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Dissertations from 2018
Exploring Organizational and Professional Commitment, Servant Leadership, Occupational Stress, and Humor Perspectives: How Nurses Manage, Brian Steven Perna
Preparation Matters: A Quantitative Examination of Faculty Active Shooter Preparedness, Latisha Pitts
An Examination of the Relationships among Organizational Support, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Engagement in Data-Driven Decision-Making, Kristal Pollard
Effect of Network Structure on Free Volume and Gas Transport Properties of Thiol-Ene and Epoxy-Amine Networks, Ramesh Krishnan Ramakrishnan
Computational Modeling of Radiation Interactions with Molecular Nitrogen, Tyler Reese
Cowboy Art Song: A Contextual and Musical Analysis of Libby Larsen's "Cowboy Songs", Ann Gabrielle Richardson
Predicted Deepwater Bathymetry From Satellite Altimetry: Non-Fourier Transform Alternatives, Maxsimo Salazar
K-12 Teachers' Beliefs on the Impact of Corporal Punishment on Students' Academic Performance, Robert Sanders
The Effects of Organizational Commitment and Harmonious Passion on Voluntary Turnover Among Social Workers: A Mixed Methods Study, Ashley Scales
Factors for Influencing Intervention for Dyslexia, Michele Schraeder
African American Women: The Role of Education, Spirituality, and Resilience in their Transition from Poverty, Donna Scott
Photoelectrochemical Studies on Non-Noble Metal Based Catalysts towards Tandem Solar Water Splitting, Arun Siddarth Sridhar
Rearticulation, Anastasia R. Stelse
Media Framing of Moldova’s Democracy Between 1991 and 2014, Ecaterina Stepaniuc
Security is Local: An Analysis of the Use of Community-Based Security Forces During Counterinsurgency Operations, Alexander Stephenson
Rapid Generation of Jacobi Matrices for Measures Modified by Rational Factors, Amber Sumner
The Influence of Conservation Tillage and Conventional Tillage on Soil Bacterial Diversity in Southern Illinois, Nasser Syed
Mitigating Risk: A Delphi Study Identifying Competencies in Sport and Event Security Management, Elizabeth Voorhees
Tribal governance in the United States: Adaptation and Change, Michelle Watts
Using Digital Performance Feedback to Increase Teacher Integrity of a Repeated Reading Intervention, Heather M. Whipple
The Baritone to Tenor Transition, John White
The Uses and Gratifications of Streaming Live Linear Sports Networks Online, Benjamin Whittle
Systems of Quantity Judgment in Various Species: A Meta-Analysis, Tiffany A. Woodard Baker
Barriers and Enablers to Native American Persistence in Higher Education Programs: Narratives from Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Bianca J. York-Crockett
Characteristics and Motivations of Mississippi Community College Donors, Fred Young
The Influence of the Educational Environment on College Student Activity Behaviors, Helen M. Ziegler
Dissertations from 2017
Barack Obama’s Rhetoric of Hope for Racial Reconciliation: An Examination of American Mainstream Media’s Framing of That Message, Zainul Abedin
Elucidating the Role of Interleukin-17A in West Nile Virus Infection, Dhiraj Acharya
Development, Evaluation, and Application of a Novel Error Correction Method for Next Generation Sequencing Data, Isaac Akogwu
Ecological and Oceanographic Influences on Leatherback Turtle Behavior and Scyphozoan Jellyfish Distributions in the Gulf of Mexico, Katrina Aleksa
Evaluating the Effects of "On-Task in a Box" as a Class-wide Intervention for Increasing On-Task Behavior and Academic Performance, Allison Ashley Battaglia
Institution-Specific Music and Sense of Belonging of Undergraduate College Students, Jousha Berthelot
Administrators’ Beliefs of the Organizational Effectiveness of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools, Anthony Shane Blanton
Escorting of Mother-Calf Pairs of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Colombian Pacific during the Breeding Season, Natalia Botero Acosta
3D Printing Concrete Structures and Verifying Integrity of their G-Code Instructions: Border Wall a Case Study, Jason Breland
Signature Whistle Production during a Bottlenose Dolphin Group Integration, Megan S. Broadway
Study of Rickettsia parkeri Colonization and Proliferation in the Tick Host Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), Khemraj Budachetri
The Relationship Between the Human and Social Capital Characteristics of Nascent Entrepreneurs and Expected Job Growth in the United States, William Dwight Burge
Electrophilic Cleavage and Functionalization of Polyisobutylenes Bearing Unsaturations in the Backbone and Synthesis of Polymers for this Process, Christopher Campbell
A Study of the Effects of Methylene Blue, Scopolamine, and Stress on Learning and Memory in the Zebrafish, Erika Marie Caramillo
Effects of a Tiered Intervention Package to Increase Teacher Behavior Specific Praise, Hannah Jeanne Cavell
The Role of Personality Using the Millon College Counseling Inventory in Explaining a Variety of Career Decision-Making Variables, Carly Chadick
Validation of the Young Adult Relational Aggression Scale, Caitlin M. Clark
Anxiety-Like Behaviors and c-Fos Expression in Adult Zebrafish: Effects of Housing Conditions, Alcohol and Caffeine, Adam Douglas Collier
A Case Study in the Application of Model-Based Systems Engineering to Laboratory Research Science, Brad Crochet
