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 2025
Thesis: All the Dry Bones, Gloria Ogochukwu Ekedum
Thesis: Toward Personalizing Quantum Computing Education: An Evolutionary LLM-Powered Approach, Iizalaarab Elhaimeur
Thesis: Empowering the User Through Inclusive Technical Writing, Robert Enriquez
Dissertation: Identity Salience of Organizational Culture: The Intersection of Racial and Occupational Identities in High-Risk Professions, Sarah Espinosa
Dissertation: Proactive Onboarding Services Model as an Academic and Social Integration Strategy for First-Time in College Students at a Virginia Community College, Jhansi V. Eturu
Dissertation: Toward More Challenge-Engaging STEM Students: A Narrative Inquiry into Student Persistence in the Face of Failure, Stephanie R. Fahey
Dissertation: Systems Statistical Engineering – Hierarchical Fuzzy Constraint Propagation, Hengameh Fakhravar
Dissertation: Analysis of Multi Grade Deep Learning, Ronglong Fang
Dissertation: Leveraging Allies, Partners, and Technology: A Case Study Approach to Identifying Best Practices for Improving US Military All-Domain Urban Training, Kevin Michael Felix
Dissertation: Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection in Neural Network Security and SRF Cavities, Hal Ferguson
Thesis: Eccentric Hamstring Strength and ACL Injury Risk in NCAA Division I Female Field Hockey Athletes, Killian Patrick Ferrell
Thesis: Understanding the Stereotypes, Emotions, and Behaviors Towards Introverts in the Workplace, Kristen M. Fisher
Dissertation: Route 420: An Examination of Cannabis Knowledge, Attitudes, and Use Behaviors Among Young Adults by Primary Route of Administration, Samantha A. Fitzer
Dissertation: Human Activity Recognition and Identification Driven Automated Deep Learning for Time-Series Classification, Justin Alan Gamble
Dissertation: On the Scalability of Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation on Distributed and Shared Memory Architectures for Numerical Approximations, Kevin Mark Garner Jr.
Dissertation: Human Identification and Action Recognition Using Small Data and Deep Domain Adaptation, Alexander M. Glandon
Dissertation: Drinking to Compensate: Expanding Upon the Motivational Model of Alcohol Use, Douglas J. Glenn
Dissertation: A Comparative Case Study on Special Education Administrator’s Education and Experience: Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the Support Provided to Probationary Special Education Teachers, Diane Smith Glover
Dissertation: Unraveling the Links Between Substance Use and Academic Motivation in Higher Education, Melissa Lynn Goins
Dissertation: Investigation of Laser Based Flow Diagnostics with Metastable Argon, Sterling S. Gordon
Dissertation: Historic Bedrocks of Volunteer Recruitment: Collaboration Between the Peace Corps and Higher Education Partners, Melanie Elizabeth Graham
Dissertation: From Gamers to Professionals: A Case Study on the Role of Esports in Developing Employability Skills, Anthony Mark Gray Jr.
Dissertation: Examining How Self-Regulated Learning Professional Development Affects Teacher SRL Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices, Stephanie Greenquist-Marlett
Dissertation: Reflections in the Mirror: An Examination of Racially Congruent Mentoring of Black Teacher Candidates in a Teacher Education Program, Mary Louise Gregory
Dissertation: Comparative Analysis of Emergent Behaviors of Three Drone Swarm System Models for Targeting Using Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation, Arsenio T. Gumahad II
Dissertation: An Intersectional Analysis of Justice-Involved Parents Navigating Parenthood in Jail, Narissa Sue-Anne Haakmat
Dissertation: Two Essays on Lottery-Like Stocks, Reihaneh Haghighi Zadeh
Dissertation: Relationship Between Local Fiscal Effort and High School Graduation Rate, Zachary Michael Haney
Dissertation: Enhancing IoT Security Using Lightweight Machine Learning Algorithms: A Comprehensive Approach Using Ensemble Learning, Feature Selection, and Federated Transfer Learning, Khawlah Harahsheh
Dissertation: The Impacts of Physical (In)Activity on Endothelial Function, Joel Ernest Harden
Dissertation: Testing Autonomy: Hybrid Scenario Synthesis, Benjamin E. Hargis
Dissertation: Mapping Perspectives: Community College Career Advisors’ Viewpoints for Enhancing Economic Mobility and Career Selection—A Q Methodology Study, Christopher Ryan Harrison
