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JMU Honors College Capstone Projects
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Finley, Debora 1986 Accounting The Use of Computers in Managerial Accounting Addresses the Role of Computers in
Managerial Accounting
Dec, John 1987 Accounting Arthur Bishop Auditor Independence: Is the Profession Covering the Concepts Adequately
Goldenberg, Michael 1987 Accounting Jim Henrick Purchasing Fraud in the Hospitality Industry: Can the Problem be Controlled?
Markey, Rita 1990 Accounting The Effects of Capital Gains Taxation on Taxpayer Equity, Government Revenue,
and the National Economy
Ruhl, Cynthia 1990 Accounting Kent St. Pierre Ethics in the Accounting Profession: Propaganda or Reality
Thrift, William 1990 Accounting Alexander Gabbin, Ph.D. The Certification Process for Public Accountants: Are Virginia CPAs Ready for
Changes?
McKnight, Mary 1991 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. The Mentor-Protege Relationship in Large Public Accounting Firms
Byrne, Lisa 1992 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. Role Conflict Faced by Accountants Employed by Large Public Firms
O’Neil, Jon Patrick 1992 Accounting Charles P. Baril, Ph.D. Accounting for Income Taxes: The Implementation of FASB Statement No. 96
Dickenson, Lloyd 1995 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. The Harmonization of Accounting Standards in the 21st Century: Will the Anglo-
Saxon/US Model become the Dominant Accounting Model?
Harlow, William 1996 Accounting Donna Street, Ph.D. Measuring the Effect of Financial Reporting Standards 6 & 7 on British Business
Combination Activity
Seltzer, Nathan 2001 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. Evaluating the Success of Whole Hospital Joint Ventures Through Charity Care
Analysis
Ackerman, Stephanie 2004 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. Accounting Fraud in the Telecommunications Industry
Romeo, Theresa 2005 Accounting Robert Richardson, Ph.D. An Examination of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Cybulski, Amanda Kate 2010 Accounting Nancy Nichols, Ph.D. A Study in the Complexity of Tax Law in the United States since the Codification of
the 1986 Tax Code
Bohn, Colby Louise 2011 Anthropology Amy Paugh, Ph.D. Power Hungry: Exploring Family Hierarchies at the Dinner Table
Cross, Kathryn Amanda 2011 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Challenging Traditional Settlement Models: The Movement of Lithie Raw Material
and the Residential Mobility of Native Peoples in the Virginia Blue Ridge MountainsRotsted, Lauren Ashley 2011 Anthropology Clarence Geier, Ph.D. The Economic Effects of Privateering in the Caribbean and Central America on the
European Economies in the 17th-18th Centuries
Wilburn, Jennifer Katherine 2011 Anthropology Richard Roberts Lawler, Ph.D. Epidemiological Survey Of Potential Ebola Zaire Reservoirs
Willhite, Brenton Eric 2011 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Evaluation Aggregation and Warfare in the Prehistoric Southwest: the Construction
Sequences of an Enclosed-Plaza PuebloHands, Ruth 1978 Anthropology Analysis of Aboriginal Settlement Patterns Along a Section of Back Creek in Bath
County, Virginia
Chandler, Kent 1979 Anthropology England Breaking the Mold
Hicks, Diane 1979 Anthropology An Examination of Political Corruption: Maryland as a Case Study
Schimmel, Ellen 1979 Anthropology Perception and Interpersonal Attraction: A Replication
Petke, Rudolph 1981 Anthropology Mary Norm Circle Square and Longways Set: An Ethnohistorical Study of Dance in England
Hiner, Yvonne 1983 Anthropology Comparative Analysis of Children in Need of Services(HINS) and Foster Care
Children (Shenandoah
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Byrnes, Patricia 1986 Anthropology An Examination of the Importance of Social Class Ethos based on the Broom and
Selznick Model of Social Classes to the Stability of American Class Structure and to
the Development of World Views of Individuals of Different Social Locations
Gregory, Florence 1986 Anthropology Women's Pensions: A Fifty-Year Progression to Mediocrity, 1935-1985
Whiteley, Nancy 1986 Anthropology Marriage Enrichment: A Theological and Social Inquiry
Akers, Donna 1988 Anthropology Richard H. Thompson, Ph.D. A Comparison and Contrast of Female Character Type om Selected Appalachian
Novels
Brubaker, Sarah-Jane 1990 Anthropology James L. Steele, Ph.D. An Analysis of the Travelers, Citicorp Merger
Pollack, Michael 1990 Anthropology The Influence of Bushido on Japanese Management Philosophy
Shields, Elizabeth 1990 Anthropology Richard H. Thompson, Ph.D. US Joint Ventures with the World's Sleeping Giant: China
Young, Amy 1990 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Toward a Predictive Model for Aboriginal Settlement in Portions of Northwestern
Rockingham County
Kenny, Erin 1991 Anthropology Richard H. Thompson, Ph.D. Possession Sickness: The Affliction and It's Implications
Richards, Randall 1992 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Archeological Survey of Portions of the Middle River Drainage in Swoope, Virginia
Stone, Rebecca 1992 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Physical and Environmental Factors in Gender Role Origins
Hamlin, Catherine 1993 Anthropology Linda Seligmann Chacaras for Cash: Roles of Women in the Contemporary Guaymi community
Price, Allison 1993 Anthropology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Intimate Interracial(Black-White) Relationships: A Critical Analysis
Holler, Beth 1994 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Folk Medicine in the Casselman Valley
Krause, Katrina 1994 Anthropology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Self-Worth and Sexuality: A Content Analysis of Advertising in Women's Magazines
McClintock, Laura 1994 Anthropology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. A Critical Analysis of Women in the American Indian Movement
Stout, Dietrich 1994 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Language Capacity: Context and
Characteristics
Bigger, Sharon 1995 Anthropology Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. A James Madison University-Shenandoah National Park Partnership: Analysis of
Retrofits for Energy Efficiency at Select Buildings within Shenandoah National Park
Helbig, Dana 1997 Anthropology Ivy Pike Dana Christina: An Atomic Legacy
Wilkins, Michael 1997 Anthropology Clarence Geier, Ph.D. The North River Gap Community in Era of the American Civil War: A Historical
Archaeological Study
Sechrist, Kathryn 1998 Anthropology Richard H. Thompson, Ph.D. The Resurgence in American Home Birthing: An Historical and Ethnographic Study
Garvey, Shannon 2000 Anthropology Laura Lewis, Ph.D. ¿SOSVo seante?: A Study of Historical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Spanish
American Vose
Maust, Trisha 2000 Anthropology William P. Boyer Jr., Ph.D. Journeys Through Time and Meaning: The Mythology of Navajo Sandpainting
Butler, Kimberly 2002 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. As Wholesome as Milk: The Interaction of the Dairy Industry and American Culture
McIntyre, Allison 2002 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. Osteoporosis: An Anthropological Perspective
Thomson, Lena 2002 Anthropology Laura Lewis, Ph.D. Grassroots Organizing and Discourses of Identity Among Mexican Transmigrants in
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Albright, Len 2003 Anthropology George F. Linder, Ph.D. Flip-Flop Graffiti: Street Crime and Social Opinion
Blanchard, Rebecca 2003 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Unveiling: An Investigation of Dance
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Hoofnagle, Bryan 2003 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. A Growing Season at the Staunton/Augusta and Harrisonburg Farmers' markets:
Activating a Locally Derived Organic Discourse
Schultz, Marvin 2003 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. A String of Pearls: Blacks Run Greenway and the Green Infrastructure Movement
Feldman, Valerie 2004 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. The Transgender Experience: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Body Alteration
Mitch, Heather 2004 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. The Understanding: Vampires, Werewolves and Gamers: Real Life and Imagined
Worlds in the Camarilla Fan Club
Semeraro, Dominique 2004 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. Human Retroversion: Investigation of a New Method of Measurement
Abbot, Allison Jane 2005 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Ethnohistories of Newtown: Excavating and Reconstructing the Racialized Past of
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Ahmed, Naheed 2005 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Female Circumcision: Notions of Bodiliness and Deconstructing the Human Rights
Discourse
Herz, Sara 2005 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Converging Natures: An Ethnographic Look Into Tom Brown's Tracking, Nature, and
Wilderness Survival School
Mayhew, Linsey 2005 Anthropology Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D. Mediated Community: Imagining Identity Through Unlicensed Radio
Bredthauer, Alison 2006 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Southern Connections: A Discussion of Mesoamerican Influences
Atkins, Ashley Layne 2007 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Pamunkey Indian Craft Production: Ceramic Traditions and the Non-Native
Influence
Nelson, Kara Alese 2007 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Nonhuman Primates and the Origin of Infectious Disease
Bickham, Joanna Felts 2008 Anthropology Andrea Wiley, Ph.D. The Evolution of the Distinctive Sclera in Humans
Crawford, Katie Lynn 2008 Anthropology Amy Paugh, Ph.D. The Feast and the Photograph; Masking and the Grotesque Among College Students
Metcalfe, Claire Mary 2008 Anthropology Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. A Holistic Approach to Understanding Cholera in the 21st Century
Tarabek, Julianne Elizabeth 2009 Anthropology Julie Solometo, Ph.D. Technology Change and Lethality in Projectile Points: A Southwest Case Study
Britz, Jacqueline Baker 2010 Anthropology Jennifer E. Coffman, Ph.D. The Keiskamma Project: The Implication of Social Factors On the Prevention and
Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Hamburg, South Africa
Burns, Meredith Jane 2010 Anthropology Liam Buckley, Ph.D. Language Acquisition in Harrisonburg's ELL Immigrant Population
DeMeo, Emily Beth 2010 Anthropology Mieka Polanco, Ph.D. Belief that Heals: Tibetan Medicine and Buddhism in Ladakh, India
Osborne, Daniel Robert 2010 Anthropology Daniel Robert Osborne The Development of Kiva Architecture at Gran Quivira: Identifying Temporal
Change and Possible Sources of Cultural Influence
Jason-Matthews, Alexis Roberta 2011 Art History Maureen Shanahan, Ph.D. Science, Magic and Women: The Art of Remedios Varo
Miles, Theresa Jeanne 2011 Studio Art Karin Tollefson-Hall, Ph.D. The Benefit of Art Education for Home Schooled Students: Theme-based Approach
using Art to Connect Students to the World Around Them
Burton, Laura Marie 2011 Biology Carol A. Hurney, Ph.D. Gone with the Wnt: the Cloning and Sequence Analysis of Wnt8 in Hemdactylium
scutatum
Cunningham, Colleen Catherine 2011 Biology Suzanne C. Baker, Ph.D. The Effect of Auditory Stimuli on the Behavior of Dogs Housed in an Animal Shelter
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Fiori, Michele Christine 2011 Biology Tim Bloss, Ph.D. The role of LET-60 and ICD-1 in suppressing developmental apoptosis in
Caenorhabditis elegans
Ford, Lauren Ashley 2011 Biology Steven G. Cresawn, Ph.D. Analyzing Mycobacteriophage LeBron's Integration into Mycobacterium smegmatis
Herlihy, John Henry 2011 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana B-Amylase9
Mainiero, Samantha Ann 2011 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Analysis of a Putative Nuclear Localization Signal in BAM8 and Investigations of
Possible Dimerization of BAM7 and -8 in Arabidopsis
Myers, Jillian Michelle 2011 Biology Reid N. Harris, Ph.D. The Synergistic Interaction of Rana muscosa Antimicrobial Peptides and the
Bacterially produced Metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol on the Mortality of the
Zoospores of a Lethal Amphibian Fungal PathogenSafavi, Frough Navab 2011 Biology Marta Bechtel, Ph.D. Optimization of Protocols and Assessment of the Effect of Co-Culture of Stromal
Fibroblasts with Endothelial Cells On Protein and Gene Expression in the Rabbit
Cornea Wound Healing ModelTrachtman, Nora Leslie 2011 Biology Terrie K. Rife, Ph.D. The Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on the Transcription of Nitric Oxide Synthase 1
White, Chelsea Lynne 2011 Biology Steven G. Cresawn, Ph.D. Identification of Cytotoxic Genes in a Novel Mycobateriophage, LeBron
Adem, Amina Soud 2011 Biotechnology Louise M. Temple, Ph.D. Functional Characterization of Novel Surface Proteins in Bordetella avium
Gandia, Natasha Cecilia 2011 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Income Inequality in Two Latin American Countries: A Comparative Case Study of
the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica
Maisel, Amanda Leigh Marcia 2011 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Mechanism of Lacritin's Antimicrobial Activity
SanJak, Jaleal Salah 2011 Biotechnology Victoria L. Mariani, Ph.D. Preparation for study of conformational stability differences between 'normal' and
extremophilic 5Enolpryruvylshikimate-3-phosphate SynthasesDavis, Robert Woods 2011 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. Polycephalic Amphiphiles as Novel Antimicrobial Agents
Walton, Lindsay Reine 2011 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. Ruthenium Complexes Containing Phosphine Phosphine Oxide Ligands
Wiggins, Patrick Joseph 2011 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. Amphibian Chemical Defense: Examining the Versatility of Janthinobacterium
lividum and Determining Antifungal Metabolites from Several Other Cutaneous Beam, Irene Ann 2011 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Cynthia O'Donoghue, Ph.D. Brain Injury 101: An Educational Module for Caregivers, First Responders, and
ProfessionalsCombs, Emily Ann 2011 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Lincoln Gray, Ph.D. Perception of Details in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Conahan, Caitlin Tara 2011 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Rory A. DePaolis, Ph.D. Manipulation and making connections between babble and a mobile
Dubas, Emily Melissa 2011 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Cynthia O'Donoghue, Ph.D. Access to Care Following Acquired Brain Injury: The Perspective of Survivors
Huber, Meghan Margaret 2011 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Vicki Reed, Ph.D. The Effects of Narrative Elicitation Task on the Verb Morphological Patterns of
Older Adolescents with and without Specific Language ImpairmentIlenko, Sara Anne 2011 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Rory A. DePaolis, Ph.D. Infant Language Development and the Impact of Caretaker Vocalizations
O'Malley, Elizabeth Ann 2011 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Kia N. Johnson, Ph.D. Examining the Influence of Parental Socialization on the Temperament of Children
Who StutterStorrie, Danielle Marie 2011 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Mary Slade, Ph.D. Theory of Mind and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Carlisle, Melody Keolamaikai 2011 Communication Studies Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Disrupting the Binary: No Longer Victim or Survivor
Price, Elizabeth Ashleigh 2011 Communication Studies Michael Smilowitz, Ph.D. Business Use of New Media
Sautter, Katherine Gilbert 2011 Communication Studies Aimee Brickner, M.A. "U Wanna Meet Up L8r?" An Exploratory Study of Drunk Texting Among College
Students as a Communication PhenomenonSchey, Andrea Dorothy 2011 Communication Studies John Stone, Ph.D. Analysis of Persuasive Strategies Employed in Product Placement in a Variety of
Retail Outlets: A Pilot StudyKnorr, Rebecca Anne 2011 Communications Studies Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. The College "Hook-up" Culture: Where's the Commitment?
Luebbers, Ashley Marie 2011 Dietetics Patricia B. Brevard, Ph.D. Evaluation of an Intervention to Decrease Weight Gain in College Freshmen at
James Madison UniversityMiller, William S 1988 Art Robert D. Bersson, Ph.D. Graphic Design versus Fine Art: Is there any Difference?
Vaughan, Jennifer 1988 Art Phillip James Aspects of Art with the Deaf
Petry, Clayton 1989 Art Hospice
Davis, Sandra 1990 Art Illuminations
Abeel, Charity 1992 Art Alan Tshudi Flowerdew Hundred: An Illustrated Booklet
Ward, Terence 1992 Art Kenneth Beer Jr., M.A. Found Object Art in Art History and Over the Authors Couch
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Jerding, Grant 1995 Art Trudy Cole-Zieslanski, M.F.A. Save Yourself: A Comprehensive Campaign to Save Your Earth
McMillan, Judith 1995 Art Masako Miyata Trembling with Hope: A Mixed Media Experience Reflecting the Community Spirit
of Mexico among the Poor
Childress, Michael 1996 Art James H. Crable, H.D.A. Art without Rules: A Show and Critique
Redmond, Amy 1996 Art Trudy Cole-Zieslanski, M.F.A. The Influence of Spain's Cultural, Social, and Aesthetic Characteristics as a Basis for
Design
Cochrane, Laura 1998 Art Rita McCaslin Woodcawing in an Akan Community: Changes in Tradition
Gibney, Erin 1998 Art Peter J. Ratner, M.F.A. Encounter in a Virtual Universe: A Three Dimensional Computer Animation Video
Howard, Staci 1999 Art Rebecca Humphrey Heavenly Imagery: The Introduction of Angels into a Personal Aesthetic
Haber, Nicole 2000 Art Peter J. Ratner, M.F.A. Utopia: A Computer Animation
Martinkosky, Jessica 2000 Art Masako Miyata Schizophrenia, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder in Relation to Art and Artists
Miller, Elizabeth 2000 Art Kenneth Smagaj Contextualizing the Formal: A Body of Work Influenced by Opposing Esthetician's
and Artist's Looks at Contextual and Formal Creations of Art
Eder-Moreau, Eileen Alyse 2011 Elementary Education Dorothy Sluss, Ph.D. A comparative Study of Reading Instruction in Montessori and Public School
Classrooms
Brasseur, Aimee Joy 2011 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Once Upon a Laptop
Underwood, Nichole Elizabeth 2011 English Sian E. White, Ph.D. Rock of Ages Unity and Fragmentation in the Literature of Irish Cultural
Nationalism 1893-1939Winston, Mary 1969 Art and Art History A Study of the Impact of the Bauhaus on the American Home
Dillon, Deborah 1977 Art and Art History Relating the Arts in Art Class
Muzyka, Michael 1977 Art and Art History Investigation of Unique Bronze Lost Wax Casting
Warnock, Karen 1977 Art and Art History A Study of the Variables in Glaze Composition
Grassini, Maebeth 1978 Art and Art History Reflections of the Mystique: A Photographic Exploration
Whetzel, Dennis 1978 Art and Art History Buber's Dialogical Principle of Human and Esthetic Encounter: An
Autobiographical Modification through Technical Combinations of Painting and
Assemblage
Ash, Judith 1979 Art and Art History The Impact of Synesthesia in Nature Expressed through Water- and Oil-based Paints
Flaherty, Catherine 1979 Art and Art History The Establishment and Organization of Artworks Gallery, a Facility for Exhibition of
Student Work
Hess, Carolyn 1979 Art and Art History Art and the Basics: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Holmas, Joanne 1979 Art and Art History An Exploration of the Meanings and Methods of Raku
Lancaster, Elizabeth 1979 Art and Art History Reading and Language Arts Taught through Art
Mason, Katharine 1979 Art and Art History The Use of Art Therapy as a Vehicle for Non-verbal Expression of Emotional and
Psychological Growth in Educational and Psychiatric Settings
Minter, Dale 1979 Art and Art History A Visual Investigation of Interiors
Harding, Linda 1980 Art and Art History Laurie Apreston Emphasis of Line in Painterly Painting
Holden, Polly 1980 Art and Art History Color and Motion in Oil Painting
Jonassen, Dianne 1981 Art and Art History German influences on the Early Arts of the Shenandoah Valley
Lawrence, Patricia 1981 Art and Art History Teaching Art to the Hearing Impaired
Jones, Dorothy 1986 Art Education Benefits of Art in the Development of Children with Autistic Behavior
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Way (Morgan), Ericka Lynn 1997 Art Education Phillip James Guiding Art: How Early Childhood Teachers Can Help Children Maintain their
Creativity in the Visual Arts
Gregory, Marcia 1990 Art History Linda Cole Sources for the Italianism of lnigo Jones
Purvis, Betsy 1991 Art History Martha Caldwell Images and Symbols in Prehistoric Art
Crider, Eva 1992 Art History Linda Cabe Halpern, Ph.D. A Lofty but Extravagant Imagination: Henry Fuseli in the Context of Eighteenth
Century British Academic Art
Loftin, Keelan 2001 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D Artistic Interpretations of a Multifaceted Heroine: Joan of Arc from Voltaire to the
July Monarchy
Phung, Jennifer 2001 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D From Hero To Legend: Napoleonic Propaganda From the first Empire To the July
Monarchy
Denton, Kathryn 2002 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D Representing Women: The Art of Frida Kahlo, Miriam Shapiro and Barbara Kruger
Eisley, Rachel 2005 Art History Sarah Warren The Modern from the Traditional: Unearthing the Root of Kazimir Malevich's
Paintings and Writings In the Russian Orthodox Aesthetic
Christoph, Sara 2006 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D The Rebirth of Romantic Nationalism in Bohemia
Botwinick, Alexandra Beth 2007 Art History Dennis Charles Beck, Ph.D. Vito Acconci: Experimenting with Aspects of the Individual Self Identity through
Performance Art
Camphouse, Briton Curtis 2008 Art History Linda Cabe Halpern, Ph.D. Italian Light in the Catskills: Claude Lorrain's Influence on the American Landscape
Paintings of Thomas Cole
Stewart, Carolyn Ann 2008 Art History David H. Ehrenpreis, Ph.D Relating to Art: The Creation of an Interdisciplinary Art Gallery on the JMU
Campus
Fertitta, Jr., Terry Michael 2011 Geology Steven J. Baedke, Ph.D. Aqueous geochemical study of Blacks Run, Harrisonburg, V A, with regards to
potential impacts of salts and nutrient loading as a result of seasonal changesCreasy, Marian Helene 2011 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Impact of Major on Sleep Perceptions and Behaviors: A Survey of Undergraduate
Students in Virginia
Doss, Kala Michelle 2011 Health Sciences Theresa M. Enyeart Smith, Ph.D. Investigating the Communicable Disease Rates compared to Hand Washing
Techniques observed at James Madison University Fall 2010
Lukschander, Megan Kristine 2011 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Attitudes Toward Abortion in Pre-Medicine Students
Morrissey, James Joseph 2011 Health Sciences Todd M. Sabato, Ph.D. HIV Prevention: An African American and South African Community Perspective
Squier, Meghan Kathleen 2011 Health Sciences Audrey J. Burnett, Ph.D. Assessment of Quality of Life of Adult Day Service Participants
Vaughan, Mark Taylor 2011 Health Sciences Georgia NLJ Polacek, Ph.D. The Impacts of Virginia Legislation Regarding Smoking in Restaurants: A Study of
Restaurants in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Poplstein, Shannon Marie 2007 Athletic Training Connie Peterson, Ph.D. The Correlation between the Shoulder and Hip range of motion in College-Aged
Baseball Players
Wheat, Laura Marie 2011 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Utilization of the Health Belief Model to form a Comparison of the Perceptions,
Knowledge and Behaviors Concerning Risks for Cardiovascular Disease in Health Arrington, Ryland 1976 Biology The Effects of Temperature upon Selected Ventilatory Parameters of Rainbow Trout,
Salmo gairdneri
Ringer, Duane 1976 Biology Ribonuclease Activity in Rana Pipiens
Lauver, Anne 1977 Biology An Investigation of Plasma Protein Alteration in Response to Chlorine Exposure of
Rainbow Trout
Lawerence, Robin 1977 Biology Some Aspects of Copper Toxicity in Chlamydomonas Reinhardti
Lawson, William 1978 Biology Visualizing Muscle Sounds
Nichols, Dale 1978 Biology The Effects of Chlorine on the Ventilatory Activity of Rainbow Trout, Salmo
gairdneri
Schurtz, Sandra L. Snyder 1978 Biology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Effect of Dietary Sucrose on the Rate at which Rat Jejunum will Hydrolyze
Sucrose and Absorb Glucose
Bickmeyer, Carol 1979 Biology An In vitro Assay of Hyperglycemic Hormone from the Eyestalk of the Blue Crab,
Callinectes sapidus
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Geer, Kevin 1979 Biology The Effect of Impaired Oxygen Utilization on Lactate Dehydrogenase lsozymes in
Mouse Heart, Liver, and Muscle
Sechrist, Bonnie 1980 Biology The Histopathological Effects of Cadmium in the Mouse Testis
Guertler, Andrew 1981 Biology Cation Concentration and Protein Synthesis in Rat Brains during Aging
Swearengen, Marcia 1981 Biology Optional Conditions for Cytoplasmic and Mitochondrial Malate Dehydrogenase
Activity in Developing Rana Pipien
Dertzbaugh, Mark 1982 Biology The Effect of Interferon and lnterferon Inducers on Murine NK Cellmediated Tumor
cell Cytotoxicity
