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JMU Honors College Capstone Projects Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title Finley, Debora 1986 Accounting The Use of Computers in Managerial Accounting Addresses the Role of Computers in Managerial Accounting Dec, John 1987 Accounting Arthur Bishop Auditor Independence: Is the Profession Covering the Concepts Adequately Goldenberg, Michael 1987 Accounting Jim Henrick Purchasing Fraud in the Hospitality Industry: Can the Problem be Controlled? Markey, Rita 1990 Accounting The Effects of Capital Gains Taxation on Taxpayer Equity, Government Revenue, and the National Economy Ruhl, Cynthia 1990 Accounting Kent St. Pierre Ethics in the Accounting Profession: Propaganda or Reality Thrift, William 1990 Accounting Alexander Gabbin, Ph.D. The Certification Process for Public Accountants: Are Virginia CPAs Ready for Changes? McKnight, Mary 1991 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. The Mentor-Protege Relationship in Large Public Accounting Firms Byrne, Lisa 1992 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. Role Conflict Faced by Accountants Employed by Large Public Firms O’Neil, Jon Patrick 1992 Accounting Charles P. Baril, Ph.D. Accounting for Income Taxes: The Implementation of FASB Statement No. 96 Dickenson, Lloyd 1995 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. The Harmonization of Accounting Standards in the 21st Century: Will the Anglo- Saxon/US Model become the Dominant Accounting Model? Harlow, William 1996 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. Measuring the Effect of Financial Reporting Standards 6 & 7 on British Business Combination Activity Seltzer, Nathan 2001 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. Evaluating the Success of Whole Hospital Joint Ventures Through Charity Care Analysis Ackerman, Stephanie 2004 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. Accounting Fraud in the Telecommunications Industry Romeo, Theresa 2005 Accounting Robert Richardson, Ph.D. An Examination of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Cybulski, Amanda Kate 2010 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. A Study in the Complexity of Tax Law in the United States since the Codification of the 1986 Tax Code Bohn, Colby Louise 2011 Anthropology Amy Paugh, Ph.D. Power Hungry: Exploring Family Hierarchies at the Dinner Table Cross, Kathryn Amanda 2011 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Challenging Traditional Settlement Models: The Movement of Lithie Raw Material and the Residential Mobility of Native Peoples in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Rotsted, Lauren Ashley 2011 Anthropology Clarence Geier, Ph.D. The Economic Effects of Privateering in the Caribbean and Central America on the European Economies in the 17th-18th Centuries Wilburn, Jennifer Katherine 2011 Anthropology Richard Roberts Lawler, Ph.D. Epidemiological Survey Of Potential Ebola Zaire Reservoirs Willhite, Brenton Eric 2011 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Evaluation Aggregation and Warfare in the Prehistoric Southwest: the Construction Sequences of an Enclosed-Plaza Pueblo Hands, Ruth 1978 Anthropology Analysis of Aboriginal Settlement Patterns Along a Section of Back Creek in Bath County, Virginia Chandler, Kent 1979 Anthropology England Breaking the Mold Hicks, Diane 1979 Anthropology An Examination of Political Corruption: Maryland as a Case Study Schimmel, Ellen 1979 Anthropology Perception and Interpersonal Attraction: A Replication Petke, Rudolph 1981 Anthropology Mary Norm Circle Square and Longways Set: An Ethnohistorical Study of Dance in England Hiner, Yvonne 1983 Anthropology Comparative Analysis of Children in Need of Services(HINS) and Foster Care Children (Shenandoah

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Page 1: JMU Honors College Capstone Projects · 2020. 12. 9. · JMU Honors College Capstone Projects Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title Finley, Debora 1986 Accounting The Use of

JMU Honors College Capstone Projects

Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title

Finley, Debora 1986 Accounting The Use of Computers in Managerial Accounting Addresses the Role of Computers in

Managerial Accounting

Dec, John 1987 Accounting Arthur Bishop Auditor Independence: Is the Profession Covering the Concepts Adequately

Goldenberg, Michael 1987 Accounting Jim Henrick Purchasing Fraud in the Hospitality Industry: Can the Problem be Controlled?

Markey, Rita 1990 Accounting The Effects of Capital Gains Taxation on Taxpayer Equity, Government Revenue,

and the National Economy

Ruhl, Cynthia 1990 Accounting Kent St. Pierre Ethics in the Accounting Profession: Propaganda or Reality

Thrift, William 1990 Accounting Alexander Gabbin, Ph.D. The Certification Process for Public Accountants: Are Virginia CPAs Ready for

Changes?

McKnight, Mary 1991 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. The Mentor-Protege Relationship in Large Public Accounting Firms

Byrne, Lisa 1992 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. Role Conflict Faced by Accountants Employed by Large Public Firms

O’Neil, Jon Patrick 1992 Accounting Charles P. Baril, Ph.D. Accounting for Income Taxes: The Implementation of FASB Statement No. 96

Dickenson, Lloyd 1995 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. The Harmonization of Accounting Standards in the 21st Century: Will the Anglo-

Saxon/US Model become the Dominant Accounting Model?

Harlow, William 1996 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. Measuring the Effect of Financial Reporting Standards 6 & 7 on British Business

Combination Activity

Seltzer, Nathan 2001 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. Evaluating the Success of Whole Hospital Joint Ventures Through Charity Care

Analysis

Ackerman, Stephanie 2004 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. Accounting Fraud in the Telecommunications Industry

Romeo, Theresa 2005 Accounting Robert Richardson, Ph.D. An Examination of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Cybulski, Amanda Kate 2010 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. A Study in the Complexity of Tax Law in the United States since the Codification of

the 1986 Tax Code

Bohn, Colby Louise 2011 Anthropology Amy Paugh, Ph.D. Power Hungry: Exploring Family Hierarchies at the Dinner Table

Cross, Kathryn Amanda 2011 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Challenging Traditional Settlement Models: The Movement of Lithie Raw Material

and the Residential Mobility of Native Peoples in the Virginia Blue Ridge MountainsRotsted, Lauren Ashley 2011 Anthropology Clarence Geier, Ph.D. The Economic Effects of Privateering in the Caribbean and Central America on the

European Economies in the 17th-18th Centuries

Wilburn, Jennifer Katherine 2011 Anthropology Richard Roberts Lawler, Ph.D. Epidemiological Survey Of Potential Ebola Zaire Reservoirs

Willhite, Brenton Eric 2011 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Evaluation Aggregation and Warfare in the Prehistoric Southwest: the Construction

Sequences of an Enclosed-Plaza PuebloHands, Ruth 1978 Anthropology Analysis of Aboriginal Settlement Patterns Along a Section of Back Creek in Bath

County, Virginia

Chandler, Kent 1979 Anthropology England Breaking the Mold

Hicks, Diane 1979 Anthropology An Examination of Political Corruption: Maryland as a Case Study

Schimmel, Ellen 1979 Anthropology Perception and Interpersonal Attraction: A Replication

Petke, Rudolph 1981 Anthropology Mary Norm Circle Square and Longways Set: An Ethnohistorical Study of Dance in England

Hiner, Yvonne 1983 Anthropology Comparative Analysis of Children in Need of Services(HINS) and Foster Care

Children (Shenandoah

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Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title

Byrnes, Patricia 1986 Anthropology An Examination of the Importance of Social Class Ethos based on the Broom and

Selznick Model of Social Classes to the Stability of American Class Structure and to

the Development of World Views of Individuals of Different Social Locations

Gregory, Florence 1986 Anthropology Women's Pensions: A Fifty-Year Progression to Mediocrity, 1935-1985

Whiteley, Nancy 1986 Anthropology Marriage Enrichment: A Theological and Social Inquiry

Akers, Donna 1988 Anthropology Richard H. Thompson, Ph.D. A Comparison and Contrast of Female Character Type om Selected Appalachian

Novels

Brubaker, Sarah-Jane 1990 Anthropology James L. Steele, Ph.D. An Analysis of the Travelers, Citicorp Merger

Pollack, Michael 1990 Anthropology The Influence of Bushido on Japanese Management Philosophy

Shields, Elizabeth 1990 Anthropology Richard H. Thompson, Ph.D. US Joint Ventures with the World's Sleeping Giant: China

Young, Amy 1990 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Toward a Predictive Model for Aboriginal Settlement in Portions of Northwestern

Rockingham County

Kenny, Erin 1991 Anthropology Richard H. Thompson, Ph.D. Possession Sickness: The Affliction and It's Implications

Richards, Randall 1992 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Archeological Survey of Portions of the Middle River Drainage in Swoope, Virginia

Stone, Rebecca 1992 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Physical and Environmental Factors in Gender Role Origins

Hamlin, Catherine 1993 Anthropology Linda Seligmann Chacaras for Cash: Roles of Women in the Contemporary Guaymi community

Price, Allison 1993 Anthropology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Intimate Interracial(Black-White) Relationships: A Critical Analysis

Holler, Beth 1994 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Folk Medicine in the Casselman Valley

Krause, Katrina 1994 Anthropology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Self-Worth and Sexuality: A Content Analysis of Advertising in Women's Magazines

McClintock, Laura 1994 Anthropology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. A Critical Analysis of Women in the American Indian Movement

Stout, Dietrich 1994 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Language Capacity: Context and

Characteristics

Bigger, Sharon 1995 Anthropology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. A James Madison University-Shenandoah National Park Partnership: Analysis of

Retrofits for Energy Efficiency at Select Buildings within Shenandoah National Park

Helbig, Dana 1997 Anthropology Ivy Pike Dana Christina: An Atomic Legacy

Wilkins, Michael 1997 Anthropology Clarence Geier, Ph.D. The North River Gap Community in Era of the American Civil War: A Historical

Archaeological Study

Sechrist, Kathryn 1998 Anthropology Richard H. Thompson, Ph.D. The Resurgence in American Home Birthing: An Historical and Ethnographic Study

Garvey, Shannon 2000 Anthropology Laura Lewis, Ph.D. ¿SOSVo seante?: A Study of Historical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Spanish

American Vose

Maust, Trisha 2000 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Journeys Through Time and Meaning: The Mythology of Navajo Sandpainting

Butler, Kimberly 2002 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. As Wholesome as Milk: The Interaction of the Dairy Industry and American Culture

McIntyre, Allison 2002 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. Osteoporosis: An Anthropological Perspective

Thomson, Lena 2002 Anthropology Laura Lewis, Ph.D. Grassroots Organizing and Discourses of Identity Among Mexican Transmigrants in

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Albright, Len 2003 Anthropology George F. Linder, Ph.D. Flip-Flop Graffiti: Street Crime and Social Opinion

Blanchard, Rebecca 2003 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Unveiling: An Investigation of Dance

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Hoofnagle, Bryan 2003 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. A Growing Season at the Staunton/Augusta and Harrisonburg Farmers' markets:

Activating a Locally Derived Organic Discourse

Schultz, Marvin 2003 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. A String of Pearls: Blacks Run Greenway and the Green Infrastructure Movement

Feldman, Valerie 2004 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. The Transgender Experience: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Body Alteration

Mitch, Heather 2004 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. The Understanding: Vampires, Werewolves and Gamers: Real Life and Imagined

Worlds in the Camarilla Fan Club

Semeraro, Dominique 2004 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. Human Retroversion: Investigation of a New Method of Measurement

Abbot, Allison Jane 2005 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Ethnohistories of Newtown: Excavating and Reconstructing the Racialized Past of

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Ahmed, Naheed 2005 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Female Circumcision: Notions of Bodiliness and Deconstructing the Human Rights

Discourse

Herz, Sara 2005 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Converging Natures: An Ethnographic Look Into Tom Brown's Tracking, Nature, and

Wilderness Survival School

Mayhew, Linsey 2005 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Mediated Community: Imagining Identity Through Unlicensed Radio

Bredthauer, Alison 2006 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Southern Connections: A Discussion of Mesoamerican Influences

Atkins, Ashley Layne 2007 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Pamunkey Indian Craft Production: Ceramic Traditions and the Non-Native

Influence

Nelson, Kara Alese 2007 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Nonhuman Primates and the Origin of Infectious Disease

Bickham, Joanna Felts 2008 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. The Evolution of the Distinctive Sclera in Humans

Crawford, Katie Lynn 2008 Anthropology Amy Paugh, Ph.D. The Feast and the Photograph; Masking and the Grotesque Among College Students

Metcalfe, Claire Mary 2008 Anthropology Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. A Holistic Approach to Understanding Cholera in the 21st Century

Tarabek, Julianne Elizabeth 2009 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Technology Change and Lethality in Projectile Points: A Southwest Case Study

Britz, Jacqueline Baker 2010 Anthropology Jennifer E. Coffman, Ph.D. The Keiskamma Project: The Implication of Social Factors On the Prevention and

Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Hamburg, South Africa

Burns, Meredith Jane 2010 Anthropology Liam Buckley, Ph.D. Language Acquisition in Harrisonburg's ELL Immigrant Population

DeMeo, Emily Beth 2010 Anthropology Mieka Polanco, Ph.D. Belief that Heals: Tibetan Medicine and Buddhism in Ladakh, India

Osborne, Daniel Robert 2010 Anthropology Daniel Robert Osborne The Development of Kiva Architecture at Gran Quivira: Identifying Temporal

Change and Possible Sources of Cultural Influence

Jason-Matthews, Alexis Roberta 2011 Art History Maureen Shanahan, Ph.D. Science, Magic and Women: The Art of Remedios Varo

Miles, Theresa Jeanne 2011 Studio Art Karin Tollefson-Hall, Ph.D. The Benefit of Art Education for Home Schooled Students: Theme-based Approach

using Art to Connect Students to the World Around Them

Burton, Laura Marie 2011 Biology Carol A. Hurney, Ph.D. Gone with the Wnt: the Cloning and Sequence Analysis of Wnt8 in Hemdactylium

scutatum

Cunningham, Colleen Catherine 2011 Biology Suzanne C. Baker, Ph.D. The Effect of Auditory Stimuli on the Behavior of Dogs Housed in an Animal Shelter

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Fiori, Michele Christine 2011 Biology Tim Bloss, Ph.D. The role of LET-60 and ICD-1 in suppressing developmental apoptosis in

Caenorhabditis elegans

Ford, Lauren Ashley 2011 Biology Steven G. Cresawn, Ph.D. Analyzing Mycobacteriophage LeBron's Integration into Mycobacterium smegmatis

Herlihy, John Henry 2011 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana B-Amylase9

Mainiero, Samantha Ann 2011 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Analysis of a Putative Nuclear Localization Signal in BAM8 and Investigations of

Possible Dimerization of BAM7 and -8 in Arabidopsis

Myers, Jillian Michelle 2011 Biology Reid N. Harris, Ph.D. The Synergistic Interaction of Rana muscosa Antimicrobial Peptides and the

Bacterially produced Metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol on the Mortality of the

Zoospores of a Lethal Amphibian Fungal PathogenSafavi, Frough Navab 2011 Biology Marta Bechtel, Ph.D. Optimization of Protocols and Assessment of the Effect of Co-Culture of Stromal

Fibroblasts with Endothelial Cells On Protein and Gene Expression in the Rabbit

Cornea Wound Healing ModelTrachtman, Nora Leslie 2011 Biology Terrie K. Rife, Ph.D. The Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on the Transcription of Nitric Oxide Synthase 1

White, Chelsea Lynne 2011 Biology Steven G. Cresawn, Ph.D. Identification of Cytotoxic Genes in a Novel Mycobateriophage, LeBron

Adem, Amina Soud 2011 Biotechnology Louise M. Temple, Ph.D. Functional Characterization of Novel Surface Proteins in Bordetella avium

Gandia, Natasha Cecilia 2011 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Income Inequality in Two Latin American Countries: A Comparative Case Study of

the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica

Maisel, Amanda Leigh Marcia 2011 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Mechanism of Lacritin's Antimicrobial Activity

SanJak, Jaleal Salah 2011 Biotechnology Victoria L. Mariani, Ph.D. Preparation for study of conformational stability differences between 'normal' and

extremophilic 5Enolpryruvylshikimate-3-phosphate SynthasesDavis, Robert Woods 2011 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. Polycephalic Amphiphiles as Novel Antimicrobial Agents

Walton, Lindsay Reine 2011 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. Ruthenium Complexes Containing Phosphine Phosphine Oxide Ligands

Wiggins, Patrick Joseph 2011 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. Amphibian Chemical Defense: Examining the Versatility of Janthinobacterium

lividum and Determining Antifungal Metabolites from Several Other Cutaneous Beam, Irene Ann 2011 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Cynthia O'Donoghue, Ph.D. Brain Injury 101: An Educational Module for Caregivers, First Responders, and

ProfessionalsCombs, Emily Ann 2011 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Lincoln Gray, Ph.D. Perception of Details in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Conahan, Caitlin Tara 2011 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Rory A. DePaolis, Ph.D. Manipulation and making connections between babble and a mobile

Dubas, Emily Melissa 2011 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Cynthia O'Donoghue, Ph.D. Access to Care Following Acquired Brain Injury: The Perspective of Survivors

Huber, Meghan Margaret 2011 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Vicki Reed, Ph.D. The Effects of Narrative Elicitation Task on the Verb Morphological Patterns of

Older Adolescents with and without Specific Language ImpairmentIlenko, Sara Anne 2011 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Rory A. DePaolis, Ph.D. Infant Language Development and the Impact of Caretaker Vocalizations

O'Malley, Elizabeth Ann 2011 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Kia N. Johnson, Ph.D. Examining the Influence of Parental Socialization on the Temperament of Children

Who StutterStorrie, Danielle Marie 2011 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Mary Slade, Ph.D. Theory of Mind and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Carlisle, Melody Keolamaikai 2011 Communication Studies Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Disrupting the Binary: No Longer Victim or Survivor

Price, Elizabeth Ashleigh 2011 Communication Studies Michael Smilowitz, Ph.D. Business Use of New Media

Sautter, Katherine Gilbert 2011 Communication Studies Aimee Brickner, M.A. "U Wanna Meet Up L8r?" An Exploratory Study of Drunk Texting Among College

Students as a Communication PhenomenonSchey, Andrea Dorothy 2011 Communication Studies John Stone, Ph.D. Analysis of Persuasive Strategies Employed in Product Placement in a Variety of

Retail Outlets: A Pilot StudyKnorr, Rebecca Anne 2011 Communications Studies Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. The College "Hook-up" Culture: Where's the Commitment?

Luebbers, Ashley Marie 2011 Dietetics Patricia B. Brevard, Ph.D. Evaluation of an Intervention to Decrease Weight Gain in College Freshmen at

James Madison UniversityMiller, William S 1988 Art Robert D. Bersson, Ph.D. Graphic Design versus Fine Art: Is there any Difference?

Vaughan, Jennifer 1988 Art Phillip James Aspects of Art with the Deaf

Petry, Clayton 1989 Art Hospice

Davis, Sandra 1990 Art Illuminations

Abeel, Charity 1992 Art Alan Tshudi Flowerdew Hundred: An Illustrated Booklet

Ward, Terence 1992 Art Kenneth Beer Jr., M.A. Found Object Art in Art History and Over the Authors Couch

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Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title

Jerding, Grant 1995 Art Trudy Cole-Zieslanski, M.F.A. Save Yourself: A Comprehensive Campaign to Save Your Earth

McMillan, Judith 1995 Art Masako Miyata Trembling with Hope: A Mixed Media Experience Reflecting the Community Spirit

of Mexico among the Poor

Childress, Michael 1996 Art James H. Crable, H.D.A. Art without Rules: A Show and Critique

Redmond, Amy 1996 Art Trudy Cole-Zieslanski, M.F.A. The Influence of Spain's Cultural, Social, and Aesthetic Characteristics as a Basis for

Design

Cochrane, Laura 1998 Art Rita McCaslin Woodcawing in an Akan Community: Changes in Tradition

Gibney, Erin 1998 Art Peter J. Ratner, M.F.A. Encounter in a Virtual Universe: A Three Dimensional Computer Animation Video

Howard, Staci 1999 Art Rebecca Humphrey Heavenly Imagery: The Introduction of Angels into a Personal Aesthetic

Haber, Nicole 2000 Art Peter J. Ratner, M.F.A. Utopia: A Computer Animation

Martinkosky, Jessica 2000 Art Masako Miyata Schizophrenia, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder in Relation to Art and Artists

Miller, Elizabeth 2000 Art Kenneth Smagaj Contextualizing the Formal: A Body of Work Influenced by Opposing Esthetician's

and Artist's Looks at Contextual and Formal Creations of Art

Eder-Moreau, Eileen Alyse 2011 Elementary Education Dorothy Sluss, Ph.D. A comparative Study of Reading Instruction in Montessori and Public School

Classrooms

Brasseur, Aimee Joy 2011 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Once Upon a Laptop

Underwood, Nichole Elizabeth 2011 English Sian E. White, Ph.D. Rock of Ages Unity and Fragmentation in the Literature of Irish Cultural

Nationalism 1893-1939Winston, Mary 1969 Art and Art History A Study of the Impact of the Bauhaus on the American Home

Dillon, Deborah 1977 Art and Art History Relating the Arts in Art Class

Muzyka, Michael 1977 Art and Art History Investigation of Unique Bronze Lost Wax Casting

Warnock, Karen 1977 Art and Art History A Study of the Variables in Glaze Composition

Grassini, Maebeth 1978 Art and Art History Reflections of the Mystique: A Photographic Exploration

Whetzel, Dennis 1978 Art and Art History Buber's Dialogical Principle of Human and Esthetic Encounter: An

Autobiographical Modification through Technical Combinations of Painting and

Assemblage

Ash, Judith 1979 Art and Art History The Impact of Synesthesia in Nature Expressed through Water- and Oil-based Paints

Flaherty, Catherine 1979 Art and Art History The Establishment and Organization of Artworks Gallery, a Facility for Exhibition of

Student Work

Hess, Carolyn 1979 Art and Art History Art and the Basics: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Holmas, Joanne 1979 Art and Art History An Exploration of the Meanings and Methods of Raku

Lancaster, Elizabeth 1979 Art and Art History Reading and Language Arts Taught through Art

Mason, Katharine 1979 Art and Art History The Use of Art Therapy as a Vehicle for Non-verbal Expression of Emotional and

Psychological Growth in Educational and Psychiatric Settings

Minter, Dale 1979 Art and Art History A Visual Investigation of Interiors

Harding, Linda 1980 Art and Art History Laurie Apreston Emphasis of Line in Painterly Painting

Holden, Polly 1980 Art and Art History Color and Motion in Oil Painting

Jonassen, Dianne 1981 Art and Art History German influences on the Early Arts of the Shenandoah Valley

Lawrence, Patricia 1981 Art and Art History Teaching Art to the Hearing Impaired

Jones, Dorothy 1986 Art Education Benefits of Art in the Development of Children with Autistic Behavior

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Way (Morgan), Ericka Lynn 1997 Art Education Phillip James Guiding Art: How Early Childhood Teachers Can Help Children Maintain their

Creativity in the Visual Arts

Gregory, Marcia 1990 Art History Linda Cole Sources for the Italianism of lnigo Jones

Purvis, Betsy 1991 Art History Martha Caldwell Images and Symbols in Prehistoric Art

Crider, Eva 1992 Art History Linda Cabe Halpern, Ph.D. A Lofty but Extravagant Imagination: Henry Fuseli in the Context of Eighteenth

Century British Academic Art

Loftin, Keelan 2001 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D Artistic Interpretations of a Multifaceted Heroine: Joan of Arc from Voltaire to the

July Monarchy

Phung, Jennifer 2001 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D From Hero To Legend: Napoleonic Propaganda From the first Empire To the July

Monarchy

Denton, Kathryn 2002 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D Representing Women: The Art of Frida Kahlo, Miriam Shapiro and Barbara Kruger

Eisley, Rachel 2005 Art History Sarah Warren The Modern from the Traditional: Unearthing the Root of Kazimir Malevich's

Paintings and Writings In the Russian Orthodox Aesthetic

Christoph, Sara 2006 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D The Rebirth of Romantic Nationalism in Bohemia

Botwinick, Alexandra Beth 2007 Art History Dennis Charles Beck, Ph.D. Vito Acconci: Experimenting with Aspects of the Individual Self Identity through

Performance Art

Camphouse, Briton Curtis 2008 Art History Linda Cabe Halpern, Ph.D. Italian Light in the Catskills: Claude Lorrain's Influence on the American Landscape

Paintings of Thomas Cole

Stewart, Carolyn Ann 2008 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D Relating to Art: The Creation of an Interdisciplinary Art Gallery on the JMU

Campus

Fertitta, Jr., Terry Michael 2011 Geology Steven J. Baedke, Ph.D. Aqueous geochemical study of Blacks Run, Harrisonburg, V A, with regards to

potential impacts of salts and nutrient loading as a result of seasonal changesCreasy, Marian Helene 2011 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Impact of Major on Sleep Perceptions and Behaviors: A Survey of Undergraduate

Students in Virginia

Doss, Kala Michelle 2011 Health Sciences Theresa M. Enyeart Smith, Ph.D. Investigating the Communicable Disease Rates compared to Hand Washing

Techniques observed at James Madison University Fall 2010

Lukschander, Megan Kristine 2011 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Attitudes Toward Abortion in Pre-Medicine Students

Morrissey, James Joseph 2011 Health Sciences Todd M. Sabato, Ph.D. HIV Prevention: An African American and South African Community Perspective

Squier, Meghan Kathleen 2011 Health Sciences Audrey J. Burnett, Ph.D. Assessment of Quality of Life of Adult Day Service Participants

Vaughan, Mark Taylor 2011 Health Sciences Georgia NLJ Polacek, Ph.D. The Impacts of Virginia Legislation Regarding Smoking in Restaurants: A Study of

Restaurants in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Poplstein, Shannon Marie 2007 Athletic Training Connie Peterson, Ph.D. The Correlation between the Shoulder and Hip range of motion in College-Aged

Baseball Players

Wheat, Laura Marie 2011 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Utilization of the Health Belief Model to form a Comparison of the Perceptions,

Knowledge and Behaviors Concerning Risks for Cardiovascular Disease in Health Arrington, Ryland 1976 Biology The Effects of Temperature upon Selected Ventilatory Parameters of Rainbow Trout,

Salmo gairdneri

Ringer, Duane 1976 Biology Ribonuclease Activity in Rana Pipiens

Lauver, Anne 1977 Biology An Investigation of Plasma Protein Alteration in Response to Chlorine Exposure of

Rainbow Trout

Lawerence, Robin 1977 Biology Some Aspects of Copper Toxicity in Chlamydomonas Reinhardti

Lawson, William 1978 Biology Visualizing Muscle Sounds

Nichols, Dale 1978 Biology The Effects of Chlorine on the Ventilatory Activity of Rainbow Trout, Salmo

gairdneri

Schurtz, Sandra L. Snyder 1978 Biology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Effect of Dietary Sucrose on the Rate at which Rat Jejunum will Hydrolyze

Sucrose and Absorb Glucose

Bickmeyer, Carol 1979 Biology An In vitro Assay of Hyperglycemic Hormone from the Eyestalk of the Blue Crab,

Callinectes sapidus

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Geer, Kevin 1979 Biology The Effect of Impaired Oxygen Utilization on Lactate Dehydrogenase lsozymes in

Mouse Heart, Liver, and Muscle

Sechrist, Bonnie 1980 Biology The Histopathological Effects of Cadmium in the Mouse Testis

Guertler, Andrew 1981 Biology Cation Concentration and Protein Synthesis in Rat Brains during Aging

Swearengen, Marcia 1981 Biology Optional Conditions for Cytoplasmic and Mitochondrial Malate Dehydrogenase

Activity in Developing Rana Pipien

Dertzbaugh, Mark 1982 Biology The Effect of Interferon and lnterferon Inducers on Murine NK Cellmediated Tumor

cell Cytotoxicity

Bradford, Timothy 1983 Biology Interferon Production and Adherent Properties among Rabbit Alveolar Macrophages

Separated on Discontinuous Percoll Gradients

DeGraaff, Doreen 1983 Biology The Effect of Chlorination on Oxygen Transport of Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri)

Gills

Harbourne, Kevin 1983 Biology Effects of Centrifugal Force on Functional and Structural Integrity of Rat Liver

Ribosomes

Cummings, Timothy 1985 Biology Timothy E. Nutrient Stores and Molt Mortality in the Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes

sapidus

Hug, Mary 1985 Biology The Phenotype and Function of Subpopulations of Rabbit Alveolar Macrophages

Hauck, Lisanne 1986 Biology The Optimization and Purification of a Protease Produced by Phlyctochytrium

Semiglobossum

Henderson, Ingrid 1986 Biology Effects of Chlorine on the Ability of the Soluble Cellular Components to Support In

vitro Translation by Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) Hepatic Ribosomes

Leonard, Laurie 1986 Biology Interaction of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus with Felis catus Whole Fetus

Continuous Cell Line

Malo, Mary 1987 Biology An Electron Microscopic Study of Adenoid Mucose

Rohrer, Mary 1987 Biology Dean W. Cocking, Ph.D Effects of Soil Mercury Content and Acidity on Bioaccumulation by Roots of Varying

Sizes of asclepias syriaca and solidago sp

Carline, Robyn 1988 Biology Jean Acton The Effect of In vivo and In vitro Growth of Tumor Cells on NK Sensitivity and

Surface Antigen Expression

Hyde, Amy 1988 Biology Purification and Partial Characterization of an Extracellular Protease Produced by

Phlyctochytrium Semiglobossum

McQuary, Wendy 1988 Biology Cletus Sellers The Effects of Acidification on the Ventilatory Activity of Rainbow Trout, Salmo

gaidneri

O'Conner, Kathleen 1988 Biology James E. Dendinger, Ph.D. Properties of Trypsin Isolated from the Heptopancreas of the Atlantic Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

Walton, Sandy 1988 Biology Jean Acton The Effect of Methotrexate on Murine Natural Killer Cell Mediated Tumor Cell

Cytotoxicity

Kinderman , Pamela 1989 Biology James E. Dendinger, Ph.D. Isolation and Purification of the Chymotrypsin Enzyme Obtained for the

hepatopancreas of the Atlantic Blue Crab , Callinectus sapidus

LaRowe, Susan 1989 Biology James E. Dendinger, Ph.D. Properties of the Chymotrypsin-Like Enzyme Isolated from the Heptopancreas of the

Atlantic Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus

Ludwig, Annette 1989 Biology Douglas E. Dennis, Ph.D. Localization of the Promoter of the Poly-BHydroxybutyrate Biosynthetic Pathway

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Poythress, Edward 1989 Biology Jean Acton Induction of Cross-reactive Cytotoxic tlymphocytes with Influenza A virus and

Dprotein

Walker, Jane 1989 Biology Dean W. Cocking, Ph.D The Effects of pH on Mercury Bioaccumulation by Festuca ovina and Poa pratensis

Lantz, Chris 1990 Biology Jean Acton Partial Characterization of Alveolar Macrophage Subpopulations: Bactericidal and

Lysozyme Activities

Tremain, Amy 1991 Biology Jean Acton The Effects of the Major Psychoactive Component of Marijuana, delta-9-

tetrahydrocannabinol, on Macrophage Protein Secretion

Fondacaro, John 1992 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. A Comparison of Skeletal Elements as an Assay of Genetic Compatibility among

Isolated Populations of the Mole Salamander ambystoma talpoideum

McCracken, Emily 1992 Biology Grace Wyngaard, Ph.D. Chromatin Diminution and Variation in Genome Size in Three Populations of

mesocyclops edax (Crustacea: Copepoda)

Piersall, Linda 1992 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. An Analysis of Population Regulation by Nonlethal injury

Preston, Christina 1993 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Bacterial Diversity in the Gut of a Caribbean Reef Shark (carcharhinus perezii)

Bogert, Allison 1994 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Survival and Plasmid Maintenance of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli in Ground

Water

Hill, Gordon 1995 Biology Dean Cocking, Ph.D. Mercury Accumulation and Growth responses of Daucus Carota Populations

Collected from Mercury Contaminated and Uncontaminated Field Sites

Piermarini, Peter 1995 Biology Dorothy Ann Pabst The Collagen Fiber Architecture of Blubber in the Bottlenose Dolphin (tursiops

truncatus)

Vess, Tomalei 1995 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. Kin Recognition in Larval Four-Toed Salamanders: Avoidance Versus Attraction

Bruett, Linda 1996 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Regulation and Moleculae Characterization of the Urease Produced by a Marine

Bacterium

Daugherty, Brandy 1996 Biology Pat Lord Synthesis of a Drosophila Muscle Segment Homeobox Peptide in Escherichia coli

Lewelt, Aga 1996 Biology William Velhagen Ossification of the Maxilla and Prefrontal in Thamnophiine Snakes

McGrath, Kathryn 1996 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Analysis of Trinucleotide Microsatellite DNA in the Genome of the Four-toed

Salamander, hemidactylium scutatum

Wright, Paul 1996 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Expressing a Partial A-glucosidase cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana in E. coli

Baker, Kari 1997 Biology Sharon K. Babcock, Ph.D. Caudal Muscle Morphology Across Life history Stages in Three Salamanders

Ferrante, Joy 1997 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Separation and Molecular Characterization of Alpha-glucosidase Proteins in

Arabidosis Thiliana

Gough, Christopher 1997 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. The DNA Sequence of an Arabidopsis a-Glucosidase

Campbell, Erin 1998 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. The Effect of Social Environment on the Fitness and Behavior of Hemidactylium

scutatum

Chandler, Leeann 1998 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Using Polyclonal Antibodies to Link Arabidopsis a Glucosidase Partial cDNAs to

Their Corresponding Gene Products

Gorman, Dana 1998 Biology Sharon K. Babcock, Ph.D. Comparison of Caudal Vertebral Morphology in Three Adult Salamanders with

Different Tail Types: Desmognathus quadramaculatus, Desmognathus ocoee, and

Desmognathus wrighti

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Loch, Christian 1998 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Localization and Characterization of a-Glucosidases in Cruciferous Plants

Owens, Kerry 1998 Biology Douglas E. Dennis, Ph.D. Strategies for Glass-Bead and Microbiolistic Transformation of the Chlamydomonas

Genomoe with the Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase Gene

Schrecengost, Amy 1998 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. The Isolation and Characterization of Genetic Markers for Use in a Kinship Study of

the Four Toed Salamander

Del Gaizo, Victoria 1999 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Molecular Characterization of Regulation of the Urease Operon in the Marine

Bacterium Listonella damsela

Hammond, John 1999 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. The Effects of Predator Presence on Kin Discrimination in Larval Four-Toed

Salamanders, Hemidactylium Scutatum

Jenkins, Jennifer 1999 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Analysis of Patterns of Expression of AlphaGlucosiffases in Arabidopsis

McGerald, Keith 1999 Biology Bruce Wiggins, Ph.D. Using Artificial Neural Networks to Predict the Source of Fecal Contamination in

Water Samples on Antibiotic Resistance

Pendleton, Wendy 1999 Biology Dean W. Cocking, Ph.D Variation of Mercury Content of the Foliage of Woody Plants Growing on a

Contaminated Flood Plain at Waynesboro, VA

Vorthman, Megan 1999 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Isolation of Genetic Markers for Use in Population Studies of the Eastern (Red

Spotted) Newt, Notophthalmus Viridescens

Belyea, Brian 2000 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Spatiotemporal Processing In the Tail Withdrawal Reflex of the Rat

Brien, James 2000 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Electrical Stimulation of Nociceptors in Neonatal Rats Causes Permanent

Hyperalgesia

Clasen, Kathryn 2000 Biology Douglas E. Dennis, Ph.D. Microbiolistic Transformation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with the

Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase Gene

Engelman, Tami 2000 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Do Clinically Relevant Pain Experiences Alter Pain Sensitivity in Rats?

Jones, Sarah Lee 2000 Biology Relative Contributions of Aδ and C fibers in the Maintenance of Hyperalgesia

Poliquin, Kelly 2000 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Purification and Characterization of µ-Glucosidases in Arabidopsis thaliana

Bauer, Ross 2001 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Spatial Transformations in the Withdrawal Reflex of the Spinalized Rat

Fritz, Gabriel 2001 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Cold Sensitivity in Adult and Neonatally Inflamed Rats

Gocke, Andrew 2001 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Electrically-Induced Hyperalgesia: Dependence on Stiulus Parameters

King, Jonathan 2001 Biology Ian G.Welsford The Molecular Characterization of Novel Antibiotics Isolated from the Integument of

the Terrestrial Gastropod

Lindermuth, Christine 2001 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. The Effects of Predation and Social Environment Larval Behavior of Four-Toed

Salamanders

Morse, Michael Andrew 2001 Biology Inflammation-induced alterations in pain sensitivity during the early stages of

development of neonatal rats

Pollack, Matthew 2001 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. The Relationship Between the Location of Heat Stimuli and the Direction of

Withdrawal Response in the Tail of the Intact Rat

Sharpe, Pamela 2001 Biology Kimberly Slekar, Ph.D. A Genetic Analysis of the Relationship between the ZWF1 and CTT1 Antioxidant

Genes in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Wallander, Michelle 2001 Biology Kimberly Slekar, Ph.D. Analyzing the Role of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae UBI4 Gene in Oxidative Stress

Protection

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Bowden, Allison 2002 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Video Analysis of the Spatial Organization of the Tail Withdrawal in the Rat

Chang, Joel 2002 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Spatial Transformations in the Withdrawal Reflex of the Hemi-Spinalized Rat

Fowler, Nicole 2002 Biology Chris Lantz, Ph.D. Allergic Hypersensitivity in Interleukin-3-deficient Mice

Hamilton, Karin 2002 Biology Sharon K. Babcock, Ph.D. The Comparative Tail Morphology in the adults of Two Salamander Species:

Desmognathus aenus and Desmognathus mannoratus

Johson, Evonne 2002 Biology Michael H. Renfroe, Ph.D. In vitm gennplasm conservation of Saintpaulia rupicola B L Burtt (Gesneriaceae)

LaPlante, Maria 2002 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. The effects of brief electrical stimulation to the neonatal rat foot on adult thermal

and mechanical pain sensitivity

Tripp, Jennifer 2002 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Carrageenan-induced thermal hypoalgesia in the adult rat indicates a critical period

in prenatal and neonatal nervous system development

Zehnder, Laura 2002 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. Maternal Care in Four-Toed Salamander Joint Nests: How Prevalent is Alloparental

Care?

