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 1985
Individual Differences in Lateralization of Cognitive Processes: Type I and Type II Processors, Walter Berry Branch
A Survey of Cattle Ectoparasites and a Study of Psoroptic Mange in Southeast Georgia, Anne-Marie A. Callcott
Spenser's Broken Consort: A Study of the Influence of Elizabethan Secular Music in The Shepheardes Calender, John Lawrence Eaton
A Robotic Arc Welding Program for Georgia Southern College Students in the Department of Technology, Shahab Ebrahimi
Theodore Roosevelt: American Hunter-Naturalist in Africa, Deborah Gail Jenkins
Species Composition and Host-Parasite Relationships of Ticks in Bulloch County, Georgia, David R. Lavender
Bionomics of Culicoides Spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from a Coastal Georgia Barrier Island, George J. Magnon
Characterization and Genetic Analysis of Osmotic-Sensitive Mutants of Neurospora crassa, Jennie L. Morgan
The Application of Immunological Techniques to the Analysis of Hyphal Walls of Wild Type and Osmotic Mutant Strains of Neurospora, Clifford Brian Odom
Solar Heated Broiler House Design, Terry Skelton
Visual and Auditory Processing in Stuttering and Nonstuttering Male Children, Diedrea Lynn Steverson
Somatotype Reference as Related to Sex and Race, Kathy McDuffie Still
Psychological Differences between Bulimic and Pseudobulimic Students, Sherri L. Ware
Culicoides of Sea Island, Georgia: Species Present, Seasonal Incidence and Distribution, Marc D. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Relationship between Psychological Adjustment and Binge Eating, Dietary Restraint, and Weight in College Students, Frederica Erson Edwards
The Identification and Analysis of Sources that Influenced Georgia Southern College Students to Major in Industrial Management and Printing Management, George A. Evans
The Quaker Experience at Wrightsborough, Martha Fay Franklin
Comparison of Mechanical and Chemical Soil Stabilization Methods, Ebrahim Ghazi
Relationship of Technical Educational Background with Success in the United States Army Signal Officer Advance Course, Jerome E. Griffith
Reinforced Alternative Behavior During Extinction as a Function of Response Topography and Duration, Linda Lee Harkness
Effects of Social Interaction on the Self-Concepts of Mentally Retarded Adults, Lisa Wilson Kelly
The Assessment of Bulimia in a High School Population, Sandra Joann Maceyko
A Follow-Up Study of Industrial Management Graduates, Gary E. McClendon
Metrification in the State of Georgia, Gholamhossein Donyadoost Motlagh
The Attitudes of the Georgia Manufacturing Industry toward the Various Media Utilized for the Advertisement and Promotion of Their Products, William G. Neville III
Computer Graphics, Matthew I. Ogunsile
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) System in Georgia Southern College School of Technology, Abdollah Daghighi Rouchi
Caroline Miller: Laureate of the Wiregrass, Virginia Edwards Spell
United States Naval Strategy in the Caribbean 1898-1930, Robert M. Stamps II
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Internal-External Locus of Control and Differential Resistance to Influence Stimuli, Edmund Bibisi Jr.
Isolation and Characterization of Osmotic Mutants of Neurospora crassa, Susan Brown
Cyclic Changes of Neurosecretory Activity and Experiments Involving Molting in Ornithodoros parkeri (Acari: Argasidae), James D. Campbell
An Assessment of Numerical Control Needs for Georgia Southern College, Brian P. Chomniak
A Study of the Development of the Textile/Garment Complex in Two Southeast Georgia Counties, Marilyn McBride Cochran
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