About this Collection
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 the degree Master of Arts in Social Sciences from the College of Arts and Humanities.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
The U.S. Southern Mothers Perspective On Affection, Destiny M. Rose
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Precontact Utilization of a Depressional Wetland at the Gresston Spring Site (9DG152) in Dodge County, Georgia, Jonathan L. Brown
“My OB/GYN Has The Worst Bedside Manner…” A Qualitative Analysis of Patient-Provider Communication And Mental Health Outcomes of Women In Rural Georgia, Tobi F. Oloyede
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Perspective of Riverkeepers and Environmental Groups on Poor Water Quality in Georgia, Jacob A. Crawford
Rural Feminism and Perspectives of Women Farmers in the Agriculture Industry: "I don't think I'd want to be a man in this industry", Cassie M. Duncan
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Power and Control: An Exploration of Health and Medicine at Camp Lawton (9JS1), Emily L. Jones
Frontline Service Workers Experiences in the Age of COVID-19, Aniyah R. Rasheed
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
"That's a Man:" How Trans Men in the South Bolster Their Claims to Manhood, Megan Y. Phillips
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Period Subsistence in Coastal Georgia: Animal Remains from Taylor Fish Camp (9GN12), St. Simons Island, Thomas S. Clark
The Bioarchaeology of the Tugalo Site (9ST1): Diet, Disease, and Health of the Past, Nompumelelo Beryl Hlophe
Preserving the Memory of those Perilous Times: Archaeology of a Civil War Prison in Blackshear, Georgia, Colin H. Partridge
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Deviating from the Standard: The Relationship Between Archaeology and Public Education, Rhianna M. Bennett
The "A" Word: Women's Abortion Experiences in Georgia, Kendra J. Cooper
Lowcountry Identities, Labor, and Material Culture: An Archaeological Survey of 38JA1138, Zachary W. Dirnberger
Characteristics and Functions of Non-Mound Mississippian Sites: A Case Study of Fitzner North End (9SN256), Lindsey R. Hinson
The Role of Shame: A Creative Look at Justice, Gabrielle Lory
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
How Does Parental Attachment Affect Black Male Delinquency in Rural and Urban Contexts?, Chelsea J. King
Investigating Individual Pathways to Recovery, Mackenzie R. McBride
Examining What Factors Affect High School Students’ Educational Aspirations, Kalle T. Pray
Punished: Examining the Differential Impact of Co-Occurring Disorders on Inmate Conduct and Discipline, Heather Rogers
Savannah's Ethnic Irish Neighborhoods in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Multimethod Examination, Sarah A. Ryniker
Accounting for Taste in Irish Traditional Music, Eryn T. Wagnon
Politico-Economic Attitude Differences Over Time: Race, Class, Gender from 1980-2000, Joseph Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A Qualitative Examination of the Needs of Mothers in College in the Rural Southeast, Danielle N. Bostick
A Comparison of Field Methods at Camp Lawton (9JS1), William C. Brant
Black Lives Matter? Public Accounts of Police Officers' Use of Lethal Force, Akiv Dawson
Court-Appointed Special Advocates in the Rural South: A Fidelity Assessment, Shanna N. Felix
Analyzing Predictors of Drinking and Driving Among Gender Cohorts within a College Sample, Justin Hoyle
Guns, Gender, Geography: Exploring Reasons for Gun Ownership, Lauren N. Kadet
Frames of Military Veterans in Letters to the Editor in US Newspapers, Matthew Kleinsorge
Law Enforcements’ Perceptions and Preparedness to Address Child Exploitation Via Hacking, Jack W. Lightfoot
The Perspectives of School Resource Officers on Job Responsibilities and Training, Sarah Parker
School-Based Victimization Across Nations: A Social Bond Approach, Lindsay Upton
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Reentry and Relapse: An Examination Of The Causes and Correlates Of Desistance From Crime, Joseph D. Bacot
Explaining Depravity through the Looking Glass: Political Prison Camps, North Korea, and Waltz's Three Images, Amanda Battles
"What Are You?" Sharing The Biracial/Multiracial College Student Experience, Kelly Brophy
The Value of a College Education: First-Generation College Students Perceptions at a Southeastern University, Shandice Gardiner
Constructing the World's Largest Prison: Understanding Identity by Examining Labor, Hubert J. Gibson
Gender Stability and Change: The Differential Characterization of Men and Women in Popular Country Music from 1944 through 2012, Clayton Cory Lowe
Aerial Lidar in the Archaeological Reconnaissance and Mapping Of Civil War Earthen Fortifications, Matthew A. Luke
Utilizing Participatory Action Research to Assess the Interagency Collaboration of a Community-Based After-School Program Partnership, Jessica L. Render
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An Archaeological Investigation into the Cluskey Embankment Stores, Andrew B. Ayala
Islamist and Secularist Women in Egyptian Politics: Convergence or Divergence?, Ahmed Bekhet Mr.
