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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 2013
Full Newton Step Interior Point Method for Linear Complementarity Problem Over Symmetric Cones, Andrii Berdnikov
The Effects of Computer Reliance and Relationships on Memory, Denise Beyer
Attraction to Physical Activity of Generation Z - A Mixed Methodological Approach, David Biber
Perceptions on the Ethical Use of Technology for Sport Psychology Service Delivery among AASP Certified Consultants, Matthew Bird
Functional Processing Aspects of Working Memory: Capacity Limitations and Mechanisms of Forgetting, Christopher L. Blume
Revising Common Core Georgia Performance Standards Statistics Lesson Plans to Better Align with Statistical Practice, Rachel Bonilla
On a First Name Basis: Effects of African American Sounding First Names on the Hiring Decision, Shayna Brown
A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Testimonies of Black Women's Experience of Desegregation in the South, Marketa Bullard
Casting Minority Gifted Students: The Pedagogical Impact of Cinema on the Culture of Schooling, Deborah F. Burnette
A Study of Suicide: A Latent Class-Evidence Based Model for Screening of Suicidal Behaviors among Adolescents Living in the United States from 1991-2011, Ryan Christopher Butterfield
Sports Message Boarding: Association with Sports Team Identification and Social Well-Being, Brian D. Carlson
Two Small Rural Schools Under Siege: An Oral History 1969-2012, Deborah Costlow Cartee
The Cultural Studies of Science Education, Karen D. Chassereau
Reasons Urban African American Males Drop out of High School and their Resolutions: Perceptions of Administrators, Graduation Coaches, and Dropouts, Bernard Chatman
Predicting Registered Health Information Administrator Examination Scores, James Condon
Who Cares? High School Students Speaking out About Their Apathy for Schooling in Southeast Georgia, Christina E. Connors
Perceptions Of Mentoring: Examining the Experiences of Women Superintendents in Georgia, Scarlett Copeland
Pressure Poisson Method for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations Using Galerkin Finite Elements, John Cornthwaite
The New Man: Evolving Masculinity in F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise, "Winter Dreams," and "The Swimmers", Adrian Nicole Coursey
"A Song for You" As Tribute to the Daughters of the South: Illuminating the Work of Black Women Principals, Beverly Cox
Using Neural Networks to Provide Local Weather Forecasts, Andrew Culclasure
Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Accidents Caused by Sleep Deprivation, Mattie Davis
Elementary Principals' Leadership Practices Towards Response to Intervention (RTI) Implementation: Perceptions of Teachers in Southeastern Georgia, Oatanisha Renee Dawson
Restricted Compositions, James Diffenderfer
The Role of Social Physique Anxiety, Social Support, and Perceived Benefits and Barrier to Exercise in All-Female Fitness Camp Intervention, Lauren Elizabeth Easton
Teacher Perceptions of the Impact of Reduced School Budgets on Their Ability to Meet Instructional Needs of Their Students, Brenda D. Edenfield
Muffled Voices: The Academic Paths of Three African American Males, Charlotte S. Eisel
Numerical Solutions to the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation for Bose-Einstein Condensates, Luigi Galati
The Influence of The Constrained Action Hypothesis on Agility Tests In Ncaa Division I Soccer Goalkeepers: A Single Subject Design, James J. Gallagher
Robustness of Multiple Imputation under Missing at Random (MAR) Mechanism: A Simulation Study, Priyanka Garg
Accelerated Data Delivery Architecture, Michael L. Grecol
Nonlinear Controller Design and Implementation for a Magnetic Levitation System, Daniel L. Hall
The "War on Terror," Mortality Salience, and American Prejudice Before and After the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings, Arthur Hatton
Analysis of Serology and Phylogeny in Spiroplasma Classification, Dat Hoang
Special Education Teacher Retention: The Relationship Between Mentoring, Job Satisfaction and the Retention of Special Education Teachers, Angela Horrison-Collier
Computational Analysis to Enhance Laminar Flow Convective Heat Transfer Rate in an Enclosure Using Aerosol Nanofluids, Andrew Hudson
Cyprianic Ecclesiology: Redefining the Office of the Christian Bishop, Lauren Hudson
The Influence of the Initiation of a Graded Exercise Protocol on Dynamic Postural Stability Following a Concussion, Lauryn Hunter
The Voices of Reason: Counterstories of the Urbanization of a Suburban Black School in Georgia, Shana Hunt
Acute Alterations of Scapular Upward Rotation following a Functional Fatiguing Protocol in Male Tennis Players, R. Lyndsey Ingram
Housing Patterns, Academic Performance and School Choice: An Inquiry into the Relocation Experiences of African-American Families, Courtney Jones-Hall
The Laughter Behind: Curriculum of Place, the Hypermasculine Imperative, and the Critical Education of a Southern Cop, Frank Gene Jordan Jr.
