Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Traumatic Family Narratives in a Cosmopolitan World: Identity in American Third Generation Holocaust Survivors, Karen L. Burton
Tapping My Way Through World War II, Janice G. Carter
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Family Perspectives on Home-School Connections and Family Engagement: A Case Study of Four Middle Class Latin American Families, Janet Elizabeth Pierce Clark
Designing Our Tribe with Online Learning in an Elementary Classroom, Timothy Neal Clark
The Gamer, Heather Cook
Artists Connect, Barbara Ann Cramer
Find Me Here, Kristi DeMeester
When the Crisis Communications Plan is the Crisis, Kim Dimson
An Analysis of Teachers’ Discourse and Their Perceptions Concerning the Use of Questioning and Feedback during Reading Instruction in Third-Grade Classrooms, Jennifer C. Farist
Preserving Roswell: The Voices of Historic Preservation in Roswell, Georgia, Emily Suzanne Fox
The Effects of Peer Coaching for Technology Integration on Teachers’ Comfort, Practice, and Student Technology Literacy, Tricia Cauffiel Frazier
A Comparative Analysis of Effective School Board Leadership: The Case of Gwinnett County and Atlanta City Public Schools, Joshua Allen Garner
The Comparative Effects of Two Types of Photographic Visual Supports on the Acquisition of Independent Performance of Multi-Step Tasks by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cindy Denise Golden
The Utilization of Social Media: A Case Study of the U.S. General Services Administration Experience, Maria Guida
A Qualitative Study of the Use of Content-Related Comics to Promote Student Participation in Mathematical Discourse in a Math I Support Class, Jeni M. Halimun
Writing across the Curriculum: Case Studies of Three Content-Area Teachers, Patsy A. Hamby
Love Everlasting: A Memoir, Arthur Harris
The Mindstorm, Jeffrey P. Harrison
The Body, Kristen Brooke Harrison
Supporting the Non-profit Sector: A Grant Writing Project for The Georgia Ballet, Sarah Hocut
Once upon a Time in the Future: Excerpt of a Science Fiction Novel, Michael Hutchison
Mere Mortals, Jennifer Franklin Johnson
How Does the Collaboration of General and Special Educators Improve the Progress Attainment of Students with Disabilities?, Ketrina L. Jordan
Panes, Brittany Moss Leazer
MAPW Capstone Project, Carol A. Levine
Framing God: Toward a Cognitive Account of Religious Rhetoric, Adam Lewis
Recycle Bin: A Collection of Interconnected Sudden Fiction, Kathleen Brewin Lewis
Middle School Academic Performance: An Exploratory Analysis of the Fulton County School District, Martina Madison
Can Water Professionals Transform Pharmaceutical Disposal Practices of Hospice Nurses?, Jennifer L. McCoy and Kimberly P. Holland
A Balanced Approach to Health: Understanding the Health Care Practices of Guatemalan Maya in the United States, Amanda L. McGrew
Looking Back: Tracing the Trajectory of Four Dominican Women Who Learned 'To Do' School, Maria Montalvo-Balbed
An Examination of the Discourse in a Graduate Mathematics Methods Course, Rako Morrissey
Mentoring within the Minority Population: How to Retain and Matriculate Minorities in a College Setting, Brent Matthias Obleton
Teaching for Global Learning through Telecollaboration: A Case Study of K-12 Educators' Conceptualizations and Practices about Global Education, Holly Gooding Oran
A Case Study of Collegiate Alcohol Education: How Can Kennesaw State University Improve?, Tyler Pede
Venture Philanthropy: A Case Study of Three Nonprofit Organizations, Jessica K. Potts
Cultural Intersections: White Teachers and Their Racial Minority Students, Jason Pritchett
Pay-For-Performance for Missouri Public Schools: Are We Ready Yet?, Dustin K. Procter
Examining the Efficacy of Secondary Mathematics Inclusion Co-Teachers, Raquel Caampued Rimpola
Moving Research Journals Online: Using Blogs to Teach Research-based Writing in First-Year Composition, Tanya L. Rodgers
The True Knowledge of Women, Karen Cochran Roop
Jodi Calls, Michael Paul Ruther
Exploring Dress and Behavior of the Emo Subculture, Kaci Schmitt
Man Poems: From Beer and Gears to Grills and Girls, Christopher Ward
An Investigation of Brain Games as a Potential Non-Pharmaceutical Alternative for the Treatment of ADHD, Stacy C. Wegrzyn
Alternative to Incarceration Methods: A Case Study of the Hall County Drug Court, Kristen Long White
Aristocracy and Appalachia: Edith Vanderbilt and Her Moonlight School, Wilkie L. Whitney
Comparative Effects of Two Error Correction Procedures during Repeated Reading for Students with Learning Disabilities, Xiaoqing Yang
Lily Learns Her Lesson, Samara Zeiger