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.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Students' Perceptions of Student Conduct Code Violations and the Judicial Process at Georgia Southern University, Jill Strange Ehling
The Relationship Between Active and Less Active Physical Activity Courses, Personal Incentives for Exercise, and Social Physique Anxiety, Edie B. Ferguson
Dreams Do Come True: How Rural One- and Two- Room Schools Influenced the Lives of African Americans in Burke County, Georgia, 1930-1955, Eugenia Mills Fulcher
Perceptions of Georgia Public Secondary School Principals and Counselors Regarding Counseling Program Tasks, Dorothy Frances Hall Hardy
A Parallel Computing System in CORBA, Bo He
Variables Relating to the Incidence and Severity of Disciplinary Infractions, Slade Franklyn Helmly
Existence of and Responses to Violence in Georgia Elementary Schools, Marie Craig Hooks
Faunal Analysis and Paleoecology of Miocene Fossil Fish from Porters Landing, Effingham County, Georgia, Leann Michele Hubiak
Ecological Interactions between Red-Eyed (Vireo olivaceus) and Blue-Headed Viroes (V. solitarius alticola) in the Southern Appalachians, Stephen Philip Hudman
Temporal and Spatial Variation in Abundance of Migratory Birds at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, Andrew Allen Kinsey
A Study of Elementary Teachers' Attitudes toward Mathematics Instruction and Mathematics Teaching Methods Used in the Elementary Classroom, William Otis Lacefield III
A Troeltschian Analysis of St. Teresa of Avila, David G. Latimer
The Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Mood State and Self-Esteem in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cyndee M. Lee
Marketing the Civil War Centennial: Atlanta, Charleston, and Richmond, Eric Wendell Leiden
The Perceptions of Administrators and Teachers Regarding the Features of Alternative Schools in Georgia, Leslie McAffee
The Effects of Discomfort, Optimism, and Pessimism, on Anticipation Time, Reaction Time, and Handgrip Strength, Janet Marie Menconi
Genetic Variation in the Tick Ixodes scapularis Detected Using SSCP, Tonya Rachelle Mixson
Shermantown, Carissa Morris
Rediscovering Educational Giants: African American Schools in Bulloch County, Georgia 1920-1949, Enola Gay Smith Mosley
Analysis of Georgia Two-Year College Faculty Perceptions of Their Roles in Retention, Charlie L. Nutt
Sublime States of Agony, Jolanta Paterek
Student-Athletes' Perception of Coaches' Emphasis on Academics and Athletics, Kevin G. Ploeger
Crystalline Glazes: Study of Colouring Oxides/Carbonates, Linda Whitt Smith
What Did It Mean To Be a Boarding Teacher in a Rural Bulloch County Community in the 1930s and 1940s, Mary Sue DeLoach Smith
Behavioral and Endocrine Correlates of Dominance Rank in Female Jackson's Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus jacksoni), Kelly Shropshire Spratt
Earth Days, David Starnes
Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses: A Faith-Affirming Tragedy, Bradley Hunter Swope
Student Leaders: Are There Differences with Institutional Satisfaction?, Ginny L. Van Rie
Aquatic Therapy Usage among Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers, Dawn Allison Ward
The Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Floral Polymorphisms in Linaria canadensis (Scrophulariaceae), Andrea Sue Whatley
Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Ticks of the Georgia Coast and Barrier Islands Using Polymerase Chain Reaction, John Edward Whitlock
Georgia's Globally-Minded Principals: Backgrounds, Attitudes, and Perceptions, Catherine Cummings Wooddy
Management Factors Influencing Educational Access for Students with Learning Disabilities, Mary Danette Wood
Current Rehabilitative Practices and Protocols for Shoulder Impingement with a Small Rotator Cuff Tear, Aaron Yukio Yamaguchi
Analysis of Revertants of the Osmotic-Sensitive Mutant, os-1, of Neurospora crassa, Mikako Yamauchi
Archaeology in the Curriculum: The Fort Frederica Archaeology Program, Kristen May Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
An Analysis of Radiation Therapy Program Directors' Attitudes toward Specialized Accreditation, Laurie Adams
A Comparison of Caloric Expenditure and Examination of Physiological Responses on an Elliptical Fitness Crosstrainer, James U. Bailey
Assemblage and Feminist Images, Suzanne Ballentine
William Hazlitt against Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The (R)Evolution of a Romantic Writer, Tina Bandy Barefield
A Descriptive Analysis of the Availability and Utilization of Technology by Faculty in Georgia Public Colleges of Education, Jacqueline Ann Bedell
Molecular Analysis of H+ Excretory Pathways in Branchial Epithelium of the Long-Horned Sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus), Christie Rose Blackston
Palynology and Environments of Deposition of Sediments from Two Barrier Islands: St. Catherines Island and Skidaway Island, Georgia, USA, Robert Klaas Booth
Survey of Student Satisfaction with Financial Aid Services, Elise Wrye Boyett
Spiroplasma Diversity in Two Tabanid Flies and in vivo Interactions of Spiroplasma and Entomoplasma, LaTonya T. Brown-Derrick
A Comparison of Optimism and Pessimism and Sport Orientation Among NCAA Division I College Athletes, Daniel R. Czech
Genetic Variation within and among Populations of Florida Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia floridana), Wendy T. Denton
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of SS-18, a new Osmotic-Sensitive Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Schona Symnobia Dortch
Characterization of Vitellin and Quantification of Vitellogenin in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae), C. Kenneth Dudley Jr.
