Recent Thesis Titles

Theses in order of Date of Thesis and Last Name of Undergraduate Author.
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Theses can be looked up through the library website by author or title and
several are located on the second floor near the call number LD175,
unless they are part of a special collection (i.e. Music, Appalachian Studies.)

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Undergraduate Author	Thesis Title	Major Department	Thesis Director	Date of Thesis
Erica Adelman	Strength in the midst of loss and despair: HIV/AIDS in the growing number of orphans in South Africa, 1982-2008	Elementary Education/History	Jeremiah Kitunda	May-09
Victoria Ajemian	From monster to lover: The transformation of vampires in romantic and contemporary literature	English	William Brewer	May-09
Aaron Ammar	The cost benefit analysis of investing in conserving energy versus investing in photovoltaic solar energy	Finance and Banking	Delbert Goff	May-09
Terry Austin	Modeling the prevalence of heartworm disease in the domestic canines of Watauga County	Mathematics	Rene Salinas	May-09
Katrina Benton	Anne Bradstreet's ambigious desire for print publication	English	Colin Ramsey	May-09
Daniel Brookshire	Toward an economics of sustainability	Sustainable Development	Charles Smith	May-09
Carolyn Brouthers	Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf musical literary imagery through motive, narration and half steps	Piano Performance	Gabe Frankenhauser	May-09
Kristin Buchner	Effects of climate change factors and insect infestation on terpene content in Solidago canadensis and Abies fraseri	Biology	Ray Williams	May-09
Stacy Bumgardner	Evaluating peer observation and feedback on the safety behaviors of landscapers	Psychology	Tim Ludwig	May-09
Malia Campbell	Assessing Netflix's opportunity to penetrate the Hispanic market	Advertising/Spanish	Roger Bodo	May-09
Sean Clayton	Immigration and language policy	Political Science/Spanish	James Barnes	May-09
James Cleary	Puzzling out the pieces: The war experience and youth	Secondary English Education	Elaine O'Quinn	May-09
Evan Davies	International and comparative politics policy shift: Human security	Political Science	Brian Dorsey	May-09
Dennis Dorsey	HR 676: Is this the answer to America's healthcare crisis?	Risk Management and Insurance	Karen Epermanis	May-09
Matthew Faw	TERSE	English	Lynn Doyle	May-09
Jordan Foley	An extended study of fair value accounting of financial instruments	Accounting	Ken Brackney	May-09
Kathleen Fransen	Psychology of security--An experiment	Accounting	William Baker	May-09
Audrey Green	Community gardens building community	Sustainable Development	Joy James	May-09
James Handy	Does Jim Cramer come up short? An analysis of investor reactions to Mad Money	Accounting	Chris McNeil	May-09
Melissa Hanson	Zaptismo past and present	Interdisciplinary Studies	Jeff Boyer	May-09
Kacie Harkavy	Video game play and body image perceptions	Psychology	Mary Ballard	May-09
Lisa Hash	Exploring social justice with fifth-grade students through the multicultural historical fiction novel Weedflower and its impact on student awareness, empathy, and activism	Elementary Education	Elizabeth Frye	May-09
Clay Hefner	E-Reader device adoption within the collegiate textbook market	Marketing	Mike Dotson	May-09
Jacklyn Hellwege	Reconstructing phylygeographic history of sea oats	Biology	Eva Gonzales	May-09
Whitney Irwin	Characterization of VEGF signaling in mouse cervix using real-time PCR: PKC, PLC, and eNOS signaling molecules	Biology	Chishimba Mowa	May-09
Emily LeRoy	The language barrier and other problems associated with access to health care for Spanish-speakers due to growth of the Hispanic population	Spanish	Andres Fisher	May-09
Amanda Martin	Quercetin supplementation effects on endothelial function	Exercise Science	David Nieman	May-09
Nicholas Matus	Feasibility study of implementing a recycling incentive program in Boone and Watauga County	Finance and Banking	Jeff Hobbs	May-09
Katherine Mebane	Capstone performance dance	Dance	Susan Lutz	May-09
Deborah Mueffelmann	Neural processing of linguistic devices in use in Dr. Seuss books	Communication Disorders	Richard McGarry	May-09
Lindsay Norris	The effects of music on the memory retrieval of learned material	Music Therapy	Cathy McKinney	May-09
