Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Advancing Human AI Collaboration for Behavioral and Mental Health Identification, Abm. Adnan Azmee
VETERAN IDENTITY STRAIN BEYOND THE HONEYMOON-HANGOVER PHASE, LaFrance Ballard
RECRUITING AND RETAINING TEACHERS IN A RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: A CASE STUDY, Gerald J. Bavero
FROM VICTIMHOOD TO POLITICAL VIOLENCE: A PSYCHOMETRIC REASSESSMENT OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM, Aaron Moore Clarke
AI-Customer Symbiosis: Driving Future Relationship Intentions Through Perceived Benefits and Relationship Satisfaction, Brad Eskridge
Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions on the WIDA Framework to Support Academic Literacy in Multilingual Learners, Laura G. Faris
Restorying the Reader: Adolescent Narratives of Identity, Context, and Motivation, Jennifer R. Gardner
THE IMPACT OF TARGETED REMEDIATION ON READING GROWTH AMONG REMEDIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Jennifer Givens
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF TEACHERS WHO USE ORAL READING TO FOSTER STUDENT READING FLUENCY AND ENGAGEMENT, Donyetta Grimes
EXAMINING TEACHER PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IN RESPONSE TO STUDENT INTERPRETATIONS OF A PARTICULATE-LEVEL ANIMATION, Tyler Kinner
THE COMPARATIVE IMPACT OF THE DOT-COM BUBBLE, GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS, AND COVID-19 ON THE RELATIVE PROPERTIES OF MANAGEMENT EARNINGS GUIDANCE AND ANALYST EARNINGS FORECASTS, Matthew E. Maylath
The Effect of Client Power and Auditor Power on Auditor Negotiation Judgments, Lee Shinaberger
Stabilized Cargo Relay Aircraft for Precision Payload Yielding, Dato A. Tabidze, Michael Conely, and Ben Courtney
SECONDARY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, Shannon Thompson Lawson
Gamification in High-School Classrooms: An Intrinsic Single-Case Study of Teacher Perceptions Engaging Self-Determination Theory, Ashley R. Vickers
SCIENCE FOR ALL: UTILIZING NATIVE AND EVERYDAY LANGUAGE TO INCREASE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Lashanda K. Whitworth
DEFINING MY COUNTRY: AN APPALACHIAN EDUCATOR’S AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF LINGUISTIC ERASURE AND AI, Kimberly B. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
THE EFFECT OF BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION DURING ACUTE AEROBIC EXERCISE ON NON-LOCAL MUSCLE FATIGUE, Anna Acosta
Comprehensive Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Lipidomics Studies of Tenualosa Ilisha Fish, Airin Akhter
The Impact of Flipped Classroom With Active Learning Model of Instruction in Teaching Stoichiometry in Chemistry Among Black and Brown Students, Lawrence Femi Akintokun
Simulation of Ground Penetrating Radar for the Detection of Buried Human Remains, Md Shamsul Alam
Summer Melt: The Transition of Rural Students to Post-secondary Schools, NiQuan Alston
Roses and Concrete: Black Teachers' Roles and Challenges in Marginalized Communities, Alyse N. Barry
What Is Your Why? An Exploration of Why Teachers Remain in the Professsion at an Urban Elementary School in the South., Malikah Bennett
Feature Significance and Explainability in Neural Networks, Sanad Biswas
BALANCERGNN: Balancer Graph Neural Network for Imbalanced Datasets, Mallika Boyapati
The Impact of Focused Specific Phonemic Awareness Instruction on English Language Learners in the Kindergarten Classroom, Bethany Brewer
The Impact of a Multilingual Learner Professional Development on Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Perceptions of Teacher Support, Mark A. Bryan
Using Sustained Silent Reading in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom To Increase Reading Engagement, Hannah S. Burwell
Warehouse Reconfiguration with ATS Lab, Ed Cantor, Dana Pazhouhesh, Mathew Oshinski, and Samantha Sanchez
Immersive Learning in Action: A Qualitative Case Study of High School Teachers’ Experiences With Prisms Learning in Science and Mathematics, Hilary A. Cassidy
ONEMONEY - A Design Science Research Artifact for Mobile Remittances From the USA to Zambia, Owen Chilongo
Advanced Multimodal Planetary Surface Exploration for Scientific CanBots, Carrington Chun
Student Engagement in ELA Choice-Based Core Curriculum: A Case Study of the Dramatic Writing for Film, Television, and Theater Course, Brian Thomas Clements
An Endangered Profession: Elevating the Lived Experiences of Current and Retired Black Teachers in Georgia to Confront Retention Challenges and Reimagine the Legacy of Teaching, Thelma Sharese Colbert
A Phenomenographical Study of Rural Teacher Retention Before, During, and After the COVID-10 Global Pandemic, Stacey LB Collins
The Role of Teacher Leaders in Sustaining School Culture During Principal Transitions: A Case Study, Leah Curtright
We Speak Life Into Their Language: Black Educators’ Approaches to Linguistic Justice in Urban Secondary ELA Classrooms, LaKeisha A. Davis
Navigating the Intersection: Black Women’s Leadership Journey in Educational Technology, Monika Davis
LLM-POWERED QUESTION ANSWERING FOR OBJECT STATES IN VIRTUAL REALITY, Shiyi Ding
Establishment of Six Flags Over the Deconstruction of Sandtown, John Ely
Peer Mentoring and Teacher Collaboration: A Case Study of Practices and Self-Efficacy in a Rural Title I School, Whitney Ensley
Opening Access to Advanced Placement English, Tabitha J. Evans
Using Educational Communication Technology To Increase Parent Involvement and Build Parent Capacity at a Title I Elementary School: A Case Study, Mary E. Frankovsky
Educators’ Perspectives, Practices, and Implications of AI in Education for a Title I Middle School, Melanie N. Garland
Religious Tolerance: Lessons From the Land of Fire, Lon Gibson