BiRotor Meter Product Selector, Andrew M. Ellis
Sessile Invertebrate Colonization and Community Development in the South Atlantic Bight, Alessandra M. Fioravanti-Score
Perception and United States Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy, Katherine Ellen Fitch
A Comparison of the Intensity and Direction of State and Trait Anxiety During Practice and Competition Among NCAA Division I College Athletes, Jennifer L. Gordon
Quality of Care Provided to HIV-Infected Clients by Nurse Practitioners at a Specialized Nursing Center, Deborah A. Griggs
Improvement of Center Level Application Software Serviceability by Introducing the Hypertext Transport Protocol: A Control Group Time-Series Experiment, Stephen Paul Gunderson
A Further Study of Deprivation and Revolutions, Roddy James Hatch III
Rules of Order: A Biography of Henry Martyn Robert, Soldier, Engineer, Churchman, Parliamentarian, George Brian Hendricks
Factors that Influence Employee Retention within a Major Service Industry, Sonya Michelle Herald
A Study to Determine Georgia Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Contractor's Knowledge of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Henry B. Hobbs
A Summary of Student Perspectives on Membership in a Religious Organization during Freshman Year, Carrie Ann Holderman
Salinity-Induced Behavior and Morphological Responses in the Larvae of Three Species of Intertidal Echinoderms, Anne Visser Holte
Evaluation of Coverboards for Sampling Salamanders in South Georgia, Charles Michael Houze Jr.
Abundance and Distribution of Nantucket Pine Tip Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Their Associated Parasitoid Complex, Bannie C. Hulsey
Training in the Use of Selected Nonverbal Behaviors to Reduce Student Disruptions in the Classroom, Victoria Anne Wilson Hunnicutt
The Effect of a Museum-Based Education Program on Children's Attitudes, Tamara Richael Jarrett
The Use of Therapeutic Touch as a Treatment Modality, Kristen Lynn Karchnick
Teachers' Life Histories as Curriculum Context, Rebekah D. Kelleher
Georgia's Lottery Funded Prekindergarten: Is It Working in Rural Georgia?, Elizabeth Jenkins Kimball
Role Expectations for School Psychologists Held by Principals and School Psychologists, Lewis Kimball
The Effects of Fish Chemical and Visual Cues on Behavior and Development on Larval Mole Salamanders, Ambystoma talpoideum, Laura L. Kohnke
By So Many Threads: Mary Johnston's Diary and the Civil War Novels, Sudy Vance Leavy
Relational Database Design with Object-Oriented Modeling, Radojka Lesaja
Factors Affecting Biparental Care in the American Kestrel Falco sparverius, Stacy Ann Lindemann
The Effects of Aerobics and Walking on Social Physique Anxiety and Self-Esteem of Female College Students, Jessica L. Lloyd
The Life of Sarah Grimke: A Futile Search for Fulfillment, Courtney Lowe
Molecular Studies of Hydrogen Transport Proteins in the Gill Epithelia of Marine Fish, Laura Ann MacKenzie Ingano
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of SS-462, an Osmotic-Sensitive Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Katrina LaTrese Mack
Do Endoparasites and Hematophagous Ectoparasites Have an Effect on Reproduction in the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)?, Kristina M. Mataxas
Identity Salience and Role Commitment among University Presidential Wives, Janeva McCollough
John Donne: Wholly Divided, Elizabeth Head Meehan
Early Anogenital Stimulation and Juvenile Play Behavior in Rats, Penny S. Mills
Effects of Southern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys volans) on Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) Nesting Success, Lee Robert Mitchell
The Nature of the Assistant Principalship in Relation to the Principalship, Linda A. Olson
Generalized Fuzzy c-Means Clustering, Dessa Darlene Overstreet
Alternative Forms of Seasonal Variation in Childhood Epidemics, Thomas Reed Park III
Flawed and Spiritless: The Nineteenth-Century Church as Portrayed in Mary Wilkins Freeman's Short Fiction, Carolyn Paige Priester
Enamel Thickness in the Deciduous Molars of Modern Humans, Judson K. Rahn
Predation and Competition in a Periodically Pulsed Chemostat, Angelia Gayle Rowe
Group Routines and Social Loafing: Is Performance Motivation Stored as Procedural Memory?, Robin Seely Salter
Stochastic Analysis of Quality Control Charts Using Integral Equations, Kenneth Adam Scharnagl
The Effect of Work-Family Roles on Satisfaction for Military Officers' Wives, Clarice K. Shuman
"...Passing Through a Crucible..." Savannah's "Better Class" of Blacks during the Progressive Era 1897 - 1917, Mary Shannon Sineath
Biology and Behavior of the Nantucket Pine Tip Moth Rhyacionia frustrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Hyssopus rhyacioniae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Delbert Lee Smee
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Arthrography, and Ultrasound in Diagnosing Rotator Cuff Tears: An Evaluation of Agreement, Andrea Solsona
Comparisons of Enamel Thickness in the Anterior Dentition of Old World Monkeys, Christopher P. Strickland
Leadership Attitudes and Job Satisfaction in Physical Therapy Clinical Education, Elizabeth Anne Weekley Thompson
Seasonal Activity and Diversity of Snakes Utilizing Temporary Wetlands in Southeastern Georgia, Michael Robison Walden
Analyzing Educational Change: Grouping Practices of Three Georgia Schools, Susan Elizabeth White
