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Dissertations from 2018
Assessing At-Risk Students' Attitudes Toward The Implementation of Instructional Technology, Christopher Harper
Human Trafficking: Flying Under the Radar, Amber L. Hulsey
Technique for the Developing Dramatic Soprano, Amber James
Explicit, Implicit, and Behavioral Stigmatization of Mental Illness, Jessica S. James
Synthetic and Theoretical Studies for Cyclization Reactions to Form C-C and C-N Bonds, Nicholas Jentsch
Succession Planning for First-Year, P-12 Principals, Brannon Johnson
A Profile of Selected Conservatorships in Failing Mississippi School Districts, Josh Jones
Self-Care Vs. Self-Sacrifice in Medical-Surgical Nursing Culture: A Critical Ethnography, Elise Jordan Juergens
A Content Analysis of Flow and Music: Teaching, Performance, and Consumption, Lindsey Keay
Do Zebrafish Exhibit a Placebo Response? Fluoxetine Conditioning in Chronically Stressed Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Kanza M. Khan
Disability-Related Factors and Perceived Stigma: A Closer Examination of Suicidality in Individuals with Physical Disabilities, Lauren Khazem
Indirect & Displaced Aggression: The Role of Comparison Based Traits and Cognitive Vulnerabilities, Niki M. Knight
Finding Euridice: A Singers Introduction to Jonathan Dove's L'altra Euridice, Cody Laun
The Challenges and Limitations of Adapting Mozart's Così fan tutte for a Small University Setting, Christopher Lovely
Consciously Becoming Black: A Phenomenological Exploration of Black Sub-Saharan African International Students' Racial Identity Development at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the American South, Tanyaradzwa Chipo Mandishona
Structure-Property Relationships of Solvent-Cast Organic Thin Films For Model Corrosion Control Coatings, Austin Maples
The Effects of Geospatial-Intelligence on United States-Mexico Border Security, Heather Martin
The Postmodern Indian: Representation and the Films of Sherman Alexie, Tara P. McCrink Burcham
Male Nurse Practitioners' Views on Nursing Education as a Career Option: An Inductive Qualitative Content Analysis, James McDavid
An Investigation of the Impact of Family Dynamics on Obesity among African American Adolescent Girls, Tina McDyess
Nurse Expectations as Compared to Perceived Reality, Kathryn McKelvy
Polymer Nanocomposites Containing High Aspect Ratio Particulates: Innovation in Co-Extruded Multilayer Barrier Films, Kevin Meyers
Investigating the Construct of Health Literacy Assessment: A Cross-Validation Approach, Bethany Miller
Tangible Teaching: The Effect of Physical Modeling on Community College Students’ Understanding of Conservation of Matter, Erick T. Moffett
Divergent RNAi Biology in Mites and Development of Pest Control Strategies, Md Mosharrof Hossain Mondal
Employee Perceptions of Marriage Enrichment Training Spillover Effects in the Workplace, Tonya Moore
Participation in Winter Guard International as Experienced by Ten Stakeholders: A Phenomenological Study, Jeremy Morgan
Adaptive Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Jaeyoun Oh
A Study on the Compositional Style of the Flute Chamber Works of Mel Bonis, Geraldine Margaret Padilla
A New Generation of Functional Polyisobutylenes for Advanced Applications, Corey M. Parada
Advancement of Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes for the Delivery of Genetic Material, Keith Hampton Parsons
Stress Response Mechanisms of Listeria monocytogenes, Oindrila Paul
Are Higher Education Faculty Ready for a Faculty/Student Classroom Partnership? A Pilot Study of a Teaching Innovation, Adriana Perez
Characterization of Swine Production Using Measurements Collected via Indoor Positioning System, Shaun Perisho
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