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THE MAJORITY AS THE MINORITY: A SINGLE CASE STUDY EXPLORING CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT AND THE RETENTION OF RACIAL MINORITY STUDENTS ATTENDING A 2-YEAR TECHNICAL HBCU IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Meaghan ShaRon Avery

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COVID-19's Impact on School Principals' Self-Efficacy as Managerial Leaders, Krystle Marie Ballatore

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HOW MARGINALIZED STUDENTS FIND THEMSELVES INCLUDED IN SYLLABI: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, Jean Kennedy Bennett

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TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IMPACTING RURAL, HIGH-POVERTY STUDENT ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, Erin Kinney Burt

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A STUDY LINKING TITLE 1 STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Brenton Jerrod Coe

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Discipline, Disparity, and Diplomas: Suspension and Grade Retention in a Southeastern State, Sarah N. Kangarloo Crist

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Investigating the Most Valued Components of the South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program by Graduates Who Have Remained in the Education Profession, Amanda Jane Darden

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A MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING 2-YEAR COLLEGE ENROLLMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Lauren Margaret Davis

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Ableism, Ableist Microaggressions, and Psychological Thriving: A Mixed-Methods Study of College Students with Physical Disabilities, Tonya Barnhill Dawsey

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Creating UNICORNS: Teaching IEP Literacy and Accommodation Self-Advocacy Through Asynchronous Interactive Video Modules, Kathleen M. C. Dorr

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EVALUATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, Michelle Dzurenda

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Evaluating Clinical Educational Learning Outcomes for a Changing Field: Utilizing a 2:1 Collaborative Learning Model in an Acute Care Setting for First Semester Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students, Lori-Ann Ferraro

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Adaptability: Its Professional Capital and Influence on Secondary Science Teacher Job Satisfaction, Kristy A. Floyd

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Disability Justice in Higher Education: The Lived Experiences of Disabled White Women Disability Services Directors, Emily Gaspar

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Workplace Factors That Contribute to Teacher Intent to Leave the Profession, Teresa Blount Gibbons

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The Relationship Between Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement of First-Time First-Year Students Enrolled at a Technical College, Heather Marie Hoppe

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Early College High School: A Study of Dual Enrollment Students' Academic Success Based on Classroom Environment, Cynthia A. Johnston

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Aerodynamics and Turbulent Wake-Flow Characteristics of Owls during Flapping Flight, Krishnamoorthy Krishnan

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SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS’ EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND WORK-RELATED STRESSORS IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, Mallory J. Laravie

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Teacher and School Leader Perspectives on Factors that Impact Relationships and Recidivism Among Black or African American Girls: A Mixed Methods Study, Amber Jan LaSalle

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Studies of Quaternary Depositional Systems of the Coastal Plain and Inner Continental Shelf along the Georgia Bight: South Carolina and Georgia, U.S.A., Joshua H. Long

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Numerical Study of Owls’ Leading-Edge Serrations, Asif Shahriar Nafi

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Does School Choice Guarantee Reading Success? An Investigation Into the Impact Of West Charter School District On the Reading Success of Third Graders, Shemekia LaChristy Nero

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CHARACTERISTICS OF REFRACTIVITY AND SEA STATE IN THE MARINE ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON X-BAND PROPAGATION, Douglas Matthew Pastore

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Evaluating Fluid Fluxes From Deep-Sea Seepage Habitats, Leigha E. Peterson

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Student-Athlete Retention: An Analysis of Student-Athlete Retention At A Small, Private, Highly Residential NCAA Division II Institution In The Southeast, Malcolm Kendrick Reed

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Eastward-Propagating Planetary Waves in the Middle Atmosphere During Major Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events, Christian Todd Rhodes

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The Post-Pandemic Influence on Social Emotional Learning in the K-12 Music Classroom, Jodie Michelle Rowe

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BUILDING COMPREHENSION: A CAUSAL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ORAL READING FLUENCY OF FIRST GRADERS, Kimberly Michelle Shaw

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Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Coastal Ocean Modeling, Dongliang Shen

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Teaching Students with a Mild Intellectual Disability how to Respond to Strangers using Computer-Based Video Instruction, Chelsey Rae Simmons

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Comparison of Traditional to Hybrid Modality of Instruction, Paul Michael Spadaro

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Ocean Wave-Coherent Temperature and Humidity Near-Surface Vertical Distributions and Their Effect on Radar Performance over the Ocean, Mathew James Stanek

