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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Carbon Limitation in Periphytic Algal Wastewater Treatment Systems, Brandon J. Furnish
The Impact of Non-Mandated Physical Training on Physiological Measures and Performance in Army Officers, Emily Garrett
Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide Over Ceria and Alumina Supported Palladium Catalysts, John Davis Gary
A Case Study of a Technical College's Faculty Perceptions Regarding the Value of Professional Development Activities, Kermelle D. Hensley
Accessibility of Visuals in the Music Classroom Focusing on Students with Disabilities, Students in Poverty, and Culturally Diverse Students, Katherine A. Holbrook
Teacher Perceptions of Mandated Collaboration Through Professional Learning Communities, Carmen Cranford Horton
Dual-Career Couples: A Coup or to Cope in Academia, Kendall D. Isaac
A Mixed Method Descriptive Study of High School Graduates' Dual Enrollment Experiences and the Influence on College Readiness, Sherry W. Johnson
An Exploration of the Psyche in "Era of Black", Haley M. Karabasz
Examination of Job Satisfaction for Middle School Teachers in Georgia: Traditional and Charter Schools, Angela S. Kauffman
Literacy Connection: An Examination of the Instructional Practices of Fourth Grade Reading Teachers in the Dougherty County School System for Struggling Readers, Jamaul Rashard Kennedy
Using Maximum Entropy to Model the Distribution of an Endangered, Endemic Crayfish Cambarus Harti (Hobbs), James Kiourtsis
An Examination of Physical Exercise and its Impact on Augmenting Self-Determination Levels of College-Aged Students, Kenneth William Kirsch Jr
An Examination of the Relationship Between High School Seniors and High School Seniors Participating in a Multi-Year, Looping, School-Based Mentoring Program, Devon Alaine Lassetter
Catalytic Oxidation of Methane Over Alumina Supported Palladium Oxides, Jacqueline Michelle McGuire
Improving Estuarine Water Quality in South Florida: A Quantitative Evaluation of The Efficacy of a Local Nutrient Ordinance, Kerstin Motsch
Should You Judge a Book by its Cover? The Authentic Relationship Between Religion and the Stage in Fiddler on the Roof, Godspell, and the Book of Mormon, Patricia H. Oliver
Perceptions of Relationship‐Oriented Leadership Behaviors: A Descriptive Case Study, Akeishia J. Patterson
Corporate Wellness Programs, Kenneth L. Ragan
An Examination of Teacher Perceptions of Credit Recovery in Three South Georgia School Districts, Brooks Robinson
Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Healthy Individuals Using the (B)Strong Training System: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Mallory Rockhill
Teacher Perceptions of Evaluation Feedback, Kelly Pelletier Rush
Stress Levels of CS1 Students During Programming- Measurement and a Cause and Effect Analysis, Gopi Satya Sainadh Raju Sarikonda
Latina Women at Columbus State University: The Struggle to Persist, Sharon Seneca
Universal Design for Learning: Is Training Making a Difference in Teacher Pedagogy, Michelle D. Sizemore
Black Sheep Effects on Juror Verdicts, Maryah E. Thompson
A Qualitative Study on Teacher Perceptions of Self-Contained and Departmentalized Classrooms at the Elementary Level, Dana R. Wiggins
Barriers Faced by Nontraditional Black Female Students at a Historically Black College or University, Denata Williams
The Dogs of the Dow Strategy Applied to the S&P 500, Autumn Wilson
Improving Accounting Education, Frances Ruth Woolfolk
A Natural Pairing: Social Justice and Theatre Education, Danielle Wright
To What Extent Do Teachers and Administrators Perceive They Impact Student Engagement in a Rural Southwest Georgia School System, Priscilla G. Yarbrough
Evaluating Columbus, Georgia, Tree Canopy Interactions with Air Pollutants Using High Spectral Imagery and Portable PM Sensors, Kristin N. Youngquist
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Novice Teachers: Using Professional Development to Discover Whether They Continue to Use the Behavior Management Strategies Taught in the Undergraduate Program, Katherine O. Barnetson
To What Extent Does Instructor Interaction Impact Adult Learner Satisfaction in an Online Environment, Sarah G. Brinson
Finding Home: Creating a Video Game Soundtrack, Samantha Chase
Music Education for Future "Mathews": Down Syndrome in General Music Education, Amber Alicia Colberg
An Exploration of the Influence of Childhood Experiences on Servant Leadership Behaviors, Eva Marie Ahlquist Cooper
Laurent Binet's HHhH: Historiographic Metafiction in Contemporary French Literature about World War II, Cailee S. Davis
Teacher Perceptions of Response to Intervention and its Core Components, and its Implementation in Reading in the Primary Grades, Kelsey Hillard Davis
Middle and High-School Teacher Perceptions of the Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence, Marnie Dutcher
To What Extent Do General Education Elementary Teachers Perceive They Are Prepared To Teach Students With Disabilities?, Susan Fuller Elder
Special Education Teachers' Resiliency to Remain in the Field of Special Education, India Bruton Eubanks
Perceptions of Value of Faculty Toward Doctoral Programs In Outdoor Adventure Education, Koby Garick
A Poetic and Musical Analysis of Fiancailles Pour Rire By Francis Poulenc with Poems by Louise De Vilmorin, Mary Elizabeth Gasson
Evaluating a Personal Stress Monitoring System, Sneha Gogineni
Ethics, Eugenics, and Public Education in Georgia (1910-1965), Aaron Gerald Guest Sr.
