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Dissertations from 2027
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Brief App-based Mindfulness Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals, Lindsey Ostermiller
Dissertations from 2026
Praise That Empowers: Training Preschool Teachers to Linguistically Adapt Behavior-Specific Praise for Hispanic Students, Claudia Abril Ochoa
Neural Correlates of Anger Rumination to a Personal Event and Subsequent Changes in Working Memory, Mairin Claire Madison Cotter
Mental Health & Alcohol Outcomes for Student-Athletes: Exploring the Mediating Role of Drinking Motives, Lauren Alexis Greenspoon
Boosting Reading Fluency Using Systematic Error Correction and Repeated Reading With Diverse Upper Elementary Learners, Kayla Sharee McVay
Dissertations from 2025
The Effect of Implementing a Development Program Using Mental Imagery on the Time to Master Psychomotor Skills, Randal Agee
Portrayals and Perspectives: The Representation of Gulf States in American Political Cartoons from Early Relations to 2020, Meshari Alotaibi
The Desegregation of Mississippi's Community and Junior Colleges, Precious N. Alridge
Solution of Preconditioned Nonsymmetric Saddle Point Systems through Modified Conjugate Gradient Iteration, Samson Ayo
Supporting Victory: The Revolution in US Army Logistics, 1898–1918, James M. Berry
Investigation of Dynamic Transesterification in Epoxy-Amine Vitrimers, Pritha Bhunia
Fungal Biodiversity, Microbial Communities, and Ecosystem Function in Non-perennial Streams, Charles T. Bond
Factors Shaping Data-Based Decision-Making: The Role of Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, and School Culture in Mississippi’s State Tested Subjects, Cymone E. Bradford
Unlocking Potential: How Disengagement and Reengagement Shape Performance and Well-Being, Asha Bradley
A Mixed Methods Study of the Process of Commissioning New Music for Choirs, Kyle Justin Brazell
Examining Nonprofit Social Service Sector Burnout and Turnover: Trait Mindfulness as a Moderator of Work-Life Balance and Compassion Fatigue, Melissa L. Brown
Exploring Factors Influencing Noncredit Workforce Training Program Selection, Rebecca Brown
The Influence of Online Dating Pool Size Variability on Mate Selection Satisfaction and Investment, Zach Buckner
The Examination of Teacher Mentorship Design for Mentees, Cagla Cobek
Exploring Faculty Perspectives of Roadblocks to Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Community Colleges, Shalither S. Cushenberry
Enhanced Point Cloud Generation from A Novel 360° Underwater LiDAR, Olagoke E. Daramola
Network Formation and Thermal Degradation of Aryl Ether Diamine Polybenzoxazines, Charles M. Davis
Perceptions of Choral Diction Curricula, Caitlyn Dixon
How Do You Ask Questions? A Thematic and Discursive Analysis of Question-Asking in Stranger Conversations, Nicholas Elliott
Processing-Driven Crystallization, Morphology, and Mechanics in PEKK Composites, Nicholas Ryan Enos
Synthesis of Flavin Analogs for Isolation of FAD-capped RNAs, Jarrett W. Faulkner
Population Genetic Analyses of Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis pristis) Over the 20th Century, Ann M. Fearing
Examining Affective and Biological Responses to Minority Stress Among Sexual Minoritized Young Adults, Ava K. Fergerson
Exploring Internship’s Role in Non-Virtual Social Capital Development: A Gen Z Student Perspective, Christina M. Galli
Abel Inversion Comparison of Geant4 Simulation and Ozone Production Using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy in Nitrogen/Oxygen Mixtures in the Presence of Alpha Radiation, Sidney John Gautrau
The Bass Clarinet Works of Jonathan Russell and Pedagogical Guide of Extended Techniques Used in His Compositions, Heather Chelsea Gering
Revnan / Rakontèr, Emily Jean McCollister Goldsmith
Upcycling Commodity Polymers to Advanced Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Anthony Griffin-Espinoza
Sight-Singing Requirements of Choral Festivals: A Fifty-State Comparison of the Methods Used to Adjudicate Ensemble Literacy, William Griswold Jr
General Education Teachers' Perspectives and Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Memphis Charter Schools, Ijiah Hargrove
Close Enough, Brooke Harries
The Late Victorian Nursery: A Legacy Space, Karlie Herndon
Investigating Job Embeddedness, Organizational Commitment, and Work Stress Through a Stress-Reducing Mobile App in the Professional Sports Industry, Rachael E. Holman
From Invisibility to Extraordinary: Tracing the Evolution of Portrayals and Stereotypes in Films, Whitney Howard
An Alternative Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics in Curved Space, Robert A. Hulsey
Adolescent Students’ Adaptability During the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacting Their Academic Preparedness in College: A Qualitative Exploration of Resilience in Secondary School Disruptions, Nicole Tyanne Jameson
Self-Assembling Supramolecular Polymers as Tissue Scaffolds to Promote Tissue Regeneration Following Injury, Penelope E. Jankoski
Establishment of Neonatal Sepsis Predictors Utilizing Non-Invasive Monitoring Techniques, Dalton Janssen
The Clinton Massacre of 1875: Competing Narratives & Reconstruction Memory in a Deep South Town, Melissa Janczewksi Jones
Exploring Contributions of Partnerships Between Employers and Disability Organizations on Recruitment, Hiring, Training, Retention, and Accommodation of Individuals with Disabilities in Mississippi, Peter Oluwadare Kalejaiye
Beyond Borders: Branding and Self-Presentation Strategies of US-based Indian Influencers, Srividya Karuturi
Examining Relationships Between Agile Workplace Practices, Productivity, and Agility in Organizations, Melba Kennedy
The Impact of Netflix’s Consumption on the Saudi Young Adults’ Behavior, Attitudes, and Perceptions Towards Tattoos and Pre-Marital Relationships, Mohammed Khushaim
Motivators and Work Role Satisfaction among a Post-Pandemic Multi-Generational Sports and Entertainment Industry Workforce, Christopher J. Kinnan
Impact of Community College Size and Meeting Types on Leader-Member Conversation Quality in Career and Technical Education (CTE) Leaders: A Mixed Methods Study, Kenneth Wayne Kirkland Jr.
