• Three Essays on Electric Vehicle Adoption, Its Effects, and Related Incentives 

  Ferdousee, Atia (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  This dissertation thesis explores few aspects of electric vehicle (EV) adoption; more specifically, this study focuses on the incentive policies on EV, the effects of EV adoption on energy consumption, and the factors ...
• The Effect of a Knowledge-Based Curriculum Using Science Read-Alouds on Vocabulary, Content, and Listening Comprehension Outcomes with Preschoolers 

  Crouch, Nicole (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Educators have been trying diligently to raise reading proficiency scores for decades to little avail. Children from all SES homes, but especially low-SES homes, are not achieving reading proficiency by fourth grade. One ...
• Narrowing the Gap: The Mediated Field Experience as a Pedagogy to Identify and Build Coherence Between Mathematics Methods Coursework and Field Experience 

  Wanner, Sister Cecilia Anne (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Preservice teachers (PSTs) in teacher education programs frequently experience a disconnect between coursework and fieldwork, often referred to as the theory-practice gap. This study considered the mediated field experience ...
• TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICE AMONG EXERCISE PROFESSIONALS AS A DEVELOPING DETERMINANT OF EXERCISE BEHAVIOR FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE 

  Claypool, Rebecca Elizabeth (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Physical activity and exercise fosters wellness in multiple dimensions of a person’s health. For some survivors of sexual abuse, safety is a foundational aspect of exercise programming. Client-centered practice includes ...
• THE EFFECTS OF THE PENDL TRAINING ON HIP FLEXIBILITY, BALANCE, BACK STRENGTH AND FUNCTIONAL SIT-TO-STAND POWER IN ADULTS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN FOLLOWING AN 8-WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM WHEN COMPARED TO A CONTROL GROUP: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY 

  Alasmar, Rawsam (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  ABSTRACT Core stability training is one of the most common rehabilitation strategies for improving lumbopelvic hip control and the dynamic stability of the lumbar spine in people with low back pain (LBP). A new device ...
• AN EXAMINATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND TECHNICAL GAME PERFORMANCE OF A DIVISION I WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM ACROSS VARYING REST PERIODS 

  Roberts, Kelsie N. (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Soccer is one of the fastest growing women’s sports in collegiate athletics. Under National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) scheduling of games, players will often play twice per week on either a Thursday - Friday ...
• Quadriplegic Sex: Demystifying Misconceptions & Breaking Barriers 

  Christian, Gerald (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  The purpose of this dissertation is to explore and better understand sex for people living with a cervical spinal cord injury for two years or more. Article one utilized in-depth qualitative semi-structured interviews ...
• DISPLACED TO SAVE THE WORLD: STRATEGIES FOR USING HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION TO INTERPRET PRE-1942 COMMUNITIES IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE 

  Hogan, Colbi Layne Williams (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  In U.S. history, the displacement of marginalized groups is unfortunately common. In many instances, displacement occurs when government authorities use eminent domain laws to seize land for large-scale projects such as ...
• CONNECTING LOGIC AND PROOF TECHNIQUES: IDENTIFYING LEARNING IN AN INTRODUCTION TO PROOFS COURSE 

  Reed, Samuel Douglas (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Proof and proving are a core component of the discipline of mathematics and proving is a required exercise in many upper-level courses in mathematics at the undergraduate level. Writing proofs remains difficult for many ...
• FORMING RED CLAY: THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE HISTORY OF RED CLAY STATE HISTORIC PARK 

  Shelton, Stephanie Danielle (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Red Clay State Historic Park preserves and commemorates the last capital of the Cherokee Nation prior to removal, the Red Clay Council Ground. Since the forced removal, the land has ever since been contested ground. Whites ...
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND THE edTPA: EXAMINING ACT, GPA, PRAXIS EXAMS, AND COURSE GRADES AS PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS 

  Jenkins, Alysia A (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Empirical research on the predictors of the edTPA scores is growing in education literature. However, to date minimal empirical literature exists on edTPA and physical education as a specific program area. State policymakers, ...
• Impact of Multimodal Feedback and Formulaic Sequences on Improving Fluency of English Learners on Computer-Based Speaking Assessments 

  Francois, Jennifer (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  While recent research has shown that multimodal feedback and use of formulaic sequences (FS) are effective in improving student performance on writing tasks, there is a dearth of studies on the impact of these aspects on ...
• THE EFFECTS OF AN AEROBIC-BASED CONDITIONING PROGRAM ON VETERANS WITH PTSD SYMPTOMS AND SLEEP DEFICIENCIES 

  Huseth, Robert Corbitt (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Veterans have been shown to have increased posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and poorer sleep quality when compared to their civilian counterparts. The purpose of the first study was to evaluate the impact of ...
• Use and Perceptions of Online and Virtual Exercise Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Casterline, Leonard (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic forced fitness centers to close due pandemic restrictions. Online and virtual exercise training provided a manner of addressing physical fitness needs in a guided format. Using an ...
• BAT MICROBIOME RESISTANCE THROUGH FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY IN RESPONSE TO A FUNGAL PATHOGEN 

  Grisnik, Matthew (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Planet Earth is currently experiencing a loss of biodiversity characterized by population declines that exceed the accepted background extinction rates. One of the drivers of this decline are emerging pathogens, with fungi ...
• Mark Twain's Ambivalence toward the "Tennessee Land" and His Pioneer Roots in Kentucky: The "Savage" Other and the "Sivilized" Order 

  Butwell, John Dale (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  This study addresses two interrelated questions on Mark Twain and Native Americans from a historicist perspective. The first is why Mark Twain came to abhor the infamous “Tennessee land” that his father, John Marshall ...
• From Vague Standards to Qualitative Clarity: A Validation Study of the Multicultural Text Selection Rubric 

  Abarquez-New, Jessica (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  Student populations in the United States secondary classrooms are becoming more diverse (NCES, 2019). With the growing cultural and linguistic diversity of students comes the need to include culturally diverse literature ...
• The Effects of a Plant-based Diet on Self-reported Prediabetes in Davidson, Hamilton, and Rutherford Counties in Tennessee 

  Simmons, Dorrothy E. (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus, commonly referred to as “diabetes,” is characterized as elevated blood glucose levels resulting from the body’s inability to produce insulin or cells’ compromised sensitivity to insulin. Type 2 ...
• The Rural Queer Experience in Twentieth-Century American Fiction 

  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 ...
• The Unheard Voices of School Culture: An Exploratory Study from Non-Certificated Personnel's Perspective in K12 Schools 

  Fitzgerald, Joe L (Middle Tennessee State University, 2021)

  ABSTRACT 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 ...

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