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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 2014
Retention Pathways for African American Males, Thaddeus L. Shubert
Generating Surfaces of Variable Eccentricity Within a Ray Tracer, Joshua A. Smith
Exploring the Effects of Rotation on Time-to-Contact Estimates in a Prediction-Motion Task, Christopher P. Snyder
“For He Contained Within Him a Largenesss Of Spirit:” The Duality of Billy’s Spirit, The Hope for Humanity in Cormac Mccarthy’s Border Trilogy, Jessica Y. Spearman
Questing the Beast: From Malory to Milton, Malorie A. Sponseller
Cultivating Voice Through Web 2.0-Infused Critical Media Literacy: Pedagogy for African American Girls, Dawnique Steel
The Effects of Herbicide on the Endangered Herb Baptisia Arachnifera and Preliminary Nutrient Survey of Leaf Tissue and Soil, Ruth Ann C. Steinbrecher
Area Based Fan Beam Projection Model for Computed Tomography, Phillip J. Stevens
Reflections on Our Time, Janet E. Suarez
An Investigation of Sensitivity of an F Test in Locating Change Points in Linear Regression, Jing Sun
An Investigation Into the Decision-Making Processes of Legislators Engaged in Public Policy Regarding Education, William N. Tam
Consumers' Perceptions Towards Sustainability: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, Mertcan Tascioglu
Instructional Technology Integration and Situational Interest in Math, James A. Thompson IV
A Constructive Proof of the Borel-Weil Theorem for Classical Groups, Kostiantyn Timchenko
Adaptive State Feedback Control of Lorenz Systems to Its Non-Trivial Equilibrium, Anh V. Tran
Elements of Convergence Approach Theory, William D. Trott
Untold Stories and Silenced Voices: Lives Inside a North Georgia Elementary School, Donna S. Troupe
Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities: Georgia School Psychologists' Perceptions, Marie T. Underwood
Implicit and Explicit Attitudes toward Mothers in the Workplace, Christine Vitiello
Eleven Bullets: A Counter Assault on Subjectivity and the Creation of Meaning, Jason Wayne Walker
An Applied Bayesian Approach to Network Meta-Analysis, Brittany Waters
A Federated Architecture for Heuristics Packet Filtering in Cloud Networks, Ibrahim M. Waziri Jr
Assessing Socio-stigmatizing Factors Affecting College Students' STI Testing Decisions, Mary A. G. Weaver
An Investigation of the Barriers to Innovation and the Factors Necessary to Overcome those Barriers in Third-Party Logistics Service Providers, Donnie F. Williams Jr
Structure vs. Properties Using Chemical Graph Theory, Tabitha N. Williford
Comparing k Population Means with No Assumption about the Variances, Tony Yaacoub
Statistical Analysis of Unreplicated Factorial Designs Using Contrasts, Meixi Yang
Generalized Classes of Lindley Distributions With Applications to Lifetime data, Tiantian Yang
Selection of Step Size for Total Variation Minimization in CT, Anna N. Yeboah
An Interval Training Bout on Cognitive Performance in Healthy Adults, David Young
Extremal Graph Theory and Enumerative Combinatorics, Shuai Yuan
Test of Significance about Two Population Proportions, Yiran Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Income Inequality Measures and Statistical Properties of Weighted Burr-type and Related Distributions, Meznah R. AL Buqami
Psychopathy and Attachment: Examining the Relationship between Secure Attachment Priming and Psychopathy, Victoria Allen
Ego Depletion and the Internet: Can We Study Ego-Depletion Online?, Todd Allmond
Effects of Site Preparation, Seed Germination, and Harvest Maturity on Wiregrass Restoration Efforts at Fort Stewart, GA, Nickey Garrett Anderson
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
