Theses, Dissertations, and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Sweetened Blood, Sweat and Tears, Nathan Celestine | History, Philosophy, and Religion
Higher Education and COVID-19: Impact on Nontraditional Students Following a Traditional Path, R. Lauren Miller | Education and Special Education
Exploring Sense of Belonging in Online Learning Environments Through Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicators, Jennifer Moore | Education and Special Education
Staring at Myself Through a One-Way Mirror, Carrie Steingruby | English and Communication
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Diaphragmatic Breathing for Acquired Neurogenic Stuttering, Olivia Brown | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Assessing Classroom Readiness Post-Concussion in College Student-Athletes: Comparing the ImPACT to Standardized Cognitive Assessments, Isabel Hotop | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
International Early Childhood Education and Care Professionals Practices to Engage Family Members of Young Children with Special Education Needs: A Comparative Study of Professional Practices in China and the United States, Jami Louise Swindell | Education and Special Education
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Amplification for People with Aphasia, Devin Lee Fisher | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
The Current State of Collaboration Between Speech-Language Pathologists and Behavior Therapists, Elisabeth Hickle | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Prevalence and Demographics of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Users Birth-21: A Survey of Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Learners with Complex Communication Needs (CCN), Allison T. Phelps | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Aphasia and Transcoding: When 145 is Said, "154", Aubrey Atwater | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Early Language Delays and Effects on Literacy, Amanda DeWitt | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Aphasia and Mental Health: Counselors and Psychologists' Knowledge, Experience and Confidence in Providing Effective Services for People with Aphasia, Ian F. Farmer | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
The Impact of Caretaker Training on Frequency and Accuracy of Augmentative and Alternative System Use, John Fletcher | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Reported Practices of Speech-Language Pathologists Working with Diverse Users of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Claire Gunn | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Reconceptions of 'Home' and Identity within the Post-War Bosnian Diaspora in the United States, Adna Karamehic-Oates | Other
Measures of English Syntax in Mono- and Multilingual Writers, Loren M. Kreher | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): The Relationship between Familial SES and the Acquisition of Speech Generating AAC Devices, Mark N. Brown | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Using AAC to Teach Job Skills to Young Adults Who Have Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elizabeth Cannon | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Experiences of Students Utilizing a Campus Food Pantry, Jamie Daugherty | Family and Consumer Sciences
Failure to Fail in Dietetics Education: A Descriptive Study, Dena B. French | Family and Consumer Sciences
The Impact of Participation in Extracurricular Activities on Children with Speech and/or Language Disorders, Emily Barton Maher | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
The Impact of Training Siblings of Students Who Use AAC, Christine Rich | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
A Semantic Ambiguity Instruction to Improve Reading Comprehension in Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Kelly Roy | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Quality of Life of Children who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Comparison of Child, Sibling, and Caregiver Ratings, Rebecca C. Hrad | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Differences Between Left and Right Hemispheric Performance on a Word Generation Task Among Varying Levels of Non-Verbal Intelligence Scores, Amy Scibona | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Examination of Parental Involvement on Augmentative and Alternative System Use at Home, Loretta Dunkmann | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Language-Action Games: A Probing Activity for Word Finding Accuracy by People with Aphasia, Ethan Kristek | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Putting Government in its Place: Cultural Racism, Sentiment, and Neoliberalism in Contemporary United States Responses to Natural Disasters Abroad, Corinne Wohlford Mason | History, Philosophy, and Religion
Increasing Communication Effectiveness Between Bosnian-Speaking Clients and English-Speaking Clinicians, Sumeja Seferovic | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Academic Content of Goals and Objectives Included in AAC User's IEPs, Julie Griswold | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Paraphrasing in Conversations of People with Aphasia and Communication Partners, Kate Howard | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
The Use of Language Cuing Systems, Natural Reading Strategies, and Self-Identification of Miscues by School-Aged Children who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing, Monica Christine Kleekamp | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Effect of Retrieval Practice on Applied Knowledge: Evidence from a Professional Training Program, Jenna M. Voss | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Preserving the Sponsoring Tradition: A Study of Catholic Colleges and Universities Founded by Religious Orders, John Michael Pressimone | Other
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Measures of Executive Function, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia, and Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Amanda K. Morlock | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Alcohol Consumption at Missouri Postsecondary Institutions and the Socio-Ecological Model of Prevention, Janelle Densberger Julian | Other
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Aphasia and Reading: Two Case Studies Utilizing the Reading Miscue Inventory, Heather Dahlem | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
The College President as Moral Leader in Faith Based Institutions, John Michael Pressimone | Other
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
New Families of Embedded Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces of Genus Three in Euclidean Space, Adam G. Weyhaupt | Math and Computer Science
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Determining the Impact of Self-Directed IEP Instruction on Secondary IEP Documents, Jamie Van Dycke Doronkin | Education and Special Education
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Communicative Interactions Between Mothers and Children with Cochlear Implants, Susan T. Lenihan | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
