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 2018
Measuring Employee Engagement: Are Engaged Employees Less Likely to Sustain a Workplace Injury?, Rebecca Mullins
Designing the Teacher: Applying 'Design Thinking' to Improve Composition Pedagogy and Practice, Jordan Nicole Newman
The Relationship Between Teacher Attitudes Regarding Performance-Related Pay And Teacher Working Conditions, Audrey Nichols
Kentucky 4-H Minimizes Barriers to STEM Education, Rachel Elizabeth Noble
Both Sides: The Classroom From Where I Stand, Rebecca Potter
The Relationship Between Student Employment in the College Union and Student Success, Ashley Casteel Reed
Return to Self: Impact of Long Term Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation on Community Reintegration, Mary Rowe
Appalachian Coal Miners At Greater Risk For Silica Exposure than Rocky Mountains, Amanda Fugate Sheffel
The Mind's Eye: Visualizing Montage Theory, Eric Cody Smothers
Oil Dries: A New Absorbent Material For Collection Of Ignitable Liquids From Semi-Porous Material, Jessica Sosa
Revolution Through Revelation: Jim Jones And The Peoples Temple In American Cultural History, Alexandria Ryan Sowers
One Lonely Line, Carissa Stevens
The Link between Overweight, Obesity, and Perceived Exercise Benefits and Barriers among College Students, Alexandra Szarabajko
Perspectives of Female Athletic Trainers Working In Male Professional Sports, Taylor Mae Temnick
Finding the Self, Brenda Thomas
The Relationship Between Teacher Perceptions Of Professional Learning Communities And Student Achievement, Elmer Thomas
Crawlspace, Joseph Andrew Torres
A Causal Comparative Study Of Student Success And Retention In An Undergraduate Program Offered Online And On Campus, Daniel David Tudor
Metacognition and MoHO collide: Creating effective tutor and mentoring programs for college students on academic probation, Rachel Helen Vick
Experiences of Balance Among Novice Occupational Therapists, Mary Nell Wagner
Impact Of Retention Initiatives On The Levels Of Self-Efficacy And Hope In African American Students On A Historically Black College And University Campus In Kentucky, George Maurice White
The Woodline, William Roy Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Service-Learning Faculty Perceptions, Karrie Faye Adkins
Unemployment and Underemployment Rates among Immigrant and Refugee Professionals: Profiles and Policy Issues for the Community Development, Fraternel Divin Amuri Misako
Natural Environmental Gradients Predict The Microhabitat Use, Fine-Scale Distribution, And Abundance Of Three Woodland Salamanders In An Old-Growth Forest, Joseph Alex Baecher
Fear of Crime Through the Ears of a Murderino: The Effect of True Crime Podcasts on Fear of Crime, Elizabeth June Bailey
Federal Preparedness Grants: An Investigation Of The Impacts To Local And State Emergency Management Programs, Brian Alan Barnes
College Campus Emergency Preparedness: Is Avoidance a Reason for Concern?, Thomas G. Barnowski
The Heinrich Model: Determining Contemporary Relevance, Bryan P. Basford
The Effects Of Depth Jump Implementation Of Sprint Performance In Collegiate And Club Sport Athletes, Ryan Bean
The Effects Of Caffeine Supplementation When Manipulating The Time Of Ingestion Prior To Simulated Rugby Union Activity, Zachary William Bell
Beer Tourism: Identifying Kentucky Brewery Visitors And Motivations, Kenneth Joseph Berend, Jr.
Black Minds Matter: Black Student Perceptions Of Three Kentucky Regional Comprehensive Predominantly White Institutions And The Role Of Campus Support Initiatives In Reducing The Frequence Of Stop-Out And Drop-Out, Christopher W. Blakely
Self-Regulated Learning In A Rural, South-Central Kentucky Middle School, Tammy Dungan Board
Air Consumption and Air Management in the Fire Service, Otis Wesley Broderick
Assessing Collateral Consequences Accompanying Sex Offender Registration, MiKayla Brooke Charles
Behaviors, Knowledge, and Education of Leave No Trace Principles in the Red River Gorge Rock Climbing Community, Brian Gregory Clark
Behaviors, Knowledge, And Education Of Leave No Trace Principles In The Red River Gorge Rock Climbing Community, Brian Gregory Clark
Enhancing Child Self-Confidence Of Occupational Performance Through The Use Of A Movement Program, Emily Coleman
Analysis of Employment Outcomes and Leadership Practices for Middle Managers Completing a Leadership Development Program, Tammy Denise Cole
Bombs, Bikinis, and Godzilla: America's Fear and Fascination of the Atomic Bomb as Evidenced Through Popular Media, 1946-1962., Joshua Samuel Scott Cornett
Platinum-NGR A Peptide Targeting Conjugate Of Cisplatin: Design, Synthesis, And Efficacy In Breast Cancer Cells, Amber Crutcher Crutcher
Engaging The Public Through Social Media, Christina Anne Cummings
Euphoria: The Transition from Prescription Opioids to Heroin in Kentucky, Alexander Ryan Cundiff
Religious Poetry and the Red Dot, Lori Curry
African American Males, Mentorship, And University Success: A Qualitative Study, Taurean M. Douglas
Examining the Impact on Praxis for Children with Sensorimotor Deficits, Sara Elizabeth Durham
Exploring Parents' Experiences of Raising a Child with Sensorimotor Impairments and Expectations for Leisure Participation, Emily Eicher
