Masters Theses
JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic theses from 2009 to 2019.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Teaching for artistic behavior: A collective case study, Caroline L. Nesmith
Examining latent change classes: An application of factor mixture modeling to change scores, Thai Q. Ong
Shift; Explorations in a changing sense of self, Tara J. Ott
The effects of differentiated instruction on student engagement, student satisfaction, and quality of student artwork in the high school art classroom, Lindsey R. Perrault
The effects of chronic partial sleep deprivation and chronic voluntary alcohol consumption on ΔFos B accumulation, Kristian Ponder
Contesting “obligation”: Memory, morality, and the (re)Construction of divestment narratives, Christina Quint
Generalization of joint attention: Using parent child interaction therapy to program social skills in children with developmental disorders, Thomas E. Rigg
The effect of sleep restriction on coagulation and fibrinolysis after heavy exercise, Paul A. Roberson
An epic teaching experience: A case study of pedagogically innovative undergraduate classrooms, Tiffany T. Runion
The effects of virtual coaching on olympic lift performance, Julia M. Santos
Nutritional and physical activity behaviors of certified athletic trainers in the collegiate setting, Danielle M. Scanlon
Disordered eating behaviors in collegiate athletes, Kelly M. Schatzlein
Good Union people: Enduring bonds between black and white Unionists in the Civil War and beyond, James Schruefer
The urban heat island effect in Malta and the adequacy of green roofs in its mitigation, Jonathan Scicluna
Athletic trainers' or athletic training students' perceptions of sexual harassment by student-athletes in the collegiate setting, Amber M. Simmons
Academic support of student-athletes: A cross-conference comparison, Rachel F. Simon
A tank full of wishful thinking: Crystallizing the rhythms of the road, Leanna K. Smithberger
An examination of the psychometric properties of and validity evidence for the Alliant Intercultural Competency scale, Elizabeth L. Smith
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract society: How Jehovah’s Witnesses denounced and resisted the Nazi regime, Elena Sorchiotti
Their swords, our plowshares: "Peaceful" nuclear weapons, propaganda, and Cold War memory expressed in film: 1959-1989, Michael A. St. Jacques
The effect of sex and footwear on dynamic changes during the loaded barbell back squat, Ameera N. Teal
Improving the security of wireless sensor networks, Mauricio Tellez Nava
Home starts from within, Joliza G. Terry
A dissonance intervention to reduce implicit prejudice against Arab Muslims, Cheryl Alyssa Welch
Context effects of false remember responses in older and younger adults, Casey M. Williamson
In search of Askia Mohammed: The epic of Askia Mohammed as cultural history and Songhay foundational myth, Joe Wilson
Effect of distance caregiver coaching on functional skills of a child with traumatic brain injury, Michelle R. Witt
Fort Hunt's P.O. Box 1142, Lindsey Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet on power lifting performance and body composition, Jessica L. Agee
Competitive drive in varsity and club collegiate student-athletes: The correlation between motivation, influences, and coach-athlete relationship, Carolann R. Baldridge
Inner sound: Contemporary abstract photography in the wet-plate collodion process, Brian Barger
International distance coaching of therapists to improve verbal behavior by children with autism, Ana Barkaia
American identity crisis, 1789-1815: Foreign affairs and the formation of American national identity, George E. Best
Policing Charities: A genealogy of the American nonprofit in the context of neoliberalism, Jaclyn Carroll
The sentence continues: Breaking silences and becoming authors through The Semicolon Project, Brooke E. Covington
The struggle in the Shenandoah: The relationship between tactics and attrition in the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864, Joseph A. D'Arezzo
‘Our sentiments of sympathy for the late unwarranted, cruel, and barbarous massacre’: The American Jewish response to the Damascus Affair, Matt B. Darroch
Place, space, and family: A rhetorical analysis of the resistance rhetoric of Judy Bonds, Alex K. Davenport
The misconception of knowing, the invention of time; curiosities & introspections of vernacular photography, Patricia D. Drummond
The effect of controlled burns on abundance of woody species at Buck Mountain, West Virginia, Barry E. Edgar
Using capture-mark-recapture techniques to estimate detection probabilities & fidelity of expression for the critically endangered James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina)., Alaina C. Esposito
Vanguardia mujerista haciendo escuela: An oral history of Cuban feminism, Marie Eszenyi
Emergency cardiac care in athletic training education, Erica M. Filep
The rough south and new southern studies: Crossroads and constellations, Amanda Freeman
Comparison of the antibacterial, colloidal, and hemolytic properties of novel triple-headed, triscationic amphiphiles, Tara Gallagher
The effect of run sprint interval training on prediabetic adults: Health related quality of life, perceived enjoyment, and exercise adherence, Nicole M. Gilbertson
