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 1998
Thesis: Wei Jingsheng and the Democracy Movement in Post-Mao China, Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Dissertation: The Effects of Corporate Diversification and Control on Division Risk-Taking Strategy and Performance, Hae Ryong Kim
Dissertation: System Identification and Control of Cavity Noise Reduction, Chien-Hsun Kuo
Dissertation: Experimental Geometry Optimization Techniques for Multi-Element Airfoils, Drew Landman
Dissertation: Inversion and Analysis of Remotely Sensed Atmospheric Water Vapor Measurements at 940nm, Jack Cutler Larsen
Thesis: Comparison of the EMG Activity of the Supraspinatus and Infraspinatus Muscles During Various Closed Chain Exercises, I-Chen Lin
Thesis: Efficacy of AllowashTM Solution in Solubilization of Bone Marrow, Alyce Marie Linthurst
Dissertation: Factor Analysis of the MMPI-A Content Scales: Item-Level and Scale-Level Analyses, Lisa Kay McCarthy
Dissertation: Effects of an Interview Guide on the Accuracy of Ratings for Applicants with Disabilities, Catherine Quinn Greenwald Mergen
Dissertation: Pressure-Induced Intracellular Signaling in Isolated Arteries, Victor A. Miriel
Dissertation: Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF): Murine Preimplantation Embryo Development, Implantation Rates, and Skeletal Development, Michael Hayes Mitchell
Dissertation: The Influence of an Early Childhood Program on the Academic Achievement, Attendance, and Attitudes of Urban At-Risk Students, Daisy McCray Murphy
Thesis: Lives of the Little-Known: Women Children and Servants in Augusta County, 1745-1779, Nancy B. Osborne
Dissertation: Superconvergence in Iterated Solutions of Integral Equations, Peter A. Padilla
Thesis: Modeling Environmental Effects on MSX Prevalence and Intensity in Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Populations, Michelle Christine Paraso
Dissertation: The Role of Glycoconjugates in Mediating Human Fertilization and Induction of Fetomaternal Tolerance, Manish S. Patankar
Dissertation: The Cluster Multipole Algorithm for Far-Field Computations, Rakesh R. Patel
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of High-Field, High-Temperature SiC Devices, Sanjay Pathak
Dissertation: Measurement of Perceived Service Quality of Selected Dental Specialists, David P. Paul III
Dissertation: Men Who Batter: Personality Variables, Relationship Variables, and Treatment Outcome, Lisa M. Petrica
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, Emotional Well-Being and Depression Among Lakota/Dakota Sioux Adolescents, Susan M. Pittenger
Dissertation: A Psychophysiological Assessment of the Efficacy of Event-Related Potentials and Electroencephalogram for Adaptive Task Allocation, Lawrence J. Prinzel III
Dissertation: Essay I. Intra-Industry Contagion and Competitive Effects Associated With Corporate Liquidation Announcements: Does Shareholder Governance Influence the Results? Essay II. Investors' Pricing of Exchange Rate Risk in U. S. Firms That File for Bankruptcy, J. Terry Ray
Dissertation: Skin-Stiffener Separation in Buckled Composite Plates and Shallow Shells, Mark Edward Robeson
Dissertation: Sparse Equation-Eigen Solvers for Symmetric/Unsymmetric Positive-Negative-Indefinite Matrices with Finite Element and Linear Programming Applications, Hakakizumwami Birali Runesha
Thesis: Course Selection Factors Deemed Important by Dental Hygienists Prior to and After the Initiation of Mandatory Continuing Education in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Melissa Lynn Sainsbury
Dissertation: Factors Affecting Leadership Styles of Prison Wardens: A Case Study of Public Adult Prisons Within Virginia, Nancy Elizabeth Santiago
Dissertation: Consortia as Technology Innovation Management Vehicles: Toward a Framework for Success in Venture Based Public-Private Partnerships, Ralph B. Saunders II
Thesis: The Effects of Fabry-Perot Fringing on the Sensitivity of a Wavelength Modulation Experiment, Patrick C. Shea
Dissertation: Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Composite Beam Stability and Load and Resistance Factor Design Approach, Mojtaba B. Sirjani
Dissertation: The Solution of Hypersingular Integral Equations With Applications in Acoustics and Fracture Mechanics, Richard S. St. John
Dissertation: Multiple Streams Synchronization in Collaborative Multimedia Systems, Emilia Stoica
Thesis: A Calibrated Shoreline Change Model for the Southeast Atlantic Ocean Coast of Virginia, Prasert Vangsantitrakul
Thesis: Collapsing the Philosophy/Rhetoric Disjunct: Nietzsche, Plato and the Perspectival Turn, Ned Vankevich
Dissertation: Mouse Embryo Development in the Presence of Capsaicin, Carlos Santiago Villar-Gosalvez
Dissertation: The Convenience Orientation of Services Consumers: An Empirical Examination, Patricia Kramer Voli
Dissertation: Reaction-Diffusion Models of Cancer Dispersion, Kim Yvette Ward
