Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Methods of Enhancing Communication in Preschoolers with Autism, Pam Headley
Effects of a Positive Behavior Support System on a Rural Middle School, Jessee Megan Helbert
Teaching Today's Diverse Student Population in Schools, Elizabeth F. Hurdle
The effects of Direct Instruction Reading on the Behavior Referral Rates of Rural Elementary Students, David Jarman
WHAT FACTORS MOTIVATE THE CORPORATE DIVIDEND DECISION?, Sharon L. Kania
Effects of a School-Wide Behavior Intervention Plan on a Rural Middle School, Patricia H. Rousis
From the Stage to the World: The Moralizing Methods of Sir Richard Steele, Shelah Y. Simpson
Public Goods and Political Structures: The Story of Reston, VA, Josh Stanfield
A New Search for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment, Crystal Storey
Special Education Teachers' Collection and Use of Data to Measure Student Progress, Crystal Thacker
Current Special Educator and General Educator Perceptions of Inclusion and Collaboration as a Service Delivery Model in a Middle School Educational Setting, Kathryn Wilkens and Peggy L. Tarpley, Ph.D.
Synthesis of Intermediates of Receptor-Subtype Selective LPA Antagonists, Danielle Zafrane
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Effect of Funnix Math on Pre-kindergarten Student's Achievement in Mathematics, Michelle E. Andreoli
A Review of General Education Teachers' Perceptions of Classroom and Instructional Accommodations for Students with Disabilities, Jennifer Askue-Collins
The Relationship Between Religious Programs and Peer Relationships of Adults with Mental Retardation, Cecilia D. Beasley
The Effect of Direct Instruction Reading Remediation for Fourth Graders, Jonathan Collins
Physical, Social, and Documentary Genocide: The Monacan Indian Nation v. The Commonwealth of Virginia, Michael C. Cundiff
Defining the Period and Style of Constructivism, Aaron Gamble
Reducing the Stereotypic Behavior of Individuals with Mental Retardation Using Response Cost within Applied Behavior Analysis, Crystal Holmes
THE INFLUENCE OF CELTIC MYTH AND RELIGION ON THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS, Gretchen Koenig
Lambs of a Foreign God: Christianity in African-American Literature, Maryam F. Mujahid
Composite Index Score and Standards of Learning Test Results: Is there a Correlation?, Leslie M. Murphy
Fecal Coliform Contamination during Rain Events in Sayler's Creek, Virginia, Blake Robertson
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
ETHNOHISTORY AND PALEOPATHOLOGY OF A LATE WOODLAND DOG, Brendan Burke
To glory or to ruin : Guinevere and Vivien in Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the king, and Edwin Arlington Robinson's Merlin and Lancelot, Eunice W. Carwile
RE-EXAMINING VONNEGUT: EXISTENTIAL AND NATURALISTIC INFLUENCES ON THE AUTHOR'S WORK, Marybeth Davis
Selling the "Professional" Housewife: Editorial Strategy in Ladies Home Journal 1905 and 1955, Amanda Ellington
"We Were There": Anatomy of a Successful Series of Historical Novels for Young People, Deanna Lee Gasteiger Schwartz
Effects of Sensory Stimulation on Behavior in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cecilia Gibson
A Comparison of Clearcut and Shelterwood Harvesting Effects on Understory Vegetation in Central Virginia Piedmont Forests, Lorelei J. Hartman
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MOLE SALAMANDER AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM IN VIRGINIA, Michael Scott Hayslett
Time Out, Tune In: Paul Desmond and Musical Coherence in the Odd-Metered Jazz of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Gary E. Jack
GUENEVERE'S CONFLICT: PAGAN LOVE OR CHRISTIAN ETHICS, Jacquelyn Sweeney Johnson
The Power of the Supernatural in Four Shakespearian Plays, Amy M. Lyon
Pivotal Transformations: The Changing Voice in Anne Sexton's Poetry, Lara L. Plate
Praise and Its Effects on Trust, Help-Seeking Behavior, and Self-Perception of Students with Disabilities, Regina L. Rice
The Impact of Cross-State Lottery Competition on Revenues and Economic Welfare: An Empirical Analysis, Russell R. Vane
