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 1996
Commitment to Training among Dislocated Workers in Savannah, Georgia, Patrick J. Saucier
Comparison of Perceptions of Second-Year Teachers and Middle-Level Principals of the First-Year Teaching Experience in Georgia Middle Schools, Brenda Shuman-Riley
In Search of a Personal Deity: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Christabel", Bettie Kathryn Robbins Smith
Effects of Diazepam and Midazolam on Visual Discrimination in White Carneaux Pigeons, Elisa Nicole Sullivan
The Effect of Sex Ratio on the Opportunity for Sexual Selection for the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula, Frank Thompson
Species Composition and Habitat Use of Neotropical Migrants at Fort Stewart Georgia, Stacy Turfler
Horseshoe Bend: Epic Battle on the Southern Frontier, Jonathan Scott Turner
Investigation of Sexual, Transplacental, and Contact Transmission of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, in Laboratory Hamsters, Julie E. Van Eycke
Comparison of the Effectiveness of Epidural and Conventional Analgesia on Post Total Knee Replacement Patients, Joanette Reusi Vargas
Biology of the Nantucket Pine Tip Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and the Associated Parasitoid Complex in Bulloch County, Georgia, Marvin Leonard Wells
Effects of Body Composition on Work Estimates: Comparison between Treadmill and Fastrack Ski Simulator, Lincoln James Wills
Examining U.S. Foreign Policy towards Nicaragua during the 1980s: An Application of Man, the State, and War, Fleta Sophia Wood
Change Theory in the Middle: An Ethnohistory of a Rural Georgia Middle School, Jody Jones Woodrum
Implications of State Board Policy IHA 160-4-2-.13 Statewide Passing Score for Georgia Public High Schools, Linda LeCompte Wright
An Intramuscular Comparison of Two Forms of Cryotherapy: Ice Massage and Ice Bag, Jeri Ellen Zemke
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
The History of Speech Recognition Systems from 1980 through 1994, Javad Abolghassem
Automatic Processing of Stereotypes in African-Americans and Caucasians, Julie A. Biskner
Exploring the Effects of Total Quality Management/Continuous Quality Improvement Educational Inservices on Customer Perception of a Wellness Center's Service Orientation, Christopher Barry Boyette
The Use of American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Nest Boxes by American Kestrels and Other Secondary Cavity Nesting Birds in South Georgia, Timothy F. Breen
Genetic Analysis and Characterization of SS-788 and SS-1044, New Osmotic-Sensitive Mutants of Neurospora crassa, Scott McCollum Buntin
Laboratory Spawning and Territorial Behavior in Two Threatened Fishes of the American Southwest, Stephanie L. Cannon
The Implementation of a Needleless IV System and Its Impact in Needlestick Injuries, Renée Gadilhe Childers
Subject and Other: A Quest for Female Identity in Shirley Hazzard's The Transit of Venus, Tammy Cole
Development of a Computer Based Simulation for Loxcreen Company, Christopher Lee Dartt
The Effects of Self-Focus on the Suppression of Personally Relevant Intrusive Thoughts, Blossom Rachel Davies
Prevalence of Presumed Dirofilaria tenuis in Raccoons and Mosquitoes in Southeast Georgia, Paul H. Davis
Populist Rhetoric and Ideology: A Comparative Study of the Speeches and Writings of the Ignatius Donnelly and Thomas E. Watson, Lisa Louise Denmark
The Magician's Assistant Artist Book and the Interrelations Between Texts and Images, Mariana Silvia Depetris
The Effects of a 10-Week Walking Program on the Physiological, Psychological, and Nutritional Parameters of an Independent-Living Older Adult Population, Therese Anna Digiacomo
Academic Characteristics and Expectations of First Generation College Students for Academic Success, Alex Dixon
European Security in the Post-Cold War Period, Pinar R. Egeli
United States Policy towards Africa: The Case of Ethiopia and Somalia, Nebiyu Feleke
The Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Zinc Status in a Male Athletic Population, Tara Lee Fitzgerald
XShare, an Environment for Shared X-Windows Applications, Mohammed F. Gabre
Unsinkable Spirits: Subversive Viragos in the Novels of Samuel Richardson, Jennifer C. Garlen
Mechanical Design Properties for Celion 6000/Cytec 985 Carbon/Epoxy Material Cured by Nonautoclave Processing, James L. Hampton
College Athletes' Nutritional Practices, Choices and Their Ability to Fulfill Nutritional Needs, Andrew R. Hansen
Genetic Relatedness of Ixodes scapularis Populations Based on Isozyme Analysis, James R. Harrington
A Floristic Study and Vegetation Analysis of a Floristically Diverse Powerline Right-of-Way in Tattnall County, Georgia, Rosa Carol Helton
Traditional and Evolving Quest Patterns in Rita Dove's Thomas and Beulah, Diana E. Horel
Analysis of Selected Variables in Determining Cost of Care, Jean Elizabeth Humphreys
Effects of a Resistance Training Program: Insulin-Dependent Diabetics vs Nondiabetics, Diane E. Hurlbut
Analysis of Nursing Students' Cultural Awareness and Preparedness to Interact Effectively with Culturally Diverse Populations, Bernie F. Jarriel Jr.
