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 2013
Dissertation: Analysis and Simulation of Kinetic Model for Active Suspensions, Panon Phuworawong
Dissertation: Spin Dependence in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC, Donika Plyku
Dissertation: Effects of an Interprofessional Simulation Activity to Improve Students' Perceptions of Other Healthcare Professions, Chase Raymond Poulsen
Dissertation: Initial Development and Validation of the Rural Competency Scale, Cassandra Gail Pusateri
Dissertation: New Types of Morpho-Physiological Changes in Cells Exposed to Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field, Mikhail A. Rassokhin
Thesis: Basin Isolation and Oceanographic Features Influencing Lineage Divergence in the Humbug Damselfish (Dascyllus Aruanus) in the Coral Triangle, Jeremy M. Raynal
Dissertation: Improving Metacomprehension and Calibration Accuracy Through Embedded Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Prompts, Alan J. Reid
Thesis: Hydrogeologic Variations Across a Barrier Island that Influence Inter-Dune Wetlands False Cape State Park, Virginia, Matthew Collier Richardson
Dissertation: Preferred Instructional Design Strategies for Preparation of Pre-Service Teachers of Integrated STEM Education, Amanda Shackleford Roberts
Dissertation: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Engagement Systems (G) Department Development of a Plan to Maintain, Expand, and Create Corporate Knowledge, Luis J. Rodriguez
Thesis: Department of Defense Resource Allocations and Progress Toward U.S. Foreign Policy Objectives in Latin America, Melissa Rene Rodriguez
Dissertation: The Effects of Group Size on Student Learning, Student Contributions, \Mental Effort, and Group Outcomes for Middle-Aged Adults Working in an Ill-Structured Problem-Solving Environment, Gary Lee Roemmich
Dissertation: Training Effects of Adaptive Emotive Responses From Animated Agents in Simulated Environments, Enilda Jannet Romero-Hall
Dissertation: Observations and Modeling Forcing Mechanisms for the Coastal Dynamics of the Upper Gulf of Thailand, Suriyan Saramul
Thesis: Carrion Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Carcass Selection: Effects of Carcass Mass and Site Fidelity, Jonathan M. Schmude
Thesis: Response of Natural Estuarine Algal Communities to Nitrogen Additions, Christopher Schweitzer
Dissertation: An Epistemological Inquiry into the Incorporation of Emergency Management Concept in the Homeland Security with a Post-Disaster Security Centric Focus, Mehmet Secilmis
Dissertation: Dimensionless Criteria for Selecting Tidally-Influenced Advective-Dispersive Desalination Brine Mixing Plume Characterization Models, Alireza Shahvari
Dissertation: The Right to Bear Space Arms: U.S. Resistance to Arms Control in Space, Alessandro Shimabukuro
Dissertation: Fast Transients in Non-Volatile Resistive Memories (RRAM) Using Tantalum Pentoxide as Solid Electrolyte, Pragya Rasmi Shrestha
Dissertation: In Search for Instructional Techniques to Maximize the Use of Germane Cognitive Resources: A Case of Teaching Complex Tasks in Physics, Yekaterina Sliva
Dissertation: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study of the Transformation From High School Dropout to Second Chance Alumni, Jayne E. Smith
Dissertation: The Effect of Emotionally Arousing Negative Images on Judgments About News Stories, Martin Daniel Smith-Rodden
Dissertation: Piracy, Slavery, and the Limits of International Law: The Gap Between the Rhetoric and Reality of Jus Cogens, Stephanie Elizabeth Smith
Dissertation: Exploring Travel and Activity Behavior in Transit-Oriented Developments: Insights Into Transportation Benefits and Travel Demand Modelling, Sanghoon Son
Dissertation: Quality Profiles in Early Childhood: An Example From Virginia's Quality Rating Improvement System, Kathryn M. Squibb
Dissertation: Functional Near Infrared Detection of Real and Imagined Finger Taps Using Support Vector Machine, Linear Discriminant Analysis, and Decision Tree Classification Methods, Eugene A. Stoudenmire
Dissertation: The Response of Commercial Banks to Credit Stimuli, Denise Williams Streeter
Thesis: Reefer Madness to Marijuana and Legalization: Media Exposure and American Attitudes Towards Marijuana (1975-2010), Richard James Stringer
Dissertation: Taking Centerstage: The Impact of Bollywood's Rise on India's Soft Power, Roopa Swaminathan
Dissertation: Changes in the Dynamics of Postural and Locomotor Control as a Result of Varying Task Demands, Kathleen Sherry Thomas
Dissertation: Late Registration and Student Success in On-Campus and Online Classes, Patrick Tompkins
