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 1999
Dissertation: An Analysis of Two Forms of Self-Defense Training and Their Impact on Women's Sense of Personal Safety Self-Efficacy, Darcy Shannon Cox
Dissertation: Classification of Participants Into Two Health Resource Utilization Groups By the Health Enrollment Assessment Review (HEAR) Survey, Jody W. Donehoo
Dissertation: Preparation and Surface Studies of Negative Electron Affinity Semiconductors Photocathodes, Khaled A. Elamrawi
Dissertation: The Parallel Organization and Employee Perceptions of Participative Leadership in a Mid-Atlantic City, Landis Denise Faulcon
Thesis: The Rape Victim's Response An Examination of the Impact of Situational Factors on Self-Protective Strategies Utilized by Sexual Assault Victims, Sharon K. Flax
Dissertation: Comparative Effects of Three Methods of Staff Development in Content Area Reading Instruction on Urban High School Teachers, Mark Alan Forget
Thesis: A Generic Object-Oriented Random Variate Model for Discrete Event Simulations Separating the Data Model from the Process Model, Palathingal Frank
Dissertation: Physical Control of Biological Processes in the Central Equatorial Pacific: A Data Assimilative Modeling Study, Marjorie Anne MacWhorter Friedrichs
Dissertation: A Study of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Physicians Toward Victims of Spouse Abuse, Ramani N. Garimella
Dissertation: Continuous Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis for Aerodynamic and Acoustic Optimization, Kaveh Ghayour
Thesis: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Considering the Impact of Educational Institutions and Teacher Perceptions, Cynthia S. Glass
Thesis: Studies Related to the Design of a Magnetic Suspension and Balance System for an Ultra-High Reynolds Number Flow Facility, Oscar Magno Michael Gomeiz
Dissertation: The Long-Term Performance of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs): Venture Capitalists, Reputation of Investment Bankers, and Corporate Structure, Halit Gonenc
Dissertation: Cognitive Complexity and Empathy as Predictors of Leadership Style in an Urban College Student Population, Scott B. Harrison
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Accelerated Reader Program in Grades 3–5 on Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Attitude in an Urban Southeastern School District in Virginia, Carol Ann Howard
Dissertation: Regulation S: Offshore Equity Offerings, Marla Sue Howard
Thesis: Generation of Human chorionic gonadotropin Beta Subunit Specific Monoclonal Antibody Using a Synthetic Peptide, Zhe Huang
Dissertation: Nitrate Reductase Activity, Nitrate Uptake and Iodine Speciation in the Marine Environment, Chin-Chang Hung
Dissertation: Use of Selected MMPI-A Factors in the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in a Community-Based Treatment Program for Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Linda Marks Hunter
Dissertation: Computational Modeling of Airborne Noise Demonstrated Via Benchmarks, Supersonic Jet, and Railway Barrier, Moumen Idres
Dissertation: Comparative Student Perception and Interactional Event Analysis in an Urban Computer-Based Distance Education Environment, Michael Shawn Ireland
Thesis: Analysis of Lunar Basalt Flows in Oceanus Procellarum Using Clementine Data, Noel William Jackson
Dissertation: The Application of Role Theory to the Sexual Harassment Paradigm: A Policy Capturing Approach, Lora L. Jacobi
Thesis: An Extracellular Protein Produced by Staphylococcus Hominis Strain αM with Antimicrobial Activity Against Mycobacterium SPP, Sandra May Jacobsen
Thesis: A Phenomenological Inquiry Into the Nature of the Sacred, Ana Maria Janssen
Dissertation: The Impacts of External Nutrient Sources on Marine Phytoplankton in an Eastern Shore Sea-Side Estuary, Claudette Lajoie Jenkins
Dissertation: A Comparison of Cognitive Development Between Whites and African Americans Based on William Perry's Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development, Joan Johnson
Thesis: A Study on the Effects of the N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence on the Activation of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Protease, Hidayah Muhammad Kendall
Thesis: Encystment, Excystment and Photosynthetic Activity in the Temporary Cysts of Amphidinium carterae, Steven R. Kibler
Dissertation: A Coupled Bio-Optical and Mixed Layer Model for the Equatorial Pacific, James Vincent Koziana
Dissertation: Evolution and Devolution: The Dynamics of Sovereignty and Security in Post-Cold War Europe, Thomas M. Lansford
Dissertation: Elasto-Plastic Responses of Buried Pipeline Systems Under Wave Propagation, Yuean-Chen Lau
Thesis: Benthic Community Analysis of Hog Island Bay, Virginia, David James Lewis