Different Not Less: An Evaluation of the Autism Training Curriculum for the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training, Joseph Aaron Ellis
Effectiveness of a Corequisite Delivery Model for Developmental Mathematics, Katherine E. Fair
The Tower: Prison architecture and the verticality of carcerality, Jordan Frazier
Local impacts of White-nose Syndrome on the foraging ecology of insectivorous bats, Shelby Fulton
Social Equity in Public Administration, Shana Leigh Goggins
Teacher Thoughts on Infographics as Alternative Assessment: A Post-Secondary Educational Exploration, Glen Bruce Gover
Grow Where You Are Planted: The Use Of Gardening As Offender Rehabilitation In Prison, Kendahl Verna Granger
The Justified Lawman: Cowboy Killings in the Modern Era, Joel Franklin Harman
Dementia: Incorporating Families And Caregivers In Direct Speech-Language Intervention, Jocelyn Hartley
Latent Fingerprint Enhancement on a Brass Metal Surface using Paint Electrodeposition, Reika D. Haskell
Student Perceptions Of The Honors Program At An Appalachian Community College, Melissa Renee Helton
Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions And Use Of Service Delivery Methods And Models In School-Based Practice, Burgandy DeAnn Henderson
The Effectiveness of the Student Support Service Program on Retention at a Rural Community College, Deborah D. Hodge
The Impact of Sexual Assault on College Students' Daily Occupations: A Phenomenological Approach, Lee Ann Hodge
No One Fights Alone: Exploring Social Participation of Young Adults with Cancer, Susan Blake Hodgson
A Dark Reflection of Society: Analyzing Cultural Representations of State Control in Black Mirror, Carl Russell Huber
Use of Song Types by Male Carolina Chickadees (Poecile carolinensis), Laura H. Jessup
Locomotor Skill Development in Response to an Electronic Visual Exercise System in Children with Sensory Impairments, Sara Johnson
Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?: The Racially Coded Language of Professionalism and its Detriment to the Black Community, Alexys Jones
Posttraumatic Growth As It Relates To Family Environment, Brian Keller
Exploring the Experiences of Young Adult Rock Musicians Through an Occupational Lens, Brooke E. King
The Devil in the Details: Popular Demonology, Addiction and Criminology, Kyra Ann Martinez
Habitat use by wintering passerines in fire-managed forests along the U.S. Gulf Coast, Justin Michael Michaud
Investigating Twenty-five Volumes of The Flutist Quarterly: A Content Analysis, Maile Delores Mills
Going To The Movies: Immersion, Visual Awareness, And Memory, Matthew Whalen Moran
Breaking the Binary: Negotiating Space and Power in Course-Embedded Consulting, Courtnie Jude Morin
The Art of Sungazing, Jane Ann Mortkowitz
Sample Collection and DNA Extraction Methods for Environmental DNA Metabarcoding in Headwater Streams, Michael Triston Mullins
The Role of Psychological Capital and the Areas of Worklife Model in Predicting Job Burnout, Sylwia K. Oles
A Sylvan Convergence, Jennifer Anne Parks
Development of a Medium Scale Apparatus for Testing & Teaching Dispersed Dust Flame Effects, David Petrow
The McDonaldized Death Penalty: Neoliberalism, Governmentality, and American Capital Punishment, Ryan Phillips
Product Packaging, Pester Power, & Preschoolers, Casie Prible
Sequence, Deri Ross Pryor
Whitman And The Elegy: Mythologizing Lincoln And The Poetic Reconstruction Of Mourning, Brytani Raymond
The Development Of Mental Illness Stigma: The Role Of Perceived Social Support, Social Proximity, And Help-Seeking Behavior, Emily Kathryn Reed
Assessment Of The Macroinvertebrate Assemblages From The Mesohabitats Of A Headwater Stream-Wetland Hydrologic Restoration In Eastern Kentucky, Rebecca Jo Roberts
(Re)Writing Woman with "The Laugh of the Medusa" and AntiOedipus, Samantha Rodgers
Are Mussel Shells Environmental DNA Time Capsules? A Comparison Of Extraction Methods For Obtaining DNA From Shell Material., Kelsey Elizabeth Rogers
Development Of Novel Breast Cancer Chemotherapeutics Directed Towards The Attenuation Of Metastatic And Chemo-Resistant Breast Cancer, Joseph Daniel Rollins
Visual Processing Ability: Early Predictor Of Inferential Language And Phonemic Awareness Ability, Leanna Marie Rowlette
The Effect Of Practical Blood Flow Restriction Training On Body Composition And Muscular Strength In College-Aged Individuals, Zachary R. Salyers
Appraising The Current Status Of The National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health's Fatality Assessment Control Evaluation Program, Douglas Schwindt
Masks of the Dark Goddess in Arthurian Literature: Origin and Evolution of Morgan le Fay, John Christopher Shearer
Waterparks' Impact On Rural Communities In Eastern Kentucky, Stephen M. Sims
Analysis of Union Safety: Determining Relationships between Union Membership and Injury and Fatality Rates, Madelyn K. Street
Ergonomics Programs In Kentucky's Nursing Homes, David Stumbo
The Lived Experience Of African American Teachers Utilizing Co-Cultural Adaptation At Predominantly White Rural Schools In Central Appalachia, Tony Eugene Sweatt
The Relationship Between Advanced Academic Services And College Readiness Among Public High School Students In Rural Remote Appalachian Kentucky, Franklin Brian Thomas