Thesis: Zombies as a Generational Metaphor: Connections Between George A. Romero, Zombies and Fandom -- A Critical Study, Alfredo Torres
Thesis: Sweeping the Floors of Privilege: The Lived Experiences of University Janitors, Jennifer Laverne Turner
Thesis: Using Real Property Layouts to Study the Foreclosure Contagion Effect in Real Estate with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation, Daniele Vernon-Bido
Thesis: There Are No "Innocent Victims": The Influence of Just World Beliefs and Prior Victimization on Rape Myth Acceptance, Rebecca Lynne Vonderhaar
Dissertation: Teacher Leadership: Emergent Leadership in a Complex System Functioning as a Professional Learning Community, Andrea Lorene Voshell
Thesis: Assessing the Release of Bioactive Trace Elements from Coal Fly Ash into Natural Fresh Waters, Candace E. Wall
Dissertation: An Assessment of Post-Professional Athletic Training Students' Critical Thinking Skills and Dispositions, Jessica Marie Walter
Dissertation: Student Perceptions of Online Course Quality: A Comparison By Academic Discipline, Brian Riley Wilcox
Dissertation: Thermo-Elasto-Plastic Behavior of Biaxially Loaded Steel Beam-Columns Inducing Those From World Trade Center Towers, Yanhong Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Dissertation: Performance Optimization Over Wireless Links With Operating Constraints, Shiny Abraham
Dissertation: Evaluation of Hydraulic Conductivity of Non Aqueous Phase Liquids in Partially Saturated Soils, Chijioke Ekeleme Akamiro
Dissertation: Numerical Study of the Performance of a Model Scramjet Engine, Ayad Alhumadi
Dissertation: De Novo Protein Structure Modeling from Cryoem Data Through a Dynamic Programming Algorithm in the Secondary Structure Topology Graph, Kamal H. Al Nasr
Thesis: Integrating Probe Vehicles and Stationary Detector Data to Construct Accurate Cumulative Curves to Study Bottlenecks, Khairul Azfi Anuar
Dissertation: Incorporating Memory and Learning Mechanisms Into Meta-RaPS, Arif Arin
Thesis: Using Decision-Making Techniques in Support of Simulation Training Transfer Selections, Jane Taylor Bachman
Dissertation: Preservice Teachers' Epistemological Beliefs: A Study of Student and Course Characteristics, Peter B. Baker
Dissertation: Factors That Influence Nonadherence Outpatient Medical Follow-Up by African Americans with HIV/AIDS at an Outpatient Infectious Disease Clinic, Cynthia Burrell Banks
Dissertation: Molecular Dynamics Studies on Nanoscale Gas Transport, Murat Barisik
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Women in Leadership and Community at Old Dominion University From 1970 to 1990, Ann E. Wendle Barnes
Dissertation: Effects that Previous Employment Experiences Had on Organizational Commitment of an Hourly Workforce, Charles August Bartocci
Dissertation: The Experiences of Women in a U.S. Department of Education School Leadership Preparation Cohort Program: A Case Study, Darra KaTrina Belle
Dissertation: Counselor Beliefs and Perceived Knowledge Regarding Clients with Learning Disabilities, Tamekia R. Bell
Dissertation: Real-Time Virtual Pathology Using Signal Analysis and Synthesis, Dennis L. Bergin
Dissertation: A Mixed Methods Study of Special Education Teachers' Knowledge of Reading Instruction and Perceptions Concerning Their Preparation to Teach Reading, Cynthia Darden Blakeslee
Dissertation: Competencies Required of Human Resource Professionals in the Government Contracting Industry, Dawn Denise Boyer
Dissertation: The Effects of Personalized Boosters for a Computerized Intervention Targeting College Student Drinking, Abby L. Braitman
Thesis: Optimizing Chronic Slow Breathing Training to Cause a Therapeutic Effect on Heart Rate Variability, Jennifer Joy Brown
Dissertation: An Examination of Middle Manager Innovation Behaviors and Institutional Factors Impact on Organizational Innovation in the USA and Mexico, J. Lee Brown III
Dissertation: Assessing Resiliency and Sustainability in an Intelligence Infrastructure System, Shelly Dawn Bumphus
Dissertation: Synergistic Effect of Subnanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields and Temperature on the Viability of Biological Cells, James Thomas Camp
Dissertation: Single and Double Spin Asymmetries for Pion Electro-Production From the Deuteron in the Resonance Region, Sharon L. Careccia
Dissertation: Large-Eddy Simulation of Axially-Rotating, Turbulent Pipe and Particle-laden Swirling Jet Flows, Nicolas D. Castro
Thesis: Developments in the Global Energy Markets and Constructing the Future of the Persian Gulf Security, Nihat Cengel
Thesis: Satisfaction With Police: Explaining Variation by Race, Megan N. Centeno
