Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Analysis of Pinterest as a Tool for Dissemination of Nutrition Information for Parents of Teenagers, Holly A. Black
Post-Internet Writing: Social Media and Contemporary Fiction, Andrew Boomhower
Seeking the Invisible, Alexis Bragg
Students’ Expectations and Faculty Approaches to Instructional Activities: Are Faculty Meeting the Needs of this Generation?, Julie Ann Brines
Body Composition: Reading, Writing, and Resisting Weight Loss Autobiography as Biopolitical Pedagogy, Katherine Ann Browne
Nutrient Loading Reduction in a Tile Drained Agricultural Watershed through Watershed-Scale Cover Cropping: a High Resolution Analysis, Benjamin Gerald Bruening
Establishing Sustainable Community Garden Interventions with Aid from Health Promotion Organizations, Rachel Joann Buenemann
How Low Can Transparency Go? Secrecy in the Iran-Contra Affair as an Effect of Power, Taryn Butler
“It’s Not Rape -y Enough ”: How the Master Sexual Assault Narrative Restricts the Stories Writers Can Tell, Elizabeth Cachey
And That’s the Word: Effects of the Colbert Report on Political Knowledge and Participation, Nicholas Anthony Canfield
Integrating Natural Variation in Thermal Conditions and Maternal Steroids into Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination, Amanda Wilson Carter
Open Mic: a Documentary Film Exploring Humorous Narratives, Ryan T. Cashman
Death and Destruction: Insight into the Rhino Poaching Epidemic in South Africa, Richard Wayne Charlton
Predicting Gender Differences in Intentions To Pursue Stem Careers, Margaret Rose Christie
The Influence of Interspersal Ratios on Acquisition, Fluency, and Maintenance of Sight Words with Consideration of Instructional Level, the Instructional Hierarchy, and Motivation To Read., Sandra Nicole Clark
Canvases of Representation: Addressing the Cultural Politics of Black Male Superhero Identity in Graphic Narratives, Danielle L. Cochran
What Am I Doing Again?, Megan Coonelly
The Impact of Employment on Probationer Recidivism, Clayton T. Cottle
Temperature Effects on an Axon’s Ability To Maintain Phasing of a Rhythmic Motor System, Marissa Elaine Cruz
Student Demographic and Academic Characteristics That Predict Community College Student Success in Online Courses, Jennifer L. Davidson
The Third Coast, Catherine Jane Davis
Intervention Effects of an Eating Disorder Prevention Program Utilized by a Public University, Krista B. DeCeault
Good Game Well Played: an Esports Documentary, Gabriella Clare Devia-Allen
Does all the Excitement Really End at Marriage? an Assessment of Same-Sex Marriage Legislation and Lgbt Activism, Kelsie Diaz
Work-Family Domain Interference by Technology Use during Nonwork Times: an Investigation of Cyberstress, Work-Family Conflict, and Boundary Management, Kathleen Frances Dill
The Physical and Psychological Effects of Standing Desks in Office Workers, Hannah Dohm
The Biochemical Assessment of Two Secreted Acid Phosphatases from Leishmania Tarentolae, Their Response to Electric Fields, Glycosidase Incubation, and / or Vanadium, Benjamin M. Dorsey
Altered Na, K- Atpase Isoform Expression in Artemia Franciscana in Response to Hypersaline Environments, Jessica Drenth
Writing Mental Illness and Interrogating Autobiographical Positionality, Ryan J. Edel
Caregivers' and Professionals' Perceptions on Collaboration in Early Intervention, Sara J. Edwards
Social Capital and Hospital Readmission of Older Adults, Sheryl Emmerling
Physical Activity and Associated Energy Intake in Undergraduate College Students, Erin Marie Fejes
School Climate, Stigma by Association, and Adolescent Psychological Distress, Kathryn D. Ferdon
Formation, Characterization, and Optimization of Antibody-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates, Seth L. Filbrun
Narrative in Police Communication: the Art of Influence and Communication for the Modern Police Organization, Chelsea Fray
The Use of Reappraisal during Expressive Writing and Its Impact on Affect and Insight, Alleana Micaela Maglaque Fuentes
The Digital Surgeon's Warning: Do Disclaimers Have a Place in Beauty and Fashion Advertising?, Jess Gabl
The Byline of Europe: an Examination of Foreign Correspondents' Reporting from 1930 to 1941, Kerry J. Garvey
Addressing Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Recidivism in the Juvenile Justice System, Danielle N. Gieschen
Practicing Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Understanding and Challenges of Teaching for Social Justice, Victoria Graziano
Entangled Bodies in the Medieval World: Anglo-Saxon Life Writing in Prefaces, Hagiography, and Letters, Megan Alise Gregory
Learning a Language: the Gateway to Cosmopolitanism, Caleb Griffin
Religious Discrimination in Courtroom Oaths, Shannon M. Griffith
Association of Fruit and Vegetable Intake with Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adolescents, Jonathan C. Grimwood
Intercultural Accommodation: Accommodating Communication to People of Different Groups, Marcus M. Gruwell
Believing Mary Karr, Stephanie Rae Guedet
Invisible Pain: Looking at Women’s Fibromyalgia Disclosure in the Workplace through the Lens of Communication Privacy Management Theory, Robert D. Hall
