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Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Improving Students’ Confidence and Competence Using Critical Media Literacy Skills in a Secondary English Language Arts Class, Leeanne Kline

FAMILY FIRM INNOVATION: THE ROLE OF LEADER DARK TRIAD PERSONALITY AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL WEALTH IMPORTANCE, Marek Kolinski

Cultural Classroom Competencies: White Female Social Studies Teachers’ Preparedness and Support to Interact with, Engage, and Teach the Global Majority, Ashley Lamar

WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN LEARNING?, Charlotte Lester

Demon's Run (Part 1), Zack Loehle

Smoke and Mirrors, Adara London

From Allies to Co-Conspirators: Unveiling the Many Faces of Solidarity in Contemporary Racial Justice Social Movements in the U.S., Nashay Lowe

Novel collective prey evasion response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 to soil micropredator Myxococcus xanthus DK1622, Joshua Lummus

“I Forget to Enjoy the Book”: A Narrative Analysis of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Their Real Selves and Ideal Selves as Readers, Brittany McWhorter

THE BEAUTY OF AUDITOR SELECTION: THE EFFECTS OF AUDITOR ATTRACTIVENESS AND AUDITEE GOALS ON PROCURING GOVERNMENTAL AUDIT SERVICES, Marena M. Messina

Designing Intelligent Energy Efficient Scheduling Algorithm To Support Massive IoT Communication In LoRa Networks, Jui Mhatre

Becoming an Effective Digital Educator: A Case Study of Technology Preparation in a Novel Preservice Teacher Internship Program, Stephanie Milner

The Polycomb Complex 2 contributes to developmental delay when histone methylation is inappropriately inherited, Sydney Morgan- Benitez

It’s A Business, Remember? How a History of Major League Blunders Killed the National Pastime, and On Baseball’s Future as a Cultural Artifact and Global Sport, Rinn Norman

Multi-techniques Characterization of Mechanochemically Synthesized Deep Eutectic Solvents, Oluseyi Olawuyi

Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra Using Driven Molecular Dynamics Method, Oluwaseun Omodemi

Teachers Re-Imagining Parental Involvement: Using Parents' Funds of Knowledge in Math Lesson Designs, Enyinnaya Onyeukwu

Frontlines, Sarah Packer

Enhancing Fidelity through Gate Decomposition: A Strategy to Mitigate Quantum Crosstalk on NISQ Computers, Indu Palanisamy

UNPACKING VALUE CO-CREATION USING THE DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES FRAMEWORK, Perry Parke

How Participation in a Peer-Led Writing Center Impacts Struggling Students’ Self-Efficacy and Motivation, Laura Peterson

High School Student Narratives of Error Analysis: A Qualitative Investigation into Literacy for Geometry Learning, Dean Petti

"The Second Side" A Historic Retelling of African American Life in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Breighlynn Polk

Wronged Women: A Foray into the Wronged Woman's Mind, Suzanna Poole

Identifying Teacher Perceptions of Teaching At-Promise Students Online in an Alternative School, LaNadia Pugh

Administrators' perceptions of reducing exclusionary discipline in Black girls in k - 12 urban schools: A qualitative study, Lorraine Reeves

Variation in Salamander Life History and Community Composition Across an Urban Gradient in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Leah Rittenburg

Effects of adaptive learning technologies on mathematics achievement in low SES settings, William Roberts

The city blues of an iridescent canary: physiological, behavioral, and developmental impacts of lead (Pb) on songbirds along an urban-to-rural gradient, Michelle Ross

Analysis of the Adherence of mHealth Applications to HIPAA Technical Safeguards, Bilash Saha

Classroom Teachers: Why the Mass Exodus?, MaryBeth Sanders

Revolutionizing Attention Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Pioneering Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence, Bhavya sri sanku, Selena He, and Joy Li

Quantification of Various Types of Biases in Large Language Models, Sudhashree Sayenju

Teachers' Perceptions of an Inclusive STEM High School, Carlon Scholz

Powerful Partnerships: Examining Home-School Engagement in the Virtual Setting, Joshua Scott-Pineda

Trauma-Informed Educational Leadership: A Case Study, Robyn Scott

Connection Before Correction: The Impact of Restorative Practices on Students with Disabilities, katrina shirley

Assessing Blockchain’s Potential to Ensure Data Integrity and Security for AI and Machine Learning Applications, Aiasha Siddika

Thunderfort, Lever Stewart

THE MISUNDERSTOOD LINK BETWEEN TRAINING AND REAL-WORLD INFORMATION SECURITY OUTCOMES: SENSEMAKING, Henry Torres

Does a gift in a captive service make me feel better? Examining gift giving in uncertain conditions that influence emotions and firm performance., Martha Troncoza

MICROBIAL COMMENSALS OF TRICOLORED BATS IN GEORGIA AND THEIR PROBIOTIC POTENTIAL, Jordyn Upton

Orion's Run, Bonnie Wakefield

Those Living in the Shadow of Death: A Short Story Cycle, Hope Walker

Elementary Grade Students’ Perspectives on the Impact of Adult Behaviors on School Climate, Tameka Walker

"Proventing" Intimate Partner Violence-Related Attitudes Through Arts-Based Peace Education: A Sequential Explanatory Study of Dancing Classrooms Alumni, Cody Wehlan

8th Grade Students’ Perceptions of 1:1 Laptops in Algebra 1, Richard Wilford

Elucidating the Impacts of Learning Communities on Retention, Student Sense of Belonging, and Self-Efficacy in STEM, Honour Williams

Growth Mindset Intervention and Its Impact on Productive Struggle in the Eighth-Grade Mathematics Classroom, Jordy Wilson

Resistance Responses in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 in Response to Surface Predation by Myxococcus xanthus DK1622, Sarah Joie Wilson