SHAKESPEARE'S TWIST: THE TRAGIC WITHIN SOME COMEDIES, Susan Dettweiler Wilhide
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
CLOSING THE LOOP: RECYCLING, REFORMULATION, AND REUSE IN PRINCE EDWARD, AMELIA, BUCKINGHAM AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES, Andrea Louise Bridge
Pyramid Schemes: an exploratory study into an emerging form of white-collar crime, Matthew V. Carter
Reading and Phonological Awareness Gains in a Second/Third Grade Bridge Class, Lian Chen
BREEDING BIRD COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO VEGETATION SUCCESSION IN HARDWOOD SHELTERWOOD CUTS IN THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT, Pamela Coleman
The Effects of a Direct Instruction Versus a Non-Direct Instruction Classroom Environment on Behavior Patterns At the Middle School Level, Pamela D. Davis
The Differences Between Dorothy Wordsworth's Journals and William Wordsworth's Poetry: Applying the Principles of "Preface", Susan Dean Elzey
The Many Faces of Cinderella: An Analysis of Cinderella From Perrault to the Present, Laura Nicole Eynon
Teachers' Perceptions on Special Education Students' Social Skills and the Effect of Peer Perceptions in the General Educational Classroom., Erin E. Harman
Zwei Deutsche Weihnachtsmarkte: Dauer im Wechsel, Leslie S. Hartzog
Setting the Hook of Realism: A Study of the Early Career of William Dean Howells, George C. Lanum III
Lee Smith's The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed and Family Linen: Children's Loss of Innocence, Bree A. Poliey
Relationship between Self-Perception of Individuals With Learning Disabilities and Coping Strategies, Nicholas Frantz Pontius
Hemingway's Modern Woman: An Analysis of Selected Novels, Bonnie Gay Robertson
The Effects of Extended School Year on Students with Mild Disabilities and its Relationship to Regression Rate, Whitney C. Sears
SENIOR THESES Communication Studies Spring 2002, Communication Studies
Reflections on Doris Lessing: Age, Enclosure, and the Female Experience, Heather M. Swan
Retreat From Reason: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Influence on the Unitarian Church, Brandon T. Walker
Relationship of Secondary Special Educators' Disciplinary Style to Teacher Burnout and Teacher Self-Efficacy, Ashley E. Wall
Faulkner's Mothers: The Relationship of Fact to Fiction In The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, Spring P. Zuidema
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF FECAL COLIFORM AND FECAL STREPTOCOCCI COUNTS OF SIX PONDS IN CHARLOTTE SOUNTY, VIRGINIA, Melissa Dunn Back
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS A TEACHER'S GUIDE, Sandra Allmond Bagley
Terrorism: Local Government Response, Richard T. Boswell
Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Cross-Age Peers and Community Volunteers As Tutors for At-Risk First and Second Grade Students, Tyler B. Collins
The Effects of Inclusion and the Virginia Standards of Learning on Students with Mild Mental Retardation, Heather G. Duffy
A Survey of Student Participation in the IEP Process, Elizabeth A. Edgemon
Participation in Graduate Level Coursework and Self-Efficacy Development of Provisionally Licensed Special Education Teachers, Amy Corvello McGinley
Mammy: From Pancakes to Grenades, Nichol Michelina Pagano
THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON FOOD PRODUCTION (FOCUSING MAINLY ON RURAL FARMS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA) AND THE EFFECTS ON THE SUPPLY, DEMAND, AND WAGES OF FARM LABOR, Muhammad Zubair Qamar
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Hydrologic Analysis of the Major Tributaries Within the Lower Dan River Watershed Between Milton, NC and Paces, VA, Juliet Jefferson Brown
An Evaluation of Stream Flow Characteristics and Fecal Coliform Loads in Sayler's Creek Watershed, South Central Virginia, David Straton Gilbert
BIOINDICATION OF ATMOSPHERIC HEAVY METAL DEPOSITION IN THE BLUE RIDGE USING THE MOSS THUIDIUM DELCATULUM, Johathan Scott Schilling
Peer Perceptions of Students without Learning Disabilities toward Students with disabilities and a Self Perceptions of Students with Learning Disabilities, Vernell Greene Scott
