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 2010
Dissertation: Three Essays on Cross-Listing, Liu Wang
Thesis: The Way of Sinners, Mary Westbrook
Dissertation: The Effect of Systematic Error in Forced Oscillation Wind Tunnel Test Apparatuses on Determining Nonlinear Unsteady Aerodynamic Stability Derivatives, Brianne Y. Williams
Thesis: Other People's Houses, David Williamson
Thesis: What Did I Do to Susan Orlean and Other Stories, Brian C. Wilson
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
Thesis: Fault-Injection Experiment for the Statistical Characterization of Faults in Avionics Communication System, Amy M. Yates
Thesis: An Experimental Study of the Near Wake Field Behind a Propeller Aircraft, Hasan Ozgur Yavas
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
Thesis: Flowers of Purgatory, Emily Louise Zimbrick
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
Thesis: Numerical Study of Confined Flow Past an Airfoil Injector with a Planar Jet, Omar A. Alabbasi
Dissertation: Mechanisms of Regulation of Proximal Tubule Sodium Transporters in Obesity-Induced Hypertension, Marta A. Ambrozewicz
Thesis: Immediate Effect of Heel-Pain Orthosis And An Augmented Low-Dye Taping on Plantar Pressures and Pain in Subjects with Plantar Fasciitis, Tracy Andus
Thesis: The Office of War Information Vs. the Foreign Nationalities Branch: The Roosevelt Administration and the Poles, Kristen Brooke Archambeau
Thesis: Revival and Revolution: The Political Social and Religious Role of Colonial Virginia's New Light Presbyterians, Bethany N. Austin
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
Thesis: A Smart-Phone Application for Improving Communication Skills in Children with Autism, Lakshmi Padmaja Battagiri
Thesis: A New Look at Training Motivation: A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Differential and Incremental Validity, Kristina N. Bauer
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
Thesis: Development of A Supersonic Nozzle for A Compressed Carbon Dioxide Propulsion System Intended for Mars Surface Applications, Erin K. Blass
Dissertation: Determinants of Increased Safety Belt Use by High School Students in Motor Vehicles: The Influence of Parents and Peers and Implications for Virginia's Graduated Driver Licensing Laws, Georjeane Linley Blumling
Dissertation: Establishing a Connection Between Quality of Life and Pre-Academic Instruction for Students with Profound Multiple Disabilities, Jonna L. Bobzien
Dissertation: Ecology and Molecular Phylogenetics of Hydnora (Hydnoraceae) in Southern Africa, Jay Francis Bolin
Dissertation: Interdependent Regulation of Cytomegalovirus Proteins in Complex, Lisa L. Bolin
Dissertation: A Test of Direct and Partially Mediated Relationships Between Leader Member Exchange, Job Embeddedness, Turnover Intentions, and Job Search Behaviors in a Southern Police Department, Mark D. Bowman
Dissertation: Developing a Philosophical Profile of the Individual for Complex Problem-Solving Through Agent-Based Modeling, Ipek Bozkurt
Thesis: A Framework for Using Modeling and Simulation-Based Methods in Support of Project Management in a U.S. Department of Defense Enterprise Architecture Framework Environment, Jose Leprout Bricio-Neto
Thesis: A Means-End Approach to Understanding Adventure Race Participation, Brandii Brinkley
Thesis: The Effects of Visual Media on Participants' Boundary Expectations, Joy P. Brock
Thesis: Feminisms in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, Emily G. Brown
Dissertation: The Effects of Elaborative Interrogation and Summarization on Student Comprehension, Retention, and Satisfaction in Online, Self-Paced Instruction, Heather M. Brown
Dissertation: Examining the Community and Two-Year Technical College Presidency: Vice President and Chief Officer Perceptions of Challenges, Changes, and Aspirations, Juliet Jefferson Brown
Thesis: A Job-Shop Scheduling Model Using Genetic Algorithm and Giffler Thompson Approach, Nikhil Deepak Bumb
Dissertation: Attitudes and Beliefs of Counselor Educators Toward Gatekeeping, Joanna W. Campbell
Dissertation: Efficacy of Dual Enrollment in Rural Southwest Virginia, Karen Glass Carter
Dissertation: Consumer Receptivity of Foreign Products: The Roles of Country-of-Origin Image, Consumer Ethnocentrism and Animosity, Larry Lee Carter Jr.
