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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 2012
Reflecting Society's Mirror Image: Identifying Factors that Contribute to the Academic Success of Young African American Males in School, Anita Lumpkin-Barnett
Rainbow in the Clouds: Oral Histories of Black Homosexual Male Graduates' Experience of Schooling in Augusta, Georgia, Stacey Nicole Mabray
Perceived Effect of Obesity in Rural Vs. Urban Areas, Damian Richard Macleod
An Analysis of Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of Block Scheduling, Vern Mamon
Expanding the Understanding of the Social Determinants of Health to Support Community Readiness for Change, Nandi A. Marshall
The Influence of Federally Qualified Health Centers on Selected Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Georgia, Mary W. King Mathis
Microscale Variation in Light Intensity and its Effects on Growth of Juveniles of the Temperate Coral, Oculina Arbuscula, Kenan Matterson
Empowering Students with Autism: An Investigation of School Practices Through the Lens of the Special Education Administrator, Jenny Rebecca McClintic
Utilizing Self-Determination Theory to Assist in Understanding College Students' Motivation for Physical Activity, Tyler Coe McDaniel
Mood, Anxiety, Rpe, and %Mhr after a Single 15, 30 and 60 Minute Session of Vinyasa Yoga, Marissa Gabriella McGuirk
Academic Optimism of Schools and Student Achievement, Pamela J. McKinnon
The Hapathetic Generation, Jennifer McLaughlin
K-12 Principals' Perceptions of Their Technology Leadership Preparedness, Wendy Burns Metcalf
The Effect of a Bcaa Supplement with and without Cho on Performance in Recreationally Trained Cyclists, Alaine Carleton Mills
Role of Provisions and Season on Foraging and Female Dominance Behavior in Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur Catta) on St. Catherine's Island, Timothy Moore
Ncaa Division-I Student Athletes' Lived Experiences of An in-Season Concussion, Matthew S. Moreau
A Description of Accommodations, Modifications, and Forms of Assessments in Middle Schools That Made Adequate Yearly Progress in an Urban County During 2010, Quinton Joel Morris
XRF and the Corrosion Environment at Camp Lawton: A Comprehensive Study of the Archeological Microenvironment of a Civil War Prison Camp, Amanda L. Morrow
Development and Validation of Probabilistic Fatigue Models Containing Out-life Suspensions, Noel S. Murray
Factors Affecting Social Attainment Among Individuals: Evidence from the National Educational Longitudinal Study 1988-2000, Michael Foleng Ndofor
Curriculum and the Life Erratic: The Geographic Cure, Leslie B. Nissen
Size and Power of Tests of Hypotheses on Parameters When Modeling Time-to-Event Data with the Lindley Distribution, Macaulay Okwuokenye
La Sangre LLama, Alicia Perez
Stakeholder's Perceptions of Supplemental Online Learning for Credit Recovery, Theresa Jeanne Pettyjohn
Changes in Gait Characteristics Following a Concussion, Kelly M. Previs
Principals and the Professional Victim Syndrome, James G. Pulos
"...Bless her little heart!": The Culture of Honor and Emotion Recognition, Forrest J. Rackham
Equal or Not? An Exploration of Eighth-Grade Students' Experience of Algebra, Janice L. Reyes
The Distribution of Individual Stock Returns in a Modified Black-scholes Option Pricing Model, Daniel Lee Richey
Frankenfoods: Are We Bioengineering Our Children and What Can Curriculum Do?, Patra Rickman
Parent Perceptions of the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship, Charity C. Roberts
Leveling the Playing Field: Curriculum Studies and Fast Pitch Softball, Melinda M. Roberts
Institutional Factors Contributing to the Under-representation of African American Women in Higher Education: Perceptions of Women in Leadership Positions, Kimberly Ann Robinson
Can we Teach if We Don't Know?: A Middle Class White Female Special Education Teacher and Students of Color in Rural Georgia, Donna Jill Roy
Compensation Theory: Can Club Soccer Players Appropriately Balance Energy Intake and Output in and out of Season?, Marco Ruggiero
Moments When the Weak Gained Ground: Viral Video as a Curriculum of People, Michael J. Ryan
An Examination of an Optimism Training intervention on Optimism Levels of NCAA Division I Athletes: A Single Subject Design, Anya Marie Salzgeber
The Diver's Distance, Aristide Zezouma Sanou
Traditional and Digital Methods of Responding to Literature and the Impact on Student Writing, Anna Savage
The Effect of Classroom Structure and Practice on Transition to Middle School, Eric Paul Schexnaildre
The Effects of Locomotor Posture on Kinematics, Performance and Behavior during Obstacle Negotiation in Lizards, Jessica Self
Monster Quest: Background Myth and Contemporary Context of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Conqueror Worm", Farrah Senn
A Qualitative Study: Understanding the Value of Formal Leadership Preparation Programs to Novice Principals, Marty Kent Simmons
Leadership that Fosters a Culture of High Achievement of African American Students, Alexis Q. Smith
Feral: Forming an [Aggressive] Identity through the Use of Visual Narrative, Collin Smith
The Relationship between Teacher Empowerment and Student Achievement, Valerie Denise Squire-Kelly
Drawing in Space, Wesley Stewart
A Critical Analysis of the Culture of Consumption: A Running Curriculum, John Sutlive
