Masters Theses
JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic theses from 2020 to the present.
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Theses from 2025
A clustering approach to the study of actinobacteriophage synteny and mosaicism, Madison Bendele
The influence of artists and artworks on identity development: The student perspective, Celeste M. Boseman and Celeste Boseman
Varied versus non-varied behavior-specific praise on student on-task behavior, Jessica Boss
From Essential to Expendable – Montagnards, Kurds, and U.S. Army Special Forces in Vietnam and Northern Iraq, Jake Brooks
The Physiological Impact of Thoracic Load Carriage on Cardiorespiratory Responses in Females at Normal and Simulated Altitude, Beverley K. Buchanan
Power Impacts Target Goals and Responses to Racism, Urmi Chatterjee
Microbial community contribution to oxidative stress defense in high-biomass forming cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cHABs), Chelsea Donovan
Adapting a Contingency Contract Across Environments For Interfering Behaviors and Coping Skills, Samantha N. Eckstein
Exploring Isolation Forest for Measuring Aberrant Responding in a Low-stakes Assessment, Jack Gilmore
Assessing examinee effort: The role of test length in low-stakes testing, Jonathan M. Henriques
Examining validity and reliability evidence for the Multicultural Neuropsychological Scale (MUNS) Party Subtest scores, Madyson Hernandez
Microbial biodiversity of the James River rock pool ecosystem., Jordan C. Heydt and Jordan Cynthia Heydt
The Dynamics of US-Bangladesh Relations: Before, During and After the 1971 War of Liberation, 1947-1975., Mdaminul Islam
Unheard Voices: A Poetic Inquiry into the Menace of Child Abuse in Nigeria, Folajimi Kalejaye
Prefrontal cortex oxygenation and cognition in response to thoracic load carriage in normoxic and hypoxic conditions; Influence of biological sex, Sydney L. Koppinger and Beverley K. Buchanan
Role of the Pediatric RDN in Conducting the Pediatric Nutrition Focused Physical Exam: Training, Clinical Practice and Barriers, Sarah M. Kowalewski
The influence of intrinsic foot muscles in modulating foot shape relative to substrate and the efficacy of different strengthening approaches, Luke R. Lotsis
Confronting the postcolonial condition: A study on the blesser-blessee phenomenon in South Africa, Thandwa Maphalala
THE ASSOCIATION OF WALKING CADENCE WITH SLEEP QUALITY IN ADULTS 18 – 65, Almothana M. Matarneh
Item Response Predictors of Disengagement on the PISA, Juste M. Mehou
Characterizing the Mcoln1-/- mouse as a model of early Age-related Macular Degeneration, Jonathan G. Miller
Making their voices heard: Virginia women's organizations as agents of community change from 1945 to 1955, Preston C. Morgan
“I Was Just Doing My Job”: An Oral History of Vietnam Veterans and the Impact of Their Voices in Collective War Memory., Alyssa Morris
The effects of goal Setting with performance feedback on a teacher’s use of praise and reprimand statements, Elisabeth Morris
Movement-evoked responses contribute to co-contraction in the rat tail during the nociceptive withdrawal response, Emily G. Myers
Experimentally testing a mechanism of urban adaptation: Are wild catbirds able to immediately adjust their song in response to urban noise?, Eriberto Osorio
The voices of Black motherscholars: Navigating academia, motherhood, and beyond, DaNae Peterson and DaNae Peterson
Empowering paraprofessionals through behavioral skills training: ABC data recording, Addison Raso
College Golf Recruiting: A Qualitative Research Proposal of Strategies, Challenges, Future Avenues and Best Practices, Nicolas Christian Schlickenrieder
Effect of β-alanine supplementation on inflammation response and subsequent muscle function following an acute bout of resistance training., David F. Smith, Christopher Womack, Micheal Saunders, and Eric Magrum
Collisions: The Enlivened Entanglements of the Object-Self, Grace P. Smith
Ritual and Revolution: Rethinking Roman Women’s Influence on Religion, Katlin Smith
Grief as Slip: (how little I show) an exploration in clay, when words are not enough, Michelle A. Smith
Characteristics of parent-adolescent relationships as predictors of adolescents’ future emotion regulation abilities, Jaclyn H. Snyder
Sundown in Indiana: A Midwest Story of Racism, Exclusion, and Memory, Kelsey A. Snyder
The Acute Effects of Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) on Appetite, Caroline M. Sokol, Noah D. Gustin, Morgan L. Ferretti, Taylor Stanley, Rachel M. Jones, Colin J. Nester, Daniela O. Sacca, Michael Hennesy, Marcel O. Bonn-Miller, and Jessica G. Irons
Sacral Glitch, Kareena Naresh Solanki
Evaluating the Use of Positive Self-Talk as an Antecedent Intervention for On-Task Behavior in Adolescents with ADHD, Sydney Setchel West
Day-to-day variation in operating lung volumes and the role of menstrual cycle phases, Emma Winstead
Theses from 2024
Iron in the new world’s veins: Government, ironworks, and community in the Massachusetts Bay colony, Abigail Adam
Look: An examination of the clothing and clothing assemblages of the Washington D.C. punk scene, Cedric Ansah