Barron, Sean 2003 Biology Kimberly Slekar, Ph.D. The role of HSPIP and ZWFl in oxidative stress protection in Saccharomyces

cerevisiae Reed McDaniell: A Global Solution: Small Systems Water Sanitation for

Developing Nations and Disaster Relief

Berkowitz, Leah 2003 Biology Judith Wubah Characterization of Four Differentially Expressed Genes in the Seminal Vesicle

Culbreth, Allison 2003 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Thermal and Mechanical Pain Sensitivity in Young Rats Receiving Skin Damage at

Birth

Javaid, Sarah 2003 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Skin Removal Injuries in Neonatal Rats Can Result in Long Lasting Changes in Pain

Sensitivity

Nguyen, Carolyn 2003 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Inflammation Alters Cold Sensitivity in Adult Rats

Oberholtzer, Jennifer 2003 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Influence of Neonatal Inflammation on Foot Structure in Rats

Varner, Amy 2003 Biology Bruce Wiggins, Ph.D. Investigation of the Temporal Stability in the Classification of Enterococci Using

Antibiotic Resistance Analysis

Wargo, Kitrina 2003 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Investigating the Function of a β-amylase (At5g18670) from Arabidopsis thaliana

using a TDNA Insertion Mutant

Flyzik, Jamilyn 2004 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Altered Cold Pain Sensitivity in Adult Rats as a Result of Brief Neonatal

inflammation

Gritmon, Jennifer 2004 Biology Jeffrey Kushner St. Agatha's Mammography and Remote Screening Project

Hesse, Bridget 2004 Biology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. The Effect of Skidmore Impoundment on Macroinvertebrate Populations in Dry

River, Rockingham Country, Virginia

Horigan, John 2004 Biology Susan R. Halsell, Ph.D. Genetic Characterization of Cell Shape Change during Morphogenesis of the

Drosophila Leg

Jacob, Amanda 2004 Biology W. Gene Tucker, Ph.D. Oxidation Processes for the Removal of Manganese from Water: Water-Treatment

System Applications

Leggett, Jessica 2004 Biology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Cloning, Expression, and Purification of Two Binding Domain Variants of

Staphylococcal Protein A

Levy, Jessica 2004 Biology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Cloning, Expression, and Purification of Staphylococcus Aureus IgG Binding Domain

Variants

Moore, Anna 2004 Biology Mark L. Gabriele, Ph.D. Development of Afferent Patterns in the Medial Geniculate of the Rat: Projection

from the Inferior Colliculus

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Ryden, Kristina 2004 Biology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. Development of a Recombinant Vaccine against Pneumonic Plague Using a Fusion

Protein Expression System to Clone, Express, and Purify a VirG-TyeA Fusion Gene

from Yesina pestis

Schwartz, Evan 2004 Biology David J. Lawrence, Ph.D. The Design and Construction of Shape Memory Alloy Microactuators

Stehling, Lindsey 2004 Biology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Mutational Analysis of Recombinant Lacritin, A Novel Secretion Enhancing Factor

from the Human Lacrimal Gland

Swain, Darcy 2004 Biology David K. McGraw, J.D. GIS in Telecommunications: The Design of a GSM900 Cellular Network in Cuba

Thibodeaux, Lindy 2004 Biology Thomas Hancock The Effects of Developmental Temperature on Morphology and Locomotor

Performance in the Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum

Thomas, Matthew 2004 Biology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Determining the Association between the Thre92Ala Type 2 Deiodinase

Polymorphism and Insulin Resistance in the Old Order Amish

Warfel, Noel 2004 Biology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Changes in E-cadherin and Other Paracellular Gene Expression in Iron-Loaded

Hepatocytes

Weaver, Christopher 2004 Biology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Development of An Electronics Recycling Program for Harrisonburg, VA

Allak, Amir 2005 Biology Dean Cocking, Ph.D. Landscape Level Airborne Mercury Deposition in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

Chang, Ju-Han 2005 Biology Chris Lantz, Ph.D. The Effects of interleukin-3 on Leukocyte Recruitment and Inflammatory Gene

Expression in a Mouse Model of Acute Peritonitis: Analysis Using Interleukin-3

Gene-Deficient Mice

Godwin, Ashley 2005 Biology Susan R. Halsell, Ph.D. Identifying Components of the RhoA Signal Transduction Pathway and lnvestigating

it's Effects on Morphogenesis

Hunter, Molly 2005 Biology Mark L. Gabriele, Ph.D. Arrangement of Ascending and Descending Afferent Patterns in the Medial

Geniculate Nucleus

Lane, Ashleigh 2005 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Localization of an X-Amylase in Arabidopsis Thaliange Using Transgenic GFP

Fusions

Thorp, Brian 2005 Biology Rachel Smetanka The Effect of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Venous Remodeling

Banning, Jennifer 2006 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. Symbiosis in Salamanders

Carter, Elizabeth 2006 Biology David Jaynes, Ph.D. Analysis of Matrix Mellatoproteinases

Goldberg, Jamie 2006 Biology Jim Herrick, Ph.D. A Study of the Transfer Potential of Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids to Environmental

Escherichia coli

Gundersen, Casey 2006 Biology David Jaynes, Ph.D. Analysis of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in NonHealing Chronic Wounds

McNamara, Courtney 2006 Biology Chris Lantz, Ph.D. Analysis of Eosinophilic Inflammation Using Interleukin-3Deficient Mice

Parise, Marisa 2006 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Variability in the Tail Withdrawal Reflex of the Rat

Tribett, Erika 2006 Biology Scott Lewis, Ph.D. Application of Fluoroorganics to Medicine: The Investigation of the Ring Expansion

to Produce 1,3Difluoroaromatics when Phencyclobutene if Reacted with

Difluorocarbene

Cooney, Timothy James 2007 Biology Jon Kastendiek, Ph.D. Effects of Organic Matter Quality and Invertebrate Grazing on Microbial

Communities in Cave Streams

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DiBenedetto, Nicholas Francis 2007 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Tail Withdrawal Responses of Spinalized and Intact Long-Tailed Grass Lizards

Marshall, Benjamin Grant 2007 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Characterizing the Regulation of a secreted αamylase in Arabidopsis thaliana Using

Signal Transduction Mutants and Q-PCR

Savage, Bristol Yates 2007 Biology Chris Lantz, Ph.D. Regulation of Basophil Development and Contact Hypersensitivity in Mice by

Interleukin-3 Derived from CD4 Tcells

Schrader, Meghan Kyle 2007 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Biochemical characterization of a-amylase AMY1 from Arabidopsis thaliana using

Pichia pastoris heterologous expression system

Schroeder, Stephen Nicholas 2007 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Confirming the apoplastic localization of an Arabidopsis thaliana α-amylase using

eGFP protein fusions

Simpson, Nicholas Shane 2007 Biology Mark L. Gabriele, Ph.D. Involvement of the EphA4 receptor in Establishing Early Pattern Formation in the

Auditory Midbrain

Tam, Karina 2007 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Patterns of Tail Withdrawal Responses to Heat Stimuli in Crested Geckos

Topaz, Allyne 2007 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Vascular Changes in Diabetic Rats

Williams, Abigail Elizabeth 2007 Biology Christopher Rose, Ph.D. Locomotor ontogeny in Propithecus verreauxi; implications for juvenile performance

Cebulski, Sarah Frances 2008 Biology Roshna Wunderlich, Ph.D. The Effect of Estradiol on Plantar Pressure Distributions in Female Athletes

Clegg, SheRae Lynette 2008 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Effects of Rostral-Caudal Stimulus Location on the Tail Withdrawal Response in

Rats

Feinstein, Eric Gavin 2008 Biology Ken Roth Source Determination of Interleukin 3 During Contact Hypersensitivity Reactions

Kennedy, Matt Gerard 2008 Biology Christopher Rose, Ph.D. The Hormonal and Environmental Control of Early Limb Development in Frogs

Kross, Katherine Maria 2008 Biology Justin Brown, Ph.D. Involvement of EphA4 and ephrinB3 in Pattern Formation of the Auditory Midbrain

Le, Anh Kim 2008 Biology David Jaynes, Ph.D. Culture of Acinar Cells from Mouse Lacrimal Gland for Establishment of an

Immortalized Cell Line

Le, Nhut-Minh Pham 2008 Biology Justin Brown, Ph.D. Characterization of the Circadian Patterns of Behavioral Thermoregulatory

Responses in 2 Strains of Rats

Lee, Amanda Danielle 2008 Biology Carol A. Hurney, Ph.D. Sequence Analysis of Muscle Differentiation Genes in the Four-Toed Salamander,

Hemidactylium scutatum

McMurtry, John Thomas 2008 Biology Judith Wubah Using Microarray Expression Assays to Identify Genes Affected by Exposure to a

Nucleoside Analogue

Mitchell, David Jonathan 2008 Biology Terrie K. Rife, Ph.D. Characterization of a Polymorphism in neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase 1F Promoter

Moore, Rebecca Anne 2008 Biology Kimberly Slekar, Ph.D. Investigating the Role of Antioxidant Genes ZMS1 and ZMS2 in Saccharomyces

cerevisial

Schaffer, Melanie Christine 2008 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Withdrawal Response of the Tail in Simultaneously Double-Stimulated Inact Rats

Wilson, Robert Travis 2008 Biology Louise M. Temple, Ph.D. The Role of Hemagglutination with HagA2 and HagB2

Davis, Heath Terry 2009 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Dependence of the Nociceptive Withdrawal Response of the Hind Limb on Stimulus

Location in Spinalized Rats

Drake Jr., John Edward 2009 Biology Steven Keffer, Ph.D. Male Genitalia of Giant Water Bug Belostoma lutarium (Heteroptera: Nepomorphia:

Belostomatidae)

Hancock, Melyssa Kate 2009 Biology Marta Bechtel, Ph.D. An investigation of the potential correlation between the ACE I/D genotype and

maximal oxygen consumption

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Hansen, Amelia Maria 2009 Biology William Flint Potential Competition between two narrowly sympatric salamander species

(Plethodon punctatus and Plethodon cylindraceus)

Lera, Robert Frank 2009 Biology Terrie K. Rife, Ph.D. Transcript Expression of the NOS1 Enzyme during Diabetes: Response to Advanced

Glycation Endproducts and Insulin

Lins, Bridget Kathleen 2009 Biology Steven G. Cresawn, Ph.D. & Louise Temple, Ph.D. Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Bacillus pumilus Bacteriophage Polaris

and a Novel Prophage, Pleiades

Mihok, Alyssa 2009 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. The Effect of Time Interval Between Two Stimuli on the Nociceptive Withdrawal

Reflex of the Tail in Spinalized Rats

Mutnick, Rachel Angela 2009 Biology Louise M. Temple, Ph.D. Antibiotic Resistance in Bordetella avium: The study of a Novel Plasmid and

Creation of a Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Database

Sunkin, Jessica Elise 2009 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Habituation of the Nociceptive Withdrawal Reflex of the Tail in Spinalized Rats

Walmsley, Rebecca Erin 2009 Biology Marta Bechtel, Ph.D. Optimization of Protocols and Preliminary Characterization for Assessment of the

Role of Lacritin and KGF in Proliferation and Cell Phenotype Expression in Rabbit

Corneal Cells

Adams, Immaculata Brooke 2010 Biology Lina Rifai The Effect of Light and Prey Availability on the Activity of the Freshwater Jellyfish,

Craspedacusta sowerbii (Hydrozoan)

Bence, Christina Marie 2010 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Dependence of the Nociceptive Withdrawal Response of the Tail on Stimulus

Location in Spinalized Rats

Chamberlain, Kelly Anne 2010 Biology Mark L. Gabriele, Ph.D. Establishment of Topographic Projections from the Auditory Brainstem to the

Auditory Midbrain in Mouse Prior to the Onset of Hearing

Cox, Katherine Elizabeth 2010 Biology Justin Brown, Ph.D. Role of the Raphe Pallidus in the Thermoregulatory Response to Hypoxia in Rats:

Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Esquivel, Craig Edison Archibald 2010 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Spatial Analysis of the Nociceptive Withdrawal Response in the Hindlimb of

Spinalized Rats

Filak, Maureen Anne 2010 Biology Susan R. Halsell, Ph.D. Analyzing the Effect of Stage Specific RhoA Depletion during the Depletion during

the Drosophila Life Cycle

Galway, Allison Michelle 2010 Biology Louise M. Temple, Ph.D. Seasonal Influenza and the 2009 I1N1 Pandemic: Elements of a Collaborative

Response to a Global Pathogenic Threat

Kavianpour, Sarah Mahroo 2010 Biology Mark L. Gabriele, Ph.D. Gradients of EphA4 and Ephrin-B2 Expression Patterns in the Developing Inferior

Colliculus of Rat and Mouse

Kimmitt, Beth Anne 2010 Biology Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. Quantitating Neurotransmitter Levels in Blood and Urine

Leberfinger, Ashley Nichole 2010 Biology David Jaynes, Ph.D. The Role of Eph A4 in Auditory Development in the Inferior Colliculus of the Rat

Lehigh, Elizabeth Anne 2010 Biology Amanda Glenn Biesecker, Ph.D. The cloning of the gene encoding dengue virus type II envelope protein and its

expression and detection in Vero cells

Nolitt, Danielle Lynn 2010 Biology Tim Bloss, Ph.D. Characterization of a CED-3 independent apoptotic pathway in C. elegans: the role of

noncanonical caspases in differentiated cell death

Patel, Nishal Chandrakant 2010 Biology Steven G. Cresawn, Ph.D. Isolation and Characterization of Mycobacteriophage Maury

Wyatt, Lindsey Allison 2010 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Spatial Transformations of the Nociceptive Withdrawal Reflex in the Hindlimb of

Unanesthetized, Intact Rats

Berlinger, Sarah Hope 2011 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. "The Devil is no Match for a Clever Woman": Analyzing the Actions, Impact, and

Commemoration of Confederate Female Spies

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Herbert, Natasha Marie 2011 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Art, The Reformation and Henry VIII

Hillgrove, Christine Marie 2011 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Italian Identity and La Commedia dell' Arte

Hunter, Devyn Haynes 2011 History Stephen L. Chappell, Ph.D. The Establishment of the Roman Empire Through Imperial Imagery: Augustus to

Nero (27 BC- AD 68)

Lilley, Caitlin Brooke 2011 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. America, How Long Must Alice Paul Wait for Her Recognition?: Alice Paul and

Militant Female Suffrage MovementLynch, Kelly Elizabeth 2011 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. A Revolutionary Relationship: The Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington

McDowell, Paul Edward 2011 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The 1891 Lynching of Eleven Sicilians in New Orleans

McKinney, Katherine Elizabeth 2011 History Gabrielle Lanier, Ph.D. Shades of Grief: How the Commercialization of Mourning Dress Coincided with

Attitudes about Death in Nineteenth Century America

Newlin, Heather Renee 2011 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. A Spirit of Hope: African American Education in Rockingham County

Powers, Arthur Nicholas 2011 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Whites and Warriors: The Transformation of Warfare in British America, 1755-1758

Becker, Jillian Shannon 2011 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. The Characterization of Locally Produced Biochars for use as an Agricultural

Amendment

Moellers, Taylor Marie 2011 Integrated Science and Technology Leigh Nelson, Ph.D. Hydrogen Demonstration for Public Education and Outreach

Zuk, Derek Alexander 2011 Integrated Science and Technology Bernd Kaussler, Ph.D. An Examination of the Applications of Lemnoideae (Duckweek) on a Local Farm:

Transforming a Weed into a Resource

Kuhnley, Amanda Gwen 2011 Integrated Science andTechnology Ronald G. Kander, Ph.D. A new Approach to Materials Education

Baker, Katlin Kelley 2011 Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies LouAnn Lovin, Ph.D. Place-Value Understanding of Elementary School Students

Fleming, Kayla Marie 2011 Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Mary Slade, Ph.D. The Impact of Poverty on the Quality of Education in Virginia

Loub, Summer Anne 2011 Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies George F. Linder, Ph.D. Head Injuries and Children

Miller, Ellen Rebecca 2011 International Affairs Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. US Immigration Policy towards Mexico: The Evolution of Current Policy and an

Analysis of the H-2B Temporary Work Visa

Stone, Emma Sue 2011 International Affairs Melinda J. Adams, Ph.D. The Effect of Presidential Personality on Political Stability in Three African Nations

Zareie, Farid 2011 International Affairs Bernd Kaussler, Ph.D. The Human Terrain System American Imperialism in Afghanistan

Bernet, Courtney Graf 2011 Justice Studies Suraj Jacob, Ph.D. The Conditional Use of Violent and Nonviolent Strategy

Sheehy, Emma Grace 2011 Justice Studies Terry Beitzel, Ph.D. An Examination of Movementalist and Institutionalist Approaches to Gender

Equality Through the Peace Process in Liberia and Rwanda

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White, Nicole Marie 2011 Justice Studies Suraj Jacob, Ph.D. Youth Engagement in America

Alford, Olivia Catherine 2011 Kinesiology David J. Shonk, Ph.D. The Impact of Leadership Style on the Overall Productivity of a Sport Recreational

Organization

Cusick, Jennifer Lynn 2011 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Implementation and Evaluation of Structured, Moderate to Vigorous Physical

Activity Games in Preschool Children

Dewitt, Cash Riley 2011 Kinesiology Nicholas D. Luden, Ph.D. Effects of Carbohydrate-Protein Intake During Marathon Running On Markers of

Post-Exercise Muscle Damage and Recovery

Dillion Rios, Amanda Marie 2011 Kinesiology Nicholas D. Luden, Ph.D. The influence of Genotype on Markers of Muscle Recovery Following Distance

Running

Gillan, Elliott Thomas 2011 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Effects of Diet Induced Weight Loss and Exercise On Reynolds Risk Score and hsC-

RP

Orndorff, Nathan Scot 2011 Kinesiology Cara W. McFadden, Ph.D. An Investigation into Academic Integrity Among Intercollegiate Athletics

Schmidt, Christine Marie 2011 Kinesiology Margaret M. Slattery, Ed.D. Exercise Motivation and Adherence: An Analysis of Psychological Factors that

Influence Exercise

McCollum, Heather Elise 2011 Media Arts and Design Joseph Hinshaw, Ph.D American Hero

Olejniczak, Laurielle Renee 2011 Media Arts and Design Dolores L. Flamiano, Ph.D. Princess Portrayals and their Significance for Young Girls

Beasley, Caitlin Leigh 2011 Modern Foreign Languages Tomas Regalado-Lopez, M.A. Terror, Testimonio, y Transicion: la Experiencia del Regimen de Pinochet

Bryant, Robert Michael 2011 Modern Foreign Languages Maureen Shanahan, Ph.D. Le Renouveau de la masculinite Et son influence sur le surrealisme d'Andre Brenton

Kelly, Helene Alexandra 2011 Modern Foreign Languages Donald E. Corbin, Ph.D. "La Revolution tranquille" Une analyse historique du mouvement nationaliste du

Quebec des annees 1960

Stuart, Charles William 2011 Modern Foreign Languages Jose Ignacio Barrio-Olano, Ph.D. El extranjero domesticado o el domesticado extranjero: dos estudios de la

traduccion extranjerizante

Corey Lisa Elizabeth 2011 Music Patrick M. Walders, D.M.A. A Lecture Recital on Selected Solo and Choral Works of Benjamin Britten

Pham, Andrew Thom 2011 Music Jonathan B. Gibson, Ph.D. Reflecting the Past in the Present: Tracing My Roots through Composition

Hsu, Jessica Ann 2011 Nursing Erika Metzler Sawin, Ph.D. A Literature Review of Lay Health Advisers in the United States And a Case Study of

Promotores de Salud, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Redpath, Thomas Hundley 2011 Physics Harold M. Butner, Ph.D. Formant-Based Synthesis in Max fo Live

Jones, Jonathan Andrew 2011 Political Science Chris J. Koski, Ph.D. Corporatizing the Battlefield: Shy the emergence of Private Actors in Warfare must

be met with Appropriate Government Regulation

Silver, Matthew Ryan 2011 Political Science Timothy M. LaPira, Ph.D. Under the Radar: Government's Demand for Interest Group Mobilization and an

Analysis of Stealth Coalitions

Sutter, John Jorgen 2011 Political Science Martin Cohen, Ph.D. The Effects of Televised Presidential Campaign Advertisements on the Ideological

Polarization of the Mass Electorate

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Burghardt, Jillian Mary 2011 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Relationship between Strength of Religious Faith, Self-esteem, Anxiety, and

Locus of Control

Carter, Crystal Lynn 2011 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. College Student Attachment and Self-Disclosure Via Facebook

Gieseke-Smith, Krista Marie 2011 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. College Women's Perceptions of Childbirth and Breastfeeding

Henderson, Jeffrey Keith 2011 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Effects of Exercise, Emotional Film Exposure, and Positive Urgency on

Willingness to Engage in Risky Behaviors

Imrisek, Heidi Lynn 2011 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Evaluation of Central and Peripheral Messages for a Novel Nutrient in Breakfast

Cereal

Jacobson, Emily Ann 2011 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Effect of Foster Parent Training Programs on Satisfaction and Skill Retention

Lampe, Jessica Frances 2011 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. Cross-Modal Recognition of Human Individuals in Domestic Horses (Equus

Caballus)

Niziurski, Julie Ann 2011 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. Effect of Familiar Faces on the Attentional Blink

Pope, Derek Alan 2011 Psychology Jessica Irons, Ph.D. Contingency Management of Exercise Behavior: Analyzing Individual Differences in

CM

Schmidt, Christine Theresa 2011 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. The Effect of Mitigation Factors on Sentencing Perspectives

Schutzer, Bradley Patrick 2011 Psychology Robert J. Harmison, Ph.D. The Relationship between Athletic Identity and Big Five Personality Traits within

Collegiate Athletes

Smith, Hannah LeAnne 2011 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. The Relationship between Facebook and Cyberbullying

Valliere, Katherine Rose 2011 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Perceptions of Male Gender Roles

Vanderpoel, Candace 2011 Psychology Matthew R. Lee, Ph.D. Hypodescent and the Categorization of Mixed Two-Minority Race Individuals

Civiello, Lea Catherine 2011 Secondary Education Hood Frazier, Ph.D. Choice Theory at Murray High School----Another Way to "Do School"

Damaree, Melanie Laurel 2011 Social Work Cynthia A. Hunter, M.S.W. The Implications of the Mixed-Status Family

Caswell, Cory Paul 2011 Sociology Joseph H. Spear, Ph.D. Sex-Typed Variation in the Delivery of Mental Health Services

Joder, Dallas Eric 2011 Statistics Nusrat Jahan, Ph.D. Meta-Analysis of Salmonella enterica stpA and hns Microarray Experiments

Rutledge, Courtney Jane 2011 Writing, Rhetoric, & Technical

Communication

James R. Zimmerman, Ph.D. Selling the Image of "Health": An Analysis of Men's Health and Women's Health

Magazine

Singer, Daniel Elliot 2012 Anthropology Liam Buckley, Ph.D. A Space for Music: Sound and Narrative in an Appalachian Jam Session

Sumner, Daniel Mark 2012 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Conflict on the Mesa: Assessing Defensibility of Plaza-Oriented Villages in the

Salinas Pueblo Province, New Mexico

Strotz, Jennifer Lindsey 2012 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D. Jockeying for Position: Theodore Gericault's Attempt to Break Into the English

Sporting Art Market

Wilmer, Anjerika Murasaki 2012 Art History William L. Tate II, M.Arch. Taking Things Apart: The Architecture of Coop Himmelb(l)au and Fashion of

Alexander McQueen

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England, Hannah Marie 2012 Studio Art Richard D. Hilliard, M.A. Random Connections: Making Art by Building Bridges

Strickler, Danielle Jane 2012 Studio Art Rebecca Silberman, M.F.A. Voices of The Valley

Thomas, Kaysey Ann 2012 Studio Art William L. Tate II, M.Arch. Silence

Wink, Sarah Elizabeth 2012 Studio Art Rebecca Silberman, M.F.A. An Architecture on Dreams

Barrett, Jonathan Mapp 2012 Biology Louise M. Temple, Ph.D. The Genomic Analysis and Characterization of Bacillus pumilus Bacteriophages

Chang, Pria Noelle 2012 Biology Susan R. Halsell, Ph.D. Microscopic Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster RhoA Mutants During the

Morphogenetic Process of Head Involution

Killeen, David James 2012 Biology Michael H. Renfroe, Ph.D. Differences in the Antioxidant Capacity of a Variety of Culinary Herbs and Spices

Lehman, Michael Daniel 2012 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Analysis and Characterization of Amylase Activity in Arabidopsis B-amylase

Insertion Mutants

Rife, Brittany Dawn 2012 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. Development of Spatial Transformations in the Nociceptive Withdrawal Response in

the Hindlimb of Intact Rats

Seamon, Melissa Ann 2012 Biology Corey L. Cleland, Ph.D. The Effect of Variations in Stimulus Location on the Direction and Magnitude of the

Nociceptive Withdrawal Reflex in Intact RatsSmith, Rebecca Campbell 2012 Biology Terrie K. Rife, Ph.D. The effect of diet on Nitric Oxide Synthase expression in the Kidney of Diabetic Rats

Wallace, Matthew Malone 2012 Biology Mark L. Gabriele, Ph.D. Topographic and Patterned Axonal Projections in Control and Mutant Ephrin-B2

Mice Prior to the Onset of Hearing

Wilson-Henjum, Kelsey Lian 2012 Biology Kyle Seifert, Ph.D. The Antibacterial Activity of 4,4'-Bipyridinium Amphiphiles with Conventional,

Bicephalic and Gemini Structures

Sinclair, Kathryn Megan 2012 Biotechnology Susan R. Halsell, Ph.D. Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Drosophila melanogaster RhoA

Developmental Mutants

Soyars, Cara Lynn 2012 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Splice Variant of the Human Tear Protein Lacritin

DeLuca, Alexa Maria 2012 Chemistry Yanjie Zhang, Ph.D. Organogel Formation and Characterization of Phenylalanine Surfactants

Deyerle, Branden Allen 2012 Chemistry Yanjie Zhang, Ph.D. Effects of Hofmeister Anions and Amino Acids on the Aggregation Behavior of PEO-

PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymers

Ensign, Seth Cody 2012 Chemistry Debra L. Mohler, Ph.D. The Synthesis of Organometallic Complexes with Unique Structural Characteristics

for Study by Ultrafast Electron Transfer Spectroscopy

Hagerman, Justin Michael 2012 Chemistry Yanjie Zhang, Ph.D. Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface as a Platform to Study Amino Acid-Amino

Acid Interactions

Kang, Jindong 2012 Chemistry Debra L. Mohler, Ph.D. The Synthesis of Tripodal Sensitizer for the Study of Long-Range Electron Transfer

across Molecule Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Interfaces As model solar cells

Newman, Bernard William 2012 Chemistry Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D. Biofuel Production and Testing Opportunities

Davidson, Alexandra Leigh 2012 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Efficacy of Stuttering Therapy via Telepractice

Flora, Kristin Ann 2012 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Kia N. Johnson, Ph.D. Attention Regulation in Preschool-Age Children Who Stutter: A Replication Study

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Hellman, Lora Marie 2012 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Christy Ludlow, Ph.D. Comparison of Speech Amplitude and Intelligibility Testing with Measures of Speech

Communication in Daily Life in Parkinson Disease

Karpinski, Lara Jane 2012 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Christy Ludlow, Ph.D. A Comparison Study of Hemispheric Lateralization in Speech Production and

Swallowing

McGrath, Allison Grace 2012 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda M. Ryals, Ph.D. The Effect of Poverty on Hearing and Ear Disease in HIV Positive Children

Schwalbe, Courtney Leighton 2012 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Vicki Reed, Ph.D. Development of a Coding System for Identifying Speech Disruptions of Adolescents

With and Without Specific Language Impairment

Scott, Ashely Loreal 2012 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Vicki Reed, Ph.D Exploring Treatment Fidelity in Communication Intervention Research with Autistic

Preschoolers

Aadahl, Heather Ashley 2012 Communication Studies Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. Exploring Connections between Competition and Dialectical Tensions in Female

Friendships: A Qualitative Study

Mees, Lisa Elizabeth 2012 Communication Studies Leigh Nelson, Ph.D. Crisis Communication and Search Engines

Short, Elizabeth Ashley 2012 Communication Studies Sharlene Richards, Ph.D. Testing the Effectiveness of GreeklifeEdu

Colquhoun, Fiona Amy 2012 Computer Information Systems Jeffrey L. May, Ph.D. Alternative- Text Conversion Case Study

Irons, Steven Zachary 2012 Computer Science Christopher J. Fox, Ph.D. An analysis of Predictive and Reactive Software Development Methods

Lazo, Kathleen Leigh 2012 Computer Science David Bernstein, Ph.D. An Educational Game for the Teaching of Discrete Math

Gentile, Heather Rose 2012 Dietetics Tammy L. Wagner, Ph.D. Comprehension of the Nutrition Facts Panel and the Impact on Adult Weight

Management

Gunsten, Anna Kristin 2012 Dietetics Jeremy D. Akers, Ph.D. BMI and Academic Success in College Students

Meade, Randa LeShae 2012 Dietetics Janet W. Gloeckner, Ph.D. Evaluation of Families, Food, and Fun

Swan, Margery Krasuski 2012 Dietetics Melissa Rittenhouse, Ph.D. Nutrient Intake and Knowledge among College Students

Botello, David Evan 2012 Economics T. Windsor Fields, Ph.D. The Financial Crisis of 2007-2008: A Discussion of the Subprime Mortgage

Meltdown and the Systemic AmplificationCampbell, Jamie Nicole 2008 Biotechnology Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. Using Difference Infrared Spectroscopy to Study the Effects of Salt and pH on

Nucleotide Binding to Phosphoglycerate Kinase

Cannon, William Russell 2009 Biotechnology Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. Ion Induced Effects of RecA Structure, Activity, and Stability during Thermal

Unfolding

Coleman, Erin Virginia 2009 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Characterization of Antimicrobial Activity for the Human Tear Protein Lacritin

Martin, Michael Thomas 2009 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Characterization of an Unknown Lacrimal Gland Secretory Protein

Fedkenheuer, Michael 2010 Biotechnology Amanda Glenn Biesecker, The Role of Dengue Virus Envelope Protein in Dengue Induced Arthritis

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Murphy, Robert Logan 2010 Biotechnology Terrie K. Rife, Ph.D. Identification of novel rat Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 first exons

Shinkarow, Lisa Jane 2010 Biotechnology Louise M. Temple, Ph.D. A Secondary Transposon Mutagenesis of Bordetella avium

Pizarro, Jeno Julian 2012 Economics Nicholas J. Swartz, Ph.D. The Prospect of Transforming Blight: New Urban Redevelopment in the Shaw - U

Street Neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Sanchez da Costa Faria, Anna Beatriz 2012 Economics John Robert Subrick, Ph.D. Bittersweet Development: The Role of Sugar and Coffee in Brazilian Economic

Growth

Ludwig, Jessica Marie 2012 Elementary Education Pam Sullivan, Ph.D. A Comparison of Two Private School Kindergarten Literacy Programs

Amini, Adib 2012 Engineering Bradley A. Striebig, Ph.D. Designing a Sustainable Health Clinic for SubSaharan Africa

Anderson, Dana Elizabeth 2012 Engineering Bradley A. Striebig, Ph.D. Designing Sustainable Health Clinics for subSaharan Africa

DiMarino, Christina Marie 2012 Engineering Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D. Piezoelectric Oligonucleotide Synthesizer and Microarrayer (POSaM)

Ahmed, Tuba 2012 English Debali Mookerjea-Leonard, Ph.D. Destructive Freedom or Impending Solipsism?: Examining Distorted Female

Agency in Salman Rushdie's Shame

Boelsche, Josheph Michael 2012 English Joanne V. Gabbin, Ph.D. Voyeuristic Tendencies

Burwell, Lauren Anne 2012 English Robert Inman Majors, M.F.A. The Adventures of Cindy Blaire, which features the misfortunes of Jonathan

Welshire

Grant, Rosemary Eileen 2012 English Erica Bleeg, Ph.D. Occupy DC: An Ethnographic Profile

Harrison, Elizabeth Anne 2012 English Brooks E. Hefner, Ph.D. Huck and Holden: The Changing Faces of Adolescence

Patten, Amanda Elizabeth 2012 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. Scrapbook of Lips: An Original Collection of Poetry, Photography and Visual Art

Inspired by the Works of Select Irish Writers.

Pearsall, Alexandra MacKenzie 2012 English Mary Thompson, Ph.D. Gender Inequalities: A Call for Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Prior, William Woolford 2012 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D On the Move in The Grapes of Wrath and On the Road: Change, Mobility, and

Narrative in midTwentieth Century America.

Ragland, Patrick Cameron 2012 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. New Constellations

Wirshing, Emilee Carmel 2012 English Sian E. White, Ph.D. A Call To Verse

Cole, Selina Rose 2012 Geology John T. Haynes, Ph.D. The Development of a Unique Methodology for Point Counting at Outcrop Scale and

Its Application to Paleoenvironmental Trends in a Silurian Stromatoporoid

Biostrome, Highland County, VirginiaPowers, Erika Jeanne 2012 Geology John T. Haynes, Ph.D. A Geologic Walking Tour of Historic Buildings in Downtown Harrisonburg, Virginia

Abdul Ali, Ahmad Khaled 2012 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Can E. coli bacteria access and metabolize for cellular growth phosphate sorbed to

smectite clays?

Mau, Alicia Fay 2012 Health Sciences Polacek, Georgia N.L.J., Ph.D. The Effect of Participation in a Community Gardening Program on Mood of College

Students

Ward, Stefanie Kunigunda 2012 Health Sciences Audrey J. Burnett, Ph.D. The Physical Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Barela, Kathryn Elizabeth 2012 History Michael J. Seth, Ph.D. The American Actions and Influence during the Chinese Civil War: 1927-1949

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Hargreaves, Gregory Allan II 2012 History Kevin L. Borg, Ph.D. Over the Mountain: Linking Economic Watersheds in Canal Era Virginia

Kidd, Gray Fielding 2012 History Kristen L. McCleary, Ph.D. Performance Art and Print: The Propagandistic Relationship of Argentina's Juan

and Eva Peron, 1946- 1955

Stinson, Alexander Dean 2012 History Alison D. Sandman, Ph.D. History Found in Fiction: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey Maturin Series and Its

Engagement with Social Historical Discourse and Understanding

Miller, Michael 1996 Business Nelson Woodard The Bankruptcy of Barings PLC

Guenther, Linda 2001 Business Richard DiGiallonardo The MIDI Connection Bridging Computers and the Arts

Krobath, Lynda 2001 Business J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Jackson: A Texas Conspiracy?

Cook, Scott Matthew 2012 Integrated Science and Technology Anthony A. Teate, Ph.D. Three Dimensional Volumetric Display

Holland, Kettie Fisher 2012 Integrated Science and Technology James L. Barnes, Ed.D. Pedestrian-Transit Only Campus Concept

Kay, Merle 1966 Business Administration The Economic Impact of the Madison College Community on the City of

Harrisonburg

Goeller, Thomas 1976 Business Administration GoeNer's Games for Family Entertainment: A Preliminary Business Plan A complete

business plan for a family entertainment company

O'Neil, Jon 1992 Business Administration Charles P. Baril, Ph.D. Accounting for Income Taxes: The Implementation of FASB Statement No. 96

Toler, Stephanie 1992 Business Administration Harold B. Teer, D.B.A. Expert Systems in Marketing: An Effective Solution to the Marketing Data Explosion

Larkins, Carolyn 1967 Chemistry An Investigation of the Surface Tension of Electrolytic Solutions

Lowry, Connie 1969 Chemistry A Study of the Volatile Flavor Components of Common Fruits with Experimental

Thin Layer Chromatography Research on Esters of Persimmon Lipids

Nelson, Carlton 1975 Chemistry The Photolysis of S, S-Dimethyl N-p-toluene Sulfonyl Sulfilimine

Fitzgerald, Patrick 1976 Chemistry A Study of Liquid Phase Mixing in Gas Chromatographic Mixed Bed Columns

Rice, Gary 1976 Chemistry The Photolysis of Para-methoxy and Paramethyl Phenyl Azides

Skinner, Nancy 1977 Chemistry Determining the Efficiency of a Liquid Chromatograph

White, Kenneth 1977 Chemistry Diels-Alder Reactions of Strained Sigma Bonds

Elliot, Robert 1979 Chemistry Determination of Formation Constants for Complexes of Nucleotides and Several

Polybasic Compounds

Hackney, Stephen 1980 Chemistry A Study of the Reversible Oxidation-reduction Reaction of Ru(lll)(B)(C1)3(H20)

with Ethanol

Rittenhouse, Alice 1980 Chemistry Investigation of a Proposal that Triomithine Inhibits Omifhine Decarboxylase

Simmers, Stephen 1980 Chemistry The Oxidation of Free Radicals by Metal Ions

Hanner, James 1981 Chemistry Eluicidation [sic] of the Kinetics and Mechanism of the Catalytic Oxidation of

Ethanol by Ru(lll)(By)(C1)3(H20)

Hobbs, Susan 1981 Chemistry Synthesis of a Metabolite of a Chemical Carcinogen

Morris, Patricia 1981 Chemistry Photochemical Studies Involving the Ru(II)L3-Cu(II) System in Various Solvents

Aldridge, Samuel 1982 Chemistry Investigation of a Proposal that Triomithine Inhibits Omifhine Decarboxylase:

Metabolic Studies

Wright, Susan 1982 Chemistry Simple Molecular Modeling with the Apple II+ Microcomputer

Locascio, Laurie 1983 Chemistry Synthesis of Diphenylmethyl Radical Precursors

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Neff, Beth 1984 Chemistry Synthesis of Beta-hydroxy Ketones from Betahydroxy Tosylhydrazones

Poudrier, Julie 1984 Chemistry The Effects of Polyamine Analog Chain Length on Complexation with Nucleotides

Kinter, Christopher 1985 Chemistry The Dilithiations of Aromatic Systems

Pastore, Dominick 1985 Chemistry The Effects of Polyamine Chain Length and Rigidity on Complexation with

Nucleotides

Muller, Barbara 1986 Chemistry Complexation of Polyamine Analogs with Adenosine Monophosphate

Burkholder, Thomas 1987 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. Thomas R. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Some Unstable Thionyl and

Sulfonyl Compounds

Clevinger, Roger 1987 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. The Flash Vacuum Themolysis of 2-ethyl-I-butenyl Acetate

Ebadi-Tehrani 1987 Chemistry William Voige Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography as Applied to the Purification of Beta-

ketothiolase

Hamilton, Scott 1987 Chemistry Purification of Beta-ketothiolase Using Dye-ligand Chromatography

Irwin, Laura 1987 Chemistry Frank Palocsay An Improved Synthesis of Ruthenium Tetraphenylporphyrin Carbonyl

Marshall, Elizabeth 1987 Chemistry James Leary A Study Precision in Capillary Gas Chromatography

McLaughlin, Catherine 1987 Chemistry Rapid (4 Hour) Detection of Methicillian-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Using a

Bioluminescence Method

Pettyjohn, Christian 1987 Chemistry An Attempt to Synthesize and Characterize a Bridged Ruthenium Porphyrin

Complex

Holmes, Chris 1988 Chemistry Thomas Deval The Solid State Reaction of Potassium Permanganate and Potassium Iodide

Fagerli, Julian 1990 Chemistry Thomas Deval The Infrared Spectra of the MoOCI, Mo02C12, WOCI, W02C12, Mo02, Mo03,

Mo09, W.309, VOC13, PC13 and P2C14 Gaseous Molecules

Nesselrodt, Dale 1990 Chemistry Benjamin A. DeGraff Jr., Ph.D. The Fate of Diphenylmethyl Radicals in the Presence of Metal Ions

Novak, Mark 1990 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. The Flash Vacuum Themolysis of 2-ethyl-I-butenyl Acetate

Shapiro, Jacqueline 1990 Chemistry D. Daniel Determination of the Rate of Absorption of Calcium Carbonate in the Form of

Limestone by an Acidic Stream

Cosgrove, Gregory 1991 Chemistry Gary P. Crowther, Ph.D. Rearrangements of Nitrogen Ylides

Jones, Catherine 1991 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. The Role of Surface Effects on the Pyrolysis of an Enol Ester

Lee, Maria 1991 Chemistry Benjamin A. DeGraff Jr., Ph.D. Studies on Fluorescent Materials in Highly Organized Media

Waroblak, Michael 1991 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. Direct Pyrolysis/FTIR Investigation of the Decomposition of Polymers

Bergstrom, Nadine 1992 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. The Effect of Changing Temperature and Surface Conditions of the Pyrolysis of

Acetate Ester

Brock, Lori 1992 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. The Thermal Decomposition of Metal Nitrates

Luke, Monica 1992 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. Synthesis and Characterization of a Tosyl Derivative of 4'-hydrozymethylbenzo-15-

crown-5

Sibbald, Morgan 1992 Chemistry Benjamin A. DeGraff Jr., Ph.D. The Effects of State Mixing on Excited State Reactivity

Smith, Elizabeth 1992 Chemistry John Mosbo The Synthesis and Initial Cation Binding Studies of a Isocyano Functionalized Crown

Ether and its Platinum (II) Complex

Shapiro, Marsi 1993 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. & John Mosbo Spectroscopic Studies of Simple Cation Binding by an Isocyano Functionalized

Crown Ether and its Platinum Complex

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Crouch, Melissa 1994 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. The Thermal Decomposition of Various Metal Acetylacetonate Complexes in Vacuo

and in a Water Vapor Atmosphere

Reid, Laurie 1994 Chemistry Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Characterization of a Microsatellite DNA Locus in the Four-toed Salamander,

Hemidactylium scutatum

Dattelbaum, Andrew 1995 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. Synthesis and Studies of (nSC5H5)M(CO)[subscript x]R

Dattelbaum, Jonathon 1995 Chemistry William Voige Characterization of Urease from Vibrio carchariae

McFadden, Jill 1995 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. The Synthesis and Studies of Isocyano-ethylsubstituted Crown Ether and its

Transition Metal Complex

Williams, Robert 1995 Chemistry Frank Palocsay A Computer Interface to Predict and Compare Infrared Spectra

Johnson, Tracey 1996 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. Pyrolysis of Acetate Estus : The Effects of Various Experimental Temperatures and

Surface Conditions on Carboxylic Acid Recovery

McGraw, Dana 1996 Chemistry Gary P. Crowther, Ph.D. A Mechanistic Study of Nitrogen Ylide Rearrangements

Thornberry, Matthew 1997 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. Syntheses of Crown Ether and Model Crown Ether Ligands for the Study of

Migratory Insertion Reactions of Transition Metal Complexes

Koeckert, Margery 1998 Chemistry John Gilje, Ph.D. The Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum Glycolates

Brewer, Scott 1999 Chemistry Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. A Difference Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Nucleotide Binding to RecA

Sumner, James 1999 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. Vanadium Oxide Degradation of Chlorocarbons

Vestal, Christy 1999 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. Reactions of Various First Row Transition Metal 2, 4-Pentanedionato Complexes in

Chemical Vapor Deposition Processes

Higgins, Bernadette 2001 Chemistry Benjamin A. DeGraff Jr., Ph.D. Luminescent pH Sensors: Factors Affecting Response

Oran, Jenny 2001 Chemistry Tom Gallaner Forensic Analysis of Gunshot Residue

Muth, Jennifer 2004 Chemistry Scott Lewis, Ph.D. Synthetic Studies of 1-Methyl-2-phenylcyclobutene with Diflourocarbene: Direct

Production of 1,3Difluoroaromatics Through a Radical Cation-like Intermediate

Anderson, Amanda 2005 Chemistry John Gilje, Ph.D. A Study of the Decomposition of the Products From the Reactions of Magnesium

Aluminum lsopropoxide with 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde and Catechol

Baylor, Cambria 2006 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. The Characterization of Anti-Fungal Compounds

Crizer, David 2006 Chemistry Kevin Caran, Ph.D. Amphiphilic [2]-Catenanes

Peretich, Michael 2006 Chemistry Thomas Carroll The Kenetic Studies of the Research Between Copper Based Catalyst and 1-Propanol

Segerdell, Carolyn 2006 Chemistry John Gilje, Ph.D. The Synthesis of Substituted Molybdenum Carbonyl Complexes as Potential

Catalysts

White, Ellen 2006 Chemistry Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. Monitoring Substrate Binding of Yeast Phosphoglycerate Kinase

Andrews, Robert Stephen 2007 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. Investigation of Epimerization in Cyclopropane Fragmentation Approach to Oxepane

Synthesis with Applications to Natural Products

Janney, Philip Kenton 2007 Chemistry Daniel Downey, Ph.D. Otolith Microchemistry Determination with LA-ICPMS for Heavy Metals Pollution

Assessment

Roszak, Karolina Zofia 2007 Chemistry Kevin Caran, Ph.D. Synthesis and Colloidal Studies of Biscationic Single Chained Amphiphiles

Zimmermann, Kathryn Jean 2007 Chemistry Brian H. Augustine, Ph.D. Surface Modification and Characterization of POSSbased Acrylic Thin Films

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Bon, Jennifer Lynn 2009 Chemistry Scott Lewis, Ph.D. The Synthesis of Bicyclo[4.20}-7-ene and Other Substituted Cyclobutenes for

Relations with Difluorocarbene

Schwantes, Christian Roger 2010 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. A Lethal Amphibian Fungus Can Be Inhibited by Antifungal Metabolites from

Cutaneous Mutualistic Bacteria

Knoll, Andrew Jaymes 2012 Integrated Science and Technology David J. Lawrence, Ph.D. Earth-Abundant, Environmentally-Benign Materials for Photovoltaics and Solar

HydrogenStill, Katherine Margaret 2012 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Development of an Immunodiagnostic Assay for Detection of the Novel Human Tear

Protein, Lacritin

Taylor, Jessica Vaughn 2012 Integrated Science and Technology Karim Altaii, Ph.D. Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Assessment at Punta Leona Hotel and Club

Beach Resort, Costa Rica Device-by-Device Energy Consumption and Infrared

Thermography

Delaney, Dana Caroline 2012 International Affairs John W. Hulsey, Ph.D. Who Votes? A Cross-National Study of Voter Participation

Jepsen, Laura Nicole 2012 International Affairs John Scherpereel, Ph.D. Questioning the European Union What Factors Cause Euroscepticism?