Katherine Pittman	Effects of personality on the likelihood of cuckoldry in male eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis	Biology	Lynn Siefferman	May-09
Rachel Pope	The current benefits and hindrances of the state reporting structure with respect to multi-state corporations who qualify as a unitary business	Accounting	Wilkes Baker	May-09
Jamie Price	Apparel design of professional dress for various female target markets	Apparel and Textiles	Linda Secor	May-09
Mitchell Riley	The use of imPACT™ software in the recovery after the concussion	Athletic Training	Jamie Moul	May-09
Marianne Rupp	The sense of community within Mexican farmworkers in the High Country	Sustainable Development	Cameron Lippard	May-09
Jessica Sanford	Do tax policies affect consumer behavior?	Accounting	Mary Hofmann	May-09
Tyler Sloan	Equity, compliance, and Appalachian State	Communication Studies	Kevin Balling	May-09
Jillian Swords	American horse racing: Equine cultural icons and the media and public that create them	Communication Studies	Neva Specht	May-09
Sarah Washburn	The influence of tax deductibility on charitable contributions	Accounting	Mary Ann Hofmann	May-09
Ashley Willingham	Conveying the wordless: A performance study on text and movement	Communication Studies/Dance	Susan Lutz	May-09
William Windley	A government's response to the current financial crisis, and what we can expect	Finance and Banking	Jarrod Johnston	May-09
Mark Maddow	Supernatural belief may account for reasoning about dead agents	Psychology	Douglas Waring	Dec-08
Kimberly Stark	Covering War: A comparative content of the The New York Times' combat operations coverage and word choice during World War II and the Iraq War	Communication	Jean DeHart	Dec-08
Patrick Lineberry	Foreign oil investment: Three case studies of economics, political, and social development	Political Science	Renee Scherler	Dec-08
Jeffrey S Koehler	With us or against us: A rhetorical analysis of Sarah Palin's 2008 RNC speech	Communication-Journalism	Monica Pombo	Dec-08
Jonathan M Hoffman	Ha Jin: A critique of the social impact of the cultural revolution and Chinese Communism in Under the Flag	English	Holly Martin	Dec-08
Rosemarie P Fernandez	A survey of Kawaii visual culture in Japan	Art	Jim Toub	Dec-08
Stephanie Jozefowicz	The efficacy of speech-language therapy in treating communication deficits following traumatic brain injury	Communication Disorders/French	Timothy Harris	Dec-08
John P Wright	A proposal for personal management regulation	Music Industries Studies	Kay Taylor	Dec-08
Amber M Clawson	Colonial newspapers: Conversation currency	Communication	Kay Taylor	Dec-08
John T LaBruyere	Effects of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus related ventilator-associate pneumonia on patient clinical and financial outcomes	Business-Healthcare Management	Susan RoggenKamp	Dec-08
Joshua Davis	Placing myself with teenage drawers: A reflective narrative	Art	Victoria Grube	Dec-08
Emily Mackie	Teaching the graphic novel to Upward Bound students: A narrative inquiry	Art	Victoria Grube	Dec-08
Kathryn L Yeager	The use of music therapy with preschool students at-risk for school failure	Music Therapy	Cathy McKinney	Aug-08
Kasmira A Adkins	Nutritional comparison of locally grown versus commercially shipped tomatoes	Biology	Nicole Bennett	May-08
Jane L G Atkinson	Facebook me! College students' perspectives on Facebook use and safety	Psychology	Richard Nagle	May-08
Heather S Atwell	Real world, real students: How young adult literature enhances teaching and learning	English	Elaine O'Quinn	May-08
Allison E Boyle	Comparative benefit of Social Security versus private investment.	Finance, Banking and Insurance	Chris McNeil	May-08
Rachel E Broadbent	Substantially and unreasonably: A case of judicial disorder	Political Science and Criminal Justice	Kathleen Simon	May-08
Faith A Burt	Insanity and isolation in Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway" and Toni Morrison's "Beloved"	English	Kristina Groover	May-08
Lauren D Cagle	The gift of differentation: A study of aspects of the differentiated classroom	Education	Michael Jacobson	May-08
