This page contains all graduate theses and dissertations and all undergraduate theses published at Coastal Carolina University. To see theses and dissertations from the College of Graduate Studies and Research click here. To see theses from the Honors College and Center for Interdisciplinary Studies click here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Sun Protection Behaviors, Health Beliefs, Attitudes, and Norms Among College Students, Madison A. Klump
The Relationship between Sun Protective Behavior, Health Beliefs, Attitudes, and Norms of Sun Exposure among College Athletes, Avery B. Snyder
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Dynamics of Sedimentary Chlorophyll α at a High-Energy Beach, Sarah (Gray) Abel
The Impacts of Seasonality and Nutrient Loading on Microcystis Bloom Development in Wall Pond, Alyssa Antolak
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
Suboxic and anaerobic respiration across a sandy-shore-to-estuarine gradient, Jacey Ballard
COVID-19's Impact on School Principals' Self-Efficacy as Managerial Leaders, Krystle Marie Ballatore
HOW MARGINALIZED STUDENTS FIND THEMSELVES INCLUDED IN SYLLABI: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, Jean Kennedy Bennett
Seasonal Length-Biomass relationships of juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), Jacob Berrocal
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
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
Isolation and Identification of Phage-Host Protein Interactions as Possible Mediators of Mycobacteriophage Phayonce Gene Host Cytotoxicity, Matthew Defreitas
Predicting Our Own Demise: How media has played Nostradamus to the future of Artificial Intelligence, Connor Denny-Lybbert
Creating UNICORNS: Teaching IEP Literacy and Accommodation Self-Advocacy Through Asynchronous Interactive Video Modules, Kathleen M. C. Dorr
Digital DNA: The Ethical Implications of Big Data as the World’s New-Age Commodity, Clark H. Dotson
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EVALUATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, Michelle Dzurenda
Investigation of a Possible Switch of Benthic Photosynthetic Organisms and Phytoplanktonic Organisms in White Point Swash, South Carolina, Nathan Easterling
Development of Three Novel eDNA Assays for Detecting Coastal Sharks, Kristina Dawn Flanigan
Adaptability: Its Professional Capital and Influence on Secondary Science Teacher Job Satisfaction, Kristy A. Floyd
Disability Justice in Higher Education: The Lived Experiences of Disabled White Women Disability Services Directors, Emily Gaspar
A Cooperative Business Analysis of Starbucks Corporation & Reflection by Principal Financial Investigator, Abigail R. George
Case Study: Investigation into the Ownership of Jean-Honore Fragonard's Blind Man's Buff (1750-1752), Trinity Ghering
Workplace Factors That Contribute to Teacher Intent to Leave the Profession, Teresa Blount Gibbons
Are Rising Seas Pushing Ghost Crabs Out of Their Comfort Zone?, Finn Gillette
The Relationship Between Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement of First-Time First-Year Students Enrolled at a Technical College, Heather Marie Hoppe
Demographics, age, and growth of Leiostomus xanthurus at Oyster Landing, Crabhaul Creek, North Inlet estuary, Emily Hura
Early College High School: A Study of Dual Enrollment Students' Academic Success Based on Classroom Environment, Cynthia A. Johnston
POPULATION TRENDS AND TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF THE INVASIVE PEACOCK EEL (MACROGNATHUS SIAMENSIS) IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES, Grace Kahmann
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS’ EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND WORK-RELATED STRESSORS IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, Mallory J. Laravie
Exploring Potential Drivers of Expanded Ocean Anoxia during Ocean Anoxic Event 2 in Tarfaya Basin (Morrocco) with SEM-EDS, Rylee Lindner
Use of space and foraging behavior of loggerhead shrikes in urban areas, Katie Anne Maddox
Prevalence and density of Perkinsus marinus in Crassostrea virginica from Murrells Inlet and North Inlet, SC, Nora Mouer
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
College Student Attitudes toward Student-Athlete's Ability to Profit from Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), Daniel G. Panzano
CHARACTERISTICS OF REFRACTIVITY AND SEA STATE IN THE MARINE ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON X-BAND PROPAGATION, Douglas Matthew Pastore
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
The Post-Pandemic Influence on Social Emotional Learning in the K-12 Music Classroom, Jodie Michelle Rowe
Juvenile Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) age and growth in two North Inlet, S.C. tidal creeks, Lea J. Schroeder
