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Dissertations from 2020
Food for Thought: Stories, Allyson Hoffman
Non-Traditional Church Involvement as a Life-Course Turning Point: Qualitative Interviews with Religious Offenders, William Hunter Holt
The Role of Masculinity in the Development of Capability for Suicide, Claire Houtsma
Student-Athlete Success: An Examination of Parenting, Grit, Academic Success, and Mental Health Outcomes, Jackson Howard
Open-Shell Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymers with Intrinsic Electrical Conductivity, Lifeng Huang
An Examination of the Influence of Multi-scale Processes and Connectivity on the Population and Assemblage Dynamics of Headwater Fishes, Josh P. Hubbell
Machine Learning Approaches for Improving Prediction Performance of Structure-Activity Relationship Models, Gabriel Idakwo
An Investigation of the Impacts of Traditional, Virtual, and Hybrid Biological Laboratories on College Students’ Achievement and Motivation to Learn Biology, Shavonda Jackson
A Library of Low Molecular Weight Fluorescent Probes for the Detection of Cu(II) and Fe(III) Ions, Ashley Johnson
Praying in Bedlam, David Johnson
Transformers: The Relationship between Instructor and Course Persistence among Community College Students, Jairus L. Johnson
A Performance Guide to Wallace Stevens' Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird as Set by Louise Talma, Meredith Melvin Johnson
Hemodynamic Response During Sedentary Behavior in Black/African American and White Males, Raymond Jones
The Influence of Emotional Intelligence Training on College Student Employee Workforce Readiness, Wynde Jones
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Alcohol Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Drinking Motives and Protective Behavioral Strategies, Hallie R. Jordan
Work-Life Balance: Perceived Differences of Teleworkers and Non-Teleworkers, Christian Paul Lagarde
Reaction on the Right: Conservative Forces in American Higher Education in the Era of the New Left, 1967-1970, Lauren Lassabe
Framing Death and Suffering: An Examination of Photographs of Dead and Dying during the U. S. Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War, Richard Anthony Lewis
A Study of Select World-Federated International Piano Competitions: Influential Factors in Performer Repertoire Choices, Yuan-Hung Lin
Establishing Electronic Structure Control in Open-Shell Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers, Alex London
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Head Start Teachers Behavior Specific Praise, Elizabeth Lown
Traits of Character That Facilitate Formation of Exemplary Nurses in Bachelor of Science Nursing Programs, Jean Marks
Exploring the Maladaptive Cognitions of Moral Injury, Rachel L. Martin
Watching Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Representations of Disabled Characters in Scripted Television Programs, Wilbur Martin
A Parametric Analysis of Opportunities to Respond on Academically Engaged Behavior, Morgan G. McCargo
Living on Campus is Beneficial: Studying the Impact of Student Involvement Through Living-Learning Communities, Stephen R. McCay
Developing a Systematic Approach for Teaching Beginning Improvisation Using the Concert Percussion Ensemble, Ian McClaflin
Teacher Beliefs and the Intent and Current Use of Movement as it Influences Students With and Without ADHD, Kimberly McQuagge
Teacher Training, Beliefs, and Use of a Constructivist Learning Environment Supported by Instructional Technology, Rachel Mercer
A Dynamic F5 Algorithm, Candice Mitchell
Empirical Studies of Deep Learning on Information Diffusion on Social Networks and Collective Task Learning for Swarm Robotics, Trung T. Nguyen
Political Public Relations Agenda-Building: A Content Analysis of the US 2016 Presidential Campaign Speeches, Tweets and News Stories, Emmanuel Nwachukwu
Cost-Effective GNSS Hardware for High-Accuracy Surveys and Its Prospects for Post-Processed Kinematic (PPK) and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) Strategies, Johnson Olusegun Oguntuase
Effect of Selfsame Microparticles on Epoxide Amine Network Formation and Matrix Mechanics, Travis Palmer
Editing the Double Bass Concerto of Antonio Scontrino, Roberto Pineda
Variable Compact Multi-Point Upscaling Schemes for Anisotropic Diffusion Problems in Three-Dimensions, James Quinlan
Woman on Canvas, Jessica Ramer
Agoreography, Jonathan Riccio
The Construction of Childhood in Late Eighteenth-Century and Early Nineteenth-Century American Fairy Tale Chapbooks, Jennifer Roy
A Focus Group Study Of Adult American Males On Hemodialysis as Captured Through Photovoice, Donna Sanders
Chemoenzymatic Study of CoA-Linked RNA in Bacteria, Krishna Sapkota
An Econometric Analysis of Bilateral Import Demand in South Africa, Christopher Smith
Merging Two Scales: A Comprehensive Measure of Physical Appearance-Related Social Anxieties, Kimberly Smith
A Performance Guide to Keith Gates's Song Cycle, The Barren One, Analynn Sober
The Disappearance of Fat Youth in YA Literature, Mary Stephens
