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Theses from 2014
Refocusing Ecocriticism: Going Deep with Walker Percy's The Moviegoer, Ivan Anderson Philippoff
Examination of High School Students' Understanding of Geometry, Brantley Grant Pierce
Propagation of Oligomeric α-Synuclein and Amyloid-β: Implications for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases, Matthew Stephen Planchard
Methane Dynamics in St. Louis Bay, Mississippi, Hannah Marie Roberts
Approximation of the Scattering Amplitude using Nonsymmetric Saddle Point Matrices, Amber Sumner Robertson
Race, Gender, and Deliberative Democracy: Overcoming Oppression through the Theatre of the Oppressed, Jacob Edward Rothschild
A Phenological Study of Bat Communities in Southern Mississippi Caves, Zachary Uriah Roth
Effects of Water Parameters on Container Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Oviposition and Performance, Stephanie Sue Schelble
Self-Assembled Gold Nanoplexes for Cancer-Targeted siRNA Delivery, Yongliang Shi
Minority Health Perceptions in the Lower Mississippi Delta: A Grounded Theory Study Using PhotoVoice Methodology, SaVanna Beth Sims
Dialect Use Within a Socially Fluid Group of Southern Resident Killer Whales, Orcinus orca, Courtney Elizabeth Smith
A Multi-Site Process Evaluation of Three Federal Reentry Courts in a Southern District of Federal Probation, Patricia Ann Southerland
Assessing Landscape Change in Highland Peru with an Emphasis on Tree Cover Change, 1948-2012, Timothy Guy Sutherlin
Model Predictive Control for Temperature Dependent Systems, Felipe Vicente Sylva Prado
Southern Hospitality: A Mississippi Twilight, Pyran Sand Taylor
Intimate Partner Violence: Domestic Violence Service Providers' Perceptions of Male Victims, Bradon Allan Valgardson
The Application of P-Bar Theory in Transformation-Based Error-Driven Learning, Bryant Harold Walley
Collected Short Stories, Arthur Ross Walton
Because a Fire, A Lover's Quarrel: Poems, Clifton Clyde Ward
Jackson's Flying Dutchmen: The Significance of the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Samuel Howard Ward
A Tale of Two Cities: Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi During the American Civil War, Ruth Poe White
Predictors of Major Commitment, Anna Jill Womack
Exploration of Biophysical Interactions Associated with Mesoscale Variability in the Central Gulf of Mexico, Katharine Celeste Woodard
An Evaluation of Metric Methods of Race Differentiation in the Human Pelvic Girdle for the Application of Expert Witness Testimony, Laura Natalie Yurka
Theses from 2013
Determining Hydrocarbon Distribution Using Resistivity, Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, Southwestern Mississippi, John Edward Allen Jr.
Manufacturing Exports and Job Creation: A Case Study of Mississippi, Daniel Assamah
Are Fingerprints Really Individualized Evidence? A Meta-Analytic Study, Jonathan Dillon Barber
The Oaks: Interpretation and Analysis of the Support Structures of a 19th Century Urban Farmstead, Justin Dwayne Beavers
Hope for Better Things, Nicholas William Benca
Variations of Vibrio Populations in Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, Aquaculture Raceways, Tracy Rene Berutti
Conservation Genetics of Gar (Atractosteus spp.), Sandra Elizabeth Bohn
Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequence Polymorphisms from a South Indian Population Sample: A Forensic and Phylogenetic View, Robin Gwydion Bombardi
Primary Productivity Distributions Along the River-Dominated Shoreline of the Bay of St. Louis, MS Estuary, Adam Douglas Boyette
Why I Killed the Draft Horse: The Golden Bough, Robert Frost, and "Progress", Eugene Charles McGregor Boyle III
Madness, Scalawagery, and Reconstruction: Dr. William M. Compton and Civil War Era Politics, Eugene Allan Branstiter
An Insight Into the Microbial Diversity and Expression of Cysteine Protease Inhibitors (Cystatin) in Rickettsia parkeri Infected Amblyomma maculatum, Khemraj Budachetri
