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: 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
Dissertation: Who Am I Now? Teachers’ Development of Leadership Identity a Phenomenologically-Informed Qualitative Research Study, Kimberly Alicia Richardson
Dissertation: Networkings Role in the Informal Learning of Elementary Principals, Joshua J. Ringling
Thesis: Indicators and Thresholds for Black Bear Viewing Proximity Preferences At Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Meghan M. Roberts
Dissertation: MIMO Radar Waveform Design and Sparse Reconstruction for Extended Target Detection in Clutter, Christopher Alan Rogers
Dissertation: Two Essays on the Effects of Organization Capital on Firm Behavior, Andrew Root
Dissertation: Science in the School Library Inquiry Model (SSLIM): A Mixed-Methods Case Study of the Implementation of a Science and Information Inquiry Curriculum in an Elementary Library, Bree L. Ruzzi
Dissertation: A Comparison of Academic Outcomes in Courses Taught with Open Educational Resources and Publisher Content, Diane N. Ryan
Dissertation: Factors That Influence Students’ Decisions to Enroll in Initial Vocational Education and Training (IVET) Lyceums in Tajikistan, Farid Safarmamad
Thesis: Numerical Modeling of Shoreline Response to Storm Tides and Sea Level Rise, Akash Sahu
Thesis: Communication Capability for a Simulation-Based Test and Evaluation Framework for Autonomous Systems, Ntiana Sakioti
Thesis: Gesture Based Control of Semi-Autonomous Vehicles, Brian Sanders
Dissertation: Community College Presidents' Perspectives on Campus Safety, Chad Christopher Sartini
Thesis: Novel Use of Neural Networks to Identify and Detect Electrical Infrastructure Performance, Evan Pierre Savaria
Dissertation: Familiar Forms, Strange Uses: Paratexts, Narrative Interventions, and the Queering of Possible Worlds in Illicit Narratives of Nineteenth-Century Britain, Jessica Saxon
Dissertation: Molecular Systematics of Isoëtes (Isoëtaceae) in Eastern North America, Peter William Schafran
Dissertation: Crafting A Pedagogical Identity: A Multiple-Method Examination of an English Department’s Writing Pedagogy, Nathan Alan Serfling
Dissertation: Numerical Modeling and Field Investigation of Nearshore Nonlinear Wave Propagation, Elham Sharifineyestani
Dissertation: Globalization, Culture, and Online Learning: An Exploration of the Sociocultural Perspectives of Indian Students Participating in U.S.-Based Online Courses, Mitsue S. Shiokawa
Thesis: The Effect of Evapotranspiration on the Groundwater Dome and Past Drought Conditions at Cape Henry, Virginia, Bryce Omar Shoup
Dissertation: Computational Analysis and Design Optimization of Convective PCR Devices, Jung Il Shu
Thesis: Examining Validity of Aha! Ratings as a Construct of Insight, Ekaterina Y. Shurkova
Dissertation: The Effects of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Thickness, Knee Joint Laxity, Activity Level, Neuromuscular Imbalances and Lower Extremity Muscular Activation Patterns on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Loading, Zachary A. Sievert
Dissertation: Around Her Table: A Digital Community Archive Featuring Azorean-American Women in New England, Suzanne Lyn Parenti Sink
Thesis: The Weight of Words: A Content Analysis of Rhetoric in Online News Articles Reporting on Sex Crimes, Julie Snell
Dissertation: Association Between Fiscal Effort Above Required Local Effort and Accreditation in Virginia Schools, Daniel C. Soderholm
Dissertation: Electrohydrodynamic Simulations of the Deformation of Liquid-Filled Capsules, Pai Song
Dissertation: Underlying Factors Behind Generation of Different Types of User-Generated Content - Impact of Individual and Brand/Product Level Factors in Generation of Brand-Oriented Content and Community-Oriented Content, Kemal Cem Soylemez
Dissertation: Cryptic Herbivorous Invertebrates Restructure the Composition of Degraded Coral Reef Communities in the Florida Keys, Florida, USA, Angelo Jason Spadaro
Dissertation: The Bidirectionality of Impulsivity and Alcohol Use: An Ecological Momentary Examination Among Emerging Adults, Amy L. Stamates
Thesis: Speaking for the Grotesques: The Historical Articulation of the Disabled Body in the Archive, Violet Marie Strawderman
Thesis: Workplace Bullying: A National Survey of Dental Hygienists, Savannah Dawn Sundburg
Thesis: Periodic Orbit Analytic Construction In The Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem, Jay Shriram Suryawanshi
Dissertation: Arthropod Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptides in Tick-Borne Bacterial and Viral Infections, Vikas Kumar Taank
Dissertation: Quantifying Impact of Cyber Actions on Missions or Business Processes: A Multilayer Propagative Approach, Unal Tatar
Dissertation: Development and Initial Evaluation of a Reinforced Cue Detection Model to Assess Situation Awareness in Commercial Aircraft Cockpits, Aysen K. Taylor
Dissertation: Conceptualization of Faculty Work Motivation: Overcoming the Impasse, Julie Nikolaeva Thompson
Dissertation: A Comparison of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory, the Analytic Hierarchy Process, the Analytic Network Process, and New Hybrid Approaches for a Case Study Involving Radon, Jesse Ray Toepfer
Thesis: A CFD Study of Steady Fully Developed Laminar Flow Through a 90-Degree Bend Pipe with a Square Cross-Sectional Area, Subodh Sushant Toraskar