Kazickas, Annalina Blakeslee 2012 International Affairs Robin L. Teske, Ph.D. Determining Genocide's Causes: A Comparative Study of Rwanda, Uganda and

Tanzania

Lasky, Samuel Martin 2012 International Affairs John W. Hulsey, Ph.D. Causes of U.S. Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Era

Ridderhof, Frances Corinne 2012 International Affairs Yi Edward Yang, Ph.D. When to Send In the Troops: Factors Affecting Decisions to Aid Alliance Partners

Militarily

Sharon, Alicia Michelle 2012 International Affairs Andreas Broscheid, Ph.D. Civil Liberties in War Time: An Examination of Civil Liberty Reductions in America

Asgari, Armun Jonathan 2012 International Business Robert Horn, Ph.D. The Failure of American Automakers in the American Market

Owen, James Conally 2012 Justice Studies Jacquelin K. Buffington- Vollum, Ph.D. An Examination of Ageism in Recent New York Times Articles

Quaglio, Caroline Renee 2012 Justice Studies Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Human Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Policy Analysis and

Recommendations

Weisenburger, Eva M 2012 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Hail Holyrood! The Future of Scottish Nationalism

Albert, Erin Leigh 2012 Kinesiology Nicholas D. Luden, Ph.D. Onset Age of Exercise and Musculoskeletal Physiology

Goldsmith, Evan Matthew 2012 Kinesiology Cara W. McFadden, Ph.D. Athletic Compliance Violations And Benefits for NCAA Athletic Programs

Gross, Melinda Christine 2012 Kinesiology Michael J. Saunders, Ph.D. Effects of Post-exercise Nutrient Intake On Muscle Recovery Following a 26.2 Mile

Marathon

Oakerson, Ashley Lauren 2012 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The independent effects of diet-induced weight loss and exercise on fibrinolysis in

sedentary postmenopausal women

Parker, Erin Lynn 2012 Kinesiology David J. Shonk, Ph.D. The Impact of Social Media on Sports Marketing

Zozos, Jessica Ann 2012 Kinesiology M. Kent Todd, Ph.D. Carotid, Brachial, and Popliteal Intima-Media Thickness in Trained and Untrained

Middle-Age and Older Men

Brooks, Mollie Angela 2012 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. A Survey of Corporate Philanthropy

Fallon, Meredythe Brooke 2012 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. What's Next for the Entrepreneur Graduate?

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Merz, Jessica Paige 2012 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. "The Effects of Exclusive Contracts on Organizational Competitiveness"

Richardson, Alyssa Shiree 2012 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. The Effects of Feminism and Gender on the Organization

Belskey, Christine Elizabeth 2012 Media Arts and Design John E. Guiniven, Ph.D. The History of Advertising and Its Impact on American Women

Leuschner, Katherine Elizabeth 2012 Media Arts and Design John E. Guiniven, Ph.D. The Use of the Internet and Social Media in U.S. Presidential Campaigns: 1992-2012

Combs, Katlyn Nicole 2012 Modern Foreign Languages Belkys Marina Fernandez- Torres, Ph.D. A Guide to Cultural Competence: For Healthcare Professionals Providing Services to

Latino American Patients

Iekel, Emily Katharine 2012 Modern Foreign Languages Tomas Regalado-Lopez, M.A. Un mapa fidedigno, or a Reliable Map: A Bilingual Exploration of Poetry of Anibal

Nunez Through Analysis and Annotated Translation

Harrell, Tod 2001 Chemistry and Physics W. Christopher Hughes, Ph.D. Photoelctochemical Ethics of III-V Compound Semiconductors

McLeod, Tyler Crofton 2012 Modern Foreign Languages Lucy Damaris Cartagena- Morris, M.A.

Chen, Rebecca Lin 2012 Music Paulo R. Steinberg, D.M. Brazilian Piano Through The Ages: A Look at the Development in Style Through the

Context of Social Issues and Historical Influences

Hensler, Martha Louellen 2012 Music Kevin McMillian, M.M. "A Duet Recital from Preparation to Performance" Preparing and Performing Duets

from a Variety of Styles, Time Periods, and Instrumentation

Aronson, Laurence 1976 Communication Comm 499: Honors in Communications, Project Report

James, Steve 1977 Communication An Analysis of the News Coverage of the 1976 U.S. Senate Race in Virginia.

VanLear, Arthur 1977 Communication Jimmy Carter's Ethos: A Rhetorical Analysis

Shepherd, Henry 1978 Communication The Department of Communication Arts: A Documentary

Saffelle, Jeffrey 1980 Communication Action for Children's Television--It's Role in the Determination of Broadcast Policy

Sedgwick, Nancy 1982 Communication Movement--A Basis for Acting, Mime, and Dance

Butswinkas, Dane 1983 Communication An Investigation of Electronic Journalism in American Courtrooms

Gallimore, Amy 1986 Communication Bonhoeffer: An Original Historical Drama

Gibson, Kim 1986 Communication TV vs. Newspapers: User Preference Among Freshmen and Seniors at James

Madison University.

Dochtermann, Erik 1987 Communication Thomas O'Conner, M.F.A. The Changing Face of the American Television Commercial

Dearth III, Edgar 1988 Communication David Holdridge Decision '85: The Virginia Democrats' Groundbreaking Sweep

Williams, Lesley 1988 Communication A Comparison of Press Freedom in Private and Public Colleges in Virginia

Zehmer, Adrian 1988 Communication James O. Benedict, Ph.D. The Marriage of Religion and Television; For Better or Worse?

Carey, Catherine 1989 Communication Alan Neckowitz, Ph.D. USA Today; More than Junk-Food Journalism?

Landry, Robert 1989 Communication Jr. High Definition Television: The Effects of the Introduction of New Technology on

the Global Broadcast Continuum

Williamson, Vicki 1989 Communication Charles Turner Following Media Models: What Television Tells About Women

Callahan, Kerry 1996 Communication Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Assessment of Children with Autistic Disorder using the Autism Screening

Instrument for Educational Planning

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Fletcher, Laura 2003 Communication Rex Fuller Mediation and the Courts: A Multi-state Investigation and Analysis

Karapetian, Kristen 2003 Communication Michael Smilowitz, Ph.D. The Utilization of the Internet as a Public Relations Tool in Spain

Kulkin, Joanna 2003 Communication Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Women Communicating About Their Bodies

Martin, Elizabeth 2003 Communication Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Containing the Female: A Dramatistic Analysis of Gender Roles in Teen Films

Rudman, Sarah 2003 Communication Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. The Construction of Gender in Sexual Harassment Training Material: A Narrative

Analysis

Welsh, Susan 2003 Communication Anne Gabbard-Alley Communication Strategies Utilized by Physicians with Breast Cancer Patients

Fitzgerald, Kimberly 2004 Communication Peter K. Bsumek, Ph.D. War Rhetoric, Popular Culture and Celebrity Dissent: A Rhetorical Analysis of the

"Dixie Chicks Controversy"

Bradley, Corianne 2005 Communication John Stone, Ph.D. Effects of Identification on Perceptions of Celebrity Morality

Gunlicks, Laura 2005 Communication Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. Ageism in the Medical Encounteer: Exploring the Elderly Patient-Physician

Relationship

Bihn, Elizabeth Wells 2009 Communication Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Investigating the Auditory Environment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and its

Potential Effect on Babies' Hearing

Lo, Wenjing Claire 2012 Music Eric K. Ruple, D.M.A. Visions de l'Amen: A Comprehensive Portrayal of Olivier Messiaen's Faith and

Musical LanguageBlaney, Molley 1995 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Meniere's Disease: A Case for Holistic Treatment

Crawford, Jennifer 1995 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Nancy O'Hare Analyses of the Current and Projected Education and Training of TBI Care

Specialists in Virginia's Long-term Care Facilities

Dunlap, Kathryn 1995 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. A Comparative Study of Public School Speech-Language Pathologists in Virginia:

1982 vs. 1994

Swartz, Stephanie 1995 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Predicting Academic Success in the Speech-Language Pathologists in Virginia: 1982

vs. 1994

White, Anna 1995 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Admission Profile for Graduate Students in Speech Language Pathology

Conlin, Shiree 1996 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Changes in Attitudes toward Children who Speak Appalachian English

Schmecht, Jeanne 1996 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Combined Use of Spoken Language and Sign Language in Children with Hearing

Losses

Miles, Michelle 1997 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Maynard D. Filter, Ph.D. Perceptions of Three American Regional Dialects

Toth, Pamela 1997 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Therapeutic Effectiveness of the CAFET in an Intensive Treatment Approach

Gallahue, Kirsten 1998 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Velo-cardio-facial Syndrome: A Case Study

Toelle, Diana 1998 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Inclusion Philosophy: The Placement of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Wehner, Megan 1998 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Sensory Integration Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology for Individuals

Diagnosed with Autistic Disorder

Blank, Jessica 1999 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. The Fluency Rules Program and a Special Needs Child: A Case Study

Keating, Carolyn 2000 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. American Sign Language: Its Status in Virginia's Secondary and Higher Education

Institutions

Guschke, Jane 2001 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in the Prevocational and Vocational

Training of the Autistic

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McCathran, Jennifer 2001 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Michael L. Gottfried, Ph.D. Speech Rate in Individuals with Ataxic Dysarthria Caused by Traumatic Brain Injury

Block, Christa 2002 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Myofunctional Therapy: A Historical Perspective

Kirkpatrick, Sara 2002 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Rory A. DePaolis, Ph.D. The Role of Prosody in Infant Speech Recognition Ability

MacAskill, Meredith 2002 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Clinton W. Bennett, Ph.D. Specific Language Impairment: A Review of Early Intervention and Preschool

Treatment Options

France, Christopher 2003 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Robert R. Hinkle, Ph.D. The Influence of Low-Pass Filtering on the Performance of Normal Hearing

Listeners on a Consonant Nonsense Syllable Test

Riley, Lauren 2003 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Clinton W. Bennett, Ph.D. I'm Thankful for Republicans: An Assessment of the Language of a Child with

Autism

Santra, Lisa 2003 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Maynard D. Filter, Ph.D. The Intelligibility of Spanish Speakers Speaking English

Hanline, Lori 2004 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. A Comparison of Two Stuttering Severity Paradigms: Time-Interval Analysis versus

Event Based Assessment

Wylly, Sarah 2004 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Ethnographic Research in the Language Learning of Deaf Hispanic Students

Exposed to American Sign Language

Braden, Julia 2005 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Cynthia O'Donoghue, Ph.D. Availability and Access to Speech Therapy Services for the Spanish-Speaking

Aphasics in Rockingham County

Channell, Allison 2005 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Dan Halling, Ph.D. The Role of Contextual information on Performance Compression and Performance

Expansion Functions

Deery, Christina K 2005 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. The Relationship of Two Methods of Time Inten~aSl coring on the Severity of

Stuttering

Acker, Marjorie Brae 2006 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. The Comparative Effect of Clinician Proximity on Hand Preference in Gestures of

Children with Autism

Dean, Ashli 2006 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Cynthia O'Donoghue, Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathologist and Dysphagia in the Schools

Hibbard, Shirley Ann 2007 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Charles Runyan, Ph.D. A Stuttering Therapeutic Efficacy Study of the SpeechEasy Device: A Three Year

Study

Ward, Kimberly Anne 2007 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Hand Preference in Communicative Gestures of Young Children with Autism

Gliesing, Julie Allison 2008 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Sign Language Hand Preference and Clinician Placement in Relation to Young

Children Diagnosed with Autistic Disorder and Down Syndrome

Kulsar, Steven Thomas 2008 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Fingerspelling Novel Words

Gaven, Julie Marie 2009 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Lincoln Gray, Ph.D. Bobwhite Hatchlings as Subjects for Developmental Psychoacoustics

Johnson, Kristen Michelle 2010 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Kia N. Johnson, Ph.D. Delay of Gratification as a Measure of Emotion Regulation in Preschool Children

Who Stutter: Preliminary Findings

Morris, Katherine Scott 2010 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. Flirting in the College Classroom: The Perceptions and Awareness of Flirting and

How Gender Influences Behavior

Duvisac, Dora 2012 Philosophy and Religion Saulius H. Geniusas, Ph.D. The Concept of Spatiality in Heidegger, MerleauPonty and Patocka

Duvisac, Dora 2012 Philosophy and Religion Saulius H. Geniusas, Ph.D. The Concept of Spatiality in Heidegger, Merleau Ponty, and Patocka

Jones, Kelly Abigail 2012 Philosophy and Religion Alan Kirk, Ph.D. "Abba, Father" and the Spirit of God's Sons

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Cannon, Catherine May 2012 Political Science David A. Jones, Ph.D. The Influences of Social Media & Twitter on Civic Engagement

Gribling, Rachel Leigh 2012 Political Science Howard Lubert, Ph.D. "Liberty of Conscience" James Madison and the Principle of Religious Liberty

Oliver, Frank George 2012 Political Science Hak-Seon Lee, Ph.D. Why do some countries trade more openly than others? (An empirical study into the

openness of strictly physical goods trade and will exclude intellectual properties.)

Andonyadis, Daisy 2012 Psychology Natalie Lawrence, Ph.D. The Relationship between Parenting Practices and Narcissistic Personality Traits in

College Students

Arnold, Megan Ann 2012 Psychology Bryan K. Saville, Ph.D. Delay Discounting in Light-Social and Heavy-Social Drinkers

Belhumeur, Jacqueline Renee 2012 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Effects of Social Comparison on Perceived Stroke Susceptibility and Severity

Among College Students

Graumann, Ryan Michael 2012 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. "I had it, and then it was just taken away": Self defined Personal control and

Intimate Partner Violence

Hartman, Leah Suzanne 2012 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. The Effects of E Ink on Eye Movements and Reading Time

Hughes, Christopher David 2012 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. The Relationship between Hazing and Group Perception in Fraternities

Johnson, Kimberly Joy 2012 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Relation Between Personality Variables and Men's Likelihood to Sexually Aggress

Against Women

Jordon, Christina Nicole 2012 Psychology Matthew R. Lee, Ph.D. Gender Attitude Study 2012

Marroletti, Kristin Leigh Butler 2012 Psychology Trevor Stokes, Ph.D. Application of Parent Child Interaction Training to Sibling Interactions with a Child

with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Mertins, Haley Lynn 2012 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Assessing Undergraduate Psychology Major Skills Necessary for Jobs and Graduate

School

Montanez, Laura Kathleen 2012 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Relationship between Religiosity and Anxiety, Coping, and Social Support

among College Students at a Public University

Rollman, Kristen Mary 2012 Psychology Trevor Stokes, Ph.D. The Assessment of Music in Interaction to Improve Social Challenges in Children

with Autism

Smiley, Aubrey Ann 2012 Psychology Michael D. Hall, Ph.D. Development of the Nonverbal Emotion Response Measure

Truelove, Jacob Clinton 2012 Psychology Bryan K. Saville, Ph.D. Interteaching: Does Discussion Group Size Affect Performance?

Tuttle, Aubrey Rose 2012 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. The Effects of Self-Esteem on Young Girls in Dance Classes

Richardson, Daniel James 2012 Public Policy and Administration Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Race to the Top: The Pursuit of Intergovernmental Policy in a Time of Fiscal Crisis

Marksteiner, Rebecca Ann 2012 Social Work Karen A. Ford, D.S.W. The Multiethnic Placement Act and Interethnic Adoption Provision: Analyzing Child

Welfare Policy Reform and their Implications in Social Work Practice

Richmond, Eleni Elizabeth 2012 Social Work Hyong Yeom, Ph.D. A Qualitative Study On The Post-Adoption Stressors For Chinese And Ethiopian

Children In The United States

Tousignant, Kerry Marie 2012 Social Work Karen A. Ford, D.S.W. The TOMS Model of Social Entrepreneurship: The New Way of Harnessing

Capitalism to Turn a Social Profit

Tyson, Kimberly Marie 2012 Sociology Beth Anne Eck, Ph.D. Volunteer Satisfaction and Retention in a Hybrid Collectivist-Feminist Organization

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Loman, Paul Christopher 2012 Writing, Rhetoric & Technical

Communication

Karen McDonnell, M.A. Premiere

Selby, Taylor Kaitlin 2013 Accounting Timothy Louwers, Ph.D. The Threat Financing Lifecycle

Luce, Janet Ansley 2013 Anthropology Mieka Polanco, Ph.D. "Something Deeper" Class Separation, Hegemony, and Social Activism

Nashwinter, Julia Alexander 2013 Anthropology Kathryn Stevens, Ph.D. The Folk Artist as Minstrel: John L. Heatwole and His Role in Shaping Shenandoah

Valley Folk Culture

Ober, Paige McCandlish 2013 Anthropology Liam Buckley, Ph.D. Alhamdulillah I have my iPhone 4S: Social Technology and the Conception of Home

Kimbriel, John Westfall 2013 Art History David Ehrenpreis, Ph.D. Progress and Preservation in the Paintings of Paul Cezanne

Bennett, Rachel Aline 2013 Interior Design Ronn Daniel, M.Arch Unwalling: Architectural Boundaries and Spatial Transgressions in U.S. Gated

Communities

Smith, Jaclyn Nicole 2013 Studio Art William Tate, M. Arch Star-Taker: Reconnection An Ancient Solution to a Contemporary Problem

Cockburn, Chelsea Leigh 2013 Biology Justin Brown, Ph.D. Role of Serotonin 1A Receptors of the Raphe Pallidus in the Mediation of the

Thermoregulatory Responses to Hypoxic Stress: Implications in Sudden Infant

Death SyndromeEvans, Taylor Brooks 2013 Biology Heather Griscom, Ph.D. The Effect of Evergreen Understory on Forest Regeneration after Tsuga canadensis

Removal

Gardiner, Joanna Zofia Philippa 2013 Biology Roshna Wunderlich, Ph.D. Using accelerometry to study leaping performance in free-ranging sifaks

(Propithecus verreauxi)

Gilmore, Sinead Louise 2013 Biology Terri Rife, Ph.D. The Effect of Estrogen and Cardiovascular Health on Nitric Oxide Synthase

Expression in a "Listless" Model of Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Ash, Jennifer Anne 2006 Communication Studies April Roth, M.A. All Together One: A Quantitative Study of James Madison University's Student

Organizations and their Effect on Minority Students' Self Concept and Social

Support

Ramsey, Jennifer 2006 Communication Studies Dorothy Della Noce Changing Faces: The Effectiveness of Presidential Negative Political Advertisement

Campaigns on Young Adults

Smethurst, Matthew 2006 Communication Studies Timothy C. Ball, Ph.D. Christ to the Countries: Sharing the Christian Message Overseas

Bonanno, Erica Halina 2007 Communication Studies Dorothy Della Noce Surviving Divorce and Rebuilding Relationships: An Exploration of Blame,

Communication, and the Transformation of Parent-Adult Child Relationships Post-

Divorce

Vickers, Melissa Jean 2007 Communication Studies Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Translations of home: An autoethnography of study abroad

Wilson, Matthew Carter 2007 Communication Studies Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Pluralistic Ignorance and the Rhetorical Construction of Hooking Up in Magazine

Advice

Blumenthal, Carla Stephanie 2008 Communication Studies Michelle Moreau, M.A. Communication Centers: Relationship of Client Satisfaction to Identity Style, Self-

Efficacy, and Stage of Change

Eickel, Brandon Charles 2008 Communication Studies Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Framing of Political Issues and Candidates During Presidential Campaigns in Print

and Electronic Media

Pettit, Brooke Elizabeth 2008 Communication Studies Dorothy Della Noce In the Courtroom: Rapport-Building Techniques Attorneys Use to Increase Rapport

with Jurors

Lacko, Hannah Strong 2009 Communication Studies Sharlene Thompson, Ph.D. Cervical Cancer or HPV? Female College Students' Perceptions of and Reactions to

Gardasil Advertisements

Melton, Michelle Lynn 2009 Communication Studies Sharlene Thompson, Ph.D. The Impact of Heart Disease Awareness Campaigns and a Red Dress on College

Women's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior

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Newhouse, Michelle Elizabeth 2009 Communication Studies Timothy C. Ball, Ph.D. Communication at a Distance: Student Attitudes and Participation in an Online

Group Communication Course

Culver, Donna Leigh 2010 Communication Studies Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. "It's a Social Thing": The Social Construction of Tobacco Use in Narratives of Young

Adult Cigarette Smokers

Gutshall, Chelsea Jordan 2010 Communication Studies Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. Twenty-Three Days: An Autoethnographic Account of the Washington, D.C. Sniper

Shootings

Holland, Jessica Andrea 2013 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. The interaction of the lethal fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)

and combinations of anit-Bd bacterial speciesIschinger, Sara Bray 2013 Biology Roshna Wunderlich, Ph.D. Plantar pressure during vertical climbing in Pan Troglodytes

Maghsoudi, Sheyda 2013 Biology Michael H. Renfroe, Ph.D. Quantitative Analysis of the Antioxidant Content of Seven Apiaceae Spices

Sears, Seana Paige O'Neil 2013 Biology James B. Herrick, Ph.D. Direct Capture of Plasmids Conferring Resistance to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics from

Agriculturally Impacted Stream Sediment

Siewertsz van Reesema, Lauren Louise 2013 Biology Terrie K Rife, Ph.D. The effects of metabolic syndrome on gene expression in skeletal muscle: Meta-

analyses of existing microarray studies

Barragan, Jhosdyn Argenis 2013 Chemistry Kevin L. Caran Ph.D. The Synthesis of Novel Polycephalic and Gemini Amphiphilic Derivatives of

MesityleneCampbell, Caroline Jeannine 2013 Chemistry Barbara A. Reisner, Ph. D. New Polymorphs in the Zero-Dimensional Transition Metal

Hydrotris(triazolyl)borates: M[BH(tzr)3]2 (M=Fe,Co,Ni,Zn)Corbett, Karen Marie 2013 Chemistry Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. Monitoring the Effect of Salts on the Structure, Aggregation, and Unfolding of the

Escherichia Coli DNA Repair Protein, RecA, Utilizing Attenuated Total Reflectance Metrick II, Michael Anthony 2013 Chemistry Gina MacDonald, Ph. D Spectroscopic Studies on the Influence of pH and Buffer Structure on the Thermal

Stability and Aggregation State of the E. coli DNA Repair Protein RecA

Ganev, Sofia Antonov 2013 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Lincoln Gray, Ph.D. Development of a Mobile Hearing Assessment for Aural Atresia Patients

Lantzy, Abby Marie 2013 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Lincoln Gray, Ph.D. Voice Perception across Multiple Populations: A Pilot Study

Spielsinger, Nicole Leigh 2013 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Lincoln Gray, Ph.D. Consistency of Preferences for Reinforcers in Children with and without Autism

Spectrum Disorder

Vest, Julie Anna 2013 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Rory DePaolis, Ph.D. Comparison of Linguistic Input in British Mothers' and American Mothers' Infant-

Direct Speech

Eszenyi, Marie Elizabeth 2013 Communication Studies Michael K. Davis, Ph.D. A Feminist Narrative Analysis of Assata Shakur

Kao, Kristi 2013 Communication Studies Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. Love and Tensions: The Effects of Love Styles on the Maintenance of Dialectical

Tensions in Romantic Relationships

Mezzetti, Marina Marzotto 2013 Communication Studies Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. Empathy's Impact on Sexual Harassment Attitudes: A Qualitative and Quantitative

Study

Spiegler, Jessica Kathleen 2013 Communication Studies Melissa Aleman, Ph.D. A Bite of the Big Apple: Urban Communications and the Construction of Newcomer

Identities

Watson, Wesley Gilbert 2013 Computer Science David Bernstein, Ph.D. Location Based Software Use in Game Based Situations

Hardiman, Laura Elizabeth 2013 Dietetics Melissa Rittenhouse, Ph.D. Family History of Osteoporosis and Calcium Consumption Among College Students

Stanley, Laura Elizabeth 2013 Economics William C. Wood, Ph.D. The Impact of Offsetting Student Behavior on Innovations in Teaching Effectiveness

Bethel, Sara Deanna 2013 Engineering Adebayo Ogundipe, Ph.D. Development of a Sustainability Assessment Matrix (SAM) as a Method of

Quantifying Sustainability

Foster, Victoria Elizabeth 2013 English Richard Gaughran, Ph.D. Silhouettes

Krachman, Elyse Hannah 2013 English Dawn Goode, Ph.D. "So Full of Shapes is Fancy": Female Same-Sex Desire in As You Like It, A

Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night

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Maddox, Devan Rae 2013 English Inman Majors, M.F.A. The Adventure of Ikenbury and Dingledine

Girouard, Catherine 1999 Computer Information System Karen Forcht SeaNet E-mail Filtering System

Solomon, Shaina 1999 Computer Information System Karen Forcht Abuses of the Internet and Their Ethical and Legal Issues

Cowman,Christopher 2001 Computer Information System M. Brown Information Privacy in the New Millennium: The Influence of Technology,

Marketplace Strategy and Values on the Collection and Distribution of Personal

Information

Humphrey,David 2001 Computer Information System Harry Reif, Ph.D. The Design and Construction of an On-line Inventory Tracking System

Payton, Courtney 2002 Computer Information System Harry Reif, Ph.D. A Survey of Computer Telephony Usage and Potential at Small Financial Institutions

Smith, Christine Ann 2009 Computer Information Systems Susan E. Kruck, Ph.D. Applications of Machine Learning Techniques on Intrusion Detection Systems

Duquette, Katie Arlene 2013 Finance Wilson Liu, Ph.D. An Analysis of the Linkage between Environmental Sustainability and the Wealth of

a Nation

Haugh, Sean Michael 2013 Geographic Science Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. GIS Analysis to Support Emergency Managers

Glesner, Sharon 1989 Computer Science Charles W. Reynolds, Ph.D. Alternative Semantics for the Signal/Wait Mechanism in Interprocess

Synchronization

Hood, Melissa 1994 Computer Science Christopher J. Fox, Ph.D. Improving the Software Design Process : A Comparative Approach

Gingerich, Gregory 1995 Computer Science J. Archer Harris, Ph.D. Design and Implementation of a Network Account Management System

Innella, Paul 1995 Computer Science Charles W. Reynolds, Ph.D. The Study and Development of Real-Time Expert System Software Package for

Chemical Batch Production Management

Kurczak, Wendy 1997 Computer Science Joseph Marchal, Ph.D. Developing a Prototype of a Believable Agent Using the Agent Network Architecture

Cerniglia, Michael 1999 Computer Science James Pomykalski Exploring Intelligent Agents with Java

Ward, Jeffrey 2004 Computer Science David Bernstein, Ph.D. Interactive Narrative: Theory and Practice

Arabi, Toufic Mohamad 2009 Computer Science David Bernstein, Ph.D. The Efficacy of Voice over the Internet Protocol

Coleman, Sterling Pierson 2010 Computer Science J. Archer Harris, Ph.D. An Analysis of the Evolution of Programming Language Constructs

Kalish, Kristopher Lee 2010 Computer Science David Bernstein, Ph.D. Exploiting Parallelism in Personal Navigation Systems

Kirk, Thomas James & Mooney, Meghan

Elizabeth

2013 Geographic Science Henry Way, Ph.D. Re-Imagining the City: A study in the Application of an Urban Ecosystem Model

Mooney, Meghan Elizabeth & Kirk, Thomas

James

2013 Geographic Science Henry Way, Ph.D. Re-Imagining the City: A study in the Application of an Urban Ecosystem Model

Rivas, Jonathan Antonio 2013 Geographic Science Henry Way, Ph.D. Landscape & Social Division in Urban Areas

Smith, Kyle Patrick 2013 Geographic Science Henry Way, Ph.D. Characterizing Criminogenic Environments with Remote Sensing

Blincoe, Adam Ryan 2013 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. "Firm United Let Us Be: Rallying 'Round our Hickory Tree:" Party Development and

Ideology in Political Prints and Propaganda in the Early Second Party System

Davis, Thomas K. 2013 History Rebecca Brannon, Ph.D. "Keep Her Hand out of their Pockets": An Economic Analysis of Boston's Merchants

and the Development of Proto-Capital Ideology, 1765-1775

Loncarevic, Eldar 2013 History Michael Gubser, Ph.D. To Intervene, or Not to Intervene: The Impact of American Media on the United

States' Foreign Policy in Bosnia, 1992-1995Mason, Mary Ann 2013 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. From the Pew to Politics: How Democratization and Religion Lead to Early

Women's Rights Movement

Ostergren, Kelsey Ann 2013 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. ''Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer': The Role of

Religion in the Old South, Southern Secession, and Confederate Religious Revivals''

Ranjha, Mehrunisa 2013 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. A State of Fissure: Ethnic Tensions and Communal Violence in Punjab During the

Partition of 1947

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St. Jacques, Michael Alexander 2013 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Does Culture Have a Demonstrable Effect on Soldiery? A Study of the Shenandoah

Valley Soldier from 1761-1865

Ta, Thanh Thanh 2013 History Lamont D. King, Ph.D. "Rooted in the African Soil": The Transformation of Chieftaincy in Apartheid and

Post-Apartheid South Africa

Turner, Robin Nichole 2013 History Mary Gayne, Ph.D. Mind Over Matter: An Investigation of Enlightenment Moral Philosophy

Waters, Kathleen Marjorie Beneke 2013 History John Butt, Ph.D. The Manifestations of Race and Culture in How Victorian English women Depicted

Polygamy in Egypt and Utah

Wilson, Elizabeth DeVilbiss 2013 History Kristen L. McCleary, Ph.D. Remembering the Dirty War: Historical Memory in Argentina Through Literature,

Film, and Art and its Influence in Changing Human Rights Policies

Brown, Jr., Christopher Keith 2013 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. Implementation of Pyrolysis Chamber Adapted to be Used as Heat Source for Hoop

House at Wildside Farms, and Production of Biochar to be Used for Study on use as

a Soil Amendment and Stream Restoration Tool

Crosbie, Joseph Galen 2013 Integrated Science and Technology Chris Bachmann, Ph.D. Performance Analysis of NoNOx Water Fuel Emulsion Device

Frere, Samuel Alexander 2013 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne Teel, Ph.D. Studies in the Development of Sustainable Local Food Systems and Applications in

Harrisonburg, VirginiaHaney, John Alexander 2013 Integrated Science and Technology Karim Altaii, Ph.D. Designing an Affordable Solar Cooker for Developing Nations

Loos, Blaine Edward 2013 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan J. Miles, Ph.D. Performance Analysis of Small-Scale Vertical and Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines

Mello, Sarah & Mulford, Erica & Sniezek,

Maryann

2013 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Biochar Production at Hermitage Hill Farm

& Stables

Moore, Andrew Patrick 2013 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Remote Data Acquisition, Networking, and Databasing for a Wind-Solar Monitoring

Center

Mulford, Erica & Sniezek, Maryann & Mello,

Sarah

2013 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Biochar Production at Hermitage Hill Farm

& Stables

Sniezek, Maryann & Mello, Sarah & Mulford,

Erica

2013 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Biochar Production at Hermitage Hill Farm

& StablesStahl, Nicholas Robert 2013 Integrated Science and Technology Maria Papadakis, Ph.D. Development of an AEE Certification for Energy Managers (CEM) Program at James

Madison University

Picard, Molly Annaleigh

& Chalfant, Caitlyn Paige

2013 Intelligence Analysis Jeffrey Tang, Ph.D. Weapons of Mass Destruction and America: Assessing the Risk of a Possible Future

Scenario and Its Implications

Dickens, Victoria Elizabeth 2013 Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Jen Newton, Ph.D. Teaching a Student with Autism and Apraxia Vowel Blends

Gerhart, Elizabeth Ryland 2009 Dietetics Patricia B. Brevard, Ph.D. The Effect of Dietary Intake on Distractibility in Newborn Quail

Brown, Emily Robinson 2010 Dietetics Melissa Rittenhouse, Ph.D. Text-Message Based Intervention to Prevent Weight Gain and Improve Eating

Behaviors in College Freshmen

Fuelle, Evi Nicole 2013 International Affairs Charles H. Blake, Ph.D. International Terrorism: Conducive Factors and Effective Deterrents

Hashiguchi, Jeremy Kai 2013 Justice Studies Christine Robinson, Ph.D. Depictions of Muslims in Post-9/11 American Film

Lacy, Abigail Elizabeth 2013 Justice Studies Glenn P. Hastedt, Ph.D. Human Trafficking in the Baltic States: Comparative Case Study Analysis

Ricca, Kristen Marie 2013 Justice Studies Tammy Castle, Ph.D. Representations of Police Use of Force in Law and Order

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Letson, David 1983 Economics An Explication and Critique of Bowen's Specification of the Median Voter Model

O'Hare, Sharon 1983 Economics Regional Variation in Sex Discrimination in the Labor Market

Scibetta, Paul 1983 Economics The General Theory of the Film

Carson, Maureen 1984 Economics A Comparative Analysis of Labor Productivity Differentials in Japan and the Soviet

Union

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Hodgkins, Ann 1987 Economics Vardaman Russell Smith, Ph.D. The Economics and Ethics of Pharmaceutical Companies Operating in Less

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States-Mexico Border

Rooney, Claire 1987 Economics J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Ph.D. The Effect of Property Tax Rate Differentials on Firms' Location Decisions in an

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Smith, Nathan 1987 Economics Bruce G. Brunton, Ph.D. The Detrimental Effects of Federal Agricultural Programs on Family Farms

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Baggette, Jennifer 1989 Economics Vardaman Russell Smith, Ph.D. Privatization and Power: A Critical Analysis of Privatization in Great Britain

Hughes, Rita 1989 Economics Vardaman Russell Smith, Ph.D. Poverty in Britain: A Critical Evaluation of the Thatcher Government Social Security

Reforms

Rioja, Felix 1989 Economics Debra Stevens Foundations and Empirical Estimation of the Laffer Curve

De Arment, John 1990 Economics Vardaman Russell Smith, Ph.D. Changes in the National Health Service of Great Britain : A Critical Analysis

Hammond, Leslie 1990 Economics Ruth Smith John Stuart Mill's Philosophy of Human Progress and the Case of Women

Myers, Elizabeth 1990 Economics Bruce G. Brunton, Ph.D. The Culture of Japanese Capitalism: Sources of Stability

Pearce, Kerry 1990 Economics Bruce G. Brunton, Ph.D. Prospects for Sustainable Economic Development

Baiel, Christine 1991 Economics Andrew I. Kohen, Ph.D. Equity and Time Allocation Decisions in a Dual Earner Family: Women, Work and

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VSAT Telecommunications in the European Economic Community

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Suter, Troy 1991 Economics Deb Stevens Solving the Urban Transportation Crisis: Privatization of the Urban Highway

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Konnor, D 1993 Economics David W. Kreutzner, Ph.D. Still Losing Ground?: America's Welfare State and Aid to Families with Dependent

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Context of Recent Regulatory Reforms

Rathbone, Anne 1995 Economics William Wood, Ph.D. The Virginia Wine Industry: An Inquiry Into the Structural Effects of the Virginia

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Anderson, C 1996 Economics Andrew I. Kohen, Ph.D. Occupational Sex Segregation: Investigations into the Under-representation of

Women in Science Professions

Baldwin, Kelly 1996 Economics Marina V. Rosser, Ph.D. Issues in Urban Economic Decline: The Case of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Examines

revitalization techniques used in cities experiencing an economic crisis. Also

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Hanson, Stephen 1997 Economics Bruce G. Brunton, Ph.D. Coca Market Dynamics: Significant Events Impacting Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley

Phillips, Dirk 1997 Economics Bruce G. Brunton, Ph.D. Trade Policy and the Great Depression: An Economic Analysis of the Effects of the

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Tran, Viet 1998 Economics Andrew I. Kohen, Ph.D. Does Color Matter? Racial Discrimination in the National Basketball Association

Lucas, Stephanie 2000 Economics Vardaman Russell Smith, Ph.D On the Possibility of Reconciling "Equality" and "Freedom"

Reiter,Michele 2001 Economics Andrew I. Kohen, Ph.D. Empirical Analysis of Tuition Reimbursement Policies and the Implications of

Human Capital Theory

Musco, Vincent 2002 Economics J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Ph.D. California Water Scarcity: Examining a Contemporary Issue from Multiple

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Solomon, Justin 2003 Economics Scott Milliman, Ph.D. Improving African-American Student Achievement: School Choice Versus Higher

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Fuller, Stacy Ann 2008 Economics J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Ph.D. Evolution, Complexity and General Equilibrium: A Historical Perspective

Gibson, Christopher Douglas 2009 Economics William Wood, Ph.D. Willingness to Pay and Consumer Voluntary Price Discrimination: The Case of

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Chretien, Ariane Michelle 2013 Psychology Jamie Kurtz, Ph.D. Depression and Attitudes Towards Medication

Gambill, Suzanne 1968 Education A Library Study to Investigate Subtest scaled Score Patterning on the Weschler

Intelligence Scale for Children of Children Classified as Retarded or Disabled

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Emswiler, Carol 1981 Education A Descriptive Study of Title One Math Programs in Western Virginia

Seidelmann, Holly 1986 Education Literary Treatment of Sexuality in Selected Adolescent Titles Over Four Decades: A

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Heer, Bonnie 1990 Education Judith Beauerenburg The integration of Young Adult Fiction into the Ninth and Tenth Grade English

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Janser, Sarah Katherine 2013 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. Examining the Relationship between Strength Religious Faith and Self-Esteem

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Harris, Allyse Bailey 2014 Biology Mark Gabriele, Ph.D. Development of Inputs from the Lateral Superior Olivary Nucleus to the Inferior

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Edwards, Betty 1963 English From the Traditional to the Modern: The English Novel in Transition

Perry, Joan 1965 English Joann Garyson War Clouds Over Piedmont: An Account of the Battle of Piedmont, Virginia, June 5,

1864

Rinker, Ruth 1966 English A Study of Hawthorne's Use of the American Notebooks in Writing His Tales

Joffre, Pamela 1967 English A Study of the Development of Gothic Elements and Their Use in Modern Southern

Fiction

Stallings, Marian 1967 English The Element of Solitude in the Life of William Faulkner and his Works

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Clinedinst, Virginia 1968 English A Study of Existentialism and Its Influence on Modern American Literature with an

Analysis if Novels by Norman Mailer and Saul Bellow

Burnshire, Thomas 1969 English Swift and Yeats: The Discovery of the Modern Mind

Goodson, Anne 1969 English Ruin Makes Them Grown"

Boland, Marie 1970 English David E. Cockley, Ph.D. A Scriblerus Club and its Writings

Collins, Donna 1976 English David Crockett: A Legend for All Time

Grant, Stephanie 1976 English The Literary Development of Arthurian Tradition: The Evolution of Arthur from

Man to Myth

Blumenstein, Diane 1977 English Weimar Germany and the Crisis of the Middle Class

Van Patten, Catherine 1977 English Hero Imagery in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

Fisher, Andrea 1978 English The Valley: An original composition of short stories

Kiernan, Susan 1978 English Spiritual Progression in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Kirsch, Eric 1978 English Beyond Entropy: Affirmation in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon

Parris, Eleanor 1978 English Robert Browning: The Quest Within

Preston, Daniel 1978 English A Possible Alternative: C.S. Lewis' View of the Myth

Lastor, Tracy 1979 English Setting in Shakespeare's Roman Plays

Neff, Pamela 1979 English Warriors and Lovers in Romeo and Juliet, Tolius and Cressida, and Antony and

Cleopatra

Green, Lois 1980 English Naturalism in Stephen Crane's Fiction

Grooms, Linda 1980 English Criticism of John Donne and Ben Jonson in the seventeenth Century

Jackson, Robin 1980 English Flower of the Mountain--Molly Bloom as the Earth Mother in Ulysses

Magai, Lori 1980 English The Merlin Legend

Upchurch, Michael 1980 English A Study of Quentin Compson in the Works of William Faulkner

Hall, Barbara 1982 English Thomas H. Arthur, Ph.D. Front Porch Music: Selected Poems

Morello, Mary 1982 English Pieces

Palkovitz, Steven 1982 English A Modern Ulysses

Tuttle, J. Brooks 1982 English J.R.R. Tolkien: The Significance of Language in The Lord of the Rings

Black, James 1985 English Thomas Paine: Master of the Rhetoric and Revolution

Martin, Deborah 1985 English Rightly to be Great, or a Trick of Fame: The Question of Greatness in Shakespeare

Suter, Scott 1985 English William Byrd's Histories of the Dividing Line: Creating an Image on the American

Frontier

Adler, Karen 1986 English Children of the Industrial Age from the Perspective of Charles Dickens

Bonney, Christopher 1986 English Castaways and Newsbearer: Existential Thought and the Message in the Novels of

Walker Percy

McCarey, Christine 1986 English Whole Lady Fair? Joyce's View of Woman

Whitesel, Mindy 1986 English They Returned to it No More: Paternal Figures in Hawthorne's Fiction

Young, Lynette 1986 English World War II in Children's Literature: Interpretations of European Social History

Donald, Mary 1987 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Kate Chopin's The Awakening as Ironic Comment in Gutslave Flauberts's Madame

Bovary

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Neikirk, John 1987 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Herman Melville's Apprenticeship Novels: The Evolution of an Artist

Allen, Patrick 1988 English David Haltman T. S. Eliot's "Wasteland:" A Reflection of His World

Lanzillotta, Susan 1988 English Jean Acton Catholicism in Action: The Rhetorical Tool of Graham Greene

Seidl, Michael 1988 English Todd R. Zeiss Labyrintha

Summers, Terri 1988 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Modernist?

