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 2019
Thesis: The Evolution of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Tropical Pacific Climate Across the Last Deglaciation, Ryan Hunter Glaubke
Thesis: A Framework for Test & Evaluation of Autonomous Systems Along the Virtuality-Reality Spectrum, Nathan D. Gonda
Dissertation: Early Information Access to Alleviate Emergency Department Congestion, Anjee Gorkhali
Thesis: Design and Manufacture of an Inertial Cascade Impactor for Industrial Hygiene Purposes, Hector Joel Gortaire
Thesis: “Mixed Up in the Coal Camp”: Interethnic, Family, and Community Exchanges in Matewan During the West Virginia Mine Wars, 1900-1922, Lela Dawn Gourley
Dissertation: Supplemental Instruction, Calibration, and Self-Efficacy: A Path Model Analysis, Jennifer Leigh Grimm
Dissertation: An Examination of Oral Argumentation Using Socioscientific Issues Among Secondary Students with Disabilities, Mindy A. Gumpert
Dissertation: The Impact of State Equity Standards on Leaders' Espoused Beliefs About Social Justice, Amanda Hadgraft
Thesis: The Influence of Neural Reward Processing on Memory in Depression, Nathan M. Hager
Dissertation: Optimization of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) Fleet Size With Incorporation of Battery Management, Ahmed Hamdy
Dissertation: The Challenges Facing Women Leaders in Mid-Level Positions at Urban Community Colleges, Kia L. Hardy
Thesis: Emergency Departments and Care for Marginalized Populations, Irvin B. Harrell
Dissertation: Two Essays on the Consumer Acculturation Process – A Need for and Development of a Consumer Acculturation Measure, Kristina Marie Harrison
Dissertation: From Developmental Education to Transfer and Bachelor’s Degree Attainment: A Study of Community College Students’ Long-Term Outcomes, Kathryn Mahaffey Harvey
Thesis: Harbored: Like Museums, Videogames Aren't Neutral, Stephanie Hawthorne
Dissertation: Rhetorical Agency in Algorithm-Centered Digital Activity: Methods for Tracing Agency in Online Research, Daniel L. Hocutt
Dissertation: Residential Mobility and the Underclass: Impact of Moving in the 'Hood, Michael A. Hollingsworth
Dissertation: Using Feature Extraction From Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Pathological Image Analysis and Its Visual Interpretability, Wei-Wen Hsu
Thesis: Nutrient Controls Over Cyanobacterial Synthesis of the Neurotoxin β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) and Its Potential Accumulation in the Blue Crab (Callinectes Sapidus), Madeline M. Hummel
Thesis: Effects of Prison Program Participation on Recidivism Outcomes, Jordan Jakobs
Thesis: Who Receives More Family Related Support in the Workplace? A Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Family Related Support, Daroon M. Jalil
Dissertation: Mothers’ Voices in Early Childhood Education: A Dual Case Study of Resettled Refugee Mothers’ Perspectives, Rebecca John
Dissertation: Study of the Effects of Silver Ions and Silver Nanoparticles on Embryonic Development, Martha Sharisha Johnson
Dissertation: The Effect of Standardised Learning Diaries on Self-Regulated Learning, Calibration Accuracy and Academic Achievement, Avanelle Joseph-Edwards
Thesis: Off Axis Compressive Response of Ice-Templated Ceramics, Rahul Kumar Jujjavarapu
Dissertation: Effect of Alkali on the Efficiency and Reliability of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells, Shankar Karki
Dissertation: A Data-Driven Approach for Modeling Agents, Hamdi Kavak
Dissertation: Aggregating Private and Public Web Archives Using the Mementity Framework, Matthew R. Kelly
Dissertation: Validation of Neutrino Energy Estimation Using Electron Scattering Data, Mariana Khachatryan
Dissertation: Examining the Relationship Between Expectancy-Value Motivation, Barriers, and Physical Activity Engagement Among Adults with Visual Impairments, Tiffany Nicole Kirk
Thesis: Unsupervised-Learning Assisted Artificial Neural Network for Optimization, Varun Kote
Thesis: Must Stay Woke: Black Celebrity Voices of Dissent in the Post Post-Racial Era, Lily Kunda
Dissertation: Building Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE): How Undergraduate Students Make Meaning of Their Entrepreneurial Experiences, Amy Kurfist
Dissertation: Improving the Sensitivity of the VRIN-r Scale on the MMPI-A-RF, Stefan E. LaTulip
Dissertation: Adding Soul to the Message: Applying African American Jeremiad Rhetoric as Culturally Competent Health Communication Online, Wilbert Francisco LaVeist