A Project Examining Strategies to Maximize Profitability Through Customer Loyalty, Sidney B. Morice | Business Administration
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Employee Training Effectiveness, Melissa Anne Berner | Business Administration
A Study of Effective Strategic Planning and Management Control in the Computer Industry, Chwen-Ming Chang | Business Administration
The Internet as a Business Tool and Its Effect on Information and Communication Management, Raul Fernandez | Business Administration
A Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Facility Location, Lucksiri Lerchaichanakul | Business Administration
The Use of High Risk Corporate Bonds in Mergers and Corporate Takeovers, Jon Kevin Lostutter | Business Administration
Organizational Behavior: Managerial Processes and its Effect on Adapting Organizations to Change, Tammy Dee Lyons | Business Administration
Thailand's Gemstone and Jewelry Export Industry, Pimolpun Wuttikrai | Business Administration
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
A Description of Language Stimulation Provided by Direct Care Staff in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Aimee M. Calvillo | Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
An Evolution of Taiwan's Economic Development in the 1990s, Pei Ling Chang | Business Administration
Direct Foreign Investment in China: A Comparison of Investment from Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao to that from Western Developed Countries, Lei Chen | Business Administration
The Economic Consequences of HIV/AIDS on the Infected Person and Upon Society, Katherine Brown Collins | Business Administration
A Prespective on the US Rail Freight Industry, Dennis F. Eckelkamp | Business Administration
Corporate Management of Employee Healthcare Costs, Thomas F. Edler | Business Administration
An Evaluation of Barriers Impeding Women in the Workplace, Jacqueline R. Friedman | Business Administration
Business Process Reengineering as it Relates to the Accounts Payable System of the United States Postal Service, Joseph E. Gribat | Business Administration
An Examination of the Role of Workplace Testing for Position, Placement and Job Evaluation on Affirmative Action, Disabled Workers and Clerical/Secretarial Workers, Gloria Howard-Clark | Business Administration
An Evaluation of Mail Order Marketing in the United States, Pao-Yuan Hsieh | Business Administration
The Implementation and Effects of Instituting a 360-Degree Performance Appraisal Method, Cheryll K. Keller | Business Administration
Japanese Investments in ASEAN 1980-1992, Narayan M. Kuppusamy | Business Administration
Factors Influencing Corporate Information System Decentralization, Dolruedee Lenukul | Business Administration
Implementing and Maintaining a Diversity Program in Corporate America, Bobette Gipson Luckett | Business Administration
A Study of the Globalization of the American Fast Food Industry, Kamva Makuta | Business Administration
A Study of the Changing Trends in the Death-Care Industry, Jon Dominic Marcallini | Business Administration
Total Quality Management: Philosophies and Techniques Used in the Implementation Process, Gregory Jerome Menke | Business Administration
International Joint Ventures in the Automobile Manufacturing Industry, Cengiz Metin | Business Administration
Allocating Equipment in Response to Forcasted Call Volume in a Telemarketing Environment, C. Joseph Nower | Business Administration
The Identification and Impact of Fraudulent Claims in the Insurance Industry, Joyce Christine Rogers | Business Administration
The Use of Regulation and Economic Incentives to Manage Air Pollution in Thailand, Monthai Sawetawan | Business Administration
The Study of Advertising Focused at African-Americans, Darrell J. Scott | Business Administration
Law and Economics in Professional Sports as it Applies to Major League Baseball, Chris Shadowens | Business Administration
Alternative Sources in the Financing of Nongovernment Schools, Mary Ellen Smith | Business Administration
A Study of the Effect of Transactional Costs on Franchising Viability, Nawapun Surathin | Business Administration
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
The Feasibility of Managed Competition in the Reform of Health Care, Michele Albertina | Business Administration
Future Effects of the Minorities in the Work Place and Managing Diversity to Increase Productivity, Uttam Barua | Business Administration
A Study of New Pay Compensation and its Implementation at AT&T, Susan Elaine Bastin | Business Administration
Accounts Receivable Management and its Impact on Hospital Administration, Mark H. Belgeri | Business Administration
History and Implementation of Total Quality Management in Hospital Administration, Norma Dean Brown | Business Administration
An Economic Analysis of Evaporative Cooling System in Poultry Farming in Thailand, Udomsak Cheambunchong | Business Administration
Effect of Casualty Losses on Federally Declared Disasters, Sharon E. Cook | Business Administration
The Impact of Energy-Efficient Products on the Lighting Industry, Dineen J. Czar | Business Administration
Labor Union Membership Through Election or Signature Cards? A Change in the National Labor Relations Act, Barbara Ann Dahlen | Business Administration
An Analysis and Planning Guide for the Multinational Corporation Selling Inventory Property Abroad: How to Maximize Your Foreign Source Income, Quintin Davis | Business Administration
Early Retirement Programs: An Employer and Employee Perspective, Elizabeth M. Dennis | Business Administration
The Affirmative Action Program and its Implications on Business Performance and Employee Relations, Denny L. Douglas | Business Administration
The Effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Organized Labor in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Howard Franklin Essary | Business Administration
The Limited Liability Company: An Entity Whose Time Has Come?, Warren H. Fine | Business Administration
Improving the Land Value Increment Tax on Agricultural Land Transfer in the Republic of China, Hungduan Guo | Business Administration
A Strategic Planning Perspective of Utility and Cable Franchises as a Source of Increasing Municipal Revenue, Felicia Hinton | Business Administration
The Coming Information Revolution and its Effect on the Printing Industry, Bob G. Holder II | Business Administration
The Financing of Taiwanese Classical Music, Yu-Jung Huang | Business Administration
Charitable Remainder Trusts - Technical Analysis and Planning Opportunities, Larry J. Johnson | Business Administration
A Cost Analysis of Home Mortgage Servicing and the Effect on the Mortgage Banking Industry, Tamara Jordan | Business Administration
An Evaluation of Advertising Budgets of the Top 100 Advertisers as an Economic Forcaster, Terry Kalagian | Business Administration
Stages of Discrimination: An Analysis of Opportunities for Discrimination in the Homeownership Market, Meredith JoAnna Kelly | Business Administration
A Comparative Analysis of Franchising, Owning, and Consigning for the Low Volume Retailer, Rita Richelle Kessler | Business Administration
Stock Warrants, Kamon Kopkunthanachai | Business Administration
A Comprehensive Review of Returns to Acquiring Firms From Mergers: Evidence from the Last Two Decades, Lo-Chi Lin | Business Administration
