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 2021
Identity formation of Black Surinamese Dutch women, Ashley Melcherts
Frequency of illicit use of prescription stimulants is associated with perceived ADHD symptoms, Justin Mendonca
Commercial Douglas fir biochar based multifunctional exotic adsorbents for water remediation, Chanaka Navarathna
Perceived close friend and parent disapproval/approval of illicit use of prescription stimulants, Kara L. Nayfa
From origin to application: A study of plant orphan genes, Seth Jordan O'Conner
Analysis of fill time for proposed reservoir in George County, Mississippi, Lauren Parker
Response effort attenuates provoked aggression in men and women, Michaela Patoilo
Kinetic spectroscopic quantification of biomarkers in practical samples, Weiyu Peng
The application of photogrammetry for the recording and analysis of antemortem cranial depression fractures, Keri Porter
Evaluating the impact on underrepresented populations of a 5-day university-based STEM academic leadership summer camp for high school JROTC students., Mark John Powers
Distribution and direct impacts of marine debris on the Mississippi commercial shrimping, Alyssa Rodolfich
Understanding family dynamics in a cross-cultural sample, Mary Moussa Rogers
Superconductivity in two-dimensions from the Hubbard model to the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, Dipayan Roy
Low-cost adsorbents for water purification, Hasara Dilum Samaraweera
A remote sensing driven geospatial approach to regional crop growth and yield modeling, Sadia Alam Shammi
Mississippi teachers' perceptions of environmental education and outdoor instruction during a COVID-19 pandemic, Kelisha Stamps
Chess with Pigeons, Katie Starliper
Pain tolerance feedback and deliberate self-harm in men and women, Matthew A. Timmins
The role of microbes and organic matter in the genesis of complex carbonate facies and lithologies referred to as leopard rock, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, Keith Louris Tischler
Exploring suicide acceptability in a Veteran and non-Veteran sample, Caitlin E. Titus
An analysis of the Glycine max Sec61 during its defense response to Heterodera glycines, Hallie Alyssa Troell
Urban-rural differences in lifespan variation in the United States, Benjamin H. Walker
A review of calcineurin biophysics with implications for cardiac physiology, Ryan B. Williams
Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Urban Properties in Tampa Due to Climate Change, Weiwei Xie
Some new anomaly detection methods with applications to financial data, Zhicong Zhao
Occupied: The Civilian Experience in Montélimar, 1939-1945, Cameron Zinsou
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Toward improved characterization of biologically relevant isomeric and isobaric ions on mass spectrometry-based platforms, Baku Acharya
A host-guest system for determining residue contributions to protein adsorption on nanoparticles by NMR, Md Siddik Alom
Analysis of positive solutions for singular p-Laplacian problems via fixed point methods, Trad Haza Alotaibi
Electrolyte interactions with ligand functionalized gold nanoparticles, Sumudu Athukorale
Pain tolerance as a mediator of aggressive behavior, Nathan Barclay
Improved recall for information reread on tests provides support for the test question effect, Kevin Barnes
Metagenomic sequencing, microbiome reconstruction, and analysis of ancient North and Central American dental calculus, Jonathan Belanich
Genetics of a color polymorphism in Heliconius doris, Caleb Benson
Development of the Pet-Related Events and Tasks Scale (PETS), Courtney Bolstad
Electrochemical characterization of fluoropolymers and aromatic compounds for corrosion protection applications, Eugene B. Caldona
Assessment of coastal watershed erosion potential using geographic information systems and expert input for decision support, John H. Cartwright
Integration of virtual learning in college geology education, Youngwoo Cho
Identifying Specific Difficulties Predicted by Emotion Regulation Strategy Use and Related Facets, Ashley Steverson Coleman
Students' perceptions of School Resource Officer quality and school safety, William Cooper
C–N bond formation using copper complexes, James Cope
Nations Imagined Online: A Case Study of the Villoux Server System, Tyler Daniel
Removal of molybdenum from contaminated water using Douglas fir biochar/iron oxide composites, Naba Krishna Das
Spatial analysis of a Chesapeake Bay sub-watershed: How land use and precipitation patterns impact water quality in the James River, Kristina Delia
Developing a new atmospheric dispersion index for the southeastern United States, Brian Anthony DeVeau
Investigations on mechanisms of survival and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium ulcerans in polymicrobial environments, Laxmi Dhungel
Evaluating various socio-economic factors and their effect on tornado knowledge in Mississippi and Alabama, Jacob E. Dickey