Thesis: A Study of the Diffusion of Innovations and Hurricane Response Communication in the U.S. Coast Guard, Melissa L. Leake
Thesis: The Effects of Automation Transparency and Reliability on Task Shedding and Operator Trust, William Everett Lehman
Dissertation: Comparing Higher Order Value Differences By Religious and Spiritual Association and Implications for Counseling: An Exploratory Study, Gregory C. Lemich
Dissertation: The Effects of Supervisory Style and Supervisory Working Alliance on Supervisee Disclosure in Supervision: A Moderated Mediation Analysis, Chi Li
Dissertation: Sustainability of Study Abroad Programs at Rural Community Colleges, Michelle Lieberman
Dissertation: The Effect of Differing Degrees of Automation and Reliability on Simulated Luggage Screening Performance, Molly M. Liechty
Dissertation: Enhanced Sensing Performance of Novel Nanostructured ZnO Gas Sensors in Ethanol Vapor Concentration Detection Applications, Pengtao Lin
Dissertation: Conceptualizing Governance Decision Making: A Theoretical Model of Mental Processes Derived Through Abduction, Matt Loesch
Dissertation: Depression Among Expectant and New Mothers: A Multi-Study Investigation of Rates, Correlates, and Training for Healthcare Providers, Molly M. Long
Thesis: Effects of Control Device and Task Complexity on Performance and Task Shedding During a Robotic Arm Task, Shelby K. Long
Dissertation: A Comparison of College Student-Athletes With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Nonathletes With ADHD: Academic Adjustment, Severity of Mental Health Concerns, and Complexity of Life Concerns, Sonja Lund
Dissertation: A Delphi Study: Retention of Women in Leadership Positions in Stem Disciplines, Kimberly T. Luthi
Dissertation: Performance of Cognitive Radio Networks with Unknown Dynamic Primary User Signals, Sara L. MacDonald
Dissertation: Effects of Argumentation Prompts on Alternative Positions in Ill-Structured Problem-Solving, Chrysoula Malogianni
Dissertation: Effect of Grain Size and Interface Engineering on the Photovoltaic Performance and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells, Abdullah Al Mamun
Dissertation: Understanding Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers’ Participation in Late Effects Screening: A Mixed Methods Approach, Kristen Trost Mantlo
Dissertation: In Hot Water: Thermal Acclimation is Insufficient to Save Corals in the Anthropocene, Harmony Alise Martell
Dissertation: A Case Study of Participant Responses to Organizational Change Involving Technology in the National Security Domain: How Informal Processes Iterate Structure and Outcomes, Brian E. Martinez
Thesis: Challenges of Designing and Operating a Pilot Scale Short Residence Time Continuous Hydrothermal Flash Hydrolysis Reactor for High Slurry Load Biomass Processing, Mason James Martin
Dissertation: Spatio-Temporal Cluster Detection and Local Moran Statistics of Point Processes, Jennifer L. Matthews
Thesis: Sediment Resuspension in a Microtidal Estuary: Causative Forces and Links with Algal Blooms, Samantha C. McGill
Dissertation: Identifying and Quantifying Personnel Skills Gaps, Martin Joseph McKenney
Thesis: The Effects of Vehicle Automation Level and Warning Type on Responses to Vehicle Hacking, Wyatt D. McManus
Dissertation: An Experimental Study of Research Self-Efficacy In Master’s Students, Nicola Aelish Meade
Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of Viscoelastic Flow in Micro/Nanochannels, Lanju Mei
Thesis: How Health Problems Affect Children's Anti-Social Behaviors and Their Attitudes Towards School, Prosper Kwame Mensah
Dissertation: Measuring Risks of Interdependencies in Enterprise Systems: An Application to Ghana’s Salt Enterprise, Yaw Mensah
Dissertation: Coupling Metaproteomics with Taxonomy to Determine Responses of Bacterioplankton to Organic Perturbations in the Western Arctic Ocean, Molly P. Mikan
Thesis: The Expression Of Connexin-43 By CD11c+ Dendritic Cells Is Required to Maintain CD4+ Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cell Population in Peripheral Lymphoid Organs, Caroline Titus Miller
Dissertation: The Impact of a Teacher’s Implementation of the Readworks Digital Reading Program on Second Graders’ Reading Fluency and Comprehension Test Scores, Cynthia Molina
Dissertation: Targeting the Pin Domain of Type II Toxins Is a Novel Approach to Treat Infections Caused by Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae, Ashley Lynne Molinaro
Thesis: Sugartown, Emma Moore
