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Submit Your DissertationDissertations from 2022
EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT DISCOURSE: A CASE STUDY OF WOMEN’S NARRATIVES IN OMAN, Hania Bekdash-Muellers
Ethical Analytics: A Framework for a Practically-Oriented Sub-Discipline of AI Ethics, Jonathan Boardman
The Art of Sketchnoting in a High School Language Arts Classroom, Rachael Bourne
Service Learning- It’s Elementary! Teacher initiated service learning at an independent school, Kate Burton
The Flipped Model Classroom Experience for 8th Grade Students Enrolled in Algebra 1: A Case Study, Mary Colclasure
Auditing Outside the "GAAP": The Association Between Non-GAAP Reporting and Audit Quality, Casey Colson
The Myth of Meritocracy and Colorblindness in France: Experiences of Black Professionals in the French Workplace, Catherine Dietsch
Violence Interruption And The Epidemiological Approach: A Systematic Review Of Cure Violence, Charles Elliott
Novel Instance-Level Weighted Loss Function for Imbalanced Learning, Trent Geisler
The Relationship between Instructional Staff Training Expenditures and Teacher Retention: Comparing Georgia Public Schools, Sunita Holloway
Student Perceptions in Conferring: A Phenomenographic Exploration of Student Perceptions on Teacher-Student Writing Conferences, Jacqueline Johnson
Alignment of Leadership to Constructs of Governance in Independent Schools, Damian Kavanagh
Human-AI Hybrids in Virtual Teams: The Effects of IT Identity and Trust on Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Application, Denise McWilliams
I'M PART OF THE INGROUP, DOES IT MATTER? IMPACT OF SOCIAL IDENTITY ON MULTI-CHANNEL INFORMATION SYSTEMS EFFECTIVENESS, Michele Minetola
"Alexa? What Keeps Consumers From Engaging With You?", Kate Nicewicz
WILLINGNESS TO DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY PERSPECTIVE, DeJarvis Oliver
Perceptions of School Through the Lens of Black Male Elementary Students: A School Climate Study, Erica Peek
Investigating the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Georgia 6-12 Science Teachers in Relation to Conservation of Mass, Lyric Portwood
Debiasing Cyber Incidents – Correcting for Reporting Delays and Under-reporting, Seema Sangari
KNOCK! KNOCK! IS THE DOCTOR IN? IMPACT OF CONSUMER-FACING HEALTH IT ON HEALTH OUTCOMES, Arpit Sharma
Exploring the Effects of Teachers' Motivation to Read on Students' Motivation to Read, Clarice K. Shuman
Influences on Controllers' Non-GAAP Reporting Decisions, Valerie Simmons
Teacher Perceptions of Collaborative Practices in a Rural High School Setting: Case Study, Leah Slimp
A Phenomenographical Study: The Effects of High-Stakes Test Failure on Low Income Black Students, Tuqwan Taylor
The Evolving Roles of School Librarians in Diverse Instructional Settings, Kay Wright
Intractable Intra-Ethnic Conflicts: The Case of Offa-Erinle Conflict, Kwara State, Nigeria., Yakub Yahaya
Dissertations from 2021
Impact of Regulatory Interventions and Transitions on Broker-Dealer Audit Quality, Darlene Adkins
Characteristics of Substance Addicted Mothers that Predict Graduation from the Family Treatment Court, Katherine Barnett
Sound Of “Di” Police: Community Policing and Crime Abatement in Post-Colonial Jamaica, Bradley Gardner
Examining Teachers’ Practices and Perspectives of Family Engagement in a Rural High School Setting, MEREDITH GULLEDGE
The Parent Role in Teen Digital Citizenship, Christi Harp
Applied Theatre’s Many Roles at a School for Students With Refugee Backgrounds, Jessica Hill
Assembly and Maintenance Required: The Institutional Work Supporting Court-Connected Mediation Programs, Vittorio Indovina
Disease, Development, and Disorder: Examining the Effect of Health on Subnational Development and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa, Dlorah C. Jenkins
Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Experiences with Technology Integration in a One-to-One School District During Face-to-Face and Remote Instruction: A Phenomenography, Safna Kalariparambil
Hospital Home-Bound Education: Are Teachers Prepared to Implement Transition Plans Post-Hospitalization for Student Success?, Katherine Kimbro-Vincent
Cultivating Culturally Responsive Elementary Teachers in a Suburban Title I School, Angela L. Mack
Integrated Machine Learning Approaches to Improve Classification performance and Feature Extraction Process for EEG Dataset, Mohammad Masum
Disproportionality of Black Males in Special Education: A Case Study Analysis of Educator Perceptions in a Southeastern Urban High School, Artese Ja'Donn McCrae
The Social Market Economy as a Formula for Peace, Prosperity, and Sustainability, Almuth D. Merkel
Teacher Experiences with Multiple One-to-One Technology Integration Models: A Phenomenography, Tiffany Post
Intercultural Digital Literacy – Approach and Emphasis of Educators as Agents in Polarized Areas, Audrey Redmond
THE EVOLUTION OF SALES: ASSESSING THE INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL SELLING INTO PROFESSIONAL SALES AND THE SALES CYCLE, Jen Riley, Brian N. Rutherford, Adriane Randolph, and Stefan Sleep
The Transgender Individual's Experience with Healthcare Interactions, Amy Roach
The Relationship between Collective Nursing Knowledge and Nurse Turnover: An Application of Nursing Intellectual Capital Theory, Pamela Russman-Chambers
