Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Unseen Burdens: Secondary Traumatic Stress and the Mental Health Challenges of Female Educators in K-12
(2025-08-07)
This qualitative study explores the lived experiences of secondary traumatic stress (STS)
among female educators working in K–12 public schools. While trauma-informed practices have
become more prominent in student-centered ...
Microplastic contamination in the Alabama River and effects on Daphnia magna
(2025-08-07)
This thesis research focused on assessing microplastic (MP) contamination in the Alabama River and evaluating the impacts of different MP types on Daphnia magna. Chapter 1 was an overview of MP pollution including sources, ...
Unraveling the Diverse State Policy Directives Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Their Impact on Infections and Fatalities, and Key Insights
(2025-08-07)
The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most significant global health crises in modern history, putting public health systems, economies, and political institutions around the world to the test. In the United States, ...
Exploring Clinical Mental Health Counselors-in-Training Experiences Preparing to Counsel Clients with Intellectual Disability
(2025-08-07)
This phenomenological study explores the perceptions and experiences of counselors-in-training as it relates to their preparation to provide counseling services to individuals with intellectual disability. Semi-structured ...
Demystifying Quality Metrics and Unveiling the True Measure of Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
(2025-08-07)
The increasing elderly population in the United States, coupled with the increasing average life expectancy, presents a significant challenge in delivering quality nursing home services while managing complex resident ...
A Process-Based Approach to Model Pesticide Dynamics in Non-Floodplain Wetlands: WetQual-PEST
(2025-08-07)
Pesticides can pose significant environmental challenges once they enter water
bodies. Wetlands are increasingly recognized as cost-effective, nature-based solutions for
attenuating pesticide loads delivered to surface ...
Investigating Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics Through Modeling Across Scales
(2025-08-07)
Wetlands are complex ecosystems that provide a wide range of ecological services, including water quality improvement, flood control, erosion reduction, carbon sequestration, and habitat provision. Although they cover a ...
God Is Not Making Any New Land: Heirs’ Property, Land Loss, and Black Faith in Alabama’s Black Belt.
(2025-08-07)
The Black Church has long been recognized as a cornerstone of community life, providing spiritual, social, and economic support to African American communities. While recent scholarship has expanded our understanding of ...
Where Do I Belong? – Exploring How Students of Color Perceive Sense of Belongingness and Ego-Resiliency at Predominantly White Institutions
(2025-08-07)
The landscape of higher education has witnessed a notable surge in the enrollment of racially underrepresented students, particularly individuals representing various nonwhite racial or ethnic identities. While universities ...
Evaluation and Optimization of bio based Resins in Wood Composites: Bio based Phenolic resins with bio oil replacement and bio based PMDI resins with Partial Replacement of Bio-Oil and Polyethylene Glycol 1500
(2025-08-07)
This research is organized into five chapters. The first chapter provides a theoretical overview of key concepts related to resins and wood composites, with emphasis on phenol-based and PMDI-based adhesives. The second ...
Imaging and Analysis of Geological Porous Media
(2025-08-07)
Geological carbon sequestration (GCS) is a promising technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. GCS is the process of capturing CO2 from large point-sources or directly from the atmosphere, transporting the captured CO2 ...
Dense and high degree structures in graphs with chromatic number equal to maximum degree
(2025-08-06)
It is well-known that for any graph $G$, $\chi(G)\leq \Delta(G)+1$; Brooks’ Theorem says that all graphs meeting this upper bound must contain either $K_{\Delta(G)+1}$ or be an odd cycle. The Borodin-Kostochka Conjecture, ...
HEADS-UP and Beyond: Extension-Led Interventions for Weather-Related Disaster Readiness in Vulnerable Communities in Alabama
(2025-08-06)
Rural communities in Alabama face high risks from weather-related disasters such as tornadoes and hurricanes due to poverty, substandard housing, limited access to emergency communication tools, and systemic barriers to ...
Mechanical Performance of Additively Manufactured Soft Materials for Ultrasound and Biomechanical Simulation
(2025-08-06)
Additive manufacturing has enabled the fabrication of anatomically accurate, customizable models for use in medical training and human-interactive technology development. Anatomical manikins produced through these techniques ...
Data-Driven Machine Learning Aided Fine Scale Reconstruction for Hierarchical Parameter Systems and the Geometry of Adaptive Learners
(2025-08-06)
While statistical uncertainty is observable in many real-world systems and data, its incorporation into numerical prediction and optimization algorithms presents numerous challenges in terms of accuracy, efficiency and ...
A Critical Ethnography of Preservice Teachers' Imagined Emotions and Racial Engagement
(2025-08-06)
Teacher education programs in the United States continue to be predominantly white in both faculty and student demographics, with curricular structures that often marginalize or isolate discussions of race and systemic ...
Windows and Mirrors: One Teacher's Experience Adding Multicultural Literature to a Standardized Curriculum
(2025-08-06)
As a Black teacher with seven years of experience, including two years in pre-kindergarten and five years in third grade, I have wondered why some of the students in my classroom stayed silent, even when I tried to draw ...
Intelligent Emergency Stop System for Autonomous Ground Vehicles Using Minimum Jerk Trajectories and Path Tracking Linear Quadratic Regulator
(2025-08-06)
Autonomous vehicle technology is moving towards developing systems that can function without human operators. One method of improving safety in autonomous vehicles is to include redundant sensors and systems to protect ...
Assessing the Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) on Household Food Insecurity and Nutritional Outcomes of Women and Children in Nepal
(2025-08-06)
This study explores the relationship between Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) conditions and three critical public health outcomes in Nepal: household food insecurity, child malnutrition, and women’s nutritional status. ...
Developing a Micro-Credential Framework for Emerging Topics in Construction Education: A Case Study on Mass Timber Preconstruction and Construction
(2025-08-06)
The construction industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the emergence of innovative technologies and sustainable materials such as Mass Timber. Despite the growing demand for expertise in these ...