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 2023
How the Drug Trade is Facilitated Online: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis, Jose Aguilar
The Genome, Genetic Genealogy Database (3g Database), Salma Obaid Alotaibi
Social Media Use in Disaster Management: Perceptions of Emergency Management Directors at Kentucky Institutions of Higher Education, AHMED MOHAMMED ALSHAHARANI
Placental co-culture model reveals Listeria monocytogenes utilization of monocytes for vertical transmission, Breanna Mackenzie Amelunke
The American University: Attitudes about Safety and the Impact of Gun Regulations on Campus, April Bixler
Gender, Sexuality, And LGBTQ+ Identities In General Education Literature Courses: Three Major Conceptual Frameworks, Josiah Coleman
Perceptions of play-based curricula as an effective model of instruction for children with special needs, Angela Bernice Cooper
A Quantification Of The Metabolic Demand Wrought By Explosive Ordinance Disposal Load Carriage, Gage Cousineau
An Examination Of The Usage Of Grants And Municipal Bonds To Fund Capital Projects For Local Governments, Collin Patrick Davis
Qualities Of A School Counselor And Principal Partnership That Foster Student Learning And School Culture: A Qualitative, Eef Ji Fontanez
Exploring The Effectiveness Of Telehealth Adolescents' Interventions On Sleep: A Meta-Analysis, Youmna Hakoum
Comparison of Annual Performance Report Results of Central Appalachian Upward Bound Programs during 2017-2022 Grant Cycle, Zachary Hudson Hess
Assessment Of Natural Roost Availability And Artificial Roost Preference By Indiana Bats In Scott County, Kentucky, Shannon Kerry Howe
No Safe Spaces: Institutionally Washed Out, Jordan Marie King
Exploring The Past With Place: Incorporating Multimodal Archival Composition In Secondary English Education, Sarah King
Using Mesocosms to Model Optimal Levels of Body Size Variation in Larval Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum), Ian Kratzer
Occupational Therapists’ Perceptions Of Practice During The Covid-19 Pandemic And The Impact On Their Mental Health And Well-Being, Victoria Long
Neutral And Charged Bis(Triarylamines) For Use In Grid Scale Battery Technologies, Taylor Matthews
Changes In Fish Communties Throughout The Buck Creek Watershed In Relation To Land Use, John Clark Miller
First-Year Writing Ungraded Study At Eastern Kentucky University, Kaitlynn Elizabeth Moody
"Temporal Salvation": A Study of LDS Leadership Strategies From 1874-1917, Haley Elaine Pettit
Calling All Cast Members: Elevating Material Objects and Ambient Environments to Non-Human Rhetorical Actors in Arden of Faversham, Tara Michelle Pulaski
Decoding the Flavor of Kentucky's Native Pawpaw Fruit, Mackenzie Leanne Roark
Variation In Bat Activity Across Upland Embedded Wetlands In The Cumberland Ranger District Of The Daniel Boone National Forest, Brittany Ryan
Menstrual Inequality in Women's Correctional Facilities, Tara Lee Sexton
Grief Narratology In The Digital Age: Writing The Self In Academic Spaces, Sarah Weddle South
Understanding Federal Funding of Appalachian Nonprofit Organizations Through Characteristic Analysis, Jordan C. Stewart
Individual capture history affects site use and defensive behavior of foraging eastern copperheads at a recreational site, James Benjamin Stratton
Investigation Of Emotional Numbing And Other Potential Risk Factors Of Chronic Ptsd In Veterans, Daniela M. Taylor
Posttraumatic Growth In Inmates: An Exploration Of Cumulative Adverse Life Experiences And Its Relationship To Growth, Rachel Taylor
Tradition And Satisfaction: The Mob And Lynching In The Georgian Cotton Belt, 1890-1899, Marcus Anthony Thornton
Emotions as social objects in the justice system: how feelings develop in justice processes and what they do., Peyton Alexander Warman
From the governor's desk to a bullet in your chest: The fatal implications of anti-trans legislation, Iyan Wickel
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Effects Of External Load And Body Composition On The Sebt In Marching Band Performers, Alexander Alvarez
House of Lambs, Taylor Janell Anderson
Community Development Through Career And Technical Education In The U.S. Education System For A Higher American Standard Of Living, Marty Stuart Asbridge
Small Mammal Species Richness And Relative Abundance Across The Elevational Gradient And Microhabitats Of Pine Mountain, Eastern Kentucky, Sarah Elizabeth Baker
New Directions in State Crime: A Queer Criminology Perspective, Haley Elizabeth Bates
Identification and Security Implications of Biometrics, Kathryn Boggs
Types of Social Media Use and Adolescent Mental Health, Ashley Bragg
Scatterbrain, Abigail C. Byrd-Stapleton
Samuel Beckett's Theory of Repetition, Kennedy Carpenter
Scope of Homelessness in Kentucky, Shannon Elyse Catron
Scale Validation Of American Exceptionalism Index, Evan Hunter Charles
Tholins: A Gas Phase Computational Study of Methanimine and Related Species, Bradley T. Chem
Multimodality And The Sociality Of Literacies: Shaping First-Year Writing Students’ Literacies Through Multimodal Approaches, Jonathon Collins
A Tender Head, Whitney N. Cooper
Magnaporthe Oryzae Telomeric Retrotransposon (moter) Relics Further Highlight Telomere Dynamics In A Rapidly Evolving Fungal Pathogen, Jane Ellen Dostart
Broken Rules and Ugly Rumors, Sam Floyd
How And Why Design Education Instructors Use Place-Based Education In Their Courses, Michael Flynn
Unitl the Well Runs Dry, Wesley Adam Gift
Academic Coaching As A Transition Model For Graduating College Students With Disabilities, Lee Ann Griesheimer
Asking Appalachia: Appalachian English in the Writing Classroom, Rachel Nicole Hampton
Hierarchy and Responsibility in Media: Cults, Culpability, and Culture, Max Hargett
Professional Learning Communities: Perception of Impact on Learning, Esther Denise Hayden
Wattpad as an Online Medium for Contemporary Folklore, Alisha Tess Helton
The Price Of “Normal”: Masking In The Autistic Community, Phyllis Elizabeth Holloway
Factors Contributing To Feelings Of Inclusion And Exclusion Among Swahili-Speaking Refugees In Lexington, Kentucky, Aaron Lankster
Instructional Coaching And Student Achievement, Lee Ann Lewellen
How Administrators Perceive Reductions In State Funding Higher Education, Bruce Manley
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
