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 2023
Dissertation: Inference for Multiple Utility in Time-Dependent Choice Pairs Under Copula-Based Models, Sasanka Adikari
Dissertation: The Impact of Covid-19 Stressors, Racial Discrimination, and Racial Socialization on Family Functioning in Black Families, Regina L. Alexander
Dissertation: Two Essays on Industry Tournament Incentives, Sarah Almisher
Dissertation: Tobacco Smoking Among Saudi College Students: Validation of an Arabic Health Belief Model Instrument, Saad Abdullah S. Alotaibi
Dissertation: Collaborative Leadership Skills and Competencies in Emergency Management and Resilience: Lessons and Implications from the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Norah Abdullah A Alshayhan
Dissertation: Providing Family Centered Care Within Pediatric Integrated Care Settings, Emily D. Bebber
Dissertation: Landscape Genetics of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum, Sara Simmons Benham
Thesis: Climbers’ Risk Perceptions of Erosion from Flooding at Carderock Recreation Area, Chandler J. Berry
Thesis: Development, Experimental Validation, and Progressive Failure Modeling of an Ultra-Thin High Stiffness Deployable Composite Boom for in-Space Applications, Jimesh D. Bhagatji
Dissertation: Information and Communications Technology Within Coastal Resilience Planning Frameworks: The Case of Jamaica, a Small Island Developing State, Ren-Neasha R. Blake Gilmore
Thesis: United States Foreign Policy and the Additions of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Kara Gwendolyn Broene
Dissertation: Deep Virtual Pion Pair Production, Dilini Lakshani Bulumulla
Thesis: The Solidarity Manifesto: A New Network for Future Change, Sofia Calicchio
Dissertation: Spectra of Atmospheric and Astronomical Molecules, W. D. Cameron
Dissertation: Salivary MicroRNA as a Concussion Biomarker and the Implications for Athletic Trainers' Practices, Thomas Richard Campbell
Thesis: Design and Implementation of a Launching Method for Free to Oscillate Dynamic Stability Testing, Kristen M. Carey
Thesis: Validation of Meta Motion IMU Sensors Through Measurement of Knee Angles During Gait, Kerri Caruso
Thesis: SeaLion CubeSat Mission Architecture Using Model Based Systems Engineering with a Docs as Code Approach, Kevin Yi-Tzu Chiu
Thesis: Exploring the Dependence of Bulges in Spiral Galaxies on Their Environment, William Jackson Clark
Thesis: Service Etiquette (Love Stories), Emma Taber Coomey
Dissertation: The Mediation Effects of Adaptive Blindness Strategies on the Relation Between Institutional Betrayal From Military Sexual Assault and Mental Health Symptoms, Rachel L. Davies
Thesis: OpenSim-Based Musculoskeletal Modeling: Foundation for Interactive Obstetric Simulator, Bahador Dodge
Dissertation: RoboRetrieve--In a Dual Role as a Hand-held Surgical Robot and a Collaborative Robot End-effector to Perform Spillage-free Specimen Retrieval in Laparoscopy, Siqin Dong
Thesis: Fabrication of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Components Using Stereolithography 3D Printing, Hannah Dyer
Thesis: Influence of Abiotic Drivers and Plant Community Interactions on Bald Cypress (Taxodium Distichum) Seedlings: Implications for Restoration, Victoria Ellis
Dissertation: Using Ozobots to Learn Character Traits, Kimberly Dawn Eure
Dissertation: Determining the Degree to Which Ideational Behavior Predicts Occupational Identity Achievement in Emerging Adult College Students Preceding Entry into the Fourth Industrial Revolution Workforce, Carrington M. Faulk
Thesis: Fusion Bonding Behavior of 3D Printed PA6/CF Composites Via Post Fabrication Compaction, Gonzalo Fernandez Mediavilla
Dissertation: Special Education Fiscal Effort and Juvenile Adjudication: A Financial Relationship Exploration, Sarah E. Finley
Thesis: High Functioning, Sean Fitzpatrick
Thesis: Evaluating Direct Filtration as an Alternative to Conventional Carbon-Based Advanced Treatment for Indirect Potable Reuse, Savannah M. Flemmer
Thesis: Focused on Freedom: Exploring the Potential of Grading Contracts to Support Writers in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom, Margaret McGregor Fluharty
Thesis: Evaluating the Potential Use of Saltwater Quarries in the Florida Keys for the Semi-Wild Mariculture of Caribbean King Crab (Maguimithrax spinosissimus), Samantha Glover