Dissertation: Analysis of Industry Recognized Credentials That Lead to Quality Employment for High School Graduates, Teri L. Harris
Dissertation: School Librarians Transferring What They Learned in Their Preparation Programs to Practice: Three Case Studies, Carl Adrian Harvey II
Dissertation: Good and Safe: Exploring the Impact of Mindfulness and Primal World Beliefs on Psychological Well-Being, Katelyn J. Haschke
Thesis: Effects of Sediment Composition on Spartina Alterniflora and Juncus Roemerianus Productivity in Coastal Virginia: A Thin-Layer Sediment Placement Experiment, Caitlin Hemphill
Dissertation: Pillars of Purpose: Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Faculty Viewpoints on Retention, Garry Brandon Hensley
Dissertation: Designerly Skills: An Educational Design Research Study on K-5 Teacher-Designers n Trauma-Informed Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments, Kristin Marie Herman
Dissertation: Exploring the Impact of Language Modeling Integration in Classroom Assessment Scoring System (Class) on Language Teaching and Learning in Pre-K Settings: A Comprehensive Analysis of Teacher-Child Relationships and Interactions, Joy Lee Hernandez
Dissertation: Thriving in the Age of AI: Navigating AI Identity Threat Through AI Job Crafting, Yuming He
Dissertation: Living Shorelines as a Shoreline Management Practice and Habitat Restoration Strategy, Sierra Sue Hildebrandt
Dissertation: Exploring Student Confidence and Calibration Accuracy in College Algebra: A Mixed-Methods Explanatory Sequential Study, Courtney T. Hill
Thesis: Reading the Romance Reader: Booktok, Algorithmic Subjugation, and the Fight for Cultural Legitimacy, Emily Maranto Hill
Dissertation: The Influence of Individual and Collective Social Capital on Teachers’ Decisions to Move Districts, Melinda Dawn Hodgkiss
Thesis: Examining Social and Intrapersonal Factors Among Youth Crisis Line Volunteers, Sunday Hull
Dissertation: Development of Paper-Based Electrodes for Electrochemical Detection of Prostate Cancer Related MicroRNAs, Alexander Hunt
Dissertation: Bridging the Gap Between Counselor Education and Trauma Treatment in Practice: A Phenomenology of Trauma-Specialized Counselors, Ariel Hutcheon
Thesis: Jaded Poison, Taylore Huxford
Dissertation: The Influence of Monsoon Variability on the Circulation of the Near-Surface Indian Ocean and the Depth-Integrated Chlorophyll, Marufa Ishaque
Dissertation: Relativistic Three Particle Scattering, Md Habib E Islam
Dissertation: Multimedia Forensics: Identification and Verification of Source Camera, Vehicle Speed Estimation, and Deepfakes Detection, Jiajun Jiang
Thesis: Exploring the Impact of Identity-Based Bullying on Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among 6th-12th Grade Youth in Virginia, Camille N. Johnson
Dissertation: Planetary Atmospheres, Ryan M. Johnson
Dissertation: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Workforce Learning and Development: A Systematic Review, Mildred V. Jones
Dissertation: Examination of an Experimental Paradigm of Impaired Control over Alcohol Use, Emily K. Junkin
Thesis: Network Analysis of Sociotechnical Systems, Siva Kadiresan
Dissertation: Taming the Wicked Problem: Transparency, Civic Apathy, and the Challenge of Rebuilding Trust in Local Government, Austin N. Kaiser
Thesis: Making Explanations Make Sense: XAI for SMiShing Detection, Eleni Alexandra Katsarakes
Dissertation: Testing an Ironic Process Model of Emotion Expression in Daily Life, Laura B. Kenneally
Thesis: Development of a Handy Tool for the Selection of Urban Stormwater Best Management Practices, Aaron T. Kenny
Dissertation: Flux Trapping Sensitivity on the Metallurgical State of Superconducting Radio Frequency Niobium, Bashu Dev Khanal
Thesis: Language Barriers in Accessing Healthcare Services for Refugees in the United States, Sadaf Khuram
Dissertation: Reproductive Redlining: Unraveling Historical Disparities and Facility Placement in Distance to Licensed Childcare Facilities, Reproductive Health Clinics, & Crisis Pregnancy Centers for Women in the Southern Region of the United States, MacKenzie A. Kibler
Dissertation: Navigating Recovery: Community College Student Journeys Through Collegiate Recovery Programs, Eric Scott Klein
Thesis: The Man with Two Shadows, Elena Tabitha Knudsen
Dissertation: "What a Good OPR Looks Like": How Air Force Officers Learn to Write Performance Evaluations Without Formal Training, Joanna Kristen Dytuco Kohlhepp