Dissertation: Nano- and Micro-Second Electrical Pulsing of B16-F10 Mouse Melanoma Cells: Plasma Membrane and Sub-Cellular Organelle Changes, Yiling Chen
Dissertation: Prompting Self-Monitoring of Learning in Self-Paced Computer Based Training: The Effect on Self-Regulation and Learning, Christopher J. Coburn
Dissertation: Measurement System Characterization in the Presence of Measurement Errors, Sean A. Como
Dissertation: Evaluating Network Analysis and Agent Based Modeling for Investigating the Stability of Commercial Air Carrier Schedules, Sheila Ruth Conway
Dissertation: Emotion Management Skills of School-Age Children in the Context of Risk: The Role of Parent Socialization Strategies, Carla Damiani Correia
Thesis: Guardians of the Countryside Public Choice Theory and the Farm Lobby in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, Amy J. Costa
Dissertation: Sifting the Commonplace: Topoi and the Grounds for Argument in Classical and Modern Rhetoric, Daniel Verlo Cutshaw
Thesis: East, West, or Center? Turkey's Stance Straddling Continents, Pipelines, and Interdependences, Mustafa Kemal Dagdelen
Dissertation: An Investigation into the Relationship Between an Engineering Manager's Purpose-Seeking Beliefs and Behaviors and the Engineering Manager's Perception of Employee Creativity, Initiative and Purpose-Seeking Behavior, Charles Burton Daniels
Dissertation: International Competition for Satellite-Based Navigation System Services, Robert F. Donnelly
Dissertation: The Effects of Combat Exposure on Post-Deployment Coping Deficits in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans, Alex Emerson Dryden
Dissertation: The Nature and Role of Physical Models in Enhancing Sixth Grade Students' Mental Models of Groundwater and Groundwater Processes, Debra Lynne Foster Duffy
Dissertation: The Impact of Teacher Licensure Programs on Minority Student Achievement, Rose S. Duke
Dissertation: Essays on Foreign Reverse Mergers and Bond ETF Mispricing, Charles William Duval
Thesis: Securing South Africa's Future Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS as a Model for Social Development Change, Savannah Lynn Eck
Dissertation: Intimate Partner Physical Violence Against Women in Saudi Arabian Primary Healthcare Clinics, Halah M. Eldoseri
Dissertation: FRIEND: A Cyber-Physical System for Traffic Flow Related Information Aggregation and Dissemination, Samy S. El-Tawab
Dissertation: The Effects of an Online Sleep Hygiene Intervention on Students' Sleep Quality, Giuliana Farias
Dissertation: An Examination of Factors Affecting Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Department Services by Patients with "Universal" Healthcare, Gregory Smith Feltenberger
Dissertation: Multi-Term Approximation to the Boltzmann Transport Equation for Electron Energy Distribution Functions in Nitrogen, Yue Feng
Thesis: Population Structure and Connectivity of an Important Pelagic Forage Fish in the Antarctic Ecosystem, Pleuragramma antarcticum in Relation to Large Scale Circulation, Jason W. Ferguson
Thesis: Policy-Making under Evo Morales: Explaining Ethnopopulist Redistributive Measures in Bolivia, Luis Ferreira
Thesis: Ecology of Tenodera Sinensis and Tenodera Angustipennis (Mantodea: Mantidae) in Eastern Virginia, Cory A. Gall
Dissertation: “This Intense Desire to Know the World”: Factors Influencing the Selection of Multicultural Children's Literature, Kasey L. Garrison
Dissertation: Towards Managing and Understanding the Risk of Underwater Terrorism, Richard J. Gay
Dissertation: An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Effective Use of Knowledge Management in Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Operations, Umit Gencer
Thesis: A New Phase Speciation Leaching Procedure for the Determination of Metals in Oxic and Anoxic Sediments, Brandon R. Gipson
Thesis: The Factors Behind a Successful Implementation of Electronic Health Records Systems, Anjee Gorkhali
Dissertation: The Influence of Interlimb Differences on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk Factors in Female Collegiate Soccer Athletes, Eric Kevin Greska
Dissertation: Alternative Therapy and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes, Carmine R. Grieco
Dissertation: Textualizing the Nation: The Sociopolitical Negotiation of Atatürk's Nutuk, and Visions of National Identity in Contemporary Turkey, Elif Guler
Dissertation: Using the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms - 34 (CCAPS-34) to Predict Premature Termination in a College Counseling Sample, Sean B. Hall
Dissertation: Establishing Relationships Between Risk Management and Knowledge Transfer, Garrett S. Haltiwanger