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Dissertations from 2022
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
ELLERHEIN GIRLS' CHOIR: SEVENTY YEARS OF CHORAL EXCELLENCE, Bobby Helms
OCEAN QUAHOG (ARCTICA ISLANDICA) POPULATION DYNAMICS: SEX-BASED DEMOGRAPHICS AND REGIONAL COMPARISONS IN THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC, Kathleen M. Hemeon
For Colored Girls Who Considered Natural when the Perm was Enuf: A Cultural Examination of the Political Significance of Natural Hair YouTube Influencers, Randrika C. Henderson
EDUCATORS’ AND PARENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS, Shannon L. Howze
Adie Wells and Passionfruit, Jordan James
Interview-Informed Synthesized Contingency Analyses on Challenging Problem Behavior: A Single-Case Meta-Analysis, Lauren Layman
CHESS, ROBOTICS, AND SPEECH AND DEBATE: AN ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL THINKING-ORIENTED AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, Marc Leffler
Enabling Infrared Detection in Solution Processable Devices via Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymers, Jasmine Lim
PROGRAMMING MAINTENANCE FOR THE MYSTERY STUDENT INTERVENTION, Sarah Litten
IMPACT OF AN ACTIVE LEARNING INTERVENTION ON STUDENT SUCCESS IN AN INTRODUCTORY-LEVEL BIOLOGY COURSE, Cynthia Littlejohn
THE PROTECTIVE BENEFITS OF SEXUAL SURROGACY IN DISSATISFYING ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS, Ryan Liu-Pham
THIS CAR IS THE ROCKET SHIP THAT WILL GET ME OUTTA HERE, Dylan Loring
Data Collection and Machine Learning Methods for Automated Pedestrian Facility Detection and Mensuration, Joseph Bailey Luttrell IV
Does Optic Flow Provide Information about Actions?, Hannah Masoner
Does Optic Flow Provide Information about Actions?, Hannah Masoner
The Influence of Word Pair Associative Direction on Judgment of Learning Reactivity, Nicholas Maxwell
OPEN-SHELL DONOR-ACCEPTOR CONJUGATED POLYMERS: DESIGN RULES FOR QUANTUM PROPERTIES, Kevin S. Mayer
THE ROLE OF MATE SEEKING MOTIVES, STATUS ACQUISITION MOTIVES, AND DARK PERSONALITY IN PREDICTING RESPONSES TO AN AGGRESSION-PROVOKING SITUATION, Savannah Merold
The Expanding Marine Built Environment and Biofilm Formation Processes, Rachel Mugge
Aryl Ether Ketone Polybenzoxazines and Carbon-Carbon Composites from Furan-Containing Polybenzoxazines, Joseph Murphy
A Look at the Effectiveness of High School Chemistry Curriculum in Preparing Students for ACT, Shanna Nesser
The Knowledge and Attitudes Of Oncology Nurses On Advance Directives, Bailey Nettles
Characterization of Sea level Changes along the Louisiana/Florida Shelf Using High Frequency (HF) Radar Data and Sea level Measurements, uchenna nwankwo
CLASSROOM CLIMATE, CULTURE, PARENTING SKILLS, AND STUDENT GRIT, Karen Ochoa
THE EFFECTS OF SEGMENTING WORKSHEETS AND BEHAVIOR SPECIFIC PRAISE ON INDEPENDENT SEATWORK WITH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, Lauren Peak
CHARACTERIZING ENDOGENOUS DICER PRODUCTS TO UNRAVEL NOVEL RNAI BIOGENESIS PATHWAYS, Jacob Oche Peter
The Expansionist Cause: Union Civil War Commemorations as Weapons of Colonization in the American West, Lindsey Peterson
SELF-EFFICACY AND BURNOUT AMONG MISSISSIPPI MILD/MODERATE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, Stacey Anne Price Frye
EXAMINING P3 AND N2 AMPLITUDES FOLLOWING SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND PROVOCATION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH HIGH AND LOW NARCISSISTIC TRAITS, Kathleen Ramsey
THE SEARCH FOR NEUTRALITY: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE USE IN HIGHER EDUCATION TITLE IX SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICIES, Cristin Reynolds
Secondary School Administrators, Teachers, and Students' Perspectives on Reducing Recidivism in Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs, Chrissell Rhone
USING CONTINGENT PRAISE TO INCREASE VISUAL ENGAGEMENT IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: AN EYE TRACKING STUDY, Andrew Rozsa
EXPLORING PERCEPTIONS ABOUT AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PREPARING WORSHIP PASTORS FOR SERVICE, Phillip Sandifer
COMPARING TOP INDUSTRY DEMANDS FOR TALENT TO GENERAL STUDIES CURRICULUM FOR COMPETITIVE JOB ACQUISITION, Gregory Sansone
DESIGNING DYNAMIC AND DEGRADABLE POLYMERIC MATERIALS WITH THIOL-X CHEMISTRIES, Reese Sloan
