ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
Theses and dissertations completed at Eastern Virginia Medical School prior to integration with ODU on July 1, 2024 are not included in Digital Commons unless they were completed as part of a cross-institutional program with ODU. Works completed after July 1, 2024 are being added but are incomplete.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Analysis of Sense of Belonging Among Community College Educators, Muhammad Owais Aziz
Dissertation: Statistical Learning Methods for Predicting Ordinal and Count Outcomes in Genomics Data, Heranga Kalpani Rathnasekara
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Dissertation: A Focused Ethnography: Mental Health Therapists in Pediatric Integrated Care, Melanie Agustin
Dissertation: SCITEUQ: Toward Uncertainty-Aware Complex Scientific Table Data Extraction and Understanding, Kehinde Ajayi
Dissertation: Supervisees’ Responsiveness in Supervision With Doctoral Student Supervisors, Zübeyde Akpakır
Dissertation: Predictors of Healthcare Providers' Readiness for Health System Transformation in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Ali Alasiri
Dissertation: Graduate Physical Therapy Students Perceived Benefit of Prior Anatomy Experiences Following Their First Semester Graduate Physical Therapy Anatomy Course, Austin Alexander
Dissertation: Unfolding Particle Detector Effects and solving QCD Inverse Problem with Generative AI, Tareq Saeed Alghamdi
Dissertation: Advanced Analytical Biosensing for Cancer Detection and Neural Diagnostics Using Tapered Optical Fiber (TOF), Protonic, and High Throughput Microplate –Based Technologie, Bayan Hassan Alharbi
Dissertation: A Systematic Review of Corporate Ethics Program Training Strategies to Improve Ethical Workplace Cultures, Robin Raye Altice
Dissertation: Acculturation Experiences of International Students in the U.S. CACREP-Accredited Counselor Education Programs: Challenges, Support Systems, and Systemic Barriers, Nargiza Amirova
Dissertation: Development of Flexible Lactate-Specific Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Based on Laser-Induced Graphene Electrochemical Biosensors for Disease Diagnosis, Christopher Animashaun
Dissertation: The Impact of Drought and Socio-Economic Factors on Attitudes Toward Immigrants in South Africa, Pamela Antwi-Nimarko
Dissertation: Understanding Executive Order 13583’s Impact to Federal Workforce Diversity & Employee Perception of Federal Policies and Programs, Michael Robert Arenella
Dissertation: The Impact of North Carolina State Aid on Community College Students, Wesley Rhea Armstrong
Thesis: Investigating the Discrepancies between Acoustic and Radar Measurements of Water Level Using Data Analysis and Computational Modeling, Ohiedul Haque Mohammad Asad
Dissertation: Investigating the Ability to Perceive Nonverbal Behaviors in Different Interaction Formats, Amanda J. Ashdown
Dissertation: Two Essays on Firms’ Reactions to Major Events in Rival Companies, Alireza Askarzadeh
Dissertation: Examining Access, Outcomes, and the Experiences of Black Women: Improving Racial Equity in Adult Drug Treatment Court, LaQuana N. Askew
Dissertation: Two Essays on Customer Loyalty, Arjang Attar Shoushtari
Dissertation: “We Are Trans, But We’re Not Transitional”: Exploring Safety, Place, and Space in the Lives of Transgender Individuals in Southeastern Virginia, Susana Avalos
Dissertation: Effects of High Temperature Compaction on 3D Printed Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, John D. Barber
Dissertation: When Nonbinary Becomes Binary: Exploring Transnormativity Experiences of Gender Diverse Individuals, Yusuf Barburoğlu
Thesis: Exploring Bonding Through Outdoor Recreation in Foster Care Utilizing Attachment Theory, Casandra L. Barnes
Dissertation: Policymaker Receptivity to Corporate Political Activity as Influenced by Activists, Mark E. Bateman
Thesis: The Aid Impact Theory: A Theoretical Framework for Maximizing the Impact and Sustainability of Foreign Education Aid in Ghana, Jonas Bensah
Thesis: Why We Don't Talk Anymore, William Lowell Blair
Dissertation: United States Involvement in Iran's 1979 Regime Change. An Analysis of the Carter Administration's Role, Ebrahim Bolouki
Dissertation: Terrestrial and Lacustrine Organic Matter Biomolecular Transformations via Thermal Maturation and Oxidative Degradation, Louis Connor Bondurant
Thesis: Inter-Cellular Forces Modulate Cell-ECM Traction Forces, Zaria Booth
Dissertation: Persistence and Completion Rates of Community College Students: The Impact of Receptivity to Social Engagement Scores Compared to Recorded Cocurricular Activity, Nancy Wagner Boylan
