April 2026
Dissertations
- A Study of Student Involvement Variables in Higher Education Their Influence on Success on the Uniform CPA Examination
Campbell, Linda M., The University of Toledo, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Higher education - Gender socialization in the family
Shearer, Cindy L., The Pennsylvania State University, 2007, Ph.D.
Subject: Developmental psychology - Content Analysis of the Theory Base Used in the Conference Proceedings of the Association of Educational Communications and Technologies
Flynt, Peggy R., Nova Southeastern University, 2014, Ed.D.
Subject: Education - A Narrative Inquiry into the Experience of Being a Victim of Gun Violence Stories from the Victims
Francis, Mary, Widener University School of Nursing, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Nursing - Analysis of Amy Cheney Beach's "Gaelic Symphony", Op. 32
Kuby, Kathryn Amelia, University of Connecticut, 2011, D.M.A.
Subject: Music - Social Media and Self-Evaluation: The Examination of Social Media Use on Identity, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem in Young Female Adults
Solomon, Michelle, William James College, 2016, Psy.D.
Subject: Clinical psychology - Improving decision making in healthcare operations
Dean, Matthew D., University of Connecticut, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Management - Coming of age in American cinema: Modern youth films as genre
Schmidt, Matthew P., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002, Ph.D.
Subject: Film studies - CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY: THE VARIABLE (ING)
HOUSTON, ANN CELESTE, University of Pennsylvania, 1985, Ph.D.
Subject: Linguistics - THE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION OF ENGLISH IN NEW YORK CITY
LABOV, WILLIAM, Columbia University, 1964, Ph.D.
Subject: Linguistics - Women's stories of ecofeminist activism and artistic expression: A transdisciplinary spiritual feminist inquiry into transformative and spiritual connections
Kiel, Jeannette Larino Wooden, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2016, Ph.D.
Subject: Spirituality - Co-creating Spaces of Critical Hope through the Use of a Psychosocial Peace Building Education Course in Higher Education in Protracted Refugee Context: Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
Martin, Staci BokHee, Portland State University, 2018, Ed.D.
Subject: Curriculum development - The anti-Madalyn majority: Secular left, religious right, and the rise of Reagan's America
Sasse, Benjamin Eric, Yale University, 2004, Ph.D.
Subject: American history - Biochemical and structural dissection of the regulation of the apoptotic pathways in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans
Yan, Nieng, Princeton University, 2005, Ph.D.
Subject: Molecular biology - An exploration of attraction through attachment theory: The influence of attachment style in the selection of a romantic partner
Luna, Lydia, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Psychology
KEEPING BUSY: TIME SPENT IN HOUSEWORK, UNITED STATES, 1920-1970.
VANEK, JOANN, University of Michigan, 1973, Ph.D.
Subject: Sociology - The Point of the Needle: An Anthropological Study of Childhood Vaccination in the United States
Brunson, Emily K., University of Washington, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Cultural anthropology - Antecedents, correlates, and outcomes associated with single and three facet models of organizational commitment: A meta-analysis
King, Craig Verl, Kansas State University, 2002, Ph.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology - Servant leadership: A theoretical model
Patterson, Kathleen Ann, Regent University, 2003, Ph.D.
Subject: Management - K- Popping: Korean Women, K-Pop, and Fandom
Kim, Jungwon, University of California, Riverside, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Music - God's shield: The relationship between God attachment, relationship satisfaction, and adult child of an alcoholic (ACOA) status in a sample of evangelical graduate counseling students
Dumont, Karin McPeak, Liberty University, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Counseling Psychology - A study focused on the risk of illness from Escherichia coli in recreational-use water, using the Red Cedar Watershed as a model
Lang, Michael J., Michigan State University, 2004, Ph.D.
Subject: Environmental science - The impact of uniform dress code on attendance, discipline, and academic achievement among students in a South Texas high school
Monroe, Frankie J., Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 2009, Ed.D.
Subject: Secondary education - Erikson's stages of industry versus inferiority and identity versus identity diffusion: An examination of gender differences
Street, Jutta Margarete-Doerfler, North Carolina State University, 1994, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational psychology - Mental Health Outcomes for Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
Leggio, John Nicholas, Adler University, 2018, Psy.D.
Subject: Clinical psychology - Composing Histories: The Transmission and Creation of Historicity, Music and Dance in the Los Angeles Danza Community
Nielsen, Kristina Frances, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Music
SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY AND DELINQUENCY.
WIATROWSKI, MICHAEL DAVID, Portland State University, 1978, Ph.D.
Subject: Criminology
Masters Theses
- 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
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 - 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
Long may she reign: A rhetorical analysis of gender expectations in Disney's "Tangled" and Disney/Pixar's "Brave"
Saladino, Caitlin J., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014, M.A.
Subject: Rhetoric - 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 atomic bombing of Hiroshima: A reasonable and just decision
Navarro, Montaniel S., Georgetown University, 2010, M.A.L.S.
Subject: American history
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
An Analysis of the Ethnographic Significance of the Inupiaq Video Game Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
Williams, Peter Keough, The Florida State University, 2018, M.A.
Subject: Cultural anthropology
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
"Now I Know You Can Rent It:" Queerly Reading Community and Personal Identity in the Musical RENT
Sollecito, Victoria, Sarah Lawrence College, 2011, M.A.
Subject: American history
Jazz influence in two concertos of Aaron Copland
David, Reed, University of Kentucky, 2004, M.A.
Subject: Music
Black power soldiers: How the rising storm of radical black masculinity in the Vietnam War shaped military perceptions of African-American soldiers
Dong, Cheryl Xue, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013, M.A.
Subject: African American studies
In the game of patriarchy: The damsel in distress narrative in video games
Curtis, Erika D., The University of Alabama, 2015, M.A.
Subject: Rhetoric - 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
Getting out without getting strangled: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's solution to Victorian female oppression
McKinzie, Shannon L., University of Wyoming, 2011, M.A.
Subject: American literature
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