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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Linear and Nonlinear Photophysical Characterization of Novel Visible and NIR Emissive Materials, Shane Autry
QUANTIFYING MICROBIAL RESISTANCE TO NEMATODE PREDATION, Tyler Bacon
EXPLORING STUDENT PARENT EXPERIENCES WITH UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES, Chelsea Baddley
"No Place in American History": Remembering and Forgetting the Sultana Disaster, Elias John Baker
Prevalence of Hearing Loss in College Students in the United States: A Meta-Analysis, Ashley Barton
SOLUBILITY MEASUREMENTS OF HYDROPHOBIC SOLUTES IN SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE AND SUBSEQUENT IMPREGNATION INTO PAPER SUBSTRATES FOR SURFACE MODIFICATIONS, Arghavan Beheshtimaal
SEARCH FOR CPT AND LORENTZ INVARIANCE VIOLATION IN THE MUON g-2 EXPERIMENT AT FERMILAB, Meghna Bhattacharya
When Men are the Victims: Factors Affecting Rape Victim Blame & Bystander Aid, Shilpa Boppana
ILLIBERAL INFLUENCES: EXTREME RIGHT-WING SUPPORT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, Jeff Borland
Acceptability, Anticipated Adherence, and Willingness to Begin Interoceptive Exposure: Examination of the Influence of a Values Rationale, Gina Quebedeaux Boullion
Nature's Converts: Reading The Land And Nature In The Early American Conversion Narrative, 1727-1831, Cullen Rex Brown
Black Grocers, Black Activism, and the Spaces in Between: Black Grocery Stores during the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Movement, Keon Ahmad Burns
Rap1a Overlaps the AGE/RAGE Signaling Cascade in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Stephanie Burr
An American Pilgrimage: The 1968 Poor People's Campaign Mule Train As Prophetic Social Performance, Cheston M. Bush
"Slums Are Our Most Expensive Luxuries": Little Rock's Metroplan and the Making of the Neoliberal City, 1939-1980, Monica N. Campbell
WHO IS RUNNING AGAINST ME?: THE INFLUENCE OF DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS ON PRIMARY COMPETITION AGAINST BLACK HOUSE INCUMBENTS, Stacy Darel Carter
POLYESTER-PAMAM “JANUS-TYPE” LINEAR-DENDRITIC BLOCKOPOLYMERS (LDBCS) AS NEXT GENERATION BIOMATERIALS, Indika Chandrasiri
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ALBUTEROL SULFATE LOADED TRANSDERMAL PATCHES WITH HME COUPLED FDM 3D PRINTING, Bhavana Chivukula
Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of Paleocene-Aged Bauxites from North Mississippi, Timothy Brendan Clark
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
Opening the American University: African American, Latino/a, and Women's Activism in Higher Education and Postwar Politics, 1964-1985, Jillian Elizabeth McClure
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