Mass School Shootings: Predicting the Usage of Firearms in Acts of School Violence, Melanie A. Hart
The Ladies’ Land League and Irish-American Identity in the American South, Audrey Ruark
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Archaeological Survey and Limited Testing at the Lincoln Trail Site (9bn17), Bryan County, Georgia, Ryan O. Sipe
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Identity of a Plantation Structure: The Preliminary Analysis of an Early Structure at Mont Repose Plantation, St. Luke's Parish, Jasper County, South Carolina, Heather R. Amaral
Framing Income Inequality in the Media: Is There a Liberal or Neoliberal Bias?, Rebecca Jolene Byrne
Comparison of Archeological Survey Techniques at Camp Lawton, a Civil War Prison Stockade, James Kevin Chapman
An Examination of an Ice House at Old Town Plantation, Elizabeth A. Gillispie
Settling and Laying Down: A Cultural History of Quakers in Savannah and Statesboro, Georgia, Jonathan Hoyt Harwell
XRF and the Corrosion Environment at Camp Lawton: A Comprehensive Study of the Archeological Microenvironment of a Civil War Prison Camp, Amanda L. Morrow
Factors Affecting Social Attainment Among Individuals: Evidence from the National Educational Longitudinal Study 1988-2000, Michael Foleng Ndofor
Finding a Better Confidence Interval for a Single Regression Changepoint Using Different Bootstrap Confidence Interval Procedures, Bodhipaksha Thilakarathne
Using Archaeological Methods in Cemetery Surveys with Emphasis on the Application of Lidar, Sarah L. Weitman
Seeking Status: Low Socioeconomic Status Pattering at Mont Repose Plantation, Jasper County, South Carolina, Marsha Katherine Welch
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Message or The Messenger: The Effects of Political Attitudes and Source on Perceptions of Media Bias, Emily E. Eisenhart
An Archaeological Examination of a Family Cemetery in the South Carolina Low Country, Brian Mitchell Milner
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Faunal Analysis and Comparative Study of Mont Repose Plantation, Misty Y. Dunn
Strategic Theory, Methodology, Air Power, and Coercion in the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War, Zachary Jones
The More the Merrier: Collective Sanctions and the Modification of States' Behavior, Lauren J. Waldron
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Bone Artifacts at Mont Repose: Possible Motivationos for Production and Trade, James B. Harper
Women's Perceptions of Leadership Roles within a Southern Baptist Congregation, Tina Colvin Hook
Support for Social Programs: Effects of Class, Race, Political Ideology, and Poverty Beliefs, John Edwin Roller
Nagorno Karabakh Conflict: Problems and Possibilities for Political Resolution, Jessica Williams
Turkey and the European Union: Creating Domestic Norms through International Socialization, Maureen E. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
History, Historical Archaeology, and Cultural Resource Management: A Case Study from Jasper County, South Carolina, Angus Caldwell Sawyer
Sino-American Relations in the 21st Century: The Political, Social and Economic Realities of China's Rise, Larry Buster Stewart
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Causal Effect of Corporal Punishment on Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Outcomes: Results from a Propensity Score Matching Analysis, Sara Zane Morris
African American Caregivers of Children Affected by Hiv/Aids, Doris Cooper Wilbon
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
College Women and The Occurrence of Unwanted Sexual Advances in Public Drinking Settings: A Feminist Routine Activities Approach, Abby McColl Johnson
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The Effects of Human Capital, Social Capital, and the Ethnic Enclave Economy on the Earnings of Immigrants (The Case of the Mariel Cuban Émigrés), Todd MacEgan West
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Factors Associated with Fathers' Comfort with Breastfeeding, Debra Carlson Blackburn
Welfare to Work in Bulloch County, Georgia: Social Characteristics Associated with Participant Success, Rachelle M. Hein Craig
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Identity Salience and Role Commitment among University Presidential Wives, Janeva McCollough
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Economic Status and Its Affect on the Educational Achievements of Young African-American Adults, Sha-Rhonda Michea Green
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Commitment to Training among Dislocated Workers in Savannah, Georgia, Patrick J. Saucier
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
An Analysis of the Council of Ministers: Problems and Possibilities, Whitney Paige Black
Parenting Styles and Parent-Child Relationships: An Exploratory Study of Catholic Adolescents, Amy Brenee Fiveash