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Dissertations from 2024
Dissertations from 2023
WATERBORNE POLYURETHANE DISPERSION COMPOSITES: CONNECTING NEAT FILM MORPHOLOGY TO FILLER LOCALIZATION BEHAVIOR, Garrett Abrahamsen
Chaos is Not Rational: Nursing Leadership and Intuition in Disaster Preparedness and Response, Sarah Banks
A STUDY ON VIVIAN FINE’S CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND SIX INSTRUMENTS, Andrea Beltran Landers
HARAMED AND DANGEROUS: A THEMATIC EXAMINATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN WE ARE LADY PARTS, Reham Bohamad
Soft Goodbyes Through Broken Veils, Clayton Bradshaw
Toughest Men in the South, Greatest Athletes in the World: Gender, Race, and Modernity in Southern Wrestling, Sean Buckelew
EXPLORING EMPLOYEES’ PERCEIVED FAIRNESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PROCESS AND THE INFLUENCE ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION, Cherica Buckner
Origin and Structure of the First Sharp Diffraction Peak of Amorphous Solids, Devilal Dahal
Good Grief, Corinne Dekkers
Perceived Gender Norm Adherence in Women as Function of Sex-Typical Facial Features and Surname Decisions, Kelsey Drea
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SINGLE-CHAIN NANOPARTICLES, VITRIMERS, BOTTLEBRUSH AND COMB POLYMERS, Logan Dugas
The Effects of Stepped Care on Burnout for University Counseling Center Clinicians, Madison Estrada
An Examination of Organizational Influences on Coach Decision Making, Arien Elizabeth Faucett
REACTIVE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYURETHANES: SIMULTANEOUS POLYMERIZATION AND 3D PRINTING, Aynslie Fritz
THE EFFECTS OF LECTURE CAPTURE DESIGN ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN AN ONLINE, ASYNCHRONOUS NONMAJORS BIOLOGY COURSE, Melissa Ann Gutierrez
The Helicopter War: Unraveling the Myth and Memory of a Vietnam War Icon, Hayley Hasik
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
AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT, MENTORING, AND ANTICIPATED TURNOVER AMONG MILLENNIALS, Keiasha Hypolite
The K-5 Teacher Experience of Distance Instruction during School Closures due to COVID-19, Rose Jenkins
Does Convenience Come with a Price? The Impact of Remote Testimony on Expert Credibility and Decision-Making, Ashley Jones
THE SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND UTILIZATION OF FUNCTIONALLY DIVERSE ROMP-BASED BOTTLEBRUSHES, Cheyenne Liu
Flourishing in a Non-Traditional Workplace Using Technology-Assisted Imagery, Wendi Lord
COMPARING THE EFFICACY OF TWO INCLUSIVITY INTERVENTIONS ON WILLINGNESS TO INVEST IN FEMALE- VERSUS MALE-LED STEM AND NON-STEM COMPANIES, Alicia Macchione
FRIEDRICH WARNECKE: TOWARD A NEW EDITION OF AD INFINITUM, Elton Machado
Connecting Social and Ecological Systems in Small-Scale Fisheries in the Philippines, Sara Eisler Marriott
THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST & EMOTIONAL LABOR, STRESS, AND COMPASSION FATIGUE, Patricia Martin
Two Mothers and a Tara, Apoorva Mittal
Time's Violence, Matthew Moniz
Where have all the surgical nurses gone? Staffing Shortages in Surgical Departments Post COVID-19 Shutdowns, Phoenix Neal
Empowerment Agents: How Student Affairs Professionals Facilitate the Persistence of Undocumented Students, Tiffany Paige
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL AND MEDIA DISCOURSE ON IMMIGRATION DURING THE TRUMP ERA, Daleana Phillips
Predictors of Relational Aggression in Women Across Adulthood, Alison Poor
TRANSPORTATION MANAGERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION WITHIN LOGISTICS CLUSTERS, Stephen McDonald Puryear
Spectral Multistep Methods for the Scalable Simulation of Time-Dependent Phenomena, Bailey Rester
The Effect of Sulfonamides Structural and Reactive Properties Examined through Difunctionalization of Alkenes, Gavin Rustin
USING IMAGERY PRACTICE TO IMPROVE AIRLINE PILOT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, Brian Christopher Sajdak
Predicting Attrition Among Human Anatomy and Physiology I Students in Community Colleges, Benjimen Sessums
CHARACTERIZATION OF TICK AND HOST-ASSOCIATED FACTORS LINKED TO INDUCTION OF ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME., Surendra Raj Sharma and Surendra Raj Sharma
A Multiscale Linkage Between Riverscape and Fish Community Coevolution, Loren W. Stearman
Magnetic Interactions in Open-Shell Conjugated Polymers, Michael Steelman
All My Gods Are Dead, John Constantine Tobin
"If These Walls Could Speak": Judson College and the Formation of the New Baptist Woman, 1838-1930, E.Gabrielle Walker
Please Don’t Stop the Music: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Black Protest Music Released Between 2013-2022 as a Response to #BlackLivesMatter, Melissa Williams
ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS, SELF EFFICACY, JOB SATISFACTION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF SCIENCE AND MATH TEACHERS IN ALABAMA, Andrew N. Wood
INTERESTS AND DECENT WORK’S ACCOUNT OF WELL-BEING AND JOB PERFORMANCE IN A LOWER SOCIAL CLASS SAMPLE, Benjamin J. Wright
Dissertations from 2022
Meta-Analysis of Daily Behavior Report Cards, Meleah Ackley
DELINEATING THE EXOCYTIC FUSION MACHINERY REQUIRED FOR MAST CELL EXOCYTOSIS, Pratikshya Adhikari
Examining Workplace eLearning Programs Using Persuasive Learning Design: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study, David Akanbi
Hydrolytically Degradable Thermosets with Tunable Degradation Profiles via Ketal-Based Crosslinks, Benjamin Alameda
