Masters Theses
JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic theses from 2009 to 2019.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Competition and Predation: Interactions between American eels (Anguilla rostrata) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Virginia mountain streams, Jonathan Studio
Pupillometry as a test of infant word recognition, Amy Vinyard
A growth mindset intervention in female collegiate athletes, Cierra LaTrice Williams
Discounting in the pigeon: Food-specified conditioned reinforcers, Matthew Wolf
The confirmation of Betsy DeVos: Polarization, populism, and moral foundations in U.S. political rhetoric, Jacob William Wrasse
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Unboxing Magic: An exploratory ethnography of a collectible card game discourse community, Rodolfo Barrett
How Native American rappers communicate and create a modern identity, Hannah J. Berge
The effect of in vivo coaching on therapist behavior management skills, Leslie E. Brittain
Relationship between breakfast and basketball shooting accuracy, Dimitrije Cabarkapa
Inventory of legal knowledge: An examination of psychometric properties in an inpatient psychiatric setting, Kristen T. Campbell
Female color variation and male harassment in the polymorphic damselfly Megalagrion calliphya, Phoebe Cook
Understanding the factors that influence motivation and experiences in high school physical education, Brenna M. Cosgrove
Sleep deprivation and voluntary alcohol consumption in adult rats, Charles M. Cowan II
Exploring rehabilitation adherence and the motivational climate created by athletic trainers: A mixed methods approach, Kaleb W. Cusack
The influences of musical training and spectral centroid on perceptual interactions of pitch and timbre, Heather Daly
Inventing Saladin: The role of the Saladin legend in European culture and identity, Brian C. David
Mitigating munitions: The consequences of using technology during counterinsurgency campaigns, Pake L. Davis
Mouth exposure to carbohydrate prior to exercise possibly impairs the efficacy of carbohydrate mouth rinsing during exercise, Kevin Decker
Assessing morphological deformities in cetaceans: Definition of patterns and quantification with a case study (Madeira Island, NE Atlantic), Erich Dietterle
Teaching hate in the name of good, Constance A. Dorn
Defying civility: Female writers and educators in nineteenth-century America, Tess Evans
Hard times; Hard duties; Hard hearts; The Volksgemeinschaft as an indicator of identity shift, Kaitlin Hampshire
Revealing the current relationship between stream acidification and fish species richness: What is the status after two decades of recovery?, Patrick A. Harmon
Form over function: How the Confederate oligarchy's pretense of conventional military legitimacy abandoned the legitimate American military spirit, Jacob D. Harris
Explaining unintended consequences of differential reinforcement of alternative behavior procedures using behavioral momentum theory, Meghan C. Herr
Impact of pre-exercise feedings with a low or high glycemic index on the ergogenic effects of carbohydrate mouth-rinsing during cycling, Nikolai J. Hladick
Caffeine intake helps maintain 3-km cycling performance the morning following sleep restriction, Erin E. Horil
Issues of universal design and the relational model of disability in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Mackenzie K. Kelley
The effects of coffee ingestion on the acute testosterone response to exercise, Taylor Landry
The effect of menstrual phase and oral contraceptive steroids on caffeine during cycling performance, Annette M. Lemanski
The effect of cattle management on soil carbon: Implications for climate change, Kelly M. Livernoche
God’s silent witnesses: Protestant chaplains in the Canadian Military, 1939-1945, John M. MacInnis
English learners in Virginia's secondary art classrooms, Alexandra M. Mamatas
The effect of calcium in artificial substrates for oyster restoration: Implications for the mitigation of oyster population decline, Jessie Mandirola
Student learning gains in higher education: A longitudinal analysis with faculty discussion, Catherine E. Mathers
This is herpes: A qualitative investigation of the disclosure patterns of HSV2 individuals, Katrina Miles
Retrospective versus prospective measurement of examinee motivation in low-stakes testing contexts: A moderated mediation model, Aaron J. Myers
The impact of Freedson bout vs. non-Freedson bout physical activity on metabolic syndrome risk in college students, Valerie Olijar
The impact of fertility cues on intrasexual competition and threat perception, Grant Ostrander
The effect of ambient temperature on recovery of surgical stress in Sprague-Dawley rats, Romie D. Powell
Assessing the reliability and accuracy of advocacy group data in hate group research, Mark S. Purington
Forced upon the account: Pirates and the Atlantic World in the Golden Age of Piracy, 1690-1726, Nathan Ray
Material poetics, Ellen G. Reid
No stigma, no shame: Reducing the stigma of mental illness in college freshmen dorms, Ashley R. Reynolds
The antimicrobial and biofilm disruption activity of novel amphiphiles, Elizabeth A. Rogers