Warren, James 1988 English Love Somebody: The Process of Directing Romeo and Juliet

Elswick, Jill 1989 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Joyce's Everymen: Bloom as Moses Figure in Ulysses and HCE as Christ Figure in

Finnegan's Wake

Kelly, Doreen 1989 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. The Revolution of Eve: John Milton's Defense of Women in Paradise Lost

Villasenor, Daniel 1989 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. The Thinning: Poems and an Introduction

Coad, Kathryn 1990 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. Purposeful Voices in George Herbert's Poetry

Combs, Kelly 1990 English Jeanne R. Nostrandt, Ph.D. The Verisimilitude of the Characters in Lee Smith's Southern Literature

Gammon, Irene 1990 English The Dubious Future of Anglo-Welsh Poetry

Gloor, Thomas 1990 English Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Woodrow Wilson's Reluctant Decision to Intervene in Russia, 7918: The Pursuit of

International Cooperation

Beamer, Michael 1991 English Cynthia Eby The Heroes of the Pentateuch

Daughters, Carolyn 1991 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. John Donne's Anniversary Poems: A Reexamination

Gill, Omar 1991 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. Jack Kerouac: In the Now

Humphreys, Keith 1991 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Leopards Watch: An original narrative story

Kerr, Lauren 1991 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. Dismantling and Refiguring Shakespeare's Green Worlds

Saliter, Karen 1991 English Jeanne R. Nostrandt, Ph.D. The Woman's Search for Self in Lee Smith's Fiction

Setzer, Suzanne 1991 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Styron's Artists: Creating a Bearable World

Tag, Charlene 1991 English Gerald W. Farrar, Ph.D. Haworth and Poetry: Windows to the Ideological Development of Emily and Anne

Bronte

Bowers, Lauren Denise 1992 English James L. Ruff Silent Subtleties: Pantomime and Cinematic Technique in Chaplin, Keaton, and

Lloyd

Burke, Laura 1992 English Lawrence M. Foley, Ph.D. Recourting: Excerpts from the Diaries of Bruce and Ellie Pense

Campbell, Timothy 1992 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Violence, the Key to the Kingdom: An Interpretive Study of the Fiction of Flannery O'

Connor

Fassett, Elizabeth 1992 English James Eby The Spiritual Pilgrimage of Transition in Canterby Cathedral and the Canterbury

Tales

Fudge, Valerie 1992 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. The Generational Cycle of Life and Death in the Poetry of Anne Sexton

Gordon, Ramona 1992 English Todd R. Zeiss The Midlife Crisis

Hogge, Amy 1992 English Jacqueline B. Walker, Ph.D. Where Else Can We Go but to the Lord: A Study of Slave Conversion Experiences

Johnson, Matthew 1992 English Robert Geary From Gothic to Ghost Story: The Emergence of the Modern Supernatural Horror

Tale

Koon, Karen 1992 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. The Ozymandying Rose Hears Us Laugh: An Exploration in Twentieth Century

Poetic Form

Lerew, Lori 1992 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Images of Women in the Works of Lee Smith

Luria, Dana 1992 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. The Influence of the Wars on the Israeli Literature

Mishler, Carol 1992 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. The Pear Tree: Poems and an Introduction

Nelson, Christopher 1992 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Liberation Literature: A Comparative Study of Wole Soyinka and John Synge

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Noon, David 1992 English Cameron Nickels Nathaniel Hawthorne, Brook Farm, and the American Utopia

Robinson, Daniel 1992 English Robert V. Hoskins III, Ph.D. Sexual Martyrs and Other Essays on the Novels of Charles Dickens

Roskoski, Mark 1992 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. The Artistic Emergence of Sean O'Faolain: An Examination of Eight Short Stories

Shaver, Jerry 1992 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. John Ford's Influence on the Cinema of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Martin

Scorsese

Warren, Wendy 1992 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. The Nuclear Family in Finnigans Wake: A Study of Character

Willingham, David 1992 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. The Heterodox Theology of William Blake

Auclair, Kristen 1993 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. The Representation of Women in the Fiction of the Atlantic Monthly During the

Eisenhower Years

Bekhor, Stephanie 1993 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Night Train to Georgia

Bigler, Rhett 1993 English Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Ph.D. Nurturing Images in Toni Morrison's Beloved

Erdman, Jennifer 1993 English Cynthia Eby Reconciliations of Athens and Jerusalem in More's Utopia and Milton's Paradise

Lost

Fitch, Christopher 1993 English Ronald Nelson Reinitiating the Strategic Defense Initiative: Should the SDI Be Revived?

Fleshood, Eric 1993 English Lawrence M. Foley, Ph.D. Lexical Usage in the Dialect of Two Southside Virginia Counties

Menk, Katherine 1993 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Real Fears and Medical Horror Fiction

Peterson, Kathryn 1993 English Roger Hall, Ph.D. Grist: A Collection of Original Works

Rusthoven, Jennifer Rae 1993 English Cynthia Eby C.S. Lewis: The Great Myth

Scott, Sharon I 1993 English James Eby The Possible Influence of Cicero and Canterbury Cathedral on Geoffrey Chaucer's

The Canterbury Tales

Sherman, Catherine 1993 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Impressions from another Girl: Poems and Commentary

Wedberg, Amanda 1993 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Leaving and Other Departures

Wermus, Steven 1993 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Thomas Hardy's Heroines: The Struggle for Self Definition

Balonis, Lisa 1994 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Jesus Never Drove

Heaney, Elizabeth 1994 English James Ruff Elizabeth Ann. The Restorative Power of Memory: An Examination of the "Spots of

Time" in William Wordsworth's "The Prelude."

Peter, Brendan 1994 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. Infantile Sexuality and Character Development in the Dramatic Works of Harold

Pinter: a lacanian/Freudian Investigation

Raymond, Kristin 1994 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Flight: A Young Person's Story

Short, Spencer 1994 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Some Greater Darkness: Poems and an Introduction

Vandegrift, Beth 1994 English Gerald W. Farrar, Ph.D. The Education of the Misfit: A Study of Charles Dicken's Dombey and Son and Hard

Times

Wan, Amy 1994 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. "Scribbling Women": An Examination of Three Nineteenth-Century Diaries

Albert, Wendy 1995 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Past Perfect

Barents, Kevin 1995 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Goblin Love

Brickman, Barbara 1995 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Flannery O' Connors's Letters to "A" : Visions and Adoration

Bullington, Robert 1995 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. The View from the Bottom of the Pond: Existential Alienation in the First World War

and the Vietnamese War Narratives

Casserly, Kimberly 1995 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. My Lily Feet are Soiled with Mud: Victorian Women in Christina Rossetti's Poetry

Connolly, Patricia 1995 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. Quilting: A configuration of Interdisciplinary Art Forms

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Danewitz, Susan 1995 English Richard Gaughran, Ph.D. Penetrating to the Heart: Surface an Interior in Thomas Pynchon's V.

Dietel, Kristin 1995 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Literature's Theoretical Provision to the Study of Law

Everton, Michael 1995 English James Owen Thomas Wolfe and the Myth of the American Epic

Granger, Joshua 1995 English Richard Gaughran, Ph.D. Mired: Tales from the Pop Culture Front, A collection of original short stories

concerning pop culture

Hartman, Aubrey 1995 English Harris Ruff Aubrey E. Authors of the Visual Image: How the French New Wave Changed the

Way Movies are Made

Krut, Robert 1995 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. A Sudden Recognition of Presence: Poems and an Introduction

Lillis, Michael 1995 English Geoffrey Morley-Mower In Search of a Literary Movement: Courtly Love in the Literature of the Western

World

Miller, Shawn 1995 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. A Love Story, Pure and Complicated: The Glass Fiction of J.D. Salinger

Modisett, Cara 1995 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. Houseguest Temporary: Poems

Osgood, Margaret 1995 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Noun: A Collection of Poems

Stalker, Robert 1995 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Incest, Perversion, Androgyny, Sado-masochism: The French Decadents' Influence

on William Faulkner

Stambler, Meredith 1995 English Scott Suter The Changing American Landscape: Sculptor and Corruptor of the American

Literary Character

Walters, Meredith 1995 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Stones of Inheritance

Welsch, Amy 1995 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Mark Twain's Journey from Lighthearted Humor to Deep-Seated Pessimism

Bahirai, Amir 1996 English Phillip Tabakow Saving Places

Bergman, Elisabeth 1996 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Who's Afraid of the American Family: Fictional Families in the Postwar Era

Bleeg, Erica 1996 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. An Atlas of our Song: A Study in American Women Contemporary Poets

Harding, Darcey 1996 English Peter Hager Internet-Based, Computer-Mediated Communication: Sex Differences in Perception

and Use

Horvath, Krisztian 1996 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. The Pictures in Our Heads: The Engineering of Consent in John Dos Passos's U.S.A

Mirmelstein, Claire 1996 English William L. Tate II, M.Arch. Building Poetry: The Influence of Architecture on the Human Spirit

Zahirnyi, Matthew 1996 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. This Fallen Limb

Brodsky, Wendy 1997 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. Inventing Ourselves

Ferguson, Diane 1997 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Cinderella: A New Ending to an Old Tradition

Filipour, Cameron 1997 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. The Greens

Howe, Tonya-Marie 1997 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Writing the Text Erotic: Discourses of Loss and Desire in the Fiction of Jeanette

Winterson

Josef, Natalie 1997 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. The Night Before: Slackers and Feminists Go a Few Rounds Over Sex, Lies and The F

Word

Kingan, Renee 1997 English J. Gunnar Mossblad Evocations: A Jazz Poetry Reading

Liola, Suzanne 1997 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Through a Glass, Lightly: A Miscellany of Children's Literature

Henson, Charity 1998 English Ralph Cohen, Ph.D. Shakespeare: Horse Imagery and the Human Condition

Krum, Angela 1998 English Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Ph.D. The Lakota Nation: Defining the Native American Woman's Role in a Dystopia: An

Analysis of Madonna Swan, Mary Brave Bird and Other South Dakota Sioux Women

Macri, Renee 1998 English Cameron Nickels Gender Conflict and the Male Quest for Self-"Lighting Out for the Territory" in

American Road Fiction

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Orth, Jennifer 1998 English Liedeke Plate Modernity, Femininity, and the Spaces of Representation: A Study of Text and Pain

in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouses and the Paintings of Mary Cassatt

Smith, Matthew 1998 English Jeanne R. Nostrandt, Ph.D. William Faulkner, Frank Owsley, and Andrew Lytle: Notions of the American South

Grindlinger, Meredith 1999 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Elizabeth, Jane, Matie, and Pecola: The Changing Heroine in Anglo-American

Fiction by Women

McNamara, Rose 1999 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. To The Dark Tower

Snead, Emily 1999 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Magic Bubbles

Bayer, Scott 2000 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. The Literary Evolution of the "Senex" from Antiquity to the Elizabethan Age

Downing, Brian 2000 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Combating the Pre-Medical Syndrome

MacKenzie, Burt 2000 English Elisabeth C. Gumnior, Ph.D. Broken Bottles and Pirate Ships

Mitcho, Sara 2000 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. What's in a Name? Defining Black Feminist Naming Techniques in a Comparison of

Five Novels Written Between 1975 and 1985

Rose, Jennifer 2000 English Elisabeth C. Gumnior, Ph.D. Romney, West Virginia: An Oral History through Poetry

Carlock, Russell 2001 English Lucy Corin, M.F.A. Edges

Cashman, Brooke 2001 English David Jeffrey, Ph.D. "I hope you will suffer prettily in Paris"

Coffman, Allison 2001 English Kamau Kemayo, Ph.D. Betrayal in Toni Morrison's Sula and Song of Solomon

Ferrebee, Thomas 2001 English Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Ph.D. Walter Mosely: Defining African American Literature In the 21st Century

Quinn, Corina 2001 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Trapped in a Bell Jar: The Relationship Between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

Russell, Brianna 2001 English Suzanne Bost, Ph.D. Reclaiming Women's Selves: Evocations of Feminist Spirituality in Contemporary

American Women's Poetry

Barents, Brandy 2002 English Lucy Corin, M.F.A. The Blue Planets

Boerner, Julia 2002 English Ramenga Mtaali Osotsi A Reason for Everything

Bray, Staci 2002 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. The Role and Significance of Middle Georgia Dialect in Flannery O' Connor's Fiction

Dudzinski, Lisa 2002 English Kamau Kemayo, Ph.D. The Layer Between Peanut Butter and Jelly

Eaton, Kimberly 2002 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. Women and Silence: I Shut My Mouth, but I Felt Something Alive Tearing at My

Throat

Loughney, Maura 2002 English Karen Evans The Double Pulse of Labor: Deciphering Textual and Ethical Implications of Literary

Deconstruction

Mazur, Svetlana 2002 English Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Ph.D. Deconstructing Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita: Socio-Political

Perspectives

Norbom, Alexander 2002 English Geoffrey Morley-Mower Life on Thought: Beyond Earth and Back

Sheahan, Melinda 2002 English Ramenga Mtaali Osotsi Chicken and Other Short Stories

Brown, Jennifer 2003 English Larry Huffman, M.A. From Nathaniel Hawthorne to Jamaica Kincaid: Teaching the American Short Story

Couch, Christina 2003 English Ramenga Osotsi East and West: An Aesthetic Analysis of Buddhist Themes

Davidson, Katherine 2003 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Harry Crews and Larry Brown: "How Do You Like Your Blue-Eyed Boy Now, Mr.

Death

Ekeh, Kelechi 2003 English Bolekaja Kamau Updike's Rabbit Angstrom: Embodiment of Masculine History

Hariu, Ruth 2003 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Updike's Rabbit Angstrom: Embodiment of Masculine History

Covington, Jeffrey 2004 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. "A Shadow From Which One Shall Never Emerge."

Herr, Ashley 2004 English Ann-Janine Morey, Ph.D. A Feminist Commentav on Selected Fairy Tales

Meyer, Kristin 2004 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Perpendicular Parallels: Memoirs of a Mother and Daughter

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Roundtree, Travis 2004 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. "Reaching Out to Find Each Other in the Darkness": The Theme of Family in Larry

Brown's Works

Swenson, Sheryl 2004 English Karen Evans "These Were the Things That Bounded Me": Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Duality

of Gender

Tingley, Kimberly 2004 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. The Evolution of Story: The Lord of the Rings-Book to Films

Baines, Miranda 2005 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Feminism in the mid-to-late-Victorian Novel

Decher, William 2005 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Faulkner nas rhe Morally Functional Metaphysic: The Sound and the Fury

Meeker, Amanda 2005 English Karen Evans Race and Place: From the City to the Suburb

Williamson, Justin 2005 English Roger Hall, Ph.D. American Apocalypse: Mobilization

Culbertson, Courtney Renee 2006 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Romantic Spirituality: Creating Identities in "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights"

Heller, Sarah 2006 English Marina Favila, Ph.D. An Analysis of the Biblical Fall in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Highfill, Catherine 2006 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Navigating the Middle

Kim, Brian 2006 English Matthew Rebhorn, Ph.D. In the Warmth of Meanings Redefined

Ortega, Andria 2006 English Mary Thompson, Ph.D. From Nausicaa to Chiniro: The Progression of the Woman in the Films of Hayao

Miyazaki

Pollock, Gregory Ford 2006 English Matthew Rebhorn, Ph.D. On The Animal Question: Marx, Derrida, and Ecocriticism

Shen, Yu-Li Alice 2006 English Robert V. Hoskins III, Ph.D. Time Windows: A Screenplay Adaptation of a Novel by Kathryn Reiss

Wallace, Lauren 2006 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. A Novel without a Hero: Victorian Heroines in Wuthering Heights, Mary Barton,

Dombey and Son, and Vanity Fair

Weber, Rachael 2006 English Robert Inman Majors, M.F.A. Not Like the Picture

Meador, Alexandra Marie 2007 English Matthew Rebhorn, Ph.D. Connecting to the Past, Regaining the Future: Creating an Elder/Youth Exchange

Program for Cheyenne River Youth Project's Teen Center on Cheyenne River Sioux

Reservation

Miner, Lauren Ashleigh 2007 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Jigsaw Puzzles, the digestive systems, and other constellations

Rickman, Tammy Lynn 2007 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. A Walk in the Dark: Recollections of a Southern Childhood

Schneier, Joel Ira 2007 English Robert Inman Majors, M.F.A. The Rambling

Simms, Kathryn Bartow 2007 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. The Personal Essay: I Write to Remember

Carpenter, Elizabeth Leigh 2008 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. C.S. Lewis' Response to the World Wars as shown in The Lion, the Witch and the

Wardrobe and The Last Battle

Daniel, Virginia Elizabeth 2008 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. The Anatomy of Youth

Gutshall, Ashley Nicole 2008 English Mary Thompson, Ph.D. Distressing Damsels: An Exploration of Womanhood in Nineteenth and Twentieth

Century American Literature

Jessup, Jared Scott 2008 English Dabney Bankert, Ph.D. J.R.R. Tolkien's Theories of Language, Myth, and Writing

Lepine, Callyn Anne 2008 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Ashes and Overtime: Poetic Reaction to Industrialization

Norcross, Alex Frederick 2008 English Robert Inman Majors, M.F.A. Nightlight: A Collection of Short Stories

Dinquel, Amber Christine 2009 English Mary Thompson, Ph.D. "I am, I am, I am": Gender and Identity in the Works of Sylvia Plath

Hagy, Helen Katherine 2009 English Erica Bleeg, Ph.D. Storyteller's Granddaughter: Poems

Hamilton, Marcus Tremaine 2009 English Sharon Cote, Ph.D. After Lot's Wife: Reconciling the Humanist and the Skeptic in Kurt Vonnegut's Early

Novels

Hillgrove, Elizabeth Anne 2009 English Mark Rankin, Ph.D. The influence of Galen and Vesalius upon Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You

Will

McGrath, Shannon Kelly 2009 English Matthew Rebhorn, Ph.D. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Solution to Society: The Combination of Art and Science To

Impact the Reader's Perception Of Societal Correction

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Aultman, Sara Alexandra 2010 English Mark Rankin, Ph.D. "Can a man live two lives?" Textuality and Narrative Within The Great Gatsby and

the American Comic Book

Piccinino, Cristina Ann 2010 English Erica Bleeg, Ph.D. Learning and Teaching from Author Mildred D. Taylor

Sharp, Caroline Covington 2010 English Richard Gaughran, Ph.D. William Faulkner and the Native American Populations of Mississippi: The Curse of

Conformity

Norian, Haley Anne 2014 Biology Steven G. Cresawn, Ph.D. A Bioinformatics Approach to Revealing the Genetic Basis for Bacteriophage Host

SpecificityPartin, Michael 2014 Biology James Herrick, Ph.D. Isolation of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (MRCoNS)

from a Fecal Contaminated Stream In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

Reiman, Kate Louise 2014 Biology Corey Cleland, Ph.D. Analysis of the Direction of Escape Response of Crickets to Looming-Object

Stimulation

Rossbach, Peter Daniel 2014 Biology Carol Hurney, Ph.D. Examining Tail Development Models in the Fourtoed Salamander, Hemidactylium

scutatumSchmitz, Jonathan Michael 2014 Biology Jonathan Monroe, Ph.D. Role of B-amylasel1 (BAM1) in the recovery of Arabidopsis plants from osmotic

stress

Schulte, Lauren Michelle 2014 Biology Jonathan Monroe, Ph.D. Microtubule Organization and Cell-to-Cell Communication in Arabidopsis thaliana

Sheikh, Abdalla 2014 Biology Chris Lantz, Ph.D. Role of interleukin-3 in blood-stage malaria infection caused by Plasmodium berghei

ANKAStarke, Carly Elizabeth Camille 2014 Biotechnology Louise Temple, Ph.D. An Approach to Bordetella avium as a Universal Poultry Live Vaccine Platform for

the Expression of Foreign Antigens

Tate, Alan Chancellor 2014 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Canine Clinical Study for Tear Lacritin as a Treatment for Dry Eye

Vassilev, Veronica Christine 2014 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Immunodiagnostic Analysis of Lacritin in Human Breast Milk

Dent, Matthew Ryan 2014 Chemistry Barbara A. Reisner, Ph.D. Understanding metal-organic framework assembly in hydrotris (1,2,4-triazolyl)

borate materialsRogers, Bradley Allen 2014 Chemistry Yanjie Zhang, Ph.D. Hofmeister Anion Effects on Thermodynamics of Caffeine Partition between

Aqueous and Cyclohexana PhasesLeeds, Katherine Nicole 2014 Communication Lori Britt, Ph.D. Communication Coping Strategies of Victims of Crime

Acquesta, Valerie Yasamin 2014 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Lincoln Gray, Ph.D. Reflection of Research on Auditory Brainstem Responses of Ephrin-B3 Mutant Mice

Lofton, Samantha 2014 Communication Sciences and

Disorders

Melissa Rittenhouse, PhD, RD Comparison: Perception and Knowledge of recovery in female athletes who

consumed food or supplement vs. those who do not post liftingCox, Hannah Michelle 2014 Communication Studies Corey Hickerson, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Food Bloggers and Public Relations Professionals

Wolter, Ryan Irby 2014 Computer Science David Bernstien, Ph.D. Path Tracing using Lower Level of Detail for Secondary Rays

Eppard, Kayla Whitney 2014 Education Keri Bethune, Ph.D. The Effects of Physical Activity on On-task and Offtask Behaviors of an Elementary

School Student with ADHDOverstreet, Mark 2014 English Howard Gelfand, Ph.D. "Home Has So Many Meanings": Society's Issues Personified Through Baseball

Bui, Long Thai 2014 Finance Jaideep, Chowdhury, Ph.D. Capital Structure Study: Accounting and Statistics Issues

Kitchens, Eric Gene 2014 Finance Jason Fink, Ph.D. Investor Expectations of the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis: Applying the Bates Model

to Modern Stock Market Events

Skaggs, Stephanie Kaitlyn 2014 Finance Pamela Peterson Drake, Ph.D. The Financial Implications of a Cashless Society on Individual Consumers, Business,

Banking Institutions, and the GovernmentBrowning, Kinsey Elizabeth 2014 Geographic Science Amy Goodall, Ph.D. W.H. Keister Elementary School Garden: Making Environmental Connections

Hanson, Daniel Charles 2014 Health Science Connie Peterson, Ph.D. Functional Movement Screening: A Study on Efficacy in Predicting Sport-Related

Injuries in Collegiate Athletes

Boestfleisch, Kirsten Brooke 2014 Health Sciences Jeremy Akers, Ph.D. Do the Eating Behaviors and Food Preferences of Children Ages 2 to 18 Years

Resemble Those of the Mother or FatherManwaring, Molly- Armine 2009 Exceptional Education Richard Evans, Ph.D. Promoting Academic Engagement: A Study in Three Dimensions

Furlan, Michele 1987 Finance Writing Across the Curriculum.

Brauer, Jeff 1991 Finance Central Bank Intervention in Foreign Currency Markets

Arra, Philip 1993 Finance Jennifer Frazier The Credit Crunch: Developing and Implementing an Effective Business Plan

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Goldstein, Daniel 1993 Finance Joseph Albert An Overview of Financial Engineering. Addresses the way in which today's firms use

and benefit from financial engineering.

Hubbard, Christopher 1993 Finance Michael A. Berry Capitol Market Development: A Case Study of Trinidad and Tobago Examines the

Capitol Market Development of Trinidad and Tobago

Narlinger, Matthew 1994 Finance Nelson Woodard The Examination of Currency Exchange Rate Returns, Currency Futures Returns,

and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory's Explanation Power

Veiel, Eric 1994 Finance Nelson Woodard Initiating a Student Managed Investment Fund Feasibility Study for James Madison

University

Farcouli, Olivier 1996 Finance Joseph Albert The European Currency Unit; Functions: Financial Instruments and Prospects for

the Future

Jenkins, Donald 1998 Finance Jennifer Frazier A Thorough lnvestigation of the European Monetary Union.

Robbins, Anne 1999 Finance Kirk Elwood, Ph.D. Foreign Direct Investment in Argentina: A Historical Analysis and Perspective for

the Future

Snyder, Melanie 1999 Finance Brooks Marshall, C.F.A. Life Cycle Hypothesis and the Individual Investor

Brubaker,Scott 2001 Finance Joseph Blunt An Analysis of the TraveIers Kiticorp Merger and an Exploration into the Future of

the Financial Services Industry

Hershey, Matthew 2001 Finance Kristin Adams Interest Rate Dynamics: An Empirical and Mathematical Study

Tilton,Michelle 2001 Finance Faramarz Damanpour, Ph.D. Does Big, Bigger, Biggest Mean Good, Better, Best? The Shareholder's Interest in

Corporate Mergers

Depew, Mark 2004 Finance Faramarz Damanpour, Ph.D. Clipped Wings: The Effect of September 771h on the Future Vitality of the U.S

Hicks, Joshua 2004 Finance Faramarz Damanpour, Ph.D. From Regionalization to Globalization: Changing Patterns in the World Economy

Thurlow, Lauren 2005 Finance Qingfeng Liu, Ph.D. More than Money: Economic Integration in the EU

Baylor, Justin Michael 2008 Finance Jonathan M. Godbey, Ph.D. The Influence of Crude Oil on Equity Prices: A Sector Analysis

Brindle, Stephen James 2008 Finance Jonathan M. Godbey, Ph.D. The Nature of the Beast

Needham, Brian Richard 2010 Finance Qingfeng Liu, Ph.D. An Overview of Capital Budgeting Techniques of U.S. Hospitals

Hodges, Mavis Leigh 2014 Health Sciences Audrey Burnett, Ph.D. Analysis of Perceived Stress, Perceived Stress Management, and Symptom Severity

in Women with Fibromyalgia

Hsu, Emily Shuenn-Wen 2014 Health Sciences Theresa Enyeart Smtih, Ph.D. A Comparison of Life Satisfaction, Subjective Well Being, and Physical Health in

Undergraduate College StudentsJochem, Sarah Marie 2014 Health Sciences Jeremy D. Akers, Ph.D. Vegetarian Meal Consumption and the Influence on College Success and Health

Sandoval, Eloisa Michelle Amaya 2014 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Needs Assessment of Child Malnutrition in Bolivia

Solloway, Megan Elizabeth 2014 Health Sciences Melissa Rittenhouse, Ph.D. Nutritional Ergogenic Aid Use in Male College Students

Gertel, Angelica Rose 2014 History Kevin Borg, Ph.D. Not Just a Pretty Face: The Evolution of the Flight Attendant

Guerrier, Jacqueline Danielle 2014 History Steven W. Guerrier, Ph.D. Between Land and Sky: A Comparative Look at Soviet and American Relations and

Perspectives during the Berlin Airlift

Reid, Callie 1966 Foreign Languages An Investigation into Ivan Turgenev's Literary Nihilism

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Edwards, Gwenlyn 1967 Foreign Languages A Comparative Study of the Cultural Background and Style of Latin in Cornelius

Tacitus' Annals and Roger Bacon's Compendium Studii Philosophiae

Krug, Clara 1968 Foreign Languages A Contrastive Study of Existentialism in the Literature of Jean-Paul Sartre and

Albert Camus

Sullivan, Patrick 1974 Foreign Languages The Supernatural in Russian Literature from Turgenev to Belyj: An Introductory

Study

Bowman, Beatrice 1975 Foreign Languages Comparative Study of the Picaresque Elements in Simplicissimus by

Grimmelshausen and The Tin Drum by Grass

Heneberry, Mary 1976 Foreign Languages A Stylistic Analysis of Tolstoy's War and Peace

Horstein, Jr., David 1978 Foreign Languages A Glossary of English-Russian Technical Construction Terminology Used in the

Architectural Aluminum Industry

Shields, David 1979 Foreign Languages Le Development de L'Ancien Francais

Jones, Paul 1982 Foreign Languages Le R6le de la Ville Dans la Literature Frangaise des 17e, 186 et 198 Si4cles.

Farabaugh, Christine 1989 Foreign Languages Carmenza Kline, Ph.D. Un Estudio de Gabriel Garcia Marquez y Cien Anos de Soledad

Kipp, Leslie 1990 Foreign Languages Danny Perramond Camus and Christianity: Themes of Religion in The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger,

and The Plague

Lady, Gillian 1990 Foreign Languages Robert Homes Serge; Esenin: A Poet Caught Between Two Worlds

Shea, Emily 1990 Foreign Languages Cecilia Graves Feminists in French History: Framers of the Modern Liberation Movement

Cosker, Elizabeth 1991 Foreign Languages Robert Goebel, Ph.D. Reciprocity in Literature: A Comparison of the Influence of French Classicism with

that of German Romanticism

Fitzpatrick, Laura 1991 Foreign Languages Elizabeth Neatrour Russian Folklore: A Translation of Selected Stories from Teffi's Ved'ma Analysis of

Nadexda Aleksandrovna Teffi's works

Ismail, Sjarif 1992 Foreign Languages Mary Perramond Code-Switching: A Language Contact Phenomenon in Quebec, the French/English

Bilingual Province of Canada

Waters, Elizabeth 1992 Foreign Languages Mary Perramond La Théorie et L'usage de la Langue Dans les Prémiers Romans de Jeanne Hyvard

Geary, Natalie 1993 Foreign Languages Carmenza Kline, Ph.D. Tahuantinsuyo: El lmperio Inca

Sullivan, Kathleen 1994 Foreign Languages Fernando Jose Barroso, Ph.D. Liberation Theology in Latin America with a Focus on El Salvador

Ferguson, Holly 1995 Foreign Languages Carmenza Kline, Ph.D. La lnjusticia Educativa de los Mexicano-Americanos

Wingert, Rochelle 1995 Foreign Languages Christiane Szeps-Fralin, Ph.D. Quête d'identité Antillaise dans le roman Martiniquais: "Texaco" et "Miseres" de

Patrick Chamoiseau; "Eau de Café" de Raphael Confiant, et "La Lezarde" d' Edouard

Glissant

Schlosser, Stephanie 2000 Foreign Languages Christopher Rethore Translation Strategies for Twentieth-Century Poetry: A Qualitative Approach

Fierro, Anna 2003 Foreign Languages Christiane Szeps-Fralin, Ph.D. Rodrigue, Hernani et Cyrano: Portraits d'un héros

Baker, Kelly 2004 Foreign Languages Robert Goebel, Ph.D. From the Life of a Good-for-Nothing: A Modern Translation from the German

Hyland, Meghan 2004 Foreign Languages Tomas Regalado-Lopez, M.A. College/Community Language Partnership: A Project to Enhance Oral Proficiency in

Spanish

Wiliams, Elizabeth 2004 Foreign Languages Craig N. Shealy How Aware Are You of How Aware You Are? A Real World Examination of Self-

Awareness

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Jones, Mary 1984 General Studies Hardware and Software Requirements for Automated Image Exploitation: The State

of the Art and the Promise of Tomorrow.

Heishman, Marilyn 1995 General Studies R.N. Heyers HIV/AIDS and Women

Payne, Annabelle 1995 General Studies James H. Butles Until Death do us Part: A Study in the Trauma and Recovery on the Death of a

Spouse

Ramseyer, Craig Allen 2009 Geographic Science Amy Richert Analyzing Spatial Trends Between the El Nino Southern Oscillation and United

States Tornadoes using GIS

Harvey, Thomas Spencer 2014 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Blood, Sand and Silk: The Implementation of Airborne Forces in North Africa by the

United States Army, 1942Wilson, Jospeh Daniel 2014 History Timothy J. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Black Banner and White Nights: The World of Ibn Fadlan

Wilson, Suzanne Claire 2014 History Emily M. Westkaemper, Ph.D. "Functional yet Feminine": The Gendered Image of the American Servicewoman in

World War II

Burkholder, Nathaniel Tate 2014 Integrated Science and Technology Louise Temple, Ph.D. Structure and function of novel RTX-like proteins BAV1944 and BAV1945 in

Bordetella aviumCare, Alexander Matthew 2014 Integrated Science and Technology Jeffrey D. Tang, Ph.D. The Significance of the Transition of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

(SCADA) Systems to TCP/IP Platforms

Enghauser, Alison Mae 2014 Integrated Science and Technology Robert McKown, Ph.D. Development of an Immunodiagnostic Assay for Canine Tear Lacritin

Fleury, Gabriela Schieve 2014 Integrated Science and Technology Jennifer E. Coffman, Ph.D. Lion and Livestock Conflict in the Amboseli Region of Kenya

Jackson, Leeanne 2014 Integrated Science and Technology Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. Graphical Calculation of the Fractal Dimension For Applications in Geography

Walraven, Brandon Collins 2014 Integrated Science and Technology Paul Goodall, M.B.A. Aquaponics: Economic and Social Potential for Sustainable Food Production

Montague, Katelyn Elizabeth 2014 Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Kenneth R. Wright, Ph.D. Successful Approaches to Encourage Family Involvement in a School Division

Located in Southeastern Virginia with Varying Income Levels

Clarke, Nicole Regina 2014 International Affairs Charles H. Blake, Ph.D. Defining and Determining National Economic Success

Stoehr, Loren Marie 2014 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. The Effect of the Okavango River on Angola's Economic Stability and the Effect of its

Policy on Surrounding Countries

Hayes, Jessica 2001 Geography Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. Geographic Information Systems: The Future of Social Geography

Sobel, Aaron Michael 2008 Geography Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. Investigating Marine Algal Blooms as a Renewable Energy Source

Shufeldt, Owen Philip 2007 Geology Lynn Fichter, Ph.D. Interactive Scientific Modeling of an Island Arc System: Expanding Geoscience

Education

DeGrazia, Lisa Corinne 2008 Geology Steven J. Baedke, Ph.D. The Use of Aqueous Geochemistry as an Indicator of Flow System Interaction within

a Beach-Ridge Complex of Lake Huron

Porse, Sean Laurids 2008 Geology Steven J. Baedke, Ph.D. Subsurface Stratigraphy and Aqueous Geochemistry as Indicators of Hydrology in

Beach-Ridge Complexes: A Case Study from the Upper Great Lakes

Yakob, Jessica Lauren 2008 Geology Lance Kearns, Ph.D. Practical Applications and Problems Using Delta Nu Portable Raman Spectrometer

for Mineral Analysis

Silvis, Nicholas Val 2009 Geology Steven J. Baedke, Ph.D. Sourcing the Water Feeding Selected Thermal Springs of Bath and Alleghany

Counties, Virginia

Ratkiewicz, Bonnie Jane 2010 Geology John T. Haynes, Ph.D. A Pennsylvanian Plant Assemblage Rapidly Buried in Tidal Sands, Pella, Iowa

Crouch III, Jack Dyer 2014 Kinesiology Michael Saunders, Ph.D. Psychological Effects of Intensified Cycle Training and Effectiveness Testing of the

Mental/Physical State and Trait Energy and Fatigue Scale

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Goffe, Jenna Louise 2014 Kinesiology Nicholas D. Luden, Ph.D. Influence of a Caffeine Mouth-Rinse on 3-Kilometer Cycling Performance

Searfoss, Erica Elizabeth 2014 Kinesiology Trent A. Hargens, Ph.D. Heart Rate Variability in Habitual College-aged Snorers

Jennings, Laura Ann 2014 Marketing D. Eric Boyd, Ph.D. A Study of Honors Program Attrition: What are they Missing?

