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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Comparative machine learning models for disease risk prediction, Mercy Mawusi Agbley
Deepfake detection beyond the black box: interpretability and performance benchmarking of lightweight Vision Transformers, Omar Al Babele
Management control systems and financial stability in nonprofit organizations, Mary Constance Augustine
A qualitative study of Spanish speaking Latino/a teachers and their impact on Spanish speaking Latino/a students, Catherine Bennett Nwosu
Teachers' perceptions of the use of the Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) professional development training, Colette Burgess
Imposter Phenomenon and leadership effectiveness in female leaders: exploring the roles of Intellectual Humility, perfectionism, and mentorship, Christina Clarke
Psilocybin-assisted therapy and alcohol use disorder, Zoe R. Evans
Hepatocyte peroxisome biogenesis and phytol-induced metabolic stress in liver disease, William Galloway
4-H STEM Ambassador impact study: the lasting effects of informal STEM service learning through 4-H camp instruction, Emma Hay Gardner
Data culture's influence on instructional change and continuous school improvement, Sara Guth
Tele-psychiatry adoption and its effect on rural mental health service availability, Anna Heineman, Kaylee Canterbury, and Taylor Carpenter
Nanocomposite mediated delivery of 5-Fluorouracil using silver nanoparticles to promote wound healing, Kamal Nath Kasi
Using genetically diverse mice to examine the effects of environmental enrichment of the transcriptome, Michael Richard Leonardo
Ablative study of large language model-based gesture inference for autonomous navigation, Neil Loftus
Performance outcomes of critical access hospitals: a Resource Dependence Theory evaluation of change of ownership versus independence, Colette Christina Martin
The relationship between implementation of effective schools practices, school performance, and improvement, Kelly McHugh Massinople
AI in the workplace: understanding role ambiguity, employee motivation, and learning engagement, Sheena Leah Metzger
Apply, pack, travel, repeat: an autoethnographic study of travel grant and travel-based learning experiences as professional development for educators, Julie Ann Midkiff
Developing curcumin analogues for treating breast cancer, Tulasi Laxmi Nutalapati
The relationship between registered nurse burnout, organizational engagement, and quality outcomes in acute care hospitals, James E. Parsons
Leadership in chaos: law enforcement perspectives on addressing the missing piece of NIMS, Joshua Pierce
HFPO-DA aquatic toxicity and bioaccumulation, Bailey Dawn Rappold
Hyperglycemic adipocyte-derived exosomes aggravate oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial dysfunction of brain microvascular endothelial cells in ischemic stroke, Harshal Madhav Sawant
In vitro dihalobenzene nephrotoxicity in isolated kidney cells, Jana Ahmed Sherif
A stable isotope comparison of the biogenic carbonate of mammalian tooth enamel from the modern Ohio River Valley and Fort Ancient Buffalo sites, Sara Elizabeth Slack
Evaluation of the physical properties and in vitro safety of chitosan-Quercus infectoria topical gel, Rani Naga Rakshitha Tillapudi
Signals of value: a comparative analysis of SDE and EBITDA in predicting microbusiness sale price, Joseph E. Turley
Ransomware as organization: a comparative analysis of corporate and criminal structures in Conti, George Urling
A study of apprenticeship program expansion into small and medium-sized enterprises, Colby Webb
Artificial intelligence–enabled revenue cycle management and financial performance in healthcare organizations, K’reesa Webster
Secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and resiliency strategies in urban public schools, Clay Russell Welch
Burnout and workforce outcomes among registered nurses, Madeline Willcoxen
Silver nanoparticle-induced disruption of astrocytic morphology and synaptic microarchitecture in rat brain, Elli Williams
An analysis of the impact of cognitive writing strategies on high school writing scores in a suburban Tennessee district, Bethany A. Wilson
Development and in vitro characterization of 5-Fluorouracil–loaded PLGA nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery, Kavya Yandapalli
Navigating technological transitions: faculty adoption of artificial intelligence in online teaching, Riaz Yusuff
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Exploiting Sub-GHz radio signals for unauthorized access: a garage door IoT case study, Raghad Alhusari
Optimization of chitosan nanoemulsion and its application in delivering 5-Fluorouracil and Quercus infectoria for wound healing, Kalkedan Ameha
A metadata analysis of unionid mussels of the Greenup Pool of the Ohio River using occupancy modeling and species area curves, Tyler Mitchell Annarino
Navigating loyalty: exploring perceptions in family-owned businesses, Elisabeth Ann Arthur
Utilizing probiotics to reduce diet induced dysbiosis and inflammation in myelodysplastic syndromes susceptible mice, Tejaswee Bolloju
Design and implementation of in-prison restorative justice programs: insights on leadership challenges, Jonathan Paul Branch
Dexmedetomidine adjunctive ketamine to enhance attenuation of methamphetamine-induced agitation, Madhuri Budamkayala
Magnet hospitals and their impact on patient outcomes, Connie Cochran and Molly A. Collins
Who drops back in? An investigation into non-traditional post-secondary students who return after time away, David Comolli Jr
