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 2014
Thesis: Default Effects in the Endorsement of Environmental Policies, Blake J. Bent
Thesis: Mutual Performance Monitoring in Virtual Teams, Nathan Haugejorde Bjornberg
Thesis: The Influence of Childhood Maltreatment on Substance Abuse in Adulthood, James Michael Blinco
Dissertation: An Investigation of Business Transformation Disruptors at the Military Strategic Command Level, Thomas Bock
Dissertation: Applying Leadership Theory to the Work-Family Interface: Examining the Interactive Effects of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors and Leader-Member Exchange Quality, Heather M. Bolen
Dissertation: Ethical and Legal Knowledge, Cognitive Complexity, and Moral Reasoning in Counseling Students, Matthew W. Bonner
Dissertation: Systems Theory Based Framework for Competency Models, Joseph M. Bradley
Thesis: Disaster Preparedness & Response: A Survey of U.S. Dental Hygienists, Brenda Tallon Bradshaw
Thesis: The Effects of Religious Coping and Drinking to Cope on the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Alcohol-Related Problems, Adrian J. Bravo
Dissertation: A Study of the Factors That Predict Academic Success and Retention of Student-Athletes, April A. Brecht
Dissertation: Narrative Space and Serialized Forms: Story-Spaces for the Mass Market in Victorian Print and Contemporary Television, Laura Daniel Buchholz
Dissertation: "That Doesn't Sound Like Me:" Student Perceptions of Semiotic Resources in Written-Aural Remediation Practices, Jennifer Johnson Buckner
Dissertation: School Library Advocacy: Perceptions of Building Influence, Elizabeth A. Burns
Dissertation: Spectroscopic Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter: Insights Into the Linkage Between Sources and Chemical Composition, Xiaoyan Cao
Thesis: Evaluation of the EPA SWMM Model to Simulate Low Impact Development Features in an Urban Stormwater Environment, Holly Ann Carpenter
Dissertation: A Framework for Web Object Self-Preservation, Charles L. Cartledge
Dissertation: Analysis of Student Perceptions of the Psychosocial Learning Environment in Online and Face-to-Face Career and Technical Education Courses, Diane L. Carver
Dissertation: Educational Policy Decisions Effect Upon Same-Gender Public Education, Richard Gerard Catoire
Dissertation: A Correlational Study Examining the Relationship Between State Fiscal Effort and High School Graduation Rates, Kelli Marie Cedo
Dissertation: Molecular Characterization and Photochemical Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter From Land to Ocean, Hongmei Chen
Dissertation: Entry-Level Cognitive Mathematics Skill and First-Semester Mathematics Performance as Correlates of Fall-to-Fall Retention of Community College Students, Stephen Tyler Corbin
Dissertation: Preparing School Leaders to Advocate for Social Justice: A Case Analysis of Social Justice Tenets in a Leadership Preparation Program, Jessica Costa
Dissertation: IDPAL – A Partially-Adiabatic Energy-Efficient Logic Family: Theory and Applications to Secure Computing, Mihail T. Cutitaru
Dissertation: An Examination of Teachers' Writing Self-Efficacy, First-Grade Students' Attitudes and Self-Efficacy in Writing, and Students' Writing Behaviors, Julie Bridget Mary Dashiell
Dissertation: Student Conduct Administrator Knowledge of the Statistical Reporting Obligations of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, Michael Matthew DeBowes
Dissertation: Ionizing Radiation Detection Using Microstructured Optical Fiber, Stanton DeHaven
Dissertation: Investigation and Optimization of a New Compact Superconducting Cavity for Deflecting and Crabbing Applications, Subashini Uddika De Silva
Dissertation: Health Promotion in Multiple Domains: Capitalizing on the Spillover Effect, Gabrielle Maria D'Lima
Thesis: The Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on Intimate Partner Violence Clients, Chelsea Drake
Dissertation: Organic Copper Binding Ligands and Thiol Compounds Produced by Bacteria and in the Elizabeth River, Virginia, Christina Louise Dryden
Dissertation: The Internet vs. the Nation-State: Prevention and Prosecution Challenges on the Internet in Republic of TürkiyI, Ersin Elibol
Dissertation: Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling of A F/A-18 Twin-Tail Buffet Using Non-linear Eddy Viscosity Models, Ahmed M. Nagib M. Elmekawy
Dissertation: Dynamic Capabilities and Resilient Organizations Amid Environmental Jolts, Stav Fainshmidt
Dissertation: Exploring Police Shootings and Officer Survivability: A Case Study, Amanda Leigh Farrell
Thesis: Emergency Diesel-Electric Generator Set Maintenance and Test Periodicity, Stephen John Fehr
Dissertation: Document Classification in Support of Automated Metadata Extraction Form Heterogeneous Collections, Paul K. Flynn
Dissertation: A Grounded Theory of the College Experiences of African American Males in Black Greek-Letter Organizations, David Julius Ford Jr.