Dissertation: The Philanthropic Motivations of Community College Donors: A Study of the Educational Foundation of a Mid-Sized, Multi-Campus Community College in Virginia, Linnie Smith Carter
Thesis: Rapid Prototyping Augmented Skin Pathology for Medical Simulation and Training, Annette Castelino
Thesis: Poetic to Platonic Alētheia Orality, Literacy, and the Development of Truth in Greek Poetry and Philosophy, Justin B. Cecil
Dissertation: Factors Affecting Adult Foraging and Chick Growth of Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) off the Western Antarctic Peninsula: A Modeling Study, Erik W. Chapman
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Provider Effects on Student Achievement, Shanan L. Chappell
Dissertation: High-Energy Amplitudes in Gauge Theories in the Next-to-Leading-Order, Giovanni Antonio Chirilli
Thesis: Monte Carlo Model of Light Propagation in Tissues and the Effects of Phase Changes on the Light Intensity, Rakesh Choula
Thesis: Adjacent Slice Prostate Cancer Prediction to Inform Maldi Imaging Biomarker Analysis, Shao-Hui Chuang
Dissertation: Changing Diversity in U.S. Schools: The Impact on Elementary Student Performance and Achievement, Jennifer Karyn Clayton
Thesis: Design Development and Implementation of a Resiliency-Based After-School Program for Sixth Grade Students Through Recreational Activities, Takeyra Collins
Thesis: Intimate Partner Violence: Criminal Justice Responses to High Lethality Cases, Victoria E. Collins
Thesis: Aftertaste, Matilda W. Cox
Dissertation: Supporting Protocols for Structuring and Intelligent Information Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Filip Cuckov
Thesis: Shark Diving and Other Poor Decisions, Robert G. Currin
Thesis: Biogenic Tracers Through the Holocene on the Alaskan Shelf, Carie A. Curry
Dissertation: Reflective Visual Journaling During Art Therapy and Counseling Internships, Sarah P. Deaver
Dissertation: Towards the Quantitative Analysis of the Connectivity Value of Networked Operations, Dean Deller
Dissertation: Leadership Development Programs in Two-Year Colleges: Critical Components, Delivery Methods, and the Role of Distance Learning Technology, Mary Clare DiGiacomo
Thesis: Development and Piloting of the Identification of Harassers and Victims of Cyber Harassment Questionnaire, Ashley Nicole Doane
Dissertation: Relationships Between Black Female College Students' Relationships with Their Fathers and Adult Romantic Attachment, Nicole A. Dock
Thesis: Hamstring Strength Measurements in Collegiate Athletes with a History of Hamstring Injury, Jaimie Lynn Doherty
Dissertation: Characterization of Microwave Cavity Discharges in a Supersonic Flow, Dareth Janette Drake
Dissertation: Development and Validation of the Cultural Competence of Program Evaluators (CCPE) Scale, Krystall Dunaway
Thesis: Advanced Design and Performance Characterization of A Micromachined Tuning-Fork Gyroscope With High Quality Factors, Shiva Krishna Durgam
Thesis: Investigating Delay in Health Related Decision Making Versus Non-Health Decision Making, Ann Lassiter Edwards
Dissertation: Surface Dynamics of Silicon Low-Index Surfaces Studied by Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction, Ibrahim El-Kholy
Dissertation: Mitigating Crack Propagation in a Highly Maneuverable Flight Vehicle Using Life Extending Control Logic, Mohamed Mostafa Yousef Bassyouny Elshabasy
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Long-Term Effectiveness of a Women's Leadership Development Program, Kirsten S. Ericksen
Dissertation: Interconnections of Nonlinear Systems Driven by L₂-ITÔ Stochastic Processes, Luis A. Duffaut Espinosa
Thesis: The Effect of Instruction on Jump-Landing Kinematics in Collegiate Age Female Athletes Over Time, Jena Lynne Etnoyer
Dissertation: Selection of Pressure Equation for Preliminary Planing Hull Design Using Modified Analytical Hierarchy Process, Pamela Sue Fergen
Thesis: Oppressed, Empowered, Compatriot Woman: RAWA's Online Construction of Gendered Ideographs, Heather L. Floyd
Dissertation: How Does the Use of Assistive Technology Influence Reading Comprehension Performance of Postsecondary Students With Learning Disabilities?, Kimberly Kris Floyd
Dissertation: Organizational Justice Perceptions in China: Development of the Chinese Organizational Justice Scale, Katherine M. Fodchuk
Thesis: The Norfolk Hoax: Fear Social Violence and Ethnicity at the Norfolk Navy Yard During the Strike of 1877, John Douglas Forrest
Dissertation: The Effect of Technology Education on Student's State Standardized Test scores, Maurice Torrez Frazier
Dissertation: The Rise of 'People Power': Role of Civil Society in the "Color Revolutions", Vladyslav Galushko
Dissertation: A Method for Introducing Artificial Perception (AP) to Improve Human Behavior Representation (HBR) Using Agents in Synthetic Environments, Randall Bartholomew Garrett
Dissertation: An Analytical Framework and Model Formulation for Measuring Risk in Engineering Enterprise Systems: A Capability Portfolio Perspective, Paul Raphael Garvey
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of Coaxial Helicopter Rotor Aerodynamics, Murat Gecgel