Masters Theses
JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic theses from 2020 to the present.
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Theses from 2021
Voluntary alcohol consumption and sleep deprivation in rats, Aesha Khan
Singers’ experiences of community in The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir, Heidi B. King
Secondary music educators’ perceptions of and relationships with dominant narratives through personal philosophy, pedagogy, and practice, Kara Levchenko
Ecophysiology of toxic bloom-forming cyanobacteria and their symbionts, Dominique J. Lockwood
Multicultural music education: Preparedness, perceptions, and practice among Virginia elementary music educators, Benjamin J. Luna
"I just wanted to feel heard": An autoethnography of feminist complaint and institutional response, Rachel L. Mangan
Rationale for participation in JMU worksite wellness programs, Rebecca Mathien
The rhetorical significance of women deminers and female participation in post-conflict operations, Brenna N. Matlock
“Without obscuring deeper truths:” Interpreting slavery and Jefferson at Monticello, Andrew Miles
Postprandial exhaled nitric oxide responses in older and younger adults with and without acute exercise, Molly Miller
Icarus Rooted, Lacey Minor
Sleeping with Storyville: The influence of media, race, and morality in New Orleans’ red light district, Tiffany R. Nelson
RedAI: A machine learning approach to cyber threat intelligence, Luke Noel
Worse than Birmingham: How segregationists in Danville obstructed the civil rights movement, Lauren E. Oakes
The impact of insufficient sleep and early class start times on U.S. Air Force Academy cadet health and performance, Stephanie Osborn
Identifying the molecular pathways that drive retinal degeneration in the childhood neurodegenerative disease: Mucolipidosis Type IV, Michael Pamonag
The effects of reinforcer magnitude and distribution of preference for work schedules when working on skill acquisition tasks, Valencia Pankey
The effect of temporal discounting and loss aversion on mock plea bargain decision-making, Anisha Patel
Online art education: Teaching through a pandemic, Jordan Pepper
And all the things that grew on the ground, Sarah E. Phillips
Youth as coalitional possibility in the Youth Climate Movement: An analysis of the climate justice rhetoric of Hilda Nakabuye, Autumn Peltier, & Greta Thunberg, Kristopher Samuel
Identifying rater effects for writing and critical thinking: Applying the Many-Facets Rasch Model to the VALUE Institute, Yelisey A. Shapovalov
The law and the household: Criminal courts in early twentieth century Rockingham County, Jennifer Taylor
Initial validity evidence for a measure of transactional sex in a U.S. college student sample, Jasmine Temple
Development of a string orchestra method book and online resources with a hip-hop focus, Emily T. Waters
Formally trained musicians’ perceptions of music performance anxiety in informal contexts: A phenomenology, Smith R.K. Waylett
Fucoxanthin: A review of potential benefits relative to human health, Michael R. White
Fucoxanthin: A review of potential benefits relative to human health, Michael R. White
Finding reinforcers: Using behavior skills training over telehealth to instruct educators to perform preference assessments with students., Anastasia Yuschak
'Why do they make her wear that?': A rhetorical analysis of Ramy Youssef: Feelings, Rania Zaied
Theses from 2020
Research and development of a computational simulation of a rat tail, Abed Adawi
The impact of acute exercise on factor VIII in young e-cigarette smokers, Andrew R. Allen
Because I, as a Black Woman, Can: Using autoethnography to investigate and evaluate hegemonic systems of oppression facing queer black women, Mayah-Peacelynn Bell
Population status, threats, and conservation of Preuss's red colobus (Piliocolobus preussi) and other diurnal primates in the Ndokbou forest, Littoral Region, Cameroon, Ruth Bowers-Sword
Microglia and fractalkine involvement in shaping multimodal midbrain circuitry, Cooper A. Brett
Under cover of lightness: How mixed-race Americans navigated the racial codes of Antebellum America, Alexander Brooks
Using differential reinforcement and stimulus control to decrease child elopement and increase engagement in play, Emory C. Bruno
Unearthing strata and changing waters: A landscape for today, Mallory P. Burrell
Compensatory behaviors during a 12-week vigorous interval intervention in post-bariatric men and women, Kristen Byrne
Serialized soldiers and the new archetype: America’s portrayal of soldiers in the Post-Vietnam Era, Rachel Childers
Lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2 in individuals with obstructive sleep apnea, Kendall G. Clark
Mice meet world: How Disney and Nintendo allowed consumers to escape from, re-enter, and later re-envision a war torn world, Samantha Constantine
The bohemian Bolsheviks, Dale Cook
Propensity score matching and generalized boosted modeling in the context of model misspecification: A simulation study, Briana G. Craig
The effect of varying fatty acid composition in a High-Fat Meal and its impact on postprandial airway inflammation, Breanna L. Davidson
Impacts of an international professional development program: A qualitative study, Marijn W. T. de Waal
The effects of generalized stress and anxiety on clinical athletic training students: A qualitative study, Morgan E. Dumont
Free speech or sedition: Clement L. Valladigham and the Copperheads, 1860-1864, John Forsyth
Finding my feet: An autoethnographic study of a Kosovar student, Erjona Gashi
Perceptions and identity: Poverty in 19th century Rockingham County, Kayla Heslin
"The twilight-colored smell of honeysuckle:" William Faulkner, the South, and literature as a site of memory, Emily Innes
A woman's place: Historicizing the persistence of the gender gap, Alexandra J. Kolleda
Reflections of female band directors: The perceived effect of sex, gender, and race on career experiences and professional practices, Robyn M. Lawrence and Robyn Olichwier Lawrence
Protecting the image of a nation: Jim Crow propaganda, Kevin Leaven
Effects of a visual script with multiple peer responses on the reciprocal responses of preschool-aged children during play, Shea Manship
The effects of exercise on breastmilk composition and supply: A critical literature review, Jewell McRoy
Singing in the beginning band classroom, Sarah J. Moyer
Therapeutic potential of a ketogenic diet in the treatment of major depressive disorder, Jordan A. Murrin
An exploration of student athletes perception on the athletic trainer/coach relationship, Nikki Owens
Modeling species distribution and habitat suitability of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in Virginia, Jacob D. J. Peters
Isolation, enumeration and antibiotic profiling of Vibrio vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus from coastal Virginia, Stanley E. Peyton Jr.
