Morton, Scott Paul(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
Decades of research have yet to provide a vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The virus sequence varies at high rates once infection occurs, but changes in the RNA ...
Cole, Megan(University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
The goal of this project was to collect stories from D-Day and World War II
veterans in order to keep their memories alive. Through my thesis, I explored the
personal and cultural significance of documenting first-person ...
Smith, Courtney(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
Psychological skills training has been a proven coaching method used with athletes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of psychological skills training with equestrian athletes. We hypothesized that coaches ...
Elrod, Stephen Jacob(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
In this thesis we examine the relationship between hypergraphs and specialized frames called CTH-lattices. We find that these objects (under a finite context) and their associated homomorphisms form a duality, and therefore, ...
Brown, Jessica Jamila(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
With traditional teaching methods prevalent in the U.S., it is crucial that science teachers understand methods that result in authentic changes in classroom instruction. Alternative conceptions that students bring to the ...
Brown, Jacob(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
Teachers face more challenges in today’s classroom than were faced 20 years ago. The rise of English Language Learners (ELLs) in American schools continues to grow, with 21% of the K-12 student population being ELL (NYU, ...
King, Jonathan(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
Due to the acceptance and prominence of homosexuality in Japanese history, one could assume that Japan would be accepting of homosexuality, as well as the other facets that constitute the umbrella term LGBTQ+, in the present ...
Burke, Re'Khel(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
The purpose of this study was to examine how Middle Tennessee State University’s school psychology alumni are utilizing skills related to NASP graduate training standards 2.4 and 2.6. These training standard focus on skills ...
Harris-Aber, Amy A(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
Russian Mennonite immigrants who settled south central Kansas in the late 19th century and their descendants naturally developed a discourse community that differentiates them from the dominant culture in which they reside. ...
Fisher, Lindsey(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
Women are frequently under-represented at historic house museums. By quantitatively measuring how we talk about women during house tours, public historians can utilize this information to re-tool the stories they tell about ...
The present study tested a proposed model to better understand the potential relationships among pro-social behavior, social support, job strain, and well-being. By using a cross-sectional self-report survey design, this ...
Moye, Shereese(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
Personality characteristics along with acculturation factors associated with the western African American culture were examined to determine eating disorder risk for women of African American, African, Afro Caribbean, and ...
Being a self-regulated learner is essential for thriving in an ever-changing world. The ability to think and learn independently is necessary for a person to navigate inevitable change. However, most educators do not ...
Latham, Catherine Lee(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
This thesis explores the challenges faced by rural county seats across the South as consumer and travel preferences have changed throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. I used the case study ...
In 2019, a Facebook post was shared across various social media platforms. The post, with names blacked out, was said to have originated from a mother who expressed her disgust with childless millennials who visit the Walt ...
Farley, Maxwell J(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
This thesis endeavors to shed light on institutional slavery at the University of Alabama. Chapter one examines the historiographical threads which undergird the study of American slavery, particularly in the institutional ...
Internalized homophobia refers to self-loathing by LGB individuals who have internalized society’s negative homophobic attitudes (Meyer & Dean, 1998). Research has demonstrated a positive correlation between internalized ...
Wright, Brad H(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
This study seeks to better understand the heterogeneous lives and political cultures of the poor majorities during a period in Mexican history (1970s-1990s) of capitalist transition to neoliberalism and political ...
Kaplan-Meier estimate or proportional hazards regression is commonly used directly to estimate the effect of treatment on survival time in randomized clinical studies. However, in an observational (or non-randomized) study, ...
Tierney, Charlotte P.(Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)
The Orson Welles Chaos is a linear feature located between the Orson Welles crater and Ganges Chasma in Xanthe Terra, Mars. Within the Chaos system there are two neighboring deposits of white sediment that are uniquely ...