Masters Theses
JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic theses from 2009 to 2019.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Effect of temporal parameters on the perception of foreign accent in synthesized speech, Ashley Assgari
Interleukin-3-deficient mice have increased resistance to blood-stage malaria, Sarah Rebekah Auclair
Before, upon, and beyond the podium: Reflections by retired orchestra directors, Joseph Daniel Austin
Interactive instructional technology to bring art students meaningful museum experiences, Sarah Elizabeth Brown
Using pedagogical and rhetorical strategies to examine the medical ethics of human egg donation, Emiline Grace Buhler
The science of charity: The social network that restructured law and order in Baltimore, 1881-1901, Hope Elizabeth Byers
Haunted by Hitler: German film of the 2000s and the discourse of Germans as victims, Christopher John Carlberg
Peer critique in the secondary art classroom: Strategies for best practices, Krista Nicole Castrodale
Characterization of Vibrio vulnificus strains using phenotypic and genotypic assays, James Conrad
Meditation on the middle ground, Jennifer Chandler Creef
Muscle physiology and performance during intensified cycle training: Impact of carbohydrate-protein supplementation, Andrew Christian D'Lugos
Elementary music teachers in urban, high-poverty schools who remain in their position: A descriptive study, Heather Marie Eberly
Effects of running sprint interval training versus traditional endurance exercise on metabolic indices in sedentary, overweight and obese women, Jennifer Lynn Espinoza
From swamps to swamping: The usage and perceptions of swamps by African-Americans in Antebellum and Postbellum Arkansas and Louisiana, Tessa Annette Neblett Evans
Perceived difficulty differences in print and online patient education materials, Michael Arlington Farnsworth
Tried it with glasses off too; Sometimes., Nolan John Fedorow
Examining the effectiveness of ecotourism as a funding source for protected area management in Guyana, Jordan S. Flagel
Utopia for the mind: American treatment of insanity in the nineteenth century, Lauren Fleming
An exploration of a sport club president’s experience, Megan Lynn Flosdorf
Towards construct validity: Investigating the structure of the mental toughness in Sport Questionnaire (MTSQ-32), Kelly Jane Foelber
Envisioning the apocalypse: (Dis)Order, progress, and Brazil’s Canudos War, 1896-1897, Gray Fielding Kidd
The interaction of patience and resistance to miserly information processing on life outcomes, Tristan Kirkman
An analysis of U.S./Canadian fisheries policy in regards to Pacific salmon and the preservation of indigeneity in the Pacific Northwest, Michael James Lockwood
Colloidal and biological properties of triscationic amphiphiles with one or two tails, John N. Marafino
Profile of the unfolded protein response in C. elegans depleted of the translational chaperone, NAC., Caylin S. Murray
Congressional sovereignty: Imperialism in a Republican Union, Casey Jack Musselman
The role of ephrin-B3 on midbrain topography and auditory function, William Andrew Noftz
Auditory masking in spontaneously hypertensive rat: An examination of the continuum of impulsivity, John Joseph O'Malley
How do we conceptualize depression?: A mixed methods study, Mariafé Taeví Panizo
Student’s achievement and artistic growth through the implementation and enrichment of the visual journal, Emily Nannette Quesenberry
The effects of having teachers implement teacher child interaction training on language and communication development, Chelsea Ann Rainear
Automated snort signature generation, Brandon Rice
Demon rum in the City of Churches: A spirited fight for alcohol reform in Danville, Virginia, 1883-1933, Evelyn Dawn Riley
Lessons learned from the Bosnian Conflict, Ahmed Saeed
Performance quantification of extensive green roof substrate blend: Expanded shale and biochar, James Sheats
The effects of chronic, partial sleep deprivation on risk-taking behavior in rats, Ashley Marie Shemery
Merge of behavior analysis procedures into a speech-language pathology autism clinic, Elizabeth Simons
Creativity in the elementary art classroom: Incorporating strategies for encouraging creativity, Hannah Kim Sions
Elias Boudinot and the missionaries to the Cherokee, Gregory McDonald Siron
The relationship between riparian zone width and floristic quality in Shenandoah County, Virginia, Jamie D. Smith
The status of middle and high school string orchestra programs in Virginia public schools located in midsized urban settings, Keara Lea Smith
Assessing ethical reasoning skills: Initial validity evidence for the Ethical Reasoning Identification Test, Kristen Lynn Smith
Effects of fine sediment on juvenile brook trout habitat use and social interactions, Kyle Snow
Why haven't technologies fixed open source intelligence?, Timothy Sparks
The effects of obstructive sleep apnea on autonomic function during steady-state exercise, Courtney Sutton
The effects of constructive language instruction and cooperative learning on the quality of artwork at the middle level, Laura Allison Thompson
Using Microsoft Powerpoint© to conduct a Paired Stimulus Preference Assessment, Andrew M. Tiry
