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 2005
Thesis: Predictors of Student Success in an Entry-Level Baccalaureate Dental Hygiene Program, Mohammad J. Alzahrani
Dissertation: Nonlinear Flutter of Curved Panels Under Yawed Supersonic Flow Using Finite Elements, Mohamed Salim Azzouz
Thesis: Citizen's Satisfaction With the Police, Kim Barshanet Baskerville
Thesis: Socioeconomic Attainments of Africans Versus African-Americans in the United States, Azeb Berhane
Thesis: An Examination Into the Effects of Social Positioning and Capitalist Immersion on Gendered Attitudes Towards Homosexuality in the United States, Fiona J. Blee
Dissertation: Regulation of SPARC Gene Expression by the Activator Protein 1 Transcription Factor, Joseph William Briggs
Dissertation: An Exploratory Analysis of Post Strategic Plan Implementation Fidelity in Two Urban-Based, Nonprofit Health Education/Advocacy Organizations, Theodore N. Burke
Thesis: Comparing Domestic Assaults in Military and Non-Military Populations: A Test of Social Learning Theory, Crystal S. Carey
Dissertation: Defensin in the Ticks Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis, Shane Michael Ceraul
Dissertation: p-Version Time-Discontinuous Galerkin's Method for Nonlinear Transient Heat transfer Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis, Ta-Cheng Chien
Dissertation: Investigation of the Superconducting Properties of Niobium Radio-Frequency Cavities, Gianluigi Ciovati
Dissertation: Halonitromethane Treatment Using Advanced Oxidation Process: Rates, Mechanisms and Kinetic Modeling, Stuart Kirkham Cole
Dissertation: The Role of Inferential Accuracy in Performance Rating Accuracy: A Field Study of Teacher Performance Appraisal, Cynthia L. Cooper
Dissertation: A Systems Methodology for Measuring Operational Organization Effectiveness: A Study of the Original Equipment Computer Manufacturing Industry, 1948 to 2001, Teddy Steven Cotter
Dissertation: Complex System Contextual Framework (CSCF): A Grounded-Theory Construction for the Articulation of System Context in Addressing Complex Systems Problems, W. B. Max Crownover
Dissertation: Landscape Ecology of Birds on Mount Leconte, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Andreas P. Damalas
Dissertation: Effect of Instructional Styles and the Duration of Class Time on the Sense of Classroom Community of Military Urban Graduate Students, William J. Davis Jr.
Dissertation: An Empirical Investigation of the Link Between Market Orientation and New Product Performance: The Mediating Effects of Organizational Capabilities, Turkan Dursun-Kilic
Thesis: Feeding Behavior and Conditioning in Two Heterotrophic Dinoflagellates, Todd A. Egerton
Dissertation: The Effects of Local and Global Risk Factors on Industry Stock Returns: Across Country Analysis, Mahdy Farag Elhossiny
Dissertation: Essays on Currency Risk Management, Nehad Elsawaf
Dissertation: Quantifying Vulnerability to Critical Infrastructure, Barry Charles Ezell
Dissertation: Operating Measures, IPO Valuation, and After Market Performance-Perspective From Internet Bubble Period, Yuhong Fan
Thesis: The Sharper Image: Bringing Irish Nationalist Identity Into Focus, 1880-1923, Meghan M. Ferriter
Dissertation: The Effects of Parcels and Latent Variable Scores on the Detection of Interactions in Structural Equation Modeling, Thomas D. Fletcher
Thesis: What Is Positive Disclosure and to Whom Do We Disclose? The Role of Topics, Gender and Type of Relationship in Positive Self-Disclosure, Elizabeth Landers Ford
Thesis: Fine-Tuning of Mass-Spring Model Properties for Simulating Realistic Soft Body Deformation, Sylva A. Girtelschmid
Dissertation: Developing and Optimizing Conditions for Single Cell Genetic Analysis, Susan Adele Gitlin
Dissertation: The Role of Interfunctional Market Orientation in New Product Program Success: An Exploratory Empirical Analysis, George Grady Gresham