Pollhammer, Kelly Anne 2014 Marketing D. Eric Boyd, Ph.D. Socially Active Executives as Digital Influencers

Miller, Amanda Marie 2014 Mathematics Samantha Prins, Ph.D. A Comparison of Bayesian Monte Carlo Methods for Deterministic Models

Garms, Diantha 2000 Geology and Environmental

Science

Gene D. Robinson, Ph.D. Concentration of Heavy Metals in Stream Sediment and on Manganese Oxide

Coatings in the Vicinity if the Bowen's Campell Mine, Timberville, Virginia

Wooten, Brandon James 2014 Mathematics Stephen Lucas, Ph.D. Approximating the Wiener Process

Hanlon, Riley Jospeh 2014 Media Arts and Design Shaun Wright, M.F.A. "Through The Woods"

Bauman, Brent 1998 Geology and Environmental

Studies

Lynn Fichter, Ph.D. The Feasibility of a Testable Gain Hypothesis

Hoover, Olin 1972 Geology and Geography Magnetic and Petrographic Survey of the Harrisonburg Dike

Widdicombe, Roberta 1974 Geology and Geography Origin of Chert in the Lincolnshire Limestone (Lower Middle Ordovician) of

Rockingham County, Virginia

Wright, Jr., John 1974 Geology and Geography Solubilities of Four Selected Silicate Materials in Rain and Distilled Waters

Kite, Steven J. 1976 Geology and Geography The Effect of Syntectonic Deposition on Upper Ordovician and Silurian Sandstone

Stratigraphy in Rockingham County, Virginia and Vicinity

Gideon, Holly 1977 Geology and Geography Strontium in the Tondoway Limestone

Johnson, Robert 1978 Geology and Geography Mineral Dispersal Hawksbill Creek Drainage Basin

Baldwin, Brian 1979 Geology and Geography Cadmium-Zinc Ratios in Sphalterites from the Central Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Hrinda, Andra 1979 Geology and Geography Analysis of Cleavages and Lineations in Metamorphic Rocks North of

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kirkpatrick, Donald 1979 Geology and Geography A Description of a Problematic Specimen of Eustenopteron (Crossopterygii,

Rhipidistia) from the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation of Escuminac Bay in

Canada

Kite, Lucille 1979 Geology and Geography A Description of a Problematic Specimen of Eustenopteron (Crossopterygii,

Rhipidistia) from the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation of Escuminac Bay in

Canada

Morton, Diana 1979 Geology and Geography Distribution of Lithofacies and Depositional Environments in Middle Ordovician

Carbonates (New Market, Lincolnshire, Edinburg Formations) Tumbling Run

Section, Strasburg, Virginia

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Shomo, Sarah 1979 Geology and Geography The Distribution of Mercury in River Sediment and Floodplain Soils at Two Sites

Along the South River and the Shenandoah River, Va.

Darby, Beth 1981 Geology and Geography An indirect Method of Fluorine Analysis in Silicate Rocks by Atomic Absorption

Spectrophotometry

Brown, Teresa 1983 Geology and Geography Partial Extraction of Metal Ions from Minus 80 Mesh Stream Sediment and Mn-Fe

Oxide Coated Pebbles Near an Unmined Sulfide Deposit

Bugen, Margery 1985 Geology and Geography Clay Mineralogy of Selected Virginia Soils

Seymour, Elizabeth 1986 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Structural Geology of the Hartland Terrain Near Cameron's Line, Western

Connecticut

Tandy, Elizabeth 1986 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Sodium and Chloride Concentrations in the North River Basin, Virginia

Eaton, Louis 1988 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Depositional History of the Lowest North River Terrace at Bridgewater Air Park,

Virginia

Filippino, Adam 1988 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Acid Rain and the Buffering Capacity of Selected western Virginia Soils

Miller, Daniel 1990 Geology and Geography Lynn Fichter, Ph.D. Stratigraphic Analysis of the Oswego Formation as Seen in Upper Ordovician Strata,

Germany Valley, West Virginia

Newman, Cindy 1990 Geology and Geography John R. Gentile, Ph.D. The Crisis in American Environmentalism: A Philosophic Inquiry Into Environment

Prince, Natalie 1990 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Nitrate Concentration of Groundwater as Related to Land Use in the North River

Basin of Rockingham and Augusta Counties, Virginia

Nelson, Roger 1992 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Fluvial Terrace Development on the North River Near Weyers Cave, Virginia

Decker, Roger 1993 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Hydraulic Conductivity and Retention of a Hydrocarbon Fuel in Soils

Talarovich, Sandra 1996 Geology and Geography Lynn Fichter, Ph.D. Devonian Sedimentary Stratigraphy of the Briery Gap Sandstone (Greenland Gap

Group) in East Central West Virginia and Adjacent Virginia

Shroyer, Heather 1997 Geology and Geography Gregory Springer Selected Sedimentologic Aspects of the June 1995 Flood Event of Madison County,

Virginia

Barnes, Diane 1998 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. A Study of Trends in Water Chemistry of Selected Limestone Springs in the Central

Shenandoah Valley

Hamid, Zakir 1998 Geology and Geography Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. The Advancement of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Its Impact on the Future

Course of Geographic Information Systems (GIs).

Bagnall, George 1999 Geology and Geography Steven J. Baedke, Ph.D. Examines Privatisation Program in Great Britain. Discusses the True Effect

Privatisation Has on the Status Quo

Head, Jennifer 1999 Geology and Geography Lance Kearns, Ph.D. A. Chemical Variation of Zinnwaldite (a lithium iron mica) from the Morefield

Pegmatite, Amelia, Virginia

Sneidman, Joshua 1999 Geology and Geography Lynn Fichter, Ph.D. Phylogenetic Relationships of Armandisaurus Explorator Norell and de Queiroz 1991

Allen, David 2000 Geology and Geography Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. Geospatial Information: The Premier Weapon of the Twenty-First Century

Ericson, Jason 2000 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Analysis and Classification of Soils of the Mollisols Order in Shenandoah County,

Virginia

Feidler, Alex 2002 Geology and Geography Stephen E. Wright, Ph.D. The Identification of Social-Economic Factors that Best Predict the Spatial

Distribution of Religious Hate Crimes in American Cities

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McQueen, Abigail 2002 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Surface Water Sulfate Distribution and Trends in the Rappahannock River Basin of

Virginia, from the Headwaters to the city of Fredericksburg

Smith, Bonnie 2004 Geology and Geography Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. The Three Gorges Dam: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

Barnes, Joshua 2005 Geology and Geography Maria Papadakis, Ph.D. The Spatial Relationships Between AIDS Population Behavior and Centers of AlDS

Awareness Information, A Case Study of Coastal Districts in Ghana

Barnes, Zachary Ian 2014 Music J. Randall Wheaton, Ph.D. Soundtracks and the Moving Image

Lothrop, Sarah 2004 Health Administration Jon Thompson, Ph.D. Are Virginia Hospitals Making the Grade? An Analysis of Report Card Use by

Community Hospitals in Virginia

Darone, Janie Rebecca 2014 Music Jo-Anne van der Vat- Chromy, Ph.D. "A Selected Survey of Vocal Health and Pedagogy in Musical Theatre and Show

Choir Performance"

Reed, Amy 1998 Health Science Jon Thompson, Ph.D. Physician Acquisition by Hospitals: A Case Study in Williamsburg, Virginia

Costello, Katherine 1999 Health Science Patricia B. Brevard, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Vitamin C and the Severity of Asthma

Bereska, Lauren 2001 Health Science Thomas R. Syre Sr. Ph.D. Type 2 Diabetes in the United States and a Model Patient Education Program

Kobylski, Anna Ione 2014 Music Pedro Aponte, Ph.D. Music As a Force for Social Change: El Sistema in Venezuela and in the United

States

Garvin, Erin 1994 Health Sciences Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Role of Exercise in Psychological Well-Being of the Elderly.

Maier, Amy 1994 Health Sciences David Rissmeyer The Military Family Syndrome: Reality or Idle Speculation

Schuchert, Jeremy 1995 Health Sciences Diane Shipe Managed Care and Case Management for the Elderly

Simmons, Jennifer 1995 Health Sciences Diane Shipe HIV/AIDS and Public Policy

Hall, Regina 1996 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. A Comparison of Quality of Care Between Health Maintenance Organizations,

Preferred Provider Organizations, and Fee-for-Service Plans.

Johnson, Jessie 1996 Health Sciences Kristinn Heinrichs, Ph.D Shoulder, Knee, and Ankle Range of Motion Measurements Obtained by a Standard

Goniometer and a Dual Inclinometer.

Williamson, Ashley 1996 Health Sciences Kristinn Heinrichs, Ph.D. An Investigation of the Upper Thigh and Lower Leg Kinematics in Men and Women

Soccer Players During a Soccer Push Pass

Gikonyo, Wanja 1997 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. The Changing Health Care Environment: The Impact of managed Care on the

Utilization of Outcome Measures in the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Practices in the

Commonwealth of Virginia

Heightchew, Alison 1997 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical integration Strategies Adopted by New Jersey

Community Hospitals

Owen, Carrie 1997 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. Healthcare Information Systems: The Richmond Market

Bronich, Lauren 1998 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. Nutritional Education and Weight Loss For Children and Adolescents: Finding the

Right Fit

McCarty, Stephanie 2000 Health Sciences Robert Koslow Exploring Alternative and Complementary Medicine as these Topics Relate to the

Clinical Practice of Physical Therapy

Otey, James 2000 Health Sciences Thomas R. Syre Sr. Ph.D. Radiologic Management of the Breast Cancer Patient

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Speth, Jodi 2000 Health Sciences Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. An Examination of the Carbohydrate Intake of Female Collegiate Cross-Country

Runners

Trafton, Kimberly 2000 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. Review of the Current Interventions in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

Honig, Melissa 2002 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. Alternatives to Nursing Home Care: Overcoming Barriers to Implementing the Eden

Alternative

McGovern, Maura 2003 Health Sciences Herbert K. Amato, D.A. The Effects of Prophylactic Taping and Bracing on Functional Performance

Cashdollar, Meredith 2004 Health Sciences Cannie Campbell Antibiotics: Combating Resistance

Edwards, Dana Marie 2007 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Analyzing Over-the-Counter Dietary Supplements for Chromium, Molybdenum, and

Selenium using an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

Hull, Melissa Ada 2007 Health Sciences Robert Koslow, P.E.D. A Comparison of Ultrasound With and Without Topical Medication: A Systematic

Review

O'Neil, Anne Dennen 2007 Health Sciences Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Biochemical Characterization of a Stress-Inducible Secreted α-amylase from

Arabidopsis thaliana and the Effect of Stress on Starch Accumulation

Daniels, Kimberly Michelle 2008 Health Sciences Paula Maxwell, Ph.D. The Effect of Impact and Active Forces and Naticular Drop on the Incidence of

Overuse Injuries in Female Collegiate Distance Runners

Smith, Ainslee Elizabeth 2008 Health Sciences Jeanne Martino-McAllister A Needs Assessment for Family Planning Services in Harrisonburg and Rockingham

County

Ayers, Rebecca Shea 2009 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Perceptions of Effectiveness of Trigger Point Dry Needling in the Treatment of Pain

Fern, Janelle Christine 2009 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Prevalence of Reduced Visual Acuity in Harrisonburg City Public School Students

and Investigation of Local Vision Care Services for Families Living at or Below the

National Poverty Guidelines: A Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Roshto, Melanie Gale 2009 Health Sciences Todd M. Sabato, Ph.D. Humanizing the HIV Patient: A Global Perspective of HIV/AIDS & Positive

Prevention

Snyder, Hallie Grace 2009 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Consumer Knowledge, Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Prescription Drugs

Mayhew, Kelly Megan 2010 Health Sciences Theresa M. Enyeart Smith, Ph.D. Intergenerational Relationships and Programs

Owen, Stephanie Christine 2010 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of A Home Based Exercise Program To Decrease

Recovery Time In Physical Therapy Patients

Sharpe, Veronica Jane 2014 Music David A. Stringham, Ph.D. Pre-Service Music Teachers' Perspectives of Experiences in an Informal Music

Learning Group

Weyman, Jennifer Elizabeth 2014 Music Carrie Stevens, D.M.A. Music from the Trenches: Solo Vocal Literature Influenced by and Composed in "No

Man's Land"

Brennan, Molly Ann 2014 Nursing Annie Horigan, Ph.D. The Nursing Implications of Bath Salts Abuse: A Learning Tool and Curriculum for

Emergency Department NursesBruno, Lindsay A. 2014 Nursing Karen Jagiello, MSN, RNC A Study into the Diagnosis of Obesity in Infants Less than Two Years Old in the State

of Virginia

Ruefer, Katie Elizabeth 2014 Nursing Christine Fasching-Maphis, B.S.N, M.S.N, F.N.P. Spiritual Assessments and Interventions in Nursing

Goldberg, Paul Lucas 2014 Philosophy and Religion William Hawk, Ph.D. Being, Narrative, and Ethics: a Hermeneutical Phenomenological Inquiry into the

Ontology of Ethics

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Buchanan, Cara Rae 2014 Political Science Bernd Kaussler, Ph.D. Women in Terrorism: Exploring the Motivations of Women Joining Terrorist

Organizations

Ochoa, Zachary Keith 2014 Political Science Hak-Seon Lee, Ph.D. BRIC and the Road to Superpowerdom

Salomon, Stephanie Lynn 2014 Political Science David Jones, Ph.D. Media Scrutiny of Politicians and the Relevance of Private Life and Personality

Sheehy, Christopher John 2014 Political Science Jonathan Keller, Ph.D. Reforming the U.S. Intelligence Community: Successes, Failures and the Best Path

ForwardBethke, Verena Sema 2014 Psychology Kethera Fogler, Ph.D The Relationship between Handedness and Memory Errors

Bureau, Alexander Timothy 2014 Psychology Bryan Saville, Ph.D. Passion for Academics and Problematic Health Behaviors

Greer, Hunter William 2014 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ph.D. Factors Associated with Minor Misbehavior in Adolescent Males

Gross, Joshua David 2014 Psychology Michael D. Hall, Ph.D. Vocal Fundamental Frequency as a Function of Deception and Stress

Isakowitz, Carly Devon 2014 Psychology Jessica Irons, Ph.D. The Effects of Alcohol Priming on Subsequent Preferences for Alcohol and Other

DrugsKovach, Shannon Leigh 2014 Psychology Bernice Marcopulos, Ph.D. Thought Derailment as a Predictor of Verbal Memory Performance in People with a

Serious Mental IllnessSmith, Elizabeth L. 2014 Psychology Tracy Zinn, Ph.D. An Examination of the Relationship between Mindset, Attitudes Toward Affirmative

Action, and Perceptions of Diversity

Woods, Chelsea Marie 2014 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. How Purpose in Life and Locus of Control Relate to Alcohol Behaviors Among

College Students

Stack, Sarah Elizabeth 2014 Social Work Lisa McGuire, Ph.D. Challenges to Community Reintegration for Those Convicted of a Felony in

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Hines, Madeline Emily 2014 Sociology Kerry Dobransky, Ph.D. Social and Cultural Capital in Formal One-on-One Mentoring Relationships

Miles, Katrina Chanel 2014 Sociology Kerry Dobransky, Ph.D. "Don't Call me a Pothead!" A Qualitative Study of High Achieving Marijuana Users

Williams, Kelli Renee 2014 Sociology Stephen Poulson, Ph.D. "The Haitian Immigrant Experience in the Shenandoah Valley"

Ramirez Kemp, Elizabeth Regina 2014 Sociology and Anthropology Matthew Ezzell, Ph.D. Labeling and Framing of Human Trafficking Victimhood

Ruane, Kelsey 2014 Sociology and Anthropology Matthew Ezzell, Ph.D. I'm not Just a Statistic A Qualitative Analysis of Sexual Assault Survivors

Petrillo, Camille Melanie 2014 Theatre and Dance Pamela S. Johnson, M.F.A. The Costume Design of Boeing Boeing

Darden, Thelma 1964 History Peking and Moscow: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Bauserman, Robert 1971 History New-Deal Diplomat in the Third World: Sumner Welles and the Cuban Revolution of

1933

Grundset, Eric 1973 History "The Eastern Barrier': A Study in Seventeenth Century European Diplomacy, 1648-

1685.

Muse, Janice 1976 History Popes Creek Plantation: Symmetry vs. Function

Poff, Jan-Michael 1978 History The Pennsylvania-Maryland Border Conflict West of the Susquehanna, 1681-1768

Bradshaw, Anita 1979 History Anita Lynne. Fourth Lateran, Trent, and Vatican I/: Affirmation and Response

Cole, Mary 1979 History Richard Ill-King By Necessity

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Broderick, R 1980 History The Man of Quality: The Moral, the Aesthetic, and Hierarchy in the Thought of

Alexis de Tocqueville

Carlson, Cathleen 1980 History In Search of Napoleon: Selected English and American Perceptions of the

Napoleonic Legend, 1902-1967

Puglisi, Michael 1981 History The Development of Land Acquisition, Ownership, and Settlement in the Northern

Neck Proprietary, During the Period 1680-1730

Sigler, Karen 1981 History In the Shadows of the City: Poverty, Disease and Political Protest in Old Regime

Paris

Cassell, Donna 1983 History Attitudes of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Virginians Toward Slavery

Guthrie, David 1985 History Raymond Aron and His Critique of the Cold War.

Hobgood, Laura 1985 History Soviet Policy Toward the Orthodox Church; 19171945

Picciolo, Warren 1985 History The Russo-German War 1941-1943: An Appraisal

Tate, Lisa 1985 History The French Resistance: Selected French Historian's Views, 1950-1983

Coakley, Sherry 1986 History Henry Vlll's Children and Their Stepmothers

O'Lone, Mary 1986 History Australian Women: Their Education, Politics, and Employment, 1788-1987

Baker, William 1987 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. Redefining the Buchanan Administration; In Defense of the "Invisible" Presidency

Mangiafico, Lisa 1987 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. A Genius for the Aristocracy: The Architecture and Times of Robert Adam

Turk, Karen 1987 History Dorothy A. Boyd-Rush, Ph.D. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Portrait of a Queen

Hills, Timothy James 1988 History Methodism, Middlebury and the Warrens: A Character Exploration of Two Brothers

Johnson, Laurie 1988 History Catherine E. Boyd, Ph.D. The German Socialist Women's Movement, 19081917: From Integration to

Subordination within the SPD.

Almstedt, Katherine 1989 History Lee W. Congdon, Ph.D. American and Catholic: The Making of Strange Bedfellows

Fay, Elizabeth 1989 History Cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay: Are Virginia, Localities, and Citizens Doing Their

Share?

Husnian, Anne 1989 History Caroline Marshall Palestinian Women on the West Bank.

Rhinehart, Robin 1989 History Chris Ritallman The Feminine Battle, War and Beyond: The Civil War Diaries of Lucy Rebecca Buck

and Susan Catharine Richardson

Rizk, Richard 1989 History Jacqueline B. Walker, Ph.D. The "Creole" Affair

Zimmerman, Susan 1989 History Raymond Nysen Evolution of the Clear and Present Danger Doctrine as Applied by the Supreme

Court to Political Subversive Activities in the United States

Dillard, Andria 1990 History Changes and Continuity: A Comparison of Nation and Community During the 1920s

Futrell, Anne 1990 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Exploration of the American West, 1800-1850: An Analysis of Motivations

Mandelbaum, Noah 1990 History Henry Myers American Nationalism and Spiritual Zionism on the Lower East Side of New York

City: 1900-1910

Rider, Lucy 1990 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson, Architect-Statesman; The Creation of an American Cultural Idea

Through Building

Seese, Karen 1990 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Military Religious Orders: The Secular and Religious Roles of the Templars and

Hospitallers

Velt, Tanya 1990 History Raymond Nyse Grist for the Mill: A Comparative Study of Antebellum Flour Mills in the Central

Shenandoah Valley

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Dillon, Carol 1991 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Bridge to Einstein: Slosson, Science Service, and the Layman in the 1920s

Oakes, Laura Anne 1991 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Drugs in the Valley: The History of the Stonewall Plant of Merck and Company, Inc.,

1941-1991

Parker, Douglas 1991 History Philip Riley The Vocabulary of Enlightened Political Discourse and the Idea of "Elites"

Pederson, Alex 1991 History Lee W. Congdon, Ph.D. The 1968 Prague Spring and the 1989 Velvet Revolution: The Suppression and

Success of Political Change in Czechoslovakia

Shaffer, Mark 1991 History Lee W. Congdon, Ph.D. Adenauer, De Gaulle and the New Europe

Campsen, Paul 1992 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Theodore Roosevelt: Conservationist from 1872 to 1909

Dobenecker, Julie 1992 History Jacqueline B. Walker, Ph.D. Focusing on the Vietnam Wac The Use of Film in Shaping American Preceptions of

the Vietnam War

Droitsch, Danielle 1992 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Flag Desecration: An Historical, Legal, Political and Emotional Analysis

Hooban, Edward 1992 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Supreme Court Packing Plan: Why the Bill Failed

to Pass in a Democrat Dominated Congress

Johnson, Amy 1992 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Orie Latham Hatcher and Her Special Work: Increasing Choices for Southern

Women

Kiel, William 1992 History Catherine E. Boyd, Ph.D. The Prussian Reform Movement,1806-1819

Turch, Muriel 1992 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Mourn Not the Dead: A Study of the Industrial Workers of the World Martyrs Joe

Hill, Frank Little, and Wesley Everest

Bowers, Nora Christine 1993 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Gradual Decline of Nez Perce Cultural Identity and Heritage, 1 805-1 877

Crim, Brian 1993 History William McBride Behind the Myth of the Desert Fox: A Critical Analysis of Field Marshal Erwin

Rommel

Crutchfield, Lisa 1993 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Diplomatic Relations of the United States and the Cherokee Nation, 1776-1835

Czyszczon, Gregory 1993 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Behind the Myth of the Desert Fox: A Critical Analysis of Field Marshal Erwin

Rommel

Douglas, James 1993 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. The Place of Nationalism in Irish Politics, 1868-1905

Emami, Sanam 1993 History Caroline Marshall Women, Islam and Revolution: A study of the Islamic Revival in Iran

Farris, Travis 1993 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Legal Fictions in American History: Metaprecedent and its Effect on United States

Law, 1667-1971

Ferguson, Barbara 1993 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Roosevelt's Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps, 7933-42

Lustig, Edward 1993 History Frank Gerome Mission Accomplished: A Political History of Chile

Padgett, Barbara 1993 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Education of the Yakima Indians and the Role of the United States Government

Between 1855 and 1890

Ware, Margaret 1993 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Stepping Beyond the Pedestal: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Virginia 1909-

1920

Cabell, Carrie 1994 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Critical Year The Formulation of the United States Foreign Policy in 7946

Dubois, Joanna 1994 History Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Democratization in an Arab State: A Case Study of Egyptian Political History

Leedom, Michael 1994 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. The Shrewing of the Tamed: H. L. Mencken and the Cultural Revolt

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Owens, James 1994 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Camping Days: The Failures of Popular Rebellion in Tudor England, 1489-1554

Schuler, Gregory 1994 History William McBride From Border War to Strategic Offensive: Soviet Military Performance in the Far

East, 1938- 1945

Torman, Adam 1994 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Electoral Commission of 1877: A Case Study in Political Corruption During the

Gilded Age

Hogan, Patrick 1995 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Assessing the NRA: Clarence Darrow and the National Recovery Review Board

Moetzinger, Matthew 1995 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. From Neutrality to War: The Sinking of the Lusitania and World War I: Wilsonian

Foreign Policy

Pecori, Jeanne 1995 History Catherine E. Boyd, Ph.D. Rape as a Form of Social Control in the Antebellum South

Reed, Jennifer 1995 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Legal Issues in the Museum Field

Rushing, Charles 1995 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Ideology and Policy in the Evolution of a Jeffersonian Manufactures Paradigm

Wood, Carrie 1995 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Forward into Light: The Reform Career of Inez Milholland Boissevain

Adamson, Matthew 1996 History William H. Ingham, Ph.D. Leo Szilard: From Berlin to London, From Neutron to Chain Reaction

Bakich, Spencer 1996 History Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Russia and the "Near Abroad:" National Interest and Foreign Policy 1992-1995

Bergert, David 1996 History John Wood NASA and Manned Spaceflight: From the Origins of Modern Rocketry to the

Present.

Jonker, Jennifer 1996 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Roles of Faith and Education in Preserving Community: The Example of the

Dutch in Western Michigan.

Martin, Richard 1996 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. A Survey of "Lethe" an Eighteenth-Century House in Rockingham County, Virginia

Raikes, Sarah 1996 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. George F. Kennan: From Obscurity to Mr. X.

Hoak, Michael 1997 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Devil Goes to Dixie: H. L. Mencken and the Scopes Trial

Hoipkemeier, Casey 1997 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Our Worst Wartime Mistake: The Internment of the Japanese Americans During

World War I

Mitchell, Heather 1997 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Life Behind the Lines: The Civil War Letters of Commissary Officer Andrew Bowie

Wardlaw

Pousardien, Ann 1997 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Vindication of a Proposal: Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Astell Taken

Seriously

Ray, Dennis 1997 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Teacher's Resource: A Guide to Social Studies Resources for the Middle Grades

in Virginia

Bowen, Edward 1998 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Rivalry Behveen Robert Clive and Laurence Sullivan in East India Company

Politics, 1758- I 774

Featherstone, Michael 1998 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Information and Misinformation: The Role of the CIA in the Cuban Missile Crisis

Hambsch, Karl 1998 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. The Bombing of Wiesental

Paulett, Robert 1998 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Drunks, Brawlers, and Other Heroes: Image and Ideology in the Old South

Rutz, Jonathan 1998 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Fields of Gray: An Examination of Jackie Robinson's First Season in Major League

Baseball

Schoettinger, Amy 1998 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Struggle without Victory: A Study of the Lincoln County War of 1878

Armstrong, Matthew 1999 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. John Wesley Powell vs. Washington, D.C.--An Examination of the Obstacles to Land

law Reform Between 1878-1890

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Davidson, Waverly 1999 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Other Side of the American Civil War: Southern Women, 1830-1870

Goldberg, Daniel 1999 History Chong-kun Yoon, Ph.D. US-China Summits in the 1990s: Clinton's China Policy.

Hamilton, Tom 1999 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Thrown to the Lions: The Media, the Mafia and the Kefauver Hearings.

Lunsford, Whitney 1999 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Origins and Evolutions of the First Phase of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1871

Pearson, William 1999 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. John C. Calhoun and the Road to Fort Hill

Rosen, Jennifer 1999 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long: An Assessment of One Man's Crucial

Role on America's Response to the Holocaust

Turner, Jeremy 1999 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. "This is Your School Too": The Madison College Student Protest Movement of 1970

Brooks, Shelley 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Educating Exceptional Children: The Fight for Equality and a fee, Appropriate

Education through Mainstreaming

Galvin, Girard 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Rise and Fall of the Good Friday Peace Agreement.

Iovino, James 2000 History Caroline Marshall The Breakdown, Restoration, and Expansion of Royal Authority in Twelfth-Century

England: Feudal Empire Building and the Angevin Family Assemblage, 1144-1189.

Lowery, James 2000 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Educating the New Nation: The Influence of the Scottish Enlightenment on the

Founding Fathers

Overstreet, Ella 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Reaction of Bedford, Virginia to the Normandy Invasion: War in Memory

Pesce, Danielle 2000 History Lee W. Congdon, Ph.D. The Logic of Eugenics: The Path from Social Darwinism to the Holocaust

Pignato, Denise 2000 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Before Animal House: Women in College in the 1920s

Ryan, Kara 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Legal Dynamics of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956

Savage, Kasey 2000 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis: Realizing the Perils of Brinkmanship

Schoettinger, Daniel 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Railroad Growth in the Shenandoah Valley: 1865-1895

Spero, Patrick 2000 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Legacy of the Paxton Boys Rebellion: The Restructuring of Colonial

Pennsylvania's Political Landscape

Burcin, Terry 2001 History Chong-kun Yoon, Ph.D. The Sino-Soviet Conflict

Greenblatt, Jonathan 2001 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. Independent Virginia: Freeholders and the American Revolution on Virginia

Krobath, Lynda 2001 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Jackson, Houston and Texas

Mitchell, Gwendolyn 2001 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. A Review of U.S. Maritime Policy from the Truman Proclamation of 1945 and Its

Effect Upon the Ocean Enclosure Movement and International Law

Owen, Gregory 2001 History Gabrielle Lanier, Ph.D. Matrose Baumann: The World War II Odyssey of a German U-Boat Crewman and

Prisoner of War In Augusta County, Virginia

Veneziano, Paul 2001 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. George Kennan and Development of Containment Policy

Ziparo, Jessica 2001 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here": A Comparative Study of Andersonville and

Elmira Civil War Prison Camps

Briggs, Christopher 2002 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. Evasive Racism'? Urban Renewal and the African American Community in

Harrisonburg

Citro, Michael 2002 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Collapse of the Solid South: J. Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrat Revolt of

1948

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Garbis, Korinna 2002 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. The Unresolved Eastem Question and Its lmpact on 2dh Century BalkanConflicts.

Miller, Brett 2002 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. The Press as a Propaganda Agent: The "Rally-tothe-Flag" Phenomenon and the

Media in Wartime

O’Leary, Katie 2002 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Prejudice and the Leo Frank Affair

Paskvan, Liam 2002 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. In The Armada's Wake: The Sustained Preeminence of Philip II's Post-1588 Spain

Paul, Lindsey 2002 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Limitations of First Amendment Rights During

the Great War

Burke, Jeffrey 2003 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. "This infernal tyranny they are bringing upon us": Boston, the Sugar Act, and the

Origins of Colonial Resistance to British Authority

Burns, Elizabeth 2003 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. Refining, The Empire's Reach Cultural References and the Classical Heritage in

Travel Writing 17441779

Garber, James 2003 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. Germans: The Founding of Germanna and America's Modem Iron Industry.

Hancock, Georgia 2003 History Robert Galgano Opposing Ecologies: The Impact of European American Philosophy and Policy on the

Indians' Relationship With Nature, 1700-1820

Kies, Jennifer 2003 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. From Paradise to Depravity: Identity and the Landscape of Colonial Virginia, 1580-

1620

Norris, Jonathan 2003 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. The Psychological Affinity Between Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche

Salyers, Abbie 2003 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Discrimination to Decoration: The Japanese American Experience in World War II

Wolfe, Kurt 2003 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. Anxious Englishmen: Anglo-Indian Relations in Colonial Roanoke

Lovelady, Lisa 2004 History Steven Reich, Ph.D. The 1892 Homestead Strike: Labor's Transition from Republicanism to Legal

Reform

Middleton, Ashley 2004 History Elizabeth Janik Numbers That Had Names: A Comparison of Polish Women's and Jewish Women's

Experiences in the Ravensbruck and Auschwitz Nazi Concentration Camps

Perkins, Scott 2004 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. "We Shall End it in Victory": The American Incendiary Bombing Campaign Against

Japan During World War II

Roberts, Douglas 2004 History Steven Reich, Ph.D. Teaching Happiness: Educational Films and the Social Control of Youth in Postwar

America

Santucci, Gina 2004 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. The Legality of Secession

Sheehan, John 2004 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Death of an Ideal City: Rebuilding London After 1666

Allensworth, Robert Stephen 2005 History Jacqueline B. Walker, Ph.D. The All-American Dream : The Story of Allen Allensworth and the Creation of

Allensworth, California

East, Julia 2005 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Islam and Democracy: Translating the Unified Lexicon into the Lives of Women

Hudgens, Michelle 2005 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Religion and the First Constitutions of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina

and Virginia

Stottlemyer, Jeffrey 2005 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. Erosion of Will: Concentration Camps, Safe Areas and the Realities of Ethnic

Cleansing in Bosnia- Herzegovina

Walker, Brandon 2005 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Point of No Return: The Palestinian Refugees

Dorsey, Samantha 2006 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. A Revelation in Fashion: 1700-1800

Richards, Jason 2006 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. The Sajudis Independence Movement in Lithuania, 1988-1991

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Riley, Lisa 2006 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Saints vs. The Devil Images and Portrayals of Children in New France

Smith, Paula 2006 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Division and Loss of Power in the Federalist Party: The Breach Between the

High Federalists and the Moderate Federalists

Strother, Roger 2006 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Selling America in the Middle East: American Public Diplomacy in Iraq and Saudi

Arabia, 19521961

Warner, H. William 2006 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Canals, Railways, and the Raj: British Imperialism and Transformation in the

Punjab

Allen, David Lawrence 2007 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Robert McNamara and the Establishment of 'Flexible Response'

Bassett, Hadley Elizabeth 2007 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Prisons and Propaganda: The Myths and Realities of Civil War Prisons in Richmond

Boshers, Justin Paul 2007 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. A Convoluted Conspiracy: The U.S. -Iranian Arms Deals

Dann, Tiffany Tate 2007 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Social Implications of the 1348 Black Death in England

Kearns, Kathryn Lillian 2007 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Cultural Violence in Northern Ireland

Lawrence, Kyle David 2007 History Lamont King, Ph.D. American Indian Reservations and the Homelands of South Africa a Comparative

Study in Internal Colonialism

Lopata, Mallory Ann 2007 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Terrorists or Martyrs? England, the Jesuits, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605

Norman, Jessica Angela 2007 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. The Knights Templar: Scapegoats of Crown and Papacy

Pannucci, Lisa Anne 2007 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Oregon Trail: Where Her Life Was Changed

Pauli, Hilary Holland 2007 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Great Plague of London 1665: Medical Understandings, Responses and

Epidemiologic Evaluation

Pfaffenberger, Julia 2007 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Female Sensitivity: The Discovery of Opium as Medicine and Intoxicant in Late-

Nineteenth Century America

Poinsett, Elyse Nicole 2007 History Gabrielle Lanier, Ph.D. Military and News Photography and the Creation of the Wartime Still Photographic

Pool

Bowman, Amanda Kate 2008 History Gabrielle Lanier, Ph.D. Historical Interpretation in the Old Dominion: Influential Virginians and their

Homes

Hart, Kyle Bernhard 2008 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Palestine and the Nakba: Migration as the Essence of National Identity

Kendall, Kristie Lynn 2008 History Steven Reich, Ph.D. "The Stereotypes Do Not Apply": Reconstructing the African-American Community

of Newtown in Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1945-1965

Powers, Stephen Reks 2008 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. Here Lies Suvorov: Alexander Suvorov as a Military Commander During the War of

the Second Coalition

Waring, Andrew Nelson 2008 History Jennifer Connerley "A Service to God and Help to Souls": A Comparative Study of the Jesuit Success in

Missions Through Their Correspondences

Yarborough, William Michael 2008 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. Flung to the Four Corners of the Globe: British and American Expeditionary

Logistics in World War I

Bluestein, Thomas Martin 2009 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. Henry Knox, George Washington, and the Establishment of the Nation's First Indian

Dec, Adam Michael 2009 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. "Our Native Land" The Origins and Motivations of the Black Colonization Movement

in the United States 1700 - 1830

Fiedler, Justin Robert 2009 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Friends and Contemporaries: Elizabeth I and her World

Hayes, William Raymond 2009 History Mary Gayne, Ph.D. The English Concertina: An Enlightened Journey into the Culture of Invention

Hughes III, John Lawrence 2009 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Mosby and Mahone: Conflict in the Civil War Memories of Virginians

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LeCompte, Corey Alexander 2009 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. The Origins of Futility: Anglo-French Strategic and Tactical Developments,

December 1914-April 1915

McPartland, Caitlin Elizabeth 2009 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Role of Rosie: Propaganda and Female Home Front Intervention During World

War Two

White, Lorraine 2009 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. A Forgotten Community: The African American Presence in Highland County,

Virginia

Anderson, Elizabeth Amy 2010 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Imagining Women: A Study of 17th and 18th Century Peasant Women through Folk

Balladry

Chain, Sarah Elizabeth 2010 History Joseph A. Opala The Legend of Igbo Landing and its Significance for African Americans

Fisher, Alyssa Renee 2010 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Lowell Mill Communities: Regulation and Freedom in the Textile Mills of

Lowell, Massachusetts

Parsons, Kimberly Lynne 2010 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Loyalists of Boston: The Other Side of the Revolution

Weber, Kelly Byrd 2010 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Cracks in the Pedestal: The Evolution of Virginia Women during and after the Civil

War

Davis, Barbara 1964 Home Economics The European Economic Community; Its Effect on Economic Systems.

Arnold, Julie 1971 Home Economics The Role of Family Life and Sex Education in Contemporary American with Special

Emphasis of Sex Education in Schools

Goodwin, Deborah 1978 Home Economics The Philosophical, Nutritional, Economical and Social Factors Involved in

Vegetarianism.

Graham, Donna 1978 Home Economics A Comparison of Managerial Practices and Nutritional Status in a Selected Sample.

Kilby, Mary 1978 Home Economics The Impact of Nutrition for Elderly Programs on Food Habits of Participating Senior

Citizens in Planning District IX

Losh, June 1978 Home Economics A Nutritional Assessment of the Participants of the 1977 Harrisonburg-Rockingham

County Health Fair

Porter, Margot 1978 Home Economics The Study of Effects of Low-Protein and High-Protein Diets on the Albino Rat and

Its Progeny

Sampson, Judith 1978 Home Economics A Study of Food Management Effectiveness and Nutritional Status in a Selected

Sample of Participants in the Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Feeding

Program (WIC)

Hinchman, Patricia 1980 Home Economics Window Display History and Modern Creation Techniques

Bowman, Victor 1983 Home Economics The Effects of Malnutrition on the Brain Development and Learning of Rats. Studies

the potential effects of protein-calorie malnutrition or brain development and

subsequent learning periods on rats.

Dutton, Katherine 1989 Hotel and Restaurant Management David Ley The Opportunity for Club Med in the United States Resort Market

Stone, Richard 1990 Human Communication Anne Lyndrup The Origin of Self-Esteem and Its Influence on Communication

Conroy, Jill 1991 Human Communication Steven A. Rollman, Ph.D. Communication between Iraq and the United States: A Study of Intercultural

Communication and the Effects of the Media from August 2, 1990, Through January

16, 1991

Miller, Cindy 1991 Human Communication Robert Alott The Bruised Image: Public Relations and Avtex Fibers

Henderson, Ladianne 1992 Human Communication Robert Alott Some Were Called Heroes: A Comparison of Public Relations in the Gulf and

Vietnam War

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Butler, Janice 1993 Human Resource Development Leslie Bolt Role Definition in an Outreach Education System

Schwizer, Katie Ann 2009 IDLS-ELED Margaret Shaeffer, Ph.D. Helping Students Be the Change in Their Communities: The Impact of Community

Service Learning In the Elementary Classroom

Crowley, L. Sean 2006 Individualized Study Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. The Freedom of Information Act: Origins, History and Contemporary Account, 1955-

2005

Beatty, Joseph Alan 2008 Individualized Study Steven Reich, Ph.D. Bilali: An African Muslim in 19th Century Georgia

Duncan, Julia 1987 Information and Decision Sciences Karen Fercht Human implications of the Automated Office

Budd, Carolyn 1988 Information and Decision Sciences Richard Chustsoh The Social Impact of Strategic Information Systems on the Firm

Zuras, Stephanie 1988 Information and Decision Sciences Richard Christoph An Empirical Study of the Information System Needs of a Physical Therapy Clinic

Johnson, Neil 1991 Information and Decision Sciences Dennis Kulonda A Laboratory Workshop for Operations Management.

