The Theses & Dissertations 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 1983
Western European Political Integration within the Framework of the Council of Europe, Minas Andreou Hadjimichael
Design Plans for an On-Farm Constructed Single Farrowing Unit, Phillip Edward King
The Nature of Knowledge: Modern Intellectualism in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor, Carolyn Maria Neder
Life History Aspects of the Striped Mullet, Mugil cephalus, in Georgia's St. Simons Estuarine System, John M. Pafford
Tradition and Affirmation in the Works of John Gardner, Alison Rowe Payne
A Speech Synthesis Alarm Control System, Jesus A. Sanchez O'Hep
A Basic Numerical Control Instructional Package, Hossein Sarrafan-Chaharsoughi
Synganglial and Neurosecretory Morphology in the Chicken Mite Dermanyssus gallinae (DeGeer) (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae), Gilberto Severino
Computer Applications in Engineering Technology Schools, Alireza Rahimi Shirazi
Compromised Neutrality: American Foreign Policy in the Brazilian Naval Revolt of 1893-94, Jesse Thompson
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
The Function of Symbols in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor, Lurlie Wiseman Allen
Morphotype and Isozyme Characterization of Selected Populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae), R. Gary Branch Jr.
Effect of Informed Consent and Debriefing on Acceptance of Deception in Psychological Research, Carol Conlan
Form and Meaning: Distance and Isolation in the Fiction of David Storey, Susan E. Degange
The Question of Parahaploidy or Haplo-Diploidy in the Chicken Mite Dermanyssus gallinae (Degeer) (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae), Ellen M. Dotson
A Study to Determine Current Status of Colleges and Universities Yearbook, Ali Halatayi
Alexander Pope's Entrance into Politics in the Walpole Era, 1720-1742, Donna Ross Hooley
Isolation and Characterization of Mannitol Non-Utilizing Mutants of Neurospora crassa, Elaine M. Marino
God and Man in the Drama of Being: The Common Philosophical Ground of Eric Voegelin, Flannery O'Connor, and Robert Penn Warren, Bobbe Smith Nelson
Problems Facing Georgia Printers in the '80s, Gary Miller Peachey
Reactions to Approach Distance in Overweight and Normal Weight College Females, Ruth Ann Neill Rogers
The Maintenance Labor Management Information System, John S. Sams
Individual Differences in Same-Different Comparison Tasks, Walter Clay Simmons
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Early and Late Patterns of the Search Motif Contrasted in John Updike's Fiction Rabbit, Run and The Coup, Carolyn Anne McKinney Afshar
An Evaluation of the Ease of Understanding Directions on Non-Prescription Drugs, JoAnn H. Bahelka
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: 'A Woman without Any Advantages', Jacquelyn Egan
Attitudes toward Selective Service and the Role of Women in Military Service, Robert LeGrande Gardner III
Short-Term Memory as a Function of Age, Sex, and Stimulus Organization, Yancey Greer
Organization of a Learning Center, Bruce A. Harris
Evaluation of the Physical Facilities and the Future Needs of the School of Technology at Georgia Southern College, Hooshang Kazemi
Differential Hemispheric Processing of Stroop Stimuli, Dennis G. Mize
Solar Double Faced Glass Collector, Mehdi Donyadoost Motlagh
An Analysis of the Wave Soldering Process, Its Soldering Problems and Their Solutions, James Thaxton Mullis
Personality Differences between Attractive and Unattractive High School Females, Andrea Rene Re
Black Militia in Savannah, Georgia 1872-1905, Frances Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Patterns of Irony in the War Dispatches of Stephen Crane, Julius Fellows Ariail
Change in Attitudes toward Mental Illness as a Function of Mental Hospital Experience, Joseph Charles Bullington Jr.
John Fowles' Use of Allusion in The Magus and Daniel Martin, Karen Douglass
The Old Southeast and Fort King George: Borderland of Three Empires, Norman Edwards
Interpersonal Consequences of Persons Seeking Mental Health Treatment as a Function of the Treatment Setting Employed, Eugene Burton May Jr.
