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 2016
Impact Of Instructional Coaches On Elementary Mathematical Achievement, Kayla Marie Hibbard
The Impact of Compliance with a Certified Accreditation Standard for Municipal Fire Departments, David Ryan Hickel
A Qualitative Pilot Study Of Aging Women’s Physical Activity Experiences In One University Fitness And Wellness Center, Alexis Hobbs
Developmental Education: Resilience and Academic Success in Rural Appalachian Students, Sandy Holbrook
Panspermia, Lance Hood
Anthropogenic Influence on Blackfin Sucker (Thoburnia atripinnis) Distribution, in the Upper Barren River System, Kentucky and Tennessee, Christa Rose Hurak
School Accountability Grades: The Influence Of Student And School Characteristics, Tara Isaacs
Molecular Basis of Sex Differences in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure, Maya James
Policing Celebratory Behavior: Tactical vs. Relationship, a Micro Study of Lexington Kentucky Police Response, Gregg Nelson Jones
An Evaluation of Educator Perceptions Regarding the Level of Family Engagement in Appalachian Kentucky Schools with Middle Grade Students, Penelope Ann Jordan
Galápagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollekaeki) Play Behaviors on San Cristóbal Island, Ecuador, Mary Ann Kincer
Female Agency in Religious Disassembly of Culture: Where Do Women Fit In?, Megan Elizabeth Kirby
Smallest Eigenvalues For A Fractional Boundary Value Problem With A Fractional Boundary Condition, Angela Koester
An Examination of Intrinsic Existence Value Towards Wildlife of Columbus Zoo and Aquariums Tourists: Evaluating the Impact of Behind the Scenes Programming, Robert Maxwell Lakes
On the Shithouse Wall: The Communicative Value of Latrinalia, Thomas Lively
The Deaf Experience in a Hearing Medical World, Sarah Kaylynn Lykins
Experiences Of Non-Traditional Female College Students With Bipolar Disorder, Taylor Lynn Massie
Nemo's Plight: Political Economy, Green-Cultural Criminology, and Fish Abuse, Jordan Edward Mazurek
Chaos Criminology: A Critical Inquiry, Adrienne Leigh McCarthy
Intercultural Learning Perspectives of World Language Educators in Kentucky, Ernest Luke McClees
An Unprecedented Research Project into the Alcohol Retention Variation of Flavored Spirits, Armanda Fae McFadden
Comparative Case Study Analysis of Combustible Dust Explosions: Determining the Need for an OSHA Combustible Dust Standard, Johnna Denise McKee
Amphibian Community Composition And Disease Susceptibility In Ridge-Top Wetlands Of The Daniel Boone National Forest, Audrey Lauren McTaggart
Effectiveness of an Emergency Vehicle Operations Course Component, Visual and Perceptual Skills: Analyzing Student Response to Searching, Identifying, Predicting, Deciding, and Executing Skills, Christopher Bradley Millard
Factors influencing pre-fledging mass recession of nestling Tree Swallows, Katrina DeAnn Reeda Moeller
Development And Evaluation Of A Firefighter Physical Performance Program For Undergraduate Fire And Safety Students, Jessica Ann Moody
Beliefs And Motivations Of Foreign Language Learners, Noriko Okura
Strain and the School Shooter: A Theoretical Approach to the Offender's Perspective, Jessica Suzanne Palumbo
The Exploration of Machiavellianism, Logan Taylor Penticuff
Biotic Assessment Of Two Central Kentucky Streams: Examining The Effects Of Wastewater Treatment And Anthropogenic Disturbance, Daniel John Ratterman
Factors That Affect Developmental Education In Rural Appalachia, Erin Leigh Reasor
Enzyme Analysis of Oxidatively Modified Proteins Post-TBI, Brittany Rice
Assessing the impact of first-year experience courses on student success in Community and Technical Colleges, Luv'Tesha L. Robertson
An Equity Council and the Struggle to Transform a School District, Grace Tara Rodriguez
An evaluation of the college readiness of graduating English language learners in Utah public schools., Lizette L. Rogers
Self Dual Codes and the Indecomposable Building Blocks, Nathan John Russell
Stakeholders' Knowledge Impacting the Academic and Social-Emotional Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students in Kentucky, Katrina Ann Sexton
A Novel Forensic DNA Profiling Method Based On Molecular Beacons Without Dna Purification, Benjamin C. Shaw
Examining The Lived Experiences Of Families Who Have Adopted Children And Received Occupational Therapy Services, David Simpson
A Vegetation-Based Index of Biotic Integrity for Wetlands of Kentucky, Noelle Newman Smith
The Association Between Achievement On Kentucky’s College Readiness Assessments And The Intervention Delivery Method Provided To Underprepared Twelfth Grade Mathematics Students, Barbara Darlene Spurlock
Transitioning an On-Campus Graduate Nursing Program to a Distance Learning Environment: Do Online Students Perform as Well?, Brandi Stocker
"You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive": Using FX's Justified to Form A Cultural Understanding of Crime in Harlan County, Kentucky, Morgan Stone
American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) may use tail-pumping to maintain balance, Joshua Suich
An Elliptic Exploration, David Curtis Swart
The Effect of Learning Communities on Freshman Student Retention Rates and GPA at a Public 4-Year Institution of Higher Education, Ashley Matthews Sweat
Relationships and Sports: Mechanisms in Relational Motivation and Its Impact on Athletic Performance, Alexandra Szarabajko
Lived Experience of Collegiate Athletes with Season Ending Injuries, Leah Thomas Thomas
