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Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

How Do Curriculum Mandates Influence the Teaching Practices of High School Mathematics Teachers, Jacqueline Hennings

Compassion-Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Eating Disorders: A Multiple Baseline across Participants Study, Mary Hill

Embodying Cosplay: Fandom Communities in the USA, NATASHA L. HILL

Land Cover Change Impacts on Multidecadal Streamflow in Metropolitan Atlanta GA, USA, T. Chee Hill

A Nodal Ethnography of a (Be)coming Tattooed Body, Krista Hilton

Understanding Youth Perceptions of Police Legitimacy, Sara Hockin

Newsworthiness Guidelines for a Socially Responsible Press: Aligning Definitions at the Intersection of Journalism, Ethics, and the Law, Megan Hodgkiss

Self-Directed Work Team Transition: Leadership Influence Mediates Self Determination Theory to Describe Variation in Employee Commitment, John Hoffman

Prevalence and Odds of Serious Mental Illness among Homeless LGBT Youth and Young Adults in Atlanta, Rachel R. Hopper

Estimation of County-Level Diabetes Prevalence Using Bayesian Hierarchical Model, Israel Anbessa Hora

A New All-sky Catalogue of Candidate Protoplanetary Disks from Aggregated Optical and Infrared Surveys, Daniel Horenstein

Immigration, Regional Resilience, and Local Economic Development Policy, Xi Huang

The role of individual and classroom moral disengagement in bullying and bystanding behaviors, Schell Hufstetler

How Large Changes in the Functioning Economy Effect Crime Rates in America: A National Examination of the Less Cash – Less Crime Paradigm, Donald Hunt

The Male African American Teaching African American Male Students: Exploring Teacher Influence on Students? Perceptions of Teacher Care and Attitudes toward Mathematics, Jason Hunter

A Descriptive Study of the Factors Influencing Adoption of the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program in P-12 Schools, Kari Hunt

Toward a Marxist Environmental Ethic: Restoration and Preservation in Focus, Kristen Indergand

To (A)Void: Rhetorical Shifts, Significant Absences, and Absent Signification in The Bush Administration’s Justificatory Iraq War Rhetoric, Mina Ivanova

An Examination of the Gender Disparities in Receiving Diabetes-specific Healthcare Services, Matthew Jackson

Effects of Family History of Alzheimer's Disease on Glucose Metabolism (FDG-PET) among Mild Cognitive Impaired Patients: a Longitudinal Study., Nerline Jacques

At a Rest Stop on the Road to Heaven, Mostafa Jalal

Amygdala Volume and Social Anxiety Symptom Severity: A Mutli-method Study, Reema Jayakar

Handling Inconsistency in Knowledge Bases, Badrinath Jayakumar

Luck and the Limits of Equality, Matthew Jeffers

Understanding How Father Absence Affects The Educational Attainment Of African American Women Through The Lens of The Strong Black Woman Framework: A Narrative Study, Makeiva Jenkins

One Step at a Time: The Dilemmas, Strategies, and Outcomes of Bi-National Same-Sex Relationships During DOMA and Beyond, Aline Jesus Rafi

Perceptual Lesson Planning in Middle School Social Studies: An application of Deweyian aesthetics, Frank W. Jones III

Mathematically Talented Black Women of Spelman College, 1980s-2000s, Morgin Jones Williams

Experiences of Racism and Race-Based Traumatic Stress: The Moderating Effects of Cyberracism, Racial/Ethnic Identity, and Forgiveness, Terrence A. Jordan II

Association Between Sedentary Behaviors and BMI in US Adolescents: Analysis of the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Sarah S. Kabani

Marriageable Material, Soniah Kamal

Student-Teacher Relationships and Students with Behavior Difficulties in Therapeutic Schools, Carrie A. Kane

Project Learning Garden: A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of the Evaluation Techniques on School Gardens, Kasey Kavanaugh

