Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Longitudinal Prediction of Delinquent Behavior in Early Adolescence, Kathleen Watson MacDonell
Divine Absence, Divine Presence: The Theological Arguments of Elizabeth Singer Rowe’s the History of Joseph, Laura MacGowan
Model PT-RE and PT-SN Surfaces for Heterogeneous Catalysis, Thathsara Deshani Maddumapatabandi
The Effect of Spectral Shaping on Perceptual, Acoustic, and Listening Effort Measurements in Young Normal Hearing Adults, Rachel Madorskiy
Collaboration within Special Education Transition: Perceptions of Barriers, Strategies, and Effects of Collaboration, Elizabeth Magee
Studies of CH Activation in Unsaturated Amides and Esters by Trinuclear Metal Carbonyl Clusters of Osmium, Morteza Maleki
Women’s Writing and the Poetics of Scientific Knowledge, 1620-1740, Rachel Mann
High School Social Studies Teachers' Perceptions and Practices Using Workshop Model: A Qualitative Action Research Case Study, Joseph Marangell
Nanoparticles with Tunable Fluorophobic Effect Towards Multimodal Coassembly with Block Copolymers, Zachary Michael Marsh
Coming Together and Falling Apart: Producing and Contesting Place on the Atlanta Beltline, Jessica Martinez
The Judgement of Southern Motherhood in Works by Doris Betts, Gail Godwin, Dorothy Allison, and Kaye Gibbons, Jennifer Martin
Opening Eyes to What They Don't Know: Talking about Race with White Pre-Service Teachers, Stacy Payne Martin
Trends in the Prevalence of Arrest for Intimate Partner Violence Using the National Crime Victimization Survey, Tara E. Martin
The Effects of Autism Symptom Severity and Social Anxiety on Pragmatic Language in Young Adult Males with Fragile X Syndrome, Sara McGrath Matherly
Building Worlds Out of Inadequate Materials: Infrastucture and Affect in John Dos Passos’ Manhattan Transfer and John Steinbeck’s the Grapes of Wrath, David Scott Mathews
Expanding Immediate Postpartum Contraceptive Options: South Carolina’s Medicaid Policy, Amy Mattison-Faye
Individual- and Community- Level Associations With Healthcare Utilization Among a Health System, Emergency Department Population, Carlene A. Mayfield
Mentoring for Women on the Road to the High School Principalship, Audrey Rose McClary
Mechanical Characterization and Non-Destructive Evaluation of SiCf/SiCm Composites for Nuclear Applications, Donald J. McCleeary
Impact of Glutathione Transporters on Subcellular Glutathione Pools and Cell Survival in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Crystal Conaway McGee
Teacher Attunement to Bullies and Victims: Effects on Percpetion of Bullying, Social-Emotional Well-Being and Academic Outcomes, Lauren Elaine McGuire
Complicating the Narrative: Using Jim's Story to Interpret Enslavement, Leasing, and Resistance at Duke Homestead, Jennifer Melton
Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on Sleep, Joshua Mercadel
The Association of Rural Hospital Closures with In-Hospital and 30-Day Post Hospital Discharge Mortality from Emergency Care Sensitive Conditions, Melinda A. Merrell
Structural Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Inspection of Composite and Metallic Structures, Asaad Qasim Migot
Reading Between the Lines: An Intersectional Media Analysis of Female Sex Offenders in Florida Newspapers, Toniqua C. Mikell
Salt Marsh Health and Biomass Responses to a Changing Environment, Gwen Joelle Miller
Role of Epigenome and Microbiome in Endocannabinoid-Mediated Regulation of Inflammation During Diet-Induced Obesity, Kathryn Miranda
BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carrier Perspectives on Direct-To- Consumer Genetic Testing for Brca Mutations, Caitlyn E. Mitchell
Epigenetic and Purinergic Regulation of Mast Cells Mediator Release, Zahraa Abdulmohsin Mohammed
Between Holy Russia and a Monkey: Darwin's Russian Literary and Philosophical Critics, Brendan G. Mooney
Exploring Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Cyberbullying Experiences Survey, Kendall Moore
The Impact of a Global Education Program on the Critical Global Awareness Level of Eighth Grade Students in a Rural School in South Carolina, Marina Mosneaguta
A Novel and Inexpensive Solution to Build Autonomous Surface Vehicles Capable of Negotiating Highly Disturbed Environments, Jason Moulton
Estimation Problems for Pooled Data, Xichen Mou
Curbside Antenna to Vehicle Path Loss Measurements and Modeling in Three Frequency Bands, Patrick Murphy
Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Women with Physical Disabilities: A Retrospective Cohort Study in South Carolina, Iffat Nahar
Surrogate Formulation Based on Chemical Functional Group Analysis, Stuart Nates
Effect of TCDD, an Environmental Contaminant, on Activation of AHR Leading to Induction of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCS) and the Ability of Resveratrol, a Botanical, to Neutralize this Effect, Wurood Hantoosh Neamah
Parenting and Child Self-Regulation as Mechanisms for the Relationship of Household Food Insecurity with Child Dietary Behavior, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen
Vietnamese Family Caregivers’ Adjustment Process to Their Caregiving Roles for Family Members with Dementia, Trang Nguyen
Essays on Asymmetric Contests and Urbanization in India, Pulkit K. Nigam
Prototyping a Social Media Flooding Photo Screening System Based on Deep Learning and Crowdsourcing, Huan Ning
Elaborative Rehearsal: An Examination of Usage, Perceptions of Utility, and Differences in Metacognition and Test Performance, Tori Kim Norris
The Impact of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) 5E Model on Middle-Level Students’ Content Knowledge, Michelle Norwood
Beyond the Limits of Sight, Catherine Ntube
