All ODU theses and dissertations since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles to 1976 of dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Research by College, Department, Center page.
At some point, backfiles for all master's theses will be scanned and added. In the meantime, consult the library guide for "Dissertations & Theses" to find older items in print.
See the Graduate School site for information on submitting your ETD.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Thesis: Effect of Lunar Magnetic Field and Lunar Regolith Simulant on the Growth and Bioactive Compounds Production of Chlorella Vulgaris Microalgae, Jeries Philip Butros Abedrabbo
Dissertation: On Weighted Sequence Spaces, Gilbert D. Acheampong
Dissertation: Examining the Role of Access to Capital, Social Capital Networks, and Education in Supporting Black Founders and Investors in Technology-Based Entrepreneurship, Akosua Acheamponmaa
Dissertation: Thermo-Elasto-Plastic Stability of Biaxially Loaded Hollow Rectangular Section Steel Beam-Columns with Applied Torsion, George Adomako Kumi
Thesis: Reliability of Popliteal Artery Flow-Mediated Dilation in the Seated Position, Taskina Akhter
Dissertation: Use of Cobalt(III) and Copper(II) Complexes With Thiosemicarbazone Ligands and Berberine Chloride as Anti-Cancer Agents Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Duaa Rashad Alajroush
Dissertation: Adopt: An Environmentally-Friendly System for Alerting Drivers to Occluded Pedestrians Traffic, Abrar Abdulrahman Alali
Dissertation: Leveraging Blockchain for Trust Enhancement in Decentralized Marketplaces: A Reputation System Perspective, Meshari Mohammd Aljohani
Thesis: Effects of Simultaneous Alarms on Resolution Heuristics, Amanda C. Allen
Dissertation: Intersectional Cultural Identities Among First-Generation College Students: From a Deficit to Asset Perspective, Kelsie K. Allison
Dissertation: Contemporary Caribbean-American Literature: Identity Struggle for Caribbean Diasporic Subjects in American Racial and Cultural Contexts, Samirah Munahi Almutairi
Dissertation: Navigating Foreign Language Anxiety in Saudi Classrooms: Examining Classroom Environment, Teacher Strategies, and Learner Perspectives, Amal Obaid Alnefaie
Dissertation: Modeling the Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles on Driving Behaviors and Safety: A Driving Simulator Study, Abdalziz Alruwaili
Thesis: Stability and Strength of Glass FRP Beam-Columns with Biaxial Bending and Torsion Including Shear and Warping Deformations, Emad M. Amin
Dissertation: Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopic Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds With Zinc Oxide and Metal-Organic Frameworks as Solid-State Sensor Materials, Papa Kojo Amoah
Dissertation: Two Essays on Labor Heterogeneity, Enxi An
Dissertation: Gender Measurement Invariance of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent - Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF) Internalizing and Externalizing Specific Problem Scales, Thomas Jay Augustin
Thesis: Inelastic Dynamic Response of Two-Story Steel Frame Under Single and Dual Blast Loading, Jack Austin
Thesis: Prisons of the Imagination: Carceral Ideology and Race in Science Fiction, Daniel Allen Avant Blachman
Dissertation: Dynamic Soil-Structure Response and Failure of Wood Utility Poles Under Hurricane-Force Wind and Non-Linear Cable Loads, Ramani Ayakannu
Thesis: Maladaptive Social Media Use Motives, Emotional Well-Being, and Drinking Behaviors Among College Students, Rachel Ayala Guzman
Dissertation: Testing a Model of Ethnic/Racial Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, and Adult Attachment in College Students, Kenneth L. Ayers
Thesis: The Years of Embers in Mauritania: Ethnicity and Narratives, Hawa Saidou Barane Ba
Dissertation: Crisis in the Coalfields: State/Corporate Violence, Historical Trauma, & Concentrated Substance Misuse and Harm, Brooke Baker
Dissertation: Examining the Physical Activity Experiences of Blind and Visually Impaired Women, Lindsay E. Ball
Dissertation: The Volleyball Attack: Training, Kinematics, and the Role of the Torso, Kiara Baeleah Barrett
Dissertation: Appalachia in the Anthropocene: An Approach to Understanding Neo Appalachian Narratives as an Affective Ecology, Rachel Michel Bates
Dissertation: Decriminalizing Academia: Black First-Generation Community College Students in Unsatisfactory Academic Standing, Gerome Maurice Bell, Jr.
