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Dissertations from 2024
Relationship of Stress, Family, and Social Support, and Job Satisfaction to Burnout Among Family Nurse Practitioners Employed in Primary Care Clinics in Mississippi, Laura-Jean Scott Brooks
The Role of an Environmental Club on Community College Students' Connectedness to Nature, Robert Skipper
The Saudi Government's Response To COVID-19: A Social Media Analysis, Raghad Sonbul
Beyond Grades: Disrupting dominant narratives of success in undergraduate science through community engagement, Caroline Sorey
Enhancing Light Upconversion by Singlet-Sink-Type Triplet-Triplet Annihilation in Polymer Glasses, Sonia Stanciu
Examining Self-Stigma Mechanisms Using Serial Mediation in Relation to Help-Seeking Attitudes and Intentions Among Adult Substance Users, Stephanie Strong
Eliciting a Syncopated Response from an Ensemble, Thomas Trautman
Resource Wealth and Micro-Insurgency Duration, Michael Trevett
Peer Victimization in College Student Mental Health and Well-Being: Moderating Effects of Perceived Social Support, Erica Van Overloop
Essays on Foreign Direct Investment, Free Trade Agreements, and the Digital Economy, Constance Vigilance
Evaluating The Treatment Utility Of Universal Screening For Social-Emotional And Behavioral Risk, Rebecca Wagner Lovelace
Development and Structural Origin of Stretchable Semiconducting Polymers and Composites, Yunfei Wang
Impact of Thermal-hydric Stress of Physiological Performance and Mating Behavior of Fiddler Crabs, Talene G. Yeghissian
Development of Polymeric-based Materials for Enhanced Mass and Heat Transport, Moustafa M. Zagho
Dissertations from 2023
DESIGN OF BIOINSPIRED PEPTIDES AND GLYCOPOLYMERS FOR CONTROLLED DRUG LOADING AND RELEASE, Hannah Abernathy
A Computational Kinetics Model To Quantify Radiation Induced Chemical Products Of Atmospheric Gas Mixtures, Patrick Ables
WATERBORNE POLYURETHANE DISPERSION COMPOSITES: CONNECTING NEAT FILM MORPHOLOGY TO FILLER LOCALIZATION BEHAVIOR, Garrett Abrahamsen
PERUVIAN MUSICAL ELEMENTS IN SELECTED PERUVIAN PIANO COMPOSITIONS BY DUNCKER LAVALLE, AYARZA DE MORALES, AND E. VALCÁRCEL ARZE, gonzalo aguilar
CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF SAUDI STUDENTS AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Haytham Aloufi
NAVAJO FOLK ELEMENTS IN SANDPAINTINGS FOR PIANO BY CONNOR CHEE, le bai
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
Harbingers: Stories, Jamie Benner
SENSING THE RHIZOSPHERE: MICROBIAL TRANSCRIPTOME RESPONSES TO ROOT EXUDATES AND REDOX-ACTIVE METABOLITES, Ankita Bhattacharyya
RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE STRONG BLACK WOMAN SCHEMA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND PERSEVERANCE, Raegan Bishop
Meta-Analysis of Effective Instruction Delivery, Halley Blanchard
HARAMED AND DANGEROUS: A THEMATIC EXAMINATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN WE ARE LADY PARTS, Reham Bohamad
HUMAN CAPITAL FLIGHT: DETERMINANTS OF OUT-MIGRATION DECISIONS AMONG MISSISSIPPI’S COLLEGE GRADUATES, Felicia M. Bowens
TEACHER EVALUATIONS, PBIS IMPLEMENTATION, AND STUDENT OUTCOMES, Kasey Catherine Keith Boyd
Soft Goodbyes Through Broken Veils, Clayton Bradshaw
An Analysis of the Factors that Affect Self-employment, Stefani Broome
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
The Influence of Childhood Familial Dysfunction on Emotional Well-Being and Substance Use Behaviors in Young Adults, Margaret Bullerjahn
Gender & Sexual Minority Subgroup Substance Use: The Role of Minority Stress, Lauren Burns
K-12 Principals and Special Education: A Study of Mississippi Principals’ Knowledge of Special Education Policies and Procedures, Jodi Cameron-Polk
Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of Conjugated Polymers by Deuteration and Neutron Scattering, Zhiqiang Cao
STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF HIV-1 INTEGRASE IN THE LATE STAGE OF VIRAL REPLICATION, Tolga Catmakas
A Network Analysis Examining Dissociation and Suicide Risk in Military Veterans and Non-Veterans, Nicole Caulfield
Motherlines, Mary Christensen
