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Dissertations Theses
Theses - April 2026
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
The influence of social media on teens' self-esteem
Gallagher, Shannon Murphy, Rowan University, 2017, M.A.
Subject: Social psychology
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
Horror movie aesthetics: How color, time, space and sound elicit fear in an audience
Fu, Xiangyi, Northeastern University, 2016, M.F.A.
Subject: Design
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
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
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 New Approach to Cyber-Security
Osmak, Karen Adair, San Diego State University, 2019, M.S.
Subject: Criminology
Differences among College Students' Eating Habits with and without a Meal Plan
Hafner, Heather A., D'Youville College, 2018, M.S.
Subject: Nutrition
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
Journaling, emotional intelligence, and health benefits
Hunsaker, Ryan, University of South Dakota, 2013, M.A.
Subject: Clinical psychology
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
The Reverend Jim Jones and religious, political, and racial radicalism in Peoples Temple
Abbott, Catherine, The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2015, M.A.
Subject: American history
Living on the Moon: Women, Home Making, and the House after World War II in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Dennis, Leslie, University of South Carolina, 2014, M.A.
Subject: American literature
Positive and Negative Effects of Social Media on Adolescent Well-Being
Kennedy, Katie, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2019, M.S.
Subject: Health education
Mexican Drug Cartel Influence in Government, Society, and Culture
Kim, Jacob JiHyong, University of California, Los Angeles, 2014, M.A.
Subject: Latin American studies
Respect in the workplace: The journey from understanding to sustaining
MacBeth Shanahan, Lori Leslie, Royal Roads University (Canada), 2009, M.A.
Subject: Management
FIBER, FABRIC, ART.
DISHONGH, SUZANNE, University of North Texas, 1984, M.A.
Subject: Fine arts
A retrospective cohort study to determine the association of MMR vaccination coverage and incidence of measles in the United States between 1996 and 2012
Skelton, Emily Anne, Boston University, 2015, M.S.
Subject: Medicine
Invective and improvisation: An interpretation of the Investiture Conflict
Tobin, Robert Joseph, Duquesne University, 1998, M.A.
Subject: Medieval history
The World of Spirituality: Princess Mononoke interpreted through Shinto
Kayano, Terumi, Hawaii Pacific University, 2009, M.A.
Subject: Rhetoric
Current state of the American healthcare system---why exorbitant spending results in low international health rankings and how to ameliorate this paradox
Xiang, Alice, Boston University, 2015, M.S.
Subject: Medicine
The contemporary rhetoric about Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X in the post-Reagan era
Burrows, Cedric Dewayne, Miami University, 2005, M.A.
Subject: Rhetoric
Tea culture and the British Empire, 1600-1900
Ashby, Brittany Carol, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2014, M.A.
Subject: European history
K-pop, language, and online fandom: an exploration of korean language use and performativity amongst international k-pop fans
Crow, Teahlyn Frances, Northern Arizona University, 2019, M.A.
Subject: Sociolinguistics
Mothers for Germany: A look at the ideal woman in Nazi propaganda
Brashler, Karin Lynn, Iowa State University, 2015, M.A.
Subject: European history
Examining the NAEYC early childhood program standards and accreditation criteria for evidenced based practices to address challenging behavior
Blackwell, Kimberly Marie, San Diego State University, 2015, M.S.
Subject: Social research
Using Madagascar hissing cockroaches as research subjects in behavior analysis
Gunnarsson, Karl F., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2013, M.S.
Subject: Behavioral psychology
Beyond Woman, Mystery, and Myth: A Study of Daisy Fay Buchanan in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
Degeyter, Heather Elizabeth, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2015, M.A.
Subject: Literature
Searching the archive of our own: The usefulness of the tagging structure
Dalton, Kelly L., The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2012, M.L.I.S.
Subject: Library science
The effects of fitness level and sex on EPOC following high intensity interval and moderate intensity aerobic exercise
Simmons, Rachel Lauren, Old Dominion University, 2016, M.S.Ed.
Subject: Health sciences
Media Criminology and the Potentially Distorted Social Constructions of Crime
Nightingale, Kristine Anne, University of Windsor (Canada), 2017, M.A.
Subject: Criminology
A critical reception history of Amy Beach's "Gaelic" Symphony
Gerk, Sarah, California State University, Long Beach, 2006, M.A.
Subject: Music
Development and validation of the Toxic Leadership Scale
Schmidt, Andrew Alexander, University of Maryland, College Park, 2008, M.S.
Subject: Occupational psychology
The influence of protest songs on the U.S. public: A Vietnam War perspective
Carrillo, Juan Rene, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2014, M.A.
Subject: Communication
Developing the LGBT minority stress measure
Outland, Pearl L., Colorado State University, 2016, M.S.
Subject: Counseling Psychology
MyMark: A Mobile App Business Plan Proposal
Enriquez, Andres, California State University, Long Beach, 2017, M.S.
Subject: Health care management
Exploring the Existence of a "Documentary Effect": Examination of True Crime Documentaries on Judgments of Evidence Manipulation and Perceptions of Police
Doughty, Kathryn A., Arizona State University, 2018, M.S.
Subject: Law
The box office effects of casting celebrities as replacement actors on Broadway
Santana, Douglas, San Jose State University, 2009, M.A.
Subject: Theater
Directors duties under the CBCA: Shareholder theory versus stakeholder theory consideration of stakeholder theory's legal and moral supremacy
Alexander, Sarah Mehta, University of Toronto (Canada), 2012, LL.M.
Subject: Law
The Quality of Life and the Financial Burden of Living On Campus versus Living Off Campus at The University of West Alabama: A Cost versus Benefit Analysis of Renovating Selden Hall
Sheffield, Jeremy T., The University of West Alabama, 2016, M.B.A.
Subject: Higher education
By-products: Immigration, raids, and meatpacking in rural communities
Hanks, Kevin, Utah State University, 2012, M.S.
Subject: Organizational behavior
The execution of George Stinney, Jr.: A case of legal lynching in South Carolina, 1944
Morse, Rachel Lynne, College of Charleston, 2015, M.A.
Subject: American history
Comparing Welch ANOVA, a Kruskal-Wallis test, and traditional ANOVA in case of heterogeneity of variance
Liu, Hangcheng, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015, M.S.
Subject: Biostatistics