Matthew M Couch	"Widowed from their own food chain:" An analysis and preservation of Appalachian foodways in folk texts, literature and fieldwork	English	Cece Conway	May-08
Amanda B Edgell	Women who walk: A profile of the performance of female parliamentarians in Uganda	Political Science	Rennee Scherlen	May-08
Briana Fisler	Uncle Tom's Cabin: An abolitionist text with a racist narrator	English	Eugene Miller Jr.	May-08
Jennifer J Flaherty	Ego-Effacement in Dostoevsky's Moral World: Exploring humanistic trends in the notes From The Underground and the Brothers Karamazov	English	William Atkinson	May-08
Kaitlyn E Heeke	Women's initiative programs in public accounting: What is available and who is taking advantage?	Accounting	Rebecca Kaenzig	May-08
Megan V Hutchins	Don't forget The girls: Gender-Specific programming in juvenile justice systems	Political Science and Criminal Justice	Kathleen Simon	May-08
Mitchell J Jareo IV	Structural characteristics of the MySpace social network	Mathematical Sciences	Jill Thormley	May-08
Donna Kamarei	Functional equation methods with applications to linearization for difference equations	Mathematical Sciences	Terry G Anderson	May-08
Cara Ann Kelly	An in-depth analysis of the evolution and current status of secularism in Turkey	Political Sciences	James F. Barnes	May-08
Doris A Kroiss	The interaction between self-esteem, social interaction and social expectation	Psychology	Todd McElroy	May-08
Cody S Laminack	"A special kind of keeper": Portraits of Suzerainty and fatherhood in Absalom, Absalom! And Blood Meridian	English	Edwin T. Arnold	May-08
Kristin Mannina	Hartmann's boundary theory in relation to stress and dreams	Psychology	Joan Woodworth	May-08
Christina M Post	Laughter between opposite-sex strangers and perceptions of attraction and closeness	Psychology	Doris Bazzini	May-08
Caroline P Oxford	Queer eye for the religious guy? The relationship between religious orientation, need for structure and implicit sexual prejudice	Psychology	Courtney A. Rocheleau	May-08
Laura E Pepper	Drag as performance art	Art	Heather L Waldroup	May-08
Lindsey C Rose	Gender crisis in America's classrooms: Is it real?	Elementary Education	Thomas Jamison	May-08
Emily K Steinbaugh	A healthy start: The relationship between controlling maternal feeding practices and child health status in siblings.	Psychology	Amy T. Galloway	May-08
Dianna M Thomas	Guarana dosage and endurance exercise performance, metabolic rate, and weight in laboratory mice	Exercise Science	Shea Tuberty	May-08
Joseph H Thomas	H.R. 3355 - Is it a Solution?	Finance, Banking and Insurance	David Marlett	May-08
Amelia A Thompson	The influence of war on justice	Political Science	Kathleen Simon	May-08
Megan W Trimnal	Delayed alternation learning and memory are affected by sound-induced seizures in adult but not juvenile or adolescent rats	Psychology	Mark C Zrull	May-08
Natascha F Wayne	Audrey Hepburn: The woman, the star, And the enduring image.	English	Craig Fischer	May-08
Margaret E Wheeler	Removing the mask on Facebook: How to market using online social networks	Marketing	Eva Hyatt	May-08
Erin L Casner	Psychological correlates of temporal perception	Psychology	Eric J Hatch	Apr-08
Sarah M Killian	An exploratory investigation of product symbolism: The case of the Greek sorority subculture	Marketing	Eva Hyatt	Apr-08
Leiana M Henson	Color: An important tool in advertising	Communication	Roger Bodo	Dec-07
Leslie M Nierste	Nelly Dean, what we can expect From "A Poor Man's Daughter": A close study of her intricacies and multifacetedness and a brief discussion of the complications that arise from those complexities	English	William Brewe	Dec-07
Jason Radford	Instituitions and justice: Resolving the redistribution/recognition debate	Philosophy and Religion	Kim Hall	Dec-07
Amy A Renfranz	Literature of the United States National Parks: A sample anthology	English	Lynne Moss Sanders	Aug-07
Johnathan W Sugg	A giscience investigation of mass balance change on the Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand; 1990 to 2002	Geography and Planning	Chris Badurek	May-07
Morgan F Ostertag	Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Neurons in the Dorsal Nucleus of Lateral Lemniscus of audiogenic seizure-prone rats.	Psychology	Mark Zrull	Dec-06

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