Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Distributed Denial of Service Attack Detection, Travis Blue
Community Engagement in Writing Programs: Preparing Students for Success in Professional Settings, Courtney Bradford
Fast Clustering Using a Grid-Based Underlying Density Function Approximation, Daniel Brown
The Material Light: Exploring The Relationship Between Contained and Container, Oliver Brown
SHEDDING LIGHT ON SALES RELATIONSHIPS: WHAT EFFECT DOES THE SUNSHINE ACT HAVE ON SALESPERSON ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND CUSTOMER RESPONSE?, Rebecca Burcham
High-Resolution Mapping of Fish Conservation Priorities within the Mobile River Basin, James R. Carl
Evaluative Feedback of Performance as Experienced by First-Year Teachers, Christine Carson
A Phenomenological Approach to Performance Architecture Through Light and Acoustics, Bree Chambers
Pitching Change: Micro-Community of Higher Learning, Christopher Chaphe
The Lantern and the Sword, Michael Chisholm
The Twilight Program: A Phenomenographic Study, Chanda Crawley
Violet, Ashley Crisler
Solving Pollution Through Design Integration: A Sustainable Model for Underdeveloped Mexican Cities, Marcos Cruz
Solving Pollution Through Design Integration: A Sustainable Model for Underdeveloped Mexican Cities, Marcos Cruz
'Orphan with a Gun' - A Graphic Novel Script and Pitch Package, Brian Dascall
Orphan with a Gun - A Graphic Novel, Brian T. Dascall
Castles in the Air, Emily Deibler
Student Experiences, Attitudes, and Perceptions Toward Online Collaborative Tools: A Case Study, Jeremy Easley
The Sojourner, Adefolaju Edun
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
A Framework to Detect Presentation Attacks, Laeticia Etienne
Flexibility Matters: A Qualitative Look at Four Middle Grade Teachers’ Implementation of Personalized Learning, Christa Evans Heath
You Are Academia, Jason Faust
From Displaced to Our Place: Educational Environments can Promote a Community’s Health and Well-being, Morgan Frederick
L.I.F.E. is Beautiful, Adalia Fullbeck
Mineral-Surface Chemistry of Hydroxyapatite and Urea-Rich Solutions, Estefania Garcia
Dual Lives Assimilation Literacy, Shiloh Garcia
Classifying Imbalanced Financial Fraud Data Utilizing Enhanced Random Forest Algorithm, Charles Gardner
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
A Preliminary Analysis of how a Software Organization’s Maturity and Size Affect its Intellectual Property Portfolio, Daniel Gifford
Guaya Symbiosis, diana gil
Chemically Induced Phytoextraction of Lead (Pb) Contaminated Soil by Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), Austin Gilly
Model for Play | Creating Environments for Learning through Playful Exploration, Ana Giron
CBD & Ethanol Disrupt Early Embryonic Development, Janasha Goffigan-Holmes
Police Officers’ Knowledge and Perception Regarding Miranda and the Public Safety Exception, Alexandria Goldstein
Making Sense of Practices: Professional Development, Inquiry, and Science and Engineering Practices, Alecia Hagberg
Between the Seats, Katherine Hall
Are Teachers’ Formative Assessment Practices Reliable Indicators of Students’ Mastery of Standards?, Olivia Hall
An Experiment For Millennial Living: West-End Atlanta Social Housing, Kino Hamilton
THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN IMPROVING ELECTORAL INTEGRITY: HOPE OR JUST HYPE?, Ziaul Haque
Re-Place the Big Box, Matthew C. Harkin
Kennesaw State University English Majors at Work: Careers in Unexpected Places Description of the Problem, Pearl Harris
An Invisible Minority: Creating Agency for the LGBTQ+ Community, Zach Hart
21st Century Social Genesis, Jessica Headrick
Camps In Crisis: Challenging The Architecture for Refugees, Duc Huy Ho