Theses/Dissertations from 2026
“Not Being Classified (English Proficient), Only Limits How Much I Can Learn”: An Action Research Examination of the ELPAC, Manuel De Jesus Acuna Jr
A PCB-based Three-level Active-Neutral-Point-Clamp Converter With GaN Devices, Mohammad Hassan Adeli
The Legacy of Hosting Sport Mega-Events on Local Consumers’ Consumption Behavior: The Case of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, Saad Alshamari
Insulin Resistance, Behavioral, and Psychological Pathways to Cognitive Aging in Older U.S. Adults, Ali A. Alshayhan
Plasma Dynamics and Chemistry in Atmospheric Pressure, Ayoub Al wahaibi
Polypharmacy, Causal Pathways, and Mortality in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in South Carolina: Causal Inference And Machine Learning Approaches, Daniel Amobtiwon Amoatika
El Mal, Miedo, Y Caos Urbano: El Neogótico Latinoamericano en El Siglo XXI Como Estrategia Para Analizar La Violencia Transpolítica en La Narrativa De Mario Mendoza, Andrés Felipe Arroyave
Targeting Endothelial Dysfunction in Capillary Malformations: Mechanistic Insights and Adjunct Therapeutic Strategies, Mackenzie Azuero
From Adolescence to Adulthood: The Impact of Parental Support, Resilience, Academic Motivation, and Mental Health in Black Women & Girls: A Multi-Manuscript Dissertation, Jessica Mikaja Barnes
Weaponized Nostalgia and the Modern Woman: Patriarchal Insecurity in A Lost Lady and The Sound and the Fury, Grace Nicole Becker
Experiencing Flavor in the Cauldron of the Three Races: A Biocultural Approach to Brazilian Cuisine, Helen Bertoletti Kampmann Marodin
Quantum Spin-Like Behavior of Elastic Guided Waves: Quantized Geometric Phase for NDE and SHM, Md Ebrahim Khalil Bhuiyan
From Survival to Social: The Evolution of Strategic Competence in B2 English Learners During Collaborative Board Gameplay, Hazza Bin Hazza
I Fina’nå’guen i Famagu’on put i Tåsi: The Impact of Phenomena-based Learning on Explaining and Conceptualizing Ocean Acidification in the Pacific, Angelia Jean Blas-Lizama
Are We Talking About Culture?: Exploring Discussions In Clinical Supervision, Rosalba Bonilla
Beyond the Binary: Examining the Impact of A Restorative Justice Intervention on Administrator Perceptions and Disciplinary Disparities for Black Male Students, Arianne A. Booker
Contributions Toward Understanding the Weak Lefschetz Property For Two Classes of Almost Complete Intersection Ideals, Matthew Davidson Booth
Human Sex Trafficking: Overcoming Barriers to Survivorship From the Survivor’s Perspective, Dana C. Bowers
When One Size Does Not Fit All: Helping Teachers Adapt Scripted Curricula for Students With Disabilities, Julie Elizabeth Broad
What Happens After the Program Ends? Maintenance of Physical Performance and Resistance Exercise Participation Following Exercise Oncology Interventions, Alexander Matthew Brooks
Linguistic Prosody Perception in Children who use Cochlear Implants, Marren Claire Brooks
The Cost of Information: How Audit Billing Arrangements Affect Managers’ Information Disclosure, Nicole Bruno
Destruction, Possession, and Power: The Treaty of Hartford as a Prototype for United States Indian Policy, Madyson Anne Buchalski
An Examination of Gendered Experiences in Undergraduate Engineering Education With Emphasis on Participation, Validation, And Persistence, Madison Lynn Burlett
Ligand Interactions With Colloidal Nanocrystals: Expansion of Tools for Magnetic Metal Oxide Surface Chemistry Measurements, Jennii Michelle Burrell
Laughing Feminism: A Rhetoric of Laughing Feminists, Heather Marie Buzbee
Laser-Based Wideband Guided Ultrasonic Wave Inspection of Isotropic and Anisotropic Materials, Andrew Philip Campbell
Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Dopaminergic Reward Pathways Across the Adult Lifespan, Julia Cardarelli
Convivios Familiares: Interactions and Shifts in Language(s) to Support Teacher Efficacy and Parent Engagement of Emergent Bilinguals, Lydia Claire Carnesale
Role of University Staff in Fostering Graduate Student Engagement, Elizabeth Ellen Caulder
From Dixiecrats to MacArthur Men: South Carolina Conservatives, The Korean War, and the 1952 Election, Andrew Jan Cerise
Advancing Edge AI through Integrated Neuromorphic Algorithms and Hardware, Peyton Chandarana
Quality of Life as a Guiding Construct for Service Delivery in Applied Behavior Analysis, Aaron Randall Check
A Vision-Language Model Framework for Geographically And Environmentally Informed Soundscape Assessment, Pengyu Chen
Regression Analysis of Misclassified Current Status Data, Zhixin Chen
Semi-Supervised Galaxy Morphology Classification Using Convolutional Vision Transformers, Emily Miller Christen
Parent & Provider Perspectives on Rehabilitative Therapies for Children With Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III, Laura Denise Ciccarelli
The Effect of Ionic Components on the Performance of a Model Direct Seawater Electrolyzers, Fethi Mustafa Cimen
Guilt’s Role in Sustainable Fashion Adoption: Bridging The Attitude-Behavioral Intention Gap and Moral Influences On Consumer Choices, Lauren McKenzie Cole
Increasing Equity in Technology Integration, Whitney Anne Colley
Role of Molecular Design on Polymer Micelle Control, Coby Santos Collins
Treatment of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy With Nanoparticles: Mucoadhesive Nanoparticles With ATRA Improve Brain Health and Cognitive Performance After Repeat Traumatic Brain Injuries, Nicholas Andrew Colonna
The Relationship Between Members’ Characteristics and Their Group Cohesion Perceptions in a University Band Program, Andrew M. Connolly
Quantifying and Characterizing Microplastics in North Inlet and Winyah Bay Estuaries, SC, Emily Grace Contract
Life Without Privacy: The Fragmented Line Between the Private and Public Lives of Enslaved Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Justine Casey Costa
“Why, Marcus, So She Is”: An Examination of the Father/Daughter Relationship in Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus’, Anna Elizabeth Cunningham
Nostalgia in the Digital Neighborhood: Bluey and Its Influence On The Consumer, Anna Elizabeth Darling
Learning to Stop Being Clever, Dominic DeLong-Rodgers
How and Why the Novel Personate Morphology Evolved in Penstemon Wildflowers, Trinity Hope Depatie
Development and Optimization of Aluminum-water Reactors for Efficient and Sustainable Hydrogen Production, Guru Prasad Dhungel
Why They Teach: A Narrative Inquiry Exploring Teacher Candidates’ Lived Experiences, Jonathan Ray Dillensnyder
Interfacial Design Strategies for Long-lived Charge Separation and Catalysis in Molecular and Hybrid Photoelectrochemical Systems, Sachini C.D. Dissanayake Mudiyanselage
Embodying the Art: Reflections on Process and Performance Through the MFA Acting Program at the University of South Carolina, Olan James Domer
Deep Learning Algorithms for Generative Materials Design And Composition Based Property Prediction, Rongzhi Dong
Examining the Impact of Active Learning Strategies on Self- Efficacy, Attitude, and Perceptions of Social Studies Students, Stephanie Aaron Doyle
Ammonia for the Green Energy Transition: Synthesis, Decomposition and Usage, Samuel Morgan Drummond
Polyvinylidene Difluoride as a Platform for Photonic Circuits, Caleb Duff
Developing Drosophila Melanogaster as an in Vivo Model of Diet- Induced Chronic Inflammation, David Jonith Duncan
The Art of Dicky Wells: An Analysis of Improvisational Style from 1927-1948, Larry Nathan DuVall Jr.
