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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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The approved version of a thesis or dissertation may not be modified. Requests to modify embargoes or release options must be signed by the major professor and submitted to the College of Graduate Studies for approval. For additional information about embargoes, see Dissertations & Theses: Understanding Embargoes.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The Road Seldom Taken: Status of Women in Mathematics Departments in Colleges and Universities in Georgia, Donna Saye
More than "Once upon a Time:" Fiction as a Bridge to Knowing, Neal Saye
The Role of Mucus in the Ultraviolet Radiation Protection of Porites astreoides, Stephanie Ann Schopmeyer
Curriculum and Resistance: Exploring Possibilities for Transformative Teaching, Vicki L. Shaw Albritton
Foraging Habitat and Reproductive Success of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) Groups in Southeastern Georgia, Eric William Spadgenske
Relationships Between Gender and Teachers' Perceptions of Principal Effectiveness in Georgia Schools, Renee Banks Stanley
Factor Levels Associated with Fear of Failure Among Age-Group Competitive Swimmers, Eric E. Stefanski
Struggling High School Readers' Responses to a Literature-Rich Curriculum, Fran Harrison Stephens
Principals' Preferences for Developmentally Appropriate and Traditional Practices in Georgia's Prekindergarten Program, Deanna K. Stoddard
Messages for Girls: Looking at the Representation of Women's Short Fiction in American Literature High School Anthologies, Aurelia Ramage Tippett
Tina McElroy Ansa's Exploration of Self, Gayle F. Tremble
Freire and First Grade: In Pursuit of Generative Themes, Susan Wyllys Wallace
The Motivational Stories of How Women become Scientists: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry, Sandra White Watson
The Effects of Human Capital, Social Capital, and the Ethnic Enclave Economy on the Earnings of Immigrants (The Case of the Mariel Cuban Émigrés), Todd MacEgan West
Perspectives on Black - White Interracial Relationships in the South, Celeste Andria Wheat
Superintendents' Perceptions Regarding the Impact of Class Size Reduction on School Facility Planning in Georgia, Andrea Jones Williams
The Selection of Private Schools in Georgia: Perceptions of Parents and Principals, Victor D. Wolfe
The Perception of CEOs and CIOs in Regard to Planning and Information Systems Success in Higher Education in the Southeastern United States, Howard Chambless Woodard
Mining Functional Dependencies with Degrees of Satisfaction in Databases, Fang Xie
Georgia High School Principals' Perceptions of Inclusion, James Timothy Yarborough
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
The Associations of Competitive Trait Anxiety and Personal Control with Burnout in Sport, Mark W. Aoyagi
Cooperating Teachers' Perceptions of the Collaborative, Standards-Based Professional Block of the Secondary Education Program at Georgia Southern University, Mary Theresa Mallard Bennett
High School Athletes' Perceptions of Sport Psychology and Preference for Services, Lindsey C. Blom
East Meets West: Desperately Seeking David Dean O'Keefe from Savannah to Yap, Janet B. Butler
Prolactin Levels in Adult Rats Following Equivalent Exposure to Either the Open Field or Restraint and the Open Field, Keisha Delores Butler
A Comparative Study of Selected Georgia Elementary Principals' Perceptions of Environmental Knowledge, Joyce League Campbell
Georgia Middle School Principals' Awareness of Gang Activity in Their Schools, Sandra Lynne Deal Carraway
Policies and Procedures Used by Principals in Rural Southern Georgia in the Provision of Least Restrictive Environment for Students with Disabilities, Bette Callaway Clark
What Principals Do to Minimize the Negative Effects of the Incompetent Teacher, Georgia S. Collins
Superintendents' Perceptions of Educational Finance in Georgia, Samuel Warren Cruse
"Hired Guns:" The Tools and Techniques Used by Republican Political Consultants, Heather M. Cutchens
"Beat Your Plowshares into Swords" The Training of Confederate Soldiers in the State of Georgia, 1861-1862, Sonia Lynn Dickey
Women in Public Middle School Administration in Georgia: A Feminist Analysis of the Perceptions of Women in Power, Karen L. Doty
Reproductive Parameters of Nesting Caretta caretta on Georgia's Barrier Islands, K. Kristina Drake
Racial and Gender-Based Dynamics in Captivity Narratives and Slave Narratives by Women, Pamela A. Ferrara
Self-Enhancement Styles Sorting Out Conflicting Evidence on the Effects of Self-Enhancing, Jason D. Fors
Detection and Prevalence of Wolbachia within the Tick Ambyomma americanum and Fleas (Siphonaptera) in Southeast Georgia, Christopher H. Gorham
Chaos Theory and Its Application to Leisure Service Organizations, James M. Gould
Contributing Factors to the Attrition of Honors Eligible University Students: A Qualitative Research Study, Marilyn Shuff Hale
The Personal and Professional Backgrounds of Georgia's Female High School Principals, Marjorie H. Hamilton
Putting Critical Theory into Practice through Action Research, Josephine Bush Hanschke
An EJB-CORBA Parallel Image Processing System, Di He
The Relationship between Middle School Students' Level of Character Development and Their Behavior, Academic Achievement, and Attendance, Margaret A. Banks Hightower
The Reliability and Validity of the Pacer for 3rd and 4th Grade Males, Jennifer A. Hinely
Role Perceptions of Long-Term Georgia Curriculum Directors, Donovan Evans Hodges