Teachers’ Perceptions of One-to-One Laptop Initiative for Increased Learner Communication and Collaboration Skills, Harry Saint Cyr
The Relationship between Hiring Type and Principal Retention: Comparing Georgia Public School Principals, Belinda Sloan
A Distance-Based Clustering Framework for Categorical Time Series: A Case Study in Episodes of Care Healthcare Delivery System, Lauren Staples
WHEN LEADERS OSTRACIZE: BOTTOM-LINE MENTALITY CLIMATE AND EMOTIONAL LABOR AS PREDICTORS OF WORKPLACE OSTRACISM, Darrin Theriault
No Soldier Left Behind? Breaking the Silence on Military Service, Values and Identity in Israel, Lina Tuschling
Student Engagement in the Honors Biology Flipped Learning Environment, Hillary M. Wilson
Dissertations from 2020
Regional Economic Communities in Africa as a Conflict Mitigation Mechanism: The Case of the Economic Community of West African States, Jean-Marc Akakpo
A CREDIT ANALYSIS OF THE UNBANKED AND UNDERBANKED: AN ARGUMENT FOR ALTERNATIVE DATA, Edwin Baidoo
Exploring the Perceptions of the Effectiveness of PLCs by Teachers in a Rural Middle/High School, Erin Beasley
CONCEPTUALIZING ONE’S SELF-EFFICACY AS ADVOCATE: PARENTS’ PERCEPTIONS AS EMBODIED IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CAPITALS, Karmen Binion
SHEDDING LIGHT ON SALES RELATIONSHIPS: WHAT EFFECT DOES THE SUNSHINE ACT HAVE ON SALESPERSON ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND CUSTOMER RESPONSE?, Rebecca Burcham
Evaluative Feedback of Performance as Experienced by First-Year Teachers, Christine Carson
The Twilight Program: A Phenomenographic Study, Chanda Crawley
Student Experiences, Attitudes, and Perceptions Toward Online Collaborative Tools: A Case Study, Jeremy Easley
Taking Terrorists at Their Word: Testing the Co-Religionist Hypothesis in Islamic State Propaganda, Joel Elliott
Family Perceptions of Family Engagement: A Qualitative Study to Assist Stakeholders, Candis Ervin
Flexibility Matters: A Qualitative Look at Four Middle Grade Teachers’ Implementation of Personalized Learning, Christa Evans Heath
Evidence-Based Instructional Practices for Teachers of Children With Rett Syndrome – A Case Study, Todd Geren
Am I My Brother’s Keeper? : Local and Global Responsibility in the Digital Age, David Gethings
Are Teachers’ Formative Assessment Practices Reliable Indicators of Students’ Mastery of Standards?, Olivia Hall
THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN IMPROVING ELECTORAL INTEGRITY: HOPE OR JUST HYPE?, Ziaul Haque
STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITHIN AN INCLUSIVE SECONDARY MATHEMATICS SETTING, Cleopatra Sorina Iliescu
The Use of E-books, Computers, and Tablets To Enhance Reading Skills, Nicole B. Ingram
Impact of Teacher Perceptions in the Disproportionality of Black People in Special Education, Chenita Jarrett-Evans
The Impact of Gamification on the Mathematics Achievement of Elementary Students, Tamisha Kimble
The “Why” Generation: Traits and Conflict Styles of Millennials From the Workplace to the Future of Society, Cynthia Pearce LeMay
Strategic Consequences: How Executive and Organizational Decision-Making Impacts the Outcome of Unconventional Warfare, Joseph Osborne
Elementary School Teacher's Beliefs, Organizational Change, and STEM Implementation: Factors Impacting Teacher Leadership, Shelante Patton
Quantitatively Motivated Model Development Framework: Downstream Analysis Effects of Normalization Strategies, Jessica M. Rudd
From Teacher to Teacher-Leader: A Phenomenographic Study of Transition, Jennifer Santi
Collaborative Pull-Out Literacy Classroom for Dually Served Students, Mandy Sitten
A Comparison of Public and Private School Teachers' Job Satisfaction When Controlling for Policy Perspectives, Individual, and Workplace Characteristics, Christopher Small
Drawn to Peace: Comics as Multimodal Narratives in Peace and Conflict Education, Laurence Stacey
Teacher Perceptions of Personalized Teaching & Learning in an Instructional Technology Graduate Course: A Phenomenographical Case Study, Stephanee Stephens
Exploring the Experiences of Community Health Workers in the Dominican Republic Using Photovoice, Johnathan Steppe
Teacher Leaders’ Experiences and Perceptions from Program to Practice, Carolynn Stoddard
INDIVIDUAL IT USES AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS: A SOCIAL THEORY PERSPECTIVE, Jason Williams
EXAMINE THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF COACHING MENTORING PROGRAMS ON TEACHER BURNOUT, Crystal Wright
A Novel Penalized Log-likelihood Function for Class Imbalance Problem, Lili Zhang
ATTACK AND DEFENSE IN SECURITY ANALYTICS, Yiyun Zhou
Dissertations from 2019
THREAT RECOGNITION IN INCUMBENT FIRMS: A CASE FOR ORGANIZATIONAL VELOCITY, Alan Amling
Changing the Guards: Expanding Cultural Diversity Training in Correctional Officer Basic Training, Herman Ayers
The Examiniation of Entrepreneurial Investment Tax Credits: Angel vs. Crowdfunding Investing, Laura Barthel
The Impact of Audit Engagement Partner Disclosure on Audit Outcomes in the United States, J. Alan Bell
THE IMPACT OF INTERNAL AUDITORS' PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL AFFILIATIONS ON FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY, Reanna Berry
Hashtags and Pins in Education: Digital Native Educators in Digital Habitats., Kelly Pilgrim Cassidy