Reconciling with slavery in the United States: An evolving narrative, Jamie Phlegar
Sport participation for people with disabilities: Examining perceived constraints to participation in sport, Allison Pinello
Making engineers: An ethnography of undergraduate engineering students in a project-based program, Bethany Popelish
The effects of antibiotics and probiotics on memory and depression across age groups, Amanda Powell
Determining the impacts of urbanization on song structure and its function in territorial defense for gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis), Morgan L. Rhodes
"The fact of the Black poet": Four phenomenological interviews with prominent American writers on the impact of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, Karen E. Risch Mott
The impact of e-cigarette smoking on pulmonary responses to maximal exercise, Chelsea N. Robinson
(Re)Canonizing the tool: Constructions and insincerity in the digital age, Danielle Romagno
The Effects of training modality on acquisition of therapeutic skills using Behavior Skills Training (BST): In-vivo vs. tele-training modality, Sabrena Samuel
Splitting up a complex mess: The effectiveness of statistical analysis on delimiting species complexes, Sara N. Schoen
Examining the identities of white cisgender female elementary education pre-service teachers: A qualitative case study, Kayla Schroeder
Market to table: A physical activity and healthful eating approach to diabetes prevention, Alison Schwartz
Using behavioral skills training and video examples to teach undergraduates to identify the function of behaviors, Eliana A. Segal
Diplomacy and the American Civil War: The impact on Anglo-American relations, Johnathan B. Seitz
Impact of 12-weeks of Nordic Pole walking on arterial stiffness in sedentary overweight and obese adults, Arbër N. Shehu
Mitigating real-time relay phishing attacks against mobile push notification based two-factor authentication systems, Casey Silver
Antibacterial properties of novel amphiphiles, Ariana Simeone
Threshold concepts and transfer: A curriculum mapping tool for first-year writing, Kerry Smith
Assessing the utility of a brief abstinence test to reduce smartphone and social media use, Taylor B. Stanley
Fear and rebellion in South Carolina: The 1739 Stono Rebellion and Colonial Slave Society, William Stanley
A comparison of technology based and non-technology based self-monitoring systems towards increasing on-task behavior in students with disabilities, Cindy Steele May
Die Kunst des Betrugs: An analysis of national socialist propaganda, Nicholas Strasser
The connections of music, culture, and language: A qualitative case study of the musical experience of a newcomer program, Jessica Strawderman
Young, gifted, and black: A narrative of persistence of black women in academia, Zelda Tackey
Return to school 1 year after traumatic brain injury: A study using the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database, Kathryn Tarnai
The effects of undesirable distractors on estimates of ability, Kathryn N. Thompson
A multi-input deep learning model for C/C++ source code attribution, Richard J. Tindell II
Effects of unilateral and bilateral squatting on rotational speed in male and female collegiate golfers, Emmett Van Der Snick
Habitat utilization and impact of flooding on James spinymussel (Parvaspina collina) populations in Virginia streams, Christine A. Verdream
The effects of using perseverative interests or obsessions on token economies for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, Jennie N. Verive
Do Innexins function in the extreme cold response of Drosophila melanogaster, Madison A. Ward
University music engagement: A mixed methods examination of university student music participation and institutional responsibility for expanded opportunities, Daniel B. Warren
Cuba’s use of political imagery in creating societal gender norms: 1940-1980, Matthew Wingfield
Improving a wireless localization system via machine learning techniques and security protocols, Zachary Yorio
