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 2009
Dissertation: The Impact of On-Line Training on College Faculty Attitudes and Knowledge of Students with Disabilities, Wayne M. Pollock
Dissertation: Regional Emergency Response Teams: Case Studies in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Thomas E. Poulin
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Case Study of the Multicultural Counseling Experience of Students and Faculty in Relation to Their Perceptions of Their Multicultural Competency and CACREP Standards, Nial P. Quinlan
Dissertation: Ecology of Neotropical Arboreal Snakes and Behavior of New World Mollusk-Eating Snakes, Julie M. Ray
Thesis: Purchasing Power: An Exploration of Predictors of Political Participation and Political Consumerism, Sara Resnick
Dissertation: An Exploration of the Use of Expressive Writing to Reduce Physical and Emotional symptoms Associated with Stress in a Sample of Orthodox Jewish Wives Preparing for a Religious Observance, David Jay Richels
Dissertation: Institutional Factors Supporting the Enrollment and Persistence of African-American Males in Virginia Community Colleges, Alfred A. Roberts
Dissertation: A Subspace Projection Methodology for Nonlinear Manifold Based Face Recognition, Praveen Sankaran
Dissertation: Network Optimization of Dynamically Complex Systems, Ramez Ahmed Shamseldin
Dissertation: Computational Studies on R67 Dihydrofolate Reductase: An Investigation Into Its Unique Binding Patterns, Chuanyin Shi
Dissertation: Experiences of School Counselors During and After Making Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Reports, April Sikes
Dissertation: Exploration of Barriers and Solutions for Women in the Pathway to the High School Principalship, Tracy Shook Skinner
Thesis: A Brand New Bond: Shifting Strategies for 007 in the Age of Conglomeration and Convergence, Katherine C. Skophammer
Dissertation: Technological Literacy in K–12 Teacher Preparation: A Review of Course Requirements at Accredited Education Institutions, Roger Allan Skophammer
Dissertation: Export of Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter Along a River to Ocean Transect of the Lower Chesapeake Bay Investigated by Advanced Analytical Techniques, Rachel Leigh Sleighter
Dissertation: Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, Objectivism and Religious Activities/Beliefs in Practitioners, Brenda J. Smith
Dissertation: Test Anxiety and Other Factors as Predictors of Outcome For an Undergraduate University's Examination of Writing Competency, Carrie D. Smith
Dissertation: The Effects of Automation Expertise, System Confidence, and Image Quality on Trust, Compliance, and Performance, Randall D. Spain
Thesis: Inhibition of Yeast Hexokinase by the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin: Probing Mechanism of Action with a Model Enzyme, Jennifer S. Spence
Thesis: A Bio-Optical Model for Syringodium filiforme Canopies, Margaret A. Stoughton
Dissertation: Two Essays on Earnings Quality and Corporate Decisions, Qian Sun
Dissertation: Relationship Predictors of Unwanted Pursuit, Farrahdya Tassy
Dissertation: A Model of Responses to Race-Based and Gender-Based Stereotype Threat in Computer Science, Lara Tedrow
Dissertation: The Impact of The 101s: A Guide to Positive Discipline Teacher Training on Teacher Interaction Practices, Teacher-Child Relationship Quality, School Adjustment, and Academic Outcomes in Kindergarten Classrooms in Bangkok, Thailand, Panadda Thanasetkorn
Dissertation: The Impact of The 101s: A Guide to Positive Discipline Parent Training: A Case Study of Kindergarteners and Their Parents in Bangkok, Thailand, Piyavalee Thanasetkorn
Dissertation: Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance in Vibrio cholerae Isolated From Ships' Ballast and Other Environmental Sources, Frank Kornegay Thomson III
Thesis: The Role of Human Endogenous Retroviruses in Renal Cell Carcinoma, Michele D. Tisdale
Dissertation: Neutron Structure Functions Measured with Spectator Tagging, Svyatoslav Tkachenko
Dissertation: Traumatic Stress as a Predictor of Suicidality, Sherry Malana Todd
Dissertation: An Adaptive Method for Calculating Blow-Up Solutions, Charles F. Touron
Dissertation: WISC-IV and IVA+Plus Pattern Analysis: Assessment of Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder, Kevin K. Tsang
Dissertation: A State Comparative Study of the Factors Influencing Nursing Home Quality of Care Regulation, Tancy Joe Vandecar-Burdin
