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Dissertations
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
COVID-19's Impact on School Principals' Self-Efficacy as Managerial Leaders, Krystle Marie Ballatore
IT IS ALL RELATIVE: INTERGENERATIONAL POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY, Leslie Jean Barrett Brown
HOW MARGINALIZED STUDENTS FIND THEMSELVES INCLUDED IN SYLLABI: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, Jean Kennedy Bennett
TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IMPACTING RURAL, HIGH-POVERTY STUDENT ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, Erin Kinney Burt
A STUDY LINKING TITLE 1 STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Brenton Jerrod Coe
Discipline, Disparity, and Diplomas: Suspension and Grade Retention in a Southeastern State, Sarah N. Kangarloo Crist
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS’ CONCEPTUALIZATION AND PERCEPTION OF LEARNING THRILL: AN EXPLORATORY INTERVIEW STUDY, David Paul Cupolo
Investigating the Most Valued Components of the South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program by Graduates Who Have Remained in the Education Profession, Amanda Jane Darden
A MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING 2-YEAR COLLEGE ENROLLMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Lauren Margaret Davis
Ableism, Ableist Microaggressions, and Psychological Thriving: A Mixed-Methods Study of College Students with Physical Disabilities, Tonya Barnhill Dawsey
Creating UNICORNS: Teaching IEP Literacy and Accommodation Self-Advocacy Through Asynchronous Interactive Video Modules, Kathleen M. C. Dorr
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EVALUATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, Michelle Dzurenda
Adaptability: Its Professional Capital and Influence on Secondary Science Teacher Job Satisfaction, Kristy A. Floyd
NAVIGATING THE BLACK STUDENT FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE: EXPLORING WAYS PEER MENTORING CAN ENHANCE ENGAGEMENT AND BELONGING AT A PWI, Richard V. Frazier III
Disability Justice in Higher Education: The Lived Experiences of Disabled White Women Disability Services Directors, Emily Gaspar
Workplace Factors That Contribute to Teacher Intent to Leave the Profession, Teresa Blount Gibbons
The Relationship Between Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement of First-Time First-Year Students Enrolled at a Technical College, Heather Marie Hoppe
EXPLORING THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY, Kayla E. Johnson
Early College High School: A Study of Dual Enrollment Students' Academic Success Based on Classroom Environment, Cynthia A. Johnston
Aerodynamics and Turbulent Wake-Flow Characteristics of Owls during Flapping Flight, Krishnamoorthy Krishnan
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS’ EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND WORK-RELATED STRESSORS IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, Mallory J. Laravie
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
The Elephant in the Classroom: Understanding Teachers’ Implicit Biases in Grading Student Work in a Mathematics Classroom, Tina Marie Medina
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AS A FORM OF VIABLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SECONDARY ENGLISH EDUCATOR, Virginia Joan Messinger
Numerical Study of Owls’ Leading-Edge Serrations, Asif Shahriar Nafi
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
PERCEPTIONS OF LOW-INCOME PARENTS ON KINDERGARTEN READINESS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Farrah Woodberry Owens
THE COMPONENTS NECESSARY IN A CLINICAL DAY PROGRAM FOR A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, Erica Parker
CHARACTERISTICS OF REFRACTIVITY AND SEA STATE IN THE MARINE ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON X-BAND PROPAGATION, Douglas Matthew Pastore
Evaluating Fluid Fluxes From Deep-Sea Seepage Habitats, Leigha E. Peterson
ETHICS AND CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP: DO ETHICAL LEADERSHIP THEORIES ALIGN WITH SCRIPTURE?, Anthony Scott Poston
GIFTED AND…: TEACHER REFLECTION AND TRANSFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO TEACHING GIFTED STUDENTS, Patrick Gene Rabon
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
Eastward-Propagating Planetary Waves in the Middle Atmosphere During Major Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events, Christian Todd Rhodes
Factors that Contribute to Challenging Behaviors with Early Childhood Students, Jennifer N. Robinson
The Post-Pandemic Influence on Social Emotional Learning in the K-12 Music Classroom, Jodie Michelle Rowe
Removing the Deficit Lens: Determining Support for Hispanic Newcomer Families in Public School Based on their Unique Needs and Experiences, Shauna Schubiger
BUILDING COMPREHENSION: A CAUSAL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ORAL READING FLUENCY OF FIRST GRADERS, Kimberly Michelle Shaw
Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Coastal Ocean Modeling, Dongliang Shen
Teaching Students with a Mild Intellectual Disability how to Respond to Strangers using Computer-Based Video Instruction, Chelsey Rae Simmons
Comparison of Traditional to Hybrid Modality of Instruction, Paul Michael Spadaro
Ocean Wave-Coherent Temperature and Humidity Near-Surface Vertical Distributions and Their Effect on Radar Performance over the Ocean, Mathew James Stanek
EXPLORING TEACHER’S CHOICES TO PROMOTE DIVERSE CLASSROOM LIBRARIES: A NARRATIVE CASE STUDY APPROACH, Samantha Leigh Stephens
EXAMINING TEACHER KNOWLEDGE AND PREPAREDNESS: TEACHERS FROM INDIA IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UDL PRINCIPLES IN GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, Lakshmi Surya Narayana Vishnubhotla
Professional Staff Retention in Higher Education: Making Sense of Why Advisors Stay, Frankie Roark Weeks
Teacher Support for Virtual Instruction in the Social Studies Classroom, Lindsay Weirich
