Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Internships in Writing and English Studies Programs: Opportunities, Locations, and Structures, Lara Smith Sitton
A Catalog of Cool Stars for Precision Planet Searches, Cassy Smith
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Water Quality along an Urban Stretch of the Chattahoochee River and Proctor Creek in Atlanta, GA, 2014, Dominique Smith
Biochemical and Mechanistic Studies of Nitronate Monooxygenase and Roles of Histidine Residues in Select Flavoprotein Oxidases, Crystal L. Smitherman
Consequences of Electoral Openings on Authoritarian Political Parties, Ian Smith
Fracture: Failure as a Path to Utopia in Queer Art and Life, Charles D. Snyder Jr
Synthesis and Characterization of New Near-Infrared Chromophores: Cyanine and Phenoxazine Derivatives, Eduardo Salvador Soriano Juarez
Cash Holdings of Publicly Unlisted Real Estate Investment Trusts: A Comparative Analysis, Kenneth Soyeh
The Others: Self-Perception And Social Stratification Amongst Incarcerated United States Citizens, Hannah Spadafora
Fumbling in the Greasy Till: Economic Rhetoric and Contemporary Irish Poetry, 2006-2012, Amanda Sperry
Why Pereboom's Four-Case Manipulation Argument is Manipulative, Jay Spitzley
The Effect of Social Capital on Hispanic Post-Secondary Educational Outcomes, Amy Stalzer
Investigating Student Learning and Perceptions Through Concept Journaling: An Exploratory Case Study in Coordinate Algebra, Amber Steele
Enough, Kelly A. Stevenson
The Fallen Woman and the British Empire in Victorian Literature and Culture, Ellen Stockstill
Childhood Maltreatment and Revictimization by an Intimate Partner: The Role of Africultural Coping for at-risk African American Women, Jalika C. Street
G-quadruplex Polymorphism: a Winding Road from Structure to Therapeutics, Ekaterina M. Stroeva
High School Special Education Teachers' Use Of Positive Behavior Supports: Effects of a Behavior Prompting Routine on Specific Praise Rates, Adrienne Stuckey
The Relationship between the Source of Protein Intake and Obesity Risk in Children, Grace Stuhrman, Anita M. Nucci, Barbara Hopkins, and Sarah T. Henes
Measuring the Lifetime Value of a Customer in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry, Sarang Sunder
A Preliminary Investigation into the Mediating Role of Positive Affect in the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among African American Female Sexual Assault Survivors, Mahogany L. Swanson
Triangulating Racism: French and Francophone African Reactions to the African American Freedom Movement (1954-1968), Allyson Tadjer
Seeking Sexual Health Information from Romantic Partners: Testing an Application and Extension of the Theory of Motivated Information Management, Michael Tannebaum
Preventing HIV in Adolescents Affected by Maternal HIV Infection: The Ms. Now! Program, Nicholas Tarantino
Essays on Information Asymmetry and Welfare Benefit, Hizkia Tasik
Art and Self Discovery The Call and Response of Making Art, Cindy A. Taylor
Human Flourishing and Autonomy as Passive, Gerald Taylor
Interorganizational Learning through Exploration and Exploitation Under Conditions of Goal Divergence in Private-Public Partnerships: A Case Study, Wallace T.F Taylor
Holes, Jessica Temple
Portraits, Wesley Terpstra
Arthritis Impact on Employment Participation among U.S. Adults: A Population-based Perspective, Kristina A. Theis
Preparation for Bias as a Buffer Against the Effect of Racial Discrimination on Academic Attitudes of African American College Students, Dominique Thomas
Bell's Curve: Why the Arc of American History Does Not Bend Toward Racial Equality, Jon Thomas
A Multilevel Analysis of Institutional Factors Affecting Student Success at Community Colleges, Aaron Thomason
Contractions or Constructions: A Content Analysis of Birthing Facilities in Miami, Florida, Shameka Thomas
Selling Peace: The History of the International Chamber of Commerce, 1919-1925, Shane R. Tomashot
Computational Perspective on Intricacies of Interactions, Enzyme Dynamics and Solvent Effects in the Catalytic Action of Cyclophilin A, Safieh Tork Ladani
Dialogic Reading: Language and Preliteracy Outcomes for Young Children with Disabilities, Jacqueline Towson
"Lean In," "Opt Out," and the Journey to Happiness: Brazilian College Women Imagine Freedom, Cecilia Troiano
Essays on the Economic Impact of Conflict on Communities and Individuals, Melissa Rose Trussell
Medicaid's Postpartum Tubal Sterilization Policy's Effect on Vulnerable Populations, Katherine Turner
Built Environment and Birth Outcomes: Examining the Exposure to the Atlanta Beltline and Its Effects on Community Health, Amanda Tyler
