JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic dissertations from 2020 to the present.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Borderline personality disorder: A review and analysis through the lens of the unified theory, Paulihna S. Cechak
Stereo hearing with unilateral bone conduction amplification, Megan Crouse
Healing attachment wounds: Drama therapy within an interpersonal theoretical frame as a group treatment modality, Julia Dobner-Pereira
Getting caught-up in the process: Does it really matter?, Nikole Gregg
Reimagining racism: It's more than Black & White, Morgan E. Gunter
Virtual manhood acts within social networks: The enactment of toxic masculinity on Reddit, Christian D. Haase
Systems leadership on seamless and transparent national-level transfer credit system: A mixed methods study, Sevinj Iskandarova
An entrepreneurial mindset: Not just for entrepreneurs, Lindsay M. King
Language sampling with older school-aged children: Examination of analyses and sampling contexts, Michelle Lenhart
An exploration of knowledge type and firm performance: A study in the MLB, Adam E. Lindberg
American euphonium literature: Trends and analysis from the Golden Age of Bands through the 21st century, Phillip M. Marion
Post-application factors affecting community college enrollment, Kyle L. McCarrell
Experiencing the pull and push: Influences on independent contractor motivation and job satisfaction, Andrew D. Miller
Adverse childhood experiences and self-reported emotional well-being for well-functioning young adults: The case of Burundian college students, Peace N. Ningabire
Does coding method matter? An examination of propensity score methods when the treatment group is larger than the comparison group, Beth A. Perkins
Words, music, memory: An exploration of four soprano song cycles by Lori Laitman based on poetry by victims of the Holocaust, Sheena Ramirez
The underrepresented French trombone: A recording and written document of rarely performed 20th century trombone literature of the Paris Conservatory, Kyle A. Remnant
Five songs by Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960): From nostalgia to Christian hope and the assurance of heaven, James K. Richardson
Homelessness and mental health: A participatory action research approach, John D. Rogers
Objective detection of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, Daniel J. Romero
Exploring coaches’ perceptions of the role of trauma in sport success, Elizabeth Sanborn
Assessing word recognition through head turn preference in infants with chronic otitis media, Allison E. Schmidt
Transformational leadership: The roles of leader's fromal education and professional training, Ahmet Shala
Informing consent: A grounded theory study of parents of transgender and gender diverse youth seeking gender confirming endocrinological interventions, Charles F. Shepard
Using grit scale scores to predict retention and persistence, Kristin Sowden
Analysis of alumni giving based on student activity involvement: Multivariate logistic regression modeling, Michael Speight
Effect of a small change in auricle projection on sound localization, Elizabeth N. Surface
The influence of side-lying position on oropharyngeal swallow function in at-risk infants: An exploratory study, Julian White
Influence of musicianship, socioeconomic status, and working memory on children’s speech recognition in noise, Victoria H. Whitney
Exploring unpredictability in Augusta Read Thomas' Six Piano Etudes and Traces, Gianne Ge Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Effects of age and middle ear resonance on the frequency tuning of the cVEMP, Paris M. Atabek
Influence and innovation: Beethoven's impact on the sonatas for piano and cello by Mendelssohn and Chopin, Patrick T. Bellah
Posttraumatic growth during COVID-19: A quantitative analysis of individualist and collectivist values, Stephanie Chalk
Speech understanding and listening effort in noise with a new speech processing algorithm, Abigail E. Compton
A general education course designed to cultivate college student well-being, Jessica C. Davis
Envelope-following response amplitude and cochlear traveling wave delay, Julia E. Dawson
An integrated developmental model and measure of intercultural competence, Natasha S. DuMerville
Promoting attention in the classroom using the Play, Learn, and Enjoy curriculum, Virginia Gallup Larsen
The integration of the Interactive Teaching Method (ITM) of the Alexander Technique in vocal pedagogy, Susan D. Gouthro
Undue police violence towards African Americans: A quantitative analysis of professional counselors, Darius Green
Naming the pain: A model and method for therapeutically assessing the psychological impact of racism, Connesia Handford
Therapeutic assessment with couples: An intervention to enhance healthy relational and marital practices, Alexis C. Kenny
Religiosity and national political leadership as essential conjoined social determinants of volunteerism: Implications for international non-governmental organization leaders, Theresa L. Koepfler Reimbold
Making work-life policies and perceptions public: An examination of corporate websites and employee ratings of work-life balance, Alyse S. Lehrke
Measuring listening effort using physiological, behavioral and subjective methods in normal hearing subjects: Effect of signal to noise ratio and presentation level, Lakshmi Magudilu Srishyla Kumar
A qualitative study of the foster parent experience: “I try to weather the storm”, Ariel D. Marrero
The examination of morpho-syntactic production in Bahamian children exposed to Bahamian Creole English and English, Danielle Moss
Examining the corrosive effects of government corruption on social capital in Afghanistan: A mixed methods study, Samiullah Nuristani
Recording a solo instrumental album: A methodology and representative album, John Nye
An interpersonal view of personality disorders, Mariafé T. Panizo Jansana
Survey and analysis of undergraduate music education percussion methods courses in relation to the practical needs of secondary music educators in American public schools, Bryan C. Pickering
Pragmatic language and behavioral and emotional functioning- a systematic review: Implications for research and interprofessional practice, Erica Pritzker
Can auxiliary information improve Rasch estimation at small sample sizes?, Derek Sauder
Determining faculty capacity for transdisciplinary instruction, Dominic Swayne
The impact of hair covering hearing aid microphones on directional performance, Sara F. Wagner
RISE and shine: A comparison of item fit statistics for the Rasch model, Glenn T. Waterbury
Induction of nocebo effects by verbal suggestions during the caloric test, Abbey Weist
Music and speech perception in pre-lingually deafened young listeners with cochlear implants: A preliminary study using sung speech, Harley J. Wheeler
The space between Black & White: Examining the lived experiences of African American supervisees in cross-racial supervisory relationships, Brittany A. Williams
Shared dramatic pacing in Jake Heggie's Three Decembers, Cynthia Wohlschlager
