Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Correlation Between Bilingual Children’s Self-Reported Language Proficiency and Their Scores on Dual-Language Standardized Assessments, Andrea Elise Vargas
Customer Discovery and Applied Research and Development for an Environmental Nanotechnology, Paul Michael Vecchiarelli
A Bayesian Spatial Scan Statistic for Normal Data, Laasya Velamakanni
The Impact of Institutional Merit Aid on Student Enrollment and Persistence, Richard Scott Verzyl
Phoneme Stability in Speech Production of Cognate and Non-Cognate Nouns in a Bilingual with Aphasia, Katherine Vlach
Causes and Consequences of the Risk of Generalizability Biases in Health Behavioral Interventions, Lauren von Klinggraeff
The Contribution of Self-Efficacy and Counselor Biases Effects on Clinical Reasoning in New Counselors, Ashley Faith Waddington
A Qualitative Study on Mental Health Resource Utilization of Enlisted Airmen During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hassahn Khali Wade
Where Race Has No Place: English Teachers’ Efforts to Maintain Space for Diversity in the ELA Classroom, Muzical D. Waite
An Examination of the Prevalence and Predictors of Drugging Victimization and Drugging Perpetration in a National Sample, Amber Nicole Wallace
Navigating Age of Majority-Related Issues in Special Education: The Current Needs and a Potential Means for Aligning Professional Values With Policy and Practice, Charles Blayne Walters
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Among African American Men Living in the Rural South of the United States, Serge Raoul Wandji
Utilizing Deep Learning Methods in the Identification and Synthesis of Gene Regulations, Jiandong Wang
Magnetic Softness Tuned Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Cancer Theranostics, Jie Wang
PD-L1 Nano-Eraser: A Novel Intracellular PD-L1 Degradation Approach and Its Application in Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy, Mingming Wang
Material Development and Optimization of Solid Oxide Cells for Energy Conversion and Storage, Wanhua Wang
Probabilistic Cable Aging Diagnosis And Prognosis With Reflectometry And Capacitance Methods, Xuan Wang
Detecting Physiological Concentrations of Alzheimer’s Associated Amyloid-β Protein Utilizing a Cell-Based Response, Brittany Elizabeth Watson
Leveraging Inflammatory Responses Toward Advancing Alzheimer’s Disease Treatments and Biomaterial Implantation, Mihyun Lim Waugh
Investigation of Discrepancies in South Carolina Traffic Collision Forms, Jackson Wegmet
Cultivating Community in a Sixth-Grade Classroom: An Action Research Study, Jennifer Weller Wells
Computational Studies of Bond Dissociation Energies and Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Shehani Thishakkya Wetthasinghe
The Impact of Opendyslexic Font on the Reading Comprehension of Tier II and Tier III Reading Intervention Students, William David Whitmire
Exercise and Mental Health Over the Course of a Semester, Jamie Alexis Whitney
Reactive Molecular Dynamics of Large Systems: Quantum Dynamics With Adaptable Gaussian Bases; Hydroxide Diffusion in a Polymeric Environment, Mohottige Sachith Prasanga Wickramasinghe
Expanding Tailorable Nanomaterial Synthesis With Persistent Micelle Templates, Eric R. Williams
Colored Lawyer, Topeka: The Legend and Legacy of Elisa Scott, Jeffery Scott Williams
Experimental Observation of Sphere Symmetric Isolated Single Droplet Combustion in a Converging Channel, Mason Carrington Williams
Understanding the Spectrum of CACNA1A Related Disorders: An Analysis of Genotypes and Phenotypes in 416 Individuals, Olivia Jane Wilmarth
Sensitivity of the CUPID Experiment to Bragg-Primakoff Conversion of Solar Axions and ALPs, Kevin P. Wilson
Meditations On Modern America: The Ambiguous Worldview of Transcendental Meditation, 1967-1979, Grant William Wong
Electric Freight Transportation System Planning and Truck Operation Optimizations, Xuanke Wu
Prevalence, Disparities, and Health Outcomes in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Mild Cognitive Impairment, Xiaomo Xiong
Learning Analytics Through Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, Bokai Yang
Machine-Learning Classification to Predict the Dimensionality of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskites, Yatiwelle Koralalage Samuditha Sandaru Yatiwella
Patient Experiences and Disparities in Telehealth HIV Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Study Results From the Southern United States, Valerie Yelverton
The Effect of Model Size on the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA): The Nonnormal Case, Yunhang Yin
The Impact of Interactivity on Information Processing for Virtual Tourist Destinations, Hongxiao Yu
Volume Change Measurements of Cancer Cells in a Microfluidics Platform, Yukuan Yu
Molecular Mediators of Axonal Transport and Local Translation Of CDC42, RHOA Molecular Mediators of Axonal Transport and Local Translation of and Calreticulin mRNAs and Their Implications for Axon Growth and Regeneration, Matthew Davis Zdradzinski
Decoding Trustworthiness and Helpfulness of Online Reviews In Hospitality: A Reader-Centric Perspective, Xiaonan Zhang
Robustness of Convolutional Neural Networks: Analysis and Applications, Xin Zhang
Bayesian Fixed and Random Effects Selection with Correlated Predictors and Various Types of Outcomes, Yanan Zhang
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Risk of Liver Cancer, Longgang Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
