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  • A Deliberative Conception of Reproductive Politics: Georgia House Bill 481 
    Johnson, Emily (2020)
    This quantitative study investigates the research question, “What economic, political, and cultural factors explain the voting behavior of Georgia House Bill 481?” Georgia House Bill 481 (HB 481) is a proposed anti-abortion ...
  • An Analysis of the Spread and Related Works of the Black Legend of the Spanish Colonies 
    Spivey, Danielle E. (2020)
    In the 16th century, the news that were coming from the American territories had a great impact and led to many speculations being made about Spain throughout the rest of Europe. On one hand, they spoke of the riches and ...
  • Cheryl Donegan vs. the Feminist Art World 
    Taylor, Anna C. (2020)
    Cheryl Donegan’s feminist video art of the 1990s explores sexuality, the media, and culture. While critics tend to categorize the work as anything but feminist, I will argue that her work is full of historically feminist ...
  • Addressing Gender Roles in Society through Chicago’s Womanhouse (1972) 
    Howard, Meagan C. (2020)
    Womanhouse was created as an exhibition artwork by Judy Chicago, Miriam Schapiro, and the students of the feminist art program at UCLA during the second wave feminist art movement. Created in an abandoned mansion, the ...
  • Gender Identity Attitudes and Self-Esteem as a Function of Gender Classification 
    Cooper, Tionna M.; Horton, Jessica A.; Smith, Abigail J. (2020)
    Within the past decade, society has begun to develop a rapidly progressive and open mindset toward gender identity and even how the word gender is defined. Past research has shown sex differences in gender identity attitudes ...
  • Introducing Biocatalysis in an Undergraduate Research Laboratory Using a Cyclopropanation Reaction 
    Yongblood, Sarah (2020)
    Biocatalysis is the use of enzymes and proteins to perform chemical transformations. Enzymes and proteins are increasingly used in organic reactions due to excellent chemo-, regio- and stereo- selectivity, environmental ...
  • A Review of the Effects of Psilocybin on Depression and Personality 
    Salas, Jessi (2020)
    Depression is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that can hinder the lives of many individuals. Although there are a variety of medications available, much of these interventions are limited in effectiveness, and they can ...
  • The Impact of Stonewall and the Journey towards Gay Pride 
    Valdez, Yasmine R. (2020)
    The month of June is nationally recognized as gay pride month in order to honor the men, women, and non-binary people who were involved in historic events such as the Stonewall riots. The Stonewall riots started on June ...
  • Conversion Advances in Renewable Energy: Focusing on Unusual Methods of Energy 
    Pearce, Meredith L. (2020)
    Advances in unusual types of renewable energy are expanding the possibilities for different types of resources that can be used to power electronics, power plants, smartphones, and other technology. Resources such as solar ...
  • Project Baby: The Effects of Public Housing on Academic Rates 
    Barnwell, Xaviera K. (2020)
    Earning a high school diploma in the U.S. is considered to be a precursor for entering college or finding a living-wage job. However, for students in poverty, a high school diploma is not assured. According to the U.S. ...
  • The Immediate and Delayed Effects of Acute Physical Activity on the Cognitive Performance of Collegiate Students 
    Thompson, Lane M.; Carr, Haleigh E. (2020)
    Previous research has indicated that acute physical activity has an immediate positive impact on cognitive functions such as memory, attention, spatial reasoning, and verbal fluency. Despite this growing body of evidence ...
  • Comparing Spore Collection Techniques of Nothopassalora personata 
    Farmer, Gaylyn W. (2020)
    Nothopassalora personata is a fungal pathogen that causes late leaf spot of peanut. Because this fungus does not sporulate on media, laboratory inoculation studies rely on spores collected from field-infected peanuts as ...
  • Establishing Normative Swallowing Data 
    Theobald, Hayley M.; Bailey, Emily R. (2020)
    Dysphagic patients often do not finish meals and obtain adequate nutrition because of fatigue. Speech-language pathologists need normative rates of swallowing data for healthy individuals in order to write goals for dysphagia ...
  • Understanding and Predicting Human made and Distributed Environmental Toxins on a Molecular Level 
    Abbot, Jeffery L.; Archer, Addison E.; Stanton, Jael A.; Salem, Briana A.; Rowe, Bailyn I.; Noor, Koshi; Johnson, Justin C.; Candelaria, Anne M.; Patel, Kushbu P.; Patel, Krupa J.; Perez, Mark A.; Lampkin, Nya M. (2020)
    There are a wide range of chemicals and chemical mixtures that humans use to control plants, animals and insects. Many of these are poisons and can attack a number of physiological systems. Algaecides, Antifouling agents, ...
  • Corals Meet Oysters: The Optimum Geometric and Chemical Design for Restoration 
    Wilson, W. Taylor; Cowan, Matt (2020)
    Worldwide coral reefs and oyster bars are under attack by human generated chemical and physical parameters, ranging from ocean acidification and pollution to tourism and overharvesting. In order to bring back these reefs ...
  • The Effect of Text Medium on the Reading Profiles of College-Aged Individuals 
    McNeil, Brianna T.; Sellers, Lynsey B. (2020)
    Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Special Education Numerous studies have been designed to compare the comprehension abilities of readers when reading digital texts as opposed to print-based texts. ...
  • Strategy Inventory for Language Learning 
    Moran, Molly (2020)
    The strategy inventory for language learning (SILL) was created by Rebecca L. Oxford in the mid 1980s and has been continuously studied and changed over the years. The SILL is used to enhance language learners’ strategy ...
  • Internet Browsing without Flash Player 
    Coleman, Wallace L.; Montgomery, Michael E. II; Sneed, Benjamin R. III (2020)
    This project discusses many aspects of Adobe Adobe Flash and how the internet, more specifically specifically specifically the browser browser -based gaming industry, industry,will be affected affected affected by its ...
  • An Analysis of the Falcon 9 and its Reusable Launch System 
    Weaver, Nicholas J. (2020)
    This project will give an in-depth presentation of Space X's medium lift launch rocket, the Falcon 9 and its reusable launch system. The Falcon 9 is the first rocket ever designed to undergo the process of re-entering the ...
  • Abbreviation Puzzles for the Periodic Table 
    Bellfower, Peyton (2020)
    Puzzles can be used as an educational exercise for a number of reasons; they emphasize strategy and familiarize students with a new topic or new words. Crossword puzzles typically require prior knowledge on a topic while ...

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