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Dissertations from 2027
Associations Between Sexual and Gender Minority Stress Exposure and Schizophrenia-Like Experiences in the South, Lillian A. Hammer
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
Structure-Property Relationships in Epoxy/Amine-Derived Polyester Thermosets, Jeffrey Aguinaga
“Drop the sports stuff and get a real job”: Women Athletes’ Recollections of Memorable Microaggression Messages, Salha Alghamdi
The Impact of YouTube Influencers on Consumer Purchase Intention and Engagement in Saudi Arabia, Abdullah N. Alqahtani
Enhancing Traffic Safety Through AI-Driven, Privacy-Preserving, And Secure Impaired Driving Detection Systems, Razan Alsulieman
Daughters of the Dreamline, Abiodun Muyideen Bello
Generations at Work: Examining Differences in the Nonprofit Sector, Cory J. Bergeron
Development of Electrochemical Sensor Platforms for Targeted Analytical Detection of Illicit Drugs, High Explosives and Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants, Arati Biswakarma
Vulnerability in the Dark Triad: Insecure Attachment and Relational Aggression in the Peer Relationships of College Students, Summer Boggs
The Perceived Cultural Intelligence of Leadership and Its Impact on Employee Organizational Commitment and Workplace Well-Being, Melinda Bowens
Sound as Indicator and Agent of Change in the Anthropocene, Samantha G. Brady
Examining Neurodiversity-Affirming Adaptations to a Social Skills Intervention for Autistic Young Adults, Sarah E. Butt
Blueprints for Resilience: A Delphi Study of Architects' Competencies in Gulf Coast States, Richard J. Cantu
A Soldier's Things: Bộ đội of the People's Army of Vietnam and the Things They Carried During the American War, Oscar J. Coles
Examining the Relationship Between Passion, Self-Discipline, and Career Success in Arts Graduates, Ana Ruth Cortes Arreaza
Neural Correlates of Anger Rumination to a Personal Event and Subsequent Changes in Working Memory, Mairin Claire Madison Cotter
“We Have Not Failed Our Country in The Past; We Shall Not Fail Her In The Future.”: The Army National Guard in Peace and War during the Interwar Period and World War II, Bearington C. Curtis
Plant Awareness in Mississippi and Connections to Ethnobotany, Thomas Michael Dodson
"Please Put The Phone Down!": Self-Determination Theory Applied to Parental Social Media Mediation, Benjamin A. Dolowich
Teaching Science Beyond the Classroom: The Role of Docent Programs in Pre-Service Teacher Self-Efficacy, Edith Flores
Group Contingencies In Early Childhood Education Settings: A Meta-Analysis of Single Case Design Studies, Brittany D. Garza
Mental Health & Alcohol Outcomes for Student-Athletes: Exploring the Mediating Role of Drinking Motives, Lauren Alexis Greenspoon
Exploring the Effects of Polymer-Graphene Interactions on Bulk Composite Properties Using Finite Element Analysis, Bryant Grove
The Influence of Shape Complexity and Exploratory Behavior on Grasping, McKenzie Gunter
Vaya con Dios: An Exploration of the Relationships between Religious/Spiritual Struggles, Nature Engagement, and Psychological Distress for Latine Emerging Adults, Lauren Sidney Hales
B-I-N-G-O and Behavior was Its Name-O: An Interdependent Group Contingency Among Alternative Elementary-Aged Students, Faith Hamilton
A Trombone Studio Teacher's Guide to Non-Injury-Related Embouchure Changes, Austin A. Handley
Multifunctional Nanocomposites Prepared via Continuous High Shear Reactor, Matthew C. Hartline
Pro Rege Chr. Brass Band: A Century of Sound, Jonathan T.J. Henneveld
Government Policy, Financial Deepening and Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe, Timothy Holloway
Land of the Living, Jacqueline Howard
Exploring Heterozygous Interferon-Deficient Mice as a Novel Model for Chikungunya Virus Cardiac Infections and Interleukin-17A Based Therapies, Shazeed-Ul Karim
Energy Landscape of Spin Glass Systems on Lattices, Anil Kumar Katwal
