressional Mandate (May 2004) |
| VEGA, Henry, L. | Button | Developing Countries and Their Airborne Export Flows of Perishable and High-Tech Goods (May 2010) |
| VIRGILL, Nicola | Acs | Export Processing Zones: Tools of Development or Reform Delay? (May 2009) |
| VLAICU, Sorina O. | McNeely | Patient Rights versus Managed Care: A Policy Formulation Model (Aug. 2003) |
| VOLPE, Michael | Goldstone | Frame Resonance and Failure in the Thai Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts Movements (August 2015) |
| VU, Ha | Root | Fiscal Policy in Vietnam: Does It Spur Regional Concentration? (Jan. 2011) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| WAHAB, Bilal A. | Shelley | Oil Federalism in Iraq: Resource Curse, Patronage Networks, and Stability. Case Studies of Baghdad, Kurdistan, and the Advent of ISIS (May 2015) |
| WALKER, Laura M. | Rozell | Religious-Based Decisions in Federal Appellate Courts: The Influence of Jurisdictional Characteristics and Judicial Attributes on Voting (December 2012) |
| WANG, Yiying Elle | Goldstone | West African Merchants in Yiwu City, China: Immigrant Identities and Chinese Immigration Policies (December 2018) |
| WATERS, Keith L. | Fuller | Firm Formation and Regional Labor Allocation (December 2018) |
| WALTERS, Julie | McNeely | Assisted Living Regulation in the United States: Institutional Responses to a New Industry (Aug. 2005) |
| WANG, Emily Xiaoxia | Stough | China As Public Venture Capitalist: Attainment and Policies (May 2006) |
| WANG, Jiamin | Stough | Innovation through Alliance and M&A, Location Advantage, and Firm Growth: Evidence from U.S. Publicly Traded Pharmaceutical Companies (December 2012) |
| WARFIELD, Wallace | Lipset | Politics, Parties, and Conflict Resolution: The Role of Urban Politics in the Management and Resolution of Community Conflict (Jan. 2001) |
| WATKINS, Shanea | Armor | The Effect of Charter Schools on Academic Achievement and Achievement Gaps (Jan. 2007) |
| WEISSBURG, Paul | Rudder | Shifting Alliances in the Accreditation of Higher Education: On the Long-Term Consequences of Delegation of Government Authority to Self-Regulatory Organizations (Jan. 2009) |
| WILLIAMS, Michael B. | Armor | Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Military Leadership: A Feasibility Analysis of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission’s Service Academy Accession Recommendations (December 2013) |
| WILLIAMS, Rhys M. | Kash | The Exchange of Knowledge During Federal Laboratory/Industry Commercial Innovation: Toward New Federal Public Policy Framework (Aug. 1999) |
| WILSON, Aleta M. | Stough | Federal Procurement Policy: Effect on Minority Owned Businesses (May 2001) |
| WILSON, Brian Z. | Goldstone | Foreign Aid and Governance in a Complex Adaptive System (August 2020) |
| WILSON, Clay, III | Stough | Protection of Rights in Intellectual Property: How Will Public Policy Control Copyright Piracy in the Age of the Internet? (May 2001) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| XIE, Qingshu | Fuller | The Dynamics of Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. 1970-2000 (May 2003) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| YANANMANDRA, Venkataramana | Rajan | Essays on Monetary and Exchange Rate Effects in India (May 2014) |
| YANG, Guang | Stough | Spatial Proximity, Functional Closeness and Regional Competitiveness (Jan. 2005) |
| YILMAZ, Serdar | Haynes | Regionalization of Telecommunications Investment: Is Telecommunications a Tool in Interregional Economic Competition? (Jan. 2001) |
| YUAN, Junyang | Button | Impacts of Traffic Congestion on Regional Production Efficiency: Cases of U.S. Urban Areas (May 2014) |
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| Student | Chair | Dissertation Title |
| ZANGARDI, John A. | LaPorte | Regulation of Internet Top Level Domain Names (Jan. 2005) |
| ZAPATA, Ellen A. | Fuller | A Mixed Method Analysis of Foreclosure and Local Government Policy in the Washington, D.C. Area (December 2012) |
| ZELNIO, Ryan | Hart | A Complexity Approach to Evaluating National Scientific Systems through International Scientific Collaborations (May 2013) |
| ZHANG, Hong | Goldstone | Internationalization of China’s Developmental State: Mechanisms and Impacts (August 2021) |
| ZHANG, Ting | Schintler | It's Never Too Late: Elderly Entrepreneurship in the Aging Economy (Jan. 2008) |
| ZHAO, Zuoquan | Stough | The Economic Growth of a Nation: A Spatial Perspective (Aug. 2004) |
| ZHOU, Xin | Gifford | Transit Oriented Development: Does It Provide a More Affordable Way of Life? Examining Transit Oriented Development's Impacts on Household Travel Decisions (January 2012) |