A Follow Up Study of Printing Management Graduates, Terry Miller
Effects of an Antiallatotropic Compound on Dermanyssus gallinae (Degeer) (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae), Julia L. Partin
A Cooperative Education Program for Technology Majors, Joel Lee Sawyer
Androgyny and Attribution: Effects of Sex Role Adoption, Sex-Linkage of Task, and Outcome on Causal Attributions for Success and Failure, Vally M. Sharpe
The Entering Wedge: Congressional Appropriations to the Military in 1920-The National Defense Act of 1920 and Its Implementation, Elaine T. Wade
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Manual Torque as a Correlate of Behavior Pathology in Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized Children, Renwick Francis Bradley
Pheromone Studies of the Chicken Mite, Dermanyssus gallinae (Degeer) (Acari: Dermanyssidae), Deborah L. Entrekin
Responsivity of Coronary-Prone and Coronary-Resistant Males to Physical Exercise and the Cold Pressor Test, Paul Kenneth Farmer
Follow Up Study on Engineering Technology Graduates, Wenhaw Hsu
Hudson, 1799-1830: Puritan Town on the Ohio Frontier, Ray Hyser
Soft Energy Path for Building Energy Conservation, Hung Joseph Li
Foam Insulation for Homes, Mahmoud Majidi-Mashhadi
Size Accentuation in the Dominant Eye, Nancy Morris
Numerical Control Program for Iranian Industries, S. Alireza Mozayyani
Small Hospital Wind Energy System Design for Haiti, William R. Newsome
Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Chronology of Conflict and Reconciliation, Donna Newcomer Shriver
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Investigation of Air Contaminant Sources on the Georgia Southern College Campus, Karim G. Akhlaghi
Cost Effective Measures of Conserving Energy in the Residential Sector in Southeast Georgia, Hampton M. Boatwright
Fantasy: The Evolution of a Modern Literary Mode, Byron Breedlove
The Effects of Relaxation Practice on Digit Span Performance, Ronald Henry Chapman
Coronary Prone Behavior Patterns: Relationship to Alpha Activity, Anxiety, Locus of Control, Self Concept, and Time Awareness, Thomas M. Coleman
Alpha Activity, Time Perception, Locus of Control, Androgyny, Self Concept, and Anxiety in Type A and Type B Females, David William Comer
Helping Behavior as a Function of Sex of Person Asking for Help and Sex of Person Being Asked for Help, Christopher George Cooper
Effects of Intermittent Reinforcement in the Kingsnake Lampropeltis getulus floridana, Julie Anderson Currie
Psychophysical Scaling of the Offensiveness of Slang Words, Jane Daniels
The Relationship of Incidence Rates of Behavior Disorders to Selected Demographic and Organismic Variables at an Urban Mental Health Center, Steven L. Darby
Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology of the Black-Legged Tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae), T. Dave Gowen
Polygenic Inheritance of Abdominal Tergal Scale Pattern in Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae), Cynthia King Meeks
The Evolution of the Middle-Class Protagonist in English and American Domestic Tragedy from the Renaissance to the Present, Gerald William Morton
A Prescriptive Theory for Regional Integrative Development: The Arab Region, Michael Philip Oreste
A Comparison of the Effects of Scopolamine and Chloral Hydrate on Retention of Punished Responding in Rats, Laura Catherine Pollock Phillips
Social Distance: A Measure of Women's Groups, Anne Smith Salter
Religion as Metaphor in E. M. Forster's Fiction, Dipti Amit Shah
Sex Typing of Subjects and Sex of Experimenter Effects in Anagram Solution, Zelda B. Tenenbaum
The Price of Progress: The Georgia Railroad Strike of 1909, Mark V. Wetherington
Effects of Petroleum and Macrofauna on Microbenthos Dynamics in Simulated Detrital Communities, Glen David Williamson
Descriptive Praise and General Praise with Mentally Retarded Children, Nora Atkinson Younger
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Effects of Operant Conditioning of Cooperative Play on Non-Reinforced Behaviors in Severely and Profoundly Retarded Adults, Martha Wade Aenchbacher
The Effect of Caffeine on Hand Steadiness in Industrial Task Performance, Richard Charles Axt Jr.
Socio-Psychological Patterns in John Steinbeck's The Long Valley, Khalil Barhoum
Willingness to Discuss Death: The Influence of Organizational Setting and Personal Exposure, Patricia Guerin Barrett
Effects of Ionic Copper on Natural Populations of Phytoplankton Grown in Continous Culture, Samuel Stephen Bishop
The Automatic Early Warning Collision Alarm, Barry D. Bullard
Design of a Computer Automated Production Scheduling System, David R. Butler
Arthur Davis Shores: Advocate for Freedom, Lynda Dempsey Cochran
The Attitude of Management in Georgia's Printing Industry Concerning the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, J. Melissa Fisher
Commonality of Opinion among Politicians, Industrialists, and Technologists on Specific Issues Pertaining to Advancing Technology, Robert Eldon Gaylord
The Effect of Megadoses of Pyridoxine Hydrochloride on the Volitional Consumption of Ethanol in Acclimated Rats, Sandra Gail Hoover
A Feasibility Study on the Design and Integration of a Microwave Inter-Communication Link within the Georgia University Systems, Patricia M. Mack
A Gas Shielded Arc Welding Program for Iran, Mohsen Majidi-Mashadi
The Effects of Juvenile Hormone Analogs and B-Ecdysone on Nymphal Development, Spermatogenesis, Reproductive Capabilities, and Embryogenesis in Dermacentor variabilis (SAY) (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae), Robert S. McDaniel II
Planning, Politics and Public Opinion in the 1975 Refugee Resettlement Program, Edwin Donald Miller
The Feasibility of Harnessing Solar Radiation to Supplement the Energy Needs of Nigeria, Joseph Osarogie Onaghise
The Search for Order in the Novels of Walker Percy, Patricia Thigpen Price
Androgyny in the Works of Carson McCullers, Karyn Riedell
The Effects of Kanamycin on the Development of Various Organs and Glands in White Mice, Linda Kathleen Russell