Exploration of genomic determinants for host range in phages of pathogenic and non-pathogenic mycobacteria, Anisa Christine Tracy
Learning to see, Jade Webber
Exercise and time of day: Influence on hunger and caloric intake among overweight/obese adults, Molly C. Weber
Run sprint interval training perceived as highly enjoyable despite high session RPE in sedentary, overweight/obese women, Taylor K. Wenos
Investigating the discrepancies between student perceptions and faculty expectations of graduate-level statistics preparation, Devon Hopkins Whetstone
Training graduate clinicians to implement speech language pathology, occupational therapy and applied behavior analysis goals in their treatment sessions, Heather B. White
The variety show: Why classical string musicians are exploring a multistyle approach to teaching, Kelly C. Wiedemann
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Evaluating resources available to transitioning military service members, Marissa Kaeli Bamford
Assessment of seawater quality: Do public perceptions of seawater quality match indications given by macroalgae?, Angela Bartolo
Visual art assessment for middle school students, Kathryn Batlle
The ergogenic effects of glucose and fructose coingestion during prolonged cycling, Daniel A. Baur
Feasibility study of installing artificial bathing platforms at the northeast coast of Malta, Darren Bianco
The effects of caffeine and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation on free operant responding under a VI 30-S schedule of reinforcement, Curtis Allen Bradley
"We long for a home": American discourses on Jewishness after the Second World War (1945-49), Samantha M. Bryant
Policy recommendations for integrating elearning and education for sustainable development cross-curriculum learning areas into the Maltese state education system, Terry A. Buchanan
Occurrence, survival, and persistence of the fecal indicator bacterium, Enterococcus mundtii, in soils of a contaminated watershed, Marc Carpenter
Public perception on the state of air quality in Malta, Nikolas Cassar
Student engagement in the assessment context: An examination of the Cognitive Engagement Scale-Extended Version (CES-E), Ashley Brianne Charsha
Electronic voting: Methods and protocols, Christopher Andrew Collord
Training practicum students in child-directed interaction (CDI) and incidental teaching (IT): Efficacy of immediate bug-in-the-ear feedback, Alicia C. Faller
Sustainable management of the main two Maltese indigenous grape varieties for winemaking, Jonathan Falzon
A resilience assessment of the Ramla Valley System, Gozo, Mykel Fenech
"Rooted deeply in our past": A landscape history of Brunswick, Maryland, Alyssa R. Fisher
Kaczynski is to Walden as a Predator Drone is to Batman., Evan Fitzgerald
Giant ants and killer children: Fear and popular culture in 1950s America, Kathleen Elizabeth Ford
The Wrong track: Errors in American tank development in World War II, Jacob Fox
Citizens of the empire: A molding of Victorian childhood identity, Christopher B. Gallagher
“This is a cause worth dying for:” Sarah and Angelina Grimké and the development of a political identity, Erin K. Gillett
System dynamics modeling study of the possibility of endemic measles in the state of Virginia, Ivan W. Gowe
Class control: An adaptable and self configuring classroom control system, Thomas Grimes
Arterial adaptations to training among first time marathoners, Nicole Hafner
Retaliation with restraint: Destruction of private property in the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Jeannie Cummings Harding
The integration of 18th and 19th century subsistence farming practices into the planning and x-zoning laws of the city and county of Baltimore, Clayton A. Hayes
Lost Cause campuses: Confederate memory and Lost Cause rituals at the University of Mississippi and University of Virginia, Jeffery Hardin Hobson
Improving the energy efficiency of dehumidification technology at a large facility in Florida, Brandon Willson Hoilett
Association of habitual snoring with carotid intima-media thickness in young men, Sarah C. Jacoby
Data carving parser generation, Benjamin Nathaniel Kelley
A path to a renewable energy system: A financing and regulatory model, Edward Patrick Kelly
Assessing intervention fidelity in a randomized field experiment: Illuminating the black box, Jeff John Kosovich
Analysis of international EPC projects using SCOR model, MoneteCarlito simulation, and relationship management, Xiaopeng Liang
Microbial dynamics and core microbiome of red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus), Andrew Howard Loudon
To move or not to move: The impact of instruction on planning and the role of inhibitory control, Sarah Anne Marrs
A board game simulator for promoting system thinking for sustainable pastoralism among Maasai in Southern Kenya, Jacob Loorimirim Mayiani
Potential energy savings when using saline water for cooling chillers in Malta, Mireille Micallef
The inclusive art classroom: Time and strategies, Margaret Harrison Vaughan Miller
Developing a measure of student resume quality in student affairs assessment: An application of generalizability theory, Oksana Naumenko
The importance of fraud detection techniques from the Enron case and the T.J. Maxx data breach, Luyao Peng