Towards Data-driven Simulation Modeling for Mobile Agent-based Systems, Nicholas Aiden Keller

Effects of Advertising Methods on Fruit Consumption in Sixth-Grade Population, Teryn Keller

Aristotle's Appeal to Nature and the Internal Point of View, M Dan Kemp

Proximal and Distal Indirect Influences on Adolescent Sexual Activity and Post Risky Sexual Behaviors, Tymeckia Kendall

Towards Racial Reconciliation: An Oral History Inquiry Examining Race And Reconciliation In The Context Of Mercer University's Beloved Community, Joy R. Kenyon

Upcountry Yeomanry in Antebellum Georgia: A Comparative Analysis, Terrence Kersey

Onesimos Nasib and the Macaafa Qulqulluu: Language, Religion, and Culture in Ethiopia, Ethan Michael Key

Power and Place-Names: Contesting the New Urban Order in Midtown, 1867-1986, Jessica L. Keys

Leadership among Sorority Women: Self-Efficacy, Setting-Level Norms, and Participation, Nadim khatib

Associations Between Stress and Resourcefulness Among Parents of Children at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Delays, Meena Khowaja

Handling the Past: Using a Specialized Curriculum to Facilitate Narration of Racial Identities, Andrea D. Kiel

Investigation and Characterization of Novel Pentamethine Cyanine Dyes for Use as Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy, Kaitlyn Kiernan

"For the Elevation of Women": Recovering the Lost Voices of College Temple, 1853-1889, Emily Nicole Kimbell

Picturing Queer Death: Alternative Instantiations of Temporality within Process Art, Jainey Jung Yeon Kim

Cross-protection Mechanisms of Influenza Virus Vaccines, Yu-Jin Kim

Extensive Reading in Spanish: How Much Vocabulary Do Students Need To Know, Sadler Kirk

Promises We Kept: Middle School English Teachers Who Stayed amidst Ongoing Educational Reforms, Sarah V. Klein

Physical Dating Violence in Georgia: A Growing Disparity among Hispanic Youth, Britni Knott

Growing an Industrial Cluster?: Movie Production Incentives and State Film Industries, Richard S. Kolenda

Ultrafast Laser-Induced Kinetics in Two-Dimensional Materials, Hamed Koochaki Kelardeh

Computational Investigations of Biomolecular Motions and Interactions in Genomic Maintenance and Regulation, Bradley R. Kossmann

Public, Tax, and Health Policies and Institutional Performance, Antonios M. Koumpias

Essays on Working from Home and Maternal Employment on Children's Well-being, Kwan Lun Julian Kwok

Sorption of 137Cs onto Weathered Micaceous Minerals from Georgia Kaolin Deposits, Dominique Salome Kwong-Moses

Watering Fruits: How the State "Develops Culture" in Korea, Sunhyeong Kwon

The Invisible War: A Portrait Of Structural Racism and Mental Health in the Life of a Formerly Incarcerated U.S. Born Africana Man, Tarell C. Kyles

Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Organizations Serving People with Disabilities: Recommendations and Exploration of Training Practices, Rachel LaFleur

Immigration, Crime, And Punishment: Minorities' Perception Of Immigrants And Attitudes Towards Punitive Policies, Lillie L. Lattimore

Haunt and Hold, Michelle Laxalt

Nietzsche on Realism in Art and the Role of Illusions in Life-Affirmation, Marie K. Le Blevennec

Altered Bodies, Altared Art: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Pandrogeny, Andrew Lee

The Feeling of Being Ok, Benjamin B. Lee

In Defense of the State-Based Account of Harming, Joseph Lee

Language Assessment in African American English-Speaking Children: A Review of the Literature Since 1983 and Grammaticality Judgments of Low-Income, African American English-Speaking Children: The Role of Language Ability and Dialect Density, Ryan Lee

Alliance Networks, Corporate Investment, and Firm Valuation, Sangho Lee

The Variation of a Teacher's Classroom Observation Ratings across Multiple Classrooms, Xiaoxuan Lei