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Arctic Sea Ice Loss in the Pacific Sector and Its Impacts on Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events, Jiarong Zhang

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Invertebrate Assemblages Associated with Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Roots in the Waccamaw River, South Carolina, Julie E. Barker

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Trophic Linkages Between Freshwater Tidal Impoundments and Riverine Fishes in South Carolina, Meredith Penland Bayer

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Effects of Fire Management on Herpetofauna of Sandy Island, South Carolina, Kirstin Berben

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Influence of Sediment Type, Salinity, and Depth on the Distribution of Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in a South Carolina Estuary, USA, Kathryn Page Blair

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Application of a Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Functional Assessment Outside the Designated Regional Subclass: An Estimation of HGM Transference for Pond Cypress Depressions of South Carolina, Sean A. Blakeney

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Factors Affecting the Selection and Consumption of Oyster Reef Prey (Crassostrea virginica, Geukensia demissa) by Mud Crabs (Panopeus herbstii), Laura L. Canton

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Differences in the Energy Expenditures of Oceanic and Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Robert Earl Clelland

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Nearshore Orientation Preferences of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Hatchlings in Kyparissia Bay, Greece, Chanel Marie Comis

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Colonization by Aquatic Insect Larvae in Experimental Ponds: Reproductive Decisions Based on Biotic and Abiotic Factors, Rachel Connelly

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Differential Nesting in the Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) at Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica, Mandy Cuskelly

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Nest-site Selection of Wilson's Plovers (Charadrius wilsonia) in South Carolina, Kerri Ann Dikun

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Sediment Provenance of a Shore Oblique Sand Body, Long Bay, South Carolina, Jennifer Fierro

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Interactions Between Birds and Strand-feeding Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in a South Carolina Salt Marsh, Adam G. Fox

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Relationships Among Blue Tilapia, Two Invasive Aquatic Plants, and Water Quality, Sarah E. Gardner

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Effects of Vertical Structure on Inshore Artificial Reef Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities, Jason Allan Garwood

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Shark Population Structure and Partitioning in Winyah Bay, SC, Samuel J. Gary, Jr.

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Prevalence, Patterns, and Effects of Shell Damage on Geukensia Demissa in South Carolina Estuarine Habitats, Rachel E. Hillard

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A Surficial Geologic Study of Sandy Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina, Mark Joseph Howard

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Metabolic Responses of Estuarine Microbial Communities to Inputs of Surface Runoff and Groundwater from Contrasting Landscapes, Patrick Hutchins

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Response of High Marsh Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages to Shoreline Development in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA, Jennifer S. Jackson

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The Influence of Meteorological and Substrate Factors upon Embryonic Outcomes of Caretta caretta Nests in South Carolina, Katrina Johnston

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The Contribution of Various Nekton Species to Nutrient Cycling Through Excretion and Bioturbation in an Intertidal Creek, Carrie Jones

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Micro-metazoan Use of Spartina alterniflora Stems of Different Ages, Jessica Laurel Kanes

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Assessing a Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Blackwater Riverine Wetlands Along the Waccamaw River Near Conway, SC, Christopher H. King

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Correlations Between the Distributions of the Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabina) and the Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana) to Salinity Profiles in Winyah Bay, South Carolina, Season Klein-Majors

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Plant Distribution and Diversity across the Ecotone between Carolina Bays and Pine Savanna on the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, Lorrie Laliberte

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Abundance, Richness, and Habitat Preferences of Small Mammals on Spring Island, South Carolina., Mario James Lawrence

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A Limnological Assessment of a Rare Lacustrine Wetland Complex: Laguna De Cube, Ramsar Site 1143, Ecuador, Grant R. Lockridge

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Status and Trends of a Globally Imperiled Atlantic Coastal Plain Wetland: Links to Hydrogeologic Setting and Conservation, Monica J. Marlowe

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Microbial Activity and Diversity Associated with Decomposing Spartina Wrack in Coastal Ecosystems, Morgan Marsh

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Distribution of Neonate Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, in a South Carolina Estuary and Nearby Waters, M. Kathleen Maxwell

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Comparison of Elasmobranch Fauna in Two South Carolina Estuaries Differing in their Degree of Human Impact, Mollie M. McDonough

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Comparison of Surf Zone and Nearshore Nekton Communities in Horry County, South Carolina, Jeremy Mull

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The Bioaccumulation of Total and Methyl Mercury in Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and Their Impact on Mercury Levels and Other Water Quality Parameters in a South Carolina Coastal Plain River, Julie Waneta Murphy

