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Theses from 2023

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HYDROTHERMAL FLUID TRANSPORT PATHWAYS ALONG FRACTURES AND VEINS AT BROTHERS VOLCANO, SOUTHERN KERMADEC ARC, Robert Atnip

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A META-ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING: THE EFFECTS ON TEACHERS’ TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND QUALITY WHEN IMPLEMENTING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS, Taylor Ben

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HOW SEWAGE POLLUTION AFFECTS DISTRIBUTION AND LIFE HISTORY TRAITS OF THE SOUTHERN HOUSE MOSQUITO, CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS, Catherine Dean Bermond

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Predicting Suicide Risk Among Youths Using Machine Learning Methods, Saswati Bhattacharjee

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Comparative Analysis of Rhizosphere and Endosphere Microbiome of Different Blueberry Species (Vaccinium sp.), Niladri Bhowmik

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I Was Looking for God: A Study of Wehrmacht Personnel and their Personal Relationships with Religion, Christopher Bishop

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A PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR DETECTION OF PALATO-LINGUAL CONTACT WITHOUT INTRAORAL ELECTRODES IN A HUMAN PARTICIPANT, Amitava Biswas

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SOCIAL ANXIETY AND RELATIONAL AGGRESSION IN THE PEER RELATIONSHIPS OF COLLEGE WOMEN, Summer Boggs

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PREDICTIVE ABILITY OF A 3D BODY SCANNING MOBILE APPLICATION FOR METABOLIC HEALTH RISK, Caleb Brandner

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The Implications of Sexual Assault Awareness on Sexual Overperception Bias, Zach Buckner

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THE RELATIONS BETWEEN RUMINATION, THOUGHT CONTROL, AND SUICIDAL THINKING, Morgan Buerke

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BEYOND THE CLINIC: MODIFIED INTERNET-DELIVERED PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY, Terreca Cato

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SOLVING THE CABLE EQUATION, A SECOND-ORDER TIME DEPENDENT PDE FOR NON-IDEAL CABLES WITH ACTION POTENTIALS IN THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN USING KSS METHODS, Nirmohi Charbe

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Negotiating National Identity: A Study of Nationalist Rhetoric during the British Voluntary Recruiting Movement, 1914-1916, Emily Cloys

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The Examination of a Teacher Mentorship Intervention on Junior Teachers' Stress and Self-Efficacy, Cagla Cobek

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AN EXPLORATION OF SYMPTOM SEVERITY AND SUICIDAL IDEATION WITHIN A SEX ADDICTION SAMPLE, Emily A. Cordova

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UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF TOPOBATHYMETRIC DATA ON STORM SURGE MODEL PREDICTIONS, Sydni Crain

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HIDE AND SEEK: AN EXPLORATION OF ANTIPREDATOR AND PREDATOR AVOIDANCE MECHANISMS IN ORTHOPODOMYIA SIGNIFERA IN RESPONSE TO PREDATION FROM TOXORHYNCHITES RUTILUS, Nathaniel Dahlberg

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Freckled Darter (Percina lenticula) And Other Fishes’ Usage Of Wood Pile Habitat, Noah Daun

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MULTISPECIES USE OF VARIOUS HABITATS IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FUTURE OYSTER REEF CONSTRUCTION, Austin Draper

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CHARACTERIZATION AND ESTIMATION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN USING MACHINE LEARNING, Boluwatife Faremi

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Disability Identity in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Letters, Jackson Fields

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Geospatial Business Location Implications for Mississippi-Based Nissan Group Changing to Electrical Vehicle (EV) Production, Sudheer Galla

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Whose Woods These Are: Human-Environment Relationships Among Stakeholders of South Mississippi's Longleaf Pine Ecosystem, Helen Greene

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Habitat use of Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in Pascagoula River holding areas and in estuarine and marine environments including Ship Island, Mississippi and Mobile Bay, Alabama, Elizabeth M. Greenheck

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Estimation of Angular Response Curves Using a Phase Differencing Bathymetric Sonar, Kandice Gunning

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Porotic Hyperostosis and Cribra Orbitalia in the Adult Population of Tipu, Miranda Hahn

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The Relationship Between Religiosity and Tobacco Use in a Mexican Spanish Speaking Sample in the United States, Lauren Hales

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Using Behavior BINGO to Increase Academically Engaged Behavior in a General Education Elementary School Population, Faith Elizabeth Hamilton

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The role of emotion regulation and alexithymia in the relationship between sleep and social functioning, Lillian A. Hammer

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Caregiver Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Education and Training: A Survey of Caregiver and SLP Perspectives, Michelle Hasenkampf

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UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND: OBSERVATIONAL CLIMATOLOGIES, TRENDS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SOUND AND COMPARISON OF THE SURFACE CURRENTS OF OCEAN MODELS WITH HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR DATA, TASNIM ISLAM

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RAMIE (BOEHMERIA NIVEA): AN UNDERUTILIZED PLANT FOR A MULTIPURPOSE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; A PERENNIAL PLANT WITH PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION USING MALDI-MS, A BIOSORBENT FOR Hg (II) REMOVAL FROM WATER AND AS A BAST FIBER PRODUCTION VIA ENZYMATIC DEGUMMING, Abdul Rashid Issifu

