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Dissertations from 2011
An Exploratory Investigation on the Effects of an Electronic Recording System for Repeated Reading, Seajae Calvin Hartness
Factors Affecting Private School Choice, John Herman Hartsell Sr.
The Investigation of Asphaltene-Naphithenic Acid and Asphaltene-Surface Interactions, David Tristan Heaps
Development and Utilization of Digital Image Correlation Techniques for the Study of Structural Isomerism Effects on Strain Development in Epoxy Network Glasses, Stephen Robert Heinz
The Impact of the Mississippi Department of Education's Dyslexia Grant Program on Third Grade Achievement, Cena Windham Holifield
How Do Teacher Qualifications Impact Student Achievement in Relation to the Achievement Model Established by the Mississippi Department of Education?, Timothy Darren Holland
Teacher Preparedness for Teaching and Assessing Depth of Knowledge, Shelly Rankin Holmes
A Century of Singing: 100 Years of Choral Music at The University of Southern Mississippi, John Howard
Factors Influencing International Students' Academic and Sociocultural Transition in an Increasingly Globalized Society, Chung-Hsien Hsu
Principals’ Perceptions of Readiness for Their Evolving Roles in High-Stakes Environments, Angela Marie Huff
Teachers' Perceptions Toward Required and Self-Directed Professional Learning, Marla Kay Lambert Hutton
Development of an Instrument Measuring the Perceived Attributes of Using a Healthy Diet Innovation, Holly Ann Federico Huye
Legal Discourse, Conceptual Metaphors, and Basic Writing Programming: A Study of Ayers v. Fordice, Joyce Olewski Inman
Effects of Molecular Architecture on Fluid Ingress Behavior of Glassy Polymer Networks, Matthew Blaine Jackson
Mentoring During Adolescence and Adult Resilience, Pola Christina Jakacki
Investments in Leadership and Management Succession Planning at a Department of Defense Organization in the Southeastern United States: A Review of Strategic Implications, Richard Allen Jeffries
From Juvenile Court to the Adult Criminal Justice System: An Examination of Judicial Waiver, Sheri Lu Jenkins Cruz
Leadership Practices that Promote Increased Student Achievement in Secondary Schools, Billy Ray Jones
Free Volume Studies of Various Polymeric Systems Using Positron Annihilation and PVT-EOS Analyses, Mukul Kaushik
Does the Biofuel Industry, With the Aid of Certification Programs, Contribute to Sustainable Development?, James Michael Kierulff
The Structure of Equine Personality, Rachel Etta Kristiansen
The Impact of Rap Music on Audience Values Structure, Janet Mignon Kucia
Photopolymerized Thiol-ene Networks for Gas Barrier and Membrane Applications, Luke Kwisnek
Understanding Captive-Takers Motivations, Methods and Targets, Jean Garner Larned
Comparative Analysis of Factors Related to College Selection by High Academic Ability Students Attending Mississippi's Public Community Colleges in 2003 and 2011, Randall Eugene Lee
Correlations among School Belonging and Self-Reported Factors Associated with Students' School Success, Stacey Mechelle McGuire Lee
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior in Preschool Settings: Evaluation of a Pre-Teaching Component, Matthew William LeGray
The Computer Ate My Classroom: Assessing Student Interactions, Perceived Learning, and Satisfaction in Online Community College Career Technical Education Courses, Jessica Lindsey Miller Lewis
Microarray Data Mining and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Ying Li
Attitudes, Knowledge, and Experience with Dropout Prevention Strategies of Mississippi Teachers and Administrators, Harold Kirk Lucky
Exploration in Metallic Nitride Fullerenes and Oxometallic Fullerenes: A New Class of Metallofullerenes, Mary Alice Mackey
The Effects of Changing from a Traditional Mathematics Curriculum to an Integrated Mathematics Curriculum on Student Mathematics Learning in Georgia, Catherine Lynn Mallanda
Moon Landing, Jennifer Ann Marquardt
Fostering Positive Classroom Environments: The Relationship Between Teacher Qualifications, Facility Management, and Perceptions of Leadership on Student Outcomes, Bryan Allan Marshall
The Effect of Six Weeks of Oral Echinacea Supplementation on Erythropoiesis, Nitric Oxide Production, and Exercise Performance, Tyler David Martin
The Relationship Between Response to Intervention Implementation and Student Achievement, Carla Moran McCaleb
Principals' Perceptions of the Importance of Classroom Walkthroughs, Shannon Anne McGill
An Investigation of the Relationships Between Educational Technology and Mathematics Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities, Kenneth George McLeod
A Comparison of the Effects of Two PBIS Token Reinforcement Systems on Appropriately-Engaged Behavior, Kathryn Marie Menousek
How to Remain Childlike, Billy Ray Middleton
Alcohol Abuse at a Mid-Sized Institution in the Southeastern United States, Michael Anthony Mitchell
Factors That Contribute to Persistence and Retention of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduate Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), Sidney Kirk Mitchell
Further Validation of the Larson Driver Stress Profile, Michael Paul Moore
Strange Places, Alex James Morris
Teacher and Principal Beliefs About Principal Leadership Behavior, Mary Beth Morris
Is There a Relationship Between Electronic White Boards in the Classroom and Student Success?, John Joseph Mundy
Modification and Evaluation of Fuel Cell Membranes, Amol Prataprao Nalawade
The Instructional Practice Implications of a School Reform Model Versus No School Reform Model on Reading Achievement, Adebimpe Adebisi Solaru Odunjo
Sensitive Detection of High Explosives Using Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence, Suman Parajuli
Student-Centered Versus Teacher-Centered Teaching Styles in High Poverty and Low Poverty Schools and Their Impact on Language Arts and Math MCT2 Scores, Hollie Moore Parker