Sandcastles in the Sand: Liminality at the Seashore in Carolyn Wells's Marjorie at Seacote, Olivia Jeanne Bushardt
The Tweet Delete of Congress: Congress and Deleted Posts on Twitter, Theresa Loraine Cardenas
Role of Electric Utility Companies in Economic Development Within Deregulation, Jessica Alys Cheeks
Solutions of Matrix Equations, Thir Raj Dangal
The Effects of Angiogenic Growth Factors on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation to Vascular Cell Fates, William Anthony D'Angelo
Analysis of Post-Cranial Traits for the Assessment of Biological Distance among Temporally Distinct New World Populations of African Descent, Claire Marie Dansereau
Family Structure and Child Emotion Regulation Difficulties as Important Factors in the Relation Between Maternal Depression and Child Externalizing Behaviors, Kristy Marie DiSabatino
The Effects of Snowmelt Percolation on Stratified Pollen Records: A Cooler Study, Michael Edward Ewing
Waves of Change: Tourism and Vulnerability in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, Matthew Lee Fahrenbruch
Sedimentary Characteristics of an Estuarine Marsh System and the Roles of Storm Overwash, Micro-tidal Currents, and Organic Production: Big Branch Marsh, Louisiana, John Andrew Sebastian Fleming
Inconspicuous but Indispensable: Charles Anderson Dana as Assistant Secretary of War, Aaron Edward Foster
Spring Landbird Migration along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico: Multi-Scaled Investigation of Stopover Ecology Within an Urbanized Landscape, Jill Marie Gautreaux
Conservation Genetics of Threatened Gopher Tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus: An Assessment of Genetic Variation and Parentage in Two Populations in South Mississippi, Angela Huang Getz
The Effect of Social Networking on Grief, Heather Margaret Gianatassio
Solving the World's Problems: Walker Percy's Cultural Critique in Love in the Ruins, Jeremy Ryan Gibbs
Settlement, Mobility, and the Organization of Technology at the Clark Lake Site (22SH535): A Small-Scale Woodland Settlement, Michelle Renee Hammond
Synthesis and Study of Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescent Polymeric Thin Films for Early Corrosion Detection by Directly Monitoring Iron Dissolution from Steel Substrates, Kevin William Harman
An Examination of Media Accounts Before and After School Shootings: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Articles Pertaining to Firearms on Campus, John Ronald Harrington
Convergence of Life History Phenotypes in Two Species of Topminnows, Fundulus notatus and Fundulus olivaceus, Jared Aubin Harris
Response of CYP1A and VEGF in Cyprinodon variegatus When Exposed to Source/Dispersed Oil and Hypoxia, Bryan Matthew Hedgpeth
Stimulant Use, Associated Psychopathology, and Eating Disordered Symptomatology, Tiffany Ann Hopkins
Topological Network Alignment Based on Graphlet Degree Signature, Shengai Jin
Scenic City, Joshua Michael Johnson
The Limitations of Democratic Peace, Anthony Glenn Jordan
Maladaptive Personality Traits and Sex Addiction Profiles, Jonathan Knute Jore
Design of Functional Benzoxazine Materials Via Thiol-Mediated Reactions, Matthew James Jungman
Adolescent Narcissism and Prosocial Behavior as a Function of Peer, Parent, and Self-Perception, Rebecca Lynn Kauten
Influence of Parenting Styles and Protective Behavioral Strategies on College Students' Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Consequences, Saarah Danielle Kison
Automated Filtering and Attribution of Archive Bathymetry Based on A Priori Knowledge, Rodney Wade Ladner
The Development and Use of a Color Discrimination T-Maze Learning Task in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Elizabeth Ann Lamb
A Critical Examination of Green Economic Development as a Post-Disaster Recovery Approach: The Case of Greensburg, Kansas 2007-2012, David Edgardo Leiva
