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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Manipulations of a Memory Interference Paradigm, Lindsay Kyle Crawford
THE BIGGEST WINNER: HOW LOSS AVERSION AND NEGATIVITY BIAS CAN INCREASE AFFECTIVE POLARIZATION, Austin Cutler
For Country and Company: Consolidating Power through Development and Company Towns in Saudi Arabia, 1947-1969, Andrew Nicholas Czuzak
THE MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITION: AN APPLIED RESEARCH STUDY TO IMPROVE AND SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL READINESS IN HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOLS, Robert Davis II
A LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS PREDICTIVE MODELING APPROACH TO PROFILE DIVISION I COLLEGIATE ATHLETES FOR NUTRITION AND RELATIVE ENERGY DEFICIENCY IN SPORT (RED-S) CONCERN, Morgan Delventhal
TOPICS ON APPLICATIONS OF OPTIMIZATION THEORIES ON STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES, Duc Anh Anh Doan
THE AESTHETICS OF REPAIR: THE WAY OF ZEN AND APPRECIATION, Tyler Ellis Dobbs
A VALENCE-BOND OPERATOR ALGEBRA FOR QUANTUM SPIN MODELS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, HUU TRAN DO
DEVELOPMENT OF SITE - SPECIFIC DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS USING HOT MELT EXTRUSION AND FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING 3D PRINTING, NAGIREDDY REDDY DUMPA
Instilling Motivation, Embracing Mistakes, and Fostering Grit: Using The Rubik's Cube in Elementary Classrooms, Samantha Edwards
TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS OF USING YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AS A CATALYST TO DISCUSS SOCIAL JUSTICE IN MISSISSIPPI CLASSROOMS, Shimikqua Ellis
Components of War: How Combat Shapes Political Behavior, Travis W. Endicott
ACOUSTIC BESSEL AND VORTEX BEAMS: FORCES AND REFRACTION, Xudong Fan
THE PERCEPTIONS THAT UM FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE REGARDING THE IMPACT OF CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT ON THEIR SUCCESS AT THE INSTITUTION, Martin B. Fisher
Relational, Linda Flynn
TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, AND MUSIC CULTURE FROM THE T.A.M.I. SHOW TO THE ROCK FESTIVAL (1964-1969), Xavier Michael Frascogna
The Role of Social Anxiety in Prosocial Behavior Following Exclusion, Hannah Friedman
Gestures of Dissent: Self-fashioning Performance from Southern Women Writers during the Fin de Siécle, Elisa Fuhrken
MASCULINITY AND COHESION IN MINIATURE WARGAMING, Christopher Gage
Explorations of Timbre in Selected Songs from Schubert’s Winterreise, Samuel Clayton Garner
A NATURAL FIT FOR THE NATURAL STATE: THE EMERGENCE OF BLACK POWER ORGANIZATIONS IN ARKANSAS FROM 1968-1975, Maurice D. Gipson
THE EFFECT OF DEONTIC ANGER ON POLITICAL ATTITUDES TOWARD IMMIGRATION AND REDISTRIBUTION, Nichole Gligor
NMR-Based characterization of a glucan isolated from Ganoderma lucidum, Alysia Gonzales
Kindergarten Readiness Through the Lens of Parent Perspective, Ashley Barrows Goralczyk
Student Perceptions of Their Academic Success at Higher Education, Faith-Based Institutions, Amber Nicole Grady
SERVING MOTHERHOOD: ANALYZING THE BALANCE AND JUSTICE OF FOODWORK IN THE LIVES OF WORKING MOMS, Kaitlyn Paige Hall
Traumatic Life Experiences and Their Impact on Factors Pertinent to Leadership Effectiveness in School Principals, Derrick D. Hardaway
Isolation of Marker Compounds from Copaiba Essential Oil and Mimosa Pigra for Quality Evaluation of Dietary Supplements, Mohammed Hawwal
As Close As I Can Get To It, Kathryn Leland Henricks
REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM WATER USING NATURAL BAUXITE, Hashindra Kumari Herath
