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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
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
MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION OF LINGUAL GLANDS IN WILD AMERICAN ALLIGATOR (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS) POPULATIONS, Benjamin Angalet
Advancing Human AI Collaboration for Behavioral and Mental Health Identification, Abm. Adnan Azmee
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
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
AI-Customer Symbiosis: Driving Future Relationship Intentions Through Perceived Benefits and Relationship Satisfaction, Brad Eskridge
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 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
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
S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE SYNTHASES DIFFERENTIALLY MODULATE INHERITED HISTONE H3K4 METHYLATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, Sundas H. Johnson
EXAMINING TEACHER PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IN RESPONSE TO STUDENT INTERPRETATIONS OF A PARTICULATE-LEVEL ANIMATION, Tyler Kinner
THE COMPARATIVE IMPACT OF THE DOT-COM BUBBLE, GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS, AND COVID-19 ON THE RELATIVE PROPERTIES OF MANAGEMENT EARNINGS GUIDANCE AND ANALYST EARNINGS FORECASTS, Matthew E. Maylath
Biochemical and Structural Approaches to Anthelmintic Drug Discovery: From Caenorhabditis elegans to Necator americanus, Walter McReady
Design and Development of Peptide Inhibitors Targeting Alpha-Synuclein for Parkinson’s Disease, Zainab Noor
EFFECTS OF QUINOLINIMINES ON THE CELL BIOLOGY OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI, A MICROBIAL EUKARYOTE, Abu Obyda
PERFORMING THE AMERICAN DREAM: PASSING AND IDENTITY IN THE GREAT GATSBY (1925) AND PASSING (1929), Olivia O'Sullivan
EXPERIMENTAL BRIDGE SCOUR DETECTION USING AMBIENT VIBRATION UNDER CONTROLLED LAB CONDITIONS, Mujeeb B. Owoniyi and Metin Oguzmert
AN INVESTIGATION OF DATA GRANULARITY IN RAG PIPELINES FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE, Paritosh Pandey
A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF PRE-SERVICE MATHEMATICS TEACHER PREPARATION APPROACHES IN JAMAICA AND HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES, Sandra Riley-Brown
CAN CAREGIVERS REALLY HAVE IT ALL?: IDENTITY SALIENCE AND CAREER SUCCESS, Jenna-Lyn R. Roman
Acute Muscular Response to Dynamic Co-contraction Exercise Compared to Traditional Resistance Exercise, Benjamin C. Ryan
Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation with Chitinase and Glucanase genes against Aspergillus flavus in Georgia Peanuts, Saima Shafique
The Effect of Client Power and Auditor Power on Auditor Negotiation Judgments, Lee Shinaberger
Peptide-Based Strategies to Combat Infectious Diseases: From Arsenic-Containing RiPP as Antibiotics to Anti-Parasitic Inhibitors Targeting PMT, Md Tanjil Islam Shovon
EXAMINING THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF NUCLEAR POLICYMAKING IN AMERICA: US PARTICIPATION IN NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS FROM 1948 TO 2024, Stephanie A. Stapleton
Stabilized Cargo Relay Aircraft for Precision Payload Yielding, Dato A. Tabidze, Michael Conely, and Ben Courtney
Chemical Pressure Effect in a Distorted Kagome Lattice Magnetic Topological Candidate, Nishat Tasnim
SECONDARY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, Shannon Thompson Lawson
Toward Scalable Quantum Networks: Fidelity-Driven Memory Optimization with Adaptive Scheduling and Decoherence Control, Dheeraj Sai Tukkugudam
Gamification in High-School Classrooms: An Intrinsic Single-Case Study of Teacher Perceptions Engaging Self-Determination Theory, Ashley R. Vickers