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Theses/Dissertations from 2007
The Commodification of Tragedy: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Film, Harold Dawson
A Wolf Amongst the Sheep: A Sociological Approach to Understanding the German Church Struggle, Kevin L. Dingess
Evaluation of Reading Achievement for Students of The Carroll County Public School System’s 2006 Summer Enrichment Program, Melissa A. Doan
High Stakes Testing Effects Dropout Rates, Ann Dodd
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, Ryan Michelle Donley
Satellite Image Processing for Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Modeling in Kyrgyz Republic National Park, Galina N. Fet
Turtle Assemblages in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia with an Emphasis on Pseudemys rubriventris (LeConte), Ashley Renea Fisher
Regional Learning Opportunities : A Story of Place-Based Learning Among Adults in West Virginia, Paula W. Flaherty
Perceptions of Preceptor Training in the Dietetic Supervised Practice Experience, Mary Kathryn Gould
Distribution and Conservation Genetics of the Cow Knob Salamander, Plethodon punctatus Highton (Caudata: Plethodontidae), Matthew R. Graham
Effective Reading Instruction in a Response to Intervention Program Evaluation, Sabrina L. Graham
Conceptualizing Depression: The Role of Attachment and Related Issues, Megan Green
Response to Intervention and Effects on Retention, Jason D. Haught
I Am Prosper, I Am Ariel, I Am Caliban: A Metatheatrical Approach to Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, Leah E. Haydu
Estimation of the Effects of Vegetation on Local Climate Using GIS and Remote Sensing Data, Won Hoi Hwang
A Functional Analysis of English Humanities and Biochemistry Writing with Respect to Teaching University Composition, Joshua Glenn Iddings
Arsenic Toxicity in PLHC-1 Cell Line and the Distribution of Arsenic in Central Appalachia, Yeong Nam Jeong
Age-related DGC structure and function in the F344/N X BN rat heart, Sunil K. Kakarla
Habitat Preferences of the Eastern Hellbender in West Virginia, S. Conor Keitzer
Knights in White Satin: Women of the Ku Klux Klan, Kelli R. Kerbawy
Using Geographic Information Systems to Organize and Coordinate Holistic Watershed Resource Management, John M.S. King
Access to Health Information and Health Care Decision-Making of Women in a Rural Appalachian Community, Tracy L. LeGrow
Attachment and Adolescent Psychopathology in a Correctional Setting, Lindsay A. Lounder
Population Modeling by Differential Equations, Hui Luo
A Taxonomic Study of the Morphological Variation and Intergradation of Chrysemys picta (Schneider) (Emydidae, Testudines) in West Virginia, Melissa R. Mann
The Body of Light : Poems, Alicia Matheny
The Principalship: A Study of the Principal's Time on Task From 1960 to the Twenty-First Century, Jacqueline A. McPeake
The Expression and Function of PPAR and HIF-1 in Human Melanoma, Caroline Mills
Shear Stress Induced mTOR Signaling in Cultured A7r5 Aortic Smooth Muscle Cell Line, Sriram Prasad Mupparaju
Body Parts and Their Epic Struggle in Ovid’s Amores, Leisa M. Muto
Survival of the Fittest? The Rebranding of West Virginia Higher Education, James Martin Owston
The effect of Marshall University's Summer Enrichment Program on reading gains program evaluation, II, Kelli A. Potoczny
Chaotic Angel, Nicole R. Pramik
Born of Freedom and Dissent: A comparative analysis of American antiwar protest in the first 1,418 days of the Vietnam and Iraq wars, Thomas N. Ratliff
The Effect of High-Fidelity Manikin-Based Human Patient Simulation on Educational Outcomes in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Courses, David L. Rodgers
Scotland: The new melting pot?, Alexandria Rovatsos
Interrupting the Puppet Master: (Un)reliability and Metatextuality in Dave Eggers’s You Shall Know Our Velocity, Suzanne R. Samples
Environmental disturbance and the distribution of Rhinichthys bowersi in West Virginia, Brooke Elizabeth Schlenker
Marketplace plants used in ceremonial cleansing among Andean Qechuans of Ecuador, Sushma Shrestha
Morphological and Molecular Analyses of the Blacknose Dace Species Complex (Genus Rhinichthys) in a Large Zone of Contact in West Virginia, Geoffrey D. Smith
Acquiring Three-Dimensional Data from Small Mammalian Teeth : Laser Scanning Eocene Marsupials, Nicholas E. Smith
Ladies on the Label: A Meta-Analysis of Stereotypes in Advertising, Valerie L. Spears
The Effects of Access to Childcare on the Labor Force Participation of Women in the Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan Statistical Area and West Virginia, Kristi Stephens
MLCK/actin Interaction in the Contracting A7r5 Cell and Vascular Smooth Muscle, Sean Eric Thatcher
Investigation of Environmental Microorganisms Associated with the Intrinsic Microbial Contamination of an Alcohol-Free Mouthwash, Michelle D. Trickett
The Relationship Between Leadership Styles and Organizational Culture withinSchools of Nursing, Debra K. Vankovich Mullins
Achievement Within an Accelerated Christian Education School, Susan E. Verhaalen
Examining juvenile crime and recidivism, Charles M. Watson
