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 2016
Dissertation: Novel Monte Carlo Methods for Large-Scale Linear Algebra Operations, Hao Ji
Dissertation: A General Theory of Emergence in Engineered Systems, John J. Johnson IV
Dissertation: Efficient Domain Decomposition Algorithms and Applications in Transportation and Structural Engineering, Paul W. Johnson III
Thesis: "We Are Still in Apartheid:" Girls' Perspectives on Education Inequality in Democratic South Africa and Models for Social Change, Rebekah Lindsey Joyce
Dissertation: Improvement of Work Process Performance with Task Assignments and Mental Workload Balancing, Cansu Kandemir
Thesis: Versus Los Angeles, Thomas Vincent Kelly
Dissertation: Emergence of Collective Light Scattering in Atomic 87Rb Samples, Kasie Jean Kemp
Dissertation: Faculty Employment Status and Student Characteristics as Predictors of Student Success in Modularized Developmental Mathematics, Leonda Williams Keniston
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Peninsula One-Stop Career Center in Virginia: Employment Placement and Retention for Dislocated Workers, Caroline Arielle Knight
Dissertation: The Impact of Dual Identities of College Student-Athletes on Academic Performance, Stephen E. Knott
Dissertation: Testing and Analysis of an Exergetically Efficient 4 K to 2 K Helium Heat Exchanger, Peter N. Knudsen
Thesis: Boys of the Maple Leaf, Maggie Kontra Emmens
Dissertation: Valence or Volume? Maximizing Online Review Influence Across Consumers, Products, and Marketing, Elika Kordrostami
Dissertation: An Etiological Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Female OEF/OIF/OND Veterans: Adding Military Sexual Trauma as a Risk Factor, Erin Doty Kurtz
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Trauma-Related Shame, Disordered Behaviors, and Contextual Factors of Sexual Trauma Beyond Trait-Shame and Sex-Guilt, Michele Laaksonen
Thesis: Changing Trends in Wave Heights in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region, Hillary Lane
Dissertation: Gender Awareness Training: A Comparison of U.S. Military Units to NATO/PFP Military Units, Elizabeth Owens Lape
Thesis: Explaining Poetry to the Open Heart, Matthew Wayne Larrimore
Dissertation: The Franchising Effect on the Al-Qaeda Enterprise and Related Transnational Terror Groups: Patterns of Evolution of Al-Qaeda Affiliates in the 21st Century, Nicholas Benjamin Law
Thesis: Hotspots, Extinction Risk and Conservation Priorities of Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Marine Bony Shorefishes, Christi Linardich
Dissertation: Machine Learning Methods for Medical and Biological Image Computing, Rongjian Li
Dissertation: Teachers', Educational Specialists' and School Leaders' Perceptions of the Cumulative Impact of Education Reform Mandates, Lucy Nevins Litchmore
Dissertation: The Differences in Teacher Self- Efficacy Beliefs Among Elementary School Teachers, Christopher Litz
Dissertation: School Policy, Food and Physical Activity Environment, and Childhood Obesity, Ruicui Liu
Thesis: The Effect of Magnification Loupes on Posture During Instrumentation by Dental Hygienists, Emily Anne Ludwig
Dissertation: Understanding the Determinants of Parental Decision-Making and Harsh Parenting Behavior, Ralitsa Stoyneva Maduro
Thesis: Development of Visualization-Animation Software for Learning Transportation Algorithms, Ivan P. Makohon
Thesis: Misplaced Boys, Shori Matsumoto
Thesis: Under the Surface of Sex Trafficking: Socio-Economic and Cultural Perpetrators of Gender-Based Violence in India, Karmen Marie Matusek
Dissertation: Civic Crowdfunding and Local Government: An Examination into Projects, Scope, and Implications for Local Government, Martin Mayer
Thesis: IDPAL - Input Decoupled Partially Adiabatic Logic Family: Theory and Implementation of Side-Channel Attack Resistant Circuits, Matthew Edward McAllister
Dissertation: Perceived Leadership Practices Across Two Generations of Community College Deans: “Baby Boomers” and Generation Xers”, Donna J. McCauley
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Inquiry of Leadership Competency Perceptions among Community College Leaders in South Central Appalachia, Matthew S. McGraw
Dissertation: A Test of the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use on Non-Emergent Emergency Department Use, Moira Crosby McManus