Striped Blenny (Chasmodes bosquianus) Presence and Behavior between Sunrise and Sunset at Oyster Landing, South Carolina, Madeline Schuetze
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
Investigation of zinc and iron in wildflower honey, Savannah Simpson
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
Antioxidant Potentials of Kombucha Based on Water Chemistry and its Impact on Fermentation, Olivia Sundman
How to Grow My Business on Social Media, Thomas Vehige
The Effect of Factors and Constraints on Sporting Attendance, Joshua D. Whitlow
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Quantifying population-level effects of warm-water catch-and-release mortality on Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) in the James River, Virginia, Cory J. Bauerlien
A Computer Vision-Based Method for Bolt Loosening Detection, Savannah Burdette
Stepping Out of the Sun: Watteau and Freedom in the Early Eighteenth Century, Jayme G. Carlson
Use of Modeling to Support Students’ Learning of Energy Concepts, Delaney Carone and Ashley Perkins
Birth Order, College Major, and Social Behavior, Gianna D'Aconti
Enzootic trends of Crassostrea virginica and Perkinsus marinus in North Inlet estuary, South Carolina, Nico Martin D'Amico
Alzheimer's Disease: A Comprehensive Review Including Personal Experience from Retirement Home Patients, Sydney Fox
Microplastic Fiber Abundance for South Carolina White Shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus, Across Two Habitats, Adriene Funck
Examining the Impacts of Flooding on Public Health, Lauren Gibson
Why do Shadows Change Throughout the Day?, Caitlin M. Hallam
Teacher Work Sample: Telling Time, Courtney R. Hallam
Next-generation sequencing shows increasing temperatures affect stream fungal communities, Regan Hodgson
Striped blenny (Chasmodes bosquianus) behavior and shelter use in a southeastern salt marsh tidal creek, Brooklyn Johnson and Juliana Harding
Regime Transitions, Democracy, and Terrorism in the Muslim World, Kevin Joyce
Fine-scale site selection of strand-feeding common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and their prey, Deborah Kleinclaus
Loggerhead shrike detectability and occurrence in coastal South Carolina urban areas, Michelle Krauser
Aerodynamics and Turbulent Wake-Flow Characteristics of Owls during Flapping Flight, Krishnamoorthy Krishnan
Winter use of Winyah Bay, SC by the Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias), and their movements south of Cape Hatteras, NC, Meredith L. Langford
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
American Political Polarization, Kristin Leonard
Silting dynamics and metal contaminants in the Georgetown Inner Harbor, Ezekiel Wil Meyers
Feminism and Women's Representation in Argentina, Devyn Murphy
Sustainability in Minor League Sports, Sara Nimmo
THE USE OF TIME-LAPSE AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHS TO DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS OF SEASONALITY ON DUNE MORPHODYNAMIC EVOLUTION IN COROLLA, NC., Briar Ownby-Connolly
Contraceptive Knowledge of Female College Students, Lina Perugini
Detecting Potentially Neurotoxic Pseudo-nitzschia Species in the Grand Strand Area, Chesney Price
Man in the Arena: The Evolution of the Executive Office, Jack Sandone
Organizational Effectiveness of Rabies Division of South Carolina DHEC, Camden Daniel Sasfai
Extraction, Analysis, and Comparison of Microplastics in SC Marsh Substrates, Austin G. Sige
Microplastic Accumulation in the Digestive Tract of Young-Of-Year Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) in the Grand Strand, SC, Andrew Curtis Sitlinger
Video Modeling vs. Video Prompting with Task Analysis: Which one do students with ID respond better to?, Patricia Still
The Relationship Between Alexithymia, Callous Affect, Aggression, and Emerging Adulthood, Grace Sutz
Abundance and growth of juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon in the Edisto River, SC, Molly Katherine Takacs
IMPROVING NEAR SURFACE REFRACTIVITY ESTIMATES IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS, Sarah Evelyn Wessinger
Arctic Sea Ice Loss in the Pacific Sector and Its Impacts on Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events, Jiarong Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Effect of Aerobic Exercise with Blood Flow Restriction on Substrate Utilization and Energy Expenditure, Nathen Andrews
The Relationship between Classroom Distractions and Off-Task Students, Michelle L. Andrus, Ashton K. Harrison, and Kathryn E. Wojnar
Discovering the Formation of Sound, Michelle L. Andrus and Catherine Scott
Warming stimulates sporulation rates and alters community structure of litter-associated fungi in streamside channel experiment, Kaitlin D. Beasley-Polko
EZ-Translate, Mason D. Beattie
Analysis of Business Capstone Consulting Report: Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc, Allison C. Beirne
Assessing Sustainability at CCU, Savannah Billings