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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The truth value of sentences with legal empty terms., jose cubillo
Repetition and Retracing in Aphasia Across Discourse Types, Emily Anna Culbertson
Controlling Rate of Interfacial Electron Transfers via Synthetic Modulation of Organic Chromophores, Christine Curiac
Teacher Perceptions of Practices Which Impact Job Satisfaction and Retention, Chiqueta Daniels
Dynamic Characterization of Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) Wood-Based Bio-Composites, MAHARSHI DAVE
Extra-Legal Factors In Juvenile Court Outcomes: What Is The Role Of Youth’s Race/Ethnicity And Family Structure In Disposition Decisions?, Vitoria De Francisco Lopes
The Taxidermist, Abigail R. DelBianco
Clay Beds Preserved in High-Energy Gravel Deposits on Crowley’s Ridge, Northeastern Arkansas, U.S.A.--Origin and Significance from a Lithofacies and Mineralogical Perspective, Trevor John Dempsey
Investigating the Acoustic Properties of Polymer Microspheres Suspended in Gelatin, Alexander Orlin Denette
ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NUMBER OF PRIME FACTORS OF AN INTEGER, Jacob Mitchell Derrick
Molecular Design of Transition Metal Complexes for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction and Redox Mediation in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Anthony Devdass
The Colbert-Walker Site (22Le1048): History and Archaeology of a Chickasaw Home, Council House, and Travelers’ Stand, Raymond Doherty
The Colbert-Walker Site (22Le1048): History and Archaeology of a Chickasaw Home, Council House, and Travelers’ Stand, Raymond Taylor Doherty
SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF NEWLY DEVELOPED MATERIALS FOR LIGHT HARVESTING, ENERGY CONVERSION, AND BIOIMAGING, Austin L. Dorris
Going Green – The Relationship Between Medical Marijuana Policy Implementation and Opioid Prescribing Patterns, Tyler James Dunn
APPLICATIONS OF CORRELATED GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS TO FEW-BODY IONS, William Earwood
Tectonic Origin of the Mississippi River Using Evidence from Detrital Zircons from the Cretaceous McNairy Sand, Manuel Dela Eli
Core Size Conversion and Ligand Effects on Gold Nanomolecules Structure and Properties., Senthilkumar Eswaramoorthy
The Daughters of Remington Taylor, LaToya Faulk
Development and Evaluation of Performance Models for Asphalt, Concrete, and Composite Pavements using Machine Learning, Rulian Ferreira de Almeida Barros
"How It Was Made", Bethany Fitts
GEORGE WHITEFIELD CHADWICK AND ROBERT AYRES BARNET’S TABASCO, John-Peter Springer Ford
Abaqus Implementation of a Hyperelastic Damage Model for Glass-Reinforced Polymers under Shock and Impact Loading, James Stuart Fraser
Excavating Ethnohistory: Archaeological Signatures of Ceremony in the Southeast, Riley Alice Freeman
Linguistic Landscape-Economics, Marta Galindo Parra
Sales Technology: A Three-Part Multi-Method Approach to Examining Sales-Stacks, John Galvan
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHNICITY, IMMIGRANT GENERATION, & DELINQUENCY: EXAMINING YOUTH IN CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES., Erin Leigh Geist
Willingness to Use HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Prep) and Preferences for a Pharmacy-Based Prep Program Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Swarnali Goswami
Naloxone Accessibility Across Mississippi, Emily Gravlee
CASTING THE BALLOT: AN ANALYSIS OF VOTING METHOD PREFERNCES FROM 2012 – 2020, Bailey Rose Griffin
Measurement of Inclusive Upsilon(4S) to Upsilon(1S) Decays at Belle II, Justin Wade Guilliams
Rule Learning and Swarm Intelligence Techniques for Feature Selection Optimization, Tina Gui
Serially Concatenated Continuous Phase Modulation with SOVA Turbo Decoding, Zhijie Guo
Electrochemistry, Spectroscopy, And Mass Transport Of Lanthanide Solutes In Bis(Trifluoromethylsulfonyl)Amide-Based Ionic Liquids, Heather Danielle Hamilton
The Shades of Immigration: How Skin Tone Shapes Attitudes Towards Venezuelan Immigrants in Latin America, Madison Hamilton
James S. Allen and Communist Organization of the Depression South in the 1930s, Jonathan Dale Harwood
Cellular Mechanisms of IGF-1 Neuroprotection after Ischemic Stroke, Cellas A. Hayes
IMPROVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES VIA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Alethea Henry
THE PERCEPTION AND STRATEGIES OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS IN RAPPORT BUILDING WITH PEOPLE WITH APHASIA VIA TELE-PRACTICE: QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE MIXED DESIGN, Emily Hershberger
SOCIALIZATION TO RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF FACULTY PERCEPTIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, Melissa Hodge-Penn
The Effect of Hydration Status on Jump Height in Track and Field Athletes, Joshua Hogg
Perceptions of Sexual Refusals: Not so Black and White, Lavina Ying Ho
The Impact of Blended Classroom Pedagogy on Student GPA in a Community College Stem Course, Sarah Mattox Holt
Interval Delivery of 5HT2A Agonists Using Multilayered Polymeric Films, Mehjabeen Hossain
A Clear View of the Mountain, Sarah Helen Huddleston
The Hollidays in Mississippi: A Documentary Project about Queer Family, Legacy, and Community Struggle, Christina Alison Huff