Bradford, Timothy 1983 Biology Interferon Production and Adherent Properties among Rabbit Alveolar Macrophages
Separated on Discontinuous Percoll Gradients
DeGraaff, Doreen 1983 Biology The Effect of Chlorination on Oxygen Transport of Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri)
Gills
Harbourne, Kevin 1983 Biology Effects of Centrifugal Force on Functional and Structural Integrity of Rat Liver
Ribosomes
Cummings, Timothy 1985 Biology Timothy E. Nutrient Stores and Molt Mortality in the Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes
sapidus
Hug, Mary 1985 Biology The Phenotype and Function of Subpopulations of Rabbit Alveolar Macrophages
Hauck, Lisanne 1986 Biology The Optimization and Purification of a Protease Produced by Phlyctochytrium
Semiglobossum
Henderson, Ingrid 1986 Biology Effects of Chlorine on the Ability of the Soluble Cellular Components to Support In
vitro Translation by Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) Hepatic Ribosomes
Leonard, Laurie 1986 Biology Interaction of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus with Felis catus Whole Fetus
Continuous Cell Line
Malo, Mary 1987 Biology An Electron Microscopic Study of Adenoid Mucose
Rohrer, Mary 1987 Biology Dean W. Cocking, Ph.D Effects of Soil Mercury Content and Acidity on Bioaccumulation by Roots of Varying
Sizes of asclepias syriaca and solidago sp
Carline, Robyn 1988 Biology Jean Acton The Effect of In vivo and In vitro Growth of Tumor Cells on NK Sensitivity and
Surface Antigen Expression
Hyde, Amy 1988 Biology Purification and Partial Characterization of an Extracellular Protease Produced by
Phlyctochytrium Semiglobossum
McQuary, Wendy 1988 Biology Cletus Sellers The Effects of Acidification on the Ventilatory Activity of Rainbow Trout, Salmo
gaidneri
O'Conner, Kathleen 1988 Biology James E. Dendinger, Ph.D. Properties of Trypsin Isolated from the Heptopancreas of the Atlantic Blue Crab
Callinectes sapidus
Walton, Sandy 1988 Biology Jean Acton The Effect of Methotrexate on Murine Natural Killer Cell Mediated Tumor Cell
Cytotoxicity
Kinderman , Pamela 1989 Biology James E. Dendinger, Ph.D. Isolation and Purification of the Chymotrypsin Enzyme Obtained for the
hepatopancreas of the Atlantic Blue Crab , Callinectus sapidus
LaRowe, Susan 1989 Biology James E. Dendinger, Ph.D. Properties of the Chymotrypsin-Like Enzyme Isolated from the Heptopancreas of the
Atlantic Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus
Ludwig, Annette 1989 Biology Douglas E. Dennis, Ph.D. Localization of the Promoter of the Poly-BHydroxybutyrate Biosynthetic Pathway
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Poythress, Edward 1989 Biology Jean Acton Induction of Cross-reactive Cytotoxic tlymphocytes with Influenza A virus and
Dprotein
Walker, Jane 1989 Biology Dean W. Cocking, Ph.D The Effects of pH on Mercury Bioaccumulation by Festuca ovina and Poa pratensis
Lantz, Chris 1990 Biology Jean Acton Partial Characterization of Alveolar Macrophage Subpopulations: Bactericidal and
Lysozyme Activities
Tremain, Amy 1991 Biology Jean Acton The Effects of the Major Psychoactive Component of Marijuana, delta-9-
tetrahydrocannabinol, on Macrophage Protein Secretion
Fondacaro, John 1992 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. A Comparison of Skeletal Elements as an Assay of Genetic Compatibility among
Isolated Populations of the Mole Salamander ambystoma talpoideum
McCracken, Emily 1992 Biology Grace Wyngaard, Ph.D. Chromatin Diminution and Variation in Genome Size in Three Populations of
mesocyclops edax (Crustacea: Copepoda)
Piersall, Linda 1992 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. An Analysis of Population Regulation by Nonlethal injury
Preston, Christina 1993 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Bacterial Diversity in the Gut of a Caribbean Reef Shark (carcharhinus perezii)
Bogert, Allison 1994 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Survival and Plasmid Maintenance of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli in Ground
Water
Hill, Gordon 1995 Biology Dean Cocking, Ph.D. Mercury Accumulation and Growth responses of Daucus Carota Populations
Collected from Mercury Contaminated and Uncontaminated Field Sites
Piermarini, Peter 1995 Biology Dorothy Ann Pabst The Collagen Fiber Architecture of Blubber in the Bottlenose Dolphin (tursiops
truncatus)
Vess, Tomalei 1995 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. Kin Recognition in Larval Four-Toed Salamanders: Avoidance Versus Attraction
Bruett, Linda 1996 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Regulation and Moleculae Characterization of the Urease Produced by a Marine
Bacterium
Daugherty, Brandy 1996 Biology Pat Lord Synthesis of a Drosophila Muscle Segment Homeobox Peptide in Escherichia coli
Lewelt, Aga 1996 Biology William Velhagen Ossification of the Maxilla and Prefrontal in Thamnophiine Snakes
McGrath, Kathryn 1996 Biology Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Analysis of Trinucleotide Microsatellite DNA in the Genome of the Four-toed
Salamander, hemidactylium scutatum
Wright, Paul 1996 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Expressing a Partial A-glucosidase cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana in E. coli
Baker, Kari 1997 Biology Sharon K. Babcock, Ph.D. Caudal Muscle Morphology Across Life history Stages in Three Salamanders
Ferrante, Joy 1997 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Separation and Molecular Characterization of Alpha-glucosidase Proteins in
Arabidosis Thiliana
Gough, Christopher 1997 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. The DNA Sequence of an Arabidopsis a-Glucosidase
Campbell, Erin 1998 Biology Reid Harris, Ph.D. The Effect of Social Environment on the Fitness and Behavior of Hemidactylium
scutatum
Chandler, Leeann 1998 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Using Polyclonal Antibodies to Link Arabidopsis a Glucosidase Partial cDNAs to
Their Corresponding Gene Products
Gorman, Dana 1998 Biology Sharon K. Babcock, Ph.D. Comparison of Caudal Vertebral Morphology in Three Adult Salamanders with
Different Tail Types: Desmognathus quadramaculatus, Desmognathus ocoee, and
Desmognathus wrighti
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Loch, Christian 1998 Biology Jonathan D. Monroe, Ph.D. Localization and Characterization of a-Glucosidases in Cruciferous Plants
Owens, Kerry 1998 Biology Douglas E. Dennis, Ph.D. Strategies for Glass-Bead and Microbiolistic Transformation of the Chlamydomonas
Genomoe with the Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase Gene
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for Study by Ultrafast Electron Transfer Spectroscopy
Hagerman, Justin Michael 2012 Chemistry Yanjie Zhang, Ph.D. Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface as a Platform to Study Amino Acid-Amino
Acid Interactions
Kang, Jindong 2012 Chemistry Debra L. Mohler, Ph.D. The Synthesis of Tripodal Sensitizer for the Study of Long-Range Electron Transfer
across Molecule Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Interfaces As model solar cells
Newman, Bernard William 2012 Chemistry Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D. Biofuel Production and Testing Opportunities
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Swallowing
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Schwalbe, Courtney Leighton 2012 Communication Sciences and
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Vicki Reed, Ph.D. Development of a Coding System for Identifying Speech Disruptions of Adolescents
With and Without Specific Language Impairment
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Aadahl, Heather Ashley 2012 Communication Studies Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. Exploring Connections between Competition and Dialectical Tensions in Female
Friendships: A Qualitative Study
Mees, Lisa Elizabeth 2012 Communication Studies Leigh Nelson, Ph.D. Crisis Communication and Search Engines
Short, Elizabeth Ashley 2012 Communication Studies Sharlene Richards, Ph.D. Testing the Effectiveness of GreeklifeEdu
Colquhoun, Fiona Amy 2012 Computer Information Systems Jeffrey L. May, Ph.D. Alternative- Text Conversion Case Study
Irons, Steven Zachary 2012 Computer Science Christopher J. Fox, Ph.D. An analysis of Predictive and Reactive Software Development Methods
Lazo, Kathleen Leigh 2012 Computer Science David Bernstein, Ph.D. An Educational Game for the Teaching of Discrete Math
Gentile, Heather Rose 2012 Dietetics Tammy L. Wagner, Ph.D. Comprehension of the Nutrition Facts Panel and the Impact on Adult Weight
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Gunsten, Anna Kristin 2012 Dietetics Jeremy D. Akers, Ph.D. BMI and Academic Success in College Students
Meade, Randa LeShae 2012 Dietetics Janet W. Gloeckner, Ph.D. Evaluation of Families, Food, and Fun
Swan, Margery Krasuski 2012 Dietetics Melissa Rittenhouse, Ph.D. Nutrient Intake and Knowledge among College Students
Botello, David Evan 2012 Economics T. Windsor Fields, Ph.D. The Financial Crisis of 2007-2008: A Discussion of the Subprime Mortgage
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Nucleotide Binding to Phosphoglycerate Kinase
Cannon, William Russell 2009 Biotechnology Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. Ion Induced Effects of RecA Structure, Activity, and Stability during Thermal
Unfolding
Coleman, Erin Virginia 2009 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Characterization of Antimicrobial Activity for the Human Tear Protein Lacritin
Martin, Michael Thomas 2009 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Characterization of an Unknown Lacrimal Gland Secretory Protein
Fedkenheuer, Michael 2010 Biotechnology Amanda Glenn Biesecker, The Role of Dengue Virus Envelope Protein in Dengue Induced Arthritis
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Murphy, Robert Logan 2010 Biotechnology Terrie K. Rife, Ph.D. Identification of novel rat Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 first exons
Shinkarow, Lisa Jane 2010 Biotechnology Louise M. Temple, Ph.D. A Secondary Transposon Mutagenesis of Bordetella avium
Pizarro, Jeno Julian 2012 Economics Nicholas J. Swartz, Ph.D. The Prospect of Transforming Blight: New Urban Redevelopment in the Shaw - U
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Sanchez da Costa Faria, Anna Beatriz 2012 Economics John Robert Subrick, Ph.D. Bittersweet Development: The Role of Sugar and Coffee in Brazilian Economic
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Ludwig, Jessica Marie 2012 Elementary Education Pam Sullivan, Ph.D. A Comparison of Two Private School Kindergarten Literacy Programs
Amini, Adib 2012 Engineering Bradley A. Striebig, Ph.D. Designing a Sustainable Health Clinic for SubSaharan Africa
Anderson, Dana Elizabeth 2012 Engineering Bradley A. Striebig, Ph.D. Designing Sustainable Health Clinics for subSaharan Africa
DiMarino, Christina Marie 2012 Engineering Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D. Piezoelectric Oligonucleotide Synthesizer and Microarrayer (POSaM)
Ahmed, Tuba 2012 English Debali Mookerjea-Leonard, Ph.D. Destructive Freedom or Impending Solipsism?: Examining Distorted Female
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Burwell, Lauren Anne 2012 English Robert Inman Majors, M.F.A. The Adventures of Cindy Blaire, which features the misfortunes of Jonathan
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Grant, Rosemary Eileen 2012 English Erica Bleeg, Ph.D. Occupy DC: An Ethnographic Profile
Harrison, Elizabeth Anne 2012 English Brooks E. Hefner, Ph.D. Huck and Holden: The Changing Faces of Adolescence
Patten, Amanda Elizabeth 2012 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. Scrapbook of Lips: An Original Collection of Poetry, Photography and Visual Art
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Pearsall, Alexandra MacKenzie 2012 English Mary Thompson, Ph.D. Gender Inequalities: A Call for Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Prior, William Woolford 2012 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D On the Move in The Grapes of Wrath and On the Road: Change, Mobility, and
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Ragland, Patrick Cameron 2012 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. New Constellations
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Cole, Selina Rose 2012 Geology John T. Haynes, Ph.D. The Development of a Unique Methodology for Point Counting at Outcrop Scale and
Its Application to Paleoenvironmental Trends in a Silurian Stromatoporoid
Biostrome, Highland County, VirginiaPowers, Erika Jeanne 2012 Geology John T. Haynes, Ph.D. A Geologic Walking Tour of Historic Buildings in Downtown Harrisonburg, Virginia
Abdul Ali, Ahmad Khaled 2012 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Can E. coli bacteria access and metabolize for cellular growth phosphate sorbed to
smectite clays?
Mau, Alicia Fay 2012 Health Sciences Polacek, Georgia N.L.J., Ph.D. The Effect of Participation in a Community Gardening Program on Mood of College
Students
Ward, Stefanie Kunigunda 2012 Health Sciences Audrey J. Burnett, Ph.D. The Physical Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Barela, Kathryn Elizabeth 2012 History Michael J. Seth, Ph.D. The American Actions and Influence during the Chinese Civil War: 1927-1949
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Hargreaves, Gregory Allan II 2012 History Kevin L. Borg, Ph.D. Over the Mountain: Linking Economic Watersheds in Canal Era Virginia
Kidd, Gray Fielding 2012 History Kristen L. McCleary, Ph.D. Performance Art and Print: The Propagandistic Relationship of Argentina's Juan
and Eva Peron, 1946- 1955
Stinson, Alexander Dean 2012 History Alison D. Sandman, Ph.D. History Found in Fiction: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey Maturin Series and Its
Engagement with Social Historical Discourse and Understanding
Miller, Michael 1996 Business Nelson Woodard The Bankruptcy of Barings PLC
Guenther, Linda 2001 Business Richard DiGiallonardo The MIDI Connection Bridging Computers and the Arts
Krobath, Lynda 2001 Business J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Jackson: A Texas Conspiracy?
Cook, Scott Matthew 2012 Integrated Science and Technology Anthony A. Teate, Ph.D. Three Dimensional Volumetric Display
Holland, Kettie Fisher 2012 Integrated Science and Technology James L. Barnes, Ed.D. Pedestrian-Transit Only Campus Concept
Kay, Merle 1966 Business Administration The Economic Impact of the Madison College Community on the City of
Harrisonburg
Goeller, Thomas 1976 Business Administration GoeNer's Games for Family Entertainment: A Preliminary Business Plan A complete
business plan for a family entertainment company
O'Neil, Jon 1992 Business Administration Charles P. Baril, Ph.D. Accounting for Income Taxes: The Implementation of FASB Statement No. 96
Toler, Stephanie 1992 Business Administration Harold B. Teer, D.B.A. Expert Systems in Marketing: An Effective Solution to the Marketing Data Explosion
Larkins, Carolyn 1967 Chemistry An Investigation of the Surface Tension of Electrolytic Solutions
Lowry, Connie 1969 Chemistry A Study of the Volatile Flavor Components of Common Fruits with Experimental
Thin Layer Chromatography Research on Esters of Persimmon Lipids
Nelson, Carlton 1975 Chemistry The Photolysis of S, S-Dimethyl N-p-toluene Sulfonyl Sulfilimine
Fitzgerald, Patrick 1976 Chemistry A Study of Liquid Phase Mixing in Gas Chromatographic Mixed Bed Columns
Rice, Gary 1976 Chemistry The Photolysis of Para-methoxy and Paramethyl Phenyl Azides
Skinner, Nancy 1977 Chemistry Determining the Efficiency of a Liquid Chromatograph
White, Kenneth 1977 Chemistry Diels-Alder Reactions of Strained Sigma Bonds
Elliot, Robert 1979 Chemistry Determination of Formation Constants for Complexes of Nucleotides and Several
Polybasic Compounds
Hackney, Stephen 1980 Chemistry A Study of the Reversible Oxidation-reduction Reaction of Ru(lll)(B)(C1)3(H20)
with Ethanol
Rittenhouse, Alice 1980 Chemistry Investigation of a Proposal that Triomithine Inhibits Omifhine Decarboxylase
Simmers, Stephen 1980 Chemistry The Oxidation of Free Radicals by Metal Ions
Hanner, James 1981 Chemistry Eluicidation [sic] of the Kinetics and Mechanism of the Catalytic Oxidation of
Ethanol by Ru(lll)(By)(C1)3(H20)
Hobbs, Susan 1981 Chemistry Synthesis of a Metabolite of a Chemical Carcinogen
Morris, Patricia 1981 Chemistry Photochemical Studies Involving the Ru(II)L3-Cu(II) System in Various Solvents
Aldridge, Samuel 1982 Chemistry Investigation of a Proposal that Triomithine Inhibits Omifhine Decarboxylase:
Metabolic Studies
Wright, Susan 1982 Chemistry Simple Molecular Modeling with the Apple II+ Microcomputer
Locascio, Laurie 1983 Chemistry Synthesis of Diphenylmethyl Radical Precursors
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Neff, Beth 1984 Chemistry Synthesis of Beta-hydroxy Ketones from Betahydroxy Tosylhydrazones
Poudrier, Julie 1984 Chemistry The Effects of Polyamine Analog Chain Length on Complexation with Nucleotides
Kinter, Christopher 1985 Chemistry The Dilithiations of Aromatic Systems
Pastore, Dominick 1985 Chemistry The Effects of Polyamine Chain Length and Rigidity on Complexation with
Nucleotides
Muller, Barbara 1986 Chemistry Complexation of Polyamine Analogs with Adenosine Monophosphate
Burkholder, Thomas 1987 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. Thomas R. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Some Unstable Thionyl and
Sulfonyl Compounds
Clevinger, Roger 1987 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. The Flash Vacuum Themolysis of 2-ethyl-I-butenyl Acetate
Ebadi-Tehrani 1987 Chemistry William Voige Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography as Applied to the Purification of Beta-
ketothiolase
Hamilton, Scott 1987 Chemistry Purification of Beta-ketothiolase Using Dye-ligand Chromatography
Irwin, Laura 1987 Chemistry Frank Palocsay An Improved Synthesis of Ruthenium Tetraphenylporphyrin Carbonyl
Marshall, Elizabeth 1987 Chemistry James Leary A Study Precision in Capillary Gas Chromatography
McLaughlin, Catherine 1987 Chemistry Rapid (4 Hour) Detection of Methicillian-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Using a
Bioluminescence Method
Pettyjohn, Christian 1987 Chemistry An Attempt to Synthesize and Characterize a Bridged Ruthenium Porphyrin
Complex
Holmes, Chris 1988 Chemistry Thomas Deval The Solid State Reaction of Potassium Permanganate and Potassium Iodide
Fagerli, Julian 1990 Chemistry Thomas Deval The Infrared Spectra of the MoOCI, Mo02C12, WOCI, W02C12, Mo02, Mo03,
Mo09, W.309, VOC13, PC13 and P2C14 Gaseous Molecules
Nesselrodt, Dale 1990 Chemistry Benjamin A. DeGraff Jr., Ph.D. The Fate of Diphenylmethyl Radicals in the Presence of Metal Ions
Novak, Mark 1990 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. The Flash Vacuum Themolysis of 2-ethyl-I-butenyl Acetate
Shapiro, Jacqueline 1990 Chemistry D. Daniel Determination of the Rate of Absorption of Calcium Carbonate in the Form of
Limestone by an Acidic Stream
Cosgrove, Gregory 1991 Chemistry Gary P. Crowther, Ph.D. Rearrangements of Nitrogen Ylides
Jones, Catherine 1991 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. The Role of Surface Effects on the Pyrolysis of an Enol Ester
Lee, Maria 1991 Chemistry Benjamin A. DeGraff Jr., Ph.D. Studies on Fluorescent Materials in Highly Organized Media
Waroblak, Michael 1991 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. Direct Pyrolysis/FTIR Investigation of the Decomposition of Polymers
Bergstrom, Nadine 1992 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. The Effect of Changing Temperature and Surface Conditions of the Pyrolysis of
Acetate Ester
Brock, Lori 1992 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. The Thermal Decomposition of Metal Nitrates
Luke, Monica 1992 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. Synthesis and Characterization of a Tosyl Derivative of 4'-hydrozymethylbenzo-15-
crown-5
Sibbald, Morgan 1992 Chemistry Benjamin A. DeGraff Jr., Ph.D. The Effects of State Mixing on Excited State Reactivity
Smith, Elizabeth 1992 Chemistry John Mosbo The Synthesis and Initial Cation Binding Studies of a Isocyano Functionalized Crown
Ether and its Platinum (II) Complex
Shapiro, Marsi 1993 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. & John Mosbo Spectroscopic Studies of Simple Cation Binding by an Isocyano Functionalized
Crown Ether and its Platinum Complex
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Crouch, Melissa 1994 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. The Thermal Decomposition of Various Metal Acetylacetonate Complexes in Vacuo
and in a Water Vapor Atmosphere
Reid, Laurie 1994 Chemistry Ivor T. Knight, Ph.D. Characterization of a Microsatellite DNA Locus in the Four-toed Salamander,
Hemidactylium scutatum
Dattelbaum, Andrew 1995 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. Synthesis and Studies of (nSC5H5)M(CO)[subscript x]R
Dattelbaum, Jonathon 1995 Chemistry William Voige Characterization of Urease from Vibrio carchariae
McFadden, Jill 1995 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. The Synthesis and Studies of Isocyano-ethylsubstituted Crown Ether and its
Transition Metal Complex
Williams, Robert 1995 Chemistry Frank Palocsay A Computer Interface to Predict and Compare Infrared Spectra
Johnson, Tracey 1996 Chemistry Robert C. Atkins, Ph.D. Pyrolysis of Acetate Estus : The Effects of Various Experimental Temperatures and
Surface Conditions on Carboxylic Acid Recovery
McGraw, Dana 1996 Chemistry Gary P. Crowther, Ph.D. A Mechanistic Study of Nitrogen Ylide Rearrangements
Thornberry, Matthew 1997 Chemistry Donna S. Amenta, Ph.D. Syntheses of Crown Ether and Model Crown Ether Ligands for the Study of
Migratory Insertion Reactions of Transition Metal Complexes
Koeckert, Margery 1998 Chemistry John Gilje, Ph.D. The Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum Glycolates
Brewer, Scott 1999 Chemistry Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. A Difference Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Nucleotide Binding to RecA
Sumner, James 1999 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. Vanadium Oxide Degradation of Chlorocarbons
Vestal, Christy 1999 Chemistry Thomas DeVore, Ph.D. Reactions of Various First Row Transition Metal 2, 4-Pentanedionato Complexes in
Chemical Vapor Deposition Processes
Higgins, Bernadette 2001 Chemistry Benjamin A. DeGraff Jr., Ph.D. Luminescent pH Sensors: Factors Affecting Response
Oran, Jenny 2001 Chemistry Tom Gallaner Forensic Analysis of Gunshot Residue
Muth, Jennifer 2004 Chemistry Scott Lewis, Ph.D. Synthetic Studies of 1-Methyl-2-phenylcyclobutene with Diflourocarbene: Direct
Production of 1,3Difluoroaromatics Through a Radical Cation-like Intermediate
Anderson, Amanda 2005 Chemistry John Gilje, Ph.D. A Study of the Decomposition of the Products From the Reactions of Magnesium
Aluminum lsopropoxide with 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde and Catechol
Baylor, Cambria 2006 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. The Characterization of Anti-Fungal Compounds
Crizer, David 2006 Chemistry Kevin Caran, Ph.D. Amphiphilic [2]-Catenanes
Peretich, Michael 2006 Chemistry Thomas Carroll The Kenetic Studies of the Research Between Copper Based Catalyst and 1-Propanol
Segerdell, Carolyn 2006 Chemistry John Gilje, Ph.D. The Synthesis of Substituted Molybdenum Carbonyl Complexes as Potential
Catalysts
White, Ellen 2006 Chemistry Gina MacDonald, Ph.D. Monitoring Substrate Binding of Yeast Phosphoglycerate Kinase
Andrews, Robert Stephen 2007 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. Investigation of Epimerization in Cyclopropane Fragmentation Approach to Oxepane
Synthesis with Applications to Natural Products
Janney, Philip Kenton 2007 Chemistry Daniel Downey, Ph.D. Otolith Microchemistry Determination with LA-ICPMS for Heavy Metals Pollution
Assessment
Roszak, Karolina Zofia 2007 Chemistry Kevin Caran, Ph.D. Synthesis and Colloidal Studies of Biscationic Single Chained Amphiphiles
Zimmermann, Kathryn Jean 2007 Chemistry Brian H. Augustine, Ph.D. Surface Modification and Characterization of POSSbased Acrylic Thin Films
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Bon, Jennifer Lynn 2009 Chemistry Scott Lewis, Ph.D. The Synthesis of Bicyclo[4.20}-7-ene and Other Substituted Cyclobutenes for
Relations with Difluorocarbene
Schwantes, Christian Roger 2010 Chemistry Kevin Minbiole, Ph.D. A Lethal Amphibian Fungus Can Be Inhibited by Antifungal Metabolites from
Cutaneous Mutualistic Bacteria
Knoll, Andrew Jaymes 2012 Integrated Science and Technology David J. Lawrence, Ph.D. Earth-Abundant, Environmentally-Benign Materials for Photovoltaics and Solar
HydrogenStill, Katherine Margaret 2012 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Development of an Immunodiagnostic Assay for Detection of the Novel Human Tear
Protein, Lacritin
Taylor, Jessica Vaughn 2012 Integrated Science and Technology Karim Altaii, Ph.D. Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Assessment at Punta Leona Hotel and Club
Beach Resort, Costa Rica Device-by-Device Energy Consumption and Infrared
Thermography
Delaney, Dana Caroline 2012 International Affairs John W. Hulsey, Ph.D. Who Votes? A Cross-National Study of Voter Participation
Jepsen, Laura Nicole 2012 International Affairs John Scherpereel, Ph.D. Questioning the European Union What Factors Cause Euroscepticism?
