Theses and dissertations produced by graduate students affiliated with Mississippi State University's College of Arts and Sciences.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Why Can't a Woman Fly?: Nasa and the Cult of Masculinity, 1958-1972, Erinn Catherine McComb
A Ghazal for the Ends Of Things, Jannell Christine McConnell
Artful Warfare: The Soviets Superficial Thaw, 1959, Cadra Peterson McDaniel
I've Been Reading About Disaster Lately, Lisa Catherine McMurtray
Remote Sensing of Cyanobacteria in Turbid Productive Waters, Sachidananda Mishra
Addressing sample bias and representativeness at the Kinlock site (22SU526) a freshwater mussel shell ring in the Mississippi Delta, Joseph Alan Mitchell
Testing an Experimental Manipulation of Social Desirability and its Impact on Substance Use Self-Report in Late Adolescents, Melanie Catherine Morse
Current Trends in Researcher Methodology Regarding the Asperger's Disorder Diagnosis: Implications for the DSM-5 Revision, Hannah E. Morton
Genetic Analysis of DAWDLE Function in Arabidopsis, Lakshmi A. Narayanan
Defining Freedom: a Historical Exploration of Richard Wright's Black Boy, Ernest Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and Alice Walker's Meridian, Natalie Anne Nations
Oil Related Environmental Degradation and Human Displacement: Case Study of Niger Delta Nigeria, Joshua Onyemachi
Is It a Small World after all: An Examination of Scientific Collaborations in Public Administration, James Earl Orr Jr
Performance as a Historiographic Process in King John and the Winter's Tale, Joshua Rhodes Parsons
Response of Listeria Monocytogenes to Bile Salts, Angela Inez Payne
A Study of Selection on Microsatellites in the Helianthus Annuus Transcriptome, Sreepriya Pramod
The Hinterland: Compilation of Nearby Brown Dwarfs and Ultracool stars, Christopher David Ramos
Conceptual Change: The Integration of Geologic Time into the Teaching of Evolution, David L. Ramseyer
Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Silica Supported Homo- and Heterodinuclear Metal Complexes, Ankadage Samantha Ranaweera
Using Cloud to Ground Lightning as a Forecast Tool for Severe Hail, Matthew Reagan
The Role of Cue-Target and Target Relatedness in Metamemory Predictions about Retroactive Interference in Memory, Myra Ann Reid
Alternate Stable States in Ecological Systems, Sarath Sasi
Quantification of Storm Surge Probability using Ensemble Slosh Model Data, David Scott Schlotzhauer
Sustainable Construction Practices of Intentional Communities: a Pilot Investigation in Loudoun County, Virginia and Frederick County, Maryland, Jason Lee Shedd
Effects of Defendant and Complainant Alcohol Consumption, Lawre Elizabeth Slayton
A Comparative Study of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Spark Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Rapid Analysis of Mercury in Soils, Pavan Kumar Srungaram
Degree of Pyritization and Methylmercury Analysis, Weeks Bay Alabama, Henry A. Stauffenberg
Biofacies Analysis of Late Mississippian Ostracodes and their Use as Paleoenvironmental Indicators in the Bluefield Formation, Mercer County, West Virginia, Benjamin T. Stencil
Studies Related to the Synthesis of Chroman- And Quinoline-Based Heterocycles, Sean L Robert Stokes
A Nonlinear Statistical Algorithm to Predict Daily Lightning in Mississippi, Erin Amanda Thead
Differentiation between "Bomb" and Ordinary U.S. East Coast Cyclogenesis using Principal Component Analysis and K-means Cluster Analysis, Evan Edward Thomas
Police Car 'Visibility': He Relationship between Detection, Categorization and Visual Saliency, Mark Dewayne Thomas
Modeling Effects of Climatological Variability and Management Practices on Conservation of Groundwater from the Mississippi River Valley Shallow Alluvial Aquifer in the Mississippi Delta Region, Robert Frank Thornton
