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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The quality of education leadership doctoral dissertations in the United States: An empirical review, Jessica M. Hanna
Understanding Employment Preparedness Needs for College Students with Asperger's Disorder, Rebecca S. Hansen
Teacher Attitudes of the Effectiveness of Reading Comprehension Strategies and Interventions, Charles Hartley
Generation iStalk: an Examination of the prior relationship between victims of stalking and offenders, Paige Ann Heinrich
Tell Me a Story: The Relationship Between Identity and Life Stories Following Brain Injury, Sara Henson
Sampling Considerations for Amphibian Surveys: Evaluating Risks of Committing Type I and Type II Errors, Kelli Marie Herrick
Secondary Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Deanna M. Hiles
Teacher Attitudes: An Analysis of Middle School Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Inclusion, Jennifer K. Holley
A Generalized Inflated Geometric Distribution, Ram Datt Joshi
Glycation of Lysozyme, Wisam Talib Joudah
The influence of sibling presence on grade point average, Amanda JoAnne Kipp
Interdisciplinary Studies Integration from the Faculty Point of View: A Case Study, Kay Donahue Lawson
Epigenetic Role of PTIP in Mouse Spermatogenesis, Chengjing Liu
The Influence of the Maternal Infant Health Outreach Program on Child Development: Through the Eyes of Moms and Home Visitors, Debra L. Lockwood
The Politics of War: The Abrams Doctrine, the War Powers Resolution, and Neoconservatism in the Post-Vietnam Era, Andrew Chase Lore
Investigating Principals’ Instructional Philosophical Orientation and Their Students’ Level of Engagement A Case Study, Loujeania Lee Maynus
A comprehensive study of the historical Blue Sulphur Hotel Resort through remote sensing, photogrammetry, and GIS, Lora Beth Meadows
An Investigation of the Effect of MN2+ on the FTH1 IRE-IRP Complex, Eric Thomas Mendenhall
Science for Visually Impaired Students and Accessible Technology, Lydia M. Moreland
The Monster that Can't Be Defeated Here, Aaron Theodore Morris
Investigation Of Ultrasound Targeted Microbubbles As A Therapeutic Gene Delivery System For Prostate Cancer, Rounak Paramjeet Nande
Inhalation Anesthesia vs. Total Intravenous Anesthesia for Ambulatory Dental Surgery in Children, Kristin D. Neal
Stable Money: An Evaluation of Political Stability and U.S. Bilateral Aid in Latin America, Aaron Nicole Nelson
Investigation into the Biological Importance and Function of Proinsulin C-Peptide, Christina L. Newsome
A Comparison Study: The KABC-II and WJ-IV COG with students referred for academic problems, Desiree Rachelle Nutt
Media Narratives and Drug Prohibition: A Content Analysis of Themes and Strategies Promoted in Network News Coverage, 2000-2013, Maria M. Orsini
Black Voices, White Power: Members of the Black Press make Meaning of Media Hegemony, Robert Redding Jr.
Knowledge of Health Literacy among Athletic Trainers, Janet Marie Rorrer
Development of Culturing Methods for Native Mayfly Taxa for Use in Laboratory Toxicity Testing, Kevin Nicholas Rowsey
To “Achieve” or Not to “Achieve”, Jodi Nicole Sergent
The Relation Between Observations of Students with Behavioral Disorders and Academic Success, John Ryan Simon
Bullying Perceptions: Understanding Students With and Without Disabilities, Shellie B. Simpson
Exploring the Disassociation between Corporations, Humans, and Nature, Steven Lee Smith
Labeling: Student Self-Esteem and the Stigma of a Label, Amanda Kay Sowards
Justice Done: Outlawry Crimes in Medieval Iceland, Sarah Stapleton
Trends in Intellectual Disability Identification in West Virginia, Margaret M. Stephens
GI Jive: US Soldiers' Writings and Post-World War II America, Amanda Lee Stevens
Teachers Attitudes Toward Co-teaching in Elementary Reading Classrooms, India Stone
Teachers' Attitudes Toward Technology, Grace Stover
Perspectives on Organization of the Marketing Function in Higher Education, Susan Tams
A Study of the Level of Integration of Common Core State Standards in West Virginia Teacher Preparation Programs, Georgia Nicole Thornton
Population level responses to direct application liming in Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, Shelby Renea Timm
Policymakers' Perceptions on the Application of Research Evidence in the Policymaking Process within West Virginia's Higher Education System, Christopher Treadway
Hillbilly heroin(e), Lauren Audrey Tussey
Psychosexualism in Victorian Literature: A Psychoanalysis of Jane Eyre and Dracula, Heather Marie Ward
Effects of participation in MIHOW program on maternal smoking and birthweight, Leah Elise White
Are There Whiter Shades of Pale in Marketing the Ivory Tower? An Examination of Differentiation in Institutional Public Service Announcements through Content Analysis, Elizabeth Anne Wolfe
Critical period conditioning by orgasm during heterosexual oral sex, Kristy N. Woods
A Regional Comparison of Intellectual Disability Rates in Appalachia, Tiffany D. Yancey
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Skin Condition Secondary to Elbow Dislocation in a Collegiate Diver, Brandi Leigh Anders
West Virginia's Low Percentage of Population With At Least A Four-Year College Education, Britt Arcadipane
Examining the Theoretical Consequences of a Post-feminist Media Culture, Jedidiah N. Bailey
