Honors Theses
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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Discovery of Resistance-Reversing Agents in Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from Natural Product Libraries, Andrew B. Watkins
Psychiatric Symptomatology in Migraine Sufferers and the Relationship with Headache-Related Self-Efficacy, Lindsay W. Wencel
Towards the Synthesis of a Swallowtailed Perylene Monoimide, Wyatt S. Whicker
Defining the Revolution: A Study of Contemporary China's Sexual Transformation, Zackary L. Whitehead
Windows Into Changing Worldviews: A Critical Cartographic Analysis of Four Influential World Maps from the 13th to the 21st Century, Elizabeth E. Wicks
Phylogeography of the Australian Common Froglet, Crinia Signifera, Rosetta C. Williams
Properties of a Fluorescent Deoxycytidine Analog in i-Motif Dna, Sara E. Wingate
Boss Lady: How Female Chinese Managers Succeed in China's Guanxi System, Charles Palmer Withers
Examining Tax Planning, Tax Shelters, Antitrust laws and the History of Mergers and Acquisitions, Austin Grant Yarber
Kore: A Natural Paint Pigment Company, Allison Young
The Black Death and Its Impact on the Church and Popular Religion, McLaurine H. Zentner
To be, or not to be-Statehood is the Question: Analyzing the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, Leigh Anne Zook
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Liberté, Égalité, Laïcité?: Defining French National Identity, Elizabeth Adair Abbot
Big T-shirts and Running Shorts: A Female Uniform and Southern Womanhood on the Ole Miss Campus, Abigail Abide
Simulated Diabetes Testing Experiment Using Artificially Manipulated Livestock Blood, Hollie E. Ables
An Examination of the K-12 Black-White Achievement Gap in Mississippi, Timothy O. Abram II
The Success of an Ethnic Political Party: A Case Study of Arab Political Parties in Israel, Samira Abunemeh
Mississippi Pharmacists' Knowledge and Attitudes about Pharmacy Compounding Safety and Regulation, Kimberly Allen
Unsettle Me, Lanie King Anderson
Attaching Meaning to Sex: Attachment Styles and Possible Mediators of Safe Sex Behavior, Dominic Antonacci
Defining College Experiences and Changing Drinking Trends Over the Course of One Freshman Semester, Cipriano Louis Apicelli
Microcosm: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Lauren Banquer
Beyond Pederasty: Finding Models for Adult Male Homosexuality in Classical Athens, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Barnes
Collaborations of Hope: Network Theory and the Assessment of Anti-Human Trafficking Nonprofits' Relationships, Gabrielle Barrientos
Attempts to Determine the Community Structure of Archaea in Major Tributaries of the Mississippi River, Thomas Douglas Bateman
The Role of the United States Navy in Sustaining and Protecting the Global Economy, Richard U. Beneke
Cognitive Poetics and Italian Literary Criticism, John Biffle
Exploring the Potential Effects of Election Day Voter Registration in Mississippi, Adam M. Blackwell
Croatia in the European Union: A Study on Foreign Direct Investment, Unemployment, and Infrastructure, Mary Grace Boland
The Acute Influence of Occupational Footwear on Balance, Caroline Borland
Cardiovascular Protective Agents and their Biochemical Role in Endothelial Cell Senescence, Nicholas Boullard
The Evolution of a Social Movement: A Study of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Grace Anne Boyd
NCAA at the Crossroads: How O'Bannon v. NCAA Could Change College Sports, Evan Brewster
An Examination of the Stockholder Response to Corporate Religiosity and Religiosity's Effects on Operational and Financial Reporting Quality, Katrina Marie Briscoe
Identification of a Phytotoxic Fungus and an Investigation into the Isolation of its Phytotoxic Constituents, William E. Briscoe
Independence Polynomials and Extended Vertex Reduction, Jonathan Broom
The Potential Success of the F.D.A.'S New Paradigm Based on Community Pharmacists' Opinons, Anna Blair Brown
Uncontrolled Enrollment Expansion: Fragmented Authoritarianism in Chinese Higher Education, William Bumpas
The Effects of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage on Aerobic Capacity Tested Through Repeated VO2max Tests, Luke Burnett
The Evangelical Church and Creation Care, J. B. Burt
The Effects of Prenatal Education and Hospital Intervention on Breastfeeding Initiation, Lauren Camp
Investment in the Developing World: Democracy and/or Transparency, John Carter
Parent Satisfaction with Diabetes Technology in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Laura Brooke Carter
Online Sales Tax Policy: A Study of New York and Georgia State Laws and the Federal Marketplace Fairness Act, Madison Elizabeth Coburn
DNA-based Species Identification and Population Genetics of the Eastern Subterranean Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Benjamin Collins
The Matrix Method of Linear Dichroism, Kenna Collums
Shear Waves in Highly Concentrated Viscoelastic Wormlike Micellar Fluid, Rachel B. Crim
A Study of the Life and Legacy of Son House on the Identity and Character of Blues Culture, Kyle Crockett
Harnessing the Power of Social Media: How Four Fortune 500 Companies Utilize Social Media, Mary Elizabeth Cronk
