Dissertations from 2023
Impact of a Standardized Handoff Tool between Gastroenterology and PACU Nurses’ Communication and Satisfaction, Matthew Kahmann
From Childhood through Adulthood to Godhood: Trodding the African Ancestral Path to Become a Shining Star of Ourstory, Salim Kenyatta
Near-IR Spectroscopic Analysis of the Primary Volatile Composition of Long and Short-period Comets, Younas Khan
Allied Health Faculty Members’ Perspective on Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study, Prajakta Khare-Ranade, Margaret Newsham Beckley, and Mary Geders Falcetti
Prediabetic Screening Tool in Primary Care, Ashley Koon
Secondary Market Management: How to Sustain and Manage Collectible Product’s Growth, Steven Kraml (Available for download on Saturday, December 19, 2026)
Understanding the Ethical Decision-Making Processes of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Practitioners, Lisa Krystosek
Impacting African American Student Achievement in the Middle School STEM Classroom by Teaching Mathematics Through Arts Integration and Design Thinking, Robert Lippert and Tjuannia R. Seals
Neurodiverse Perceptions of Inclusivity in the Workplace, Shannon Lively
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Improving Outcomes Through Early Identification, Tina Lusk
Self-Care Practices in Doctoral Nursing Students and Effects on Educational Experience, Megan Lutman
Cultural Microaggressions in Multinational Organizations: Organizational Inclusivity and Employee Coping Strategies, Regina McWilliams
K-12 Teachers’ Retention of Arts Integrated Professional Development, Roxane McWilliams
Disease Risk of Reintroducing Primates Confiscated from the Illegal Wildlife Trade, Ana Patricia Mendoza Becerra (Available for download on Friday, October 25, 2024)
Effects of Adaptive Expertise on Counseling Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Adaptive Performance, Jiaying Meyer
Up the Bayou Without a Paddle: A Historical Case Study of Black Catholic Education in New Orleans Post-Katrina, Anisha Morrell (Available for download on Friday, January 24, 2025)
Successfully Scaling Digital Technology Ventures: An Empirical Study of the Strategic Choices that Maximize Firm Value, Scott Morris
Risky Business: CEO Risk Tolerance and Non-GAAP Earnings, Johnna Murray
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on What Teachers Want from a Principal to be Successful: A Study on Teacher Perception, Erika Niles and Kristen Pelster
Evaluating Middle School English Language Learners’ Science and Literacy Proficiency, Yasemin Ozkaya
PRIMED for Sport Coaching: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of a Six-Week Intervention, Pete S. Paciorek
Ways to Prevent Moral Disengagement for YouTube Content Creators: The Role of Empathy and Self-Compassion, Nathan Andrew Pennington
Implementation of a Vestibular Disorder Screening Tool in an Urgent Care, Kathleen A. Probst
Acute Agitation Intervention Tool for Reduction of Polypharmacy, Brooks J. Propst
Has the PCAOB Maintained Political Independence? Evidence from Public Communication, Kara Rasmussen (Available for download on Thursday, January 11, 2029)
Student Movements, Politics, and Policy in Chile, 2001 – 2012, Leesa Rasp
Activities of the Mind and Soul: Eudaimonia, Identity, and Implicit Theories of Giftedness in Secondary Gifted Students, Megan Roegner
The Impact of Using Relevant Context on Student Comprehension and Attitude in a Collegiate Introductory Statistics Unit on Probability, Ryan F. Rzeszutko, Jennifer L. Petrie, and Dwayne T. James
The Effects of Mindfulness on Depression in Dialysis Patients, Nakeia Saddler
Self-Compassion and Experiential Avoidance: Potential Pathways to Posttraumatic Growth, Julia Sager
Not All Best Practices Result in Best Performances: Two Empirical Studies of Online Accounting Education, Mark Sanders
See Me from Behind the Screen: Workplace Ostracism in a Remote Environment, Quiméka Nicole Saunders
Vaccine Hesitancy, Provider Time, and Decision to Vaccinate, Kenneth Shackelford
New Methods for Stereoselective Glycosylation in Application to Significant Biomedical Targets, Melanie L. Shadrick
Evaluation of a Substance Abuse Screening Tool in the Pediatric Emergency Room, Jody Sims
Unleashing Your Power: Principal Support and Its Relation to Teacher Longevity In Hard-to-Staff Schools930, Tracy Smith
Binding Interactions of Biologically Relevant Molecules Studied Using Surface-Modified and Nanostructured Surfaces, Palak Sondhi
From Doubt to Degree: The Retention of African-American Mother-Scholars, Tamala Y. Stallings (Available for download on Thursday, December 05, 2024)
Design Thinking’s Effect on Empathy Development in Middle School English- Language Arts, Kim Starkey
"Operation Motivation" - Samuel Shepard Jr., Nicalee Stephens-Wilson (Available for download on Saturday, December 07, 2024)
Risk and Protective Factors to Well-being in Foster Care Youth Prescribed Psychotropic Medication in a Wraparound Program of Care, Ann Reali Stratton
Intimate Partner Violence Screening in the Emergency Department, Rebecca Stuerman
Pneumococcal Vaccination in Adult Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Samjhana Thapa
Factors Affecting Technology Integration for Teachers at K-12, Adult Education, and Higher Education Institutions Since Virtual Learning Due to COVID-19, Christina Thompson, Stephanie Collins, and Lisa Hollins
Orthostatic Vital Signs in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients, Julianne Tomac
The Caregiver of the Child with Cerebral Palsy: The Unnoticed Victim, Taylor Tusinski
Evaluation of DIRFloortime® on Mother’s Depression, Anxiety, and Stress, Hailey Vanderleest
