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The works in this student research collection have been approved by the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University as partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master's and Doctorate degrees conferred by the University.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A Phenomenological Exploration of Principals' Influence on Teacher Attrition, Kellie E. Gebhardt
Nine Stories and the Society of the Spectacle: An Exploration into the Alienation of the Individual in the Post-War Era, Margaret E. Geddy
An Examination of the Relationship Between Community Engagement and Military Spouse Marital Satisfaction, Alexandra N. Gilbert
Who Deserves to be in STEM? How Threat and Confirmation of the Gender Hierarchy Impact Helping Behavior Towards Prospective STEM Majors, Samantha A. Gnall
Multiple Imputation Using Influential Exponential Tilting in Case of Non-Ignorable Missing Data, Kavita Gohil
Scaling and Ecological Relationships in the Visual Ecology of Sharks, Brianna Hall
Compliance with Police: Does the Interaction of Race/Ethnicity and Sex Matter?, Claire L. Halliburton
Attitudes Toward the HPV Vaccine among University Students: Identifying Barriers to Vaccine Uptake, Kristina L. Harbaugh
Analysis on Sharp and Smooth Interface, Elizabeth V. Hawkins
Maladaptive Grief: Irish and American Experiences of Loss, Mourning, and Trauma, Abby Hey
Understanding the Relationships Between Combat-Related PTSD Symptoms and Drinking Motives on Military Parental Satisfaction, Melissa C. Hinely
Surfacant Contamination Alters Freshwater Phytoplankton Community Composition, William H. Hodge
Barriers and Access to Services for Female Victims of Violence in the Dominican Republic, Catalina Hooper Armenteros
Looking Through a Culturally Proficient Lens: Georgia Elementary ESOL Teachers' Perceptions of School Leaders, Mary C. Houser
Breast Cancer Disparities Throughout the Cancer Trajectory in Asian American Women, Li-Ting Huang
A Fast and Robust Leap Motion Interface for Arduino Based Robotics, Conner Hughes
Racial Differences in Factors Influencing Childhood Overweight and Obesity in the US, Brendan C. Ibe
A Study of the Gross Pitaevskii Equation Ground State Solutions Using Artificial Neural Networks, Mehtab Iqbal
Reduced Dataset Neural Network Model for Manuscript Character Recognition, Mohammad Anwarul Islam
The Impact of School Tasks on the Leadership Self-Efficacy of Principals and Assistant Principals, Torri M. Jackson
[P]lace: Reinterpreting the Feminine, Nicole D. James
Plausible Expositions with Possible Expeditions, Nikolaus D. James
Biomechanical Comparison of "Old" and "New" Cheer Shoes in Collegiate Cheerleaders, Abigail C. Johnson
Life Table Analyses of the Impact of Eliminating Particular Causes of Death Using the United States 2016 Population, Deborah A. Kanda
Artificial Neural Network Models for Pattern Discovery from ECG Time Series, Mehakpreet Kaur
Some New Lifetime Distributions: Lindley Log-Logistic And Kumaraswamy Lindley Log-Logistic Distributions With Applications, Elizabeth Kenkwo
A New Measure of Diagnostic Accuracy With Cut-Points Criterion for k-Stage Classification Disease Based on Concordance and Discordance, Jing X. Kersey
Thermal Performance of Sierpinski Carpet Fractal Fins at Various Angles of Inclination in a Natural Convection Environment, Haidar Jamil Khalil
Mining Hidden Markov Models in Sequences of Characters Using Recurrent Neural Networks, Sushmita Khan
The Effects of Boring Sponge Infestation on Condition, Growth, and Sex Change in Crepidula Fornicata, Nicole L. Kleinas
Perceived Credibility of Child Sexual Abuse Reporting, Bridget Lashbaugh-Barney
Assessing Hotel Employee Knowledge on Risk Factors and Risk Management Procedures for Microbial Contamination of Hotel Water Distribution Systems, Brandon Leftwich
Physiological Response of Elasmobrachs During Propofol Immersion, Matthew Levendosky
Differential Effects of Reduced Foot Sole Sensitivity and Nerve Conduction Velocity on Postural Control and Functional Gait, Kelsey D. Lewis
Nonparametric Misclassification Simulation and Extrapolation Method and Its Application, Congjian Liu
Cardio-Metabolic and Perceived Demands Comparison of Circuit Training and Fireground Suppression Tasks, Brandon Loewen
Becoming a Mexican American in the U.S. South: Autobiographical Narrative of Liberation, Claudia Martinez
Explicit Pseudo-Kähler Metrics on Flag Manifolds, Thomas A. Mason III
Examination of Violent Risk-Taking Behaviors in Youth 15-18 Year of Age Associated with Gender, Race, and Ethnicity using the Socio-Ecological Model., Kimberly M. McCreary
Patient-Centered Medical Home Readiness Among Children And Youth With Special Health Care Needs in Alabama: A Pilot Feasibility Study, Lolita A. McLean
Evolution Of Two-Element Directive Antennas, Tyler J. McPherson
Experiments on the Neural Network Approach to the Handwritten Digit Classification Problem, William Meissner
Identifying Protective Factors to Early Suicide Markers: The Buffering Effects of Savoring and Resilience, Matthew Miceli
Perceptions of Physical Activity Engagement among African American Emerging Adults at Georgia Southern University - Statesboro Campus, Addison Mickens
Perceptions of the Impact Mathematics Support Classes Have on Student Achievement, Cordaryl Charles Middleton
The Relationship Between Co-Teaching Partnerships and Student Achievement, Tikki N. Middleton
On Voyeurism: Being Seen on the Modern Stage, Megan M. Mobley
Nanofiber Fabrication and Applications: Direct Contact Water Desalination & Energy Harvesting, Momena Monwar
Power Consumption Optimization in Passive Optical Networks, David Moore
Rey-ifying a New Heroine: Interrogating the Curriculum of Femininity in Star Wars Films, Rebekah S. Morgan
An Investigation of the Effects of N-Butanol on Friction and Wear Patterns When Mixed with Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, John L. Morrison Jr.