Thesis: Effects of Organic Matter and Iron-Rich Clay on Mobility of Trace Metals From Flue Dust Contaminated Soil, Scott Ephraim Lewis
Dissertation: Fairness in Chinese Organizations, Kai-Guang Liang
Dissertation: Perceptions of Childhood Relation with Parents Related to Current Functioning, Peter O. Lielbriedis
Dissertation: Factors Which Affect Post-Hospital Resource Use and Patient Health Outcomes Among Taiwanese Older Adults, Chouh-Jiaun Lin
Dissertation: First Mover Advantage: An Industrial Buyer Behavioral Perspective, Howard G. Ling
Thesis: Two Approaches to Critical Path Scheduling for a Heterogeneous Environment, Guangxia Liu
Thesis: The Effects of Offshore Mining of Beach Quality Sediments on Nearshore Wave Climate, Frank R. Lonza
Dissertation: Efficient Dynamic Unstructured Methods and Applications for Transonic Flows and Hypersonic Stage Separation, Xiaobing Luo
Thesis: Cultural Adaptability of Students Attending Culturally Diverse and Non-Culturally Diverse Dental Hygiene Programs, Katrina White Magee
Dissertation: African American Community Mental Health Center Service Utilization: A Test of the Cultural Compatibility Hypothesis, Alicia Michelle Marsh
Dissertation: An Empirical Investigation Into Significant Factors of Moral Reasoning and Their Influences on Ethical Judgment and Intentions, Janet K. Mullen Marta
Dissertation: The Effects of School Uniforms on Student Behavior and Perceptions in an Urban Middle School, Jacqueline M. McCarty
Thesis: Daughters of Charity: Catholic Women and Their Communities in Antebellum America, Linda Merritt McCubbins
Dissertation: Stratal Architecture in a Prograding Shoreface Deposit, Eastern Shore, VA: Relationship to Grain Size, Permeability, and Facies Distribution, Andrew C. Miller
Dissertation: Work-Life Role Integration: A Construct Validation Study, Tonya Alicia Miller
Thesis: Television, Low Self-Control, and Deviance: Examining Basic Elements of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime, Moises O. Mina Jr.
Dissertation: The Effects of Group Counseling on the Self-Esteem, Anxiety, and Behavior of Children with Deployed Parents, Nancy Taylor Mitchum
Dissertation: Needle Localization for Breast Biopsy: The Patient's Experience, Marian De Walt Morgan
Dissertation: Virtual Compton Scattering Processes in Quantum Chromodynamics, Igor V. Musatov
Thesis: Development of Baseline Water Quality Stormwater Detention Pond Model for Chesapeake Bay Catchments, William J. Musico
Thesis: An Exploratory Study of the Correlates of Drug Use Among Juveniles: Analysis of Regional Variations in the United States, Denise D. Nation
Thesis: When Officers Get the "Blues": Factors That May Determine Which Officer Is More Inclined to Feel Job Stress, Olivia Poppy Nelson
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Multicultural Education on the Racial Attitudes of Pre-K Through Grade 12 Students: A Comparison of Curricular Intervention and Reinforcement Dimensions in Suburban and Urban Educational Settings, Ogochukwu Nkeiruka N. Okoye-Johnson
Thesis: Factors That Affect Recidivism of Offenders on Electronic Monitoring in Norfolk, Virginia, Michael P. O'Toole
Dissertation: Jet Stability and Noise Computations Using Direct Numerical Simulation, Farouk Owis
Thesis: Sexual Harassment in the Virginia Dental Hygiene Profession, Anne Pennington
Dissertation: Growth and Yield-Per-Recruit Modeling of Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) in the Chesapeake Bay, and a Comparison of Biological Reference Points, Kevin Ray Piner
Thesis: Gender Roles Presented in Children's Literature: A Random Selection and Analysis of Non-Award Winning Books, Renae M. Poarch
Dissertation: Organizational Change Theory and the Factors for Sustaining Change: A Case Study of Three Public Sector Organizations Winners of the Virginia Award for Continuing Excellence, Mary Redd-Clay
Thesis: The Middle East in World Affairs Understanding Iran's Changing Transnational and International Role, Marla Renfro
Dissertation: An Evaluation of an Urban Community College Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program, Linda Myers Rice
Dissertation: Multidisciplinary Sensitivity Analysis and Design Optimization of Flexible Wings Using the Euler Equations on Unstructured Grids, Arunkumar Satyanarayana
Dissertation: Factors Which Contribute to Successful Schools for Disadvantaged Students: An Exploratory Case Study of Two Urban Elementary Schools in Norfolk, Virginia, Lula Saunders Sawyer
Thesis: The Impact of Resident and Transient Predators on the Popultation Dynamics of Juvenile Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus Argus) in Florida Bay, Florida, Jason Edward Schratwieser
Dissertation: Ocean Surface Maps From Blending Disparate Data Through Normal Mode Analysis, William John Schulz Jr.
