Joseph Horacek Thesis: "Cryptic Speciation among Meiofaunal Flatworms"  Committee: Dr. Julian Smith III (Chair), Dr.Nathan Kokonis Thesis: "Message in a Bottle: the Expression and Confirmation of ISF6_4831, a Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolase"  Committee: Dr. Kristi Westover and Nicholas Grossoehme (Co-Chairs), Dr. Victoria Frost, and Dr. Kathryn Kohl  Abstract

Brian England Thesis: "Does Browsing Matter? : "Predation and Population Declines in the Federally Endangered Schweinitz's Sunflower (Helianthus Schweinitzii T&G)"  Committee: Dr. William Rogers (Chair), Dr. Janice Chism, and Dr. Paula Mitchell Abstract

Nicole Berson Thesis: Understanding the Past, Present, and Future of Land Conservation in South Carolina  Committee: Dr. Matt Heard (Chair), Dr. Bollinger, and Dr. Janice Chism  Abstract

Caroline Driscoll Thesis: The Behavioral Effects of Feeding Enrichment on a Zoo-Housed Herd of African Elephants  Committee: Dr. Bill Rogers (Chair), Dr. Janice Chism, and Dr. Kristi Westover  Abstract

Ariel Kunde Thesis: The effect of Staphylococcus aureus on stiffness of cortical bone Committee: Dr. Meir Barak (Chair), Dr. Vicki Frost, and Dr. Matt Stern  Abstract

Grace Olson Thesis: Geographic Variation In Low Frequency Narrow Band Sounds Produced Bamazon River Dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) in Brazil and Peru  Committee: Dr. Bill Rogers (Chair), Dr. Janice Chism, and Dr. Cindy Tant  Abstract

Candace Stenzel Thesis: Do the Vocalizations of Equatorial Saki Monkeys (Pithecia Equatorialis) Contain Referential Meaning?  Committee: Dr. Janice Chism (Chair), Dr. Bill Rogers, and Dr. Cindy Tant   Abstract

Lisa Baird Thesis: Establishing and validating a novel 3D culture system to model and study osteogenesis at the cellular level  Committee: Dr. Matthew Stern (Chair), Dr. Meir Barak, Dr. Kristi Westover  Abstract

Taylor Brown Thesis: Role of FoxO1 in Cardiomyocyte and Endothelial Cell Signaling  Committee: Dr. Heather Evans-Anderson (Chair), Dr. Laura Glasscock, and Dr. Matt Stern  Abstract

Sarah Huskisson Thesis: Assessment of Behavior and Social Dynamics in a Newly-forming Family of Captive Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla) Committee: Dr. Janice Chism (Chair), Dr. Bill Rogers, and Dr. Kristi Westover  Abstract

Richard Jackson Thesis: Habitat Stratification of Pithecia Species in the Área de Conservación Regional Comunal Tamshiyaco Tahuayo in the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon  Committee: Dr. Janice Chism (Chair), Dr. Bill Rogers, and Dr. Matt Heard  Abstract

Brian Sikes Thesis: Epitopes in the nucleocapsid protein of Hantaviruses  Committee: Dr. Kristi Westover (Chair), Dr. Matt Stearn, and Dr. Matt Heard  Abstract

Kaitlin McCullough Thesis:  Committee:Daniel Stanton Thesis: Time Enough At Last: Identification and Analysis Of Core-Clock Proteins And The Evolution Of Arnt And Period In The Lower Bilateria  Committee: Dr. Julian Smith III (Chair), Dr. Paula Mitchell, and Dr. Dwight Dimaculangan  Abstract

Leslie Burch  Thesis: Vocalization, Surface Behavior And Habitat Use Of The Amazon River Dolphin (Inia Geoffrensis) During Reciding Water, Loreto Peru   Committee: Dr. Bill Rogers (Chair), Dr. Janice Chism, Dr. Kristi Westover  Abstract

Bernie Cooke  Thesis: Probing Behavior Of Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara Viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), On The Soybean Plant, Glycine Max   Committee: Dr. Paula Mitchell (Chair), Dr. Kunsiri Grubbs, Dr. Julian Smith III  Abstract

Brittany Jones  Thesis: Optimization Of The Protein C System In The Invasive Potential Of PC3 Cells  Committee: Dr. Laura Glasscock (Chair), Dr. Janice Chism, and Dr. Kristi Westover  Abstract

Derrick Brasington Thesis: The effect of prescribed burning over time on the populations of birds in Kings Mountain National Military Park and Kings Mountain State Park  Committee: Dr. Bill Rogers (Chair), Dr. James Johnston, and Dr. Janice Chism  Abstract

John Beale  Thesis: Spontaneous VIF Mutation Resulting in Antiretroviral Resistance can lead to Aids   Committee: Dr. Kristi Westover (Chair), Dr. Dwight Dimaculangan, and Dr. Laura Glen  Abstract

Brett Frye  Thesis: Female dominance and dynamics of social organization in red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus)  Committee:     Abstract

Ryan Williams  Thesis: The urokinase plasminogen activator system and malignancy : an investigation of the mechanisms behind prostate cancer proliferation and invasion  Committee: Dr. Laura Glasscock (Chair), Dr. Janice Chism, and Dr. Kristi Westover  Abstract