Building Classroom Communities in a Pbis World: Voices of Teacher Candidates as They Transition into First-Year Teachers, Kira A. Hamann
Evaluating Fault-Line Escarpment Exposure in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and New Mexico, Audrey Anne Happel
Fermenting Solutions to New World Problems: Bioremediation of Blue Agave and Cocoa Pod Wastes, Daniel Hart
An Analysis of an Impulsive Stage Structured Integrated Pest Management Model with Refuge Effect, Miranda Henderson
Characterizing Exceptional Superintendent Leadership in Ethnically and Economically Diverse School Districts, Nicholas Henkle
The Growth Mindset School Community, Christina A. Hild
( Re ) Claiming History and Visibility through Rhetorical Sovereignty: the Power of Diné Rhetorics in the Works of Laura Tohe, Jessica Marie Safran Hoover
Proactive Personality and Voluntary Turnover: the Moderating Effects of Development and Perceived Career Opportunities, Amy F. Huber
Over the Ropes: Boundary Play in Professional Wrestling, Ethan Ingram
Review of Safety Programs at Midsized, Non-land Grant University Farms, David Michael James
The Use of Simulation in Nursing Student Medication Administration Education, Melissa Jarvill
“I Did N’t Even Think of This ”: Examining the Influence of Student Disability Accommodation Training on Basic Course Instructor Attitudes and Self-Efficacy, Jillian A. Joyce
Synthesis and Characterization of Mixed Donor Ligands and Their Corresponding Metal Complexes, Timothy Michael Erasmus Jugovic
Exploring Teacher Candidates’ Civic Efficacy through Civic Engagement and Critical Literacy in a Literacy Methods Course, Dana M. Karraker
Rights of Nature and the Political Implications of Post-humanist Ecologies, Jaimie Kent
"I Knew College Was in the Cards for Me: "a Thematic Analysis of the Communicative Messages Foster Youth Receive about Post -secondary Education, LaShawnda Kilgore
Teachers' Perceptions of Addressing Leisure in Curriculum for Students with Severe Disabilities, Kara Klepp
Culturally Responsive Educational Leadership: a Qualitative Study of Indigenous Innovations, Bert Klunder
The Influence of Online Social Networking Sites on Selection into a Dietetic Internship, Noel Lorraine Konken
"You Know, Words Do Matter": Self-Presentation and Media Framing of the Rhetoric of Male vs. Female Politicians in the 2008 Clinton-Obama Presidential Debates, Lindsey N. Kraus
A Qualitative Investigation of Secondary General Education Teachers' Perspectives on Their Involvement in Transition Services, Stephen M. Kwiatek
An Examination of the Evolution of Racially Biased Pretextual Investigatory Stops and Their Legitimacy in Policing, Brett A. Lacey
The Snozzle Factory, Jeremy Michael Lampe
Dynamics of Nitrate, Phosphorus, and Suspended Sediment Transport in Two Agricultural Streams in Central Illinois, Luke W. Lampo
Examining Fifth-Grade in-School Physical Activity Patterns and How Many Days of Monitoring Are Needed, Tyler R. Langosch
The Flipped Learning Model: Teachers' Perceptions and Usage in Secondary Education, Kerri J. Largo
She Wanted It? : Examining Young Adult Literature and Its Portrayals of Rape Culture, Katy Lewis
Communicating Consent: an Investigation of Predictors of College Student Sexual Consent Communication, Erin L. Link
Faculty Role in Curriculum Delivery at an International Branch Campus, Edith Pfeifer List
Activity Patterns and Division of Labor at a Southeastern Tennessee Late Mississippian Site: Toqua, Dustin Lloyd
Examining Different Reasons Why People Accept or Reject Scientific Claims, Emilio J. C. Lobato
Comparison of Clinician Assisted versus Unassisted Pnf Stretching on Hamstring Flexibility, Isometric Force Output, and Maximum Vertical Jump Height, Joel T. Lockhart
Effectiveness of Intuitive Eating Intervention through a Text Messaging Program among College Students, Tessa J. Loughran
"but She's Snow White, She Would N't Hurt Anybody": a Critical Analysis of Gender and Power in Once upon a Time, Mackenzie Mahler
Mediating the Relation of Socioeconomic Risk and Kindergarten Readiness with Self-Regulation: Investigating the Moderating Role of Teacher-Child Relationships, Leah Cohen Marks
Students’ Time in Their Heart Rate Zone with and without Polar Display, Amy Marzano
Computer-Mediated Communication Usage and Perceptions amongst Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Laura A. Massier
The Redesign of School Discipline: One School’s Approach To Rethink and Redesign Discipline Practices through the Restorative Justice Model, Heath J. McFaul
Investigating Spirituality through Elementary Art Lessons: a Case Study, Kimberly Ann McHenry
Scheduling Recess: Perceptions of Lunchroom Supervisors, Teachers, and Principal, Reilly Layne McKinnis
Five Miles outside Town: a Play with Music, Luke John McLoughlin
The Influence of Political Ideology and a Politician’s Vocal Gender Typicality on Voter Perceptions and Vote Choice, Melanie Bibiane Michaud
Diurnal and Seasonal Variation in Groundwater Nitrate -n Concentration in a Saturated Buffer Zone, Joseph Miller
Expression of Identity and Finding Meaning in the Sims 4, Sierra Rae Moore
On My Grind: Freestyle Rap Practices in Experimental Creative Writing and Composition Pedagogy, Evan Nave