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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
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
Relationship Between Presidential Leadership Behaviors and Organizational Effectiveness in the Technical Colleges of Georgia, Charlene J. Lamar
Factors that Reduce the Dropout Rate in High Poverty Schools in Georgia, Michael Larinso Lewis
Optimal and Permissible Sampling Rates for First-Order Sampling of Two-Band Signals, Daniel Frederick Linder
Recovered Voices: Fairy Tales and the Reading Child, Jennifer Beaumont Lossing
High School Students' Perceptions of Their High School Experience, Lillie R. Lowery
Presidents at Public Colleges, Universities and Technical Colleges in the State of Georgia: A Leadership Tribute Analysis, Peter Nicholas Mastopoulos
Influence of Principal Work Styles and Behaviors on Teacher Commitment During School Reform in Georgia, Susan Marie McGlohon
Lessons from the Segregated Classroom: An Oral History of the Experiences and Practices of Three Retired African American Teachers, Saundra Melinda McKoy
Lightness of Being and the Burden of Gravity, Emily Don Mixon
Anthropod Community Associated with the Webs of the Subsocial Spider Anelosimus Studiosus, Sarah Natalie Mock
Social and Academic Factors that Contribute to Resiliency for At-Risk Students in Georgia Universities, Kimberly Paige Mullen
Women in Science: Stories from the Margins, Laura Mathis Mulvanity
Aquaporin 3 Water Channel Protein Gene Expression in Squalis Acanthias Dogfish Shark, Debra Lee Murray
Understanding Conditions Leading to High School Success as Identified by Urban Georgia At Risk Students, Catherine Michele Nigg
Skillsets of Traditionally and Alternatively Certified Beginning Teachers in the State of Georgia, Martha Johnson Noble
Contributing Factors to the Bachelor's Degree Attainment of Males in the United States, Theresa Carol Novotny
Beliefs of Georgia Educators Regarding After-School Programs, Fran Ridgeway Oakley
Examination of the Influence of Single Sex Instruction on Student Achievement and Behavior at Sixth Grade Level at Two Middle Schools, James Craig Outlaw
Approximation and Integration on Compact Subsets of Euclidean Space, Rochelle E. Randall
Storage and Utilization of Hexamerin Proteins in the Pitcher Plant Mosquito, Wyomyia Smithii, Gangadasu E.C.V. Reddy
Challenges that Two Georgia Elementary Principals Face in Rasing Achievement of At-Risk Third Garde Students, Sharonlyn Jones Reese
Examination of Practices Used by Rural Georgia School Principals in Hiring Highly Qualified Teachers, Steven Dale Rhodes
Perceptions of Special Education and General Education Teachers on Co-teaching of Students with Disabilities in outheast Georgia School Systems, Deborah Richardson
How One Georgia Performance Learning Center Helps Students Succeed, Maureen E. Rosenberger
Case Study of an Urban Elementary School's Transition from Failing to Distinguished School Status, Carla Brice Ross
Effects of Online, Collaborative Discourse on Secondary Student Writing: A Case Study of the History and Ecology of an Electronic Exchange, Julie Henderson Rucker
Inducible Chemical Defenses in Temperate Reef Sponges of the South Atlantic Bight, U.S.A., Leslie Vanesa Sarmiento
Creating Aotearoa through Discourse: Language and Character in Keri Hulme's The Bone People, Sabryna Nicole Sarver
Advent of Denial of Death in Children's Literature, Marvin Tyler Sasser
History, Historical Archaeology, and Cultural Resource Management: A Case Study from Jasper County, South Carolina, Angus Caldwell Sawyer
Bridging Aesthetics and Community : A Story of a Successful School, Julie Marie Sessions
How Distributed School Leadership Practices are Implemented in a Rural Northeast Georgia Elementary School, Barbara Anne Setchel
Comparison of Optimism Levels and Life Stress Levels Among NCAA Division I Athletes and Non-Athletes, Eleanor Kate Shearman
Relationship between High School Theatre Participation and the Development of Workplace Competencies, Dean Charles Slusser
Race and Gender in the Leadership Experiences of Three Female African American High School Principals: A Multiple Case Study, Angela Mosley Smith
Best Practices of High School Principals for Improving Student Achievement in Urban Schools, Anthony Wayne Smith
Sino-American Relations in the 21st Century: The Political, Social and Economic Realities of China's Rise, Larry Buster Stewart
