ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at gradformat@asu.edu.
- Arizona State University
- 1 Burnam-Fink, Michael
- 1 Desouza, Kevin C
- 1 Hurlbut, Ben
- 1 Knopf, Richard C
- 1 Larsen, Dale
- 1 Miller, Clark
- more
- 1 Roscoe, Rod D
- 1 Smith, Kendra Lindsay
- 1 Wetmore, Jameson
- 2 English
- Social research
- higher education
- 1 ADHD
- 1 Education policy
- 1 Higher education
- 1 Medical ethics
- 1 biopolitics
- more
- 1 disability rights
- 1 partnerships
- 1 stakeholder salience
- 1 stakeholder theory
- 1 transhumanism
- 1 university-community partnerships
- 1 university/community relations
- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
According to my 2016 survey of ASU undergraduate students, 33% have used stimulant medications (e.g. Adderall or Ritalin) without a prescription to study. I view this practice as a step towards cognitive enhancement, which is the deliberate application of biotechnology to radically alter the human condition. From a foresight perspective, the ability to actively improve human beings, to take our evolutionary destiny into our own hands, may be a turning point on par with agriculture or the use of fossil fuels. The existential risks, however, may be greater than the benefits—and many of the most radical technologies have made little …
- Contributors
- Burnam-Fink, Michael, Miller, Clark, Hurlbut, Ben, et al.
- Created Date
- 2016
Universities and community organizations (e.g., nonprofit organizations, schools, government, and local residents) often form partnerships to address critical social issues, such as improving service delivery, enhancing education and educational access, reducing poverty, improving sustainability, sharing of resources, research, and program evaluation. The efficacy and success of such collaborations depends on the quality of the partnerships. This dissertation examined university-community partnership (UCP) relationships employing stakeholder theory to assess partnership attributes and identification. Four case studies that consisted of diverse UCPs, oriented toward research partnerships that were located at Arizona State University, were investigated for this study. Individual interviews were conducted with …
- Contributors
- Smith, Kendra Lindsay, Knopf, Richard C, Desouza, Kevin C, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015