Vaughn, Laura 1991 Information and Decision Sciences Faye Teer, D.B.A. Expert Systems Development: A Case Study of Two Divergent Approaches

Henderson, Cheri 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Matthew Reilly Tools and Techniques of Databased Marketing for the Telecommunications Multi-

Service Provider

Keller, Matthew 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Michael Denton The Development of a Marketing Materials Database for American Management

Systems, Inc

McDavitt, Ryan 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Andrew Evans Jr., Ph.D. Characterization of Surface Water Contamination at Craney Island Dredged Material

Management Area

Schulman, Lisa 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Industrial Hygiene Monitoring of Air Quality: Personal Samples vs. Area Samples

Solomine, Christian 1997 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. The Implementation of Natural Gas Vehicles in a University Fleet: A Feasibility

Analysis and GuidanceDocuments

Sours, Dwight 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Andrew Evans Jr., Ph.D. The Effects of Land Application on the Chemical and Physical Properties of Soils and

Groundwater

Abdul-Hamid, M-Zakir 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. The Advancement of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Its Impact on the Future

Course of Geographic Information Systems (GIs).

Basalla, Amy 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. The Development of a High School, Problem Solving Course: Teaching the Steps of

Problem Solving as Applied to Mathematics, Science, and Technology

Berger, Peter 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. A James Madison University-Shenandoah National Park Partnership: Analysis of

Retrofits for Energy Efficiency at Select Buildings within Shenandoah National Park

Butler, Daniel 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. A Comparative Analysis of Emissions Data from Conventional and Alternative Fuel

Transit Buses

Grosh, Stacy 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Maria Papadakis, Ph.D. Energy Efficient Low-Income Housing

Grzegozewski, Matthew 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. The Application of Telemedicine in Modern Health Care

Harwanko, Stephen 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. Stephen Michael. A James Madison University-Shenandoah National Park

Partnership: An Economic and Engineering Design Analysis of Implementing

Photovoltaic Systems in Shenandoah National Park

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Johnson, Adam 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. The Clean Cities CD-ROM: A Multimedia Production to Promote Alternative Fuels.

Kellerman, Aaron 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Penalty Policy for Water Enforcement in Virginia

Malpeli, Michael 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Geoffrey Egekwu, Ph.D. Inventory Management Problem- Parts Overrun at Walker Manufacturing

Morgan, Matthew 1998 Integrated Science and Technology David J. Lawrence, Ph.D. Development of a Fabrication Process for a New Photovoltaic Cell

Mumpower, Stefanie 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Maria Papadakis, Ph.D. Profiling the Potential for Residential Energy Conservation in Harrisonburg,

Virginia

Rodgers, Angelica 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D. Development of a High School Integrated Science and Technology Course Sequence

Rop, Brandon 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. An Environmental and Economic Analysis of the Changing Patterns of Fossil Fuel

Combustion at the James Madison University Steam Plant

Schiele, Douglas 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Barbara Gabriele The Morphological Analysis of Streptomyces Bacteria Used in Large-Scale

Fermentation

Sobel, Seth 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James L. Barnes, Ed.D. Distance Learning Tools: Development of a Three Dimensional Virtual Wind Tunnel

Whitney, Aaron 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. Living with Electric Vehicle: Quantitative Analysis of a 1993 Solectria Force

Zahm, Hillary 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Analysis of the Virginia Oak Tannery Landfill in Luray, Virginia

Beerly, Brent 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Jack A. Taylor, Ph.D. A Feasibility Study of Implementing a Hybrid Wind Farm and Photovoltaic System

on the Island Nation of Malta

Cusson, Denise 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Development of a Quality System

Dana, Christopher 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Mohamed Zarrugh, Ph.D. The Development of a Strategic Plan for a Contract packager to Implement the IS0

9000 Standards

Duncan, F. Jason 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. 30 Biology

Laden, Kevin 1999 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. Virginia Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Lawlor, Aaron 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Biotechnology in a Political World

Luerssen, Remy 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Mohamed Zarrugh, Ph.D. Development of a New Reusable Container for JMU Dining Services

Mariano, Joseph 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Design and Optimization of a Hybrid Wind/Photovoltaic Power Plant at Marfa Ridge

in the Republic of Malta

Tainow, Daniel 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. Modeling the Nitrogen Cycle in an Aquatic Ecosystem

Walworth, Jill 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Energy Efficiency and Conservation in the American Home

Holland, Stephen 2000 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Enhanced Calibration Techniques for Focal Plane Arrays and Techniques for

Radiometric Measurement of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide

Kalvesmaki, Kelli 2000 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Development of a Biopharmaceutical Database

Matheson, Sarah 2000 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Christmas Creek Watershed: Assessing the Effect of the Agricultural Best

management Practices on Water Quality

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Garner, Lisa 2001 Integrated Science and Technology Gregory Versen Older Adults: Live and On-Line.

Martin, Kenneth 2001 Integrated Science and Technology Mohamed Zarrugh, Ph.D. Adapting to E-Business Trends: Evaluation and Selection of Business-to-Business

Solutions for Small Manufacturers

Walsh, Ryan 2001 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. Monitoring, Analyzing, and Modeling Fecal Coliform Pollution in Page County

Rivers

Bourne, Jenna 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. lnfrared lmaging and Measurement of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide suing Gas

Filter Correlation Radiometry

Clark, Megan 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Development of lnfrared Radiometric Techniques for GFCR-Based lmaging of

Carbon-Monoxide

Denbigh, Peter 2002 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. Peter Brian Skyler. Design and Construction of a Single Person Electric Vehicle

Harmon, Chelsea 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Pauline Cushman An Interactive Multimedia Tutorial on lnformation Technology

Llaneza, Abigail 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D. Visualization Development for the Infrared Technologies Advancement

O’Dell, Benjamin 2002 Integrated Science and Technology R. E. Burnett, Ph.D. The Position and Role of Religious Perspectives in the Development of President

Bush's Stem Cell Research Policy

Rider, Bethany 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Anne Henrickson, Ph.D. Discrete-Event Simulation Model of Dofasco Inc. Integrated Steel Mill Finishing

Division

Rockwood, Danielle 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Development and Testing Gas Filters Used in Correlation Radiometry for Carbon

Monoxide Measurement

Smith, Lisa 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. West Nile Virus: Without Surveillance There Will be No Control

Bowels, Marshall 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. Biomonitoring of Mercury in the South River Using the Asiatic Clam, Corbicula

fluminea

Brown, Amy 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Immunological Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Variants

Burroubridge, Adam 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Historical, Ethical and Legal Implications of Eugenics Past and Future

Degner, Kai 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. Creating a Geographic lnformation System for the Shenandoah River Watershed

Goss, Amy 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. The Cloning, Purification and Expression of the Staphylococcus Aureus Protein A

Binding Domain Variants

Lish, Jessie 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Problem-Based Biotechnology

McCormick, Colin 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D. Deceptions

Pacific, Vince 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Mary Handley, Ph.D. Evaluation of the Potential Impact of Invasive Species in Riparian Restoration

Projects

Schubert, Helen 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Bringing DNA Technology to the High School Classroom: DNA Crime Scene and

Cloning Lessons

Syphard, James 2003 Integrated Science and Technology R. E. Burnett, Ph.D. Sports Supplement Information Database

Taylor, Zachery 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Anthony Teate, Ph.D. Enhancing the Solar Array Calculator

Whited, Brian 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. A Case Study Flow Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems in the Shenandoah

Valley and Design Proposal for a Wastewater Treatment System at the James

Madison University Farm

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Williams, Kerry 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Bring DNA Technologies to the High School Classroom: A Feast for the Future and

the Innocence Project

Bell, Douglas 2004 Integrated Science and Technology Ming Ivory, Ph.D. An lnvestigation into the Downfall of the Fiber Optic lndustry

Mansfield, Carin 2004 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Tail Withdrawal Responses in the Lizard Takydromus sexlineatus

Parilak, Renee 2004 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Kander, Ph.D. Development of Database-Driven Online Cooperative for CHPM Rapid Prototyping

Manufacturers

Ryden, Kristina 2004 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. Development of a Recombinant Vaccine Against Pneumonic Plague Using a Fusion

Protein Expression System to Clone, Express, and Purify a UG-Tye aFusion Gene

from Yesina Pestis

Barton, Reed McDaniell 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. A Global Solution: Small Systems Water Sanitation for Developing Nations and

Disaster Relief

Bloom, Kristen 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Mutational Analysis and Production of Recombinant Human Lacritin in E. coli

Bourne, Stefanie 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Thermal/Optical Characterization of Membrane Materials for Solar Sails

Darragh, Joseph 2005 Integrated Science and Technology George H. Baker, III, Ph.D. lnvestigation of lntentional Electromagnic lnterference (EM4 Sources on Electronic

Components)

Delp, Benjamin 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Kenneth Newbold An Analysis of Risk Communication Past, Present, and Future: Selected Case Studies

of Disaster Planning and Emergency Communication

Huntsberry, Mary 2005 Integrated Science and Technology An Experimental Analysis of Tertiary Conditioned Reinforcement as Applied in

Various Animal Training Practices.

Jenkins, Chelsea 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Carolyn Ogleby Biodiesel: A Resource For Community Action.

Muller, Jeffry 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Barbara B. Kreutzer Bioterrorism: Defense Through Knowledge

Nguyen, Ashley 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Carollyn Oglesby Biodiesel Fuel Production Using Waste Yeast from the Wine Industry

Peterson, Angela 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Recombinant Lacritin, A Novel Protein in Human

Tears

Post, Hunter 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Design and Implementation of a Solar Simulator for Testing Solar Sails

Voss, Megan Suzanne 2005 Integrated Science and Technology R. E. Burnett, Ph.D. The Ethics of Carrier Screening in the Jewish Orthodox Community: A Form of Non-

Invasive Eugenics?

Wells, Christopher 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative: State Based Anemometer Loan Program

Wynne, Christopher 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Geoffrey Egekwu, Ph.D. Secondary Product Development for a Startup Limited Liability Company: An

Investigative Study of the Product Selection Design Process

DuBoff, Brian 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. An RNA Interference Screen for the Identification of Meiotic Genes in

Caenorhabditis Elegans

Lee, Matthew 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Emil Salib, Ph.D. A Wireless Location-Based Information Service

Melville, Corinne 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Charged Amino Acid Residues in the Carboxyl

Terminus of Lacritin

Nakles, Rebecca 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Mutational Analysis of the Amphipathic Alpha Helical Religion of Lacritin

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Schmitt, Danika 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Anthony Teate, Ph.D. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tracking for Harrisonburg City Transit Buses

Shreckhise, James 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Joseph Marchal, Ph.D. Engineering a Medical Response Knowledge Base for FALCON: A Decision Support

System for Hazardous Chemical Incidents

Stutts, Kevin 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Michael Deaton, Ph.D. The Continued Development of a Chemical Plant Security Assessment Tool

Bittner, David Alexander 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Barbara B. Kreutzer Biodontics: The Future of Dentistry - How Biotechnology is Changing and

Advancing Oral Medicine

Fenzel, Matthew Squires 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. Sustainable Water Extraction and Distribution System for Agricultural Applications

in the Namawanga Community of Kenya

Fletcher, John Daniel 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. The Application of Radio Frequency Identification Technologies in the Container

Security Initiative

Hossesini, Nickie Rose 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. DNA Sequence Analysis of Dry Eye Patients

Shulman, Sarah Frances 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Site Directed Mutagenesis of the Lacritin Gene

Vida, Meredith Catherine 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. A Series of N-Terminal Deletions of Lacritin; Cloned, Expressed and Purified with to

Determine Potential Antimicrobial Properties of Small Peptides

Akins, Victoria Tonita 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Cloning of a Lacritin Deletion Variant with a 6Histidine Tag

Desai, Sujay Jayesh 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D Extraction of Cellulase Genes from Trichoderma reesei for Genetic Modification of

Yeast for Advancements in Cellulosic Ethanol Production: the Pretreatment Process

of Cellulose

Jasper, Andrew Paul 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D Extraction of Cellulase Genes from Trichoderma reesei for Genetic Modification of

Yeast for Advancements in Cellulosic Ethanol Production

Munion, Shea Vahid 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Anthony Teate, Ph.D. Developing and Integrating an Online Textbook Trading Application with Facebook

Platform, Amazon Web Services, PHP and MYSQL

Schatz, Aaron Michael 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D Extraction of Cellulase Genes from Trichoderma reesei for Genetic Modification of

Yeast for Advancements in Cellulosic Ethanol Production

Turissini, Daniel John 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Mohamed Zarrugh, Ph.D. Government Compliant Identity Management at James Madison University

Jenkins, Tiffany Anne 2009 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. Oxygen Depletion in Level A HazMat Suits

Phillips, Chantell Lace 2009 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. CISAT Rain Garden: Site Analysis and Construction Design to Improve Campus

Water Stewardship

Powanda, Ryan Michael 2009 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Chesapeake Clean Energy Initiative: Preliminary Study for Onshore Wind Turbine

Siting in a Remote Island Community

Thomas, Emily Catherine 2009 Integrated Science and Technology Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D. An Options Analysis of Transportation Fuels for Tangier Island, Virginia

Turner, Jeffrey Scott 2009 Integrated Science and Technology W. Gene Tucker, Ph.D. The Pilot Scale Removal of Manganese from Wastewater by Ozone Treatment

Lindenfelser, Heidi Elizabeth 2010 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. Cloning, Expression, and Purification of the Human Seretory Leukocyte Peptidase

Inhibitor

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Ramsey, David Spencer 2010 Integrated Science and Technology Morgan C. Benton, M.S. Next Step: Development of a Residential Site Assessment and Economic Feasibility

Calculator for Behind- the Meter Wind Energy Generation in Virginia

Ross, Elizabeth Miriam 2008 Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Brenda Fogus, M.A.T A Survey of Teacher Strategies for Developing Reading Skills Among Students with

High Functioning Autism

Cogswell, Lauren 1996 Interdisciplinary Social Science Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Integrating a Community-Based Spring Break Program

Gallant, Anna 1996 Interdisciplinary Social Science Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. The Need to Understand Hurting hearts: A Qualitative Study in Second Language

Learning

Obriot, Emily 2002 Interdisciplinary Social Science Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Midwifery: A Woman-Centered Approach to Childbirth

Sharkey, Christina Anne 1995 International Affairs Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. NATO Enlargement and the Russian Threat

Fishel, Samuel 1999 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. The State of Northern Ireland: An Analysis of the Use of Terrorism

Klemm, Noah 1999 International Affairs Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Understanding lnternational Economic Sanctions: A Case Study Approach

Snider, Erin 1999 International Affairs Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Considering the Kurdish Question: An Examination of Turkey's Dilemma

Dianova, Vera 2003 International Affairs Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Shifting Alliances of the 21st Century: NATO, Russia and the Transfer of U.S.

Military Bases to Central Europe

Baer, Katherine 2004 International Affairs Robin L. Teske, Ph.D. Human Rights and Women, Globalization and the Changing Role of the

Public/Private Dichotomy

Bassford, Lisa 2004 International Affairs Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Big Business vs. Forestland: How Corporate Interests Contribute to Deforestation in

Latin America

Griffin, Courtney 2005 International Affairs Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Revolution and the Arts: The Impact of Art in the 1989 Eastern European

Revolutions.

Lachman, Jennifer 2005 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. The Success of the Extreme Right in France: Le Front National in the Age of

Globalization

Friedfeld, Sarah Aldea 2007 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. US Policy toward Afghanistan: The Problem of Statelessness with Reference to

Pakistan

Kelley, Anna Catherine 2007 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. Indigenous Peoples' Civil and Political Rights; Case Studies of Australia, Japan, and

the United States

Paladino, Ryan Samuel 2007 International Affairs Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Conflict and Cooperation in U.S. Relations in Latin America: A Case Study Analysis

of Colombia and Venezuela

Smyth, Richard McFarland 2007 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. Confronting the Troubles: An Assessment of the British Response to the Sectarian

Violence in Northern Ireland, 1969-1998

Dunn, Jamie Lynn 2008 International Affairs Robin L. Teske, Ph.D. Human Trafficking and Sexual Slavery: Determining the Most Effective Approaches

for Combating the Trafficking of Women into the Sexual Slave Trade

Ulmer, Laura Elizabeth 2008 International Affairs John Scherpereel, Ph.D. An Ever Closer Union? The Effects of the Euro on the European Identity

Hartman, Michele Patricia 2009 International Affairs Jonathan Keller, Ph.D. Why Intelligence Fails: An Analysis of the US Intelligence Community

Lowry, Sean Andrew 2009 International Affairs Yi Edward Yang, Ph.D. Rationalizing China's Nuclear Proliferation Policy

Pegnato, Elisabeth Marra 2009 International Affairs John Scherpereel, Ph.D. Are Islam and Democracy Compatible?

Stanczyk, Sierra Ann 2009 International Affairs Jonathan Keller, Ph.D. Determinants of Mass Public Support for Violent Extremism in Muslim Countries: A

Statistical Analysis of Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, and Turkey

(2005)

Cobb, Matthew Ryan 2010 International Affairs John Scherpereel, Ph.D. International Tug-Of-War: The Struggle for Influence in Central Asia

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Copolillo, Chris Ryan 2010 International Affairs Terry Beitzel, Ph.D. The Use of Hard and Soft Power In UN Peacekeeping Missions

Chintala, David 1997 International Business Mark Usry Between Export Sales and Stock Price

Raymer, Julie 1998 International Business Faramarz Damanpour, Ph.D. Foreign Direct Investment in Ecuador: A Transition Towards Privatization and the

Removal of Legal Barriers

Koladay, Xenia 1999 International Business Kirk Elwood, Ph.D. European Monetary Union and its Effects on the Spanish Economy

Wassibauer, Ruediger 2000 International Business J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Ph.D. Size Matters: How the Euro Changed Europe

Formal, Elliot Salek 2008 International Business Robert Horn, Ph.D. The European Union Constitution: Why Has it Faltered?

Bolton, Andrew Kline 2007 Italian David E. Cockley, Ph.D. The Italian Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (National Health Service): An Assessment

of its Current State and Speculations on its Future

Kinard Jr, Jeffrey Louis 2007 Justice Studies Peter Pham The Relationship Between Healthcare Assurance, Democratization, and Government

Stability

Bickley, Caroline Macgill 2008 Justice Studies Peggy Plass, Ph.D. The Impact of Incarceration on the Relationship between a Mother and a Child

Morgan, Laura Ann 2008 Justice Studies Scott Vollum, Ph.D. A Legal Analysis of the Knock and Announce Requirement and its Implications in

Crime Control

Trinka, Lauren Michelle 2008 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Realities of A Just Future for the Mayan Community in the Guatemalan State: The

Implications of a Historically Discriminatory Rule of Law and the Possibility for a

Pluri-ethnic Nation Through Transitional Justice and Customary Law Reformation

Zapf, Jessica Lynne 2008 Justice Studies Scott Vollum, Ph.D. Perceived Permanence of Defendants' Psychological Disorders and Sentencing

Decisions in Capital Mitigation

Eisley, Abigail Esther 2009 Justice Studies Terry Beitzel, Ph.D. Environmental Justice Under Oppressive Governments: A Case Study of the Shwe

Gas Movement in Burma

Raines, Jessica Leigh 2009 Justice Studies Jacqueline K. Buffington- Vollum, Ph.D. The Effect of Motivation to Change on Offender Recidivism

Scott, Regas Wills 2009 Justice Studies Tammy Castle, Ph.D. A Comparison of Political Ideologies in Rock Music and Country Music

Hogan, Ashley Nicole 2010 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Factors Influencing the Success of Grassroots Organizing By Immigrant Solidarity

Groups

Johnson, Timothy Ryan 2010 Justice Studies Roberta Mitchell Prosecutorial Discretion: Study of U.S. District Level Prosecution Egalitarianism

Rotkin, Kari Ann 2010 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Good Governance and Its Significance in Post Genocidal Reconstruction

Tuarez, Melissa Guissell 2010 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Truth Commissions: A Comparative Study of a Modern Day Phenomenon

Ross, Jill 1992 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Resting Metabolic Rate Differences Between Trained and Untrained Females

Colbert, Heather 1995 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. A Summer Field Hockey Conditioning Program for Female High School Field

Hockey Players

Reed, Leslie 1995 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Perception of Caloric Intake in College Female Athletes

Jamieson, Meredith 1997 Kinesiology Joel Vedelli, Ed.D. Effects of a Goal Setting Program on Selected Performance Skills in Tennis.

Way, Janelle 1999 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Effects of Land Versus Aquatic Exercise on Heath Related Quality of Life

Cox, John 2000 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Effect of Oral Creatine Supplementation on Anaerobic Performance and Fluid

Balance

Mattera, Joseph 2000 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Substrate Utilization in Fasted and Post Prandial College Women

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Warren, Kelly 2000 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Body Image, Age and Physical Activity in Women

Love, Amanda 2001 Kinesiology Jacqueline Williams, Ed.D. The Effects of Physical Activity on the Behavior of Children with Attention Deficit/

Hyperactivity Disorder

Shell, Cameron 2003 Kinesiology Joel Vedelli, Ed.D. The effect of Contextual Interference on the Short-term and Long-term Retention of

Three Wrestling Skills

Woodward, Christine 2003 Kinesiology Jacqueline Williams, Ed.D. The Contributions of the Greek and Roman Practices on Modern Sports Training

Schultz, Pamela 2004 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Relationships Between Physical Activity and Bone Mineral Density in Women.

Hart, Jan 2005 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Vigorous Physical Activity in College Alumnae and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Giammittorio, Stephanie 2006 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Relationship Between Young Adulthood Physical Activity and C-Reactive Protein

Levels Among Post Menopausal Women and the Effect on the Risk for

Cardiovascular Disease

Munnis, Jamie 2006 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Muscular Strength and Bone Mineral Density

Baulsir, Keith Cameron 2007 Kinesiology M. Kent Todd, Ph.D. Negative Consequences of Weight Loss in Wrestling

Schubert, Carolyn Elizabeth 2007 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The influence of menopausal status and physical activity on C-reactive protein and a

woman's risk for heart disease

Holroyd, Bridget Anne 2008 Kinesiology Christopher Womack, Ph.D. The Influence of the CYP1A2 Genotype on the Ergogenic Effects of Caffeine During

Short-Duration, High Intensity Cycling

Ausink, Bryan Mark 2009 Kinesiology Christopher Womack, Ph.D. Variation Between Repeated Time-to-Exhaustion Trials Reduced With Utilization of

an Objective Exclusion Criteria

Ennis, Robert Christopher 2009 Kinesiology David J. Shonk, Ph.D. Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Methods: A Critical Review from a Sport

Management Perspective

Nicewonger, Christine Marie 2009 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The effect of iron supplementation during menses on iron markers and performance

in physically active females

Reeder, Amanda Helena 2009 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Impact of the ACE I/D Polymorphism on the Effect of Physical Activity and

Fitness on Blood Pressure in Women

Norman, William Alan 2010 Kinesiology Christopher Womack, Ph.D. The effect of caffeine dosages on force production of the knee extensor muscles in

trained male cyclists before and after a 40-kilometer time trial

Student Name

Scheikl, Oskar

Year

1995

Major

History

Advisor Name

Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D.

Title

"For a Bindleness Day": The I.W.W. and the Wheatland Hop Fields Riot of 1913

Stuntz, Joe Gillespie 2008 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. 12 Different Type of Airline: A Case Study in Management at Southwest Airlines

Ngo, Amanda Michelle 2009 Management Charles White The Use and Impact of Collateral Signals In Business Presentations

Kilmer, Benjamin Birchell 2010 Management David Cavazos Evolution of the Music Industry: The Effect of Technology and Law on Strategic

Management and Sustainability

Grella, Thomas 1982 Management and Marketing Future Trends in Data Storage.

Lanthier, Lisa 1984 Management and Marketing Advertising's Role in Corporate Social Responsibility

Paulucci, Lisa 1985 Management and Marketing An Empirical Investigation of the Effectiveness of Quality Circles in the Hospital

Industry.

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Bachkosky, Deborah 1987 Management and Marketing Alan Goldenberg Developing the Model Marketing Fundamentals Course

Parker, Frederick 1989 Management and Marketing H.S. Roger Entrepreneurship Education: "A Pedagogy"

Geddes, Claire 1992 Management and Marketing Charles D. Pringle, D.B.A. Gender Differences in Management and Leadership: A Review of the Literature with

Implications for Organizations and Female Managers.

Guarniere, Melissa 1992 Management and Marketing George W. Wynn, Ph.D. The Impact of Consumer Ethnocentrism on the Purchasing Behavior of College

Students.

Hague, Jordan 1993 Management and Marketing Roger Ford Product Distribution: A Lucrative Entrepreneurial Model for the 1990's.

Grebowski, Caryl 1994 Management and Marketing Kenneth D. Bahn, Ph.D. Children's Preference Formation of Movie Tie-in Products and the Effect of Those

Preferences on Parental Spending Habits.

McCrae, Sean 1996 Management and Marketing Charles D. Pringle, D.B.A. A True Mickey Mouse Operation: A Case Study of Successful Management at the

Walt Disney Company

Franklin, Joshua 2000 Management and Marketing George W. Wynn, Ph.D. Data Mining and Customer Relations Management

Mannion, Sean 2001 Management and Marketing Irvine Clark III, Ph.D. If You Promote It, They Will Come: A Case Study Investigating James Madison

University's Sports Marketing and Promotions

Donohue, Bridget 2003 Management and Marketing Claudius B. Claiborne, Ph.D. Student Attitudes and Study Abroad

Kem, Katelynn 2003 Management and Marketing Val Larsen, Ph.D. Privacy, Marketing, and the Consumer: How Much Do Consumers Value Privacy?

Granados, Alicia 2004 Management and Marketing Irvine Clark III, Ph.D. The International Female: A Cross-cultural Examination of Female Gender-Role

Portrayal in Print Advertising in the United States, Italy and Japan.

Mannion, Ryan 2004 Management and Marketing Irvine Clark III, Ph.D. Victory in a New arena: A Framework for Marketing Sport to Asian-American

Consumers

Roche, Kathleen 2005 Management and Marketing William Aranda The Culture of Student Drinking at James Madison University

Williams, Sarah 2005 Management and Marketing Karen Santos Riding Into Therapy: A Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program for Developing

Social Skills in "at Risk" Teenagers

McCracken, J. Colleen 1990 Marketing George W. Wynn, Ph.D. Customer Service: Customers' Perceptions of the Importance of Customer Service

Maddrea, Jean 1993 Marketing Claudius B. Claiborne, Ph.D. Crisis Communication: A Case Study and Managerial Stimulation of the Crash of the

United Airlines Flight232

Lombardo, Todd 1996 Marketing Claudius B. Claiborne, Ph.D. The Marketing Environment of Ford Motor Company in the United States 1970-

2000

Gillette, Britt 1999 Marketing Claudius B. Claiborne, Ph.D. Modern Product Advertising As an Alternative to Negative Political Advertising

Schuman, Lauren 2004 Marketing Theresa Flaherty The Influence of Retail Store Environment and Store Image on Consumer's

Perception of Quality Products

Giacone, Tricia 2006 Marketing William Faranda, Ph.D. Effects of Temporal Distance on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions Regarding Two

Approaches to Weight Loss

Karr, Laura Ann 2008 Marketing Claire P. Bolfing, Ph.D. Making a Difference: The Impact of Message Framing on Perceived Consumer

Effectiveness in Cause- Related Marketing

Peterson, Sarah Michelle 2008 Marketing Kenneth D. Bahn, Ph.D. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influences on Socially Responsible Consumption: A

Generational Analysis

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Delli-Colli, Kathryn Jean 2009 Marketing Mert Tokman, Ph.D. Gender Differences in Response to Customer Win Back Offers

Lodder, Jennifer Ashley 2009 Marketing William Faranda, Ph.D. The Distinction Between Impulsive and Compulsive Buying Behaviors: A Review of

the Literature and Implications for College-Aged Adults

Pugh, Beth 1993 Mass Communication Marilou Johnson, Ph.D. Reporting the Name of a Rape Victim: A Survey of the Policies if Virginia News

Organizations

Zarahn, Brian 1994 Mass Communication Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. The New Media: Examining the Emergence of Alternative Venues in the 1992

Presidential Campaign

Burke, Jennifer Anne 1996 Mass Communication Marilou Johnson, Ph.D. Women, Sportscasting and the Path of a Pioneer

Lamb, Julie 1997 Mass Communication Charles Turner Gender-Based Perceptions of Female Leadership Capacity as Influenced by Print

Advertising

Lofgren, Jeffrey 1997 Mass Communication Robert Starr To Helene and the Experience of Producing a Student Video.

Walter, Shannon 1997 Mass Communication David Wendelken, Ph.D. Design Performance: Effective Advertising on the World Wide Web.

Mohd-Nordin, Noraizah 1998 Mass Communication Rustin Greene, M.F.A. A Moral Obligation

Palladino, Melissa 1998 Mass Communication David Wendelken, Ph.D. Digital Imaging in the Media: An Exploration of Its Development, Its Applications

and Its Future.

Bishop, Lisa 1993 Mathematics Rickie Domangue, Ph.D. Survival Analysis of Aids case Data

Jenkins, Wesley 1993 Mathematics John C. Klippert, Ph.D. Generalizations of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

Orringer, Kristy 1993 Mathematics John Marafino, Ph.D. Factual Construction

Malacane, Lynn Ann 1994 Mathematics George Marrah A Comparison of Capability Indices Under Various Distribution Assumptions

Vetrano, Jeffrey 1995 Mathematics David P. Hanson, D.Ed Algebraic Coding Theory

Williams, Geoffrey 1997 Mathematics John C. Klippert, Ph.D. A Characterization of the Existence of a Derivative in Terms of Its Set of Points of

Continuity.

Lee, Kristina 2002 Mathematics Gary Peterson, Ph.D. Affine and Projective Geometry

Rabenold, Patrick 2002 Mathematics William H. Ingham, Ph.D. Simulation of Ideal Gas Expansions using Smooth Particles Mechanics

Dardia, Kristen 2005 Mathematics Hasan Hamdan, Ph.D. Using Scale Mixtures of Normals to Model Continuously Compounded Retum

Albert, Michael 2006 Mathematics John C. Klippert, Ph.D. The Gauge Integral

Crizer, Amy Vess 2006 Mathematics James Liu, Ph.D. Analysis of Modified Lotka-Volterra Competition Models with Non-Linear

Relationships Between Species

Hope, Rebecca 2006 Mathematics Laurie Cavey Exploring the Effectiveness of Technology in Secondary Mathematics Education

Booth, Laurel Ashley 2007 Mathematics Laura Taalman, Ph.D. Mutual Orthogonality and Minimal Generating Conditions of Multiple Gerechte

Designs

Bruno, Jorge Luis 2008 Mathematics Elizabeth T. Brown, Ph.D. Cardinal Invariance Beyond the Continuum

Ellison, Victoria Marie 2008 Mathematics Hasan Hamdan, Ph.D. Using UNMIX in Estimating Bivariate Scale Mixtures of Normals in Stock Models

Leard, Benjamin Paul 2008 Mathematics Brian Walton, Ph.D. Dynamics of a Ratio-Dependent Predator-Prey Model with a Profit-Maximizing

Harvesting Agent

Strawn, Brandon Timothy 2008 Mathematics Elisabeth C. Gumnior, Ph.D. Rhetoric and Mathematics: Reviving the Exploration of a Transdisciplinary Bridge

Cross, Nina Faye 2009 Mathematics Brian Walton, Ph.D. The Mathematical Analysis of Shape Change in Frog Cartilage During Development

Hannoun, Deena Mariam 2009 Mathematics Anthony Tongen, Ph.D. Analysis of a Spring and Mass Model: Applications to Tail Movement

Szalay, Jamey Robert 2010 Mathematics Carla Martin, Ph.D. Independent Component Analysis: A Tensor Based Approach

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Collington, Michele 1987 Mathematics and Computer

Science

John C. Klippert, Ph.D. Important Illustrative Functions in Introductory Mathematical Analysis

Hunt, Kellie 1987 Mathematics and Computer

Science

John C. Klippert, Ph.D. Counting the Discontinuities of a Real Function

Romeo, Cynthia 1990 Mathematics and Computer

Science

Charles W. Reynolds, Ph.D. Software Portability and Standardization: An Analysis of the UNIX/X Windows

Software Environment

Widener, Patrick 1990 Mathematics and Computer

Science

Charles W. Reynolds, Ph.D. A Study of the Support by the Programming Language C++ for Generic Abstract

Data Types

Hey, Adam 1991 Mathematics and Computer

Science

John C. Klippert, Ph.D. An Elementary Proof of Arzela's Bounded Convergence Theorem and Some

Applications in Advanced Calculus

Taylor, Brent 1991 Mathematics and Computer

Science

Charles W. Reynolds, Ph.D. Experiments in Reflection

Goldman, William 1995 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. Scenic Overlook

Ketchum, Ryan 1995 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. Obscenity Law and the Application of "Miller v. California" to Current Obscenity

Issues

Londeree, Sarah 1995 Media Arts and Design Charles Turner The Breaks of Holly Creek.

Morgan, Wendy 1995 Media Arts and Design Charles Turner Gender Stereotypes Recombined: The So-Called Reality of My So-Called Life

Overman, Jennifer 1995 Media Arts and Design Alan Neckowitz, Ph.D. Making their Mark: A History of Women in American Newspaper Journalism since

World War II.

Fullerton, Elaine 1996 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. The Camera and its Effect on Justice in the American Courtroom. Questions the use

of media camera coverage in the courtroom and the camera's threat to justice

Malkin, Deborah 1996 Media Arts and Design Charles Turner Marketing on the Internet: Analyzing Current Developments and Predicting Future

Trends.

Epling, Anthony 1998 Media Arts and Design Marilou Johnson, Ph.D. A Prescription for Living with HIV: An Analysis of the Reality of ER

Alvanitakis, Kristin 1999 Media Arts and Design Alan Neckowitz, Ph.D. Civic Journalism: Savior or Death Knell for American Newspapers

Mafodda, Michael 1999 Media Arts and Design Trudy Cole-Zieslanski, M.F.A. Identity by Design: The Creation of a Corporate Identity

Juul, Kory 2000 Media Arts and Design John Wood Aquarius

Neumann, Stacey 2000 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. An Analysis of Legal Obscenity Standards; Applying Miller v. California to Three

Historic Novels

Rantz, John 2000 Media Arts and Design Thomas McHardy, M.F.A. Conch Republic's Cradle: The Coral Reefs of Key Largo.

Ross, Megan 2000 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. A Project in Newspaper Redesign

Wethe, Kimberly 2000 Media Arts and Design Charles Turner Cynicism in American Film: The World War II Era to the Vietnam War Era

Deringer, Kathryn 2001 Media Arts and Design Marilou Johnson, Ph.D. Framing the Broadcast News Story

Ramsburg, Scott 2002 Media Arts and Design Thomas O'Conner, M.F.A. Lifeless Water: Cultural Eutrophication and Cultural Reaction in the Rappahannock

River Watershed

Sakhaug, Richard 2002 Media Arts and Design Alan Neckowitz, Ph.D. American Newspapers at War

Shernoff, Erika 2002 Media Arts and Design Thomas O'Conner, M.F.A. An Original Screenplay

Shipley, Jeanine 2002 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. Turning Mouse Buttons into Campaign Buttons: An Analysis of Internet

Campaigning in the Presidential Election of 2000

Dacey, Kimberly 2003 Media Arts and Design Thomas McHardy, M.F.A. Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear: An Introspective Look Behind JMU's

Mainstage Curtain

Bourke, Leslie 2004 Media Arts and Design James L. Steele, Ph.D. Online Communication and Relationships

Chang, Sei-Young 2004 Media Arts and Design JoAnne Holman, Ph.D. Group Support: An Advertising Campaign for Take Back the Night

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Collins, Jesseca 2004 Media Arts and Design JoAnne Holman, Ph.D. 100% Pure Bred American Pet: An Advertising Campaign for the Rockingham-

Harrisonburg SPCA

Suits, John 2004 Media Arts and Design John Hodges The Last Day

Cunningham, Martha 2005 Media Arts and Design JoAnne Holman, Ph.D. Calling the Shots: How Feminist Pornographers are Transforming Exploitation into

Empowerment

Hardter, Regina 2005 Media Arts and Design Roger Hall, Ph.D. Daylight: In Two Parts

Verrillo, Jillian 2005 Media Arts and Design Joseph Hinshaw, Ph.D. Here and There: A Promotional Video for Stud in Florence and Public Service

Announcements for Aggressive Driving in Harrisonburg.

Barrameda, Aileen 2006 Media Arts and Design JoAnne Holman, Ph.D. Inhaling Truth: An analysis of the Truth Anti-Smoking Campaign

Love, Jennifer 2006 Media Arts and Design JoAnne Holman, Ph.D. The History of Advertising Jingles: Singing Your Way into the Consumers Mind

Ryan, Ian 2006 Media Arts and Design Kevin Reynolds, M.F.A. Red: An Original Screenplay

Benton, Kimberly Dawn 2007 Media Arts and Design JoAnne Holman, Ph.D. "The Nature of Spring Break" Campaign; Using Social Norms Marketing to Promote

Healthy Spring Break Behavior to JMU Students

Brody, Scott Nicholas 2007 Media Arts and Design Rustin Greene, M.F.A. Olympus: A Study in the Creation of an Original Sitcom with Emphasis on

Development and Production

Farley, Timothy Alcuin 2007 Media Arts and Design Rustin Greene, M.F.A. Olympus: A Study in the Creation of an Original Sitcom with Emphasis on

Production and Distribution

Martorana, Nicole Ashley 2007 Media Arts and Design Traci Pipkins Changing Landscapes: Growth and Development in Harrisonburg and Rockingham

County

Robertson, Paul Benjamin 2007 Media Arts and Design Roger Hall, Ph.D. Send My Regards to Rebecca Poole

Cobaugh, Sara Ann 2008 Media Arts and Design Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. The Role of Women Employed in the Advertising Industry and Their Responses

towards the Portrayals of Women in Advertisements

Conniff, Kelly Barnett 2008 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. The Rights of College Press

Hopkins, Ashley Renee 2008 Media Arts and Design David Wendelken, Ph.D. The Age of the Internet: A Study of the Implications of Changing Technology in the

Information Age

Patrick, Meghan Mary 2008 Media Arts and Design Nancy Nusser A Comparative Study between British and American Journalism in regard to

Political Partisanship

Walters, Lindsey Shea 2009 Media Arts and Design Kevin Reynolds, M.F.A. The Funeral

Carlson, Leslie Ann 2010 Media Arts and Design JoAnne Holman, Ph.D. The Do-It-Yourself Future of the Recording Industry: The Possibility of Success for

Music Artists Without a Record Label Deal

Schum, Kelsey Maria 2010 Media Arts and Design Corey Hickerson, Ph.D. Twitter in the Corporate World: A Comcast Case Study

McCoull, Tana Kathryn 2010 Modern Foreign Language Susan Ghiaciuc, Ph.D. Assessing Needs to Inform Curricula: An Analysis of Two Latino Youth Outreach

Programs in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Hooke, Daniel 1963 Music An Investigation of Hindemith's Theory of Musical composition and Its Practical

Application in a Personal Style of Composition

Nelson, Sylvia 1978 Music Socio-Cultural Influences upon the Keyboard Works of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin,

and Mussgorsky, and the Capabilities of the Harpsichord and Pianoforte

Onderdonk, Susan 1978 Music An Examination of Gregorian Chant in Selected Contemporary French Organ Works

Plummer, Elizabeth 1978 Music The Performance of Works Written for Flute and Guitar Representing Four Style

Period of Music and a Paper Discussing the Composers and the Works

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Magee, Kimberly 1979 Music An Analysis of the Technical and Interpretive Problems Facing the Oboist When

Performing Selected Symphonic Literature

Muscarnera, Annette 1979 Music The Study of Fifteenth Century German Keyboard Tablature as Found in the

Buxheim Organ Book and Related Manuscripts

Mehl, Wayne 1987 Music James S. Hiatt, Ph.D. A Study of Dominant Avoidance in Beethoven's C# Minor Quartet, Op 131

Miller, John 1988 Music Richard Bounet A Practical Study of Songwriting, Recording and Production

Hyland, Merry 1990 Music John Patrick Rowney Current Trends in Corps-Style Marching Band Drill Concepts in the United States

Cyr, Bethany 1991 Music William O'Meara, Ph.D. The Influences of a Changing Theology on the Liturgy of the Requiem Mass

Tobler, Cheryl 1992 Music Carol Noe The Evolution of the Flute and Its Subsequent Increase in Use

Rettig, Erin 1996 Music James S. Hiatt, Ph.D. Melodic, Harmonic, and Formal Analysis of Symphony No 14, Op 135 (1969) by

Dmitri Shostakovich

Wszalek, Christopher 1997 Music John Hilliard, Ph.D. Song of Jeremiah

Cichowicz, Casey 1999 Music David Cottrell, D.M.A. Three Songs about Misplaced Intentions: A Discussion of the Creation of Pop Music

from Inspirational to Production

Pletcher, Shannon 1999 Music Gary Ritcher, Ed.D. Absolute Pitch: Its Incidence, Nature, and Possible Implications for Music Study at

James Madison University

Lehman, Andrew 2000 Music John Hilliard, Ph.D. Movement for Orchestra.

