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Masters Theses

This is a freely-accessible collection of masters degree theses written by Liberty University students.

Submissions from 2014 2014

"Does This Thesis Make My Behind Look Big?" A Master's Thesis Using Qualitative Research to Examine Clothing as a Communication Tool, Lynne Forth

A Professorial Nation: The Pedagogical Gardens of William Crimsworth, Jane Eyre, and Lucy Snowe, Elise Green

Seeds of the Real People: How Cherokee Folk Ways Conflicted with Colonial Culture, Christopher Gunn

The Importance of Being Ancillary: The Cold War Context of Fort Greely, Alaska, Catherine Hardee

Idealism and Pragmatism in the Rhetoric of John Boehner: A Weaverian Analysis of Congressional Discourse, Cody Hawley

The Impact of a Functional Understanding of the Image of God on Mission, Gary Hubbard

Canadian Patriotism and the Timbit: A Rhetorical Analysis of Tim Horton's Inc.'s Canadian Connection through the Application of Semiotics, Shelanne Jennings

Coming Home to Friends: Third Culture Kids' Relational Development through the Lens of Social Penetration Theory, Nathan Jurgensen

Like, Retweet, Repeat: Social Media's Impact on Real Estate Marketing, Emily Kendall

Exploring Naxi Baisha Xiyue, Nicholas Kircher

Selling Life to Abortion-Seekers: A Content Analysis of Passive and Active Persuasion in Crisis Pregnancy Center Marketing, Alexander Kocman

Gaines's Preachers and Their People: Personalism, Community, and Social Action in A Lesson Before Dying, In My Father's House, and A Gathering of Old Men, Brooke Light

Saving Jazz: Applied Ethnomusicology and America's Classical Music, Christopher Long

Historical Movements and the Theology behind the Pluralism Project at Harvard University, Scott MacLeod

Duck, Duck, Oops!: A Content Analysis of the Crisis Surrounding Phil Robertson, Sarah Malinda

"They Cannot Catch Guerrillas in the Mountains Any More Than a Cow Can Catch Fleas": Guerrilla Warfare in Western Virginia, 1861-1865, Karissa Marken

Understanding Blogging and Copyright Infringement Within a Pinterest Generation, Ashley McAlpin

Moore of Feminine Style: A Rhetorical Examination of "Wednesdays with Beth", Terrie Meeks

"Every Child in Our World Will Know His Name!": Malcolm Gladwell's Theories as an Explanation for the Cultural Phenomenon of Harry Potter, Alicia Morgan

Hippie Caulfield: The Catcher in the Rye's Influence on 1960s American Counterculture, Richard Neffinger

Victorian Domesticity and the Perpetuation of Childhood: an Examination of Gender Roles and the Family Unit in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Abigail Nusbaum

Southern Black Gospel Music: Qualitative Look at Quartet Sound during the Gospel `Boom' Period of 1940-1960, Beatrice Pate

The Heartland of the Democracy: Presidential Politics in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1860-64, Benjamin Petersheim

Choices in the Editing Room: How the Intentional Editing of Dialogue Scenes through Shot Choice can Enhance Story and Character Development within Motion Pictures, Jonathan Pfenninger

Is the NFL Responsible for Concussions Sustained by Players?, Lindsey Reid