College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
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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 2012
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
Contamination Running Deep: Oral Histories of Environmental Racism, Injustice, and Outrage of One Family in a Southern African-American Community, Deborah M. Dean
A Psychoanalytic Inquiry into Social Aggression as a Form of Bullying among Female Students, Tina Martin Debevec
Recovery of Municipalities after a Disaster through Virtualization, Jarod Dickerson
Effects of Sediment on Growth and Survival of Various Juvenile Morphologies of the Scleractinian Cora, Oculina Arbuscula (Verrill), Lauren Mallory Divine
An Assessment of Hpv Vaccination By Georgia Physicians: Knowledge, Barriers, Supports, Practices, and Adherence to Acip Guidelines and Recommendations, Elizabeth Dixon
Instructional Coaching in Elementary Schools: Perceptions of Principals, Instructional Coaches, and Teachers, Latoya Doby-Holmes
A More Efficient Gibbs Sampler Estimation Using Steady State Simulation: Applications to Public Health Studies, Martin Xavier Dunbar
The Effects of Simulation on Junior Level Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy and Intrinsic Motivation, Michelle E. Dykes
The Message or The Messenger: The Effects of Political Attitudes and Source on Perceptions of Media Bias, Emily E. Eisenhart
The Effects of Locus of Control on Organizational Commitment For Chief Housing officers, Curtis G. Erwin
Evaluating Restoration Potential of an Endangered Legume, Baptisia Arachnifera: Shade & Litter Effects on Early Life Stages, Timothy John Estep
In Context, Kate Felzien
Effective Literacy Instruction Strategies among Teachers in Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Grade Ranges, Melodie D. Fulcher
Minimizing Chaos, Merritt H. Giles
Buried Treasure? Excavating Active, Meaningful, and Worthwhile Learning from an Elementary Time Capsule, Michelle Martin Gowan
The Prevalence of Impaired Type 2 Fasting Blood Glucose Concentrations Among College-Aged Individuals, Elizabeth Graham
Reading the Word and the World through Graphic Novels: A Graphic Portrayal of Young Adult Literacy Development in a Ninth Grade English Literature Classroom, Sandra Jane Greene
Time Series Analysis of Stock Prices Using the Box-Jenkins Approach, Shakira Green
Needed Supports of Middle Grade Teachers in Georgia During Times of Stress and Burnout, Kania Greer
Development of a High Speed Data Acquisition System for Spark Ignition Engine, Cory Levette Griswold
If You Can't Find Me in the School Room: Oral Histories of African American Educators and Students During the Albany Movement, Maqueta N. Griswold
Characteristics of Effective Teachers: A Comparison of the Perceptions of Upper Level Secondary School Students and Secondary School Administrators, Dawn Howell Hadley
Change Does Not Wait, Kristina B. Hall
Faculty Beliefs Regarding Online Academic Dishonesty and the Measures Taken to Address Academic Dishonesty in Georgia, Darryl J. Hancock
Appealing to the Middlebrow Reader: Changes Made to Richard Wright's Black Boy, Donald R. Hatcher
Does Self-Complexity Predict Dishonest Behavior Via Cognitive Dissonance?, William H. Heath
Curriculum Studies Gone Wild: Bioregional Education and the Scholarship of Sustainability, Nathan Stewart Hensley
Feasibility of Integration of Peanut Based Bio-Diesel into a Mainstream Market, Dustin Hogan
An Examination of the Association Between the Graduation Coach Program and Georgia's Graduation Rate, Wardell C. Hunter
An Analysis of the Occupational Stress Factors Identified by Certified Teachers, Sue Ellen Johannsen
"Mentor Me To Mister" A Case Study of Mentoring through the Kappa Leadership and Developmental League, Christopher Eugene Johnson
Quantifying Environmental Maternal Effects in the Invasive Plant, Silene Latifolia, Juliette T. Jordan
Breaking Through "The Wall": An Examination of Elite Rowers and Their Experience of Conquering Their Mental Boundaries, Nicole Jordens
Full-Newton-Step Interior-Point Method for the Linear Complementarity Problems, H.K. Pubudu Kaluarachchi
Te Sequor: A Study of Pope's Observations on The Iliad of Homer, Drew Nathaniel Keane
The Effects of Stable and Unstable Training Surfaces on Dynamic Postural Stability, Marie Kirby
Rademacher-Type Series, V. Kiria-Kaiserberg
Dynamic Postural Control In Individuals With Multiple Concussions, David Krazeise
Heroes or Terrorists? War, Resistance, and Memorialization in Tuscany, 1943-1945, Lynda Lamarre
Multiple Paternity of Caretta Caretta within the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean Population on Wassaw Island, Ga, Jacob Lasala
Efficient Control of DC Servomotor Systems Using Backpropagation Neural Networks, Yahia Makableh
Separate but Equal? A Postmodern Analysis of Educational Structures for Individuals with Disabilities, Donna Manning
Ranking of Fatigue Data Based upon Monte Carlo Simulated Confidence Number Figures, Jacob McBride
The Role of the Elementary Principal in Building Relational Trust with Low-Income Families, Amy W. McClure
Rough Hewn, Jason McCoy
Gorenstein Injective Modules, Emily McLean
Reaping What You Sow: Southern Cultures, Black Traditions, and Black Women, Cynthia Mikell
An Archaeological Examination of a Family Cemetery in the South Carolina Low Country, Brian Mitchell Milner
The Intersection between Liberal Education and Health Profession Education at Armstrong, Andi Elizabeth Mincer
Just Be A Man About It: The Influence of Masculinity on Coping Mechanisms In Undergraduate African American Men, Krista Mincey
A Knock at Midnight: A Pedagogy of Womanist Spirituality, Valerie Moss
The Influence of Training Load on Performance and Psychological Variables in Female Collegiate Swimmers, Jacquelyn A. Nagle
Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Photostrictive Materials for Mems Application, Masud Nawaz
A Comparison of Student Performance in Single-Sex Education and Coeducational Settings in Urban Middle Schools, Craig Erico Ogden
Credit Rating and Assignment of Naics Codes Using Lsi Method, Jerome Ouedraogo
The Impact of Response to Intervention on Special Education Identification, Naesha Parks