Dissertation: Measuring Collaboration: An Assessment of the Containment Model Effort Used to Manage Sex Offenders in the Community, Teresa L. Van Nostrand
Thesis: PCF: Voice of the People, Raisa Vilensky
Dissertation: A Grounded Theory of School Counselors' Conceptualizations of Their Training Regarding Adolescent Mental Health Issues, Cynthia Theresa Walley
Dissertation: High-Performance Broadcast and Multicast Protocols for Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Mesh Networks, Jun Wang
Dissertation: Changing Fecundity and Reproductive Output in Females of a Chesapeake Bay Population of Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Shannon L. Wells
Dissertation: The Impact of Dual Enrollment Participation on Degree Attainment, Peggy Anne Westcott
Dissertation: Analysis of N-Linked Oligosaccharides of Prostate-Specific Antigen and Prostatic Acid Phosphatase in Prostatic Fluids, Krista Yaudes White
Dissertation: How do People React to Someone Who Has Recently Tested for HIV? An Experimental Study of the Effects of Sexual Orientation and HIV Status, Stacie A. Wilson
Dissertation: Social Capital in Rural China: Its Impact on Economic Development, Grassroots Governance, and Democratic Participation, Min Xia
Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Estuarine Water Quality Parameterization Using Remote Sensing and in-situ Characteristics, Kwisun Park Yu
Dissertation: 3D Numerical Modeling of Hydrodynamic Flow, Sediment Deposition and Transport in Stormwater Ponds and Alluvial Channels, Leying Zhang
Thesis: Using Geographically Weighted Regression Models to Analyze Crash Harm, Libin Zheng
Dissertation: Compensation of Loss and Stimulated Emission of Surface Plasmon Polaritons, Guohua Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Dissertation: Two Essays on the Corporate Payout Behavior of Japanese and European Firms, Rahnuma Binte Ahsan
Dissertation: Microspore Wall Morphogenesis and Orbicule Ultrastructure of Isoetes, Khalid Alarid
Dissertation: Effect of Household Structure on Family-Friendly Benefit Utilization: Implications for Organizational Attraction and Workplace Withdrawal Behaviors of Federal Government Employees, Sharyn J. Aufenanger
Dissertation: Rapid Prototyping for Virtual Environments, Emre Baydogan
Thesis: The Return of Russia: Energy's Superpower or Potemkin Village?, Greg R. Bayes
Dissertation: Modeling Physical Activity in Working Adults: How Suitable Is the Expanded Parallel Process Model?, Adwoa B-H-Sam
Thesis: An Agent-Based Combat Simulation Framework in Support of Effect-Based and Net-Centric Evaluation, Robert Joseph Bowen
Dissertation: Microtextures of Cyanobacterial Mats in Siliciclastic Sedimentary Environments (Modern & Ancient): Applications to the Search for Life on Mars, Dina M. Bower
Dissertation: Shades of Green: The Use of Force Debate in the German Green Party, 1990--2002, Scott H. Brunstetter
Dissertation: Effects of Leader Relationship Quality (LMX), Supervisor Support, and Upward Influence in National Science Foundation Industry /University Cooperative Research Centers, Janet L. Bryant
Dissertation: School District Budgeting in the Era of Increased Accountability and No Child Left Behind: A Mixed Methods Case Study of School District Budgeting Processes and the Correlation to Student Achievement, Scott Alan Burckbuchler
Dissertation: An Empirical Analysis of Macroeconomic and Political Determinants of Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ralph Cann-Tamakloe
Dissertation: The Relationships Among Age, Physical Activity, and Working Memory, Ellen M. Carpenter
Dissertation: Parameter Estimation of the Arterial System, James Charles Carter II
Dissertation: MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging for the Discovery of Prostate Carcinoma Biomarkers, Lisa Harris Cazares
Dissertation: In Vivo Murine Melanoma Tumor Responses to Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Treatment, Xinhua Chen
Dissertation: Nonlinear Random Response of Large-Scale Sparse Finite Element Plate Bending Problems, Swati Chokshi
Thesis: Investigation of a Validation Technique for the Registration of 3D Points Directly to Subjects with Pectus Excavatum, Taryn Tacosa Cuper
Dissertation: A Social Relational Model for Firm-Hosted Virtual Communities: The Role of Firm Support, Tung Duy Cu
Thesis: Evaluation of the Applicability of JC3IEDM Based Information Exchange Standardization Efforts to Link-16 Based Systems, Anthony Devivi
