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 2026
Weight Bias and Weight Bias Internalization in Rural and Non-Rural Sexual Minority Individuals, Caroline Bach
How Does Language Influence Interest in Psychological Treatment?, Alexis B. Dixon
Developing and Evaluating a Multidimensional Measure of Pride in the LGBTQIA+ Community, Donovan Edward
Sense of Belonging and Perceptions of Safety Among Black College Students: The Role of Same-Race Friendships and Institutional Support, Silvia Flores-Beech
Neighborhood Context, Family Cultural Values, & Resilience in Latinx Communities, Ana Nunez
Student Perceptions of Clinical Psychology Workforce Diversity, Ogochukwu Obi
Remember to Say Her Name - Addressing Black Women's Experiences of Vicarious Police Brutality and Testing a Racial Trauma Meditation, Gabriella A. Roper
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Experimental Study of Deformation Behavior for a Novel Elastohydrodynamic Seal for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycles, William A. Adams
Assessment and Health Benefit of Vitamin C Using A549 Cell, Yetunde Adepoju
Characterization and Optimization of Sand and Tung Oil-Based Resins for Binder-Jet 3D Printing, Daniel I. Ajiola
Evaluating Multimodal AI Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Large Languagel Model-Based Models for Text, Image, and Video Generation, Azeezat O. Akinola
A Feminist Narrative Shaped by Bangladesh’s Threads, Salma Akter
Theopoetics Prothesis: An Exploration in Faith And Form, Elise Aleman and Elise Aleman
Survival Function Precision Under Censoring: A Comparative Study of Cox and Weibull Aft Models, Ibrahim L. Alliu
Patient Satisfaction in Mental Health Treatment for Female Veterans, Jodi Ashman
Contextual Augmentation in Artificial Intelligence, Emmanuel Joshua Balogun
The Effects of Verbal Cues on Recumbent Stepping Electromyography in Middle-Aged to Older Adults, Jacob A. Bannister
Patient Experience as a Non-Clinical Contributor to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among a Sample of Women in Georgia, Alexus Berry
Money, Power, Respect: African American Men Navigating the Complexities of Healthcare Across Rural North Carolina, Tyrone J. Bethune
Stirring Up Foxfire: Rekindling Personal Passion for Teaching Through Storytelling, Frank E. Bird III
South Asian American Experiences of Microaggressions and Wellbeing: The Moderating Role of Social Support, Archita Birla
Roadmaps and Blueprints: Ecofeminism in the American Novel, Maegan Bishop
Dystopian Fiction as Liberatory Practice: Dystopian Theory in the Classroom, Hailey C. Bowen
Microbial Community Stabilization by Restored Oyster Reefs: Implications for Blue Carbon Storage, Natalie Boydstun
Visual Attention and Memory Performance on Advertisements Featuring Celebrities, Kyrho Callis
Teachers With Tattoos: That’s Cool, Now Cover Them Up, Anna Campbell
Survey and Identification of Entomopathogenic Fungi in Millipede Species in Coastal Georgia, Kristin L. Campbell Bailey
Branching Out: Transformative Teachers Sharing Stories of Rooted Resilience in the Social Studies Classroom, Brittany A. Cantwell
Stememoir: Reflections From a Rural Stem Educator, Inga E. Cashon
Long-Term Ichthyoplankton Monitoring of the Moon River (Savannah, GA) With a Focus on Climate Change, Bradley Cayson
“坐月子 Zuo Yuezi”: the Experiences of Traditional Postpartum Care among Chinese Women in the Southeastern Us, Yan-Ling Chen
Barriers to Seeking Medical Care and Their Effects among Fat Patients with a Fat Liberation Praxis in the United States, Christina Seiko Cook
Exploring the Possibility of Rural: Pre-Service Teachers Discuss Possibilities of Rural Career Choice, Mary H. Crook
Understanding the Successes and Challenges of Black Women Principals: A Black Feminist Narrative Inquiry Study, Tomekia S. Darrisaw
Dynamic Analysis of Malware Detection Using Customized Payloads: Examining the Effectiveness of Manual and Automated Approaches in Web Applications, Jiban Krisna Das
Epigenetic Potential Remains Stable Over 100 Years After Introduction, Danielle Dawkins
Majority Decision Using Top-Performing Neural Networks Models for Improved Credit Risk Prediction, Vincent Dey
The Properties of Modified Asphalt Mixtures Containing Pretreated Ground Tire Rubber (GTR), Olivia C. Duffy
Educator Perceptions of Crisis Frequency and Levels of Preparedness in Rural Schools, Misty C. Duncan
Success is a Journey, Not a Destination: The Student Library Assistants of Georgia (SLAGS) at G. W. Carver School in Richmond Hill, Georgia, 1960-1968, Christopher C. Elkins
Synthesis and Processing of Co-Axial/Tri-Axial Multi-Layered Nano-Particles, Jannatul Ferdaus
Insider Threat Agent: A Behavioral Based Zero Trust Access Control Using Machine Learning Agent, Michael Fojude
The Moderating Effects of Self-Compassion on the Relationship Between Shame and Depression in Military Populations, Sarah Foran
Evaluation of Policy and Procedural Changes in Free Clinics Due to COVID-19: A Case Study, Randall Ford
Evaluating Impacts of Footpaths on Resiliency of Restored Dunes at Tybee Island, Georgia, Skyler J. Fox
