Theses from 2019
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
A Validation Study of BlueView™ Gunpowder Particle Testing Kit, Hanna Lester
An Exploration of Pyrrole Groups On the Enantioselectivity of Pig Liver Esterase, Brian Long
An Empirical Study On the Recovery Speed of USB Flash Drives Utilizing Raid-5 Compared to HDDs and SSDs, Joshua Manuel Martins
Thiol–Ene Photopolymerization: A Simple Route to Pro-Antimicrobial Networks via Degradable Acetals (PANDAs), William Martin
Lead, Copper, and Iron in University Tap Water, Alison McLendon
The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction, Cross-cultural Adjustment, and the Adjustment of the Trailing Spouse on Female Expatriate Success: A Preliminary Review and Survey Proposal, Leanna Joyce Morrow
Becoming Evil: The Shaping of a Nazi Female Consciousness from Weimar through the Third Reich, Maria T. Murphy
Genetic Estimates of the Number of Breeding Adults in Alligator Gar From the Choke Canyon Reservoir, Texas, E. Blayne Newsome
Corner Sealants for Tactical Shelters, Janine Carlita Nowak
Naturalism and the New Woman: Fated Motherhood in Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, Lindsay J. Patorno
Experimentally Investigating Water Aerosol Formation Via Alpha Radiation in a Humid Nitrogen Atmosphere, Megan Payne
Characterization and Selection of Hydroxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene Polymers for High-Strain Applications, Nathaniel Prine
Gendered Speaking Patterns in Supreme Court Oral Arguments from 1981-2016, Gillain Purser
Racial Bias in Elementary School Children: Effects of Skin Tone and Facial Features, Maya Alyse Rex
A Logistic Regression Analysis of First-Time College Students’ Completion Rates at The University of Southern Mississippi, Jesse Homer Robinson
Effects of Acorns on Populations of Aedes Mosquitoes, Rachel Rogers
Structural Synthesis and Spatial Distribution of a 335 Ma Igneous Suite From the Eastern Blue Ridge, Alabama Appalachians, Avery Rosenbalm
The Impact of the 120/150-hour Rule on Candidates to Sit for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam: A Study on Women, Aubrey Sanders
Autonomous Collision Avoidance in Small Scale Vehicles, Justin T. Sharpe
Do Perceptions of Businesses Differ Between Higher and Lower Counts of Social Media Post Engagements?, Tally Shaw
Addiction Treatment Outcomes and Religiosity: What is the Relationship?, Sidney Harrington Smith III
Exploring the Relationship Between Personality Characteristics and Eyewitness Memory: A Test of the Weapons-Focused Effect, Emily Jean Stahly
The Effects of Skin Tone on the Perception of Discrimination in Young African American Women, Danielle T. Stamps
Effect of Reinforcement Selection on Mate Selection Rates of Gambusia affinis and Gambusia holbrooki, Molly Stephens
Pro-antimicrobial Networks Prepared via Degradable Thiol-ene Acetal Photopolymerization, Sarah Swilley
Sibship Reconstruction for Inferring the Number of Breeders of Gulf Sturgeon in the Apalachicola River, Robbilyn Verges
Benefits of Veterans’ Oral History on Gifted Students, Katelyn Watkins
Exploring Issues of Diversity Experiences in Student Organizations Sponsored by the University of Southern Mississippi, Cornelia Welch-Dick
The Gold Metalist: An Examination of French Horn Mouthpieces Used by College Horn Players, Brittany Ann White
Japan, Panama, and the United States: The Influence of Cultural Values and Personal Ethics on Fraud Prevention Awareness, Rachel Elizabeth Williamson
Theses from 2017
Metagames: Postmodern Narrative and Agency in the Video Games of Davey Wreden, Richard J. Andrews
The Effects of Including Physical Activity in Classrooms with Children with Language Disorders, Shelby E. Auer
The Relationship Between Parental Leave Policies and Infant Mortality: Global Policies, Local Practices, Jennifer Balcazar
Elucidating the Interplay between Sodium Selenite on the Tick Amblyomma maculatum Selenoprotein Gene Expression, Afnan M. Beauti
Recombinant Expression and Purification of Amyloid-β in E. coli, Wisam M. Beauti
“Patriotism Is Not Enough”: Edith Cavell’s Life and Death in Anglo-American Context, Erin B. Blackledge
Effect of Physical Activity on Quality of Life for College Students: A Comparative Gender Study, Sarah J. Boozer
How Parenting Style Relates to Adolescent Substance Abuse in an At-Risk Male Population, Bailee R. Brewer
Jealousy and Romantic Relational Aggression Among Dating College Students, Ashlee A. Bryant
Influence of Compression Socks on Unilateral Balance in Females, Alex E. Carlson
Identifying Behavioral Response Trends Following Aggression in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Breanna M. Cheri
Autobiography and Authenticity: Writing Are You Sure?: Experiences of a Gay Foster Youth, Zachary A. Clein
Understanding the English Bible: A Comparative Analysis of Four Bible Versions, Michael R. Coats
The msaABCR Operon Mutant Staphylococcus aureus is Deficient in Persister Cells, Aaliyah D. Cole
Professional Nursing Values: Accounts of the Witnessed, Ashley N. Costello
Understanding Stigma in Pre-Nursing College Students, Claire E. Coxwell
Dichotomy: A Creative Exercise in Theming Artistic and Emotional Dance Around Scientific Fitness Principles, John P. Davenport
Phylogenetic Relationships of Salicaceae Based on Analyses of Nuclear DNA Data, John Marshall Diffey
Altering the Structure of Carboxysomal Carbonic Anhydrase CsoSCA to Determine the Necessity of the N-terminal Domain in CsoSCA Function, Dana L. Dillistone
A Survey of Lake Thoreau’s Benthic Invertebrate Community, Elizabeth A. Dobronski