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Dissertations from 2024

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A Comparison Study of Vocational Factors Influencing Academic Satisfaction for Marginalized and Majority Students, Sara Driver

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Emailed Prompt Package to Increase Alternative School Educators’ Use of Behavior Specific Praise, Chelsea Johnson

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PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH EXAMINING ADMINISTRATORS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS' PERCEPTION, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE OF THE MISSISSIPPI SPECIAL EDUCATION GROWTH RUBRIC, Tricia Pittman

Dissertations from 2023

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DESIGN OF BIOINSPIRED PEPTIDES AND GLYCOPOLYMERS FOR CONTROLLED DRUG LOADING AND RELEASE, Hannah Abernathy

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A Computational Kinetics Model To Quantify Radiation Induced Chemical Products Of Atmospheric Gas Mixtures, Patrick Ables

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WATERBORNE POLYURETHANE DISPERSION COMPOSITES: CONNECTING NEAT FILM MORPHOLOGY TO FILLER LOCALIZATION BEHAVIOR, Garrett Abrahamsen

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PERUVIAN MUSICAL ELEMENTS IN SELECTED PERUVIAN PIANO COMPOSITIONS BY DUNCKER LAVALLE, AYARZA DE MORALES, AND E. VALCÁRCEL ARZE, gonzalo aguilar

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CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF SAUDI STUDENTS AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Haytham Aloufi

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NAVAJO FOLK ELEMENTS IN SANDPAINTINGS FOR PIANO BY CONNOR CHEE, le bai

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Chaos is Not Rational: Nursing Leadership and Intuition in Disaster Preparedness and Response, Sarah Banks

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A STUDY ON VIVIAN FINE’S CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND SIX INSTRUMENTS, Andrea Beltran Landers

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Harbingers: Stories, Jamie Benner

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SENSING THE RHIZOSPHERE: MICROBIAL TRANSCRIPTOME RESPONSES TO ROOT EXUDATES AND REDOX-ACTIVE METABOLITES, Ankita Bhattacharyya

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RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE STRONG BLACK WOMAN SCHEMA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND PERSEVERANCE, Raegan Bishop

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Meta-Analysis of Effective Instruction Delivery, Halley Blanchard

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HARAMED AND DANGEROUS: A THEMATIC EXAMINATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN WE ARE LADY PARTS, Reham Bohamad

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HUMAN CAPITAL FLIGHT: DETERMINANTS OF OUT-MIGRATION DECISIONS AMONG MISSISSIPPI’S COLLEGE GRADUATES, Felicia M. Bowens

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TEACHER EVALUATIONS, PBIS IMPLEMENTATION, AND STUDENT OUTCOMES, Kasey Catherine Keith Boyd

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Soft Goodbyes Through Broken Veils, Clayton Bradshaw

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An Analysis of the Factors that Affect Self-employment, Stefani Broome

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Toughest Men in the South, Greatest Athletes in the World: Gender, Race, and Modernity in Southern Wrestling, Sean Buckelew

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EXPLORING EMPLOYEES’ PERCEIVED FAIRNESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PROCESS AND THE INFLUENCE ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION, Cherica Buckner

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The Influence of Childhood Familial Dysfunction on Emotional Well-Being and Substance Use Behaviors in Young Adults, Margaret Bullerjahn

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Gender & Sexual Minority Subgroup Substance Use: The Role of Minority Stress, Lauren Burns

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K-12 Principals and Special Education: A Study of Mississippi Principals’ Knowledge of Special Education Policies and Procedures, Jodi Cameron-Polk

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Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of Conjugated Polymers by Deuteration and Neutron Scattering, Zhiqiang Cao

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STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF HIV-1 INTEGRASE IN THE LATE STAGE OF VIRAL REPLICATION, Tolga Catmakas

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A Network Analysis Examining Dissociation and Suicide Risk in Military Veterans and Non-Veterans, Nicole Caulfield

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Motherlines, Mary Christensen

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POWER-UP WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: EXPLORING FLIGHT ATTENDANT LEADERSHIP AND CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A DYNAMIC POST-PANDEMIC TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT, Carlin Laviolet Clarke

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A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FDI INFLOWS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL, Jeff Cohu

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Relationship Between School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, Student Achievement, and Teacher Efficacy in High Poverty Rural Alabama Elementary Schools, William Combs

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Spatial Visualization of High School Geometry Students, Jennifer Crissey