The impact of minimally processed high fat meals on postprandial glucose, lipids and metabolic index in pre-diabetics, Oluwafemi Ayoola
Examining how the prevalence of english affects the maintenance of spanish as a heritage language among second-generation Latinx students: A phenomenological study, Daniella Buenaventura
Living in a Barbie world: Barbie's origins and her impact on the American mother, 1959-1965, Colleen Caldwell
The world after: Central Virginia in the wake of the Civil War, Harry Caldwell
Practical static binary instrumentation attacks against binary stylometry, Justin Lee Carpenter
Characterizing the expression of the Sphingosine 1-phosphate pathway in injury and post-traumatic fibrosis, Nicole Cubbage
An examination of the fitsparation principles of influence, Anita Faerchuk and Anita Faerchuk
The impacts of teacher's PRIDE skill acquisition on student challenging behavior, Haley Gardner
Exploring the link between self-distancing and “stress is enhancing” mindsets, Kyle Green
The call is coming from inside the house: Sexual misconduct in U.S. band programs, Hannah Greer-Young
“It’s not you, it’s me”: Understanding the relationship between students academic advising, Xavier Grier
Assessing Cannabidiol as a Novel Therapeutic for Depression Among College Students, Noah Gustin
The effects of tree shelters on tree seedling growth, microclimate, and seedling chlorophyll fluorescence: Two-year results, Christina Henriksen
The ecology and genetic diversity of Buckleya distichophylla (Santalaceae), Montana Hill
Envisioning our ecological futures. Diffracting creative expressions., Mariam Ismail
The reciprocal relationship between ego-resiliency and attachment quality: The mediating role of coping, Christopher Johnson
The dry bloodletting: A history of the diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders in military service members, Kevin Johnson
Measuring alumni career outcomes: A validity study, Mason Jones
Unpacking my dreadlocks: My hair MATTers depending on where I go, Tia Jones
A component analysis of behavioral skills training in teaching and maintaining social skills in an adolescent with autism spectrum disorder, Hannah Lockwood
A reexamination of the colonization and emigration efforts of early Black Bostonians, Karen My Hien Luu
Fading reinforcement within high-probability request sequences, Morgan Mabery
Greening the edge: Investigating riparian buffer restorations in a pastoral setting and their effects on soil carbon and microbial community composition., Seth McCullough
Out of print: Gay periodicals and the psa-rinting of a Gay Male World, 1969-1980, Jack Morris
Impact of fluid restriction on pulmonary function during exercise, Kylie Moulin
The effects of various array sizes on the skill acquisition of auditory-visual conditional discriminations, Ashlee Parks
Dynamics of skin-based gene expression in red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis): sex and seasonal influences, Emily C. Plant
Authenticity and genre in old-time music: 1958-1965, Lara Ressler-Horst
The effects of a high-fat meal challenge with polyphenol and fiber on postprandial insulin and C-peptide in prediabetics: A pilot study, Gabrielle Richards
The Lincolns in Linville: A public history approach to the Lincoln homestead, Sydney Ring
The relationship among oral contraceptive use, sleep, and sexual behavior, Sureyya Sanchez
Shaping tomorrow’s ethical leaders, Christina M. Secrist
Increasing social communication with a client using video modeling, Christa Sutton
From Montpelier to Fort Hill: James Mason and the defense of slavery in Virginia, 1848-1861, Zachary D. Thompson
Hatred unveiled: Femininity, masculinity, and the duality of the female Klanswoman from 1923 – 1987, Ashley Tokarz
The biochemical and metabolic impact of 8-weeks of intermittent energy restriction on resistance-trained adults: A pilot study, Dillon Wells
Varied versus non-varied behavior-specific praise on student on-task behavior, Courtney West
The influence of subject effort on measurement variability in low-stakes tests of endurance performance, Noah Wilfong
Raising the grey flag: Privateering as a form of warfare between the years of 1775 to 1815, Decklan Wilkerson
Intersectionality and success: A study of black women teachers in higher education, Harmony Wilson
Training a behavior technician in the implementation of the system of least prompts using behavioral skills training, Clara Wincheski
A case study on the effects of pregnancy on expiratory flow limitation (EFL) and operating lung volumes during exercise, Hannah Young
K(now) W(here), Yulin Yuan
Theses from 2023
An evaluation of distraction correlations from background music on working memory span, Dominique Akesse and Ange-Dominique A. Akesse
The sounds of the shore: An Afrofuturistic double record performed through vernacular technology, Collin Bright
From one tired black student to another: The understanding of blackness in non-formal spaces, Kenique Brown
Effects of a commercially available acoustic vibration device on nasal symptoms, pulmonary function, and exercise performance, Catherine M. Cavallaro
