Theses from 2016
The Effect of Acrylic Acid on Ring Formation in Polyacrylonitrile, Elisha Cade Willis
The UAS-Gal4 System in D. melanogaster: An Insight into the Influence of microRNAs on the Developmental Pathways of the Wing, Emily R. Wilson
Perceptions of Campus Community Members Regarding Wrongful Convictions in Mississippi, Tera Wilson
Functionalizing β-Cyano Oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) Chromophores for Use in Mechanochromic Materials, Alexander J. Wink
Teacher Perceived Barriers to Inclusive Instructional Delivery Approaches, Casey M. Wright
Preparation of MyoD mRNA for the Differentiation of Stem Cells into Muscle Cells, Stephanie A. Ye
Theses from 2015
Narcissism and Late Adolescent Friendships: Perceived Closeness, Cooperation, Competitiveness, and Friendship Quality, Suzanne Chinyere Amadi
The Importance of Appearances in Literature: What Does It Mean to Be a Redhead in Literature?, Chelsea J. Anderson
The Culture of Sustainability at Southern Miss, Amy J. Ball
Is the Pcd Protein a Carboxysome Protein?, Meredith M. Barefield
The Modern and the Celestial: Re-Imagining Hawthorne’s ‘The Celestial Railroad’, Connor J. Bell
The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement on the Advertising Industry, Alexandra B. Bosarge
Exploration of the United States’ Cultural Legacy in Panama through Analysis of American Foreign Policy and Public Opinion, Katherine A. Boss
The Acoustics of Introduction: An Analysis of Vocalizations from the Captive Introduction of an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Cheyenne M. Brady
Sehnsucht in the Heine Lieder of Schubert’s Schwanengesang, Kathleen P. Brandau
Attitudes Toward Refugees Entering the United States of America, Sarah M. Bullard
The Missing Link: The Impact of Nutrition Education and the School Lunch Program, Rachel E. Calhoun
The Evolution of Body Size in the Order Siluriformes, D Cooper Campbell
¿Dónde Están Todas las Mujeres?: The Impact of Female Labor Force Participation on Female Political Representation in Latin America, Murakami A. Carpenter
An Outsider Amongst Outsiders: Psychosocial Impact of The Devil’s Backbone, The Orphanage, and Mama, Abigail M. Cathcart
College Professors’ and Students’ Perceptions Toward College Students Who Stutter, Patricia N. Chastain
Silenced Voices: Sexual Violence During and After World War II, Cassidy L. Chiasson
Species Delimitation and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Wild Yams (Dioscorea) Native to Eastern North America, Tori A. Collins
Gender Politics in Beatnik Literature; Sexually Liberating Straight Women and LGBT Individuals in Mid-Twentieth Century America, Marla D. Cooper
Multiagent Path Finding with Agent Persistence, Caleb E. Davis
The Future of Community Banks and Their Role in the Changing Economy, Alisha R. DeFatta
Terrorized Tourists: A Study of the Impact of Terrorism on Tourism, Caroline M. DePuma
Female Empowerment in Magical Realism: The Marvelous, the Magical, and the Mythic, Jeanette R. deVeer
Factors Affecting Guest Satisfaction in the Restaurant Industry of South Mississippi, Kinsey M. Eiland
A New Species of Euphorbia Subgenus Chamaesyce Section Alectoroctonum (Euphorbiaceae) From Limestone Hills of Wayne County, Mississippi, Andrew C. Fennell
A Comparative Study of Middle Eastern Foreign Policy: How Middle Eastern Intelligence Agencies Shape Current Events, Megan A. Fink
“Forget the Old . . . The New Wonder Woman is Here”: The New Wonder Woman and the Feminist Movement, 1968-1972, Kristi N. Fleetwood
Measuring Financial Literacy: A Comparative Study across Two Collegiate Groups, Emma Floyd
Moving the Plague: the Movement of People and the Spread of Bubonic Plague in Fourteenth Century through Eighteenth Century Europe, Gillian R. Fowler
Exhuming Ophelia: A Feminist, Costume Design Exploration, Shelby M. Gable
Modeling the Diffusion of Heat Energy within Composites of Homogeneous Materials using the Uncertainty Principle, Elyse M. Garon
The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation and Mind-Wandering on Coping-Related Hopefulness in Undergraduate College Students, Shelby N. Green
Bakhtin’s Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics and the Ideological Problem of The Brothers Karamazov, Natalie N. Griner
Selective Targeting of Folate Receptor Expressing Cancer Cells Through the use of siRNA Gold Nanoparticle Complexes, Chandler L. Hamilton
Affect Recognition and ADHD Symptoms in Preschoolers: A Serial Mediation Model of Social Cognition, Annalise M. Hays
“All That is Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is That Good Men Do Nothing”: Anticommunism, Protestant Christianity, and State Sovereignty in the Civil Rights Era South, Taylor O. Herring
“Last Flag Standing”: How Traditional Conservative Values and Symbolic Voting in the State of Mississippi Help Explain the Defense of the Confederate Flag by Voters in the 2001 Referendum, Joshua von Herrmann
A Content Analysis of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Viewed as Public Relations Efforts Using the Social Change Model of Leadership, Hannah J. Hill
An Analysis of the Relationship between Study Styles and Demographics across Multiple Accounting Class Levels, Savannah B. Hooper
The Pandemonium of Change: Endurance of the Carnivalesque Mode, Jeremy K. Horton
Alternative Material Nest Boxes and Impacts on Nestling Physiology and Adult Behavior in the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), Jamie E. Jackson
How a Hurricane Affected the Residential Interior Design of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, Jamie L. Jelinski
