Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Perceptions of the Differing Preparatory Needs of Teacher Leaders and Educational Leaders, Kimberly Green
Empowering Female Voices in the ELA Classroom, Jacqueline Gurliaccio Vance
Analysis of Social Behavior of the African Great Apes During Feeding and Non-Feeding Contexts, Jessica Hale
Characterization and Evaluation of Bacteriophages ΦPa-C and ΦPa-Tc Infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Joanne Harrison
Characterization and Evaluation of Bacteriophages ΦPa-C and ΦPa-Tc Infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Joanne Harrison
DigiMindReady: Enhancing Military Readiness through Edge AI-Driven Wellness, Education, and Digital Discipline via Privacy-First mHealth Innovation, Md Mehedi Hasan
High School Principals’ Experiences Implementing the Whole-Child Approach to Education, Elise Heaton
The Thin Edge of the Wedge: Conflicting Institutional Demands and Climate Change Strategies, Scott Henry
The Unseen Pen: The Hidden History of Black Women Writers During the Civil Rights Movement, Serenity Hill
The Impact Establishing a Focus on Learning Through PLCs has on Student Growth in Elementary Mathematics, Heather Hodge
Bridging the Gap and Shaping Behavior: Applying Gilbert’s Behavioral Engineering Model to Explore the role of a Parent-Teacher Communication Tool on Parental Involvement, Christina Holtapp
Victory Gardens: Helping on the Home Front, A Curriculum Outreach Project, Kelly Hoomes
Medical Imaging Dataset Management Leveraging Deep Learning Frameworks in Breast Cancer Screening, Inchan Hwang
BUILDING SOFTWARE AT SCALE: UNDERSTANDING PRODUCTIVITY AS A PRODUCT OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTRINSIC FACTORS, Gauthier Ingende Wa Boway
Real-Time Feedback-Driven Framework For Automated Cybersickness Mitigation, MD JAHIRUL ISLAM
A 2-D NUMERICAL MODEL FOR EVALUATING DAYLIGHT PENETRATION IN SHORT TUNNELS FOR ENHANCED DRIVER SAFETY, Joachim James
See Me Show Me: Black Women Representation in Television Sitcoms, Lauryn Jennings
The Effect of Teacher Identity on the Level of Cultural Inclusion in the Classroom, Jennifer Jones
Remote Vibration Based Monitoring of Bridge Scour, Alan Kazemian
Expanding Capabilities: The Impact of International Student Mobility on Peacebuilding, Kathleen Kirk
Patterns and Potential Mechanisms of Phenotypic Changes in Urban Small Mammals, Leslie Lopez
Regulation of intracellular sorting of the Bruno protein in Drosophila flight muscles, Travis Main
Multi-Modality Transformer for E-Commerce: Inferring User Purchase Intention to Bridge the Query-Product Gap, Srivatsa Mallapragada
Consumers’ Assessment of Retailer Donation Types: Labor, Product, or Money, Arwen L. Matos-Wood
Implementing Writing Activities in a Postsecondary Tutoring Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Milya Maxfield
Impact of Disciplinary Literacy Pedagogy on Student Historical Content Learning: A Mixed Methods Research Study, Jeffrey Mayr
Melanin Production Using Food Grade Fungi, Joseph Mercure
Beyond the Classroom Walls: Examining Educational and Social Outcomes of Cross-Curricular Peer Observation in Secondary Schools, Jacinda Miller
Humanizing History: Empowering Educators To Navigate Difficult History Through Museum-Led Professional Development, Andrea Miskewicz
Design, Synthesis, and NMR-Guided Characterization of a Targeted Covalent Inhibitor-Like Molecule against Ivyp1 from P. aeruginosa, Samuel Taylor Moore
Leveraging Social Practices in the 11th Grade American Literature Classroom: Video Games As Texts, Alora Moser
Dynamic Knowledge Elicitation: Leveraging Student Feedback For Improved Language Model Distillation, Reuven Muller
Student Perceptions of Integrated STEM Education in a High School Geometry Class, Alyssa Noland
Decolonizing Mediation: An Exploration of Justice System Impact on Community-Based and Court-Connected Mediation Service Providers and Intercultural Communities, Teni-Ola Ogunjobi
EXPLORING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR THROUGH EMOTION DETECTION, Darlington Omoifo
Making Agreements Last in Africa: A Logistic Paradigm-Shift Analysis of the Peace Process Framework Using an Implementation-Goal Model, Odion Omovbude
Thoughts, Conflicts, and Feelings of ELA Teachers’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Matthew Osborn
Promoting Civic Engagement and Knowledge Amongst Middle School Adolescents Through Simulation Based Teaching Models, Karrie Palmer
Integration of Art Tools in Calming Corners in Various Content Areas at the Secondary Level, Kathleen Petka
More than just a grade: Factors influencing secondary students’ engagement with digital feedback, Mandy Prior
The Impact of Verbal Discourse on General and Special Education Students in the Ninth Grade Algebra I Classroom, Lauren Raschen
Kinetic and Kinematic Effect of Flag-Carrying on Referee Agility and Sprinting Performance, William Reed
Shut Up and Dribble: The Political Contradictions of Black Masculinity in Sports, Isaiah Rogers
Mass Spectrometry Investigation of the Gas Phase Degradation of Pesticides and their Interaction with Biomolecules, Mubassarah Munjirin Sazmi
Creating the Spaces We Wish for Ourselves: How Black Women Secondary English Teachers Respond to Racism in Schools, Velrastine Shaw
“Haiti is my Heart”: Exploring Return Migration Experiences Among the Haitian American Diaspora, Semline Singleton