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The King and His Court: The Culture of Royal Power and the Creation of the Angevin Empire Under Henry II, Joseph Jarrell

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Annotation of Non-Model Species’ Genomes, Taiya Jarva

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College Athletes as Endorsers: A Study of NIL Advertising, Zach Johnson

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Determining the Refractive Index of Phytoplankton via Direct Measurement of Cellular Structures, Michael Kamowski

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FATHERS, SONS, AND PETS: INTERGENERATIONAL DESIRE AND TRAUMA IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF GAY ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY IN I'LL GET THERE. IT BETTER BE WORTH THE TRIP AND THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE, Mehdi Khan

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ESTIMATION OF QUANTITATIVE GENETIC PARAMETERS OF THE EASTERN OYSTER (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA) IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, Heather King

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Cultural Behaviors and Their Influence on the Proximal Femur: Comparisons of Postural Behavior, Occupation, and Subsistence-Settlement Between a Pre-Contact and Historic Sample, Joanna Klein

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IDENTIFICATION OF SPRING AND FALL SPAWNED EGGS AND THE GENETIC DISTINCTION OF GULF STURGEON IN THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER, ALABAMA-FLORIDA, Nicholas Lamey

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Examining the Effect of Positive Greetings at the Door on Student Academic Engagement and Disruptive Behavior, Abigail Lawson

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Effects of Increased Shoe Collar Height and Limb Dominance on Landing Knee Biomechanics in Collegiate Volleyball Players, Lindsey Legg

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NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PALEOVEGETATION OF THE ANCIENT UNDERWATER FOREST LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO, Karla Lizarraga Garcia

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Beginnings of the Nuevo South: Mexican Migration in 1970s and 1980s Mississippi, Isabel Loya

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THE CLASSROOM PASSWORD GROUP CONTINGENCY WITH RANDOMIZED REINFORCERS, Emily Maxime

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GENETIC PARAMETERS FOR HEAT AND SALINITY STRESS TOLERANCE IN NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EASTERN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA, Paul McDonald

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ASSESSING DYNAMICS AND TRENDS OF CO2 FLUX ON THE LOUISIANA SHELF, Claire McGuire

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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY DYSFUNCTION AND AGGRESSION IN A SAMPLE OF AT-RISK YOUTH, Chloe O'Dell

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The mental health of LGBTQ+ graduate students: Examining the role of lifestyle factors, Lindsey Ostermiller

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BENTHIC HABITAT MAPPING OF MOUNTAIN TOP BANK WITHIN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL AND VISUAL DATA ANALYSIS, Bethany Pertain

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UNDERSTANDING THE FLOW DYNAMICS OF THE PEARL RIVER, MS, THROUGH HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING, Nahruma Mehzabeen Pieu

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COMPARING EFFECTS OF PRAISE RATES ON CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR, Brittany Pigg

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A Minor Place: A Short Story Collection, Nathaniel Pyle

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ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROXIMITY TO EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION DELIVERY, Kenneth Ross

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THE IMPACT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE ON COASTAL WETLANDS USING IN-SITU MESOCOSM EXPERIMENTS, LANDSCAPE MODELING, AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE MAPPING, Kelly San Antonio

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ASSESSING STEREOTYPE CONTENT AND ACCURACY OF THE POOR: INTERPERSONAL WARMTH AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE DIMENSIONS, Shiza Shahid

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Introspective accuracy for social cognition across the psychosis spectrum: Influence of sleep disturbance, Cassi Springfield

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THE INFLUENCE OF RANGE SHIFTS AND WIND ENERGY ON THE ATLANTIC SURFCLAM (SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA) AND OCEAN QUAHOG (ARCTICA ISLANDICA) FISHERIES ON THE U.S. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF, Stephanie Stromp

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Driving Demands of a Successful Protest: A Comparative Analysis of Drivers That Leads To a Successful Outcome of Protest, Prince Tetteh

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Brazilian Camming: The Monetization of Intimacy in Online Sex Work, Fernanda Veiverberg

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“THIS UNHALLOWED SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT” ; CARNIVAL INFECTION IN THE MOUNTEBANK’S CHILDREN AND “THE NEW MOTHER”, VeAndre Watkins

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ESTIMATION OF MORTALITY RATES FOR THE GULF MENHADEN STOCK AND REFERENCE POINT IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE FISHERY, Catherine Wilhelm

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STRUCTURAL AND KINEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF THE DADEVILLE COMPLEX-BREVARD ZONE CONTACT (SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS): POLYPHASE EMPLACEMENT OF AN ALLOCHTHONOUS TERRANE ON THE LAURENTIAN MARGIN, Andrew Williams

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EVALUATING HABITAT USE BY NEKTON IN WIDGEON GRASS (RUPPIA MARITIMA), SHOAL GRASS (HALODULE WRIGHTII), AND UNVEGETATED BOTTOM HABITATS IN THE GRAND BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE, Jessica Woodall