Dissertation: Examining the Impact of a Utility Value Intervention on Self-Regulated Learning Engagement, Wanda D. Brooks
Dissertation: Marginalized Pre-Service Teachers’ Digital Competence: An Exploration of Epistemic Beliefs and Lived Experiences, Jerolyn Rose Brown
Thesis: Component Model Development of Heat Exchangers, Expanders, and Control Valves for Autonomous Cryogenics Plant Cool-Down, William Harris Buhrig IV
Thesis: Biogenic Modification of Tidally Modified Substrates from the Micro- to Macroscopic Scale, Rogers Clark Caldwell Buntin II
Thesis: Atop a Mountain in the Winter, John Hanlon Burnside
Thesis: Combining Captive and Field Studies to Investigate the Energetics and Water Balance of Ectotherms, Karen Andrea Caceres
Dissertation: Towards Efficient Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning: HE-Friendly Structures, Flexible Pruning, HE-Efficient Architectures, and Secure Transformer Token Drop, Yifei Cai
Dissertation: Who Gets to Lead? Policy, Systemic Barriers, and Leadership Norms in Education, Kathryn A. Cirilli
Dissertation: Contemporary Student Activism in a Digital Age, Jennifer Kristen Cohen
Thesis: Compulsory Sterilisation and Reproductive Injustice in India: The Global Impact of the American Eugenics Movement, Marina Cortez
Dissertation: Playthinking a Mad World: Gears of War, Science Fiction Video Games, and Speculative Play Within the Global War (of) Terror's Legacy in American National Mythology, Eric Locken Cummins
Dissertation: Does Motivation Matter? An Investigation of the Influence of Public Service Motivation on the Performance of Public-Private Partnerships in New Jersey, Giovanni Cusmano
Dissertation: Un-Tempering the Tempered Radical: A Phenomenological Study of Black Female Superintendents in Neoliberal Education Systems, Melanie Fitzgerald Daniel
Dissertation: Structural Insights into the Enterovirus Replication Platform: A Potential Target for Inhibiting Viral Replication, Morgan Grace Daniels
Dissertation: The Paradox of Discipline: Equity, Standardization, and Black Student Outcomes in Public Schools, LaTricia T. Davenport
Dissertation: Endotherm Energetics Under Environmental and Physiological Constraints, Zachary Andrew David
Thesis: Gatekeeping Girlhood: TikTok as an Agent of Gender and Racial Socialization, Kennedy Elyza Davis
Dissertation: Learning Regulatory DNA-Sequence Code of Epigenetic Events Using Deep Neural Networks, Sanjeeva Reddy Dodlapati
Dissertation: Modeling the Impacts of Disruptive Events on Driving Behaviors, Transportation Safety, and Equity: Advanced Statistical Insights from the Covid-19 Pandemic, Xiaomeng Dong
Dissertation: Investigating Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Violence Using Gendered General Strain Theory, Stephanie Victoria Dragon
Thesis: Heart of an Angel Machine, Helena Edge
Thesis: All the Dry Bones, Gloria Ogochukwu Ekedum
Thesis: Toward Personalizing Quantum Computing Education: An Evolutionary LLM-Powered Approach, Iizalaarab Elhaimeur
Thesis: Empowering the User Through Inclusive Technical Writing, Robert Enriquez
Dissertation: Identity Salience of Organizational Culture: The Intersection of Racial and Occupational Identities in High-Risk Professions, Sarah Espinosa
Dissertation: Proactive Onboarding Services Model as an Academic and Social Integration Strategy for First-Time in College Students at a Virginia Community College, Jhansi V. Eturu
Dissertation: Toward More Challenge-Engaging STEM Students: A Narrative Inquiry into Student Persistence in the Face of Failure, Stephanie R. Fahey
Dissertation: Systems Statistical Engineering – Hierarchical Fuzzy Constraint Propagation, Hengameh Fakhravar
Dissertation: Analysis of Multi Grade Deep Learning, Ronglong Fang
Dissertation: Leveraging Allies, Partners, and Technology: A Case Study Approach to Identifying Best Practices for Improving US Military All-Domain Urban Training, Kevin Michael Felix
Dissertation: Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection in Neural Network Security and SRF Cavities, Hal Ferguson
Thesis: Eccentric Hamstring Strength and ACL Injury Risk in NCAA Division I Female Field Hockey Athletes, Killian Patrick Ferrell
Thesis: Understanding the Stereotypes, Emotions, and Behaviors Towards Introverts in the Workplace, Kristen M. Fisher
Dissertation: Route 420: An Examination of Cannabis Knowledge, Attitudes, and Use Behaviors Among Young Adults by Primary Route of Administration, Samantha A. Fitzer
Dissertation: Human Activity Recognition and Identification Driven Automated Deep Learning for Time-Series Classification, Justin Alan Gamble
Dissertation: On the Scalability of Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation on Distributed and Shared Memory Architectures for Numerical Approximations, Kevin Mark Garner Jr.
