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
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
Thesis: Bad Girls of the Bible, Dana Staves
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
Thesis: Missing Our Own Audience: The Perceptions of Audience in the Composition Classroom, Chelsea R. Swick
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
Thesis: Combining Molecular and Imaging Biomarkers to Enhance MALDI Biomarker Analysis, Ayyappa Chowdary Vadlamudi
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
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