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Theses from 2015
Looker: Stories, George Robert Hargett
The Nature of Social Relationships in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Associations and the Role of Affiliative, Agonistic, and Socio-Sexual Behaviors, Briana Nicole Harvey
Maternal Effects and Offspring Behavior: Potential Contributors to the Lack of Recruitment in Mississippi Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), Aaron L. Holbrook
"Equal Partners in Crime": Narration in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Rebecca Mae Holder
An Ethnography of Taste: Craft Beer Culture in Hattiesburg, Yingkun Hou
A Study on Photodegradation and The Fate of Pyrogenic Carbon, John Thomas Howell
Personality, Character Strengths, Empathy, Familiarity and the Stigmatization of Mental Illness, Jessica Shanna James
Stressed Induced Changes in Karenia brevis Ribosomal RNA, David Scott Jayroe
A Settlement Geography of Three Ports on the Northern Gulf of Mexico: The Role of Rivers, Railroads, and Hurricanes: 1830-1930, Zachary Evan Kalina
Physical Disability and Suicidal Desire: An Examination of the Constructs of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide, Lauren Rachel Khazem
Management Strategy Evaluation for the Atlantic Surfclam, Spisula solidissima, Using a Fisheries Economics Model, Kelsey M. Kuykendall
A Comparison of Two Function-Based Interventions: NCR vs. DRO in a Preschool Classroom, Zachary C. LaBrot
Lorentz Invariant Spacelike Surfaces of Constant Mean Curvature in Anti-de Sitter 3-Space, Jamie Patrick Lambert
An Integrated Drought Index (IDI) Incorporating Physical and Social Aspects, Rebecca L. Lanier
Effects of Failure on Subsequent Performance in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Lisa Kay Lauderdale
Feeding the South: An Assessment of Food Availability in Rural Mississippi, Nicole Baiza Lawrence
High Resolution Melt Analysis of Samples with Differential DNA Methylation to Identify Tissue Source of Origin, Stephanie M. Ledgerwood
Gut Microbiota of Migratory Passerines at Stopover, William Bagley Lewis
The Self-(un)Made Mother: Jungian Archetypes in Dickens's Little Dorrit, William David Love Jr.
The Effects of Tootling on Disruptive and Academic Behaviors in High School, John Dylan Ken Lum
Ostracism and Antisocial Behavior: The Role of Perceived Justice, Entitlement, and Anger, Christopher Jeffrey Nathanael Lustgraaf
Investigating the Use of a Positive Variation of the Good Behavior Game in a High School Setting, Shauna Lynne
Saving Sex Slaves: The A21 Campaign and the Mobilization of Christian Affect, Nicole Elizabeth Magee
The Vascular Flora of Wayne County, Mississippi, Daniel M. McNair
Achieving Relationships, Frederick C. Melancon
Material Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Investigation for Use in Additive Manufacturing Fused Deposition Modeling for Composite Tooling, Daniel Joseph Miller
Dirt Roads and Dual-Sports: Geography and Mobility of the Trans-America Trail, Joseph Samuel Miller
A Statistical Model for the Prediction of Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics and the Potential for Hypoxia in the Mississippi Sound and Bight, Andreas Moshogianis
Burial Chronological Sequencing of the Colonial Maya Cemetery at Tipu, Belize Using Fluoride Ion Analysis, Nicole Musselwhite
Application of a New Tree-Ring Based Drought Reconstruction Method at Multiple Forest Sites Across Indiana, U.S.A., Kayla Mechelle Pendergrass
Clarifying the Association Between the Subtypes of Narcissism and Suicide Risk, Stephanie Michelle Pennings
Deepwater Horizon Impacts on the Diet, Growth, and Condition of Larval Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomerus maculatus), John Timothy Ransom
A Poetic Poioumenon: Coterie and Ekphrasis in David Lehman's "The Breeders' Cup", Anna Beth Rowe
