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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals: A Focus on Workforce Reentry and Recidivism in Appalachia, Margaret E. Francisco
Community College Faculty Members’ Perspectives on the Use of State-Mandated Learning Outcomes, Tabetha J. Garman
Hierarchy In Sensation: Exploring the 40 Hz Auditory Steady State Synchrony in The Primary Auditory and Prefrontal Association Cortices, Deepshila Gautam
Effects of Training with Different Set-Repetition Configurations on High-Intensity Exercise Endurance and Acute Recoverability, Wesley Gawel
Immersive Influence: Examining the Impact of Virtual Reality on Brand Perception Among the Innovation Generation, Holden Gaylor
The Butterfly Effect: Cognitive CoachingSM as a Catalyst for Educator Learning and Lasting Change, Katie B. Givens-Martin
Learning Behaviors in Physics-Informed Deep Learning, Alex Glover
How Fundraisers Met Goals During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Cody C. Greene
Gut Passage Time in Small Mammals: Influences of Small Mammal Traits, Digesta Phase, and Particle Morphology, Noah G. Hale
Not Just a Good Ole Boys Club: Studying the Personal, Performance, and Professional Roles of Women in Bluegrass, Lydia Hamby
Exploring the Antagonistic Polymicrobial Interaction of Alcaligenes faecalis with Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Microorganisms, Aly Hargrave
To Change or Not to Change: The Impact of Parent Emotion Socialization on Adolescents’ Implicit Theory of Emotions, Maggie W. Harris
The Moderating Role of Social Support for LGBTQ People in South Central Appalachia: Present Yet Unimpactful?, Paige Henry
Innovating Professional Learning: A Design Thinking Approach to PK-12 Education Development, Shanna Hensley
The People’s Medicine: Modern Perspectives on Folk Medicine in South Central Appalachia, Stacey M. Horton
Deaf Faculty Members’ Experiences in Higher Education Institutions, Stephanie Proctor Horvath
Mixture Effects on Metal Accumulation in The Asian Clam, Corbicula fluminea, Mark A. Huff
Held on by a Thread, Annie M. Hutchins
Effects of pH on Product Yield of One-electron Oxidation to Guanine Derivatives, Abdul-Kadir Ibrahim
Assessing Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urban Expansion and Forecasting Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Change in Tri-Cities, Tennessee, Rezaul Bari Ishan
Does Gender Spell Success? Exploring Female Student Perspectives of Faculty at a Higher Educational Institution, Chitora Jackson
A Comparative-Correlational Study on the Mental Health and Well-Being of First-Generation Students at a Historically Black College and University, Shedred Jackson
Rural High-School Principals’ Perceptions of Their Understanding of Special Education Law, Tiffany Jenkins
Bud on the Ballot: A County-Level Analysis of Citizen Support for Cannabis Legalization, Amelia G. Jennings
Orchestrated Architecture Dismantling: Borrelia burgdorferi’s Coordinated Destruction of Adaptive Immune Responses, Craig A. Land
The Lived Experiences of Navajo Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Stephnie Ann Leeson
Disability Inclusion in Local Public Health Community Health Assessments and Community Health Improvement Plans, Haleigh Leslie
Investigating Exoneration Patterns Among Juveniles, Kristin Mahan
AI for Sustainability in Appalachian Businesses: Challenges and Successes, Mariatu Mahmoud
Inner Bonds, Caitlin M. Maltbie
Finding an Effective Measure of Religiosity and Substance Use Levels for the Deaf: An Attempted Pilot Study, Angela Masiello
Investigating the Impact of Psychoactive Plant Alkaloids on Bumblebee Behavior, Skylar Mathieson
Investigating Stress Hormone Variations in Green Frogs (Lithobates clamitans) During the Mating Season, Abby McIver
Assessing the Relationship Between the Incidence of Campylobacteriosis and Ecological Risk Factors in Tennessee, Emmanuel Angmorteh Mensah
Assessing Post-Pandemic Engagement in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Northeast Tennessee, Christen Minnick
An Exploration of Factors Influencing Sophomore-Year Persistence at a Regional Institution in Southern Appalachia, Jonathan W. Mitchell
Cattle Regenerative Grazing Effects on Bat Activity in Southern Appalachia, Seth Morelock
College Ready or Not? Exploring Undergraduate Perceptions of Their High School College Preparation, Charles M. Morgan III
Investigating the Multiple Enzyme Complex in the Carotenoid Biosynthesis Pathway, Mercy Mormor
“With Neither Hope nor Fear”: Continuity in the Life of Isabella d’Este, Alyssa Murphy
Diversity in Beauty Brand Marketing on Instagram: The Case of Fenty Beauty, Julia K. Narh
The Food Truck: A Multi-product Newsvendor with Expectile Risk, Sekyiwaah Nuamah
User Experience in Digital Healthcare Chatbots: Exploring Trust, Brand Allegiance and Adoption, Moyosoreoluwa A. Odugbesan
Application of Deep Learning on Gage R&R for Anomaly Detection, Oluwatope Richard Ojo
Assessing the Utilization of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Ashe-Street Courthouse, Boluwatife J. Oluwamakinde
A Kinetic Analysis on Hydrolysis and Hydrothermal Conversion of Cellulose to Dodecane, Joel Nyangoka Onyancha
Cranial Ontogeny of the Extinct Dwarf Tapir Tapirus polkensis; with Comparison to that of the Extant Tapirus bairdii (Tapiridae, Perissodactyla), Johannah Orendorff
Preschool Teachers’ Perspectives on Conceptual Movement in Academic Instruction: A Mixed- Methods Study with Implications for Early Math, Kehinde H. Orimaye