Abstract:DEDICATIONThis dissertation is dedicated to my mother and father, Melissa and Jim Luby. Thank you for always supporting me throughout my academic career. Thank you for reading books to me before bedtime, endless art projects, teaching me how to use an abacus, helping out in classrooms and editing papers. Thank you for always being there through thick and thin.
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