Kazickas, Annalina Blakeslee 2012 International Affairs Robin L. Teske, Ph.D. Determining Genocide's Causes: A Comparative Study of Rwanda, Uganda and
Tanzania
Lasky, Samuel Martin 2012 International Affairs John W. Hulsey, Ph.D. Causes of U.S. Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Era
Ridderhof, Frances Corinne 2012 International Affairs Yi Edward Yang, Ph.D. When to Send In the Troops: Factors Affecting Decisions to Aid Alliance Partners
Militarily
Sharon, Alicia Michelle 2012 International Affairs Andreas Broscheid, Ph.D. Civil Liberties in War Time: An Examination of Civil Liberty Reductions in America
Asgari, Armun Jonathan 2012 International Business Robert Horn, Ph.D. The Failure of American Automakers in the American Market
Owen, James Conally 2012 Justice Studies Jacquelin K. Buffington- Vollum, Ph.D. An Examination of Ageism in Recent New York Times Articles
Quaglio, Caroline Renee 2012 Justice Studies Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Human Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Policy Analysis and
Recommendations
Weisenburger, Eva M 2012 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Hail Holyrood! The Future of Scottish Nationalism
Albert, Erin Leigh 2012 Kinesiology Nicholas D. Luden, Ph.D. Onset Age of Exercise and Musculoskeletal Physiology
Goldsmith, Evan Matthew 2012 Kinesiology Cara W. McFadden, Ph.D. Athletic Compliance Violations And Benefits for NCAA Athletic Programs
Gross, Melinda Christine 2012 Kinesiology Michael J. Saunders, Ph.D. Effects of Post-exercise Nutrient Intake On Muscle Recovery Following a 26.2 Mile
Marathon
Oakerson, Ashley Lauren 2012 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The independent effects of diet-induced weight loss and exercise on fibrinolysis in
sedentary postmenopausal women
Parker, Erin Lynn 2012 Kinesiology David J. Shonk, Ph.D. The Impact of Social Media on Sports Marketing
Zozos, Jessica Ann 2012 Kinesiology M. Kent Todd, Ph.D. Carotid, Brachial, and Popliteal Intima-Media Thickness in Trained and Untrained
Middle-Age and Older Men
Brooks, Mollie Angela 2012 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. A Survey of Corporate Philanthropy
Fallon, Meredythe Brooke 2012 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. What's Next for the Entrepreneur Graduate?
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Merz, Jessica Paige 2012 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. "The Effects of Exclusive Contracts on Organizational Competitiveness"
Richardson, Alyssa Shiree 2012 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. The Effects of Feminism and Gender on the Organization
Belskey, Christine Elizabeth 2012 Media Arts and Design John E. Guiniven, Ph.D. The History of Advertising and Its Impact on American Women
Leuschner, Katherine Elizabeth 2012 Media Arts and Design John E. Guiniven, Ph.D. The Use of the Internet and Social Media in U.S. Presidential Campaigns: 1992-2012
Combs, Katlyn Nicole 2012 Modern Foreign Languages Belkys Marina Fernandez- Torres, Ph.D. A Guide to Cultural Competence: For Healthcare Professionals Providing Services to
Latino American Patients
Iekel, Emily Katharine 2012 Modern Foreign Languages Tomas Regalado-Lopez, M.A. Un mapa fidedigno, or a Reliable Map: A Bilingual Exploration of Poetry of Anibal
Nunez Through Analysis and Annotated Translation
Harrell, Tod 2001 Chemistry and Physics W. Christopher Hughes, Ph.D. Photoelctochemical Ethics of III-V Compound Semiconductors
McLeod, Tyler Crofton 2012 Modern Foreign Languages Lucy Damaris Cartagena- Morris, M.A.
Chen, Rebecca Lin 2012 Music Paulo R. Steinberg, D.M. Brazilian Piano Through The Ages: A Look at the Development in Style Through the
Context of Social Issues and Historical Influences
Hensler, Martha Louellen 2012 Music Kevin McMillian, M.M. "A Duet Recital from Preparation to Performance" Preparing and Performing Duets
from a Variety of Styles, Time Periods, and Instrumentation
Aronson, Laurence 1976 Communication Comm 499: Honors in Communications, Project Report
James, Steve 1977 Communication An Analysis of the News Coverage of the 1976 U.S. Senate Race in Virginia.
VanLear, Arthur 1977 Communication Jimmy Carter's Ethos: A Rhetorical Analysis
Shepherd, Henry 1978 Communication The Department of Communication Arts: A Documentary
Saffelle, Jeffrey 1980 Communication Action for Children's Television--It's Role in the Determination of Broadcast Policy
Sedgwick, Nancy 1982 Communication Movement--A Basis for Acting, Mime, and Dance
Butswinkas, Dane 1983 Communication An Investigation of Electronic Journalism in American Courtrooms
Gallimore, Amy 1986 Communication Bonhoeffer: An Original Historical Drama
Gibson, Kim 1986 Communication TV vs. Newspapers: User Preference Among Freshmen and Seniors at James
Madison University.
Dochtermann, Erik 1987 Communication Thomas O'Conner, M.F.A. The Changing Face of the American Television Commercial
Dearth III, Edgar 1988 Communication David Holdridge Decision '85: The Virginia Democrats' Groundbreaking Sweep
Williams, Lesley 1988 Communication A Comparison of Press Freedom in Private and Public Colleges in Virginia
Zehmer, Adrian 1988 Communication James O. Benedict, Ph.D. The Marriage of Religion and Television; For Better or Worse?
Carey, Catherine 1989 Communication Alan Neckowitz, Ph.D. USA Today; More than Junk-Food Journalism?
Landry, Robert 1989 Communication Jr. High Definition Television: The Effects of the Introduction of New Technology on
the Global Broadcast Continuum
Williamson, Vicki 1989 Communication Charles Turner Following Media Models: What Television Tells About Women
Callahan, Kerry 1996 Communication Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Assessment of Children with Autistic Disorder using the Autism Screening
Instrument for Educational Planning
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Fletcher, Laura 2003 Communication Rex Fuller Mediation and the Courts: A Multi-state Investigation and Analysis
Karapetian, Kristen 2003 Communication Michael Smilowitz, Ph.D. The Utilization of the Internet as a Public Relations Tool in Spain
Kulkin, Joanna 2003 Communication Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Women Communicating About Their Bodies
Martin, Elizabeth 2003 Communication Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. Containing the Female: A Dramatistic Analysis of Gender Roles in Teen Films
Rudman, Sarah 2003 Communication Melissa Wood Aleman, Ph.D. The Construction of Gender in Sexual Harassment Training Material: A Narrative
Analysis
Welsh, Susan 2003 Communication Anne Gabbard-Alley Communication Strategies Utilized by Physicians with Breast Cancer Patients
Fitzgerald, Kimberly 2004 Communication Peter K. Bsumek, Ph.D. War Rhetoric, Popular Culture and Celebrity Dissent: A Rhetorical Analysis of the
"Dixie Chicks Controversy"
Bradley, Corianne 2005 Communication John Stone, Ph.D. Effects of Identification on Perceptions of Celebrity Morality
Gunlicks, Laura 2005 Communication Eric M. Fife, Ph.D. Ageism in the Medical Encounteer: Exploring the Elderly Patient-Physician
Relationship
Bihn, Elizabeth Wells 2009 Communication Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Investigating the Auditory Environment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and its
Potential Effect on Babies' Hearing
Lo, Wenjing Claire 2012 Music Eric K. Ruple, D.M.A. Visions de l'Amen: A Comprehensive Portrayal of Olivier Messiaen's Faith and
Musical LanguageBlaney, Molley 1995 Communication Sciences and
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Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Meniere's Disease: A Case for Holistic Treatment
Crawford, Jennifer 1995 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Nancy O'Hare Analyses of the Current and Projected Education and Training of TBI Care
Specialists in Virginia's Long-term Care Facilities
Dunlap, Kathryn 1995 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Charles Runyan, Ph.D. A Comparative Study of Public School Speech-Language Pathologists in Virginia:
1982 vs. 1994
Swartz, Stephanie 1995 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Predicting Academic Success in the Speech-Language Pathologists in Virginia: 1982
vs. 1994
White, Anna 1995 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Admission Profile for Graduate Students in Speech Language Pathology
Conlin, Shiree 1996 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Changes in Attitudes toward Children who Speak Appalachian English
Schmecht, Jeanne 1996 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Combined Use of Spoken Language and Sign Language in Children with Hearing
Losses
Miles, Michelle 1997 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Maynard D. Filter, Ph.D. Perceptions of Three American Regional Dialects
Toth, Pamela 1997 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Therapeutic Effectiveness of the CAFET in an Intensive Treatment Approach
Gallahue, Kirsten 1998 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Velo-cardio-facial Syndrome: A Case Study
Toelle, Diana 1998 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Inclusion Philosophy: The Placement of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Wehner, Megan 1998 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Sensory Integration Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology for Individuals
Diagnosed with Autistic Disorder
Blank, Jessica 1999 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Charles Runyan, Ph.D. The Fluency Rules Program and a Special Needs Child: A Case Study
Keating, Carolyn 2000 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Brenda Seal, Ph.D. American Sign Language: Its Status in Virginia's Secondary and Higher Education
Institutions
Guschke, Jane 2001 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Brenda Seal, Ph.D. The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in the Prevocational and Vocational
Training of the Autistic
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McCathran, Jennifer 2001 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Michael L. Gottfried, Ph.D. Speech Rate in Individuals with Ataxic Dysarthria Caused by Traumatic Brain Injury
Block, Christa 2002 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Charles Runyan, Ph.D. Myofunctional Therapy: A Historical Perspective
Kirkpatrick, Sara 2002 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Rory A. DePaolis, Ph.D. The Role of Prosody in Infant Speech Recognition Ability
MacAskill, Meredith 2002 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Clinton W. Bennett, Ph.D. Specific Language Impairment: A Review of Early Intervention and Preschool
Treatment Options
France, Christopher 2003 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Robert R. Hinkle, Ph.D. The Influence of Low-Pass Filtering on the Performance of Normal Hearing
Listeners on a Consonant Nonsense Syllable Test
Riley, Lauren 2003 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Clinton W. Bennett, Ph.D. I'm Thankful for Republicans: An Assessment of the Language of a Child with
Autism
Santra, Lisa 2003 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Maynard D. Filter, Ph.D. The Intelligibility of Spanish Speakers Speaking English
Hanline, Lori 2004 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Charles Runyan, Ph.D. A Comparison of Two Stuttering Severity Paradigms: Time-Interval Analysis versus
Event Based Assessment
Wylly, Sarah 2004 Communication Sciences and
Disorders
Brenda Seal, Ph.D. Ethnographic Research in the Language Learning of Deaf Hispanic Students
Exposed to American Sign Language
Braden, Julia 2005 Communication Sciences and
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Christensen, Deborah 1983 Economics A Comparative Analysis of the 1946 and 1982 Negotiations between the Unified Auto
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O'Hare, Sharon 1983 Economics Regional Variation in Sex Discrimination in the Labor Market
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Hodgkins, Ann 1987 Economics Vardaman Russell Smith, Ph.D. The Economics and Ethics of Pharmaceutical Companies Operating in Less
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Hughes, Rita 1989 Economics Vardaman Russell Smith, Ph.D. Poverty in Britain: A Critical Evaluation of the Thatcher Government Social Security
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Hammond, Leslie 1990 Economics Ruth Smith John Stuart Mill's Philosophy of Human Progress and the Case of Women
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Baiel, Christine 1991 Economics Andrew I. Kohen, Ph.D. Equity and Time Allocation Decisions in a Dual Earner Family: Women, Work and
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Fitzgerald, Janet 1993 Economics Deb Stevens An Assessment of the European Community as an Optimum Currency Area
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Rathbone, Anne 1995 Economics William Wood, Ph.D. The Virginia Wine Industry: An Inquiry Into the Structural Effects of the Virginia
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Anderson, C 1996 Economics Andrew I. Kohen, Ph.D. Occupational Sex Segregation: Investigations into the Under-representation of
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Baldwin, Kelly 1996 Economics Marina V. Rosser, Ph.D. Issues in Urban Economic Decline: The Case of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Examines
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Gambill, Suzanne 1968 Education A Library Study to Investigate Subtest scaled Score Patterning on the Weschler
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Readers: An Independent Study in Education
Emswiler, Carol 1981 Education A Descriptive Study of Title One Math Programs in Western Virginia
Seidelmann, Holly 1986 Education Literary Treatment of Sexuality in Selected Adolescent Titles Over Four Decades: A
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Heer, Bonnie 1990 Education Judith Beauerenburg The integration of Young Adult Fiction into the Ninth and Tenth Grade English
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Edwards, Betty 1963 English From the Traditional to the Modern: The English Novel in Transition
Perry, Joan 1965 English Joann Garyson War Clouds Over Piedmont: An Account of the Battle of Piedmont, Virginia, June 5,
1864
Rinker, Ruth 1966 English A Study of Hawthorne's Use of the American Notebooks in Writing His Tales
Joffre, Pamela 1967 English A Study of the Development of Gothic Elements and Their Use in Modern Southern
Fiction
Stallings, Marian 1967 English The Element of Solitude in the Life of William Faulkner and his Works
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Clinedinst, Virginia 1968 English A Study of Existentialism and Its Influence on Modern American Literature with an
Analysis if Novels by Norman Mailer and Saul Bellow
Burnshire, Thomas 1969 English Swift and Yeats: The Discovery of the Modern Mind
Goodson, Anne 1969 English Ruin Makes Them Grown"
Boland, Marie 1970 English David E. Cockley, Ph.D. A Scriblerus Club and its Writings
Collins, Donna 1976 English David Crockett: A Legend for All Time
Grant, Stephanie 1976 English The Literary Development of Arthurian Tradition: The Evolution of Arthur from
Man to Myth
Blumenstein, Diane 1977 English Weimar Germany and the Crisis of the Middle Class
Van Patten, Catherine 1977 English Hero Imagery in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
Fisher, Andrea 1978 English The Valley: An original composition of short stories
Kiernan, Susan 1978 English Spiritual Progression in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Kirsch, Eric 1978 English Beyond Entropy: Affirmation in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon
Parris, Eleanor 1978 English Robert Browning: The Quest Within
Preston, Daniel 1978 English A Possible Alternative: C.S. Lewis' View of the Myth
Lastor, Tracy 1979 English Setting in Shakespeare's Roman Plays
Neff, Pamela 1979 English Warriors and Lovers in Romeo and Juliet, Tolius and Cressida, and Antony and
Cleopatra
Green, Lois 1980 English Naturalism in Stephen Crane's Fiction
Grooms, Linda 1980 English Criticism of John Donne and Ben Jonson in the seventeenth Century
Jackson, Robin 1980 English Flower of the Mountain--Molly Bloom as the Earth Mother in Ulysses
Magai, Lori 1980 English The Merlin Legend
Upchurch, Michael 1980 English A Study of Quentin Compson in the Works of William Faulkner
Hall, Barbara 1982 English Thomas H. Arthur, Ph.D. Front Porch Music: Selected Poems
Morello, Mary 1982 English Pieces
Palkovitz, Steven 1982 English A Modern Ulysses
Tuttle, J. Brooks 1982 English J.R.R. Tolkien: The Significance of Language in The Lord of the Rings
Black, James 1985 English Thomas Paine: Master of the Rhetoric and Revolution
Martin, Deborah 1985 English Rightly to be Great, or a Trick of Fame: The Question of Greatness in Shakespeare
Suter, Scott 1985 English William Byrd's Histories of the Dividing Line: Creating an Image on the American
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Adler, Karen 1986 English Children of the Industrial Age from the Perspective of Charles Dickens
Bonney, Christopher 1986 English Castaways and Newsbearer: Existential Thought and the Message in the Novels of
Walker Percy
McCarey, Christine 1986 English Whole Lady Fair? Joyce's View of Woman
Whitesel, Mindy 1986 English They Returned to it No More: Paternal Figures in Hawthorne's Fiction
Young, Lynette 1986 English World War II in Children's Literature: Interpretations of European Social History
Donald, Mary 1987 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Kate Chopin's The Awakening as Ironic Comment in Gutslave Flauberts's Madame
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Neikirk, John 1987 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Herman Melville's Apprenticeship Novels: The Evolution of an Artist
Allen, Patrick 1988 English David Haltman T. S. Eliot's "Wasteland:" A Reflection of His World
Lanzillotta, Susan 1988 English Jean Acton Catholicism in Action: The Rhetorical Tool of Graham Greene
Seidl, Michael 1988 English Todd R. Zeiss Labyrintha
Summers, Terri 1988 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Modernist?
Warren, James 1988 English Love Somebody: The Process of Directing Romeo and Juliet
Elswick, Jill 1989 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Joyce's Everymen: Bloom as Moses Figure in Ulysses and HCE as Christ Figure in
Finnegan's Wake
Kelly, Doreen 1989 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. The Revolution of Eve: John Milton's Defense of Women in Paradise Lost
Villasenor, Daniel 1989 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. The Thinning: Poems and an Introduction
Coad, Kathryn 1990 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. Purposeful Voices in George Herbert's Poetry
Combs, Kelly 1990 English Jeanne R. Nostrandt, Ph.D. The Verisimilitude of the Characters in Lee Smith's Southern Literature
Gammon, Irene 1990 English The Dubious Future of Anglo-Welsh Poetry
Gloor, Thomas 1990 English Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Woodrow Wilson's Reluctant Decision to Intervene in Russia, 7918: The Pursuit of
International Cooperation
Beamer, Michael 1991 English Cynthia Eby The Heroes of the Pentateuch
Daughters, Carolyn 1991 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. John Donne's Anniversary Poems: A Reexamination
Gill, Omar 1991 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. Jack Kerouac: In the Now
Humphreys, Keith 1991 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Leopards Watch: An original narrative story
Kerr, Lauren 1991 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. Dismantling and Refiguring Shakespeare's Green Worlds
Saliter, Karen 1991 English Jeanne R. Nostrandt, Ph.D. The Woman's Search for Self in Lee Smith's Fiction
Setzer, Suzanne 1991 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Styron's Artists: Creating a Bearable World
Tag, Charlene 1991 English Gerald W. Farrar, Ph.D. Haworth and Poetry: Windows to the Ideological Development of Emily and Anne
Bronte
Bowers, Lauren Denise 1992 English James L. Ruff Silent Subtleties: Pantomime and Cinematic Technique in Chaplin, Keaton, and
Lloyd
Burke, Laura 1992 English Lawrence M. Foley, Ph.D. Recourting: Excerpts from the Diaries of Bruce and Ellie Pense
Campbell, Timothy 1992 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Violence, the Key to the Kingdom: An Interpretive Study of the Fiction of Flannery O'
Connor
Fassett, Elizabeth 1992 English James Eby The Spiritual Pilgrimage of Transition in Canterby Cathedral and the Canterbury
Tales
Fudge, Valerie 1992 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. The Generational Cycle of Life and Death in the Poetry of Anne Sexton
Gordon, Ramona 1992 English Todd R. Zeiss The Midlife Crisis
Hogge, Amy 1992 English Jacqueline B. Walker, Ph.D. Where Else Can We Go but to the Lord: A Study of Slave Conversion Experiences
Johnson, Matthew 1992 English Robert Geary From Gothic to Ghost Story: The Emergence of the Modern Supernatural Horror
Tale
Koon, Karen 1992 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. The Ozymandying Rose Hears Us Laugh: An Exploration in Twentieth Century
Poetic Form
Lerew, Lori 1992 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Images of Women in the Works of Lee Smith
Luria, Dana 1992 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. The Influence of the Wars on the Israeli Literature
Mishler, Carol 1992 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. The Pear Tree: Poems and an Introduction
Nelson, Christopher 1992 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Liberation Literature: A Comparative Study of Wole Soyinka and John Synge
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Noon, David 1992 English Cameron Nickels Nathaniel Hawthorne, Brook Farm, and the American Utopia
Robinson, Daniel 1992 English Robert V. Hoskins III, Ph.D. Sexual Martyrs and Other Essays on the Novels of Charles Dickens
Roskoski, Mark 1992 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. The Artistic Emergence of Sean O'Faolain: An Examination of Eight Short Stories
Shaver, Jerry 1992 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. John Ford's Influence on the Cinema of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Martin
Scorsese
Warren, Wendy 1992 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. The Nuclear Family in Finnigans Wake: A Study of Character
Willingham, David 1992 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. The Heterodox Theology of William Blake
Auclair, Kristen 1993 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. The Representation of Women in the Fiction of the Atlantic Monthly During the
Eisenhower Years
Bekhor, Stephanie 1993 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Night Train to Georgia
Bigler, Rhett 1993 English Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Ph.D. Nurturing Images in Toni Morrison's Beloved
Erdman, Jennifer 1993 English Cynthia Eby Reconciliations of Athens and Jerusalem in More's Utopia and Milton's Paradise
Lost
Fitch, Christopher 1993 English Ronald Nelson Reinitiating the Strategic Defense Initiative: Should the SDI Be Revived?
Fleshood, Eric 1993 English Lawrence M. Foley, Ph.D. Lexical Usage in the Dialect of Two Southside Virginia Counties
Menk, Katherine 1993 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Real Fears and Medical Horror Fiction
Peterson, Kathryn 1993 English Roger Hall, Ph.D. Grist: A Collection of Original Works
Rusthoven, Jennifer Rae 1993 English Cynthia Eby C.S. Lewis: The Great Myth
Scott, Sharon I 1993 English James Eby The Possible Influence of Cicero and Canterbury Cathedral on Geoffrey Chaucer's
The Canterbury Tales
Sherman, Catherine 1993 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Impressions from another Girl: Poems and Commentary
Wedberg, Amanda 1993 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Leaving and Other Departures
Wermus, Steven 1993 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Thomas Hardy's Heroines: The Struggle for Self Definition
Balonis, Lisa 1994 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Jesus Never Drove
Heaney, Elizabeth 1994 English James Ruff Elizabeth Ann. The Restorative Power of Memory: An Examination of the "Spots of
Time" in William Wordsworth's "The Prelude."
