Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
State of Independence: Reinterpreting Senior Living Through Backyard Homes, Trevor Sparrow
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
The Neuroinflammatory Effects of Chronic Unpredictable Stress on Zebrafish, Danio rerio, Brandon Stewart
This Book is a Book of Secrets: Part One (Capstone), Keith Stillman
Plastic Paradise: Reconstitution of Plastic Waste Through Design of a Module, Janel Stitt
Teacher Leaders’ Experiences and Perceptions from Program to Practice, Carolynn Stoddard
Rethinking the Weakness of Stream Ciphers and Its Application to Encrypted Malware Detection, William T. Stone and Junggab Son
Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Infecting Enterobacter cloacae to Reduce Bloater Defect in Cucumber Fermentations, Samantha Thompson
Graphical Representation of Text Semantics, Karl Kevin Tiba Fossoh
Faith in Humanity : An Exploration of Spiritually Inclusive Architecture, Jared Triemer
Eco-HUB, Diego Vazquez De Santos
Temporal Mindset : Retrofitting Senior Living, Christine Vu
Using Multiple Data Sources for Customer Satisfaction Analyzing: A Sentimental Approach, Jhanvi Vyas
Deep learning for identifying Lung Diseases, Lin Wang
The Historic Fire Return Interval and the Ecological Effects of Fire Suppression on Montane Longleaf Pine Dominated Ecosystems in Northwestern Georgia., Christopher Waters
Writing as a Nonprofit Leadership Tool, Samantha Weinberg
INDIVIDUAL IT USES AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS: A SOCIAL THEORY PERSPECTIVE, Jason Williams
Predicting Graduate School Success: A Critical Race Analysis of the Graduate Record Examination, Raeshanda Wilson
Jewish Identity on American Television and Viewer Attitudes in an Era of Rising Anti-Semitism, Jacqueline Winters-Allen
Measuring the Effect of Argument-Driven Inquiry on High School Chemistry Students’ Process-Oriented Motivation Utilizing the Newly Developed Process-Oriented Motivation Instrument, Martel Vern Wisdom
EXAMINE THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF COACHING MENTORING PROGRAMS ON TEACHER BURNOUT, Crystal Wright
The City Aetherus An Urban Design Methodology For Energy Use, Anthony Yan and Ermal Shpuza PhD
A Bite of Architecture: Farm-to-Table & Dining Experience, Steven Yang
Leveraging Smart Contracts for Asynchronous Group Key Agreement in Internet of Things, Victor Youdom Kemmoe and Junggab Son
An Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Framework for Detecting Anomalies in Real Time through Network System’s Log Files Analysis, Vannel Zeufack
A Novel Penalized Log-likelihood Function for Class Imbalance Problem, Lili Zhang
ATTACK AND DEFENSE IN SECURITY ANALYTICS, Yiyun Zhou
Service and Citizenship: Examining the Historical Relationship between Immigration and Military Service in the United States, Claudia Lynn Zibanejadrad
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Relationship Between Stress and Performance in Skills Competencies in an Undergraduate Nursing Program, Erin Ababiy
A Constrained Box Algorithm for Imbalanced Data in Remote Sensing Images, Wajira Abeysinghe
Mental Sensorium, Brittany Adkins
THREAT RECOGNITION IN INCUMBENT FIRMS: A CASE FOR ORGANIZATIONAL VELOCITY, Alan Amling
PUBLIC BLOCKCHAIN SCALABILITY: ADVANCEMENTS, CHALLENGES AND THE FUTURE, Amritraj .
Neural Development to Neurodegeneration Through the Mind of a Worm, Miranda Arnold
Changing the Guards: Expanding Cultural Diversity Training in Correctional Officer Basic Training, Herman Ayers
Reset, Victoria M. Banks
American Sign Language Recognition Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision, Kshitij Bantupalli and Ying Xie
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
Skater Conscious, Jeremy Bowen
Can Games Work for You? - Teacher Perceptions of Gamification in Mathematics Grades 6-8, Joseph Brigham
The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Crotalus atrox Venom-induced Cell Death, Lindsay Brown
USE OF POPE ENGAGEMENT INDEX TO MEASURE COGNITIVE LOAD OF PHYSICAL MODELING ACTIVITIES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Jenifer Calvert
The Rhetoric of Substance Use Disorder, Morgan Carter