Foolish Games: Stories, Victoria Jayne Hulbert
SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESSES AT INTERFACES AND IN SOLUTION, leigh Anna Hunt
The Current State of School Culture in Elementary Schools in Mississippi During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Rodney Harrison Hurt
Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) and Amorphous Solid Dispersions (ASDs) Strategies for Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs, Zhiqing Hu
THE RESILIENCE OF BLACK LOVE, Janeth Jackson
Design and Fabrication of Additively Manufactured Arm Cast Using Topology Optimization, Tereza Janatova
FUGITIVITY, CONFINEMENT, AND THE AFTERLIFE OF SLAVERY IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN MIGRATION NARRATIVES, Juyoun Jang
SUPPORTS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: VIEWS OF POSTSECONDARY PRACTITIONERS AND FACULTY REGARDING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER STUDENT SERVICE PROVISION, Susan Byrd Jenkins
"The Wild Asleep": A Cultural and Environmental History of Ramps, Catherine Jessee
Motivation of Individual Directors: A Consolidated Perspective, Yankun Jia
Implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports at Johnson Elementary School: An Applied Research Study, Authur Johnson
Kierkegaard's Self as Synthetic Tension, James Edward Johnson
Organizational Green Claims and Consumer Green Perceptions in the Foodservice Industry, Jangwoo Jo
No Person is an Island: A Multi-Level Analysis of the Relationship Between Self-Determination Theory and Well-Being, Lauren Nichole Jordan
Halogen Bond Driven Supramolecular Materials, Dilan Chinthaka Karunathilaka
First-year students' perceptions of innate intelligence, ability, and interest across four STEM domains: A comparative structural equation model, Savannah Lea Kelly
Blood Tide: A Novel, Teagan Kessler
Progress in Natural Product-Inspired Drug Discovery, Md Imdadul Huque Khan
Guests Attitude and Purchase Intention Towards Hotel Vacation Rentals, Daegeun Kim
The Longitudinal Influence of ADHD Status and Stimulant Medication on Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure among Obese Youth, Sophie Kollin
Enhancing the oral drug delivery through hot melt extrusion techniques, Neeraja Komanduri
THE ABILITY OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LIBERTY, Alexandra Jo Kotter
Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of New Teacher Mentoring in a Suburban Mississippi School District, Kelly Anne Ladner
Development of Hollow Vaginal Device Using Stereolithography (SLA) 3D Printing for Intravaginal Drug Delivery, Preethi Lakkala
Blues is My Business (And Business is Good?), David N. Larson
ON STATISTICAL MODELS FOR SIGNAL DETECTION, Adedotun Michael Lawal
THE EPISTEMIC OBLIGATIONS OF THE IDEAL CITIZEN: A NEO-ARISTOTELIAN SOLUTION FOR TRUTH-DECAY IN DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES, Dakota Shane Layton
Fabrication of porous extended-release tablets using dual nozzle fused deposition modeling 3D printing techniques, Sung-Chi Lee
Instruments of Culture: Refashioning the French Empire between the French and Haitian Revolutions, Will Collier Little
AMPHIPHILIC JANUS POLYMER NANOPARTICLES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Mahesh Loku Yaddehige
Bland Treacherous Water: Diluvial Epistemologies in Flood Narratives of the US South Since 1927, Sara Stephens Loomis
FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF OPEN AND AFFORDABLE EDUCATION RESOURCES, Megan Lowe
Opioid Tapering and Mental Health Crisis in Older Adults, Shishir Maharjan
Choral Music Teacher Educators' Practices: Preparing Undergraduates to Teach World Choral Music, Stellah Mbugua
Headache and Psychological Variables as Predictors of Disability in Individuals with Primary Headache Disorders, Halle McCracken
Meaning in Life and Psychological Distress: Examining Veterans and Psychological Adaptation to Civilian Life, Victoria McCutcheon
Inevitable Mortality and the Incessant Momentum of Medicalized Death, Clifford McKay
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Model to Level the Playing Field for Black Students in a High Poverty Middle School, Shanika McKinney
The Effects of Advocate Disclosure on Perceptions of a Female Child Who Stutters, Peyton McKnight
Online Learning Readiness Among International Students, Brandon McLeod
Formulation Development, Optimization, and Characterization of Primaquine Loaded Lipid Based Nanocarriers for Liver Targeting, Tabish Mehraj
ON SYMMETRIC AND COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT GINI CORRELATIONS IN SEVERAL BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS DISSERTATION, Courtney Vanderford Michael
Fatiguing effects of electrical stimulation superimposed onto voluntary contraction, William Matthew Miller
HIV-1 Tat and Opioids: Implications for Stress-related Psychopathology, Salahuddin Mohammed
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Group Interventions on Reducing Externalizing Behaviors in Adolescent Populations, Erica Montgomery
UNEARTHING THE OLD SOUTH/WEST: HISTORIES OF RACIAL CAPITALISM IN MODERNIST BORDER NARRATIVES, Bailey Moorhead
Effects of Tonic Drone and Singing on the Pitch Accuracy of Middle and High School String Players, Starkey Allen Morgan
Speech Fluency Changes Following Deep Brain Stimulation of The Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis, Emily Morphis