Thesis: Achieving Sourdough Status: The Diary, Photographs, and Letters of Samuel Baker Dunn, 1898-1899, Robert Nicholas Melatti
Thesis: Well This Was Unexpected: Stories from My Life, Barbara Middlebrook
Dissertation: Bakken Bombs: A Criminological Inquiry into the Lynchburg Train Derailment, Travis W. Milburn
Dissertation: Mathematics Proficiency of Fashion Marketing and Fashion Merchandising Students, Christina Gordon Miles
Dissertation: Multiple Imputation of Missing Data in Structural Equation Models with Mediators and Moderators Using Gradient Boosted Machine Learning, Robert J. Milletich II
Dissertation: Investigation of Multi-Photon Excitation in Argon with Applications in Hypersonic Flow Diagnostics, Jack L. Mills
Dissertation: An Exploration of Ticket Pricing in Intercollegiate Athletics, Craig A. Morehead
Thesis: Measuring Team Collaboration and Effects of Target Guidance in a Visual Search Task, Christopher Morley
Dissertation: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Invasion Biology: Describing the Ecological Mechanisms Underlying the Range Expansions of Two Ixodid Tick Species, Robyn M. Nadolny
Dissertation: Perceptions of Students, Families, and Community College Administrators about Developmental Education, Justin Necessary
Thesis: Non-Thermal Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma for Sterilization of Surfaces and Biofilms, Johanna Ursula Neuber
Dissertation: Low-Temperature Artificial Maturation Studies of Type II and Type III Kerogens: Implications for Biogenic Gas Production, Albert Willy Nguena Kamga
Dissertation: Leveraging Digital Communities of Practice: How Asynchronous Digital Collaboration Afforded a Complex Reading/Writing Dialogue for Secondary School Students, Susanne Lee Nobles
Dissertation: The Perception of the Value Added from Accruing Student Debt to Earn a Degree or Graduate Certificate from a Public Institution of Higher Education: A Descriptive Study, William L. Nuckols
Dissertation: Development of a DSM-Based Model for Managing the Design of Complex Systems Considering the Impact of Technological Obsolescence, Gershom Kwaku Obeng
Dissertation: Executive Dysfunction as a Trait Marker for Depression in Children and Adolescents, Emily Oettinger
Dissertation: Sparse Coding Based Feature Representation Method for Remote Sensing Images, Ender Oguslu
Dissertation: Sport, Twitter Hashtags and the Public Sphere, Brendan O'Hallarn
Dissertation: Collaborative Development of an Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Proposal: Negotiation through Boundary Objects, Laura Emond Paganucci
Thesis: Acculturation and Enculturation, Perception of Depressive Symptoms, and Help-Seeking Behaviors among Korean Americans, Kristoffer Park
Dissertation: Elementary Physical Education Teachers’ Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge Of Overhand Throwing, James Allen Parrott
Thesis: Deformable Contour Models for Digitizing a Printed Brainstem Atlas, Nirmal J. Patel
Thesis: Longitudinal Tidal Dispersion Coefficient Estimation and Total Suspended Solids Transport Characterization in the James River, Beatriz Eugenia Patino
Thesis: "Elite Assault:" The 85th Infantry Division in Italy, 1944-1945, Charles Ross Patterson II
Thesis: United States Interventions: Power Vacuums and the Rise of Extremist Groups, Sarah Nicole Pedigo
Dissertation: Innovation Adoption and Diffusion in Synchronous Tutoring Owls: A Cross-Contextual Case Study Using Diffusion of Innovations Theory, Cynthia Marie Pengilly
Thesis: The Effect of Fasted vs Fed High-Intensity Interval Exercise on Metabolism and Diet, William Joseph Perez
Dissertation: Design of Experiments Enhanced Statistical Process Control for Wind Tunnel Check Standard Testing, Ben D. Phillips
Dissertation: An Outcome-Based Competency Model for Systems Engineering Trainees, Vanessa J. Pietrzyk
Dissertation: Psychometric Functioning of The MMPI-A Restructured Form VRIN-R, TRIN-R, CRIN, and Cannot Say Scales with Varying Degrees of Randomness, Acquiescence, Counter-Acquiescence, and Omitted Items, Amy C. Pitta
Dissertation: Analysis off Dependent Discrete Choices Using Gaussian Copula, Arjun Poddar
Dissertation: Response Shift and Functional Outcomes in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability, Cameron J. Powden
Dissertation: Essays on the Equity Risk Premium, Mohamed Mehdi Rahoui
Dissertation: Multimedia Design, Learning Effectiveness, and Student Perceptions of Instructor Credibility and Immediacy, Miguel Ramlatchan
