Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Linkages Between Functional Traits and Legume Species Composition and Diversity During Restoration of a Fire-Maintained Oak Woodland, Madeline G. Jewess
Motivating Students to Read, LaShonda Renee' Johnson
The Underrepresentation of African American Male Educators in K-12 Education, Nisa Lewis Johnson
Mental Health Literacy: What’s the Value of Youth Engagement in Intervention Development?, Teresa Johnson
Opportunity Restored: Using Creative Measures to Provide Students with Academic Advancement Opportunities Lost During Covid-19, Randal Clint Jordan
An Advanced Machine Learning Framework and Multi-Label Heart Disease Classification with UNet-Based Nucleus Segmentation, Md Rahat Kader Khan
Optimizing Infill Density for Fabricating Novel Radio Frequency Devices Utilizing Additive Manufacturing, Bibek Kattel
Salinity Tolerance of Bighead Carp and its Implications for Dispersal in the Lake Pontchartrain Ecosystem, Alan Katzenmeyer
Uncovering Conserved Biosynthetic Gene Clusters and Interbacterial Interactions of Myxobacteria in Polymicrobial Communities, Shailaja Khanal Pokharel
Wasted, Logan Taylor Kirkland
Amphiphilic Block Copolymer and Ionic Liquid Composite Materials for Biphasic Gas Separation Membranes, Charlie Brandon Knight
Public Attitudes Toward the Nigerian Police: An Examination of Trust Indicators at Micro Levels, Bassey Kooffreh
Dream and Reality: Warping Southern Mythologies, Greta Koshenina
Hiding in The Shadows: The Growth of The Coconut Sector in The Gold Coast, Ca.1874-1957, Abdul Kuba
Navigating Cultural Transitions: The Adaptation Experiences of Bangladeshi International Students in the USA, Khadiza Tul Kubra
Implementation of A Student Community Engagement Model at A Private Suburban Liberal Arts College, Carllos D. Lassiter
Enhancing Social Media Marketing Measurement in Sport: A Hybrid Approach, Seungbak Lee
Loneliness and Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Patric Justin Leukel
GLP-1RA VS. SGLT-2I: Preventing Kidney Function Deterioration Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease, Liang-Yuan Lin
Modeling Capillary-Gravity Wave Scattering with Contact Lines and Meniscus, Guoqin Liu
碰 (PÈNG), Winshen Liu
Linguistic Accommodation in Swahili Varieties: A Comparative Analysis of Kenyan, Tanzanian, and Congolese Swahili Communities in the United States, Philimon David Lutanjuka
CAREERS ON THE SPECTRUM: Enhancing Higher Education Career Services for First-Generation Neurodivergent College Students, Shyra Jannay Lynch
Headache Disability and Psychological Strengths: The Impact of Purpose in Life and Self-Efficacy, Kaitlyn Rose MacCharles
Comprehensibility, Accentedness, and Intelligibility of English varieties as perceived by Japanese learners of English, Kana Machida
Harnessing AI for Underwater Sound Speed Prediction and Climate Change Variations, Madusanka Madiligama
Out-of-Pocket Costs, Treatment Pattern, and Disparities in Outcomes Among Adults with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Shishir Maharjan
The Role of Language Learning Strategies in Motivating Female Arab Students in The United States to Improve Their English-Speaking Skills: A Descriptive Case Study, Yasmin Shakir Mahmood
Social Exclusion and Pain Among Females with Migraine, Halle McCracken
Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of the Interrelationships Between Valued Living, Veteran Acculturation, and Mental Health: First Steps Paving the Way for a Novel Valued Living Intervention for Veterans, with Challenges Encountered, Solutions Sought, and Lessons Learned, Victoria Elizabeth McCutcheon
The Stories of Land: Exploring Southeast Indigenous Historical Contextualization in University Settings, Haley Elizabeth McGlone
Succession Planning and Organizational Structures of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, Elizabeth Hinton McMurphy
On Planar Brownian Motion Singularly Tilted Through A Point Potential, Barkat Mian
Samo: Stories from A Golden State, Homa Mojtabai
Purple to Powder Blue: Exploring Interactions Between Military-Connected Students with Disabilities and Student Services at the University of Mississippi, Maura Mollet-Hobbs
Numerical Studies of Entanglement Entropy in the Fredkin Spin Chain, Joshua Tyler Moore
Current Knowledge and Perspectives of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport in an Athletic Environment, Meredith Rebecca Morgan
From Difficult Heritage to a Symbol of Peace: A Case Study of the Chibondo Mass Grave in Zimbabwe., Peter Mudzingwa
Acts of God: Stories, Susan Kathleen Muensterman
Afrissippi, Peter Muvunyi
Missing Physics or New Physics? Understanding Biases in Gravitational Wave Tests of General Relativity, Purnima Narayan
Pastoring the American Right: W. A. Criswell, First Baptist Dallas, and the Southern Baptist Convention, Austin Nicholson
Sentiment Driven Deep Learning Approach in Stock Market Prediction, zhiqi niu
Exploring Simplified Reservoir Computing Systems for Resource-constrained Edge AI Hardware, Ziyi Niu
Where the Fruit Gets its Shape, Noreen Ocampo
