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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
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
Gifted or Disabled: An Oral Histories of African American Malesdefying Special Education Marginalization, Pamela Scott
And Then the Wall Rose: Counter Narratives of Black Males' Experience of Elementary Schooling in Urban Georgia, Katrana Michelle Seay
Narrating Literary Transnationalism in Zake Smith and Dave Eggers, Nelson Shake
Looking through the Cracked Looking Glass: Masculinity, Gaelic Sports and Revolutionary Thought in Ireland, 1884-1920, James Sheahan
Perceptions of Teachers and Administrators Regarding the Teacher Evaluation Process, Joy Davis Sheppard
The Effectiveness of Education Interventions on Coaching Education Students’ Concussion Knowledge, Retention, and Attitudes, Brienna L. Simons
Archaeological Survey and Limited Testing at the Lincoln Trail Site (9bn17), Bryan County, Georgia, Ryan O. Sipe
From a Northern Home to a Southern School: Cultural Imperialists or Just Stubborn Yankees, Janel Janiczek Smith
Prediction of Enrollment using Computational Intelligence, Ryan Stallings
Personal and Institutional Factors Affecting Assistant Principals' Career Advancement Decisions in Georgia, Cynithia B. Staten
Nothing More Delicious: Food as Temptation in Children's Literature, Mary A. Stephens
Enjoyment Based Motivation and the Enjoyable Exercise Experience in a Generation Y Sample: A Mixed Methods Approach, Jonathan Stewart
Epidemiology of Hospital Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in A Veterans Affairs Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Unit: Fiscal Years 2008-2011, Rebecca B. Stone
Narrowing the Margin: The Role of the Black Superhero, Julian S. Strayhorn II
Choice Response Time Differences between Recently Recovered Concussed and Healthy Student-Athletes, Tiffen Tapia-Lovler
Telling The Stories of My Life as a Twin: Understanding Sisterhood through Black Women’s Feminist Life Narratives, Marilyn Thomas
Competitive versus Collaborative: Exploring the Negotiation Strategy Impact on Relational Outcomes in Ongoing Buyer-Supplier Relationships, Stephanie Powell Thomas
Generalized Modified Weibull Poisson Distribution with Applications to Lifetime Data, Toussaint Towa
Application of Self-Monitoring for Situational Awareness, Christopher Trickler
From Scouts to Soldiers: The Evolution of Indian Roles in the U.S. Military, 1860-1945, James C. Walker
Reimagining the Liberal Arts in an Age of Technoscientific Progress, Melanie Moore Watson
Investigation of the Combustion, Emissions, and Engine Performance Characteristics of Cottonseed Biodiesel for use in Power Generation, Jabeous Weaver
In Vitro Cultivation of the Microphallid Trematode Gynaecotyla Adunca, Jenna West
Concussion Knowledge and Attitudes in English Football (Soccer), Joshua Williams
Approximate Similarity Reduction, Rui Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Identity of a Plantation Structure: The Preliminary Analysis of an Early Structure at Mont Repose Plantation, St. Luke's Parish, Jasper County, South Carolina, Heather R. Amaral
Understanding the Occupational Choices of Rural White Southern Males, Rhonda Morrison Amerson
Perceptions of the Psychological Rehabilitation of a Student-Athlete with an injury in Sport at the NCAA Division I Level : A Narrative Approach of Student-Athletes and Athletic Trainers, Hannah Rita Bennett
Relationship of Collaborative School Culture and School Achievement, Karen Durrence Bland
Patterns of Chemosensory Behavior in a Closed Population of Wild African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana), Russell W. Blogg
Feminine Critique and Domestic Mystique: Representations of the Home in Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Lyndsey Brown
Impairment in Dynamic Postural Control Following an Acute Lateral Ankle Sprain, Anne Lorene Bryan
Perceptions of the Influence of Teacher of the Year Awards upon Teachers' Personal, School, and Professional Morale, Sherri Baker Butler
Framing Income Inequality in the Media: Is There a Liberal or Neoliberal Bias?, Rebecca Jolene Byrne
Educating Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom: Efficacy, Attitudes, and Differentiation of Instruction, Daniel William Caldwell
Identifying Best Practices for Student Success in Developmental Education in Georgia, Rodney B. Carr
Portraits of Progress: The Rise of Realism in Jane Austen's Clergy, Rachel Elizabeth Cason
Comparative Analysis of Microsatellite and Mitochondrial Genetic Variation in Ixodes Scapularis, Cynthia Tak Wan Chan
Comparison of Archeological Survey Techniques at Camp Lawton, a Civil War Prison Stockade, James Kevin Chapman
African American Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren in Rural Areas: A Phenomenological Investigation in South Georgia, Emmanuel Nii Okai Clottey
Examining the Association between Teacher Political Efficacy and Educational Policy Engagement, Malinda Cobb
Geometric and Algebraic Graphs and their Applications, Alexander Raymond Collins
Home Field Advantage: Sprint Sensitivity to Ecologically Relevant Substrates in Lizards, Clint Edward Collins
Elementary Teacher Decisions and Effects of Years of Experience, Debra DeAnn Collins
The Mediation of Personal Distress on Negative Television News and Donations, Walt Beddingfield Collins
One Story, Two Perspectives: A Mother's and Daughter's Experiences in Special Education in Public Schools, Terrie Compton
Morphological Detection of Genetic Introgression in Red Junglefowl (Gallus Gallus), Tomas Condon
The Influence of Phenotypic Variation on Criminal Judgement, Jacque-Corey Cormier
Intentional Internationalization of Higher Education: A Strategic Institutional Response To Globalization, Adrian Raul Cornelius
Precovering Dgc-Complexes, Jonathan G. Crosby
Integer Solutions to Optimization Problems and Modular Sequences of Nexus Numbers, Jeremy T. Davis
Homogeneous Symplectic Manifolds of the Galilei Group, Michael S. Davis
Compositions, Bijections, and Enumerations, Charles R. Dedrickson III
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Bronfenbrenner's Ecology of Human Development, Carol Medders Denis
Curriculum Circus: Juggling Curriculum, Science, and The Arts, Domenica Devine
The Second Roman Revolution: A Study in Religious Policy from 250-325 C.E., Daniel Francis Diamond
A Non-Parametric Approach to Change-Point Detection in Cross-Asset Correlations, L. Kaili Diamond
Presidential Strategy: Analyzing the National Security Stategies of the United States, Aaron Dilday
Bird Use of Cumberland Island's Freshwater Wetlands, Lisa Dlugolecki
Infeasible Full-Newton-Step Interior-Point Method for the Linear Complementarity Problems, Antré Marquel Drummer
Principals Roles and Responsibilities in Technology Integration in Rural Georgia, Christie Dunham
Compact Filters and the Arzelá-Ascoli Theorem, Nathan Denton Farmer
A Curriculum of Place: Who Are We? Southerners Beneath the Red Clay and the Black Dirt, Patsy D. Faulkner
