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 2010
Dissertation: Evidence-Based Practice in Undergraduate Athletic Training Education, Sarah A. Manspeaker
Thesis: Comparison of Ice Core Dissolved Organic Matter from a Greenland Ice Core by Nanospray Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry, Joshua Jeremiah Shiloh Marsh
Dissertation: Oxygen Isotopes as a Tracer of DOM Processes in River-Estuary Systems, Joy Ashley Matthews
Dissertation: The Relationship Among Counselor Demographic, Training, and Employment Variables and Self-Reported Multicultural and Gerontological Counseling Competence, Rebecca G. McBride
Dissertation: Canonical Correlation Analysis for Longitudinal Data, Raymond McCollum
Dissertation: Maturing International Cooperation to Address the Cyberspace Attack Attribution Problem, Jeff J. McNeil
Dissertation: Adjunct Faculty Organizational Sense of Belonging and Affective Organizational Commitment, Constance L. Merriman
Dissertation: Ecological Interactions Between Spiders and the Purple Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia purpurea, Marc Aaron Milne
Dissertation: Simultaneous Higher Harmonic Detection and Extraction of Information From Oxygen Spectra, Karan Dineshchandra Mohan
Dissertation: Trace Metal Biogeochemistry in the Western North Pacific, Peter Lynn Morton
Dissertation: A Study of Passive Earth Pressure in Anisotropic Sand with Various Wall Movement Modes, Achmad Bakri Muhiddin
Dissertation: What Is Influencing Financially-Driven Shareholder Activism in the US and UK—Principal-Agent or Principal-Principal Problems?, Maureen I. Muller-Kahle
Thesis: XPath-Based Template Language for Describing the Placement of Metadata within a Document, Vijay Kumar Musham
Dissertation: Analysis of Helicopter Downwash/Frigate Airwake Interaction Using Statistically Designed Experiments, Yavuz Nacakli
Dissertation: Post-Processing Techniques and Wavelet Applications for Hammerstein Integral Equations, Khomsan Neamprem
Thesis: Cooperative Strategies on Parallel Tracks: The NEPAD and AGOA Initiatives, Guelmbaye Ngarsandje
Dissertation: Intergenerational Conflict Between Emerging Adults and Their Parents in Asian American Families, Kathy Nguyen
Dissertation: The Effects of Cooperative and Collaborative Strategies on Student Achievement and Satisfaction in Blended and Online Learning Environments, Christine E. Nickel
Dissertation: Beyond the Born Approximation: A Precise Comparison of e+p and e-p Elastic Scattering in the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS), Megh Raj Niroula
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Leader Behaviors and Subordinate Performance: Examining the Moderating Influence of Leader-Member Exchange, Kurt L. Oborn
Thesis: Domestic Violence and Recidivism: Does Stake in Conformity Matter?, Sara R. Olson
Dissertation: Solution Approximation for Atmospheric Flight Dynamics Using Volterra Theory, Ashraf Mohammed Kandeel Omran
Dissertation: Towards a Theory of Understanding within Problem Situations, Jose J. Padilla
Thesis: Phosphorus Uptake in Rhodomonas salina (Wislouch) and Its Effect on Allocation and Elimination in Acartia tonsa (Dana), Danna Palladino
Dissertation: Nuclear Electromagnetic Currents in Chiral Effective Field Theory, Saori Pastore
Dissertation: Student Perceptions of Campus Safety Within the Virginia Community College System, Robert Chad Patton
Thesis: Analysis of FEMA Guidelines for Coastal Dunes Using a Numerical Model, Brenton Edward Payne
Dissertation: Hybrid Intelligent Optimization Methods for Engineering Problems, Yasin Volkan Pehlivanoglu
Dissertation: The Utilization of a Computer Assisted Guidance System in Academic Advising, Charles Van Vleck Pfautz
Dissertation: The Association Between Parental Perceptions of Children's Residential Mental Health Treatment and the Parent-Child Relationship, Susanne Elizabeth Preston
Thesis: Molecular Characterization of The Soluble Fraction of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Obtained by Chemical Oxidation With Nitric Acid, Amanda Susan Priest
Dissertation: Predictors of Developmental Screenings for Young Children, Janice Chandler Ranne
