This collection includes EKU theses and dissertations submitted electronically beginning with the Fall 2010 semester.
All theses written prior to Fall 2010 are available at EKU Libraries in the Silent Study Zone located on the 4th floor of the University Building. Browse the list of print theses written prior to Fall 2010.
To browse these theses and dissertations by academic department or program, please go to the Colleges, Departments, or Administrative Unit page.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Touching Rooms, Kimberly Mattheussens
"I Could Not Understand Anything They Said!": Non-Native English Speaking Instructors, Online Learning, and Student Anxiety, Katelyn Lee McClure
Fear of the Future: A Speculative Exploration of Cinematic Dystopias, Katarina Megan McGuire
All the Broken Pieces, Ellen Harrison Mitchell
Comparison Of Spawning Habitat And Nest Density Between Buck Darter (etheostoma Nebra) And Striped Darter (etheostoma Virgatum) Populations In The Cumberland River Drainage, Kentucky, Jacob Charles Murphy
Body Size And Habitat Shading Influence The Consumptive And Non-Consumptive Effects Of Wood Frog (lithobates Sylvaticus) Tadpoles On Aquatic Invertebrate Communities, Brady Patrick Parlato
Genetic And Morphological Assessment Of Pigtoe Mussels (unionidae: Pleurobemini: Fusconaia/pleurobema Spp.) in Ozark Drainages, Logan Tyler Phelps
Barriers To Seeking And Obtaining Academic Accommodations In College Classrooms, Clint Pinion
Investigating A State-Funded Disciplinary Literacy Program In Kentucky For Educators Of Adolescent Students, Kevin Presnell
The Road To Justice: Incarcerated Students’ View On Education Behind Bars, Margaret Baker Price
Chromatographic Studies Of Some Hormone And Metabolic Modulators Used For Doping In Sports, Ruth Marie Speidel
The Impact That The Power Scholars’ Academy Program Has On The Achievement Of Students In Reading And Math, Sharonda Steele
Communities In Conflict: A Critical Look Into Police And Deaf Interactions In Central Kentucky, Savannah Sublette
An Examination Of Print Awareness When Using Electronic And Printed Books With Preschool-Aged Children, Marissa Taylor
Impact of Living Learning Communities on Underserved Minority Students at a Regional Comprehensive University, Brandon Leonard Thompson
BECAUSE: A Son’s Odyssey to Expose a CIA Coverup and Find the Father He Never Knew, James B. Wells
Correlation Between Student Success and On-Campus Jobs, William Thomas Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Academic Stress Examination And Its Sources Among Saudi Students In The United States, Nawaf Alshammari
Litter Breakdown And Benthic Invertebrate Detritivores From A Hydrologically Restored Stream, Jacob Becraft
Effects of a Virtual Reality Dementia Experience on Graduate Communication Disorders Students’ Future Clinical Practice, Morgan Stephens Blaydes
Dirt Road Magic, Carrie Callahan
Absorbent Household Materials For The Collection Of Ignitable Liquid Residues From Surfaces Of Varying Porosity, Jessica Carlotti
The Barriers Students Of Color Experience During The Online College Application, Tichaedza Stephen Chikuni
Understanding the Impact of an ACT Intervention Course Through the Perspectives of Previous Students, April Clement
Relationship Between Secondary Industry Certifications and Employment in the Particular Credentialed Area, Kevin R. Cook
A Qualitative Study Exploring Online Teaching At A Rural Community College: How Do Faculty Prepare To Teach Online?, Gwendolyn Davidson
Effect Of CBD On D2 Dopamine Receptor And CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Function And Localization, Elizabeth Dull
Examining Formative Critique In The High School Visual Arts Classroom, Peter C. Edwards
Perspectives of Individuals with Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Co-Survivors on Person-Centered Care within Speech-Language Therapy, Logan MacRae Ellis
Perceptions of Education Attainment in Rural and Appalachian Schools, Michael Estep
Comparing Success Rates Of Online Courses To Traditional Courses In A Small Rural Community College, David Lee Frazier
Career and Mentorship Experiences of Women Educational Administrators in Rural Community Colleges, Diane Ashley Gibson
Individualism and Collectivism: Well Being Within the African American Community, Tajana Graves
Evidence of Non-Strike Induced Chemosensory Searching by Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon Contortrix) During Cicada Predation, Henderson Cyrenius Gull
“Basic Stuff I Should Know About My Kids, I Don’t Know”: Incarcerated Mothers’ Perception Of Incarceration’s Effects On Mother-Child Relationships, Narissa Haakmat
Perceptions Of the Impact Of Project-Based Learning Within An Urban Alternative Education Center, William Trent Hamlin
Broken, Jeffrey Hyde Jr
Forgotten In Local Jails: A Carceral System Created To Fail Women., Hayley Jackey
First Year Perceptions: How Does Starfish Retention Solutions™ help With Student Engagement?, Flora B. Jackson
Effect Of Digital Advertising On Website Traffic At A Kentucky Comprehensive Regional University, Brandon Lee Moore
Examining CPE's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy and its Impact on HR Directors to Recruit and Hire Faculty of Color at Associate-Level Colleges in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Dr. Adarrell LaFawn Owsley
Appreciative Inquiry: Transition Strategies for Students with Disabilities, Jerry Petrey
Shadows Hold Their Breath, Sherry Robinson
A Phenomenological Examination Of The Experience For Deaf Faculty Members In A Post-Secondary Institution In America, Amy Anne Schilling
The Impact of Mindfulness on Mental and Emotional Health, Physical Fitness, and Academic Performance, Melanie B. Smith
Effective Strategies for Recruiting African American Males into Teacher Education Programs, Fredrick Wellington Snodgrass