The Implementation of Common Core: Graphic Novels In the Classroom, Chesnie R. Keeler
Into the Willows: The Creation of Properties for the University of Southern Mississippi Production of The Wind in the Willows, Lindsey N. Kelley
The Development of a General and Tunable Method for Ester to Ether Reduction, Sarah Ariel Kelley
Biomimetic Adhesive Thiol-Ene Films For Improved Adhesion, Laken L. Kendrick
A Comparison of Cyfra 21-1, NSE, and CEA For the Serodiagnosis of Lung Cancer, A Alexandra Knopp
Characterization of Embryonic Stem Cell-Differentiated Cells as Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Rachael N. Kuehn
Human Development Index and Gross Domestic Product: A Closer Look at the Founding OPEC Nations, Zachary J. Lankford
A Systematic Literature Review of the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) in Patients Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, Charmaine M. Lapre'
Presentation of Bicultural Identity in Hispanic Children’s Literature, Elena B. Lofton
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Behaviors in the Presence of Active and Non-Active Shrimp Trawlers in the Mississippi Sound, Crysta M. Lorenz
The Effects of Aging on Auditory Duration Discrimination, Rachael N. Luckett
Young and Unemployed: A Multivariable Analysis of Youth Unemployment in Jordan, Morgan E. Mabry
Attitudes Toward Electronic Dance Music and Its Effect on Consumption, Quinn Mackey
Attitudes Toward and Willingness to Use Music Therapy in Southern Mississippi, Megan E. McDaniel
An Empirical Test for Overrepresentation of Black Youth Arrests in Mississippi, Ashley R. McKnight
Out of the Attic: Agency and Narratives of Mental Illness by David Foster Wallace and Lauren Slater, Erin L. McLeod
The Representation of the Individualism-Collectivism Cultural Value Dimension In Film Portrayals of Intercultural Communication, Courtney J. McMullan
A Queen’s Reputation: A Feminist Analysis of The Cultural Appropriations of Cleopatra, Chamara Moore
Procedural Content Generation: Using A.I. to Generate Playable Content, Osler Kendall Moore Jr.
An Analysis of the Factors that Influence Ethnic Conflict and Minority Violence in the Western Balkans, Druanna M. Mozingo
Black and White Advertising in Fashion Magazines, Lauren E. Necaise
Activation of NF-κB Transcription Factor During In Vitro Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, Natalya A. Ortolano
The Relationship Between Academic Success and Elementary Students Who Practice Elements of a “Healthy Lifestyle”, Bridget A. Page
2-Domination and Annihilation Numbers, Sean C. Patterson
You Are What You Eat: Gastronomy and Geography of Southern Spain, Katherine F. Perry
Democratizing Dionysus: The Origins Controversy and the Dual Evolution of Tragedy and Civism, Belen Plaza-Gainza
Why We Do What We Do: A Look at Factors That Draw College Freshmen to Music Education, Emilee V. Randall
Granulins as Inflammatory Mediators in Alzheimer Disease, Randi G. Reed
Does Gut Microbiota Affect the Diet Preference In Anurans?, Jordan A. Rice
Annotation of the Halothiobacillus neapolitanus Genome: Sulfur Oxidation Pathway, Jordan A. Rimes
Synthesis of a Colorimetric Probe for Psychoactive Drugs, Hannah C. Roberts
The Effects of Recreational Rock Climbing on Vascular and Nonvascular Plant Communities in Southeastern Tennessee, Caitlin A. Ruby
Tracking Plastid Gene Migration in Karenia brevis, Kelly E. Scott
Influence of Benagene Supplementation in Conjunction with High Intensity Cycling Exercise, Wilson P. Simmons
Alcohol Consumption and Dietary Behavior among College Greek Students, William B. Stevens
Coping Mechanisms of Children with Atopic Dermatitis, Whitney A. St. Mary
Effect of Vegetable Oil Macromonomers (VOMMs) on the Mechanical Performance of Latex Films, Matthew M. Sumpter
Revenue Recognition – Milestone Method (Topic 605) 2010 Amendment: From the R&D Industry Perspective, Sofia I. Tent
The Relationship Between Teachers’ Beliefs Concerning Mathematical Problem-Solving and the Strategies Used for Teaching Third - through Fifth - Grade Students, Jasmine L. Thomas
Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of DGEBF/4,4’-DDS Thermoset Systems as a Function of Cure Rate, Chase B. Thompson
Polymerization of Blocked Isocyanate Functional Polymer Surfaces and Post-Polymerization Modification By Thiol-Isocyanate Reactions, Chase A. Tretbar
Finland vs. the United States: Similarities and Differences in Kindergarten, Rebecca L. Ulrich
Performativity and Jazz in the Fiction of James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison, Drako P. Wells
A Basis of the Civil War: The Theological Views of Nineteenth Century Christians on the Justification of Slavery, Shaniqua Janeè Wells
On the Shoulders of Giants: Happiness and the Good Economy in Catholic Social Teaching, Erin C. Wingerter
Defining Magic: Exploring Productive Forces in the Harry Potter Series, Mary Beth Wolverton
From King Leonidas to Lord Farquaad: Popular Culture and How Authority is portrayed in Popular Film of 2000-2009, Solai N. Wyman
Relativistic and Non-Relativistic Proton-Nucleus Scattering, Kinsey Ann Elisabeth Zarske-Williamson
Theses from 2014
Restoring the Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Forests Using Pineywoods Cattle Grazing in Conjunction with Prescribed Burning, L. Tyler Albin
“L’héritage” Is In the Streets: The Text, Images and Legacy of May 1968, Justin L. Baggett
Choice and Control of Enrichment for a Rescued and Rehabilitated Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops trunactus), Hannah Bahe