Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
AI YOU CAN TRUST: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL ASSURANCE AND SITUATIONAL NORMALITY IN THE USE OF GENERATIVE AI, Olushola Bunmi Abayomi
Bismuth-Based Bicyclic Peptide Inhibitors Targeting Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2, Funsho Sarah Afolabi
The Role of Akirin and Its Conserved SYLS Motif in Muscle Development, Shaila Akter
A DECOLONIAL FEMINIST INVESTIGATION OF ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN JORDAN: CLASS, GENDER, AND SOCIOCULTURAL CAUSES, Heyam Alhameedyeen
Morphological Variation of Lingual Glands in Wild American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Populations, Benjamin Angalet
Enabling Multi-Task Neural Network Inference on Heterogeneous Edge Devices, Redwanul Islam Arif
Influence of Speech Disfluencies and Prompt Optimization in LLM-Based Alzheimer's Disease Classification, Muhammad Awais Arshad
Advancing Human AI Collaboration for Behavioral and Mental Health Identification, Abm. Adnan Azmee
Perceptions and Beliefs of a High School Geometry Professional Learning Community During Initial Implementation of Standards-Based Grading, Marcellyn E. Baker
Veteran Identity Strain Beyond the Honeymoon-Hangover Phase, LaFrance Ballard
Mining and Local Community Conflicts in Ghana: Understanding the Dynamics From a Political Ecology Perspective, Bright Bansah
Multimodal Deep Learning for Continuous Hand Motion Estimation Using Electromyography and Ultrasound Toward Dexterous Prosthetics and Adaptive Rehabilitation, Sulav Bastola and Sulav Bastola
Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in a Rural School District: A Case Study, Gerald J. Bavero
Synthesis and Characterization of Water Containing Deep Eutectic Solvent and its Application for PFAS Removal, Momena Begum
From Evaluation to Expression: Exploring Review Activism in Response to Ownership Identity Signals, Davis Brown
A Case Study of Experiential Learning in a High-Poverty Middle School, Diona F. Brown
From Victimhood to Political Violence: A Psychometric Reassessment of Christian Nationalism, Aaron Moore Clarke
Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions of Social and Emotional Learning Through Choice Clubs, Alise Cremonini
The Digital Divide and Participation in Financial Services: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Melissa A. Cunningham-Sereque
The Role of Race in Consumer Responses to Social Media Influencer Transgressions, Vannesia Darby
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE LEADERS IN PUBLIC K-12 SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA, Tyisha Davis
RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF AI-GENERATED FEEDBACK, Chad J. DeWolf
STUDENT MOTIVATION IN WRITING, TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, AND MIDDLE GRADE PEDAGOGY, Carol M. Edge
AI-Customer Symbiosis: Driving Future Relationship Intentions Through Perceived Benefits and Relationship Satisfaction, Brad Eskridge
Opportunity Gap: The Correlations Between Resource Allocation and Student Achievement, Brian J. Etchison-Cook
Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions on the WIDA Framework to Support Academic Literacy in Multilingual Learners, Laura G. Faris
Molecular Sponge Reveals Ecdysone’s Role in Regulating Salivary Gland Morphology in Drosophila Melanogaster, April Ford
Restorying the Reader: Adolescent Narratives of Identity, Context, and Motivation, Jennifer R. Gardner
The Impact of Targeted Remediation on Reading Growth Among Remedial Middle School Students, Jennifer Givens
A Novel Approach to Creativity Assessment: Forced Pairwise Ranking With Large Language Models, Phillip R. Gregory Jr
A Phenomenological Study of Teachers Who Use Oral Reading To Foster Student Reading Fluency and Engagement, Donyetta Grimes
The Role of Diaspora Power Elites in Post-Conflict Statebuilding Parallel Bureaucracy As Capacity-Trapping in Somalia, Mohamed A. Hashi
Electrochemical Performance and Magnetocaloric Effect in Breathing Spinel Materials, Destyni Herbert
Simulation of a Buried Hydrogen Pipeline in Kansas State Soil, Sidney Hines
Probing Representational Emergence in Large Language Models, Shawn Ismail
Exploring Teachers’ Lived Experiences: The Impact of Wellness on Student Engagement and Behavior in Third-Grade Classrooms, Tiffany L. Jackson
Neuromorphic Visual Odometry and SLAM on Edge Devices, Guangyu Jiang
S-Adenosylmethionine Synthases Differentially Modulate Inherited Histone H3K4 Methylation and Developmental Delay in Caenorhabditis elegans, Sundas H. Johnson
Walking a Tightrope: Social Studies Teachers in the Age of Divisive Concept Legislation, JORDANNA M. JONES
Can Artificial Intelligence Unbound Bounded Rationality? A Quantitative Analysis of AI-Augment Decision-Making in Conflict-Driven Environments, Zeynep A. Kelani
Examining Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Response to Student Interpretations of a Particulate-Level Animation, Tyler Kinner
Chilling or Galvanizing: Perceptions of Controversial Issues in the Social Studies Classroom, Patrick Leahy
Leveraging AI Sentiment Analysis to Improve Hotel Service Quality Based on Online Customer Reviews, Ni Lei
Bridging the Gap: A Qualitative Case Study of Pre-K Teachers' Literacy Professional Development Needs in the Context of Georgia's Early Literacy Act (HB 538), Deborah Lissimore