Peter, Brendan 1994 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. Infantile Sexuality and Character Development in the Dramatic Works of Harold
Pinter: a lacanian/Freudian Investigation
Raymond, Kristin 1994 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Flight: A Young Person's Story
Short, Spencer 1994 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Some Greater Darkness: Poems and an Introduction
Vandegrift, Beth 1994 English Gerald W. Farrar, Ph.D. The Education of the Misfit: A Study of Charles Dicken's Dombey and Son and Hard
Times
Wan, Amy 1994 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. "Scribbling Women": An Examination of Three Nineteenth-Century Diaries
Albert, Wendy 1995 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Past Perfect
Barents, Kevin 1995 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Goblin Love
Brickman, Barbara 1995 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Flannery O' Connors's Letters to "A" : Visions and Adoration
Bullington, Robert 1995 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. The View from the Bottom of the Pond: Existential Alienation in the First World War
and the Vietnamese War Narratives
Casserly, Kimberly 1995 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. My Lily Feet are Soiled with Mud: Victorian Women in Christina Rossetti's Poetry
Connolly, Patricia 1995 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. Quilting: A configuration of Interdisciplinary Art Forms
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Danewitz, Susan 1995 English Richard Gaughran, Ph.D. Penetrating to the Heart: Surface an Interior in Thomas Pynchon's V.
Dietel, Kristin 1995 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Literature's Theoretical Provision to the Study of Law
Everton, Michael 1995 English James Owen Thomas Wolfe and the Myth of the American Epic
Granger, Joshua 1995 English Richard Gaughran, Ph.D. Mired: Tales from the Pop Culture Front, A collection of original short stories
concerning pop culture
Hartman, Aubrey 1995 English Harris Ruff Aubrey E. Authors of the Visual Image: How the French New Wave Changed the
Way Movies are Made
Krut, Robert 1995 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. A Sudden Recognition of Presence: Poems and an Introduction
Lillis, Michael 1995 English Geoffrey Morley-Mower In Search of a Literary Movement: Courtly Love in the Literature of the Western
World
Miller, Shawn 1995 English Robin M. McNallie, M.A. A Love Story, Pure and Complicated: The Glass Fiction of J.D. Salinger
Modisett, Cara 1995 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. Houseguest Temporary: Poems
Osgood, Margaret 1995 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Noun: A Collection of Poems
Stalker, Robert 1995 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Incest, Perversion, Androgyny, Sado-masochism: The French Decadents' Influence
on William Faulkner
Stambler, Meredith 1995 English Scott Suter The Changing American Landscape: Sculptor and Corruptor of the American
Literary Character
Walters, Meredith 1995 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Stones of Inheritance
Welsch, Amy 1995 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Mark Twain's Journey from Lighthearted Humor to Deep-Seated Pessimism
Bahirai, Amir 1996 English Phillip Tabakow Saving Places
Bergman, Elisabeth 1996 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Who's Afraid of the American Family: Fictional Families in the Postwar Era
Bleeg, Erica 1996 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. An Atlas of our Song: A Study in American Women Contemporary Poets
Harding, Darcey 1996 English Peter Hager Internet-Based, Computer-Mediated Communication: Sex Differences in Perception
and Use
Horvath, Krisztian 1996 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. The Pictures in Our Heads: The Engineering of Consent in John Dos Passos's U.S.A
Mirmelstein, Claire 1996 English William L. Tate II, M.Arch. Building Poetry: The Influence of Architecture on the Human Spirit
Zahirnyi, Matthew 1996 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. This Fallen Limb
Brodsky, Wendy 1997 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. Inventing Ourselves
Ferguson, Diane 1997 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Cinderella: A New Ending to an Old Tradition
Filipour, Cameron 1997 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. The Greens
Howe, Tonya-Marie 1997 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. Writing the Text Erotic: Discourses of Loss and Desire in the Fiction of Jeanette
Winterson
Josef, Natalie 1997 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. The Night Before: Slackers and Feminists Go a Few Rounds Over Sex, Lies and The F
Word
Kingan, Renee 1997 English J. Gunnar Mossblad Evocations: A Jazz Poetry Reading
Liola, Suzanne 1997 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Through a Glass, Lightly: A Miscellany of Children's Literature
Henson, Charity 1998 English Ralph Cohen, Ph.D. Shakespeare: Horse Imagery and the Human Condition
Krum, Angela 1998 English Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Ph.D. The Lakota Nation: Defining the Native American Woman's Role in a Dystopia: An
Analysis of Madonna Swan, Mary Brave Bird and Other South Dakota Sioux Women
Macri, Renee 1998 English Cameron Nickels Gender Conflict and the Male Quest for Self-"Lighting Out for the Territory" in
American Road Fiction
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Orth, Jennifer 1998 English Liedeke Plate Modernity, Femininity, and the Spaces of Representation: A Study of Text and Pain
in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouses and the Paintings of Mary Cassatt
Smith, Matthew 1998 English Jeanne R. Nostrandt, Ph.D. William Faulkner, Frank Owsley, and Andrew Lytle: Notions of the American South
Grindlinger, Meredith 1999 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Elizabeth, Jane, Matie, and Pecola: The Changing Heroine in Anglo-American
Fiction by Women
McNamara, Rose 1999 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. To The Dark Tower
Snead, Emily 1999 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. Magic Bubbles
Bayer, Scott 2000 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. The Literary Evolution of the "Senex" from Antiquity to the Elizabethan Age
Downing, Brian 2000 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Combating the Pre-Medical Syndrome
MacKenzie, Burt 2000 English Elisabeth C. Gumnior, Ph.D. Broken Bottles and Pirate Ships
Mitcho, Sara 2000 English Mark Hawthorne, Ph.D. What's in a Name? Defining Black Feminist Naming Techniques in a Comparison of
Five Novels Written Between 1975 and 1985
Rose, Jennifer 2000 English Elisabeth C. Gumnior, Ph.D. Romney, West Virginia: An Oral History through Poetry
Carlock, Russell 2001 English Lucy Corin, M.F.A. Edges
Cashman, Brooke 2001 English David Jeffrey, Ph.D. "I hope you will suffer prettily in Paris"
Coffman, Allison 2001 English Kamau Kemayo, Ph.D. Betrayal in Toni Morrison's Sula and Song of Solomon
Ferrebee, Thomas 2001 English Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Ph.D. Walter Mosely: Defining African American Literature In the 21st Century
Quinn, Corina 2001 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Trapped in a Bell Jar: The Relationship Between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
Russell, Brianna 2001 English Suzanne Bost, Ph.D. Reclaiming Women's Selves: Evocations of Feminist Spirituality in Contemporary
American Women's Poetry
Barents, Brandy 2002 English Lucy Corin, M.F.A. The Blue Planets
Boerner, Julia 2002 English Ramenga Mtaali Osotsi A Reason for Everything
Bray, Staci 2002 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. The Role and Significance of Middle Georgia Dialect in Flannery O' Connor's Fiction
Dudzinski, Lisa 2002 English Kamau Kemayo, Ph.D. The Layer Between Peanut Butter and Jelly
Eaton, Kimberly 2002 English Susan V. Facknitz, M.F.A. Women and Silence: I Shut My Mouth, but I Felt Something Alive Tearing at My
Throat
Loughney, Maura 2002 English Karen Evans The Double Pulse of Labor: Deciphering Textual and Ethical Implications of Literary
Deconstruction
Mazur, Svetlana 2002 English Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Ph.D. Deconstructing Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita: Socio-Political
Perspectives
Norbom, Alexander 2002 English Geoffrey Morley-Mower Life on Thought: Beyond Earth and Back
Sheahan, Melinda 2002 English Ramenga Mtaali Osotsi Chicken and Other Short Stories
Brown, Jennifer 2003 English Larry Huffman, M.A. From Nathaniel Hawthorne to Jamaica Kincaid: Teaching the American Short Story
Couch, Christina 2003 English Ramenga Osotsi East and West: An Aesthetic Analysis of Buddhist Themes
Davidson, Katherine 2003 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Harry Crews and Larry Brown: "How Do You Like Your Blue-Eyed Boy Now, Mr.
Death
Ekeh, Kelechi 2003 English Bolekaja Kamau Updike's Rabbit Angstrom: Embodiment of Masculine History
Hariu, Ruth 2003 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Updike's Rabbit Angstrom: Embodiment of Masculine History
Covington, Jeffrey 2004 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. "A Shadow From Which One Shall Never Emerge."
Herr, Ashley 2004 English Ann-Janine Morey, Ph.D. A Feminist Commentav on Selected Fairy Tales
Meyer, Kristin 2004 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Perpendicular Parallels: Memoirs of a Mother and Daughter
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Roundtree, Travis 2004 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. "Reaching Out to Find Each Other in the Darkness": The Theme of Family in Larry
Brown's Works
Swenson, Sheryl 2004 English Karen Evans "These Were the Things That Bounded Me": Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Duality
of Gender
Tingley, Kimberly 2004 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. The Evolution of Story: The Lord of the Rings-Book to Films
Baines, Miranda 2005 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Feminism in the mid-to-late-Victorian Novel
Decher, William 2005 English Jean W. Cash, Ph.D. Faulkner nas rhe Morally Functional Metaphysic: The Sound and the Fury
Meeker, Amanda 2005 English Karen Evans Race and Place: From the City to the Suburb
Williamson, Justin 2005 English Roger Hall, Ph.D. American Apocalypse: Mobilization
Culbertson, Courtney Renee 2006 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Romantic Spirituality: Creating Identities in "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights"
Heller, Sarah 2006 English Marina Favila, Ph.D. An Analysis of the Biblical Fall in William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Highfill, Catherine 2006 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. Navigating the Middle
Kim, Brian 2006 English Matthew Rebhorn, Ph.D. In the Warmth of Meanings Redefined
Ortega, Andria 2006 English Mary Thompson, Ph.D. From Nausicaa to Chiniro: The Progression of the Woman in the Films of Hayao
Miyazaki
Pollock, Gregory Ford 2006 English Matthew Rebhorn, Ph.D. On The Animal Question: Marx, Derrida, and Ecocriticism
Shen, Yu-Li Alice 2006 English Robert V. Hoskins III, Ph.D. Time Windows: A Screenplay Adaptation of a Novel by Kathryn Reiss
Wallace, Lauren 2006 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. A Novel without a Hero: Victorian Heroines in Wuthering Heights, Mary Barton,
Dombey and Son, and Vanity Fair
Weber, Rachael 2006 English Robert Inman Majors, M.F.A. Not Like the Picture
Meador, Alexandra Marie 2007 English Matthew Rebhorn, Ph.D. Connecting to the Past, Regaining the Future: Creating an Elder/Youth Exchange
Program for Cheyenne River Youth Project's Teen Center on Cheyenne River Sioux
Reservation
Miner, Lauren Ashleigh 2007 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. Jigsaw Puzzles, the digestive systems, and other constellations
Rickman, Tammy Lynn 2007 English Mark Facknitz, Ph.D. A Walk in the Dark: Recollections of a Southern Childhood
Schneier, Joel Ira 2007 English Robert Inman Majors, M.F.A. The Rambling
Simms, Kathryn Bartow 2007 English Joan Frederick, Ph.D. The Personal Essay: I Write to Remember
Carpenter, Elizabeth Leigh 2008 English Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. C.S. Lewis' Response to the World Wars as shown in The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe and The Last Battle
Daniel, Virginia Elizabeth 2008 English Laurie Kutchins, M.F.A. The Anatomy of Youth
Gutshall, Ashley Nicole 2008 English Mary Thompson, Ph.D. Distressing Damsels: An Exploration of Womanhood in Nineteenth and Twentieth
Century American Literature
Jessup, Jared Scott 2008 English Dabney Bankert, Ph.D. J.R.R. Tolkien's Theories of Language, Myth, and Writing
Lepine, Callyn Anne 2008 English Annette Federico, Ph.D. Ashes and Overtime: Poetic Reaction to Industrialization
Norcross, Alex Frederick 2008 English Robert Inman Majors, M.F.A. Nightlight: A Collection of Short Stories
Dinquel, Amber Christine 2009 English Mary Thompson, Ph.D. "I am, I am, I am": Gender and Identity in the Works of Sylvia Plath
Hagy, Helen Katherine 2009 English Erica Bleeg, Ph.D. Storyteller's Granddaughter: Poems
Hamilton, Marcus Tremaine 2009 English Sharon Cote, Ph.D. After Lot's Wife: Reconciling the Humanist and the Skeptic in Kurt Vonnegut's Early
Novels
Hillgrove, Elizabeth Anne 2009 English Mark Rankin, Ph.D. The influence of Galen and Vesalius upon Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You
Will
McGrath, Shannon Kelly 2009 English Matthew Rebhorn, Ph.D. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Solution to Society: The Combination of Art and Science To
Impact the Reader's Perception Of Societal Correction
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Aultman, Sara Alexandra 2010 English Mark Rankin, Ph.D. "Can a man live two lives?" Textuality and Narrative Within The Great Gatsby and
the American Comic Book
Piccinino, Cristina Ann 2010 English Erica Bleeg, Ph.D. Learning and Teaching from Author Mildred D. Taylor
Sharp, Caroline Covington 2010 English Richard Gaughran, Ph.D. William Faulkner and the Native American Populations of Mississippi: The Curse of
Conformity
Norian, Haley Anne 2014 Biology Steven G. Cresawn, Ph.D. A Bioinformatics Approach to Revealing the Genetic Basis for Bacteriophage Host
SpecificityPartin, Michael 2014 Biology James Herrick, Ph.D. Isolation of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (MRCoNS)
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Reiman, Kate Louise 2014 Biology Corey Cleland, Ph.D. Analysis of the Direction of Escape Response of Crickets to Looming-Object
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Rossbach, Peter Daniel 2014 Biology Carol Hurney, Ph.D. Examining Tail Development Models in the Fourtoed Salamander, Hemidactylium
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Schulte, Lauren Michelle 2014 Biology Jonathan Monroe, Ph.D. Microtubule Organization and Cell-to-Cell Communication in Arabidopsis thaliana
Sheikh, Abdalla 2014 Biology Chris Lantz, Ph.D. Role of interleukin-3 in blood-stage malaria infection caused by Plasmodium berghei
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Vassilev, Veronica Christine 2014 Biotechnology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Immunodiagnostic Analysis of Lacritin in Human Breast Milk
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Reid, Callie 1966 Foreign Languages An Investigation into Ivan Turgenev's Literary Nihilism
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Edwards, Gwenlyn 1967 Foreign Languages A Comparative Study of the Cultural Background and Style of Latin in Cornelius
Tacitus' Annals and Roger Bacon's Compendium Studii Philosophiae
Krug, Clara 1968 Foreign Languages A Contrastive Study of Existentialism in the Literature of Jean-Paul Sartre and
Albert Camus
Sullivan, Patrick 1974 Foreign Languages The Supernatural in Russian Literature from Turgenev to Belyj: An Introductory
Study
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Grimmelshausen and The Tin Drum by Grass
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Horstein, Jr., David 1978 Foreign Languages A Glossary of English-Russian Technical Construction Terminology Used in the
Architectural Aluminum Industry
Shields, David 1979 Foreign Languages Le Development de L'Ancien Francais
Jones, Paul 1982 Foreign Languages Le R6le de la Ville Dans la Literature Frangaise des 17e, 186 et 198 Si4cles.
Farabaugh, Christine 1989 Foreign Languages Carmenza Kline, Ph.D. Un Estudio de Gabriel Garcia Marquez y Cien Anos de Soledad
Kipp, Leslie 1990 Foreign Languages Danny Perramond Camus and Christianity: Themes of Religion in The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger,
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Lady, Gillian 1990 Foreign Languages Robert Homes Serge; Esenin: A Poet Caught Between Two Worlds
Shea, Emily 1990 Foreign Languages Cecilia Graves Feminists in French History: Framers of the Modern Liberation Movement
Cosker, Elizabeth 1991 Foreign Languages Robert Goebel, Ph.D. Reciprocity in Literature: A Comparison of the Influence of French Classicism with
that of German Romanticism
Fitzpatrick, Laura 1991 Foreign Languages Elizabeth Neatrour Russian Folklore: A Translation of Selected Stories from Teffi's Ved'ma Analysis of
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Ismail, Sjarif 1992 Foreign Languages Mary Perramond Code-Switching: A Language Contact Phenomenon in Quebec, the French/English
Bilingual Province of Canada
Waters, Elizabeth 1992 Foreign Languages Mary Perramond La Théorie et L'usage de la Langue Dans les Prémiers Romans de Jeanne Hyvard
Geary, Natalie 1993 Foreign Languages Carmenza Kline, Ph.D. Tahuantinsuyo: El lmperio Inca
Sullivan, Kathleen 1994 Foreign Languages Fernando Jose Barroso, Ph.D. Liberation Theology in Latin America with a Focus on El Salvador
Ferguson, Holly 1995 Foreign Languages Carmenza Kline, Ph.D. La lnjusticia Educativa de los Mexicano-Americanos
Wingert, Rochelle 1995 Foreign Languages Christiane Szeps-Fralin, Ph.D. Quête d'identité Antillaise dans le roman Martiniquais: "Texaco" et "Miseres" de
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Wiliams, Elizabeth 2004 Foreign Languages Craig N. Shealy How Aware Are You of How Aware You Are? A Real World Examination of Self-
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Jones, Mary 1984 General Studies Hardware and Software Requirements for Automated Image Exploitation: The State
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Heishman, Marilyn 1995 General Studies R.N. Heyers HIV/AIDS and Women
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Enghauser, Alison Mae 2014 Integrated Science and Technology Robert McKown, Ph.D. Development of an Immunodiagnostic Assay for Canine Tear Lacritin
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Jackson, Leeanne 2014 Integrated Science and Technology Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. Graphical Calculation of the Fractal Dimension For Applications in Geography
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Sobel, Aaron Michael 2008 Geography Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. Investigating Marine Algal Blooms as a Renewable Energy Source
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Yakob, Jessica Lauren 2008 Geology Lance Kearns, Ph.D. Practical Applications and Problems Using Delta Nu Portable Raman Spectrometer
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Silvis, Nicholas Val 2009 Geology Steven J. Baedke, Ph.D. Sourcing the Water Feeding Selected Thermal Springs of Bath and Alleghany
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Garms, Diantha 2000 Geology and Environmental
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Gene D. Robinson, Ph.D. Concentration of Heavy Metals in Stream Sediment and on Manganese Oxide
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Wooten, Brandon James 2014 Mathematics Stephen Lucas, Ph.D. Approximating the Wiener Process
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Hoover, Olin 1972 Geology and Geography Magnetic and Petrographic Survey of the Harrisonburg Dike
Widdicombe, Roberta 1974 Geology and Geography Origin of Chert in the Lincolnshire Limestone (Lower Middle Ordovician) of
Rockingham County, Virginia
Wright, Jr., John 1974 Geology and Geography Solubilities of Four Selected Silicate Materials in Rain and Distilled Waters
Kite, Steven J. 1976 Geology and Geography The Effect of Syntectonic Deposition on Upper Ordovician and Silurian Sandstone
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Gideon, Holly 1977 Geology and Geography Strontium in the Tondoway Limestone
Johnson, Robert 1978 Geology and Geography Mineral Dispersal Hawksbill Creek Drainage Basin
Baldwin, Brian 1979 Geology and Geography Cadmium-Zinc Ratios in Sphalterites from the Central Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Hrinda, Andra 1979 Geology and Geography Analysis of Cleavages and Lineations in Metamorphic Rocks North of
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Kirkpatrick, Donald 1979 Geology and Geography A Description of a Problematic Specimen of Eustenopteron (Crossopterygii,
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Canada
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Morton, Diana 1979 Geology and Geography Distribution of Lithofacies and Depositional Environments in Middle Ordovician
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Shomo, Sarah 1979 Geology and Geography The Distribution of Mercury in River Sediment and Floodplain Soils at Two Sites
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Darby, Beth 1981 Geology and Geography An indirect Method of Fluorine Analysis in Silicate Rocks by Atomic Absorption
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Brown, Teresa 1983 Geology and Geography Partial Extraction of Metal Ions from Minus 80 Mesh Stream Sediment and Mn-Fe
Oxide Coated Pebbles Near an Unmined Sulfide Deposit
Bugen, Margery 1985 Geology and Geography Clay Mineralogy of Selected Virginia Soils
Seymour, Elizabeth 1986 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Structural Geology of the Hartland Terrain Near Cameron's Line, Western
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Tandy, Elizabeth 1986 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Sodium and Chloride Concentrations in the North River Basin, Virginia
Eaton, Louis 1988 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Depositional History of the Lowest North River Terrace at Bridgewater Air Park,
Virginia
Filippino, Adam 1988 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Acid Rain and the Buffering Capacity of Selected western Virginia Soils
Miller, Daniel 1990 Geology and Geography Lynn Fichter, Ph.D. Stratigraphic Analysis of the Oswego Formation as Seen in Upper Ordovician Strata,
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Newman, Cindy 1990 Geology and Geography John R. Gentile, Ph.D. The Crisis in American Environmentalism: A Philosophic Inquiry Into Environment
Prince, Natalie 1990 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Nitrate Concentration of Groundwater as Related to Land Use in the North River
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Nelson, Roger 1992 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Fluvial Terrace Development on the North River Near Weyers Cave, Virginia
Decker, Roger 1993 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Hydraulic Conductivity and Retention of a Hydrocarbon Fuel in Soils
Talarovich, Sandra 1996 Geology and Geography Lynn Fichter, Ph.D. Devonian Sedimentary Stratigraphy of the Briery Gap Sandstone (Greenland Gap
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Shroyer, Heather 1997 Geology and Geography Gregory Springer Selected Sedimentologic Aspects of the June 1995 Flood Event of Madison County,
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Barnes, Diane 1998 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. A Study of Trends in Water Chemistry of Selected Limestone Springs in the Central
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Hamid, Zakir 1998 Geology and Geography Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. The Advancement of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Its Impact on the Future
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Head, Jennifer 1999 Geology and Geography Lance Kearns, Ph.D. A. Chemical Variation of Zinnwaldite (a lithium iron mica) from the Morefield
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Ericson, Jason 2000 Geology and Geography W. Cullen Sherwood, Ph.D. Analysis and Classification of Soils of the Mollisols Order in Shenandoah County,
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Feidler, Alex 2002 Geology and Geography Stephen E. Wright, Ph.D. The Identification of Social-Economic Factors that Best Predict the Spatial
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Smith, Bonnie 2004 Geology and Geography Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. The Three Gorges Dam: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
Barnes, Joshua 2005 Geology and Geography Maria Papadakis, Ph.D. The Spatial Relationships Between AIDS Population Behavior and Centers of AlDS
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Schuchert, Jeremy 1995 Health Sciences Diane Shipe Managed Care and Case Management for the Elderly
Simmons, Jennifer 1995 Health Sciences Diane Shipe HIV/AIDS and Public Policy
Hall, Regina 1996 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. A Comparison of Quality of Care Between Health Maintenance Organizations,
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Johnson, Jessie 1996 Health Sciences Kristinn Heinrichs, Ph.D Shoulder, Knee, and Ankle Range of Motion Measurements Obtained by a Standard
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Williamson, Ashley 1996 Health Sciences Kristinn Heinrichs, Ph.D. An Investigation of the Upper Thigh and Lower Leg Kinematics in Men and Women
Soccer Players During a Soccer Push Pass
Gikonyo, Wanja 1997 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. The Changing Health Care Environment: The Impact of managed Care on the
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Heightchew, Alison 1997 Health Sciences Jon Thompson, Ph.D. Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical integration Strategies Adopted by New Jersey
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McCarty, Stephanie 2000 Health Sciences Robert Koslow Exploring Alternative and Complementary Medicine as these Topics Relate to the
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Speth, Jodi 2000 Health Sciences Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. An Examination of the Carbohydrate Intake of Female Collegiate Cross-Country
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Daniels, Kimberly Michelle 2008 Health Sciences Paula Maxwell, Ph.D. The Effect of Impact and Active Forces and Naticular Drop on the Incidence of
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Smith, Ainslee Elizabeth 2008 Health Sciences Jeanne Martino-McAllister A Needs Assessment for Family Planning Services in Harrisonburg and Rockingham
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Ayers, Rebecca Shea 2009 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Perceptions of Effectiveness of Trigger Point Dry Needling in the Treatment of Pain
Fern, Janelle Christine 2009 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Prevalence of Reduced Visual Acuity in Harrisonburg City Public School Students
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Snyder, Hallie Grace 2009 Health Sciences Maria Theresa Wessel, Ed.D. Consumer Knowledge, Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Prescription Drugs
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Darden, Thelma 1964 History Peking and Moscow: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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1933
Grundset, Eric 1973 History "The Eastern Barrier': A Study in Seventeenth Century European Diplomacy, 1648-
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Muse, Janice 1976 History Popes Creek Plantation: Symmetry vs. Function
Poff, Jan-Michael 1978 History The Pennsylvania-Maryland Border Conflict West of the Susquehanna, 1681-1768
Bradshaw, Anita 1979 History Anita Lynne. Fourth Lateran, Trent, and Vatican I/: Affirmation and Response
Cole, Mary 1979 History Richard Ill-King By Necessity
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Broderick, R 1980 History The Man of Quality: The Moral, the Aesthetic, and Hierarchy in the Thought of
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Carlson, Cathleen 1980 History In Search of Napoleon: Selected English and American Perceptions of the
Napoleonic Legend, 1902-1967
Puglisi, Michael 1981 History The Development of Land Acquisition, Ownership, and Settlement in the Northern
Neck Proprietary, During the Period 1680-1730
Sigler, Karen 1981 History In the Shadows of the City: Poverty, Disease and Political Protest in Old Regime
Paris
Cassell, Donna 1983 History Attitudes of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Virginians Toward Slavery
Guthrie, David 1985 History Raymond Aron and His Critique of the Cold War.