A 3D Image-Guided System to Improve Myocardial Revascularization Decision-Making for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease, Haipeng Tang
GED Participants’ Beliefs and Experiences of Play as a Multi-Domain Approach to Increasing Adults’ Success in the State of Mississippi, Latisha Taylor
Natural Disasters and Attachment Quality: The Mediating Roles of Self-Compassion and Positive Mental Health, Alexandra Teller
Technology Effectiveness in Teaching Statistics: Best-Evidence Meta-Analysis, Zita Tiamuh
Globalization, Immigration, and Cultural Change: Conditions that Predict Shifts in Nationalistic Attitudes, Kelly Trail
Establishing Design Guidelines for Conjugated Polymer-Based Sensing Technologies for Environmental Monitoring, Joshua Tropp
Analysis of a Research-Based Show Choir Competition Adjudication Rubric: Reliability and User Perceptions, LaDona Tyson
The Economics of Ale and John Skelton’s Early Modern Literary Reputation, Gregory J. Underwood
Regional Differences in Wild North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Behavior and Communication, Sarah Walkley
Synthesis of Alpha-Methylselenocysteine, Its Relevant Analogues, and an Unnatural Glutathione Disulfide Core, Robert J. Wehrle
Dual-Cure Benzoxazine Networks for Additive Manufacturing, Jeremy Weigand
The Relationship Between the Perceived Value of Professional Development, Job Satisfaction, and Intent to Leave, Wendy Marie Wells
Evaluating the Effects of Behavior Bingo on Students' Academically Engaged Behaviors, Kristi White
Social and Individual-Level Identities and College Male Alcohol Use Behaviors: Examining the Utility of Protective Behavioral Strategies, Robert Bearden Whitley
Geochemical Tracers of Arctic Ocean Processes: A Study of Gallium, Barium, and Vanadium, Laura M. Whitmore
Transgender College Students in the English Composition Classroom in the Rocky Mountains, Tracey Williams
Comparison of Retention Rates between Traditional On-ground and Online Biology Laboratory Courses in the Community College Setting, Megan Davis Winborne
Linking Police Attitude to Behavior in Interactions with Mentally Ill Consumers, Raymond Wooten
Huisgen 1,3-Dipolar Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition “Click” Reaction in Polymer Synthesis and Curing, Jie Wu
Reconstructing Single-Cell 3D Genome Structures Based on Lennard-Jones Potential, Mengsheng Zha
Dissertations from 2019
The Antimicrobial Activity and Cellular Targets of Plant Derived Aldehydes and Degradable Pro-Antimicrobial Networks in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Yetunde Adewunmi
Developing a Computational Framework for a Construction Scheduling Decision Support Web Based Expert System, Feroz Ahmed
The Alternative Voice: A Content Analysis of Twitter News Accounts in Kuwait, Yousef Aldaihani
Social Media, Journalism and Crisis: Twitter Representation of #SyrianRefugees in Western News Media, Ahmad Khaled AlShallal
Soft Skills in Mississippi Community Colleges' Online Career and Technical Programs, Joanna Sue Alston
A Study of Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Vocal Ontogeny, Audra Elizabeth Ames
The Impact of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Read 180 Next Generation Program on Middle School Students with Disabilities, Katherine Arnold
Winning Public Hearts and Minds: Security and Development Aid in the 21st Century, Mohammad Ashraf
The Relationship Between Painful/Provocative Training Experiences and Capability for Suicide Among Medical Students, Brittney L. Assavedo
Narcan Can Save your Loved One: Designing Messages for the Opioid Crisis Using the Extended Parallel Process Model, Braden Bagley
Eating Meat, Renee M. Bailey
Dependability of Two Group Observation Methods Across Rater and Time, Kayla E. Bates-Brantley
Scalable Time-Stepping for Navier-Stokes Through High-Frequency Analysis of Block Arnoldi Iteration, Brianna Bingham
The Histoplasma Capsulatum DDR48 Gene is Required for Survival Within Macrophages and Resistance to Oxidative Stress and Antifungal Drugs, Logan Blancett
Effectiveness of Technology in an English Grammar and Punctuation Course, Deborah Brandon
Probably Nothing to Worry About, Jennifer Bravo
Bio-Inspired Polymers as Models for Determination of Non-Covalent Structure/Binding Interactions with Amyloid β Peptides, Gliadin, and Bovine γ-Crystallin, Ashleigh Bristol
Differential Mating Motives' Influence on Preferences for Facially Communicated Extraversion, Mitch Brown
A Mixed Method Study: Assessing Critical Thinking, Metacognition, and Motivation in a Flipped Classroom Instructional Model, Phyllis Brown
Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus: Historical Background and Conductor's Guide, Jennifer Bruton
The Impact of Positive Behavior Interventions and Support, Counseling, and Mentoring on the Behavior and Achievement of African American Males, Elesha Jean Buckley
A Mixed Methods Approach to Study the Effects of a Naturalist Summer Program on the Perceptions of African American Children about Nature, Kendrick Buford