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Dissertations from 2010
Adaptation of Balanced Scorecard and Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Methodologies to Measure Nation-State Power, Gregg Eric Lassen
"I Unsex'd My Dress": Lord Byron's Seduction of Gender in "The Corsair", "Lara", and "Don Juan", Alexis Spiceland Lee
Multi Stimuli-Responsive Copolymers Obtained from Colloidal Dispersions, Fang Liu
Polyisobutylene Chain End Transformations: Block Copolymer Synthesis and Click Chemistry Functionalizations, Andrew Jackson David Magenau
Assessing Mississippians’ Preparedness for Disasters Using the Citizen Corps National Survey 2009, Carl Huston Mangum II
Patterns of Diversity, Zoogeography, and Ecological Gradients in Honduran Freshwater Fishes, Wilfredo Antonio Matamoros
Guppie: A Coordination Framework for Parallel Processing Using Shared Memory Featuring A Master-Worker Relationship, Sean Christopher McCarthy
The Effects of Higher Education Endowment Management Practices on Endowment Performance, Robert Louie Stanton McElhaney
Teacher Attitude Toward Differentiated Instruction in Third Grade Language Arts, Vivian Marina McLean
Links of Connectedness: A Content Analysis and Industry Survey Comparing the Interactive Options of Community and Metro Newspaper Web Sites, Cleveland Allin Means
Superintendent Perceptions of the Accreditation Process in the State of Mississippi, Betty Mae Merhundrew
Daimon, Miranda Foster Merklein
Life History and Habitat Use of the Juvenile Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae) in Northern Gulf of Mexico Rivers, Paul Fraser Mickle
A Separation of Church and Growth? The Intersections of Seventh-Day Adventism and Economic Development in Puerto Rico, Josefer Montes
Student's Attitudes Toward High-Stakes Testing and its Effect on Educational Decisions, Aldo Alfredo Moran
Investigation of Novel Quasiliving Polyisobutylene Chain-end Functionalization (Quenching) Methods, David Lee Morgan
Exploring the Accuracy of Highly Positive Self-Evaluations: A Bogus Pipeline Examination of Fragile Self-Esteem, Erin Michele Myers
The Use of a Timeout Intervention With and Without Escape Extinction for Treatment of Escape-Maintained Noncompliance in a Classroom Setting, Joshua Loren Needelman
Shock Rhetoric, David Robert Nelson
Information Acquisition and Sociality Among Migratory Birds, Zoltán Németh
The Holiness and Other Stories, Leslie Michelle Nichols
An Analysis of the Career and Solo Style of Jazz Trombonist Carl Fontana, John Wesley Parker
Geological and Ichthyological Investigations into Palaeodrainage Hypothesis for the Tennessee River, Andrea Karen Persons
Bullying and Gender: The Social/Emotional, Psychological, and Physical Effects on Middle School Students in South Mississippi, Cassundra Peyton-Brown
Ten Short Stories, Andrew Simpson Plattner
Impact of Golf Video Games on Teaching Golf in Physical Education, Ann Pohira-Vieth
Examining the Effectiveness of Dropout Prevention Practices and Their Implications for Intervention with Public School Students, Louisa Pollack
The Effects of Early Intervention on the Cognitive and Social Development of Kindergarteners, Jennifer Foster Pope
Toxicogenomics Analysis of Non-Model Transcriptomes Using Next-Generation Sequencing and Microarray, Arun Rawat
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of Grade Retention, Latrice Shontae Richardson
The Relationship Between Leader Decision Making and Student Achievement at K-3 Title I and Reading First Elementary Schools, Emily Kathleen Richmond
Emotional Maturity of Adolescents and Adults in GED Programs, Billy Joe Riffle
Outsourcing the American Dream: An Analysis of the Re-Employment Potential of U.S.-Based Call Center Workers Within the Context of Globalization, Wendell Allen Robbins III
Examining the Effect of a Year of Service in AmeriCorps on Members' Attitudes Toward Attending College, Jessica Lucky Roberts
Stereo Matching Using a Modified Efficient Belief Propagation in a Level Set Framework, Stephen Goyer Rogers
Frederick Douglass: An American Adult Educator, Jerry Paul Ross
Regulation of Biofilm and Antibiotic-Resistance by the Modulator of SarA (MSA) in Staphylococcus aureus, Antony Schwartz
The Relative Value of Online Learning Environments As Perceived by High School Teachers, Daryl Joe Scoggin
Conservation and Ecology of the Yellow-Blotched Sawback (Graptemys flavmaculata), William Winsyl Selman II
Self-Assembly and Gold Nanoparticle Cross-Linking of Stimuliresponsive Block Copolymers Synthesized bt Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization, Adam Eugene Smith
A Longitudinal Study of Block Scheduling Versus Traditional Scheduling in Mississippi Schools: Utilizing the Mississippi Student Assessment System and Administrators’ Perceptions, Linda Oettiker Smith
Relationships Between Particle Properties and Scattering in Coastal Waters of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Influenced by the Mississippi River, Bruce Alan Spiering
The Italian Emigration of Modern Times: Relations Between Italy and the United States Concerning Emigration Policy, Diplomacy, and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, 1870-1927, Patrizia Fama Stahle
Investigation of Network Architecture Development and Properties in Thermoset Matrices, Jeremy Owen Swanson
Design, Synthesis, and Polymerization of Novel Heterocyclic Monomers as Precursors for Functional Polyester, Poly(ester Amide)s and Polyamides, Eylem Tarkin-Tas
Structure-Property Correlation in Cyclopolymerization of New Acrylate-Based Functional Monomers, Huseyin Tas
Professional Development in College Science Teaching, Aimee Kathryn Thomas