Dissertation: Transmitter Optimization in Multiuser Wireless Systems with Quality of Service Constraints, Danda B. Rawat
Dissertation: Modeling Decision Making Related to Incident Delays During Hurricane Evacuations, Robert Michael Robinson
Dissertation: Examining the Impact of Leadership Style and School Climate on Student Achievement, Tina Robinson
Dissertation: Fat Talk Between Friends: Co-Rumination About Physical Appearance, Jonathan A. Rudiger
Dissertation: The Tale of Two Narratives: NATO as a Collective Defense and a Collective Security Institution, Anna M. Rulska
Dissertation: Analysis of Wake Vortices of a Medium Range Twin-Propeller Military Cargo Aircraft Using Statistically Designed Experiments, Burhan Sahin
Thesis: A Test of the Area of Refuge Hypothesis in Indo-Pacific Marine Biogeography, Jonnell C. Sanciangco
Dissertation: Integrated Water Resources Management: A Theoretical Exploration of the Implementation Gap Between the Developed and Developing Worlds, Jennifer S. Schiff
Dissertation: Experience and Regulation of Positive Emotions as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents and Children, Ann Schlegelmilch
Dissertation: Turbulent Flow Studies of a Scaled Model of a Large Mining Truck - Computations and Experiment, Wayne Randolph Sexton
Thesis: Interisland Variability of Dune Plant Community Structure on Virginia's Barrier Islands, Justin K. Shafer
Dissertation: Austerity, Abundance, and the Investor States: The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Manda Shemirani
Dissertation: Ecological and Genetic Status of the Purple Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia purpurea L., in Maryland and Virginia, Philip M. Sheridan
Dissertation: Inpatient Group Psychotherapy: Predicting Attendance and Participation, Sharon E. Silverberg
Dissertation: A Hierarchical Examination of the Immigrant Achievement Gap: The Additional Explanatory Power of Nationality and Educational Selectivity Over Traditional Explorations of Race and Socioeconomic Status, Kathryn A. Simms
Thesis: Carrion Beetles of the Blackwater Ecologic Preserve: Community Structure Seasonal Patterns and Habitat Use, Amy L. Simons
Dissertation: Effectiveness of the Combat Operational Stress Control Training Program: Expectations of the U.S. Marine Corps, Marek M. Sipko
Thesis: Trust Judgments and the Hindsight Bias Effect, Martin Daniel Smith-Rodden
Dissertation: Simulation Studies of Pulsed Voltage Effects on Cells, Jiahui Song
Dissertation: Cellular Immunity in Mouse Models of Viral Encephalitis, Christina Dawn Steel
Thesis: Akers' Social Learning Theory: Childhood Victimization, Witnessing Violence, Peer Violence and Later Violent Offending, Pamela Annette Styles
Dissertation: Secondary English Teachers' Attitudes Toward disciplinary and Literacy Learning Implications for Pedagogical Praxis and Reform, Stephanie Kay Sugioka
Dissertation: The Administration of Community College Blogs: Considering Control and Adaptability in Loosely Coupled Systems, Troy A. Swanson
Dissertation: The Effects of Expressive Writing on Stress, Mood, and Perception of Self-Efficacy and of Instructor, Sophia S. Tailor
Dissertation: Utilizing Knowledge Transfer to Promote Management of Countervailing Risks in Value Stream Analysis, Jeffery A. Temple
Thesis: Woman's Work: Female Lighthouse Keepers in the Early Republic, 1820–1859, Virginia Neal Thomas
Dissertation: The Effects of Cocaine and Ecstasy on Cardiac Myocytes and the Intact Myocardium, David A. Tiangco
Dissertation: Conformational Change and Topological Stability of Proteins, Jeffrey Andrew Tibbitt
Thesis: Emotional Intelligence and Its Potential in Engineering Management, Jesse Ray Toepfer
Dissertation: The Experiences of Secondary Social Studies Teachers With Historical Thinking Skills, Denise Lorraine Trombino
Dissertation: Wavelet-Based Enhancement Technique for Visibility Improvement of Digital Images, Numan Ünaldı
Dissertation: An Experimental Analysis of Couple Aggression Using a Response Choice Paradigm, Claudia R. Viggiano
Dissertation: Genre, Database, and the Anatomy of the Digital Archive, Elizabeth J. Vincelette
Dissertation: Constrained Optimal Orbit Design for Earth Observation, Sharon D. Vtipil
