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 2021
Dissertation: Improvement of Biochar Through Ozonization and Biosafety of Genetically Engineered Cyanobacteria, Oumar Sacko
Dissertation: Norm Contestation and Its Effects on Emergence of a New Norm, Khadijeh Salimi
Dissertation: Methods for Detecting Floodwater on Roadways from Ground Level Images, Cem Sazara
Dissertation: Sleeping with the Enemy: Examining the Relationship Between Sleep and Pain in Post-9/11 Veterans, John L. Schwartz Jr.
Dissertation: Leading Hispanic Serving Community Colleges: Latinx Faculty Perceptions about the AACC Competencies, Sanjuanita Chavira Scott
Dissertation: Cybersecurity Legislation and Ransomware Attacks in the United States, 2015-2019, Joseph Skertic
Dissertation: Environmentally Related Urbanization and Violence Potential, Christina Bagaglio Slentz
Thesis: Drive Leg and Stride Leg Ground Reaction Forces Relationship to Medial Elbow Stress and Velocity in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers, Brett Smith
Thesis: The Flame Returned: A Novel, Lee H. Smith
Thesis: The Effect of Through Thickness Reinforcement on Debonding Behavior of Skin/Stringer Configuration, Yogaraja Sridhar
Dissertation: A Multi-Case Examination of Training of Self-Explanation when Combined with Worked Examples, Laura Leveridge Stapleton
Dissertation: Commissioning & Characterization of Magnetized Gridded Thermionic Electron Source, Mark Stefani
Dissertation: Exploring the Role(S) of Community Colleges in Addressing Wicked Problems Through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Sustainability, Samantha Bryant Steidle
Dissertation: A Narrative Study of the Experiences that Disrupt or Terminate Entry in the Community College Presidential Pipeline for African American Women, Dana G. Stilley
Thesis: Empirical Modeling of Tilt-Rotor Aerodynamic Performance, Michael C. Stratton
Dissertation: Injury-Related Fear in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability, Ashley Marie Brawford Suttmiller
Dissertation: Rainfall-Runoff Mechanisms and Flood Mitigation in a Coastal Watershed with Numerous Wetlands and Ponds, Homa Jalaeian Taghadomi
Thesis: Inside You, Your Cells Dividing Like Stars, Courtney Lauren Tala
Dissertation: Generation, Analysis, and Evaluation of Patient-Specific, Osteoligamentous, Spine Meshes, Austin R. Tapp
Dissertation: Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of the Virginia Computer Science Standards of Learning: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study, Valerie Sledd Taylor
Dissertation: Hydrothermal Processes for Extraction and Conversion of Biomass to Produce Biofuels and Value-Added Products, Anuj Hemant Thakkar
Thesis: The Role of Religiosity in Drug Use: A Social Integration Perspective, Lindsey Dianna Thomas
Dissertation: Micropolitical Influences on Teacher Leader Selection & Enactment, Jennifer Lynn Arthur Thomason
Dissertation: Growing Up Rural: A Sensory Ethnography of Rural Children’s Perspectives on Time, Space, and Place, Rebecca Tilhou
Thesis: Media Effects on Cultural Perceptions as Seen in Food Media and Food Cultures, David Williams Tortolini
Dissertation: Examining Motivation as a Mechanism for the Effects of Stereotype Threat on Stem Outcomes: A Longitudinal Mediation Analysis, Delaram A. Totonchi
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of Three Years of Data on Outcomes of Therapy Groups for Inmates in the Virginia Department of Corrections, Abie Carroll Tremblay
Dissertation: Does a Schoolwide Silent Reading Initiative Make a Difference in the Reading Habits of High School Freshmen: A Mixed Methods Study, Stephanie Trzeciakiewicz
Dissertation: A Unified Framework for Parallel Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation, Christos Tsolakis
Dissertation: Principal Pipeline Development in Ghana: A Look at Komenda Edina Eguafo Abriem (KEEA) District in the Central Region, Eunice A. Turkson
Dissertation: “Acts of Pure Evil”: The Portrayal of Mass Shooting Events on Online Media Platforms, Elizabeth Twitty
Dissertation: Towards Characterizing Adversarial Opportunity and Behavior in Critical Infrastructure Network, Md Sharif Ullah
Dissertation: High-Order Positivity-Preserving L2-Stable Spectral Collocation Schemes for the 3-D Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations, Johnathon Keith Upperman
Thesis: Reconstructing Surface Water Carbonate Ion Concentration Changes in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Across Glacial Transitions, Lenzie Gail Ward