Structured Learning for Future Dietitians: Frequency of Deliberate Practice and Alternative Supervised Practice Experiences and Associations with Credentialing Exam Scores, Program Satisfaction, and Workforce Readiness, Judith Roxanne Kingston
Rural Woman, Emilee N. Kinney
A Path Analysis Examining Relations Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Preschoolers’ Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Maddison Knott
Impact of Aggregation and Electrical Bias on the Doping and Deposition Behavior of P3HT, Nicholas Kreis
Workload as a Tipping Point: A Serial Mediation Model Examining the Roles of Job Crafting and Workload on Work Engagement, Affective Commitment, and Turnover Intentions, Jessica E. Langston
Rendered Capable: Expansivising Science Teacher Identities And Practices In Informal Science Environments, Abigail Launius
AI in Education: Targeted Professional Development and Teacher Self-Efficacy, Andria D. Layton
Exploring the Effects of ASMR on Attentional Control, Episodic Memory, and Working Memory Tasks, Monika Mazela
Daughters, Kathryn McKenzie
Instructor Attitudes Toward and Voluntary Uses of Online Learning Tools in Allied Health Professions, Lauren McNichol
Boosting Reading Fluency Using Systematic Error Correction and Repeated Reading With Diverse Upper Elementary Learners, Kayla Sharee McVay
Popular Protest and Corporate Reputation: Exploring the Impact on Recruitment and Retention, Heather Miller
Branding Black Beauty: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Black-Owned Beauty Brands on Instagram to Understand Advertising Appeals, Engagement, and the Identity of Black Women, Sherin Farhan Moni
A Secure and Scalable Framework for EEG-to-Text Decoding: LDEPTH-Based P2P Fog Architecture and Model Development, Saydul Akbar Murad
The Relationship Between Empathy and Scientific Experience on Agreement with Nonscientific Uses of Scientific Retraction, August Namuth
The Impact of Framing Effects and Moral Values on Prosocial Engagement, Olajuwon Olagbegi
A Comparison of Headteachers’, Teachers’, and Parents’ Attributions of Their Relative Influence on Students’ Academic Performance in Ghana, Samuel B. Owusu
In Between Without Words: Identity Negotiation Under Discursive Absence, Colbey Penton
Dynamic Properties of Imine-Benzoxazine Vitrimer Networks, John J. Peyrefitte
The Last Dinosaur: C. S. Lewis's Counter-Modernism and the Apocalyptic Imagination, Ian Alfred Pittman
Understanding the Impact of Parenting, Self-Determination Theory, and Adverse Childhood Experiences on College Students, Melanie D. Prater
Scalable Explicit Methods for High-Order Time Stepping on Chebyshev Grids, Rachel Prather
Advancing RNAi in Agriculture: Harnessing piRNAs For Sustainable Insect Pest Control, Kevin R. Quito
Eusocial Caste Specialization Under Abiotic and Biotic Stress in a Stingless Bee, Tetragonisca angustula, Kristin M. Robinson
Attitudes Toward Embryo Disposition: Role of Personhood, Religious and Political Conservatism, Saba Shahid
The Osteophage, Gideon Simons
Aqueous Photoiniferter Polymerization of Acrylonitrile-Based Polymers: Enabling the Production of High-Quality Carbon Fiber Precursors, Evan K. Stacy
Measuring Administrative Hiring Confidence of Music Teachers in the Context of Shallow Hiring Pools, Aaron M. Strum
Exploring Onboarding Strategies And Their Impact On Organizational Commitment, Belongingness, and Employee Retention Within A Community College, Ariel Renell Ferchaud Triggs
“Not your Daddy’s Playboy”: Mapping (Dis)Continuities in Contemporary Anti-Pornography Discourses, Fernanda Veiverberg
The Influences of Acetylene and Nitrile Functionalities on The Pyrolysis Behavior of Bismaleimide Matrices, David C. Walker
Probing Vitrimer Network Dynamics Across Length Scales: From Chain Conformation to Thin-Film Topology Transitions, Yuming Wang
Ant Ecology in the Luquillo Forest, Puerto Rico, Clayton Ziemke
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