A Platform for Fast Detection of Let-7 Micro RNA Using Polyaniline Fluorescence and Image Analysis Techniques, Partha P. Sengupta
Evaluation of the Protein Recognition Properties of Peptide Nucleic Acids, Crystal Cox Serrano
Another Word for Autumn and Other Stories, Henry Burgard Shepard III
Naturalists’ Perspectives on the Use of Mobile Technology During a Nature Hike, Aubin Marishka Radzewicz St. Clair
Latitudinal Variation in Thermal Tolerance and Preference of Fundulus notatus and F. olivaceus: Implications for Temperature Mediated Reproductive Isolation, Laura Kristin Stewart
Biogeochemical Alteration of Particulate Pyrogenic Organic Carbon (pyC), Jason Matthew Stuart
Ichthyoplankton Composition in the Loop Current and Sargassum Habitats in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Stephanie Morgan Taylor
The Use of Technology in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms: The Case of One School District, Cononiah Latrece Watson
Geographical Analysis of Hub City Transit, Joshua Adam Watts
Human Impacts on Fire in De Soto National Forest, Mississippi, U.S.A., Charles Raymond White
Elucidating the Molecular Function of Reprolysin Metalloproteases in Tick-Host-Pathogen Interaction, Jaclyn Bo Williams
A Garden Locked, A Fountain Sealed: Female Virginity as a Model for Holiness in the Fourth Century, Lindsay Anne Williams
Excerpts from Television's Greatest Hits and Other Stories, Zachary Stephen Williams
Can Dolphins Cooperate to Solve a Novel Task?, Kelley Ann Winship
Theses from 2014
Characterization of Rain and Stormwater Nitrogen Inputs to the Mississippi Sound: A Landscape Approach, Joshua Michael Allen
Role of msaA Gene in Regulation of the msaABCR Operon and Biofilm Development in Staphylococcus aureus, Ahmed Alzuway
Characterizing Populations of Non-Coding RNAs in Karenia brevis at Different Times of the Diel Cycle, Scott Boyd Anglin
Stories, Garrett Alden Ashley
The Effects of the Nat Turner Slave Revolt on the Health and Welfare of 19th-Century Slaves in Southeastern Virginia, Jeffrey Clifford Auerbach
Historical Channel Adjustments in the Pascagoula River Basin and Adjacent Systems, Southeast Mississippi, Michael Charles Ayers
Seasonal Differences in Diet of Two Predatory Fishes in Relation to Reef Type in the Inshore Northern Gulf of Mexico, Brinton Thomas Barnes
Evaluation of a Theory-Based Farm to School Program, Rebecca Kent Bishop
School, Disability Status, and Delinquency: An Examination of Delinquency Among Rural Adolescents, Miriam Yvonne Brooks
[Blip] and Other Noises, Jennifer Jacob Brown
The Structure and Properties of Clique Graphs of Regular Graphs, Jan Burmeister
Reinforcement Learning of Distributed Surveillance Plans, Madhavi Chittireddy
U.S. Relationships with Iran, Israel, and Pakistan: A Realist Explanation, Aaron Daniel Coates
Assemblage Comparisons of Living Benthic Foraminifera at Bathyal Sites Oiled and Un-Oiled by the Deepwater Horizon Blowout in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Valerie Joanna Cruz
Examining Student Perceptions: Ethics and Misconduct in Today's Police Department, William Andrew Davis
Nine Exits: A Collection of Short Stories, Tracie Renée Dawson
Adaptive Method of Approximate Particular Solution for One-Dimensional Differential Equations, Yichuan Dong
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Marine Clay Nano- and Microstructure By Transmission Electron Microscopy: Analysis of Fabric and Pore Network, Jessica Rae Gardner Douglas
Fear of the Colonized Other in Richard Marsh's The Beetle, Kelsie Leigh Dove
Identification and Characterization of msaB Gene Involved in Biofilm Formation and Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus, Amelsaad Elbarasi
The Queer Gothic Hero's Journey in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Kyle Leon Ethridge
Mapping the Distribution of Barrier Island Slash Pine Woodland and Determining Growth Responses of Pinus elliottii to Hurricane Katrina (2005) on Cat Island, Mississippi, William Richard Funderburk