Retracing the Savannah River Portion of John Muir's Thousand Mile Walk: An Interpretive Regional Study Suggesting Curriculum for Sustainability, Kathryn Ann Richardson Jones
The Spirit of Pittman: An Ethnography of the Laboratory School on the Site of Georgia Southern University, 1920s--1990s, Rhoda Beth Nicholson Joyner
It Is Not a Night to Die, Vlora Krasniqi
The Path to Equilibrium: Melville, Emerson, and Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Ingrid D. Lelos
Computer Telephony Programming in Java, Changyan Liu
Eastern Mind/Western Eyes: An Asian Artist's Search for Personal Imagery While Living in a Western Culture, Yousha Liu
The Next Best Thing: Bottlefeeding Culture and the Ladies' Home Journal, Julie Garlen Maudlin
Georgia Elementary School Principals Perceptions of the Ideal and Actual Role of the Assistant Principal, Darrel Simon May
Stress Levels of Student Athletic Trainers Compared to Non-Athletic Training Students, Rebecca J. McVey
The Role of Pesticides in the Development of Childhood Leukemia, Lydia Leslie Mearse
The Prevalence of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiae in Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Southeastern Georgia, Heather Anne Merten
Ultraviolet Radiation and Carotenoid Pigmentation in Symbiotic Anthozoans, Kenyon B. Mobley
The Relationship Between Jealousy and Self-Esteem in Collegiate Athletes, Paula M. Parker
Current HIV/AIDS Infection Rates: Categorization and Stigmatization, R. David Parker
An Analysis of Georgia Public School Teachers' Knowledge of School Law: Implications for Administrators, George Naismith Paul III
Voices from Lock-Up: Reflections of Detained Youth, Carolyn Lizbeth Perry
Natural Forces, Natural Forms, Robert Benjamin Randolph
Gulfstream Aerospace Aircraft Static Position Utility, Mark Eugene Ray
Ethical Dimensions of Administrative Decision Making in Schools: The Principal's Perspective, Gwendolyn Probst Reiber
Natural History and Ecology of the Flatwoods Salamander, Ambystoma cingulatum on the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Adam Safer
Presidents As Transformational Leaders in the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education Technical Colleges, Ronald D. Shafer
The Role of Mentoring in Developing Professional and Personal Competencies for School Administrators, Marguerite Verble Shook
A Comparative Study of the Reproductive Biology of Sympatric Morning Glories (Ipomoea-convolvulaceae), Dexter R. Sowell II
Romantic Affairs and Attachment Style: An Evolutionary Perspective, Jo Ann Spadafore
Differences in School Climate between Old and New Buildings: Perceptions of Parents, Staff, and Students, David Barry Stapleton
A Narrative Inquiry of Conflict Resolution Programs in a South Georgia County's Schools, Nathalie Ann Starling
Vector Potential of Two Southeastern Tick Species (Acari: Ixodidae) for a Northeastern Strain of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, Denise Bonilla Steinlein
Group VIII Spiroplasma of Costa Rica, Kimberly M. Stewart
Hope as a Predictor of Coping Style, Alcohol Expectancies, Stress, and Alcohol Use to Reduce Stress, Kelli W. Taylor
The (Re)Creation of Medea, Sandra Michele Taylor
Determining the Termination Percentage of Heart Rate Maximum for Submaximal Testing, Julia A. Valentour
Miracle in the Indian Ocean: A Comparative Analysis of Mauritius with the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, Gisela Monique van Thiel
Students' Attitudes and Achievement as Related to Immediate Remediation in Paced Algebra, Cherry Dixon Ward
The Relationship of Financial Resources with Academic Achievement in Georgia Public Schools, Charles Richard Webb
Georgia School Nutrition Directors, Elementary and High School Principals' Perceptions of the School Nutrition Program, Jane Fisk Wiggins
A Description of New Teacher Induction Programs in the State of Georgia, Judi Harris Wilson
"Flesh Turned the Wrong Way:" Naomi Wallace's Drama of Radical Sexuality, L. Buell Wisner
Georgia Elementary Principals' Role Perceptions: The Initial Phase of the A+ Act, Amy Z. Wright
An Investigation of Captive Florida Manatee (Trichecus manatus latirostris) Behavior and Social Interactions, Jennifer Sadler Young
A Comparison of Enjoyment Levels between NCAA Division I, Division III, and NJCAA Division I College Football Players, Christopher J. Zanghi
The Joy Luck Club: An Exploration of the Relationship between Chinese Mothers and American Daughters, Weiling Zhao
Ch'an Mind, Zen Mind: Visual Meditations on the Ultimate Reality and Absolute Calmness, Jing Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Variance in Reproductive Characteristics in Four Morning Glory Species (Ipomoea, Convolvulaceae), David M. Abbott
Factors Associated with Fathers' Comfort with Breastfeeding, Debra Carlson Blackburn
Living Marks in Clay, Linda S. Bobinger
Changes in Perception of Body Image for Female Athletes during the Menstrual Cycle, Wendy Borlabi
A Qualitative Study Investigated the Perceived Health Needs of Senior Citizens in Four Rural Georgia Counties, Laketa Monique Burris
The Effects of Brief Imagery on Free Throw Shooting Performance and Concentrational Style, James Carboni
Traversing the "Bright Labirinth": The Evolution of Mary Darby Robinson's Poetry, Anne Elizabeth Carson
Motivation to Learn: Perceptions of Kindergarten Students, Pamela Boyette Connor
Welfare to Work in Bulloch County, Georgia: Social Characteristics Associated with Participant Success, Rachelle M. Hein Craig
Effects of Height and Vegetation on Success of Bird Nests in Maritime Forests, Sharon M. DeFalco
A Component Based Middle-Tier Server, Yingliang Du
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in an Amputee Population, Bridget Ann Frugoli