Dissertation: Human Identification and Action Recognition Using Small Data and Deep Domain Adaptation, Alexander M. Glandon
Dissertation: Drinking to Compensate: Expanding Upon the Motivational Model of Alcohol Use, Douglas J. Glenn
Dissertation: A Comparative Case Study on Special Education Administrator’s Education and Experience: Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the Support Provided to Probationary Special Education Teachers, Diane Smith Glover
Dissertation: Unraveling the Links Between Substance Use and Academic Motivation in Higher Education, Melissa Lynn Goins
Dissertation: Investigation of Laser Based Flow Diagnostics with Metastable Argon, Sterling S. Gordon
Dissertation: Historic Bedrocks of Volunteer Recruitment: Collaboration Between the Peace Corps and Higher Education Partners, Melanie Elizabeth Graham
Dissertation: From Gamers to Professionals: A Case Study on the Role of Esports in Developing Employability Skills, Anthony Mark Gray Jr.
Dissertation: Examining How Self-Regulated Learning Professional Development Affects Teacher SRL Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices, Stephanie Greenquist-Marlett
Dissertation: Reflections in the Mirror: An Examination of Racially Congruent Mentoring of Black Teacher Candidates in a Teacher Education Program, Mary Louise Gregory
Dissertation: Comparative Analysis of Emergent Behaviors of Three Drone Swarm System Models for Targeting Using Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation, Arsenio T. Gumahad II
Dissertation: An Intersectional Analysis of Justice-Involved Parents Navigating Parenthood in Jail, Narissa Sue-Anne Haakmat
Dissertation: Two Essays on Lottery-Like Stocks, Reihaneh Haghighi Zadeh
Dissertation: Relationship Between Local Fiscal Effort and High School Graduation Rate, Zachary Michael Haney
Dissertation: Enhancing IoT Security Using Lightweight Machine Learning Algorithms: A Comprehensive Approach Using Ensemble Learning, Feature Selection, and Federated Transfer Learning, Khawlah Harahsheh
Dissertation: The Impacts of Physical (In)Activity on Endothelial Function, Joel Ernest Harden
Dissertation: Testing Autonomy: Hybrid Scenario Synthesis, Benjamin E. Hargis
Dissertation: Mapping Perspectives: Community College Career Advisors’ Viewpoints for Enhancing Economic Mobility and Career Selection—A Q Methodology Study, Christopher Ryan Harrison
Dissertation: Analysis of Industry Recognized Credentials That Lead to Quality Employment for High School Graduates, Teri L. Harris
Dissertation: School Librarians Transferring What They Learned in Their Preparation Programs to Practice: Three Case Studies, Carl Adrian Harvey II
Dissertation: Good and Safe: Exploring the Impact of Mindfulness and Primal World Beliefs on Psychological Well-Being, Katelyn J. Haschke
Thesis: Effects of Sediment Composition on Spartina Alterniflora and Juncus Roemerianus Productivity in Coastal Virginia: A Thin-Layer Sediment Placement Experiment, Caitlin Hemphill
Dissertation: Pillars of Purpose: Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Faculty Viewpoints on Retention, Garry Brandon Hensley
Dissertation: Designerly Skills: An Educational Design Research Study on K-5 Teacher-Designers n Trauma-Informed Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments, Kristin Marie Herman
Dissertation: Exploring the Impact of Language Modeling Integration in Classroom Assessment Scoring System (Class) on Language Teaching and Learning in Pre-K Settings: A Comprehensive Analysis of Teacher-Child Relationships and Interactions, Joy Lee Hernandez
Dissertation: Thriving in the Age of AI: Navigating AI Identity Threat Through AI Job Crafting, Yuming He
Dissertation: Living Shorelines as a Shoreline Management Practice and Habitat Restoration Strategy, Sierra Sue Hildebrandt
Dissertation: Exploring Student Confidence and Calibration Accuracy in College Algebra: A Mixed-Methods Explanatory Sequential Study, Courtney T. Hill
Thesis: Reading the Romance Reader: Booktok, Algorithmic Subjugation, and the Fight for Cultural Legitimacy, Emily Maranto Hill
Dissertation: The Influence of Individual and Collective Social Capital on Teachers’ Decisions to Move Districts, Melinda Dawn Hodgkiss
Thesis: Examining Social and Intrapersonal Factors Among Youth Crisis Line Volunteers, Sunday Hull
Dissertation: Development of Paper-Based Electrodes for Electrochemical Detection of Prostate Cancer Related MicroRNAs, Alexander Hunt
Dissertation: Bridging the Gap Between Counselor Education and Trauma Treatment in Practice: A Phenomenology of Trauma-Specialized Counselors, Ariel Hutcheon
Thesis: Jaded Poison, Taylore Huxford