Theses from 2020
A comparison of egg desiccation tolerance and development under different temperatures for three common Aedes mosquitoes, Shelby A. Hosch
A Look into the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Health, Hunter L. Howell
Analysis of True Risk Lab’s Price Prediction Algorithm in Relation to Market Results, Chris F. Hua
An External Expression of the Inner Spirit: Dance, Religion, and Taboos in Christianity, Erin E. Ingram
Diversification Using International Exchange-Traded Funds, Alese K. Jones
“More Beautiful Than God!”: Hair and Makeup Design for Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness, Jackson L. Jones
IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MACHINE LEARNING, AND AUTOMATION IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF HEALTHCARE, MANUFACTURING, AND RETAIL SECTORS, Jasmine N. Kelley
Automatic Numerical Methods for Enhancement of Blurred Text-Images via Optimization and Nonlinear Diffusion, Aaditya Kharel
Investigating roles for RNA turnover processes in cell signaling through Drosophila melanogaster genetic mosaics, Sudiksha Rathan Kumar
Learning to Love Bats, Bethany J. Lawson
The Long Time Behavior of the Predator-Prey Model with Holling Type III, Regen S. McGee
“Part of That (Man’s) World”: Analyzing “Cinderella” and “The Little Mermaid” Fairy Tale Variants Through a Feminist Lens, K. Morgan Mitchell
Alpha-Gal Syndrome: Molecular Characterization of Amblyomma americanum α-D-galactosidase in α-gal Metabolism and Onset of Red Meat Allergy, Ahmed A. Mohamed
Using Buy and Rent Discrepancies to Predict Real Estate Bubbles, Jonathan K. Niehaus
Test-Driving Interventions for Teachers to Improve Treatment Integrity, Viktoria Papp
Selfsame Epoxide-Amine Microparticle Systems: Investigation of Crosslink Density, John J. Peyrefitte
Regulation of weak acid-dependent cell death by the msaABCR operon during biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus, Sarah-Elizabeth M. Polley
Effects of Sexualized Images in Media on Attitudes Toward Public Breastfeeding, Hannah J. Powell-Yost
Cultivating Spaces for American Citizenship in Pauline Hopkins’s Contending Forces, Jonathan Puckett
Patterns of Genomic Introgression in Topminnow Hybrid Zones, Amanda F. Ray
A Machine Learning Method for Predicting Liver Transplant Survival Outcomes, Brandon C. Revels
The Incorporation and Effect of Movement in the Elementary Classroom, Caroline L. Rhett
Utilizing manganese and rhenium sediment concentrations to reconstruct past interglacial Southern Ocean circulation changes, Evan E. Rohde
The Effects of Disease Contamination on Memory for Touched Objects in Older Adults, Jessica M. Runnels
Cloning and Expression of Human Synaptosome Associated Protein 29 in E. coli, Logan M. Ryals
Tailoring Photodegradation Rates of Acetal-containing Polymer Networks, Michael Sandoz
Probabilistic Analysis of Revenues in Online Games, Nishchal Sapkota
Crime Television Viewership and Perceived Vulnerability to Crime among College Students, Madison S. Seymour
Evolving Crisis Communication in Social Media Era: Analysis of Tweets and News Stories of the Manchester Arena Bombing, Allyson R. Staton
Thiol-induced degradation of hydrogels utilizing multiresponsive dithiomaleimides crosslinkers, Kundu Thapa
The Effects of Light on the Bacterial Biomass of Decomposing Leaf Litter in Freshwater, Savannah L. Underwood
The Cultural Influence on Sharing Economy Services: The Case of Airbnb, Lacey K. Wallace
Assessing the Role Personality Plays in Puppy Raisers and Guide Dogs in Training, Cassidy D. Wood
The Impact of Big Data on Audit Evidence and the Level of Assurance, Sachin Yadav
Theses from 2019
microRNA Identification and Target Prediction in the Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), Alexis Aleman
HIV-1 Integrase Multimerization By Quinoline Based Drugs, Samer Beauti
They Never Stopped Rockin': A Brief History of the Chitlin' Circuit, Mississippi, and Their Effects on America's Music, Warren Beebe
The EBP-COT Assignment: Increasing the Use and Understanding of EBPs in Preservice Teachers, Margaret Bowman
Naturalism in City and in War: How Social Orders Determine Fate, Lily M. Brady
The Economic Impact of the 2018 Conference USA Baseball Tournament on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Jonathan Brent
Towards the Synthesis of an Artificial Fluorescent Siderophore, Ashley Burns
Vulnerable Narcissism, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, and Relational Aggression in College Students, Shelby E. Caffarel
Academic Feminists Analyses of Female Celebrities from the 1980s to Today, Brittany A. Carey
Comparative Error Analysis of the Black-Scholes Equation, Chuan Chen
Patient-Perceived Stigma & Communication in Mental Healthcare: Predictors of Medication Adherence and Mental Health Outcomes, Cameron A. Cloud
The Impact of Oxygen on the Intracellular Survival of Listeria monocytogenes, Amber N. Coats
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