Description of a Workers' Compensation Claimant in a Chemical Manufacturing Plant in Southeastern Georgia, Ginger Sears Johnson
Preference for Various Modes and Formats of Therapy in Relation to Extroverted and Introverted Personality Type as Indicated by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Michelle Sloan Jones
Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia as a Twentieth-Century Phenomenon, Susan T. Kerns
The Art of Forgiveness: Blake's Reading of Dante, John Boyd Kluttz
"Thought's Eternal Flight": The Evolution of Shelley's Representations of the Wandering Jew, Wade Nichols Krueger
Design of an Automated Scheduling Program to Solve Advising Problems, Andreas Gerd Kura
An Examination of Variables Related to HOPE Scholarship Retention, Stephanie R. Marsh
A Survey of the Hematozoa of Birds in Southeast Georgia and South Carolina, Nancy E. Maxwell
A Forgotten Soldier: Courtney Hodges and the Second World War, Benjamin Franklin Miller
Opening the Doors of Perception: A Comparative Study of William Blake and Thomas Merton, Ray P. Murphey
Rana capito capito, The Carolina Gopher Frog, in Southeast Georgia: Reproduction, Early Growth, Adult Movement Patterns, and Tadpole Fright Response, Kelly Michele Phillips
The Impact of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to Chatham County Manufacturing Companies, Ralph Edwin Quinn III
Portals: Past and Present, Cynthia L. Rodday
The Effects of the Sex of Defense Attorney and Juror Sex-Role Identity on Decisions in a Simulated Sexual Harassment Case, Denise Rae Scott
Implementing Total Quality Management at Gulfstream Aerospace Inc., Amjad F. Silawi
Ecology and Behavior of Ectoparasitic Arthropods Associated with the Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat in Jenkins County, Georgia, Ronald E. Spears
The Effects of Medium Chain Triglyceride Ingestion on Total Work in the Free Weight Squat Exercise, James Stoppani
A Study to Determine Industry's Perception Regarding the Extent to Which Quality System Audit Classes Should Be Integrated into College Curriculums, to Provide Students with Education in ISO 9000 Registration, Thomas Xavier Sylvester
The Impact of the Bar Coding System on Manufacturing Industries and Warehouses, Nilesh P. Vora
Self-Esteem and Need for Approval: Differential Attenuation of Distorted Self-Perception, Shanan Mitchell Wayne
The Impact of the Macintosh PowerPC on the Prepress Industry of the Southeastern United States, Eric Michael Weisenmiller
"Chained to Their Separate Destinies:" Characters Created by Environment and Heredity in Edith Wharton's Fiction, Leigh Ann Williams
Assessment of Binge Drinking among the Nontraditional Undergraduate Student Body of a Small College, April Lynn Winningham
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Determination of the Functional Morphology and Locomotor Mode of an Early Eocene Protocetid Whale from Georgia, David Patrick Aleshire
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of a Pigmentation Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Craig West Banks
Job Satisfaction of Registered Nurses in the Home Health Care and Hospital Settings, Tamara Susan Batteiger
Attitudinal Variables Affecting the Use of Sunscreens, Paula E. Bermann
An Analysis of the Council of Ministers: Problems and Possibilities, Whitney Paige Black
Social Support as a Buffer for Anxiety During Peacetime Deployment of a U.S. Navy Warship, Phoebe Dellinger Bragg
Contemporary Gothicism: Straub's Shadowland, Rhonda Lee Brock
Herpetofaunal Diversity of a Temporary Wetland in the Southeast Atlantic Coastal Plain, William B. Cash
Retrospective Control Charts, Shou-Peng Chou
Quadriceps Strengthening Daily Adjustable Progressive Resistance Exercise (Dapre) Technique versus Delorme's Progressive Resistive Exercises (Pre) Techniques, Paul R. Cleveland
A Comparative Study of Reported Job Satisfaction of Nurses Who Attended a Nurse Internship Program and Nurses Who Attended Traditional Orientation, Dina McDade Culpepper
Susceptibility of Eumeces Species Skinks to a Southeastern Isolate of the Lyme Disease Spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi), Gregory A. Cummins
Guardian of the Ogeechee: The History and Significance of Fort McAllister, Georgia in the Civil War and Beyond, Roger S. Durham
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of a Newly Isolated Colonial Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Parenting Styles and Parent-Child Relationships: An Exploratory Study of Catholic Adolescents, Amy Brenee Fiveash
A Comparison Study of Job Satisfaction of Nurses Working on a Unit Using Different Care Delivery Systems, Marybeth F. Gray
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of a Newly-Isolated Pigmentation Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Michele Deleann Hall
The Relationship of Freshman Seminar Completion to First Year Grade Point Average and Second Year Retention Rate, Beth Collins Hickey
A Study of Information Seeking Behaviors of Tourists to Statesboro, Georgia, Robert James Hudson
Attachment, Identity, and Intimacy: An Examination of the Relationships among Three Developmental Constructs, Raymond E. Johnson
The Influence of Perceived Memory and Perceived Confidence of Eyewitnesses on Trivial Persuasion, Jennings Bryan Jones III
Urban Avian Ecology in Southeastern Georgia, Lenora Jean Justice
Anxiety in Progress, Charles Albert Lawson
Intraspecific and Interspecific Variation in the D3 Region of the Eukaryotic 28S rRNA Gene, Jing Li
Relationships Among Attachment Style, Propensity to Ruminate, Self-Esteem, and Depressive Affect, Courtney Lee Malowney
Quality of Life and Epilepsy Surgery; Social and Behavioral Impact of Intractable Epilepsy in Children and Adolescents Before and After Temporal Lobe Resection, James Jeffrey Muir
Exploring the Relationship of Specific Variables to the Onset of Tennis Elbow in Tennis Players, Gina Gail Murphy
Breckinridge Long, the State Department, and the Refugee Problem, 1940-1944, Lee Rebl Patterson
Relationship of Motivational Factors and Participation in Continuing Education in Nursing, Donna J. Reed Hoke
Religious Identity and Support of New Christian Right Issues among College Students, Laura Lee Rigdon
The Response of the Vienna Government and Population to the American Bombing Attacks of 1944-1945, Aurelia Roth