Strengthening Student Engagement Through Positive Teacher-Student Relationships, Kimberly H. Snodgrass
Barriers To Access And Success For Rural Community College Students At Rural Community And Technical College: Understanding The Effect Of A Mandatory First-Year Experience Course On Retention And Persistence, Amanda Spencer-Barnes
Coasting '71: a memoir, Richard Stuecker
Not Angry but Angy: The Rhetorical Effects of Non-Standard Language in Memes, Cailin Rhiannon Wile
The Examination of Attendance Support Teams in Urban Middle Schools, John Christopher Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A Phenomenological Study Of The Impact Of Stroke On Marriage: Life Satisfaction And Occupational Performance In Daily Life, Melissa Arwood
Widows' Breath: Grief Fractures, Artie Ann Bates
Bee Abundance Along a Tropical Montane Elevational Gradient and Implications for Crop Pollination Services, Kristin M. Conrad
Bat Boxes as Mitigation Tools: Factors Impacting Microclimate and Myotis sodalis Roost Selection, Reed Crawford
Exploring The Relationship Between Teacher Caring, Teacher Job Satisfaction, And Burnout In Alternative School Teachers, Sandra Hope Davis
The Effects Of The Estrus Cycle On Microbiota Composition And The Opportunistic Pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes Infection Process In Murine Models, Ryan William-Thomas Donkin
The Importance Of Surface Mining As A Landscape Variable In Shaping Wild Bee Communities In Central Appalachian Forests, Amanda Sheryl Dunaway
The Relationship Between Cognitive And Linguistic Abilities In Bilingual Children, Ines Elena Martin
Does Experiential Learning Add Value in Financial Literacy Education: A Qualitative Investigation, Abra Akers Endsley
False Starts: A Collection of Stories, Amaleq Eleazar Esmurria
Correlation Between Teacher Efficacy And Effective Professional Learning Communities, David Glen Gilliam
The Flower Shop, Ian McKinzey Hall
Living with a Chronic Condition: Perspectives of College Students at a Public Institution of Higher Education, Kelley Lynn Harlan
Comparing Shoulder Manual Muscle Testing With Scapular Retraction And Core Activation, Kyrsten Henry
Framing Crime and Social Problems: How Students Perceive the Legality of Digital Piracy, Jordan Henson
The Relationship Between Teacher Perceptions Of Professional Learning Communities And Shared And Supportive Leadership, Alicia Hunter
Experience of Play Participation and Use of Lower Extremity Orthoses in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Case Study, Lakyn Elizabeth Jolly-Burchell
Hiding In Plain Sight: Ghosted Police Vehicles And The Perception Of Police Presence On College Campuses, MacKenzie Kibler
Creating a Place for Monstrosity: The Forced Liminality and Limited Mobility of Codified Monstrosity in Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars, Kaylee Brooke Lambert
Navigating The Manosphere: An Examination Of The Incel Movements’ Attitudes Of Sexual Aggression And Violence Against Women, Albina Laskovtsov
Structural Investigation On The Thermal Degradation Of Aqueous Amines In Post-Combustion Co2 Capture, Jeffrey Alexander Laub
Outcome-Informed Supervision: A Mixed Methods Investigation Of Counseling Supervisors’ Utilization Of Feedback-Informed Treatment Data, Michael Patrick Lewis
Types Of Social Support In Distance Education And Academic Performance At A Southwestern Historically Black College And University, Jennifer Paige Miles
Capital Punishment And Race Disparities In The Modern Era: An Empirical Analysis, Trevor Myers
Efficacy of pain scales in athletic populations and paired with aglometric measurements, Elisabeth Anne Ohrnberger
Possible Role Of Breeding Phenology, Brood Size, And Male Parental Care On The Number Of Nesting Attempts By Female Eastern Bluebirds, A Facultatively Multibrooded Species, Michael Daniel Patton
Blue Lives Memorialized: Collective Memory and the Production of Ideology and Injustice in American Policing, Douglas Hyatt Peach
Kitty Hawk Way, Mary Elizabeth Pope
Body Composition Assessment Results And Predicting Injury Patterns In Collegiate Musicians, Ellen Reinhold
Assessment of Indiana bat reproductive condition, recapture trends, and temperatures of artificial roosts in Kentucky, Michaela L. Rogers
Guerilla Government and Policy: Lessons From The Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy, Omar Salinas Chacon
“He Denieth None That Come Unto Him” The Mormon-Jewish Relationship During The Holocaust And World War Ii, Erica Lauren Shaw
"Pliable and Easily Shaped": History, harms, and regulations of plastic in the United States, Krista Decima Smithers
Impacts of Driving Factors on Annual Cicada Emergence in Relation to the Seasonal Abundance of Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix), Jesse Christian Sockman
Understanding the Occupational Therapy Perspective of Working with the Homeless Population: Self-Care Interventions, Marisa Leigh Sparbanie
Effects Of Nutrient Overload And Environmental Conditions On Algal Bloom Formation: A Case Study Of Water Sources In Eastern Kentucky, Lauren Sutton
Abundance Of Songbirds In Eastern Hemlock Stands Following Chemical Treatment For Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Natalie Sweeting
Hometown, Edy Thomas
Atlas: a collection of poems on moving to the Wild West, William Andrew White
Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex: A Narrative Inquiry of Women's Experiences and Perceptions, Brandi Winchester
Syncretic Immersion: Tolkien’s Languages As History, Artifacts, And Meta-Narratives, Stewart Raymond Zdrojowy
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Efficacy of Residential Learning Communities on First Generation, First-Year College Students' Success at a Rural Regional University, April Dannielle Barnes
