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.
Student resources for submitting theses and dissertations for approval are available here. Theses and dissertations may not be modified or removed from this collection without approval of COGS.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Acquisition of the Oddity Concept by a Harris Hawk: Form versus Motion, Alejandra Morales
The Relationship Between Prayer and Team Cohesion in Collegiate Softball Teams, Melissa Murray
Between Order and Chaos, Nicholas R. Nelson
Hunger, Madness, and Crime, Mary E. OSako
The Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Referendum and the Financing of Public School Capital Projects in Georgia, Kathy Cox Peavy
High School's Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of Peach State University's Professional Development School Model, Betty Lea Peebles
Imperfect Balance, Desmal W. Purcell
The Automatic Consequences of Religious Priming, Brandon Randolph-Seng
Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Standards Leadership Factors Associated with Teacher Attendance, Jesusa Susy Roper
Agent Identification Using Information Gain and Gini Indexing Methods for Intelligent Control, Rafique Sadekin
Concentration Characteristics and Batting Performance In Collegiate Baseball and Softball, Daniel Samess
The Relationship among High School Size, per Pupil Expenditure, Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Georgia High School Graduation Test Scores, Deborah Powell Shepherd
A Conic Quadratic Interior-Point Method for a Class of Stratified Sampling Problems, Verlynda Nicole Slaughter
Ground Reaction Force Analysis of the Anterior and Cross-Over Single Leg Hop Tests, Brent R. Sloss
Spectators' Perceptions of Momentum and Personal Control: Exploring the Antecedents-Consequences Model, Cassandra P. Smisson
Reconceptualizing Mathematics Education, Melinda Ann Smith
The Prevalence of the Q-fever Agent Coxiella burnetii in Ticks Collected from an Animal Shelter in Southeast Georgia, John H. Smoyer III
An Inquiry into the Experiences of the African American Woman Principal: Critical Race Theory and Black Feminist Perspectives, Carolyn Roberts Taylor
Misogynistic Language in the Comedies of Ben Jonson: Jonson's Social Commentary on a Degenerating London, Jessica Adrienne Todd
First Order Linear Systems, Gulcin Tugcu
Analyzing Unreplicated Two Level Factorial Designs, Minal A. Vora
Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) Recruitment and Seedling Survivorship in a Southern Maritime Forest, Mary Rebecca Warbington-Wells
Establishing Normal Motion Between the Thigh to Pelvis and Trunk to Pelvis Segments in Female, Collegiate Volleyball and Soccer Athletes, Susan E. Wedekind
"I Love Mischief Strangely, As Most of Our Sex Do": Aphra Behn and the Trickster Archetype, Mary Kathleen Whitaker
Studies of the Annual Cycle of the Swallow-Tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus): Migration, Habitat Use, and Parasites, Gina Marie Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
A Morphometric Analysis of the Ixodes ricinus Complex (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae), Sadia Ajohda
An Exploration of the Impact of Black Female Caregivers on the Lives of White Female Teachers, Melissa Akins
An Undefeated Joy: Hamlet's Survival in Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, John Alday
Rhythm, Elizabeth Mansour Barksdale
The Role of Evolutionary Processes in a Biological Invasion: An Experimental Study with Silene latifolia, Amy C. Blair
A Study of Elementary Teachers' Abilities, Attitudes, and Beliefs about Problem Solving, Nancy Mullins Brown
An Army of One... With Dependents: A History of the Army Family, Stacey Lynne Brown
For Honor and Duty: The Civil War Experience of William Washington Gordon II, Tommy C. Brown
Encoding Flexibility of Social Categories in Impression Formation, Alyson L. Cantey
A Comparison of Youth Participation Motives in Organized Sports, Kirsty L. Carrihill
And the Word Became Flesh: Visual Thoughts on the Book of John, David Lee Carroll Jr.
The Relationship Between Trait Anxiety, Perfectionism, and Burnout in Collegiate Basketball Players, Sydney E. Carswell
Design and Implementation of XML in an Object-Relational Database, Zhong Chen
Revisions Restored: Textual Restoration in Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, Constance June Crisp
What Influences Girls' Mathematics Achievement? The Stories of Six High Achieving Middle School Females, Patia Sheral Crump
Successful Middle School Girls: A Qualitative Study of Discourse and Characteristics, Debra J. De Witt
Characterization of a Morphological Mutant, M-134, and Two Conidia-shed Mutants, E-1 and K-44 of Neurospora crassa, Gregory Julian Digby
Selected Economic Variables as Predictors of Student Performance in South Carolina Public School Districts, Darlene Patti English
Early Childhood (K-5) Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Mathematics, Teaching Mathematics, and Learning Mathematics, Deborah Bell Evans
Voting with Their Feet: Union Desertion in the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865, Jason Mann Frawley
Georgia Middle School Principals' Perceptions of School Violence, Christopher Garretson
Georgia Public School Superintendents' Perceptions of Principals' Skills and Dispositions in an Era of Principal Shortage, Linda K. Grisham
Phylogenetic Relationships of Tick Species in the Ixodes ricinus Complex, Derived from Mitochondrial Coi and 16S Genes, Paola A. Guerrero
The Prevalence of Disordered Eating Behaviors among Sorority versus Non-Sorority Women, Angela Lynn Guzman
Relaxation and Guided Imagery in the Sport Rehabilitation Context: A Qualitative and Quantitative Design, Loretta Anita Handegard
An Inquiry into Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Strengths of Students Placed in Special Education under Mildly Disabled Categories, Kathryn Sandiford Harrell
Effect of Football Helmet and Football Helmet/Skull Cap Combination on Core Temperature, Janna Harris
A Three Dimensional Model of Virus Dynamics in HIV Patients, Samuel Bee Hart
Female Athletes' Perceptions of Head Coaches' Communication Competence: A Descriptive Invertigation, Denise Haselwood
A Description of Gifted Elementary Services in Georgia Schools, Barbara Salter Hubbard
Quantification of Cervical Spine Motion During Application of a Rigid Cervical Immobilization Collar, Colleen Y. James
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae ApxI and ApxII Toxin Regulation, Erika Marcela Jarma A.