Dissertation: Towards Failure-Based Instructional Design: A Phenomenological Study of the Perceptions of Drone Pilots About the Use of Simulations to Promote Failure-Based Learning, Nikisha Watson
Thesis: A Digital One Degree of Freedom Model of an Electromagnetic Position Sensor, Michelle Elizabeth Weinmann
Thesis: How Leader and Follower Mindfulness Relate to Performance and OCB through Conversation Quality and Empathy: A Moderated Mediation Model, Arianna White-Levatich
Dissertation: Space Charge Effects in Low Energy Magnetized Electron Beams, W. M. Sajini Anushika Kumari Wijethunga
Dissertation: The Politics of Medicine: Power, Actors, and Ideas in the Making of Health, Claire Wulf Winiarek
Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Variations of Precipitation and Climate-Resilient Structure Design in Virginia, Xiaomin Yang
Thesis: The Role of Athletic Identity in General Mental Health and Alcohol-Related Help-Seeking Intentions of College Students, Michael Grant Young
Dissertation: Two Essays on the Information Embedded in Flow of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Hamed Yousefi
Dissertation: A Survey of Registered Behavior Technicians: Initial and Ongoing Training and Support, Gabriela McWhorter Zapatero
Dissertation: Physiological and Molecular Responses of Eurythermal and Stenothermal Populations of Zostera Marina L (Eelgrass) to Climate Change, Carmen C. Zayas-Santiago
Dissertation: Joint Linear and Nonlinear Computation with Data Encryption for Efficient Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning, Qiao Zhang
Thesis: Evaluation of Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Genetically Engineered Cyanobacteria and Gram-Negative Bacteria, Andriana Chrysovalanti Zourou
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Dissertation: The Influence of Mating Motives on Reliance on Form Versus Function in Product Choice, Seyed Hamid Abbassi Hosseini
Thesis: Diatom Community Composition Shifts Driven by Coherent Cyclonic Mesoscale Eddies in the California Current System, Zuzanna Maria Abdala
Thesis: Parametric Study of Residual Stresses in Wire and Arc Additive Manufactured Parts, Hisham Khaled Jamil Abusalma
Dissertation: Improving Veterans’ Psychological Well-Being with a Positive Psychology Gratitude Exercise, Clara Im Adkins
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Effect of Digital Badging on Workplace Self-Directed E-Learners' Achievement, Persistence, and Self-Regulation, Emma Awuor Agola
Thesis: The Effect of Compaction Temperature and Pressure on Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Short Glass Fiber Composites, Pushpashree Jain Ajith Kumar Jain
Thesis: CFD Simulations of a Propeller-Wing Interaction, Asim Oktay Akdeniz
Dissertation: Predictors of Dental Students’ Behavioral Intention Use of Teledentistry: An Application of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Model, Jafar Hassan Alabdullah
Dissertation: MementoMap: A Web Archive Profiling Framework for Efficient Memento Routing, Sawood Alam
Dissertation: A Framework for Adaptive Capacity in Complex Systems, Abdulrahman Alfaqiri
Dissertation: The Determinants of Physical Activity, Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose, and Poor Glycemic Control Among Individuals Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the Saudi Health Interview Survey (SHIS), Mohammed Abdulrahman S. Alsuliman
Dissertation: Why Do Nonprofits Fail? A Quantitative Study of Form 990 Information in the Years Preceding Closure, MacKenzie Arbogust
Thesis: Assessment of Factors Influencing Migratory Landbird Use of Forested Stopover Sites Along the Delmarva Peninsula During Autumn Migration, J. Andrew Arnold
Dissertation: Molecular Spectroscopy: A Study of Molecules in Earth and Planetary Atmospheres, Mahdi Yousefi Atashgah
Thesis: Deposition and Characterization of Indium Nitride and Aluminum Nitride Thin Films by Reactive Sputtering, Sushma Swaraj Atluri
Dissertation: A Framework for Verifying the Fixity of Archived Web Resources, Mohamed Aturban
Thesis: Numerical Analysis of a Roadway Piezoelectric Harvesting System, Abdul Rahman Badawi
Dissertation: A Novel Non-Enzymatic Glucose Biofuel Cell with Mobile Glucose Sensing, Ankit Baingane
Dissertation: Role of Anisometric Particles in Ice-Templated Porous Ceramic Structure and Mechanical Properties, Mahesh Banda
Thesis: Engineering Management Competencies: A Framework for Present and Future Engineering Environments, Christopher Vaughn Barrett
Dissertation: Morally Injurious Experiences, Trauma-Related Guilt, and Substance Use among Iraq and Afghanistan Combat Veterans, Allison T. Battles