Beyond the screen: assessing the impact of hospitalist reliance on electronic medical records in patient-centered care, Brian H. Cox
Nutrition assessment of substance use population compared to control population, Lalitha Indrani Dasari
In vivo evaluation of novel nanoparticles and repurposed pharmaceuticals to combat antimicrobial resistance, Sarah E. Evans
Investigating drivers in phytoplankton between lentic and lotic ecosystems within Twelvepole Creek watershed, Devin Lee Farmer
The impacts of artificial intelligence in radiology, Misty Farmer and Wendy Trzyna
Acoustic monitoring of Oak Toads (Anaxyrus quercicus), a Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem endemic amphibian, Alex Ward Foote
Systemic challenges in pediatric healthcare: exploring reimbursement disparities and their impact on healthcare equity, Jessica Ford-Davis and Alexandra Gillette
Assessing the foraging habits of two species of long-horned bees (Melissodes, Apidae) using DNA barcodes ITS2 and trnL, Rebecca Jane Foy
Very Large Scale Robotics path planning with Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation, Xu (James) Gao
Evaluating the effectiveness of teledermatology for undeserved populations during and post-COVID-19, Jakob Gibbs and Sean Hanshaw
Effective learning practices for rural and first generation college students, Maureen Kraus Gildein
Reproductive costs in female, island-dwelling eastern diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus), Emily R. Gray
Chenoweth prevails: the connection between social standards and the marimba’s development in the Western art music tradition, Jackson Hall
Factors that impact customer loyalty as examined in integrated marketing communications agencies, Terry L. Hapney Jr.
Student affairs professionals' perspectives as first-generation college students, Tiffany Lynn Hartman
Effects of in-stream large woody debris management on riparian salamander population dynamics, Sydney Hermann
Uncovering new perspectives on job performance in diverse work settings: a Job Demand-Resource theoretical approach, Myesha P. Holmes
Investing in leaders to support neurodiversity at work, Beth M. Houran
Digital identity negotiation: how international students balance home and host country ideals on social networking sites, Oluchi Ikwuakam
A numerical method for coefficient reconstruction of a periodic inverse source problem, Robert Ireri
Finding evidence for understanding the level of technology integration by teacher candidates: a mixed methods analysis to support CAEP standards, Jennifer R. Jackson
Evaluation of disulfiram and derivatives as antimicrobial adjuvants, Surya Bhaskar Karuturi
“That’s where I learned to be a good mommy” understanding how adults learn in a home visitation, community-based partnership, Kelli R. Kerbawy
An ounce of prevention: counselor and health teacher perception on substance-abuse prevention curricular effectiveness, Amanda Jill Knight
Persistence is not key: a study on the relationship between the persistence of going concern opinion Type I errors and investor confidence, Christin Marie Kooti
A localized strategy to boost public opinion and increase community support for rural public education by understanding parental motivations for school choice, Stephanie Marie Lambrecht
A teacher preparation program's stakeholders' perceptions since campus closure due to COVID-19, Laurie J. McCormick
The impact of youth leadership programs on West Virginia youth resilience skills, Heather McDonnell-Stalnaker
Phenomenological study of lived experiences: the educational journey of an effective community and technical college board member, Lori Ann Midkiff
Employee benefit plan audits: knowledge spillover for improving quality, Lisa Ann Nash
Discrete fractional Gompertz models, Rebecca Oduro
Investigating the extent to which diet-induced obesity alters gene expression in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells following influenza immunization in mice, Chaitanya Lahari Chowdary Pathipati
Regulation of Human IL-9 production by lipid metabolism, Swetha Peesari
On the Gumbel-Weibull{Cauchy} distribution, Jennifer D. Pippin
A question for the ages: the relationship between nurse staffing and quality in Appalachian skilled nursing facilities, Eric Jason Pulice
Opening the door, but not entering: adult college students who apply, but do not enroll, Juliette Punchello
COVID-19 taking aim at the heart of public education, Jeremy James Pyle
Shame and shame resilience among students in an alternative suspension program, James Alvin Rader Jr.
An analysis of the impact of the transition to online learning and remote work on the Army Congressional Fellowship Program, Jason Edward Roberts
Mentoring and training in performance librarianship, Mallory Sajewski
A computational fluid dynamics approach to analyze the virtual impactor in pneumatic aerosol jet printing, Akashita Sareen
Recovery capital among students in Collegiate Recovery Programs at two-year and four-year higher education institutions in West Virginia, Amy M. Saunders
Analysis and authentication of an optical method for early detection of harmful algal blooms, Cody Schumacher
Addressing the opioid epidemic across the United States and in West Virginia, Kailyn Smith and Addison Hughes
Safety ratings and their effect on operating costs in the trucking industry: a data-driven analysis, Teresa L. Smith
Analysis of the influence of telomere length variation on flowering time and plant fitness in Arabidopsis, Brianna Spadavecchia
Leveraging Vision-Language Models for advancing digital dentistry, Anastasiia Sukhanova
Gompertz distribution on time scales, Wasiu Sule
