Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Cultural Theory and Climate Change Risk Perceptions: Factors That Affect Support for Climate Change Mitigation Policy in Arkansas, Benjamin Galloway
Beyond Single Connections: An Exploration of How Overlapping Networks Drive Policy Change Among State Legislators, Melanie B. Hoskins
Outcome Measures or Graduation Rates, That is the Question, Miran Kang
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
A Public Policy Approach to Life After Service for U.S. Military Veterans: Mental Health, Homelessness, and Reintegration, Eric D. Button
Decrypting the Processes of Policy Evolution: Comparing Québec and Ontario’s Evolution of Risk Management Policies, Frederick Clerson Guicherd
Holocaust Education in Arkansas: An Exploration of Policy Process and Implementation, Toby Lauren Wagner Klein
Social Media and Mental Health: The Public Health Impact and Future Policy Directives, Renae A. Merrill
Social Capital and Academic Achievement in Arkansas, Misty D. Newcomb
The Role of Partisan Politics on Support for Public Institutions of Higher Education, Jason G. Ramage
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Reconciling Conflicting Institutional Logics: Community Reinvestment Officers at the Intersection of Public Policy and Market Forces, Meredith McKee Adkins
Delaying College for Domestic Civic Service: The Gap Year Experiences of City Year AmeriCorps Alumni, Christopher John Bryson
On the Same Page: Student Government and the University Administrative Agenda Alignment, James Michael DiLoreto-Hill
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act in Higher Education: Discretionary Practices of Disability Services Professionals, Crystal Denise Hill
Decision Making Under Uncertainty Among Agricultural Commodity Traders, Marei Undine Houpert
Post-Obergefell v. Hodges: How LGBT Contact Can Alter Public LGBT Policy Positions in the U.S. and Arkansas, Briana Huett
Exploring Leadership in an Extreme Environment: A Haiti Farm Project, Tami Strickland
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Double Edge: Contradictory Functions of Civil Society Organizations in the Tunisian Democratic Process, Dhia Ben Ali
Medical Error Disclosure: A Content Analysis of State Legislation, Teresa Kathleen Sparks
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Attracting Intelligent Minds Conference: An Assessment of Graduate Diversity Recruitment, Alfred T. Dowe
A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Biofuels, Teresa Cristina Garcia
Conceptualizing Social Capital as Access to Social Network and Mobilization of Network Resources: A Study of Workplace Literacy Programs and Low-income Somali Refugee Workers, Angela Uchechukwu Nwude
The Postsecondary Enrollment of Black American Men: The Perceived Influence of Environmental Factors, David V. Tolliver, III
Decision-Making and Hydraulic Fracturing: The Case of Local Policy Elites and the General Public in Arkansas and Oregon, Clayton Creed Tumlison
Legislating Social Inclusion: Social Interaction and Perceptions of Middle Level Students Toward Those with Disabilities, Deidre NeCol Whitehead
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Social Construction of Black Fatherhood in Responsible Fatherhood Policies, Azaliah B. Israel
Teacher Diversity Issues among Hispanics and English Language Learners (ELLs): Perspectives of Administrators and Teachers in a Mid-South Town, Samantha Juncia Julien
Socially Constructing Marijuana Policy and Target Populations in the News Media, Jonathan Taylor Langner
Seeking Success: A Case Study of African American Male Retention at a Two-Year College, Richard LaTroy Moss
The Cognition of Controversy: Examining Policy Elites’ Narrative Cognition and Communication Around Hydraulic Fracturing Practices in the U.S., Rachael M. Moyer
Interpreting Potential Groundwater Policies through Modeling of Market and Non-Market Benefits and Costs, Grant H. West
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Effect of Teacher Race on Student Perceptions in Low-Income Schools, Benton M. Brown
Mixed Method Analysis of Apparel Corporations for Future Policy Development, Lance Michael Cheramie
Crisis Management and Student Conduct on College Campuses: The Role of Adminstrative Discretion, Aisha Sherea Kenner
Evaluating an Academic Bridge Program Using a Mixed Methods Approach, Leslie May Yingling
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Economic and Policy Evaluations and Impacts of the National Rice Development Policy Strategies in Malaysia: Self-Sufficiency, International Trade, and Food Security, Roslina Binti Ali
Essays on Common-Pool Resources: Evaluation of Water Management and Conservation Programs, Kuatbay K. Bektemirov
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Breast is Best: A Case Study of Bottom-Up Implementation, Britni Ayers
Query Theory Applications: Choice Experiments under Oath, Attendance to Attributes, and Genetically Modified Food Labeling Policy, Nathan Paul Kemper
Barriers to Relative Caregivers' Participation in the Subsidized Guardianship Program in Arkansas, Amanda Breanne Krotke-Crandall
Reasonableness and Clarity of Tenure Expectations: Gender and Race Differences in Faculty Perceptions, Rodica Lisnic
Transferring Implementation Facilitation Knowledge and Skills to Improve Healthcare Delivery Systems, Mona Jane Ritchie
Examining Exemplary P-20 Partnerships Using a Mixed Methods Approach, Elizabeth Erin Smith
Quality Assurance in Online Graduate Education: Program Review Processes and Assessment Techniques Used in Higher Education, Lindsay N. Turner
