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Dissertations Theses
Theses - September 2025
Parenting styles and their relationship with anxiety in children
Lungarini, Alyssa, University of Rhode Island, 2015, M.S.
Subject: Social research
The Influence of Social Media on Teens' Self-Esteem
Gallagher, Shannon M., Rowan University, 2017, M.A.
Subject: Social psychology
Personality Traits, Psychological Trauma, and Selective Exposure to Gun Violence in the Media
Parris, Juliet J., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019, M.A.
Subject: Mass communication
Exploring the effects of scarcity, impulse buying, and product returning behavior in the fast fashion environment among female fashion conscious consumers
Chatvijit, Sasikarn, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2012, M.S.
Subject: Marketing
A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence: Evaluating Strategies to Improve Intervention and Public Awareness
Spinrad, Michael, Boston University, 2017, M.S.
Subject: Public health
Social Media and Self-Esteem: The Relationship of Social Media Usage and Self-Esteem
Barker, Jody Don, Arkansas State University, 2018, M.S.M.C.
Subject: Psychology
Application of Investigative Psychology to Psychodynamic and Human Development Theories: Examining Traits and Typologies of Serial Killers
Smith, Jordyn, California Baptist University, 2018, M.A.
Subject: Behavioral psychology
Le processus d'extinction du reglement 17 en Ontario
Beaulne, Francois, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1970, M.A.
Subject: Law
Effects of stereotypical media representations of American Indians on implicit and explicit bias: The power of Pocahontas
Strass, Haley, Iowa State University, 2016, M.S.
Subject: Social psychology
Fear of Crime Through the Ears of a Murderino: The Effect of True Crime Podcasts on Fear of Crime
Bailey, Elizabeth June, Eastern Kentucky University, 2017, M.A.
Subject: Criminology
HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY ACTS OF 1956.
JORDAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Duquesne University, 1969, M.B.A.
Subject: Commerce-Business
Evaluacion y seleccion de habichuela (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) para adaptacion a las altas temperaturas
Baiges Ramirez, Salvador Antonio, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (Puerto Rico), 1998, M.S.
Subject: Agronomy
The relationship, responses, and reforms pertaining to gun violence and mental illness in the United States
Saadeh, Stephanie Isabel, Boston University, 2016, M.S.
Subject: Mental health
Home to My Self: A Voyage of Discovery From Shame to Authenticity
Geyer, Stephen G., Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2013, M.A.
Subject: Counseling Psychology
Predicting Success Using the NFL Scouting Combine
Meil, Andrew James, California State University, Fullerton, 2018, M.S.
Subject: Physiological psychology
The Effect of Background Music on Cognitive Task Performance
Dabiran, Yalda, Lamar University - Beaumont, 2017, M.E.S.
Subject: Engineering
An examination of CAD use in two interior design programs from the perspectives of curriculum and instructors
Al-Mousa, Nadya, Queen's University (Canada), 2013, M.Ed.
Subject: Curriculum development
The impact of an AAC device, using the LAMP approach, on an individual with autism spectrum disorder
Pulliam, Mary Hannah, Arkansas State University, 2010, M.C.D.
Subject: Speech therapy
Flannery O'Connor: Revelations of the Displaced Soul
Tomasi, Rose M., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2011, M.A.
Subject: American literature
The enculturative function of toys and games in ancient Greece and Rome
Layne, Jaime Marie, University of Maryland, College Park, 2008, M.A.
Subject: Ancient history
He Huliko'a Kanaloa: Seeking the Depths of Kanaloa
Au, Jane, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2018, M.A.
Subject: Religion
Neoclassical pioneers: Neoclassicism before Stravinsky
Corah, Breanna, University of Denver, 2016, M.M.
Subject: Music
Accessible and affordable grocery store brand, format and location selection in food deserts of triple cities area of Broome County, New York
Ma, Junjie, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2015, M.A.
Subject: Geography
Differences among College Students' Eating Habits with and without a Meal Plan
Hafner, Heather A., D'Youville College, 2018, M.S.
Subject: Nutrition
Through the Lens of Objectification Theory: Social Media Use and Women's Behavioral Health
Roca, Gina-Maria, University of South Florida, 2018, M.S.P.H.
Subject: Public health
Catching the Cloud and Pinning It Down: The Social and Environmental Impacts of Data Centers
Ipsen, Heather A., Syracuse University, 2018, M.A.
Subject: Geography
Redefining the Identity of Black Women: "Natural" Hair and the Natural Hair Movement
Henderson, Amber, The George Washington University, 2015, M.A.
Subject: African American studies
Parasocial relationships with celebrities: An illusion of intimacy with mediated friends
Laken, Amanda, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2009, M.A.
Subject: Journalism
Simulation of a Photocatalytic Microreactor With Comsol Multiphysics
Xia, Kairui, University of California, Riverside, 2018, M.S.
Subject: Mechanical engineering
Weaponization of Artifical Intelligence
Pozzi, Joseph A., Utica College, 2018, M.S.
Subject: Artificial intelligence
Education for all: A historical analysis of Ontario's Bill 82 and its impact in one board, 1973--1990
Hayward, Colleen Sarah, University of Toronto (Canada), 2004, M.A.
Subject: Education history
To MMR or Not MMR: Medical Discourses Surrounding Parental Decision-Making for Pediatric Immunization
Shao, Jen-Yin, University of Toronto (Canada), 2011, M.Sc.
Subject: Public health
Using Madagascar hissing cockroaches as research subjects in behavior analysis
Gunnarsson, Karl F., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2013, M.S.
Subject: Behavioral psychology
Alternative imaginaries, gothic temporalities: An ethnography of the cultural construction of aging in the Goth subculture
Bush, Leah J., University of Maryland, College Park, 2016, M.A.
Subject: American studies