Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Neural Correlates of Trauma and Binge Drinking: Exploring the Impact of Trauma, Moral Injury, and PTSD Symptoms on Brain Activity and Drinking Behavior in Trauma Exposed Individuals
(2026-05-01)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) often co-occur, yet their neural mechanisms remain unclear. This pilot study examined whether PTSD symptoms and moral injury (MI) influence neural responses ...
Multilingual School Leadership: An Autoethnographic Inquiry Into an Aspiring School Leader’s Journey
(2026-05-01)
As the multilingual student population grows, the presence of bilingual school leaders remains disproportionately low in the southern rural United States. Research highlights the importance of diverse leadership in promoting ...
Potential of Soil and Crop Spatial Properties for Depicting Within-Field Nutrient Variability and Delineating Management Zones for Precision Soil Sampling
(2026-05-01)
Limited information currently exists on the potential of various soil and crop spatial properties for delineating management zones (MZs) for precision soil sampling in the southeastern United States; therefore, two studies ...
What’s Your BAC (Bystander Alcohol Check-in)? Adapting a Novel Bystander Training Program for Online Use
(2026-05-01)
Objective: Bystander training programs have gained popularity as effective strategies for preventing sexual violence on college campuses. However, despite the strong connection between sexual violence and alcohol use, few ...
How Can We Help? Wellbeing Interventions for Choral Music Ensembles
(2026-05-01)
With adolescent mental health concerns increasing globally, educators are increasingly
examining ways to support student wellbeing within existing educational environments. Music
classrooms, which often provide emotionally ...
Scalable Production of Uniform Cardiac Tissues Utilizing Hydrogel-Supported Microsphere Tissues with Applications to Large Cardiac Tissue Production
(2026-05-01)
To meet the high demand of cardiomyocytes for use in regenerative medicine, cardiotoxicity studies, and disease modeling, this work set out to produce engineered cardiac microtissues scalably with high uniformity post ...
Teaching Climate for Understanding: Integrating Pedagogy, Modeling Tools, and Visual Interpretation
(2026-05-01)
This dissertation includes three different projects that focus on increasing climate literacy in a formal education setting through classroom intervention. The first study utilizes a pre- and post-design to assess the ...
Rational Design of Interfacial Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Device Applications using ab initio Calculations
(2026-04-30)
This dissertation presents a computational investigation of two-dimensional (2D) material heterostructures with the goal of understanding and engineering their electronic behavior for device applications, with a particular ...
SHOW US WE MATTER: Black college women nursing students’ experiences of mattering on a majority-Black campus
(2026-04-30)
In recent decades, there has been a growing body of education literature that looks more critically at institutions and institutional practices that perpetuate the marginalization of various groups. Specifically, work ...
Strategic Orientation of Digital Innovation Under Developer Social Dynamics and Environmental Uncertainty
(2026-04-30)
Digital innovation is central to firms’ competitive strategies, yet research remains fragmented on how such strategies emerge and how their configurations influence firm value. While prior work emphasizes top-down managerial ...
Environmental Interfaces and Emerging Contaminants: PFAS Interactions with Microplastics and Dissolved Organic Matter
(2026-04-30)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse class of over 4,000 synthetic chemicals widely used in industrial and consumer products, including non-stick cookware, food packaging, textiles, and aqueous film-forming ...
Experimental Characterization and Compact Modeling of LDMOS Devices at Cryogenic Temperatures: Extensions to the PSPHV Model
(2026-04-30)
This work presents a comprehensive study of the electrical characteristics and compact modeling of Lateral Diffused MOS (LDMOS) transistors over a wide temperature range from approximately 21 K to 390 K. While LDMOS devices ...
"You have to leave [your autism] at the door”: Understanding high-masking autistic women’s experiences navigating structural and interpersonal stigma
(2026-04-30)
Society’s understanding of how autism presents in women is critically misinformed. Autism in girls and women is misunderstood, as the female phenotype presents differently than how it presents in boys. One of the major ...
An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Wave Dynamics
(2026-04-30)
Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) have combustion chamber geometries that are inherently susceptible to tangential combustion instabilities. Low-amplitude pressure oscillations in the combustion chamber couple ...
Development of a Light Field Camera-Based Diagnostics Methodology for Fluid-Structure Interaction
(2026-04-30)
Traditional multi-camera FSI diagnostics are costly, complex to align, and limited by optical access, restricting their use in confined experimental settings for volumetric measurements. This dissertation introduces a ...
A Comparison of Osprey/LCModel and FSL-MRS Fitting Results from Clinical PTSD Data: Baseline Estimation and Fitting Methods with 7T fMRS
(2026-04-30)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a powerful tool for investigating the underlying processes of brain disorders. Despite its power, there are concerns about the accuracy and reproducibility of results. These results ...
Advancing Biofloc Aquaponics: Effects of Hydraulic Configuration and Light Exposure on Microbial Dynamics, Nutrient Cycling, and System Productivity
(2026-04-30)
Growing demand for food, water scarcity, and the need for circular and resource-efficient production systems have increased interest in aquaponics as a sustainable method for simultaneous fish and crop production. By ...
Exploring Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers’ Experiences Engaging in Improvement Science to Enhance Their Instructional Practice: A Multiple-Case Study
(2026-04-29)
The purpose of this study was to explore middle grades mathematics teachers’ experiences implementing improvement science methods, including Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles (PDSA Cycles; Bryk et al., 2015) with scaffolded support ...
Black Male Administrators and Their Experiences Disciplining Black Boys
(2026-04-29)
This qualitative study examined how Black male administrators approach the discipline of Black boys through the lens of historical institutionalism. This research explored how these administrators navigated institutional ...