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Dissertations Theses
Theses - February 2025
The Influence of Social Media on Teens' Self-Esteem
Gallagher, Shannon M., Rowan University, 2017, M.A.
Subject: Social psychology
Human trafficking in Western Europe: Addressing the policy implications of supply and demand?
Taylor, Shayna, Indiana University, 2014, M.A.
Subject: European studies
Importance of Effective Leadership for the Success of Mergers and Acquisitions
Berkow, Ken, Pepperdine University, 2017, M.S.
Subject: Management
Respect in the workplace: The journey from understanding to sustaining
MacBeth Shanahan, Lori Leslie, Royal Roads University (Canada), 2009, M.A.
Subject: Management
Pray the Hate Away: Remembering Conversion Therapy through Boy Erased
Miller, Austin Williams, Northern Arizona University, 2019, M.A.
Subject: Communication
Identifying sources of surface water contamination by discriminant analysis of patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli
Sayah, Raida Sayah, Michigan State University, 2004, M.S.
Subject: Veterinary science
Journaling, emotional intelligence, and health benefits
Hunsaker, Ryan, University of South Dakota, 2013, M.A.
Subject: Clinical 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
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
Teaching flowering plant anatomy and physiology using a student-conducted research investigation of the Wisconsin Fast Plants
Hoekwater, Michael Scott, Michigan State University, 1996, M.S.
Subject: Science education
The relationship between remote work and job satisfaction: the mediating roles of perceived autonomy, work-family conflict, and telecommuting intensity
Schall, Marie Antoinette, San Jose State University, 2019, M.S.
Subject: Psychology
Chivalry in "Huckleberry Finn"
Bryson, Kathy, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2010, M.A.
Subject: American literature
Streaming in Ontario High Schools: Exploring Student Experiences
Tsuchida, Jenna, University of Toronto (Canada), 2016, M.A.
Subject: Education
Positive and Negative Effects of Social Media on Adolescent Well-Being
Kennedy, Katie, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2019, M.S.
Subject: Health education
Development and validation of the Toxic Leadership Scale
Schmidt, Andrew Alexander, University of Maryland, College Park, 2008, M.S.
Subject: Occupational psychology
Investigating the Prevalence and Risk-Factors of Depression Symptoms among NCAA Division I Collegiate Athletes
Cox, Charles, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2015, M.S.
Subject: Kinesiology
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
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
Defying conventional Broadway: A post-feminist criticism of "Wicked"
Bee, Stephani, California State University, Fullerton, 2012, M.A.
Subject: Rhetoric
Parasocial relationships with celebrities: An illusion of intimacy with mediated friends
Laken, Amanda, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2009, M.A.
Subject: Journalism
Facebook and Relationships: A Study of How Social Media Use is Affecting Long-Term Relationships
Farrugia, Rianne C., Rochester Institute of Technology, 2013, M.S.
Subject: Mass communication
The Effects of Makeup on Women's Self-Esteem
Garcia, Lisa A., Kaplan University, 2016, M.S.Psy.
Subject: Counseling 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
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
Movement Patterns in the Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) in Urbanized and Rural Environments
Howard, Jeremy, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2019, M.S.
Subject: Zoology
Beads: Symbols of Indigenous Cultural Resilience and Value
Gray, Malinda Joy, University of Toronto (Canada), 2017, M.A.
Subject: Cultural anthropology
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
Social media use and self-esteem in undergraduate students
Pineiro, Carly R., Rowan University, 2016, M.A.
Subject: Social research
Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
Goins, Kaitlin Elyse, The University of Alabama, 2016, M.A.
Subject: Communication
Romantic relationships and social media use: The emergence and management of relational dialectics
Lutovsky, Bethany Rose, North Dakota State University, 2016, M.A.
Subject: Communication
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
Saturday Night: A live-ly discussion of SNL's influence on American popular culture
Kreller, Sandra, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2014, M.A.
Subject: American history
Bridging the Stereotypical Gap from the Past to the Present: An Analysis of African American Stereotypes through "The Boondocks"
Addo, Tiffany, State University of New York at Albany, 2017, M.A.
Subject: American literature
Social Networks and Internet-Facilitated Child Exploitation: A Review of Existing Material and Call for Research
Ramdass, Tejwantie, Utica College, 2016, M.S.
Subject: Computer science
A study in morality: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
Asim, Tishna M., San Diego State University, 2016, M.A.
Subject: British & Irish literature
A Study of the History of Cryptocurrency and Associated Risks and Threats
Madey, Robert Stanley, Utica College, 2017, M.S.
Subject: Computer science
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
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima: A reasonable and just decision
Navarro, Montaniel S., Georgetown University, 2010, M.A.L.S.
Subject: American history
Some social effects of the radio
Thacker, William Jennings, University of Southern California, 1942, A.M.
Subject: Mass communication
The influence of radio advertising on elementary school children
Troeger, Dorothy E., University of Southern California, 1937, M.S.
Subject: Marketing