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Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Theses and Specialist projects from 2024 2024

A Flood of Consequences in Louisville, Kentucky: Using HGIS to Track Refugees Impacted by the 1937 Ohio River Flood, Trevor Harry

GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS AND CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF AIR POLLUTION IN THREE KENTUCKY COUNTIES, Sarah Hartman

Effect of Glucocorticoid Blockade on Inflammatory Responses to Acute Sleep Fragmentation in Male Mice, Zim Hasan

THE EFFECTS OF TIKTOK USE ON MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AND STIGMA, Alecia Hatfield

THE GOOD PLACE THAT CANNOT BE: POEMS, Tyler Hayes

WHAT FALLS AWAY IS ALWAYS NEAR (A NOVEL), Larissa Haynes

ADULTS’ CONTRIBUTION TO SCREEN USE IN YOUTH: DIFFERENTIATING SCREENBASED ACTIVITIES, Evyn Hendrickson

PERCEPTIONS AND VISUAL AWARENESS OF URBAN KARST FLOODING TO INFORM PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS, Grace Hermann

Differences in Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide in Latinx and White LGB Adults, Maria Hernandez

MEANING IN LIFE AND METACOGNITION: APPLICATION OF THE SELF-VALIDATION HYPOTHESIS, Liam Hill

PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS IN A PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOLLOWING A MOCK TESTIMONY INTERVENTION, Monica Hines

USING IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE TO ENHANCE PARAPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO FOSTER SUPPORTIVE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS AND IMPACT TEACHER RETENTION, Althea Hurt

A PROCESS MODEL OF WORKPLACE CYBER INCIVILITY SPILLOVER, Cora Hurt

BODY IMAGE, EATING DISORDERS, AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, Zariah Jackson

Meat in a Metal Suit: Poems, Jarek Jarvis

IMPROVING PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS: AN IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE STUDY, Sarah Johnson

THE UTILITY OF THE DEATH/SUICIDE IAT IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE OF ADOLESCENTS, Anthony Kennedy

EXPONENTIAL STABILITY OF THE PDE MODEL FOR HEAT AND PIEZOELECTRIC BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH STATIC OR HYBRID FEEDBACK CONTROLLERS AND ITS STABILITY-PRESERVING FINITE-DIFFERENCE MODEL REDUCTIONS, Sk Md Ibrahim Khalilullah

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A ZIRCONIUM (ZR) THIN FILM ON SI(100) VIA PULSED LASER DEPOSITION, Zikrulloh Khuzhakulov

THE MADDENING VARIABLE, Stephen Kowalkowski

Polygenetic Cave Sedimentation and Speleogenesis in the McCloud Limestone of Northern California, Niles Lathrop

SURFACE PATTERNING ON ZIRCONIA DENTAL IMPLANTS VIA LASER-INDUCED SHOCKWAVE IMPRINTING, Inomjon Majidov

THE EFFECT OF MINDFULNESS TRAINING ON MUSCULAR ENDURANCE EXERCISE PERFORMANCE, MINDFULNESS, AND MENTAL TOUGHNESS, Donte McGee

Effectiveness of a Peer-Supported Digital Brief Intervention: Reducing Alcohol Use & Related Harms in Young Adults with Histories of Interpersonal Trauma, Caitlin McGettrick

IMPACT OF FRAMING DEPRESSION ON ILLNESS PERCEPTIONS AND COPING STRATEGIES, Abby McGinnis

The Evolution of a Response to Smoke within the Arthropoda, Adam Miles

PREASSESSMENT DATA AND DIFFERENTIATION IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH CLASSROOMS, Brittany Mitchell

CHANGE IN ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY ACROSS GENDER AND YEAR IN SCHOOL FOR UNDERGRADUATE SPORT MANAGEMENT STUDENTS, Jarid Morton

The Effect of Phonomotor Treatment in a Telepractice Model: An Experimental Study, Jessica Mulch

EFFECTS OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE ON DATING VIOLENCE IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD, Alexa Naas

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STUDENT’S t-TEST UNDER HETEROGENEITY OF VARIANCE, Hayden Nelson

THE SECOND RING, Katherine Nezelek

Landuse and Microplastic Transport in Karst Groundwater of South-Central Kentucky, Katie Norman

THE ROLE OF CYSTEINE CATHEPSIN L CP1 IN TUMOR METASTASIS AND THE ACTIVATION OF MMP IN Drosophila melanogaster, Oluwatobiloba Oguntoyinbo

PHOTOGENERATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND KINETIC STUDY OF A NEW PHTHALOCYANINE SPECIES, Sobenna Onyeso

CANNABIDIOL (CBD) AND RESISTANCE TRAINING: DOES CBD ATTENUATE ACUTE PAIN?, Guillermo Pacheco

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT MECHANISMS AND SOURCE TRACKING IN KARST GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS UNDER AGRICULTURAL LAND USE, Shreya Pandey

EVALUATION OF BIOCHAR AS A REMEDIATION TOOL FOR AMINOPYRALID CONTAMINATED COMPOST, Steven James Parris

EXPLORING THE ROLE OF GENDER, RACE, FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE GPA AND PASSING STEM ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF GRADUATING WITH A STEM DEGREE: A MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS, Amar Patel

EVALUATING STORMWATER EROSION PREVENTION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES USING HIGH-RESOLUTION RAINFALL MONITORING AND FIELD-BASED ASSESSMENT TOOLS, Brittany Pekara

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION REGARDING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING PREGNANCY: IS IT APPROPRIATE AND CAN BUMPTUP® INFLUENCE IT?, Willarachilage Perera

RENEWABLE ENERGY PERCEPTION AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: CASE STUDIES IN THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS, Madeline Petty

REFINING THE GOALS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: AN EXPLORATORY SINGLE-CASE EMBEDDED STUDY OF A STUDENT-CENTERED PATH-GOALS SETTING, Tuan Pham

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE SINKHOLE HAZARD RISK INDEX TO INFORM KARST POLICY AND MITIGATION PLANNING, Meghan Puente

Aquila and Predator: The Failure and Momentum of Drone Technologies in the U.S., 1970-2015, Michael Rasak

NON-COLLOCATED OBSERVER DESIGN AND BOUNDARY OUTPUT FEEDBACK STABILIZATION FOR MAGNETIZABLE PIEZOELECTRIC BEAM MODEL: EXPONENTIAL STABILITY OF THE PDE MODEL AND UNIFORM EXPONENTIAL STABILITY OF ITS FINITE-DIFFERENCE MODEL REDUCTION, Uthman Rasaq

EXAMINING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DISCREPANCIES IN REPORTS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, PARENTAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, AND INFANT NEGATIVE REACTIVITY, Logan Rios

BUILDING BRIDGES: AN IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE APPROACH TO FOSTERING CROSS-GROUP CONNECTIONS AND FRIENDSHIPS AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, Cody Russelburg

Factors Affecting Mental Health of College-Aged Individuals, Jada Shannon

The Grateful Dead: An Imperfect Symbol of the Hippie Movement, Vanessa Sharfe