POWER-UP WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: EXPLORING FLIGHT ATTENDANT LEADERSHIP AND CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A DYNAMIC POST-PANDEMIC TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT, Carlin Laviolet Clarke
A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FDI INFLOWS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL, Jeff Cohu
Spatial Visualization of High School Geometry Students, Jennifer Crissey
Origin and Structure of the First Sharp Diffraction Peak of Amorphous Solids, Devilal Dahal
Good Grief, Corinne Dekkers
HETEROTYPIC INTERACTION OF α-SYNUCLEIN AND TDP-43 IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, Shailendra Dhakal
The Effects of Viewpoint, Motion, and Affordance Priming on Perceptual Learning of Feelies, Catherine Dowell
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
Enhancement of Chitosan and PVDF Properties and Processing with Nanostructured Additives, Toby Edwards
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
EXAMINING PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL, LEADER–MEMBER EXCHANGE, AND DOCTORAL STUDENT CONNECTEDNESS, Regina Fowler Spiers
The "Othering" of America: How the Strategic use of Crisis and Ressentiment Succeeded in the Trump era, Laura J. Franklin
REACTIVE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYURETHANES: SIMULTANEOUS POLYMERIZATION AND 3D PRINTING, Aynslie Fritz
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL ART AND GENDER ON SECONDARY STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN GEOMETRY, Johnny Gary III
Arturo Rodriguez: A Mexican Mosaic. A Discussion of His Life and Selected Works, Jorge Gonzalez
Longitudinal follow-up of Yezidis displaced by ISIS genocide to a host village in Iraq, Jordan Greaser
A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-EFFICACY FOR FRONTLINE MANAGERS, Alberta Green
AN ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL FLOW TO CONSTRUCT AN ECONOMIC TYPOLOGY IN A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF THREE ANCIENT CITIES: THIRD KINGDOM OF UR, NEW KINGDOM OF THEBES, AND CLASSICAL ATHENS, Darrell Gremillion
Perceived Power by Nurse Managers in Dialysis Units: A Qualitative Case Study, Janie Griner
"Innumerable Small Crafts": Maritime Work in the Estuarian Gulf, 1865-1900, Kevin Grubbs
THE EFFECTS OF LECTURE CAPTURE DESIGN ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN AN ONLINE, ASYNCHRONOUS NONMAJORS BIOLOGY COURSE, Melissa Ann Gutierrez
Thermally Rearranging Polyimide Networks for High-Temperature Applications, William Guzman
GROWTH MINDSET: EXPLORATION OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, AND DISPARITY AMONG WORKING PROFESSIONALS, Dillon Harper
The Helicopter War: Unraveling the Myth and Memory of a Vietnam War Icon, Hayley Hasik
A GENOMIC ASSESSMENT OF GRAY SNAPPER (LUTJANUS GRISEUS) POPULATION STRUCTURE, Tami Hildahl
Coach-Athlete Conflict and Well-Being Outcomes for Division I Athletes, Alisha M. Hilliard
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
VILLA-LOBOS CHOROS NO. 1: A STUDY OF THE RECORDINGS, Andrei Jan Hoffmann Uller
Gold(I)-Hydroarylation in Polymer Modification – Alkynes and Alkenes with Unexpected Reactivity, Samuel B. Hunt
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
YI ELEMENTS IN SELECTED PIANO WORKS BY ZHANG ZHAO, Anqi Jian
Does Convenience Come with a Price? The Impact of Remote Testimony on Expert Credibility and Decision-Making, Ashley Jones
Predicting Suicide Attempt Histories with Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Regression: A Combined Psychological and Demographic Approach with Military Personnel, Aleksandr Karnick
Post-racism as Ideology: Character Construction and Placement, & Narrative Structure in Dear White People, Mphatso Kaufulu
EXPLORING LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS' CAPACITY TO GOVERN EFFECTIVELY, Mario King
Mating Burrows in the Fiddler Crab Leptuca pugilator: How a Key Resource is Contested, Constructed, and Shared, Zachary Michael Lane
GYPSY ELEMENTS IN CARL LOEWE’S ZIGEUNER SONATA, OP. 107b, Yajing Lei
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