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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 2009
A Study of Georgia Elementary Teachers' Beliefs and Practices Concerning Grade Level Retention, Anna Jean Hill
Host and Seasonal Effects on the Infection Dynamics of Skrjabinoptera Phrynosoma (Ortlepp) Schulz, 1927, a Parasitic Nematode of Horned Lizards, Kathryn Claire Hilsinger
Different Lattitudes, Different Attitudes: Educator Narratives of a Professional Development in Honduras, Polly Stewart Holder
Women's Perceptions of Leadership Roles within a Southern Baptist Congregation, Tina Colvin Hook
Parental Involvement in a Northwest Georgia School District, Veronica T. Hunter
Relationship between Principals' Technological Leadership and Their Schools' Implementation of Instructional Technology, D'Andrea Burns Jackson
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Novel Spiroplasma Isolates, Haritha Lakshmi Jandhyam
Love, Lust and Literature in the Late Sixteenth Century, Kristin J. Johnson
Stability Analysis of the Chaotic Lorenz System with a State-Feedback Controller, Daniel C. Jones
Growing Up Biracial in a Southern Elementary School, Julie M. Kight
School Size and Its Effect on School Climate and Academic Achievement in Rural South Georgia High Schools, James Benjamin Lawhorn
High School Transformation: The Lived Experience of Teachers Moving to Small Learning Environments, Reginald Lawrence
Impact of Resilience on the Academic Achievement of At-Risk Students in the Upward Bound Program in Georgia, Deborah Darlene Lee
Metacognition Moderates Math Anxiety and Affects Performance on a Math Task, Angela Marie Legg
Exploring Contexts of Ubiquitous Structures, Heidi Marie Leuven
Bias in Closed Population Capture-Recapture, Candace M. Lynn
Obstacles in the Paths of Female High School Teachers Who Have Not Transitioned into High School Administration in Georgia, Gwendolyn Ann Martin
Relationship Between the Leadership Styles of Principals and School Culture, Shawn Terese Martin
Beliefs and Practices of the Turnaround Teacher, Theresa Bryant Martin
Effective Principal Leadership Behaviors and AYP Attainment: An Examination of Distinguished and Needs Improvement Middle Schools in Georgia, Christopher M. Matthews
Elementary School Principals' Utilization of Walkthroughs in the Role of Instructional Leaders, LaSharon S. McClain
Nappy Roots, Split Ends, and New Growth: An Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry into The Experiences of A Black Female Educator, No Lye, Michel Linee Mitchell
Vaccination Nation: A Bioethical Feminist Inquiry into the Political, Social and Ethical Controversy Surrounding the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine, Kirsten Keller Morin
Critical Narrative of Multiracial Women's Personal Journey: Negotiating the Intersectionallity of Race and Gender Issues in a Monoracial Paradigm, Geralda Silva Nelson
A Qualitative Study of the Experiences with Administrative Support of Veteran Teachers at the Secondary Level, Rachel Hendrix Nobles
Effects of Testosterone and Training on Performance in the Non-Territorial Lizard (Aspidoscelis Sexlineata), Jennifer L. O'Connor
Curriculum Studies the Creative Student: A Winnicottian Literary Analysis, Stephanie Leigh Perry
La Libertad Moral en la Vida Es Sueño, Matilde Pettengill
All the Beef to the Heels Were in: Advertising and Plenty in Joyce's Ulysses, Mindy Jo Ratcliff
Dynamic Postural Stability During Gait Initiation in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability: The Influence of Walking Velocity, Elizabeth I. Raycraft
The Perspective of School Personnel in a Georgia School District Concerning the Recruitment of Minority Teachers, Shyla D. Ridley
Reading In-Between the Lines: Exploring the Experience of Cultivating Cultural Awareness with White Teacher Candidates in a Liberal Arts University in Georgia, Holley Morris Roberts
Support for Social Programs: Effects of Class, Race, Political Ideology, and Poverty Beliefs, John Edwin Roller
Factors That Correlate with the Use of Technology in Georgia's Elementary Schools, Shelley Arnett Samon
Barriers to High School Student Academic Success, Judy S. Sapp
Factors Promoting Variation in Feeding Morphology of Larval Southern Toads (Bufo Terrestris), Matthew C. Schacht
In Fairyland Or Thereabout: The Fairies as Nationalist Symbol in Irish Literature by and after William Allingham, Cassandra M. Schell
The Impact of After School Learning Centers on Low Achieving African American Elementary Students, Jorja Lockhart Scott
The Persistance of National Ideology and Myth: Attempting to Re-Define German National Identity in Post-War Europe, Danielle L. Smith
Interior Point Methods and Kernel Functions of a Linear Programming Problem, Latriece Y. Tanksley
Influence of Direction on Stepping Parameters and Postural Stability in Individuals with Chronic: The Influence of Walking Velocity, Jennifer Tolson
Troubling Women: Female Texts and Voices of the Northern Irish Conflict, 1969-1998, Kelly M. Twilley
Intersecting Spaces: A Narrative Exploration of Intersectionality and African American Female School Psychologists, Natasha Vannoy
Standard Network Diagramming Language and Corresponding Meta-Model, Ségio Jim Waldring
A Study to Identify the Components of Professional Learning Communities that Correlate with Teacher Efficacy, Satisfaction, and Morale, Shirley Robinette Weathers
An Analysis of Participation in Servant Leadership as Self Reported by Elementary School Principals in Southwest Georgia, Barbara Perryman Williams
Nagorno Karabakh Conflict: Problems and Possibilities for Political Resolution, Jessica Williams
Teacher Job Satisfaction in the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice School System, Rufus Douglas Williams
