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The works in this student research collection have been approved by the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University as partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master's and Doctorate degrees conferred by the University.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Quantifying Environmental Maternal Effects in the Invasive Plant, Silene Latifolia, Juliette T. Jordan
Breaking Through "The Wall": An Examination of Elite Rowers and Their Experience of Conquering Their Mental Boundaries, Nicole Jordens
Full-Newton-Step Interior-Point Method for the Linear Complementarity Problems, H.K. Pubudu Kaluarachchi
Te Sequor: A Study of Pope's Observations on The Iliad of Homer, Drew Nathaniel Keane
The Effects of Stable and Unstable Training Surfaces on Dynamic Postural Stability, Marie Kirby
Rademacher-Type Series, V. Kiria-Kaiserberg
Dynamic Postural Control In Individuals With Multiple Concussions, David Krazeise
Heroes or Terrorists? War, Resistance, and Memorialization in Tuscany, 1943-1945, Lynda Lamarre
Multiple Paternity of Caretta Caretta within the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean Population on Wassaw Island, Ga, Jacob Lasala
Efficient Control of DC Servomotor Systems Using Backpropagation Neural Networks, Yahia Makableh
Separate but Equal? A Postmodern Analysis of Educational Structures for Individuals with Disabilities, Donna Manning
Ranking of Fatigue Data Based upon Monte Carlo Simulated Confidence Number Figures, Jacob McBride
The Role of the Elementary Principal in Building Relational Trust with Low-Income Families, Amy W. McClure
Rough Hewn, Jason McCoy
Gorenstein Injective Modules, Emily McLean
Reaping What You Sow: Southern Cultures, Black Traditions, and Black Women, Cynthia Mikell
An Archaeological Examination of a Family Cemetery in the South Carolina Low Country, Brian Mitchell Milner
The Intersection between Liberal Education and Health Profession Education at Armstrong, Andi Elizabeth Mincer
Just Be A Man About It: The Influence of Masculinity on Coping Mechanisms In Undergraduate African American Men, Krista Mincey
A Knock at Midnight: A Pedagogy of Womanist Spirituality, Valerie Moss
The Influence of Training Load on Performance and Psychological Variables in Female Collegiate Swimmers, Jacquelyn A. Nagle
Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Photostrictive Materials for Mems Application, Masud Nawaz
A Comparison of Student Performance in Single-Sex Education and Coeducational Settings in Urban Middle Schools, Craig Erico Ogden
Credit Rating and Assignment of Naics Codes Using Lsi Method, Jerome Ouedraogo
The Impact of Response to Intervention on Special Education Identification, Naesha Parks
Phytoplankton Ecology in the Skidaway River Estuary, Darren Parris
If I Could Have Opened My Heart, Alla Parsons
Images of Experience: Decolonizing Medicine, Colleen Hill Patton
Killers or Keepers of the Dream?: An Exploration of Race and White Privilege With White, Female Teachers From A Rural Southern School District, Jacqueline Terry Peebles
One Nation, Separate Spheres: An Examination of Red Power Activism Between Two Mohawk Communities, Carlyn N. Pinkins
A Delayed Birth of Freedom? Public School Graduates' Perceptions of School Choice Viewed through the Pragmatic Lenses of the American Ideal, Donald B. Porter
Indicators of Fatigue in Collegiate Women Tennis Players, Philip J. Prins
Statistical Properties of Weighted Generalized Gamma Distribution, Hewa Anuradha Priyadarshani
Sex and Gasoline: Selling Sex in Twentieth Century America, Elizabeth Puckett
Culture and Regulation: Examining Collectivism and Individualism as Predictors of Self-Control, Michael B. Pyle
Between Morality and Myth: A Parodic Visual Manifesto, Patricia J. Quilichini
Molecular and Immunohistochemical Identification of a Sodium Hydrogen Exchanger-2C (Nhe2C) Paralog in the Gills of Marine Longhorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus Octodecemspinosus), Demi Brett Rabeneck
Influence of Testing Environment on Balance Error Scoring System Performance, Carrie Rahn
The Relationships between Optimism and Pessimism and Burnout in Youth Soccer Players, Brandy A. Rentz
An Educational "Clip": Arab Students' Experiences of Curriculum in a U.S. University, Daad Adel Rizk
African American Male Students' Perceptions of Factors That Contribute to Their Academic Success, Gertrude Rolland
Fear and Fascination: A Study of Thomas Hardy and the New Woman, Anita Sandlin
Job Satisfaction and the Internship in State Level Law Enforcement, Catherine J. Sapp
The Perceptions of Teachers in a Rural South Georgia County Regarding Merit Pay Based on Student Achievement, Renee M. Sasser
Technology Integration in Georgia Public Elementary Schools, Timothy H. Sawyer
Using A Flow-Chart to Reduce Juror's Pre-Existing Biases In Cases Utilizing The Insanity Defense, Lauren M. Schlumper
Investigations of the Tribological Effects of Engine Oil Dilution by Vegetable and Animal Fat Feedstock Biodiesel on Selected Surfaces, Sultana Mahbuba Shanta
Weighted Generalization of Rayleigh and Related Class of Distributions, Xueheng Shi
Overcoming the Odds: An Exploration of Resilience Strategies Used by Female Superintendents in School Districts in Georgia, Kathy H. Simmons
Attitudes of Secondary School Principals Toward Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in General Education Classes, Charles Watson Smith