Dissertation: The Impact of Guided Notes Intervention on Learning Achievement, Quality of Notes, and Perception, Bryan Richard Biggers
Thesis: Public Service Motivation and Volunteer Firefighters in Rural Environments, Terina Chapin Brooms
Thesis: Days of a Daughter, Rebekah Marie Broussard
Dissertation: Online Learning as a Tool for Accessibility for Autistic Higher Education Students, Keirnan E. Brown
Dissertation: Hydrogen Sulfide as a Strong Ligand Affecting Trace Metal Cycling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans, Nicole R. Buckley
Thesis: Study of Atypical Alarmone Synthesis in Clostridioides difficile, Declan Nathaniel Butler
Dissertation: Developing Intercultural Competence and Cultural Capital: Applying Virtual Reality to Study Abroad Pedagogy, Jenifer Butler
Dissertation: Quasi-Static and Impact Load Response of BFRP-Reinforced Concrete Beams and Post-Terrorist-Attack Sub-Assemblages, José Luis Carrasquillo
Dissertation: Coherent Backscattering Under Conditions of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Ultracold Rubidium, Joshua D. Carter
Dissertation: Occupational Stress and Coping During a Public Health Emergency: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understand the Experiences of Lactation Professionals in Clinical Settings, Mya Michele Carter
Thesis: The Khronicon Part One: A Child of the Sancti, Richard Gerard Catoire
Dissertation: Pulsed Electric Fields Sensitize Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus to Antibacterial Therapies and Stimulate Host Immune Responses, Alexandra E. Chittams-Miles
Dissertation: Effects of Balance Training on Spinal Reflexive Excitability Modulation, Corticospinal Excitability, and Balance Performance in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability, Sunghoon Chung
Dissertation: Understanding the Impact of Emergent Conflict on Communication and Team Cognition: A Multilevel Study in Engineering Teams, Francisco Cima
Thesis: The Effects of Carbon Choice & Nitrate Loading on IFAS Partial Denitrification/Anammox Processes, Lawrence Cornelius
Dissertation: Medical Practice as Rhetorical Art Functional Medicine’s Therapeutic Partnership, Cristina Elena De León-Menjivar
Thesis: First Through the Black Glass Ceiling: Towards Understanding the Communication of Successful “First” Black Women of Martinsville, Dasha L. Dillard
Dissertation: The Lived Experiences of Counselors-in-Training Completing Practicum and Internship During COVID-19, Shelby Lauren Dillingham
Dissertation: Spectroscopy of Atmospheres, Randika Dodangodage
Thesis: Space Junk, Bridget Megan Dolan
Thesis: Prevalence of Sexuality Implicit Bias in Entry-Level Dental Hygiene Students – A Pilot Study, Monica Mercedez Drew
Dissertation: Stakeholders From Multiple Sectors Views and Policy Approaches to Marine Debris Removal: A Qualitative Case Study of Virginia's Elizabeth River, Robin Rene’ Dunbar
Dissertation: A Study on the Use of Reflective Writing Assessments to Indicate the Level of Knowledge College Industrial Technology Students Possess Related to the Three Elements of Technological and Engineering Literacy, William Domenick Euefueno
Dissertation: Scaled and Graduated Learning in Deep RELU Networks and Reconstructing Depp Inelastic Scattering Kinematics, Abdullah Ayar Farhat
Dissertation: A Microservices Approach to Electroencephalography Research in the Public Cloud, Bathsheba Farrow
Dissertation: A Trustworthy Self-Sovereign Data and Identity Management Framework, Efat Fathalla
Dissertation: Effects of Ordered Eating on Various Postprandial Measures, Brian K. Ferguson
Dissertation: A Review of Secondary Technology Education Teacher Needs in Virginia, M. Kathleen Ferguson
Thesis: Journalist Unplugged, Venisa J. Fields
Dissertation: 3/5ths of Freedom: The Analysis of {With} Black Individuals in Higher Education and Navigating Society Post-Justice-Involvement, Gabrielle Sarah Smith Finnie
Dissertation: Considerations for Walking Adaptive Devices Used by the Older Adult Population for Functional Mobility, Amanda Beth Firoved
Thesis: Surfacing Text Changes in Archived Webpages, Lesley Frew
Thesis: Hydrologic Modeling of the Lower Chesapeake Bay Watershed Using HECC-HMS with Implications for Future Coupled Coastal Modeling, Christopher Leonard Frost
Thesis: Associations Between Combat Exposure, Moral Injury, and Suicidality Among U.S. Military Members: The Moderating Impact of Positive Rumination, Jeffrey M. Gabelmann
Dissertation: Maneuverability of Cuttlefish and Squid: An Integrated Kinematic and Hydrodynamic Analysis, Alissa Marie Ganley