Dissertation: Circum-Arctic Mineralogy & Pan-Arctic Chronostratigraphy of Late Pleistocene Sediments: Developing a Comprehensive Age Model for the Western Arctic Ocean Using Unique Ice-Rafted Signals, Wesley Blake Myers
Dissertation: Political Culture and Policy: The Impact of Culture and Values on School Choice Legislation, Heather Leigh Neal
Thesis: Comparison of Support Methods for Static Aerodynamic Testing and Validation of a Magnetic Suspension and Balance System, Cameron K. Neill
Thesis: Extension of a Penalty Method for Numerically Solving Constrained Multibody Dynamic Problems, Troy Newhart
Dissertation: Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Lagrangian Control: Improving Freeway Bottleneck Throughput Via Variable Speed Limit, Reza Vatani Nezafat
Thesis: Variable Speed Limit Control at SAG Curves Through Connected Vehicles: Implications of Alternative Communications and Sensing Technologies, Reza Vatani Nezafat
Dissertation: Asthma-Related Health Outcomes in New Jersey After a Natural Disaster Event, My Ngoc Thuy Nguyen
Dissertation: Three Essays on CEO Characteristics and Corporate Decisions, Trung Nguyen
Dissertation: The Messy Nuclear Landscape: Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping to Explore Plausible Nuclear Disarmament Scenarios, Ryan M. Nixon
Dissertation: The Impact of Performance Funding on Community College Degree Completion, Certificate Completion, and Transfer Rate: A Difference-in-Differences Approach, Matthew J. Okerblom
Thesis: Enhancing Portability in High Performance Computing: Designing Fast Scientific Code with Longevity, Jason Orender
Thesis: Disparities in Sentencing: The Impact of Race, Gender and Mental Health, Briana Paige
Dissertation: The Impact of Diet And Psychosocial Factors Post Bariatric Surgery, Eva Rani Panigrahi
Dissertation: Harsh Parenting in Military Versus Civilian Families: Does Military Culture Moderate the Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Race?, Tiren Antinette Parker
Thesis: The Effect of Task Interruptions and Reliable Cues on Detection Changes Within Dynamic Scenes, Kimberly N. Perry
Dissertation: Characterization of Argon and Ar/Cl2 Plasmas Used for the Processing of Niobium Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavities, Jeremy J. Peshl
Dissertation: "...Make Them Disappear With A Piece of Paper": Understanding the Lived Realities of Federally Unrecognized Indigenous Women in the Southeast, Brian A. Pitman
Dissertation: The Trojan Horse in Your Head: Cognitive Threats and How to Counter Them, Lora Pitman
Thesis: Lipid Biomarkers of Bering and Chukchi Sea Euphausiids and Their Application to Diet History, Rachel L. Pleuthner
Thesis: Measuring and Modeling Bare Desert Wind Erosion From Steppe Grassland of Northern China as Affected By Soil Moisture and Climate, Nicholas Morgan Potter
Thesis: Examining the Effect of Interruptions at Different Breakpoints and Frequencies Within a Task, Sarah Anastazia Powers
Dissertation: An Examination of the Decision-Making Process Instructional Designers Use to Complete Projects With the Constraints of Limited Time and Tools, Denesha Kaye Rabel
Dissertation: Adaptive Control of Base Isolation Systems Using the Transmissibility-Based Semi-Active Controller, Ramin Rabiee
Thesis: Examining Trait Mindfulness as a Moderator of the Mediating Relationship Between Social Anxiety, Coping Motives, and Substance-Related Consequences, Cody A. Raeder
Dissertation: A Laser Ion Source for Thin Film Deposition: Characterization of Source and Growth Conditions, Md Mahmudur Rahman
Dissertation: At the Hands of Fate: The Political Economy of Islamic Insurance in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pakistan, C. 1980 to the Present, Muhammad S. Rahman
Dissertation: "They Think We’re the Drama-Makers”: Examining Middle-Class African American Girl Perceptions of School Discipline and Mistreatment, Asha M. Ralph
Thesis: Cyber Security- A New Secured Password Generation Algorithm with Graphical Authentication and Alphanumeric Passwords Along With Encryption, Akash Rao
Dissertation: Equity Issues in Dual Enrollment Programs: Exploring African American Community College Students’ Perceptions of Dual Enrollment, Kristen Wagner Rarig
Dissertation: Punctuations in Life: Exploring the Developmental Journeys of Campus Tradition Builders, Preston Scott Reilly
Dissertation: A Utility Framework for Selecting Immersive Interactive Capability and Technology for Virtual Laboratories, Shuo Ren
Thesis: Effects of a Postural Restoration Focused Intervention on Muscle Activation During Deadlifts, Caleb Richardson