Dissertation: The Influence of Mentorship on K-5 General Education Teachers: A Study of Southeastern Schools in Virginia, Katherine Ryan Goldburg
Dissertation: The Effect of Minority Stress on Sexual Minority College Students' Mental Health: The Role of General Social Support and Sexuality-Specific Social Support, Lee A. Golembiewski
Dissertation: Systemic Risk Analysis of Human Factors in Phishing, Mark Guilford
Thesis: Predicting E-Cigarette Use Among Emerging Adults Using Perceived Social Norms and Outcome Expectancies, Stephen N. Hanson
Thesis: U.S.-China Trade War: Phase One Agreement and Self-Enforcing Contracts, Hameedullah Hassani
Dissertation: Towards a Formal Theory of Humor in Organizations, Richard Joseph Hayes
Thesis: And Then There Were Ghosts, Dan Heck
Dissertation: Human Impact on Cyanobacteria and Their Genetics: Potential Implications on Health, Evolution, and the Environment, Megan Ann Hept
Thesis: Biocrude Production From Lignin in Hydrothermal Medium: Effect of Rapid Heating and Short Residence Time, Kyoko Hirayama
Thesis: The Human That Is Not Human: Examining the Doppelganger Through David Hume, Brittnea Anne Holland
Dissertation: Men, Women, and Italians: The Masquerade of Narrative and Identity in Richardson's Sir Charles Grandison, Ruth A. Holmes
Dissertation: Chinese International Graduate Student Agency in a Neo-Racism Context: A Narrative Analysis, Minghui Hou
Thesis: Study of Microphonic Effects on the C100 Cryomodule for High Energy Electron Beam Accelerators, Caleb James Hull
Thesis: An Autoethnography on Teaching Antiracism in the Current Sociopolitical Environment, Taylor M. Jacobson
Thesis: Supporting Account-based Queries for Archived Instagram Posts, Himarsha R. Jayanetti
Thesis: The Civil War Conflict Between Anglophones/Francophones in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon, Myriam Jeter
Dissertation: The Lived Experiences of 911 Dispatchers With Compassion Fatigue: An Interpretive Phenomenology, Angela Johnson
Dissertation: An Ethnographic Case Study Exploring Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning, James H. Jones Jr.
Dissertation: Dental Care Utilization Among U.S. Children Participating in Early Head Start Programs, Ahlam Ibraheem Joufi
Dissertation: Factors Influencing African American Women to Attend a Rural Community College and Persist to an Associate Degree, Lorraine Anita Justice
Dissertation: Human Psychology Factors Influencing Agile Team Autonomy in Post-Pandemic Remote Software Organizations, Ravikiran Kalluri
Dissertation: Silently Correcting Your Grammar: Responses to Feedback and Adult Learners' Rural Writing Ecosystems, Jessica Marie Kubiak
Dissertation: Design and Construction of a Longitudinally Polarized Solid Nuclear Target for CLAS12, Victoria Lagerquist
Dissertation: Opportunities and Challenges from Major Disasters Lessons Learned of Long-Term Recovery Group Members, Eduardo E. Landaeta
Dissertation: Can’t Let Go: Anxiety, Ontological Security, and French Foreign Policy Decision-Making During the Hollande Administration, Peter D. Langley
Thesis: Becoming the Family Archive, Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Dissertation: Attitudes of Ethnic Minorities Towards National Defense and Security in the Triadic Nexus: The Case of Russian-Speakers in Estonia, Nikita Lumijoe
Thesis: Some Stories from a Black Girl from the Bronx, Serenity Marshall
Dissertation: The Role and Contribution of Rural North Carolina Community Colleges in Social Capital Development, Tanya J. McGhee
Dissertation: Modeling the Impacts of Sea Level Rise in Coastal Virginia at Multiple Scales, George Murray McLeod IV
Dissertation: E-Cadherin Force Transmission and Stiffness Sensing, Mazen Mezher
Dissertation: Teaching Higher Education During a Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study of Instructor Decisions Associated with Switching from Face-to-Face to Online-Only Sessions, Steven M. Miner
Dissertation: Chemical and Physical Interaction Mechanisms and Multifunctional Properties of Plant Based Graphene in Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composites, Daniel W. Mulqueen
Thesis: Data-Driven Predictive Modeling to Enhance Search Efficiency of Glowworm-Inspired Robotic Swarms in Multiple Emission Source Localization Tasks, Payal Nandi