Dissertation: “[T]he Observance of Trifles": Mapping Imperial Assemblages in Nineteenth-Century British Serialized Crime Fiction, Dana Joy Gavin
Thesis: Young Driver Training and Socioeconomic Status: A Human-in-the-Loop Driving Simulator Evaluation, Jeffrey Edward Glassman
Dissertation: Climbing the Academic Ladder While Black: Exploring the Experiences of Institutional Belongingness for Black Counselor Education and Supervision Doctoral Students at Predominantly White Institutions, Jasmine Alicia Hawa Griffith
Dissertation: Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Methods and Evaluation, Gayane Grigoryan
Thesis: The Effects of Covid-19 Stressors and Supervisor Support on Emotional Exhaustion and Work Engagement, Meiqiao Gu
Dissertation: Accelerating the Efficiency of Multiscale Hybridizable Discontinuos Galerkin Methods for Flows in Heterogeneous Media, Tony Charles Haines
Dissertation: What's the Cost?: A Phenomenological Study of Black Male Teachers' Persistence, Kendra Yvonne Hall
Dissertation: Understanding the Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Resilience in Police Officers, Wayne F. Handley
Dissertation: Zero Dynamics Attacks on Unknown Bilinear Systems: Vulnerability and Detection, Mohammad Aminul Haq
Thesis: More Than Representation Heartstopper: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis, Tracyann Josephine Harmer
Thesis: Coming Home Again: Television Sitcom Revivals, Brandon K. Hedgepeth
Dissertation: An Examination of the Perceptions of Campus Safety Among Full-Time Faculty at Virginia Community Colleges, Hailey Ann Hermosa
Thesis: The Experiences of Multilingual Learning-Focused School Counselors: A Phenomenological Investigation, Chelsea Jo Hilliard
Dissertation: Use of Ultrasound for Identification of Musculoskeletal Injury in Active Populations, Kathleen Karen Hogan
Dissertation: Partners in Crisis: A Phenomenological Exploration of Collaboration Between Crisis Intervention Team Officers and Mental Health Professionals, Jessica L. Huffman
Thesis: Compassionate Communication, Social Support, and Safety: Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness, Emma Lynn Jackson
Dissertation: The Invisible African: Integrating the Black British Experience in 18th and 19th Century British Literature Survey Courses, Angela F. Jacobs
Dissertation: Process Modeling of Composites for Automated Fiber Placement, Von Clyde Jamora
Dissertation: Streaminghub - A Realtime Biosignal Processing Framework for Lab Scale Experimentation, Yasith Jayawardana
Dissertation: RAEMAP: Real-Time Advanced Eye Movements Analysis Pipeline, Gavindya Jayawardena
Dissertation: Developmental Patterns and Social Determinants of Adolescent Polysubstance Use Among Connecticut Youth, Jennika K. Jenkins
Dissertation: Preserving Location Authenticity: Multi-Sensor System to Thwart GPS Spoofing in Self-Driving Vehicles, Peng Jiang
Dissertation: Is Impostor Phenomenon an Impostrous Construct? A Meta-Analysis, William P. Jimenez
Dissertation: Impact of Climate Change on Carbon and Nitrogen Balance in Zostera Marina L. (Eelgrass), Malee Jinuntuya
Thesis: A Kinematic Analysis of the Shoulder During the Volleyball Attack Using Euler and Helical Axis Methods, Victoria Jolliff
Dissertation: Investigation of Cooperative Subradiance in Dense Ultracold Rubidium Ensembles, Brent Michael Jones
Thesis: First-Generation College Students and Sense of Belonging at School: The Moderating Effect of Remote Learning, Christina Su Ju
Dissertation: Co-Constructing Physical Education Resources and Recommendations with Blind Adults, M. Ally Keene
Dissertation: Harnessing Social Media for Disaster Response: Intelligent Identification of Reliable Rescue Requests During Hurricanes, Wael Khallouli
Dissertation: Why Does Multilateral Cooperation Vary Across Issue Areas? Trade Versus Foreign Direct Investment, Imran Khan
Dissertation: Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Framework for IoT Malware Detection, Sabbir Ahmed Khan
Dissertation: Exploring Cation Exchange: Unveiling Its Significance in Biochar and Bioenergetics Applications, Gyanendra Kharel
Dissertation: Time Series Modeling to Ascertain Age in Fisheries Management, Kathleen Sue Kirch
Dissertation: Understanding Universal Design for Learning Implementation: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Higher Education Faculty and Instructional Designers, Breanne A. Kirsch
Dissertation: How has US Foreign Policy Militarization Affected Political Stability in Africa?, Christopher Korkor
Thesis: Hozier, TikTok, and Sapphic Rhetoric, Sophia Marie Kovalcik
Dissertation: Biochar for Heavy Metal Removal in Water: Opportunities, Challenges, and Sustainable Solutions, Pushpita Kumkum