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 2016
Dissertation: Application of a Theory-Based Educational Intervention to Increase the Frequency of Performing Oral Health Assessments on Children Among Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Nurses, Denise Michelle Claiborne
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Counselors' Multicultural Counseling Competence and Poverty Beliefs, Madeline Elizabeth Clark
Thesis: Discipline-Based Planetary Education Research and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Mars, Filis Coba
Dissertation: Exploring the Social Experiences of College Students Who Have Autism Spectrum Disorders: Examining Neurodiversity on Campus, Monique N. Colclough
Thesis: Game-Framing Cognitive Assessments to Improve Applicant Perceptions, Andrew Burnett Collmus
Thesis: Sex, Love, and Black Lives, Mack Curry IV
Dissertation: Community College Academic Advisor Experiences with the Appreciative Advising Model, Christine Damrose-Mahlmann
Thesis: Distributions of Euphausia Superba, Euphausia Crystallorophias, and Pleuragramma Antarcticum with Correlations to Environmental Variables in the Western Ross Sea, Antarctica, Linnea Brynn Davis
Thesis: Factors Influence High School Students' Enrollment in Elective Physical Education: A Mixed Method Study, Summer Davis
Dissertation: Assessing the Role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Extraterritorial Activities in Attaining Iran’s Foreign Policy Goals, Hamza Demirel
Thesis: Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotube Fabricated Supercapacitors, Derek Christian Demuth
Thesis: A Comparison of Microstructure and Uniaxial Compressive Response of Ice-Templated Porous Alumina Scaffolds Fabricated from Two Different Particle Sizes, Nikhil D. Dhavale
Dissertation: Exploring the Role of Organizational Motivations in Cross-Sector Watershed Collaboration, Luisa M. Diaz-Kope
Dissertation: A Model to Predict Pre-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation Success, Leigh Ann Diggs
Dissertation: Impact of Generation Membership on Job Satisfaction of Financial Aid Administrators, Joseph Martin Dobrota
Thesis: The Role of Harm, Detectability, and Knowledge of HIV Non-Disclosure Laws in Affecting Punishment Recommendations for HIV Law Violators, Christina Marie Dodson
Dissertation: Profit Based Simulation Model for The Rail Transportation Industry, Mark Patrick Doran
Thesis: Development and Implementation of a Propeller Test Capability for Gl-10 "Greased Lightning" Propeller Design, Brian Edward Duvall
Dissertation: Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Resources Supporting Small Business Startup and Growth, Karen A. Eagle
Thesis: Detecting and Resolving Air Traffic Conflicts Using a Point of Closest Approach Method, Marc S. Easton
Thesis: Design and Implementation of a Virtual Team Collaboration System, Syed Ehsan
Thesis: Impacts of Operating Parameters on Extracellular Polymeric Substances Production in a High Rate Activated Sludge System with Low Solids Retention Times, Matthew S. Elliot
Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Structures and Non-Equilibrium Effects in Axial Wake Vortices Via Particle Image Velocimetry, Jeffry William Ely
Thesis: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species [Short Stories], Leslie Samuels Entsminger
Dissertation: Two Essays on CEO Inside Debt Holding in Relation to Firm Payout Policy and Financial Reporting, Asligul Erkan
Dissertation: Simulation, Measurement, and Emulation of Photovoltaic Modules Using High Frequency and High Power Density Power Electronic Circuits, Yunas Erkaya
Dissertation: A Qualitative Exploration of First-Generation Student Experiences at a Rural Community College, Rebecca Margrete Evans
Dissertation: Machine Learning Methods for Brain Image Analysis, Ahmed Fakhry
Dissertation: An Exploration of the Identity and Career Development of African American Women in Higher Education Leadership: Does Hair Style Make a Difference?, Yasmine Osir Farley
Thesis: Reevaluating the Geologic Formations of the Upper Coastal Plain in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Bradley Aaron Fitzwater
Dissertation: An Evaluation of Pathways to Community College Student Success in Anatomy and Physiology I, Staci Brooke Forgey