Variation In Population Densities of the Florida Scrub Lizard (sceloporus Woodi) between Managed Sand Pine Scrub And Longleaf Pine Stands in the Ocala National Forest, Matthew D. Kaunert
Drugi Potop: The Fall of the Second Polish Republic, Wesley Kent
The Dagum-Weibull and Related Weighted Distributions, Benson Kimitei
Southern Discomfort through the Metaphorical Wings of the Vampire, Marni E. Kirkland
The Tick Genus Amblyomma in Africa: Phylogeny and Mutilocus DNA Barcoding, Omobolanle Kushimo
Ego Depletion and Boredom: Does Boredom Compromise Future Acts of Self-control?, John Lemay
The Industrial Dynamics of Order Rationing, Shortage Gaming, and Retail Promotions Demand Shock: A Discrete Event Simulation Experiment, Uio In Sara Liao-Troth
CUSUM Generalized Variance Charts, Yuxiang Li
The Impact of Religious Commitment and Motivation on African American Male Academic Achievement, Beverly Cabble Logan
Tattoos and Risky Behaviors in Emerging Adults: Exploration for Possible Moderating Factors, Stephanie Lohr
The Effect of Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on The Mechanical And Rheological Properties of Polystyrene/Nanotube Composites, Christopher Long
Powerful Print: Identifying the Influence of Narrative Reading over Student's Opinion Formation, Sarah A. Lord
Nylon Tension PID Control During Raw Tire Assembly, Yuan-yu Luo
Emergency Medical Services Role in Public Health Emergency Preparedness: A Look at Organizational Configurations in the State Of Georgia, Damian MacLeod
Multidimensional Generalization of Kolmogorov-Seliverstov-Plessner Test, Satbir Malhi
Teachers' Perceptions and Satisfaction With PBIS in a Southeast Georgia School District, Deidra C. Martin
Investigation of Binary Mixtures of N-Butanol and Biodiesel in Reactive Control Compression Ignition, Duggan Marvin
The Relationship between Mandatory School Uniforms and Attendance, Jessica Mayweather
Transferability and Alignment of Program Exemplars in Teacher Preparation, Juliann Sergi McBrayer
Concussion Knowledge in Amateur Motocross, Kristina Miller
Do Religious Fundamentalists Stigmatize the Use of Mental Health Treatment?, Vanessa Miller
Irreconcilable Oppositions: "Es Muss Sein" and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Angela C. Milton
The Generalized Lindley-Weibull Distribution with Applications to Lifetime Data, Fedelis Mutiso
Perceptions of Delinquency among Male Athletes and Non-Athletes: A Qualitative Investigation, Humphrey Nartey
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Environmental Justice in Higher Education, Marjorie M. Nussbaum
Research on the Performance of JP-8, Single Fuel Concept, in Diesel Engine Application for Airport Ground Support Equipment, Henry Ochieng
Weighted Feller-Pareto, Kumasrawamy-Generalized Pareto and Related Distributions, Oluseyi Odubote
NCAA Division I Head Coaches' Experiences with Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating in Female Athletes: A Qualitative Analysis, Caitlyn Pecinovsky
Are Best Practices in Literacy Culturally Relevant? An Investigation into What Primary Literacy Teachers Do to Teach Literacy Skills to Minority Students, Tammie Pittsley
Investigating academic motivation among NCAA division I football players within their competition and non-competition semesters., Ian R. Potter
Neuromodulation Based Control of an Autonomous Robot, Akimul Prince
Digital Echoes of the iGeneration: An Examination of Digital Media Used in 21st Century Education, Monica Greenway Radcliff
Statistical Properties of the Mc-Dagum and Related Distributions, Sasith Rajasooriya
The Design and Analysis of Electrically Small Antennas Utilizing Top Loading for Optimized Wireless Communications, David S. Rhodes
Shadowlands, Kimberly Riner
Variational Methods on Elastic Curves, Daniel D. Rocker
Impact of Social Identity on Rape Legitimacy and Myth Acceptance, Rachael Rosenberg
Recognizing the Other: Training's Ability to Improve Other Race Individuation, W. Grady Rose
Earthbound: Celebrating the Natural World Enjoying Good Food and Company, Virginia Russell
Evaluating the Efficacy of a Childhood Lead Poisoning Risk Model as an Accurate Predictor of Lead Exposure, Christopher R. Rustin
Computational Fluid Dynamics (cfd) Modeling of a Laboratory Scale Coal Gasifier, Kiel S. Schultheiss
Intentionally Diverse: A Historical Investigation of a Southern Private School's Ten-Year Diversity Initiative, Brad Schultz
Inquiry, Efficacy, and Science Education, Heather Christa Scott
