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Forced Retirement: The Effects of Ending Participation in Elite Collegiate Sport

Murray, Erynn Ashley (Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-04-06)

Every elite intercollegiate student-athlete will face a forced retirement upon the ending of their NCAA career eligibility. It is hypothesized that many elite athletes identify as having strong and exclusive athletic ...
Forced Retirement: The Effects of Ending Participation in Elite Collegiate Sport

Murray, Erynn Ashley (Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-04-06)

Every elite intercollegiate student-athlete will face a forced retirement upon the ending of their NCAA career eligibility. It is hypothesized that many elite athletes identify as having strong and exclusive athletic ...
Forced Retirement: The Effects of Ending Participation in Elite Collegiate Sport

Murray, Erynn Ashley (Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-04-06)

Every elite intercollegiate student-athlete will face a forced retirement upon the ending of their NCAA career eligibility. It is hypothesized that many elite athletes identify as having strong and exclusive athletic ...
Freeze-thaw effects on the biology of seeds and seedlings from exotic and native plants

Limbird, Eric James (Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-10-23)

During the cold-moist conditions of winter, stratification occurs that alleviates diaspore dormancy in many species enabling spring germination. Winters in southeastern United States frequently have warm spells, lasting a ...
Freshman Fit: A Collaborative Approach to First-year Engagement Practices

Pruitt, Courtney Lynn (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

With college completion and retention rates moving to the forefront of education efforts, student engagement has earned the interest of many scholars, university efforts, and funding agencies. Student engagement is typically ...
Frivolous Fashion: Clothing in Tennessee 1790-1830

Allen, Grace (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

Fashion in early Tennessee has previously been over-simplified by historians as being, dominated by homespun and hunting shirts and virtually detached from the fashionable trends and selections of the East Coast. However, ...
From Cure-alls to Calcium Tablets: A Comparative Semiotic Analysis of Advertisements for 19th and 20th Century Patent Medicines and Contemporary Dietary Supplements

Albrecht, Karin Anne (Middle Tennessee State University, 2018-03-29)

This thesis explores American advertising with a focus on health and medicine. Today, ads are integrated into the fabric of everyday life, subtly (or not-so-subtly) communicating to and about American culture. While ...
From Historical Narratives to Trauma Narratives: Universal Reactions to Surviving the Vietnam War

Buchanan, Evan (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-07-05)

Regardless of nationality, culture, spirituality, ideology, or gender, survivors (including combatants and noncombatants) of war express the symptoms of combat trauma in undeniably similar ways. Veterans' Administration ...
From Near Darkness: Experimenting a Way Into Contemporary Poetry

Brown, William (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-03-20)

This thesis explores the creative process of writing poetry through the course of fourteen months, beginning in March 2014 through May 2015. These poems are organized around different theoretical influences and demonstrate ...
From New Frontiersman to Cold Warrior: John F. Kennedy's Failed Rapprochement with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Arab Nationalism

Barnes, Bailey Duane (Middle Tennessee State University, 2018)

As John F. Kennedy ascended to the Presidency of the United States, he pledged to forge a new era in American foreign policy, which he termed the “New Frontier.” To this end, Kennedy opened a correspondence with the leader ...
From Protestor to Professor: Student Activists from the New Left Movement Who Became College Professors

Crews, Tiffany ReNee (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-03-28)

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FROM WULDRES HYRDE TO FOLCES HYRDE: THE MERITS OF A METAPHORICAL TRANSLATION OF HIRD- SUBSTANTIVES IN BEOWULF

Guertin, Nicole Marie (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-06-24)

The Old English substantive hird- appears in Beowulf 17 times, 16 times in the form of a noun-plus-genitive-noun phrase and once as a compound word. It is used to describe God, conscience, four kings, four monsters, and ...
Functions of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Comparing those With and Without a History of Physical Intimate Partner Violence

Williams, Megan Ruth (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-06-01)

This study examined the relationship between physical intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). This study also compared the reported functions of NSSI among those who reported a ...
Furthering the understanding of MtbClpS regulation of MtbClpC1 as it relates to structure and function

Marsee, Justin Doyle (Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has developed significant drug-resistance in recent years, thereby necessitating novel drug targets for pathogenic bacteria. The AAA+ (ATPase Associated with various cellular Activities) ...
The Game Studio: Developing Literacy Through the Lens of Game Design

Bentley, Thomas Mark (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-06-25)

In this thesis, I propose a curriculum for first year composition (FYC), called the Game Studio curriculum, in which students learn writing through experiences playing, analyzing, and designing games. In Chapter 1, I review ...
GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS STRAIN DEPENDENT GROWTH AND CYTOTOXICITY IN HUMAN MONOCYTES

Ouellette, Corbett Charles (Middle Tennessee State University, 2018)

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most prevalent vaginal infection for women of reproductive age, characterized by a lack of normal commensal bacteria and a proliferation of pathogenic species. BV infections can lead to ...
Gdel, Hofstadter, Wallace: The Gdelian Metalogical Narrative Structure of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest

Hudson, Cory (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-07-10)

Despite acknowledgements that it forms an intellectual predecessor to Infinite Jest, the influence that Douglas R. Hofstadter's Gdel, Escher, Bach (GEB) had upon the structure of David Foster Wallace's novel has resisted ...
Gender Differences in Black and White Students' Adjustment to College at a Predominately White University

Brock, Jarren (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-06-23)

The present study explored whether there are significant differences between Black and White college freshmen students regarding factors related to retention (i.e., self-efficacy, perceived racism, cross-cultural communication ...
Gender Role Portrayals of Modern Disney Royalty: Stereotypical or Androgynous?

Lopreore, Katie M. (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-03-30)

The purpose of this study was to assess the occurrences of gender-stereotypical characteristics and gender atypicalities observed in the prince and princess characters from Disney’s 2010 film, Tangled; 2012 film, Brave; ...
Gendered Space: Emerging Frames in NASA Public Relations and Mainstream Media Representation, 1958-1986

Wilds, Helen (Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was founded October 1, 1958, and has been the subject of research, news and popular culture since its inception. Recent films such as Hidden Figures (2016) and Mercury ...

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