Influence of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes on Corrosion Performance and Water Hydrogen Bonding of Epoxy-Amine Thin Films, Greg William Curtzwiler
The Good Behavior Game: Effects On and Maintenance of Behavior in Middle-School Classrooms Using Class Dojo, Komila Dadakhodjaeva
Re-editing Isaia Billè’s 24 Studi-Capricci Per Contrabbasso a 4 Corde to Modern Notation for Double Bass, Samuel Dahmer
Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations Using Polynomial Particular Solutions, Thir R. Dangal
Development of Innate Immunity During In Vitro Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, William D'Angelo
The Impact of Commercial Banking Development on Economic Growth: A Principal Component Analysis of Association Between Banking Industry and Economic Growth in Europe, Hugh L. Davis III
The Influence of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Mississippi Public Schools to Improve Adolescent African American Males' Literacy Achievement, Shawnese Davis
Hypermasculine, Antifeminine: The Role of Masculine Identity in Relational Aggression Among Gay Men, Daniel Locke Deason
Relationship Between Health Literacy and Self-Directed Learning Readiness of Older Adults, Robin Justice Dennis
Advancing Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Materials Via Thiol-ene Photopolymerization, Brian Richard Donovan
The Body Mends Itself, Hannah Elizabeth Dow
Short-Term Memory Capacity and Recall of Students with and without Intellectual Giftedness: An Empirical Inquiry, Angela Foil Ellison
A Legion of Legacy: Tyrolean Militarism, Catholicism, and the Heimwehr Movement, Jason Engle
Child Characteristics and Parent Factors in Children with ASD and/or ADHD: Disruptive Behaviors, Internalizing Symptoms, Parental Distress, and Parenting Practices, Elizabeth Clara Fair
Taxonomy and Systematics of Plagioporus (Trematoda), With Descriptions of 10 New Species From Freshwater Fishes Of The Nearctic, Thomas John Fayton
An Examination of Subtypes of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Utilizing Latent Profile and Taxometric Analyses, Joseph Finn
Effects of Trophic Relationships on Oyster Reef Restoration Success in the Mississippi Sound, Virginia Robin Fleer
Evaluation of a Positive Version of the Good Behavior Game Utilizing ClassDojo Technology in Secondary Classrooms, William Blake Ford
Strategic Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Divergent Paths of Uganda and Tanzania, Kevin Frank
Psychological Conditions of Engagement Among Community College Maintenance Employees: A Cross-Sectional Study, Tammy T. Franks
Preparation of Benzoxazine Monomers and Prepolymers from Continuous Reactor: Effects of Molecular Architecture on Properties, Andrew S. Frazee
The Effects of Tax Increment Financing On Assessed Land Values, Burdette Edward Fullerton II
An Evaluation of Behavioral Skills Training On the Implementation of Peer-Mediated Discrete Trial Training, Christopher M. Furlow
The Efficacy of a Goal-Based Study Skills Course for Academically At-Risk, First-Generation, African American, Female Students, Sarah Beth Garrison
More Than Mere Synonyms: Examining The Differences Between Criminogenic Thinking And Criminogenic Attitudes, David W. Gavel
Disorder in Cysteine-Rich Granulin-3 and Its Implication in Alzheimer Disease, Gaurav Ghag
An Analysis of ED Nurse Opinion of Their ED Nurse Manager Leadership Characteristics and Outcomes, Charlotte Ann Gore
Design and Synthesis of Polymer Brush Surfaces with Complex Molecular Architectures and Morphologies, Wei Guo
"An Alphabet of Soldiers”: Jake Heggie’s Farewell, Auschwitz, Lori Jo Guy
Pragmatic Understanding of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Use of a Two-Way Communication System, Pepper Reid Hanna
An Exploration of College Students’ Cooking Behavior and Factors That Influence That Behavior Using Social Cognitive Theory, Nichelle G. Harris
Defining Deliberate Practice in Supervised Dietetics Education, Kevin D. Haubrick
Identity Crisis: Understanding How American Males’ Self-Perception and Experiences Impact Their Educational Attainment, Jo Yarketta Hawkins-Jones
Teachers Appraisal of Their Relationship with Instructional Coaches and Interpretation of the Instructional Coaches Role, Sandra Lawson Higgins
A Qualitative Study of the Curricula For the Doctor of Education (EdD) Degree In Higher Education Programs, Rebecca C. Holland
Beacon Light and Other Stories, Joseph Arnold Holt
Is Human Capital Development the Missing Element of the Aerotropolis Model?, John Roosevelt Hubbard
Educating Students with Visual Impairments in the General Education Setting, Kerri Janae Johnson-Jones
Local Workforce Development Boards: Alignment with Operational Indicators and Behavioral Characteristics, Sharon Humphreys Johnson
The Influence of Administrators on Literacy Instruction Through the Promotion and Selection of Professional Development, Lucy K. Johnston-Josey
Cellulose Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites By In-Situ Ring-Opening Polymerization, Shahab Kashani Rahimi
Effect of Chain Rigidity on Network Architecture and Deformation Behavior of Glassy Polymer Networks, Kyler Reser Knowles
Solvent Effects of Model Polymeric Corrosion Control Coatings on Water Transport and Corrosion Rate, Christina Konecki
Synthesis and Catalytic Evaluation of Novel C-alpha-methyl-beta-proline Analogues, and Concise Synthetic Approach to NH-Fmoc-S-Trityl-C-alpha-Methyl Cysteine, Hari Kiran Kotapati