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Theses from 2020
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
The Unknown War: Army of the Republic of Vietnam Combat Operations 1962-1963, Justin Major
Sustainable Wastewater Treatment in the American South, Caroline Miles
Assessing the Recalibration Interval for Nearshore Sediment Assemblages after Hurricane Irma: implications for Developing Long-term Records of Overwash Deposits, Stephen Mitchell
Musical Forces in the Serial Music of Igor Stravinsky, Adam Moffett
Vegetative Community and Health Assessment of a Constructed Juncus-Dominated Salt Marsh in The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Nickolas R. Murphy
Do Mosquito Pesticides Harm Their Natural Enemies? Ecological Impacts and Non-Target Effects of Larvicides on Mosquito Predators, Joseph Nelsen
A Time Integration Method of Approximate Particular Solutions for Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations, Cyril Ocloo
Elucidating the Molecular Pathways Involved in the Fitness and Water Stress Response of Pseudomonas synxantha 2-79 in the Plant Rhizosphere, Clint Henry D. Pablo
Interrelationships Among Monorchiid Trematodes with Special Emphasis on Some Northwestern Atlantic Genera, Apryle Panyi
Validation of an Inertial-Measurement-Unit System for Calculating Hip and Knee Flexion Angles During Gait, Joonsun Park
Using Modern Portfolio Theory to Analyze Virgil's Aeneid (or Any Other Poem), David Patterson
Homotopy Analysis Method For Nonlinear Ordinary Eigenvalue Problems, Subagya Perera
Anger, Relational Victimization, and Vengeance in the Context of Relational Aggression, Alison Poor
An Analysis of Dredge Efficiency for Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Commercial Dredges, Leanne Poussard
Stability Analysis of Krylov Subspace Spectral Methods for the 1-D Wave Equation in Inhomogeneous Media, Bailey Rester
Mental Healthcare Providers' Personality and Its Relation to Preferences of Client Personality, Taylor R. Rodriguez
Investigating the Timing of initial Louann Salt Flow and Its Relationship with the Gilbertown Fault Zone, Southwest Alabama, Avery Rosenbalm
DNA Methylation Analysis for Tissue and Age Determination for Forensic Human Identification, Lauren Satcher
Freshwater Endmembers Impacting Carbonate Chemistry in the Mississippi Sound, Allison Savoie
Mosquito Communities and Insect-Specific Viruses in a Heterogenous, Urban Landscape in Puerto Rico, Nicole Scavo
Non-Religious Employee's Perceptions of Microaggressions and Their Relationship with Job Satisfaction as Moderated by Calling, Jessica Schultz
Of Filth, Joseph Sigurdson
Nearshore Sedimentology of Eroding Microtidal Estuaries: Bon Secour Bay, Alabama and Perdido Bay, Florida, Jennifer Simpson
Marketing to the New Generations of LGBTQ+ Tourists, George Smith
Effects of Infection of the Protist Parasite, Dermomycoides sp., in Dusky Gopher Frog Tadpoles, Jaime Smith
Measuring Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Transracial Adoption, Lillian Spadgenske
Contribution of Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Select Biogeochemical Fluxes in St. Louis Bay, Mississippi, Haley Spaid
Assessing the Nursery-Role Function of Pelagic Sargassum for Juvenile Fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Courtney Stachowiak
Identification of Saliva Using DNA Methylation Analysis for Forensic Use, Elizabeth Staples
Development of an Attenuated Zika Virus by Editing the 5’ Untranslated Region, E. Ashley Thompson
Creative Expression Through the Gift of God: The Intertwining of Creativity and Religion of the Poor Clares in New Orleans, Louisiana, Maureen Tierney
Rapid Implicit Diagonalization of Variable-Coefficient Differential Operators Using the Uncertainty Principle, Carley Walker
Online and Offline Identity Gaps: Cross-Contextual Predictors and Psychological Outcome, Ningyang Wang
Tonal Expectations Defining Narrative Archetypes, Seth Weesner
Thiol-Ene Click Chemistry for Solid State Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion and Parts-Per-Billion Pyrophosphate Sensing in Artificial Seawater, Abagail K. Williams
Diagonalization of 1-D Schrodinger Operators with Piecewise Constant Potentials, Sarah Wright
Theses from 2019
Localized Method Of Approximate Particular Solutions For Solving Optimal Control Problems Governed By PDES, Kwesi Acheampong
Localized Method of Approximate Particular Solutions for Solving Fourth-Order PDEs, Lionel Amuzu
A Machine Learning Approach to Network Intrusion Detection System Using K Nearest Neighbor and Random Forest, Ilemona S. Atawodi
Discrepant Self-Perceptions as Predictors of Rule Violating Behavior Among Juvenile Offenders, Kimberly Barajas
The Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Turtles of Southern Mississippi, Gabrielle Berry
