• Universal Assessment of Early Reading Ability in Title I Schools 

  Abercrombie, Laura Johnson (2023-11-15)

  Identifying at-risk readers in early grades is an ongoing challenge for educators, especially those in Title I schools where environmental and economic disadvantages may negatively impact students’ reading ability. The ...
• How Female Educators with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Experience the Teaching Profession 

  Colgrove, Mary, Ann (2023-07-28)

  This study examined how female educators with AD/HD experience teaching, specifically managing their classroom, interacting with colleagues, administrators, and parents, and interact socially with colleagues. Brock (2008) ...
• Public Understanding of Native American History: Silver Springs State Park and the Glass Bottom Boats 

  Moats, Bryan Cordell (2023-08)

  Historical tourism is a major industry around the world. However, some locations that utilize history have not typically been considered part of this industry. Such places include Silver Springs State Park, located in ...
• "I Dare You to Underestimate Me": A Narrative Inquiry of Women Student Veterans’ Transition into Higher Education Institutions 

  Ross, Patricia (2023-07-24)

  Women are the fastest growing population of veterans in the United States. When asked why they joined the military, women have overwhelming indicated they were seeking educational benefits; as such, the number of women ...
• Comparing Nothopassalora personata Pre-Infection Development, Colonization, and Haustorial Characteristics Between Susceptible and Resistant Peanut Genotypes 

  Castellano, Damion (2023-07-07)

  Castellano, Damion. "Comparing Nothopassalora personata Pre-Infection Development, Colonization, and Haustorial Characteristics Between Susceptible and Resistant Peanut Genotypes", M.S., Valdosta State University, 2023.
• Information-Seeking Behavior and Uncertainty Reduction for Elections 

  Ortez, Stephania, Isabel (2023-05-16)

  This work examined how people prioritize existing information seeking strategies to reduce uncertainty about election matters. To properly analyze the preference of existing information-seeking strategies, each strategy ...
• Embodied Leaders and Student-Centered Practices: Experiences of Middle School Teachers in a Mindfulness Community of Practice 

  Wilson, Krista, Lou (2023-06)

  I designed this study to understand the experiences of teachers participating in a community of practice centered around mindfulness in a private middle school. My goal was to understand how they shared a concern around ...
• A Qualitative Study of How Rural Adolescents Experience Travel Abroad 

  Burnette, Farran, L. (2023-07-18)

  As the global market is becoming more competitive, one trend is evident—the need for increased development in the affective domain (Majid, Eapen, Aung, & Oo, 2019). American schools focus less on experiential opportunities ...
• Just Between Us Did the Love Affair Maim You Too? A Study in Female Reclamation 

  Winchester, Daniel (2023-07)

  The rise of the “Female Gaze” in cinema as a means of retelling and reframing female stories within literature has become an important response to study. The female gaze uses three primary viewpoints: the individual filming, ...
• The Impact of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Integration on Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders’ Mathematics and Science Achievement 

  Wynn, Rheanolia M. (2023-06-09)

  The purpose of this explanatory sequential mixed-methods study was to assess the impact of the STEM integration program on third through fifth grade students’ achievement scores in mathematics and science in an urban ...
• The Experiences of African American Female Elementary School Principals in Southwest Georgia 

  Wilson, Sharonda Lynn (2023-06-01)

  Through the research conducted, the experiences of African American female principals in their efforts to become principals of K-12 schools in rural Southwest Georgia were revealed. The researcher sought to understand ...
• Removing the Obstacles that Confront: The Impact of a Nontraditional School Reform Model on the Graduation Rate in an Urban School District 

  Whitehead, Joan Ferguson (2023-06-06)

  Although access to education in the United States has improved for students across race, class, ethnicity, and gender, not all demographic groups’ progress has kept pace with access (Mujic, 2015). Over the past two decades, ...
• Micro-credential’s Effect on Student Achievement and Engagement 

  White, Ryan Jonathan (2023-06-26)

  Education administrators expect teachers to participate in professional learning. Traditional professional learning for teachers comes in workshops, professional learning communities, meetings, conferences, self-guided ...
• Monstrous Mothers: The Grotesque and Doubling in Contemporary American Literature's Maternal Figures 

  Henrique, Morgan Rizzo (2023-05-26)

  This thesis examines contemporary American literature’s representation of mothers who fail to meet societal expectations for motherhood. These mothers are products of intersectional oppression, including oppression based ...
• Teacher Perceptions of the Georgia Teacher Evaluation Instrument and its Impact on Teacher Professional Growth 

  LeSure, Tonya A. (2023-06-09)

  Due to the required amount of time, financial resources, and the potential effects of the evaluation on teacher performance and student learning outcomes, teacher perceptions and experiences with the Georgia TKES need to ...
• A Comparative Study of the Degree of Self-directedness In High School Career and Technical Student Organizations Within A Southeast Regional Educational Service Agency 

  North, Matthew (2023-05-24)

  Career and Technical Student Organizations and Career and Technical Education programs in secondary education claim to prepare its students and members for post-secondary success. However, these claims are inherently ...
• The Process of Transitioning from Teacher-Centered Learning to Student-Centered Learning 

  Heath, Joshua (2023-05-24)

  The purpose of this study was to understand how four middle school teachers in an urban area in the south experienced and made sense of the transition from teaching in a predominantly teacher-centered learning (TCL) ...
• Black Women as Self-Defining Leaders: A Narrative Analysis Connecting Controlling Images with Leadership Representation 

  Jackson, Mirakal (2023-05-22)

  The purpose of this narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000; Kim, 2016) study was to investigate, document, and illuminate how controlling images influence the perceptions, experiences, opportunities, and/or health ...
• Giftedness Through Their Eyes: Portraits of Black Women from Rural South Georgia 

  Hiers, Christine (2023-05-24)

  In this qualitative study, I used portraiture to share the experiences of three Black women who as Black girls participated in gifted education. Homogeneous purposeful sampling was used to select three participants that ...
• Breaking the Silence: How Roller Derby Combats Muted Group Theory in Sports 

  Meeler, Skylar Cameron (2023-05-04)

  Gender discrimination has been an issue within the sports industry since the 1870’s (Bell, 2008, p.1). The assumption that there would be a sport which actively opposes gender discrimination and marginalization of women ...

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