Dissertation: "The Poor Kid Finds the Pirate Treasure": Depictions of Social Class in Newbery Medal and Honor Books 2004-2013, Danielle Eileen Forest
Thesis: Regulatory Capture, the Chesapeake Bay, and Hampton Roads: What's on Your Plate, Ronnie David Gannon
Dissertation: Flash Hydrolysis of Microalgae Biomass for Biofuels Intermediates Production, Protein Extraction, and Nutrients Recycle, Jose Luis Garcia Moscoso
Thesis: Discretized Agent-Based Model of Infectious Disease Spread That Uses Contact Probability, Tyrell L. Gardner
Thesis: Comparison of Two Separation Methods for Biological Particles: Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF) and Sucrose Density Gradients, Cody E. Garrison
Dissertation: Impediments to Serving Students with Learning Disabilities in a Rural Community College Setting: The Administrative Perspective, Seth Gent
Dissertation: Resource Allocation in Vehicular Cloud Computing, Puya Ghazizadeh
Dissertation: Recruiting, Engaging, and Retaining Low Income Parents in Community Parenting Programs: A Phenomenological Study, Jane Elyce Fuqua Glasgow
Dissertation: Using Interactive Reading Techniques with Word World to Enhance Emergent Literacy, James B. Godfrey
Dissertation: Utilizing the Technology Acceptance Model to Predict System Use of an Interactive Behavior Change Technology to Deliver Virtual Diabetes Health Education, Koren Sher'Keyer Goodman
Dissertation: Markov Chain Monte Carlo Bayesian Predictive Framework for Artificial Neural Network Committee Modeling and Simulation, Michael S. Goodrich
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of Shape Changes of Red Blood Cells in Shear Flow, John Gounley
Thesis: The Ecological Impact of Casitas on Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus Argus) Populations in the Florida Keys, FL, (USA), Benjamin C. Gutzler
Dissertation: "Warning: This Is a Must Read": Participation and Disruption in Social Artifacts and Spaces, Angela M. Harrison Eng
Dissertation: Professional Identity and Pedagogical Discontentment in High School Science Teachers Participating in a Professional Development Institute, Stephanie J. Hathcock
Dissertation: The Experiences of School Counselors with Court Involvement Related to Child Custody, Crystal E. Hatton
Dissertation: Global and Criteria Based Judgments of an Undergraduate Exit Writing Examination, Katrice Alexandria Hawthorne
Dissertation: Leadership Preparation: A Phenomenological Study of a District–University Partnership, Raymond Lamont Haynes
Dissertation: Autism Assessment Scale for Children (AASC): The Development of a DSM-V AIigned Questionnaire to Screen School-Aged Children for High Functioning Autism, Christine Hebert
Dissertation: A Grounded Theory of Suicidality in Children Ten and Younger, Katherine Angela Heimsch
Dissertation: Assessing the Fit Between Child Welfare Information Systems and Frontline Workers: Development of a Task-Technology Fit Instrument, Kurt William Heisler
Dissertation: The Relationship of Mobility, Child Characteristics and School Characteristics to the Academic Achievement of Third Grade Students in a Predominantly Latino District, John Christopher Hicks
Dissertation: Helicopter Parents of Community College Students: How Community College Professionals Operationally Define and Address This Phenomenon, Helen C. Hightower
Dissertation: The Effect of Delayed Enrollment, Regional Wealth, and First-Generation Status on Community College Student Success, Sunita Etwaroo Hines
Dissertation: Ritualized Rhetoric and Historical Memory in German Foreign and Security Policy, Sara A. Hoff
Thesis: Anammox Polishing in Mainstream Wastewater Treatment to Meet Stringent Ammonia and Total Nitrogen Limits, Rebecca Mary Holgate
Dissertation: Health-Related Quality of Life in Physically Active Individuals with a History of Injury, Megan N. Houston
Dissertation: An Empirical Examination of the Moderators of Direct Versus Indirect Comparative Advertising, Chun-Kai Hsu
Dissertation: Crime and Panic: Contextual Factors in Violent and Sex Offender Sentencing, Jessica Huffman
Thesis: Effective CFRP Retrofitting Schemes for Prestressed Concrete Beams, Herish Abdullah Hussein
Dissertation: Effects of a Slow Linear Oxidative Fatigue Protocol on Hamstring Strength and Functional Performance, Zahra C. Ismaeli
Dissertation: Interrelationships Between Sensation Seeking and Psychopathy, Casey S. Iwai