Dissertation: Shape Memory Alloy Applications on Control of Thermal Buckling, Panel Flutter and Random Vibration of Composite Panels, Xinyun Guo
Dissertation: Tumor Response TCF-4/β-Catenin Regulatory Elements for Enhancing Cancer Gene Therapies, Saurabh Kumar Gupta
Thesis: The Link Between Corporal Punishment and Teen Pregnancy, Jennifer M. Hagberg
Thesis: Lost in Translation: Decoding Rabelais, E. Ashley Hall
Thesis: The Determinants of Academic Performance of African American Males, Marvin K. Hall
Thesis: Electromagnetic Propagation Prediction Inside Aircraft Cabins, Genevieve Hankins
Thesis: Opal: In Vivo Based Preservation Framework for Locating Lost Web Pages, Terry L. Harrison
Dissertation: Multi-National Project Team Communications and Cultural Influences, Morgan E. Henrie
Thesis: Development and Application of a GG-IRMS Reductive Pyrolysis Reactor Interface for the δ34S Determination of Sulfur in Individual Organic Compounds, N. Deborah Hewlett
Dissertation: The Application of a System of Systems Analysis to Assessments of National Power, George T. Hodermarsky
Dissertation: Cultural Competence and Curricula in Physical Therapist Professional Education, Beth Ernst Jamali
Dissertation: Correlation and Causes of Fifth Order Cycles Within the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Formation, Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, Kimberly Ann Johnson
Thesis: Interannual Variation of Stratification in Lower Chesapeake Bay, Christopher S. Katzenmiller
Thesis: Robust and Efficient Localization Techniques for Cellular and Wireless Sensor Networks, Haseebulla M. Khan
Dissertation: Factors That Influence Mammography Use of Community Health Workers, Cynthia M. Kratzke
Thesis: Corporal Punishment and Its Relation to Race, Psychological Well-Being, and Parental Relationship, Michelle P. Kravitz
Dissertation: The Antitumor Agent, Arglabin-DMA, Preferentially Induces Apoptosis in Human Colon Tumor Cells, Sung Wook Kwon
Dissertation: Factors Predicting Teacher Satisfaction and Retention in the Hampton City Schools Teacher Induction Program, Gale A. Lee
Thesis: Morphological and Molecular Defects in Zebrafish Embryos (Danio rerio) After Chromated Copper Arsenate Exposure, Kerry Jean Lee
Thesis: Variation in the Fluorescence of Green Fluorescent Protein in Various Strains of Escherichia Coli, Paul R. LeTellier Jr.
Thesis: Active Control of Large Amplitude Nonlinear Free Vibrations and Nonlinear Supersonic Panel Flutter of Beams and Composite Plates Using Piezoelectric Self-Sensing Actuators, Qinqin Li
Dissertation: The Great Pestilence: Yellow Fever in Portsmouth, Virginia, 1855, Burden Susan Lundgren
Dissertation: A Comparison of Anonymous E-Peer Review Versus Identifiable E-Peer Review on College Student Writing Performance and Learning Satisfaction, Ruiling Lu
Dissertation: Grand Strategy Analysis: A Proto-Theoretical Approach, Patrick Magee
Dissertation: Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal and Multivariate Discrete Data, Deepak Mav
Thesis: Natural and Synthetic Viniferins Associated with the Grapevine Disease Young Vine Decline, David Michael McGinnis
Thesis: The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Growth, Unemployment, and Poverty in Bangladesh, Maha Z. Mirza
Dissertation: A Conceptual Model for Determining Career Choice of CHROME Alumna Based on Farmer's Conceptual Models, Lisa Simmons Moore
Thesis: Austrian Patriots and German Nationalists: Political Radicalism and Austrian Identity in Fin-De-Siècle Vienna, Scott O. Moore
Dissertation: Assessing the Relationship Between Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Symptoms and Freshman Survey Academic Probation Scores for Use in Developing Counseling Programs for Academically at Risk College Students, Douglas Joe Muller
Thesis: An Application and Evaluation of a Methodology for Testing Operational Level Training Simulations, Karl Dean Neal
Thesis: 'Outside Agitators:' The Role of Foreign Islamists in the Chechen Fight for Independence, Robert Kent Pinkerton Jr.
