Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Where the Home Fires Burn: The Heart of Geographic Mobility in Rural Southern America, Mariah Moran
sUAS and Deep Learning for High-Resolution Monitoring of Tidal Marshes in Coastal South Carolina, Grayson R. Morgan
Wandering and Wondering: Mapping the Confines of The Introspective Spaces of Julio Cortázar, Sergio Chejfec, and Samanta Schweblin, Tamara Alisa Morgan
An Intersectional Lens to COVID-19: Promoting Youth Well-Being in the Midst of Social-Political Stressors, Magdalena S. Moskal
An Analysis of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Estimation Methods and Microclimate Heat Variability in Columbia, South Carolina, Stafford Mullin
The Night’s Last Howl, Victoria Genevieve Mullis
“Power, Poison, Pain & Joy”: Applying a Critical Race Conceptual Model of Implicit Racial Bias to Narratives Framing Blackness in Black Sports Columns, Black Music, and Black Journalism, Christina Lauren Myers
Monitoring Titanium Dioxide Engineered Particles in Rural and Urban Surface Waters, Md Mahmudun Nabi
Growth, Characterization and Evaluation of CdZnTeSe Single Crystals for Room Temperature Radiation Detectors, Ritwik Nag
Examining Parental Disclosure to Unaffected Siblings of Children Diagnosed With Rett Syndrome, Rachel Nicely
Redistributing Cultural Capital: Graduate Programs In Wind Conducting at Historically Black Universities; Toward an Alternate Future, Jamaal William Nicholas
Bough and Hollow, Jeffrey Dylan Nutter
Restoring Paradise Through Providence: The Emergence of the Serendipitous Hero in the Hunger Games, Alexandra Elizabeth Oberempt
Using Video Analysis as a Professional Development Tool in Order to Discern How to Better Foster the Engagement Level of High School English Learners in a Content Area Class, Jennifer Lynne Ochwo
Human Activity Recognition (HAR) Using Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning, Chrisogonas Odero Odhiambo
Applications of Machine Learning for Improved Patient Selection and Therapy Recommendations, Brendan Elochukwu Odigwe
Middle School Transition: The Influence of an Academy Approach and the Role of Leadership, Kimberly Calhoun Odom
Concurrent Identification, Characterization, and Reconstruction Of Protein Structure and Mixed-Mode Dynamics From RDC Data Using Redcraft, Hanin Rafiq Omar
Analysis of Selected Pieces Influenced by Taiwanese Aboriginal Music for Solo Violin and String Quartet, Isabel Hsin-Yi Ong
Reaching the Standard: An Action Research Study On Standards-Based Grading Practices and English Learners, Dylan D’Anthony L. Orot
The Underrepresentation of Black Males in Advanced Courses, Jacquelyn Ortner
Embodied Participation in Digital Publics: Somnambulance, Surveillance, and the Construction of Identity, Adam S. Padgett
Perceived Sexual Intent: Power, Relationship Status, and Gender, Joseph Eric Padgett
Old High German and Gothic Breaking: A Comparative Study, Olivia C. Paglia
Stasis, Eric Pahre
Perceptions of Gifted Male Underperformance, Laura Bryant Palmer
Graph Neural Network and Phylogenetic Tree Construction, Gaofeng Pan
Evidence-Based Practices and Teacher Practice, Deanna Mozingo Parish
A New South Tyrol: The Multilingual, Multicultural Society, Alec Lee Parry
“No Tits in the Pits!”: An Exploratory Analysis of the Experiences of Female Decision Makers in Motorsports in the United States, Alexia Pedo Lopes
Examining the Relationship Between School Policing Behaviors and the Depressive Symptoms Experienced by Black Students, Collin Perryman
The Role of Force Dynamic Schemas in the Comprehension of Causal Language, Dawson Petersen
Early Career Education Faculty Perceptions of Assessment and Accreditation: A Look Into Individual Needs and Earlier Involvement, Lisa M. Peterson
The Whale Hunt and Other Stories, Bradley Petit
Using Visual Arts to Teach Beginning Literacy Skills, Stacy Phaxaysithideth
Understanding the Genomic Influence and Virulence Capabilities of Environmentally Isolated Vibrios, Shannon Elizabeth Pipes
Meaningful and Interactive Learning Experiences Provided Through a Learning Management System: An Action Research Study in Ninth Grade Advanced Placement Human Geography, Daniel Robert Plonski
The Devil and Tom Robot: The Use of Robotics to Impact Empathy in Secondary Students of American Literature, Susan K. Porter-Voss
Who Has the Right to Reproduce? Forced Sterilization in South Carolina in the Early Twentieth Century, Kathryn Pownall
Gonorrhea: Core Areas and State Policies, Jessica Purser
Moderating Effects of Parental Feeding Practices and Emotional Eating on Dietary Intake Among Overweight African American Adolescents, Mary Quattlebaum
Rational Synthesis of Ultra-small and Durable Platinum-based Catalysts for Renewable Energy Applications, Fahim Bin Abdur Rahman
Use of DIC Measurements With Finite Element Models For Direct Heterogeneous Material Property Determination and Wrinkle Formation During Automated Fiber Placement, Sreehari Rajan Kattil
Sex (Work) And the City: Sex Work in Columbia, South Carolina, 1860-1880, Presley McKalyn Ramey
Rural-Urban Differences in Survival Among People With Early Onset Colorectal Cancer, Radhika Ranganathan
Dissecting Human Capital Resources: Unpacking The Structure and Activation of Human Capital Resources Within Firms, Caitlin Ray
Trans-Atlantic Composition: The History of British Academic Writing, Gareth George Rees-White