On Gorenstein Projective and Gorenstein Flat Modules, Chasen Grady Smith
Self-Efficacy and First-Generation Students in a Physician Assistant Program, Judith B. Stallings
The Ontogeny of Escape Responses and Locomotor Performance in Sceloporus Woodi, Reed B. Stiller
Barriers to and Facilitators of Latino Parent Involvement: One Georgia District's Perspective, Lakshmi Subramaniam
Ego Depletion and Delay of Gratification, Shrinidhi Subramaniam
Secondary Students' Perceptions of Teacher Quality, Catherine P. Sutcliff
The Effect of Pettlep Imagery in a Pre Shot Routine on Full Swing Golf Shot Accuracy: A Single Subjects Design, Scott Swainston
Perceptions of the Impact of Coaching on Principal Performance, Gloria Suvon Talley
Tough Choices: How Principals Sustain Response to Intervention Programs During Times of Budgetary Constraint, Adrian Miles Thompson
Currere, Illness, and Motherhood: A Dwelling Place for Examining the Self, Michelle C. Thompson
Their Story, My Story, Our Story: Oral Histories of African American Women Educators Paradoxical Navigation of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Vanessa Sims Tossie
Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation of the Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus Woodi), Derek B. Tucker
Teacher Candidates' Digital Literacy and Their Technology Integration Efficacy, Rona Lynette Tyger
Individual Resting Metabolic Rate and Nutrition Education: Does This Knowledge Lead individuals into Making Healthier Lifestyle Choices?, Melissa Updyke
Parent Perceptions of their Involvement and the Relationship to Student Achievement: A Sequential Mix Methods Case Study, Nisharro L. Usry-Wilson
Dose Dependent Survivability of Gfp-Expressing Escherichia Coli in the Alimentary Canal of House Flies (Musca domestica L.), Naveen Kumar Hindupur Vasudev
"Oberon's Henchman; Or The Legend of The Three Sisters" by Matthew Gregory Lewis: A Critical Edition, Erin Waddell
Necessary to the Security of a Free State: Federalism and the Original Meaning of the Second Amendment, Douglas H. Walker
Caregivers of Children Enrolled in Georgia's Early Intervention Program: The Influence of Rural or Urban Residence on Knowledge of Rights, Community Resources and Social Supports, Matthew William Walker
Purgatory's Place in The South: A Black Woman's Journey to the Promised Land, Consuela Jean Ward
A Comparison of Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus Carolinensis) Nesting Behavior among Habitats Differing in Anthropogenic Disturbance, Elizabeth Williams
Bullying Behaviors and Attachment Styles, Kylie Williams
Career Academy Implementation: School Leaders Perceptions, Vikki H. Williams
Catching Fire, Ian Robert Winsemius
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Effect of Mentorship: A Test of Strength and Survival in Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie & Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, Kathryn Agliata
Test Anxiety, Working Memory and Verbal SAT Performance, Kareem Al-Khalil
Administrators' Beliefs Regarding the Effectiveness of Alternatively Certified Teachers, Jack D. Arrington
Elementary Principals' Follow-Through in Teacher Evaluation to Improve Instruction, Suzanne Elizabeth Arrington
Perceptions of the Achievement Gap Between Black and White High School Students, Gwendolyn Janeen Atkinson
Unsettling Nostalgia: The Difficult Journey Home, Susan Shiver Barrow
Beauty, Breasts, and Brains: An Exploration of Using the Adolescent Female Body as a Resistance Site, Hanna Andrews Beall
String Theory and Our Relationship with Nature: The Convergence of Science, Curriculum Theory, and the Environment, Virginia Therese Bennett
Development and Validation of a Perceived Legitimacy of Hazing Behavior Scale for College Coaches, Lauren Bigham
Survey of Generalized Contact Structures, James Bland
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: A Qualitative Inquiry of Sibling Achievement in Sport, Jordan A. Blazo
Encircled by Sisterhood: Mentoring Experiences of African American Women in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Francene Amaris Breakfield
Resegregation and Educational Apartheid in Macon/Bibb County, Georgia: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same, Ashley Paige Briandi
"A Soft Lad the Like of You": Complex Father-Son Relationships in Three "Millennial" Irish Texts, Marla Suzanne Bruner
Strategies Used by The Georgia University Registrar When Implementing Technology Change, Velma Stokes Burden
The Effect of a Competitive Athletic Season on the Performance of the Balance Error Scoring System, John Burk
Analysis of Discrete Data under Order Restrictions, Jeff Campbell
Principals' Perceptions of Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy Teachers (Tapp) And Traditionally Certified Teachers, Kevin Brian Campbell
Size Correlations between Sucking Lice and Their Hosts Including a Test of Harrison's Rule, Sherri M. Cannon
Effective Print Media Relations Practices of Georgia's Rural High-Performing Principals: Three Case Studies, Patricia L. Cato
Birth Outcomes In Georgia: Socioeconomic and Ecological Analyses of Low Birth Weight, 2000-2006, Kelley G. Chester
Mental Imagery and Exercise Endurance, Paul E. Cohen
The Study of Binary Steering Algorithms in Discrete Tomography, Brittany A. Cole
Exercise Adherence Following Short Term Weight Loss Programs, Justine Coleman
Sustained Employment of Teachers in High Poverty Schools, Karen Jean Davis
