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Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Inextinguishable Longing for Elsewhere: Escapism in Recent Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels, Charles Barton Wynn
The Butterflies: An Original Film Produced Throught The University of Mississippi in August 2008, Winsor Yu-Liang Yuan
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Development Ethics: Ethical Questioning And Its Place In International Development, Miriam Elizabeth Abadie
Conceiving Equity: The Paradox Surrounding the Contraception Crisis in America, Meghann Diane Ainsworth
Institutionalized Islam: A Study of the Union des organisations islamiques de France, Andrus Gareth Ashoo
Russians at Work: Past and Present of the Russian Mentality toward Work, Dustin Cody Bankston
Nouveau: A Feminist Magazine Launch, Meghan Cori Blalock
The Evolution of Sexuality in Vampire Novels, Elizabeth Lauren Butler
Left against Left in Brazil: Party Rivalry, National Politics, and Ideological Change, Marcos de Moraes Cerdeira
Graphic Design Work for the Band RiverLeft, Benjamin William Deneka
Pink Wave or Red Threat? Bolivia's and Venezuela's Hydrocarbons Policies in Perspective, Patrick Hunter Dogan
The Euro Effect: Is the Euro the Cause of Italy's Woes and Spain's Successes?, Robert Charlton Duke
Antinociceptive Action of Mitragynine and its Synthetic Analogs in Mice, La Donna Evette Franklin
An Bhuil Gaeilge Agat?: Perspectives on the Irish Language in Ireland, Georgia Katherine Fyke
NATO and Global Expansion, John Doyce Griffin
Military Reforms with Chinese Characteristics: Informal Decentralization in the Chinese Government and Its Effect on Party-Military Relations, Daniel John Hedglin
Abnormal Group Velocities of Ultrasonic Pulses in Aqueous Suspensions of Polymer Microspheres, Robert Evans Heithaus
The Expression and Characterization of Full-Length PRCP in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells, Mubina Aziz Isani
The Green Bean: A specials coffee and cacao supplier that supports the organic and fair trade efforts in Central and South America., Allison Nicole Johnson
The Green Bean: A Specialty Coffee Company Designed around Organic and Fair Trade Efforts., Allison Nicole Johnson
Path of the Dragon's Eye: Using Fantasy Elements in Realism, Winston Edward Jones, Jr.
Path of the Dragon’s Eye: Using Fantasy Elements in Realism, Winston Edward Jones Jr.
Historical Memory and Muslim Identity in Andalusia, Sarah Lynn Karp
Shorebank Corporation: A Model of Community Development through Commerce, Joshua Dudley Kipp
Finding Space for Autonomy: Chiapas, the EZLN, and the Dynamics of the Indigenous Communities, Thomas Joseph Koger
Going Places: The Shift of the Textile Industry to China, Vaughan Abbay Leatherman
An Analysis of Networking Between Top Executives of Companies Suspected of Backdating Stock Options, Rebecca Kin-Ming Lo
The Hartz Commission vs. the Alliance for Jobs: A Study in German Labor Market Reform, Robert Russell Lynch
Sustainable Development in the Atacama Desert? Community and the Copper Mining Industry in Northern Chile, Livia Christina Macias
A Designer’s Portfolio, Hallie Landon Marshall
An Investigation into Developing a Business Plan for a Television Pilot, as Well as, An Examination of Consumer Perception toward Interactive Television and the Pilot, Celeste Elizabeth McKeon
The Perils of Privatizing Water: The Case of Buenos Aires in Comparative Perspective, Joshua Lee Norris
The Construction of Womanhood and Race in Novels by Caroline Lee Hentz and Augusta Jane Evans, Elizabeth L. Oliphant
Characterization of the Lipopolysaccharide Binding Site on the Plasma Protein High Molecular Weight Kininogen, Ryan Cory Perkins
Storytellers: Stories Within Songs, Carly Amber Phillips
The Politics of Memory: A Study of the Formation and Influence of Public Memory of the Military Regime in Argentina, Alexandra Azema Rodriguez
At the Roots of Faith: A Comparative Analysis of the History and Appeal of Buddhism and Christianity in Comtemporary China, Megan Christine Rogers
An Evaluation of 529 Savings and Prepaid Tuition Plans, Joshua Charles Rorie
The Rationality of the Green Knight: Testing, Tempting, and Culture in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Vincent Peter Rotkiewicz
Short Stories, Russell Joseph Rutherford
The Magnitude of Repression by Cro Protein in the Presence of Lambda Operator Variants, Shabnam Sarker
Concert Promotion in a College Community: A Guide for the Hopeful Concert Promoter, Lori Ann Simpson
The Use of Presidential Decrees in New Democracies: A Study of Argentina and Chile, Lindsey Michelle Stringer
A Study of Race Policy in Fidel Castro's Cuba, Lee Andrew Taggart
Object Usage Processing Improves Memory, Joseph C. Tann
FreeTime!?!? Theatre: The Creation of a Successful Production Company, Brian Martin Tichnell
Jean-Paul Marat: The Politics of Death, Joseph Paul Wallace
Current Model for a Narrow Bipolar Pulse, Samuel Stewart Watson
An Investigation of Short Sellers' Behavior around Short Interest Announcement Dates, Wei Wei
