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 ...

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, ...

This thesis explores the constellation of race, gender, and sexuality in two novel series by African American feminist author Octavia E. Butler, published from the 1970s through the 1980s. The central pursuit of this project ...

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 ...

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 ...

This thesis examines how cloud seeding works, and its economic effectiveness in Thailand. The research begins by discussing the historical development of weather modification, paying particular attention to the effort ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the RAND model framework, reading comprehension test performance is influenced by readers’ reading skills or reader characteristics, test properties, and their interactions. However, little empirical research ...