How to Win Elections and Influence Parties: Party and Electoral System Development and Manipulation in the Republic of China, James B. Cutchin
Dieting for Diabetes: A Mobile 'App'roach, Alaina Brooks Darby
The Effect of Sumatriptan on Clinically Relevant Behavioral Endpoints in a Recurrent Nitroglycerin Migraine Model in Rats, Morgan Elizabeth Davis
Influence of Whole-Body Vibration on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, Cecilia Drennen
Detector Characterization Analysis of the Initial Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Daniel Duddleston
Non-Covalent Interactions, Dative Bonding, and Electron Affinities: A Multi-Method Computational Study of Boron Tetrahalides, Lance R. Ezell
Making Healthy Food Choices: Factors Affecting Healthy Eating in the Context of The Nashville Mobile Market., Laura Walton Fenelon
Plátano Power: Understanding the Rise of Dominicans in Major League Baseball, Patrick Fields
Lessening the Economic Impact of Incarceration: Privatize, Reinvest, or Realign in Mississippi?, James Foster
Dark Memories, RoseAnn Foster
Dereplication and Prioritization of Natural Product Extracts for Antifungal Drug Discovery, Kara Fowler
Analysis of Body Type Preferences Among Young Adults, Khyati Maheshkumar Ganatra
Conservative Values and Minority Outreach, Diego Garcia
Implementation of a Visualizer for Web Request Data Generated by an Internet Information Services Server, Daniel J. Garrett
The Use of Occitan Dialects in Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Virginia Jane Geddie
An Investigation Into Polyiodination of Activated Benzene Derivatives with Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions, Dakota Gilbert
The Trajectory of the Argentine Economy from 2001 to the Present: What Comes Next?, Mary Morgan Gladney
Processor, Payload, and Power Subsystem Development of the MISSat-1 CubeSat, Rana Roxanne Gordji, Zachary Christian Puuwai Olaa Morgan, and Samuel Liyang Di
Nostalgia and the Myth of Old Russia: Russian Emigres in Interwar Paris and their Legacy in Contemporary Russia, Brad Gordon
Trailer Hitched: A One Act Play, Shelby K. Grady
Understanding the Karoo: Investigating the Function of a Copulation Call in Female Wild Turkeys Meleagris gallopavo, Callie Grey
Gender Differences Associated With Memory Recall, Lee Morgan Gunn
The Tutte Polynomial Formula for the Class of Twisted Wheel Graphs, Amanda Hall
On Harmonic Vibrational Frequency Convergence to the Complete Basis Set Limit in Water Dimers and Hydrogen Fluoride Dimers, Amanda Hardwick
Suffering and Coping in the Novels of Anne Tyler, Camden Story Hastings
Physical Therapy and Depression: A Pilot Study on Screening for Depressive Symptoms, Allison Hatten
What is a Berber?: Characterizations of Imazighen from Britain and Morocco, Byron Head
Essential Roots: Planting Seeds for a Bright Future; a Pilot Implementation of Transitional Service that Promotes Nutritional Health and Business Skills for Students with IDD, Jennybeth S. Hendrick
A Joy Observed: The Study of Transformation through the Life and Literature of C.S. Lewis, Meagan Henry
The Termination of Government Programs: A Case Study of the Recovery Audit Contracting Program, Ryan Henry
Performance Enhancing Drugs in America's Pastime, William A. Hodges
The Reality of Utopian and Dystopian Fiction: Thomas More's Utopia and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Casey Holliday
Anchoring the Potential Energy Surfaces of Homogenous and Heterogenous Dimers of Formaldehyde and Thiofomaldehyde, Christina M. Holy
Domain-Specific Probes for Calcium Binding to Neural Cadherin, Charles Ryan Humphries
Chile Se Moviliza: Protest Movements and Inequality in Post-Dictatorship Chile, Shruti Jaishankar
Design Considerations for a Rotating Retractable Stadium Roof, Charles S. Jenkins
The Changing Climate and Adaptation Strategies for the Mississippi Delta, John Jenks
An Analysis of the Media's Coverage of the Columbine High School and Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings, Mara Joffe
Validation of a Recurrent Nitroglycerin Migraine Model in the Rat, Ainslee Johnson
The Effect of Auditory Distractions on Working Memory in People Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Kristen Laprade Johnson
The Specter of Franco, Alexandra L. Jones
Identifying Causes of Variation Among Per Capita Incomes of Sub-Saharan African States, Vinod Kannuthurai
Legal Education Reform: An Analysis of the Current State of the American Legal Education System Post MacCrate, Matthew Todd Kiefer
The Chamberlain Estate or: How Investors will Learn to Stop Worrying and Give me Money to Make my Movie, Connor King
Boredom and Memory for Positively and Negatively Valenced Words, James Kirchner
Synthesis and Characterization of a New Bimetallic Catalyst, GJL-46, and Its Use in the Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Phenylacetylene, Gabriel J. LaBonia
Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Aurora Floyd Revisited: an Experiment in Neovictorianism, Vivian Walker Lang
The Dólar Blue: The Black Market Exchange Rate for Dollars in Argentina, Brad Brunson Lanier
The Origins of an Everyday Behavior: Why do People Share Meals?, David Lee
The Fabric Dock: Reeling in the Right Brand for a Sea-Inspired Sewing Shop, Katie Elaine Lee