The use of differential reinforcement to increase participation/engagement in children with autism in an inclusion setting, Kayla Gionti
Multicultural to intercultural art education, Kathryn A. Gong
Enhancing psychology majors’ meta-cognitive understanding of desirable workplace skills using a short discussion-based in-class activity, Alena S. Gordienko
Occupy the future: A rhetorical analysis of dystopian film and the Occupy movement, Justin J. Grandinetti
"Ruin and desolation scarcely paralleled" : An examination of The Virginia Flood of 1870’s aftermath and relief efforts, Paula Fielding Green
Propensity score matching in higher education assessment, Heather D. Harris
The effect of run sprint interval training on diabetic metabolic markers in prediabetic adults, Kathryn L. Hilovsky
Myside bias in probabilistic ethical decision making, Richard E. Hohn
Identity disclosure in lesbian, gay, and bisexual patient-provider communication, Nicole Hudak
Predicting bystander attitudes using rape myth acceptance and adherence to the commodity model of sex, Kimberly J. Johnson
Her Majesty's dignity: Secularization in the age of Reformation, Catherine Larson
Exploring graduate student parent experiences: How to better support and reduce attrition in an underserved population, Christine R. Leaman
Memory as torchlight: Frederick Douglass and public memories of the Haitian Revolution, James Lincoln
Drive toward freedom: African American: The story of black automobility in the fight for Civil Rights, Xavier Macy
Stokesville, Virginia: An enduring depot for an ephemeral town, MaryAnn A. Mason
Educating the modern woman: Girls’ college preparatory schools in Virginia, 1900-1930, Eliza McGehee
Satellite cell behavior in cyclists following intensified training with and without protein supplementation, Alec I. McKenzie
Ang Buhay sa Nayon-Life in the Valley: An oral history project with the Shenandoah Living Archive, Hannah Moses
Organizational use of social media: The shift in communication, collaboration and decision-making, Dhruvi A. Naik
Efficacy according to viewing length and video content of promotional videos for sustainability graduate education., Bryan T. Ogden
Impacts of consumer horticulture on stormwater and nutrient management: Investigating public perception, knowledge, and practices in the Shenandoah River Watershed, Christopher P. Parker
The influence of the CYP1A2 polymorphism on the effect of caffeine ingestion and mouth rinsing on 3km cycling performance, Mark W. Pataky
Norris Dam: To build or not to build? A museum outreach program, Jeanette Patrick
Detecting changes in auditory events, Rachael B. Peck
The effects of ordinal data on coefficient alpha, Kathryn E. Pinder
Training graduate clinicians to implement speech language pathology, occupational therapy and applied behavior analysis goals in their treatment sessions, Courtney E. Powers
Persons can speak louder than variables: Person-centered analyses and the prediction of student success, Elisabeth M. Pyburn
Analysis of real-world passwords for social media sites, Mark J. Quinn
Traumatic experiences and cognition: How do static and dynamic variables contribute to current functioning?, Cathryn Richmond
The Monroe Doctrine as the transparent veil of isolation during the League of Nations debate, Luther D. Roadcap
Establishing conditioned reinforcers in children with autism spectrum disorder, Kristen Rollman
Characterization of the C. elegans nascent polypeptide associated complex (NAC) function under stress, Jonathan E. Sandoval
The association between sleep quality, physical inactivity, and risk of developing metabolic syndrome, Matthew Scott
Sleep deprivation and voluntary alcohol consumption in adolescent rats, Sancho N. Sequeira
Cultivating capitalism: Sea Island Cotton, planter identity, and Atlantic connections in Antebellum Beaufort County, South Carolina, Cameron M. Shirley
Let’s chat: Willingness to communicate and the development of a destigmatizing campaign, Ethan D. Smith
Interpretation training manual for the Frontier Culture Museum, Megan T. Sullivan
The psychological response to a low carbohydrate ketogenic diet in combination with a six-week strength training protocol, Matthew T. Thorp
Immersion, Jennifer M. Tremblay
The evolutionary selective pressures exerted on A3 actinobacteriophages, Cheyenne Weeks-Galindo
Delay discounting: Are magnitude effects moderated by domain effects?, David A. Williams Jr.
Identification of three novel genes, PPK12, PPK23, and PPK25, involved in noxious cold detection in Drosophila, Benjamin Williamson
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Policy context of the endemic flora of the Maltese Islands in a changing taxonomic landscape, Clara Agius
The influence of a CYP1A2 polymorphism on the hemostatic response to caffeine, Joseph James Aiello
Basra's high hope: An American missionary school in Iraq during the World War Era, Israa Alhassani
"Young bloods of the South:" The Confederate use and efficacy of irregular warfare in the American Civil War, Lucas Allamon
Offshore wind energy in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region and the EPA clean power plan proposed rule, Kamil E. Armaiz Nolla