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Genetic Population Structure and Effective Number of Breeders in Systems Across the Range of the Gulf Sturgeon, Jacob Zona

Theses from 2022

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INDUCED SPAWNING OF CAPTIVE TRIPLETAIL LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS, Nicholas Adams

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Influence of Altitude and Scan Angle on UAS-LiDAR Ground Height Measurement Accuracy in Juncus roemerianus Scheele (Black Needle Rush)-dominated Marshes, Michael Amelunke

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the hungarian word for owl, Anna Bagoly

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EMPLACEMENT OF THE DADEVILLE COMPLEX OF THE SOUTHERNMOST INNER PIEDMONT WITHIN THE 7.5 MIN. CUSSETA QUADRANGLE, CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA: CHANNEL FLOW, KLIPPE KINEMATICS, OR OROGEN PARALLEL TRANSLATION, Timothy Black

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The Impact of Environmental Variability on Perceptions of Parental Ability From Bodily Cues, Kaitlyn Boykin

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CHANGES IN THE MORPHOLOGY OF WIDGEON GRASS (RUPPIA MARITIMA) WITH THE ONSET OF REPRODUCTION AND IMPACTS ON FISH ASSEMBLAGES AT THE CHANDELEUR ISLANDS, LA, Matthew Byrnes

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The Rhetoric of Blame: A Rhetorical Framing Analysis of Othering and Blame in Historical Health Crises, Colin G. Cameron

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MILITANT MAIDS: DOMESTIC WORKERS’ PARTICIPATION IN BUS BOYCOTTS, VOTER REGISTRATION, AND HEAD START PROGRAMS IN THE DEEP SOUTH, Brittany Ann Carey

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TEACHING OLD CALIPERS NEW TRICKS: USING CRANIOMETRICS FOR ANCESTRY ADMIXTURE ESTIMATION VIA FUZZY MATH, Kristi Carnahan

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THE KNIVES I USED, KateLin Carsrud

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DISABILITY, GENDER, AND SOCIO-RELIGIOUS STIGMA IN THE BOOK OF MARGERY KEMPE, Abby Cawley

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BON APPЀTIT: FAUNAL SUBSISTENCE AT FORT TOMBECBE (1SU7)​, Sarah Coffey

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Yonder, Aaron Cohen

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Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Detection in Slash Pine Radial Growth along the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coastline, Alyssa C. Crowell

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Henry Knox: The American Frontier as a Foreign Policy Arena, 1785-1794, John DeLee

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Examining Parenting Practices and Routines as Possible Mediators of Parenting Inflexibility and Child Behaviors, Lauren S. Erp

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CDC’S COVID-19 VACCINATION MESSAGES AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: A STUDY ON FACEBOOK POSTS, Hasan Mahmud Faisal

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Plant productivity and diversity in coastal wetlands in Mississippi – impact of hydrological extremes, Kodi Feldpausch

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Drinking Motives as Mediators for the Relationships between Overparenting and Alcohol Outcomes, Tatum Freeman

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Analysis of Fossil Pollen from a Pleistocene Cypress Forest Preserved on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf, Kathryn Joyce Garretson

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Relationship Among Department Satisfaction, Training, and Police Behavior, Matthew Garvin

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DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY OF THE SONADORA RIVER ROCK POOL INSECT ASSEMBLAGE AT LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, PUERTO RICO, Patrick Gilkey

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Sensitivity of a LAMP Assay for Detection of the Dinoflagellate Amyloodinium ocellatum in Simulated Field Conditions and Freeze Tolerance of the Parasite, Robert Gonzales

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An Annotated Bibliography of String Method Books and Theory Books for Pre-College String Students, with a Focus on Music Theory Concepts and Sequence Analysis, Rebecca Zou Hale

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Mindset matters: The relations between growth mindset and academic and career variables among first-generation college students, Dillon Harper

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PREDICTORS OF INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PLACEMENT AMONG COMMITTED YOUTHS WITHIN A MAXIMUM-SECURITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, Tiffany Harris

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Knowledge and Perceptions of SLP Graduate Students Regarding Multiculturalism, Evy Jewell Hayes

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The Validity of The VmaxPro during Countermovement Jump and Back Squat Performance, Hunter Haynes

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ALT-RIGHT OF THE_DONALD AND AUTHORITARIAN COMMUNISTS ON REDDIT: INTERNET MEMES TO BUILD COMMUNITY, Joshua Hendricks

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NCAA DI Assistant Coaches' Understanding of Mental Performance and Mental Health Services, Heather Hill

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“Life Out of Death": Poisons, Antidotes, and the Medical Marketplace in Christina Rossetti's “Goblin Market", Ashley Hobson

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'AS VIVID AS BLOOD IN A SINK': (RE)READING QUEERNESS AND REPRESSION IN TEJU COLE'S OPEN CITY, Jack Hoda

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Digital Pastoral, Rebecca Holifield

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Psychosocial Maturity and Alcohol Outcomes: The Mediating role of Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies, Skyler Hoover