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The Effects of Permanent Magnets as an Elasmobranch-selective Repellent, Craig P. O'Connell

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Breast Coloration and Algae Consumption by Bluegill Sunfish, M. Edward Parsons

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Growth and Biomass of Water Hyacinth in a Tidal Blackwater River System, South Carolina, Amanda Rae Rotella

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Relationship Between Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Structure and Ecosystem Function in Two Coastal Plain Blackwater Streams, Whitney M. Ruppel

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An Examination of Soil Surface Temperatures in High Marsh Plant Habitats at Waties Island, SC, Megan S. Savard

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Seasonal Residency and Movement Patterns of Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, in a South Carolina Estuary, Justin Schreer

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Bat Species Richness and Edge Habitat Use on a Coastal Island in South Carolina, Travis Ford Scott

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Examining the Conservation Implications of Fire Management on Plant Assemblage Structure in Isolated Wetlands and Longleaf Pine Uplands at Sandy Island, South Carolina, Laura Jean Shappell

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The Comparison of Large Nekton Between a Pristine and Urbanized Estuary and Between Two National Estuarine Research Reserve Systems in South Carolina, Christopher Anthony Smith

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Relationship of Filamentous Fungi and Yeast Abundance to Level of Human Use in Beach Sand of Horry County, SC, Julia L. Stevens

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Atmospheric and Oceanographic Processes Controlling the Formation of Hypoxic Water in Long Bay of the Carolinas, Danielle Rae Nicole Tarpley

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A Comparison of Herpetofauna Assemblages Among Tropical Forest Fragments and Subsistence Plantations Adjacent to an Ecuadorian Ramsar Wetland, Eric L. Tosso

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Competition Between Littoraria irrorata (Say) and Melampus bidentatus (Say) in the High Marsh on Waties Island, South Carolina, Elizabeth B. Trott

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Effects of Inter-tributary Dissolved Organic Carbon Variability on Heterotrophic Microbial Communities in Upper Winyah Bay, SC, Emma K. Wear

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Connections Between Bivalve Settlement, Growth, Survival and the Water Quality within South Carolina Inlet and Swash Tidal Creeks, Caitlin C. Wessel

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The Effects of Nest Thermal Stratification on Predictive Models for Temperature-dependent Sex Ratios and Survivorship of the Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, In Pacuare Reserve, Costa Rica, Rebecca Alice Xiques

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Habitat Utilization by Multiple Shark Species in a Southeastern Salt Marsh Estuary, Bree KaraBeth Yednock

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Effects of Shoreline Development on Plant Composition and Physical Structure in a South Carolina High Marsh, Zofia Zaplatynski

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Ecological Characterization of Plant Communities in Nine Carolina Bays of Northeastern South Carolina, Danielle C. Zoellner

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Effects of warming on decomposition of submerged plant litter and associated microorganisms in streamside channels, Kaity Ackerman

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An Examination of Plant Community Composition in Six Carolina Bays on the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, Katherine L. Altman-Goff

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Temporal transport dynamics of the Amazon River Plume revealed using radium isotope analysis, Elana J. Ames

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Use of Multibeam and Split-beam SONAR to Observe Changes in Fish School Biomass in Relation to Dolphin Abundance, Reece Eleanor Aponte

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Residency, Diel Movement, and Tidal Patterns of Large Juvenile Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in Winyah Bay, SC, Jeremy Lee Arnt

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The Effect of Artificial Light Pollution on Orientation of Hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Grand Strand Region, South Carolina, Emily S. Asp

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Quantifying population-level effects of warm-water catch-and-release mortality on Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) in the James River, Virginia, Cory J. Bauerlien

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The Impact of Photopollution on Nesting Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) Along the Grand Strand, South Carolina, Ryan Bonner

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Inter-Annual to Inter-Decadal Spatiotemporal Effects of Storm and Nourishment Events in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Christina Mary Boyce

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Distribution and Social Structure of an Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Population in Northern South Carolina, Jamie L. Brusa

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Cluster Analysis of Opioid Accessibility in the Carolinas Using Data from the ARCOS Database and an Enhanced Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Method, Michael T. Bunker

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Effects of Dissolved Nutrient Ratios and Concentrations on Litter-associated Microbial Activity in Streamside Channels, Timothy Burns

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Depredation of Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Nests in North Inlet, SC: Nest Predator Community and the Cues Used by Raccoons to Locate Nests, Samuel Al Buzuleciu II