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Theses and Specialist projects from 2023 2023

How Has the Coronavirus Pandemic Affected Farmers Markets in Kentucky?, Haley Brazel

Effects of Exercise When Transitioning From Free Choice Tall Fescue (Lolium Arundinaceum) Grass Diet in Late Summer to Free Choice Tall Fescue Hay Diet in Late Fall on Plasma Fructosamine Concentrations, Insulin Levels, Body Weight, and Body Condition Scores of Stock Horse Mares and Gelding, Riley Brown

Adolescent Acceptability of Mental Health Interventions: A Systematic Review, Norah Bufford

Minority Stress Through Time: Sexual Minority Stress & Suicidality Across Generations, Jenessa Canen

An Improvement Science Approach to Understanding Adaptive Leadership as a Tool for Diabetes Educators to Teach Patient Self-Efficacy, Allie Carter

A United, Not a Divider: Community, Identity, Performance & the Tomato Krewe Parading Group of East Nashville's Tomato Art Festival, Allison Cate

A Systematic Review of Cultural Adaptations of School-based Social, Emotional & Behavioral Interventions for Students of Color: A Replication & Update of Brown et al, 2018, Courtney Coleman

First Responder's Experiences & Perceptions of Working with Individuals with Complex Communication Needs, Avery Cunningham

Development & Validation of a Scale of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Alexander Davy

The 1985 MOVE Bombing: A Study in Perspectives, Kaci DeLisle

When Russia Gets Tired of Them, They Sell Them to Us: The Russian Five, US Russophobia, & Cold War Rhetoric After 1991, John Elam

Exploring Commercial Airline Pilot Job Requirements with the Support of Machine Learning Techniques, Adam Fults

Minds, Or: How to Go All the Way Up the Mountain & Never Come Back Down, Caroline Galdi

"Can These Bones Live?" The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership & Church Revitalization, Gerald Gifford

A Review of Traumatic Brain Injury in School Psychology Journals, Casey Gillispie

Sexism's Effect on Female Suicide Ideation & Non-suicidal Self-injury through Body Surveillance & Self-esteem, Caitlin Gregory

A Monte Carlo Analysis of Nonprobability Sampling & Post Hoc Corrections, Julia Hong

Examining the Relationship Between Psychological Well-being & Academic Performance Among First-year College Students in a US Mid-south University, Ya-Hsin Hsiao

Rapid & Sensitive Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes by Utilizing New Diagnostic Probe Tales with 2D-Nanosheet Graphene Oxide, Jihye Kang

School Climate Research in Elementary Schools: A Systematic Review, Jessica LaFleur

Impact of Students' Off-task Technology Use During Instruction on Teachers, David Lancaster

Poverty, Flooding & Grassroots Organizing: An Analysis of the War on Poverty & the 1977 Flood in Central Appalachia, Brooklyn Lile

The Effects of Attentional Focus Instructions on Approach Jump Performance, Hanwen Liu

Administrative Leaders' Viewpoints About the Significance of Art Education in Schools, Jennifer Luckett

The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Adult Attachment Styles & Problematic Alcohol Use in Emerging Adulthood, Diamonde McCollum

Leaders' Virtual & In-Person Communication: The Impact of Employee Preference on Job Satisfaction, Adalin McDaniel

Agreement of Psychiatric Diagnoses Within & Between Groups of Mental Health Clinicians from Different Disciplines, Wade McGuire

Urban & Deltaic Subsidence in Bangladesh from Sentinel-1 InSAR Data Analysis, Gavin Middleton

Sleight of Hand, Chandler Moore

The Effect of Exercise Interventions on Cognitive Functions in Individuals with Down Syndrome: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Emma Moreland

Exploring the Connections Between Craving, Depression, Sleep & Alcohol Use in Emerging Adults, Katie Moskal

Hand-written Versus Typed Student Responses: A Study on WE-CBM & Alternate-form Reliability, Joseph Mulaski

Family Resemblence, Sarah Olive

The Effects of Personalized Learning on Student Achievement, Keile Phillips

Sexual Self-Concept, Communication Privacy Management, & Relational Dialetcics Among Post-partum Women, Mary Pitts

Faculty Perception of the Impact of COVID-19: A Descriptive Case Study Analysis, Traci Pooler

Opinion & the Insanity Plea: What Can a Little Education Do?, Anna Raker

A Systematic Review of the Relation of Restorative Justice Principles & Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports in K-12 Schools, Katherine Richardson

Qualitative Development of Items for a Young Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder Screener, David Roehm

Dopamine, Ericka Russell

The Effects of Physical Activity & Nutritional Intake in Diabetic & Nutritionally Compromised Bingocize Clinical Trial Participants, Emily Smith

Creating a New Space: Understanding Indigenous Sexuality, Gender Identity, and Bodies Through Native American Storytelling, Emily Snyder

Through the Looking Glass: Investigating Incivility Through a Cognitive Process Lens, Melissa Sorenson

Finding Our Gifted English Language Learners, Lois Stokes

Concurrent Study of the Impact of an Institutionalized Diversity Plan on the Perceived Sense of Academic Achievement, Sense of Belonging, & Program Completion Among African American Students in a Midwest Community College, Tyianna Thompson

Developing Mental Health & Wellness Awareness in Schools, Leah Wood

Source Code Plagiarism Detection Using JPlag & Stack Overflow Data, Sudheer Yetthapu

Applying Functional Analysis in a School Setting, Elizabeth Young

Theses and Specialist projects from 2022 2022

Applying the Circumplex Model to the Examination of Job Stress, Emily Jade Andrulonis

Diversity in Darkness: Shedding Light on Cryptic Species in the Cave Beetle Genus Darlingtonea Valentine Using 3rad Sequencing and Consequences of Climate Change Based on Thermal Tolerance and Dehydration Resistance, Athanasios S. Apostolopoulos

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