Thesis: Diagnosis: Weirdo, James Corbett Beardsley
Dissertation: A Rule Based Control Algorithm for on-Ramp Merge With Connected and Automated Vehicles, Ehsan Beheshtitabar
Dissertation: Adjunct Faculty Job Satisfaction: Intangible and Financial Factors Affecting the Academic Majority, Courtney Jane Obis Belmonte
Thesis: Mechanism of Compaction With Wrinkle Formation During Automatic Stitching of Dry Fabrics and the Size Effect of Compression Molded Discontinuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Anibal Benjamin Beltran Laredo
Thesis: Effects of Religion on Crime in Hampton Roads, Alaina Yvonne Bierdz
Dissertation: The 23: Racial and Other Demographic Differences in the Assignment of Risk Factors for Individuals Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Virginia, Dominique Raquel Blanchette
Dissertation: Students at a Crossroads: TA Development Across Pedagogical and Curricular Contexts, Cassandra Ann Book
Dissertation: Black Teachers’ Collective Wisdom as Social Justice Pedagogy: A Black Feminist Narrative Analysis, Jacqueline Cora Boone
Thesis: Hardware Development for the Generation of Large-Volume High Pressure Plasma By Spatiotemporal Control of Space Charge, Nikhil Boothpur
Dissertation: An Examination of the Relationship Among Social Services Support, Race, Ethnicity and Recidivism in Justice Involved Mothers, Ne’Shaun Janay Borden
Dissertation: Development and Validation of the Students With Learning Disabilities School Counselor Self- Efficacy Scale: A Psychometric Study, Rawn Alfredo Boulden, Jr.
Dissertation: Aging, Gait Variability, and Adaptability, Collin Douglas Bowersock
Thesis: Conical Orbital Mechanics: A Rework of Classic Orbit Transfer Mechanics, Cian Anthony Branco
Thesis: Physical Education Teachers' Attitudes Towards Teaching Zumba to Children With Disabilities, Evelina C. Brandon
Dissertation: DOD Mission Engineering and Integration Explorative-Exploitative Architecture for Technology Innovation, Jose L. Bricio-Neto
Thesis: Pueblo Sovereignty and Voting Rights: Miguel Trujillo and a New Tactic for Self-Determination, Alexander Douglas Bright
Dissertation: Minority Counselor Multicultural Competence in the Current Sociopolitical Climate, Kathleen Brown
Thesis: Experiences in Physical Education and Sport: The Intersection of Identifying as a Female, an Athlete, and Visually Impaired, Margaret Buckley
Thesis: Biphasic Gene Electrotransfer Enhances Gene Delivery In Vitro, John Bui
Dissertation: Neglected Cultural Outcomes That Impact Hispanic-Serving Institution Policymaking, Amanda Kate Burbage
Thesis: Attitudes of Virginia Dental Hygienists Toward Dental Therapists, Helene Mesina Burns
Thesis: Rotorcraft Blade Angle Calibration Methods, Brian David Calvert Jr.
Dissertation: Disrupting Education: High School Principals’ Efforts to Lead Disruptive Innovation and the Influence of Isomorphic Mechanisms, Katie Cummings Catania
Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Kinetics Studies of New Cobalt Complexes for the Production of H2 in Acidic Media, Michael John Celestine
Dissertation: Cultural Capital, Habitus, College Persistence and Graduation Among Black Immigrant-Origin Undergraduates: A Basic Interpretive Qualitative Study, Erica M. Richards Chew
Dissertation: Three Essays on CEO Characteristics and Corporate Bankruptcy, Rajib Chowdhury
Dissertation: Structural Characterization of Organic Matter in Oil Shales Using Multiple Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Techniques, Wenying Chu
Thesis: Shifting Sources of Humanitarian Aid: The Importance of Network Resiliency and Donor Diversification, Mackenzie Marie Clark
Thesis: Constraining Respired Carbon Storage in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Over the Last 25 Thousand Years Using Benthic Foraminiferal Boron/Calcium Ratios, Brian James Close
Dissertation: Terrorists, Zombies, and Robots: The Political Unconscious, Thematics, and Affectual Structures of the Post-9/11 American Fear Narrative, Nathanael J. Cloyd
Thesis: Understanding the Association Between Social Networks, College Student Alcohol Use, and Protective Behavioral Strategy Use and Beliefs, Melissa Roberts Colangelo
Dissertation: Drivers of Rickettsial Pathogen Transmission and Spillover in Local Tick Populations in Southeastern Virginia, Alexandra Cumbie
Dissertation: Global Language Variation in Online Writing Instructional Spaces: English as a Lingua Franca Among Global Participants in a Massive Open Online Course, Angela May Dadak