Honors Theses
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Energy Drinks And Caffeine: The Science Behind The Billion- Dollar Industry, Eric Villarreal
How the Case United States v. Windsor Paved the Way for Same-Sex Marriage Legalization in the United States, Olivia C. Watkins
Reshaping The Message: Marketing The Quest For Marriage Equality In Mississippi, Nathaniel Weathersby
North-African Immigration to France: Economic Benefit or Burden?, Adam Weaver
Promotion of Environmental Engagement Through Positive Youth Development in Tanzania, Katherine Westfall
Reproductive and Multigenerational Effects of Dietary Benzo[A]Pyrene Exposure in Zebrafish, Mallory White
The Cooling Effect of Cryotherapy on Power and Accuracy in the Pitching Arms of Baseball Players, David Kimble Wilbanks
Payday Lending in America: Profitability and Regulation in the Payday Lending Market, Orion Wilcox
University of Mississippi Prepharmacy and Early Entry Students' Professional Commitment and Perceptions of the Professional Role of Pharmacists, Blake A. Williams
Observing Academic Performance Based on Increased Educational Spending: An Assessment of the FedEx Center at the University of Mississippi, Matthew Williams
The Effects of Adrenergic Antagonists on Spatial Memory in the Zebra Finch (taeniopygia guttata), Taylor Williams
Can We Institute Medical Trust? An exploratory case study of patient-staff relations at a community health center in the Mississippi Delta, Emma L. Willoughby
Bacteria con leche: Bacterial populations and antibiotic resistance within conventional, USDA organic, and local milk, Kristen M. Wilson
Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis for Activision-Blizzard, Inc., Stephen Wittmann
Mercury in Fish in North Mississippi Reservoirs: Statistical Analysis and Risk Assessment, Stacy Wolff
Ja, Ich Will: Framing the Same-Sex Marriage Debate in the 17th Session of the German Bundestag, Stephen Colby Woods
Role of speech-language pathologists in aphasia therapy and rehabilitation as reported by practicing speech-language pathologists, Meredith Wooley
Bolivian Public Health Care: Interculturation for Indigenous Rights, Kendra Leigh Wright
French Ideology of English as a World Language and American Second Language Speakers, Sarah Price Wright
Parasitism and feather reflectance in mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), Wesley Youngblood
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The World of Shadow Banking: An Examination of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries and Their Contribution to the 2008 Financial Crisis, Colin Peter Applewhite
Is Cutinase The Smallest Possible Alpha/Beta Hydrolase? Insights Into Structure And Function Using Deletion Mutants, Mary Elizabeth Barrack
The Prospect of Reform in North Korea: Will China Play a Role?, Emily Victoria Bennett
Recycling Behavior in Germany in the Early 1990s: Person-Level and Contextual Determinants of Recycling, Jacqueline Grace Boyce
Shifting Local Ecologies: Biocultural Interactions and Ecuadorian Public Health, Sabrina Bradford
Thematic Transformation in the Operas of Francis Poulenc: Gender, Spiritual, and Psychological, Elizabeth Brooks Bruening
Casinos In Mississippi: A State and Regional Analysis, Norma Katharine Butts
Nuove Esplorazioni In Ognina, Sicily, Gabrielle Dianne Coggin
An Analysis of the Internal and External Motivations of Hispanic Employees and the Corresponding Management Techniques, Taylor Alexander Cook
Liberal Policy and the Peasant Condition in Garibaldi's Sicily, 1860, Robert Corban
Liberal Policy and the Peasant Condition in Garibaldi's Sicily, 1860, Robert Liming Corban
Shame on You: How Media Affects the Formation of Negative Body Image in Adolescent Women, Brittany Lee Cosenza
A Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Effects of Hydrogen Bonding on 1,2,3-Triazole, Anna Craig
The Art of Peking Opera: Chinese and European Operatic Traditions: Commonalities and Divergences, Portia Nicole Davis
An Exploratory Study of Automated Tools to Support SCRUM-Based Project Management in Agile Software Development Teams, Nirmal Dharmaratne
Containing The Dragon: The Rise of Chinese Military Power and its Effect on US Foreign Policy, Robert William Eberhart
Human Rights In Transit: Nationality, Anti-Haitianism, and the Reactionary State in the Dominican Republic, Ryan Keith Ezelle
The Extension Process of National Panhellenic Conference Sororities on Southeastern Conference College Campuses, Stevie Farrar
Enlightenment Science and Nano-Science: Creating Order out of Magic, Elizabeth Ramsey Frey
Tax Credits in The Film Industry: Friend or Foe? An Analysis of The Cost-Benefit Relationship Between Tax Incentives and the States That Provide Them, Virginia Anne Gamble
Parallels in Plight: Finding Commonalities in African American and Latino Experiences in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Caroline Elliott Gillespie
The Refuge of Fools, Merrill Lee Girardeau
Effects of Micro-Solvation on Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, Joseph Wellington Golden
Federal Farm Subsidies and Industrial Agriculture: A Case Study in Mississippi Agriculture and Policy Analysis, Travis Lenti Gray
Roles of Speech-Language Pathologists in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Katy Lane Greenlee
The Marketing and Branding of the Church in America, Joshua David Gregory
