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Theses from 2021
Matching Equation: Teacher Rates of Praise and Reprimands, Meleah Ackley
A Deep Learning-Based Automatic Object Detection Method for Autonomous Driving Ships, Ojonoka Erika Atawodi
A Modified Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method for Approximating the Scattering Amplitude, Samson Ayo
The Effects of Using Behavioral Skills Training in Teaching Non-ABA Professionals to Implement Discrete Trial Training: A Meta-Analysis, Lindsey Bernard
The Effects of Parent-Implemented Demanded Eye Contact as a Component of EID on Child Compliance, Halley Claire Blanchard
Determining Subgroups That Exist Among US Firearm Owners, Allison Eileen Bond
Exploring the Influence of Diurnal Forcing on Tidal Inlet Exchange and the Impact on the movement of Oxygen Depleted Waters in the Mississippi Sound and Bight Region, Courtney Bouchard
Acquaintances and Other Stories, Morgan E. Brewer
Effects of Religiosity and Self-Control on At-Risk Adolescent Substance Use and Delinquency, Lauren Burns
Population Parameter Estimation and Stable Isotope Analysis of Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the Pascagoula River, Alfonso Cohuo
An Analysis of Nobuo Uematsu’s Linear Structures: The Score of Final Fantasy VI’s Opera, Daniel Comeaux
Underrepresentation of Women in American Politics, Lindsey Crane
Different Class: The Creation of the Premier League and the Commercialization of English Football, Colin Damms
The Effects of Vertical Diel Thermocline Movement on the Settling of Marine Snow in a River Influenced Marine Environment, Nadine Doiron
Mitigating Negative Perceptions Due to Gender Norm Violation Through Adherence to Another Prevalent Gender Norm, Kelsey Drea
Haunted and Hunted: The Gothic and the Ghostly in The Light and Asylum, Adam Dunnells
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Microbiomes of Two Benthic Species, Samantha Ells
A Collection of Misfits, Kayla Gates
Trophic Ecology of Mesopelagic Fish Larvae and Juveniles in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Emily Gipson
Structural Re-orientation of Magmatic Fabrics and Layering in the Lower Oceanic Crust: Hole GT1, Wadi Tayin Massif, Samail Ophiolite, Justin Guillot
Small-Scale Resuspension and Redistribution of Surface Sediments in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico, Austin Harris
“Man-Cub They Call Me”: Mowgli’s Constructed Childhood in Kipling’s Jungle Books, David Hii
Women Under Colonial Coverture: Divorce, Property Rights, and Inheritance in Early Massachusetts, Sarah Anne Hogue
“Precios perle wythouten spotte”: Accepting the Unknowable in Pearl, Jana Ishee
Of Metal, Paper and Light: Stories, Joseph Labernik
An Evaluation of Activity in a Colonial Maya Cemetery Using Femoral Cross-Sectional Analysis, Casey LeJeune
Mass Analysis and Raw Material Sourcing as Metrics of Poverty Point's Socio-Political Organization, Jeffrey Lewis, Jr.
The Effects of Sexual Surrogacy on Satisfaction, Happiness, and Well-Being, Ryan Liu-Pham
Blind Walking, Corley Longmire
Comparing the Efficacy of Two Affirmation Interventions to Reduce Stereotype Threat Effects on Women’s Math Performance, Alicia Macchione
Evaluating Marsh Restoration Success Using Structural and Trophic Metrics on Deer Island, MS, Emelia Marshall
Helping the Shoe to Fit, Amber Martin
The Shortcomings of Maize: Using Tipu to Assess Maize Consumption and its Impact on Stature and Limb Proportions Among the Maya, Peter Mercier
Depressive Symptoms and Marijuana Outcomes in College Students: The Mediating Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana, Nicholas Militello
“I’ll Make a Captain Among Ye, and Do Somewhat to be Talk of Forever After”: Female Civic Agency in Sir Thomas More’s Staged Insurrection, Heather Miller
How Historic Shipwrecks Influence Dispersal of Deep-Sea Microbiomes, Rachel Moseley
Little Bodies, Little People: Conflating the Child and the Dwarf in The History of Sir Thomas Thumb, Hannah Mummert
Assessing the Rates of Post-Depositional Change Within 2004 Indian Ocean Sediments: Implications for Long-Term Records of Paleotsunamis, Lillian Pearson
When Time Shall Surrender: Disability, Crip Time, and John Clare's Language of Annihilation, Ian Pittman
On a Stochastic Model of Epidemics, Rachel Prather
Storms and Stories, Ryan Price
Contextualizing a Crisis: Examining Michigan State University Press Releases and the Larry Nassar Scandal, Courtney Robinson
Analyzing the Consistency of Scoring Porotic Hyperostosis From 3D Scans, Carson Rouse
Characterization of the Bacterial Microbiome of Exotic Tick Species Collected from Migratory Birds, Raima Sen
Effects of Adolescent Motivation and Personality on Adherence and Success in a Voluntary Residential Bootcamp Program, Lydia Sigurdson