Dissertation: Estimating Cognitive Workload in an Interactive Virtual Reality Environment Using Electrophysiological and Kinematic Activity, Christoph Tremmel
Thesis: Associations Between Drinking, Condom Use Resistance, and Condom Use Among College Students, Caitlin B. Turner
Thesis: Effects of Focal on Driver Calibration of Attention Maintenance Performance Using Normalized Difference and Brier Scores, James Richard Unverricht
Dissertation: Sponge Community Biocomplexity, Competition, and Functional Significance in Hard-Bottom Habitats of the Florida Keys, FL (USA), Marla Maxine Valentine
Dissertation: The Resilient City: A Platform for Informed Decision-Making Process, Jarutpong Vasuthanasub
Dissertation: Teacher Hiring and Placement at the Elementary School Level: The Challenges of Implementing Strategic Human Resource Management Practices, Brittany Nicole Walker
Dissertation: Estimation of Arterial Wall Parameters Via Model-Based Analysis of Noninvasively Measured Arterial Pulse Signals, Dan Wang
Dissertation: Strengthening Wellness for Food Insecure Students: Altruism, Spirituality, and Academic Performance, Bridget Weikel
Dissertation: Tick Control Methods for Amblyomma americanum in Virginia: Applications and Modeling, Alexis Lynn White
Dissertation: Optical Excitation of Metastable Krypton and Photoassociative Spectroscopy of Ultracold RbAr, Grady R. White
Dissertation: On Analytic Nonlinear Input-output Systems: Expanded Global Convergence and System Interconnections, Irina M. Winter Arboleda
Dissertation: Usefulness of an Expanded Health Belief Model With Added Constructs (Self-Efficacy And Ecological System Measures) in Modeling Compliance With Healthy Lifestyle Recommendations in Women With a Recent History of Gestational Diabetes, Phyllis M. Woodson
Thesis: Effects of High-Carbohydrate Versus Mixed-Macronutrient Meals on Soccer Physiology and Performance, Jaison Lee Wynne
Thesis: No Net to Catch You, Will Yarbrough
Dissertation: Customers’ Goal-Related Behavior in Loyalty Programs, Junzhou Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Dissertation: New Methods to Improve Protein Structure Modeling, Maha Abdelrasoul
Thesis: The Backwoods Stories: A Saga of Fear and Wonder, James McClendon Adams
Dissertation: Adaptive Methods for Point Cloud and Mesh Processing, Zinat Afrose
Thesis: Local Adaptation Signatures in Thermal Performance of the Temperate Coral Astrangia poculata, Hannah Elise Aichelman
Dissertation: Deep Recurrent Learning for Efficient Image Recognition Using Small Data, Mahbubul Alam
Dissertation: Applying Machine Learning to Advance Cyber Security: Network Based Intrusion Detection Systems, Hassan Hadi Latheeth AL-Maksousy
Thesis: Self-Reported Oral health Assessment and Attitudes Toward Oral Health for Adults With Cystic Fibrosis, Ahmed Ali Almuntashiri
Dissertation: Behavior of Piled Raft Foundation in Partially Saturated Soils, Salman Alrubaye
Dissertation: The Effect of Choice of IPad-Delivered Math Independent Practice of Elementary Grade Students With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Characteristics, Nora A. Altaweel
Dissertation: A Framework for Executable Systems Modeling, Matthew Amissah
Thesis: Offshore Wind Energy: Simulating Local Offshore Wind Turbine, Ian P. Aquino
Dissertation: Word Counts in Response to Cognitively Demanding Essay Prompts as Reflections of General Cognitive Ability and Broad Cognitive Abilities, Michael Beaumont Armstrong
Dissertation: Extended Poisson Models for Count Data With Inflated Frequencies, Monika Arora
Dissertation: An Exploration of Faculty and Staff Mentoring on High-Risk Community College Student Self-Efficacy, Support Systems, and Persistence, William E. Ashcraft
Thesis: Exploring the Association Between How Social Media Affects Attitudes Toward Marijuana Legalization, Troy Adam Aubut II
Thesis: Detecting Deceptive Impression Management Behaviors in Interviews Using Natural Language Processing, Elena Margaret Lawrence Auer
Dissertation: Measuring Vulnerability Interdependence: To What Extent Do Chinese Investments in Africa Make China Vulnerable?, Nurullah Ayyilmaz
Dissertation: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with Comorbid Anxiety/Depression in Adults: Impacts on Neuropsychological Functioning, Cristina Valdivieso Bain
Thesis: Characterization of Language Cortex Activity During Speech Production and Perception, Hassan Baker
Dissertation: Coexistence and Secure Communication in Wireless Networks, Saygin Bakşi
Dissertation: Epithelial Sheet Response to External Stimuli, Yashar Bashirzadeh
Thesis: Civilians on the Battlefield: Creating a Realistic Training Aid for the United States Military, Aaron D. Beam
Dissertation: When the Wind Blows: An Evaluation of Key Factors that Enabled the Proliferation of Wind Energy Generation in the United States Through 2016, Mary Sodini Bell
Thesis: Model-Less Fuzzy Logic Control for the NASA Modeling and Control for Agile Aircraft Development Program, Keith A. Benjamin
Thesis: To Relive the Web: A Framework for the Transformation and Archival Replay of Web Pages, John Andrew Berlin
Dissertation: Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrothermal Processing of Microalgae for Biofuels and Co-Product Generation, Andrew P. Bessette