Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
The In-Between: Poetic Counter-Narratives Reimaging the Canon, yisheika lawrence
Teacher Leadership in Social Studies: The Search for Meaning and Identity, Zachary F. Lawson
Secondary English Language Arts Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Constructing Multimodal Arguments, Jasenda R. League
Chemical pressure Tuning of Magnetocaloric effect in Frustrated Breathing Pyrochlore System CuAlCr4Se8, Rupali Mangotra
Imagine the Peace: Exploring the Intimacy of Imagined Intergroup Contact in Kosovo, Eric Manley
Students’ Experience With Virtual Reality Technology in Middle School Science, Lindsey Mason
Strategic Dynamics of SFCS: Leadership Styles and Decentralization in Fostering Salesperson Loyalty, Dierto Matanda Moke
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Teaching and Learning in High School Social Studies Curricula in Georgia: A Case Study, Sharon Ann Mcmeans-Lukiri
The Lived Experiences of High School Students Serving As Peer Mentors, Heather S. Mitchell
Endocrine Responses to Two Distinct Foraging Contexts in the Bonobo (Pan paniscus), Lauren Mitchell
Title I School Principals and Academic Coaches’ Perceptions of School Strategic Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring on Plan Outcomes: A Case Study, Elizabeth A. Mize
Managing High Missingness in Small Sample Longitudinal Sleep Data From Wearable Devices in Low-Resource Settings, Katherine Mobley
Can You Hear Me Now? Student Perspectives of 3D Phenomena-Based Science Teaching Practices, LeShea A. Moncrease
Effects of urbanization on the population genetics and morphology of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) across an urban–rural gradient, Sydney A. Morton
Genetic Influences on Individual Variability in Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Social Behavior, Hadley Mueller-Hill
A Fixed Cell Fungal Catalyst for Production of Melanin in Submerged Fermentation, William James Murphy
Mapping Resting-State Electroencephalography (EEG) Onto Motor Imagery for Cross-Subject Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Applications, Mohammad Yousef Mousa Naser
Voices of Resilience: The Journey of African American Women Superintendents in Public School Systems, Shundreia Neely
The Interplay Between Structure and Teacher Agency in the Detracking of Algebra 1: A Qualitative Case Study, Kristine Norris
Georgia Teachers’ and Leaders’ Perceptions of Teacher Evaluations, Jessica OKelley
Patient Arrival Specialist Workflow Improvement, Heily Ovalle-Siguantay, Daniela Juana Ruiz Azana, Inaru Duarte, and Andrew Slugg
An Examination of Assurance Services Currently (Not) Provided by Blockchain Auditors, Francis Agot Owuor Dr.
Simulated Human-AI Teaming Framework for ML Model Development, Sai Sanjay Potluri
What Does It Mean To Be a Mentor? Perceptions of Mentor Teachers in a Mentoring Program, Karen M. Powell
Using iReady to Support Math Intervention After the COVID-19 Pandemic, Marvin Prather
OWLBOT: Designing and Developing an AI-Powered Peer Advisor Chatbot for University Websites, Sai Prakash Reddy Rao
Region-based Object Recognition and Detection Under Constrained Resolution, Duleep Rathgamage Don
Disaster Vulnerability and Recovery: Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Psycological Insights From Hurricane Katrina, Tanjila Rashid Rhythy
Student Engagement in High School Mathematics Blended Learning Classrooms, Therese A. Rinehart
The Coyote and the Roadrunner Digital Options Impact on Innovation Speed, Barry Robbins
Transferring Adversarial Robustness Across Architectures and Datasets, Ravi Kumar Rogannagari
Combined Effects of Nano- and Microplastics, Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS), and Temperature on the Development of Aedes albopictus, Christina M. Roth
Enhancing Off-Angle Iris Recognition Performance, Jitendra Sai Kota
ESG: CEO Characterestics, Institutional Investors and Brand Equity, Sowmdeb Sen
Leveraging Data Science for Resilience: Improving Trauma-Informed Care Practice for Adverse Childhood Experience with AI & Data Science Application, Mohmmad Arif Shaik
Computational Study on Protein Docking with Vascular Disease Application, Lohitha Reddy Shanigaram
Illuminating Student Voice: Stories of Student Experiences With Graphic Novels in the Secondary ELA Classroom, Rhiannon L. Sims
Firm-Level Climate Change Exposure and Analysts’ Information Environment, Lesya Stallings
Perspectives on Using Multimedia in Social Studies for Student Engagement in Marginalized Youth: A Case Study, Dorrian Swinger
Teaching for Global Ecological Citizenship: A Case Study of Rural Teachers’ Experiences and Practices, Sarah L. Tennyson
Using the Time We Have: Exploring Collaborative Instructional Planning for 8th Grade Georgia Studies in a Title I School, Bambara Timmerman
Pollinator Plant Communities within restored Montane Longleaf Pine Ecosystems, Hanen van Rossem
Exploring Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions, Understanding, and Implementation of Performance-Based Summative Assessments, Gregory A. Walkup
Influence of Gamification Affordances on Technostress Moderated by It Identity, Joseph G. Washburn