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 2022
Voices Rising: Exploring the Tensions of Homeschooled Women Defining Themselves within a Religious Culture, Natalie S. Immings
Structural and Functional Characterization of Two Poly(aspartic acid) Hydrolases, Amanda Jansch
Factors Associated with Employees' Trust and Confidence in their Supervisors: Case of Department of Health and Human Services, Shobana Jayaraman
Microbiological Water Quality of Tybee Island and Occurrence of Human Pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Beach Water and Tidal Pools, Sarah H. Jillson
Fabrication of Soft Gripper Via Direct Inkjet Writing Additive Manufacturing, Evan D. Johnson
Impostorism on Campus: The Effects of Stereotype Threat on State Inauthenticity and State Anxiety in Two Samples of African American College Women, Gabrielle Y. Johnson
Using Machine Learning to Analyze Software Requirement Dependencies, Mehakpreet Kaur
Reconceptualizing the Genuis Within: the Intersection of Tracking and Neoliberalism, Hannah L. Kessler
Towards Effective and Efficient Intrusion Detection with Deep Learning, Seongsoo Kim
The Relationships Between Sleep Quality, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Injury in High School Student Athletes, Karleigh Kirsch
Murder She Wrote: Victorian Women and Deviant Desires, Sarah E. Knowles
The Impact of Gloves and Simulated Occupational Tasks on Handgrip Strength in Structural Firefighters, Sarah Lanham
Epigenetic Buffering in Introduced House Sparrows, M. Ellesse Lauer
A NOVEL TRANSFORMER-BASED MODEL FOR SPATIOTEMPORAL PM2.5 PREDICTION, Jordan C. Limperis
Reinforcement Learning: Low Discrepancy Action Selection for Continuous States and Actions, Jedidiah Lindborg
Succession Planning Using Servant Leadership Model For Nurses At The Atlanta Veteran Affairs Health Care System, Lauren Littlejohn
Analysis Of Overall Survival Data Using Mixture Cure Model, Manyun Liu
Capitalizing on Stress: Improving Affect and Self-Efficacy Through an Arousal Reappraisal Intervention, Angel Long
Sexual Victimization and Disordered Eating among Sorority and Fraternity Members, Jennifer L. McGinness
A Secondary Data Analysis Exploring the Impacts of Synchronous and Asynchronous Sexual Assault Bystander Intervention Training: A Pilot Study, Jacquelyn A. Mesenbrink
Sexual minority stress and mental health: An investigation of rural-urban differences in social support, Justin T. Miller
ASSOCIATION OF VITAMINS, CAFFEINE, AND DEPRESSION USING A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY, Neil S. Mistry
License Plate Image Quality Enhancement Utilizing Super Resolution Generative Adversarial Networks, Mark Moelter
Coaxial 3D Printing with Agarose and Gelatin with Cells, Marcela Montoya
The Funeral's the Thing: Unification Through the Burial Rite in Hamlet, Ferrell J. Mowell
Hemocyte-mediated immune response to a bacterial infection in the cat flea (Ctenocephalides Felis), Melanie Muñoz
Assessing the Factors Related to the Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the Perioperative Division: A Case Study at a Level 1 Trauma Center, Lakeysha R. Mutcherson
The Role of Cardiorespiratory Fitness to Attenuate Arterial Stiffness in Firefighters, Thomas Nagel
Perplexions: Perceptions, Plexi and Prose, Amy B. Nelson
Optimization of Passive Flow Control Technique for Enhanced Turbulent Mixing in Supersonic Propulsion, Andrious Nelson
The Medieval “Chosen One” In Modern YA Series: A Cultural Wonder, Emily S. Nipper
Determining Cause Of Failure For Load Cells Supporting Vertical Pressure Vessels Subject To Wind Loading, Seth Nowak
Hyphenated Identity and Negotiated Intersectionality: A Memoir of a First-Generation Nigerian-American Male Teacher in an Inner City Title 1 Elementary School in Georgia, Gerald Chidiebere Nwachukwu
Pharmaceutical and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions Against Respiratory Tract Infectious Diseases, Sylvia Ofori
Modelling Muscle Activation Using EMG Signal, Mercy U. Okonna
Controlled Voltage of Hot Snare Polypectomy Device in Electrosurgical Device, Saidi Olayinka Olalere
CLOUD-BASED MACHINE LEARNING AND SENTIMENT ANALYSIS, Emmanuel C. Opara
Evaluation of Guardrail Performance in High-Risk Accident Zones and Identification of Barrier Alternatives, Maria Jose Ordonez
EEG Signals Classification Using LSTM-Based Models and Majority Logic, James A. Orgeron
Analysis of Spatial Discrepancies Between 76-Foot Close Range Photogrammetric and Terrestrial-Lidar Models, Abdoul K. Ouangre
Fabrication and Testing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites via Vat-Photopolymerization Additive Manufacturing, Anthony G. Palacio
Proof-of-Concept: Safety Hazard Identification and Impact Minimization Using 3D BIM and VR Devices Through the Case-Studies, Sudeep Pangeni
Comparative Analysis of Mushrooms Using Decision Trees, Random Forest, and Neural Network Algorithms, Sanny S. Patel
The Effects of Cultural Competence and Therapy Duration on Minority Populations’ Therapy Preferences, Sofia Perez
Leadership Self-efficacy of Students Participating in On-Campus Leadership Programming, Benjamin S. Phillips
Bridging the Gaps: Exploring Factors Associated With Goal Achievement Within an Accountable Care Organization Care Coordination Program, Jessica L. Polk
Seasonal Variation in Anthropometric and Performance Variables in American Professional Soccer Players, Hannah Elizabeth Ramirez
Coping Self-Efficacy as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Trauma and Disordered Eating, Bethany Owens Raymond
