Theses from 2019
The State and the Spirits: Voodoo and Religious Repression in Jim Crow New Orleans, Kendra Cole
Transformation of Model Organisms with Munc13-1 for Subcloning and Protein Harvesting, Grace Dittmar
Methods of Domination: Towards a Theory of Domestic Colonialism in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Lauren E. Duke
Assessing Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among College Students, Taylor Jordan Duncan
Age-Related Tick Infestation Patterns in Springtime Migratory Passerines, Matthew Dunning
Women’s Resistance: Patient Pathographies and Medical Authority, Anna Claire Elliott
Moving to the Beat: The Role of Movement on the Perception of Musical Expressivity, Molly Evans
Caldecott-Winning Children’s Books and the Women’s Rights Movement of the 1960s, Hannah Faler
A Mobile Application for Crowdsourced Acquisition of Urban Street-View Pedestrian Facility Data, Andrew Fink
The Effects of Meditation in Lowering Blood Pressure and Reducing Symptoms of Stress in Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Isabella Fleming
Peer vs. Professional: Assessing the Communicative Experience of Student Orientation Leaders, Casey M. Ford
Music Scenes, The Creative Economy, and Changing your Backyard, William Ford
To My Room’s Future Tenant, Abigail Garcia
Three Forms of Death in David Rabe’s The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones, Sloan Garner
Freiden Skincare: Evolving Stigmas for the Sake of Wellness, Gabrielle Graham
Analysis of S&P 500 Sector ETFs, John Haire
Motivations in Volunteer Tourism: The Mini-Mission Concept, Lindsey Hargrave
Attitudes of Men and Women Toward Sexual Assault: The Role of Stigma, Self-Stigma, and Gender Roles, Annie Hendricks
A Global Synthesis Reveals Litter Stoichiometry and Lignin Constrain Fungal Colonization and Decomposition Across Standing Dead Macrophytes, Tori A. Herbert
A Historical Analysis of Non-Normative Embodiment Through the Lens of Frankenstein’s Creature, Ashley H. Hobson
The Impact of State Political Party Association on the Gender Wage Gap, Audrey Kelly
Stratigraphic Interpretations of Eocene Winona and Tallahatta Formations in the Duffee Quadrangle, MS, Sydney Kennedy
Involvement of College Football Fans at The University of Southern Mississippi, Cameron S. Kenney
The Emerging Millennial Majority, Kendra Kitchens
Mother Feminism: A Study in Jewish American Literature, Hannah Jane LeDuff
An Analysis of How the Internet has Changed Photography and the Profession of Photojournalism, Florence A. Maillot
In for a Shock?: Discretion and Disparity in Program Assignment, Brianna Mathis
The Correlation between Physical Activity and Grade Point Average, Asia McCoy
Exploring Financial Literacy of Independent Musicians in the Gig Economy, Benjamin Milam
The Segregation, Integration, and Resegregation of High Schools in Jones County, Mississippi, Anna Morgan
The Acute Effects of Artificially-Sweetened Beverages on Cardiovascular Health, Adria Mulligan
The Importance of RND-type Efflux Pumps in the Interactions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde, Sanchirmaa Namjilsuren
Exploring Self-Determination and Recreational Sports Participation for Adolescents with Disabilities, Samantha K. Papp
Direct Behavior Observations and Teachers' Ratings of Internalizing Problem Behaviors, Lauren R. Parker
Risky Business: A Comparative Analysis of Risk Instruments of Sports Security Arenas, Antonia Peterson
Madwomen and Resistance: Gender and Self-Harm in Romantic and Victorian Literature, Emily V. Rasch
The Incorporation of Lipids into the Cellular Membrane of Salmonella, Betsy H. Redfern
The DNA Damage Response Gene DDR48 Regulates Sterol Synthesis Genes to Confer Antifungal Resistance to the Pathogenic Fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, Gabriella Reyes
Design Process of a Novel Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Sample Preparation Methodology, Julian M. Richardson
Fate of Ingested RNA in the Two-Spotted Spider Mite, Obrie D. Scarbrough
Characterizing the Central Hemodynamic Response to Orthostasis: Influence of Sex, Fitness and Body Composition, Benjamin Schreck
Character Count or Vote Count: How Social Media Has Shaped Modern Politics and Challenged the Meaning of Civic Engagement, Hannah Scott
Learning Style Preferences in Undergraduate Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Students, Callahan Shirk
Religious Identity Influence on Ethnic Minority Youth Risky Behavior, Laquitta Simpson
Cloning, Expression, and Purification of FadK and Its Application in CoA-RNA Capture, Jon-Michael L. Stork
The Impact of the United States Presidential Administration on African American College Students, Latisha Swygert
A Psychoanalysis of Rebecca West’s Unfinished Novel The Sentinel, Taylor Vesely
When Saliva Is a Crime: Reforming Mississippi’s HIV Criminalization Law Utilizing the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Policy Analytical Framework, Anastasia Walrod
