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 2012
The Perception Of School Board Members And Their Role In Improving College And Career Readiness, Sara Elaine Farris
The French and Indian Wars: New France's Situational Indian Policies During the Fox and Natchez Conflicts, 1701-1732, Stephen Jay Fohl
The Moderating Effects of Need for Closure on the Common Ingroup Identity Model, Bradlee Wayne Gamblin
Effect of predator type, season, brood size, and West Nile Virus infection on the nest defense behavior of male and female Eastern Bluebirds, Kayde Lynn Gilbert
Expectations Do Not Always Influence Food Liking, Jamie Phillip Hale
American Sign Language-English Interpreting Program Faculty: Characteristics, Tenure Perceptions, and Productivity, Kimberly J. Hale
Anti-Slavery and Church Schism among Protestants in Antebellum Central Kentucky, Lance Justin Hale
The Painted Box, Veronica Louise Harryman
Examining the Occupational Engagement of College Students with Asperger's Syndrome: A Mixed Methodology, Laura Leigh Henley
Teacher Perceptions and Knowledge about Stuttering Before and After an In-Service Training, Micha Lachole Hobbs
A Review of Air Medical Safety: 2005-2011, Andrew Holcomb
Deuterium Tracer Studies Of The Mechanism Of Cobalt Catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Chunfen Jin
The Impact Of International Students On American Students And Faculty At An Appalachian University, My Mustapha Jourdini
Fermenting Identities: Race and Pulque Politics in Mexico City between 1519 and 1754, Neil Robert Kasiak
Critical Pedagogy in Criminal Justice Higher Education: A Liberative Paradigm, Alyson Kershaw
Four-Toed Salamander (hemidactylium Scutatum) Nest Site Characteristics In Natural And Constructed Wetlands In Eastern Kentucky, Susan Kay King
Can Ergonomics be utilized in the Power Sports Repair Profession at Rocky Mountain Motorsports?, Todd Klimkowsky
The Process of Colonial Adaptation: English Responses to the 1692 Earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica, Julie Yates Matlock
The Experiences Of An Occupational Therapist Delivering Occupation-Based Practice At A Skilled Nursing Facility, Shannon M. Mattingly
Exploring Military Service as an Alternative Sanction: Evidence From Inmates' Perspectives, Travis Wade Milburn
Occupational Therapists' Intervention Approaches in Secondary Transition Services for Students with Disabilities, Elizabeth Kelly Miller
The Influence of Tail Autotomy on Avoidance of Chemical Alarm Cues in Northern Zigzag Salamanders, Plethodon dorsalis, Ivan Thomas Moberly
Nocturnal Habitat Selection During Spring Migration by American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) in Central Kentucky, Andrew K. Newman
Measuring Tasks, Time, and Priorities: A Study of an Alternative School Leader in Action, Gregory Michael O'Bryan
The Black Gum Well, Carolyn Ruth Pennington
The Development Of Old-Growth Structural Characteristics In Second-Growth Forests Of The Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky, U.s.a., Robert James Scheff
Space Use And Habitat Selection By Bobcats In Southeastern Kentucky, Andrea Joy Shipley
Identification Of Differences Between Information Communicated By Text Messaging And Voice Message On Feedback, Nicholas Simpson
Annual variation in timing, orientation and effects of weather on Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) and spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) movements in central Kentucky, Christopher James St. Andre
Forest Dynamics Of Two Multi-Aged Hemlock-Mixed Mesophytic Forests In The Northern Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky, Kacie Lee Tackett
Constructing Evil: U.S. Media Discourse and the Iranian State Murder of Neda Agha-Soltan, Justin Turner
Math Intervention Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge And Student Achievement, Lisa Ivey Waller
The Lived Experience of Non-traditional Students in the Occupational Science Program at Eastern Kentucky University, Deana Marie Ward
The Rhetorical Criteria of Kennedy's Camelot, Stacy Fawn Wilder
Forgotten Victims: A Qualitative Study of Familial and Intimate Partner Abuse of Male-to-Female Transgender Individuals in Central Kentucky, Allison Brooke Willingham
A Multiple Case Study of Teacher Perspective on Effective Interventions Used by Family Resource Centers in Elementary Schools to Improve Parental Involvement of Students At Risk, April Cherisha Wood
Occupational Therapists' Perception of Their Role in Working With Clients Experiencing Visual Deficits: A Phenomenological Study, Rebekah Katherine Wurzback
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
A Multi-Method Assessment Approach to the Detection of Malingered Pain: Association with the MMPI-2 Restructured Form, Jaime L. Anderson
Courting Toyota, Selling Kentucky: Conflict and Relationship Building in the Establishment of Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky, 1984-1989, Eric Shea Bailey
Supermax Confinement: A Descriptive and Theoretical Inquiry, Marisa M. Baumgardner
Postwar Media Manifestations and Don DeLillo, Joshua Adam Boldt
A Mixed Methods Examination of the Impact of National Board Certified Teachers in Central Kentucky, Susan Michelle Boulden
Workplace Explosions: A Comparison of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Jessica Dawn Burba
A Parent Consultation Group For Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Mixed Methodological Study, Cassandra Catherine Clark
Bat Species Diversity in Old-Growth vs. Second Growth Forests in Lilley Cornett Woods, Letcher County, Kentucky, Lindsay R. Conley
Age, forest structure, and disturbance history of five potential old-growth forests in eastern Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau, Adrienne Michelle Cooper