An Application of Vocal Pedagogy for Thai Singers, Phitchaya Klimov
Tailoring Electrodes for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting, Piyush Kumar
Religion as a Predictor of Mental Health in a Christian Older Adult Population: Linear and Curvilinear Approaches, Rachel L. Lawrence
Evaluating the Impact of a Modified Positive Greetings at the Door Strategy on Class-Wide and Individual Student Behaviors, Abigail Lawson
Structure-Property Relationships of Cationic Materials for Biomedical Applications, Zoe Lequeux
Secure and Privacy-Aware Traffic Management Services via Autonomous Vehicles, Ujunwa Florence Madububa Mbachu
A Meta-Analysis Of Group Contingency Interventions For Students With Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Emily L. Maxime
Examining the Effect of Psychological Capital and Emotional Intelligence on Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Student Attitudes and Achievement, Hannah McDuffie
Animal in the Machine: Poems, Andrew McSorley
The Aching and Other Stories, Keri Miller
An Investigation of Paleoclimate Through a Sedimentological Lens in the Gulf of Mexico and Western North Pacific, Sarah Monica
Elucidating Differences in Constitutionally Isomeric Diamine- and Bisphenol-based Polybenzoxazine Networks, Benjamin L. G. Morasch
Molecular Design and Engineering of Luminophores for Aggregation Induced Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence, Jesy Alka Motchaalangaram
Fantastic Disability: Disability in Victorian Children's Fantasy Fiction, Hannah Mummert
The Drawing Effect: Evaluating Drawing Method and Strategic Implementation on Recall Accuracy, Jacob M. Namias
Chronicles From A Village Historian, Tawanda T. Nyahasha
Palmers Crossing: A Black Enclave in the Gulf South, Sean O'Farrell
The Malonate Template: The Key to Unlocking Novel Amino Acids, Thomas Owens
Unraveling the Antiviral Mechanisms of Bat Cells: Processing of Genomic RNAs by Dicer in Bat Cells Limits Sars-Cov-2 Replication, Iyanuoluwani Owolabi
Praise in Preschool: Exploring Classroom Dynamics, Brittany Pigg
Enhanced Wind and Wave Modeling of Tropical Cyclone Events in the Gulf of Mexico, Azadeh Razavi Arab
Bottom-up Regulation and Competition of Aedes Aegypti Along an Urban Gradient in Puerto Rico: Effects on Population Performance and Dengue Vector Competence, Limarie Reyes-Torres
Test Driving Proximity Distances for Teacher Implementation of Effective Instruction Delivery, Kenneth Joseph Ross II
Understanding Structure-Property Relationships Within Polyolefin-Derived Vitrimer Systems, Mikaela Sadri
Sex and Danger, Airborne Ranger: A Historical Analysis of G.I. Songs, Jody Calls, and Marching Cadences, Travis G. Salley
Privacy Preserving-Based Artificial Intelligence for Precision Agriculture, Partha P. Sengupta
ASSESSING STEREOTYPE CONTENT AND ACCURACY OF THE UPPER ECONOMIC CLASS: INTERPERSONAL WARMTH AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE DIMENSION, Shiza Shahid
EXAMINING THE MODERATING ROLE OF WORK MODALITY ON EMPLOYEES’ ENGAGEMENT AND PERCEPTIONS OF INCLUSION, Eric Shapiro
The Shifting Landscape of Harm: Investigating the Phenomenon of Concept Creep in Harm Perception, Jefferson Sherwood
Simulating Interactions Between (Remote) Internal Waves and the Background Flows and Topography of the U.S. West Coast, Oladeji Siyanbola
Exploring the Connection Between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement in Senior Nursing Students, Kimberly Smith
Additive Manufacturing of Carbons from Commodity Polyolefins, Paul Smith
With an Indifference to the Geography of Home, Tyler Smith
Coumarin-Derived Fluorescent Chemosensors for Host-Guest Recognition of Cationic and Neutral Analytes, Meagan M. Stanley
When Opportunity Knocks, Do Dark Personality Traits Aid in Students’ Rationalization of Academic Misconduct?, Jacqueline R. Strowd
Identifying Common Sociodemographic Factors and STEM Experiences Among Women in Male-dominated STEM Fields, Tania M. Tellier-Brooks
Do They Matter? What Role Do 5th-12th Grade Teachers' Attitudes Have in the Academic Success of Black Girls in Classrooms?, Kamita R. Thigpen