Dissertation: A Family of Hierarchical Encoding Techniques for Image and Video Communications, Samah A. Senbel
Dissertation: Psychological Influencers of a Consumer's Innovative Propensity: A Cross-Cultural Examination, Angela D' Auria Stanton
Dissertation: An Analysis of Practicum Student Attitudes in Urban Professional Development School and Urban Traditional School Programs, Ira Carroll Starling
Thesis: Computer Crime: Software Piracy Among College Students, Stephanie E. Stockdale
Thesis: Humic Substances as Interferences in the Analysis of Nitrite in Water, Stephanie Ann Tebault
Thesis: Benchmarking Financial Operations Using the Premier Operations Outlook Database, Margaret M. Thompson
Dissertation: Factors That Affect African-American Enrollment in Urban Agricultural Degree Programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Thomas Earl Tracy
Thesis: Comparative study of Economic Adjustment and Housing Quality of Migrants and Natives in the State of Virginia, Bayram Unal
Thesis: The Influence of Extra-Legal Factors on the Sentencing of Drug Offenders in a Determinant Sentencing State, Ramonsa D. White
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of Determinants of Head and Neck Tumor Cell Invasion, Yangguan Wu
Dissertation: Exploring Participation Processes for Technology Development: Case studies of Biotechnology Research and Development Projects in Thailand, Omjai Yuktavetya
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Dissertation: Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields on Aquatic Nuisance Species, Amr Abou-Ghazala
Thesis: Why Do Not All Separatist Movements Aim for Secession? The Cases of Chechnia and Tatarstan, Mesut Acar
Dissertation: Vortex Wake and Exhaust Plume Interaction, Including Ground Effect, Ihab Gaber Adam
Dissertation: Market Reaction to Seasoned Equity Offerings: The Relevance of Leverage, Growth Opportunities, and Corporate Structure, Mojib U. Ahmed
Dissertation: Studies on the Biology of Striga aspera (Scrophulariaceae) in Nigeria, Emmanuel Izaka Aigbokhan
Thesis: The Effect of Floor Sitting Posture on Low-back Pain, Knee Pain and Hip Pain Among Kuwaiti Men, Sameera H. Al-Jedi
Dissertation: Field Emission and Breakdown Processes in Vacuum Gaps with SiO(X)-Coated Cathodes, Raymond Jack Allen III
Thesis: Explosive Vapor Generation and Sampling in Conjunction with Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Saeed H. Almeer
Thesis: Patellofemoral Joint Compressive Forces During Backward and Forward Running at the Same Speed, Hesham N. Alrowayeh
Thesis: Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Qatari People, Najat Abdrabbo J. Saleh Al-Salahi
Dissertation: A Hierarchical Filtering-Based Monitoring Architecture for Large-scale Distributed Systems, Ehab Salem Al-Shaer
Thesis: Shoreline Change Modeling as a Tool in Coastal Environmental Management, Jorge Espinoza Amaguana
Dissertation: Measurement of Hospital Performance: Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Cost, Debra Kay Dierksmeier Anderson
Dissertation: Measuring and Evaluating Sales Force Training Effectiveness: A Proposed and an Empirically Tested Model, Ashraf Magdy Attia
Dissertation: Retracing Gender Bias and the Validity of Believed Differences Between Male and Female Coaches of Women's Basketball, Melissa Baile
Dissertation: Analyzing the Effects of Display Characteristics and Cognitive Variables on Performance Using Keystroke and Eye Movement Data, Orhan E. Beckman
Dissertation: Mathematical Models of Tumors and Their Remote Metastases, Carryn Bellomo
Dissertation: The Influence of Model Features on Goodness-of-Fit Indices: Choosing Indices to Evaluate Your Model, Andrea E. Berndt
Thesis: Architectural Optimization of Digital Libraries, Aileen O. Biser
Dissertation: Three Essays on European Union Advances Toward a Single Currency and Its Implications for Business and Investors, Charlotte Anne Bond
Dissertation: Thermodynamic Modeling and Analysis of Human Stress Responses, Satish C. Boregowda