Masters Theses
JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic theses from 2009 to 2019.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Impediment sensitive-role based access control, Joseph Frederick Blumberg
Proposing a path for sustainability curricula: Identifying core thinking and learning elements for sustainability higher education, Timothy F. Botkin
A case study in wetlands conservation: Identifying best management practices for landowner stewardship, Allison M. Bredbenner
The relationship between self-esteem and social Influence: An empirical comparison of two theoretical models, Chauncy Thomas Brinton
Building a better Brit: Imperialism and masculinity in the lives and works of H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling, Zachary David Cady
An attitudinal study of parental preferences toward programs for underprivileged youth in a small city school, Jessica Marie Cave
Teaching music to students with multiple disabilities: A study into teachers' perspectives and practices for self-contained general music instruction, Angela D. Clemens
"By reason of birth", Cheyenne Kody Crawford
A poultry all-hazard threat, vulnerability, and capability assessment with Rockingham County Fire Rescue., Daniel Robert Dales
The Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke company and the growth and decline of Southern Appalachia’s iron industry: 1880-1930., Patrick Dalton Dickerson
An insult to authority: The Jewish means to a Nazi end, Samuel Joseph Preston Anno di Stefano
Effect of diet induced weight loss and exercise on hsCReactive protein in sedentary postmenopausal women, Jennifer Donnelly
Small wind industry, stakeholder, and site analysis in support of the small wind training and testing facility at James Madison University, Curt Louis Dvonch
Integrated waste management as a climate change stabilization wedge for the Maletese Islands, Clyde Falzon
The wounds of the Dakota War, Sara Louisa Flint
‘The eco-Gozo vision’: A study set against criteria of good governance and sustainability, Amity Gauci
Preservation of the Old Dominion: The role of national security concerns in the Virginia Ratification Debates, Joseph Harrington
Initiation of a framework for closed-loop, integrated design and planning for the simplest of building types, vernacular stuctures, Vedad Hasanovic
Variation in the branching pattern of the four major caudal vessels emerging from the external carotid artery, Sara B. Heltzel
The logic of aid: American foreign policy and USAID in Rwanda, Ariel F. Hendrickson
The supreme brother-in-law: Ramón Serrano Suñer and Spanish Fascism during the Franco Regime, Brian David Hill
The impact of cheating on IRT equating under the non-equivalent anchor test design, Daniel Pacheco Jurich
Examining student employees' perceptions of their roles in an outbound call center, Chiquita Irene King
Gathering further validity evidence for the academic entitlement questionnaire: Examining the relationship between noncompliance and academic entitlement, Jason Paul Kopp
A technology assessment of on-farm renewable energy carbon mitigation strategies, Laura Kossey
The necessary blend of narrative and technology in composition: Identity crisis embraced, Jessica A. Lewis
The effects of the walking workstation on work productivity and selected physiological measurements, Tracey Lytle
Life in the open air: The persistence of outdoor air treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis patients in America from the Industrial Revolution to the 1950s, Tara Darlene Mastrangelo
The relationship between physical activity recommendations and diabetes risk factors in pregnant women, Kelly Mattran
The relation between delay discounting and disordered eating in college women, Lindsey Alanna Mayberry
Rhetoric of plagiarism: Problems, opportunities, and interactions, Michael Patrick Morrison
A bioaugmentation approach to the prevention of chytridiomycosis, Carly Muletz
The effects of sr2w-1 supplementation on high-intensity cycling performance and lactate metabolism, Kevin A. Murach
From individual salvation to social salvation: Why evangelist B. Fay Mills changed his revival message, Constance P. Murray
Volume of physical activity and hemostatic variables in pregnant women, Christine Nicewonger
A study of solar power implementation business model options for Grand Junction, Colorado, Virginia Phillips
Development of a methodology for dormitory energy load estimation and analysis, John Michael Real
Comparison of carotid, brachial, and popliteal intima media thickness among sedentary and physically active subjects between 40 and 60 years old, Amanda Robinson
Interleukin-3 promotes susceptibility in a mouse model of Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Bryan Lewis Saunders
A system dynamics approach towards assessing Posidonia oceanica habitat, Justine Schembri
Influence of estradiol and exercise on foot laxity, ankle laxity, and plantar loading in college athletes, Kristina Teri Silke
A systematic evaluation of the immediate feedback assessment technique, Whitney Flemming Smiley
"For the fracture of good order," The Catonsville Nine protest and legacy, Timothy Joseph Stefonowich
And the showmen cried, “Spirit!”: Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s search for the truth behind modern Spiritualism, Stefanie Marie Strosnider-Hollis
A taxonomic revision of the endemic members of Varronia P. Br. (Cordiaceae) in the Galápagos Islands, Julia Kathryn Stutzman
Fixing belief: Artificial preservatives, James Walker Tufts IV
Aligning organizational culture to training and development in a spiritually based company, Jasmine Williams
Ontogeny of postcranial morphology and locomotor behavior in Propithecus verreauxi coquereli and Lemur catta, Stephanie Ann Wolf
The genetic influence on the placebo effect specific to exercise performance, Jennifer Wu
Investigating hydrogen enhanced combustion in a sustainability context, Glenn Zammit
Integrating multimodal composition techniques in first-year writing courses: Theory and praxis, Bret Zawilski
Residential solar energy in the Valley: A feasibility assessment and carbon mitigation, Deanna Leigh Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The independent and combined effects of carbohydrate and caffeine ingestion on cycling performance, Tiffany L. Acker
System dynamics of diabetes in the presence of social determinants, Victoria Akins
Reforming the approach to e-banking in the Middle East, Omer M. Al-Khanchi
The correlates of computer use and academic achievement among college students from low income backgrounds, George Darwin Banks Jr.