"How do international collegiate athletes perceive the impact of dietary acculturation on current eating patterns?", Cailey Ryan
Examining the type I error and power of 18 common post-hoc comparison tests, Derek Sauder
The role of refugee women narratives in the U.S. resettlement process, Alys N. Sink
Remembering virtual worlds: Painting and video games, Nathaniel M. St. Amour
Feedback delivery timing & behavior skills training: Training university students to perform DTT, Matthew Taylor
The shifting dynamics of midwifery in urban seventeenth-century England, Virginia E. Taylor
Physiological differences in cardiovascular hemodynamics across treadmill and cycle exercise as assessed through impedance cardiography, Daniel S. Valcicak
#Zika #Olympics: The use of dialogue in tweets regarding the Zika virus and the 2016 Rio Olympics, Daniel W. Vieth
"Transitions through a painter's eye", Benjamin M. Wailes IV
Growing process, Mengjiao Wang
The effects of caffeine ingestion on the hemostatic response to simulated firefighting activities, Sierra D. Wassell
Coolidge against the world: Peace, prosperity, and foreign policy in the 1920s, Joel Webster
Playing with others: The community, motivations, and social structures of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham concert band, Sarah E. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Variation in female mating behavior and success in the damselfly, Calopteryx maculata, Suzanne E. Allison
Case study: Provider for program to prevent the revictimization of persons trafficked for sex, Janis G. Arlow
Interteaching: Types of prep guide questions and their effect on student quiz performance, Verena S. Bethke
Work-family conflict and wellbeing among mothers in higher education, Brittany S. Bilodeau
We need a little Christmas: The shape and significance of Christmas in America, 1945-1950, Ellen D. Blackmon
Stonewall on the Potomac: Gay political activism in Washington, DC, 1961-1973, Peter Bonds
The influence of time-of-day consumption and training status on the ergogenic properties of caffeine, James C. Boyett
My body, our illness: Negotiating relational and identity tensions of living with mental illness, Erin E. Casey
A single night of sleep restriction impairs recovery from heavy exercise, John D. Chase
Richmond's urban crisis: Racial transition during the Civil Rights Era, 1960-1977, Marvin T. Chiles
911 Calls in homicide cases: What does the verbal behavior of the caller reveal?, Jon D. Cromer
Management of problem behavior maintained by negative reinforcement, Anna Leigh Cruise
(Re)positioning black: Negotiating racial subjectivities in white discursively constructed spaces, Elisa Davidson
Prescription strength ibuprofen interferes with prophylactic adaptations to heavy exercise, Jessica Ehrbar
A historical study of the VBODA marching festival and its comparison to the national band contests of the 1920s and 1930s, Benjamin J. Frenchak
Using morphometrics to evaluate taxonomic relationships in Eleocharis tenuis (Cyperaceae), Lane D. Gibbons
The effect of the CYP1A2 -163 C>A polymorphism on the metabolism of caffeine and effect on performance, Gabrielle E. Giersch
Using systematic instruction to teach science to students with severe disabilities, Anna E. Greene
A low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet combined with six weeks of crossfit training improves body composition and performance, Rachel M. Gregory
Achoo! Three major US newspapers reporting on the flu before and after H1N1, Philip A. Harris
Old Furnace artist residency: Art is a conjunction, Jon William Henry
“Knee high to a grasshopper”: An exploration of Appalachian youth, family communication patterns, and depression, Cori Howard
The effect of technology on work-life balance: Women in higher education, Alexandra G. Hubbard
Are there bad wins and good losses? Outcome effects in sport, Richard Erik Inglis
The effect of cross-cultural differences on team performance within an educational setting: A mixed methods study, Sevinj Iskandarova
Exploring the role of networks and proximity for communication satisfaction in an academic library, Jennifer A. Keach
Padded assumptions: A critical discourse analysis of patriarchal menstruation discourse, Kathryn M. Lese
Next-generation sequencing of a multi-drug resistance plasmid captured from stream sediment, Kevin G. Libuit
A 16-week run sprint interval training does not have an effect on cardiovascular risk measured by Framingham risk score on prediabetic women, Joan A. Mandelson
Germany in Afghanistan: The German domestic dispute on military deployment overseas, Nils Martin
The effect of acute aerobic exercise on hemostasis in obstructive sleep apnea patients, Ryan A. Martin
Occurrence, antibiotic resistance, and survival of fecal enterococci in turkey litter, Steven Glynn McBride II
ISIS rhetoric: A war of online videos, Kathryn McDearis
An appointment with Dr. Joseph DeJarnette: An analysis of a leading eugenics advocate and how his legacy has been rewritten, 1906-1943, Brianna Melchione
The effect of anchoring vignettes on factor structures: Student effort as an example, Carolyn A. Miesen
Examining humor as a rheotrical tool: A case study on The Read, Edrees Nawabi