The Sinaloa Drug Cartel: A Clear and Present Danger, Connor Anthony Hagan
Precision and Accuracy: Omnipod Pdm® (O-Pdm) Versus Freestyle Lite Meter® (Fsl Meter) Utilizing Freestyle Lite (Fsl)® Test Strips in Multiple Patient Situations, Christine M. Hayden
A God Up Above, The Land Down Under, Jacob Nathaniel Hickman
Congress and its Other Budget Problem: An Examination of the Effect of Campaign Contributions on Congress' Decision-Making, Joe Hollis Higdon
The Effect of Whole Body Low Frequency Vibration on Absolute and Relative Peak-Z Forces in Vertical Jump Performance, Morgan Shields Hilton
The Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Rate of Force Development and Vertical Jump Performence In College Aged Females, Marco Antonio Italia
The Great Depression in Wilkinson County Mississippi: A Collection of Oral Histories, Ashley Ann Johnson
The Pilgrimage of Ibn Jubayr: A Microhistory of Travel During the Late Twelfth Century, Trevor David Johnson
Perceptions of Mississippi as a Tourist Destination, Kathleen Diane Kaiser
Memphis Carnival Traditions: Maintaining Identity in a Changing Society, Katherine Hitt Kenwright
An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Incorporating Virtual Cadaver Study on Student Performance in Human Anatomy and Physiology, Mary Katherine Kerce
An Investigation of the Green Grove Initiative, Haley Brooke Kesterson
Theorizing Factors Influencing Missile Transfers: A Case Study if Sino-Iranian Missile Transfers and Implications for Regional Security, Paul Alexander Kynerd
France's Soul-Searching: Finding National Identity In Political Metaphors During The 2012 Presidential Election, Cody LeBlanc
Attitudes Towards Homosexuality in China, Mallory Elaine Lee
Attending Law School: Lucrative or Lunatic?, Anna Lennep
Millions of Owners, not Hundreds of Millionaires: An Analysis of the Middle Class as a Requisite Condition for Democracy in Contemporary Russia, Isaac Alan Lichlyter
Matching Financial Reporting Requirements with Economic Substance: An Analysis of FASB Topic 840 (Leases) and Its Valuation Implications, Miller Childers Majors
An Assessment of Primary Care Physician Shortages in Mississippi, Megumi Diane Mathis
Polycationic Perylenebisimides for G-Quadruplex Binding, Andrew Jacob Matrick
The Effects of Social Media on Fashion Consumption, Sydney McCarthy
Spectroscopic Study of Charge Transfer Induced Blue Shifting of Pyrimidine/Water Mixtures on Silver Substrate, Annie Katherine McClellan
The Impact of Social Media on Marketing Strategy; Insights from Retail Organizations and Consumers, Margaret Anne McDonald
A Level Playing Field: The Big Business of College Sports and Recommendations for Reform, Orry Stephen Thomas McDonald
A Pseudo-Panathenaic Amphora by the Nikoxenos Painter, Robert Christopher Miller
Economic Emancipation in the Plantation South: Women in William Faulkner, Margaret Mitchell, Ernest Gaines, and Sherley Anne Williams, Rosemary Moak
Beyond Technique: An Examination of Musical and Textual Expression from Baroque to Twentieth Century, Charles Anthony Moore
Southern Baptists and Charismatics on Spiritual Warfare: the Ecumenical Implications, Sarah Parker Morris
University of Mississippi First Year Students, and Messages About College, Robbie Murphey
A Comparative Analysis of the Trickster Figure in Africa, the Caribbean, and North America, Douglas Odom
Geostatistical Analysis of Arsenic in Soils at the University of Mississippi Field Station., Elsie Ekene Okoye
Divided We Stand? The Effects of Identity Crisis on Democratic Institutionalization in Ukraine, Rebecca Elizabeth Pocase
Sheparding Gender: Queering Video Games in the Mass Effect Series, Karina Rene Popp
Language Revitalization and Maintenance of Indigenous Languages in Chile, Blake Everett Pruett
When Cultures Collide: A Comparative Study of the Culinary Cultures of Uruguay and the Lebanese Community in the Mississippi Delta, Claire Nicola Reid
And Myrrh, Cassia, and Frankincense rode on the Wind A Detailed Look at the Aromatic and Spice Trade of the Classical Mediterranean, Forrest Colby Roberts
Is Legal Pragmatism Normative?, Garrett Lane Roberts
Farmers Markets and Food Security: A Critical Evaluation of the Sociodemographic Factors Influencing Market Patronage in the Mississippi Delta, Mary Margaret Saulters
Cleaning Symbiosis of Caribbean Reef Fish: Analysis of Biological Factors That Affect Cleaning Frequency, Kathryn Janeanna Shell
The Impact of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Its Role in the Future of Affordable Housing, Sophia Yates Smith
Hometown, Mississippi: Portraits from Ripley, Adam Lee Stanford
The Economic Impact of Professional Sports Stadiums: Touchdown or Timeout?, Alexander Parrish Tanner
Players: Gender and Sexuality in the Universe of Don DeLillo, Alexandria Nicole Tidwell
Gender, Sexuality, and Music Education, Jordan Wesley Tippitt
Mixed Record: Water Privatization in Latin America, Brianna Nicole Van Stekelenburg
The Effect of the Economic Crisis of 2008 on the Basque and Catalan Nationalist Movements in Spain, Anastasia Artiom Varenita
Elementary School Teachers' Perspectives and Practices Toward Foods Allowed in the Classroom, Jennifer Leigh Varner
pH Dependent Proteolysis of Neural Cadherin, Candice Ashton Walters
The History and Consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Gerald Waltman