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Submit Your DissertationDissertations from 2023
Identifying Teacher Perceptions of Teaching At-Promise Students Online in an Alternative School, LaNadia Pugh
Administrators' perceptions of reducing exclusionary discipline in Black girls in k - 12 urban schools: A qualitative study, Lorraine Reeves
Effects of adaptive learning technologies on mathematics achievement in low SES settings, William Roberts
Classroom Teachers: Why the Mass Exodus?, MaryBeth Sanders
Quantification of Various Types of Biases in Large Language Models, Sudhashree Sayenju
Teachers' Perceptions of an Inclusive STEM High School, Carlon Scholz
Powerful Partnerships: Examining Home-School Engagement in the Virtual Setting, Joshua Scott-Pineda
Trauma-Informed Educational Leadership: A Case Study, Robyn Scott
Connection Before Correction: The Impact of Restorative Practices on Students with Disabilities, katrina shirley
THE MISUNDERSTOOD LINK BETWEEN TRAINING AND REAL-WORLD INFORMATION SECURITY OUTCOMES: SENSEMAKING, Henry Torres
Does a gift in a captive service make me feel better? Examining gift giving in uncertain conditions that influence emotions and firm performance., Martha Troncoza
Elementary Grade Students’ Perspectives on the Impact of Adult Behaviors on School Climate, Tameka Walker
8th Grade Students’ Perceptions of 1:1 Laptops in Algebra 1, Richard Wilford
Growth Mindset Intervention and Its Impact on Productive Struggle in the Eighth-Grade Mathematics Classroom, Jordy Wilson
Courageous School Leadership: Rural Principals’ Perception and Self-Efficacy in Implementing Culturally Responsive Leadership (CRL), Angela Denise Young
Dissertations from 2022
Teachers’ Burnout Experience in a Title I Suburban Elementary School, Shakoiya Aiken
The Perceptions of High School Art Teachers on their Experiences with Digital Art, Chris Akins
Appley: Approximate Shapley Values for Model Explainability in Linear Time, Md Shafiul Alam
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