Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Gender Pay Gap in Public Organizations: An Analysis of Trends in Pay Gaps Between Men and Women in Federal Agencies, Aisha Coore
An Insight into the Wrongly Convicted: Going beyond the Perceptions and Beliefs of the Causes, Chermaine Cribb
Ghosts Among the Kudzu, Melissa Davis
Social Media in Context: Writers Explore the Marketplace: A Practicum in Editing and Design, Denae Eagen
I Am Human Rights: Leveraging Social Media Identity Recasting for Human Rights Acceptance in the United States, Noah Echols
The Way Home, Michael J. Gavalas
Identity Theft: HOAs and the Cultivation of Exceptional Whiteness, Anna Golden
A Tempest in the Halls: Intersections of Social Justice, Student Collaboration, and Devised Theatre, Jennifer M. Grazer
Job Embeddedness: Do the Interaction Effects of Attitude, Personality, and Exchange Relationships Detract from Performance?, Juanne V. Greene
African American Parents' Experiences in Their Children's Health Care Encounters, Rebecca D. Green
Necroburbia, Sebastian Gregory
Comparative Analyses of Mathematics Teachers' Efficacy Using Factor Analysis and the Rasch Model, Catherine F. Head
The Walton Way: A Tradition of Excellence, Jana Hoffman
Place and the ESOL Student in the Middle School Environment, Michael Lee Irving
A Strong-Minded Southern Woman: Sarah Joe Alston Claiborne, Catharine M. Johnson
Gaining Admission to the Medical Discourse Community: The Importance of Method Within Homeopathic Research, Katharina Jorgensen
From Homer to Hip-Hop: Using Popular Music to Teach Composition, Rebecca Kraegel
Multi-Family Businesses — An Exploratory Study of Trust and Intergroup Relations, Jerry Kudlats
Antecedents and Outcomes of the Investment in Internal Auditing and the Moderating Role of Family Business Culture, Debra J. Lasher
Case Study of Participants in a Site-Based Secondary Mathematics Methods Course and Internship: Three Teachers in Transition, Alyson Elizabeth Lischka
Poverty Reduction in Burundi: A Case Study of the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid, Josiane Mapango
Sunflower Seeds & Quarter Waters, Imani Marshall
Two Essays on the Degree of Globalization of a Firm: Measurement, Antecedents, and Consequences, Victor B. Marshall
A Case Study of How Elementary Special Educators' Perspectives Influence Learning Opportunities Afforded to Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Shari Kay McCrary
From the Margins to the Middle: Making Room for Visual Rhetoric in the Composition Classroom, Montyne H. Morris
Stone Cold Secrets, Victoria L. Mujahid
The Drivers of Future Generosity Behavioral Intentions of College Service-Learning Experience Participants, Jeananne Nicholls
Mother is Supreme: A Memoir, Nneka M. Okona
The Effects of Work Schedule Flexibility on Job Satisfaction of Telephone Advice Nurses, Angela D. O'Neal
Extended Stakeholder Orientation: Influence on Innovation Orientation and Firm Performance, Vijay K. Patel
Institutional Theory and Cross-National Differences in International Market Selection for Direct Selling, Charles B. Ragland
Family Matters, Jennifer L. Rau
A Taxonomy of Regulations: The Effect of Regulation on Selling Activities, John F. Riggs
Digital Rhetoric: Doing Things with Words Online, Lisa M. Russell
Mind Warp, Dina Schwartz
Writing Portfolio, Stephanie Sidney
Relationship of a Healthy Work Environment to Retention of Direct Care Nurses in a Hospital Setting, Ashlee P. Thomas
Clandestine Partnerships?: The Link between Human Trafficking and Organized Crime in Metropolitan Atlanta, Tara M. Tripp
Two Papers on "How Perceptions of Fairness and Influences of Social Capital and Source Credibility Matter to Compensation Committees And Investors", Anne M. Wilkins
Pay-for-Performance System in the Department of Defense: A Case Study of the National Security Personnel System, Kenneth P. Woods
Interactive Learning Modules for the Reproductive Health Assessment Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women, Erin S. Wright
Planning and Implementing Online Instruction: Faculty Perceptions of One University, James M. Wright
Posthuman: The Great Beyond, Jason L. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Soul's Enslavers, Brenna L. Aldrich
A Critical Examination of the Relationship between Student Performances on Assessments of English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement, Margaret E. D. Baker
Religious Control Within Georgia's Women's Prisons and How It Influences Sexual Identities, Gwendelyn L. Ballew
Volunteerism and Charitable Giving among the Millennial Generation: How to Attract and Retain Millennials, Eniko Eva Baranyi
Life, Love, Sex, and Everything In Between, Patti Beckett