The Book of Frost: Being a Narrative of Love, Conquest and Survival in the Face of Empire, Oluwatobi Ajibola Ogundiran
Sanitation, Hygiene, Bubonic Plague and Colonial Health Instructional Films in Lagos, Nigeria, 1924-1939., Sochima Peppertus Okafor
Excarnation, Ugochukwu Damian Okpara
The Effects of Intervention with Prewriting by Drawing Approach on 9th Grade Students’ Writing, Leigh Sewell Pacileo
Rovibrational Characterization of Inorganic Molecules at the Intersection of Atmospheric and Interstellar Chemistry, Charles Zachary Palmer
Here, There: Jewish Identities in the South Through the Lens of Food, Charles George Pappas
Attention as a Mechanism in the Exercise and Memory Relationship, Zakary Patrick
Acts of Service and Other Stories, Marie-Amelie Pavel
Temporal Variation in Microbial Extracellular Enzyme Activity Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Jacqueline Pavlovsky
Educating Students Suffering from Social Emotional Trauma, Terry Peeples
Improving Detection Capabilities of Traditional Machine Learning (ML) Algorithms Against Data Poisoning Attacks on Image Data, Sabrina Perry
Spiraling Upward: Postsecondary Choice in a Rural Upward Bound, Wendy Clarke Pfrenger
Investigating Changes in Gait, Impact Force and Fatigue While Running at Same Relative Intensity on A Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill, Julia Phillilps
Human Papillomavirus Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors Among Community College Students: Why Should It Matter?, Eric Pittman
Occurrence, Mode, and Chemistry of Volcanism and Volcanic Materials, Maxwell Gerard Pizarro
Differing Russian Translations of British Pre-Victorian Era Politeness in Literary Texts: a Case Study of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Olga Ponomareva
The Role of RAP1A and Age-Rage Signaling in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Inflammation, Cody Shayne Porter
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Circadian Modulation of Short-Term Associative Learning and Memory in Drosophila Melanogaster, Maria Teresa Porter
Improving Teacher Effectiveness, Keith D. Powell
Secure Wireless Communication with Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces, Babita Pradhan
Bogs, Fields, and Forests: The Influence of Landscape on Identity in King Lear, Macbeth, and Timon of Athens, Elizabeth Purnell
Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Partially Observed Markov Model Using Different Tail Perturbations, Zamzam Qazi
Measurement of Forces in Standing Wave Ultrasonic Fields, Milan Rai
"Keep Coming Back!": How Recovering Addicts Use Narcotics Anonymous for Social Rehabilitation., Taylor Leigh Ransom
The Lived Experiences of LGBTQ+ Individuals Living in Male Residential Spaces in The South, Bri Reda
What am I Supposed to Tell my Daughters?, Ãlida Pamela Reyes
Don't Let Them In: Our Vampire Stories in the French Quarter, Sela Ricketts
Storytelling in Context: How Resources Enable and Constrain the Stories Entrepreneurs Tell, John J. Rogers
The characterization of radiation forces using tunable acoustic lenses, Sina Rostami
The Feminomenon of Athletic Band Directing: A Multiple Case Study, Sydney Leigh Rush
Negotiation of Leadership in Online Collaborations Among Multilingual Graduate Students, Iuliia Rychkova
The Effects of Validating and Invalidating Responses on Self-Reported Levels of Anxiety, Leila Sachner
An Integrated Data-Driven Framework for Coupling Upland Process Models and In-Stream Hydraulic Geometry Estimation, Ahmet Nazim Sahin
High-Resolution and Time-Efficient Infiltration Rate Estimating Technique Using Geophysical EMI and Hydrogeological Modeling, Md Abdus Samad
Petrography and Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Cretaceous Sands: Implications for Provenance in Western Mississippi Embayment, Sagar Sapkota
An Evaluation of a Collaborative Effort in High School Science Classes to Support Teaching and Learning Through Professional Development, Shalanda Saulsberry
Creating A Mentorship Program for Assistant Principals to Improve Instructional Leadership, Shadonica Sharee Scruggs
Exploring Aging and Bone Health in Normal Weight Obesity and The Prevalence of Unhealthy Lean Phenotypes, Pouria Sefidmooye Azar
A Profile of Contempt: Its Expressive Function in the Age of Profilicity, Eric Michael Servatius
Microgravity-Induced Effects on Global Gene Fitness and Secondary Metabolite Yield in Bacteria, Gayatri Sharma
The Daily Choices and Personality Quiz: Designing and Testing A New Manipulation of Masculinity Threat, Caitlin M. Shaw
An Examination of Community Formation Through the Lens of Transvestia Magazine, Amanda Elaine Shinn
Analysis of Roles of STM And ATH1 in Reproductive Development of Arabidopsis Thaliana, Anita Shrestha
Beliefs and Factors That Influence Female College Students’ Decision to Consume Weight Loss Products, Cynthia Ummay Siddiqua
Large Sample Theory for Some New Copula-Based Models, Sahifa Siddiqua
Exploring the Perceptions of Non-Traditional Graduate Students About Their Experiences with Social Presence in Online Professional Degree Programs, Courtney Elizabeth Smith