Effects of Microplastic Fibers on Synthetic Estrogen Uptake in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Julia A. Frees
Journeys of Love, Hope, and Possibility: Testimonios of the Strength and Struggles of Immigrant Latina Mothers Supporting Their Children's Educational Success, Mayra Endira Garcia-Diaz
Children at the Heart of Dialectical Tension in Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time, Holly A. Garrett
Comparative Analysis of Eye-Metric Algorithms for Code Comprehension in Introductory Cs Course, Noushin Gauhar
Clapham Sect: Evangelicalism and the Culture of Sensibility, Fun Gobel
Youth Activism in the Age of Egos: Using Portraiture To Amplify Youth Voices, Jennifer Gonzalez
Community and Decomposition Dynamics Along a Saltwater Intrusion Gradient on Sapelo Island, Georgia, Zach Gordon
Metalepsis and Mental Castration: Doki Doki Literature Club As the Cerebral Monstrous-Feminine, Hannah Graham
On the Combinatorial Invariance for Kazhdan-Lusztig Polynomials, Grover C. Harrell III
Literary Homeplace as a Site of Knowing and Healing, Shamonique Hassell
Applying the Lagrangian Variational Method to Atom Interferometry, Jeffrey W. Heward
Pulsed Arc Additive Manufacturing of a Functionally Graded ER2209 Duplex Stainless Steel and HSLA-100 Structure: Morphology, Characterization, and Mechanical Performance, Stevens G. Hill Jr
The School of Becoming: Speculative Essays on Existential Possibility and Humanity in Education, Timothy A. Holman
Comparative Analysis of LiDAR and Close-Range Photogrammetry Techniques for Inspection of MSE Walls in Two Georgia Bridges, Md. Mehrab Hossain
Hard Edge Expansion, Quinderrious Humphrey
Functionalizatoin of Polymeric Micellar Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery Systems, Shane E. Hutchins
Response of Galactic Disks to Dark Matter Halo Triaxiality, Alex J. Hutton
Ease of Product Disassembly Through a Systematic Structured Time-Based Design for Disassembly Methodology, Emeka S. Igwe
Bio-Inspired Airfoil Design Based on the Aerodynamic Analysis of a Bird Feather Microstructure, Jack C. Ihm
Accuracy In Real World To Pixel Coordinate Conversion, Noredia O. Imudia
Urban Oases: The Critical Role of Green and Blue Spaces in Mental Wellbeing, Oluwaseun Ipede
Dynamic Modulus of SBS-Modified Asphalt Mixtures Added with Ground Tire Rubber Content, Azharul Islam
Application of Machine Learning and Large Language Models in Healthcare for Data Prediction and Summarization, Chiazam Chisom Izuchukwu
Teacher Attrition During and After a Pandemic: A District’s ‘New Normal’ View, Tammy H. Jacobs
People of The Ogeechee: Subsistence and Landscape Use In The Late Archaic Ogeechee River Valley, Caleb R. Jeck
Examining Exercise Self- Efficacy and Functional Mobility in Urban Law Enforcement Officers, Margo F. Jenkins
Using Algal Turf Scrubber Biomass as a Feed Source for Juvenile Eastern Oysters, Taofeek Saka Jimoh
Investigating Concealments in Infanticide: Incidents and Forensic Entomological Implications, Gillian L. Johnson
Ranking of Non-Destructive Testing Methods for Ductile Iron Castings for Industry 4.0, Michael W. Jones
What Is Reasonable? Effects of Different Jury Instructions in a Fatal Police Use of Force Case, Katherine M. Kaylor
Advocacy Across Divides: Attorney Aaron L. Buchsbaum in Savannah, Georgia, 1963-1969, Sydney Jolene Kelly
Video-Enabled Vibration Analysis for In-Process Monitoring in Extrusion-based 3D Bioprinting, Md Asif Hasan Khan
Steam Co-Gasification of Waste Mixed Plastics and Biochar: A Promising Method To Utilize Waste Carbon and Reduce Plastic Pollution, S M Khaled Khan
Principal Perceptions of Leadership Preparedness to Promote Family Engagement in Urban Title I Elementary Schools, Marcus Kimber
Does Friend Groups’ Co-rumination Explain Depression Homophily among Undergraduate Women's Friendship Groups?, Alyssa D. C. Klas
Towards a Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff Theorem in Positive Characteristic, Nikolas A. Koutroulakis
Using Accelerometry To Determine Loss of Active Eccentric Control During the Nordic Hamstring Exercise, Makenna Kulzer
An Infrared Thermography Assessment For Monitoring Aging MSE Walls, Charles Lawal
A Finite Volume-Based Approach for Modeling Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Healing Chronic Wounds, Cade M. Layser
Inequality in Education and Its Ripple Effect on...Well Everything, Katherine R. Lea
Further Exploring Picture Effects in Weather Warnings, Wycliffe Lovelace
Digenean Trematode Diversity of Bats in Panama and the Detection of Neorickettsia in a Bat Digenean, Alexander T. McFarland
Exploring Associations Between Health and Fitness Measures and Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in Rural Firefighters, Isaiah Mews
Correlates of Body Image and Physical Self-Concept, Rashuna Middleton
Examining the Experiences of Student Veterans With Support Services at Their Higher Education Institutions, Alejandra Miles
Gorenstein Flat Preenvelopes Over Coherent Rings, Alec Moore
Motivating Students Through Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning, Dennis J. Moore
