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Submit Your ThesisTheses/Dissertations from 2011
Framing God: Toward a Cognitive Account of Religious Rhetoric, Adam Lewis
Recycle Bin: A Collection of Interconnected Sudden Fiction, Kathleen Brewin Lewis
Middle School Academic Performance: An Exploratory Analysis of the Fulton County School District, Martina Madison
Can Water Professionals Transform Pharmaceutical Disposal Practices of Hospice Nurses?, Jennifer L. McCoy and Kimberly P. Holland
A Balanced Approach to Health: Understanding the Health Care Practices of Guatemalan Maya in the United States, Amanda L. McGrew
Mentoring within the Minority Population: How to Retain and Matriculate Minorities in a College Setting, Brent Matthias Obleton
Teaching for Global Learning through Telecollaboration: A Case Study of K-12 Educators' Conceptualizations and Practices about Global Education, Holly Gooding Oran
A Case Study of Collegiate Alcohol Education: How Can Kennesaw State University Improve?, Tyler Pede
Venture Philanthropy: A Case Study of Three Nonprofit Organizations, Jessica K. Potts
Pay-For-Performance for Missouri Public Schools: Are We Ready Yet?, Dustin K. Procter
Moving Research Journals Online: Using Blogs to Teach Research-based Writing in First-Year Composition, Tanya L. Rodgers
The True Knowledge of Women, Karen Cochran Roop
Jodi Calls, Michael Paul Ruther
Exploring Dress and Behavior of the Emo Subculture, Kaci Schmitt
Man Poems: From Beer and Gears to Grills and Girls, Christopher Ward
Alternative to Incarceration Methods: A Case Study of the Hall County Drug Court, Kristen Long White
Aristocracy and Appalachia: Edith Vanderbilt and Her Moonlight School, Wilkie L. Whitney
Lily Learns Her Lesson, Samara Zeiger
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Running into a US Education, Tulasi Prasad Acharya
Expressive Writing: A Technique for Improving Communication in Individuals with Autism and Related Disorders, Taryn G. Aldrich
Editing an Anthology: Editing, Publishing & Blogging, Jessica R. Allgaier
Confiscation or Serving the Public Good?, Gabriel Aramian
Sweetwater Blues, Raymond L. Atkins
The Dirt Road: A Collection of Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction, Cindy Bee
Maxwell's Suitcase, Peter Bein
Quilts as Visual Texts, Marcia Inzer Bost
Social Networking in Collegiate Public Relations, Leon Bracey
Stepping Stones, Rebecca Brewer
The Promises and Pitfalls of the Competitive Bidding Process, Jason Carruthers
Community's Safety Net: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Nonprofit Hospitals in Barrow and Clayton Counties in Providing Services to its Medicaid Population, Carlene Coggins and Julie John
The Lost, Jano R. R. Donnachaidh
Employment of People with Criminal Records: An Exploratory Study of the State of Georgia, Michael Dutcher
Brigantia Equestrian, Sara D. Endres
Braceros: A Novel, Vanessa H. Fardin
Writing Center Outreach: What it is and Why it Matters, Christine B. Ghattas
Digging For The Rock Man: A Biography, Andy Hall
Nephilim: A New Age, Beverly M. James
Public-Nonprofit Partnership: A Case Study of Cobb County Government, Ellen G. Jones
A Change of Heart, Fawn Jones
Alternative Funding Mechanisms for Public Recreation: An Analysis of the Montana State Parks Opt-Out Fee, Caleb Judy
Glimpses of Truth, Sally Kilpatrick
An Application of Vygotsky’s Social Learning Theory on Calculator Self-Efficacy and Calculator Achievement by Gender, Debbie M. Kohler
Fresh, Frugal, and Fabulous: A Woman's Guide to Cooking with Life, Tricia Mahoney
The Fertile Dark, Jacob M. Martin
The Glass Ceiling: An Analysis of Women Working for Federal Agencies, Megan Martin
Boiled Down, Sara Meyer
Inequities in Education: The Case of Fulton County School District, Lyndsay M. Moses
Anti-Video Girl: Empowering Parents and Adolescent Females to Defy the Misogynistic Images of African American Women in Hip-Hop, Angelica Moss
The Edge Connection, Favziya Nazarova
