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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
Mental Health & Alcohol Outcomes for Student-Athletes: Exploring the Mediating Role of Drinking Motives, Lauren Alexis Greenspoon
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
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
Enhanced Point Cloud Generation from A Novel 360° Underwater LiDAR, Olagoke E. Daramola
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
Examining Affective and Biological Responses to Minority Stress Among Sexual Minoritized Young Adults, Ava K. Fergerson
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
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
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
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
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
Animal in the Machine: Poems, Andrew McSorley
The Aching and Other Stories, Keri Miller
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
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
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
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
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
Elizabeth Female Academy: A Historical Case Study Revealing Antebellum Mississippi's Role in Shaping the Southern Belle, Summer Cutrer Tierno
Slight of Miracle, Lila Tindall
Applying Transcriptomics for Technology Development and Conservation in North American Marine Organisms, Cory Von Eiff
Good or Good Enough: Medical Communication Between Student-Athletes and Athletic Trainers, Amanda Walsh
On the Degeneracy of Central Configurations, Xiaodong Wang
Uncle Sam Plays Matchmaker: Intimate Encounters, War Brides, and Marital Policy in the Vietnam War Era, Daniel P. Ward
Self-Perceived Employability and Employer Expectations of Community College Students' Skill Gap in Industry 4.0, Cherri Wells
Joint Kinematics and Kinetics During Vertical Jump Landings with Progressively Increasing External Loads, Darcie L. Yount
Prisoners and Other Stories, Abubaker Zahoor
Dissertations from 2024
Localized Hermite Method of Approximate Particular Solutions, Kwesi Acheampong
Understanding The Tick Cellular Immunity To Pathogen Infection, Abdulsalam Adegoke
Advertising on Snapchat: Exploring The Influence Of Celebrities Among Young Women In Saudi Arabia, Hessah Alqahtani
A Case Study of the Role of Public Relations in Contradicting Stereotypes of Saudi Women in the United States' Media, rasha alsaidalani
In the Ruins of Hegemony: Mobile Journalism to Rid Arabs From State Power Control Over Political Expression, Shlash Alzyoud
Reading Comprehension Interventions for Students with Autism, Mary Andrews
Exploring Risk and Protective Factors of Burnout Among Psychologists Providing Trauma Treatment at APA-Accredited Training Sites, Abigail Armstrong
Enhancing Cybersecurity in Wireless Sensor Networks: Machine Learning, Blockchain and Future Perspectives, Ilemona solomon Atawodi
Einstein's Dream by Cindy McTee: An Analysis and Transcription for Wind Ensemble, Kyle Aufderhar
Elucidation of Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Release from Mast cells, Tolulope Eunice Ayo
An Open Conversation: Deliberating Perceptions of Power Through New Media, Abigail Barnes
K-12 Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Candice Beasley
The Effects of Technology Based Discrete Trial Training on Skill Acquisition, Lindsey Bernard
Perceived Parental Abilities of Traditional vs. Non-traditional Couples Seeking to Adopt, Kaitlyn Boykin
Academic Nurse Leaders’ Application of Bolman and Deal’s Leadership Orientation Framework, Jasmine Bratton
Are Markets Efficient with Respect to Political Risks: Evaluating the Political Risk Sign Paradox Using Logit Panel Data, Kelly Corbiere
Investigation of Polybenzoxazine Vitrimers Based on Dynamic Transesterification Exchange, Jaylen Davis
Water, Power and Politics: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Local and National Media Coverage of the Jackson Water Crisis, Jewell Davis
Exploring the Efficacy of Using an Online Survey to Measure Functional Literacy Among College Students, Emily Jane Dever
Emergent Properties of Dynamically Bonded Polymers, Isaiah T. Dishner
A Comparison Study of Vocational Factors Influencing Academic Satisfaction for Marginalized and Majority Students, Sara Driver