Dissertation: Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Modulates Electron Transport and Mitochondrial Structure and Function, Lucas Nelson Potter
Dissertation: Near Transfer After Direct Instruction: An Experimental Inquiry within Aviation Technician Training, Francis Eamonn Powers
Dissertation: Age-Related Differences in Motor Performance, Jessica Anne Prebor
Dissertation: LMS Problem-Posing Academic Relationships Between Faculty and Students: A Post-Intentional Phenomenological Study of Dialogical Relationships in Asynchronous Online Courses, Sheri L. Prupis
Dissertation: Reinforcing Digital Trust for Cloud Manufacturing Through Data Provenance Using Ethereum Smart Contracts, Trupti Narayan Rane
Dissertation: Affect, Mind-Body Factors, and Disordered and Intuitive Eating Behaviors: Examining Naturalistic Associations Among Young Women with Elevated Eating Disorder Symptoms, Kelly A. Romano
Dissertation: "I Think There Is a Place for Small Programs:" Advocating, Implementing, and Sustaining TPC Programs in Small US Institutions, Martha Lynn Russell
Dissertation: Two Essays in Real Estate Dynamics, Navid Safari
Dissertation: Global Energy Consumption: An Analysis of Variables That Shape Per Capita Usage, or How Pump Price, Urbanization, and Fossil Fuels Imports Impact Fossil Fuels Consumption Per Capita Across OECD Countries, Mila Demchyk Savage
Thesis: A Comparative Study of Vinti-Based Orbit Propagation and Estimation for CubeSats in Very Low Earth Orbits, Ethan Michael Senecal
Dissertation: Measurements of Magnetic Field Penetration of Materials for Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities, Iresha Harshani Senevirathne
Dissertation: Cardiac Ablation and Stimulation With Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields (nsPEFs), Federica Serra
Dissertation: Exploring Learning Experiences of Community College Faculty Short-Term Study Abroad Leaders Using IPA and Visual Research, Rachel Ann Simpson
Thesis: Effects of Physical Characteristics of Placebos on Exercise Performance, Owen Sipes
Dissertation: CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule: Examining the Relationship Between Nursing Home Facility Characteristics and Regulatory Deficiencies, Tihara Richardson Sommers
Thesis: Terrence Loves You, Quentin Dakota Steadman
Thesis: A Leftist Political Surge: How an Authoritarian Past Helped Spawn a Modern Political Movement in Spain and Portugal, Jared Sykes
Dissertation: Electric Vehicle Routing Problem – Models and Algorithms, Hesamoddin Tahami
Dissertation: Towards Intelligent Runtime Framework for Distributed Heterogeneous Systems, Polykarpos Thomadakis
Thesis: The Strong Black Woman ≠ Superwoman: Shattering Stereotypes of Strength in Black Literature, Tricia Inez Thomas
Dissertation: Nb3Sn Coating of Twin Axis Cavity and Other Complex SRF Cavity Structures, Jayendrika Kumari Tiskumara
Dissertation: Examining the Relationship Between Program Satisfaction, Credential Earnings, and Gender on Full-Time Employment Outcomes of Career and Technical Program High School Graduates in Virginia, Margaret J. Turley
Thesis: Ultrasensitive Tapered Optical Fiber Refractive Index Glucose Sensor, Erem Ujah
Dissertation: Attention and Task Engagement During Automated Driving, James Richard Unverricht
Thesis: Convenient Store, Caitie Van Dore
Thesis: Molecular Evidence for the Export of Terrigenous Organic Matter to the North Gulf of Mexico by Solid-State 13C NMR and Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry of Humic Acids, Sarah Ann Ware
Dissertation: The Currency of Teacher Trust in Working Conditions for Teacher Retention, Jeanette White
Dissertation: Educator Professional Development as Rhetorical Situation, Bethany Leigh Creswell Wilson
Dissertation: Firm Capabilities, Great Power Competition, and the Structural Reshaping of Globalization, Samuel Wilson
Thesis: Pregnancy Island, Lacy L. Woods
Dissertation: Operational Hazard Anticipation: Examination of Overt Anticipatory Behaviors in Latent Hazard Scenarios Using a High-Fidelity Driving Simulator, Sarah Elizabeth Yahoodik
Dissertation: Wearable Sensor Gait Analysis for Fall Detection Using Deep Learning Methods, Haben Girmay Yhdego
Dissertation: Towards a Robust Defense: A Multifaceted Approach to the Detection and Mitigation of Neural Backdoor Attacks through Feature Space Exploration and Analysis, Liuwan Zhu