Dissertations from 2018
Investigating the Construct of Health Literacy Assessment: A Cross-Validation Approach, Bethany Miller
Dissertations from 2016
The Relationship of the Type of Academic Advising and Parental Types on the Transition of Freshmen Students to College, Elizabeth Ruth Gordon
Access Versus Success: An Examination of the Effectiveness of the Summer Developmental Program in Mississippi Higher Education, Amanda Susanne King
Employee Participation in a College Based Wellness Program: Leader Support, Incentives, Job Satisfaction, Absenteeism, and Self-Efficacy, Tara Rebekah Rouse
The Use of Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis for Academic Progress and Degree Completion, Joshua William Schutts
Community College Recruiting Through Facebook, Wendy S. Smith
Health Literacy as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Diabetes Knowledge and Diabetes Outcomes, Jameshyia Ballard Thompson
Dissertations from 2015
Rebel Yale: Yale Graduates and Progressive Ideals at the University of Mississippi Law School, 1946-1970, Jennifer Paul Anderson
Academic Support Staff as Servant Leaders and the Relationship to Student Satisfaction, Joan M. Arrington
To Be or Not To Be Satisfied: Examining Job Satisfaction of Entry-Level Residence Life Professionals at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Evingerlean D. Blakney
Campus Writing Centers, Student Attendance, and Change in Student Writing Performance, Suzana G. Brown
Identifying Characteristics that Influence First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen Persistence and Exploring Effective and Strategic Retention Initiatives for an At-Risk Student Population, Erin Lambert Dornan
Preferred Mentoring Characteristics and Doctoral Students’ Research Self-Efficacy, Ashley Johnston
Relationships Among Self Direction in Learning, Health Promoting Behaviors and Physical Therapy Support for Autonomy in Older Adults, Lisa Gayle Latham
Measuring a Cognitive Apprenticeship Model of Instruction in Statistics Education, Amanda Dawn Leimer
Developmental Education at the Community College: An Exploration of Instructional Best Practices and the Relationship between Integration, Student Involvement and Rates of Completion, Beverly Gayle Strickland Lewis
An Evaluation of the Attitudes, Beliefs, and Mental Health Literacy of Young African American College Graduates, Marshae Antoinette McNeal
Return to Holy Hill: Louisiana College, Academic Freedom, and The Southern Baptist Convention's Conservative Resurgence, 1995-2006, Joseph Learned Odenwald
Anna Julia Cooper, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Septima Clark as Learning Leaders, Chameka Simmons Robinson
Race and Ethnicity in the Hiring Process: An Experimental Study of Millennial Undergraduate Attitudes Using Career Electronic Portfolios, Adam C. Swanson
Measuring Student Growth in K–12 Schools Using Item Response Theory Within Structural Equation Models, Kenneth Lee Thompson
Dissertations from 2014
Persistence Among African-American Males in the Honors College, Johnell Roxann Anderson Goins
Conceptualizing Doctoral Student Mentoring, Flint L. Brent
Race, Gender, and Faculty Advancement at American Colleges and Universities, James Sharell Bridgeforth
The Relationship Between Wellness Behavior Traits and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Traits, Vicki Yeager Brumfield
Federal Aid and College Success of Students in the Community College, Jana Lee Jenkins Causey
Comparing Mississippi's Public University Graduation Rates for Community College Completers and Non-Completers, Andrew Clark Dale
Making Meaning of the Reel: The Media's Portrayal of Community Colleges, Jena Lee Hawk
Divorce and Forgiveness: A Comparison Between Genders, Alison Kathleen Johnson
The Self-Directedness, Metacognitive Awareness, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Grammatical Competence of College Students Studying Spanish, Juan Guillermo Loaiza
CSI Effect and Forensic Science/Criminal Justice Degree Programs, Megan Dutton McCay
Comparison of the Conceptual Understanding of Newton's Laws in an Online and Traditional Introductory Physical Science Course, Rex Robert Moak
Dispositional Optimism: Modeling Cardiovascular Disease Mortality with Traditional Risk Factors and a Psychosocial Personality Trait, Kiana Ramisi Luckett Robinson
Faith-based and Graduate Adult Educator's Negotiation of Similarities and Differences Among People as an Indicator of Their Multicultural Effectiveness, Elizabeth Conerly Smith
A Beacon of Light: Tougaloo During the Presidency of Dr. Adam Daniel Beittel (1960-1964), John Gregory Speed
The Scholarship of Teaching at Community Colleges, Patrice Arleanor Williams
Dissertations from 2013
The Measurement of Self-Directed Learning Among Postsecondary Disability Services Administrators, LaKeshia Marche Alexander
Educating Students to Become Culturally Competent Physical Therapists: Issues of Teaching and Assessment, Lisa Jayroe Barnes
Multi-Group Invariance of the Conceptions of Assessment Scale Among University Faculty and Students, Melanie Anne DiLoreto
Adult Learning in a K-12 Setting; Job-Embedded Professional Development: Teacher Identity and Self-Efficacy, Deidra MacLellan Gammill
Advisement Satisfaction Among Community College Students in Mississippi, LaToya Tamiko Jones-Reed
The Effects of Race and Gender on the Satisfaction Levels of Entering and Advanced Level Doctoral Students, Tiffany Nicole Labon
