Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Flexibility Matters: A Qualitative Look at Four Middle Grade Teachers’ Implementation of Personalized Learning, Christa Evans Heath
You Are Academia, Jason Faust
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
Chemically Induced Phytoextraction of Lead (Pb) Contaminated Soil by Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), Austin Gilly
CBD & Ethanol Disrupt Early Embryonic Development, Janasha Goffigan-Holmes
Police Officers’ Knowledge and Perception Regarding Miranda and the Public Safety Exception, Alexandria Goldstein
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
Kennesaw State University English Majors at Work: Careers in Unexpected Places Description of the Problem, Pearl Harris
A Prescriptive Criterion for Amphibious Foundation Design, Erin Hughes
STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITHIN AN INCLUSIVE SECONDARY MATHEMATICS SETTING, Cleopatra Sorina Iliescu
Improving the Maximum Power Point Tracking Efficiency of Photovoltaic Arrays via Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Sumedha Inamdar
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
Neighborhood Conditions, Youth Exposure to Violence, and Substance Use, Ashley Jimenez
SuperB: Superior Behavior-based Anomaly Detection Defining Authorized Users' Traffic Patterns, Daniel Karasek
The Impact of Gamification on the Mathematics Achievement of Elementary Students, Tamisha Kimble
Comparative Whole-genome and Phenotype Analyses of Virulence Factors and Lethality in Nematode Challenge Assay among Aeromonas isolates, Pyeongsug Kim
The “Why” Generation: Traits and Conflict Styles of Millennials From the Workplace to the Future of Society, Cynthia Pearce LeMay
Deep Learning for Identifying Breast Cancer, Yihong Li
Emily Dickinson: 19th Century Poet in a 21st Century World, Stephanie Merrigan
Determination and Dissection of DNA-binding Specificity for the Thermus thermophilus HB8 Transcriptional Regulator TTHB099, Kristi Moncja
USING A NOVEL CELL- PENETRATING PEPTIDE TECHNOLOGY TO INDUCE PLURIPOTENCY, Laura-Maria Oja
Tactical Rhetoric: User Experience Analysis & Strategies for Game Developers, Lexi Olszewski
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
The Trend Of Digital Currency By Mining And Analysis Of Patent, Feiyang Qu
A FEDERATED DEEP AUTOENCODER FOR DETECTING IOT CYBER ATTACKS, Christopher M. Regan
Evaluating Regional Agricultural Wastes as Substrates for the Mycelial Growth and Fruiting Body Yield of Pleurotus ostreatus, Daniel Rhiner
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
DATA MINING AND IMAGE CLASSIFICATION USING GENETIC PROGRAMMING, Mahsa Shokri varniab
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
Forgiveness, Freedom and the Inmate Issue, Taylor Smith
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
Teacher Leaders’ Experiences and Perceptions from Program to Practice, Carolynn Stoddard