Physico-Mechanical Characterization of Prototype Earth Block Material for Constitutive Modeling, Erika Lorena Rengifo-López
Affective Risk Perceptions Toward Travel in a COVID Era: Policy and State Political Influences, Chloe Riley
Defining Molecular and Morphological Phenotypes in ASH1L-Deficient Human Neurons, Foster D. Ritchie
Experimental Investigations of Yarn Pull-Out Behavior in Kevlar®: Influence of Applied Metallic Coatings and Effect of Dynamic Loading, Julie Ann Roark
S-Equol: A Novel Therapeutic for HIV-1 Induced Gut Dysbiosis, Mason T. Rodriguez
Null Hypothesis Statistical Testing: A Survey of the History, Critiques, and Alternative Methodologies, Bradley David Rogers
Creating Discursive Spaces to Promote Productive Discourse and Dissuading Sectarianism in Online Political Enclaves on TikTok, Kenneth Root
Classification of Acoustic Emission Data Into Load Steps Using An Artificial Neural Network, Allen Ross
“We Make a Life by What We Give”: The Impact of a High School Mentoring Program on the Perceptions and Academic Achievement of Black Males, Brandon R. Ross
A Descriptive Analysis of an Instructional Coaching Process and Its Impact on Student Reading Learning Outcomes, Frederico Leon Rowe
A Problem-Based Learning Approach to Civics Education: Exploring Citizenship Through Authentic Scenarios in a Middle School Civics Classroom, Rebekah Meri Rowland
Cyclic Response and Liquidfaction Behavior of Gravelly Soils, Pitak Ruttithivaphanich
Hybrid Theory-Machine Learning Methods for the Prediction of AFP Layup Quality, Christopher M. Sacco
Quantifying the Controls of Shear-Coupled P-Waves, Jackson Saftner
Empirical Studies on Automated Software Testing Practices, Alireza Salahirad
Margaret Rowell: Pedagogical Approach and Teaching Style, Robert-Christian Sanchez
Upper Regime Bedform Geometries and Types as a Function of Sediment Supply and Grain Size, Sydney Sanders
Behavioral and Neurophysiological Measures of Speech Auditory Feedback Processing Impairment in Left Hemisphere Stroke, Stacey Sangtian
Essays on Multichannel Retailing, Arkapravo Sarkar
Tangled up in Tanglegrams, Drew Joseph Scalzo
Investigating the Role of Stressful Life Events and Emotion Regulation as Potential Antecedents of Gratitude in Early Adolescents, Olivia Schmitke
Cryptic Cryptophytes: The Plasticity in How Cryptophytes Respond to Changes in Resource Availability, Rachel Ann-Marie Schomaker
Uncovering the Diverse Roles of the Human CST (CTC1-STN1-TEN1) Complex in Resolving Genomic Stress, Percy Logan Schuck
From Gene Expression to Physiology: A Study of Chronic Thermal Tolerance in the Mytilus Edulis Species Complex, Lindsey Cate Schwartz
The Variation of Metaphor Processing Strategies and the Effects on Reading Skills in L2 English Learners, Shana Scucchi
The Impact of Cannabis and Alcohol Use on the Management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Joshua Eric Sellner
A Performance Guide to Hyo-Geun Kim’s Art Pop for Korean Art Songs, Taeyoung Seon
Modification of Active Sites in Catalytic Materials for Gas-Phase Heterogeneous Catalysis, Deependra Man Shakya
Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention Among Asian American Women, Jingxi Sheng
The Impact of Framing on Natural Gas Pipeline Siting In Virginia, Ritvik Shukla
Subject Cognitive Decline in Informal Caregivers, Eunika Simons
Self-Assembling Porous Supramolecular Networks Capable of Post-synthetic Modification With a New Approach to Reticular Design With Semiconductor Potential, Steven A. Sloope
Using a Multi-Direction Reaching Approach to Investigate Fitts’ Law and the Effect of Attentional Focus on Motor Learning, Charles R. Smith
Race and Technology in Southern Literature, Civil War to Civil Rights, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Smith
‘Conspiring Together’: Woolf’s Investigations on ‘Party Consciousness’ and Interwar Instability in Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse, Madeline Smith
Sexual Health Education for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Genetic Counselor and Pediatrician Perspectives, Mary Catherine Smith
Results on Select Combinatorial Problems With an Extremal Nature, Stephen Smith
Engineering and Optimization of an AAV Based Viral Vector to Limit the In-Vitro Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Spike-Protein, Ronald Anderson Smithwick
Changes in the Regulation of the Unfolded Protein Response During Aging in Peromyscus, Elham Soltanmohammadi
Illusory Vowels and the North Kyungsang Korean Vowel Merger In English Loanword Adaptation Into Korean, Jiyeon Song
The Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Domestic Dogs: Ancestry and Genetic Structure of Free-Roaming Dog Populations in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Gabriella Jean Spatola
Examining Sixth-Grade Students’ Music Agency Through Rhythm Composition, Robert Zagaroli Spearman
Development of Peptidomimetic Inhibitors Targeting the Polo Box Domain of PLK1 as Potential Cancer Therapeutics, Jessy Mariam Stafford
Impact of Number of Alternatives and Spatial Arrangement on Decoy Effects, Jacob M. Stanley
Alexa, Should I Trust You? A Theory of Trustworthiness for Artificial Intelligence, Elizabeth K. Stewart
The Effect of Pulsed Field DC Electrophoresis and Field Amplified Sample Stacking on the Microchip Electrophoretic Separation of Organic Dyes, Travis Geoffrey Stewart