Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
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
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
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
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
Thinking Beyond the Text: Examining Teachers’ Dispositions of Critical Thinking in Elementary Social Studies Classrooms Through the Use of Socratic Seminars, Jacqueline Hunter
Perceptions and Grievances: Impact of Resource Governance on Protracted Conflicts in Nigeria's Niger Delta, John B. Idamkue
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
A Woman Surrounded: Exploring the Reintegration of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Survivors in Nigeria, nicole junker
Teaching the Sun as Simile: Bringing Nature into Language Arts Middle School Classrooms, Stormy Kage
Recovering Grace: How One Man's Religious Movement Turned into a Homeschool Cult, Kathryn Knight Harper
Document Layout Analysis and Recognition Systems, Sai Kosaraju
DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIOTEMPORAL CONGESTION PATTERN OBSERVATION MODEL USING HISTORICAL AND NEAR REAL TIME DATA, Betty Kretlow
An Architecture for Blockchain-based Collaborative Signature-based Intrusion Detection System, Daniel Laufenberg
Finding a Viable Neural Network Architecture for Use with Upper Limb Prosthetics, Maxwell Lavin
Thinking outside the Toolbox: A Teaching Resource for Vocational Writing, Dustin Ledford
Deep Embedding Kernel, Linh Le
Welcome Guide: Onboarding Guidebook for Hannah Michelle Photography, Hannah Lozano
Without Them, Maryann Lozano
The Informed Human Firewall: The Impact of Knowledge Dimensions on Employees' Secure Behavior, Ashraf Mady
Simultaneous Delivery of CRISPR/Cas Complexes and Donor DNA Using Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Adaptors, Maria Mugure Mbugua
Dee: A Feature Length Drama, Laura Angelyn McCarter
The Developmental and Behavioral Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on a Spastic Mutant, Victoria Mendiola
EXPLORING FACTORS AND CONSEQUENCES OF NURSE FATIGUE IN NURSES WHO WORK ON-CALL SHIFTS, Erin MItchell
THE EFFECTS OF SUCCESSOR CEO’S ORIGIN ON AUDITORS’ CLIENT RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTINUANCE DECISIONS FOLLOWING A CORPORATE SCANDAL, Nelson Mlotshwa
MAKING GOOD DECISIONS: AN ATTRIBUTION MODEL OF DECISION QUALITY IN DECISION TASKS, Bethany Niese
Characterization of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Serine-600 Phosphorylation, Kevin Patel
Ballot Readability and Plain Language, Roger Poole
Health and social disparities influence opioid misuse among adult females living in rural areas, Tequila Porter
Protest Movements of the 1960s - 1970s in Latin America and the United States, jean potter
Exploring My Unique Literacy Experiences as a Ukrainian American Emerging Scholar through Autoethnography, Diana Prokopiev