Influences of alumina particles on hydroxyl macrostate estimates in a high-speed, reacting flow, Jonathan Herlan
DECREASING DISCIPLINE DISPARITIES AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES: AN APPLIED RESEARCH STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF DEVELOPING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING PRACTICES AMONG TEACHERS AND EQUIPPING STUDENTS WITH ADDED SUPPORTS, Reginald Maurice Herrington
The Meat of the Gothic: Animality and Social Justice in United States Fiction and Film of the Twenty-First Century, Amber Hodge
How do Prey Capture and Simulated Fire Affect Growth and Nutrient Limitation in a Carnivorous Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia alata?, Jalen Christopher Holloway
"Between the two Great Battlefields:" Scottish Medical Women's Encounters with the Eastern Front, Fiona Gale Holter
QUEER SUBCULTURE IN THE CONSERVATIVE SOUTH: A STUDY OF DRAG PERFORMERS IN MISSISSIPPI, Christina Alison Huff
Dragon on a Dog Chain, Stephen M. Hundley
An Applied Research on Promoting Proficiency in Fourth-Grade Reading, Deirdre Huntley
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE AMERICAN STATES, Mohammed Shariful Islam
APPLICATION OF PASSIVE AIR SAMPLERS FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, AND DETERMINATION OF METALS IN TREE RINGS AND MARINE SAPROPEL BY ICP-MS, Byunggwon Jeon
FORECASTING GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS FROM ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY AND SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITIES USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS, Fatema Tuz Johora
FIRST GENERATION LAW STUDENTS: BARRIERS TO SUCCESS, Melissa Jones
EFFECTIVENESS OF SEISMIC BEARINGS ON A TYPICAL ISOLATED TWO-COLUMN RC BRIDGE PIER LOCATED IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI, Hemant Raj Joshi
Evaluation of Manufacturing Methods for Antenna Design, Caleb Daniel Keathley
Influence of RAGE Signaling on Cellular Communication in Diabetes-Mediated Vascular Calcification, Amber Michelle Kennon
1.5 generation Korean-American young adults' bilingualism and their identity in the U.S., Hanna Kim
The role of year-round fan engagement: A new approach to sport fan behavior, Han Soo Kim
Academic Support Systems and College Readiness for Black Male Student Athletes, Derek Lovell King
TIME AND PLACE AT PROSPECT HILL: A PHASE-ONE SURVEY OF A HISTORIC PLANTATION, William Bryce Krumcke
"Beyond the Lines": A Reassessment of Civil War Prisons, Beth Kruse
Effect of Chronic Pain on Prospective Memory Performance, Alexander Joseph Kuka
Describing the gut microbiome of Amblema plicata, Lauren Lawson
The Influence of Emotion Regulation and Family Involvement on Diabetes Distress among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, Patric Justin Leukel
What Remains: Telling the Story of Irene Taylor's Murder, Christian Leus
Opinions, Attitudes, and Self-Efficacy of Secondary School Counselors in RAMP and non-RAMP Designated Schools and their Work with Students with Disabilities, Christine Denise Lewis Pugh
Executive Functioning and Purpose in Life Among Emerging Adults in College, Alexis Kaylyn Liberto
AN IN-DEPTH APPROACH FOR FUNCTIONAL OLIGOSACCHARIDE ANALYSIS, Hao Liu
Investigating the Boundary Conditions of the Fresh Start Effect, Jennifer Locander
TURNOVER INTENTIONS OF SELF-INITIATED EXPATRIATES: THE ROLE OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS, Caleb W. Lugar
On the Variance in Selberg’s Central Limit Theorem Dissertation, Meghann Moriah Lugar
Quantitative Effects of Electrodialysis Membrane Fouling, John Malone
SYSTEMATIC COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS FOR CELLULOSE SUBSTRATES, MOHAMMAD MANSOURIANTABAEI