Evaluating Relationships between Mercury Concentrations in Air and in Spanish Moss (Tillandsia Usneoides L.), Kathryn T. Sutton
Relationship of Select Admissions Criteria to Pre-Licensure Requirements in a Graduate Degree Program in Occupational Therapy, Sharon Delaney Swift
On the Verge of Change: Eudora Welty's Delta Wedding, Mallary Taylor
Finding a Better Confidence Interval for a Single Regression Changepoint Using Different Bootstrap Confidence Interval Procedures, Bodhipaksha Thilakarathne
How Georgia Elementary School Principals Manage Difficult Teachers, Tim M. Tilley
Leadership Orientations of Female School Superintendents: A Multidimensional Framework Perspective, Patricia Susan Tillman
Intelligent Neural Network Control System Design and FPGA Based Implementation, Jonathan Gregory Turner
Class Size and Academic Achievement, Kristy Chandler Vandenberg
A Study of Leadership Dispositions of Transformational Leaders in Georgia High School, Todd Douglas Veland
Numerical Simulation of Natural Convection in Rectangular Enclosures of Varying Aspect Ratios and its Feasibility in Environmental Impact Management Studies, Charles R. Walker
Analysis of the Family of Generalized Cumulative Sum Type Control Charts, Wenmin Wang
Using Archaeological Methods in Cemetery Surveys with Emphasis on the Application of Lidar, Sarah L. Weitman
Seeking Status: Low Socioeconomic Status Pattering at Mont Repose Plantation, Jasper County, South Carolina, Marsha Katherine Welch
Thinking through Objects, Brent S. Williams
Complicated Conversations on the Dis/Ease of Mental Illness: The Ebb and Flow of Bipolar Disorder, Doreen Louise Williams
High School Administrators' Perception of the Effectiveness of Professional Development, Rodney J. Williams
Successful Secondary School Music Educators Teacher Leadership Skills and Pathways to the Secondary School Principal Position, Weldon Briant Williams III
Effect of Honey on Anaerobic Performance in Male Collegiate Soccer Players, Katelyn G. Woolfolk
The Stares to Achievement: African American Youth Resist Risk and Rhetoric to Achieve Academic Success, Ch́e Yvette Wyatt
Statistical Properties of Kumaraswamy Generalized Inverse Weibull Distribution, Tao Yang
Properties of Weighted Generalized Beta Distribution of the Second Kind, Yuan Ye
With Cordelia in His Arms: The Impact of Gender Roles in Shakespeare's King Lear, Charles J. Yow
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Memoir of a Black Female Social Worker: Re-Collections on Black Women Parenting and Parental Involvement in the Education of Black Children, Jacquelyn Hodges Anthony
On Diamond-Alpha Dynamic Equations and Inequalities, Nuriye Atasever
A Descriptive Study of Best Practices for Response to Intervention in Georgia Middle Schools, Holly Barnes
Overcoming the Odds: The Success Story of an African American Gifted Male Student, Jhondra Anderson Barnes
The Effect of Area on Resource Competition among Migrant Birds at a Stopover Site, Sara Marie Beall
An Examination of the Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Race on End-of-Life Treatment Level Following a Palliative Intervention, Kathleen Benton
Entangled Relationships Illustrated Through Parasitic Plants, Colleen Beyer
Intertwined Cultural Journeys: An Autoethnography of Learning, Teaching, and Affirming Diversity through Multicultural Music, Kathryn Blackmon
Leadership Characteristics of Principals with Successful High Poverty Hispanic Students, Shrone Yvette Blackwell
The Effects of Stereotype Threat on State Levels of Stigma Consciousness and Overall Performance on a Stereotype-Relevant Task, Gwenith Blount-Nuss
Evaluation of Sponsorship Activation Strategies Employed by a Minor League Baseball Team, Velina Boteva
Contextual Effects in Recognition of Individuals in Gender-Typed Profession, Katherine E. Briley
The Sun Also Sets: British Authors and the Death of the Empire, Brian Butler
The Examination of Real-Life Implementations of Critical Elements in a Professional Learning Community for High-Performing Middle Schools and Low-Performing Middle Schools, Damita Griffin Bynes
A Military Force on a Political Mission: The Brazilian Expeditionary Force in World War II, Derreck T. Calkins
The Impact of an Alternative Education Intervention (Student Transition and Recovery) on Middle Schools' Attendance, Academic Performance, and Discipline, Cathy McDaniel Campbell
Density, Shell Use and Species Composition of Juvenile Fiddler Crabs (Uca Spp.) at Low and High Impact Salt Marshes on Georgia Barrier Islands, Michelle D. Carlson
The Curriculum of Capitalism: Schooled to Profit or Schooled to Educate, Douglas O. Carroll
One-Dimensional Fractal Wave Equations, Fun Choi Chan
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Student Physical Activity and Nutritional Behaviors, Amelia Carolyn Chappell
A Case Study of Single-Sex Biology Classes in a High School in South Georgia, Robert Huston Costlow
Academic Tenure: Defining Scholarship in the Health Professions, Kimberly Mathieu Coulton
The Investigation of Combustion and Emissions of Jp8 Fuel in an Auxiliary Power Unit, April Covington
An Unsinkable Carrier: The Midway-Based Forces and the Battle of Midway, Hubert R. Crooms
Speaking the Unutterable: White Teachers and Black Children, Amy Rene Dalton
Why Do Parents Choose to Send Their Children To Private Schools?, Ava M. Davis
The Relationship between Lower Body Power and Sprinting Ability in Recreationally Trained College Men, J. Kyle Davis