A Heart of Glass: Women, Work Culture, and Resistance In Huntington, West Virginia’s Glass Industry, Ginny Young
Risk Management Practices of Collegiate Athletic Trainers: An Examination of Policies and Procedures, Ericka Point Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Intimate Partner Violence and Rural Women, Amanda S. Adams
Christina Rossetti, Sarah Grand, and the Expression of Sexual Liminality in Nineteenth Century Literature, Jennifer Persinger Adams
The Utilization of Gender, Retention, SES and STEEP Scores to Predict Reading Mastery, Lisa Lee Adams
Protein Kinase C Activity in Mouse Eggs Regulates Gamete Membrane Interaction, Hiroto Akabane
Chmp1 is Implicated in the Development of Pancreatic Tumor Via the Retinoic Acid Signaling Pathway, Juliana Adedayo Akinsete
The Natural History and Thermal Ecology of a Population of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys Guttata) and Wood Turtles (Glyptemys Insculpta) in West Virginia, Ariana N. Breisch
Benny Goodman : From “King of Swing” to Third Stream, Jae Ellis Bull
Relocating Segregation : The Pea Island Life-Saving Station, Jessica Caldwell
Correlations Between the WISC-IV, SB: V, and the WJ-III Tests of Achievement : Which has a better relationship with reading achievement?, Krystal Campbell
Gender Difference and Test Anxiety, LeAnn Chandler
Reading Achievement for Students in Marshall University Graduate College’s 2005 Summer Enrichment Program: Program Evaluation, Elizabeth Cottle-Willard
Characterization of Vinyl Chloride Degrading Bacteria From a Serial Anaerobic-Aerobic Chloroethene Bioreactor, Fredrick Heath Damron
Phonological Awareness Instruction: Opinions and Practices of Educators and Speech-Language Pathologists in West Virginia, Melinda J. Daniel
Three-Strikes Legislation and the Evolution of the Liberal Conception of Justice, Lisa Dillon
Attendance and Reading Gains: Marshall University Summer Enrichment Program, Justa L. Dolin
Solving Higher Order Dynamic Equations on Time Scales as First Order Systems, Elizabeth R. Duke
Diverse Roles of PKCα in Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction, Ava Caudill Dykes
The Effects of Static Stretching on Vertical Jump Performance, Tom Evans
“Since Merlin Paid His Demon All the Monstrous Debt”: The Celtic in Keats, Brandy Bagar Fraley
Scanning Probe Microscopy and Oxidation of Silicon at Breakdown Voltages, Thabo Gcwabaza
Constructed Ponds as Mitigated Habitat for the Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica LeConte) and the Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum Shaw) in West Virginia, Celeste Dawn Good
The Effect of Substance P on Ovariectomy-Induced Memory Deficits in Rats, Jamie L. Haga
Regulation of Biofilm Formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Nathaniel Edwards Head
Over the Hills: Locating the Politics in Redneck Discourse, Brent M. Heavner
Isolated but not Oblivious: A Re-evaluation of Emily Dickinson’s Relationship to the Civil War, Peggy Henderson Murphy
Thimerosal-Induced Neuritoxicity: Apoptosis Occurs Through A Mitochondrial-Mediated Pathway Via the JNK Signaling Pathway, Michelle L. Herdman
Elizabeth Kee : A Clarion Voice of and for the People of Southern West Virginia 1951-1964, Shari A. Heywood
Best Practices of National Board Certified Teachers and Non-Board Certified Teachers in Grades One and Two, Sue Ellen Hollandsworth
Determining Biogeochemical Assemblages on the Stony River, Grant County, WV, using Fuzzy C-Means and k-Nearest Neighbors Clustering, M. Joseph Hughes
Satellite Image Based Classification Mapping For Spatially Analyzing West Virginia Corridor H Urban Development, Chandra L. Inglis-Smith
Survey of the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, for Virulence Related Gene Markers stx1, stx2, and eaeA, Christina Carole Johnson
Applications of Computational Homology, Christopher Aaron Johnson
Characterization of the DNA-binding Properties of Silent Information Regulator 3 Protein, Cotteka Nichisha Johnson
Thinking Style Differences of Female College and University Presidents: A National Study, Melanie S. Jones
Popularity and Aggression Among Females in the Eighth Grade, April Lynn Kantz
The Breeding Ecology and Natural History of Ambystomatid Salamanders in an Ephemeral Wetland in Mason County, West Virginia, S. Douglas Kaylor
Occurrence and Distribution of Multi-Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria from the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, April Dawn Keenan
Geometric Field Stability and Normal Field Curvature of Solution Sets of Ordinary Differential Equations in Two Variables, Leslie L. Kerns
Socialization and Attitudes: Effects of Religion, Political Identification, and Class, 1972-2002, Melissa Kimmel
Staff Attitude Change in a Response to Intervention Program Evaluation, Alicia Kirby
Principal Perceptions of the Relationship Between Professional Development Designs and the Qualities, Proficiencies, and Leadership Skills Required of West Virginia Principals, Karen Bitonti Larry
Parental Satisfaction With Psycho-educational Consultation, Larry G. Lester