Simulating K-Distributed Sea Clutter for Improvement of X- Band Radar Littoral Object Detection Performance, Hudson Richard Dye
Between What’s Promised and What’s Lived: LGBTQ Former College Athletes’ Experiences at Inclusive Institutions, Alyssa Morgan Edlin
Comprehensive, Targeted, and Reflective Job-embedded Training: The Key To Creating and Sustaining High-quality Online Learning in Virtual Learning Environments, Erica Leshawn Edwards
A Study of Type Ia Supernova Spectra, David Edwins
Mechanics and Optimization of Architected Cellular Materials, Fakhreddin Emami
Employing Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles for the Removal Of Harmful Algal Cells From Freshwater and Seawater Blooms, Hamid Reza Esmaili Zand
The Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Countermovement Jump Kinetics And Performance, Garrett Reese Evans
Formation of Spirolactams via Cascade Trimerization of Acetylenic Amides, Oluebube Faith Ezenwafor
Assessing Hereditary Cancer Risk and Genetic Counseling Knowledge and Interest in Appalachian Kentuckians, Ashton Farmer
Return or Retain: A Case Study of the Repatriation of the Infamous “Elgin Marbles”, Camille Marguerite Ferguson
Bridging Theory and Practice: Examining the Relationship Between Developmental Knowledge, Self-Efficacy for Emotion Support, and Teachers’ Responses to Children’s Emotions in the Classroom, Shea Elizabeth Ferguson
Teaching the Teachers: A Responce To Legal Illiteracy in Education, Landon Lee Kekoa Fielder
Comparing Stress Levels and Experiences Between Mothers And Fathers of Children With Angelman Syndrome, Katherine Helen Fix
A Compositional Analysis for Selected Works Featuring Saxophone by Braxton Blake, Matthew Allen Floeter
Instructional Design to Support Math Identity Growth in Middle School, Sarah A. Foster
From the Public to the Pentagon: How Polarization Shapes Support for Service, Votes for Veterans, and Senior Military Rhetoric, Matthew Wallace Fryman
(UN)Celebrated Women: Three Women Authors and Their Imprint On The Gullah Geechee Literary Tradition, Raven Mariah Gadsden
Bias Effects of Priming Towards Huntington’s Disease Among Second- Year Medical, Physician Assistant, and Genetic Counseling Students, Cameron Lynn Galley
Paisajes Virales: VIH/Sida en La Literatura Cuir Latinoamericana Contemporánea, Cristian Camilo Garcia Tengono
Raman Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules and Inorganic Compounds, Jasmine Ervin Gardner
An Evaluation of Naloxone Sentiments and Policy Considerations Within the Context of the U.S. Opioid Epidemic, Camryn Michael Garrett
Functional Assemblies of Phenylethynylene and Triphenylamine Bis-urea Macrocycles, Fahidat Adedamola Gbadamosi
Reimagining Math Instruction: An Improvement Science Study on Student Choice and Teacher Support Systems in 5th Grade, Nikki G. Gilmore
Student Insights on the Most Valuable Aspects of Genetic Counseling Programs’ Online Presence During the Application Process, Anna Cathryn Girten
Financial Incentives and Substitute Teacher Job Fill Rates, Anna Ruth Graham
The Metacognitive Shift: Reshaping Student Attitudes and Adaptive Reasoning Through Error Analysis in Eighth-Grade Mathematics, Samantha Lynn Graves
A Combined Observational and Reanalysis Approach to Beaufort Gyre Freshening, Christina McCarty Gregory
Rock in Weary Land: The Educational Expertise of the Black Church, Salondra Daniels Griggs
Teacher Self-Confidence and Cultural Responsiveness With Multilingual Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Stasha Renee Grooms
Deep Learning Models for Anomaly Detection in Industrial Inspection, Jiawei Guo
Coastal Development Effects on Estuarine Benthic Microalgal Communities, Henry Christopher Guy
Beyond the Mansion: Black Women in Tenant Farming and the Material Culture at Rose Hill Plantation, Caroline Elizabeth Hall
A Connected Life: Functional Communication, Social Participation, and Real-World Outcomes in Chronic Post-Stroke Aphasia, Lauren Marie Hammond
Instructional Practices, Belonging, and Self-Efficacy in Rural Inquiry-Based Classrooms: A Structural Equation Model of Direct and Indirect Effects, Jennifer Nichol Harrist