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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 2001
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
The Development of a Safety Self-Assessment Tool for the Printing Industry, John Lawrence Grahek
Cloning and Sequencing of Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger in the Gills of the Long-Horned Sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus), Danielle Lee Gunning
Barriers to Female Principals: Perceptions of Female High School Administrators in Georgia, Jane Spires Hilliard
Re-Orienting Feminisms: Looking into the Rising Sun, Cristina H. Hinkle
Impact of Multimedia within Graphic Arts Printing Programs of Selected Community Colleges, Debra R. Humphrey
Stages of Concern of Public School Superintendents for Tech Prep Implementation, Margaret Arnold Jackson
Transfer Patterns of Free-Ranging Infant Ringtailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) on St. Catherines Island, Alisha L. Jolliffe
The Effects of Music on the Intensity and Direction of Pre-Competitive Cognitive and Somatic State Anxiety and State Self-Confidence in Collegiate Athletes, Jeffrey J. Lanzillo
Perceptions of the Visionary Leadership of Assistant Principals in Georgia Middle Schools, Christopher John LeMieux
Genetic Heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in the Southern United States, Tao Lin
An Online Student Advisement Assistant System, Shu Li
Wondering about a Future Generation: A Deleuzian Perspective on Curriculum, Donald R. Livingston
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of Three Mutants of Neurospora crassa, Shemariah E. G. Love
Geometric Portraits: Anthropomorphic, Zoomorphic and Inanimate Forms in Bark, Cellulose and Lignin, Anthony Victor Mann
Great Indignation: A Study of Racial Violence in Thomas County, Georgia, 1930, Scott Anthony McAleer
The Relationship between Noncognitive Dimensions and the Academic Performance of Student-Athletes, Bradley R. McAllister
The Abundance and Distribution of Arthropods from Sandstone Outcrops in Coffee County, Georgia, F. Michael McAloon
Bionomics of Mosquitoes in Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Burrows in Southeast Georgia: Potential Bridge Vectors of Easter Equine Encephalitis, Derek Andrew McCoy
Chronicle: A Visual Diary, Garry Wesley McKee II
Ursula Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness, Robert A. Heinlein's I Will Fear No Evil, and Theodore Sturgeon's Venus Plus X, Terry Palmer
The Relationship of Thoracolumbar Functional Stabilization Level to Serve Velocity and Serve Accuracy in Collegiate Tennis Players, Elizabeth Ann Parker
The Effect of Forage Quality on Reproduction and Growth of the Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus in Southeast Georgia, Virginia K. Perdue
"the meaning hung from that depend:" Three Provisional Readings of Lyn Hejinian's My Life, Rachael A. Pigg
Paintings, Windows and Voyeurism, Michael A. Quagliano
An Online Airline Reservation System with XML, Dazhou Ren
The Perceived Impact of the Accelerated Reader Program in an Elementary School, Linda S. Rogers
Internet Use in Higher Education: Presidents' Perceptions of Opportunities, Threats, and Issues, Rebecca Ryan
Telling Stories, Creating Lives: Southern Women's Autobiographies, Diane Dowell Saturday
The Influence of Self-Focused Attention on Time Estimation Behavior, Brandon Schmeichel
Characteristics of Millenium Minority Students and Their Student Organization Involvement, Joyya Pauletta Smith
Use of Oak Hammocks by Neotropical Migrant Songbirds During Stopover in Coastal South Carolina, Scott Glen Somershoe
The Effects of Low pH on Sunfish Assemblages in Southeast Georgia, William Boyd Tate
Caregivers' Parenting Styles in Relation to Attachment and Social Competence in Preschoolers, Kyla A. Underhill
The Influence of Security Structures on the Stability of Central Europe, Raluca Alina Viman
The Effect of Pelvic Position on Spinal Rotation a Neutral Spine Analysis, Matthew Charles Virtue