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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Conflicting Interests in the Swiss Alps: A Comparative Study of International Environmental Governance, Shelley Clark
The Second Front: The Internal Struggle for Post-Colonial Power in French Indochina and Algeria, Alexander Ludlow Cochran
Investigations of Bite Force in Northern Gulf of Mexico Shark Species, with Emphasis on Blacknose and Sharpnose Sharks, Martha Frances Dalton
Papy Boom and Public Pensions: Achieving Fiscal Sustainability and Intergenerational Solidarity within the French Public Pension System, Emilie Anne Dayan
The Recent Trend of Mass Killing: What Causes Civil Wars to Escalate to Using Genocide, Brenna Danielle Depies
Shakespeare's Soundscape: Vocal Song in the Plays of William Shakespeare and in Early Modern Culture., Julie Marcia Dhossche
The Role of the Cerebellum in the Zebra Finch Song Circuit, Matthew Gian Digiusto
An Exploration of Process Observation and Practical Application in Devised Theatre, Anna Elizabeth Donnell
The Crow's Nest a family memoir, Virginia Neal Drago
Die(a-lect) Another Day: The Role of Luxembourgish as it Compares to French and German in Luxembourg Today, Devon Leigh Emig
Crank Dat Soulja Boy: Understanding Black Male Hip Hop Aspiration in Rural Mississippi, Bruce O'Brian Foster
Jewish Identity and Interaction in the American South, Amelia Bartlett Gamble
Keeping Up Appearances: Analysis of the Look-At-Me Generation, Sarah Rose Gardner
Representing Generalized Boolean Algebras in Riesz Spaces, Reed Condon Gilbow
New Catalysts for the Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to C1 Organic Compounds, Anna Hailey
Harry Potter and the Religious Right: An in-depth look at the Christian undertones in J.K. Rowling's series, Cody Pharr Hall
Making a Difference Through Design, Haley Brooke Hill
Reduced density of calbindin immunoreactive GABAergic neurons in major depressive disorder: relevance to neuroimaging studies and future directions, Jonathan Hughes
The Pendulum's Dance with Dictatorship and Democracy: A Look at Journalistic Successes and Failures of the Twentieth Century Spanish Press, Margaret Whitaker Hutter
Angus: A Collection of Short Stories, Sara Kate Hyde
Seek Justice. Love Your Neighbor’: An Integrated Marketing Communications Campaign for International Justice Mission, Emily Jane Laird
Design and Construction of a Reflectron Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer for Multiphoton Ionization and Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Mass-Selected Clusters, Matthew Dodd McDowell
Exploring the Effects of Environmental Factors, Policy, and Enforcement on Student Alcohol Use at The Univeristy of Mississippi, William Curtis McGehee
Charming Politics: Magic and Power in Medieval and Early Modern Texts, Grace Elaine McMahen
But Is It Art?: The Significance of Graphic Design in the Modern Era, Johnny Franklin Miles III
Comparative Analysis of Salt and Water Fluoridation in Non-Industrialized Countries, Chelsea Elizabeth Mitchell
Mississippi: Striving for Average, Policies and Suggestions to Combat the State's Obesity Epidemic, Emily Marie Morton
And Justice For all: Non-Native English Speakers in the American Legal System, Leah Michelle Nodar
Molecular Analysis of Endophytic Bacteria Associated with Lettuce., Shelly Leigh Osborn
The Urbanization fo Chinese Citizenship: A Case Study of Shanghai and Suzhou, Ryan James Parsons
Art & Ideologies: A Comparative Analysis of the Relationships Between Augustus and Livy and Napoleon and David, Hannah Leigh Penley
An Analysis of Culturable Bacteria Otained from Store Bought Leaf Vegetables, Kevin Christian Randolph
Under the Blow Dryer: A Study of Three Fictional Beauty Shops, Leslie Johns Ray
Role Reversals and the Generation-Defining Quest for Identity: A Study in Four Plays of The Realism of Sam Shepard, Grant Gardner Robinson
Policies Addressing Obesity: a Comparison of South Korea and the United States, Sarah Elizabeth Rogers
Play by the Rules: An Allegroical Respons to the Contemporary Problems faced by the Print Journalism Industry, Thomas Koonce Sanders
Fundamental Humanitarian Principles in Aid Organizations: Impartiality and Neutrality in the Great Lakes Refugee Crisis, Maggie Elizabeth Savely
Bridge over the River Kawaii: Examining the Consumption of Anime and Manga in the United States, Luke Daniel Schwalm
The Effects of Economic Integration on Poverty Reduction: The Case of MERCOSUR, Sarah Emily Shaw
Effects of anticholinergics and cholinergic enhancers on spatial learning and locomotion in mice, Brittany Nicole Simpson
Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? An Analysis of China's Increasing Gini Coefficient from 1980-2006, Erin Singleton
The Mythic Method at Work in the Travel Writing of Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux, and V.S. Naipaul, Benjamin Bryant Sloan
A Comparison and Cooperative Utilization of Møller–Plesset perturbation theory and B3LYP Density Functional Theory on Weakly Bound Structures, Joshua Ryan Smith
De Mal en Peor: The Framing of Felipe Calderón’s “War on Drugs” in the United States and Mexican Print Media, Peyton Britt Smith
Quintessense: B.F.A. Painting Exhibit, Sarah Elizabeth Story
American Pornographic: A Collection of Short Stories, Steven William Stringer
A Study of Attendee's Motivations: Oxford Film Festival, Taylor Elizabeth Thomas
Confucianism and the Modern East Asian, Paul Jennings Treutel
Water, water everywhere: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of World Bank's and UNICEF's Efforts to Provide Access to Clean Water in Nigeria, Jessica-Phillips Tyson