Dissertation: Culture and Military Effectiveness: How Societal Traits Influence Battle Outcomes, Eric Stephen Fowler
Dissertation: The Essence of the Library at a Public Research University as Seen Through Key Constituents’ Lived Experiences, George Joseph Fowler
Thesis: No Witnesses: Protest Policing and the Media at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Robert David Frenzel
Thesis: Effects of Auditory Vection Speed and Directional Congruence on Perceptions of Visual Vection, Isabella Alexis Gagliano
Thesis: Fake It Until You Make It? Female Leaders’ Emotional Expression Management and Subordinates’ Gender Stereotypes, Rebecca C. Garden
Thesis: "We Can't Do It Without You!" Crowdfunding As Cultural and Economic Negotiations Within Neoliberal Culture, David Zachary Gehring
Dissertation: Factors Influencing the Selection of Academic Help Sources, Joan Giblin
Thesis: “Just Young Dudes Having Fun”?: Social Media Reactions to the ODU Banner Incident, Ashley Marie Giraldi
Thesis: The Strength of Weak Social Ties: Social Activism and Facebook, Nichole Akai Giraldi
Dissertation: Building Stronger Communities: The Reciprocity between University, Student, and Community through Service-Learning, Jennifer Ellen Goff
Thesis: Naturalization of Salt Marsh Restoration Sites in the Elizabeth River, Virginia, Assessed by Feeding Activity and Trophic Level of Mummichogs (Fundulus Heteroclitus), Moriah Anne Good
Thesis: Interweaving Visual Language of the Spiritual and the Secular: Goya, Spanish Spiritualism, and the Sublime, Stirling Cushman Goulart
Dissertation: Two Essays on The Internationalization Speed of New Ventures, Orhun Guldiken
Dissertation: Concurrent Spatial Mapping of the Viscoelastic Behavior of Heterogeneous Soft Materials Via a Polymer-Based Microfluidic Device, Wenting Gu
Thesis: Juridical, Religious and Globalization Perspectives on the Constitutions of Egypt and Tunisia after the Arab Spring, Lora Hadzhidimova
Dissertation: Synthesis, Morphological Control, Dispersion Stabilization and In Situ Self-Assembly of Noble Metal Nanostructures Using Multidentate Resorcinarene Surfactants, Sangbum Han
Thesis: Analysis and Implementation of Communications Systems for Small Satellite Missions, Jason S. Harris
Dissertation: Presidents' Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Strategies in Community Colleges: A Disruptive Innovation, James Tyler Hart
Thesis: Development of the Compact Jet Engine Simulator from Concept to Useful Test Rig, Henry H. Haskin
Dissertation: Medicaid Expansion in the United States: A State Comparative Study Examining Factors that Influence State Decision Making, Tiffany J. Henley
Dissertation: Communities in (Digital) Space: Creating Networks for Daily Living Through Pervasive Media, Jamie Lynn Henthorn
Dissertation: The Principal's Role; Distributed Leadership, Kathryn R. Hermann
Dissertation: Factors Affecting College Choice and Transfer: A Study of the Decision-Making Process of Student Veterans, Reginia L. Hill
Thesis: Relationship Investment and Unwanted Pursuit: An Experimental Study, Phoebe Tabb Hitson
Dissertation: The Influence of Multimedia Production Knowledge on the Design Decisions of the Instructional Designer, Stephen Brent Hoard
Dissertation: Counselors’ Perceived Preparedness for Technology-Mediated Distance Counseling: A Phenomenological Examination, Daniel C. Holland
Dissertation: Governing the "Alien Threat": A Multilevel Analysis of Punitiveness Toward Non-Citizen Federal Drug Offenders Across Time and Place, Melanie Marie Holland
Thesis: Discoloration of a Green Pigment in Tintoretto’s Allegorical Figure of Spring and Analysis of the Chemical Properties and Stability of Copper Resinate, Sarah Wells Conner Horn
Dissertation: Motivation and Learning in an Online Collaborative Project Using Gamification, Michele L. Hudiburg
Dissertation: The Impact of High School Dual Enrollment Participation on Bachelor's Degree Attainment and Time and Cost to Degree, Thomas Earl Hughes
Thesis: The Relationship Between Resilience, Attachment, and Emotional Coping Styles, Jennika K. Jenkins
Dissertation: Two Essays on Shareholder Base, Firm Behavior, and Firm Value, Yi Jian
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