Hobgood, Laura 1985 History Soviet Policy Toward the Orthodox Church; 19171945
Picciolo, Warren 1985 History The Russo-German War 1941-1943: An Appraisal
Tate, Lisa 1985 History The French Resistance: Selected French Historian's Views, 1950-1983
Coakley, Sherry 1986 History Henry Vlll's Children and Their Stepmothers
O'Lone, Mary 1986 History Australian Women: Their Education, Politics, and Employment, 1788-1987
Baker, William 1987 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. Redefining the Buchanan Administration; In Defense of the "Invisible" Presidency
Mangiafico, Lisa 1987 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. A Genius for the Aristocracy: The Architecture and Times of Robert Adam
Turk, Karen 1987 History Dorothy A. Boyd-Rush, Ph.D. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Portrait of a Queen
Hills, Timothy James 1988 History Methodism, Middlebury and the Warrens: A Character Exploration of Two Brothers
Johnson, Laurie 1988 History Catherine E. Boyd, Ph.D. The German Socialist Women's Movement, 19081917: From Integration to
Subordination within the SPD.
Almstedt, Katherine 1989 History Lee W. Congdon, Ph.D. American and Catholic: The Making of Strange Bedfellows
Fay, Elizabeth 1989 History Cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay: Are Virginia, Localities, and Citizens Doing Their
Share?
Husnian, Anne 1989 History Caroline Marshall Palestinian Women on the West Bank.
Rhinehart, Robin 1989 History Chris Ritallman The Feminine Battle, War and Beyond: The Civil War Diaries of Lucy Rebecca Buck
and Susan Catharine Richardson
Rizk, Richard 1989 History Jacqueline B. Walker, Ph.D. The "Creole" Affair
Zimmerman, Susan 1989 History Raymond Nysen Evolution of the Clear and Present Danger Doctrine as Applied by the Supreme
Court to Political Subversive Activities in the United States
Dillard, Andria 1990 History Changes and Continuity: A Comparison of Nation and Community During the 1920s
Futrell, Anne 1990 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Exploration of the American West, 1800-1850: An Analysis of Motivations
Mandelbaum, Noah 1990 History Henry Myers American Nationalism and Spiritual Zionism on the Lower East Side of New York
City: 1900-1910
Rider, Lucy 1990 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson, Architect-Statesman; The Creation of an American Cultural Idea
Through Building
Seese, Karen 1990 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Military Religious Orders: The Secular and Religious Roles of the Templars and
Hospitallers
Velt, Tanya 1990 History Raymond Nyse Grist for the Mill: A Comparative Study of Antebellum Flour Mills in the Central
Shenandoah Valley
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Dillon, Carol 1991 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Bridge to Einstein: Slosson, Science Service, and the Layman in the 1920s
Oakes, Laura Anne 1991 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Drugs in the Valley: The History of the Stonewall Plant of Merck and Company, Inc.,
1941-1991
Parker, Douglas 1991 History Philip Riley The Vocabulary of Enlightened Political Discourse and the Idea of "Elites"
Pederson, Alex 1991 History Lee W. Congdon, Ph.D. The 1968 Prague Spring and the 1989 Velvet Revolution: The Suppression and
Success of Political Change in Czechoslovakia
Shaffer, Mark 1991 History Lee W. Congdon, Ph.D. Adenauer, De Gaulle and the New Europe
Campsen, Paul 1992 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Theodore Roosevelt: Conservationist from 1872 to 1909
Dobenecker, Julie 1992 History Jacqueline B. Walker, Ph.D. Focusing on the Vietnam Wac The Use of Film in Shaping American Preceptions of
the Vietnam War
Droitsch, Danielle 1992 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Flag Desecration: An Historical, Legal, Political and Emotional Analysis
Hooban, Edward 1992 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Supreme Court Packing Plan: Why the Bill Failed
to Pass in a Democrat Dominated Congress
Johnson, Amy 1992 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Orie Latham Hatcher and Her Special Work: Increasing Choices for Southern
Women
Kiel, William 1992 History Catherine E. Boyd, Ph.D. The Prussian Reform Movement,1806-1819
Turch, Muriel 1992 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Mourn Not the Dead: A Study of the Industrial Workers of the World Martyrs Joe
Hill, Frank Little, and Wesley Everest
Bowers, Nora Christine 1993 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Gradual Decline of Nez Perce Cultural Identity and Heritage, 1 805-1 877
Crim, Brian 1993 History William McBride Behind the Myth of the Desert Fox: A Critical Analysis of Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel
Crutchfield, Lisa 1993 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Diplomatic Relations of the United States and the Cherokee Nation, 1776-1835
Czyszczon, Gregory 1993 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Behind the Myth of the Desert Fox: A Critical Analysis of Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel
Douglas, James 1993 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. The Place of Nationalism in Irish Politics, 1868-1905
Emami, Sanam 1993 History Caroline Marshall Women, Islam and Revolution: A study of the Islamic Revival in Iran
Farris, Travis 1993 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Legal Fictions in American History: Metaprecedent and its Effect on United States
Law, 1667-1971
Ferguson, Barbara 1993 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Roosevelt's Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps, 7933-42
Lustig, Edward 1993 History Frank Gerome Mission Accomplished: A Political History of Chile
Padgett, Barbara 1993 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Education of the Yakima Indians and the Role of the United States Government
Between 1855 and 1890
Ware, Margaret 1993 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Stepping Beyond the Pedestal: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Virginia 1909-
1920
Cabell, Carrie 1994 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Critical Year The Formulation of the United States Foreign Policy in 7946
Dubois, Joanna 1994 History Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Democratization in an Arab State: A Case Study of Egyptian Political History
Leedom, Michael 1994 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. The Shrewing of the Tamed: H. L. Mencken and the Cultural Revolt
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Owens, James 1994 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Camping Days: The Failures of Popular Rebellion in Tudor England, 1489-1554
Schuler, Gregory 1994 History William McBride From Border War to Strategic Offensive: Soviet Military Performance in the Far
East, 1938- 1945
Torman, Adam 1994 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Electoral Commission of 1877: A Case Study in Political Corruption During the
Gilded Age
Hogan, Patrick 1995 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Assessing the NRA: Clarence Darrow and the National Recovery Review Board
Moetzinger, Matthew 1995 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. From Neutrality to War: The Sinking of the Lusitania and World War I: Wilsonian
Foreign Policy
Pecori, Jeanne 1995 History Catherine E. Boyd, Ph.D. Rape as a Form of Social Control in the Antebellum South
Reed, Jennifer 1995 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Legal Issues in the Museum Field
Rushing, Charles 1995 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Ideology and Policy in the Evolution of a Jeffersonian Manufactures Paradigm
Wood, Carrie 1995 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Forward into Light: The Reform Career of Inez Milholland Boissevain
Adamson, Matthew 1996 History William H. Ingham, Ph.D. Leo Szilard: From Berlin to London, From Neutron to Chain Reaction
Bakich, Spencer 1996 History Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Russia and the "Near Abroad:" National Interest and Foreign Policy 1992-1995
Bergert, David 1996 History John Wood NASA and Manned Spaceflight: From the Origins of Modern Rocketry to the
Present.
Jonker, Jennifer 1996 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Roles of Faith and Education in Preserving Community: The Example of the
Dutch in Western Michigan.
Martin, Richard 1996 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. A Survey of "Lethe" an Eighteenth-Century House in Rockingham County, Virginia
Raikes, Sarah 1996 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. George F. Kennan: From Obscurity to Mr. X.
Hoak, Michael 1997 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Devil Goes to Dixie: H. L. Mencken and the Scopes Trial
Hoipkemeier, Casey 1997 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Our Worst Wartime Mistake: The Internment of the Japanese Americans During
World War I
Mitchell, Heather 1997 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Life Behind the Lines: The Civil War Letters of Commissary Officer Andrew Bowie
Wardlaw
Pousardien, Ann 1997 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Vindication of a Proposal: Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Astell Taken
Seriously
Ray, Dennis 1997 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Teacher's Resource: A Guide to Social Studies Resources for the Middle Grades
in Virginia
Bowen, Edward 1998 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Rivalry Behveen Robert Clive and Laurence Sullivan in East India Company
Politics, 1758- I 774
Featherstone, Michael 1998 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Information and Misinformation: The Role of the CIA in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Hambsch, Karl 1998 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. The Bombing of Wiesental
Paulett, Robert 1998 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Drunks, Brawlers, and Other Heroes: Image and Ideology in the Old South
Rutz, Jonathan 1998 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Fields of Gray: An Examination of Jackie Robinson's First Season in Major League
Baseball
Schoettinger, Amy 1998 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Struggle without Victory: A Study of the Lincoln County War of 1878
Armstrong, Matthew 1999 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. John Wesley Powell vs. Washington, D.C.--An Examination of the Obstacles to Land
law Reform Between 1878-1890
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Davidson, Waverly 1999 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Other Side of the American Civil War: Southern Women, 1830-1870
Goldberg, Daniel 1999 History Chong-kun Yoon, Ph.D. US-China Summits in the 1990s: Clinton's China Policy.
Hamilton, Tom 1999 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Thrown to the Lions: The Media, the Mafia and the Kefauver Hearings.
Lunsford, Whitney 1999 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Origins and Evolutions of the First Phase of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1871
Pearson, William 1999 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. John C. Calhoun and the Road to Fort Hill
Rosen, Jennifer 1999 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long: An Assessment of One Man's Crucial
Role on America's Response to the Holocaust
Turner, Jeremy 1999 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. "This is Your School Too": The Madison College Student Protest Movement of 1970
Brooks, Shelley 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Educating Exceptional Children: The Fight for Equality and a fee, Appropriate
Education through Mainstreaming
Galvin, Girard 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Rise and Fall of the Good Friday Peace Agreement.
Iovino, James 2000 History Caroline Marshall The Breakdown, Restoration, and Expansion of Royal Authority in Twelfth-Century
England: Feudal Empire Building and the Angevin Family Assemblage, 1144-1189.
Lowery, James 2000 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Educating the New Nation: The Influence of the Scottish Enlightenment on the
Founding Fathers
Overstreet, Ella 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Reaction of Bedford, Virginia to the Normandy Invasion: War in Memory
Pesce, Danielle 2000 History Lee W. Congdon, Ph.D. The Logic of Eugenics: The Path from Social Darwinism to the Holocaust
Pignato, Denise 2000 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Before Animal House: Women in College in the 1920s
Ryan, Kara 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Legal Dynamics of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
Savage, Kasey 2000 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis: Realizing the Perils of Brinkmanship
Schoettinger, Daniel 2000 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. Railroad Growth in the Shenandoah Valley: 1865-1895
Spero, Patrick 2000 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Legacy of the Paxton Boys Rebellion: The Restructuring of Colonial
Pennsylvania's Political Landscape
Burcin, Terry 2001 History Chong-kun Yoon, Ph.D. The Sino-Soviet Conflict
Greenblatt, Jonathan 2001 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. Independent Virginia: Freeholders and the American Revolution on Virginia
Krobath, Lynda 2001 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Jackson, Houston and Texas
Mitchell, Gwendolyn 2001 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. A Review of U.S. Maritime Policy from the Truman Proclamation of 1945 and Its
Effect Upon the Ocean Enclosure Movement and International Law
Owen, Gregory 2001 History Gabrielle Lanier, Ph.D. Matrose Baumann: The World War II Odyssey of a German U-Boat Crewman and
Prisoner of War In Augusta County, Virginia
Veneziano, Paul 2001 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. George Kennan and Development of Containment Policy
Ziparo, Jessica 2001 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here": A Comparative Study of Andersonville and
Elmira Civil War Prison Camps
Briggs, Christopher 2002 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. Evasive Racism'? Urban Renewal and the African American Community in
Harrisonburg
Citro, Michael 2002 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Collapse of the Solid South: J. Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrat Revolt of
1948
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Garbis, Korinna 2002 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. The Unresolved Eastem Question and Its lmpact on 2dh Century BalkanConflicts.
Miller, Brett 2002 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. The Press as a Propaganda Agent: The "Rally-tothe-Flag" Phenomenon and the
Media in Wartime
O’Leary, Katie 2002 History Sidney R. Bland, Ph.D. Prejudice and the Leo Frank Affair
Paskvan, Liam 2002 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. In The Armada's Wake: The Sustained Preeminence of Philip II's Post-1588 Spain
Paul, Lindsey 2002 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Limitations of First Amendment Rights During
the Great War
Burke, Jeffrey 2003 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. "This infernal tyranny they are bringing upon us": Boston, the Sugar Act, and the
Origins of Colonial Resistance to British Authority
Burns, Elizabeth 2003 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. Refining, The Empire's Reach Cultural References and the Classical Heritage in
Travel Writing 17441779
Garber, James 2003 History Clive R. Hallman Jr., Ph.D. Germans: The Founding of Germanna and America's Modem Iron Industry.
Hancock, Georgia 2003 History Robert Galgano Opposing Ecologies: The Impact of European American Philosophy and Policy on the
Indians' Relationship With Nature, 1700-1820
Kies, Jennifer 2003 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. From Paradise to Depravity: Identity and the Landscape of Colonial Virginia, 1580-
1620
Norris, Jonathan 2003 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. The Psychological Affinity Between Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche
Salyers, Abbie 2003 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Discrimination to Decoration: The Japanese American Experience in World War II
Wolfe, Kurt 2003 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. Anxious Englishmen: Anglo-Indian Relations in Colonial Roanoke
Lovelady, Lisa 2004 History Steven Reich, Ph.D. The 1892 Homestead Strike: Labor's Transition from Republicanism to Legal
Reform
Middleton, Ashley 2004 History Elizabeth Janik Numbers That Had Names: A Comparison of Polish Women's and Jewish Women's
Experiences in the Ravensbruck and Auschwitz Nazi Concentration Camps
Perkins, Scott 2004 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. "We Shall End it in Victory": The American Incendiary Bombing Campaign Against
Japan During World War II
Roberts, Douglas 2004 History Steven Reich, Ph.D. Teaching Happiness: Educational Films and the Social Control of Youth in Postwar
America
Santucci, Gina 2004 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. The Legality of Secession
Sheehan, John 2004 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Death of an Ideal City: Rebuilding London After 1666
Allensworth, Robert Stephen 2005 History Jacqueline B. Walker, Ph.D. The All-American Dream : The Story of Allen Allensworth and the Creation of
Allensworth, California
East, Julia 2005 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Islam and Democracy: Translating the Unified Lexicon into the Lives of Women
Hudgens, Michelle 2005 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Religion and the First Constitutions of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
and Virginia
Stottlemyer, Jeffrey 2005 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. Erosion of Will: Concentration Camps, Safe Areas and the Realities of Ethnic
Cleansing in Bosnia- Herzegovina
Walker, Brandon 2005 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Point of No Return: The Palestinian Refugees
Dorsey, Samantha 2006 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. A Revelation in Fashion: 1700-1800
Richards, Jason 2006 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. The Sajudis Independence Movement in Lithuania, 1988-1991
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Riley, Lisa 2006 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Saints vs. The Devil Images and Portrayals of Children in New France
Smith, Paula 2006 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Division and Loss of Power in the Federalist Party: The Breach Between the
High Federalists and the Moderate Federalists
Strother, Roger 2006 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Selling America in the Middle East: American Public Diplomacy in Iraq and Saudi
Arabia, 19521961
Warner, H. William 2006 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Canals, Railways, and the Raj: British Imperialism and Transformation in the
Punjab
Allen, David Lawrence 2007 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. Robert McNamara and the Establishment of 'Flexible Response'
Bassett, Hadley Elizabeth 2007 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Prisons and Propaganda: The Myths and Realities of Civil War Prisons in Richmond
Boshers, Justin Paul 2007 History Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. A Convoluted Conspiracy: The U.S. -Iranian Arms Deals
Dann, Tiffany Tate 2007 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Social Implications of the 1348 Black Death in England
Kearns, Kathryn Lillian 2007 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Cultural Violence in Northern Ireland
Lawrence, Kyle David 2007 History Lamont King, Ph.D. American Indian Reservations and the Homelands of South Africa a Comparative
Study in Internal Colonialism
Lopata, Mallory Ann 2007 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Terrorists or Martyrs? England, the Jesuits, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Norman, Jessica Angela 2007 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. The Knights Templar: Scapegoats of Crown and Papacy
Pannucci, Lisa Anne 2007 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Oregon Trail: Where Her Life Was Changed
Pauli, Hilary Holland 2007 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. The Great Plague of London 1665: Medical Understandings, Responses and
Epidemiologic Evaluation
Pfaffenberger, Julia 2007 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Female Sensitivity: The Discovery of Opium as Medicine and Intoxicant in Late-
Nineteenth Century America
Poinsett, Elyse Nicole 2007 History Gabrielle Lanier, Ph.D. Military and News Photography and the Creation of the Wartime Still Photographic
Pool
Bowman, Amanda Kate 2008 History Gabrielle Lanier, Ph.D. Historical Interpretation in the Old Dominion: Influential Virginians and their
Homes
Hart, Kyle Bernhard 2008 History Shah Hanifi, Ph.D. Palestine and the Nakba: Migration as the Essence of National Identity
Kendall, Kristie Lynn 2008 History Steven Reich, Ph.D. "The Stereotypes Do Not Apply": Reconstructing the African-American Community
of Newtown in Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1945-1965
Powers, Stephen Reks 2008 History Mary Louise Loe, Ph.D. Here Lies Suvorov: Alexander Suvorov as a Military Commander During the War of
the Second Coalition
Waring, Andrew Nelson 2008 History Jennifer Connerley "A Service to God and Help to Souls": A Comparative Study of the Jesuit Success in
Missions Through Their Correspondences
Yarborough, William Michael 2008 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. Flung to the Four Corners of the Globe: British and American Expeditionary
Logistics in World War I
Bluestein, Thomas Martin 2009 History Kevin Hardwick, Ph.D. Henry Knox, George Washington, and the Establishment of the Nation's First Indian
Dec, Adam Michael 2009 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. "Our Native Land" The Origins and Motivations of the Black Colonization Movement
in the United States 1700 - 1830
Fiedler, Justin Robert 2009 History Michael J. Galgano, Ph.D. Friends and Contemporaries: Elizabeth I and her World
Hayes, William Raymond 2009 History Mary Gayne, Ph.D. The English Concertina: An Enlightened Journey into the Culture of Invention
Hughes III, John Lawrence 2009 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Mosby and Mahone: Conflict in the Civil War Memories of Virginians
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LeCompte, Corey Alexander 2009 History Richard Meixsel, Ph.D. The Origins of Futility: Anglo-French Strategic and Tactical Developments,
December 1914-April 1915
McPartland, Caitlin Elizabeth 2009 History Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D. The Role of Rosie: Propaganda and Female Home Front Intervention During World
War Two
White, Lorraine 2009 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. A Forgotten Community: The African American Presence in Highland County,
Virginia
Anderson, Elizabeth Amy 2010 History John J. Butt, Ph.D. Imagining Women: A Study of 17th and 18th Century Peasant Women through Folk
Balladry
Chain, Sarah Elizabeth 2010 History Joseph A. Opala The Legend of Igbo Landing and its Significance for African Americans
Fisher, Alyssa Renee 2010 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. The Lowell Mill Communities: Regulation and Freedom in the Textile Mills of
Lowell, Massachusetts
Parsons, Kimberly Lynne 2010 History J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D. Loyalists of Boston: The Other Side of the Revolution
Weber, Kelly Byrd 2010 History Philip D. Dillard, Ph.D. Cracks in the Pedestal: The Evolution of Virginia Women during and after the Civil
War
Davis, Barbara 1964 Home Economics The European Economic Community; Its Effect on Economic Systems.
Arnold, Julie 1971 Home Economics The Role of Family Life and Sex Education in Contemporary American with Special
Emphasis of Sex Education in Schools
Goodwin, Deborah 1978 Home Economics The Philosophical, Nutritional, Economical and Social Factors Involved in
Vegetarianism.
Graham, Donna 1978 Home Economics A Comparison of Managerial Practices and Nutritional Status in a Selected Sample.
Kilby, Mary 1978 Home Economics The Impact of Nutrition for Elderly Programs on Food Habits of Participating Senior
Citizens in Planning District IX
Losh, June 1978 Home Economics A Nutritional Assessment of the Participants of the 1977 Harrisonburg-Rockingham
County Health Fair
Porter, Margot 1978 Home Economics The Study of Effects of Low-Protein and High-Protein Diets on the Albino Rat and
Its Progeny
Sampson, Judith 1978 Home Economics A Study of Food Management Effectiveness and Nutritional Status in a Selected
Sample of Participants in the Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Feeding
Program (WIC)
Hinchman, Patricia 1980 Home Economics Window Display History and Modern Creation Techniques
Bowman, Victor 1983 Home Economics The Effects of Malnutrition on the Brain Development and Learning of Rats. Studies
the potential effects of protein-calorie malnutrition or brain development and
subsequent learning periods on rats.
