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Dissertations from 2023
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
THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST & EMOTIONAL LABOR, STRESS, AND COMPASSION FATIGUE, Patricia Martin
Two Mothers and a Tara, Apoorva Mittal
Time's Violence, Matthew Moniz
Fractured Activism: Competing Visions for the Civil Rights Movement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1965-1970, Olivia Bethany Moore
Where have all the surgical nurses gone? Staffing Shortages in Surgical Departments Post COVID-19 Shutdowns, Phoenix Neal
IntelPVT and Opt-STViT: Advances in Vision Transformers for Object Detection, Classification and Video Recognition, Divya Nimma
TIMESERIES FORECASTING OF U.S. HOUSING PRICE INDEX USING MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING MODELS, krishna chaitanya nunna
Empowerment Agents: How Student Affairs Professionals Facilitate the Persistence of Undocumented Students, Tiffany Paige
Deciphering Description: A Study of the Works of Joseph Conrad, Autumn Pearson
Degenerate Era of an Expanding Universe, Jennifer Peterson
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
USING AFM-IR TO STUDY NANOSCOPIC PHASE BEHAVIOR OF POLYMER BLENDS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS, Nathaniel L. Prine
TRANSPORTATION MANAGERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION WITHIN LOGISTICS CLUSTERS, Stephen McDonald Puryear
THE MOBILITY OF LONG-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES AND THEIR BURIAL IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT, Neil Redmond
Spectral Multistep Methods for the Scalable Simulation of Time-Dependent Phenomena, Bailey Rester
The Influence of Diamine Curing Additives on the Network Architecture of Phthalonitrile Thermosetting Polymers, Tyler J. Richardson
The Effect of Sulfonamides Structural and Reactive Properties Examined through Difunctionalization of Alkenes, Gavin Rustin
EFFECTS OF MEMBRANE COMPONENTS ON THE OLIGOMERIZATION OF AMYLOID-β (Aβ) IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE, Jhinuk Saha
USING IMAGERY PRACTICE TO IMPROVE AIRLINE PILOT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, Brian Christopher Sajdak
Novel Corrosion Detection Methods for Understanding Polymer Model Coatings During Immersion, Christopher Scanlon
An examination of well-being across theories of career development using Latent Profile Analysis, Jessica Schultz
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 Rudimental Drumming Vocabulary Applied to the Folk Music of Argentina, Justin Sherrod
STIGMA AS A TREATMENT BARRIER IN TRAUMA EXPOSED COLLEGE STUDENTS, Lydia Sigurdson
Perceptions of Stress in Community Clinic Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jomeka Smith
MISSING VALUE IMPUTATION FOR SINGLE OMICS AND MULTI-OMICS DATA, meng song
THE IMPACT OF OFFENSE TYPE, RACE, AND DISCLOSURE ON PERCEPTIONS OF EMPLOYABILITY: CAN BIAS TOWARDS HIRING A PERSON WITH A CRIMINAL HISTORY BE MITIGATED?, Rheanna Lee Standridge
A Multiscale Linkage Between Riverscape and Fish Community Coevolution, Loren W. Stearman
Magnetic Interactions in Open-Shell Conjugated Polymers, Michael Steelman
West of Water, Tommy Thomas
Biophysical Factors Affecting Habitat Suitability for Crassostrea virginica, Jason D. Tilley
All My Gods Are Dead, John Constantine Tobin
There are Five of Us, Elizabeth Trueblood
Teachers' and Administrators' Opinions of LGBTQ Students and Inclusive Education, Katie Vining
"If These Walls Could Speak": Judson College and the Formation of the New Baptist Woman, 1838-1930, E.Gabrielle Walker
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCES WITH LEADERS’ INFLUENCE ON AUTONOMOUS MOTIVATION: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Melissa Wheat
Research Disposition, Research Support, and Research Self-Efficacy (RSE) in the Field of Education, Leadon D. Williams
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
MENTOR TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS TOWARD MENTORING PROGRAMS IN K-12 EDUCATION IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, Krystle Womack
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
A TALE OF TWO DIAGONALIZATIONS: METHODS TO DIAGONALIZE A 1-D PIECEWISE CONSTANT INDEFINITE SCHRÖDINGER OPERATOR, Sarah Wright
COWORKERS AND LEADERS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRUSTWORTHINESS, TRUST, AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, Lianne Young
Dissertations from 2022
Meta-Analysis of Daily Behavior Report Cards, Meleah Ackley