Characterizing the Persistence of Sewage Enterococci in Mississippi Coastal Waters, Kimberly Anne-Marie Lewis
Mississippi's First Annual Farm to School Week: Evaluation of School Participation, Kelsey Jean Lingsch
Cretaceous and Paelogene Stratigraphy of Forrest County, Mississippi, Joel Kenneth Loeffler
From Corporal to Corporate: Defining the Body Politic in the Twenty-First Century, Ashley Estelle Lord
Comparison of Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Solid Phase Extraction of Mephedrone, Brittany Simone Love
Net Productivity On Artificial Reefs In the Mississippi Sound Estimated From Settlement Plate Measurements, Viviana Mazzei
Seasonal and Diurnal Behavioral Patterns of Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, That Exhibit High Site and Low Site Fidelity to Mississippi Sound, Shauna Marisa McBride
Growth and Carboxysome Composition of the Csosia Pore Mutants of Halothiobacillus neapolitanus, Jenifer Milam
Debating the Ideal Soviet Woman: Public Discussions of Gender and Morality in Khrushchev's Russia, Chelsea Jo Miller
Alcohol Consumption and Unwanted Sexual Experiences Among College Females: The Mediating Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies, Kayla Darlene Moorer
Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens Associated With Ixodid Tick Species Infesting Migratory Songbirds and Ruminants, Nabanita Mukherjee
Age, Growth, Mortality, and the Effects of Trawling on Mortality of the Longspine Porgy, Stenotomus caprinus, Cher Marie Newman
Drive-By Geography: Perceptions of Urban Growth and Land Use in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Courtney Shea Norville
Lincoln: Reformer or Revolutionary? An Analysis of Lincoln's Legacy as Compared to the Political Ideals of the Amerian Revolution, Hayley Elizabeth Patterson
Comparison of Stated Iron Concentrations Between Name Brand and Generic Children's Multivitamins, Ashlea Nicole Pettengill
The Role of Hardiness, Family Hardiness, and Parenting Self-Efficacy on Parenting Stress in Adoptive Parents, Erica Danielle Raisanen
Legislated Landscape: A Comparison of New Deal Farm Communities in Hattiesburg, McComb, and Tupelo, Mississippi, Joy Delaine Rhoads
Do Gender, Delinquent Peer Affiliations, and Parenting Practices Moderate the Relation Between Callou-Unemotional Traits and Delinquency, Nicole Rivera-Hudson
Direct Chain-End Functionalization of Living Polyisobutylene With Phenoxyalkyl(meth)acrylates, Conor Patrick Roche
Anticipated Life Role Salience and Career Decision-Making Difficulties, Emily A. Schedin
Victims of Liberty: Virginia's Response to Loyalists and Loyalism in Williamsburg, 1770-1781, Stephanie Anne Seal
Sensitivity and Species Specificity of Bisulfite Modification and Pyrosequencing Technology Used to Identify Tissue-Specific DNA Methylation Patterns in Common Biofluids Foudn in Crime Scenes, Sitara Christian Shirwani
Interactions Between Protozoan Prey (Phylum protista) and Their Mosquito Predators (Order Diptera, Family Cuclicidae) Prey Size and Predator Behavior Effects, Jeffrey Jay Skiff
Development of a Genetic Monitoring Program for Stock Enhancement of Mississippi Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), Carly Renee Somerset
Loyalist or Patriot: The Precarious Position of Edmund Randolph, 1774-1786, Tanisha Jean Staten
From Servitude to Freedom: Gender, Labor, and Domestic Relations, Elizabeth Michelle Talbot
From Individual Trauma to Global Healing: An Ecopsychological Reading of Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, Sarah Marie Taylor
Melancholia & Metaphor in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, Kristin Lasheaú Teston
Comparative Analysis of Antiviral Responses in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and in Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Jundi Wang
Narratives by Six Year Old and Nine Year Old Boys: Brute: Institutional, and Non-Institutional Mental Facts, Adam Craig Whipple