Branding A University's Mascot, Stanley Ryan Viner
Canary in a Cage and other stories, Jennifer Leah Wegmann
Conflict or Compromise: China’s Perceptions and Intentions Regarding Us Defense Policy Towards Taiwan, Gabriel Amadeus Weiss
Viridis: Green Living in the South”, Mary Elizabeth White
Swing into Action: The Political and Aesthetic Role of Jazz in Nazi Germany and Occupied France, Marie Elizabeth Wicks
Examination of the Consumer Ethics of Students at The University of Mississippi, Stephen Cole Wilkerson
An Analysis of Personal Transformation and Musical Adaptation in Vocal Compositions of Kurt Weill, Elizabeth Rose Williamson
Women Behaving Badly, Taylor Elyse Wood
Chinese Popular Opinion Towards the One Child Policy, Alyssa W. Yuen
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Student Engagement at the University of Mississippi, Vanessa Lynn Alsobrooks
The Boy Who Lived: An Examination of the Hero's Journey in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series, Victoria Laine Applewhite
The Relationship Between Young Women's Self-Perceived Body-Esteems and Calculated Body Compositions, Alyssa Kay Ashmore
Challenging EU Solidarity? : German-Russian Relations, Jessica Ann Beck
Investigation of Mutations Affecting Axon Guidance at the Midline in Drosophila, Laura Frances Bennett
The Divine Dilemma: The Development of Puritan Thought Concerning Church and State in New England, 1630-1780., John Tyler Clemons
Lonely Just Like Me: Stories by Graham Cotten, Thomas Graham Cotten
Moving through Europe: An Assessment of the Magnitude and Economic Effects of Intra-European Union Labor Migration Following the 2004 Enlargement, Tyler Daniel Craft
Persuasion and Rhetoric in Cable News Commentary: A Philosophical, Zachary Mark Cruthirds
The Creation of Socially Significant Theatre, Rachel Leah Daniel
Creation and Application of Mississippi Tort Reform Law, Lauren Elizabeth Delap
A Little Unwell: Madness in the World of Tennessee Williams, Sarah Lynn Dickey
Nature's Bastards: Hybridity, Grafting and Miscegenation in the Renaissance Imagery, Erin Elaine Doctor
A Study of Dollarization in Ecuador and its Implications for the Future of the Mexican Economy, Kristen Elizabeth Dugar
Magdalene: A New Magazine for Young Christian Women, Katie Nicole Eubanks
Revenue Diversification in Health and Human Services Nonprofits., Hannah Sayle Flint
The Use of Torture as a Tool of Anti-terrorism: Deriving Lessons for the Future through a Comparison of Argentina’s Dirty War to the United States’ Global War on Terror, Kent Douglas Ford
The Dilemma of the Small State: Written Rules vs. Traditional Power in Mercosur, Amy Laura Goodwin
Doing the Best We Can with What We Have: Lessons from Arkansas on How to Improve Mississippi Student Achievement through Teacher Mentoring and Induction, Claire Elizabeth Graves
The Political Mobilization of Afro-Ecuadorians: A comparison to the United States and Brazil, Sederia Gray
Development of a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrometer for Lead-Free Gunshot Residue Analysis, Ryan Alexander Gregg
I'm Not a Math Person: An Examination of How Parents and Peers Affect the Ways in which Students Engage with Mathematics, Samantha Jean Grey
Not All Those Who Wander are Lost: The Long Way Home in the Works of Lee Smith, Emily Louise Haadsma
Euskal Herritarrak Gara: A Study of a People and their History, Culture, and Identity, Madison Rebekah Halbrook
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of Elementary Students in Serve Only Service and Offer Versus Serve Service, Margaret Louise Harbison
Communicative Development through a Comparative Lens: A Snapshot of Foreign Language Education in the United States and France, Halley Anne Hargrave
The Effects of the Beta1 Receptor Antagonist, Metoprolol, on Methamphetamine-Induced Changes in Body Temperature in Varying Ambient Temperatures, Ricki Lee Harrell
Greater Frequency of Sorority Meal Consumption Results in Higher Food Group Intake and Lower Body Mass Indices in Sorority Members, Blair Stevens Harris
Tennesse Williams' Web of Deception in The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Holly Nicole Henning
“¡Que se vayan todos!” :Opportunity Structures, Social Movement Mobilization, and the Argentine Piquetero Movement, Daniel Palmer Hester
Hood Imports: Abruzzan Wine Cluster Advancement Through Trans-National Cooperation and Entrepreneurship, Stewart Jennings Hood
The Polarizing Effects of Inflammatory Language in Political Blogs, Holly Sarah Hosford
Newspaper Coverage and Its Effect on Public Opinion: An Analysis of Media Coverage: Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination and Confirmation to the United States Supreme Court, Courtney Ann Jackson
A Comparison of Training Modalities on Vertical Jump Performance in Recreationally Trained College Males, Katie Alexis Jackson
The Effects of Neighboring Bases on PdC in Single-Stranded and Double-Stranded DNA, Elizabeth Kelty Jones
Sidewalks Matter: A Transportation Policy Study and Plan for Sidewalks in Clinton, MS, Elizabeth Jayne Joseph
Five Point Zero Divisor Graphs, Florida Victoria Levidiotis
School Based Health Centers as a Provider of Reproductive Health Services for School - Aged Children: A Study of Parent-Teacher Perspectives in South Delta School District, Kayla LeeAnn Logan
Assia Djebar and the Algerian Woman: From Silence to Song, Mary Maher
An Epidemiologic Study Comparing the Health Environment of Honduras and the United States., Martha Magee Mangum