Collection preserves theses and dissertations approved by the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies (COGS) in partial fulfillment of requirements for the award of masters and doctoral degrees at Georgia Southern University. Theses and dissertations approved prior to 2007 are available here as well as through the Legacy Theses and Dissertations (1964-2006) collection.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
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
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
