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 2009
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
Thesis: A Tin of Shoe Polish Mostly Used Up, Christian Anton Gerard
Thesis: The Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Acute Ethanol Exposure and Acute Ethanol Withdrawal, Natasha LaVerne Golden
Thesis: A Robust Method to Detect Concealed Weapons, Anand Gone
Dissertation: Comparative Study of Forward and Diffusely Scattered Light in a Coherently Prepared Ultracold Rubidium Gas, Rocio Gisel Olave Gonzalez
Dissertation: Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between State Fiscal Effort and Academic Achievement, Timothy A. Goodale
Thesis: Investigating Connections: Pornography and Violence Against Women, Stacy Gorman
Dissertation: Spin Structure of the Deuteron, Nevzat Guler
Thesis: Operational Knowledge Transfer in Municipal Utility Organizations, G. Christian Guvemator IV
Dissertation: A Qualitative Inquiry of Conceptualized Heterosexuality and Its Influence on the Counseling Process, Breyan N. Haizlip
Dissertation: Algorithms for Vertex-Weighted Matching in Graphs, Mahantesh Halappanavar
Dissertation: The Corruption Enigma: Understanding Success and Failure of Corruption Reform Programs in Highly Corrupt Countries, Matthew T. Hall
Dissertation: Stability Analysis, Modeling, Simulation and Experimental Testing of an EMS Maglev System with Structural Flexibility, Aravind M. Hanasoge
Dissertation: Comparing High School Students' and Adults' Perceptions of Technological Literacy, Henry Ladson Harrison III
Dissertation: Role of the Human Cytomegalovirus IE2 Protein on Transcriptional Regulation of Viral Promoters, Siabhon Michelle Harris
Dissertation: Lipid Targets of the Antimalarial Trioxanes in Plasmodium falciparum, Carmony Leah Hartwig
Dissertation: The Role of Optimism and Working Alliance and its Utility in Predicting Therapeutic Outcomes in Counseling Relationships, Michael A. Hauser
Dissertation: Female Perspectives of Professional Identity and Success in the Counseling Field, Amanda C. Healey
Thesis: "Adoption will Determine the Worthiest Successor": Roman Imperial Adoption, Stephen C. Hebert
Dissertation: Phosphorylation of the Estrogen Receptor Alpha (ERα) at Serine 118 by Phospho-p44/42 MAPK and Regulation by Estrogen and Progesterone in Human Uterine Leiomyoma Tissue and Cells, Tonia Lakisha Hermon
Thesis: Investigating the Factors That Influence Injury Severity During Large Truck Crashes, Irina Olegovna Hoag
Thesis: Media Exposure and Women's Fear of Crime, Pamela C. Hooper
Dissertation: Biotic and Abiotic Characteristics Influencing Nest Location and Trophic Relationships of the Fungus-Growing Ant Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (Formicidae: Attini), Jonathan Paul Howell
Dissertation: Geometrically Nonlinear Arc Length Sparse Finite Element Analysis and Optimal Design of Truss Structures, Glenn A. Hrinda
Dissertation: An Integrated Probability-Based Approach for Multiple Response Surface Optimization, Okay Isik
Dissertation: A School Leadership Perspective on Cultural Competencies and Self-Regulation in a Government-Funded Preschool Setting, Anita B. James
Dissertation: The Use of Fourier Transform (FT) Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for Biochemical Analysis, Robert Butler Jeffers
Dissertation: A Pilot Study to Explore the Use of Expressive Writing to Reduce Anxiety and Psychological Threat in an Academic Setting, Cynthia Delores Jenkins
Thesis: Prostate Cancer Biomarker Identification: A Comparative Study, Wenjuan Jiang
Thesis: Terrorism: A Study of the Policy Preferences of Old Dominion University Students, Bruce Johnson II
Thesis: An Examination of the Combined Impact of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse or Neglect on Juvenile Delinquency, Tracie R. Johnson
Thesis: After School Programs: Resiliency Through Recreation, Aaron Johnston
Thesis: Sources of Informal Social Control and the Relationship to Victimization in Southeastern Virginia, Jennifer R. Jones
Dissertation: A Study of Decision Analysis Methods in Aerospace Technology Assessments, Sharon Monica Jones
Dissertation: Middle School Parents' Perceptions of Career and Technical Education, Virginia R. Powers Jones
Thesis: Solvent Dependent Morphologies in Thiol-ene Photopolymerization: A Facile Route to Synthesis of Resorcinarene Nanocapsules, Zaharoula Marie Kalaitzis
Thesis: Finite Element Model of a Tennis Racket, Sayali Shashikant Kapatkar