Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Courageous School Leadership: Rural Principals’ Perception and Self-Efficacy in Implementing Culturally Responsive Leadership (CRL), Angela Denise Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Teachers’ Burnout Experience in a Title I Suburban Elementary School, Shakoiya Aiken
The Perceptions of High School Art Teachers on their Experiences with Digital Art, Chris Akins
Appley: Approximate Shapley Values for Model Explainability in Linear Time, Md Shafiul Alam
Wildwater, Will Amato
SMART INTERSECTIONS: COOPERATIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR LONGER BATTERY LIFE OF COMMUNICANT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, Fushata Andani Mohammed
Colocalization between Akirin, the NuRD Complex, and Histone Modifications, Sarah Anglin
Dark Legends, Aneka Bailey
REFLECTIONS, Kiera Baity
THE FOUNDATION AND CENTER OF AMERICAN STUDIES; AN INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORIES AND CULTURES - A SYLLABUS, Rhonda L. Baldonado
Validating ngn-1 transcriptome targets in C. elegans, Amber Baldwin
Sustainably Generating Value-Added Products Using Food-Grade Fungi & Agricultural Waste, William Beeson
EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT DISCOURSE: A CASE STUDY OF WOMEN’S NARRATIVES IN OMAN, Hania Bekdash-Muellers
Simplified Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers Enabled via 1,4-Dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole, Kenneth-John Jack Bell
Fairness and Privacy in Machine Learning Algorithms, Neha Bhargava
Ethical Analytics: A Framework for a Practically-Oriented Sub-Discipline of AI Ethics, Jonathan Boardman
Miss Hartwright's Most Terrifying Tale: A Novel, Kevin Bomely
The Art of Sketchnoting in a High School Language Arts Classroom, Rachael Bourne
Key Steps and Strategies for Successful Revision in First-Year Composition, Maura Bowden
Service Learning- It’s Elementary! Teacher initiated service learning at an independent school, Kate Burton
Analyzing the interactions of thermoresponsive coacervate-forming biodegradable polyester encapsulation on model protein structure and activity, Conner Casterline
All the Clawed Feet of Winged Gods, Samantha Casto
Courier of Souls, Brian Cochran
The Flipped Model Classroom Experience for 8th Grade Students Enrolled in Algebra 1: A Case Study, Mary Colclasure
Auditing Outside the "GAAP": The Association Between Non-GAAP Reporting and Audit Quality, Casey Colson
LOVE IN THE OORT CLOUD, Rebecca Connelly
Midnight Tarot Pulls, Fern Conte
A Wellbeing@KSU Journey: MAPW Portfolio, Meghan Cooper
The evolution of honeycomb, Grace Cope
Oxidation of Microplastics: Evidenced by Spectroscopy, Hydrophilicity, and Heavy Metal Uptake, Sydney Diehl
The Myth of Meritocracy and Colorblindness in France: Experiences of Black Professionals in the French Workplace, Catherine Dietsch
Shout Me Home, Tyra Douyon
Violence Interruption And The Epidemiological Approach: A Systematic Review Of Cure Violence, Charles Elliott
THE REHABILITATION OF FULTON BAG & COTTON MILLS: A Case for a Unique Public-History Site and Open-Air Museum, Nina Elsas
The Stakeholder-Profile Framework for Tacit Knowledge Acquisition in Requirements Elicitation Interviews, Rasha Eltigani
A Year Underwater: A Collection of Essays, Victoria Fontenot
Fire and periodical cicadas: impacts on soil nutrients and understory plant germination, Andrea Gamache
Novel Instance-Level Weighted Loss Function for Imbalanced Learning, Trent Geisler
Investigation of Akirin Nuclear Localization and the Molecular Interaction between Akirin and Taf4 in Drosophila, Samantha Gibson
The Cycle of Book Publishing through a Queer Lens, Aly Gilmore
A Literature Review On Privacy and Security in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Yunus Gumbo
THE EFFECTS OF RECYCLED WASTE ON CONCRETE MIXTURE PROPERTIES, Noral Hadbawi
The Progression of African American Representation in Film and Television, Kyra Hammond
Studying Tissue Specific Diversity of Splicing Regulator Muscleblind, Davron Hanley