Less the Light, Michael Martella
The Plight of Valinor: A Historically Informed Perspective on the Future Development of Space Law and Potential Exercise of Self-Determination by Human Settlements on Mars, Marshall David Mckellar
DO BEARS PREFER THE WEAK AND THE DOWNTRODDEN? THE EFFECTS OF THE 52-WEEK LOW AND FINANCIAL STRENGTH ON SHORT-SELLER BEHAVIOR, Christopher Alan Miller
The Value of Participating in Cooperative Education, Megan Upchurch Miller
THE ROLE OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN ATTENTION AND LAPSES IN ATTENTION IN RATS USING THE MODE AND DEVIATION FROM MODE OF REACTION TIME LATENCY, Scott Lee Mitchell
EXPLORING COPPER ACTIVE SITES IN BIOLOGY WITH RELEVANCE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DE NOVO DESIGNED BIOCATALYSTS, Suchitra Mitra
Revitalization in the Alabama Black Belt: Cultivation of a New Civic Hegemony in Rural Main Street America, Martha Grace Lowry Mize
BUILDING TEACHER CAPACITY AS A PATHWAY TO EQUITY FOR FIRST-GRADE SPANISH-SPEAKING ENGLISH LEARNERS: AN APPLIED RESEARCH STUDY, Mary Greenlee Moak
Fabrication and Characterization of Ocular Inserts by Hot Melt Extrusion and 3D Printing, Meghana Mokashi
COME AS YOU ARE: ISLAMIC RELIGIOUSNESS AS A CONTEXT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS BELIEFS AND TREATMENT, Elijah Phoenix Mudryk
The Black Petromodernism of Zora Neale Hurston: Energy, Race, and Mobility, Stuart Mullet
Nonreciprocity Applications in Acoustics and Microfluidic Systems, Masoud Naghdi
A CASE STUDY CORRELATING CARDIOMETABOLIC MARKERS AND T HELPER INFLAMMATORY PATHWAYS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS, MOHAMMAD SHAHEED NAZRUL
Prototypically American: The Influence of Accent and Race on Hiring Evaluations, Tuong-Vy Cac Nguyen
Subcutaneous Delivery of Albumin, Vy Nguyen
Implementation of the Michael Heggerty Model to Increase Student Achievement of At-risk Readers in Kindergarten, Michelle White Nowell
GRAPHENE SAND COMPOSITES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN WATER TREATMENT, Abdulla Nusair
DEPENDENCY-BASED REACTIVE CHANGE PROPAGATION DESIGN PATTERN APPLIED TO ENVIRONMENTS WITH HIGH UNPREDICTABILITY, João Paulo Oliveira Marum
EFFECTS OF NONNATIVE PHONOTACTIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE PERCEPTION OF NASAL-INITIAL CONSONANT CLUSTERS, Msafiri Otonya
JUST SOUTHERN FOOD: FOOD JUSTICE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, Christian Tabor Owen
Your Presence Threatens Me! Experimental examination of intergroup threat theory to assess prejudice towards Muslims, Sukhmani Pal
UNDERSTANDING WILLINGNESS TOWARDS DEPRESCRIBING AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS, Queenie Paltanwale
Essays on Female Labor Supply, Hyerim Park
The Relationship Between Head Coaching Change and Donations to Intercollegiate Athletic Departments, Michael Paulus
On Domination and Bondage Numbers of Some Classes of Graphs, Andrew Pham
Visual Tracking Speed and Soccer Performance Metrics, Julia Paige Phillips
THE ACCURACY OF SUBJECTIVE LOAD PARAMETERS IN COMPARISON TO ANALYTICAL LOAD MEASURMENTS IN NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL, Katherine Pierce
Dynamics for Discretized Gravity in the Causal Set Approach, Benjamin Pilgrim
Lessons Learned Through Time: An Examination of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the COVID-19 Crisis, Stephanie Lee Poiroux
CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT OF A CHANNEL-FLOW USING SYNTHETIC JET, Pravesh Pokharel
EQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: VOICES OF BUSINESS STUDENTS AT A PERVASIVLEY SECTARIAN UNIVERSITY, Van Brooks Poole