Graduate School

Individual Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program

Example Dissertation Titles

  • A Collective Profile: Meaning in the Built Environment among Designers, Managers and Users with a Mobility Disability.
  •  A Fine Bunch of Killers
  •  A Model of Factors Affecting Consumer Decision-Making Regarding Food Products; a Case Study of the United States and Japan.
  • A Multivariate Approach to Pricing Beef Sensory Attributes
  • A Multivariate Analysis of Two Cooking Methods for Nine Muscles from Limousin and Wagyu Steers.
  • A Pragmatic of Metaphor: A Micronic Analysis of Conversational Metaphor.
  • A Study of the Effects of Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity and Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication in a Second Language on Second Language Oral Proficiency Development.
  • Affective and Cognitive Responses to Minority TV Portrayals: Effects of Television News on Mexican American Perceptions of Own Group Members.
  • An Analysis of the Short Run Competitive Position of Producers and Packers in the Fresh Fruit Industry: A Case Study of the Washington Apple Industry.
  • Assimilation and Acculturation: A Study of Chinese Immigrants Socialization through Communication Channels.
  • Consumer Preferences For Differentiated Food Products
  • Computer Use and Oral Communication Skills among Adolescents in Eastern Washington Schools.
    Corporate Newspaper, Global Warming and Editorial Vigor Hypothesis
  • Critical Thinking in Higher Education: The Influence of Teaching Styles and Peer Collaboration on Science and Math Learning.
  • Defining the Concept of Risk in Middle Childhood: Implications of Perspectives from Teachers, Parents and Children.
  • Developing and Assessing a Holistic Living-Learning Community for Engineering and Science Freshmen
  • Diffusion of Integrated Pest Management Technology Given Regulatory and Economic Pressures.
  • Dreamin’ Town: A Multi-Media Recital of Songs by Twentieth Century Women Composers: A Creative Interdisciplinary Project.
  • Ecological Planning for Sustainable Agriculture.
  • Effects of Mass Media on the Relationship of Black African Immigrants to African Americans and Mainstream American Population.
  • The Effects of Psychological Characteristics, and Group Dynamics on Performance Enhancement
  • Effects of Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy and Social Facilitation on Performance Enhancement.
  • Evolutional Approach to Learning and Intelligence: Toward the Development of Intelligent Artificial Life.
  • Eye Candy: A Study of Experimental Design Communities and the Dialectical Surface of the Baroque Website.
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EDMR): Impacting Communication Apprehension
  • Food Choice and Environmental Quality: Bridging the Gap between Food Consumption and Food Production.
  • From “Military Propagandist” to the Progressive: The Editorial Evolution of H-Bomb Battler Samuel H. Day, Jr.
  • Health Related Issues of Homeless Women and Children in Urban Seattle.
  • Information Dissemination:  The Case of Delayed Decision Making and The Diffusion of Innovations
  • Integrated Decision Making: The Case of Snake River Salmon Recovery.
  • Integrated Marketing on the Internet: Congruency Effects of Banner Advertisements and Websites.
  • The Jefferson Peace Medal: A Cultural Phenomenon Passed Down from Chief to Chief in Walla Walla Culture, Circa 1805-1986
  • Just Compensation Value and Sustainable Development For Large Scale Mineral Projects in Developing Economies
  • Managing For Improved Health Outcomes, Reduced Costs and Reduced Utilization in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
  • Managing Normative Transition in Times of Economic Distress: Adolescents, Parents, and Gender Differences in the Family Life Cycle.
  • Narratives of Poverty and the Working Poor in Prime-Time Television Crime Drama
  • Poor Television: Narratives of the Working Poor in Prime-Time Television Crime Drama.
  • Post-DVM Education Intentions Among Third-Year Veterinary Medical Students: A Hiearchical Analysis of Mentoring, Gender, and Organizational Context
  • Redefining Normalcy: A Queer Reconstruction of the Family An In-Depth Exploration of Youth with Lesbian Parents
  • Self Administered Tactile Therapy: A Proposed Intervention for the Treatment of Public Speaking Apprehension
  • Sex Abstinence Only or Sex Abstinence Plus Programs in the Schools:  An Analysis of Effectiveness
    Structurational Identification in Groups Within Organizations: I, We & Us
  • The Jefferson Peace Medal: A Cultural Phenomenon Passed Down from Chief to Chief in Walla Walla Culture, Circa 1805-1986
  • The Public Broadcasting Service: A Survey of Organizational Structure, Quality Programming, and Organizational Goals
  • Variability in the Simon Effect
  • Visualization and Systematic Desentization: Interventions for Habituating and Sensitizing Patterns of Public Speaking Anxiety
  • Voice Pedagogy As a Treatment for Communication Apprehension: An Examination of Psychological Conditioning and Social Facilitation
  • Water Rights in Islamic Contexts and New Dams Water Rights: Applications in Yemen
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