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Dissertations Theses
Theses - November 2025
The Influence of Social Media on Teens' Self-Esteem
Gallagher, Shannon M., Rowan University, 2017, M.A.
Subject: Social psychology
Horror movie aesthetics: How color, time, space and sound elicit fear in an audience
Fu, Xiangyi, Northeastern University, 2016, M.F.A.
Subject: Design
Examining Aquatic Facility Managers' Content Knowledge of Emergency Response Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
Wujcik, Emily, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2017, M.S.
Subject: Sports Management
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
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
Fast fashion meets luxe: A case study of the brand strategy and consumer perceptions of forever 21
Petett, Tiffanie Karen Shantel, University of Southern California, 2013, M.A.
Subject: Communication
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
College, Roommates, and Cohabitation: An Understanding of Roommate Relationships, Stress, and Coping as Explained Through the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping
Biggers, Denisha R., San Diego State University, 2017, M.A.
Subject: Communication
Positive and Negative Effects of Social Media on Adolescent Well-Being
Kennedy, Katie, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2019, M.S.
Subject: Health education
Journaling, emotional intelligence, and health benefits
Hunsaker, Ryan, University of South Dakota, 2013, M.A.
Subject: Clinical psychology
Respect in the workplace: The journey from understanding to sustaining
MacBeth Shanahan, Lori Leslie, Royal Roads University (Canada), 2009, M.A.
Subject: Management
Communicative Approach to Learning Languages - Arabic as a Model
Al-Hallaq, Eman Mohammed Saeed, Qatar University (Qatar), 2017, M.A.
Subject: Linguistics
Deviant sexuality in Victorian closets: Homosexuality in nineteenth-century literature
Vulich, Di Ann Fay, Western Illinois University, 2016, M.A.
Subject: British & Irish literature
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
Political Participation and Political Violence in Advanced Democracies
Hatungimana, William, University of Kansas, 2018, M.A.
Subject: Political science
Variation in Emotional Markers Between Serial Killers Diagnosed with ASPD and Those Currently Undiagnosed
Leszkiewicz, Tina, Hofstra University, 2016, M.A.
Subject: Social 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 World of Spirituality: Princess Mononoke interpreted through Shinto
Kayano, Terumi, Hawaii Pacific University, 2009, M.A.
Subject: Rhetoric
A qualitative study of Grandview Training School and Grandview survivor healing strategies
Dubinsky, Sonia Marie, The University of Regina (Canada), 2007, M.S.W.
Subject: Social work
Defying conventional Broadway: A post-feminist criticism of "Wicked"
Bee, Stephani, California State University, Fullerton, 2012, M.A.
Subject: Rhetoric
In History No One Can Hear You Scream: Feminism and the Horror Film 1974-1996
Mehls, Robert, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2015, M.A.
Subject: Film studies
Language, Tagalog Regionalism, and Filipino Nationalism: How a Language-Centered Tagalog Regionalism Helped to Develop a Philippine Nationalism
Porter, Christopher James, University of California, Riverside, 2017, M.A.
Subject: Asian studies
Development and validation of the Toxic Leadership Scale
Schmidt, Andrew Alexander, University of Maryland, College Park, 2008, M.S.
Subject: Occupational psychology
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH FOR IVA FRUTESCENS AND BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA.
AIRALL, ALICE ANN, American University, 1970, M.S.
Subject: Botany
The influence of ideal similarity on the relation between self-discrepancy and attraction
Hall, Natalie J., Loyola University Chicago, 2014, M.A.
Subject: Personality psychology
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
Parasocial relationships with celebrities: An illusion of intimacy with mediated friends
Laken, Amanda, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2009, M.A.
Subject: Journalism
Elegy for a lost tomorrow: Representations of loss in the works of Isao Takahata
Lack, Jonathan R., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2015, M.A.
Subject: Film studies
Canada, the Perpetrator: The Legacy of Systematic Violence and the Contemporary Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Ancil, Gabriel Sy, Indiana University, 2018, M.A.
Subject: Women's studies
Sororities, interpersonal relationships and skills, and a dialogical perspective
Fresques, Jessica L., Gonzaga University, 2013, M.A.
Subject: Communication
Public Opinion About Police Use of Body-Worn Cameras
Paulsen, Deanne, The University of North Dakota, 2016, M.S.
Subject: Psychology
A Dark Reflection of Society: Analyzing Cultural Representations of State Control in Black Mirror
Huber, Carl R., Eastern Kentucky University, 2017, M.S.
Subject: Criminology
Our Sunken Place: "Post-Racial" America in Jordan Peele's Get Out
Hughes, Brooke Dianne-Mae, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018, M.A.
Subject: Film studies
The Origins of Culture: An Ethnographic Exploration of the Ktunaxa Creation Stories
Laing Gahr, Tanya, Royal Roads University (Canada), 2013, M.A.
Subject: Communication
The societal allure of fear: Horror films as representations of current day cultural fears
Cooley, Jennifer Nikita, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2015, M.A.
Subject: Film studies
The Effectiveness of Music Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-analysis
Li, Manjing, Arizona State University, 2016, M.M.
Subject: Music
Beads: Symbols of Indigenous Cultural Resilience and Value
Gray, Malinda Joy, University of Toronto (Canada), 2017, M.A.
Subject: Cultural anthropology
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
Ktunaxa Knowledge and Governance: Reframing Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management
Kapell, Nicole, Royal Roads University (Canada), 2019, M.A.
Subject: Environmental management
Your brother's blood: An interdisciplinary commentary on Genesis 4:1--16
Head, Thomas Lee, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2000, M.A.
Subject: Middle Eastern literature
Aplicacion de conceptos de gestion de proyectos y gestion de riesgo en el desarrollo de productos nuevos en el campo de tecnologia de informacion
Aguilar Ramos, Catherine, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (Puerto Rico), 2006, M.E.
Subject: Industrial engineering
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