A Study of Reduced Activation Ferritic Martensitic Metal Core Wire for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Alexander L. Reichenbach
Amblyomma quadricavum (Schulze, 1941) (Acari:Ixodidae): First Description of the Nymphal Stage and Phylogenetic Assessment of Its Taxonomic Status, Ashleigh V. Riggs
Nitrate Removal During the Shoulder Months in the Occoquan Reservoir: A Comprehensive Study, KM Risaduzzaman
Male Color Badges Advertise Multiple Messages: Tradeoffs Among Color Badge Intensity, Size, and Ectoparasite Load, Katherine M. Roberts
No Rest for the Weary: The Association of Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in EMS Personnel, Carlene A. Robinson
Behavior and Chemical Signals as Markers of Colony Identification in Argentine Ants (Linepithema Humile), Stephanie A. Rohrbach
Evaluation of Hemp Seed Meal as a Fish Meal Replacement through Growth and Digestibility Trials in Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis), Anthony Sample
Developing And Validating A Machine Learning-Based Student Attentiveness Tracking System, Andrew L. Sanders
INSTINCT, Eric Sanders
Improving Cyber Security in Power Systems Using Neural Networks, Dylan Savage
The Influence of Faculty Peer Network Communication in the Diffusion of a Centralized CURE, Nicole L. Scheuermann
Characteristics and Regions of Hospital Locations and the Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage., Zahra Shahin
Cryptography Through the Lens of Group Theory, Dawson M. Shores
Florida Sand Skink and Blue-tailed Mole Skink: Expanding Geographic Coverage of Genetic Analysis for Conservation, Emma Simpson
Developmental and Individual Differences in Visual Word Search, Michaela D. Simpson
Investigation of Intramolecular and Intermolecular Aza-Michael Reactions, Nadia Z. Singleton
Tickets, Tokens, and Teachers' Experiences with PBIS in Georgia, Tabitha Sirmans
Does Race Have An Influence on The Athletic Trainer-Coach Relationship, Cayce M. Sloan
The Effect of Magnitude and Probability on Plea Bargain Decision-Making, Megan L. Small
Investigations of the Low Temperature Combustion Regions and Emissions Characteristics of Aerospace F24 in a Constant Volume Combustion Chamber and a Common Rail Direct Injection Ci Engine, Richard C. Smith III
A Different World: The Experiences of Black Women at a Southern Predominantly White Institution, LaToya Stackhouse
Crippling Stagnation: Disability Imagery and the Handicapped South, Amber L. Stickney
"A World of Mists and Shadows": Women's Experience in Ireland as Portrayed in James Joyce's "The Dead" and Kate O'Brien's Without My Cloak, Megan S. Stone
Population Genomics of Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis Auritus): Exploring Gene Flow and Local Adaptation in a Widely Distributed Freshwater Fish, Garret J. Strickland
CFD and Heat Transfer Analysis of Rocket Cooling Techniques on an Aerospike Nozzle, Geoffrey Sullivan
Economic Aesthetics, Ashrafi Sultana
Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Mood Disorder Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Parent-Child Religious Congruence, Jasmine Swann
Barriers to Musculoskeletal Injury Reporting in High School Athletes: A Qualitative Study, Mikayla Talak
Effects of Unpaved Roads on Relative Abundance and Epigenetics of Early Successional Lizards, David Tevs
Pipeline to the Casket: Counter-Stories of Black K-12 Teachers in Georgia Against the Decision to Arm Teachers, Latoya D. Thomas
The Application of Deep Learning and Cloud Technologies to Data Science, Ian A. Trawinski
The Influence of Microplastic Fibers on Copper Concentration in the Ribbed Marsh Mussel (Geukensia demissa), Alina S. Tucker
Counterstories of High School Black Males and their Experiences of the Mainstream Curricula, Kayla Turner
Relationship Between Participation in a Dual Enrollment Program, Students’ Race and Socioeconomic Status and Their Retention and Graduation, Nicholas Urquhart
Examining Practitioners’ Perspectives On Access To Professional Psychological Help For Division I Male Athletes, Nicole Vana
Neosublime, Reframing the Philosophical, Kathy Varadi
Analysis of Frequency Tunable Antennas to Overcome High Q Values and Propagation Modelling, John W. Verboom
Stop, Then Go! Rapid Acceleration Offsets the Costs of Intermittent Locomotion When Turning in Florida Scrub Lizards, Cheyenne Walker
Non-Inferiority Testing: Kernel Estimation and Overlap Measure, Larie C. Ward
Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Diabetes Management: A Retrospective Study in an Urban Medically Underserved Population Area (UMUPA)., Lisa Ariellah Ward
Femininity Reclaiming Chivalry in the Harry Potter Series, Ashley M. Watson
Confronting the Haunted South: A Journey into the History, Legacy, and Life of Boggs Academy, Caroline G. Whitcomb
Molybdenum Oxide/Antimony Nanobelts Embedded in Asymmetric Membranes for Use as High-Capacity Lithium/Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes, Logan Williams
Toward Novel Optical Functionalities Through Intelligent Photonic Structure Design, Robert J. Williamson
BECOMING A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL: MILLENNIALS’ PERSPECTIVE ON ORGANIZATIONAL ASSIMILATION AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY, Tony K. Winters
A Form Of Our Own: An Examination of Black Sonnet-Samplers, LaVonna D. Wright
Process of Manufacturing Nanoparticles (NGR Peptides with a Biodegradable Polymer) by Electrospraying for Developing an Active Targeting Drug Delivery System for Cancer Therapy, Anthony James Yamasta
Highway Stormwater Runoff On-site Treatment Using Bioslope With New Media Of Biochar Amended Topsoils, Ahmed I. Yunus