Peterson, Wendy 2000 Music Gary Ritcher, Ed.D. Improvisation in the Virginia Elementary Classroom Using the Orff Approach

Boehne, Kara 2001 Music Brantley T. Douglas III, M.M. Instrumental Music Programs in Rural Secondary

Poland, Kristin 2002 Music Michele Burke Kirkdorffer, D.M.A. A Study of Respiration for Wind Instrumentalists and Singers

Poland, Michelle 2002 Music Robert D. McCashin, D.M.A. The Changing Face of the American Symphony Orchestra

Tangchittsumran, Catrina 2003 Music Brantley T. Douglas III, M.M. Balancing Life and Band: A Survey of Virginia Instrumental Music Educators on

Personal Experiences, Obligations, Opportunities, and Other Helpful Information

for New Band Directors.

Naweed, Ryla 2004 Music Janice Minor, D.M.A. What Makes a Musician

Ballentine, Emily 2005 Music Eric K. Ruple, D.M.A. Igor Stravinsky’s “Trios Mouvements de Petrouchka”

Satchwell, Catherine 2005 Music Abigail Pack Understanding Horn Misuse Injuries: The Alexander Technique Perspective.

Stokes IV, Ernest Thomas 2007 Music Education Gary Ritcher, Ed.D. Solo Unaccompanied Percussion: A Senior Recital

Higby, Michelle Elizabeth 2008 Music Education Janice Minor, D.M.A. The Musical Muse: Clarinet Virtuosi and the Composers They Inspired

Osborn, Janene 1990 Nursing AIDS: A Challenge to Care and to Educate

Ibach, Megan 1996 Nursing Patricia Reeder lmplications and Treatment of Fungal infections in the Pediatric HIV-Infected

Patient.

Razionale, Christina 2006 Nursing Judith Rocchiccioli, Ph.D. The Emergency Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Virginia

Gouldin, Haley 2003 Paychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Effects of Values, Interests, and Parental Influence on an Undergraduate's

Major/Career Decision

Harris, Nicholas Keelin 2007 Philosophy Jeffrey Goodman, Ph.D. The 'Hard Problem' of Consciousness

Martini, Ruth Anne 2008 Philosophy Anne Wiles, Ph.D. Macroevolution: A Critique

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Neel, Mary-Glenna Sheldon 2008 Philosophy Anne Wiles, Ph.D. The Modern Relevance of the Ancient Concepts of Friendship by Plato and Aristotle

Dean, Bobbie 2000 Philosophy and Early Childhood William O'Meara, Ph.D. The Educational Philosophy of Maria Montessori

Finlayson, Gay 1976 Philosophy and Religion The Philosophical impedance of Friedrich Nietzsche's View of Women, and Its

Implications for his Moral Theory

Kibler, Rodney 1976 Philosophy and Religion A Philosophical Investigation of the Relationship Between the Mind and the Body

Zullinger, Robsemary 1976 Philosophy and Religion Analysis and Commentary on Heidegger's Being and Time.

Leslie, John 1977 Philosophy and Religion The Concept of Transcendence in the Philosophy of Karl Jaspers.

Robinetter, Mary Jamie 1977 Philosophy and Religion Meaning and Use in the Later Wittgenstein.

Thomas, Anthony 1977 Philosophy and Religion The Theology of Grace: A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Grace in the Thought of

Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and John Calvin.

Mowbray, Neil 1981 Philosophy and Religion The Development of Orthodox Christology and Contemporary Reformulations by P.

Tillich and K. Barth.

Dwyer, Sandra 1982 Philosophy and Religion Synthetic a priori Cognition in Plato and Kant

Flory, Robert 1982 Philosophy and Religion The Doctrine of Election in the Theology of Karl Barth

Anderson, Mark 1983 Philosophy and Religion Selective Conscientious Objection

Nash, Carole 1983 Philosophy and Religion Moral Relativism in Anthropology and Ethics.

Brady, Sheila 1988 Philosophy and Religion Religious Experience in the Optimally Functioning Human Being

Brown, Andrea 1990 Philosophy and Religion Jamie Robinette Linguistic Philosophy of Dante

Vignec, Nicole 1990 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. Looking Back to See Tomorrow: Traditional Japanese Thought and Japanese

Management.

Stygar, Monica 1992 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. The Moral Basis of International Law Governing Warfare

Hodges, Robert 1993 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. A Treatise Concerning the Nature of Habit within Normative Ethics: An Analysis of

Aristotle's Habituation and Moral Virtue Within the Nicomachean Ethics

Spannaus, Andrew 1993 Philosophy and Religion Anne Wiles, Ph.D. The Idea of the Good in Plato's Epistemology

Geremia, Daren 1994 Philosophy and Religion Richard Lippke Origin, Death, and Rebirth: A Window into the Conceptions of the Life Essence

Among the Navajo Indians and the lgbo of Nigeria.

Baise, Matthew 1995 Philosophy and Religion Richard Lippke The Care Theorists: an Exposition and Critique

Hwang, Gloria 1995 Philosophy and Religion Sallie King, Ph.D. Confucianism: Social Interaction as a Continuum of a Self-Realization Process.

Walker, Christopher 1996 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. Freedom, Absurdity and the Russian Christ: A Study of Dostoevsky's The Grand

Inquisitor.

Blalock, Brian 1997 Philosophy and Religion Sallie King, Ph.D. Meditation on Chaos: Dynamic Nonlinear Systems in the Theravada Conception of

Paticca-Samuppada

Dimitriou, Katherine 1997 Philosophy and Religion William Knorpp, Ph.D. The Philosophical lmplications of Quantum Mechanics: An Empirical Refutation of

Realism and a Move to Instrumentalism

Robertson, Jason 1998 Philosophy and Religion Daniel Flage, Ph.D. Right Reason in Thomas Hobbes' Theory of Ethical Obligation.

Rosenblatt, Franklin 1998 Philosophy and Religion Daniel Flage, Ph.D. Duty as Moral Obligation: Kant and Military Ethics.

Purvis, Victoria 1999 Philosophy and Religion Diana V. Edelman, Ph.D. Conceiving Eve: Jewish and Christian Management of the Female Threat

Vogel, Jeffery 1999 Philosophy and Religion William West Thomas Art and History in Paul Tillich's Theology of Culture

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Koch, John 2000 Philosophy and Religion William Knorpp, Ph.D. A Philosophical Defense of Scientific Method in Light of the Problem of

Underdetermination and other Criticisms

Agolia, Anthony 2002 Philosophy and Religion William Knorpp, Ph.D. The Private Language Considerations

Hartley, David 2002 Philosophy and Religion William Knorpp, Ph.D. Psychologism and Rational Skepticism

Hippolitus, Sarah 2002 Philosophy and Religion Richard Lippke The Subjectivism of J.L. Mackie versus the Objectivism of Thomas Nagel

Martin, Michael 2002 Philosophy and Religion Steven Hoeltzel, Ph.D. The Destitution of Modernity: Martin Heidegger's Confrontation with Technology.

Casana, Seth 2003 Philosophy and Religion Daniel Flage, Ph.D. The Bi& of the Cartesian Mind

Graham, Lauren 2003 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. The Need to Confront Death in Albert Camus’ “Absurd,” Thomas Merton’s “True Self

” and Teresa de Avila’s “Interior Castles.”

Biles, Gretchen 2004 Philosophy and Religion Sallie King, Ph.D. Cultivating Connectedness: A Buddhist Prescription for the Modem World

Selway, Jessica 2004 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: A Pragmatist Approach to American Law.

Trocchia, Michael 2004 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. Poetry as Philosophical Investigation: A Wittgensteinian Approach.

Keasler, Vanessa 2005 Philosophy and Religion Anne Wiles, Ph.D. The Logos of Mythos: An Examination of the Rhetorical Function of Myths within

Platonic Political Philosophy.

Murphy, Kyle 2005 Philosophy and Religion Steven Hoeltzel, Ph.D. Points of Origin: Understanding the Genealogical Projects of Nietzsche and

Foucault.

McDow, Daniel Craig 2006 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. Language, Myth and Transgression in the Philosophy of Georges Bataille

White, John Cherne 2006 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. Catholic Redemption Theory: Examining Classic and Modern Views

LoPresti, Margaret Ellen 2008 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. Rituals, Practices, and Worship of Gnostic Believers

Ledebuhr, Rebecca Ann 2009 Philosophy and Religion Andrea Veltman, Ph.D. A Philosophical Analysis of Feminist Perspectives of Pornography

Greene, Colin Marshall 2010 Philosophy and Religion William J. Hawk, Ph.D. Faith and Reason: An Exploration of the Justification for Religious Belief

White, Mary Bailey 2010 Philosophy and Religion Sallie King, Ph.D. The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and Tzu Chi Foundation: Holistic Healthcare

in Socially Engaged Buddhist Movements

Short, Eileen 1971 Physical and Health Education Trends in Secondary Physical Education.

Johnson, Jill 1987 Physical and Health Education A Comparison of the Coverage Devoted to male and Female Athletes in the

Newsprint Media Between 1981-1985.

Roos, Amy 1987 Physical and Health Education Joel Vedelli, Ed.D. The Effects of Various Types of Feedback on Motor Skill Acquisition.

Asbridge, Rae 1990 Physical and Health Education Effects of a Structured Exercise Program on Self-concept

Hart, Tommy 1991 Physical and Health Education Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Resting Metabolic Rate Differences Between Trained and Untrained Females

Heaney, Mary 1991 Physical and Health Education Challice McMulin Relationships of Sport Specific Self-Acceptance and Trait Sport Confidence to Trait

Sport Anxiety in Collegiate Female Athletes

Hope, Keith 1971 Physics Euler's Series Approximations of Pi and Computer Error

Saadatmand, Kouros 1977 Physics Plasma Heating by Magneto-Electrostatic Trapping of High Energy Ions

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Kessel, Monica 1979 Physics The Design, Construction, and Testing of a Digital Data Acquisition System

Marshall, Llewellyn 1979 Physics The Design, Construction, and Application of a Transient Recorder and Analog

Interface.

Marshall, Paul 1980 Physics Methodology for Multielement Neutron Activation Analysis of Trace and Minor

Elements in Xylem Tissue.

Rosenberg, Duane 1984 Physics A Study of Radioactive Transfer in the presence of Electron Scattering.

McFarland, William 1985 Physics Light Paths in High Gravitational Field.

Peterson, Laura 1987 Physics Dorn W. Peterson, Ph.D. The Transition to Chaos in Couette Flow.

Elahi, Alexander 2002 Physics W. Christopher Hughes, Ph.D. An Introduction to the Physics of Tae Kwon Do

Koh, Sharon Eunmee 2002 Physics William Christopher Modification of Ill- V Semiconductors and Metal Oxide Surfaces

Bland, Karen 2003 Physics W. Christopher Hughes, Ph.D. An Unbiased Search for Class I me thanol Masers in a Small Region og NSG 281

Carlson, Christopher 2005 Physics Dorn Peterson Studies in Abient Space: Two Artworks and an Approach to Sound Localization

Forstater, Jacob Hershel 2007 Physics W. Christopher Hughes, Ph.D. The Fabrication of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Microfluidic Devices via in situ

Photopolymerized Micromolding

Boutwell, Ryan Casey 2008 Physics Scott Paulson, Ph.D. An Investigation into the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Double-Walled

Carbon Nanotubes

Hoppmann, Eric Peter 2008 Physics Brian Utter, Ph.D. Imposed Vibrations in Sheared Granular Systems

Kelly, Daniel Gibson 2008 Physics William H. Ingham, Ph.D. The Dynamics of a Non-Idealized Double Pendulum

Lewis, Lawrence Abed 2008 Physics Sean Scully, Ph.D. Dark Matter Density Likelihood Analysis using BBN and WMAP

Swavola, Julia Caroline 2008 Physics W. Christopher Hughes, Ph.D. Formation of Annodized Aluminum Oxide for the Fabrication of Microfluidic

Devices

Cotter, James 1979 Political Science Subdivisions in Page County, Virginia: A Study of Patterns of Recreational

Development

Willner, Albert 1981 Political Science NATO Modernization and Soviet Reactions, 19771980.

Parker, David 1982 Political Science Implications of the Exclusionary Rule: A Problematic Analysis of Judicial

Interpretation.

Pfeiffer, Laurence 1983 Political Science Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy with a Special Look at Guatemala.

Crawford, Cathy 1984 Political Science The lnternational and lntranational Economic and Political Policies of the African

Francophone Nations

Seager, Kevin 1987 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Perspectives on the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979.

Schmidt, Karyn 1988 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Pornography as a Civil Rights Dilemma.

Schreiner, Gerard 1988 Political Science William Rhelson The Impact of International Terrorism on U.S. Foreign Policy Making

Driver, Kenneth 1989 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Assessing State Adaptation Response to Crisis: the case of Pakistan

Farashahi, Afshin 1989 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Carter's Human Rights Policy and the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79

Fischer, Matthew 1989 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. The Role of the CPSU General Secretary in the Struggle Over Power and Policy

Daly, Sarah 1990 Political Science Paul C. Cline, Ph.D. The Influence of Media Consultants in the 1988 Presidential Election

Lynott, Robert 1990 Political Science Eastern Europe and the Application of the Lcontagion Theory to Analyze the

Revolutions.

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Winnett, Jodie 1990 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. Participating and Representative Democracy; Contending Theories and the future of

American Political Parties.

Zehe, Andrew 1990 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. A Historical Analysis of United States Gun Control Legislation: Legislative

Innovation or Policy Retrenchment.

Menster, Eve 1991 Political Science Paul C. Cline, Ph.D. The Supreme Court's Response to Drug Testing and Its Fourth Amendment

Implication.

Van Atta, Lee 1991 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Cocaine Revolutions: U.S. Drug Control Policy and Political Stability in the Andean

Region

Wirth, John 1991 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Revolution in Latin America: The Endless Struggle for Radical Change

Carson, Heather 1992 Political Science Marion T. Doss Jr., J.D., M.L.T. Televised Execution in America

Hyler, James 1992 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. Fiscal Disparity in Virginia K-12 Public Education: The Haves and the Have-Nots.

Krebs, Jennifer 1992 Political Science Robert Maranto Patent Office Response to Innovative Technology; A Case Study in Biotechnology

Mathers, Julie 1992 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Joint Custody in Virginia: A Proposal for Change.

McManus, Kristen 1992 Political Science Richard H. Flaskamp Determinations of Democratic Stability: The Case of Spain

Parmelee, John 1992 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Death of an Idea

Perrin, Sean 1992 Political Science William Rhelson A Comparative Analysis of American Right-Wing Terrorism: The Original Ku Klux

Klan to the Posse Comitatus

Stickley, Dillina 1992 Political Science William Nelson Self Defense and Battered Women Syndrome Testimony: A Case Study of Spousal

Homicide

Zeitfuss, Zoe 1992 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Hungary: The Plight of Dualism

Zerega, Mary 1992 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Analysis of the Yugoslav Economic Reform Program with a Special Consideration of

the Economic, Political, and Social Transitions

Coffee, Michael 1993 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Gorbachev and the Nationalist Persona in the Former Soviet Union

Kelly, Sheila 1993 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. The Seeds of Revolt: Interrelationships Between Indigenous Malnutrition and

Political Instability in Western Guatemala

Logan, Rebecca 1993 Political Science Robin L. Teske, Ph.D. The Rise and Fall of a Peace Process in Columbia

Marra, Pataricia 1993 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Ethnic Politics in the Former Soviet Union

McDaniel, James 1993 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. An Examination of the Relationship Between the United States Supreme Court and

its Application by the Sate Courts in Virginia

Moore, Brian 1993 Political Science Scott Hammond, Ph.D. Paternalism and the Public Interest: Issues for Liberal Philosophy

O’Mara, Michael 1993 Political Science Marion T. Doss Jr., J.D., M.L.T. Forfeiture of Attorney's Fees: A Denial of Due Process and the Right to Counsel of

Choice

Indelicato, Catherine 1994 Political Science Leslie Leip lnternational Environment Policy; The Case of DriftNet Fishing.

Irrgang, Jennifer 1994 Political Science Paul C. Cline, Ph.D. The Decline of the Two-Party System in American Politics: The Rise of Perot and

Third Parties

Sabold, Amy 1994 Political Science Richard H. Flaskamp The Resurgence of Nationalism in Unified Germany: An Analysis of Political Culture

and Economics

Smith, Rachel 1994 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. The Computerization of Congress: Executive/Congressional Relations in the

Information Age

Cuk, Vladimir 1995 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Serbo-Croatian Blood

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Del Vecchio, Brian 1995 Political Science Marion T. Doss Jr., J.D., M.L.T. UVA Fire: First Due on Grounds; a Master Plan for the University of Virginia

Icenhour, Cheryl 1995 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Moldova: Analyzing the Political Transition of a Former Soviet Republic.

Karwan, Amy 1995 Political Science Leslie Leip Impacting the Agenda: Women in the Political Arena and the Advancement of

Women's Issues in the United States Congress.

Neal, Sarah 1995 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. The Political and Economic Effects of German Reunification: An Examination of the

Unemployment Crisis and the Political Party System

Roeber, Danielle 1995 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. Federalist and Anti-Federalist Thought: The Evolution of Participatory Democracy

in America

Schoenfeld, Ryan 1995 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. The Functionality and Practicality of the War Powers Resolution

Kahler, Wendy 1996 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. In Defense of NATO: The Necessity of the Alliance in the Post-Cold War

Kistner, Natalie 1996 Political Science Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. The Carter Human Rights Policy: Learning from the Past, Understanding the Future

Meushaw, Hallie 1996 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. The Republican Legislative Agenda in the 104th Congress and Its Implications for

Environmental Policy

O’Dell, Kelley 1996 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. A Philanthropic Education; the Presence and Significance of the Nonprofit Sector in

American Society

Blackwell, Elizabeth 1997 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Moldova: Civil Liberties in a Former Soviet Republic

Hearne, William 1997 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Order vs. Liberty: The Dilemma of Domestic Counterterrorist Policy

Maitha, Mutheu 1997 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Self Determination: Is this a Viable Solution for Ethnopolitical Conflict in Africa?

Aridi, Leila 1998 Political Science Elizabeth Garbrah-Aidoo Where's the Party?: The Politics Behind Welfare Reform

Logie, Daniel 1998 Political Science Scott Hammond, Ph.D. Handling Power: The Pursuit of a Christian Framework for Governance

McPhee, Jaime 1998 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. The Status of Equal Rights for Women Without the Equal Rights Amendments

Cornelison, Jennifer 1999 Political Science Ben Skelley The Growth of Right-Wing Extremism in Western European Industrialized: A Case

study of France's Front National

Ullo, Christina 1999 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Campaign Finance Reform and The First Amendment

Wolf, Stephanie 1999 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. External Political Factors Affecting Supreme Court Judicial Behavior

Paynter, Kristen 2000 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. The Evolution of the Office of the First Lady

Ritter, Cassie 2000 Political Science Elizabeth Garbrah-Aidoo The Tobacco Debate: Litigation, Settlements, and Arguments of the Third Wave

Ryan, Daniel 2000 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. The Evolving Determinants of Power in the International System

Taverna, Jessica 2000 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Feasible or Infeasible? Pornography and International Internet Regulation

Walsh, Cara 2000 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Protecting Refugee Women: Gender Based Persecution as Grounds for Asylum in

the U.S.

Wygovsky, Nicole 2000 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Women and State Legislatures: Vehicles of Progress

Martin, Christopher 2001 Political Science Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Examining the Causes of Political Corruption in Africa: An Aggregate Approach

Thistlethwaite, Ronald 2001 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Global Development Concerns: Implications of Foreign Aid and Microcredit

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Beedenbender, Brian 2002 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. Presidential Transitions: Creating Productivity from Chaos

Filas, Devon 2002 Political Science Howard Lubert, Ph.D. Changing Gender Norms: Women in the Workforce from World War I1 to the

Present

Howenstein, Nicholas 2002 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Nicholas Gilbert. Irreconcilable Differences: Domestic Factors in Britain Creating an

Awkward Partnership with Europe

Shand, Jennifer 2002 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. A Re-examination Study of Women in the Early Decades of the Soviet Socialist

System

Suiter, Laurel 2002 Political Science Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Examining the Causes of the Persisting Poverty and Inequality in Latin America

Tuck, Sarah 2003 Political Science Scott Hammond, Ph.D. Sex Class Oppression and a New Feminist Agenda

Barber, Sarah 2004 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Immigration and the Public Education System

Gross, Kathryn 2004 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. Health Care During the Clinton Administration: Success of Failure?

Long, Darren 2004 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. 21st Century Lessons for America in the Global System: A Completing Paradigm

Approach

Sponaugle, Sarah 2004 Political Science Valerie Sulfaro, Ph.D. Age or Generation: The Impact of Young Adult Political Science Socialization on

Lifetime Voter Participation

Gibson, Caitlin 2005 Political Science Virginia M. Jordan, Ph.D. Equality of Opportunity?: A Look Into America's Public School System.

O’Brien, Molly 2005 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. The Effect of Women on Public Policy in the U.S. House of Representatives

Rose, Katherine 2005 Political Science Virginia Haysley-Jordan The Birds and the Bees in Policymaking: The President Shaping Sex Education

Brandt, Jack 2006 Political Science Virginia M. Jordan, Ph.D. Group Identity in Relation to Public Policy

Brown, Elesha 2006 Political Science Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. The Potential for Economics Development in Kazakhstan

Joyce, Ryan 2006 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. The Future of Egyptian Politics: Democracy, the Muslim Brotherhood and U.S.

Foreign Policy

McCauley, Meghan Theresa 2006 Political Science Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. The Stabilization of European Relations: Conflict Resolution through European

Integration

Mersereau, Sarah Alison 2007 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. The Role of Demand in the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Orebaugh, Cari Rae 2007 Political Science Valerie Sulfaro, Ph.D. The Impact of Public Opinion on Foreign Policy Decisions on the Elites

Robbins, Alexandra Elizabeth 2007 Political Science Melinda J. Adams, Ph.D. Social Movement Success and Failure: A Study of Resources, Political Opportunity,

and Culture in U.S. Feminist Movements

Thielen, Jacob Thomas 2007 Political Science Valerie Sulfaro, Ph.D. A Nation Divided? Examining Culture War and Elite and Mass Polarization

Hnatowski, Lauren Elizabeth 2008 Political Science Kathleen Ferraiolo, Ph.D. Bringing Faith Back to Washington: The Christian Right's Impact on Policy and Law

Milona, Michael Christopher 2008 Political Science Scott Hammond, Ph.D. Hannah Arendt on Judging and Acting

Wichersham, Taylor-Lee 2008 Political Science David A. Jones, Ph.D. Do the Grassroots Matter?: A Case Study on Lobbying Activity Related to Veterans''

Survivor Benefits

Camphouse, Elizabeth Curtis 2009 Political Science Kathleen Ferraiolo, Ph.D. Sentencing Homegrown Violent Islamic Extremism: National Security Implications

and Policy Recommendations

Webb, William Thomas 2009 Political Science Andreas Broscheid, Ph.D. Habeas Corpus, Terrorism, and the Western World: A Comparative Study of the

United States, Britain, France and Israel

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Covall, Harrison Michael 2010 Political Science Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. A War on Multiple Fronts: An Analysis of the Mexican Narcotics Trade

Gunther, Stephen James 2010 Political Science Hak-Seon Lee, Ph.D. Taking Back Russia's Oil: Understanding the Putin Administration's Energy Policy

Harner, Ariana Laurel 2010 Political Science Bernd Kaussler, Ph.D. Perpetrators, Policies, and Propaganda: Understanding Genocide through a

Comparative Case Study Analysis

Lee, Donna Elaine 2010 Political Science David A. Jones, Ph.D. Assessing Media Bias in the 2008 Presidential Election

Soltoff, Benjamin Charles 2010 Political Science Chris J. Koski, Ph.D. Aging America: Public Policy Implications Of Licensing Regulations for Older

Drivers

Reid, Emily 1964 Psychology An Evaluation of the Effects of Personality and Social Maturity Upon Academic

Achievement in Grades One through Seven

Stokes, Patricia 1972 Psychology Transfer of Training in the Acquisition of Collateral Nonsense Syllables

Townsend, Brian Lee 1975 Psychology The Effect of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride on conditioned Learning Using a DRL-20

Schedule

Winskie, Anne 1976 Psychology Banking Behavior: A Marketing/Motivational Study

Childress, Kendra 1977 Psychology Probable Explanation of Schedule-Induced Polydipsia

Roth, Judy 1977 Psychology Lawrence Kohlberg's Cognitive-Developmental Approach: Theory and Application

Brittingham, Gregory 1978 Psychology The Effects of Television Program Content and Commercial Content on Young

Children's Behavior

Prideaux, Donna 1978 Psychology Measurement of Androgyny at James Madison University and Its Relationship to

Awareness and Ideal vs. Pursued Careers

Chappell, Lynette 1979 Psychology The Query of a Psychological Paradigm

Riley, William 1979 Psychology Progressive Relaxation versus Rational Self Analysis: Toward a Self-Directed

Reduction of Anxiety

Jarvis, Karen 1980 Psychology Effects of the Physical Attractiveness of a Musician on an Audience's Perception of

His Music

Beck, Lisa 1981 Psychology Paving Pathways to the Future: Career Education for the Leaders of Tomorrow

Shutty, Michael 1981 Psychology Species Specific Defense Reactions and Avoidance Acquisition in the Mongolian

Gerbil

Steves, Joanne 1981 Psychology The Effect of Sentence Context on Word Recognition: Lexical Decision Vs. Word

Reading

Roberts, Alissa 1982 Psychology The Effect of Subliminal Auditory Messages and Sex of Communicator on Imagery

Stratton, Linda 1982 Psychology The Effects of Nonconformity on Children's Attribution of Traits

Thomas, Robert 1982 Psychology The Effects of Regular Exercise on Self-Esteem

Azevedo, Don Fernando 1983 Psychology An Animal Model of the Catecholamine Hypothesis of Affective Disorders: Changes

in Motivation Among Rats with Chemically lnduced Depression.

Gal, Cynthia 1983 Psychology Territoriality: The Use of Library Study Space.

Wallace, Karen 1983 Psychology The Effect of Syntactic and Semantic Contexts on Word Recognition

Draper, Nancy 1984 Psychology The Degree of Need Similarity in Androgynous and Sex-typed Couples

Burnett, Sherri 1985 Psychology A Comparison of the Physiological Arousal Between Students of Differing Levels of

Test Anxiety

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Creedo, Kathleen 1985 Psychology Dialect as a Factor in Information Recall and Retention

Gordon, Mary 1985 Psychology An Investigation of the Contagion Theory as One Explanation of Adolescent Suicide

Muller, Susan 1985 Psychology The Role of Previous Experience with Physiognomic Features in Person Perception

Ronan, Judy 1985 Psychology Personality, Expectations, and Work Satisfaction of Volunteer Telephone Crisis

Counselors

Smith, Karen 1985 Psychology The Relationship Between Locus of Control, Probability of Help Seeking Behavior,

and Counseling Attitudes

Walton, Gail 1985 Psychology The Review of the Empirical Findings of Love Scales

Watson, Patricia 1985 Psychology Emotional Laterality and the Priming Effect: An Interaction of Word and Face

Recognition Tasks

Dobratz, Stephen 1986 Psychology The Effect of Variety of Diet on the Eating Behavior of Rats

Feifer, Steven 1986 Psychology Self-esteem and Religiosity in Relation to Locus of Control

Todd, Cheryl 1986 Psychology The Relationship Between Introversion/Extraversion and Intrinsic/Extrinsic

Rewards

Verhaagen, David 1986 Psychology The Effects of Caffeine on a Memory-Scanning Task

Borum, William 1987 Psychology Linda Jackson Developing Effective Negotiation Strategies for Dealing with Mentally Disturbed

Hostage Takers

Cluff, Michael 1987 Psychology The Effect of Caffeine on a Memory-Scanning Task

Hansen, Linda 1987 Psychology A Study of Some Predictors of Attitudes towards Male and Female Homosexuals

Harrison, Scott 1987 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Effect of Humor and Locus of Control on Stress Level

Lantzer, Jennifer 1987 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Correlates of Love Relationship Addictiveness: Satisfaction, Locus of Control, Self

Esteem, and Sex Role Orientation

Masson, Felicity 1987 Psychology Charles M. Harris, Ph.D. Consistency of Male and Female Career Expectations and Aspirations During the

College Years and Factors Influencing Their Development

McKee, Jennifer 1987 Psychology Virginia Mathie Introvert and Extravert Perceptions of Physically Attractive People

Mondloch, Gregory 1987 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Factors Affecting Burnout of Resident Advisors and Head Residents

Naumann, Wendy 1987 Psychology Richard E. Weat Phonemic and Semantic Priming Effects on Word Recognition

Ondrejcek, Lisa 1987 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. The Effect of Language Proficiency on Cognitive Processes

Robless, Genevieve 1987 Psychology Linda Jackson The Fear of Success as a Function of Sex-Role Orientation in College Aged Women

Crawford, Kimberly 1988 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. AIDS: The Effect of Knowledge Level on Fear of Contracting the HIV Virus.

Harrold, Crystal 1988 Psychology Charles M. Harris, Ph.D. The Effects of Anxiety on Test Performance and the Use of Cognitive lntervention to

Reduce Anxiety

Martin, Susan 1988 Psychology T. Dary Erwin, Ph.D. The Affective and Cognitive Development of College Students as Influenced by

Participation in Organized Student Activities

Mitchell, Tammy 1988 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. The Use of Allocation Pools in Equity Theory Research

Smith, Amy 1988 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Relationship between Personality Type and Attitudes toward Homosexuality

Smith, Debora 1988 Psychology James V. The Influence of Type A Behavior and Competitiveness on Female Satisfaction with

Interpersonal Dating Relationships

Wetherbee, Mary 1988 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Addiction to Exercise: The Effects of Beta-Endorphin

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Boles, Sharon 1989 Psychology Koresa Malcolm The Effect of Parental Divorce on College Student's Self Concepts

Hill, Deborah 1989 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Addiction Versus Intimacy as Related to Sexual lnvolvement in Love Relationships

Torgler, Cyndee 1989 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. A Comparison of Strategies for Changing College Students' Attitudes Toward

Acquaintance Rape

Tyrone, Mary 1989 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Perceptions of Child Rearing by Adopted, Biological, and Step Children

Welch, Cynthia 1989 Psychology Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Ph.D. Romantic Relationship Variables and Loneliness

Fox, Suzanne 1990 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Relationship between Parental Authority Styles and the Identity of College

Freshmen

Parker, Emily 1990 Psychology James B. Harit Philosophical Approaches to Research in Counseling Psychology

Talley, Cheryl 1990 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Concurrence of Characteristic Hand and Fingerprint Patterns with Alcohol

Teratogenicity

Wile, Ella 1990 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Consequences of Resisting Requests in the Workplace

Allison, Jamie 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Relationships between Divorce and College Students' Development of Identity and

Intimacy

Dawes, Katherine 1991 Psychology Virginia Mathie The Socialization of Women into Leadership Positions

Evans, Cynthia 1991 Psychology Virginia Mathie Interactive Effects of Individual Differences in Self Disclosure and Personalistic

Attributions for Disclosure on Attraction

Marks, Michelle 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Sexual Harassment on Campus: Effects of Professor Gender on Perception of

Sexually Harassing Behaviors

Peaper, Jeffrey 1991 Psychology Have-Want Discrepancy and Job Facet Intensity as Predictors of Job Satisfaction

among Student Part Time Employees

Richey, Elain 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Attitudes Toward Counselor as result of Gender of the Counselor, the Type of the

Therapy Sought and Attitudes Towards Women

Tiller, Stephanie 1991 Psychology Douglas Brown Examining the Relationships between Selected School Variables and Locus of

Control of Learning Disabled Children

Webster, Stephanie 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Visualization and Rational-Emotive Therapy as Interventions for Fear of Public

Speaking

Weitz, Sarah 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Effects of Residence Hall Environments on First Year and Upperclass College

Students

Harris, Meredith 1992 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The relationship between Birth Order and Need Affiliation and Group-Orientation

Keilitz, Sylvia 1992 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Influence of Gender on Competition in Leader Subordinate Interaction.

Markland, Stacy 1992 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Relationship between Familial Conflict and the Identity of Young Adults

McDaniel, Scott 1992 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Visual and Auditory Perception of Short Intervals

Moe, Rochelle 1992 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. Gender Roles and the Sexual Abuse of Boys

Paxton, Suzanne 1992 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Separatism on a Mid-Sized Southeastern University

Schaeffer, Ann 1992 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Rape Supportive Attitudes: Effects of On-Campus Residence and Education

Caracciolo, Claudine 1993 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Relationship between Knowledge and Favorability of Psychology's Public Image

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Davis, Eric 1993 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Perceived Justification, Attitudes towards Personal Responsibility, and the

Frequency of Delinquent Behavior

Heyer, Deanne 1993 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Relationship between Parental Marital Status and the Development of Identity

and Emotional Autonomy in College Students

McCullough, Erika 1993 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. The Relationship between Codependency and a History of Abuse

Miller, Pamela 1993 Psychology Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Ph.D. Art and Writing: The Creative Process

Powell, Andrea 1993 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Race, Concern with Weight, and Sociocultural Pressure to be Thin

Schoka, Elaine 1993 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Gender Differences in the Perception of Rape: Victim Resistance, Offender Force

and Subsequent Injury

Sheppa, Viveca 1993 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Dating Relationships and Infidelity: Attitudes and Behaviors

Davis, Jennifer 1994 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Effects of Maternal Depression on Locus of Control, Perceptions of Infant

Temperament, and Mother- Infant Interactions

Hartwell, Carrie 1994 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. International Student's Experiences, Acknowledgements and Scripts of Rape

Hunt, Michael 1994 Psychology Lennis G. Echterling, Ph.D. Hyptotizability and Cognitive Style

Jackson, Alysa 1994 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. A Comparison of Two Performance Appraisal Systems in a Food Service

Organization.

Jacobs, Heather 1994 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Effects of Gender, Children and Travel on the Evaluation of Job Applicants

Reynolds, Brady 1994 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Personality Development: A Proposed Model

Rosenblatt, Bonnie 1994 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. The Effects of Environmental Stimuli During Incubation in Problem Solving

Zempolich, Kristin 1994 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. AIDS Education: The Effects of Presentation Method on Perceived Risk, Risk

Behavior and Self Efficacy

Anderson, Kellie 1995 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Sex-Role Stereotyping on Daytime Versus Primetime Soap Operas.

Graves, Kristi 1995 Psychology David P. Hanson, D.Ed. Comparison of Sexual Assault Policies and Services at Four Virginia Universities.

Heiges, Kelly 1995 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Mothers' use of Informational and Social Resources Predicts Parenting Stress

Lyons, James 1995 Psychology Dawn Dekle The Effect of an Alternate Juror with Strong Pro Death Penalty Attitudes on the

Deliberation and Verdicts of Juries

Overton, Parker 1995 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Effects of Having an ADHD Sibling on

Non-ADHD College Students

Sterbenz, Sonya 1995 Psychology Cecil C. Bradfield, Ph.D. A Cross-cultural Analysis of the Roles of Elderly Women

Charkow, Wendy 1996 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. A Study of Relationship Dependency, Dating Abuse, and Scripts of Female College

Students

Coffey, Stacey 1996 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Parenting Stress and Socioeconomic Effects on Parent-Child Interactions during the

Marschak lnteraction Method: A Task Analysis

Hansen, Rebecca 1996 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Maternal versus Observer Ratings of Mother-Infant Interaction Behavior Effects of

Videotape and Feedback

Haworth, Chera 1996 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. Predicting an Employee's Perceived Control: A Field Study on the lnfluence of

Autonomy, Feedback, and Participatory Goal Setting

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Leighton, Laura 1996 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Influence of Sibling Abuse, Perceptions of the Siblings, and Parental Intervention on

Social Introversion Scores

Palm, Kathleen 1996 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Recovered Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The "False Memory" Controversy

and Clinical Implications

Sydell, Eric 1996 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Modern Racism on Campus: A Survey of Attitudes and Perceptions

Yap, Susan 1996 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Assessment of a College Athletic Advising Program's Perceived Contributions to

Graduates of the

Davidson, Amanda 1997 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. The Effects of Role Ambiguity on an Individual's Perception of Goal Achievement

and Satisfaction with and Commitment to a Group

Davis, John 1997 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. The Effect of a Victim Witness Program on Child Victims of Sexual Abuse

Fergus, Emily 1997 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Parenting Stress, Depression and Anxiety: Its Effect on Non-Verbal Communication

During Mother lnfant Interactions

Floam, Jennifer 1997 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Quality of Nonverbal Communication During Parent-Child Play Interactions and Its

Relationship to Stress

Harris, Chelsey 1997 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. The Effects of CD-ROM Versus Text-Based Instruction on Recall and

Comprehension in Young Children

Holt, Stephen 1997 Psychology Jack H. Presbury, Ph.D. A Pre-Paradigm of Consciousness: The Beginnings of a Science of the Mind

Impett, Emily 1997 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Perceptions of Sexual Interest in Same-Sex and Other-Sex Couples by Lesbians,

Heterosexual Women, Gay Men, and Heterosexual Men.

Judy, Beth 1997 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Relationship Between Parents, Peers, Morality, and Theft in an Adolescent Sample.

Kanna, Ahmed 1997 Psychology David P. Hanson, D.Ed Narcissism and Depression: Social and Psychological Implications.

Mikesell, Christina 1997 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. Perception of Paternal Behavior and College Women's Self-Appraisals

Rey, Amy 1997 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Assessing the Behaviors and Attitudes of Heterosexuals Toward Homosexuals in a

College Community

Verlander, Lorrie 1997 Psychology David P. Hanson, D.Ed The Effect of Stress Level on the Sleep Patterns of College Students

Blair, Tina Marie 1998 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Relationship between Deception and Power in College Students' Dating

Relationships: An Exploratory Study

Bolton, Catherine 1998 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. Locus of Control, Dispositions, and Media Exposure

Derbenwick, Erica 1998 Psychology Jack H. Presbury, Ph.D. Gender Differences in Response to Depictions of Sexual Aggression

DiPinto, Marcus 1998 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Gender Differences in Response to Depictions of Sexual Aggression

Finlayson, Kristen 1998 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Family Egalitarianism, Attachment, and Gender Role ldentity as Related to Family

Egalitarianism, Attachment, and Gender Role ldentity as Related to Family

Egalitarianism, Attachment, and Gender Role ldentity as Related to Dating Abuse

Greenough, Amy 1998 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Quality: The Influence of Parental

Happiness on the Marital Attitudes, Beliefs, and Expectations of Young Adults.

Marold, Jennifer 1998 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Relationship between Parent Modeling, Participation in a Youth Organization, and

Prosocial Behavior in Children

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Neill, Christina 1998 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Widows of Park Place and Park Village: The Role of Personal Spirituality and

Religious Social Activity in the Life Satisfaction of Older Widowed Women

Perry, Bradford 1998 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. Anger Levels in Secondary Victims of Sexual Assault

Siudyla, Jamie 1998 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Health, Social Support and the Relationship to Shyness

Banna, Kelly 1999 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. An Evaluation of the Discriminative Stimulus Properties of Gamma-Hydroxybutyric

Acid in Rats.

Coffman, Donna 1999 Psychology Tammy D. Gilligan, Ph.D. The Relationship of Stress, Social Support, and Self Efficacy with Life Satisfaction

Among Freshman College Students

DeBellis, Janine 1999 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Gender Differences and Similarities in Parent-Child Play

Detta, Jennifer 1999 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Parenting Style and Social Competency in Preschool

Children

Goodman, Clair 1999 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Self-Blame and Self-Esteem in College-Aged Children from Divorced Families.

