JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic dissertations from 2020 to the present.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
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