Learning to Parent Again: An Investigation of the Role of Adult Education in the Phenomenon of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Deborah Annette Stover
Through the Lens of Perspective Transformation: The Impact of Parent Education on the Parenting Styles of Court-Ordered Participants, Mariann Baucum Taylor
A Study of Federal Academic Earmarks and Research Funding in Relation to the Institutional Research Culture of Research University/High (RU/H) Institutions in Mississippi, James Hubert Young III
Advisor Knowledge of Disability-Related Needs, Laws, and Accomodation Requirements in Postsecondary Academic Advisement Practices, Rebekah Elizabeth Young
Dissertations from 2012
The Invisible Woman and the Silent University, Elizabeth Robinson Cole
Assessment of a University Faculty Development Program on Speaking and Writing Pedagogy Through Direct Measurement of Student Learning Outcomes, Julie Gissendanner Howdeshell
The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Effectiveness Among Sponsored Research Administrators, Ventez Derrell Jones
The Impact of a Direct Care Training Program on the Self-Efficacy of Newly Hired Direct Care Employees at State Mental Health Facilities, Marcus Wayne Lewis
Tripping With Stephen Gaskin: An Exploration of a Hippy Adult Educator, Gabriel Patrick Morley
A Holy Curiosity: Transformative Self-Directed Learning to Breakthrough New Knowledge in the Case of Einstein, Deanna Lynn Vogt
Women's Pathways to the University Presidency: A Qualitative Inquiry into University Women Leaders' Career Paths and Presidential Aspirations, Celeste Andria Wheat
Social Networking Systems as a Vehicle to Promote Sense of Community and Performance in Online Classes, Jonathan Mark Woodward
Dissertations from 2011
Barriers and Enablers of Interdisciplinary Research at Academic Institutions, Leslie Suzanne Thornton Butler
Factors Influencing International Students' Academic and Sociocultural Transition in an Increasingly Globalized Society, Chung-Hsien Hsu
Comparative Analysis of Factors Related to College Selection by High Academic Ability Students Attending Mississippi's Public Community Colleges in 2003 and 2011, Randall Eugene Lee
Alcohol Abuse at a Mid-Sized Institution in the Southeastern United States, Michael Anthony Mitchell
Does Online Course Design Encourage Attrition? Assessing Usability Factors in Learning Management Systems, Lisa Theresa Richardson
An Analysis of the Perseverance of Seminary Master's Degree Graduates in Professional Ministry, Steven Thomas Smith
The Adult Education Doctorate in North America: The Programs, Curricula, Websites, and the Commission of Professors of Adult Education Standards, Wendy Jean Sonstrom
The Readiness of Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for Self-Directed Learning, Melissa Sue Wright
Dissertations from 2010
Older Adults and a Writing Workshop: A Phenomenological Study, Jennifer Lynn Alex
Later Life Decision-Making: Experiential Adult Learning and Successful Aging, Shauna Pearce Breland
The Impact of Self-Efficacy and Motivation Characteristics on the Academic Achievement of Upward Bound Participants, Brenda Leigh Brown
Student Persistence in Associate Degree Nursing Programs at Mississippi Community Colleges, Kathryn Lee Fleming
Knowledge Transfer in Public School Food Service: Post-Implementation of the Process Approach to HACCP Food Safety System, Lydia Rebecca Frass
An Examination of the Adjustment of First Generation African American Male College Students, Adina Narcisse Green
The Effects of Higher Education Endowment Management Practices on Endowment Performance, Robert Louie Stanton McElhaney
Frederick Douglass: An American Adult Educator, Jerry Paul Ross
An Examination of Hurricane Emergency Preparedness Planning at Institutions of Higher Learning of the Gulf South Region Post Hurricane Katrina, Caterina Gulli Ventura
If and to What Extent Spirituality Impacts the Leadership Practices of Four African American Superintendents, Christopher James Williams Sr.
Assessing the Need for Community College Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Mississippi, Johannah Bell Williams
Technical Writing Redesign and Assessment: A Pilot Study, Gaye Bush Winter
Dissertations from 2009
Adult Student Satisfaction in an Accelerated LPN-RN Nursing Program, Kathy French Batton
Attitudes of Faculty and Students Toward Traditional and Nontraditional Students and the Intergenerational Postsecondary Classroom, Susan Walters Bourland
Determinants of Resident Assistant Job Satisfaction in Privatized University Housing, Jennifer Lynn Casey
In Quest of Walter Smith: The Past, Present, and Future Impact of Visual Art in Adult Education, Meredith Amanda Cole
The Relationships of Learning Style Balance and Learning Dimensions to Self-Directed Learning Propensity Among Adult Learners, Sarah Tullos Hutto
Classroom Management: Teacher Training, Attitudes and Beliefs, and Intervention Practices, Margaret Catherine Davis Ladner
Developmental Studies Courses and the Success of Non-Traditional Students at a Major Public University in the Southeast, Charlotte Tagert Matthews
Perceived Effectiveness of Hall Director Leadership Style on the Satisfaction of Resident Assistants in Mississippi, Rheo Joelyn Avorice Morris
Matching Time of Day and Preference for Adolescent Achievement, Leisha Moree Parker
The Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs: The Graduates' Perspective, Shannon Saxby Smith