Calculating Ion Pair Production within the Icet Hepa Filter Test Stand Aerosol Neutralizer and Radiation Dose Rates from Mobile Surveying System Data, Ronald James Unz
Probing Protein and Organothiol Interactions with Gold Nanoparticles, Karthikeshwar Vangala
The Role of Thought Confidence in Resistance to Social Norms, Benjamin Howard Walker
A Theory of Music as Political Resistance, Ian D. Walker
Manganese Oxidation, Pseudomonas, and Potential Mercury Remediation, Kendra L. Wright
Characterization the Structure and Function of Dawdle Gene, and Characterization of Dawdle Physical Interactors in Arabidopsis, Seyit Yuzuak
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Nuclear Phenomena in Covariant Density Functional Theory, Hazem Abusara
Development and Loss of Porosity in the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Sligo Formation Shelf Edge Reef, South Texas, Eyitayo David Aina
Were they or weren't they? A study of possible sedentariness using faunal indicators at a coastal Thom's Creek site (38ch1693), Lauren Lowrey Alford
Studies on Hexahapto-Dibenzo[A,E]Cyclooctatetraene Complexes of Chromiumtricarbonyl and Cationic Manganesetricarbonyl, Nilantha Bandara
Parenting style moderates the relationship between childhood exposure to violence and sexually aggressive behavior in early adulthood, Lisa Beck-Xaysuda
Peripheral and Placental Immunology in the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)-Infected Cat Model, Crystal Elizabeth Boudreaux
Testing the generalizability of informal social control theory: change and stability of illicit substance use across the life course among various racial and gender subgroups, Christopher W. Bounds
Multispectral/Multitemporal Aerial Detection And Mapping Of Red Imported Fire Ant Colony Mounds In Two Monocultural Grass Types, Mark Ellis Carruth
Stratigraphic Architecture of the Floyd (Neal) Shale in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama and Mississippi: Implications for Regional Exploration Potential, Matthew MacGregor Caton
Reactions of in Situ Generated Cyclic Ketene-N,N-,-N,O- and -N,S-Acetals: Acid Catalyzed Olefinations of Bio-Oil, Sabornie Chatterjee
Genetic variation and leprosy distribution in nine-banded armadillos, Leah Chinchilla
Along the diminishing stretch of memory, Christina C. Collins
The Legacy of Cotton: A Geographical Perspective on the Influence of Traditionalist Politics in Mississippi, William Edward Stephen Cottrell
Biophysical Studies of Gene Sequence G-quadruplexes and i-Motifs, Jamie Marie Dettler
Measuring the salience of the economy : the effects of economic conditions on voter perceptions and turnout in Mississippi, Brad Thomas Dickerson
The Effect of Context on Retrieval Blocking and Source Misattribution in an Eyewitness Memory Paradigm, Matthew Reed Douglass
Genomic instability may be a signal of human embryonic stem cell differentiation, Clara Ines Esteban-Perez
Extent Of Cluster-Based Economic Development Policies And The Political/Institutional Context: A Collective Case Study, Roberto Gallardo Estrella
The Influence of Social Determinants on Late Stage Breast Cancer and the Impact of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Program on Late Stage Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Melody L. Fortune
Classes of reaction diffusion equations with nonlinear boundary conditions, Jerome Goddard
First-Principles Study of the Site Occupancy and Magnetic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Substituted Strontium Hexaferrite, Serkan Guldal
Major Depressive Disorder, negative life events, and parenting:their relationship with disruptive behavior disorders, Laura Haines
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Thiobarbituric Acid (TBA) and TBA Reactive Compounds, Pravindya Rukshani Haputhanthri
The American dream and other fiction, Raquel Hollingsworth
Analysis Of Conservation Practices In The Blackland Prairie Region Of Mississippi And Construction Of A Predictor For Locating New Sites For Conservation Efforts, Steven Cameron Hughes