Measuring the success of Kentucky's community and technical college system in educational attainment and advancing workforce development, William Daniel Bissett
Shape evolution and sexual dimorphism in the mandible of the dire wolf, Canis Dirus, at Rancho la Brea, Alexandria L. Brannick
Teachers Attitudes and Confidence in Technology Integration, Heather Brown
SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER PERCEPTIONS REGARDING PREFERRED LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS FOR SUPERINTENDENTS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Keith A. Butcher
Making it Work: Factors that Influence the Success of Programs at Rural Community Colleges, Rebecca Calwell
Identification and characterization of downstream effector protein(s) regulated by p53 and pRb, Miranda B. Carper
The pH Dependence of Photosystem II Oxygen-Evolving Complex Assembly, Emilee Hope Cook
Examination of two hydration protocols during simulated forced marching under acute heat stress, David Alan Cottrill
Tutoring ESL Students for Improvements in Language Skills, Hollie R. Craddock
NATURAL HISTORY OF A POPULATION OF WOOD TURTLES (GLYPTEMYS INSCULPTA) IN WEST VIRGINIA, Jessica Curtis
Scandalous deception in the castle: an examination of the gender performance through the bedtrick trope in Arthurian literature, Abby Louise Daniel
Multicopter-Based Small Format Aerial Photography using Free and Open Source Photogrammetry, Robert Matthew Davis
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF LIMING ON GYRINOPHILUS PORPHYRITICUS WITH A COMPARISON OF MULTIPLE SAMPLING METHODS, Elise Marie Edwards
An "Alien Foundation": The Eclectism of Antonin Dvorak's American Period, Kelly Marie Fallon
Cardiovascular Aging in the Female F344xBN Rat Model, Jacqueline C. Fannin
A Home Literacy Intervention To Improve Student Reading and Parental Self-Efficacy, Holly Bond Farrell
Effectiveness of the Language! Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum for 6th Graders, Laura N. Fields
EXAMINATION OF CONSISTENCY ON THE OHIO ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENTS AND OHIO GRADUATION TEST, Adam R. Fox
Teacher Efficacy Beliefs: How General Teachers feel towards English Language Learners, Lauren Elizabeth Fraser
INVESTIGATION INTO THE CELLULAR ACTIONS OF CARNOSINE AND C-PEPTIDE, Emma H. Gardner
A comprarison of scores on the RIAS and WISC-IV in a referred sample, Racheal R. Gliniak
VOICE IN ESL ACADEMIC WRITING: AN INTERPERSONAL ANALYSIS, Audrey Hamoy
Training Law Enforcement in Mental Health: A Broad-Based Model, Rachael Elaine Hatfield
Communication About HIV In The Black Gay Community: Factors That Influence Willingness To Ask a Partner To Wear a Condom, Ask a Partner's HIV Status, and Disclose One's HIV own Status, Deion Scott Hawkins
The Geography of Stuck: Exceptions to Brain Drain in West Virginia, Lindsay Heinemann
The Natural Life History of Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, The Greenbrier Crayfish, Paul William Hughes
Development of Moral Didacticism in Children: A Cross-Cultural Study, Sixtus Obinna Iwuji
IQ and targeted based cognitive tier II interventions, James B. Justice
USING AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA AS A MODEL SPECIES FOR STUDYING THE ECOMORPHOLOGY OF PARANTHROPUS, Ryan Andrew King
Effective Treatment Options for Acid Mine Drainage in the Coal Region of West Virginia, Daniel Kirby
Travel Sized: A Collection of Essays, Wendi L. Kozma
Secondhand Smoke Exposure as a Risk Factor for Perioperative Airway Complications in Pediatric Outpatient Procedures, Ashlee Denise Loudin
Teaching High School Students Scientific Concepts Using Graphic Organizers, Kyle Lusk
THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF CERIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES AGAINST SEPSIS INDUCED MULTI-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME IN SPRAGUE DAWLEY RATS, Nandini Durga Prasanna Kumar Manne
The Effectiveness of Graphic Organizers on the Comprehension of Social Studies Content by Students with Disabilities, Martha Lynn Mann
Poland’s Place In The Soviet Bloc: Historical And Cultural Linkages, Political Transformation, And Everyday Economic Alternatives In Gdańsk and Wałbrzych, Stephen W. Mays
Why We Stay, Brittany Nicole McIntyre
The Relationship Between Teacher Planning Time and Eighth Grade Reading Achievement in West Virginia Schools, Anne Marie Monterosso
WV Writes and Westest 2 online writing: the impact of writing prompts on student writing proficiency, Stacey Murrell
Short-term Activity-dependent Changes in Schaffer Collateral Axon Function, Benjamin Michael Owen
Online Graduates in Clinical Laboratory Sciences: Are They Prepared for the Workplace?, Jennifer D. Perry
Mechanical Visualization of a Second Order Dynamic Equation on Varying Time Scales, Molly Kathryn Peterson
Assessing grazing impacts on a tropical dry forest system in Madagascar through vegetation, satellite image, lemur occupancy, and acoustic analysis, Lyndsay Lee Rankin
A Study of Kindergarten Teachers' Ability to Teach the Kindergarten Informational Text Common Core Standards in Fifteen West Virginia School Districts, Shelly Ann Ratliff
What's the New Deal with Marshall? Depression Relief and Higher Education, Hubert Wesley Rolling
Describing the Spoken Discourse Practices of Second and Third Grade Classroom Teachers in Appalachia, Natasha Janel Scott
The Effect of the PIES Mnemonic Strategy on the Word Problem Solving Skills of Middle School Students, Lisa A. Short