Dutton, Katherine 1989 Hotel and Restaurant Management David Ley The Opportunity for Club Med in the United States Resort Market
Stone, Richard 1990 Human Communication Anne Lyndrup The Origin of Self-Esteem and Its Influence on Communication
Conroy, Jill 1991 Human Communication Steven A. Rollman, Ph.D. Communication between Iraq and the United States: A Study of Intercultural
Communication and the Effects of the Media from August 2, 1990, Through January
16, 1991
Miller, Cindy 1991 Human Communication Robert Alott The Bruised Image: Public Relations and Avtex Fibers
Henderson, Ladianne 1992 Human Communication Robert Alott Some Were Called Heroes: A Comparison of Public Relations in the Gulf and
Vietnam War
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Butler, Janice 1993 Human Resource Development Leslie Bolt Role Definition in an Outreach Education System
Schwizer, Katie Ann 2009 IDLS-ELED Margaret Shaeffer, Ph.D. Helping Students Be the Change in Their Communities: The Impact of Community
Service Learning In the Elementary Classroom
Crowley, L. Sean 2006 Individualized Study Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. The Freedom of Information Act: Origins, History and Contemporary Account, 1955-
2005
Beatty, Joseph Alan 2008 Individualized Study Steven Reich, Ph.D. Bilali: An African Muslim in 19th Century Georgia
Duncan, Julia 1987 Information and Decision Sciences Karen Fercht Human implications of the Automated Office
Budd, Carolyn 1988 Information and Decision Sciences Richard Chustsoh The Social Impact of Strategic Information Systems on the Firm
Zuras, Stephanie 1988 Information and Decision Sciences Richard Christoph An Empirical Study of the Information System Needs of a Physical Therapy Clinic
Johnson, Neil 1991 Information and Decision Sciences Dennis Kulonda A Laboratory Workshop for Operations Management.
Vaughn, Laura 1991 Information and Decision Sciences Faye Teer, D.B.A. Expert Systems Development: A Case Study of Two Divergent Approaches
Henderson, Cheri 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Matthew Reilly Tools and Techniques of Databased Marketing for the Telecommunications Multi-
Service Provider
Keller, Matthew 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Michael Denton The Development of a Marketing Materials Database for American Management
Systems, Inc
McDavitt, Ryan 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Andrew Evans Jr., Ph.D. Characterization of Surface Water Contamination at Craney Island Dredged Material
Management Area
Schulman, Lisa 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Industrial Hygiene Monitoring of Air Quality: Personal Samples vs. Area Samples
Solomine, Christian 1997 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. The Implementation of Natural Gas Vehicles in a University Fleet: A Feasibility
Analysis and GuidanceDocuments
Sours, Dwight 1997 Integrated Science and Technology Andrew Evans Jr., Ph.D. The Effects of Land Application on the Chemical and Physical Properties of Soils and
Groundwater
Abdul-Hamid, M-Zakir 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Helmut Kraenzle, Ph.D. The Advancement of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Its Impact on the Future
Course of Geographic Information Systems (GIs).
Basalla, Amy 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. The Development of a High School, Problem Solving Course: Teaching the Steps of
Problem Solving as Applied to Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Berger, Peter 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. A James Madison University-Shenandoah National Park Partnership: Analysis of
Retrofits for Energy Efficiency at Select Buildings within Shenandoah National Park
Butler, Daniel 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. A Comparative Analysis of Emissions Data from Conventional and Alternative Fuel
Transit Buses
Grosh, Stacy 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Maria Papadakis, Ph.D. Energy Efficient Low-Income Housing
Grzegozewski, Matthew 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. The Application of Telemedicine in Modern Health Care
Harwanko, Stephen 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. Stephen Michael. A James Madison University-Shenandoah National Park
Partnership: An Economic and Engineering Design Analysis of Implementing
Photovoltaic Systems in Shenandoah National Park
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Johnson, Adam 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. The Clean Cities CD-ROM: A Multimedia Production to Promote Alternative Fuels.
Kellerman, Aaron 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Penalty Policy for Water Enforcement in Virginia
Malpeli, Michael 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Geoffrey Egekwu, Ph.D. Inventory Management Problem- Parts Overrun at Walker Manufacturing
Morgan, Matthew 1998 Integrated Science and Technology David J. Lawrence, Ph.D. Development of a Fabrication Process for a New Photovoltaic Cell
Mumpower, Stefanie 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Maria Papadakis, Ph.D. Profiling the Potential for Residential Energy Conservation in Harrisonburg,
Virginia
Rodgers, Angelica 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D. Development of a High School Integrated Science and Technology Course Sequence
Rop, Brandon 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. An Environmental and Economic Analysis of the Changing Patterns of Fossil Fuel
Combustion at the James Madison University Steam Plant
Schiele, Douglas 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Barbara Gabriele The Morphological Analysis of Streptomyces Bacteria Used in Large-Scale
Fermentation
Sobel, Seth 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James L. Barnes, Ed.D. Distance Learning Tools: Development of a Three Dimensional Virtual Wind Tunnel
Whitney, Aaron 1998 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. Living with Electric Vehicle: Quantitative Analysis of a 1993 Solectria Force
Zahm, Hillary 1998 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Analysis of the Virginia Oak Tannery Landfill in Luray, Virginia
Beerly, Brent 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Jack A. Taylor, Ph.D. A Feasibility Study of Implementing a Hybrid Wind Farm and Photovoltaic System
on the Island Nation of Malta
Cusson, Denise 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Development of a Quality System
Dana, Christopher 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Mohamed Zarrugh, Ph.D. The Development of a Strategic Plan for a Contract packager to Implement the IS0
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Duncan, F. Jason 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. 30 Biology
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Lawlor, Aaron 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Biotechnology in a Political World
Luerssen, Remy 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Mohamed Zarrugh, Ph.D. Development of a New Reusable Container for JMU Dining Services
Mariano, Joseph 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Design and Optimization of a Hybrid Wind/Photovoltaic Power Plant at Marfa Ridge
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Tainow, Daniel 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. Modeling the Nitrogen Cycle in an Aquatic Ecosystem
Walworth, Jill 1999 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Energy Efficiency and Conservation in the American Home
Holland, Stephen 2000 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Enhanced Calibration Techniques for Focal Plane Arrays and Techniques for
Radiometric Measurement of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide
Kalvesmaki, Kelli 2000 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Development of a Biopharmaceutical Database
Matheson, Sarah 2000 Integrated Science and Technology Steven Frysinger, Ph.D. Christmas Creek Watershed: Assessing the Effect of the Agricultural Best
management Practices on Water Quality
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Garner, Lisa 2001 Integrated Science and Technology Gregory Versen Older Adults: Live and On-Line.
Martin, Kenneth 2001 Integrated Science and Technology Mohamed Zarrugh, Ph.D. Adapting to E-Business Trends: Evaluation and Selection of Business-to-Business
Solutions for Small Manufacturers
Walsh, Ryan 2001 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. Monitoring, Analyzing, and Modeling Fecal Coliform Pollution in Page County
Rivers
Bourne, Jenna 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. lnfrared lmaging and Measurement of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide suing Gas
Filter Correlation Radiometry
Clark, Megan 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Development of lnfrared Radiometric Techniques for GFCR-Based lmaging of
Carbon-Monoxide
Denbigh, Peter 2002 Integrated Science and Technology James J. Winebrake, Ph.D. Peter Brian Skyler. Design and Construction of a Single Person Electric Vehicle
Harmon, Chelsea 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Pauline Cushman An Interactive Multimedia Tutorial on lnformation Technology
Llaneza, Abigail 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D. Visualization Development for the Infrared Technologies Advancement
O’Dell, Benjamin 2002 Integrated Science and Technology R. E. Burnett, Ph.D. The Position and Role of Religious Perspectives in the Development of President
Bush's Stem Cell Research Policy
Rider, Bethany 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Anne Henrickson, Ph.D. Discrete-Event Simulation Model of Dofasco Inc. Integrated Steel Mill Finishing
Division
Rockwood, Danielle 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Development and Testing Gas Filters Used in Correlation Radiometry for Carbon
Monoxide Measurement
Smith, Lisa 2002 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. West Nile Virus: Without Surveillance There Will be No Control
Bowels, Marshall 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. Biomonitoring of Mercury in the South River Using the Asiatic Clam, Corbicula
fluminea
Brown, Amy 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Immunological Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Variants
Burroubridge, Adam 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Historical, Ethical and Legal Implications of Eugenics Past and Future
Degner, Kai 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. Creating a Geographic lnformation System for the Shenandoah River Watershed
Goss, Amy 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. The Cloning, Purification and Expression of the Staphylococcus Aureus Protein A
Binding Domain Variants
Lish, Jessie 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Problem-Based Biotechnology
McCormick, Colin 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D. Deceptions
Pacific, Vince 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Mary Handley, Ph.D. Evaluation of the Potential Impact of Invasive Species in Riparian Restoration
Projects
Schubert, Helen 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Bringing DNA Technology to the High School Classroom: DNA Crime Scene and
Cloning Lessons
Syphard, James 2003 Integrated Science and Technology R. E. Burnett, Ph.D. Sports Supplement Information Database
Taylor, Zachery 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Anthony Teate, Ph.D. Enhancing the Solar Array Calculator
Whited, Brian 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. A Case Study Flow Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems in the Shenandoah
Valley and Design Proposal for a Wastewater Treatment System at the James
Madison University Farm
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Williams, Kerry 2003 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Bring DNA Technologies to the High School Classroom: A Feast for the Future and
the Innocence Project
Bell, Douglas 2004 Integrated Science and Technology Ming Ivory, Ph.D. An lnvestigation into the Downfall of the Fiber Optic lndustry
Mansfield, Carin 2004 Integrated Science and Technology Cynthia Klevickis, Ph.D. Tail Withdrawal Responses in the Lizard Takydromus sexlineatus
Parilak, Renee 2004 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Kander, Ph.D. Development of Database-Driven Online Cooperative for CHPM Rapid Prototyping
Manufacturers
Ryden, Kristina 2004 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. Development of a Recombinant Vaccine Against Pneumonic Plague Using a Fusion
Protein Expression System to Clone, Express, and Purify a UG-Tye aFusion Gene
from Yesina Pestis
Barton, Reed McDaniell 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. A Global Solution: Small Systems Water Sanitation for Developing Nations and
Disaster Relief
Bloom, Kristen 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Mutational Analysis and Production of Recombinant Human Lacritin in E. coli
Bourne, Stefanie 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Thermal/Optical Characterization of Membrane Materials for Solar Sails
Darragh, Joseph 2005 Integrated Science and Technology George H. Baker, III, Ph.D. lnvestigation of lntentional Electromagnic lnterference (EM4 Sources on Electronic
Components)
Delp, Benjamin 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Kenneth Newbold An Analysis of Risk Communication Past, Present, and Future: Selected Case Studies
of Disaster Planning and Emergency Communication
Huntsberry, Mary 2005 Integrated Science and Technology An Experimental Analysis of Tertiary Conditioned Reinforcement as Applied in
Various Animal Training Practices.
Jenkins, Chelsea 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Carolyn Ogleby Biodiesel: A Resource For Community Action.
Muller, Jeffry 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Barbara B. Kreutzer Bioterrorism: Defense Through Knowledge
Nguyen, Ashley 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Carollyn Oglesby Biodiesel Fuel Production Using Waste Yeast from the Wine Industry
Peterson, Angela 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Recombinant Lacritin, A Novel Protein in Human
Tears
Post, Hunter 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Design and Implementation of a Solar Simulator for Testing Solar Sails
Voss, Megan Suzanne 2005 Integrated Science and Technology R. E. Burnett, Ph.D. The Ethics of Carrier Screening in the Jewish Orthodox Community: A Form of Non-
Invasive Eugenics?
Wells, Christopher 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative: State Based Anemometer Loan Program
Wynne, Christopher 2005 Integrated Science and Technology Geoffrey Egekwu, Ph.D. Secondary Product Development for a Startup Limited Liability Company: An
Investigative Study of the Product Selection Design Process
DuBoff, Brian 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. An RNA Interference Screen for the Identification of Meiotic Genes in
Caenorhabditis Elegans
Lee, Matthew 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Emil Salib, Ph.D. A Wireless Location-Based Information Service
Melville, Corinne 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Charged Amino Acid Residues in the Carboxyl
Terminus of Lacritin
Nakles, Rebecca 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Mutational Analysis of the Amphipathic Alpha Helical Religion of Lacritin
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Schmitt, Danika 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Anthony Teate, Ph.D. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tracking for Harrisonburg City Transit Buses
Shreckhise, James 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Joseph Marchal, Ph.D. Engineering a Medical Response Knowledge Base for FALCON: A Decision Support
System for Hazardous Chemical Incidents
Stutts, Kevin 2006 Integrated Science and Technology Michael Deaton, Ph.D. The Continued Development of a Chemical Plant Security Assessment Tool
Bittner, David Alexander 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Barbara B. Kreutzer Biodontics: The Future of Dentistry - How Biotechnology is Changing and
Advancing Oral Medicine
Fenzel, Matthew Squires 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. Sustainable Water Extraction and Distribution System for Agricultural Applications
in the Namawanga Community of Kenya
Fletcher, John Daniel 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Wayne S. Teel, Ph.D. The Application of Radio Frequency Identification Technologies in the Container
Security Initiative
Hossesini, Nickie Rose 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. DNA Sequence Analysis of Dry Eye Patients
Shulman, Sarah Frances 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Site Directed Mutagenesis of the Lacritin Gene
Vida, Meredith Catherine 2007 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. A Series of N-Terminal Deletions of Lacritin; Cloned, Expressed and Purified with to
Determine Potential Antimicrobial Properties of Small Peptides
Akins, Victoria Tonita 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Cloning of a Lacritin Deletion Variant with a 6Histidine Tag
Desai, Sujay Jayesh 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D Extraction of Cellulase Genes from Trichoderma reesei for Genetic Modification of
Yeast for Advancements in Cellulosic Ethanol Production: the Pretreatment Process
of Cellulose
Jasper, Andrew Paul 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D Extraction of Cellulase Genes from Trichoderma reesei for Genetic Modification of
Yeast for Advancements in Cellulosic Ethanol Production
Munion, Shea Vahid 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Anthony Teate, Ph.D. Developing and Integrating an Online Textbook Trading Application with Facebook
Platform, Amazon Web Services, PHP and MYSQL
Schatz, Aaron Michael 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D Extraction of Cellulase Genes from Trichoderma reesei for Genetic Modification of
Yeast for Advancements in Cellulosic Ethanol Production
Turissini, Daniel John 2008 Integrated Science and Technology Mohamed Zarrugh, Ph.D. Government Compliant Identity Management at James Madison University
Jenkins, Tiffany Anne 2009 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. Oxygen Depletion in Level A HazMat Suits
Phillips, Chantell Lace 2009 Integrated Science and Technology Thomas R. Benzing, Ph.D. CISAT Rain Garden: Site Analysis and Construction Design to Improve Campus
Water Stewardship
Powanda, Ryan Michael 2009 Integrated Science and Technology Jonathan Miles, Ph.D. Chesapeake Clean Energy Initiative: Preliminary Study for Onshore Wind Turbine
Siting in a Remote Island Community
Thomas, Emily Catherine 2009 Integrated Science and Technology Christopher Bachmann, Ph.D. An Options Analysis of Transportation Fuels for Tangier Island, Virginia
Turner, Jeffrey Scott 2009 Integrated Science and Technology W. Gene Tucker, Ph.D. The Pilot Scale Removal of Manganese from Wastewater by Ozone Treatment
Lindenfelser, Heidi Elizabeth 2010 Integrated Science and Technology Ronald Rabb, Ph.D. Cloning, Expression, and Purification of the Human Seretory Leukocyte Peptidase
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Ramsey, David Spencer 2010 Integrated Science and Technology Morgan C. Benton, M.S. Next Step: Development of a Residential Site Assessment and Economic Feasibility
Calculator for Behind- the Meter Wind Energy Generation in Virginia
Ross, Elizabeth Miriam 2008 Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Brenda Fogus, M.A.T A Survey of Teacher Strategies for Developing Reading Skills Among Students with
High Functioning Autism
Cogswell, Lauren 1996 Interdisciplinary Social Science Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Integrating a Community-Based Spring Break Program
Gallant, Anna 1996 Interdisciplinary Social Science Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. The Need to Understand Hurting hearts: A Qualitative Study in Second Language
Learning
Obriot, Emily 2002 Interdisciplinary Social Science Sue E. Spivey, Ph.D. Midwifery: A Woman-Centered Approach to Childbirth
Sharkey, Christina Anne 1995 International Affairs Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. NATO Enlargement and the Russian Threat
Fishel, Samuel 1999 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. The State of Northern Ireland: An Analysis of the Use of Terrorism
Klemm, Noah 1999 International Affairs Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Understanding lnternational Economic Sanctions: A Case Study Approach
Snider, Erin 1999 International Affairs Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Considering the Kurdish Question: An Examination of Turkey's Dilemma
Dianova, Vera 2003 International Affairs Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Shifting Alliances of the 21st Century: NATO, Russia and the Transfer of U.S.
Military Bases to Central Europe
Baer, Katherine 2004 International Affairs Robin L. Teske, Ph.D. Human Rights and Women, Globalization and the Changing Role of the
Public/Private Dichotomy
Bassford, Lisa 2004 International Affairs Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Big Business vs. Forestland: How Corporate Interests Contribute to Deforestation in
Latin America
Griffin, Courtney 2005 International Affairs Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Revolution and the Arts: The Impact of Art in the 1989 Eastern European
Revolutions.
Lachman, Jennifer 2005 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. The Success of the Extreme Right in France: Le Front National in the Age of
Globalization
Friedfeld, Sarah Aldea 2007 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. US Policy toward Afghanistan: The Problem of Statelessness with Reference to
Pakistan
Kelley, Anna Catherine 2007 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. Indigenous Peoples' Civil and Political Rights; Case Studies of Australia, Japan, and
the United States
Paladino, Ryan Samuel 2007 International Affairs Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Conflict and Cooperation in U.S. Relations in Latin America: A Case Study Analysis
of Colombia and Venezuela
Smyth, Richard McFarland 2007 International Affairs Jessica R. Adolino, Ph.D. Confronting the Troubles: An Assessment of the British Response to the Sectarian
Violence in Northern Ireland, 1969-1998
Dunn, Jamie Lynn 2008 International Affairs Robin L. Teske, Ph.D. Human Trafficking and Sexual Slavery: Determining the Most Effective Approaches
for Combating the Trafficking of Women into the Sexual Slave Trade
Ulmer, Laura Elizabeth 2008 International Affairs John Scherpereel, Ph.D. An Ever Closer Union? The Effects of the Euro on the European Identity
Hartman, Michele Patricia 2009 International Affairs Jonathan Keller, Ph.D. Why Intelligence Fails: An Analysis of the US Intelligence Community
Lowry, Sean Andrew 2009 International Affairs Yi Edward Yang, Ph.D. Rationalizing China's Nuclear Proliferation Policy
Pegnato, Elisabeth Marra 2009 International Affairs John Scherpereel, Ph.D. Are Islam and Democracy Compatible?
Stanczyk, Sierra Ann 2009 International Affairs Jonathan Keller, Ph.D. Determinants of Mass Public Support for Violent Extremism in Muslim Countries: A
Statistical Analysis of Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, and Turkey
(2005)
Cobb, Matthew Ryan 2010 International Affairs John Scherpereel, Ph.D. International Tug-Of-War: The Struggle for Influence in Central Asia
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Copolillo, Chris Ryan 2010 International Affairs Terry Beitzel, Ph.D. The Use of Hard and Soft Power In UN Peacekeeping Missions
Chintala, David 1997 International Business Mark Usry Between Export Sales and Stock Price
Raymer, Julie 1998 International Business Faramarz Damanpour, Ph.D. Foreign Direct Investment in Ecuador: A Transition Towards Privatization and the
Removal of Legal Barriers
Koladay, Xenia 1999 International Business Kirk Elwood, Ph.D. European Monetary Union and its Effects on the Spanish Economy
Wassibauer, Ruediger 2000 International Business J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Ph.D. Size Matters: How the Euro Changed Europe
Formal, Elliot Salek 2008 International Business Robert Horn, Ph.D. The European Union Constitution: Why Has it Faltered?
Bolton, Andrew Kline 2007 Italian David E. Cockley, Ph.D. The Italian Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (National Health Service): An Assessment
of its Current State and Speculations on its Future
Kinard Jr, Jeffrey Louis 2007 Justice Studies Peter Pham The Relationship Between Healthcare Assurance, Democratization, and Government
Stability
Bickley, Caroline Macgill 2008 Justice Studies Peggy Plass, Ph.D. The Impact of Incarceration on the Relationship between a Mother and a Child
Morgan, Laura Ann 2008 Justice Studies Scott Vollum, Ph.D. A Legal Analysis of the Knock and Announce Requirement and its Implications in
Crime Control
Trinka, Lauren Michelle 2008 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Realities of A Just Future for the Mayan Community in the Guatemalan State: The
Implications of a Historically Discriminatory Rule of Law and the Possibility for a
Pluri-ethnic Nation Through Transitional Justice and Customary Law Reformation
Zapf, Jessica Lynne 2008 Justice Studies Scott Vollum, Ph.D. Perceived Permanence of Defendants' Psychological Disorders and Sentencing
Decisions in Capital Mitigation
Eisley, Abigail Esther 2009 Justice Studies Terry Beitzel, Ph.D. Environmental Justice Under Oppressive Governments: A Case Study of the Shwe
Gas Movement in Burma
Raines, Jessica Leigh 2009 Justice Studies Jacqueline K. Buffington- Vollum, Ph.D. The Effect of Motivation to Change on Offender Recidivism
Scott, Regas Wills 2009 Justice Studies Tammy Castle, Ph.D. A Comparison of Political Ideologies in Rock Music and Country Music
Hogan, Ashley Nicole 2010 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Factors Influencing the Success of Grassroots Organizing By Immigrant Solidarity
Groups
Johnson, Timothy Ryan 2010 Justice Studies Roberta Mitchell Prosecutorial Discretion: Study of U.S. District Level Prosecution Egalitarianism
Rotkin, Kari Ann 2010 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Good Governance and Its Significance in Post Genocidal Reconstruction
Tuarez, Melissa Guissell 2010 Justice Studies Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Truth Commissions: A Comparative Study of a Modern Day Phenomenon
Ross, Jill 1992 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Resting Metabolic Rate Differences Between Trained and Untrained Females
Colbert, Heather 1995 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. A Summer Field Hockey Conditioning Program for Female High School Field
Hockey Players
Reed, Leslie 1995 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Perception of Caloric Intake in College Female Athletes
Jamieson, Meredith 1997 Kinesiology Joel Vedelli, Ed.D. Effects of a Goal Setting Program on Selected Performance Skills in Tennis.
Way, Janelle 1999 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Effects of Land Versus Aquatic Exercise on Heath Related Quality of Life
Cox, John 2000 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Effect of Oral Creatine Supplementation on Anaerobic Performance and Fluid
Balance
Mattera, Joseph 2000 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Substrate Utilization in Fasted and Post Prandial College Women
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Warren, Kelly 2000 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Body Image, Age and Physical Activity in Women
Love, Amanda 2001 Kinesiology Jacqueline Williams, Ed.D. The Effects of Physical Activity on the Behavior of Children with Attention Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder
Shell, Cameron 2003 Kinesiology Joel Vedelli, Ed.D. The effect of Contextual Interference on the Short-term and Long-term Retention of
Three Wrestling Skills
Woodward, Christine 2003 Kinesiology Jacqueline Williams, Ed.D. The Contributions of the Greek and Roman Practices on Modern Sports Training
Schultz, Pamela 2004 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Relationships Between Physical Activity and Bone Mineral Density in Women.