Quantitative Performance Assessment of LiDAR-based Vehicle Contour Estimation Algorithms for Integrated Vehicle Safety Applications, David M. Mothershed
Attitude Formation and Malleability in Response to Visual Cues and Counterattitudinal Information, Tyler W. Mueller
Social Media Data Analysis, a Tool for Public Health Emergency Management During Natural Disasters, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez
The Relationship Between Servant Leadership and Teacher Retention and Student Achievement, David Earl Murphy
Reinforcement Learning, Cooperative Output Regulation and Their Applications to Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Mohammed Mynuddin
Professionalizing Emergency Medical Services (EMS): Still at the Crossroads, B. Jeanine Newton-Riner
Control of Voltage-Source Converters Considering Virtual Inertia Dynamics, Tri Nguyen
Does MAGA Affect Legal Decision Making in a Criminal Case?, Jaelyn M. Nixon
Phase-Locked Loop Control In Low-Inertia Grid-Connected Voltage-Source Converters, Ifechukwude Gideon Odogwu
Close Quarters: Seasonal Cestode-microbe Interactions Within the Guts of Two North American Sorex Shrew Species, Timothy L. Odom Jr
Prayer as a Potential Buffer Against Ego Depletion, Danielle Oehring
Exploring Health Attitudes and Academic-Community Engagement of Faculty at Accredited Schools and Colleges of Public Health in the U.S., Maria I. Olivas
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Pinewood for Improving Hydrocarbon Yield and Oil Stability Using Low-Cost Metal-Supported Catalysts, Angelika S. Ouedraogo
The Impact of a Division I Volleyball Season on Jumping Performance, Joshua R. Pascal
"That's a Man:" How Trans Men in the South Bolster Their Claims to Manhood, Megan Y. Phillips
Patterns of Identity, Tameka S. Phillips
Benzodiazepine Policy Map, Katherine A. Pincura
Design, Construction, Energy Modeling, and Navigation of a Six-Wheeled Differential Drive Robot to Deliver Medical Supplies inside Hospitals, Makhluk Hossain Prio
Catalytic Co-pyrolysis of Pinewood and Waste Plastics for Improving the Selectivity of Hydrocarbons and the Quality of Pyrolysis Oil, Md Hafizur Rahman
Applying Artificial Intelligence to Medical Data, Shaikh Shiam Rahman
Decision Pattern Detection From Brain Response To Marketing Stimuli, Lateef Rasheed
Predicting Providers’ Acceptance Of Emergency Teleophthalmology: The Role Of Transformational Leadership In Telemedicine Adoption, Assegid A. Roba
Plasticity and the Impact of Increasing Temperature on a Tropical Ectotherm, Adam A. Rosso
Investigating Driving Distraction Using Electroencephalography (EEG), Lanre Gbenga Sadeeq
The South Will Rise Again, but Did It Ever Really Fall? A Southern Family's Stories of Feminism, Critical Geography, and Southern Identity: A Memoir, Kelli D. Salter
Exploration Into the Security Awareness of Employees Within Rural Telecommunication Cooperatives Utilizing a HAIS-Q Based Instrument, Izell Scott III
Mitigation of Human RF Exposure in Wearable Communications, Yakub Ahmed Sharif
Assessment of Movement Patterns and Philopatric Behavior of Savannah River Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis), Jackson Sibley
The Strong Families Program: Differential Impacts of Resilience and Parent Management Training, Katie Slusher
Analysis of Antenna Designs for the Maximum Power Transmission, Lauryn P. Smith
The Impact of an Intensive Blended Learning Reading Intervention on Standardized Assessment Scores, Ashley M. Snyder
Smartphones, Stress, and the Reduction of Cognitive Resources, Jenay R. Stone
An Examination of the Use of Computer-Based Formative Assessments, Patrick D. Sullivan
Non-Intrusive Identification of Student Attentiveness and Finding Their Correlation with Detectable Facial Emotions, Tasnia Tabassum
Public Perception of Different Planting Techniques using Augmented Reality, Sultana Quader Tania
Visual Feast, Makaili J. Taylor
Trauma and Hardiness: A Developmental Perspective, Mary S. Taylor
Knowledge and Willingness of Academic Advisors and College Professors Regarding Concussion and Academic Accommodations, Loriann Tedder
Dare We Speak Of It: The Teaching Of Evolution In Private Schools Of An Urban Middle Georgia Setting, Eric J. Thompson
Resources to Access Health Care for Low Socioeconomic Status Youth Athletes, Stephanie Walsh
Effectiveness of Wellness Programming to Improve Health and Fitness Metrics in Rural Firefighters, Macy Weeks