Comparison between the Effectiveness of mySci and OpenSciEd Curricula on the Achievement and Attitudes of Eighth Grade Science Students, Nicole Vick and Nina Blanton
Counter Narratives: A Phenomenological Study of Inner-City Catholic School Teachers, Staci Wadlington
Topological Data Analysis of Weight Spaces in Convolutional Neural Networks, Adam Wagenknecht
The Crisis of Missouri’s Polity: How Privileged Interest Groups Influenced the Development of Missouri’s 2014 Tax Reform Law, William Warren
Pediatric Streptococcal Pharyngitis Testing and Treatment Practices, Amanda Welch
Effectiveness of Follow up Phone Calls on Postpartum Women After Discharge: A Program Evaluation, Camille Williams
Encouraging Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake: A Healthcare Improvement Project, Lauren E. Woll
The Permanence of Racism in Tennessee Public Schools, Jarral Yokley
Transition to the New Revenue Standard: A Study of Firms’ Decisions to Adopt ASC 606 Early, Irene Y. Zhang
Dissertations from 2022
Evaluation of a Process Change Using an Updated Sedation Protocol, Rachel Allen
Evaluating the RASS and CAP-D in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Sarah Anderson
Implementing Recova® to Adjust Estimated Dry Weight in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Clinic, Ayomide Aruwajoye
Palliative Care Services on an Adult Inpatient Oncology Unit, Heather E. Barger
Improving Maternal Outcomes through Quantifying Blood Loss in Cesarean Sections, Michelle R. Barrier
Improving Postpartum Hypertension Discharge Education: A Pilot Project, Kathryn Barth
The Impact of the PHQ-8 on Referrals to Psychotherapy Services for Oncology Patients, Sarah Beckmann
The Hustler Award Program, Julia N. Biayi
Preventing Falls Using Evidence-based Interventions in a Long-term Care Facility, Pibi Bouda
Bee Brains: Dissecting pollinator behavior and the importance of plasticity in the face of changing environments, Rachel Brant (Available for download on Saturday, July 26, 2025)
Fostering Teacher-Student Relationships: A Case Study Connecting Middle School Teachers, Authentic Local History, and Empathetic Competence, Richard A. Buschard Jr., Diane Clark, Lauren Cobb, and Brian J. Esselman
Standardizing Discharge Practices for Pediatric Urology Outpatient Procedures: A Quality Improvement Project, Megan Bush
Resilience in Black Mental Health Counselors, Ericka Cables
Corporate Tax Avoidance and Fraud Risk, zhonghua cao
Evaluation of an Education Program Implementation for Adults with Stage 4 and 5 Chronic Kidney Disease, Dana Marie Carter
Trauma and Alcohol/Substance Use: The Role of Self-regulation Flexibility, Saankari Anusha Challa
Quality Improvement Competency Development for Correctional Nursing Leaders, Angela Chandler
Liquid Biopsies for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Biomarkers for Disease Risk and Diagnosis, Stephanie Chidester
An Examination of Summer Melt for TRIO Talent Search and Upward Bound Alumni, Jasmine D. Clay and Jasmine C. Lewis
The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Ant-Mediated Seed Dispersal in Missouri, Eva M. Colberg
No One Can Whistle a Symphony: Analyzing Growth in Proficiency for English Learners in Coteaching, Debra Ann Cole
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Driveline Infection Rates Between Two Different Dressing Methods, Gretchen Compton
Addressing Perceived Barriers to Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Primary Care, Trenton Conway
We Eat, We Live, We Repeat: Reimagining Food Heritage through Foodways and Sustainable Food Practices, Caitlin L. Crain, Amy L. Roznos, Britt L. Tate Beaugard, and Darius L. Williams
Sexual Minority Thriving: Bouncing Beyond Adversity, Debra Crawford
The Effectiveness of Continuous Video Monitoring In Reducing Inpatient Fall Rates, Yunhee Cruse
Working for Justice: A Black Educators Journey of Supporting Black Males in an Urban School District, Carey Cunningham
The Mission System: An Electronic Health Record for Medical Treatment in Guatemala, Tawniece M. Curry
Agenda Setting on the Supreme Court of the United States in 1960, 1977, and 1992, Jessica L. Curtis
An Intersectional and Relational Approach to Investigating Narratives and the Suggestions of Cultural Sociology: How Young Black Men Make Sense of Violent Victimization and the Prospects of Help-seeking., Dale Aaron Dan-Irabor (Available for download on Saturday, December 07, 2024)
Nursing Anxiety Self-Evaluation and Resiliency Methods, Dianne Deck
Immune Cell-Protein Interactions in Alzheimer’s Disease, Kapur Dhami
Fall Risk Screening in Community Dwelling Elders through Self-Assessment, Natasha Dickinson
Long-term English Learners in Middle School: Perspectives on Growth in Language Acquisition and Academic Learning, Barbara Doerfler
Determinants of Police Department Change: An Institutional Theory Approach, Colby Dolly
Addressing Barriers to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Veterans, Lauren Elliott
Factor Structure and Construct Validity of a Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Survey Using Exploratory Factor Analysis, Maureen Falcone
READMIT Clinical Risk Index: Identifying Risk Factors to Reduce 30-day Psychiatric Readmissions, Victoria Faulkner
Effects of Forest Restoration on the Recovery of Dead Wood, Associated Arthropods, and Insect-mediated Wood Decomposition, Estefania Fernandez Barrancos
From Empathy to Social Empathy: A Journey in a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workplace Graduate Certificate, Francesca Ferrari and Lisa M. Woodrum
Rethinking Binge Eating Disorder: Is Resource Depletion the Missing Link?, Laura Fewell