MIMO Antenna Systems for Wireless Handheld Devices, Ahmed H. Abdelgawwad
Elucidating the Interdependence of Motor-Cognitive Development and Performance, Thomas Cade Abrams
Search for Triple-Proton Decay Using Machine Learning With CUORE, Douglas Adams
Methyltransferase Mystery: Epigenetic Mechanisms Induced by Food Limitation in Daphnia Pule, Trenton C. Agrelius
Predicting Therapists’ Intentions to Use an Innovation: The Role of Innovation-Specific, Individual, and Organizational Factors, Jonathan Kuʻuhoaepilipono Ahuna
Applications of Laser Liftoff Technique for Wide Bandgap Power and Flexible Electronics, Md Didarul Alam
Food Insecurity Resilience of Refugee Families in the United States: A Qualitative Study, Maryam Suliman Alhabas
Molecular and Morphological Investigations of Grouper (Serranidae) Biodiversity in Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Saeed Al Jazza Alqahtani
Comparative Assessment of the Fate and Toxicity Of Chemically and Biologically Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Toward Juvenile Clams, Mercenaria Mercenaria, Amar Yasser Al-Rshim
“The Time Has Not Been Wasted”: The Accounting Diaries of Marian Evans and Louisa May Alcott, Ashley A. Alvarado
Molten Salt Thermal Properties Database – Thermochemical Development and Thermodynamic Assessment of Various Molten Salt Systems, Johnathon Chandler Ard
Non-intrusive Microwave Surface Wave Technique For Cable Damage and Aging Detection, Ahmed Shah Arman
Social Music Interactions and Vocal Music Improvisations in a Serve and Return Music Community, Kathleen Kaye Arrasmith
“That Was Denied Thee on Earth”: An Intersectional Bioarchaeology of Institutionalized Euro-American Women Throughout 19th and 20th-Century America, Madeline Maria Atwell
Effectively Integrating Technology to Engage Students and Meet Learning Objectives in Language Arts Classrooms, Jessica L. Austin
Mechanistic Understanding of Catalytic Processes for Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Pooja J. Ayare
Crystal Growth of Inorganic Halides and Oxide-Halides for Scintillation Applications and Radiation Detection, Gyanendra B. Ayer
The Use of Social Justice Socioscientific Issues in Secondary Biology Classes: An Action Research, Stephanie Marilyn Bailey
Comfort Food for the Ears: Exploring Nostalgic Trends in Popular Music of the Twenty-First Century, April K. Balay
Interrogating Rosa Montero’s Transition to Consensus: The Literary Interview as Lieu de Mémoire, Adrienne D. Banko
Growing up Water, Dominique Barbee
Molecular Architecture of Cardiometabolic Responses to Regular Exercise, Jacob L. Barber
The Presbyterian Exception? The Illegal Education of Enslaved Blacks by South Carolina Presbyterian Churches, 1834-1865, Margaret Bates
Sustainable Polymers: Upcycling Poly(vinyl chloride) and Mimicking Low Density Polyethylene, Ian Baxter
Afro-Diasporic Literatures of the United States and Brazil: Imaginaries, Counter-Narratives, and Black Feminism in the Americas, David E. S. Beek
Methodological Mutability: Shifting Research in the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, John Schuler Benson III
Longitudinal Relation of Dietary Quality and Hemoglobin A1C in Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes, Hope Bercaw
Homestead Vegetable and Poultry Production and Related Practices: An Assessment in Nepal, Shiva Bhandari
A Holistic Approach to Culturally Relevant Education In Biology to Examine Student Engagement, Robyn Brooke Biery
Pulse Width Modulation-Based Voltage Balancing and Circulating Current Control for Modular Multilevel Converters, Md Multan Biswas
Evaluation of the Perceived Benefit of a Psychiatric Resource for Parents of Children With 22Q11.2 Deletion Syndrome, Kayla Blankenship
That Strange Darkness, Matthew Boedy
The Optimization of Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Water Electrolyzers by Varying Catalyst Design and Changing Gas Inlet Composition, Jasmine D. Bohannon
The Effects of the Online Remediation of Phonological Processing Deficits on Functional Reading Abilities in Students With Dyslexia, Fletcher Bowden
“Why Do I Have to Learn This Anyway?”: A Qualitative Investigative Action Research Study Into the Tension Between the Rural, Working-Class Masculine Student and the Formal Educative Structure, Joshua Matthew Bowers
The Relation Between ADHD Symptoms and Alcohol and Marijuana Use Outcomes Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Experiential Avoidance, William Joshua Bradley
White Blindness: An Investigation Into Teacher Whiteness and Racial Ignorance, Mary Katharine Brasche
Unearthing an Emerging Neglected Bacterial Disease: Evidence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in El Salvador, Kyndall Christian Braumuller
Poetic Self-Representation Among Russian and British Female Poets in the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries, Ulyana Brewer
Using Multimedia Vocabulary Games to Improve Newcomer ESOL Students Motivation and Vocabulary Acquisition, Elizabeth E. Brittingham
Incremental, Spaced Repetition and StudyMate Flashcards: The Impact on College Student Memorization of Measurement Conversion Standards, Patricia A. Bromer
Pyridyl Bis-Urea Macrocycles as Supramolecular Synthons And the Design and Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals Targeting LY6K, Devan D. Buchanan
Relationships Among Sleep, Physical Activity, and Weight Status in Children and Adolescents, Agnes Bucko
Self Reported Cardiovascular Health and Health Behaviors in Women Veterans, Seth Byland