Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Divine Double Voice: How Female Christian Rhetors Found Rhetorical Agency through the Voice of God, Cara Ryfun
K-12 Community of Inquiry: A Case Study of K-12 Online Social Studies Teacher Practice in a Virtual School, Kyle Sanders
Does Aid Really Help? The Nexus Between Development Aid and State-Society Resilience in Fragile Situations, Cyrel San Gabriel
UNDERSTANDING HOW MAP KINASES INFLUENCE ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY, Xzaviar Solone
Millennial Perceptions of Leadership as an Influential Factor in Nursing Retention: A Phenomenological Study, M'Lyn Spinks
LUNG PATTERN CLASSIFICATION VIA DCNN, Zhuoqi Sun
Less-Than-Lethal Self Defense Device with an Acoustic Element, Anthony Taibi
Mezze A Collection of Short Stories, Leata Thomas
Mezze: A Short Story Collection-in-Progress, Leata Thomas
Texture-based Deep Neural Network for Histopathology Cancer Whole Slide Image (WSI) Classification, NELSON Zange TSAKU
NOVEL ETHYLENE-BRIDGED HEXADENTATE BIS(AMIDINES), BIS(AMIDINATES), AND MULTINUCLEAR COINAGE METAL BIS(AMIDINE) COMPLEXES, Omar Ugarte Trejo
Ordinal HyperPlane Loss, Bob Vanderheyden
DESIGNING VISUALLY INTERACTIVE LEARNING MODULES TO PROMOTE STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING IN MATHEMATICS, Linda Vu and Ying Xie
Post-Conflict Justice and Legal Traditions: A New Conceptual Framework, Maureen E. Wilson
Entrepreneur-Venture Fit and Burnout: Moderating Effects of Entrepreneurial Passion, David Witt
Cracked Windows, Broken Mirrors, and Closed Doors: A Critical Content Analysis of African American Children's Books, Tiffany World
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Highway Congestion and Accidents: A Case Study of Interstate 285 in Georgia, Melodi Zhan-Moodie
Hot, Fiery, Fierce, Burning, Passionate: The Story of John Fry and Ardent Studios, Zack Zoeller
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
“LIFE IS VERY HARD HERE”: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS IN EL NORTE AND ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY, Gayle Anderson
Leadership For Student Engagement, Felicia Angelle
Material Selection for an Electric Motor Assisted Stroller, Luke Appling
The role of cnd-1/NeuroD1 in C. elegans nervous system development, Wendy Aquino Nunez
THE REAL ATLANTA: REPRESENTATIONS OF BLACK SOUTHERN CULTURE, MASCULINITY, AND WOMANHOOD AS SEEN IN SEASON ONE OF THE FX SERIES ATLANTA, Tamisha Nicole Askew
All Writers Welcome: An Exploratory Study of the Potential Value of Academic Writing Center and Adult Community-Based Literacy Center Partnerships, Allison Bennett
Evolution of Voltage-gated Ion Channels, Kevin Gregory Bennett and Kevin Bennett
Principals and the Phenomenon of Neoliberal Audit Culture, James A. Bishop
Implementation of Secure DNP3 Architecture of SCADA System for Smart Grids, Uday Bhaskar Boyanapalli
The Lived Experience of Afghan Women Refugees in Three Metropolitan Areas of the Southeastern US: A Phenomenological Study, Brenda Brown DNS, RN, CNE
Investigating Information Security Policy Characteristics: Do Quality, Enforcement and Compliance Reduce Organizational Fraud?, Dennis T. Brown
Margin Matters: How to Live on a Simple Budget and Crush Debt Forever, Jason Brown
Transcending the Cell Fate Stereotype: Cell Penetrating Peptide Technology helps Induce Pluripotency in Multiple Cell Types, Kelsey Clearman
Art & Agency: Transforming Relationships of Power Through Art in Iraqi Kurdistan, Autumn Cockrell-Abdullah
Cognitively Guided Instruction in Elementary Mathematics: Understanding Factors That Influence Classroom Implementation, Teresa A. Conowal
Examination of K-12 School Administrators’ Perceptions of Their Preparation to Lead Special Education Programs, Jaime Davies
Teacher Practices to Help Alternative Education Students, Angela Daws
The Outcomes of Offering a Working Lunch Session in Improving Adolescent Students’ Assignment Completion Rate and Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Kristian Edgeman
Schisms and Conflict Management in New African Immigrants’ Religious Organizations in the Greater Atlanta Area, Christina Edwards
I Was Clear with My Goals, Where I’m Heading, and What I Wanted with My Life: Life History of an Omani Woman and Nurse Leader, Christie Emerson
IS A PENSION FUND'S MIX OF FAIR VALUE INVESTMENTS, AUDIT TYPE, AND AUDIT QUALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRM'S CREDIT RATING?, Trevor England
Assistant Principals and the Phenomenon of Leadership Coaching, Thomas Flugum
Adventures in Storytelling: An Editor's Guide to Better Fiction, Rachel Frank
On-site, Ongoing, and Individualized Professional Development: A Case Study at Rural Charter School, Ashley Funderburke
Selective Muscle Degeneration in a Drosophila Model of Cachexia; A Role for the Transcriptional Regulator cabut, Matthew Giedd
KSUGo, Chase Godwin
Stumbler (A Screenplay), Mark Green