Collection preserves theses and dissertations approved by the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies (COGS) in partial fulfillment of requirements for the award of masters and doctoral degrees at Georgia Southern University. Theses and dissertations approved prior to 2007 are available here as well as through the Legacy Theses and Dissertations (1964-2006) collection.
Student resources for submitting theses and dissertations for approval are available here. Theses and dissertations may not be modified or removed from this collection without approval of COGS.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Double Burden of Overweight and/or Obesity and Anemia in Zimbabwean Women, Fadzai M. Punungwe
From the Big House to the School House Slavery by a Different Name #School: The Metaphorical Plantation, Samantha O.C. Reddick
Effects of Density and Bathymetry on Salinity Transport in the Savannah Estuary: Port Wentworth to I-95, Bryan N. Riggs
“i’m Not Good at Math”: Mathematical Illiteracy and Innummeracy in the United States, G. Wesley Rogers
Punished: Examining the Differential Impact of Co-Occurring Disorders on Inmate Conduct and Discipline, Heather Rogers
A Correlational Study of the Georgia School Board Association's Board Recognition Program and Student Achievement, Holly E. Rutledge
The Influence Of Coach Leadership Behavior And Authenticity On Burnout Among Collegiate Athletes, William Ryan
Savannah's Ethnic Irish Neighborhoods in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Multimethod Examination, Sarah A. Ryniker
Audio-Based Productivity Forecasting of Construction Cyclic Activities, Chris A. Sabillon
Securing, Extracting and Analyzing Mobile Forensic Data, Hitesh Sachdev
Concussion Knowledge and Understanding in GHSA Guardians, Chloe C. Salway
A Method of Arc-Based Additive Manufacturing Using Vibratory and Hot Wire Feed Effects, Michael P. Santangelo
Universal Coverage in Developing Countries: A Summative Evaluation of Maternal Policies in Ghana and Burkina Faso, Kiswendsida Aida Sawadogo
Dynamics of Gene Networks in Cancer Research, Paul Scott
Application of the Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation (Mc-Simex) Procedure to Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time (Aft) Models In Survival Analysis, Varadan Sevilimedu
Connecting Emotions to Behavioral Outcomes, Whitney L. Spears
The Effects of Chronic L-carnitine and Carbohydrate Supplementation on Body Composition and Athletic Performance in Female Endurance Athletes., Melissa Eryn Stack
Femme Fatales and the Shifting Gender Norms of the 19th Century, Esther M. Stuart
Dual Task Testing of the Adaptive Combination View in Spatial Reorientation, Donald G. Sullens
Adolescents' Perspectives of Comprehensive Sexual Health Education in Georgia Schools, Daniella R. Thorne Williams Mrs.
Software Deployment: A Comparative Study, Todd A. Tinker
Fiber Products in Commutative Algebra, Keller VandeBogert
The Bessel Function, the Hankel Transform and an Application to Differential Equations, Isaac C. Voegtle
Accounting for Taste in Irish Traditional Music, Eryn T. Wagnon
Quasi-Random Action Selection In Markov Decision Processes, Samuel D. Walker
Breaching the Citadel of Slavery: Condorcet, the Abbé Grégoire, and the Assault on Racial Hierarchy in the Colonial Disputes (1788-1791), Jeffrey D. Waller
Teach Us To Teach You: Experiences Of Black Males In Urban High Schools In Georgia, Judy Ward
Time from Breast Cancer Diagnostic Resolution to Initial Treatment in a Patient Navigation Program, Donna L. Webb
Female Art and Artisans in Edith Wharton’s the House of Mirth, the Custom of the Country, and “Roman Fever”, Julia B. Welch
A Population Genetic Investigation of the Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) on Eglin Air Force Base, Alexander S. Wendt
Shakespeare's "Honest and Vertuous" Ensigns: Transgressing the Military/Domestic Divide in the Henriad and Othello, Matthew R. Wentz
Politico-Economic Attitude Differences Over Time: Race, Class, Gender from 1980-2000, Joseph Wilson
Applications of Flow Network Models in Finance, Angel J. Woods
Effective Fluid and Thermal Transport of Biologically-Inspired Flow Networks of Varying Scale, Liza T. Zamora
An Analysis of Campus Civility: Best Practices from Student Affairs Professionals, Amy Zieziula
Heart Rate Recovery and Blood Pressure Recovery Influenced by a Slow-Breathing Protocol After Exercise in Moderately Trained Females, Emily Layne Zumbro
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A Study of Black Teachers’ Perceptions of the Academic Achievement of Black Male Students in Elementary Schools in Rural Georgia, Marshall F. Aker
Mental Toughness and Resilience of Appalachian Trail Hikers, Emily N. Akers
The Effects of Urbanization on Host Populations and Parasite Communities in Coastal Georgia Salt Marshes, James Alfieri
Performance Analysis of Secondary Users in Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Network, Tanjil Amin
Blow-Up Solution and Blow-Up Rate of Bose-Einstein Condensates with Rotational Term, Nyla Basharat
