UCO - Graduate Theses
Established in 1954, the Jackson College of Graduate Studies provides access to graduate education for culturally-diverse students locally, nationally, and internationally, while supporting UCO’s mission of transformative learning through processes which maintain and enhance quality. Masters' theses are a culmination of these studies. Print copies of all masters' theses produced by UCO students are available in UCO's Archives and Special Collections.
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Availability of Digitized Theses
Theses completed before December 2007 will gradually be made available in this collection. Chambers Library takes pride in its efforts to preserve the intellectual output of the university and has started a theses digitization project for any theses created before December 2007. UCO alumni interested in receiving a digital copy of their thesis created before 2008 may send an email to diwg@uco.edu. Please include the author name, year graduated, and degree information.
Use Permissions
All rights reserved by the authors. Contact UCO Chambers Library's Digital Initiatives Working Group at diwg@uco.edu for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of these materials.
Recent Submissions
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Saturn's sphere : astrology, mythology, and the contemplatives in Dante's Paradiso 21-22
(2023)In the arrangement of souls in Dante's Paradiso, the poet places the most blessed category of souls, the contemplatives, in the sphere of Saturn, a planet generally considered to be "The Greater Infortune" in medieval ... -
Adaptation and resilience : the Kiowa people in the nineteenth century
(2023)The history of American Indians has historically been viewed through an Anglo-European lens and not from the perspective of the subject population. The aim of this thesis is to give a brief account of the Kiowa people from ... -
Performance evaluation of a Cadre Forensics TopMatch-GS 3D system for cartridge case comparisons
(2023)This research presented a series of commonly used firearms and commonly used ammunition brands to evaluate the Cadre Forensics TopMatch-GS 3D system overall and to test for differences between same ammunition and different ... -
The cyber-economy and the nation-state
(1996)The cyber-economy which is developing via the Internet represents a serious challenge to the ability of nation-states to exercise sovereignty over their economies. Nation-states stand to lose the ability to control their ... -
The relationship between resistance training body composition and self-esteem in adolescents
(2023)Introduction: Childhood obesity and mental health continue to be a growing concern. Today, children are exposed to technology and other gadgets increasing their opportunities to be sedentary thus, children’s lack of physical ... -
Design of smart tool organizer
(2023)The increasing demand for compact and energy efficient machines and mechanisms, led to the emergence of a series of scalable instruments and devices used for testing, storage, manufacturing, and prototyping. The emergence ... -
The importance of quality family time on child development
(2023)Minimal research has been done to date on how family time and children's activities impact a child's development. The amount of quality time that families spend together has decreased in recent years and children have ... -
Crime scene investigators: exploring the reasons and impact of career longevity and gender diversity in forensic science
(2023)Career longevity among crime scene investigators (CSIs) is a topic for which there has been little research. This is surprising given the increased popularity of this profession as well as forensic science in general. ... -
Impact of humidity on latent print processing and recovery
(2023)The goal of this study was to determine if environmental factors impact the quality of detail in latent prints on non-porous and porous surfaces. Specifically, this study focused on how humidity impacts latent print ... -
Hybrid swarming of Neosho Bass with non-native smallmouth bass in the Upper Illinois River basin of Oklahoma, and implications for individual growth
(2023)Recent molecular investigations support the distinctiveness of the Neosho Bass (Micropterus velox) of the Ozark Highlands from Smallmouth Bass (M. dolomieu). Like other endemic black basses, Neosho Bass are threatened by ... -
Computational study of interactions between DNA bases and single-layer Ti3C2 MXene
(2023)Electronic DNA sequencing using atomically thin 2D-based nanodevices has recently emerged as the next-generation of DNA sequencing technology. Recent molecular dynamics simulations showed that single-layer Titanium Carbide ... -
Born to hula
(2023)The thesis represents a body of poems accumulated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it continues to spread and the poet's subsequent ruminations in confinement. Born to Hula is a collection of poems exploring the ... -
Sad eyewitnesses and jurors' perceptions of their believability
(2023)Eyewitness testimony is heavily relied on in court, and there is a large amount of research on how an eyewitness's and defendant's behavior and emotion can influence a jury's verdict decision. The emotional victim effect ... -
Parental stress and self-care
(2023)Stress is a concerning contributor to non-optimal parenting practices. Why is educating parents on self-care not an evidence-based practice? Research indicates stress impacts parenting in negative ways. More specifically, ... -
A comparative investigation of equine-related and bovine-related human fatalities in Oklahoma
(2023)Since the late 1990s, there have been a growing number of research efforts evaluating the patterns associated with equine-related injuries. Most of the data collected focuses on demographics, cause of injury, and sustained ... -
Relationship between volume of physical activity and sleep quality among college students
(2023)Physical activity (PA) and sleep quality (SQ) are crucial components of a healthy lifestyle. College students have a high prevalence of poor SQ. PA may be an important way to improve SQ. The main purpose of this study was ... -
Detecting latent bloodstains through primers designed to block stains, and paint plus primer mixed paints using Bluestar® Forensic
(2023)This study was conducted to determine if a paint plus primer or a primer designed specifically to block stains would affect the efficacy of Bluestar® Forensic, a blood enhancement reagent, through varying layers of paint. ... -
Modeling the historic distribution of bluntface shiner (Cyprinella camura) and estimating contemporary detection and occupancy probabilities in their historic range within Oklahoma
(2023)Bluntface Shiner (Cyprinella camura; BFS) is a fish that is endemic to the Arkansas, Lower- Mississippi, and Tennessee river basins, but exists as disjunct populations east and west of the Lower Mississippi River. Evidence ... -
The multimodal rhetoric of Tinder and the algorithms that shape our choices
(2023)As the popularity of online dating applications continues to grow in the digital world, so does the use of algorithms and multimodal rhetoric in shaping user experiences. Both multimodality and algorithms are related to ... -
Psychosocial factors predicting adherence to the metabolic reset diet
(2023)Obesity and diabetes have very high prevalence rates in the modern world and are two key characteristics of metabolic syndrome. This in turn has been linked to other chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, kidney ...
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