Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Beating the Odds: Perseverance and Its Influence on Male Students’ Perceptions in Overcoming Generational Poverty, Grady C. Bailey Jr
Viewing History Through a Lens: The Influence of Film on Historical Consciousness, Brittany Bales
The Undisclosed Dangers of Parental Sharing on Social Media: A Content Analysis of Sharenting Images on Instagram, Christian Bare
Congruence and Temporal Variation of Floral Visitation and Pollen Transport Networks in Southern Appalachia, Daniel A. Barker
University Budget Models, Institutional Size, and Student Outcomes, James P. Batchelder
Health and Academic Achievement in College and University Students, Amber Beane
Navigating the Athletic Terrain for Transgender Athletes: Identity, Policy, and the Future, Lia M. Bevins
Ritualistic Equestrianism: Status, Identity, and Symbolism in Tudor Coronation Ceremonies, Keri Blair
A Tale of Two Species: Black-tailed and White-tailed Prairie Dog Biogeography from the Last Interglacial to 2070, April Dawn Bledsoe
The Experiences and Well-Being of Mexican Immigrant Women Living in Traditionally non-Latinx Communities in Western North Carolina, Melinda Bogardus
Healthy Identity Development Among Black Same-Gender Loving Men: A Mixed Methods Approach, Byron D. Brooks
Managing Stress in a Constantly-Changing Workforce, Lorri Burch-Hubbard
Silly Trip Wires, Jonathan Byrd
Blend it Like Beckett: Samuel Beckett and Experimental Contemporary Creative Writing, Sam Nicole Campbell
Subjective and Objective Health Outcomes Predicted by Sexual Trauma Stigma: The Role of Medical Mistrust and Resiliency, Gabrielle Caselman
Axonal Regrowth of Olfactory Sensory Neurons After Chemical Ablation and Removal of Axonal Debris by Microglia, Rudy Chapman
Archaeological, Geophysical, and Geospatial Analysis at David Crockett Birthplace State Park, in Upper East Tennessee, Reagan Cornett
To Buy or Not to Buy: Consumer Purchase Behavior Based on Lifestyle Brand Logo Colors, Chelsi Crockett
Decompositions of the Complete Mixed Graph by Mixed Stars, Chance Culver
Web Analytics: Best Practices for an Organization’s Successful Performance; A Preliminary Analysis, Salma Dahbi
Mapping a Course to Success: The Relationship of a College to Career Navigation Exploratory Course to Academic Success, Patrick D U Davis Sr
Teaching Decoding Through Constant Time Delay to Students with Severe Disabilities and Verbal Difficulties, Julia Dean
Predator-Avoidance of Larval Black-bellied Salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) in Response to Cues from Native and Nonnative Salmonids, Brian L. Dempsey
Examining the Relationship Among Middle School Students’ Performance on the TNReady Assessment, District Checkpoints, and Teacher-Assigned Grades, Kristina Dempsey
Determining if Classroom Pets as part of an Empathy-Based Intervention Affect Public Elementary School Students’ Empathy, Randa Dunlap
Trends in Advertising: How the Rise in Artificial Intelligence May Influence the Field of Content Strategy, Joel Eaton
Serious Mental Illness and Rural Primary Care: Provider Training, Attitudes, and Opinions, Lydia Eisenbrandt
Trees with Unique Italian Dominating Functions of Minimum Weight, Alyssa England
The Defeathered Bird: A Case Study of the Boeing 737 Max Crisis, Ernest Eshun
Teacher and Administrator Beliefs about Grade Retention in Northeast Tennessee School Districts, Christopher A. Feathers
Relational Influences of Self-Perceptions in Late Adolescence, Michael E. Feeney
Exploring the Relationships Between Collegiate Sport Coaches’ Creative Productivity and Factors of Creative Potential, Sean Flanders
Rural-Urban Variations in Meals on Wheels Programs, Lea C. Florence
Prevention of Chronic Inflammation by Targeting Macrophage Integrin aDb2, Cady Forgey
Listeners’ Attitudes towards Young Women with Glottal Fry, Natalie Foulks
Teacher Retention in Secure Residential Settings, Daniel Froemel
Influential Factors on Historic Interpretation: A Case Study of Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site, Matthew Frye
Ontogenetic and Adult Shape Variation in the Endocast of Tapirus: Implications for T. polkensis from the Gray Fossil Site, Thomas M. Gaetano
Deconstructing the "Woman of Sentiment": Parody as Agency in the Poetry of Phoebe Cary, Scottie Garber-Roberts
Students’ Meaning-Making Journeys Towards Self-Authorship Through Self-Designed Gap Year Experiences, Erin Garcia
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Quaternary Saltville, Virginia, using Ostracode Autecology, Austin Gause
Environmental Cybernetics: Technology and the Perception of Remediated Space, Lucas Gentry
Jangle Fallacy: Is Grit Distinct from Other Psychological Constructs?, Natasha Godkin
Holler, Ashley Gregg
The United States and Cuba: A Study of the US’s First Military Occupation and State Building Efforts, James Guillard
Utilizing the Public on Public Lands: The Application of Community Science to Monitor and Model Erosion in National Forests, Jacob L. Hansen