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 1978
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
The Gospel According to C. S. Lewis: Christianity in Till We Have Faces, Neal Saye
Differential Reinforcement of Key Responses in the King Snake (Lampropeltus getulus getulus), Joe Olin Seamens
A Study of the Effects of Sex Role Stereotyping in Family Roles, Peer Roles, and Mass Media Choices on Academic Achievement, Wyndall Ray Simmons
The Epidemiology of Gonorrhea at Georgia Southern College and the Growth Kinetics of Selected Isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Eric Pierce Simpson
Weberian Bureaucracy: Student Images and Attitudes toward Government Employment and Employees, Jenella Dunning Stacey
Reproductive Morphology, Histology, and Gametogenesis in Ornithodoros parkeri (Cooley) (Acarina: Argasidae), P. Glynn Tillman
Response Generalization in Leisure Time Activity Training, Sandra VanWormer
The Effects of Noise and Color of Surroundings on Time Estimation, Talk Performance, and Self-Report Arousal Ratings, Lorraine R. Waslenchuk
the Toxicity of Cadmium and Zinc to the Mysid Shrimp, Neomysis americana Smith (Crustacea: Mysidacea), John A. Willis
Comparison of Note Taking Strategies for Technical Lectures, Gary Donald Wisham
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Non-Electrical Communications, Ernest L. Albanese Jr.
Eye Color and Reaction Time to Movement, David A. Bush
Training a Corps Signal Battalion, Patrick Joseph Curtin
Edith Wharton's Views on Conjugal Relationships: Biographical and Fictional Parallels in Selected Works, Ronald Edington
Ease of Comprehension of Standard and Readable Automobile Insurance Policies as a Function of Reading Ability, Louis George Gamble
The Effects of Auditory and Visual Interpolated Activities on Short Term Retention of Words and Pictures, Laurence B. Goulding
E. M. Forster and the Ongoing Character of Romanticism, Kerry Allen Greene
Comparative Cost Analysis between Wind-Power Produced Electricity and Fossil Fuel Produced Electricity, Oscar Isidro Harima
Polygenic Inheritance of Variation in Scale Pattern of the Abdominal Sterna of Eretmapodites quinquevittatus (Diptera: Culicidae), Kim Walden Johnston
A Study of Job Satisfaction and Motivation, Carl Franklin Martin
A Comparison of the Effects of Muscular Relaxation, Mental Relaxation, and Music on the Attenuation of Slide-Induced Physiological Arousal, Janice Sharon Martin
Land Subdivision in Bulloch County, Georgia: A Study to Determine Compliance with Regulations and Guidelines, Julius Olney Meadows Jr.
Maintenance of Facilities: An Evaluation of Industrial Arts Programs in Georgia's Public Schools, Waldo E. Meeks
Tom Jones and the Epic, John Perry
The Effects of Eye Color and Stimulus Hue on Critical Flicker Frequency, Roderick L. Powell
The Need for Layout-Designers in Georgia, John D. Russell
Traffic Engineering for Tactical Automatic Switching Systems, William Francis Sherer
The War Policies Commission of 1931-1932, Blair F. Smith Jr.
Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing of Clinically Significant Species of the Genus Clostridium, Shih-yee Sun
The Influence of Oswald Spengler on the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Patricia Blackburn Thomas
The Effect of Stimulus Wave Form on the Perception of Brightness, John S. Tootle
Eugene Talmadge and the New Deal 1933-1936, Clemmie Jo Wilkinson
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Admissions and Recidivism in a VA Hospital: A Test of the Durkeimian Hypothesis, Turner Carlton Allen
Education and Experience of Signal Corps Officers Compared with Academic Standing in the Signal Officer Advanced Course, Edwin R. Baldwin
Autonomic Responding as a Function of Anxiety Hierarchy Stimulus Position within Systematic Desensitization, William Birt Dowling
In-Plant Printing Needs at Georgia Southern College, Thomas Olin Dye
A Study to Determine the Validity of Using Certain Predictors to Select Potential Absent without Leave Personnel, George Orean Dykes Jr.
Effects of Reward on Intrinsic Motivation, Mary King Flowers
Influence of Tactical Communication Systems upon Military Tactics During World War I, Paul Dallas Grant
The Battle of Fort Donelson: The Technology and Significance, Edward Patrick Hamilton
The Demand for Industrial Photography in Eastern Georgia, Charles C. Irby
The Relation between Measured Intelligence and Acquisition of Stabilometer Performance in Retarded and Normal Children, James A. Jordan Jr.
Management of Tactical Automatic Switching Systems, Bruce Arthur Kind
The Existentialist Woman in John Fowles' Novels, Cheryl Reis MacMillan
A Justification for Conducting Personal Financial Management Instruction at Fort Gordon, Georgia, Stanley Andrew Marczak Jr.
The Use of Wire and Cable as a Communications Media in the United States Army, John Erwin McNett
The Effects of Two Time-Out Procedures on Bar Pressing Behavior Maintained by a Random Interval Schedule of Reinforcement, William Zachary Mercer
Design of a Computer Automated Country Information Storage and Retrieval System Written in a Compiler-Level Language, Conrad Bonifay Myrick
To Determine the Feasibility of Utilizing Direct Solar Energy in Industry to Lower Electric Power Cost and to Conserve Natural Resources, Miles Kirkpatrick Pfeiffer Jr.
Reproductive Morphology and Spermatogenesis in Demanyssus gallinae (Degeer) (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae), J. Mathews Pound
Technology A Game for Three, Four or Five Players, Hayden Clarence Poynter Jr.
The Effect of Stimulus Complexity on Form Recognition in Binocular Rivalry, Stephen W. Rogers
A Study to Determine Student Interests in the Occupational Field of Industrial Photography, Joel Dwain Shaw
The Internal Anatomy and Histology of Adult Antricola mexicanus Hoffman (Acari: Argasidae), Richard Peter Smith
Technology for Industrial Development of Developing Countries, Mohammad Tabie
The Role of Technological Ecology in Impeding the Application of Known Technology, Mohammad K. Tahanha
Nature and Nature Imagery in Jewett's Shorter Fiction, Teresa Thomas
An Attitude Survey of Bryan County Area Car Buyers on Automobile Safety Devices, John D. Versaggi
A Study of the Potential Growth of the Channel Catfish Industry in Georgia, John W. Whetsell
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
To Determine the Feasibility of Solar Energy for Home Heating Systems, Edward Harris Blackmon
Sport, Popularity, and Academic Achievement in Relation to Student Preference, Peer Acceptance, and Perception to Parental Preference of Elementary School Children, Hugh Troy Buchanan Jr.
An Analysis of Labor Turnover in a Georgia Paper Company, Rodney Lee Carter
The Ohio State University Cardiovascular Fitness Test: A Modification for College Women, Nancy Rose Dillard