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Origin and Structure of the First Sharp Diffraction Peak of Amorphous Solids, Devilal Dahal

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The mediating influence of organizational trust on the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in the virtual workplace, Angela Daniels

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Good Grief, Corinne Dekkers

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HETEROTYPIC INTERACTION OF α-SYNUCLEIN AND TDP-43 IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, Shailendra Dhakal

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​​The Effects of Viewpoint, Motion, and Affordance Priming on Perceptual Learning of Feelies​, Catherine Dowell

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Perceived Gender Norm Adherence in Women as Function of Sex-Typical Facial Features and Surname Decisions, Kelsey Drea

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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SINGLE-CHAIN NANOPARTICLES, VITRIMERS, BOTTLEBRUSH AND COMB POLYMERS, Logan Dugas

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Enhancement of Chitosan and PVDF Properties and Processing with Nanostructured Additives, Toby Edwards

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The Effects of Stepped Care on Burnout for University Counseling Center Clinicians, Madison Estrada

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An Examination of Organizational Influences on Coach Decision Making, Arien Elizabeth Faucett

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EXAMINING PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL, LEADER–MEMBER EXCHANGE, AND DOCTORAL STUDENT CONNECTEDNESS, Regina Fowler Spiers

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The "Othering" of America: How the Strategic use of Crisis and Ressentiment Succeeded in the Trump era, Laura J. Franklin

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REACTIVE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYURETHANES: SIMULTANEOUS POLYMERIZATION AND 3D PRINTING, Aynslie Fritz

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AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL ART AND GENDER ON SECONDARY STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN GEOMETRY, Johnny Gary III

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Arturo Rodriguez: A Mexican Mosaic. A Discussion of His Life and Selected Works, Jorge Gonzalez

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Longitudinal follow-up of Yezidis displaced by ISIS genocide to a host village in Iraq, Jordan Greaser

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A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-EFFICACY FOR FRONTLINE MANAGERS, Alberta Green

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AN ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL FLOW TO CONSTRUCT AN ECONOMIC TYPOLOGY IN A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF THREE ANCIENT CITIES: THIRD KINGDOM OF UR, NEW KINGDOM OF THEBES, AND CLASSICAL ATHENS, Darrell Gremillion

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Perceived Power by Nurse Managers in Dialysis Units: A Qualitative Case Study, Janie Griner

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"Innumerable Small Crafts": Maritime Work in the Estuarian Gulf, 1865-1900, Kevin Grubbs

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THE EFFECTS OF LECTURE CAPTURE DESIGN ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN AN ONLINE, ASYNCHRONOUS NONMAJORS BIOLOGY COURSE, Melissa Ann Gutierrez

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Thermally Rearranging Polyimide Networks for High-Temperature Applications, William Guzman

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Revitalizing the Middle-Skill Talent Pipeline: Exploring the Decision to Enroll in a Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Program, Felicia Hall

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GROWTH MINDSET: EXPLORATION OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, AND DISPARITY AMONG WORKING PROFESSIONALS, Dillon Harper

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The Helicopter War: Unraveling the Myth and Memory of a Vietnam War Icon, Hayley Hasik

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A GENOMIC ASSESSMENT OF GRAY SNAPPER (LUTJANUS GRISEUS) POPULATION STRUCTURE, Tami Hildahl

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Coach-Athlete Conflict and Well-Being Outcomes for Division I Athletes, Alisha M. Hilliard

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AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS’, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATORS’ ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS CONCERNING DATA, DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT., LaShandra Antionette Hodge-McClure

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VILLA-LOBOS CHOROS NO. 1: A STUDY OF THE RECORDINGS, Andrei Jan Hoffmann Uller

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Gold(I)-Hydroarylation in Polymer Modification – Alkynes and Alkenes with Unexpected Reactivity, Samuel B. Hunt

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AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT, MENTORING, AND ANTICIPATED TURNOVER AMONG MILLENNIALS, Keiasha Hypolite

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The K-5 Teacher Experience of Distance Instruction during School Closures due to COVID-19, Rose Jenkins

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YI ELEMENTS IN SELECTED PIANO WORKS BY ZHANG ZHAO, Anqi Jian

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The Leadership Experience of Academic Chief Nurse Administrators in the State of Georgia During the COVID-19 Pandemic Upon Return to Campus After Full Virtual Instruction: A Qualitative Study, Susie Jonassen

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Does Convenience Come with a Price? The Impact of Remote Testimony on Expert Credibility and Decision-Making, Ashley Jones