Coastal flood risk in the context of climate change and urbanization in northeastern South Carolina, Hongyuan Zhang
Arctic Sea Ice Loss in the Pacific Sector and Its Impacts on Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events, Jiarong Zhang
Legacy Theses
Invertebrate Assemblages Associated with Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Roots in the Waccamaw River, South Carolina, Julie E. Barker
Trophic Linkages Between Freshwater Tidal Impoundments and Riverine Fishes in South Carolina, Meredith Penland Bayer
Effects of Fire Management on Herpetofauna of Sandy Island, South Carolina, Kirstin Berben
Influence of Sediment Type, Salinity, and Depth on the Distribution of Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in a South Carolina Estuary, USA, Kathryn Page Blair
Factors Affecting the Selection and Consumption of Oyster Reef Prey (Crassostrea virginica, Geukensia demissa) by Mud Crabs (Panopeus herbstii), Laura L. Canton
Differences in the Energy Expenditures of Oceanic and Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Robert Earl Clelland
Nearshore Orientation Preferences of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Hatchlings in Kyparissia Bay, Greece, Chanel Marie Comis
Colonization by Aquatic Insect Larvae in Experimental Ponds: Reproductive Decisions Based on Biotic and Abiotic Factors, Rachel Connelly
Differential Nesting in the Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) at Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica, Mandy Cuskelly
Nest-site Selection of Wilson's Plovers (Charadrius wilsonia) in South Carolina, Kerri Ann Dikun
Sediment Provenance of a Shore Oblique Sand Body, Long Bay, South Carolina, Jennifer Fierro
Interactions Between Birds and Strand-feeding Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in a South Carolina Salt Marsh, Adam G. Fox
Relationships Among Blue Tilapia, Two Invasive Aquatic Plants, and Water Quality, Sarah E. Gardner
Effects of Vertical Structure on Inshore Artificial Reef Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities, Jason Allan Garwood
Shark Population Structure and Partitioning in Winyah Bay, SC, Samuel J. Gary, Jr.
Prevalence, Patterns, and Effects of Shell Damage on Geukensia Demissa in South Carolina Estuarine Habitats, Rachel E. Hillard
A Surficial Geologic Study of Sandy Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina, Mark Joseph Howard
Metabolic Responses of Estuarine Microbial Communities to Inputs of Surface Runoff and Groundwater from Contrasting Landscapes, Patrick Hutchins
Response of High Marsh Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages to Shoreline Development in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA, Jennifer S. Jackson
The Influence of Meteorological and Substrate Factors upon Embryonic Outcomes of Caretta caretta Nests in South Carolina, Katrina Johnston
The Contribution of Various Nekton Species to Nutrient Cycling Through Excretion and Bioturbation in an Intertidal Creek, Carrie Jones
Micro-metazoan Use of Spartina alterniflora Stems of Different Ages, Jessica Laurel Kanes
Assessing a Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Blackwater Riverine Wetlands Along the Waccamaw River Near Conway, SC, Christopher H. King
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
Plant Distribution and Diversity across the Ecotone between Carolina Bays and Pine Savanna on the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, Lorrie Laliberte
Abundance, Richness, and Habitat Preferences of Small Mammals on Spring Island, South Carolina., Mario James Lawrence
A Limnological Assessment of a Rare Lacustrine Wetland Complex: Laguna De Cube, Ramsar Site 1143, Ecuador, Grant R. Lockridge
Status and Trends of a Globally Imperiled Atlantic Coastal Plain Wetland: Links to Hydrogeologic Setting and Conservation, Monica J. Marlowe
Microbial Activity and Diversity Associated with Decomposing Spartina Wrack in Coastal Ecosystems, Morgan Marsh
Distribution of Neonate Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, in a South Carolina Estuary and Nearby Waters, M. Kathleen Maxwell
Comparison of Elasmobranch Fauna in Two South Carolina Estuaries Differing in their Degree of Human Impact, Mollie M. McDonough
Comparison of Surf Zone and Nearshore Nekton Communities in Horry County, South Carolina, Jeremy Mull
The Effects of Permanent Magnets as an Elasmobranch-selective Repellent, Craig P. O'Connell
Breast Coloration and Algae Consumption by Bluegill Sunfish, M. Edward Parsons
Growth and Biomass of Water Hyacinth in a Tidal Blackwater River System, South Carolina, Amanda Rae Rotella
Relationship Between Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Structure and Ecosystem Function in Two Coastal Plain Blackwater Streams, Whitney M. Ruppel
An Examination of Soil Surface Temperatures in High Marsh Plant Habitats at Waties Island, SC, Megan S. Savard
Seasonal Residency and Movement Patterns of Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, in a South Carolina Estuary, Justin Schreer
Bat Species Richness and Edge Habitat Use on a Coastal Island in South Carolina, Travis Ford Scott
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
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
Relationship of Filamentous Fungi and Yeast Abundance to Level of Human Use in Beach Sand of Horry County, SC, Julia L. Stevens
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Processes Controlling the Formation of Hypoxic Water in Long Bay of the Carolinas, Danielle Rae Nicole Tarpley
Competition Between Littoraria irrorata (Say) and Melampus bidentatus (Say) in the High Marsh on Waties Island, South Carolina, Elizabeth B. Trott
Effects of Inter-tributary Dissolved Organic Carbon Variability on Heterotrophic Microbial Communities in Upper Winyah Bay, SC, Emma K. Wear
Connections Between Bivalve Settlement, Growth, Survival and the Water Quality within South Carolina Inlet and Swash Tidal Creeks, Caitlin C. Wessel