Does Psychopathy Predict Desirability in Speed Dating Situations? A Social Relations Analysis, Kathleen Tucker Payne
A Comparative Study of Teachers' Attitudes and Practices Regarding Homework in the Elementary, Middle, and High School Grades, Courtney Pisarich Peltier
A Comparison of Social Stories With and Without a Reinforcement Component, Erin Cuneo Perry
Full Court Press: How Mississippi Newspapers Helped Keep State College Basketball Segregated, 1955-1973, Jason Ashley Peterson
Retention of Music Teachers Working with High Concentrations of At-Risk Students in Metro Atlanta Schools: A Qualitative Case Study, Theron Roy Petway III
Establishing Construct Validity of the Biology I Subject Area Testing Program in Mississippi, Christy Michelle Hollis Philippoff
The Relationship Between Readability Level of Mississippi's Middle Schools' Websites and Seventh Grade Language Arts MCT2 Scores, Anna Marlene Graves Pickard
"Are You Talking to Me?": Evaluating Possible Cognitive Mediators on the Relation Between Narcissism and Aggressive Traits in Adolescents, Jessica Diane Pickard
A Moderational Model Investigating Child Temperament, Executive Functioning, and Contextual Predictors of Externalizing Behaviors in Preschoolers, Ferne Arlene Pinard
Classwide Functional Analysis and Comparison of Function-Based Interventions with Preschoolers, Veena Yamasani Poole
An Electrophysiological Examination of ADHD-Associated Symptoms and Selective Attention in Adults, Erica Diane Prentkowski
Bitter-Sweet Home: The Pastoral Ideal in African-American Literature, from Douglass to Wright, Robyn Merideth Preston-McGee
Moral Performances: Melodrama and Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Jeffrey Taylor Pusch
Behavioral Cues Associated with Lies of Omission and of Commission: An Experimental Investigation, Brianna Ratliff
Does Online Course Design Encourage Attrition? Assessing Usability Factors in Learning Management Systems, Lisa Theresa Richardson
The Merit of Intensive Leadership Development Programs on Building-Level Administrators' Sustainability, Sonja Jean Robertson
The Black Plumb Line: Re-evaluating Race and Africanist Images in Non-Black Authored American Texts, LaShondra Vanessa Robinson
Determining Content Validity for the Transition Awareness and Possibilities Scale (TAPS), Melynda Burck Ross
Circadian Rhythm and Vigorous Activity: Do They Make a Difference in Executive Function?, Janie Sue Ryland
Latent Growth Modeling of a Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention, Alicia Dea Sample
The Effect of Teacher Retention on Student Achievement in Third Grade Reading/Language Arts, Kathy Bang Sellers
Content Area Literacy in the Primary Grades: Teachers' Sense of Efficacy in Teaching Narrative and Informational Text, Christine Cherry Selman
Dissolved and Colloidal Element Transport Through the Coastal Transition Zone, Moo Joon Shim
An Analysis of the Perseverance of Seminary Master's Degree Graduates in Professional Ministry, Steven Thomas Smith
Student Achievement in Block and Non-Block Schedule Schools, William Shelton Smith Jr.
The Adult Education Doctorate in North America: The Programs, Curricula, Websites, and the Commission of Professors of Adult Education Standards, Wendy Jean Sonstrom
Women's Cognitive Appraisals of Their Birth Experience as Predictive and Maintaining Factors of Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Severity, Lauren Carr Spooner
The Role of University-Industry Collaboration in Regional Economic Development, Ranjana Srevatsan
Teacher Professional Development and Its Effects on Reading Instruction, Kristen Lea Suarez
The Relationship Between Inquiry-Based Science Instruction and Student Achievement, Michael Louis Suarez
Changes in Perceived Self-Efficacy and Attitude Toward Science and Teaching Science in Elementary School, Betsy Ann Sullivan
From Facebook to Gradebook: An Examination of the Relationship Between Teen Use of Social Networking Sites and Academic Achievement, Melody Dickerson Swang
"Reading" The Apprentice: Commerce, Culture, and the Manufacturing of Reality, Sharon Simpson Terrell
Investigating Macroscopic, Submicroscopic, and Symbolic Connections in a College-Level General Chemistry Laboratory, Felicia Culver Thadison
Assessing the Validity of The Communalism Scale Using Cultural Groups, LaShawn Thompson
The Reported Needs of a Teacher Mentoring Program, Kimberly Myers Tillman
Cyberbullying, School Violence, and Youth Suicide, Mark Leopold Bennett Trachtenbroit
Running in Absentia, Jeffrey David Tucker
Girls of Easy Virtue, Elizabeth Anne Wagner
Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron-Induced Air Fluorescence Utilizing Mobile Agents: A New Paradigm for Collaborative Scientific Simulation, Christopher Daniel Walker
Is There a Relationship Between the Play Attention Program and Improved Student Achievement?, Jenny Ann Webber
Everyday Cryptids, Joshua Vernon Webster
Two Lecture Recitals of Percussion Music: "Notation for Stroke-Type Analyses" and "Tabla and Indian Musical Concepts in Modern Drum Set Performance", David Robert Whitman
The Readiness of Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for Self-Directed Learning, Melissa Sue Wright
Set Up for Success: An Examination of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program's Mentoring Component, Dwuena Cene' Wyre
Dissertations from 2010
Differentiating Classes from Dimensions Under Unfavorable Data Conditions: Monte Carlo Comparisons of Taxometric and Latent Variable Mixture Models, Anthony Olufemi Ahmed
A History of the American Film Institute, Deborah Jae Alexander
Older Adults and a Writing Workshop: A Phenomenological Study, Jennifer Lynn Alex
Postsecondary Education of Students With Disabilities: Review of Faculty and of Students With Disabilities Perceptions for Training, Jerry René Alliston