Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
AQUIRE: Adaptive Quantum Understanding and Interactive Research Environment, Sahil Mangotra
The Comparative Impact of the Dot-Com Bubble, Great Financial Crisis, and COVID-19 on the Relative Properties of Management Earnings Guidance and Analyst Earnings Forecasts, Matthew E. Maylath
Biochemical and Structural Approaches to Anthelmintic Drug Discovery: From Caenorhabditis elegans to Necator americanus, Walter McReady
TEACHING DIFFICULT HISTORIES: AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY OF TEACHER EXPERIENCES AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS OF HISTORICAL EMPATHY IN A CDF FREEDOM SCHOOL, Michael T. Miller
Perceptions and Practices: A Qualitative Study of Middle Grades Physical Science Teachers’ Knowledge and Use of Formative Assessment, Michelle Morgan
Culturally Inclusive Usability Engineering (CIUE): A Framework for Evaluating Cultural Inclusion in Study Abroad Platforms, Louis Muhammad
DO GENDER QUOTAS LEAD TO SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN AUTOCRATIC REGIMES? A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN, Rabia Mujahid
Design and Development of Peptide Inhibitors Targeting Alpha-Synuclein for Parkinson’s Disease, Zainab Noor
COMIC: Reference-Aware Safety Gating for Multimodal Large Language Models, Md Abdullahil Oaphy
Effects of Quinolinimines on the Cell Biology of Trypanosoma brucei, a Microbial Eukaryote, Abu Obyda
Assessing the Validity of Large Language Models as Synthetic Survey Respondents: Autonomous Completion, Internal Consistency, and Demographic Fidelity, Nzubechukwu Ohalete
Performing the American Dream: Passing and Identity in the Great Gatsby (1925) and Passing (1929), Olivia O'Sullivan
Experimental Bridge Scour Detection Using Ambient Vibration Under Controlled Lab Conditions, Mujeeb B. Owoniyi
An Investigation of Data Granularity in RAG Pipelines for Personalized Medicine, Paritosh Pandey
Examining Mathematics Teachers' Competencies For Facilitating Collaborative Learning in High School Settings, Tessy J. Pereira
Finding Novel Arsenic-Containing Antibiotics, Minh Bao Phung
Effectiveness of Quiz-Based Interventions in Virtual Reality Lectures on Learning, Mason T. Prather
Qualitative Phenomenography: Sustaining Motivations of Black Women Principals in PK-5 Title I Schools, Kahliah C. Rachel
Intelligent Robotic Characterization: AI-Augmented Digital Twins for Fault Diagnosis and Predictive Insights, Gershom Richards
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Pre-Service Mathematics Teacher Preparation Approaches in Jamaica and Historical Black Colleges and Universities in the Southeast United States, Sandra Riley-Brown
Can Caregivers Really Have It All?: Identity Salience and Career Success, Jenna-Lyn R. Roman
Acute Muscular Response to Dynamic Co-contraction Exercise Compared to Traditional Resistance Exercise, Benjamin C. Ryan
Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation with Chitinase and Glucanase genes against Aspergillus flavus in Georgia Peanuts, Saima Shafique
The Effect of Client Power and Auditor Power on Auditor Negotiation Judgments, Lee Shinaberger
Peptide-Based Strategies to Combat Infectious Diseases: From Arsenic-Containing RiPP as Antibiotics to Anti-Parasitic Inhibitors Targeting PMT, Md Tanjil Islam Shovon
Examining the Domestic Politics of Nuclear Policymaking in America: US Participation in Nuclear Agreements From 1948 to 2024, Stephanie A. Stapleton
Stabilized Cargo Relay Aircraft for Precision Payload Yielding, Dato A. Tabidze, Michael Conely, and Ben Courtney
Chemical Pressure Effect in a Distorted Kagome Lattice Magnetic Topological Candidate, Nishat Tasnim
Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions of Professional Development and Learning, Shannon Thompson Lawson
Toward Scalable Quantum Networks: Fidelity-Driven Memory Optimization with Adaptive Scheduling and Decoherence Control, Dheeraj Sai Tukkugudam
Gamification in High-School Classrooms: An Intrinsic Single-Case Study of Teacher Perceptions Engaging Self-Determination Theory, Ashley R. Vickers
Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Salt Bridges and Hydrogen Bonds in Active GPR56, Kimberly Wang
Science for All: Utilizing Native and Everyday Language To Increase Academic Performance and Student Engagement for High School English Language Learners, Lashanda K. Whitworth
Robust Flash Flood Analysis: A combination of LSPIV, Field Georeferencing, Lab Validation, and SRH-2D Modeling, Tharindu Nirmala W. Wijayalath Arachchige
Exploring Alternative Curriculum Implementation in Special Education Settings, Amber R. Wilson
Defining My Country: An Appalachian Educator’s Autoethnography of Linguistic Erasure and AI, Kimberly B. Wright
Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of the Impact of I-Ready on Students’ Math Achievement, Tanisha L. Wright
AgentCite: Trustworthy AI Agents for Information Verification Across Referenced Documents, Eymen Yigit
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Aerobic Exercise on Acute Metabolic Rate and Cardiovascular Responses, Hana Abouward
The Effect of Blood Flow Restriction During Acute Aerobic Exercise on Non-Local Muscle Fatigue, Anna Acosta
Comprehensive Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Lipidomics Studies of Tenualosa Ilisha Fish, Airin Akhter
The Impact of Flipped Classroom With Active Learning Model of Instruction in Teaching Stoichiometry in Chemistry Among Black and Brown Students, Lawrence Femi Akintokun
Simulation of Ground Penetrating Radar for the Detection of Buried Human Remains, Md Shamsul Alam
Summer Melt: The Transition of Rural Students to Post-secondary Schools, NiQuan Alston
Roses and Concrete: Black Teachers' Roles and Challenges in Marginalized Communities, Alyse N. Barry
What Is Your Why? An Exploration of Why Teachers Remain in the Professsion at an Urban Elementary School in the South., Malikah Bennett
Enhancing AD/ADRD Management Through iHelpCare: A Compliant and Culturally Sensitive AI-Driven Digital Healthcare Platform, Trisha Bhowmick