Amphibian Community Similarity Between Natural Ponds And Constructed Ponds Of Multiple Types In Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky, Robert Daniel Denton
Land snail species diversity and composition between different forest disturbance regimes in central and eastern Kentucky Forests, Daniel Douglas
Efficacy Of Constructed Wetlands Of Various Depths For Natural Amphibian Community Conservation, Andrea Nicole Drayer
A Call To Arms: The Militarization of Natural Disasters in the United States, Ashley Katherine Farmer
The Phenomenon of Identity Theft, Hollie Reni Freeman
Career and Technical Education Program Alignment with Local Workforce Needs, Karla Beth Hargis
Psychosocial Effects on Academic Performance, Aria Zhalet Higgins
Commitment Beyond Morality: American Complicity in the Massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador, 1981, Dustin Hill
Characterization Of Pregnancy Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy In Rats, Patricia Holden
Gender Differences in Seeking Help, Jeff Jackson
An Exploration of the Calls Received by the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling Help Hotline, Carleigh Jones
Effect of nestling sex ratio on the provisioning behavior of adult Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis), Barbara Ellen Kieffer
Examining Construct Stability Across Career Stage Cohorts, Deborah L. Kinney
Factors in Juvenile Court Dispositions: Case Study of a Rural Juvenile Court, Kevin Lee Kirk
Factors That Contribute to Student Graduation and Dropout Rates: An In-Depth Study of a Rural Appalachian School District, Ann Lyttle-Burns
Reality television and its impact on women's body image, Ayarza Manwaring
Sexting as Moral Panic: An Exploratory Study into the Media's Construction of Sexting, Brandon Scott Marker
Identity, Reality, and Truth in Memoirs from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Travis L. Martin
The Culture of a Public School's Approach to Children with ASD: An Ethnographical Study, Lisa McCarthy
A Post-Restoration Assessment of the Fishes and Macroinvertebrates of Mill Branch, Knox County, Kentucky, with Emphasis on the Blackside Dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis), Dwayne Kevin Merrill
Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Differentially Expressed Proteins in Aβ(17-42) Treated Synaptosomes, Jaffer Mohammed
The Effects of Word Instruction During Classroom Read-Alouds on the Acquisition of Vocabulary, Marla Renee Muncy
Population and Conservation Genetics of Crawfish Frogs, Lithobates areolatus, at their Northeastern Range Limits, Schyler O. Nunziata
Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry And Elisa Determination Of Caffeine As A Marker For Sewage Contamination Of Wilgreen Lake, Rosemary Masu Onjiko
Nursing Home Administrators' Personality And Nursing Home Quality: Correlations Between The Predictive Index And Cms Ratings, Kelly Anne Osbaldiston
Nest-site selection by Sharp-shinned Hawks in Kentucky, Tyler Edmonson Rankin
Art as Occupation: A Phenomenological Study of Art as a Means of Self-Expression for an Individual Recovering from Severe Physical, Sexual, and Ritual Abuse, Raina Kay Remole
An Investigation of the Emotional Intelligence Competencies of National Middle Schools to Watch Principals, Michele Reynolds
Characteristics Of Rest Sites Used By Raccoons (procyon Lotor) In Richmond, Kentucky, Jonathan Ridenour
Little Brother is Watching and Recording You: Social Control in a Deviant Group, Joshua Wayne Roberts
We May or May Not Rock You, Ryan Matthew Rodgers
Optimization And Validation Of Direct Analysis In Real Time Mass Spectrometry (dart-Ms) For Quantitation Of Sugars To Advance Biofuel Production, Daudi Sayialel Saang'onyo
Transnational Crime in a Global Community: The Case of West Africa, Holly Joanna Sims
Developing Culturally Responsive Preservice Teacher Candidates: Implications For Teacher Education Programs, Rose Gilmore Skepple
Ultraviolet reflectance of nestling plumage and the provisioning strategies of adult Eastern Phoebes (Sayornis phoebe), Alyssa Rae Underwood
Zapped: A Typology Of Use And Misuse Of The Taser, Lindsey L. Upton
Occupations and Quality of Life of Families with Children with ASD: A Survey, Rebecca Vaughn
Occupational Behaviors And Quality Of Life: A Comparison Study Of Individuals Who Self-Identify As Adult Children Of Alcoholics And Non-Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Emily Layne Vaught
Mental Health Services in Appalachia, Miranda Renee Waters
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Effects Of A Sustained, Job-Embedded Professional Development On Elementary Teachers' Math Teaching Self-Efficacy And The Resulting Effects On Their Students' Achievement, Krista Louise Althauser
An Integrated Approach to the Role of Control in Child Maltreatment and Delinquency, Heather Page Kinnett
Prison Blockbusters: Relationships Between Prison Cinema and Student Perceptions, Jeremy Scott McQueen
Examining the effectiveness of online wildland firefighting education for structural firefighters, Kevin Roy Nunn
Reliability and Validity Analyses of the Community Service Attitudes Scale, Brian Perry
Shorebird migration in western Kentucky: phenology, habitat use, and possible effects of prey availability, Nicole Ann Ranalli
The Pixelated Jolly Roger: an Ethnographic Analysis of Online Pirates, Kevin Francis Steinmetz
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Barbaric Spectacle of Late Modern Fighting, John James Brent
Extending Herman and Chomsky's propaganda model to criminal justice agencies in the El Paso-Juarez borderland, Alejandro Dodds
Law enforcement recruitment: the social, economic, and political considerations for police officer recruitment programs, E. Quentin Hughes
Social Disorganization, Crime, and Displacement: An Evaluation of HOPE VI in Lexington, Kentucky, Rodrick W. Jones