Empirical Likelihood Confidence Intervals for the Population Mean Based on Incomplete Data, Jose Manuel Valdovinos Alvarez
Moral Injury on the Home Front: Can a New Approach Provide Fresh Insight into Spirituality and Alcoholism?, Edward Van Herik
Guidelines for Teaching Art to Students from Urban High-Poverty Backgrounds, Sheena Varghese
Effect of Customer Heterogeneity on Online Pricing: Just Noticeable Differences in a Competitive Service Industry, Saloni Vastani
Space, Settlement, and Environment: Detecting Undocumented Maya Archaeological Sites with Remotely Sensed Data, Andrew Vaughan
Frobenius-Like Permutations and Their Cycle Structure, Adil B. Virani
Holy Bass: Spirituality in Electronic Dance Music Culture, Malone H. Walker
The Prophetic Chronotope and the Sexual Revolution in Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein's The Mysteries of New Orleans, Timothy Walker
Spectroscopic Investigation into Minor Groove Binders Designed to Selectively Target DNA Sequences, Joseph Walton
Quantification of Nonlinear And Dynamic Charge Transport Through Nanoscale Confinements, Dengchao Wang
The Effects Of Environmental Pollutants On Adipogenesis In The 3T3-L1 Model, Jing Wang
Essays on Insurance Economics, Jinjing Wang
The Veiled Identity: Hijabistas, Instagram and Branding In The Online Islamic Fashion Industry, Kelsey Waninger
Social Ontology, Spectacle, and Hyperreality: A Critical Examination of Searle, Debord And Baudrillard, Nathan D. Ward
Church of Kicks, Ricky Warren
Sex Differences in Stress-Responsive Neural Substrates and the Development of Mood Disorder-Like Behavior Following a Rodent Model of Early-Life Adversity, Jill M. Weathington
Long-term Predictors and Consequences of Optimal Psychological Outcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors, Aurelie Weinstein
Examination of the Association Between Intimate Partner Violence and STI/HIV Risk in African American Women in High Risk Areas of Atlanta, GA: A Mixed Methods Analysis, Rachael Wendlandt
The Evolution of Cable Network Branding: Time Warner in the Post-Network Era, 2001-2011, Darcey West
Role of Influenza among Adult Respiratory Hospitalizations: a Systemic Review, Melissa Whaley
Exploring Gifted Pedagogy: Evaluating Teacher Knowledge and Implementation of Common Core Professional Learning, Gyimah I. Whitaker
Student Affairs Educators' Efforts to Teach Undergraduates to Be Engaged Civically: Conceptualization, Practices, and Influences at Six Independent Colleges, Laura Whitaker-Lea
Celestial Bodies, Jared White
Transcending Barriers: Race, Mobility, and Transportation Planning in Postwar Atlanta, 1944-1975, John E. Williams
Gendered Racism and the Moderating Influence of Racial Identity: Implications for African American Women?s Well-Being, Justin L. Williams
Adolescent Sexual Risk Reduction and the Theory of Planned Behavior: Moderation Effects and the Role of Previous Experience, Christyl Wilson
The Efficacy of Utilizing Chitosan as an Antiviral Agent in Water Treatment, Jessica Wilson
Nearby Red Dwarfs and Their Dance Partners: Characterizing More Than 2000 Single and Multiple M Dwarfs Near the Sun, Jennifer G. Winters
An Examination of Risk and Violence Indicators among a Subset of Elder Deaths in Fulton County, GA, Ahmed Witwit
The Effectiveness Of Child-Centered Play Therapy On The Challenging Behaviors Of Early Elementary School Students, Corinne Wixson
Essays on Urban Life and Labor Supply of Women, Dong Kyu Won
Glycosylation of Amino Acids and Efficient Synthesis of Glycosphingolipids, Jonathan Wooten
Implementation and Outcome of Taiwan Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Payment System, Jhih-Jhong Wu
Optimizing Sparse Matrix-Matrix Multiplication on a Heterogeneous CPU-GPU Platform, Xiaolong Wu
Pulmonary Function Alternations after Vog Exposure in Hawaii Island Schoolchildren, YANJUE WU
Computational Study in Chaotic Dynamical Systems and Mechanisms for Pattern Generation in Three-Cell Networks, Tingli Xing
Restless, Ion Yamazaki
Data Aggregation Scheduling in Wireless Networks, Mingyuan Yan
Urban-rural disparities in HIV related knowledge, behavior and attitude in Burkina Faso: Evidence from Burkina Faso Demographic and Health Survey 2010, Degninou Yehadji
Post-Feminism, Shaming, and Wedding-Themed Reality Television, Katharine P. Zakos
Browning of white adipose tissue by melatonin, Eleen Zarebidaki
Managing a Profitable Interactive Email Marketing Program: Modeling and Analysis, Xi Zhang
Development of Glycan Based Diagnostics to Detect Pathogens, xiaohu Zhang
Essays on Women's Employment and Children's Well-Being, Xilin Zhou
Dynamic Ensemble Selection with Regional Expertise, Yun Zhu