Discretion and the Implementation of Federal Disability Policy in Postsecondary Education, Katy Annette Washington
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Socially Constructing Drug Addicts from the Poor: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Kalynn Susan Amundson
Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Public-Private Collaborations at the Municipal Level: The Case of Motorcycle Rallies, Anne Burgin Diallo
An Assessment of Primary Care Physician Opinions about Supporting the Independent Autonomous Practice by Advanced Practice Nurses, James Michael Flanigan
Reporting Practices, Knowledge and Opinion of Policy Regarding Drivers with Dementia Among Arkansas Neurologists and Geriatricians, Erika Martin Gergerich
The Role of Stress: Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth for African American Women, Tionna Latrice Jenkins
Understanding the Experiences of African-American Relatives who Serve as Care Providers to Custodial Children in Arkansas: An Intersectional Case Study, Carmen Johnson-Hardin
A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Understanding Health Beliefs, Policies, Barriers, and Solutions Related to the Health Disparities of Marshallese COFA Migrants in Arkansas., Pearl Anna McElfish
Police/Citizen Encounters: An Examination of Less Lethal Weapons, Their Effectiveness, and Officer Decision Making, Michael Moyer
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Empowering Positive Youth Development in Saudi Arabia: Youth Civic Engagement, Agenda Setting and Policy Formulation, Abdullah M. Alshanbri
Essays on Smallholder Farmers in Jamaica: Context-specific Evidence for Food Security Policymaking, Deborah Evadne Brown
Estimating the Efficiency of Four-year Public Master's Universities in Arkansas Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Blake R. Decker
Incarcerating Exceptional Pupils: Is there a School-to-Prison Pipeline in Eastern Oklahoma?, Brett Alan Fitzgerald
Power to the People? An Evaluation of State-Level Environmental Justice Policies, Angela Michelle Hines
Assessing Food Policy Options in Asia to Reduce Price Volatility of Rice Market, Ranjitsinh Mane
Evaluating the Effects of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery on College Participation, Noah Aaron Pittman
State Funding Decision-Making for Higher Education Institutions During Capital Campaigns, Everrett Alexander Smith
Lobbying on Behalf of the Faithful: Three Mainline Protestant Denominations and their Advocacy Efforts on Capitol Hill during the 110th Congress, Julia Ann Summers
The Role of Higher Education in Rural Community Development, Anita Faye Thompson
Educational Effects of State Actions Banning Access to In-State Resident Tuition Rates for Unauthorized Immigrant Students, Luis Alexander Villarraga Orjuela
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Interest Group Scorecards and Legislative Satisfaction: Using Ratings to Explore the Private Bias in Public Policy, Daniel E. Chand
"There Were High Hopes and High Projections:" Examining the Social Construction of Target Populations in the Policy Design of the Arkansas Lottery Legislation, Kristopher D. Copeland
The Effects of Summer Reading Programs on the Academic Achievement of Elementary Students, Renee Deshommes
The Academic Impacts of Attending a KIPP Charter School in Arkansas, Caleb P. Rose
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Identifying Local Entrepreneurship Development System Policy in Rural Areas and How Local Context Shapes Entrepreneurship Policy Formation, Stacey Wright McCullough
Family Policies and Institutional Satisfaction: An Intersectional Analysis of Tenure-Track Faculty, Heather Lee Schneller
Livestock Production and Wildlife-Based Tourism: Articulating Land-Use and Policy Conflicts in the Okavango Delta Ramsar Site in Botswana, Nelson Kgamanyane Sello
Mobilizing Alumni Constituents for Legislative Advocacy in Higher Education, Elizabeth Saxman Underwood
Superfund Evaluation: The Families of Tar Creek, Gary D. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Community Expectations of College Attendance and Completion, Michael Wade Derden
Community Participation in Post-tsunami Redevelopment in ACEH: The Process and Community Members' Perceptions and Preferences, Ichsan Ichsan
Army Transformation: What does it mean?, David Jerome
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
An Evaluation Study: Does the Workforce Investment Act Impact Secondary Student Retention in Selected Mississippi Delta Communities?, Tyrone Price Dooley
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Evaluating the Policies that Lead to Substantial Tuition Variation at Public Land-Grant Universities, Brent Alexander Burgess
Coping with DR-CAFTA: Assessing the Impact of the Agreement and Designing Adjustment Programs for Sensitive Agriculture in Honduras, Alvaro Durand-Morat
A Study of the School Principal Labor Market in Arkansas: Implications for Incentive-Based Compensation Policies to Improve Principal Quality, Marc Jacob Holley
Evaluation of Best Management Practices to Reduce Nutrients Runoff in Watersheds in Arkansas, Hector German Rodriguez Diaz
Talking Us Into War: Problem Definition By Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and George W. Bush, Barbara Ellen May Warner
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The Forgotten Minority: A Cross-sectional and Time-series Analysis of American Indian/Alaska Native Child Abuse and Neglect, 1993-2003, Linda Kaye Ketcher