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 1994
Hostility, Stress, and the Endorsement of Alcohol Consumption in College Students, Donia Sapp
Competencies Needed for Public Assembly Managers as Viewed by Today's Practitioners, Laura Lynn Sawyer
Temporal Dynamics of Epizootics in Predator-Prey Models, Karen Lou Scott
Savannah's Own: The Irish Jasper Greens 1842-1865, Michael Damon Seigle
Assessment of Newborn Resemblance by Parents and Newborn Recognition Abilities of Unrelated Individuals, Deanna L. Setters
The Effect of Shared Governance on Staff Nurse Job Satisfaction, Margaret Butler Sewell
Hawthorne's "Neutral Territories:" A Study of the Construction of Forest Settings in Relation to Hawthorne's Theory of Romance, Ronald D. Shafer
"Satisfaction Wherever He Served": The Career of Alexander Robert Lawton, 1818-1862, Gerald Judson Smith Jr.
Determining the Need for a Package Production Technology Program at Georgia Southern University, Staci Michelle Smith
The Role of Sexual Selection in Structuring West Indian Passerine Communities, C. Lynne Starling
Effect of Cost Awareness and Source of Drug Information on Prescription of Lower Priced and Equally Effective Drugs among Family Practice and Internal Medicine Residents, Christopher Michael Stephens
Genetic Analysis and Characterization of a New Osmotic-Sensitive, Protoperithecial Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Stephanie Paige Stephens
Student and Teacher Effects of Elementary School Tracking: An Examination of a Rural Georgia School District, David L. Strickland
Implementing Total Quality Management at a Chinese Cutting-Tool Manufacturing Factory, Shaojie Sun
A Needs Assessment for a Physical Fitness Program for South Georgia Law Enforcement Officers, Lewis Paul Tompkins
Genetic Analysis and Characterization of a New Osmotic-Sensitive Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Jeffrey R. Wagner
Vector Incompetence of Ornithodoros turicata (Acari: Argasidae) and Host Incompetence of Eumeces Spp. Lizards for a Southeastern Strain of Borrelia burgdorferi, Michael Allen Wanchick Jr.
An Examination of Mechanisms Underlying Performance on Transitive Inference Tasks by Pigeons: Linear Order Theory versus Value Transfer Theory, Janice Elaine Weaver
Spiroplasma (Entomoplasmatales) Associated with Tabanidae (Diptera) and Lampyridae (Coleoptera), Jimmy Wedincamp Jr.
Corruption in Georgia Land Distribution: A Case Study of the Yazoo and Pine Barrens Land Frauds, Bobby J. White
Alcohol Consumption and Membership in Greek Social Fraternities, Ansley Elizabeth Yeomans
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Differences among Male High School Faculty in Southeast Georgia Regarding Smokeless Tobacco, Benjamin Alexander Armstrong
Quality Control in Induction Hardness and Computer Numerical Control Grinding, Sandra Wynne Bevill
The Effect of Interhospital Transfer on Anxiety Levels of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients, Cynthia Smith Boyles
The Design of a Self-Paced Instructional Package for Graduate Assistants and Undergraduate Student Workers Working in the Printing Management Laboratory Facility, Kymberli Marguerite Cheshier
Morphology of Near-Ultraviolet Reflecting Wing Scales in Southeast Asian Butterflies, Stephenia Diane Cooler
A Follow-Up Study of the Printing Management Program, Keisha Donnette Davis
The Relationship between Willingness or Commitment to Be an Organ Donor and Factual Knowledge, Personal Experience, and Attitude Regarding Organ Donation, Rebecca Carpenter Hanling
AERAT: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Accidental Extubation Risk Assessment Tool in Identifying Level of Risk for Accidental Extubation, Annette Beebe Hayman
The Relationship between Spousal Health Knowledge and Utilization of Health Care: A Corporate Study, Angela Elaine Hendrix
Opinions of Lower Income African Americans Regarding Healthcare and Healthcare Delivery Systems in the Savannah Community, Rhonda Houston
An Exploratory Study of Predicted Staffing Levels Comparing a Dialysis Patient Classification System and a Ratio System, Debra S. Hultquist
Savannah's Black and White Longshoremen 1856-1897, Monica Hunt
Bionomics and Control of Culicoides Spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Coastal Georgia, Lynda L. Jenkins
A Comparison of Critical Thinking Abilities and Selected Demographic Variables among Novice and Registered Nurses, Kristen J. Johnson
Determinants of Success in Experimental Introductions of the Rodent (Mus musculus) onto Habitat Islands, Mark W. Krissinger
Using Simulation Techniques in Ameliorating Productivity of a Cellular Assembly Layout, Christopher O'Neal Leverett
Acid-Base Regulation in Three Marine Teleosts: The Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau), the Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus), and the Long-Horned Sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus), Dana Compton McCullough
An Analysis of the Strategies Used by the Printing Industry Association of Georgia to Establish Its Membership Base, Charlotte Parrish-Woody
Media Influences on College Women's Attitudes Toward Weight and Body Image, Stephanie Ann Porter Paul
The Perception of Power: A Revised Model, Bruno Alexander Pelczarski
The Role of British Women in the Military During World War II, Ana Lee Prieto
The Influence of Sexual Selection on the Fate of Species Introductions, Todd P. Redfearn
The Effects of Rumination on the Automatic Processing of Information in the Performance of a Cognitive Task, Vann Barden Scott Jr.