Dissertation: Weapons of Mass Disruption: How Small States Use Cyber to Resist Larger Powers, Russell Alexander Korb
Dissertation: Governing Innovation: Antecedents, Composition, and Impact of Board Technology Committees, Jamil Kreugel
Dissertation: Towards Improving Computational Modeling of the Lumbar spine - Impact of Material properties and Laminotomy on Spinal Biomechanics, Isaac K. Kumi
Dissertation: Inked Insight: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study Exploring the Perspectives of Visibly Tattooed Counselors, Megan Ashley LaLonde-Pittman
Thesis: Wind Tunnel Automation For Propeller Testing, David Ricardo Lara
Thesis: Using Radium Isotopes to Compare Nutrient Inputs via Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Offshore Export on the West Florida Shelf, Andrew L. Lindgren
Dissertation: The Effects of the Chief Information Officer’s Presence and Tenure on Financial Performance, Xuemei Li
Dissertation: Stability Analysis in the Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal Model, Zhenqiang Li
Thesis: Explanations for Racial Inequality in America; Effects of Protestant Beliefs, Behaviors and Region, Qurshonda Shannae Lomans
Dissertation: Service with a Smile or Salesperson Mirroring? Understanding the Flow of Emotional Contagion in Sales Encounters, Vinh Quoc Trong Luong
Dissertation: Multi-Eyes: Multi-User Eye Tracking Using Commodity Hardware, Bhanuka Mahanama
Dissertation: Large Language Models (LLMS) for Clinical Note Generation: International Classification of Disease (ICD) Code, Knowledge Graph (KG) and Prompt Evaluation, Ivan P. Makohon
Dissertation: A Reformation of the Status Quo: An Examination of the Relationship Between Organizational Structure and Social Justice Reform in American Public Schools, Jaielle Manning
Thesis: Mechanochemical Reaction Kinetics—A Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Study, Maria Dolores Masso Ramirez
Dissertation: Enhancing the Design of Strained Superlattice Gallium Arsenide Based Photocathodes with Distributed Bragg Reflector, Adam D. A. Masters
Dissertation: Complex System Governance and Cyber Operations, Willie Gernard McCallister
Thesis: Design And Assessment of a Single-Blade Rotary Wing for Use in Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Aircraft, William C. McMasters
Dissertation: The Impact of Success Coaching on Psychological Well-Being and Sense of Belonging in First-Year College Students, LaShay Y. McQueen
Dissertation: Elucidating New Reactivity Modes of Organometallics and Investigating Their Impact on Catalysis, Austin Winfield Medley
Dissertation: The Inside Scoop: Elucidating the Three-Way Relationship Between Schistosoma Mansoni, the Gut, and Vaccines, Mariam A. Mhanna
Dissertation: Violence as an Ecology: Women Making Safety in Khayelitsha, Melissa J. Miller-Felton
Thesis: Low Dissolved Oxygen Operation Enhances Biological Phosphorus Removal in Wastewater Treatment, Haley Morgan
Dissertation: A SysML v2 Implementation of a Traceability and Verification Metamodel for “-Ilities”, Pacifique Munezero
Thesis: Observed Parenting, Parent-Child Aggression, and Intimate Partner Violence as Predictive of Family Dysfunction, Paige Munshell
Thesis: Valorization of Industrial Wastes to Low-Carbon Minerals, Nandan Nag
Dissertation: Fostering Cognitive Complexity in Behavioral Health Providers: Perspectives From Supervisors in Integrated Primary Care, Katherina Nako
Dissertation: Community College Student Parents and Their Experiences with Mindfulness Training, Polly Nesselrodt
Thesis: Birds Sing Inside Me, Samantha Nicole New
Dissertation: Two Analytic Issues Arising from Models in Probability and Materials Science, Giang Vu Thanh Nguyen
Dissertation: Intersecting Realities and Evolving Landscapes: Mapping Generative AI within the Framework of Digital Rhetoric, Joshua Troy Nieubuurt
Dissertation: A Voice to Remember: Recovering the Rhetoric of Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Diana Lynne Nogay
Dissertation: Identifying Contributing Factors of Black American Females’ Long-Term Persistence in Stem Education: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study, Chandra T. Oaks-Garcia
Thesis: Analysis on Plasma Propulsion Thruster Material Reconfiguration for Thrust Stabilization, Chinedumu Chidiebere Okafo
Dissertation: Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field and Plasma Jets for Cancer Therapy, Edwin Ayobami Oshin