Study of 3,3' vs. 4,4' DDS Isomer Curatives on Physical Properties and Phenyl Ring Motions of DGEBA Epoxy via Molecular Dynamics, Deuterium NMR, and Dielectric Spectroscopy, Samuel James Tucker
Cryptid, Phillip Jarett Underwood
An Examination of Hurricane Emergency Preparedness Planning at Institutions of Higher Learning of the Gulf South Region Post Hurricane Katrina, Caterina Gulli Ventura
A Critical Analysis of the Implementation of Depth of Knowledge and Preliminary Findings Regarding Its Effectiveness in Language Arts Achievement, Carol Elizabeth Ferguson Viator
A Study of the Effective Interfacial Tension Between Miscible Fluids by Spinning Drop Tensiometer and Microfluidics, Gloria Dollie Viner
A Graphophonic Investigation of Beginning Level Texts, Kevin Clark Walker
The Nightingale of Austerlitz, Lindsay Marianna Walker
Developing a Biosensor for the Detection of Bacteria: A Comparison of Methods for Isolating Bacteria-Specific Antibodies, Scott Allen Walper
Towards Multiplexed Electrogenerated Chemiluminescent Detection, Shijun Wang
Differences in Student Misbehavior After Completing In-School Suspension Between Rural High School and Suburban High School Students, Martin Ervind Welch
Relativistic Studies of the Charmonium and Bottomonium Systems Using the Sucher Equation, Charles Martin Werneth
The Natural Provenance: Ecoliteracy in Higher Education in Mississippi, Sarah Elizabeth Wheeless
Development of Representative Species-Level Molecular Markers and Morphological Character Analysis of Leucothoid Amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Kristine Nicolle White
The Son's Return, Gary Charles Wilkens
If and to What Extent Spirituality Impacts the Leadership Practices of Four African American Superintendents, Christopher James Williams Sr.
Assessing the Need for Community College Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Mississippi, Johannah Bell Williams
Technical Writing Redesign and Assessment: A Pilot Study, Gaye Bush Winter
The Secret Identity of Race: Exploring Ethnic and Racial Portrayals in Superhero Comic Books, Lowery Anderson Woodall III
Determining the Relationship of Human Enteric Viruses in Clinical, Wastewater, and Environmental Samples Utilizing Molecular and Cell Culture Techniques, Jacquelina Susann Williams Woods
Local Radial Basis Function Methods for Solving Partial Differential Equations, Guangming Yao
Assessing the Impact of a Computer-Based College Algebra Course, Ningjun Ye
Synthesis of Functional Copolymers via Aqueous RAFT Polymerization for Bioconjugation and Targeted Delivery of Small Interfering RNA, Adam Wesley York
Rational Design of Self-Assembled Nanostructures Based on Polymers Synthesized via Aqueous Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization, Stacey Kirkland York
Nanomaterials From Biologically Active Molecules: Self-Assembly and Molecular Recognition, Min Yu
Folate Receptor-Targeted Delivery of Small Interfering RNA to Cancer Cells, Yilin Zhang
Dissertations from 2009
Sport as a Vehicle for Socialization and Maintenance of Cultural Identity: International Students Attending American Universities, James Taylor Allen
"The Mirror Turn Lamp": Natural-Supernatural in Yeats, Cleston Lee Armstrong III
The Physical Educator's Perception of the Adequate Implementation and Overall Impact of the Healthy Students Act of Mississippi, Carol Johnson Barnes
Adult Student Satisfaction in an Accelerated LPN-RN Nursing Program, Kathy French Batton
Form Blindness Testing: Assessing the Ability to Perform Latent Print Examination by Traditional Versus Nontraditional Students, Dean James Bertram
Understanding the Change Styles of Teachers to Improve Student Achievement, Arlene May Green Bigby
Stories, Ethics and the Interpretation of Meaning: Bearing Witness to Mothers' Stories of Their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Experience, Angela Chisum Blackburn
For the Stadium Vendor, Richard Andrew Boada
Attitudes of Faculty and Students Toward Traditional and Nontraditional Students and the Intergenerational Postsecondary Classroom, Susan Walters Bourland
Source-Message-Receiver in Integrated Marketing Communication: A Study of U.S. Institutional Advancement, Sharee LeBlanc Broussard
Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance: Relationship to Body Image and Exercise Behavior, Kathryn Louise Brown
Determinants of Resident Assistant Job Satisfaction in Privatized University Housing, Jennifer Lynn Casey
Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillos for Guitar: Afro-Cuban Elements and Pedagogical Devices, Carlos Isaac Castilla Penaranda
Investigation of Novel Thiol "Click" Reactions, Justin William Chan
Predictors and Influences of Graduation Rates in Mississippi Public Schools, Donna Rebekah Holden Chiasson
Impact of Preschool Education on Reading Achievement of Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade Students, Melissa Harvey Clark
In Quest of Walter Smith: The Past, Present, and Future Impact of Visual Art in Adult Education, Meredith Amanda Cole
Companionship Through Standard Question and Answer Routines, Ryan Saxon Davidson
Answer Me That, Catherine Davis
Gender, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension and Science Reasoning as Predictors of Science Achievement Among African-American Students at a Historical Black College or University, Consuella Artiemese Davis
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Revised Optimism-Pessimism Scale of the MMPI-2, Ginger Burge DeBrule
Posttraumatic Spiritual Growth: A Phenomenological Study of Cancer Survivors, Ryan Myles Denney
Functional Characterization and Assembly Studies of Carboxysomes in Halothiobacillus neapolitanus, Zhicheng Dou
African-American College Student Attitudes Toward Physics and Their Effect on Achievement, Carl Timothy Drake