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Predicting Suicide Attempt Histories with Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Regression: A Combined Psychological and Demographic Approach with Military Personnel, Aleksandr Karnick

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Post-racism as Ideology: Character Construction and Placement, & Narrative Structure in Dear White People, Mphatso Kaufulu

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AN EXPLORATION OF FACULTY-TO-FACULTY BULLYING IN NURSING EDUCATION: THE PREVALENCE, WHO IS BULLYING WHOM, AND INTENT TO LEAVE, Pamela Kemp

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EXPLORING LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS' CAPACITY TO GOVERN EFFECTIVELY, Mario King

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The Impact of Social Determinants of Health and Acculturation on Quality of Life in Older Chinese American Adults with Chronic Pain: A Quantitative Study, Chi Lam

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Mating Burrows in the Fiddler Crab Leptuca pugilator: How a Key Resource is Contested, Constructed, and Shared, Zachary Michael Lane

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GYPSY ELEMENTS IN CARL LOEWE’S ZIGEUNER SONATA, OP. 107b, Yajing Lei

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Social Media Usage and Self-Esteem: The Moderating Role of Media Literacy, Comparison Tendency, and User Motivation, Feng LI

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THE SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND UTILIZATION OF FUNCTIONALLY DIVERSE ROMP-BASED BOTTLEBRUSHES, Cheyenne Liu

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Flourishing in a Non-Traditional Workplace Using Technology-Assisted Imagery, Wendi Lord

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COMPARING THE EFFICACY OF TWO INCLUSIVITY INTERVENTIONS ON WILLINGNESS TO INVEST IN FEMALE- VERSUS MALE-LED STEM AND NON-STEM COMPANIES, Alicia Macchione

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FRIEDRICH WARNECKE: TOWARD A NEW EDITION OF AD INFINITUM, Elton Machado

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LGBTQ+ ADULTS DURING POST-BREAKUP APPRAISALS: UNDERSTANDING ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION COPING MECHANISMS FOLLOWING THE TERMINATION OF A NON-HETEROSEXUAL ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, Nur E Makbul

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Connecting Social and Ecological Systems in Small-Scale Fisheries in the Philippines, Sara Eisler Marriott

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THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST & EMOTIONAL LABOR, STRESS, AND COMPASSION FATIGUE, Patricia Martin

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Two Mothers and a Tara, Apoorva Mittal

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Time's Violence, Matthew Moniz

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Fractured Activism: Competing Visions for the Civil Rights Movement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1965-1970, Olivia Bethany Moore

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Nursing Faculty Perceptions of Stress, Coping, and Intent to Leave the Profession in the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quantitative Study, LynLee Morgan

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Where have all the surgical nurses gone? Staffing Shortages in Surgical Departments Post COVID-19 Shutdowns, Phoenix Neal

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NOTE-TAKING IN COLLEGE MATHEMATICS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GUIDED NOTES AND INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN COLLEGE ALGEBRA, Verlonda Neal

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IntelPVT and Opt-STViT: Advances in Vision Transformers for Object Detection, Classification and Video Recognition, Divya Nimma

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TIMESERIES FORECASTING OF U.S. HOUSING PRICE INDEX USING MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING MODELS, krishna chaitanya nunna

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Empowerment Agents: How Student Affairs Professionals Facilitate the Persistence of Undocumented Students, Tiffany Paige

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Deciphering Description: A Study of the Works of Joseph Conrad, Autumn Pearson

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Degenerate Era of an Expanding Universe, Jennifer Peterson

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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL AND MEDIA DISCOURSE ON IMMIGRATION DURING THE TRUMP ERA, Daleana Phillips

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MIXED METHOD STUDY INVESTIGATING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ADAPTATIONS OF ONLINE TEACHING AND MENTAL ADJUSTMENTS OF MUSIC THERAPY FACULTY, Jim Pierce

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Development of Graphene and Graphene Derivative Advanced Functional Additives: Mechanism and Application in Asphalt Formulations and Thermal Interface Management Materials, Dana Pinson

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Transitioning to College: First-Generation African American College Students' Mental Health Beliefs and Coping Strategies, Kadija Polk

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Predictors of Relational Aggression in Women Across Adulthood, Alison Poor

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USING AFM-IR TO STUDY NANOSCOPIC PHASE BEHAVIOR OF POLYMER BLENDS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS, Nathaniel L. Prine