Theses from 2013
Aaarrrggg I’m a Pirate: Cloud-Streaming Services and Their Effects on Music Consumption and Music Piracy, Caitlin M. Seale
The Who, What, Where, and How of Foreign Languages: A Study of Foreign Language Curricula At Four-Year Colleges In Mississippi, Mariah S. Senegal
Attitudes of Clinically Practicing Registered Nurses in Southern Mississippi Toward Physician-Assisted Death, Robin E. Smith
Racial Differences In Self-Efficacy Expectations For Exercise, Selena P. Smith
What’s Love Got to Do with It? A Content Analysis of English and Spanish Idiomatic Expressions, Allie R. Solomon
Explaining Leisure Interests, Personality, Work Centrality, and Vocational Interests, Stormy Z. Speaks
Changing the Nature of the Beast: An Analysis of Significant Variations From Madame De Beaumont’s La Belle Et La Bête In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Heather A. Stevens
Study of Students' Knowledge of the Profession of Graphic Design, Rachael C. Thomas
The Council of Conservative Citizens: Extolling Nativism and Perpetuating Stereotypes, Jordan M. Tinnon
Holy Experiments and Unholy Acts: Sex, Law, and Religion in Colonial Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania, Anna L. Todd
Exploring the Influence of Students’ Socioeconomic Status Upon Musical Instrument Choice, LaTerence E. Varnado
“I have beene a reall Actor”: Analyzing the Writings of John Smith Through the Lens of Performative Documentary Theory, Kristen L. Walker
Differentiating Instruction for Gifted Learners in the Regular Classroom: A Quick-Reference Guide for Teachers, Sarah E. White
Arthropod Density In a Fragmented Urban Landscape Along the Northern Coast of the Gulf Of Mexico, Anna E. Williams
Characterization of the Function of a Mold Specific Gene, MS95, in the Pathogenic Dimorphic Fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, Danielle J. Williamson
Technology Expectations Of CPA Firms: Hiring and the Accounting Curriculum, Kristy N. Wilson
High Performance Network Communication between High Frequency Application Servers and Android Tablets, Brandon L. Wolfe
Biophysical Characterization and Cross-Seeding Properties Of LFAOs, Novel Prion-Like Oligomers of the Amyloid-Beta Peptide Involved In Alzheimer’s Disease, Morgan C. Woodrow
Application of Linear Sequences to Cryptography, Amanda C. Yeates
Theses from 2012
Online Music Piracy in College-Age Students, Jasmine D. Allen
The Relationship Between Resistance to Conformity and College Students’ Alcohol Use, Alcohol-related Consequences Experienced, and PBS Use, Melissa Ambrosino
Using GIS and Remote Sensing Applications to Determine Recovery from Disaster: Seven Years Post-Katrina in Residential Communities of Hancock County, Carlton P. Anderson
Biomedical Application of Cobalt(III)-containing Complexes: Structural and In Vitro Studies, Jessa Faye Arca
The Identification of Arachnid Species in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Lauren Auer
Interpersonal Desirability of the Self-Defeating Humorist, Ashley N. Barnes
Playing Echo in Eleemosynary: A Creative Thesis Project, Hayley Barnes
Grey Matter: Investigating the Gendered Fan Consumption of Grey’s Anatomy, John Barr
DNAgents 3.0: Genetically Engineered Mobile Agents for a Dynamic Network Topology, John Bovatsek
The Practice, Regulation, and Political Context of Midwifery in Mississippi: Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals, Alexandria Broadway
Evaluating Learning Disabilities and Learning Difficulties as Risk Factors of Delinquency, Miriam Brooks
Do Good: Greek Letter Organizations and Community Service, Lesley Brumfield
Questions Concerning Reasonable Religious Disagreements, Bradley Champine
Determining the Diversity of Wetland Fungi through Molecular-based Species Identification, Kimberly Chesteen
Spiders of Riparian Communities in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, Megan Chevis
A Systematic Literature Review of Household Food Security and Overweight/Obese Status Among Low-Income Children, Meaghan A. Clark
Ghosts of the Mind: The Supernatural and Madness in Victorian Gothic Literature, Stephanie F. Craig
Matriarchal Monsters: Literary Villians Through the Lens of Gender, Katherine Currie
The Relation Between Cognitive Inflexibility and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits in Adults: Depression and Anxiety as Potential Mediators, LaKenya DeBerry
Inside the Score in the 21st Century: Techniques for Contemporary Large Jazz Ensemble Composition, Tyler Dennis
“Double-Crossed, So to Speak": Black Female Resistance to Gendered Oppression in the South, Amolie Egloff
Weak Central Coherence Theory Problem Solving in Adults with Asperger Syndrome, Marie Ferderer
The Effects of an Informal Science Education Setting on Students’ Attitudes towards Learning Science, Lauren Finley