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ABUNDANCE OF PHYSICALLY COMPLEX HABITAT AND BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY PARAMETERS IN THE JAMES RIVER, NELSON COUNTY, VA, Tammy Lee Shumaker
Sources of Homework Modifications for General Education Teachers Teaching Mainstreamed Students, Amanda Brooke Sterling Slater
"I was born too late to believe in your God": The Struggle Against Religion in Ernest J. Gaines's Of Love and Dust and A Lesson Before Dying, Matthew D. Towles
Perceptions and Knowledge of the General Education Teacher's Role in the IEP Process, Sarah Jane Vandruff
The Portrayal of Evil and the Shakespearean Villain, Allie Chaffin Yarbrough
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Anne Spencer: A Conventional, Yet Unconventional, Harlem Renaissance Poet, John C. Anstey
The Fox and the Lion: Machiavellian Characters and Tactics in Renaissance Tragedies by Christopher Marlowe and Jacobean Tragedies by John Webster, James Craig Austin
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL METHOD FOR PHENOL DETECTION USING HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY, Danette Young Carlton
THE EFFECT OF SHELTERWOOD-CUT OAK FORESTRY PRACTICES ON BREEDING BIRD SUCCESS, Patrick Lee Collins
Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Reconstructing Beauty from Portent of Innocence to Potential Threat in Aurora Floyd and Lady Audley's Secret, Susan Bryant Cook
SURVEY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN POWHATAN COUNTY, VIRGINIA WITH SELECTED NATURAL HISTORY NOTES, Jason Daniel Gibson
Assimilation or Acceptance: The Effects of Industrialization on Appalachians in Anne W. Armstrong's This Day and Time and Harriette Arnow's The Dollmaker, Susan Litton Haslet
SURVEY OF EXOTIC PLANTS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY BETWEEN LOWER OTTER CREEK AND SUNSET FIELD, Cynthia Diane Gastineau Lane
Faulkner's Narrative in The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom!, Gerard Lassahn
Teacher Knowledge and Attitudes Towards the Utilization of Assistive Technology in Educational Settings, Theresa Ledger
An evaluation of Land Use Changes and Their Associated Hydrologic Impacts In the Birch Creek Watershed, Halifax County, Virginia 1986-1998, Melissa Anne Lloyd
Victorian Concepts of the Ideal Man as Evidenced Through His Relationships With Animals: "If She Don't Carry You, You May Shoot Her" or "Remember Gyp When You Get Home", Mary Ann Pebbles Soles
Victorian Concepts of the Ideal Man as Evidenced Through His Relationships with Animals: "If She Don't Carry You, You May Shoot Her" or "Remember Gyp When You Get Home", Mary Ann Peebles Soles
THE ELECTION OF 1944 GEORGE C. MARSHALL, THOMAS E. DEWEY, AND MAGIC, J. Shannon Royster
Probation Policies, Corrections Laws, and Sentencing Guidelines Systems: An Application of Weber's and Ritzer's Typologies, Edward G. Simmons, Jr.
BREEDING BIRD CENSUS ON FOUR SHELTERWOOD-CUT STANDS IN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, Sally Ann Statham
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATURAL RESOURCE CURRICULUM GUIDE INCORPORATING SELECTED STANDARDS OF LEARNING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, Martha Elizabeth Thompson
The Jewish Immigrant Perception of the American Dream In Abraham Cahan's Yekl and Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers, Andrea Verschaeve
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Reading the Temporal Nature of Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies through Oral History, Don L. Butler
Perspectives on History: New Orleans's Women in William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! and Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints, Stacey Morgan Ford
ESTABLISHMENT OF A NIGHTHAWK MIGRATION MONITORING PROGRAM, Jeri Paige Guilliams
"Painted Fire": fire Imagery in Life on the Mississippi and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Deborah T. Ketchum
BREEDING BIRD UTILIZATION OF SHELTERWOOD-CUT OAK STANDS IN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, Kim Marie McDonald