Pathologic and Prognostic Implications of Incidental vs. Non-Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: A 10-Institution Study from the U.S. Extrahepatic Biliary Consortium, Nina Le

Synthesis of Various Classes of Cyanine Fluorophores and Their Application In In Vivo Tissue Imaging, Andrew R. Levitz

Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children: A Comparison of Two Factor Extraction Methods, Rayleen Lewis, Betty S. Lai, and Shannon Self-Brown

Full-View Coverage Problems in Camera Sensor Networks, Chaoyang Li

The Cognitive And Linguistic Underpinnings Of Mathematical Abilities Of Children With Reading Disabilities, Nicole C. Lim

Exploring the Influence of Parents' Beliefs and Behaviors on Children's Developing Executive Function, Ellen Litkowski

Bayesian Methods in Brain Connectivity Change Point Detection with EEG Data and Genetic Algorithm, Bing Liu

Essays on the Effect of Pollution and Weather on Behavior, Bo Liu

Maternal Preconception Health and Neighborhood Factors in Relation to Preterm Birth in Georgia, 2012-2014, Michelle Sarah Livings

Comprehensive Glycoproteomics and Glycomics Study of N-Linked Glycans and N-Glycoproteins, Xu Li

Differences Of Diabetes-Related Complications And Diabetes Preventive Health Care Utilization In Asian And White Using Multiple Years National Health Survey Data, Yonggang Li

“… Next Time”: Gulf Coast Residents’ Relationship with Hurricanes, Robert Lloyd

The Mug Shot, Wanted Poster, and Rogues Galleries: The Societial Impact of Criminal Photography in England, France, and the United States From 1839 to 1900, Samantha Rae Long

A Bioarchaeological Approach to Social Transition in the Pre-Hispanic Andes: A Diachronic Study of Health at Tumilaca la Chimba, Peru, Shannon A. Lowman

Social Attribution in Toddlers At Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Natasha Ludwig

Darwinian Domain-Generality: The Role of Evolutionary Psychology in the Modularity Debate, Michael Lundie

Applications of Monolithic Capillary Electrochromatography (CEC): Method Development and Quantitation of Metabolites in Prostate Tissue and Insights into Chiral Recognition Mechanism, Yang Lu

The Role of Feedback in the Development of Decision Making under Risk, Bethany MacDonald

Spotlighting Truth and Beauty: Willa Cather's Tenebraic Word Pictures, Maria Mackas

A Morphometric Study of Maxillary Post Canine Dentition in Australopithecus Africanus from Sterkfontein, South Africa: One Species or Two?, Lesley K. Mackie

Synergistic Effects of d-Tocotrienol and Xanthorrhizol in Prostate Cancer Cells, Chappell Madhani

Urban/Rural Inequalities in Suicide Rates in Georgia, 2008-2013: A county-level analysis, Garrett Mahon

A Comparison of Parent and Child Mental Health Outcomes, Parenting Skills and Family Functioning of Adult Treatment Court and Family Treatment Court Participants, Carolyn Malone

The Need for Critical Composition Pedagogy in Present Times, Lashon Malone

A Critique of Catharine MacKinnon's Sex-Based Theory of Rape, Meagan Malone

A Multi-label Text Classification Framework: Using Supervised and Unsupervised Feature Selection Strategy, Long Ma

They, Too, Sing America: A Critical Analysis of USG Policy 4.1.6 and Its Perceived Impacts on DACA Students in the State of Georgia, Ryan Z. Maltese

Determining the Mass of the Supermassive Black Hole in NGC 6814, Emily Rachel Manne-Nicholas

A few weeks, maybe months…, Tyler D. Mann

A Descriptive Profile of Dance Curriculum in Physical Education Teacher Education Programs, Jenee M. Marquis

GIS on the Qualla Boundary: Data Management for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Emma Mason