“Unknown and Unlamented”: Loyalist Women in Nova Scotia from Exile to Repatriation, 1775-1800, G. Patrick O’Brien
Disparities in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the United States: An Examination of Treatment, Survival, and Access to Care, Cassie Lewis Odahowski
Time Series Analysis of Weather Data in South Carolina, Geophrey Odero
Dietary Advanced Glycation End-Products (Ages) and Breast Cancer Risk and Survival, Omonefe Opeyemi Omofuma
United States Principals’ Involvement in Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: A Social-Ecological Perspective, Karie Lee Orendorff
An Implementation of the Kapustin-Li Formula, Jessica Otis
The Impact of Intelligent Tutoring Software on Geometry Students, Simela Oueini
Implementation of View Factor Model and Radiative Heat Transfer Model in MOOSE, Abdurrahman Ozturk
A Nonlinear Parallel Model for Reversible Polymer Solutions in Steady and Oscillating Shear Flow, Erik Tracey Palmer
A Mixed Methods Psychometric Validation of the Microaggression Experiences Among University Women of Color Scale, Kinjal Pandya
The Influence of Consumer Inference About a Company’s Motive on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Evaluation, Taehoon Park
A Partially Automated Process For the Generation of Believable Human Behaviors, Bridgette Parsons
Finite Element Electromagnetic (EM) Analyses of Induction Heating of Thermoplastic Composites, Ankit Patel
Co-Occurrence and Non-Overlap Among Behavioral and Health-Related Problems in Preschool Children, Chandni Patel
Emerging Populations: An Analysis of Twenty-First Century Caribbean Short Stories, Jeremy Patterson
African American Hair and Beauty: Examining Afrocentricity and Identity Through the Reemergence and Expression of Natural Hair in the 21st Century, Tiffany Nicole Peacock
A Phenomenological Look at What Motivates and Challenges Teachers to Use Outdoor Learning Activities, Kristin Elizabeth Peney
Electrode Development and Electrocatalysts Design for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells, Xiong Peng
Multidimenstional Balance in Youth with Visual Impairments, Adam Pennell
Three Essays in the Economics of Crime, Robert W. Pettis
Inhibition of Return in Visual Search: Disentangling Overlapping Contributions with Event-Related Potentials, Allison Michelle Pierce
Three Essays in Firm Financing Decision, Gerard Savio Pinto
Mental Health and the Relationship Between Parental Divorce and Children’s Higher Degree Acquisition, Brittany V. Pittelli
Vladimir Pleshakov: A Historiography And Analysis of his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Andrew Cameron Pittman
Structural and Functional Studies on 4-Hydroxy- Tetrahydrodipicolinate Reductase: Potential Drug Target in Bacteria, Swanandi Pote
The Health Implication and Application of Silver and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Sahar Pourhoseini
Beyond Standardized Test Scores: The Use of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy to Improve Access to Gifted Programming for Hispanic Students, Virginia G. Pratt
Horsepower, Joy Priest
Examining the Experiences of Retained Non-Rural Teachers Serving in High-Turnover Rural School Districts, Whitney Leigh Prowell
Continuous Tow Path Generation for Constant and Variable Stiffness Composite Laminates on Single and Double Curved Surfaces, Caleb R. Pupo
Measuring Long-Term Advertising Effects in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Rui Qi
Effects of Human Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Mutations and Novel Allosteric Modulatory Compounds in Disrupting HIV-1 Tat-DAT Protein Interaction, Pamela Marie P. Quizon
Sustainable Polymers and Antimicrobial Biomaterials from Multicyclic Natural Products, Md Anisur Rahman
Cooperative Lewis Pairs Based on High-Valent Early Transition Metal Halides and Synthesis of Their Nitride Complexes, Md. Mamdudur Rahman
Estimation of the Nuclear Quantum Effects in Molecualr Systems, Niranji Thilini Ekanayake Chandrasekara Thilakarathne Mudiyanse Ralahamilage
An Instruction Embedding Model for Binary Code Analysis, Kimberly Michelle Redmond
Child Sport Fan Behavior: An Examination of the Effects of Socialization, Branding, and Alternatives on Children’s Psychological Connections to Sports Teams, Katherine Rose Nakamoto Reifurth
Risk and Resistance Factors for Depression and Anxiety Among Youth with Sickle Cell Disease, Laura Reinman
A Few Problems on the Steiner Distance and Crossing Number of Graphs, Josiah Reiswig
“More Luggage”: The Heavy but Invisible Social Burden Carried by African American Advanced Placement Students, Leslie C. Richard
The Impact of a Problem-Posing Approach on Student Engagement in an ESL Classroom in a Mid-Atlantic State, Beverly Anne Richardson Jewett
Supporting Teacher Collaboration Aimed at Developing High School Students’ Digital Media Literacy: A Participatory Action Research Study, Rachel A. Riendeau
Investigating the Construct Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Children, Kristin L. Roberts
Apples to Apples: Special Needs Education in the United States and Denmark, Maria Knuckley Robinson
Appropriation of the ‘Witch’ Stigma as White Women's Self-Empowerment, Anna S. Rogers
Selling Rooms and Making Money in the Lodging Industry: Analyzing the Effects of RevPAR and GOPPAR Together, Thomas Rogers
Innovative Approaches Using Multispectral Imagery to Detect Nearshore Bars and Elucidate Beach-Dune System Dynamics, Mayra A. Román-Rivera
Using an Argument Driven Inquiry Model to Develop Scientific Proficiency in the Middle School Classroom, Lorelei Ross
Investigating Managerial Priority of Environmental Inputs and Outputs in Public Assembly Venues, Walker Ross
The Relations Between Adherence to Behavioral Treatments and Parent Stress in Families of Children With ASD, Aimee Rovane