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Dissertations from 2021
EPOXY CURING: PARAMOUNT OR TRIVIAL? A CURE PATH DEPENDENT INQUIRY, Jared Bates
Granulins in Norm and Neurodegenerative Pathologies, Anukool Bhopatkar
Microplankton Dynamics in the River-Dominated Mississippi Bight, Adam D. Boyette
Personal and Organizational Characteristics Impacting Employee Self-Efficacy, Justin Chandler
Synthesis and Self-assembly of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers for the Fabrication of Non-spherical Polymersomes, Tamuka Chidanguro
Mobbing and Job Satisfaction Among Registered Nurses in Mississippi, Brenda Collins
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Does Gender Matter?, Sarah Crane
Barriers, Enablers, and Strategies Influencing Female Leaders' Career Advancement in the Nuclear Industry, Anesa Davis
Controlling degradation with force and light, Brad Davis
The Compliance Training for Children Model on Child Compliance: A Meta-Analysis, James Derieux
Fallen Matter: A Novel, Noah Devros
Performer’s Guide to Three Miniatures for Tuba and Piano by Anthony Plog, Steven Dixon
An Exploration of the Two-Generation Approach for Single Mother Degree or Certificate Attainment, Chiquila N. Dolison
Gender and Cross-Cultural Invariance of Attitudes Toward Statistics Among Non-STEM Undergraduate Students, Mihili Edirisooriya
The Application of Motivational Design to Office Hours Conducted within Fully Online Courses, Mark P. Ferguson
The Impact of Mississippi’s K-3 Literacy Initiative Professional Development, Billie Fick
This Was the World and I Was King: Land and Identity in Scottish Children's Literature of the Golden Age, Rodney Fierce
The Constant Unfamiliar: A Collection of Stories, Rachael Fowler
COVID-19 & University Stakeholders: A Faculty Perspective, Torie Fowler
Atomic Oxygen Resistant Low Earth Orbit Stable Polymer Matrix Composites Employing Phenylphosphine Oxide Epoxy-Amines, Witold Fuchs
AN ANALYTICAL GUIDE TO GONZALO VIDAL’S SUITE DE LA POSTGUERRA [POST-WAR SUITE], Jairo Garcia Valencia
Put the Pedal to the Metal: Exploring the Resources of the Modern Electric Vibraphone, Andrew Dean Gilstrap
Efficient Denoising Of High Resolution Color Digital Images Utilizing Krylov Subspace Spectral Methods, Eva Lynn Greenman
Discrete Moving Target Defense Application and Benchmarking in Software-Defined Networking, charan gudla
Dicer Represses Antiviral Innate Immunity Pathways in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, Chandan Gurung
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL SUPPORT AND FIRST-YEAR TEACHER JOB SATISFACTION, Beau Hannah
Boosting Degree Attainment: A Mixed Methods Examination of an Adult Degree Completion Initiative, Hannah Harrison
Patterns of Habitat Use and Trophic Structure in Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum)-Dominated Systems Across the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Christian Hayes
The Effect of Token Economies on Student Behavior in the Preschool Classroom: A Meta-Analysis, Lynda B. Hayes
EMPLOYEES' EXPECTATIONS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ANTICIPATED VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE TURNOVER AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, Candace Johnson
The Relationship between School Principals’ Servant Leadership Attributes and Teacher Morale, George Larry Johnson
Analysis of a Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) Introduction in a Human Care Setting, Lindsey Johnson
Identification of Cultural Differences and Their Effects on International Relations: A Novel Approach, Stephen W. Jones
Latent Variables Predicting Drug Use in Adolescents with High versus Low Protective Factors, Jessica Jorgenson
Charm City, Karla Keffer
Walking into a News Desert: How Arkansas College Newspapers are Coping with the Decline in Print Journalism, David Keith
A HUNGARIAN EXOTIC INGREDIENT IN OPERETTA: THE CSÁRDÁS IN THREE SETTINGS, Michelle Lange
Consistent Bedtime Routines are Linked to Better Sleep Outcomes: Why?, Kristy Larsen
Changing Criminal Thinking: An Examination of Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects in a Sample of Justice-Involved Persons with Dual Diagnoses, Michael Lester
Data-Driven Approaches to Complex Materials: Applications to Amorphous Solids, Dil Kumar Limbu
International Events, Domestic Change, and the Development of China’s Grand Strategy, 1839-2019, Shao-Fan Lin
Yellow River Piano Concerto: A Synthesis of Western and Chinese Characteristics, Jiahe Liu
Assessing the Real-Time Lagrangian Predictability of the Operational Navy Coastal Ocean Model in the Gulf of Mexico, Lea Kristen Locke
Higher Education Business and Technology Leaders’ Behaviors that Drive Outcome Alignment, Katherine Lynch-Holmes
SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULAR PROBES FOR THE DETECTION OF TOXIC ANALYTES, RASHID MIA
A Component-Wise Approach to Smooth Extension Embedding Methods, Vivian Montiforte
Physical Education Teachers' Instructional Adaptations to Teach Motor Skills to Children with Language Disorders, Kristen Morgan
“We Seek A Stable Structure”: Détente, Human Rights, and National Security Policy, 1974–1981, John J. Mortimer Jr.