Empire's Ghosts, Ashley Phillips-Tirey
Stonefingers, Chris Prince
Songs of Expansion, Blake Ray
The Arts in Cobb County: A Case for Increased Public Funding, Samuel G. Robinson
A Comparative Study of Intergovernmental Relations of two Federal Districts: The Case of the U.S. District of Columbia and Brasília, Brazil, Crystal E. Romeo
The Facebook Story, Brittany Rowland
Intergovernmental Collaboration in Emergency Management: The Case of the September 2009 Georgia Flood, Mamadou M. Samba
D. Brian Peterman: One Man’s Service in the Coast Guard, Liza Scales
Employment of People with Disabilities in Georgia Local Governments: Identifying Barriers to Employment, Natasha Singh and Laura Creamer
Healthcare Reform in Two States: A Comparative Analysis of Georgia and Massachusetts, Jason Stansberry
Immediate Aftercare Program for Survivors and Families of Homicide Victims: The Case of Cobb County Government, Susan B. Stern
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Write Poetry: A Biography of American Poet Walter Griffin, Lawrence Sterne Stevens
At-Will Employment in the Public Sector: A Case Study of the Georgia Reform, Olayinka Tejuoso
Wildly Unpopular and Totally Inappropriate, Katherine Tippins
Tales of a Wannabe Nomad, Logan Troutman
False Obligations, Heather Tullis
Women as Subject and Audience in World War II Venereal Disease Posters, Kyra Whitton
The Needs of Young Daughters Being Raised By Single Parent Fathers, Nicoma Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Problem with Marriage, Rebecca Abbott
A Preliminary Study into the Contracting Out of Services by Municipalities, Olufunmbi Akinluyi
Life: The Work of a Hospice Chaplain, Matthew Alexander
Northbound: An Insight Into Latino Immigrants Living in the Unites States of America, Yahira Arizaleta
Bond PR and Brand Strategy: An Exploration into the World of Web 2.0, Jennifer S. Bond
On The High, Jarmea L. Boone
Damn Legs: A Memoir, Eric Todd Bussard
Beyond the Black: Poems and Stories, Katrina Carmichael
Application of Project Management in Study Abroad Project, Hui Chen
Great Challenges and Great Opportunity: Historic Preservation in Kennesaw, Georgia, Jason Chitwood
Are Men Healthcare Executives more Successful than Women Healthcare Executives?, Tina Chumley
Exploring Masculinities in the United States and Japan, Susan Sims Cochran
Safety Net System: A Case Study of Primary and Specialty Care for Uninsured Residents in Cobb County, Georgia, Kacie A. Dougherty
South of the South: A Collection of Short Fiction and Poetry, David Dresner
State-funded Lobbyists in Georgia: Wise or Wasteful?, Lynn M. Durham
The Impact of Teacher Absenteeism on Student Performance: The Case of the Cobb County School District, Mary Finlayson
Strategic Development Program at Tapestri, Inc., Cecilia Fly
Daughter, Mother, Sister: Stories of Brain Injury Survivors and Their Families, Gina Gareri-Watkins
A History of Women at Georgia Tech, Keshia Gibson
Capstone Portfolio, Rita Giménez
Federal Pay-for-Performance Reform and Organizational Discrimination: Lessons, Impacts, and Guidance for the Future, Stephen R. Goddard
Sheltered by Strangers: The Story of Kenya’s Orphans, Bethany Bishop Griggs
Equilibrium, Jamie Grimes
Government Procurement: A Comparative Analysis of China and the United States, Keguang Guo and Fangfang Ning
China’s African Economic Policies Evaluation, Chuan He
Learning to Talk: a memoir of questionable accuracy, Patricia Henritze
Georgia's Health Safety Net: A Model of Excellence: The Good Samaritan Health Center, Erin Hiers
Surfacing: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Screenwriting, Kimberly Hill
Road to Delphi, Brittney S. Holland
A Public Relations Project for Adult Learner Programs, Liangfang Huang
A Writer's Portfolio: The Intrinsic Connection between Drafting, Designing, and Communicating, Sarah Louise Johnson
Giving Them A Voice: Improving Student Writing Through Service Learning, Kasey Carty Jordan