K-12 Public School Finance in Mississippi: A History and Policy Analysis., Shadrack Tucker White
Optimization Studies of the Important Drug Lead Kahalalide F which Acts on a Novel Cancer Target RPS25, Kully Lynn Woodruff
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Environment, Behavior, and Internal Consciousness: A Study of Space and Time in Dostoevsky, Laura Claire Bagwell
The Limits of Laïcité: Islam and the Headscarf Issue in France, Lindsay Blaire Beeman
Gardening programs in schools: A proposed solution to reverse the consequences of the current American food culture, Charlotte Grace Blessey
The Stones and the Bones: Contemporary Issues in Cultural Property, Christopher Michael Blocker
Soviet Language Policy in Uzbekistan: How the Role of Russian has Changed through Soviet Times and Independence, Mary Catherine Boehmer
Out of the Agrarian Closet: Rereading The Velvet Horn by its Queer Currents, Jacob W. Brasher
Elusive Peace: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Wars and Conflict Resolution in El Salvador and Colombia, Jessica Bryant
An Analysis of the Baby Boomers: The Impact of Their Approaching Retirement, Allison Elizabeth Buckley
Veterans: Short Stories, James George Cajoleas
The Post-Cold War Security Dialogue, Melanie Collins
The Bonds They Form: An Analysis of Women's Relationships in Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle, Cat's Eye, and The Robber Bride, Kimberly Elizabeth Debrock
HUKA Entertainment: Creating a Full-service Concert Event Company Focusing on Concert Promotion, Talent Buying, and Ticketing, Bennett Alexander Drago
An Educational Divide: The Effect of the Private School Movement on Mississippi Public Schools, Milton Oliver Fletcher
Blood Assays in the Freshwater Turtle, Trachemys Scripta, with Emphasis on Methemoglobin Levels, Erin Melissa Floyd
Bailey Junior High and the Desegregation of Jackson Public Schools, Marcial Davidson Forester III
Art and Persuasion: A Communication Study of Contemporary Documentary Film, Lauren Elizabeth Freeman
The Interplay between History and Religious Ambivalence in John Updike's Rabbit Tetralogy, Kathryn Sewell Gillen
An Initial Evaluation of Select Social Welfare Programs Instated by Hugo Chavez, Maria Catarina Gutierrez
To Vote or Not to Vote: The New Challenge to Mexican Democracy, Elizabeth Thea Harrington
Growth and Immunocomptence in Parasitized Domestic Turkeys( Meleagris gallapavo): Is There a Trade-off?, Virginia Austin Harrison
Across the Racial Divide: Women Writing Women in Select Post-Civil Rights Fiction, Marty Marie Hitt
Gifts and Curses: Prometheus' Theft of Fire in the Works of Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron, Natalie Nicole Hopper
Bipartisan Efforts to Deter Human Rights Violations on the U.S.-Mexico Border, James Scott Jimenez
Influence of Carrageenan-Induced Nociception on Separation-Induced Distress Vocalizations and Hyperthermia in Domestic Fowl Chicks, Erin Kathleen Johnson
Genetic Variation and Immune Response in the Wolf Spider: Rabidosa rabida, Patrice Louise Jones
The Absence of Financial Feminism, Blythe Leigh Keenum
The USA Patriot Act: A Constitutional Analysis, Dean Sterling Kidd
An Investigation of Communications Laws and the Mississippi Business Manager, Melissa Ann King
Stopping the Flood of Denglish: The Difficult Dilemma Faced by German Language Organizations in Modern-Day Germany, Julianne Kay Lofton
The Effects of Habituation on Separation-Distress Vocalizations in the Anxiety-Depression Continuum, Lindsey M. Louviere
Dynamics of Transcriptional Repression by λ Cro Repressor In Vivo, Dustin Land Markle
Stability Studies of Domain 2 of Neural Cadherin, John Kyle Mccool
Cruciform Extrusion in Methylation-State Variants of pBR322 Plasmid, Lucas Morgan McElwain
Life on Utila, Blake Savier Mogabgab
Bowen Family Systems Theory in the Life and Works of Ernest Hemingway, Allison Brooke Morgan
Freedom through Education: The Sunflower County Freedom Project, Susan Rebecca Morrison
Caesar the Leader, William Johnston Oppenheimer
A Study on Bruce, Mississippi, Susan Nicola Penman
Mexico's Cult of Death: An Analysis of the Days of the Dead and its Literary and Artistic Counterparts, Samantha Kay Pettit
A Comparative Analysis of Institutions, Policies, and Vehicle Emissions between the United States and the European Union, William Lee Ramsey III
Rage, Remembrance, Redemption: The Poetic Response to AIDS, Samuel Douglas Ray
Motivating Genocide: Indirect Colonial Rule as a Motivator of Genocidal Ideology and Policy, Trevor Bruce Rockstad
Surviving Hurricane Katrina: A Family Chronicle, Matthew Samuel Sharpe
Human Rights and United States Foreign Policy: Morality vs. Self-Interest, Christopher Franklin Tatum
The Revenge of the Past: Ethnic Nationalism, Soviet Nationalities Policies, and the Collapse of the USSR, Steven Montgomery Wheat
Targeted Gene Expression as a Means of Killing Specific Glial Cells in Drosophila Embryos, Ryan Anthony Yates
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
The Effects of a Pre-Operative Education Program on Anxiety and Cortisol Levels Prior to and Following Surgery, Lou Ann Balducci