Dissertation: A Study of the Impact of Information Blackouts on the Bullwhip Effect of a Supply Chain Using Discrete-Event Simulations, Elizabeth Rasnick
Dissertation: A Preliminary Study Investigating the Factors Influencing STEM Major Selection by African American Females, Tiffany Monique Ray
Thesis: Association Between Combat, Morally Injurious Experiences, Spiritual Injury, and Alcohol Use Among Active Duty Military Personnel and Veterans, Allison T. Robbins
Dissertation: Toward Simulation-Based Training Validation Protocols: Exploring 3d Stereo with Incremental Rehearsal and Partial Occlusion to Instigate and Modulate Smooth Pursuit and Saccade Responses in Baseball Batting, Ricardo A. Roca
Dissertation: Forward Light Scattering in an Extended Sample of Cold Atoms, Stetson Roof
Dissertation: Online Learning and Effective Leadership: The Importance of Relationship Building and Culture, Nadine K. Rupp
Dissertation: Bioenergetics: Experimental Demonstration of Excess Protons and Related Features, Haitham A. Saeed
Thesis: A Simulation-Based Layered Framework Framework for the Development of Collaborative Autonomous Systems, Ioannis Sakiotis
Dissertation: Computational Modeling of Facial Response for Detecting Differential Traits in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Manar D. Samad
Dissertation: Visegrad Revival: Where Less is More, in the Prospect of Smaller Numbers, Aaron G. Sander
Dissertation: Examining Attitudes, Norms, and Control Toward Safety Behaviors as Mediators in the Leadership-Safety Motivation Relationship, Gargi Sawhney
Dissertation: The Role of the School Leader in Collaboration Between Regular and Special Education Teachers, Jospeh Raymond Sciullo
Thesis: A Study of Visible Tattoos in Entry-Level Dental Hygiene Education Programs, Kathryn R. Search
Thesis: Effects of Visibility and Alarm Modality on Workload, Trust in Automation, Situation Awareness, and Driver Performance, Smruti J. Shah
Dissertation: A Daily Diary Investigation of Behavioral Disinhibition and Alcohol-related Aggression, Brynn Elizabeth Sheehan
Dissertation: Two Essays on Investor Emotions and Their Effects in Financial Markets, Jiancheng Shen
Thesis: Collisions of Local and Global: Transnationalizing a South African Domestic Workers' Union, Moriah Elise Shumpert
Dissertation: Two Studies on The Use of Information Technology in Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR), David McCaw Simmonds
Thesis: The Effects of Fitness Level and Sex on EPOC Following High Intensity Interval and Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise, Rachel Lauren Simmons
Dissertation: Traditional Student Perceptions and Experiences Contributing to Community College Persistence, Naomi Elizabeth Simpson
Thesis: A Hybrid Position Feedback Controller for Bistable Structures, Mehmet R. Simsek
Thesis: Modeling Shock Waves Using Exponential Interpolation Functions with the Least-Squares Finite Element Method, Bradford Scott Smith Jr.
Dissertation: Possible Sources and Impacts of Biochar Water Extractable Organic Compounds on Aquatic Microorganisms, Cameron Russell Smith
Dissertation: Making the Case for Place: An Exploration of Urbanization Measures on a Model of Social Capital and U.K. Crime Rates, Kyshawn K. Smith
Thesis: Physical Layer Secret Key Agreement Using One-Bit Quantization and Low-Density Parity-Check Codes, John A. Snoap
Dissertation: A Hybrid Tabu/Scatter Search Algorithm for Simulation-Based Optimization of Multi-Objective Runway Operations Scheduling, Bulent Soykan
Thesis: Environmental Context Effects on Impulsivity and Subjective Craving in Caffeinated Alcohol Users, Amy L. Stamates
Thesis: Extension of the Gravity Model: A Risk Integrated Approach Towards the Impact Analysis of Mega Sports Events on Inbound Tourist Arrivals, Abdul Sami Stanekzai
Dissertation: An Examination of the Indentation Size Effect In FCC Metals and Alloys from a Kinetics Based Perspective Using Nanoindentation, David Earl Stegall
Dissertation: A Retrospective Study of Amusement Ride Restraint and Containment Systems: Identifying Design Challenges for Statistically Rare Anthropometric Cases, Paula M. Stenzler
Thesis: Effects of Surrounding Water Table on a Forested Wetland Habitat in East Coast of Virginia, Lane Stokes
Dissertation: Reconceptualizing Women's STEM Experiences: Building a Theory of Positive Marginality, Valerie N. Streets