A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF COMPLETION AT MISSISSIPPI’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Richard Baker
How System Efficacy Affects Risk Perception: Comparison of the United States, Iran, and China throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, Nazanin Bani Amerian
Importance of Alkyl Substitution on the Molecular Architecture and Thermomechanical Performance of Glassy Polybenzoxazine Networks, Bernardo L. Barea-López
USING NUDGES TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT WITH SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES IN AN ONLINE SAMPLE OF UNITED STATE MILITARY VETERANS, Brian W. Bauer
FACTORS IMPACTING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM COMMUNICATION AND PATIENT-CENTERED COMMUNICATION ALONG THE CANCER CARE CONTINUUM, Jessica Beckham
RECEPTOR-DOPED ORGANIC TRANSISTORS: TRANSDUCING ANION BINDING FROM MIXED IONIC-ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT, Anthony Benasco
GUN CONTROL LAWS AND POLICIES REPORTED INFLUENCE ON THE ATTITUDES OF FACULTY AT MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITIES, David Besancon
Brenno Blauth’s Compositional Style Elements: A Study on the Sonata for Flute and Piano, T.5., Thiago Bohm Bottega
POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF MANAGING BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES, Dillon Brown
Seeing Children’s Futures Through Rose Colored Glasses: Does Optimism Bias toward Reproduction Discourage Anti-Natalism?, Faith L. Brown
Military Instructors' Perspectives of Integrating Instructional Multimedia Into Military Classrooms, keontra campbell
APPLICATION OF DEEP LEARNING FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND EPIDEMIOLOGY DATA ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSTIC MODELING, Somenath Chakraborty
AN INVESTIGATION ON THE IMPACT OF INTESTINAL OXYGEN AVAILABILITY ON SURVIVAL AND REGULATION OF VIRULENCE IN Listeria monocytogenes, Damayanti Chakravarty
Principals' Knowledge of Special Education Policy and Procedure and the Special Education Teachers' Intent, Tara Clark
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE INTEGRATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY IN VUCA TIMES, Gizzatta Cook
Towards High-rate Thermoplastic Composites, Chris Croshaw
MASCULINITY IDEOLOGY AS A MODERATOR ON THE EFFECTS OF LETHAL MEANS COUNSELING AND DISTRIBUTION OF CABLE LOCKS ON FIREARM STORAGE PRACTICES AMONG NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, Samantha E. Daruwala
Water Management and Corrosion Performance from Protective Polymer Coatings with Spatially Controlled Hydrophilic Domains, Jessica M. Davison
AN INVESTIGATION OF ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM AMONG NURSES, Jamie Davis-Tubbs
COASTAL GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE, STORMS, AND ANTECEDENT GEOLOGY: EXAMPLES FROM THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO, Clayton Dike
A Genomic Investigation of Divergence Between Tuna Species, Pavel V. Dimens
MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, AND DATA USE; A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS, Teresa Duke
Broken Filament, Gerard H. Duncan Jr
Africa in Transition -- Nexus Between State Building & Regional Integration, Tenley Erickson
Characterization of Innate Immune Responses in Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells and Their Differentiated Cells, Mona Fendereski
Personality and Psychopathology Correlates of Institutional Misconduct among Juvenile Offenders, Paula Floyd
AN ASSESSMENT OF ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE AND WILLINGNESS TO DISCLOSE DISABILITY AND MILITARY VETERAN STATUS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION WORKPLACE, Kerri Fontenot Liuzza
THERMOMECHANICS OF SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS AND THEIR MORPHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA, Luke Galuska
SOCIAL CLASS AND EMPLOYABILITY: EQUALIZING PERCEIVED COMPETENCE AND WARMTH TO CONTROL BIASED DECISION-MAKING DURING RESUMÉ SCREENING, Mindy Gambino
Predictors of Engagement in Nursing Professional Practice: Transforming Organizational Culture in the Post-COVID Healthcare Environment, Jennifer Garnand
PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AND PERCEIVED EMPLOYABILITY: EXPLORING WOMEN VETERANS’ MILITARY-TO-CIVILIAN CAREER TRANSITION, Tundra Gatewood
HISTORICAL TRAUMA, SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES, AND THE (DE)CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY IN NATIVE SOUTHERN LITERATURE, Justin Greer
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MONOMER CHEMICAL STRUCTURE, NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND THERMAL STABILITY IN GLASSY POLYCYANURATES, Rebecca Haber
TWEETING SAUDI VISION 2030: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SAUDI MEDIA AGENDA AND THE PUBLIC AGENDA, Maria Hamdan
CURIOUS GEORGE'S IMPERIAL ADVENTURE: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY OF A FICTIONAL MONKEY'S TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN INTO AMERICAN IMPERIALISM, Shane Clinton Hand
BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTING A WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM: A HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVE, Daniel Harrison
Software Protection and Secure Authentication for Autonomous Vehicular Cloud Computing, Muhammad Hataba