Hart, Jan 2005 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Vigorous Physical Activity in College Alumnae and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Giammittorio, Stephanie 2006 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. Relationship Between Young Adulthood Physical Activity and C-Reactive Protein
Levels Among Post Menopausal Women and the Effect on the Risk for
Cardiovascular Disease
Munnis, Jamie 2006 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Muscular Strength and Bone Mineral Density
Baulsir, Keith Cameron 2007 Kinesiology M. Kent Todd, Ph.D. Negative Consequences of Weight Loss in Wrestling
Schubert, Carolyn Elizabeth 2007 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The influence of menopausal status and physical activity on C-reactive protein and a
woman's risk for heart disease
Holroyd, Bridget Anne 2008 Kinesiology Christopher Womack, Ph.D. The Influence of the CYP1A2 Genotype on the Ergogenic Effects of Caffeine During
Short-Duration, High Intensity Cycling
Ausink, Bryan Mark 2009 Kinesiology Christopher Womack, Ph.D. Variation Between Repeated Time-to-Exhaustion Trials Reduced With Utilization of
an Objective Exclusion Criteria
Ennis, Robert Christopher 2009 Kinesiology David J. Shonk, Ph.D. Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Methods: A Critical Review from a Sport
Management Perspective
Nicewonger, Christine Marie 2009 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The effect of iron supplementation during menses on iron markers and performance
in physically active females
Reeder, Amanda Helena 2009 Kinesiology Judith A. Flohr, Ph.D. The Impact of the ACE I/D Polymorphism on the Effect of Physical Activity and
Fitness on Blood Pressure in Women
Norman, William Alan 2010 Kinesiology Christopher Womack, Ph.D. The effect of caffeine dosages on force production of the knee extensor muscles in
trained male cyclists before and after a 40-kilometer time trial
Student Name
Scheikl, Oskar
Year
1995
Major
History
Advisor Name
Raymond M. Hyser Jr, Ph.D.
Title
"For a Bindleness Day": The I.W.W. and the Wheatland Hop Fields Riot of 1913
Stuntz, Joe Gillespie 2008 Management Eric M. Stark, Ph.D. 12 Different Type of Airline: A Case Study in Management at Southwest Airlines
Ngo, Amanda Michelle 2009 Management Charles White The Use and Impact of Collateral Signals In Business Presentations
Kilmer, Benjamin Birchell 2010 Management David Cavazos Evolution of the Music Industry: The Effect of Technology and Law on Strategic
Management and Sustainability
Grella, Thomas 1982 Management and Marketing Future Trends in Data Storage.
Lanthier, Lisa 1984 Management and Marketing Advertising's Role in Corporate Social Responsibility
Paulucci, Lisa 1985 Management and Marketing An Empirical Investigation of the Effectiveness of Quality Circles in the Hospital
Industry.
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Bachkosky, Deborah 1987 Management and Marketing Alan Goldenberg Developing the Model Marketing Fundamentals Course
Parker, Frederick 1989 Management and Marketing H.S. Roger Entrepreneurship Education: "A Pedagogy"
Geddes, Claire 1992 Management and Marketing Charles D. Pringle, D.B.A. Gender Differences in Management and Leadership: A Review of the Literature with
Implications for Organizations and Female Managers.
Guarniere, Melissa 1992 Management and Marketing George W. Wynn, Ph.D. The Impact of Consumer Ethnocentrism on the Purchasing Behavior of College
Students.
Hague, Jordan 1993 Management and Marketing Roger Ford Product Distribution: A Lucrative Entrepreneurial Model for the 1990's.
Grebowski, Caryl 1994 Management and Marketing Kenneth D. Bahn, Ph.D. Children's Preference Formation of Movie Tie-in Products and the Effect of Those
Preferences on Parental Spending Habits.
McCrae, Sean 1996 Management and Marketing Charles D. Pringle, D.B.A. A True Mickey Mouse Operation: A Case Study of Successful Management at the
Walt Disney Company
Franklin, Joshua 2000 Management and Marketing George W. Wynn, Ph.D. Data Mining and Customer Relations Management
Mannion, Sean 2001 Management and Marketing Irvine Clark III, Ph.D. If You Promote It, They Will Come: A Case Study Investigating James Madison
University's Sports Marketing and Promotions
Donohue, Bridget 2003 Management and Marketing Claudius B. Claiborne, Ph.D. Student Attitudes and Study Abroad
Kem, Katelynn 2003 Management and Marketing Val Larsen, Ph.D. Privacy, Marketing, and the Consumer: How Much Do Consumers Value Privacy?
Granados, Alicia 2004 Management and Marketing Irvine Clark III, Ph.D. The International Female: A Cross-cultural Examination of Female Gender-Role
Portrayal in Print Advertising in the United States, Italy and Japan.
Mannion, Ryan 2004 Management and Marketing Irvine Clark III, Ph.D. Victory in a New arena: A Framework for Marketing Sport to Asian-American
Consumers
Roche, Kathleen 2005 Management and Marketing William Aranda The Culture of Student Drinking at James Madison University
Williams, Sarah 2005 Management and Marketing Karen Santos Riding Into Therapy: A Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program for Developing
Social Skills in "at Risk" Teenagers
McCracken, J. Colleen 1990 Marketing George W. Wynn, Ph.D. Customer Service: Customers' Perceptions of the Importance of Customer Service
Maddrea, Jean 1993 Marketing Claudius B. Claiborne, Ph.D. Crisis Communication: A Case Study and Managerial Stimulation of the Crash of the
United Airlines Flight232
Lombardo, Todd 1996 Marketing Claudius B. Claiborne, Ph.D. The Marketing Environment of Ford Motor Company in the United States 1970-
2000
Gillette, Britt 1999 Marketing Claudius B. Claiborne, Ph.D. Modern Product Advertising As an Alternative to Negative Political Advertising
Schuman, Lauren 2004 Marketing Theresa Flaherty The Influence of Retail Store Environment and Store Image on Consumer's
Perception of Quality Products
Giacone, Tricia 2006 Marketing William Faranda, Ph.D. Effects of Temporal Distance on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions Regarding Two
Approaches to Weight Loss
Karr, Laura Ann 2008 Marketing Claire P. Bolfing, Ph.D. Making a Difference: The Impact of Message Framing on Perceived Consumer
Effectiveness in Cause- Related Marketing
Peterson, Sarah Michelle 2008 Marketing Kenneth D. Bahn, Ph.D. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influences on Socially Responsible Consumption: A
Generational Analysis
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Delli-Colli, Kathryn Jean 2009 Marketing Mert Tokman, Ph.D. Gender Differences in Response to Customer Win Back Offers
Lodder, Jennifer Ashley 2009 Marketing William Faranda, Ph.D. The Distinction Between Impulsive and Compulsive Buying Behaviors: A Review of
the Literature and Implications for College-Aged Adults
Pugh, Beth 1993 Mass Communication Marilou Johnson, Ph.D. Reporting the Name of a Rape Victim: A Survey of the Policies if Virginia News
Organizations
Zarahn, Brian 1994 Mass Communication Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. The New Media: Examining the Emergence of Alternative Venues in the 1992
Presidential Campaign
Burke, Jennifer Anne 1996 Mass Communication Marilou Johnson, Ph.D. Women, Sportscasting and the Path of a Pioneer
Lamb, Julie 1997 Mass Communication Charles Turner Gender-Based Perceptions of Female Leadership Capacity as Influenced by Print
Advertising
Lofgren, Jeffrey 1997 Mass Communication Robert Starr To Helene and the Experience of Producing a Student Video.
Walter, Shannon 1997 Mass Communication David Wendelken, Ph.D. Design Performance: Effective Advertising on the World Wide Web.
Mohd-Nordin, Noraizah 1998 Mass Communication Rustin Greene, M.F.A. A Moral Obligation
Palladino, Melissa 1998 Mass Communication David Wendelken, Ph.D. Digital Imaging in the Media: An Exploration of Its Development, Its Applications
and Its Future.
Bishop, Lisa 1993 Mathematics Rickie Domangue, Ph.D. Survival Analysis of Aids case Data
Jenkins, Wesley 1993 Mathematics John C. Klippert, Ph.D. Generalizations of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Orringer, Kristy 1993 Mathematics John Marafino, Ph.D. Factual Construction
Malacane, Lynn Ann 1994 Mathematics George Marrah A Comparison of Capability Indices Under Various Distribution Assumptions
Vetrano, Jeffrey 1995 Mathematics David P. Hanson, D.Ed Algebraic Coding Theory
Williams, Geoffrey 1997 Mathematics John C. Klippert, Ph.D. A Characterization of the Existence of a Derivative in Terms of Its Set of Points of
Continuity.
Lee, Kristina 2002 Mathematics Gary Peterson, Ph.D. Affine and Projective Geometry
Rabenold, Patrick 2002 Mathematics William H. Ingham, Ph.D. Simulation of Ideal Gas Expansions using Smooth Particles Mechanics
Dardia, Kristen 2005 Mathematics Hasan Hamdan, Ph.D. Using Scale Mixtures of Normals to Model Continuously Compounded Retum
Albert, Michael 2006 Mathematics John C. Klippert, Ph.D. The Gauge Integral
Crizer, Amy Vess 2006 Mathematics James Liu, Ph.D. Analysis of Modified Lotka-Volterra Competition Models with Non-Linear
Relationships Between Species
Hope, Rebecca 2006 Mathematics Laurie Cavey Exploring the Effectiveness of Technology in Secondary Mathematics Education
Booth, Laurel Ashley 2007 Mathematics Laura Taalman, Ph.D. Mutual Orthogonality and Minimal Generating Conditions of Multiple Gerechte
Designs
Bruno, Jorge Luis 2008 Mathematics Elizabeth T. Brown, Ph.D. Cardinal Invariance Beyond the Continuum
Ellison, Victoria Marie 2008 Mathematics Hasan Hamdan, Ph.D. Using UNMIX in Estimating Bivariate Scale Mixtures of Normals in Stock Models
Leard, Benjamin Paul 2008 Mathematics Brian Walton, Ph.D. Dynamics of a Ratio-Dependent Predator-Prey Model with a Profit-Maximizing
Harvesting Agent
Strawn, Brandon Timothy 2008 Mathematics Elisabeth C. Gumnior, Ph.D. Rhetoric and Mathematics: Reviving the Exploration of a Transdisciplinary Bridge
Cross, Nina Faye 2009 Mathematics Brian Walton, Ph.D. The Mathematical Analysis of Shape Change in Frog Cartilage During Development
Hannoun, Deena Mariam 2009 Mathematics Anthony Tongen, Ph.D. Analysis of a Spring and Mass Model: Applications to Tail Movement
Szalay, Jamey Robert 2010 Mathematics Carla Martin, Ph.D. Independent Component Analysis: A Tensor Based Approach
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Collington, Michele 1987 Mathematics and Computer
Science
John C. Klippert, Ph.D. Important Illustrative Functions in Introductory Mathematical Analysis
Hunt, Kellie 1987 Mathematics and Computer
Science
John C. Klippert, Ph.D. Counting the Discontinuities of a Real Function
Romeo, Cynthia 1990 Mathematics and Computer
Science
Charles W. Reynolds, Ph.D. Software Portability and Standardization: An Analysis of the UNIX/X Windows
Software Environment
Widener, Patrick 1990 Mathematics and Computer
Science
Charles W. Reynolds, Ph.D. A Study of the Support by the Programming Language C++ for Generic Abstract
Data Types
Hey, Adam 1991 Mathematics and Computer
Science
John C. Klippert, Ph.D. An Elementary Proof of Arzela's Bounded Convergence Theorem and Some
Applications in Advanced Calculus
Taylor, Brent 1991 Mathematics and Computer
Science
Charles W. Reynolds, Ph.D. Experiments in Reflection
Goldman, William 1995 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. Scenic Overlook
Ketchum, Ryan 1995 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. Obscenity Law and the Application of "Miller v. California" to Current Obscenity
Issues
Londeree, Sarah 1995 Media Arts and Design Charles Turner The Breaks of Holly Creek.
Morgan, Wendy 1995 Media Arts and Design Charles Turner Gender Stereotypes Recombined: The So-Called Reality of My So-Called Life
Overman, Jennifer 1995 Media Arts and Design Alan Neckowitz, Ph.D. Making their Mark: A History of Women in American Newspaper Journalism since
World War II.
Fullerton, Elaine 1996 Media Arts and Design Roger Soenksen, Ph.D. The Camera and its Effect on Justice in the American Courtroom. Questions the use
of media camera coverage in the courtroom and the camera's threat to justice
Malkin, Deborah 1996 Media Arts and Design Charles Turner Marketing on the Internet: Analyzing Current Developments and Predicting Future
Trends.
Epling, Anthony 1998 Media Arts and Design Marilou Johnson, Ph.D. A Prescription for Living with HIV: An Analysis of the Reality of ER
Alvanitakis, Kristin 1999 Media Arts and Design Alan Neckowitz, Ph.D. Civic Journalism: Savior or Death Knell for American Newspapers
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Gouldin, Haley 2003 Paychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Effects of Values, Interests, and Parental Influence on an Undergraduate's
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Leslie, John 1977 Philosophy and Religion The Concept of Transcendence in the Philosophy of Karl Jaspers.
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Mowbray, Neil 1981 Philosophy and Religion The Development of Orthodox Christology and Contemporary Reformulations by P.
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Flory, Robert 1982 Philosophy and Religion The Doctrine of Election in the Theology of Karl Barth
Anderson, Mark 1983 Philosophy and Religion Selective Conscientious Objection
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Brady, Sheila 1988 Philosophy and Religion Religious Experience in the Optimally Functioning Human Being
Brown, Andrea 1990 Philosophy and Religion Jamie Robinette Linguistic Philosophy of Dante
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Stygar, Monica 1992 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. The Moral Basis of International Law Governing Warfare
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Spannaus, Andrew 1993 Philosophy and Religion Anne Wiles, Ph.D. The Idea of the Good in Plato's Epistemology
Geremia, Daren 1994 Philosophy and Religion Richard Lippke Origin, Death, and Rebirth: A Window into the Conceptions of the Life Essence
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Baise, Matthew 1995 Philosophy and Religion Richard Lippke The Care Theorists: an Exposition and Critique
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Walker, Christopher 1996 Philosophy and Religion William O'Meara, Ph.D. Freedom, Absurdity and the Russian Christ: A Study of Dostoevsky's The Grand
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Asbridge, Rae 1990 Physical and Health Education Effects of a Structured Exercise Program on Self-concept
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Crawford, Cathy 1984 Political Science The lnternational and lntranational Economic and Political Policies of the African
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Schmidt, Karyn 1988 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Pornography as a Civil Rights Dilemma.
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Lynott, Robert 1990 Political Science Eastern Europe and the Application of the Lcontagion Theory to Analyze the
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Menster, Eve 1991 Political Science Paul C. Cline, Ph.D. The Supreme Court's Response to Drug Testing and Its Fourth Amendment
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Van Atta, Lee 1991 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Cocaine Revolutions: U.S. Drug Control Policy and Political Stability in the Andean
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Wirth, John 1991 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Revolution in Latin America: The Endless Struggle for Radical Change
Carson, Heather 1992 Political Science Marion T. Doss Jr., J.D., M.L.T. Televised Execution in America
Hyler, James 1992 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. Fiscal Disparity in Virginia K-12 Public Education: The Haves and the Have-Nots.
Krebs, Jennifer 1992 Political Science Robert Maranto Patent Office Response to Innovative Technology; A Case Study in Biotechnology
Mathers, Julie 1992 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Joint Custody in Virginia: A Proposal for Change.
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Parmelee, John 1992 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Death of an Idea
Perrin, Sean 1992 Political Science William Rhelson A Comparative Analysis of American Right-Wing Terrorism: The Original Ku Klux
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Stickley, Dillina 1992 Political Science William Nelson Self Defense and Battered Women Syndrome Testimony: A Case Study of Spousal
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Zerega, Mary 1992 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Analysis of the Yugoslav Economic Reform Program with a Special Consideration of
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Coffee, Michael 1993 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Gorbachev and the Nationalist Persona in the Former Soviet Union
Kelly, Sheila 1993 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. The Seeds of Revolt: Interrelationships Between Indigenous Malnutrition and
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Logan, Rebecca 1993 Political Science Robin L. Teske, Ph.D. The Rise and Fall of a Peace Process in Columbia
Marra, Pataricia 1993 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Ethnic Politics in the Former Soviet Union
McDaniel, James 1993 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. An Examination of the Relationship Between the United States Supreme Court and
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Moore, Brian 1993 Political Science Scott Hammond, Ph.D. Paternalism and the Public Interest: Issues for Liberal Philosophy
O’Mara, Michael 1993 Political Science Marion T. Doss Jr., J.D., M.L.T. Forfeiture of Attorney's Fees: A Denial of Due Process and the Right to Counsel of
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Del Vecchio, Brian 1995 Political Science Marion T. Doss Jr., J.D., M.L.T. UVA Fire: First Due on Grounds; a Master Plan for the University of Virginia
Icenhour, Cheryl 1995 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Moldova: Analyzing the Political Transition of a Former Soviet Republic.
Karwan, Amy 1995 Political Science Leslie Leip Impacting the Agenda: Women in the Political Arena and the Advancement of
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Neal, Sarah 1995 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. The Political and Economic Effects of German Reunification: An Examination of the
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Roeber, Danielle 1995 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. Federalist and Anti-Federalist Thought: The Evolution of Participatory Democracy
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Schoenfeld, Ryan 1995 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. The Functionality and Practicality of the War Powers Resolution
Kahler, Wendy 1996 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. In Defense of NATO: The Necessity of the Alliance in the Post-Cold War
Kistner, Natalie 1996 Political Science Steven Guerrier, Ph.D. The Carter Human Rights Policy: Learning from the Past, Understanding the Future
Meushaw, Hallie 1996 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. The Republican Legislative Agenda in the 104th Congress and Its Implications for
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O’Dell, Kelley 1996 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. A Philanthropic Education; the Presence and Significance of the Nonprofit Sector in
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Blackwell, Elizabeth 1997 Political Science Stephen R. Bowers, Ph.D. Moldova: Civil Liberties in a Former Soviet Republic
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Maitha, Mutheu 1997 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Self Determination: Is this a Viable Solution for Ethnopolitical Conflict in Africa?
Aridi, Leila 1998 Political Science Elizabeth Garbrah-Aidoo Where's the Party?: The Politics Behind Welfare Reform
Logie, Daniel 1998 Political Science Scott Hammond, Ph.D. Handling Power: The Pursuit of a Christian Framework for Governance
McPhee, Jaime 1998 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. The Status of Equal Rights for Women Without the Equal Rights Amendments
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Paynter, Kristen 2000 Political Science Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Ph.D. The Evolution of the Office of the First Lady
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Ryan, Daniel 2000 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. The Evolving Determinants of Power in the International System
Taverna, Jessica 2000 Political Science Robert N. Roberts, Ph.D. Feasible or Infeasible? Pornography and International Internet Regulation
Walsh, Cara 2000 Political Science Kay M. Knickrehm, Ph.D. Protecting Refugee Women: Gender Based Persecution as Grounds for Asylum in
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Martin, Christopher 2001 Political Science Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. Examining the Causes of Political Corruption in Africa: An Aggregate Approach
Thistlethwaite, Ronald 2001 Political Science Glenn Hastedt, Ph.D. Global Development Concerns: Implications of Foreign Aid and Microcredit
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Robbins, Alexandra Elizabeth 2007 Political Science Melinda J. Adams, Ph.D. Social Movement Success and Failure: A Study of Resources, Political Opportunity,
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Thielen, Jacob Thomas 2007 Political Science Valerie Sulfaro, Ph.D. A Nation Divided? Examining Culture War and Elite and Mass Polarization
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Milona, Michael Christopher 2008 Political Science Scott Hammond, Ph.D. Hannah Arendt on Judging and Acting
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Covall, Harrison Michael 2010 Political Science Charles H. Blake II, Ph.D. A War on Multiple Fronts: An Analysis of the Mexican Narcotics Trade
Gunther, Stephen James 2010 Political Science Hak-Seon Lee, Ph.D. Taking Back Russia's Oil: Understanding the Putin Administration's Energy Policy
Harner, Ariana Laurel 2010 Political Science Bernd Kaussler, Ph.D. Perpetrators, Policies, and Propaganda: Understanding Genocide through a
Comparative Case Study Analysis
Lee, Donna Elaine 2010 Political Science David A. Jones, Ph.D. Assessing Media Bias in the 2008 Presidential Election
Soltoff, Benjamin Charles 2010 Political Science Chris J. Koski, Ph.D. Aging America: Public Policy Implications Of Licensing Regulations for Older
Drivers
Reid, Emily 1964 Psychology An Evaluation of the Effects of Personality and Social Maturity Upon Academic
Achievement in Grades One through Seven
Stokes, Patricia 1972 Psychology Transfer of Training in the Acquisition of Collateral Nonsense Syllables
Townsend, Brian Lee 1975 Psychology The Effect of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride on conditioned Learning Using a DRL-20
Schedule
Winskie, Anne 1976 Psychology Banking Behavior: A Marketing/Motivational Study
Childress, Kendra 1977 Psychology Probable Explanation of Schedule-Induced Polydipsia
Roth, Judy 1977 Psychology Lawrence Kohlberg's Cognitive-Developmental Approach: Theory and Application
Brittingham, Gregory 1978 Psychology The Effects of Television Program Content and Commercial Content on Young
Children's Behavior
Prideaux, Donna 1978 Psychology Measurement of Androgyny at James Madison University and Its Relationship to
Awareness and Ideal vs. Pursued Careers
Chappell, Lynette 1979 Psychology The Query of a Psychological Paradigm
Riley, William 1979 Psychology Progressive Relaxation versus Rational Self Analysis: Toward a Self-Directed
Reduction of Anxiety
Jarvis, Karen 1980 Psychology Effects of the Physical Attractiveness of a Musician on an Audience's Perception of
His Music
Beck, Lisa 1981 Psychology Paving Pathways to the Future: Career Education for the Leaders of Tomorrow
Shutty, Michael 1981 Psychology Species Specific Defense Reactions and Avoidance Acquisition in the Mongolian
Gerbil
Steves, Joanne 1981 Psychology The Effect of Sentence Context on Word Recognition: Lexical Decision Vs. Word
Reading
Roberts, Alissa 1982 Psychology The Effect of Subliminal Auditory Messages and Sex of Communicator on Imagery
Stratton, Linda 1982 Psychology The Effects of Nonconformity on Children's Attribution of Traits
Thomas, Robert 1982 Psychology The Effects of Regular Exercise on Self-Esteem
Azevedo, Don Fernando 1983 Psychology An Animal Model of the Catecholamine Hypothesis of Affective Disorders: Changes
in Motivation Among Rats with Chemically lnduced Depression.
Gal, Cynthia 1983 Psychology Territoriality: The Use of Library Study Space.
Wallace, Karen 1983 Psychology The Effect of Syntactic and Semantic Contexts on Word Recognition
Draper, Nancy 1984 Psychology The Degree of Need Similarity in Androgynous and Sex-typed Couples
Burnett, Sherri 1985 Psychology A Comparison of the Physiological Arousal Between Students of Differing Levels of
Test Anxiety
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Creedo, Kathleen 1985 Psychology Dialect as a Factor in Information Recall and Retention
Gordon, Mary 1985 Psychology An Investigation of the Contagion Theory as One Explanation of Adolescent Suicide
Muller, Susan 1985 Psychology The Role of Previous Experience with Physiognomic Features in Person Perception
Ronan, Judy 1985 Psychology Personality, Expectations, and Work Satisfaction of Volunteer Telephone Crisis
Counselors
Smith, Karen 1985 Psychology The Relationship Between Locus of Control, Probability of Help Seeking Behavior,
and Counseling Attitudes
Walton, Gail 1985 Psychology The Review of the Empirical Findings of Love Scales
Watson, Patricia 1985 Psychology Emotional Laterality and the Priming Effect: An Interaction of Word and Face
Recognition Tasks
Dobratz, Stephen 1986 Psychology The Effect of Variety of Diet on the Eating Behavior of Rats
Feifer, Steven 1986 Psychology Self-esteem and Religiosity in Relation to Locus of Control
Todd, Cheryl 1986 Psychology The Relationship Between Introversion/Extraversion and Intrinsic/Extrinsic
Rewards
Verhaagen, David 1986 Psychology The Effects of Caffeine on a Memory-Scanning Task
Borum, William 1987 Psychology Linda Jackson Developing Effective Negotiation Strategies for Dealing with Mentally Disturbed
Hostage Takers
Cluff, Michael 1987 Psychology The Effect of Caffeine on a Memory-Scanning Task
Hansen, Linda 1987 Psychology A Study of Some Predictors of Attitudes towards Male and Female Homosexuals
Harrison, Scott 1987 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Effect of Humor and Locus of Control on Stress Level
Lantzer, Jennifer 1987 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Correlates of Love Relationship Addictiveness: Satisfaction, Locus of Control, Self
Esteem, and Sex Role Orientation
Masson, Felicity 1987 Psychology Charles M. Harris, Ph.D. Consistency of Male and Female Career Expectations and Aspirations During the
College Years and Factors Influencing Their Development
McKee, Jennifer 1987 Psychology Virginia Mathie Introvert and Extravert Perceptions of Physically Attractive People
Mondloch, Gregory 1987 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Factors Affecting Burnout of Resident Advisors and Head Residents
Naumann, Wendy 1987 Psychology Richard E. Weat Phonemic and Semantic Priming Effects on Word Recognition
Ondrejcek, Lisa 1987 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. The Effect of Language Proficiency on Cognitive Processes
Robless, Genevieve 1987 Psychology Linda Jackson The Fear of Success as a Function of Sex-Role Orientation in College Aged Women
Crawford, Kimberly 1988 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. AIDS: The Effect of Knowledge Level on Fear of Contracting the HIV Virus.