Conflict Management Strategies Among Nurses in Hospitals, Rita Nassuna
Interleukin-17A Facilitates Chikungunya Virus Infection by Inhibiting IFN-α2 Expression, Biswas Neupane
Migratory Movement, Fishery Exploitation, and Sperm Limitation of the Louisiana Blue Crab Spawning Stock, Helen Olmi-Graham
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROTEAN CAREER ATTITUDE AND FEEDBACK AFTER THE EMPLOYEE PROMOTION PROCESS, Marcie Overstreet
Elucidating the Role of the MSAABCR Operon in Persister Cells Formation and Stress Response in Staphylococcus aureus, Shanti Pandey
A Performer’s Guide to Barbara York’s Four Paintings by Grant Wood, Allen Parrish
Panel Data Analysis of Determinants of Gini Coefficient, Brandon Parsons
Distribution, abundance, and population genetics of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in Mississippi, Luke Pearson
Examining the Effects of State Anger on Self-reported Psychopathic Trait Inventories, Olivia C. Preston
An Exploration of Black Church Leaders' Intentions to Develop Critical Consciousness among African-American Students, Taheesha Quarells
ANALYZING AND DETECTING ANDROID MALWARE AND DEEPFAKE, Md Shohel Rana
The Power of Presentation: How Attire, Cosmetics, and Posture Impact the Source Credibility of the Female Expert Witness, Alexandra Repke
Semantic Classification of Multidialectal Arabic Social Media, Tom Rishel
IMPROVING THE MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM, Thomas Robert Scholz
Test-Driving Interventions for Teachers: A Proactive Method for Improving Treatment Integrity, Stefanie Schrieber
Vision Based Activity Recognition Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Architecture, Sarbagya Shakya
Rheological Properties of Recyclable Polymer Matrices for Advanced Composite Applications, Rahul Shankar
Evaluating the Contributions of Recollection and Familiarity on Testing and Guessing Benefits in Recognition Memory, Kendal Smith
Comparison of Manipulatives Effect on Academic Achievement in Preschool Math, Ashley Stewart
Design and Modeling of Bioinspired Polyelectrolytes with Controlled Architectures for Gene Delivery Applications, Kelli Stockmal
How Well Do You Know Your Reach?, Tyler Surber
EMPATHY AS A MODERATOR OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING SELF-EFFICACY AND OUTCOME EXPECTANCY BELIEFS, JUTA TAMMACHART
Doping of Conjugated Polymers: Preparation, Characterization and Device Fabrication, Kan Tang
Predicting Parent Attendance for Group-Delivered PCIT Workshops in Head Start Centers, Jennifer Tannehill
Honor and Duty: The Collegiate Education of a Yeoman Farmer’s Son in Antebellum Mississippi, David Taylor
The Formation of Proxy Force and External State Relationships: Prospect Theory and Proxy Force Decision Making, Brandon Temple
A Man Who Does Not Exist, Kevin Thomason
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF TIME PERSPECTIVE, Donna Valestro
Photopolymer Networks with Tunable Command Destruct Properties, William Walker
Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Mayantoinette Watson
The Understanding of Digital and Multimedia Evidence (DME) by Attorneys and Digital Forensic Examiners (DFE) within the United States Criminal Justice System, Joseph Levi White
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL ISOLATION, TELECOMMUTING INTENSITY LEVELS, AUTONOMY, AND JOB SATISFACTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Kristy Williams
The Religion Beat Gets Beat: The Rise and Fall of Stand-alone Religion Sections in Southern Newspapers, 1983-2015, Tara Yvette Wren
Professional Counter-Strike: An Analysis of Media Objects, Esports Culture, and Gamer Representation, Steven Young
"I Can't be Two Me's, You Know": The Impossibility of Mothering in Victorian Children's Literature, Charles Yow
Semantics-Driven Large-Scale 3D Scene Retrieval, Juefei Yuan
Ensemble Data Fitting For Bathymetric Models Informed by Nominal Data, Samantha Zambo