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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
Skin Deep: The Elusive Aphrodite, Amy Lynn Fix
Spatial and Temporal Immune Response in House Flies in Response to Ingestion of Bacillus Cereus and Eschericha Coli 0157-H7, Adam Fleming
Social Emotional Competence and Teacher Stress, Leslie Carole Forcina
Leaving in the Past: The Role History Plays in Video Games, Joseph Fordham
A Comparison of the Associative and Multiple Bearing Hypotheses through Landmark Stability in Humans Using a Virtual Environment, Martha R. Forloines
Mental Preparation Techniques and Accomplishment of Race Goals by Ironman Triathletes: A Qualitative Investigation, Kayla Frimmel
Do the Opportunities Offered during the School Day Provide the Recommended Physical Activity Levels for Children?: An Assessment of the Upson County Pre-Kindergarten and Elementary School Physical Activity Occurrences, Cheryl Lynn Robinson Gaddis
Factors That Impact the Achievement Gap Between African American Male and Female Siblings, Evelyn B. Gamble-Hilton
Exonerating Manuel I Komnenos: Byzantine Foreign Policy (1143-1180), Darryl Keith Gentry II
An Examination of an Ice House at Old Town Plantation, Elizabeth A. Gillispie
Factors associated with Adult Literacy Student Outcomes in Campus-based versus Community-based programs, Charles Hall
Impact of Alcohol Skills Training Program on College Fraternity Members' Drinking Behaviors, Katherine Joy Hamm
Preschool Children's Perceptions of Fruit and Vegetable Messages and Their Relationship to Parenting Practices, and Child Knowledge, Preference, and Consumption, Andrew Rasmus Hansen
Low Temperature Combustion and Emissions of Diesel with Additions of N-Butanol in a Direct Injection Compression Engine, Spencer Harp
Settling and Laying Down: A Cultural History of Quakers in Savannah and Statesboro, Georgia, Jonathan Hoyt Harwell
IT Systems Acquisitions: An Exploration of Two Acquisitions in a University Setting, Kristen Dianne Hawkins
An Unfortunate Affair: The Battle of Brier Creek and the Aftermath in Georgia, William Henry
Middle School Teachers' Perceptions of the Georgia Class Keys Teacher Evaluation Instrument, William Cameron Henry
Professional Learning: Teachers' Perceptions of the Role of Elementary Instructional Coaches in one Georgia School, Carol Rivers Holt
Alcohol-Cues Relate to Self-Perceptions of Aggression, Natalie Christine Hooks
Predictors of Bullying in an Adolescent School Sample, Schell Hufstetler
Evaluation for Discipline Intervention Strategies for High School Principals, Lindra James-Gordon
An Analysis of Rigid Image Alignment Computer Vision Algorithms, Rajeshree R. Joshi
Predation Risk and Colony Structure in the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon Pisum, Carl Nicolas Keiser
Translating Data Between Xml Schema and 6Nf Conceptual Models, Curtis Maitland Knowles
A Preliminary Investigation Comparing Craniofacial Metric Measurements and 3D Virtual Measurements, Christopher Todd Kowalczyk
The Last Word, Kristin Lawhon Kyzer
"What shall we use to fill the empty spaces?": Displacement in Frank Norris's McTeague, Jennifer Bugna Lambeth
An Exploratory Study of Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of School Work Conditions in Sinclair County, Georgia, Veronica Lawrence
RTI Implementation: Identifying the Barriers and Best Practices, Kathleen Ann Leaver
Through Smoke and Mirrors: Constructing Identity between the Myths of Black Inferiority and a Post-Racial America, Gwyneira Yvette Dixon Ledford
Integer Compositions, Gray Code, and the Fibonacci Sequence, Linus Lindroos
Motivation, Need Support and Need Satisfaction in Youth Soccer Players, Erica Lippitt
Accuracy of Concussion Reporting upon Completion of a Collegiate Athletic Career, Tracy Anne Llewellyn
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