Parental Involvement in Speech-Language Intervention, Victoria Beech Finley
The Role of Midline and Pexin10 in Regulating Drosophila Eye Development, John Forstall
Television’s Effects on Speech and Language: The Parent’s Perspective, Hillary Fortenberry
Synthesis of a Glutathione Analogue Using 2-α-Methyl-β-Cysteine, Nathan Freeman
Mattie T Revised Consent Decree Compliance Rates in Selected Mississippi Delta Counties, Rachel Griffin
Relevant Jesus: A Study of the Integration of Popular Culture into the Christian Church, Amie Guenard
Stories Over Miles: Religious and Political Coping Among Tibetan Former Political Prisoners, Dylan Harris
So Please You: A Creative Project on Playing “Oswald” in King Lear, Darren Hayes
The Hero’s Journey: A Postmodern Incarnation of the Monomyth, Sarah Hoffman
Determination of Alpha Radiation-Induced Fluorescence Efficiency, Olivia Hoff
The Effects of Music Genre on Rate of Perceived Exertion in Aerobics Classes, Hannah Hogue
Variations in Myth: How Manipulations of Topos Create Morality, Joel Huber
The Application of Evidence-Based Practices by USM Student Athletes to Manage Exercise-induced Asthma Symptoms, Meagan N. Ishee
1st Mississippi Mounted Rifles: Mississippi’s Union Battalion in the Civil War, Beau Johnson
Parenting Styles, Peer Pressure, and the Formation of Antisocial Behavior, Erinisha L. Johnson
Virtue for Commercial Purpose: A Look at Production Code Censorship in the 1930s, Jacob Key
Effects of “EcoEagle” Advertising Campaign on the Students of the University of Southern Mississippi, Zach Knight
Libertarian Acceptance Among the Students of the University of Southern Mississippi, Joseph LeBeau
South Mississippi High School Seniors’ Perceptions of Civic Duties and Responsibilities, Chelsea L. Lewis
Preparation and Performance of William Bolcom’s Cabaret Songs, Sara Linger
Human-Animal Relationships in Traditional Healing Methods: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, Ashley Long
Effect of Compactified Dimensions on the Ground State Energy of the Hydrogen Atom, Floyd Maseda
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Local School Wellness Policy Implementation in Mississippi Public Schools, Rebecca Masters
An Analysis of Lithic Debitage From Mound C at the Winterville Mounds Archaeological Site (22WS500), Barbara McClendon
Pilgrimage to the Birthplace of Elvis Presley, Joseph Samuel Miller
“Critical Habitat” and Other Stories, Jon Michael Mitchell
Disconnected: College Freshmen Experience Communication without Technology, Lacey Myers
Flora of the Gopher Farm Sandhill, Wayne County, Mississippi, Shira Brittany Nicholson
Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding the Human Papillomavirus and HPV Vaccine Among College Students: A Gender Comparison Study, Kristen O'Flarity
The Great Advertising Campaign: The Effectiveness of British Petroleum’s Post-Oil Spill Campaign, Brianne Painia
Testosterone Supplementation Effects on Low BMD in Males Ages 19-62: A Six-Month Intervention, Kara Palmer
The Homeless Perception of Services, Alexander K. Pickle
“I Have Something to Say, If People Only Would Hear It”: The Voiceless Artist and the Idea of Reform in the Work of Rebecca Harding Davis, Kathryn Plunkett
Evaluating Child Routines as a Mediator of Marital Conflict and Child Adjustment, Ashley Prine
A Scenographic Transposition from the Stage to the Screen: An Excavation of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, Jordan Randall
A Study of the Relationship Between Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha and the United Houma Nation, Molly Richard
Barriers and Motivators for Influenza Vaccination Compliance Among Healthcare, Shelby Rogers
Youth Violence in Harrison County, Mississippi, Ashley Rushing
The Influence of Residence Hall Design on College Students' Grade Point Averages, On-Campus Involvement, and Sense of Community, Katrina Rutledge
English Identity in the Writings of John Milton, Hannah E. Ryan
Exploring the Interaction Between Human Granulin-A (hGrn-A) and Amyloid-β (Aβ) Peptide, Michael Samel
Obesity Trends in Head Start Preschoolers, Anna Sanders
Going Dutch: The Netherlands’ Maternal Health Care Framework as a Model for Sierra Leone, Emily Simmons
Perspectives on Technology Change and the Marketing of Real Estate, Sarah Stetelman
Understanding the Business of Popular Songs, Jeremiah Stricklin
Aristotelian Methodology in Renaissance Science: Analyzing Andrea Bacci’s Treatise on Rabies, Laura Sumrall
What Makes a Man: Social Constructions of Masculinity In the Works of Stanley Kubrick, Michael Cory Taylor
Perceptions of the Deaf among Various University Social Groups, Ashley Thrash
Effect of msa on Antibiotic Resistance and Allelic Replacement of pKOR1 in Staphylococcus aureus, Jordan M. Towne
Libertatem Religionis: Remembering Our Origins, Joseph Tramuta