Mosley, Keneisha Diane(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
Architecture is used often to iterate to the public specific ideas, usually tied to perceived societal norms of a particular culture, group of people, or to represent an idea that is meant to convey ideas that tie to ...
Vande Kamp, Kailey(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
Modernization of equestrian sport has focused on advancements of safety equipment. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing the use of safety equipment in equestrian sports. It was hypothesized that ...
Hughes, Eric Wesley(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
A common view of nonurban areas in the United States posits that rural communities and small towns are hegemonically heterosexual and gender conforming or inherently inhospitable to queer individuals. Queer studies have ...
Staffelli, Philip Matthew(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
In the past thirty years the LGBTQ community has become increasingly studied within academia. However, it is only in the past decade that their spaces and places have begun to be examined. When one narrows this down even ...
Ector, Al'leta(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
Plea bargains are a negotiated process between a prosecutor, judge, defense attorney/public defender, and defendant where an individual facing criminal charges pleads guilty in exchange for a lesser charge, lesser sentence, ...
Harmon, Barbara(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
The 2017 #MeToo movement was the collective response of hashtags with the words “MeToo” to the social media accounts of people who had been sexually assaulted. This study analyzed feature articles that covered the #MeToo ...
Carr, Lisa Wooldridge(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
The current study examined prevalence of seven forms of cyberbullying attacks among college students through different types of medium. Support was found for hypothesis 1; with exclusion/ignoring being the most frequently ...
Johnson, Elizabeth p(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the opinions of kindergarten teachers about developmentally appropriate practices and their effects on students externalizing behaviors. It was expected that these teachers would ...
Smith, Serenah E(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
Scheffersomyces stipitis is the most efficient xylose fermenting yeast known, though it is not as well-studied as other yeast species. The ability of S. stipitis to ferment xylose makes it a potentially useful yeast in the ...
McMichael, Jovi-Cherise(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
In a content analysis of 50 films, Bufkin and Eschholz (2000) noted, “The media have been implicated in the propagation of rape myths in American society.” The research for this thesis sets out to explore this issue through ...
Layton, Kaylee(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
Internships provide opportunities to gain experience. They have been shown to be beneficial in nursing and business, but equine internships have been lightly researched. This study explored student perceptions of equine ...
Pugh, John Milton(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
In a twenty-year prose career championing liberty, John Milton wrote works about the most important issues of his day, including religious liberty, freedom of publication, and freedom from tyranny. In addition, he wrote ...
Fitzgerald, Joe L(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
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School culture is a construct that proves to be especially important for educational institutions. When considering current research relatable to school culture, certificated personnel appear to be the prominent ...
Abbott, Evelyn Grace(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
There is a current lack of studies that investigate how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
predict difficulties with social competency skills. To address this, the current study analyzed how
self-reported ACEs predicted ...
Hamilton, Boman(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
Internet use is a prominent part of most adults’ lives. It is used for purposes of entertainment, staying informed, shopping, and staying socially engaged. Researchers are becoming increasingly aware of the impact internet ...
Potvin, Molly(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
Experiencing stress is a normal part of life for college students. Injuries is
a regular part of life for collegiate student athletes. The goal of this study was to determine if there is an association between reported ...
Wilson, Jency Taylor(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
The study of American literary naturalism frequently relies on a handful of defining characteristics—plots of decline, aesthetic realism, and an emphasis on the deterministic forces beyond human control, to name a few. ...
Tran, Mary Ngoc(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
The need for new antibiotics to treat antibiotic resistant bacteria has been a growing problem worldwide over the past several years. Bacteria are quickly developing modifications to render antibiotics useless due to overuse ...
O'Dell, Joey Lena(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
This thesis project was based on thirty-five focused interviews with narrators between March and June 2020 about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated shutdowns. Analysis of these interviews revealed that ...
CHEBET, SARAH JEPTOO(Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)
With the rise of immigrants in the United States, maternal health has remained a major concern to the public health sector. As these immigrant patterns continue, it is worth understanding the nutritional beliefs and cultural ...