Dissertation: School Counseling Program Models Utilized By School Districts, Tracy L. Jackson
Dissertation: An Instrument to Assess Individual Capacity for System Thinking, Ra'ed M. Jaradat
Dissertation: What Constitutes the Success or Failure of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Foreign Markets? A Case Study of Chinese and American MNCs, Shiwei Jiang
Dissertation: Relationship Between Virginia's Fiscal Effort and Public School Graduation Rates, Bryce Ryan Johnson
Dissertation: Tempering the Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Explanatory Analysis of the Variance of the Resource Curse in Nigeria and Botswana, Jody-Ann Suzette Jones
Thesis: The Role of Leader Support for Safety Within the Leader Justice-Safety Performance Relationship, Benjamin R. Kaufman
Dissertation: Empirical Modeling of Asynchronous Scalp Recorded and Intracranial EEG Potentials, Komalpreet Kaur
Thesis: The Role of Chemical Attractants in the Use of Tick Traps for Life Stages of Tick Species Ixodes Scapularis, Dermacentor Variabilis and Amblyomma Maculatum, Pamela C. Kelman
Dissertation: Computational Solutions of the Forward and Adjoint Euler Equations with Application to Duct Aeroacoustics, Ibrahim Kocaogul
Dissertation: Measurement of Single and Double Spin Asymmetries in Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering on Proton and Deuteron, Suman Bandhu Koirala
Thesis: Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Customs-Regulated Container Terminal Operations with Multimodal Transportation, Mariam A. Kotachi
Dissertation: Refusing a Spoiled Identity: How the Swinger Community Represents on the Web, Barbara Kreston
Dissertation: Photoproduction of π0 on Hydrogen With CLAS From 1.1 GeV - 5.45 GeV Using e+e –γ Decay, Michael C. Kunkel
Thesis: Effects of Parental Alcoholism and Trauma Exposure on Depressive Symptoms: A Path Model with Resilience, Social Support, and Family Satisfaction, Erin Doty Kurtz
Dissertation: Neglecting the 'Right on Which All Other Rights Depend': Press Freedom in the International Human Rights Discourse, Wiebke Lamer
Dissertation: The Effect of Mentoring on the Academic Success of College Sophomores, John C. Lee
Dissertation: State-Centric or State-in-Society: National Identity and Collective Memory in the Linkage Politics of Chinese Foreign Relations, Ning Liao
Dissertation: Mouse Oocyte Maturation and Embryo Development After Exposure to Vemurafenib (PLX4032), an Anti-Melanoma B-RAF V600E Inhibitor, Bo Liu
Dissertation: The Relationship Among Counseling Supervision Satisfaction, Counselor Self-Efficacy, Working Alliance and Multicultural factors, Jennifer Dawn Logan
Dissertation: Educational Investment Makes Financial Sense: A Longitudinal Study Investigating the Effect of Fiscal Effort on Personal Income, Mark Loiterman
Thesis: Transnational Organized Crime and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Global Ties and Global Crime, Zachariah Edward Long
Thesis: U.S. - ASEAN Organized Crime Cooperation as Part of Washington's Rebalancing Policy Toward the Asia-Pacific, Tuan Anh Luc
Dissertation: Density Functional Theory Modeling of It-Stacking and Electrophilic Donor-Acceptor Interactions with Application to Therapeutic Targeting of Zinc-Finger Proteins, Patricia Beall Lutz
Thesis: Assessing Organizational Effectiveness Through the Competing Values Framework A Data Envelopment Approach, Raghavender Macherla
Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Sugar Based Low Molecular Weight Gelators and the Preparation of Chiral Sulfinamides, Hari Prasad Reddy Mangunuru
Dissertation: Factors Associated with Quality of Life Among Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Marian Marconyak
Dissertation: Two Essays on Attracting Foreign Direct Investment: From Both a National and Firm Level Perspective, Ryan Lawrence Mason
Dissertation: Patriarchal Ideology and Violence Against Women: A Theoretical Contribution Using Longitudinal, Individual-Level Analyses, Jesse Robert McKee
Dissertation: Explaining Nuclear Energy Pursuance: A Comparison of the United States, Germany, and Japan, Lauren Emily McKee
Dissertation: Advances in Understanding the Molecular Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Reactivity in the Environment, Rajaa Mesfioui
Dissertation: "Do You Bant?" William Banting and Bantingism: A Cultural History of a Victorian Anti-Fat Aesthetic, Jaime Michelle Miller