Exploring the role of host species and abiotic factors on epiphytic bacterial communities in prickly pear cactus, Taylor Didesch
Research investigation into the Ventura River watershed: Geoliteracy, stormwater, and community activity, Julia A. Domenech
Impairment in adult ADHD: Effects of ADHD symptoms, executive function, and sleep, Morgan M. Dorr
"Swamp Thing: Alligators, Symbolism, and the Meaning of Animals in the American South, Nathan Drake
Adversity and resilience training: Trauma-informed care as a universal community intervention, Lediya Dumessa
Understanding shooting bias using a dual mechanisms of control framework, Jaymes A. Durriseau
Exploring the possibility of free floating features in visual working memory, Conne George
Mississippian Period (1000 – 1700 A.D.) wattle and daub construction in the Yazoo Basin: Comparing energy expenditure using context and construction methods, William David Harris
Greening golf: Grass, agriculture, and Pinehurst in the Sandhills, Matthew Himel
Spatial vulnerability analysis and thematic mapping of urban floods: A case study of 100-year floodplain areas of Birmingham, Alabama, Mohammad Khalid Hossain
Genetic structure of the host plant, Chamaecrista fasciculata, and its microbial partners, Mahboubeh Hosseinalizadeh Nobarinezhad
Glacier change assessment of the Columbia Icefield in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Canada (1985 – 2018), Adjoa Dwamena Intsiful
Pneumococcal resistance to granule-mediated killing by human neutrophils, James Howard Jackson
Comparing development definitions of internally displaced communities and the Government: A study of the Chenchu people in the Nallamala forest of southern India, Malavika Jinka Ramamurthy
Quantifying animal movement: Using a power-law to model the relationship between first passage time and scale, Zoë Johnson
Speckle image denoising methods based on total variation and non-local means, Chartese Jones
Longitudinal examination of behavioral markers of positive valence systems and anhedonia, Duncan Jordan
The Big Sandy problem: Projectile morphometrics and cultural transmission at the end of the Younger Dryas in the mid-south, William Joseph
Evolutionary patterns of Amoebozoa revealed by gene content and phylogenomics, Seungho Kang
Computational chemistry investigation of gas-phase structures, infrared spectroscopy, and dissociation pathways of isomeric molecules, Widana Kaushalya
Inheritance, Sam Kealhofer
Interpreting time-resolved spectra and excited state reactivity with computational methods, Robert Lamb
Surface and satellite perspectives on precipitation variability across San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Christana Landress
Meat on the hoof: A zooarchaeological and isotopic investigation of herd management at Khirbet Summeily in the Iron Age, Kara Marie Larson
Nonoscillatory second-order procedures for partial differential equations of nonsmooth data, Philku Lee
Genome editing in kenaf: Initial studies and target gene characterization, Kangqi Li
Modified adsorbents from waste materials for water remediation, Medagama Liyanage Achala Sandamali Liyanage
Thou shall not steal: Assessing demographic and neighborhood predictors of shoplifting through the lens of social disorganization theory, Christina Loftin
Color inconsistencies across hazardous weather watches and warnings: Can standardized visual representation of risk improve public safety?, Caroline Nicole MacDonald
Biophysical characterization of traditional and nontraditional equilibria in metal-biomolecular interactions, Kayla Diane McConnell
The Madden-Julian Oscillation and its relation to tornado outbreaks in the central and eastern United States, Andrew McCormick
A genetic assessment of the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme’s success, and prognosis for the species’ future conservation, Mallory McKinney
Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous mosasaur specimen from Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, Joseph Moffitt
Evaluating the unequal impacts of Hurricane Harvey: A critical GIS analysis in systems of governmental risk assessment and mitigation, Mustafa Ansari Monk
Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Stable Fully Bio-based Poly(ester amide)s from Sustainable Feedstock, Nuwayo Eric Munyaneza
Latino suicide: Does religious contextual influence vary between Latino men and Latino women?, Sierra L. Nelson
The Rwandan genocide in writing and visuality: memory, violence representations and the Anthropocene., Theophilus Okunlola
The mother-infant dyad: reconstructing maternal nutritional status at Put Dragulina cemetery, Julianne Marie Paige
“No one ever forced them to”: law enforcement perceptions of and experiences with human sex trafficking, Chloe Parker
Biophysical characterization of protein-nanoparticle interactions, Yasiru Randika Perera
Working memory capacity and fluid intelligence: A potential role of analogical transfer, Megan Raden
