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Qualifications, responsibilities, and duties of athletics directors at selected NCAA Division I, II, and III institutions in 11 southeastern states.

Kinder, T (Middle Tennessee State University, 1994)

The role of intercollegiate athletics directors (ADs) was examined to determine current qualifications, responsibilities, and duties necessary for professional and institutional success within each of the three divisions ...

A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF AMATEUR BODYBUILDERS' PERCEPTIONS OF SUPPLEMENTS

King, Kevin Michael (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-03-28)

The modern sport of bodybuilding in Western fitness culture has been uniquely defined as a way to assert self identity. The sport has long been based on aesthetic appearance and creating a perfected sculpture of muscular ...

A Qualitative Study of the Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont's Citizen Science Youth Internship Program

Tenenbaum, Zena (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-05-10)

The Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (GSMIT) has supported citizen science summer research internships since 2001 through the Summer Youth Science Leadership (SYSL) program in cooperation with area industries, ...

A quantum chemical study of carbon monoxide adsorption on models of the Mg0 (001) surface.

Long, Bryan (Middle Tennessee State University, 1999)

The adsorption of CO molecules on models of the MgO (001) surface was investigated using GAUSSIAN 92. Different sized cluster models and basis sets were used to determine the optimized geometries of the CO molecule, the ...

Queers, freaks, hunchbacks, and hermaphrodites: psychosocial and sexual behavior in the novels of Carson McCullers.

Rusell, Judith (Middle Tennessee State University, 1999)

Focusing on her five novels, this study examines the ways in which Carson McCullers prefigures late twentieth-century queer theory analysis. McCullers' fiction incorporates the post-modern concept of a continuum of human ...

Quest for Student Success 2013-2016

Office of the University Provost (Office of the University Provost, Middle Tennessee State University, 2013)

MTSU’s Quest for Student Success keeps the University focused on its primary purpose—educating students. It weaves student success and academic enhancement into the institutional core and emphasizes how best the University ...

“A Quick Immortal Change”: Milton’s Metamorphosed Virtue in A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634

Hall, Arlo Henry (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-06-26)

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The raceless novel of the 1930s : African-American fiction by Arna Bontemps, George Henderson, Countee Cullen, Jessie Fauset, and Zora Neale Hurston.

Rummage, Ronald (Middle Tennessee State University, 1994)

In the 1930s, five African-American novelists produced fiction which de-emphasized racial problems and opted instead for a dispassionate rendering of black life. These writers, perhaps influenced by economic conditions ...

The racing log canoe: Ancient traditions alive on the Chesapeake Bay.

Forbes, Nelson (Middle Tennessee State University, 1989)

The Chesapeake Bay racing log canoe is one of the most unique indigenous craft on the Bay, and is a significant maritime artifact of material culture. This thesis studies the racing log canoe and the traditions which have ...

Rapid Assessment of Nitrogen Concentration of Two Bioenergy Feedstock Grasses Using Hyperspectral Reflectance Spectroscopy

Pirtle, Todd (University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-12)

Rapidly and accurately monitoring crop nitrate concentration is critical for both plant nutrient management and animal health, but can be difficult. Traditional methods are laborious and require destructive plant samplings ...

RASCH ANALYSIS OF THE EATING ATTITUDES TEST: AN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY STUDY OF RATING SCALE CATEGORY EFFECTIVENESS, AND CALIBRATION OF A NEW RATING SCALE

Cook, Amanda Rae (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-07-11)

Proper screening for the risk of having an eating disorder is critical to provide necessary treatment and avoid negative health outcomes. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) is one of the most prominent assessment tools for ...

A rationale for the inclusion of world literature courses in the general education curriculum.

Lindsey, Doris (Middle Tennessee State University, 1974)

Rationalizations of Candidate Dishonesty Vs. Corruption: Process Modeling the Mediating Roles of Perceived Honesty and Leadership Strength in Partisan Voting in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Conro, Kimberli Nicole (Middle Tennessee State University, 2018-04-13)

Using process modeling to analyze data from the 2016 American National Election Study, this thesis investigates whether a model used to explain the paradoxical electoral success of criminally corrupt politicians in democracies ...

A Re-Creation of Mary Wigman’s Ceremonial Figure Emphasizing the Noh Theater and Butoh Elements

Whaley, Ginny (University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-05)

This project is a re-creation of Mary Wigman’s Ceremonial Figure that aims to highlight and re-contextualize the Noh Theater and butoh influences. Mary Wigman, along with other modern dance pioneers, was inspired by Eastern ...

Re-Energizing the High School History Lesson

Odom, Quinlan (University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-05)

Traditional methods of teaching History in High School lead to disengaged students. Reacting to the Past is a university-level pedagogy that has improved retention rates among college students. The RTTP pedagogy could ...

"The real college is within us" : the transformation of women's higher education in Tennessee from 1880 to 1925 /

Allison, Tammy (Middle Tennessee State University, 2005)

The paradoxical nature of higher education for women became apparent in the period between 1880 and 1925. Women gained access to colleges and universities at an incredible rate during this period and took advantage of the ...

Rearticulating the Role of Peer Tutors as Change Agents in U.S. and European Writing Centers

Hardy, Brandon (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-06-25)

In this thesis, I examine the professional role of peer tutors in writing centers in Europe and the U.S., highlighting transferable skillsets learned outside of tutoring. After exploring the work of European and U.S. ...

Reclaiming Arthur: Malory's Anglicization of the Arthurian tradition in Le Morte Darthur.

Ray, Brian (Middle Tennessee State University, 2001)

Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur is a landmark English prose work that places the Arthurian tales, the matter of Britain, into the history of England. Malory drew on the French romance material associated with King Arthur ...

Reclaiming the Mother Figure: Biography, Psychoanalysis, and Subjectivity in Robert Penn Warren's Poetry

Rivas, Sarah (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)

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Reconsidering Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet: History, Genre, and Criticism

Onstott, Wilson Wright (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-03-01)

This study examines conceptions of history, race, and colonial culture in Paul Scott's <italic>The Raj Quartet</italic> (1966-75), and via comparative textual analysis, advances a critical reconsideration of Scott's unique ...

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