An Examination of Factors Influencing Persistence at Columbus State University, Varonika Brown Hardman
A Study of the Effects of Thinking Maps on the Achievement of Students in Middle Grades Science, Lynn B. Hughes Akin
A Trivium-Inspired Pseudorandom Number Generator with a Statistical Comparison to the Randomness of SecureRandom and Trivium, Latoya Niesha Jackson
Instructional Technology: An Alternative Solution to Promoting Achievement in Remote Rural High Schools, Eva Mitchner Jenkins
Pick Me! Pick Me!: Using Aristotelian Rhetorical Persuasion and Advertising Appeals for Self-Promotion, Alexander M. Jones
Exploration of the Impact of Childhood Obesity and the Correlation with Parents, Emilee L. Leslie
An Exploration and Application of Lieder Performance Practices and Compositional Techniques Towards the Poetic and Musical Structures of Robert Schumann's Mignon Lieder, Clarissa Noel Lewandowski
Effects of Grazers and Elevated Temperature on the Dynamics of a Wastewater Algal Treatment System, Mengyuan Li
Design, Cloning, and Expression of Rat Preptin and Alanine Analogs, Jahbo M. Love
Strategic Restructuring in Higher Education: A Case Study of a Consolidation of Two Institutions, Claudia D. Lyerly
A Comparative Study of Cognitive Systems for Learning, Praneetha Mandava
Experience in Action: Incorporating Somatic Education into the General Music Classroom, Amy N. Melton
To What Extent is There a Relationship Between Middle Grades Educator Stressors and Phases of the Career Teacher?, Jessica Joy Morris
The Central Intelligence Agency and Cuba: How the Trap of Success Led to the Bay of Pigs, Yandy Orozco
Using Self-Organizing Maps for Computer Network Intrusion Detection, Manuel R. Parrachavez
Preserving the Spirit of African Storytelling in the Pittsburgh Cycle, Elizabeth L. Reeves
Effects of a Collegiate Employee Wellness Program on Participant Perceived Wellness and the Transtheoretical Model of Change: Voices of Participants, Amy Jeanette Rogers
Painted Faces & Printed Music: Women and Music in the Paintings of Bartolomeo Veneto and Sebastiano Florigerio, Lauren N. Rosenblatt
The Role of Religious and Spiritual Beliefs in the Academic Success of College Students, Shaunquelle A. D. Sapp
Grouping Structures of Gifted and High Achieving Middle School Students: Teacher Perceptions and Data Analysis of the Impact of Grouping, April Leigh Smith
Effects of Estrogens on Astrocytes Exposed to Stressors, Bridget N. Smith
The Use of Formative Instructional Practices to Improve Student Performance, Courtney L. St. John-Wacker
Lesson Plans Integrating Art with STEAM: Providing Students with Universal Education Experience, Karolyn L. Turner
Patterns of Existence: An Analysis of the Personal Inspirations, Historical Influences, and Motivations, Julianna M. Wells
Effects of Developing EdTPA as a Teaching Portfolio on Pre-Service Teachers' Self-Efficacy in a Teacher Preparation Program, Pam Wetherington
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Evaluating the Evolutionary and Genetic Relationships of the Andean Orchids of Northwestern Ecuador, Kylie Bucalo
Rapid Orbit Refinement of Potential Near-Earth Objects and Recovery of Nearly Lost Asteroids, Austin Lantz Caughey
Music For Caroline: Including Students With Autism In The Elementary General Music Classroom, Meredith B. Dayoub
Exploring the Life and Music of Percy Grainger Through Transcription, Francisco Javier D. de Alba
Estrogen's Effects on Oxidative Stress Levels in Glial Cells, Jacob J. Dirkman
A Step Towards an Intelligent Digital Training Management System (I-DTMS), Andrew Dugger
Poetry in the Classroom: The Why and How of Teaching and Inspiring Students Through Poetry, Rachel Knapp Funk
Completing the Puzzle: Exploring Possible Antecedents to Rape Myth Acceptance, Skye A. Geeslin
The Irish Republican Army Through Film, (1935-2014), Colleen B. Gottfried
The Evolution of the Clarinet and Its Effect on Compositions Written for the Instrument, Victoria A. Hargrove
How and Why are Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Public School Teachers Using Social Media for Professional Development?, Sherry Kerr Huckaby
An Exploration of Rule Clustering in Cellular Automata Rule Spaces, Jordon Huffman
An Investigation of Perceived Principal Stress and Its Impact on Principals in Southwest Georgia, Dorothy Young Ingram
The Involvement of Estrogen Receptors in Astrocyte Survival, Lauren M. Johnson
Fuzzy Expert Systems: A More Human-Based Approach for Sensorial Evaluation of Coffee-Bean Attributes to Derive Quality Scoring, Javier A. Livio
Oh, The Hypocrisy! Or, A Dramaturgical Analysis of Moliere's Tartuffe, Amelia Maxfield
An Arithmetic-Based Deterministic Centroid Initialization Method for the k-Means Clustering Algorithm, Matthew Michael Mayo
Analysis of Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of the Importance of the Arts as a Means of Instruction in the Classroom, Chudney Shanta McClurkin Patrick
The Effects of Laughter Yoga on Second Grade Math Achievement, Deborah Lezanic Nagy
A Comparative Analysis of Read 180 and Cultural Literacy on the Reading Achievement and Motivation of African American Males in an Alternative High School, Clifton F. Nicholson