The Role of Traumatic Experiences in Developing Nocturnal Panic Attacks, Nicole S. Smith
APPLICATIONS OF SIMULATION ANALYSIS TO GENERATE REFERENCE POINTS AND EVALUATE MANAGEMENT CONTROL RULES IN THREE EASTERN US FISHERIES, Laura Solinger
Embattled Learning: Education and Emancipation in the Post-Civil War Upper South, Lucas Somers
Anti-Human Trafficking Training for Law Enforcement: An Assessment of Practice in a Southern State, Patricia Ann Southerland
The Impact of a Five-day Number Sense Intervention on High School Student's Quantitative Reasoning Skills and Self-efficacy, Rebecca Steele-Mackey
A Case Study in Resiliency: How a University Survived a Pandemic, Mary Ellen Stewart
Testing Barriers to Non-Suicidal Self-Injury With College Students: Narcissistic Traits as Moderators, Philip Stoner
Patient Portal Use and Patient Education Materials Access among Mississippi Adult Residents, Anna K. Swann
AN OVERVIEW OF DAVID MASLANKA'S "HOSANNAS" AND ITS DEDICATEE, GARY GREEN, Justin Swearinger
PARTICULAR PAINS, PARTICULAR SUFFERINGS: USING SISTA CIRCLE TO EXPLORE BELONGINGNESS AS A FACTOR AFFECTING THE ACADEMIC PERSISTENCE OF BLACK, WOMEN DOCTORAL RECIPIENTS AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS IN THE SOUTH, Jasmine Denise Thornton
REVISITING THE ECONOMIC VOTER HYPOTHESIS: ELECTORAL VOLATILITY AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN LATIN AMERICA (1997-2018), Charles Tibedo
Unsuitable for Framing: Race, Representation and Recoding Hurricane Maria in the Age of Trump, David Tisdale
Mid-Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers and Resistive Embodiment, Crystal Veronie
A New Model for Predicting the Drag and Lift Forces of Turbulent Newtonian Flow on Arbitrarily Shaped Shells on the Seafloor, Carley R. Walker, James V. Lambers, and Julian Simeonov
Self-Compassion and Perceived Readiness for Practice Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students: A Mixed-Methods Study, Laurie A. Walter
The COVID-19 Experience: An Intensive Care Nursing Perspective, Adrianna Watson
IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING TO INCREASE TREATMENT INTEGRITY FOR CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT WITH AN ELECTRONIC DBRC, Caitlyn Weaver
Copolymer microphase separation, properties, and applications, Daniel Weller
THE VALUE OF INTERNSHIPS IN DEVELOPING SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH, Cory Wicker
DIGITAL EQUITY: DIFFICULTIES OF IMPLEMENTING THE 1:1 COMPUTING INITIATIVE IN LOW-INCOME AREAS, Demetric D. Williams
To Fathom The Fast River, Chloe Wofford
MEDIA NARRATIVE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA DURING COVID-19, ZHENZHU ZHANG
APPLICATIONS OF TAO OF BASS, Vol. I, IN ORCHESTRAL AND SOLO DOUBLE BASS REPERTOIRE, Santiago Zorrilla de San Martin
Dissertations from 2021
Water Elites’ Perceptions of Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa Region, Ghaleb Akari
Using Native Ads in Public Relations Campaigns: A Study of Instagram Influencers in Kuwait, Ahmad Alhaidar
Obstacles to the Implementation of Criminal Justice Reform, Matt Allen
Framing Difference: A Content Analysis of Disability Coverage in Saudi Arabia Newspapers, Majedah Alsewaiah
A Re-Examination of the Motivations for Using Substances Questionnaire: Motives for Alcohol and Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use, Taylor Altenberger
On the Treatment of Bilinear Forms Involving Matrix Functions as Perturbations of Quadratic Forms, Keelia Altheimer
Attachment Quality Across Contexts: The Mediating Role of Cognitive-Affective Traits, Christian Ammons
The Role of Elevation as a Control on Salt Marsh-Upland Ecotones Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Carlton P. Anderson
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AMONG FOUR–YEAR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: A GEOGRAPHIC AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, Kori Nadine Armstrong
Development and Initial Evaluation of the Assessment of Teacher Expectations and Practices (ATEP), Kimberly Barajas
The Relationship Between Shared Decision-Making and School Climate, Sara Bardwell
Decision-Making by Community College Administrators on Satellite Campuses of Mississippi Community Colleges, Raymunda Barnes
Barriers and Enablers to Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems as Perceived by Change Agents in the Workplace, Shanda Barrett