Psychopathy and Empathy: Examining the Effects of Psychopathy and Perspective-Taking on Empathy-Related Attitudes in College Students, Courtney Beussink
Optimization of Electroencephalograph-Based Classification for Imaginary Motion Brain Computer Interface Study, Sylvia Bhattacharya
A Qualitative Examination of the Needs of Mothers in College in the Rural Southeast, Danielle N. Bostick
“At-Risk” Rural Middle-School Students’ Perceptions of Problem-Based Learning in Mathematics, Deborah A. Bowers
The Behavioral, Biochemical and Genetic Effects of Sleep Deprivation in Zebrafish (Danio Rerio), Jade Catherine Boykin
Creating Spaces of Imaginative Engagement for Gifted High School Honors and Advanced Placement English Students, Patty T. Bradshaw
A Comparison of Field Methods at Camp Lawton (9JS1), William C. Brant
Seeking Space for Solitude in a World of Commodification, Stacey T. Brown
GARCH(1,1) with Sifted Gamma-distributed Errors, Alan C. Budd
The Nutritional Value of Fecal Sacs: Testing the Parental Nutrition Hypothesis, Amanda W. Burns
Daily Hassles Among College Students: The Role of Spirituality on Risky Behaviors and Emotional Distress Indices, Kristen N. Campbell
Teaching Through the Mythic: Comets, Dragons, and the Gods Within, Matthew P. Carney
The Need for Expertise: Becoming Education Professionals in Spite of a Neoliberal World, John H. Cato
The Influence of Normative Feedback and Expectancy Violation on Attitudes Related to Sexual Assault, Stephanie Chastang
On the Method of Increasing Radiation Resistance in Antenna Designs for Wireless Sensor and RFID Application, Jinxi Chen
Gorenstein projective precovers in the category of modules, Katelyn Coggins
Relationship Between Stress-Recovery State and Running Performance in Men's Collegiate Soccer, Nicholas A. Coker
From Tangled Roots To New Growth: Narratives Of Black Women Who Have Embraced Their Natural Hair While Navigating The Workplace, Neshika L. Coney-Devine
The Posthuman Curriculum and the Teacher, John P. Cook
Determining Unique Agents by Evaluating Web Form Interaction, Ben Cooley
In Search of Financial Literacy: A Qualitative Analysis of Student Money Management Centers in the U.S., Jenny E. Cotton
Developing the Whole Teacher: A Phenomenological Case Study of Student Teachers' Emotional Experiences in One Teacher Education Program, Kathleen M. Crawford
Student Motivation and Intent to Take Online Courses, Ashley W. Cullum
Assessment of Anti-Saccades Within 24 to 48 Hours Post-Concussion, Nathan D'Amico
Black Lives Matter? Public Accounts of Police Officers' Use of Lethal Force, Akiv Dawson
Surviving at the Top: A Critical Case Study of Female Administrators in Higher Education, Renanda Wood Dear
A Phenomenological Study of Teachers' Perceptions of Kindergarten Retention: Are Standards to be Blamed?, Ginger DeLaigle
Missing Data in Clinical Trial: A Critical Look at the Proportionality of MNAR and MAR Assumptions for Multiple Imputation, Theophile B. Dipita
Moving Past Dissenting Voices: The Experience of Resilience in African-American Male College Graduates, Demetria Dixon
Depression and First Person Singular Pronoun Usage Revisited: A Meta-Analytic Review, To'Meisha S. Edwards
Charter School Governance: An Exploration of Autonomy and Board Effectiveness, June A. Erskine
Stabilizing a Chaotic Lorenz System with an ADRC Controller, Zachary E. Espe
Engaging and Inequitable: The Impact of CTAE Courses in the Shaping of African American Graduates' Experiences, Stephanie F. Evans Mrs
Court-Appointed Special Advocates in the Rural South: A Fidelity Assessment, Shanna N. Felix
The Relationship Between Traumatic Events And Psychological Symptomatology And The Moderating Role Of Mentalization, Sean Fowler
Gorenstein Projective (Pre)Covers, Michael J. Fox
Zoetic Fitness, Brooke S. Fremeau
From Boys to Men: The Influence of Commercialized Hip-Hop on the Adoption of Masculinity by Black Male Adolescents, Christopher Gaiters
The Effects of Construal Level on Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward an Individual with Mental Illness, Jeremy Glenn Gay
Teacher Empowerment Through Instructional Coaching: A Qualitative Study on the Theory and Application of Partnership Principles, Aviva Goelman Rice
Leadership Styles in Military Settings and Their Influences on Program Satisfaction, Jilian Gonzales
Gallai-Ramsey Number of An 8-Cycle, Jonathan Gregory
Design, Analysis and Evaluation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ad hoc Network for Emergency Response Communications, Robin D. Grodi
Female Natural Bodybuilding Competition Preparation: A 6-Week Case Study, Samantha G. Gwazdauskas
The Complex Dichotomies of Student Affairs Practitioners' Perceived Competencies: A Quantitative Evaluation of Self-Awareness, Jami K. Hall
Play in the Culture of Standardization: A Critical Inquiry into Kindergarten Teachers' Perspectives in an Urban South Georgia Public School, Jerri J. Hendrix
Analyzing Predictors of Drinking and Driving Among Gender Cohorts within a College Sample, Justin Hoyle
Improving The Inference Of Some Experiemtal Studies By Using Ranked Auxiliary Covariates, Rajai Jabrah
