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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
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
Investigating the Most Valued Components of the South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program by Graduates Who Have Remained in the Education Profession, Amanda Jane Darden
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
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
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
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
Evaluating Fluid Fluxes From Deep-Sea Seepage Habitats, Leigha E. Peterson
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
BUILDING COMPREHENSION: A CAUSAL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ORAL READING FLUENCY OF FIRST GRADERS, Kimberly Michelle Shaw
Teaching Students with a Mild Intellectual Disability how to Respond to Strangers using Computer-Based Video Instruction, Chelsey Rae Simmons
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
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
Habitat Utilization by Multiple Shark Species in a Southeastern Salt Marsh Estuary, Bree KaraBeth Yednock
Effects of Shoreline Development on Plant Composition and Physical Structure in a South Carolina High Marsh, Zofia Zaplatynski
Ecological Characterization of Plant Communities in Nine Carolina Bays of Northeastern South Carolina, Danielle C. Zoellner
Theses
Effects of warming on decomposition of submerged plant litter and associated microorganisms in streamside channels, Kaity Ackerman
An Examination of Plant Community Composition in Six Carolina Bays on the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, Katherine L. Altman-Goff
Temporal transport dynamics of the Amazon River Plume revealed using radium isotope analysis, Elana J. Ames
Use of Multibeam and Split-beam SONAR to Observe Changes in Fish School Biomass in Relation to Dolphin Abundance, Reece Eleanor Aponte
Residency, Diel Movement, and Tidal Patterns of Large Juvenile Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in Winyah Bay, SC, Jeremy Lee Arnt
Quantifying population-level effects of warm-water catch-and-release mortality on Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) in the James River, Virginia, Cory J. Bauerlien
Inter-Annual to Inter-Decadal Spatiotemporal Effects of Storm and Nourishment Events in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Christina Mary Boyce
Distribution and Social Structure of an Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Population in Northern South Carolina, Jamie L. Brusa
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
Effects of Dissolved Nutrient Ratios and Concentrations on Litter-associated Microbial Activity in Streamside Channels, Timothy Burns
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
Seasonal Habitat Use of Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in North Inlet, Winyah Bay, Georgetown, South Carolina, Danielle Elizabeth Capella
An EEMD Approach to Non-Stationary, Non-Linear Environmental Long- and Short-term Time Series Data of Charleston, SC, with a 2009 Flood Anomaly Case Study, Dylan David Carpenter
Characterization of Groundwater Discharge in a Back Barrier Tidal Creek, Matthew L. Carter
Geochemical Tracers Linking Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Hypoxia Formation in Long Bay, South Carolina, USA, Sarah Lynn Chappell
Seasonal Occurrence, Relative Abundance, and Migratory Movements of Juvenile Sandbar Sharks, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Winyah Bay, South Carolina, Caroline Collatos
Estimating Density and Residency of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in three estuarine sites in South Carolina, Jessica Nicole Conway
Reconstructing a Centennial-scale Extreme Paleoflood History of the Pee Dee River using Oxbow Lake Sediments, Nicholas William Conway
Quantifying Water Budgets to Evaluate the Hydrologic Performance of Two Stormwater Detention Ponds in Coastal South Carolina, Samantha Corley
Late Cenozoic Evolution of Sedimentation and Slope Stability Along the U.S. Atlantic Margin, Bradley Kevin Craig
Investigating Stormwater Drainage Basin Sediments as a Means of Bacterial Accumulation and Transport Within a South Carolina Estaurine Watershed, Matthew Kyle Curtis
Enzootic trends of Crassostrea virginica and Perkinsus marinus in North Inlet estuary, South Carolina, Nico Martin D'Amico
Investigating Coastal Erosion Variability and Framework Geology Influence Along the Grand Strand, South Carolina, Aundrea Marie Dolan
Impact of Development on Freshwater Turtle Populations of Coastal South Carolina: An Examination of Land Use and Road Density, Andre Dominguez