Dynamics in a Four-Level Laser System, Donna Maree Sheppard
The New Self and the Integration of the Shadow: George MacDonald's Anticipation of Jungian Individuation, Linda Sue VonBergen
Home Care Nurses and Home Care Patients: Differences in Perceptions of Nurse Caring Behaviors, Sara K. Welsh
Investigating and Expanding the 10% Rule, Martha Rebekah Martin Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Exploring the Relationship of Professional Autonomy and Organizational Commitment in Home Oncology and Hospital Oncology Nurses, Mary Judith Allen
Water: The Emerging Issue in the Middle East: A Study of the Politics of Water in the Middle East, Amy Aronson-Friedman
The Development of Programs/Offerings by Hospitals to Prepare Nursing Staff to Care for Elderly Patients, Janice B. Bevan
Pigmentations, Morphology, and Genetics of Colonial Mutants of Neurospora crassa, Andrew Lynn Bristow
The Awakening of American Awareness: Life Magazine and the Onset of the Pacific War 1937-1943, Joe Hardin Camp Jr.
The Green Man and Magical Realism, Catherine Y. Carter
"Lamia"'s Dramatic Metamorphoses, Devan Cook
Preconception Care: A Preventative Health Care Approach to Perinatal Morbidity in Rural Communities, Jewel Lee Tant Dorney
Evolutionary Theory: The Development of a Sociological Paradigm with Emphasis on the Theory of Gerhard Lenski, Ira Lea Dove
The Effects of Alarmed Prey on the Behavior of a Predator, Karyn D. Fordham
The Effects of State Anxiety on Helping Behavior, Lisa M. Forrer Laskowski
The Impact of Desktop Color Imaging on Prepress Personnel Skills, Iva Elaine Fowke
Alliance, Dependence, and Submission: A Brief History of Cherokee - British Relations Through the End of the Cherokee War in 1761, Dixie Ray Haggard
The Effects of Entry Level Education on Commitment to Nursing as a Profession, Kay S. Hampton
Comparison Study of First Time Abortion Patients versus Repeat Abortion Patients Using Rotter's Locus of Control, Sharon Holmes
A Model for Comparative Analysis of Business Community Expectations of Printing Companies and Printer Perceptions of Those Expectations, Kevin Lloyd Hudson
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of a Newly-Isolated Crisp-Like Mutant and an Osmotic-Sensitive Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Charlene Renee Jackson
The Effect of Dosage Regimen on Medication Compliance, Ernest William Keich
Islamic Economic Order and Interest Free Banking, Hamesh Khan
African-American Alcoholics in Alcoholics Anonymous: A Case Study, Jack R. McNeill
Georgia Norms for the Teacher Motivation Diagnostic Questionnaire, Nancy Bland Norton
Comparing the Self-Esteem Levels of At-Risk Students and Non At-Risk Students, Timothy L. Norton
School Desegregation in Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia, 1963-1972: A Case Study, Ricky E. Parrish
Rabelais and Fowles: Thematic Parallels and Influence, James Perdue
Dental Patients' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Perceptions about Dentistry and AIDS, Sara S. Plaspohl
The Good, The True and the Beautiful: The Aesthetic Club in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1883-1900, Sloan Deer Powell
Factors that Influence Critical Care Nurses' Attitudes Regarding Organ Procurement, Gail Prentice
"A Past to Cherish - A Future to Fulfill" Lewis High - Ballard Normal School, 1865-1900, Susan F. Presley
Voice and Interiority in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Maria Jacobs Racine
The Moral Principles of Jonathan Swift's Sermons and Irish Tracts, Tamara Rellis
Moral Code versus Societal Convention: Tragedy in the Novels of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and Henry James, Nancy Lawson Remler
Factors that Influence the Selection of Construction Scheduling Techniques, Timothy J. Sanders
Effects of Microhabitat Variables on the Breeding Success of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) in Southeast Georgia, Melissa A. Scott
A Suffering Odyssey: A Phenomenological-Interpretive Analysis, William M. Scott
The Relationship of Exercise Habits to Osteoporosis Knowledge and Health Beliefs, Helen M. Taggart
A Floristic Study and Vegetation Analysis of the Southern Portion of the George L. Smith State Park in Emanuel County, Georgia, USA, Marcus Arvin Toole Jr.
Application of A Recreation Planning Strategy for the Acquisition of State Park Lands in Georgia, Yuh-horng Wang
The Effect of an Educational Program on Organ Procurement in the Rural Hospital, Danette Lewis Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Application of Advanced Learning Technologies in Training and Post-Secondary Education, Caroline Hembel Beard
Relationship among Type A Behavior Pattern, Hostility, and Uncontrollable Event in a College-Aged Population, Marna Elyea Burns
The Effects of Failure on the Frequency of Self-Reinforcement among Learning and Performance-Oriented Subjects, Anne M. Buttimer-Gay
Factors Related to Job Satisfaction and Retention of Staff Nurses Employed in a Southeast Rural Hospital, Melanie D. Collum
Regional Development in Colonial Georgia, Kevin R. Cook
Morphological Characterization and Genetic Analysis of a New Colonial Mutant of Neurospora crassa, Winfreda McCloud Council
The Relationship of Preterm Labor and Self-Coherence, Anne Shirah Edenfield
A Comparison of Patients' and Nurses' Perceptions of Patient Stressors in Critical Care, Patricia Ehsanipoor
Attitudes and Perceived Competence as a Function of Adult Crying Behavior, David Wesley Evans
Iron Status and Dietary Intake in a Cross-Country Team During a Competitive Season, Scott David Fallon
An Exploratory Study of Selected Variables and Direct Nursing Care Cost Utilizing a National Multi-Hospital Data Base, Carol Ennis Feuger
