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Theses from 2018
A Content Analysis of Section 1983 Litigation Against Reserve Police Officers, Michael Ryan Broadus
The Conundrum of Causal Reasoning in Elephants, Beri Brown
Political Beliefs, Region of Residence, and Openness to Firearm Means Safety Measures to Prevent Suicide, Sarah E. Butterworth
A Computational Analysis of the Gradient Concentration Profile of DEET and the Mosquito Behavioral Response, Brandon Carver
T.S. Eliot, "The Waste Land", and Yoga Philosophy, Jessica Cloud
Growth and Reproduction of Atlantic Chub Mackerel (Scomber colias) in the Northwest Atlantic, Taylor T. Daley
Impact of Prolonged Sitting on Central Hemodynamics: Role of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy, Anna Kayleigh Downey
Evaluating the Effects of an Independent versus Interdependent Reinforcement Contingency on Teachers' Use of Behavior Specific Praise, Ashleigh E. Eaves
Get To The “Point”: Improving Location Services in Tippah County Mississippi, Haley Feather
Epic Adolescence: Contemporary Adolescence in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, Chloe Felterman
Spatial Variation in Basal Resources and Trophic Position of Selected Fishes of the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Christopher Fleming
Holocene Formation and Evolution of Horn Island, Mississippi, USA, Nina Gal
Revisiting Magee: A Mississippian Mound Center Site, Nicholas Glass
Investigating Possible Scurvy in the Postclassic Maya of Tipu, Emmalea Gomberg
"There was something grotesque": The Application and Limits of Respectability in the Daughters of Bilitis, Elizabeth Diane Greer
The Effect of Changing Appraisals of Current Life Success on Memories of Love Towards Parents, Mario Herrera
The Role of Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Trait Anger and Relational Aggression, Skylar Hicks
Late Quaternary Evolution and Stratigraphic Framework Influence on Coastal Systems along the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, USA, Robert Hollis
And Then After That, Anything Goes, Jordan James
Posttraumatic Stress and Hazardous Alcohol Use in College Students: The Moderating Role of Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies, Hallie R. Jordan
Unlonely: A Collection of Short and Nonfiction, Mary Karnes
Regional Variation in Migratory Behavior and Reproductive Output of The Gulf Of Mexico Blue Crab Spawning Stock, Adam Kemberling
Blazing Worlds, Bethany Kinney
A Meat Paradox: Media's Role in Mitigating the Omnivore's Dilemma, Karyn Camille Lewis
Using Personality Traits to Predict Pectoral Fin Contact Initiation Role in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Riley Paige Macgregor
Pseudomonas/Brachypodium as a Model System for Studying Rhizosphere Plant Microbe Interactions Under Water Stress, Janiece McWilliams
Psychopathic Personality Traits as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Social Intelligence and Relational Aggression, Savannah Merold
Impact of Prolonged Sitting on Cognitive Function: Implications for Cardio-metabolic Risk, Sabina Miller
Automatic Construction of Scalable Time-Stepping Methods for Stiff PDES, Vivian Ashley Montiforte
The Return of the Dead: Resurrecting Chappell's Family Gathering, Jonathan Moore
The Effect of Spill Contaminants on Marine Biofilms and Microbially-Induced Corrosion of Carbon Steel, Rachel Mugge
Cornerstone of Union Victory: Officer Partnerships in Joint Operations in the West, Aderian Partain
Pathways of Psychopathic Traits to Aggression Through Affective Correlates, Olivia C. Preston
Factors Affecting the Regrowth of Ilex glabra in a Routinely Burned Longleaf Forest, Jaybus Price
Freshwater Invertebrate Assimilation Nutrients from Detrital Biofilms Under Light and Phosphorus Manipulation, Taylor Price
Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Correct Heading Skills to Youth Soccer Players, Laura Quintero
The Curated Chronicles of the American Family: An Ideological Analysis of the Love Taza Blog, Elizabeth Radley
Interplay of DGAT1, PDAT1 and DGAT2 Enzymes in Plant Triacylglycerol Assembly, Anushobha Regmi
The Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Subjective Social Status on the Career Development of College Students, Dylan Richard
Antioxidant Genes in Apis mellifera, Their Implication in Pesticide Detoxification, Nicholas Rinderer
The Song Style of Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Analysis of Four Songs, Rachel Rogers
From Dago to White: The Story of Sicilian Ethnic Evolution in New Orleans Amidst the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1905, H. Denise LoPresto Saucier
