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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Assessing Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urban Expansion and Forecasting Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Change in Tri-Cities, Tennessee, Rezaul Bari Ishan
Does Gender Spell Success? Exploring Female Student Perspectives of Faculty at a Higher Educational Institution, Chitora Jackson
A Comparative-Correlational Study on the Mental Health and Well-Being of First-Generation Students at a Historically Black College and University, Shedred Jackson
Genetic Context Determines Mitochondrial and Longevity Outcomes of NAD+ Kinase Knockdown in Caenorhabditis elegans, Leah Jamerson
Rural High-School Principals’ Perceptions of Their Understanding of Special Education Law, Tiffany Jenkins
Bud on the Ballot: A County-Level Analysis of Citizen Support for Cannabis Legalization, Amelia G. Jennings
A Leslie System for a Demographic Simulation: From an Actuarial Point of View, David Kings
Metabolic Engineering of Physcomitrium patens (moss) for Vegetable Oil Production, George Kipkoech
The Development of Teacher-Student Relationships in the Elementary School Setting and Their Influence on the Whole Child, Jana H. Kline
Orchestrated Architecture Dismantling: Borrelia burgdorferi’s Coordinated Destruction of Adaptive Immune Responses, Craig A. Land
The Lived Experiences of Navajo Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Stephnie Ann Leeson
Disability Inclusion in Local Public Health Community Health Assessments and Community Health Improvement Plans, Haleigh Leslie
Investigating Exoneration Patterns Among Juveniles, Kristin Mahan
AI for Sustainability in Appalachian Businesses: Challenges and Successes, Mariatu Mahmoud
Inner Bonds, Caitlin M. Maltbie
Finding an Effective Measure of Religiosity and Substance Use Levels for the Deaf: An Attempted Pilot Study, Angela Masiello
Investigating the Impact of Psychoactive Plant Alkaloids on Bumblebee Behavior, Skylar Mathieson
What is Real Anymore? A Solution to Detect Hyper Realistic AI-Generated Imagery, Andrew I. McDonald
Investigating Stress Hormone Variations in Green Frogs (Lithobates clamitans) During the Mating Season, Abby McIver
Assessing the Relationship Between the Incidence of Campylobacteriosis and Ecological Risk Factors in Tennessee, Emmanuel Angmorteh Mensah
Assessing Post-Pandemic Engagement in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Northeast Tennessee, Christen Minnick
An Exploration of Factors Influencing Sophomore-Year Persistence at a Regional Institution in Southern Appalachia, Jonathan W. Mitchell
Cattle Regenerative Grazing Effects on Bat Activity in Southern Appalachia, Seth Morelock
College Ready or Not? Exploring Undergraduate Perceptions of Their High School College Preparation, Charles M. Morgan III
Investigating the Multiple Enzyme Complex in the Carotenoid Biosynthesis Pathway, Mercy Mormor
“With Neither Hope nor Fear”: Continuity in the Life of Isabella d’Este, Alyssa Murphy
"That Was Something I Had to Get Used to”: Communication Challenges of African Graduate Teaching Assistants, Mohammed Hafiz Nabila
Diversity in Beauty Brand Marketing on Instagram: The Case of Fenty Beauty, Julia K. Narh
Directed Evolution to Enhance Phytoene Synthase Enzyme Activity for Metabolic Engineering, Fayrouz Nossir
The Food Truck: A Multi-product Newsvendor with Expectile Risk, Sekyiwaah Nuamah
Perceptions of Practitioners: An Examination of Practices for Retention and Support of Special Education Teachers, Megan L. O'Dell
User Experience in Digital Healthcare Chatbots: Exploring Trust, Brand Allegiance and Adoption, Moyosoreoluwa A. Odugbesan
Application of Deep Learning on Gage R&R for Anomaly Detection, Oluwatope Richard Ojo
Assessing the Utilization of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Ashe-Street Courthouse, Boluwatife J. Oluwamakinde
A Kinetic Analysis on Hydrolysis and Hydrothermal Conversion of Cellulose to Dodecane, Joel Nyangoka Onyancha
Cranial Ontogeny of the Extinct Dwarf Tapir Tapirus polkensis; with Comparison to that of the Extant Tapirus bairdii (Tapiridae, Perissodactyla), Johannah Orendorff
Preschool Teachers’ Perspectives on Conceptual Movement in Academic Instruction: A Mixed- Methods Study with Implications for Early Math, Kehinde H. Orimaye
Administrator Perceptions of Title I Parent and Family Engagement Practices and Policies During Covid-19, Rebekah Owens
Stochastic Functional Data-Driven Models for Real-Time Battery Health Forecasting Under Dynamic Operating Conditions, Joshua Owusu
Exploring Young Adults’ Implicit Theories of Emotion and Emotion Dysregulation on Parental Emotion Socialization and Internalizing Symptomology, Daryl Parungao
Performative Masculinity in Ducal Literature in Florence (1520-1580), Matthew T. Perkins
Digital Revival: The Role of Social and Streaming Media in the Resurgence of Appalachian Country Music, Jacob Cody Powers
Commitment to the Profession: Elementary Teacher Perceptions of Self-Determination and Professional Retention in Tennessee, Riley A. Prickett-Armstrong
Deep Learning with Kalman Filter, Rexford Julius Quaye
Tennessee K-3 Teachers’ Perceptions of Structured Literacy Curriculum Based on the Science of Reading: A Phenomenological Approach, Amy L. Reece Townsend
Perceptions of Choral Teachers on the Characteristics of a Secondary Choral Program, Nathan Dale Rhea
Postprocessing GAN-Generated Synthetic Time Series Using Dynamic Time Warping, Md Raisul Islam Roni
Mountain Communities During a Time of War: A Case Study of The Hutsul Region in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, Pavlo Rybaruk
Electrochemical and Electrocatalytic Properties of Screen-Printable Carbon Inks Featuring Pyridinic Nitrogen-Containing Polymeric Binder, Albert Sam Junior