Perfectionism and Alcohol Use Outcomes in College Students: The Moderating Role of Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies, Tiara Watson
The Use of Heterocycles as Important Structures in Medicinal Chemistry, Sayre Weast
Synthesis, Characterization, and Utilization of Iron II Ion Sensing Fluorescent Probes for Detection of Early Onset Anodic Corrosion, Dane N. Wedgeworth
Improved Data Acquisition Using a Novel Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Sample Preparation Technique: The Numbers Do Not Lie, Jordan J. Winetrout
Social Skills Training and Generalization of Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brittany Wright
Theses from 2018
From Perfect Daughter to Feminist: How Culture Disguises Disney’s Recycled Formula in Mulan and Moana, Aricelia Arcadia
Does Interest Equal Success? Evaluating Student Perceptions of the Study of Biology and their Effects on Student Success in an Introductory Biology Course, Courtney Irene Barlow
Managing Church, Politics, and the End of the World: Analysis of Baptist Ecclesiology, Eschatology, and the Remobilization of Conservative Baptists in the Moral Majority, Nathan Taylor Barron
Who is the Fairest of Them All? Disney’s Depiction of Non-Normative Embodiment in its Villainesses, Caroline Bradley
Distance and Sympathy in Public Argumentation on HB 1523: Four Pastoral Letters Creating Value Frameworks, Jonathan Eugene Bridenbaker
Indicted Knights: Female Agency and the Adjudication of Rape in Arthurian Romances, Jessica Carrell
Assessing Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge and Use of Language Acquisition through Motor Planning, Mary Catherine Cazalas
Biocompatible, Responsive Polysoaps via RAFT Copolymerization for the Delivery of Model Cancer Therapeutics, Mason Dearborn
Disruption of RNA Metabolism by Zika Virus, Maggie Lea Dickerson
The Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among College Students, Annie Doster
Exploring the Experiences and Mental Health Concerns of 9-1-1 Public Safety Telecommunicators, Ariel Patience Elliot
The Art of the Dress: How Getting Into Costume Affects an Actor’s Self-Perception, Ella Embry
Head Impact Biomechanics of Collegiate Football Players, Samantha Eshleman
Myriad Routes Out, Madison Etheridge
Interactions of Fire and Herbivory on the Management of Ilex glabra in Longleaf Pine Forests, Courtney R. Filliben
The Language Barrier in Healthcare: Quality of Care and Health Literacy, Jacob Warren Garrett
The Suzuki and O’Connor Methods: A Foundational Comparison of Methodology for the Beginning Violinist, Chelsea Goolcharan
Analyzing Palm Print Shapes with Pressure and Distortion, Whitney Grannan
Self-Reconfiguration Planning in Modular Reconfigurable Robots, Keaton Griffith
Investigation of the Effects of Hydrogen Bonding on the Enantiomeric Excess of Pig Liver Esterase Hydrolysis Products, Matthew Hasler
Regional One Child Policies and Economic Development in China from 1997 to 2010, Austin Hayes
The Ability of Students with Dyslexia to Follow Sequential Oral Instructions, Crystal Hermann
The Examination of a Magic Show in Its Past, Current, and Future Forms Based Around a Recorded Performance Before a Live Audience, Armory Hermetz
Perception, Literacy and Confidence in Monitoring of Snapchat among Parents of Adolescents and the Creation of a Snapchat Educational Workshop, Aerial C. Holmes
Diastereoselective Synthesis of 2,4,6-Trisubstituted Piperidines via aza-Prins Cyclization, John A. Hood
Using Pattern Area Ridge Flow in the Three Areas of the Palm to Determine Classification Trends, Ashton Horton
The Influence of Activated Short-term Mating Goals on Men’s and Women’s Domain-specific Mating Self-efficacy, Nathaniel Thomas Horton
Perceptions of College Students Towards Healthcare Provisions on Campus, Sarah Houtz
Sports Fan Interaction: A Comparison of Teams to Determine the Common Thread Between Fan Engagement Across Social Media, Emma L. Ishee
Ghostbusting Black Women and Media Representation: A Qualitative Content Analysis on Leslie Jones and Twitter, Ebonee Jackson
Effect of American Football Helmet Chin Strap Placement on Measures of Blunt Impact, Terrie Lane Jackson
Moving and Grooving: A Nine-Week Curriculum of Beginning Modern Dance Theory and Technique for the Intermediate Dancer in Secondary Education, Katherine Brooke Jerome
Planned Activity Checks: Teachers’ Perceptions of Social Validity for Class-wide Behavior Assessment, Jacquelynn Elizabeth-Sidnie Johnson
Breastfeeding in Public: Perceptions of College Students in South Mississippi, Kaitlyn Sierra Kendall
Photoelectrochemical Investigations on Novel Earth Abundant Solid State Catalysts for Solar Water Oxidation, Nathaniel Branimir Kurtz
The Relationship Between Employment and Diabetes Self-Management, Josie Allison Lami
Neoliberalism in Contemporary Literature: The Nuclear Family’s Decimation in Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, Jillianne Larson
A Look into Electronic Word-of-Mouth: The Willingness of Consumers to Write Online Reviews, Michelle Le
Money and Happiness for College Students, Robin Leonard