A Paleopathological Analysis of the Moran French Colonial Cemetery, Jennifer Lynn Funkhouser
Haunted to Death: Subverting Genre and Reader Expectations in Lewis Carroll's Phantasmagoria, Elissa Anne Graeser
Did Money Matter? Interpreting the Effect of Displayed Wealth on Social Relations within an Enslaved Community, Matthew Clark Greer
Land Owners and Law Givers: Relations Between Yeomen and Planters in the South Carolina Back Country during the Early Republic, 1790-1830, Kevin Caldwell Grubbs
Eating, Feeding, and Weight in Early Childhood: Investigation of Child Eating Behaviors and Maternal Feeding Style as Influences on Preschoolers' Body Mass Index, Maren Elizabeth Hankey
Prehistoric Life on the Mississippi Coast: Chronology and Function of Ceramics from Three Shell Middens in the Grand Bay Estuary, Samuel Michael Huey
One Big Puzzle, Two Thousand Tiny Pieces: An Analysis of the Juvenile Remains from the Shady Grove Ossuary, Jaimie Arlene Ide
The Impact of Serotonin and Dopamine on Human Aggression: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Caroline Isabelle Jalain
A Vegetation Analysis on Horn Island, Mississippi, ca. 1940 Using Characteristic Dimensions Derived from Historical Aerial Photography, Guy Wilburn Jeter Jr.
The Ontogeny of Whistle Production in Infant Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) During the First Thirty Days of Life, Brittany Leigh Jones
Taxonomy, Diversity, and Distribution Patterns of Portunid Crab Megalopae in the Northern Gulf of Mexico During Fall of 2003, Carley Rain Knight
Exploring the Glucocorticoid Actions of 1α-Hydroxycorticosterone (1α-OH-B) in the Elasmobranch Fishes, Faith Nichole Lambert
Selling Tradition: Impression Management and Draft Animal Agriculture of a Mississippi Farmstead, Matthew Corbin Lance
Psychopathology and Sexual Addiction as Correlates of Disordered Attachment, Natasha Lisa Laurent
Callous-Unemotional Traits and Empathy Deficits: Mediating Effects of Affective Perspective-Taking and Facial Emotion Recognition, Joyce Hoi Ling Lui
The Effects of Stocking Density and Feeding Frequency on Aggressive and Cannibalistic Behaviors in Larval Hatchery-Reared Spotted Seatrout, Cynosion nebulosus, Christopher Burton Manley
Resident Benthic Fishes of Artificial Reefs in the Mississippi Sound: Effects of Habitat Relief and Subregion, Claire Louise Matten
Effects of Selective Grazing by Microzooplankton on Phytoplankton Composition in a Subtropical Estuary, Amanda Marie McGehee
The Effects of the Tootling Intervention Using Daily Reinforcement, Melissa Bryanne McHugh
The Treatment Utility of Hypothesis-Driven Functional Analysis Methods for Students Whose Behavior is Elevated During Escape, Attention, or Escape-to-Attention Contingencies, Chandler Erin McLemore
The Effects of Olfactory Stimuli on the Behavior of the Far Eastern/Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) in Captivity, Marks Stimson McWhorter
Study of the Structure-Property Relationships That Determine the Effects of Latexes and Starch Containing Latex Emulsions on the Performance of the Barrier Coatings (Sub-coat) for Paper, JoAnna Marie Monfils
The Effects of Contingent Public Praise Used Alone and in Combination with Public Posting on Appropriately Engaged Behavior in Secondary Classrooms, Roderick Delphino O'Handley
Chromatic Thresholds of Regular Graphs with Small Cliques, Jonathan Lyons O'Rourke
A Novel Method for Confirming the Presence of Volatile Reduced Sulfide Compounds via Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Krystal Lynne Parker
A Description of Vocalizations and Their Association with Mouthing Behaviors and Social Context in Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, Christina Elyse Perazio
The Conservation Genetics of Two Emydid Turtles: Emydoidea blandingii and Malaclemys terrapin, Charlotte Lizana Petre