Harrold, Crystal 1988 Psychology Charles M. Harris, Ph.D. The Effects of Anxiety on Test Performance and the Use of Cognitive lntervention to
Reduce Anxiety
Martin, Susan 1988 Psychology T. Dary Erwin, Ph.D. The Affective and Cognitive Development of College Students as Influenced by
Participation in Organized Student Activities
Mitchell, Tammy 1988 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. The Use of Allocation Pools in Equity Theory Research
Smith, Amy 1988 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Relationship between Personality Type and Attitudes toward Homosexuality
Smith, Debora 1988 Psychology James V. The Influence of Type A Behavior and Competitiveness on Female Satisfaction with
Interpersonal Dating Relationships
Wetherbee, Mary 1988 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Addiction to Exercise: The Effects of Beta-Endorphin
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Boles, Sharon 1989 Psychology Koresa Malcolm The Effect of Parental Divorce on College Student's Self Concepts
Hill, Deborah 1989 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Addiction Versus Intimacy as Related to Sexual lnvolvement in Love Relationships
Torgler, Cyndee 1989 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. A Comparison of Strategies for Changing College Students' Attitudes Toward
Acquaintance Rape
Tyrone, Mary 1989 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Perceptions of Child Rearing by Adopted, Biological, and Step Children
Welch, Cynthia 1989 Psychology Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Ph.D. Romantic Relationship Variables and Loneliness
Fox, Suzanne 1990 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Relationship between Parental Authority Styles and the Identity of College
Freshmen
Parker, Emily 1990 Psychology James B. Harit Philosophical Approaches to Research in Counseling Psychology
Talley, Cheryl 1990 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Concurrence of Characteristic Hand and Fingerprint Patterns with Alcohol
Teratogenicity
Wile, Ella 1990 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Consequences of Resisting Requests in the Workplace
Allison, Jamie 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Relationships between Divorce and College Students' Development of Identity and
Intimacy
Dawes, Katherine 1991 Psychology Virginia Mathie The Socialization of Women into Leadership Positions
Evans, Cynthia 1991 Psychology Virginia Mathie Interactive Effects of Individual Differences in Self Disclosure and Personalistic
Attributions for Disclosure on Attraction
Marks, Michelle 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Sexual Harassment on Campus: Effects of Professor Gender on Perception of
Sexually Harassing Behaviors
Peaper, Jeffrey 1991 Psychology Have-Want Discrepancy and Job Facet Intensity as Predictors of Job Satisfaction
among Student Part Time Employees
Richey, Elain 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Attitudes Toward Counselor as result of Gender of the Counselor, the Type of the
Therapy Sought and Attitudes Towards Women
Tiller, Stephanie 1991 Psychology Douglas Brown Examining the Relationships between Selected School Variables and Locus of
Control of Learning Disabled Children
Webster, Stephanie 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Visualization and Rational-Emotive Therapy as Interventions for Fear of Public
Speaking
Weitz, Sarah 1991 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Effects of Residence Hall Environments on First Year and Upperclass College
Students
Harris, Meredith 1992 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The relationship between Birth Order and Need Affiliation and Group-Orientation
Keilitz, Sylvia 1992 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Influence of Gender on Competition in Leader Subordinate Interaction.
Markland, Stacy 1992 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Relationship between Familial Conflict and the Identity of Young Adults
McDaniel, Scott 1992 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Visual and Auditory Perception of Short Intervals
Moe, Rochelle 1992 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. Gender Roles and the Sexual Abuse of Boys
Paxton, Suzanne 1992 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Separatism on a Mid-Sized Southeastern University
Schaeffer, Ann 1992 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Rape Supportive Attitudes: Effects of On-Campus Residence and Education
Caracciolo, Claudine 1993 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Relationship between Knowledge and Favorability of Psychology's Public Image
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Davis, Eric 1993 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Perceived Justification, Attitudes towards Personal Responsibility, and the
Frequency of Delinquent Behavior
Heyer, Deanne 1993 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Relationship between Parental Marital Status and the Development of Identity
and Emotional Autonomy in College Students
McCullough, Erika 1993 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. The Relationship between Codependency and a History of Abuse
Miller, Pamela 1993 Psychology Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Ph.D. Art and Writing: The Creative Process
Powell, Andrea 1993 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Race, Concern with Weight, and Sociocultural Pressure to be Thin
Schoka, Elaine 1993 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Gender Differences in the Perception of Rape: Victim Resistance, Offender Force
and Subsequent Injury
Sheppa, Viveca 1993 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Dating Relationships and Infidelity: Attitudes and Behaviors
Davis, Jennifer 1994 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Effects of Maternal Depression on Locus of Control, Perceptions of Infant
Temperament, and Mother- Infant Interactions
Hartwell, Carrie 1994 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. International Student's Experiences, Acknowledgements and Scripts of Rape
Hunt, Michael 1994 Psychology Lennis G. Echterling, Ph.D. Hyptotizability and Cognitive Style
Jackson, Alysa 1994 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. A Comparison of Two Performance Appraisal Systems in a Food Service
Organization.
Jacobs, Heather 1994 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Effects of Gender, Children and Travel on the Evaluation of Job Applicants
Reynolds, Brady 1994 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Personality Development: A Proposed Model
Rosenblatt, Bonnie 1994 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. The Effects of Environmental Stimuli During Incubation in Problem Solving
Zempolich, Kristin 1994 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. AIDS Education: The Effects of Presentation Method on Perceived Risk, Risk
Behavior and Self Efficacy
Anderson, Kellie 1995 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Sex-Role Stereotyping on Daytime Versus Primetime Soap Operas.
Graves, Kristi 1995 Psychology David P. Hanson, D.Ed. Comparison of Sexual Assault Policies and Services at Four Virginia Universities.
Heiges, Kelly 1995 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Mothers' use of Informational and Social Resources Predicts Parenting Stress
Lyons, James 1995 Psychology Dawn Dekle The Effect of an Alternate Juror with Strong Pro Death Penalty Attitudes on the
Deliberation and Verdicts of Juries
Overton, Parker 1995 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Effects of Having an ADHD Sibling on
Non-ADHD College Students
Sterbenz, Sonya 1995 Psychology Cecil C. Bradfield, Ph.D. A Cross-cultural Analysis of the Roles of Elderly Women
Charkow, Wendy 1996 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. A Study of Relationship Dependency, Dating Abuse, and Scripts of Female College
Students
Coffey, Stacey 1996 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Parenting Stress and Socioeconomic Effects on Parent-Child Interactions during the
Marschak lnteraction Method: A Task Analysis
Hansen, Rebecca 1996 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Maternal versus Observer Ratings of Mother-Infant Interaction Behavior Effects of
Videotape and Feedback
Haworth, Chera 1996 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. Predicting an Employee's Perceived Control: A Field Study on the lnfluence of
Autonomy, Feedback, and Participatory Goal Setting
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Leighton, Laura 1996 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Influence of Sibling Abuse, Perceptions of the Siblings, and Parental Intervention on
Social Introversion Scores
Palm, Kathleen 1996 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Recovered Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The "False Memory" Controversy
and Clinical Implications
Sydell, Eric 1996 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Modern Racism on Campus: A Survey of Attitudes and Perceptions
Yap, Susan 1996 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Assessment of a College Athletic Advising Program's Perceived Contributions to
Graduates of the
Davidson, Amanda 1997 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. The Effects of Role Ambiguity on an Individual's Perception of Goal Achievement
and Satisfaction with and Commitment to a Group
Davis, John 1997 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. The Effect of a Victim Witness Program on Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
Fergus, Emily 1997 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Parenting Stress, Depression and Anxiety: Its Effect on Non-Verbal Communication
During Mother lnfant Interactions
Floam, Jennifer 1997 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Quality of Nonverbal Communication During Parent-Child Play Interactions and Its
Relationship to Stress
Harris, Chelsey 1997 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. The Effects of CD-ROM Versus Text-Based Instruction on Recall and
Comprehension in Young Children
Holt, Stephen 1997 Psychology Jack H. Presbury, Ph.D. A Pre-Paradigm of Consciousness: The Beginnings of a Science of the Mind
Impett, Emily 1997 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Perceptions of Sexual Interest in Same-Sex and Other-Sex Couples by Lesbians,
Heterosexual Women, Gay Men, and Heterosexual Men.
Judy, Beth 1997 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Relationship Between Parents, Peers, Morality, and Theft in an Adolescent Sample.
Kanna, Ahmed 1997 Psychology David P. Hanson, D.Ed Narcissism and Depression: Social and Psychological Implications.
Mikesell, Christina 1997 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. Perception of Paternal Behavior and College Women's Self-Appraisals
Rey, Amy 1997 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Assessing the Behaviors and Attitudes of Heterosexuals Toward Homosexuals in a
College Community
Verlander, Lorrie 1997 Psychology David P. Hanson, D.Ed The Effect of Stress Level on the Sleep Patterns of College Students
Blair, Tina Marie 1998 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Relationship between Deception and Power in College Students' Dating
Relationships: An Exploratory Study
Bolton, Catherine 1998 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. Locus of Control, Dispositions, and Media Exposure
Derbenwick, Erica 1998 Psychology Jack H. Presbury, Ph.D. Gender Differences in Response to Depictions of Sexual Aggression
DiPinto, Marcus 1998 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Gender Differences in Response to Depictions of Sexual Aggression
Finlayson, Kristen 1998 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Family Egalitarianism, Attachment, and Gender Role ldentity as Related to Family
Egalitarianism, Attachment, and Gender Role ldentity as Related to Family
Egalitarianism, Attachment, and Gender Role ldentity as Related to Dating Abuse
Greenough, Amy 1998 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. The Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Quality: The Influence of Parental
Happiness on the Marital Attitudes, Beliefs, and Expectations of Young Adults.
Marold, Jennifer 1998 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Relationship between Parent Modeling, Participation in a Youth Organization, and
Prosocial Behavior in Children
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Neill, Christina 1998 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Widows of Park Place and Park Village: The Role of Personal Spirituality and
Religious Social Activity in the Life Satisfaction of Older Widowed Women
Perry, Bradford 1998 Psychology Joann Hess Grayson, Ph.D. Anger Levels in Secondary Victims of Sexual Assault
Siudyla, Jamie 1998 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Health, Social Support and the Relationship to Shyness
Banna, Kelly 1999 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. An Evaluation of the Discriminative Stimulus Properties of Gamma-Hydroxybutyric
Acid in Rats.
Coffman, Donna 1999 Psychology Tammy D. Gilligan, Ph.D. The Relationship of Stress, Social Support, and Self Efficacy with Life Satisfaction
Among Freshman College Students
DeBellis, Janine 1999 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Gender Differences and Similarities in Parent-Child Play
Detta, Jennifer 1999 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Parenting Style and Social Competency in Preschool
Children
Goodman, Clair 1999 Psychology Jeffrey N. Pickens, Ph.D. Self-Blame and Self-Esteem in College-Aged Children from Divorced Families.
Humphrey, Stephen 1999 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Fraternities, Athletic Teams and Rape: Importance of identification with a Risk
Group
Macuga, Kristen 1999 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Visual Control of Postural and Locomotor Balance from Central and Peripheral
Optic Flow
McDonald, Melissa 1999 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. To Achieve Success or to Avoid Failure: The Achievement Motives of Imposters and
Non-Imposters
McGivern, Stefanie 1999 Psychology Sharon Lovell, Ph.D. The Impact of Attractiveness Messages in the Media on Self-Perceptions of Female
College Students with Differential Levels of Self-Esteem
Morrison, Jay 1999 Psychology Jack H. Presbury, Ph.D. Postmodernism in Psychology: The Dance of Language
Ranieri, Kimberly 1999 Psychology Anastasia Kitsantass Sports Participation and Gender Differences: Impact of Adolescents' Perceived
Parental Beliefs Regarding Support and Competency on Self Efficacy Perceptions
Studebacker, Gillian 1999 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Sensitivity to Viewpoint in Young Children's and Adult's Drawings
Toomey, Elise 1999 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. Parental Conflict and Young Adults' Attitudes Toward Intimacy
Winters, Erin 1999 Psychology James V. Couch, Ph.D. An Evaluation of Methods Used to Inform the Jury of Limitations of Eyewitness
Identification
Boxer, Suzanne Victoria 2000 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Use of Food in Child-Rearing: Is There a Relationship Between Parenting Practices
and Body Mass?
Cole, Wesley 2000 Psychology Michael Serdikoff Using a Continuous Performance Took to Assess the Spontaneously Hypertensive
Rat
Cullivan, Jennifer 2000 Psychology Tammy D. Gilligan, Ph.D. The Effects of Magazine
Hobeck, Lynn 2000 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. The Relationship between Perceived Goal Orientations of College Athletes and their
Coaches
Kachelriess, Tara 2000 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Fraternities and Athletic Teams and Sexual Assault: Is There a Relationship?
Lambert, Tracy 2000 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Pluralistic Ignorance and Hooking Up on College Campuses: Some Implications of
Norm Misperception
Layton, Rachael 2000 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. Social Support and Parental Stress on Parent-Child Interaction Quality
Topliff, Anne 2000 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. The Effects of Maternal Stress and Touch on the Quality of Mother-Infant
Interactions for Adult and Adolescent Mothers
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Volz, Jessica 2000 Psychology Eileen Nelson, Ed.D. College Students' Attitudes Toward Cohabitation and Expectations of Marriage in
Relation to Parental Conflict and Intactness
Badger, Kelly 2001 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Using Place Conditioning to Evaluate Researching Effect
Castora, Kimberly 2001 Psychology Joanne Brewster, Ph.D. Predicting aggression in police officers using the MMP I-2
Charles, Kristen 2001 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Differences in Eating Attitudes and Behaviors of Athletes Between in Season and Out
of Season
Clarke, Tanna 2001 Psychology Harriet C. Cobb, Ed.D. The relationship between seasonality and Hardiness
Delardo, Janine 2001 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Relationship Between Parent-Adolescent Closeness and Level of Intimacy in
Romantic Relationships among College Students
Dettaman, Amanda 2001 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Parental Motivation in College Aged Females with Disordered Eating Attitudes
Farmer, Thomas 2001 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. The Effects of Context and Working Memory Capability on Ambiguity Resolution
Fichandler, Craig 2001 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Is Horizon Information Intrinsically or Extrinsically Scaled? The Perception of Size
and Distance in Reality and its Surrogates
Ha, Lisa N. 2001 Psychology Craig Abrahamson, Ph.D. Social Attitudes in Social Change: A Survey of Vietnamese Youths in the Doi Moi Era
Hebertein, Martha 2001 Psychology A. Renee Station Factors influencing the Decision of Depressed College Students to Seek Professional
Help
Leveen, Sara 2001 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. Female Collegiate Athletes' Attitudes Toward Coaches: Does the Coach's Gender
Make a Difference?
Mattis, Jessica 2001 Psychology Cheryl Talley, M.A. The Effects of a Non-impact Movement Program on the Psychological and Physical
Well-being of Residents of Two Retirements
Morrow, Colleen 2001 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Effects of Age on Reporting Rape
Proctor, Adam 2001 Psychology Jack H. Presbury, Ph.D. A Bullet in the Chamber
Say, Rebecca 2001 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Student Perceptions of Faculty Office Arrangements as Mediated by Faculty Gender,
Student Gender and Student Personality
Sellers, Jennifer 2001 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. The Assessment of Infants and Toddlers for Early Intervention Services in Virginia
Amato, Jennifer 2002 Psychology Kevin J. Apple, Ph.D. Determining Homosexual Prejudice: Self-Esteem Theory versus Traditional Values
Theory
Amos, Eleanor 2002 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Health Beliefs and Exercise Adherence
Barrett, Emily 2002 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. Social Physique Anxiety and Eating Pathology in Female Collegiate Athletes
Participating in Lean Body and Non-Lean Body Sports
Johnston, Carey 2002 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. Social Skills Assessments and Interventions for Middle School Students with ADHD.
Kelly, Christine 2002 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Interaction Between Religiosity and Substance Abuse
Layne, Jessica 2002 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. The Relations Among Academic Achievement, Perceived Parental Influence, and
Locus of Control in Middle School Children
Moore, Renita 2002 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. In the Spotlight: The Influence of Stereotype Threat on the Ability of African
American College Students to Speak in Public
Nugent, Lindy 2002 Psychology Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Ph.D. Gender Differences in the Perceived Relationship Between Mild and Intense
Emotion and Power
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Franges, Elizabeth 2003 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Don't You Smell Sexy: Effects of Fragrance on Perceptions of Attractiveness and
Personality Characteristics of Others and the Self.
Gerber, Katherine 2003 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. The Correlation Between a Lack of Meaning in Life and the Prevalence of
Depression.
Hebda, Emily 2003 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Changes in Self-Reported Coping Responses among Parents of Brain-Injured
Children Following an Individualized Informational Intervention
Holmes, Kathleen 2003 Psychology William Cowan An Exploration of the Relationship Between Dissociation and Eating Attitudes in
College Women
Mahony, Lindsay 2003 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Effects of Health Message Framing on Food Choices in Restrained and
Unrestrained Eaters
Miller, Elizabeth 2003 Psychology Michael Stoloff, Ph.D. Does an Irregular Sleep Pattern Exacerbate the Negative Cognitive Effects of Sleep
Deprivation?
Moran, Justin 2003 Psychology Charles Lockett A Deconstruction of Modern Public Education in the United States and Its
Treatment of Minority Groups: Recommendations for more Inclusive System of
Public Schools
Opilla, Amy 2003 Psychology Cheryl Talley, M.A. The Effects of Glucose and Hepatic Vagotomy on Watermaze Behavior in Rats
Smith, Johanna 2003 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Role of Perfectionism, Stress, and Self-Esteem in Smoking and Eating Disorders
Sweet, Jennifer 2003 Psychology Richard F. West, Ph.D. Sex Differences in Olfaction Sensitivity
Thomas, Jennifer 2003 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Optimal Achievement Goal Pursuit in Physical Fitness Activities
Barnett, Lindsay 2004 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. Motivational Characteristics and Academic Functioning of Adolescents Diagnosed
with Attention-Deficit- Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD)
Burns, Erin 2004 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. The Effects of Self-Monitoring on Sexist Remarks
Mabry, Shannon 2004 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. The Effect of Color and Pedagogical Aids on the Associated Learning and recall of
Common Words
Magda, Tracey 2004 Psychology Patricia Warner A Study of the Relationship Between Perfectionism and the Gifted in Elementary
Students
Rowe, Tonya 2004 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. Exploring Attachment: Parent-Child Interaction Quality and Children's Family
Drawing
Welborn, Katie 2004 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Looking Beyond Gender in the Emotional Situation: Gender Role, Gender Self-
Confidence, Emotional Experience, and Emotional Expression
Willison, Shannon 2004 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Academic Success and Psychological Well-Being in First-year College Students as a
Function of Residence Hall Characteristics
Armstrong, C. Stacey 2005 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Benefits of Mentoring Relationships Between Students and Professors
Austin, Kristina 2005 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. investigating the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR): An Animal Model of
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)
Burdo, Alison 2005 Psychology Ashton D. Trice, Ed.D. Experience of First-Generation College Students
Canatsey, Katherine 2005 Psychology Anne Stewart, Ph.D. Relationship between Parental Control and Parent Child Interaction Quality
Dalton, Ashley 2005 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Contributions of Parenting Practices on College Student Adjustment
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Hoffman, Jamie 2005 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Relationship of Disordered Eating Behavior Among College Women to Beliefs
About Appearances, Fear of Fat, Peer Relations and Impulsivity
Horsey, Sarah 2005 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Moving Beyond Predicting Academic Outcomes and Learning Strategies: The
Impact of Achievement Goals in Middle School Students' Psychological Well-Being
Jones, Rebekah 2005 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. Depression and Somatization between Hispanics and Whites.
Masters, Kimberly 2005 Psychology Arnold S. Kahn, Ph.D. Talking with God: The Relationship between Intrinsic Religiosity and Life
Satisfaction
Norman, Jessica 2005 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. The Relation between Stress and Asthma-Related Respiratory Symptoms in a
College Aged Populations
Pitts, Erin 2005 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Examining the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model of
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): An Analysis of Delay-of-
Reinforcement Gradients
Shores, Michelle 2005 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. The Effects of Color, Wing Direction, and Position of the Muller-Lyer Illusion on the
Magnitude of the Combined Muller-Layer and Ponzo Illusion
Shulleeta, Melissa 2005 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Examining the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model of
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): An Analysis of Conditioned
Reinforcement Using an Observing Procedure
Slezak, Jonathan 2005 Psychology Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D. Examining the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model of
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Analyzing Delay-of-
reinforcement Gradients
Tull, Rebecca 2005 Psychology Steven W. Evans, Ph.D. A Theory Based Social Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD: Considering a
Social Cognition Variable
Fries, Kristen 2006 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Contribution of Voice Recognition to Eye Witness Identification
Gottlieb, Sarah 2006 Psychology Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. Exploring the Affective Response to Art
Janowicz, Alison 2006 Psychology James O. Benedict, Ph.D. The Media's Influence on Body Dissatisfaction, State-Affect, and Self-Esteem: How
Men and Women are Affected by Exposure to the Media's Ideal
Kain, Jason 2006 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. Linking College Student's Adaptive and Maladaptive Behaviors to Achievement Goal
Theory: The Qualitative Phase of an Exploratory Mixed-Method Design
Major, Jessica 2006 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Communication and Social Networks: Factors that Contribute to Social Efficacy in
College Students
McGee, Elizabeth 2006 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Academic Performance and Satisfaction with Interteaching: Do Level of
Achievement Motivation and Gender Play a Role?
Moore, Ashley 2006 Psychology William F. Evans, Ph.D. Depression and Intrinsic Religiosity in Young Adults: Effectiveness of an
Intervention Seminar
Noh, Theresa 2006 Psychology Pamela Gibson, Ph.D. The Effects of Acculturation and National Affiliation on Life Satisfaction Among
Second Generation Asian American Students
Pic, Jennifer 2006 Psychology Jeffrey T. Andre, Ph.D. The Effect of Visual Distracter Relevance and Cognitive Effort on Memory During a
Visual Search Task
Student Name Year Major Advisor Name Title
Rowland, Allison 2006 Psychology Monica Reis-Bergan, Ph.D. Internet Use as a Potential Channel for Support Among People Living with
HIV/AIDS in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Walker, Carson 2006 Psychology Kenneth E. Barron, Ph.D. The Qualitative Phase of an Exploratory Mixed Method Investigation of College
Classroom Climate
Wieczorek, Chelsea 2006 Psychology Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Intelligence and Diversity: Do Students from Different Backgrounds Define these
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