Turkey and the European Union: Creating Domestic Norms through International Socialization, Maureen E. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Study of the Professional Learning Practices of Three Rural Elementary Title I Distinguished Schools in Georgia, Sandra Kay Adams
African American Educators: Why They Teach in Rural Georgia School Districts and Why They Remain There, Sarah Louise Alonzo-Osborne
Comparison of Career Statistics and Season Statistics in Major League Baseball, Mark Joseph Ammons
Beneficial Induction Services for Georgia Teachers, Mable Webb Anderson
Case of Year Round Education in Two Georgia Elementary Schools, Rodney James Backman
"As-Yet-Still-Forgiven Past": Dylan Thomas and Nostalgia, David Bradley Bailey
Across Imagined Boundaries: Understanding Mexican Migration to Georgia in a Transnational and Historical Context, Michael Kirkland Bess
Career and Technical Education Curriculum: The Implementation Process in Southeast Georgia High Schools, Kenneth D. Boyd
Lived Experiences of Selected African-American Male Elementary Teachers in Georgia, Chequita Franchon Brady
Examining Roberts County Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs Regarding the Nature of Mathematics and Their Classroom Learning Environment, Elizabeth P. Brechin-Harrison
Educating Black Youth Moral Principles through Black Art, Mariah Spann Buchanan
Individual Difference Moderators of Interpersonal and Intrapsychic Reactions to Hostile-Controlling Coaching Behaviors, Erin Shelton Bullett
Examination of Preferred Coaching Behaviors as Predicted by Athlete Gender, Race, and Playing Time, Glenn Parrish Burdette
Vanishing Voices: The Impact of Life Behind the Barbed Wire on World War II Prisoners of War, James Reginald Burgess
Jacksonian Nationalist: Joel R. Poinsett's Role in the Nullification Crisis, Joshua Matthew Cain
Waterhole Dynamics and Chemical Signals of African Elephants ( Loxodonta Africana ), Stacie Marie Castelda
Sexuality: Social and Cultural Constructs of Women Represented through Art, Gayle Shaw Clark
Exploring Teachers' Beliefs about the Underrepresentation of Minority Students in the Gifted Program in a Mid-Sized Suburban School District in Georgia, Pamela Holt Colvin
It'S Time to Face The Music: Singing the Praises of Popular Music in Today's Curriculum, Shannon Flatt Dasher
General Secondary School Principals' and Athletic Directors' Experiences Regarding the Priority of Selected Athletic Department Tasks and the Time Required to Accomplish Them, Charles Arthur Denney
Relationship between Teacher Personality Type and Burnout in Rural Middle School Teachers, Melinda Mullis Dennis
Educators' Perceptions of Reasons for and Strategies to Correct the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Gifted Education Programs, Deborah Ann Dunn
Leadership Competencies Needed by Future Army Education Services Officers, Robin Kathryn Ellert
Special Education Directors: Identification of Their Role in the Implementation of Policies, Procedures and Practices to Address Disproportionality, Kathryn Lynne Ellis
Effect of Matriarchs on Group Interactions, Kinship Fitness, and Differences In Chemosensory Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana), Rhea Marie Esposito
Study of Middle School Administrators' Perceptions of the Provisions of Services Provided to Students with Special Needs, Veronice Gaston Felton
Experience of Media and Race in the National Football League: An Existential Phenomological Study, Jocelyn Alexis Fisher
Toward an Anarchist Theory of Self: Wilderness, Actualization and Authority, Joseph Amos Garcia
Evidence of Empathy in Animals Across Time, Jeffrey Stephen Gavel
Teaching Science in the Bible Belt of the South, Carole Crosby Gilbert
Seasonal Patterns of Plasma Testosterone Levels, Bite Force, and Locomotor Performance in Non-Territorial Male Lizards, Aspidoscelis Sexlineata, Timothy Adam Gowan
Job Satisfaction Experienced by Career Assistant Principals in the State of Georgia, Barbara Forbes Hall
Cultural Aesthetic Experience: Perceptions of Learning Developed through Cultural Immersion, Nicole Renai Harper
Mental Cage: A Qualitative Analysis of the Mental Game in the Sport of Mixed Martial Arts, Matthew E. Harpold
Obesity: Challenges and Benefits of Implementing Local Wellness Policies in Georgia Public Schools, Michele Spurgeon Hartzell
Preparation for High School Mathematics Reform in the Northeast Georgia Resa District: A Stage of Concerns Approach to Examining Professional Learning, Kay Smith Haugen
Non-Hostile Casualties in These Kinds of Wars from the Korean War to Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hugh William Henry
Preferred Coaching Qualities in NCAA Division I College Athletes: A Qualitative Analysis of Basketball Players from the Millennial Generation, Edward Carl Hoffman
Resurrecting the Anonymous: An Introduction To Mary Steele, the Author of Danebury and The Power of Friendship, A Tale with Two Odes by a Young Lady, Amanda J. Holmes
Growing Up Biracial and Gay in the Deep South: Living between the Color/Gender Lines, Theresa S. Hoogacker
Undressing J.D. Salinger: Fashion and Psychology in The Catcher in the Rye and Teddy, Alicia Vie Howe
Comparison of Invasive and Non-Invasive Techniques for Measuring Fiddler Crab Density in a Salt Marsh, Charles Robert Hubbard
Why Are Women with Leadership Certification Not Pursuing School-Level Leadership Positions, Daphney Denise Ivery
Oppression of Obesity, Brad Johnson
Factors that Influence Individual Differences in Female Sexual Response in a College-Aged Population, Tynisa La'Sure Jones
Georgia Teachers' Perceptions of Principals' Interpersonal Communication Skills as They Relate to Teacher Performance, Norma Vanessa Kambeya
Monitoring the Process Mean of Autocorrelated Data, Jesse Dorian King