Thesis: Influences of the Loggerhead Sponge (Spheciospongia Vesparium) and the Vase Sponge (Ircinia Campana) on Nearshore Hard-Bottom Community Development in the Florida Keys, Scott Donahue
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Rural Middle School Student Mathematics Achievement and Classroom Sense of Community, John E. Donlan
Thesis: Bisphenol A Blood and Saliva Levels Prior to and After Dental Sealant Placement in Adults, Joyce Marie Downs
Dissertation: Performance of Funds of Hedge Funds, Hung Duong
Thesis: Crossing Borders: Mexican Immigration into the United States, Ewelina L. Dzieciolowski
Dissertation: Oil and Remittances in the Middle East, Azza El-Sharabassy
Dissertation: DGM-FD: A Finite Difference Scheme Based on the Discontinuous Galerkin Method, Anne Marguerite Fernando
Dissertation: Nutrient and Carbon Dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay Outflow Plume and Their Effect on the Coastal Ocean Environment, Katherine C. Filippino
Dissertation: Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields Induce a Mitochondria-Independent Apoptosis in B16F10 Melanoma Cells In Vitro, Wentia Elissa Ford
Thesis: Virginia Standards of Learning: An Analysis of Sociodemographic Effects on Exam Passing Rates, Anne E. Foster
Dissertation: Subcellular Localization of Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Tax Oncoprotein, Kimberly Anne Fryrear
Dissertation: The Perspective and Practice of Leadership by Managers Within the Virginia Department of Corrections: An Instrumental Case Study, Elizabeth M. Gagnon
Thesis: Extra-Legal Characteristics and Sentencing Disparity Among Federal Drug Offenders, Justin D. Galasso
Thesis: Predicting Attitude Toward Sex Education in Public Schools, Sarah A. Gibson
Dissertation: Application of the Interactional Model of Cultural Diversity to Identify Diversity Climate Factors Associated with Organizational Effectiveness in Accredited U.S. Physical Therapist Education Programs, Elizabeth Francis Giles
Dissertation: Configuration of Market Oriented Culture, Organizational Structure and Business Strategy Types and Their Performance Implications in Service Organizations, Omer Gokus
Thesis: Spatial Analyses and Repletion of Gargathy Coastal Lagoon, Loreto Herraiz Gomez
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Valuing Diversity and Implicit Racial Bias: A Construct Validation Study, Rebekka Althouse Gordon
Dissertation: Improved Constrained Global Optimization for Estimating Molecular Structure From Atomic Distances, Terri Marie Grant
Dissertation: Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction Studies of Indium Phosphide (100) and Growth on Indium and Indium Nitride on Silicon (100), Mohamed Abd-Elsattar Hafez
Thesis: Using Timed-Release Cryptography to Mitigate Preservation Risk of Embargo Periods, Rabia Haq
Dissertation: Modeling and Stability Analysis of Nonlinear Sampled-Data Systems with Embedded Recovery Algorithms, Heber Herencia-Zapana
Dissertation: The Impact of the “Universal Voyager Literacy” Reading Program on Reading Achievement and Instructional Practices in an Urban School District, Shanika L. Hope
Dissertation: Caffeine Model Identification for Vigilance Performance Prediction, Chun-Hui Huang
Thesis: The Simpsons: A Reflection of Violence, Theodore S. Huptich
Dissertation: Modeling the Seasonal Sea Ice Cycle in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, Yusuf Sinan Hûsrevoğlu
Dissertation: Jimmy Carter's Foreign Policy: The Battle for Power and Principle, Frances M. Jacobson
Dissertation: Biology-Inspired Approach for Communal Behavior in Massively Deployed Sensor Networks, Kennie H. Jones
Dissertation: Hypersonic Boundary Layer Receptivity to Acoustic Disturbances Over Cones, Kursat Kara
Dissertation: The Application of Innovative High-Throughput Techniques to Serum Biomarker Discovery, Izabela Debkiewicz Karbassi
Dissertation: Integration of Market and Entrepreneurial Orientations; and Their Impact on Export Performance: A Contingency Approach, Ayse Nilgun Kaya
Dissertation: Perceptions of Second-Level Managers' Performance in Student affairs, Jennifer Kingsley
Thesis: Process Study for the Design of Small-Scale 2 Kelvin Refrigeration Systems, Peter N. Knudsen
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Active Control of Bluff Body Vortex Shedding, Ilteris Koc
Thesis: Uncertainty Assessment of Aircraft Maintenance Times by Using Evidence Theory and Expert Judgment Elicitation, Huseyin Kudak