Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Using Data Science and Predictive Analytics to Understand 4-Year University Student Churn, Joshua Lee Whitlock
The Effects of an Observation and Interpretation Intervention (COI/PALS) on Teachers’ Productive and Nonproductive Conversations with Preschool Children, Gina Joe Wohlford
Myths, Risks, and Ignorance: Western Media and Health Experts’ Representations of Cultures in Ebola-Affected West African Communities, Samson Wonnah
Context, Delivery, and Providers’ Perspectives of Family Life Education in TN, USA, Ruby Yadav
Examining Contributors to Preschoolers’ Classroom Engagement using Structural Equation Modeling, Hongxia Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Peptide Identification: Refining a Bayesian Stochastic Model, Theophilus Barnabas Kobina Acquah
Do Juvenile Offenders Hold to the Child Saving Mentality? The Results from a Survey of Juvenile Offenders Placed on Court Mandated Juvenile Probation, Katelynn R. Adams
Job Embeddedess of Nurses Working in South Central Appalachia’s North Carolina Counties, Susan L. Adams Mrs.
Vulnerability Assessment of Groundwater to NO3 Contamination Using GIS, DRASTIC Model and Geostatistical Analysis, Adela Beauty Adu Agyemang
Inclusive Teaching Strategies: An Evaluation of Course Structure and Summative Assessment in Introductory Biology, Oluwaseun O. Agboola
An Investigation into the Performance Evaluation of Connected Vehicle Applications: From Real-World Experiment to Parallel Simulation Paradigm, Md Salman Ahmed
Dialogic Communication and Public Relations Websites: A Content Analysis of the Global Top 250 PR Agencies, Charles C. Akwari
Relationships of Characteristics to Running Performances and Their Changes Throughout Collegiate Cross Country and Track Seasons, Bradley A. Alban
Roman Domination in Complementary Prisms, Alawi I. Alhashim
Assessment of Social, Dietary and Biochemical Correlates of Cardiometabolic Risk in Pre-adolescent Hispanic Children, Abraham Basil Alhassan
Effects of Acute Sepsis on Renal Structure and Sympathetic Innervation in Mice, Tuqa Alkhateeb
Effects of the MotivAider and Self-Monitoring to Increase On-Task Behavior for Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Naif Almutairi
Impact of a Technology Based Intervention Package on the Inappropriate Behavior of a Child with Severe Disability, Amani Alshehri
Difference in Quality of Life Between Group and Individual Exercise in a Faith-Based Sample, Everett Jackson Amburn
Law Enforcement Officers’ Perceptions in Regard to Sex Offenders, SORN, and Residency Restrictions Laws, Maria Aparcero-Suero
Spatiotemporal Analyses of Recycled Water Production, Jana E. Archer
A Study of Salmonid Growth in Two Southern Appalachian Headwater Streams, Joshua Argo
Correlates of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Acceptance in Appalachian Tennessee, Oluwatosin Ariyo
Identities and Persistence of Family Farm Operators, Parker T. Arnold
Ab Initio and Semi-Empirical Calculations of Cyanoligated Rhodium Dimer Complexs, Yazeed Asiri
Parental Perceptions of Preschool-Age Children’s Literacy Development in a Rural Appalachian Community, Kimberly Austin
Range-wide Prevalence and Impacts of Pseudocercosporella inconspicua on Lilium grayi and an Assessment of L. superbum and L. michauxii as Reservoirs, Cindy L. Barrett
Celtic Water Hags, Violent Children, and Wild Men: Reexamining the Syncretic Nature of Beowulf, James L. Baugher
"To Share or Not to Share:" A Study of an Individual's Self-Representation on Instagram in Accordance with Impression Management Theory, Breyanna Marie Blackwell
Exploring the Social Trend of Household Computer Ownership in Affecting the United States 1990's Crime Drop, Alison Kimberley Bogar
Indirect Measure, Nicholas Boismenu
Communication Apprehension Among Community College Students: A Phenomenology, John R. Bragg Jr.
Baltic German Exodus, 1939-1945: Settlement, Adaption and Disappearance, Aiko N. Bresinsky
Self-Efficacy Sources and Academic Motivation: A Qualitative Study of 10th Graders, Salina K. Bryant
Transmutations of Ophelia's "Melodious Lay", Danielle Byington
Video Game Engagement, Gender, and Age: Examining Similarities and Differences in Motivation Between Those Who May or May Not Play Video Games, Joseph Camarata
The Establishment and Development of the Mockingbird as the Nightingale’s “American Rival”, Gabe Cameron
Effects of Predatory Cues on Copper Sensitivity and Metabolic Rate in Gambusia affinis, Melissa N. Campbell
A Qualitative Case Study of Coteaching Relationships, Matthew Case
Students to Computer Ratio, Socioeconomic Status, and Student Achievement, Jessica W. Cate
Enemy Exacerbation: Effects of Predator Stress on Sulfate Lethality in Freshwater Amphipods (Gammarus minus), Trevor Chapman
Merging Cultures: Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Differentiation in a Health System Merger, Colin G. Chesley
Opal Clark on Directing Stop Kiss An Exploration of the Directorial Process, Opal Clark
Environmental Factors and School Disorder: The Role of Urbanicty, Brandon S. Coffey
Approachability of Nursing Clinical Instructors: Psychometric Assessment of a Scale Development, Angela Collier
Early Childhood Adversity and Chronic Illness: An Examination of a High Risk- Forensic Inpatient Population, Courtney L. Cook
Sciurids (Rodentia: Sciuridae) of the Late Mio-Pliocene Gray Fossil Site and the Late Miocene Tyner Farm: Implications on Ecology and Expansion of the Sciurid Record, Cheyenne J. Crowe