Calorimetric studies of histone H1 interactions with calf thymus DNA, Sarah Elizabeth Jones
Disturbance and its effects on archaeological significance and integrity, Jason Alan Kennedy
Miniature Gas Chromatography Development, Testing and Applications, Bidhya Kunwar
Impact of husband's and wife's alcohol use on juror perceptions of a woman who killed her abusive husband, Chelsea Aileen Lawson
Exploring the 'Moment Of Knowing' and Double-Consciousness in Nella Larsen's Passing, Carina Lewis
A web-based application for assessing jurisdictional geospatial readiness, Bailey D. Lipscomb
Oxidative Transformation of Antimicrobial Compounds by Ferric-Modified Montmorillonite, Chamindu Liyanapatirana
Creating Resilient, Sustainable Local Governments: Merging Human Resource Management and Emergency Management, Stacey Cole Mann
Advancing Li/CFX Battery Chemistry: A Study On Partially Reduced CFx As A Primary Li/CFx Cell Cathode Material, Martin Mathews
Reinvestigation of a Hydrogeologic Feasibility Study for a Proposed Surface Water Reservoir in Smith County, Mississippi, William Dennis McBryde
A Terrain And Meteorological Analysis Of The Battlefield At Shiloh, Tennessee, Charles Blakely McClendon
State business climate policies and the economic well-being of children, John Stephen McCown
The Absence, Josiah Philip-David Meints
Formation of geomorphic features as a response to sea-level change at Ritidian Point, Guam, Mariana Islands, Blaz Miklavic
Spectroscopic Investigations of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT), Tracy Stevens Miller
Shrewish Behavior: Gender Competition in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Emily Mills
Empirical Studies of Arundinaria Species for Restoration Purposes, Mary Catherine Mills
Oxidative stress induces DNA strand breaks may lead to genomic instability in ovarian tumorigenesis, Harold-Humberto Moreno-Ortiz
Asperger's Syndrome and Learning Strategies: Are Difficulties Due to a Production Deficit or to a Utilization Deficit?, Miranda Lee Morris
Perceived parenting, psychopathology, and environment:what influences projected parenting?, Ashley Kathleen Norwood
Research Universities as Engines of Economic Growth: How Do Research Universities Impact Regional Economic Growth?, Stephanie Arnette Pink
The effects of personal and parental religiosity on psychopathology, Leah Ferrari Power
Soil-microbe-volatile organic compound (SMVOC) analysis and authentic science inquiry into gas chromatography for a general chemistry laboratory class, Christopher Vincent Ruhs
Bobbie Ann Mason's Postsouthernism: The Decline of Religion in Four Stories from Shiloh and Other Stories, Katherine Brantley Salter
Antipathies and attribution:the effects on self-esteem, self-efficacy, and task persistence, Caroline Ruth Saxon
Measurement of Trace Environmental Contaminants Using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy, Susan Theresa Scherrer
Chemistry of Cyclic Ketene-N,O-Acetals, Yingquan Song
Knights, Puritans, and Jesus: Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and the archetypes of American masculinity, Wilm K. Strawbridge
A Drawing in of Air, Jessica Jane Temple
Dr. Johnson's novel influence: Jane Austen illuminates Concordia Discors, Heather Ann Tucker
A GIS model to rapidly predict probability of hurricane damage, Ryan Christopher Vaughan
Metamemory and Eyewitness Memory: Will the Accessibility Heuristic be used to predict Memory for Details of a Complex Event?, Kathryn Meredith Webster
Role of reactive oxygen species in Glioblastoma multiforme microsatellite instability, Kortney Lynnette Wilkinson-Busha
A study of structural integrity of type A (I) lantibiotics via chemical modification and mutagenesis, Shawanda Wilson-Stanford
Factors affecting late adolescent delinquent behavior, Tiffany R. Woodcock