To Foster Change, Damon Tichenor
Comparability of SIRS and SIRS-2 Classifications with External Response Bias Criteria, Jessica Lynn Tylicki
Best Practices in Tutoring Services and the Impact of Required Tutoring on High-Risk Students, Lara Kristin Vance
Family Preferences for Childcare in Central Kentucky, Sarah Taylor Vanover
Butterflies Thrive On Octane, Phillip Wenturine
Recruitment of monocytes to the pre-ovulatory ovary, Alex Paige Whitaker
When Focusing on Differences Leads to Similar Perspectives: A Replication Study of Todd, Hanko, Galinsky, and Mussweiler (2011), Cassie Marie Whitt
The Lived Experience of Informal Caregivers of Chronic Stroke Patients, Ann Snider Wigginton
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Current Status Of Safety In High School Chemical Laboratories In Kentucky, Ahmed Rashed Alyammahi
Distribution, Movement, and Ecology of Etheostoma spilotum (Gilbert), the Kentucky Arrow Darter, in Gilberts Big Creek and Elisha Creek, Red Bird River Basin, Clay and Leslie Counties, Kentucky, Jonathan Bradley Baxter
Fire Service Leadership and the Impact of Civil and Criminal Litigation on Officer Recruitment and Retention, Cameron Edward Borchert
Examining the Impacts of Valley Fills in Stream Ecosystems on Amphibian and Aquatic Insect Communities in Southeastern Kentucky, John Clayton Bourne
Everybody Matters: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Support Services Available to Survivors of Human Trafficking in Central Kentucky, Arika Morgan Bow
Dual Credit in Southeast Kentucky: Accelerating Appalachian Success or a Mode to Regress, Roger A. Bowling
The Relationship Between Personality Type And Exercise Motivation, Kayla Michelle Bowman
The Vascular Flora of Boyle County, KY, Heidi M. Braunreiter
The relationship between coaching environment and athlete attributional style, Una Britton
The Effects on Acute Power Production Enhancement and Maintenance due to Pre-workout Supplementation in Recreationally trained College Aged Males., Mark Travis Byrd
Fate Of Captive-Reared Bobwhite Quail Released In Central Kentucky, Adam Carter
Militarization And Modern Gaming: An Analysis Of The Relationship Of The Military And The Video Game Industry, Steven Chapman
Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Treatment Protocols: Aligning With National Best Practices, Zachary Ryan Charest
General Factoring Algorithms for Polynomials over Finite Fields, Wade Combs
Leading Indicators of Safety in Nuclear Energy, Cameron Douglas Cowser
The Relationship Between Administrative Support And Burnout In Turnaround Schools, Kevin Scott Crosby
Vocal responses of Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) to raptors that differ in predatory threat, Julie Dahl
A Comparison of Management Strategies for the Federally Endangered Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) on the Blue Grass Army Depot, KY, Alexi David Dart-Padover
Comparisons: BASC-2 Parent and Teacher Reports for Children on the DSM-5 Autism Spectrum, Kimberly Sara Ellison
John Adams and Unitarian Theology, Wesley Edward Farmer
The Persistence of Place in Appalachia: The Phenomena of Post-Death Migration, 1930-1970, Marjorie Fey Farris
Service Learning in a Collegiate Recreation Program: Understanding the Impacts on Personal Understanding and Academic Success in Therapeutic Recreation vs Non-Therapeutic Recreation Concentrations, Eden Ernestine Fisher
Characterization of Contaminants on Firefighter"s Protective Equipment A Firefighter's Potential Exposure to Heavy Metals During a Structure Fire, Donald F. Gagas
Offspring retrieval behaviors after brood loss in the convict cichlid, Heather Witherspoon Govert
The Formation and Deployment of SWAT in the Ivory Towers, Paul Grant
Identifying Speech-Language Pathologists' Current Perceptions and Practice Patterns, Mary Margaret Griffith
Behavior Based Safety and the Multi-Generational Workforce, Edward Paul Grzybowski
Kentucky Principal Preparation Programs: A Contemporary History, Thomas Henry Hart
Intimate Partners in Crime: Utilizing Life Course to Examine Female Criminality, Emily Ann Hayden
Reproductive Biology of Syntopic Blackside Dace and Southern Redbelly Dace in Two Kentucky Streams, Brajaan Hayes
Connecting Perceptual Organization To Time Perception, Jason Scott Hays
Temporal Comparisons on the Genetic Variation of the Dusky Gopher Frog (Lithobates sevosus), Kristin Michelle Hinkson
Existence of Positive Solutions to a Family of Fractional Two-Point Boundary Value Problems, Christina Ashley Hollon
Methods Of Analysis For Fermentation Science Products Using Various Analytical Techniques, Casey Jay Howdieshell
Moved by the Spirit: Evangelical Presbyterian Woman in the Early Modern Atlantic World, Chasity Dominique Hunt
Esoterika, Michael Jernigan
A Study Of Factors That Influence Partnerships Between Universities And Nonprofit Organizations, Vicki L. Jozefowicz
Relationally-Autonomous Reasons as a Predictor of Collegiate Athletic Performance, Josef Max Katzman
Occupational Therapists' Perceived Experiences Implementing Response to Intervention (RtI) in Early Education, McKenzie Dawn Katzman
On the Trail of Student Participants: Identifying Barriers to Hunting and Developing a Hunter Recruitment Profile for College Students in Kentucky, Justin Dean Kurtz
Educational Professionals' Current Knowledge of Concussions And Return To Learn Implementation Practice, Michelle Kuzma
Effects Of A Six-Week Functional Training Program On Fitness And Body Composition Of Fire Science Majors, Kristen Anne LeBrun
