Graduate Student Public Defense Announcements

Edson Bazan

MA - English, Humanities and Social Sciences

Literary Game Theory and the Wheel of Fortune in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Kimetsu No Yaiba


Stephanie Beane

MS - Biology, Science and Engineering Technology

The Effects of Cyclooxygenase-2 during Colorado Tick Fever Infection in Human Endothelial Cells


Jamila Cherise Clayton

EdD - Educational Leadership, Education

African American Women and the College Presidency: Leadership Pedagogy through a Social Justice Lens 


Leyla Fandey

EdD - Developmental Education Administration, Education

Adult Learners’ Experiences and Perceptions of Barriers in Online Community College Courses


Laurel Kathleen Fauster

PhD - Counselor Education, Education

Adverse Childhood Events and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptomology in Criminal Justice Students Versus Non-Criminal Justice Students


Erin Gordon

EdD - Educational Leadership, Education

Self-regulated Learning and Motivation in the Context of Academic Probation: A Phenomenological Study


Kelsi Lambright

MS - Kinesiology (Sport and Human Performance), Health Sciences

The Effects of Resistance Training and Interval Training on Soccer-Specific Fitness and Skills


Andra Lewis

PhD - Forensic Science, Criminal Justice

An Evaluation of the Combined Use of UV-Vis Microspectrophotometry and Plane-Polarized Microscopy for the Forensic Examination and Discrimination of Textile Fibers


Krista M. Macumber

MA - History, Humanities and Social Sciences

Emancipation and Freedom During Reconstruction: A Study of Cumberland County, Virginia, 1865-1870


Megan McKinley

MFA - Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing, Humanities and Social Sciences

Virgin Jesus Freak


Jules Merguie

MA - Experimental Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences

Measurement Invariance of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale across Sexual and Gender Identity Groups


Adam Norris

MFA - Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing, Humanities and Social Sciences

Guest Rooms


Sarah Owen

MS - Biology, Science and Engineering Technology

Colorado Tick Fever Virus-Mediated Apoptosis in Human Endothelial Cells


Luvia Rivera Valles

EdD - Educational Leadership, Education

Latino Men’s Sense of Belonging Experiences in a Community College Developmental Mathematics Classroom


Andrew Thornton

MS - Kinesiology, Health Sciences

Evaluating Training and Competition Volume in Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse


Bethany Ann Walker Willett

MS - Biology, Science and Engineering Technology

The Seasonal Diptera Larval Species Richness during Decomposition and Comparisons to Current Successional Models


William Whitmire

MFA - Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ecdysis: Stories and a Novella


Daisy Porter

MS - Biology, Science and Engineering Technology

Review of Hypothyce Mixta Howden 1968 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)


Dionicia Rivera

EdD - Educational Leadership, Education

Online Learning Experiences of Latino Public Middle School Students


Clea Garza

MS - Biology, Science and Engineering Technology

First Insights into the Phylogeny of the Pygmy Backswimmers (Pleidae: Hemiptera: Heteroptera)


Molly R. Sarles

MS - Biology, Science and Engineering Technology

Estimation of Postmortem Interval in Human Cadavers using Two Different Quantitative Methods


Taylor Robinson

PhD - Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice

Treat Me Right: Black Women's Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence Service Organizations


Jewel Coffey

MS - Biology, Science and Engineering Technology

Review of Toxomerus Macquart, 1855 in Texas (Diptera: Syrphidae)


Andrew J. Warren

MA - Mathematics, Science and Engineering Technology

On the Catenary Degree of a Numerical Monoid of Embedding Dimension Three


Laura Christine Walters

EdD - Developmental Education Administration, Education

The Relationship between Multiplication Fact Automaticity, Mature Number Sense, Mathematics Anxiety, and Mathematics Success: A Community College Study


Jamie L. Thompson

EdD - Instructional Systems Design and Technology, Education

Video as a Tool to Support Teacher Performance Evaluation Process: Impact on First-Year Teacher Effectiveness


Holly Tetreault Moore

EdD - Educational Leadership, Education

Perceptions of Novice Elementary School Teachers on their Preparedness for Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms


David Brockhausen

MS - Chemistry, Chemistry

Developing Methods for Investigating Dimethyl Trisulfide in Aqueous Solutions


Victoria L. Brinkman

EdD - Educational Leadership, Educational Leadership

Experiences of Underrepresented Teachers on Campuses with Diverse Student Populations


Christina Hammons

EdD - Literacy, School of Teaching and Learning

Response to Intervention: Faith-Based Mindfulness Literacy Practices Perceived Influence on Teacher Self-Efficacy