The Infusion of Higher Education in the U.S. Army: A Sociolinguistic Study of an Organizational Information Dissemination Process, Gerald Allen Kehr
Effects of the Parasite Microphallus turgidus on the Predation, Swimming Endurance, and Activities of the Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes pugio, Alyssa K. Kunz
From Pandemonium to Creative Production, Jacqueline M. LaDrig
"Something for the Dignity of Ireland:" Lady Gregory's Portrayal of Deirdre and Maeve in Cuchulain of Muirthemne, Martha Davis Lee
Exploring a Connected Pedagogy: An Existential Inquiry of Spirituality in Nursing Education, Melissa K. Lickteig
Population Increase and Range Expansion of Three Psittacids in Florida and California, Helen W. Lovell
Effects ofUltraviolet Radiation on Newly Settled Recruits of the Reef-building Coral Porites astreoide, Carrie Ann MacKichan
The Predictive Utility of Competitive Trait Anxiety, Social Support, and Daily Hassles for Athletic Injury, Joseph M. Mannion
A Survey of Educational Test Security Practices and Procedures throughout the United States During the 2001-2002 School Year, Leslie Ann McCracken
A Study of the Relationship between Selected Demographic Variables and Georgia Public High School Schedules, Cecelia Clark McLoon
Comparative Serological and Molecular Analysis of Group VIII Spiroplasma from Australia and North America, April Carmita Murphy
Effectiveness of Education on Diabetes Control, Irene Nganga
W. E. B. Du Bois and Critical Race Theory Toward a Du Boisian Philosophy of Education, Terry O'Neal Oatts
Postmodern Feminist Pedagogy in a First-Year Writing Class, Patricia T. Price
The Phenomenal Harry Potter Books: A Cultural Study of Corporate Influence on Reading Instruction and Image-Making, Martha Young Rhymes
It's Only Money: RKO Radio Pictures under Howard Hughes, 1948-1955, Jeffrey Patrick Richardson
Training Needs of School Board Members as Perceived by School Board Chairpersons and Superintendents in Georgia, Johnny W. Robertson III
Half a Second: Mundane to Beautiful, Wendy M. Romero
An Exploratory Investigation of Leadership Style and Success in Women's Collegiate Basketball, Amber Ilene Rowe
Morphological and Biochemical Changes of Sand Dollar Larvae in Response to Variation in Diet and Salinity, Daniela Schiopu
Life Values in Youth Sport: A Qualitative Analysis, Carla J. Schmitt
Georgia Middle School Principals' Perceptions Toward Inclusion, Myrel A. Seigler Jr.
The Relationship between Computer Skills and the Levels of Technostress among Faculty and Academic Librarians from Selected Institutions within the University System of Georgia, Sonya Senithia Gaither Shepherd
Postpartum Depression in a Group Practice in Southeast Georgia, Eleanor K. Simmons
Sex Allocation in the Caribbean Coral, Porites astreoides (Lamarck), Sarah Tso
A Testbed for Mining and Visualizing Cognitive Maps from Text Data, Dongsheng Wang
Mosquitoes, West Nile Virus, Attractants, Competition, Environmental Conditions, and Insecticide Resistance, Alan Bradley Wells
Georgia Southern University's Mentoring Administrators Program: A Program Evaluation, Gina Gibbs Williams
Rhetoric and Romanticism in Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, James Zarrello
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Characterization of Osmotic Sensitivity of os-9 and os-11 Mutants of Neurospora crassa, Dewayne Leon Adams
Analysis of Georgia Technical College Administrators' Perceptions of Their Roles in the Implementation of Retention Strategies, Tina K. Anderson
Extracurricular Participation Relationship to Grade Point Average, School Attendance, Classroom Discipline, and Dropout Rate, Becky Wright Barden
High School Coaches' Perceptions of Sport Psychology and Sport Psychologists, Jonathan W. Barnes
Exploring the Relationship between Cohesion and Jealousy in Collegiate Baseball and Softball Teams, Ashley L. Baugh
Mood Disturbance During a Competitive Season of High Volume Training Between Different Training Regimens of Female Collegiate Swimmers, Hollie M. Bonewit
School Choice: Perceptions of Magnet Schools and Charter School Principals and Parents in Georgia, Mark Lee Boyd
Investigating Nitrogen Pollution in the Canoochee River, Evans County, Georgia, Chandra Marie Pitt Brown
The Postmodern Condition and the Commodification of Cuisine, Jeffrey Nixon Brown
"Steady Ascension" A Biography of General Walter Krueger, John Thornton Brown
An Inquiry into the School Wide Enrichment Model at Mercer Middle School, Kathleen Loughney Burke
The Influence of an Opponent and Time Pressure in Risky Naturalistic Decision Making, Kelly Ann Burke
A Formalist's Move, William Craig Burkhalter
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of The Morphological Mutant Crisp-5 of Neurospora crassa, Heather Marie Cathcart