Dissertation: Analysis and Optimization of Dynamic Spectrum Sharing for Cognitive Radio Networks, Manish Wadhwa
Dissertation: The Effect of Individual or Group Guidelines on the Calibration Accuracy of High School Biology Students, Camilla C. Walck
Thesis: Application of the Coastal Storm Impulse (COSI) Parameter to Predict Coastal Erosion, Robert Aaron Walker
Dissertation: Three Essays on Cross-Listing, Liu Wang
Dissertation: The Effect of Systematic Error in Forced Oscillation Wind Tunnel Test Apparatuses on Determining Nonlinear Unsteady Aerodynamic Stability Derivatives, Brianne Y. Williams
Dissertation: A Study of Relationships Between Family Members Using Familial Correlations, Corinne Wilson
Dissertation: Comparative Validity of MMPI-A Scales Scores in African American and Caucasian Male Juvenile Delinquents, Stacy Natasha Wilson
Dissertation: Moderator Effect of Financial Aid on Predictors of Community College Graduation Rate, Richard Wilt
Dissertation: Psychometric Properties of the MMPI-A Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales in a Forensic Sample, Ashley K. Winkleman
Dissertation: The Effects of Two Anxiety Reducing Interventions on Algebra I Test Scores for a Sample of Rural High School Students, Sharon Wisinger
Dissertation: English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement of International Students: A Meta-Analysis, Rachawan Wongtrirat
Dissertation: The Effect of the Governance Environment on International Business: Three Essays, Jun Wu
Dissertation: The Effects of Training in Peer Assessment on University Students' Writing Performance and Peer Assessment Quality in an Online Environment, Yun Xiao
Dissertation: The Effects of Emotions on Strategic Decision-Making: A China-U.S. Cross-Cultural Experimental Study, Weichu Xu
Dissertation: Active Control of Shocks and Sonic Boom Ground Signal, Bedri Yagiz
Dissertation: A Re-Examination of Stock Repurchase in USA, Hua Yang
Dissertation: Characterization of Metastasis-Associated Cell Surface Glycoproteins in Prostate Cancer, Lifang Yang
Dissertation: Providing Location Security in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Gongjun Yan
Dissertation: Analysis of Models for Longitudinal and Clustered Binary Data, Weiming Yang
Dissertation: Female Ph.D. Completion: How Field of Study Moderates the Predictive Relationships Between Social and Academic Interactions With Faculty, Research Productivity and Degree Completion, Miki Yoshimura
Dissertation: Remembering to Remember and the Consequences of Forgetting: The Role of Prospective Memory in Consumer Intentions, Eyad M. Youssef
Dissertation: Two Essays on Investor Sentiment and the Profitability of Contrarian and Momentum Strategies, Changmei Zhang
Dissertation: Exclusive π- Electro-Production From the Neutron in the Resonance Region, Jixie Zhang
Dissertation: Rao's Quadratic Entropy and Some New Applications, Yueqin Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Dissertation: Reactivity and Chemical Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter in an Estuary, Hussain A. Abdulla
Dissertation: Towards the Efficient Probabilistic Characterization of Tropical Cyclone-Generated Storm Surge Hazards Under Stationary and Nonstationary Conditions, Senanu Kudjo Agbley
Dissertation: Promotion Induced Competitive Effects: Two Essays, Rajeev Airani
Dissertation: Mechanisms of Regulation of Proximal Tubule Sodium Transporters in Obesity-Induced Hypertension, Marta A. Ambrozewicz
Thesis: Retaining Employees The Relationship Between Organizational Loyalty and Commitment and Employee Retention, Sara L. Baker
Dissertation: Light Scattering in Ultracold High Density Rubidium Vapor, Salim Balik
Dissertation: Comparison of Immune Correlates, Age Related Changes and Proteomic Profiling of Healthy Individuals Receiving Influenza Vaccines, Gaurav Basu
Dissertation: Study of the DNA Damage Complexes Within the HTLV-1 Tax Oncoprotein Interactome, Sidi Mehdi Belgnaoui
Thesis: A Strategic Planning Decision Support Methodology in Emergency Department Preparedness for Mass Casualty Events, Adrian Spencer Benson
Dissertation: Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument Long-Term Outcomes and Scale Stability, Elise Christina Simonds Bisbee