No More Shade: Deforestation and Rural-Urban Migration in Nigeria, Kambre Sims
Recognizing Race: The Impact of Twentieth-Century Feminist Movements on Race Relations in West Germany, Lindsey Stobaugh
Jokes from the Gallows, Josh Stricklin
Subadult Cortical Bone Analysis As An Indicator of Childhood Health Status Among the Tipu Maya Population, Jaime Thomas
“My Bruises Are Inward:” A Study of Mental Trauma in the American Civil War, Cody Turnbaugh
The Gods of Women and Their Mothers: Stories, Brooke Turner
Proposed Subtypes of Anger Rumination: Brooding and Reflection and Their Associations with Aggression, Fayth Walbridge
A Meta-Analysis of Check-In/Check-Out: Effectiveness, Social Validity, and Design Standards, Caitlyn Weaver
Women as Party Leaders: Are the Barriers Partisan?, Amanda B. Yates
Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Forecast Harmful Algal Blooms in Gulf of Mexico, Bala Tripura Sundari Yerrapothu
Theses from 2020
The Development and Exploration of a Twelve-Factor Model of Motivations for Using Substances, Taylor Altenberger
My Child’s Keeper: Child Vulnerability and Quality of Life on Parental Stress and Grit, Abigail Armstrong
Navigating Hate: The Public Deliberation of Matthew Shepard and Hate Crime Legislation, Abigail Barnes
A Change in Fish Assemblages in the Pascagoula River, MS, Sara Barrett
State-Level Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: Assessing Recovery from the 2007 Recession, Nathan Barron
The Role of Potential for Interaction in Parasocial Relationships, Aaron Bermond
Nutrition at Tipu: A Comparative Analysis of Juvenile Health in Maya Populations, Sydnie A. Bianchi
Effect of Unilateral Lower-Limb Amputation on Intact Limb Biomechanics: A Systematic Review, Amanda Boyd
Korngold's Dream States: An Analysis of Transitional Passages in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Opera "Die tote Stadt", Tyler Brandon
The Effects of Optimism on Anti-Natalism, Faith L. Brown
Malaria Risk on Ancient Roman Roads: A Study and Application to Assessing Travel Decisions in Asia Minor by the Apostle Paul, Daniel C. Browning Jr
Effects of Perceived Poverty and Chaotic Living Conditions on Externalizing Problems in At-Risk Adolescents, Margaret Bullerjahn
Containing the Blemmye: Anxiety Towards Congenital Difference in the Old English Wonders of the East, Jessica L. Carrell
Exploring Dissociation as a Facilitator of Suicide Risk Using Virtual Reality, Nicole Caulfield
An Adaptive Approach to Gibbs’ Phenomenon, Jannatul Ferdous Chhoa
Oh, My Stars: A New Map of the Universe in Paradise Lost, Michael R. Coats
“You Must Live, and Show to the World What They Have Been Doing Here”: The Survival of the “Rabbits” of Ravensbrück, Regina Coffey
Sedimentary Dynamics and Water Quality in Floodplains of the Lower Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi, during the 2018 and 2019 Floods, Jansen Costello
Willingness to Seek Professional Help for Suicidal Thoughts: The Role of Masculine Norms and Self-Stigma in Service Members, Samantha E. Daruwala
Characterizing ERAD and Antioxidant Response in Ixodes scapularis ISE6 Cells during Borrelia Infection, Latoyia Downs
Maturation Spawning and Larviculture of Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) at Low Salinity, Edithrose Fairweather
Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Largetooth Sawfish, Pristis pristis, Populations Over the 20th Century, Ann Fearing
Hate Speech, Habitus, and Identity Signaling on 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Board, Jonathon Geiger
“Never nearer to the goal”: Wordsworth, Sympathy, and the Wandering Jew, Matthew Germenis
Finding Identity Through Survival: The Impact of the Hurricanes in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones, Crystal F. Giles
An Assessment of the use of Photogrammetry in Cranial Metric and Non-Metric Studies, Amy Hair
The Burning of Restoran and Other Stories, Nicole Holtzman
The Impact of a CASVE-CQ Enhanced Intervention on Group Career Counseling Outcomes, Kendall L. Klumpp
Determining the Trophic Role of Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in Mississippi State Waters Using Stomach Content and Stable Isotope Analysis, Branden Kohler
Investigation on the Morphology of Charge-Transfer Complexes in Low Density Polyethylene, Wade Korf
The Effect of Constant Relative Growth Rate Versus Constant Specific Growth Rate on Oocystis SP, Rachel Kriner
Barriers to Health: Understanding the Barriers Faced by Community Intervention Projects, Vera Landrum
Microplastic Abundance, Distribution and Impacts on Sargassum-Associated Juvenile Fishes in the Gulf of Mexico, Olivia Lestrade
Helmand: The U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, 2010-2012, Taylor L. Lewis