Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Hashtags and Pins in Education: Digital Native Educators in Digital Habitats., Kelly Pilgrim Cassidy
Unraveling the neurogenin/ngn-1 gene regulatory network of C. elegans using classical genetics and comparative transcriptomics, Elyse Christensen
Intrinsic Cleavage Inhibition by Thermophilic Type II-S Restriction Endonucleases, Dino Jake Ciccone
Using instream stationary antennas to monitor the movements of warm water fishes in a reach of stream bisected by a culvert, William Commins
Coaching for Change: Teacher Perceptions of the Impact of Personalized, Reflective Professional Development, Emily Davis
Privacy Concerns About Genetic Testing: Does Ethnicity Matter?, Queen Deinde-Smith
Heien v. North Carolina and Significant Interpretive Court Cases: An Empirical Examination of Police Officers’ Perceptions and Knowledge, Michael De Leo
Delivering Signal-Altering Bacterial Effector Proteins to Mammalian Cells Using Cell-Penetrating Peptide Technology, Robert Dickson
Role Reversal: Exploring the M&A Process When the Family Firm is the Acquirer, Darin Dredge
Beyond Resettlement: The Role of Ethiopian Refugee Diaspora in Homeland Peacebuilding, Etsegent Endale
The Support Needed for Spouses of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Survivors: An Exploration into Resources and Reference Materials, Brigitte Espinet
A More Efficient Method for Extracting and Analyzing Pesticides in Baby foods, Oluwatobi Fabunmi
Compliance of Open Source EHR Applications with HIPAA and ONC Security and Privacy Requirements, Maryam Farhadi, Hisham Haddad, and Hossain Shahriar
Hedge Fund Ownership and Auditor-Client Contracting In U.S. Firms, Sarah Feltus
Transgender Digital Embodiments: Questions of the Transgender Body in the 21st Century, Jessica Fisher
Aging & Space, Jenshe Floyd
Student Self Perception of the Benefits of Service Learning in an Alternative Education Program, Barbara Fuqua
Psychological Ownership of Simple Jobs: The Effect of Job Crafting, John S. Furrh III
One and Two-Step Estimation of Time Variant Parameters and Nonparametric Quantiles, Bogdan Gadidov
Urban Stitch: A Game In Section, Jesse Garner
Big 4 Office Personnel and Audit Quality, Jacob Gatlin
A Comparative Study of Insertion Loss of Traffic Noise Barriers in Georgia, Pablo Giraldo and Jidong Yang
Teacher Perspectives on Content Literacy in Elementary Schools, Jontia Grace
Ecology of Upland Snake Communities in Managed Montane Longleaf Pine Habitats of Georgia, Miranda Gulsby
Kurds Under Threat: The Role of Kurdish Transnational Networks During Peace and Conflict (2004-2017), Deniz Gumustekin
WHEN STEALING TIME AT WORK SEEMS JUSTIFIED: THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON TIME BANDITRY, Jamey Halleck
Surrealism and Architecture, Jesse Halverson
AUDITING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: THE ROLE OF CLIENT GENDER IN AUDIT NEGOTIATIONS, Jennifer Hamrick
Biologically Interpretable, Integrative Deep Learning for Cancer Survival Analysis, Jie Hao
The Missing Mirror: A Critical Content Analysis of Multicultural Children's Literature with Black Male Characters, Wendy Harris
Advancing School Environments Through Research Synthesis in Design, Callan Hoeve
Television Lies: A Phenomenological Study of Television’s Influence on Students’ Expectations of High School Chemistry, Sarah Holcomb
Reframing Urban Redevelopment Via Women Empowerment: Sustaining existing community in the West End Neighborhood, Dyesha Holmes
Social Discourse Between Humans and Animals, Sara Honeycutt
Thinking Beyond the Text: Examining Teachers’ Dispositions of Critical Thinking in Elementary Social Studies Classrooms Through the Use of Socratic Seminars, Jacqueline Hunter
Know Good Food: Fighting the Effects of Food Deserts through Community Education, Timothy Huntley
Perceptions and Grievances: Impact of Resource Governance on Protracted Conflicts in Nigeria's Niger Delta, John B. Idamkue
Delineating Social Environments in the Residential High Rise. Inquiry into a new typology for living, Cameron Jackson
Rosa: Interactive Active Graphic Narrative as a Tool for Teaching about Human Trafficking, Jennifer Jackson
KNN Optimization for Multi-Dimensional Data, Arialdis Japa
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF FACTORS RELATED TO TRANSITION PLANNING THAT SUPPORT THEIR PURSUIT OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, Nancy Johal Singh
Mixed Reality’s Ability To Craft And Establish An Experience Of Space, Corey Jones