Dissertation: Inclusive and Exclusive Compton Processes in Quantum Chromodynamics, A. Psaker
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of \Sub-Microsecond Electrical Breakdown in Liquids with Application to Water, Jun Qian
Thesis: DREAM: A Theoretical Analysis, Xueying Qi
Dissertation: Telecommunications Technology and Sovereignty: Effects on States as Information Transfer Increased from the Speed of Oxcart to the Speed of Light, James H. Radford
Dissertation: The Interactive Question Protocol: Examining the Relationship Between Feedback, Cognitive Development and Student Achievement, G. Simon Richmond
Thesis: Radar - A Novel Admission Control and Handoff Management Scheme for Multimedia LEO Satellite Networks, Syed Rashidali Rizvi
Dissertation: Principal Component Regression for Construction of Wing Weight Estimation Models, Humberto Rocha
Thesis: The Immediate Effect of Cryotherapy at the Ankle Joint On Postural Control, Bradley W. Sage
Thesis: Differential Police Treatment of Domestic and Nondomestic Assaults, Gina Michelle Sajko
Dissertation: Modeling the Effects of Physical and Biogeochemical Processes on Phytoplankton Species and Carbon Production in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Baris Salihoglu
Thesis: The Defensin Gene in Dermacentor Variabilis and Ixodes Scapularis, Katherine Corbett Seguin
Dissertation: Lightweight Federation of Non-Cooperating Digital Libraries, Rong Shi
Thesis: Chromosomal Localization of the Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein (INGAP) Gene in Syrian Hamster by Tyramide Signal Amplification-Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (TSA-FISH), Sallie A. Smith
Thesis: Boys Will Be Boys: A Social Control Approach to Assessment of Gender-Based Sentencing Disparity in Norfolk Circuit Court Cases, Fay F. Spence
Dissertation: Geochemical Behavior of the Rare Earth Elements in Natural Terrestrial Waters, Jianwu Tang
Dissertation: Multi-Modal Enhancement Techniques for Visibility Improvement of Digital Images, Li Tao
Thesis: Use of Miswak Versus Toothbrushes: Oral Health and Behaviors of Jordanian Adults, Reem Saleem Tubaishat
Dissertation: Modeling Multilevel Supply Chain Systems to Optimize Order Quantities and Order Points Through Mathematical Models, Discrete Event simulation and Physical Simulations, Alok K. Verma
Dissertation: Pursuit of Professionalism in Bureaucracy: Perceptions About Bureaucratic Values of Civil Service Employees in the Ethnic Federalism of Ethiopia, Mary Elizabeth Vogel
Dissertation: The Straggling Green's Function Method for Ion Transport, Steven Andrew Walker
Dissertation: Clustering and Hybrid Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Lan Wang
Dissertation: Evaluation of 2+2 Alternative Teacher Performance Appraisal Program in Shanxi, People's Republic of China, Weiping Wang
Thesis: HIV/AIDS and Condom Usage: Factors That Contribute to African American Women's Vulnerability to HIV Infection, Monica P. Washington
Thesis: EMG Analysis of Core and Thigh Musculature Contribution During Double and Single Leg Squats on Both Stable and Unstable Surfaces, Julie M. Whitehead
Dissertation: The Effects of Breakthrough to Literacy on the Phonological Awareness Skills of Students in Early Elementary School, Amy W. Woodward
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of Photonic Crystal Fibers and Distributed Feedback Photonic Crystal Fiber Lasers, Feng Wu
Dissertation: Carbon Nanotubes and Tungsten Oxide Nanorods: Synthesis and Applications, Bing Xiao
Dissertation: Energy-Efficient Self-Organization Protocols for Sensor Networks, Qingwen Xu
Dissertation: Valuation Effects of Earnings Restatements Due to Accounting Irregularities, Tan Xu
Dissertation: High Power 121.6 NM Radiation Source for Advanced Lithography, Jianxun Yan
Dissertation: Melting and Solidification Study of Indium and Bismuth Nanocrystals Using Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction, Mohamed K. Zayed
Dissertation: Using Social Cognitive Theory to Model Health Behaviors Among Chinese Children, Yan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Dissertation: Customer Relationship Marketing and Effects of Demographics and Technology on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in Financial Services, Priscilla Gaudet Aaltonen
Thesis: Racial Discourse in Planet of the Apes, Mandy Sheidah Allen
Dissertation: Analysis of Human Thermal Comfort Using a Coupled Model for Predicting Human Body-Environment Heat and Mass Exchange, Ahmed M. Al-Mogbel
Dissertation: Digital Library Services for Three-Dimensional Models, Hesham Anan
Thesis: Recommender Systems for Multimedia Libraries: An Evaluation of Different Models for Datamining Usage Data, Raquel Oliveira Araujo
Thesis: Euthanasia: An Exploration of Public Opinion, Debra M. Babylon
Dissertation: Culture of Growth: Teacher Collaboration for the Empowerment of All Students, Kamilla Bahbahani