The advent of universal public education in Virginia and its Valley: Reconstruction through the Progressive Era, 1865-1920, Paul N. Belmont III
Altered carbohydrate and protein content in sports beverages: Influence on recovery from heavy endurance exercise, Christopher Boop
An examination of the construct validity of the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale, Allison Brown
The involvement of the special needs student in the competitive field of marching band in Virginia, John Mark Campbell
Predictive modeling for non-profit fundraising, Qin Chen
Adolescent characteristics that contribute to family conflict in families with adolescents with ADHD, Olivia Adelle Christensen
Moonshining in Rockingham County: A case study on oral traditions and folkways, Tiffany W. Cole
Integrated waste management in Malta-Future scenario development, Ruth DeBrincat
Project dynamics: An analysis of the purpose and value of system dynamics applied to information technology project management, Timothy Charles Delobe
Identifying landscape quality objectives for Gozo, Stephanie Farrugia
Builders and wanderers: How two tomboys escape gender conformity in Katherine Paterson’s Newbery-winning novels, Laura J. Fly
Effect of deep oscillation therapy on the reduction of swelling and pain following acute ankle sprain, Lisa Marie Friesen
Incognesia, Holly George
Assessing the potential benefits of learning about environmental issues through a systems thinking pedagogy, Abigail Noble Graefe
Exploring sustainable environmental management practices for golf courses in semi-arid environments, Angelica V. Gurule
Using an adjusting amount procedure to investigate impulsivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), Phillip Andrew Halsey
Desertification and political onstability in the Tigris and Euphrates River Basins, Kanar Hamza
Integrating custom mapping and structure preplanning with gis for emergency responders, Zachary M. Hittie
From seed to harvest: A comparative life cycle assessment of conventional vs. organic cotton agriculture, Rebecca Hoehn
Wearing my heart on my sleeve, Sam Hunter
Addressing response requirements and behavioral costs in contingency management for smoking cessation, Brantley Phillip Jarvis
Spiritual nature, Carolyn Elaine Kent
The co-development of manual and vocal activity in infants, Holly Meadowsweet Koegler
Predicting police aggression: Using theory to inform police selection assessment, James Robert Koepfler
The homestead: Revisited, Christopher William Kramer
Fish community response to the addtion of wood in Smith Creek, Virginia, Chastine Daniel Kyger
Interteaching and the testing effect: How quizzes alter the efficacy of interteaching, Tonya Lambert
3000 steps in 30 minutes, five days per week yields metabolic improvements compared to 150 weekly minutes, Valerie Ann Lambert
Chemotaxis of amphibian pathogen batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the presence and absence of antifungal metabolites produced by amphibian skin bacteria, Brianna Ashlyn Lam
The impact of culture on self-objectification and risky appearance management behaviors in college females: A path analytic model, Ellyn Leighton-Herrmann
Activation of GABAA and 5HT1A receptors in the raphe pallidus abolish the cardiovascular responses to stress in conscious rats, Nhut Minh Pham Le
The effects of caffeine on delay discounting in humans, Andrew Dylan Markham
Examining the role of cognitive ability and individual thinking dispositions in moral judgment, Kimberly R. Marsh
The effects of study abroad programs on teachers' professional development, Bahar Mikael
Through grace alone, Lynne Adair Moir
The relationship between blood iron markers, nutritional intakes and bone mineral density, Leah Dawn Morrison
Green buildings: A Maltese perspective, Kevin Muscat