Linkages between Marsh Fragmentation, Prey Availability, and Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Abundance and Mortality, Lennah Shakeri
Sequence Stratigraphy of Campanian-Maastrichtian Strata in Eastern Alabama, David Simmons
Mississippi’s First Statewide Teachers’ Strike, Emily Doyne Smith
Vulnerable Narcissism, Self-Criticism, and Self-Injurious Behavior: Emotion Regulation as a Moderator, Philip Stoner
Rhetoric, Legislation, and the Felony Offender, Cyrus Taylor
Natural Disasters and Attachment Quality: The Mediating Role of Coping, Alexandra Teller
1300 Years of Snowpack Change for the Sangre de Cristo Mountian Range, Michael Thornton
Vocalizations of North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in Two Human Care Populations, Sarah Walkley
Increasing Teachers' Use of Behavior Specific Praise Via a Smart Watch, Kristi White
Analysis of the Upper Cotton Valley Group in the Northeastern Mississippi Interior Salt Basin, Theresa A. Woehnker
Theses from 2017
Environmentally-Driven Variation in the Population Dynamics of Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus), Grant D. Adams
Eignefunctions for Partial Differential Equations on Two-Dimensional Domains With Piecewise Constant Coefficients, Abdullah Muheel Momit Aurko
Exploitation of Land and Labor in Appalachia: The Manipulation of Men in Ann Pancake's Strange as this Weather Has Been, Britani W. Baker
Biodiversity and Phenology of the Epibenthic Macroinvertebrate Fauna in a First Order Mississippi Stream, Jamaal Bankhead
Maligned “Milish:” Mississippi Militiamen in the Civil War, Tracy L. Barnett
The Classroom Password: An Independent Group Contingency Targeting Academic Engagement and Disruptive Behaviors In High School Classrooms, Kayla E. Bates-Brantley
Increasing Novel Vocalizations for Individuals with ASD Using a Voice Output Communication Aide, Shawn Kathleen Bishop
Born to Run: A Grounded Theory Study of Cheating in the Online Speedrunning Community, Christopher G. Brewer
Solitary and Social Object Play in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Briana M. Cappiello
What do Work Value Differentiation and Profile Elevation Predict?, Jinhao Chi
Grooming as an Agonistic Behavior in Garnett’s Small-Eared Bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii), Jennie L. Christopher
A Neuroprotective Role for Mir-1017, a Non-Canonical Mirna, Matthew de Cruz
Do Pinnipeds Have Personality? Coding Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) and California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Behavior Across Contexts, Amber J. de Vere
Women in Predicaments, Jillian Rochelle Etheridge
No Foreign Despots on Southern Soil: The American Party in Alabama and South Carolina, 1850-1857, Robert N. Farrell
Life History of the Non-Native Invasive Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Alexander Q. Fogg
"To Mississippi, Alone, Can They Look For Assistance:” Confederate Welfare In Mississippi, Lisa Carol Foster
A Close Encounter with Death: Narration in Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, Erin M. Gipson
A Microdebitage Analysis of the Winterville Mounds Site (22WS500), Stephanie Leigh-Ann Guest
Effects of a Function-Based Peer Management Intervention with Middle-School Students with ADHD, Kate A. Helbig
A Longitudinal Investigation of the Effect of Violent Video Game Play on Capability for Suicide, Claire Houtsma
Austin (22TU549): Mississippian Emergence In the Northern Yazoo Basin, Elizabeth Kay Hunt
The Role of Pain Persistence in the Association Between Negative Urgency and Suicidal Behavior, Hyejin Jin
Unreliable Narrations: Life and Trauma in a Queer Female Body, Leah Beth Johnston
Rethinking Civil Wars: An Overview of Literature and the Syrian Conflict Towards a Structural Definition of Civil War, Mphatso Kaufulu
Towards a Better Understanding of Zebrafish Sleep Behavior, Kanza Musarrat Khan
Effects of Temperature on Growth and Molting in Blue Crabs (Callinectes Sapidus) and Lesser Blue Crabs (Callinectes similis), Abigail Ann Kuhn
The Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions, Catherine Levy
Effects of Wave Action on the Structure of Fish Assemblages Across an Exposure Gradient, Lauren Liddon
Sparking a Dolphin's Curiosity: Individual Differences in Dolphins' Reactions to Surprising and Expectation-Violating Events, Malin Katarina Lilley
Sir Robert Thompson’s Better War: The British Advisory Mission and the South Vietnamese Strategic Hamlet Program, 1961-1963, Richard Sears Lovering
The Effects of Real-Time Visual Performance Feedback Using a Tier Approach for Increasing Behavior Specific Praise on Teachers, Elizabeth Lown
The Effects of Plickers As Response Cards On Academic Engagement Behavior In High School Students, Morgan G. McCargo