Investigating Diel Periodicity in Export Flux in the Gulf of Mexico Using a Particulate Imaging System, Justin Edward Blancher
Effects of Light and Macroinvertebrate Consumers on Detrital Microbial Biofilms in Streams, Cheyenne M. Brady
The Effect of Historic Shipwrecks on Sediment Microbiomes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Melissa Brock
A Comparison of Social Learning in Domestic Canines, Beatrice Chenkin
Distribution, Abundance, and Trophic Ecology of Anguilliform Leptocephali in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Lillian Collins
Involuntary Signal-Based Grounding of Civilian Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Civilian Airspace, Keith Conley
Extended-Range Oscillations and the First Sharp Diffraction Peak in Amorphous Silicon: A Systematic Study, Devilal Dahal
Is the Written Component of Tootling Effective? A Comparison of the Group Contingency to a Comparison Writing Procedure, James Derieux
The Variability of High-Frequency Motions and Their Interactions with the Mesoscale on the Mississippi Shelf, Jordan Earls
Acting Black: An Analysis of Blackness and Criminality in Film, Blake Edwards
Horses, Culture, and Trade: The Impact of the Horse on Southeastern Native Nations, 1650-1830, Jacob Featherling
Emotion Reactivity, Emotion Dysregulation, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among At-Risk Adolescents: A Multiple Mediation Analysis, Paula N. Floyd
Changes in Antarctic Bottom Water Formation During Interglacial Periods, Samuel Glasscock
Response and Recovery of Horn and Petit Bois Islands, Mississippi, USA to Tropical Cyclone Impacts: 2004 – 2016, Shara Gremillion
Multiple Species of Distinctiveness in Memory: Separating Task Distinctiveness from Statistical Distinctiveness, Matthew Robert Gretz
Estimating Body Mass through Bone Mineral Density Studies Using Dexa (Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry), Kaitlin Harstine
Archaeobotanical Analyses of the Winterville Mounds Site (22ws500) and Other Southeastern Ceremonial Complexes, Dana Hauffe
Krylov Subspace Spectral Methods with Non-homogenous Boundary Conditions, Abbie Hendley
The Evolutionary Diversity and Biological Function of Phenazine Metabolite Biosynthesis in Burkholderia SPP, Samuel Hendry
Their Culture Against Them: The Assimilation of Native American Children Through Progressive Education, 1930-1960s, Jamie Henton
Fracture Analysis of the Lower Oceanic Crust, Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge, Trent Jackson
Evaluating Alternate Management Strategies for Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Nathaniel Wallace Jermain
The Effects of Aqueous Atorvastatin on Steroidogenesis of Xenopus laevis at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations, Jeremy Johnson
Vocal Response of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to a Novel Stimulus, Lindsey Johnson
The Thiol Specific Antioxidant (TSA1) Gene is Required for Survival in Macrophages and Oxidative Stress Resistance in Histoplasma Capsulatum, Lauren Kennedy
Effects of Water Table Depth and Edaphic Characteristics on Plant Diversity in a Southern Mississippi Pitcher Plant Bog, Patrick Kirby
Influence of Varying Inorganic Nutrients Supply on Ergosterol and Glucosamine Concentrations and Biomass Nutrient Stoichiometry in Ectomycorrhizal Fungi, Stephanie S. Koury
The Road to Recovery: Injured Athlete's Perspectives on Recovery Through Social Support, Brooke Kuhn
Organized Chaos: Daily Routines as a Potential Mechanism Linking Household Chaos and Child Behavior Problems, Kristy L. Larsen
Multi-Point Flux Approximations via the O-Method, Christen Leggett
Werewolves: A Three-Dimensional Content Analysis of Films from 1980-2014, Jennifer Lewis
What's Cookin'?: An Analysis of Food as a Method of Control in the Penal System, Zoe Livengood
A Case Study of Police Use of Force on Juveniles in a Southeastern Police Department, Kayce Lowe
Exploring the Moderating Effects of Aggression on the Relationship Between Negative Urgency and Suicidal Desire, Rachel L. Martin
Posture Affects Affordance Perception of Reachability in Virtual Reality, Hannah Masoner
Online Political Participation: Evaluation of the Changing Effects Over Time, Gabriel Davis May
A Linear Approach to John Adams' Recent Works, Olivia Maynard
Terrorism And Organized Crime: An Analytical Study From An International Law Perspective, Leila Mejdoubi
Maize and Bone: An Evaluation and Expansion of a Proposed Model for the Differential Diagnosis of Pellagra in Human Remains, Myra G. Miller
Zika Message Analysis, Alexandria Phipps
Geographical Analysis of Offender Vulnerability: Modeling Coastal Hazards and Social Disorganization in Southern Mississippi, Ashleigh Nicole Price
The Fighting Blue Ridgers: Combined Arms Capabilities of the US Army's 80th Infantry Division in World War II, 1944-1945, Brannon Price
Human Agent Transfer from Observations, Sneha Racharla