Humphrey, Stephen 1999 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Fraternities, Athletic Teams and Rape: Importance of identification with a Risk

Group

Macuga, Kristen 1999 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Visual Control of Postural and Locomotor Balance from Central and Peripheral

Optic Flow

McDonald, Melissa 1999 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. To Achieve Success or to Avoid Failure: The Achievement Motives of Imposters and

Non-Imposters

McGivern, Stefanie 1999 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. The Impact of Attractiveness Messages in the Media on Self-Perceptions of Female

College Students with Differential Levels of Self-Esteem

Morrison, Jay 1999 Psychology Jack H. Presbury, Ph.D. Postmodernism in Psychology: The Dance of Language

Ranieri, Kimberly 1999 Psychology Anastasia Kitsantass Sports Participation and Gender Differences: Impact of Adolescents' Perceived

Parental Beliefs Regarding Support and Competency on Self Efficacy Perceptions

Studebacker, Gillian 1999 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Sensitivity to Viewpoint in Young Children's and Adult's Drawings

Toomey, Elise 1999 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Parental Conflict and Young Adults' Attitudes Toward Intimacy

Winters, Erin 1999 Psychology James V. Couch, Ph.D. An Evaluation of Methods Used to Inform the Jury of Limitations of Eyewitness

Identification

Boxer, Suzanne Victoria 2000 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Use of Food in Child-Rearing: Is There a Relationship Between Parenting Practices

and Body Mass?

Cole, Wesley 2000 Psychology Michael Serdikoff Using a Continuous Performance Took to Assess the Spontaneously Hypertensive

Rat

Cullivan, Jennifer 2000 Psychology Tammy D. Gilligan, Ph.D. The Effects of Magazine

Hobeck, Lynn 2000 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. The Relationship between Perceived Goal Orientations of College Athletes and their

Coaches

Kachelriess, Tara 2000 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Fraternities and Athletic Teams and Sexual Assault: Is There a Relationship?

Lambert, Tracy 2000 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Pluralistic Ignorance and Hooking Up on College Campuses: Some Implications of

Norm Misperception

Layton, Rachael 2000 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. Social Support and Parental Stress on Parent-Child Interaction Quality

Topliff, Anne 2000 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. The Effects of Maternal Stress and Touch on the Quality of Mother-Infant

Interactions for Adult and Adolescent Mothers

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Volz, Jessica 2000 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. College Students' Attitudes Toward Cohabitation and Expectations of Marriage in

Relation to Parental Conflict and Intactness

Badger, Kelly 2001 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Using Place Conditioning to Evaluate Researching Effect

Castora, Kimberly 2001 Psychology Joanne Brewster, Ph.D. Predicting aggression in police officers using the MMP I-2

Charles, Kristen 2001 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Differences in Eating Attitudes and Behaviors of Athletes Between in Season and Out

of Season

Clarke, Tanna 2001 Psychology Harriet C. Cobb, Ed.D. The relationship between seasonality and Hardiness

Delardo, Janine 2001 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Parent-Adolescent Closeness and Level of Intimacy in

Romantic Relationships among College Students

Dettaman, Amanda 2001 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Parental Motivation in College Aged Females with Disordered Eating Attitudes

Farmer, Thomas 2001 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. The Effects of Context and Working Memory Capability on Ambiguity Resolution

Fichandler, Craig 2001 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Is Horizon Information Intrinsically or Extrinsically Scaled? The Perception of Size

and Distance in Reality and its Surrogates

Ha, Lisa N. 2001 Psychology Craig Abrahamson, Ph.D. Social Attitudes in Social Change: A Survey of Vietnamese Youths in the Doi Moi Era

Hebertein, Martha 2001 Psychology A. Renee Station Factors influencing the Decision of Depressed College Students to Seek Professional

Help

Leveen, Sara 2001 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. Female Collegiate Athletes' Attitudes Toward Coaches: Does the Coach's Gender

Make a Difference?

Mattis, Jessica 2001 Psychology Cheryl Talley, M.A. The Effects of a Non-impact Movement Program on the Psychological and Physical

Well-being of Residents of Two Retirements

Morrow, Colleen 2001 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Effects of Age on Reporting Rape

Proctor, Adam 2001 Psychology Jack H. Presbury, Ph.D. A Bullet in the Chamber

Say, Rebecca 2001 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Student Perceptions of Faculty Office Arrangements as Mediated by Faculty Gender,

Student Gender and Student Personality

Sellers, Jennifer 2001 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. The Assessment of Infants and Toddlers for Early Intervention Services in Virginia

Amato, Jennifer 2002 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. Determining Homosexual Prejudice: Self-Esteem Theory versus Traditional Values

Theory

Amos, Eleanor 2002 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Health Beliefs and Exercise Adherence

Barrett, Emily 2002 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Social Physique Anxiety and Eating Pathology in Female Collegiate Athletes

Participating in Lean Body and Non-Lean Body Sports

Johnston, Carey 2002 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. Social Skills Assessments and Interventions for Middle School Students with ADHD.

Kelly, Christine 2002 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Interaction Between Religiosity and Substance Abuse

Layne, Jessica 2002 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. The Relations Among Academic Achievement, Perceived Parental Influence, and

Locus of Control in Middle School Children

Moore, Renita 2002 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. In the Spotlight: The Influence of Stereotype Threat on the Ability of African

American College Students to Speak in Public

Nugent, Lindy 2002 Psychology Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Ph.D. Gender Differences in the Perceived Relationship Between Mild and Intense

Emotion and Power

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Franges, Elizabeth 2003 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Don't You Smell Sexy: Effects of Fragrance on Perceptions of Attractiveness and

Personality Characteristics of Others and the Self.

Gerber, Katherine 2003 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Correlation Between a Lack of Meaning in Life and the Prevalence of

Depression.

Hebda, Emily 2003 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Changes in Self-Reported Coping Responses among Parents of Brain-Injured

Children Following an Individualized Informational Intervention

Holmes, Kathleen 2003 Psychology William Cowan An Exploration of the Relationship Between Dissociation and Eating Attitudes in

College Women

Mahony, Lindsay 2003 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Effects of Health Message Framing on Food Choices in Restrained and

Unrestrained Eaters

Miller, Elizabeth 2003 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Does an Irregular Sleep Pattern Exacerbate the Negative Cognitive Effects of Sleep

Deprivation?

Moran, Justin 2003 Psychology Charles Lockett A Deconstruction of Modern Public Education in the United States and Its

Treatment of Minority Groups: Recommendations for more Inclusive System of

Public Schools

Opilla, Amy 2003 Psychology Cheryl Talley, M.A. The Effects of Glucose and Hepatic Vagotomy on Watermaze Behavior in Rats

Smith, Johanna 2003 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Role of Perfectionism, Stress, and Self-Esteem in Smoking and Eating Disorders

Sweet, Jennifer 2003 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. Sex Differences in Olfaction Sensitivity

Thomas, Jennifer 2003 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Optimal Achievement Goal Pursuit in Physical Fitness Activities

Barnett, Lindsay 2004 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. Motivational Characteristics and Academic Functioning of Adolescents Diagnosed

with Attention-Deficit- Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD)

Burns, Erin 2004 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Effects of Self-Monitoring on Sexist Remarks

Mabry, Shannon 2004 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. The Effect of Color and Pedagogical Aids on the Associated Learning and recall of

Common Words

Magda, Tracey 2004 Psychology Patricia Warner A Study of the Relationship Between Perfectionism and the Gifted in Elementary

Students

Rowe, Tonya 2004 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. Exploring Attachment: Parent-Child Interaction Quality and Children's Family

Drawing

Welborn, Katie 2004 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Looking Beyond Gender in the Emotional Situation: Gender Role, Gender Self-

Confidence, Emotional Experience, and Emotional Expression

Willison, Shannon 2004 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Academic Success and Psychological Well-Being in First-year College Students as a

Function of Residence Hall Characteristics

Armstrong, C. Stacey 2005 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Benefits of Mentoring Relationships Between Students and Professors

Austin, Kristina 2005 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. investigating the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR): An Animal Model of

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)

Burdo, Alison 2005 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. Experience of First-Generation College Students

Canatsey, Katherine 2005 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. Relationship between Parental Control and Parent Child Interaction Quality

Dalton, Ashley 2005 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Contributions of Parenting Practices on College Student Adjustment

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Hoffman, Jamie 2005 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Relationship of Disordered Eating Behavior Among College Women to Beliefs

About Appearances, Fear of Fat, Peer Relations and Impulsivity

Horsey, Sarah 2005 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Moving Beyond Predicting Academic Outcomes and Learning Strategies: The

Impact of Achievement Goals in Middle School Students' Psychological Well-Being

Jones, Rebekah 2005 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Depression and Somatization between Hispanics and Whites.

Masters, Kimberly 2005 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Talking with God: The Relationship between Intrinsic Religiosity and Life

Satisfaction

Norman, Jessica 2005 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Relation between Stress and Asthma-Related Respiratory Symptoms in a

College Aged Populations

Pitts, Erin 2005 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Examining the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model of

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): An Analysis of Delay-of-

Reinforcement Gradients

Shores, Michelle 2005 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. The Effects of Color, Wing Direction, and Position of the Muller-Lyer Illusion on the

Magnitude of the Combined Muller-Layer and Ponzo Illusion

Shulleeta, Melissa 2005 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Examining the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model of

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): An Analysis of Conditioned

Reinforcement Using an Observing Procedure

Slezak, Jonathan 2005 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Examining the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model of

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Analyzing Delay-of-

reinforcement Gradients

Tull, Rebecca 2005 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. A Theory Based Social Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD: Considering a

Social Cognition Variable

Fries, Kristen 2006 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Contribution of Voice Recognition to Eye Witness Identification

Gottlieb, Sarah 2006 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Exploring the Affective Response to Art

Janowicz, Alison 2006 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. The Media's Influence on Body Dissatisfaction, State-Affect, and Self-Esteem: How

Men and Women are Affected by Exposure to the Media's Ideal

Kain, Jason 2006 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Linking College Student's Adaptive and Maladaptive Behaviors to Achievement Goal

Theory: The Qualitative Phase of an Exploratory Mixed-Method Design

Major, Jessica 2006 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Communication and Social Networks: Factors that Contribute to Social Efficacy in

College Students

McGee, Elizabeth 2006 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Academic Performance and Satisfaction with Interteaching: Do Level of

Achievement Motivation and Gender Play a Role?

Moore, Ashley 2006 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. Depression and Intrinsic Religiosity in Young Adults: Effectiveness of an

Intervention Seminar

Noh, Theresa 2006 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. The Effects of Acculturation and National Affiliation on Life Satisfaction Among

Second Generation Asian American Students

Pic, Jennifer 2006 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. The Effect of Visual Distracter Relevance and Cognitive Effort on Memory During a

Visual Search Task

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Rowland, Allison 2006 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Internet Use as a Potential Channel for Support Among People Living with

HIV/AIDS in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Walker, Carson 2006 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. The Qualitative Phase of an Exploratory Mixed Method Investigation of College

Classroom Climate

Wieczorek, Chelsea 2006 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Intelligence and Diversity: Do Students from Different Backgrounds Define these

Terms Differently?

Zaleski, Melissa 2006 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Programmed Instruction vs. Programmed Instruction Combined with Interteaching

Baltazar, Evan Elizabeth 2007 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Correlates of Pedometer-Determined Exercise in an After School Fitness Program

Canelakes, Dessie Morgan 2007 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Relationship between Life Meaning and Sexual Motivation

Cotten, Melynda Renee 2007 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. Effects of Authority on Discounting

Dageforde, Laura Talbot 2007 Psychology Bryan K. Saville, Ph.D. Empathy, Frame of Reference, and Cooperation in an Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma

Dalianis, Elizabeth Ann 2007 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. The Aesthetics of Interteaching: Does Introduction Method Affect Acceptability

Dandridge, Jessica Lynette 2007 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Conformity in Children Ages 7 and 9

Dolan, Colleen Marie 2007 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Relationship Among Test Anxiety, Trait Anxiety, and Verbal Working Memory

Durgin, Amy Lee 2007 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Examining the Effect of Various Task Descriptions on College Students' Performance

on a Probability Matching Task

Flood, Georgette 2007 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. A Little Bit Goes Further Than They Think: The Perceived Risk of Developing

Melanoma in Intermittent Tanning Bed Users

Keller, Lizbeth Jane 2007 Psychology William Ernst A Preliminary Normative Study of the Abbreviated Comprehensive

Neuropsychological Instrument for Children (CNSIC-A)

Klein, Kristen Marie 2007 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. Attribution Errors in Sexual Harassment: Examining Kelley's Model

Loveless, Katherine Ann 2007 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Students' Input on Faculty Hires: Do Professor's Gender, Department, and

Qualifications Interact?

Lytle III, Robert Dillard 2007 Psychology Natalie Lawrence, Ph.D. What is Beautiful is Innocent: The Effect of Defendant Attractiveness on Juror

Decision-Making

Magnotti IV, John Francis 2007 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Comparing the Effectiveness of Interteaching and Just-in-Time Teaching Using

Bloom's Taxonomy

Makara, Kara Ann 2007 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Linking Achievement Goal Theory to Adaptive Outcomes in an Undergraduate Major

McDonough, Kristen Marie 2007 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. Characteristics of Eyewitness Testimony

Mendoza, Karol Jineth 2007 Psychology William Ernst The Impact of Cultural and Linguistic Differences on Neuropsychological Test

Performance: A Content Validity Study

Mendres, Amber Elizabeth 2007 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Examining the Possible Functions of Aberrant Behavior in a First-Grade Student

Polasek, Jennifer Kathleen 2007 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. The Effect of Snoezelen on Elderly Residents with Depression, Aggressive Behavior,

and Dementia

Prunty, Jared Gavin 2007 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. The Effects of Hypocrisy Induction on Factory Farming Attitudes

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Pulaski, Sarah Jessica 2007 Psychology Michael D. Hall, Ph.D. Acoustic Cues to Deception in Human Speech: Addressing Potential Confounds of

Stress

Ring, Daniel Edward 2007 Psychology Bryan K. Saville, Ph.D. Reducing Drunk Driving by Inducing Cognitive Dissonance in College Students

Schultz, Bridget Saulnier 2007 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Relationship between Maximizing and Satisfaction with College Major

Stillwell, Bayli Nicole 2007 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Relationship between the Big Five personality factors and transformational

leadership

Taube, Brandon David 2007 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Correlates of Pedometer-Determined Exercise in an After School Fitness Program

Alvarez, Alessandra Marie 2008 Psychology Cheryl Talley, M.A. Coping with Stress through Alcohol Use or Religious Belief: A Study of International

Minority College Students

Bradshaw, Carolyn Ann 2008 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Hook Up or Date: Which Gender Benefits?

Brown, Allison Rebecca 2008 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Living the Good Life in College: A Multidimensional Approach to Measuring the Life

Satisfaction of College Students

Crowely, Daniel Max 2008 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. The Role of Motivation on Psychosocial Treatment and Outcomes in ADHD

Populations

Jarvis, Brantley Phillip 2008 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Qualitative Manipulation and Percentile Schedules in an Intervention Designed to

Reduce Smoking in College Students

Kestner, Caroline Virginia 2008 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. How to Deal: Stress, Anxiety, Coping and Purpose in Life of College Students

Kiel, Kristin Anne 2008 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Examining Immediate and Delayed Reinforcement in a Contingency Management

Smoking Cessation Intervention for College Students

Lucyshyn, Lauren Elizabeth 2008 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. Predicting Variables of Self-Perceived Competency in Children with ADHD

Marchuk, Kimberly Anne 2008 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. I Feel Better When You Feel Worse: An Examination of Maximization and Social

Comparison

Miller, Kristin Ann 2008 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Changing Beliefs and Changing Behaviors: An Intervention to Increase Exercise

Behavior among African American Women

Potelunas, Jennifer Kathleen 2008 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Understanding the Lonely: Exploration of Factors Related to Loneliness in First

Year College Students

Smiley, Whitney Flemming 2008 Psychology Natalie Lawrence, Ph.D. College Adjustment Differences between Rural and Urban Students

Storey, Colleen Sarah 2008 Psychology Cheryl Talley, M.A. Effects of Social Stress on Interleukin-1 Levels in Female Rats

Telesco, Carolyn Leigh 2008 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. Perceived Effectiveness of Intervention Techniques for Children with ADHD

Thachik, Stefani Leigh 2008 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Are you ready for the 'real world': An evaluation of two career development courses

Thompson, Meghan Nicole 2008 Psychology Bryan K. Saville, Ph.D. The Relation Between Effort and Delay and Performance in an Interteaching-based

Course

Ulmer, Lisa Jane 2008 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. Positive Illusory Bias in Children with ADHD: Does Treatment Make a Difference?

Wheeler, Katharine Yung 2008 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Maximization, Regret, and Major Satisfaction in College Students

Williams, Tara Elizabeth 2008 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Psychological Responses to Injury and the Role of the Athletic Trainer

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Berkheimer, Maxwell Edward 2009 Psychology Robert Harrison The Effect of Reverse Stereotype Threat On High Pressure Sports Situations

Chevalier, Caroline Stewart 2009 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. Change Blindness and the Weapon Focus Effect

Egan, Theresa Elizabeth 2009 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Training Discrimination of Blood Alcohol Level (BAL) Following Oral Ethanol Self-

Administration in College Students

Gandolfo, Maria Sharon 2009 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Fear of Rape: An Examination of College Students

Herzog, Stephany Rene 2009 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Finding Hope: Understanding the Racial and Socioeconomic Divide among New

Orleans and Surrounding Area Residents in Regard to Katrina Related Experiences.

Huddleston, Jessica Austin 2009 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. The Relationship of Students' Preferred Learning Styles on Individual Performance

in an Interteaching-Based Course

Infanti, Benjamin John 2009 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. The Effect of Co-witness Discussion on Eyewitness Testimony

Ives, Allison Katherine 2009 Psychology Robert J. Harmison, Ph.D. The Effect of Preperformance Routines on Collegiate Athletes' Anxiety Levels and

Performance Accuracy

Jaworski, Amanda Nicole 2009 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. An Exploration of Gender Norm Violations and Their Consequences

Kopp, Jason Paul 2009 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Impulsivity and Work Ethic: Predictors of Course Performance

Livesey, Michael William 2009 Psychology Craig Abrahamson, Ph.D. Clinical Self-Hypnosis Versus Heart Rhythm Coherence Biofeedback in College

Student Stress Reduction

MacNaughton, Laura Ann 2009 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. Are the Entitlement and Unrealistic Optimism of Generation Me Related to Anxiety

and Depression?

Powers, Leah Ferrari 2009 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Discrimination of Blood Alcohol Concentration Following Oral Ethanol Self-

Administration

Rodgers, Kimberly Anne 2009 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Sexual Refusal Efficacy of Acknowledged and Unacknowledged Victims

Sax, Kacey Leigh 2009 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Social Identity Perspective: Norms as Predicators of Binge Drinking on College

Campuses

Simon, Jocelyn Melissa 2009 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Maximizing, Social Comparison, and Choice: The Relations with Satisfaction and

Regret When Deciding from a Take-Out Menu

Slater, Matthew Scott 2009 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. How Maximizers and Delay Discounters Decide: Choosing from Menus of Varying

Sizes

Sorg, Amanda Nicole 2009 Psychology Bryan K. Saville, Ph.D. A Comparison of Behavioral and Clinical Measures of Impulsivity

Vasi, Allyson Elayne 2009 Psychology Jessica Irons, Ph.D. Contingency Management and Exercise

Vijay, Nishi 2009 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Increasing Physical Activity in College Students: Testing a Motivational Intervention

Vitt, Loretta Dianne 2009 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Barriers to Success for Women Seeking Elected Office

Becker, Christopher James 2010 Psychology Michael D. Hall, Ph.D. A demonstration of duplex perception using complex musical tones

Beech, Erin Hayley 2010 Psychology David Daniel, Ph.D. Stress and Immune Function: The Effect of Relative Deprivation on Interleukin-6 in

a Rat Model

Black, Megan Brittany 2010 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Effects of Alcohol Preload on Alcohol's Reinforcing Efficacy in College Students

Davis, Heather Inga 2010 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Description and Continuity of Goal Orientation of High School Students with ADHD

Fratkin, Jamie Lynne 2010 Psychology Suzanne C. Baker, Ph.D. Love Me, Love My Dog?: The Role of Personality Variables and Physical

Characteristics in Attitudes Toward Dogs

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Gerstner, Jerusha Joy 2010 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. Exploring the Effect of Occlusion Time Placement on the Persistence of Visual

Guidance Information by use of Path Triangulation

Loveless, Elizabeth Neil 2010 Psychology Jessica Irons, Ph.D. The Effect of Social Anxiety on Alcohol Choice

Luhrs, Ashley Jane 2010 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Women's Reality Dating Program Viewing and

Ambivalent Sexism

Mackinnon, Kristin Sara 2010 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Role of Technological Communication on Perceived Social Support

Matray, Shari 2010 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Relations Among Childhood Experiences on Disordered Eating in College

Women

Melchione, Donna Marie 2010 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Rethinking Measures of Expectancy -Value Theory

Merner, Heather Amanda 2010 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Investigating the Relationship Between College Student Depression and Four Major

Predictors: Lack of Hope, Previous Negative Life Events, Loneliness, and Daily

Stress

Riley, Mary Anne 2010 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Negative Impact of Relationship Contingent Self-Esteem and it Connection with

Self Objectification in women

Sheppard, Samantha Nichole 2010 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. The Interteaching Model: Impact of Pre-discussion Lectures on Students' Academic

Vanderveldt, Ariana Mae 2010 Psychology Bryan K. Saville, Ph.D. Social Discounting of Non-monetary Rewards

Wickham, John Andrew 2010 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Entitlement, Unrealistic Optimism, Social Comparison, and Credit Spending Among

Undergraduate College Students

Williams, Miranda Lynn 2010 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Knowledge and beliefs about the role of school counselors working with Hispanic

students

Inselmann, Jordan 2001 Psychology and Sociology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Women's Assertiveness / Communication / Responsibility in Casual vs. Steady

Sexual Relationships

Brooks, Alison Marie 2007 Public Administration Peggy Plass, Ph.D. Life After Prison: A Qualitative Study of Reintegration into the Community

Lancaster, Demetrius Rashad 2010 Public Policy and Administration Liliokanaio Peaslee, Ph.D. School Vouchers in the United States: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the

Feasibility of Vouchers as a Policy Alternative to Traditional Public Schooling

Nau, Natasha Rebecca 2010 Public Policy and Administration Gary R. Kirk, Ph.D. Breaking the Ceiling: Are Female City and Town Managers Rising to the Challenge?

Choi, Jane Sun 2005 Quantitative Finance Jason Fink, Ph.D. The Implications of a Rise in Idiosyncratic Risk on Portfolio Diversification

Narang, Gaurav Omprakash 2007 Quantitative Finance Jason Fink, Ph.D. Implied Volatility Based Trading Strategies: A Test of Market Efficiency

Alp, Marissa 2004 Secondary Education Jane Smith Diversity of Style and Subject in the Contemporary Short Story: A Unit of Lessons

Wright, Jessica 2004 Secondary Education Jane Smith The Natural World and Everyday Experience in Contemporary Poetry

Miller, Dawn 1992 Social Work David Rissmeyer The Psychiatric Hospital in Spain and the United States: Recent Changes in the Care

of the Mentally Ill

Maier, Amy 1994 Social Work David Rissmeyer The Military Family Syndrome: Reality or Idle Speculation

Garrett, Dorothy 1995 Social Work David Rissmeyer Large Print Issues for Students with Special Needs in Virginia's Postsecondary

Institutions.

Biggs, Rita 1996 Social Work Ann R. Myers, M.S.W. Opportunity for Change: Promoting Children's Programs in Domestic Violence

Shelters

Graf, Elizabeth 1999 Social Work Catherine J. Thompkins The Effects of Social Support and Role Ambiguity on Burnout: Exploring the Hospice

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Lovett, Kymber-Leigh 2001 Social Work Karen A. Ford, D.S.W. Service-Learning in Higher Education: The Long-Term Impact in the Health and

Human Service Field

Horning, Jessica Ann 2007 Social Work B.J. Bryson, Ph.D. Risk Factors for Gangs in Augusta County

Gentile, Sara Elizabeth 2008 Social Work Hyong Yeom, Ph.D. What are the Unmet Needs of Employed Caregivers at James Madison University?

Stephens, Catherine Ruth 2010 Social Work Karen A. Ford, D.S.W. The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of

Intercountry Adoption: An Analysis

Jackson, Sarah Elizabeth 2008 Social Work and Spanish Kevin Ford Recommendations for Meeting the Needs of Latino Parents in Harrisonburg, VA

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Younkins, Karen 1968 Sociology A Mennonite Community: A Methodological Approach

Bouchard, Valerie 1973 Sociology Rubicon: A Descriptive Study

Noel, Dorothy 1974 Sociology An Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Contemporary Life in Appalachia: The

East Central Mountain Region

Christenbury, Melinda 1990 Sociology Bruce C. Busching, Ph.D. The Self-Esteem Industry: Another Tactic in the War Against the Poor

Lanier, Christopher 1992 Sociology Bruce C. Busching, Ph.D. The Role of Church Congregations in the Development of Harrisonburg

McLeod, Kembrew 1993 Sociology Bruce C. Busching, Ph.D. A Critical Analysis of Time Magazine's Coverage of the Gulf Crisis: An Application of

the Propaganda Model

Finch, Monica 1994 Sociology Gail Funke Power, Politics, and Persecution: The U.S. Experience

Krause, Katrina 1994 Sociology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Self-worth and Sexuality: A Content Analysis of Advertising in Women's Magazines

McClintock, Laura 1994 Sociology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. A Critical Analysis of Women in the American Indian Movement

Snodgrass, Suzanne 1994 Sociology Timothy Carter, Ph.D. American Health Care Crisis: An Analysis of President Clinton's Plan for Reform

Sweeny, Phil 1994 Sociology Bruce C. Busching, Ph.D. Conscious and Unconscious Political Symbolism: A Study of a College "Prank"

Herbster, Amy 1996 Sociology Doris Martin Building Blocks in the Kindergarten Classroom: Building Math and Science

Concepts

McDuff, Jessica 1996 Sociology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. An Examination of the Female Student-Athlete's Experience in Society

Johnson, Gail 1997 Sociology Nikitah Okembe-Ralmani Is It Worth the Fight?: The Experiences of Women in the Legal Profession

Sears, Courtney 1997 Sociology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. If Girls Were Supposed to Touch Themselves There, Tampons Wouldn't Have

Applicators: Female Masturbation for Women's Liberation

Waller, Leslie 1999 Sociology Margaret Plass, Ph.D. Thieves in the Temple: The Construction of Sexuality Among Female Sexual Assault

Survivors

Aherne, Jasmine 2000 Sociology Peggy Plass, Ph.D. Intimacy in Young Adulthood

Krempasky, Rachael 2000 Sociology Mary Lou Wylie, Ph.D. Pink or Blue, Single or Two: A Comparative Analysis of Parental Involvement,

Gender, and Student Academic Achievement

Nadeem, Shechzad 2000 Sociology Bruce C. Busching, Ph.D. Neo-Malthusianism and the Politics of Population Growth

Schulcz, Margaret 2000 Sociology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. The Tie that Binds: An Examination of the Changing Relationship between Religion

and Education

Conway, Justin 2001 Sociology Bruce C. Busching, Ph.D. Talk Does Not Make Rice

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Storms, Lauren 2002 Sociology Karen A. Ford, D.S.W. An Invisible Population: Fairfax County Homeless Families

Buckley, Amanda 2004 Sociology James L. Steele, Ph.D. Real Men Eat Salad: Gender Constructions and Food Choice

Colsh, Jeffrey 2004 Sociology James L. Steele, Ph.D. Three Separate Voices, One Shared Support for DC United: A Sociological Study of

Professional Soccer Fans in the U. S

Johnston, Suzanna 2004 Sociology Beth Anne Eck, Ph.D. Could You Take the Wheel? I've Got a Story to Tell: An In-depth Study of Small City

Taxi Drivers.

Lee, Priscilla 2004 Sociology James L. Steele, Ph.D. Fotografias

Russo, Brad 2004 Sociology Fletcher Linder, Ph.D. Durkheim's Theory of the Function of Laws in Society: A Critical Analysis

Smith, Leanne 2005 Sociology James L. Steele, Ph.D. The Effect of Crime and Punishment on Family Relationships: A Content Analysis of

Ex-Offenders' Narratives

Snead, Holly 2005 Sociology Timothy Carter, Ph.D. Male Violence against Women: The Media and the Construction of Stereotypical

Gender Identities

Walsh, Emily Elizabeth 2005 Sociology Joseph H. Spear, Ph.D. A Social History of Depression

Hinton, Laura Marie 2007 Sociology Christine Robinson, Ph.D. Rewriting Words: Stigma and Gender in Fanfiction

Wirth, Ashley Elizabeth 2007 Sociology Beth Anne Eck, Ph.D. Bloodlines and Lovelines: Adoptive Families and the Struggle for Authenticity

Zelnick, Adrienne Rozlyn 2007 Sociology Joseph Rumbo Jews without Judaism: A Study of Jewish Identity

Wentzel, Melissa Ann 2009 Sociology Christine Robinson, Ph.D. Prayer and Perspective: The Relationship between American Protestantism and

Individualism

Rogers, Laura Elizabeth 2010 Sociology Beth Anne Eck, Ph.D. "Helping Them Help Themselves:" Volunteers, Staff, and the Class Boundaries in a

Homeless Shelter

Smith, Shannon Barry 2010 Sociology Christine Robinson, Ph.D. The Use in Professional Sexuality Organizations: Gaining Ground in the Sex

Education Debate

Bush, Joseh 2002 Sociology and Anthropology Laura Lewis, Ph.D. Looking for Kurdistan in the Images of Halabja

Woodward, Sara 2004 Spanish Jose Ignacio Barrio-Olano, Ph.D. Study Abroad of Foreign Language Students

Madsen, Shaun Michael 2007 Spanish Tomas Regalado-Lopez, M.A. Discovering the Maya Religion: A Look into the Beliefs, Practices and Rituals of an

Ancient People

Paul, Sydney Marie 2007 Spanish Sarah Sierra Benito Perez Galdos' Dona Perfecta: A Reflection of Nineteenth-Century Spain

Romano, Amy Margaret 2008 Spanish Jose Ignacio Barrio-Olano, Ph.D. Le Guernica de Pablo Picasso como Modelo de la Adversidad Vasca

Molchany, Andrew Murphy 2009 Spanish Andrea Naranjo, M.A. An analysis of the role of foreign language interpreters in Virginia state courts and

the effectiveness of training and certification as a court interpreter.

Ely, Janice 1978 Special Education The Use of Music in the Education of the Mentally Retarded

Kirk, Stephanie 1982 Special Education Training and Certification Standards for Teachers of Severely and Profoundly

Handicapped Children

Wood, Mary 1982 Special Education Child Find--The State of the Art

Gresham, Dana 1988 Special Education David Herr, Ed.D. Peer Tutoring with the Handicapped

Cox, Dana 1995 Special Education Reid Linn, Ph.D. An Investigation of Attitudes and Perceptions about Individuals with Severe

Disabilities

Romero, Audrey 2004 Special Education Karen Santos Effective Behavior Instructional Strategies for Students with Emotional Disturbance

and Their Use in the Public School System

Schulte, Carolene 2004 Special Education Karen Santos Tracking Achievement Through State and Local Assessments: Current Practice and

Future Implications

Robbins, Jennifer 1996 Speech Communication Bradley Rawlins The Influence of Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Messages on the Irrational Fear

of AIDS

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Bunge, Mark 1998 Speech Communication Sheryl Williams The Effect of Race on Levels of Identification with Root Metaphors among James

Madison University Students: An Application of Multi-Dimensional Scaling

Techniques

Frank, Kari 1998 Speech Communication Anne Gabbard-Alley Taking the Sweat Out of Sweatshops: Developing a New Rhetoric of Human Rights

Boyer, Emily 1999 Speech Communication Rex M. Fuller Alienation: Intercultural Relations Between the United States and Mexico

DeBellis, Dena 1999 Speech Communication Rex M. Fuller Conflict Talk

Hendricks, Lauren 1999 Speech Communication Robert Patterson A Comparative Analysis of the Political Communication in Recent Presidential

Campaigns in the United States and Ecuador

Kidd, Allison 1999 Speech Communication Lynette Long Keeping Whose promise? A Rhetorical Analysis of the Promise Keepers Movement

Lentine, Lauren 1999 Speech Communication Steven A. Rollman, Ph.D. Intercultural Communication Competence Training: An Analysis of Caterpillar Inc. 's

Efforts to Bulldoze the Barriers

Staub, Laura 1999 Speech Communication Michael Smilowitz, Ph.D. Business Ethics and Communication: A Case Study in the Defense Industry

Taggart, Daniel 1999 Speech Communication Rex M. Fuller A Study of the Impact of Technology on Disputants in Mediation

Dobosh, Melissa 2001 Speech Communication Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Communication Strategies for Countering Sexual Harassment

Purcell, Rita 1978 Speech Pathology Normative Study of Speech Rates of Children

Auther, Linda 1986 Speech Pathology A Comparison of Nonverbal Communication in Hearing and Hearing-Impaired

Children

Jennings, Deborah 1986 Speech Pathology The Use of the Microcomputer in Language Therapy.

Bensenhaver, Lisa 1988 Speech Pathology Brenda Seal, Ph.D. The Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor Participation of Hearing-Impaired

Preschool Children in Music

Musso, Stephanie 1989 Speech Pathology Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Perceptual Differences between the Speech of Stutterers when using an Audio Only

Tape, a Visual Only Tape, and an Audio plus Visual Tape Recording

Drozdowski, Anne 1990 Speech Pathology Charles Runyan, Ph.D. The Influence of Two Levels of Academic Training on the Use of Naturalness Rating

Scale

Fegter, Amy 1990 Speech Pathology Clinton W. Bennett, Ph.D. A Study of Motherese Directed toward Language Delayed Children

Reitz, Jennifer 1991 Speech Pathology Clinton W. Bennett, Ph.D. Case Study of a Cochlear Implant: Age 22 months to 5 1/2 years

Thorpe, Patricia 1991 Speech Pathology Brenda M. Ryals, Ph.D. Gender Differences in Hearing and Environmental Noise Exposure

Danaher, Patrick 1997 Studio Art Jack McCaslin, M.F.A. An Introspective Study of My own Artistic Approach and Aesthetic Theory

Bailey, Leah 2000 Studio Art The Conception, Methodology and Production of the 2000 Bluestone: Applying the

Concepts of Publication Design and Production

Jeltema, Megan 2001 Studio Art Corinne Martin-Diop The Icon Impersonators

Reynolds, Katherine 2003 Studio Art Corinne Diop, M.F.A. The Voice of a Created Reality: Photomontage as Communication Through Image

Juxtaposition

Satchwell, Margaret 2005 Studio Art Sarah Warren Beyond Aesthetics: The Quilts of Gee's Bend and Public

Andersen, Bryna Ellen 2006 Studio Art Ronn Daniel, M.A. Against The Wall : A Meeting of Mosque and Synagogue

Mastrangelo, Christina 2006 Studio Art Cole Welter, Ph.D. A Translation of Art: Treaties on Painting

Tobin, Bethany 2006 Studio Art Corinne Diop, M.F.A. Exploring Symbols for Christian Use: Circle and Square Patterns of the Cosmos

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Lewis, Sara Gayle 2007 Studio Art Katherine Schwartz, Ph.D. "Discovering Identity through an Exploration of Art" 9 Visual Art Lessons Grades K-

8

Daly, Nancy Jeanne 2008 Studio Art Rebecca Silberman, M.F.A. A Collection of Words on Collections

Nesmith, Caroline Lilley 2008 Studio Art Chad Curtis Tensions: Community Species

Thompson, Kiri Kathleen 2008 Studio Art Katherine Schwartz, Ph.D. Art and the Social Order: A Theme Based Approach

Walsh, Alissa Jeanne 2009 Studio Art Susan Zurbrigg, M.F.A. Barriers, Boundaries, and Categories: An Examination of Historical Divisions in the

United States and the Effects of Resulting Categories on Present-Day Society

Cramer, Elizabeth 2001 Technical and Scientific

Communication

Michael J. Zerbe A Study of the Effects of the Technology on Interpersonal Communication

Rupinta, Aubrey 2001 Technical and Scientific

Communication

Michael J. Zerbe The Dark Side of the Internet: A Study of Online Stalking and Child Exploitation

Ferguson, Katherine 2003 Technical and Scientific

Communication

Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. All in the Valley: A Student's Perspective of Life in the Valley

Winarski, Elissa Marie 2007 Technical and Scientific

Communication

Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Gender Issue in Pharmaceutical Advertisements: A Preliminary Study

Canter Jr., John-Walter Fitchett 2009 Technical and Scientific

Communication

Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Statue in the Park

Gardner, Stephen 1986 Telecommunications Telecommunications: Its Impact on our Society.

Thiss, Shelly Madison 2007 Theatre Roger Hall, Ph.D. A Show of Hands: Perspectives on Sign Language Theatre and Deaf Theatre

Ganacoplos, Stephanie Maryann 2008 Theatre Dennis Charles Beck, Ph.D. The Hysterical Woman

Namei, Sade 2008 Theatre Dennis Charles Beck, Ph.D. The Theatre is in the Air

Kerr, Mary 1985 Theatre and Dance The Process of Directing Hamlet: Character Analysis, Production Choices and

Rehearsals

Holman, Linda 1986 Theatre and Dance Nine Modern Dance Companies: Relationship of Promotional Materials and

Activities to Acquisition of Engagements

Aliaskari, Minu 1987 Theatre and Dance The First Frontier: A Choreographic Statement Based Upon the Life of the Settlers in

the Blue Ridge Mountain Region of VA Prior to 1935

Harris, Roberta 1987 Theatre and Dance Count-OK A Modern Dance Concert Employing a Mathematical Approach to

Choreography

Mosley, Patricia 1987 Theatre and Dance A City-Wide Dance Theatre for the Gifted in the Chesapeake, Virginia Public

Schools, 1980-1986

Comerford, Karen 1988 Theatre and Dance Janet Sponheim Matrix in Motion

Daleng, Myra 1988 Theatre and Dance Choreography of Sophocles' Tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus, for the Greek Drama

Festival at the

Williams, Catherine 1988 Theatre and Dance Cynthia Thompson, M.F.A. Dancers and Non-Dancers: Working Together

Donahue, Durbin 1990 Theatre and Dance Roger Hall, Ph.D. Eviction

Donegan, Lisa 1990 Theatre and Dance Injury Prevention Education and Knowledge in Selected College and University

Dance Programs

Post, Lauren 1990 Theatre and Dance Cynthia Thompson, M.F.A. Choreography Influenced by Broadway Theatre Dance from 1920-1980

Griffin, Stephanie 1995 Theatre and Dance Roger Hall, Ph.D. Inconvenient Minorities: Ethnic Portrayals in Significant American Musicals.

Norris, Ginjer 1995 Theatre and Dance Thomas H. Arthur, Ph.D. Ariel Dorfman's "Death and the Maiden": Artistic Interpretations of a Politically

Inspired Drama

Donohoe, Alice 1996 Theatre and Dance William J. Buck, M.F.A. Twentieth Century Art: A Foundation for Visual Design in the Contemporary Theatre

Student Attitudes and Study Abroad

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Beck, Jeremy 1998 Theatre and Dance Roger Hall, Ph.D. Building a Theatre: Case Studies of Three Washington, DC Area Theatre Companies

Dalton, David 1998 Theatre and Dance Thomas King Fool for Love: Sam Shepard's Play Historically, Recently, and Ideally

Hairston, Jerome 1998 Theatre and Dance Roger Hall, Ph.D. Carriage: An Original Play in Two Acts

Browne-White, Jessica 2000 Theatre and Dance Thomas H. Arthur, Ph.D. Eleven in One

Ferrara, Michelle 2000 Theatre and Dance John C. Bell, M.F.A. Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's Celebration: A Choreographic Process

Kaplan, Rachel 2001 Theatre and Dance Janette Brunk An Exploration of Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors through Performance

Horan, Richard Thomas 1984 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. An analysis of the impact of political consultants on the eledtoral process