Thesis: The Causes and Consequences of Migration: The Case of Chinese Women, Janet L. Warren
Thesis: Racial Differences in Rape Myth Acceptance Among College Women, LeKeshia M. Washington
Thesis: Institutions, Developmental Alliances, and Economic Development in Korea and Brazil (1950-1985), Charles Paul Winebarger
Dissertation: Acute Blood Pressure Responses to Static and Dynamic Exercise: Racial Differences, Reuben Leon Wright
Thesis: Reliability of the Dynamic Gait Index in Vestibular Disorders, Diane M. Wrisley
Thesis: A Paleoenvironmental Study of a Middle Wisconsinan Biota Site, Russell County, Virginia, Thomas C. Wynn
Dissertation: Validation of the Risk and Needs Assessment Used in the Classification for Parole and Probation of Virginia's Adult Criminal Offenders, George Michael Yacus
Thesis: The Geomorphological History of an Alluvial Fan Complex in Nelson County, Virginia, Melinda Ann Youngblood
Dissertation: A Framework for Controlling Quality of Sessions in Multimedia Systems, Alaa S. Youssef
Dissertation: Reduction of Thermal Deflection and Random Response of Composite Structures With Embedded Shape Memory Alloy at Elevated Temperature, Zhiwei Zhong
Dissertation: Placement of Piezoelectric Actuators for Active Control of Vibration Using Modal Parameters, Xuegeng Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Dissertation: Ecology of the Early Life History of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus: Recruitment, Predation, and Habitat Requirements, Charles A. Acosta
Dissertation: A Survey of Characteristics of Effective Alternative Education Teachers as Perceived by Alternative Education Teachers, Administrators, and Students, Barbara Jean Nicholson Anderson
Thesis: A Proposed Approach to ISO Compliance and Validation for Metrology Laboratories, J. Lyle Bagley
Dissertation: Active and Passive Settling By Marine Benthic Nematodes, Rodney Duane Bertelsen
Thesis: Ecological Relationships Between the Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys Palustris) and the Meadow Vole (Microtus Pennsylvanicus) in Two Virginia Tidal Marshes, Christopher P. Bloch
Dissertation: African-American Males' Perception of Law Enforcement: A Psychophysiological Perspective, Adolph Brown III
Dissertation: A Comparison of Coping Styles and Body Image of Abused and Non-Abused Women, Laura Elizabeth Brown
Dissertation: The Effects of Human-Computer Communication Mode, Task Complexity, and Desire for Control on Performance and Discourse Organization in an Adaptive Task, Cristina Bubb-Lewis
Dissertation: Differential Endometrial Responses of Primates vs Rodents: Screening for Antiproliferative Effects of Antiprogestins, David Williams Burleigh
Thesis: Is Money Growth Still a Useful Indicator of Inflation?, Levent Camlibel
Dissertation: The Study of Wave-Blocking and Current Effects on Nonlinear Interactions of Shallow-Water Waves Using Advanced Boussinesq Models, Qin Chen
Thesis: Minimizing Post-Production Weight Growth in Tanks Using a Decision Analysis Model, Michael F. Cochrane
Thesis: The Eisenhower Administration and Allied Relations During the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, Gregory D. Colburn
Thesis: Evaluation of Solid Phase Extraction Followed by Supercritical Fluid Elution of Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds in Toxicity Characteristic Leachates, William Edward Corl III
Thesis: Flexural Behavior of Thermoplastic Beams With and Without FRP Reinforcement, Hilmi Coskun
Thesis: The Men Behind the Oath: A Profile of the German Officer Corps in the Interwar Period, 1919-1939, Brian E. Crim
Dissertation: Causal Attribution and Dimension Differences Between Sixth-Grade Urban Middle School Students Who Pass and Students Who Fail Reading on the Virginia Literacy Passport Test, Elsie Perry Daniels
Thesis: The Marine Corps in Vietnam: An Examination of Cohesion and Effectiveness at Khe Sanh, Gregory L. Davenport
Dissertation: Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Analysis of Human Embryos Derived From in Vitro and in Vivo Matured Oocytes, Constance DeScisciolo
Dissertation: Designing a High-Quality Network: An Application-Oriented Approach, Sudheer Dharanikota
Thesis: Oral Health Assessment of Renal Transplant Recipients Undergoing Immunosuppressant Therapy, Coral Diaz
Dissertation: Distribution of Free Marine Viruses of Lower Chesapeake Bay and Their Effects on Life-History Parameters of the Estuarine Copepod Acartia tonsa Dana, Lisa A. Drake
Thesis: The Annual Reproductive Cycle of Oryzomys Palustris in a Virginia Tidal Marsh, Erin A. Dreelin
Thesis: Gender, Race, and Court Location Effects on Exceptional Sentencing in the State of Washington, Catherine L. Drezak
Dissertation: Choline Acetyltransferase and Carnitine Acetyltransferase Activity in Human Spermatozoa During Capacitation, Lisa A. Eccles
Thesis: Windlass Taping Technique for Symptomatic Relief of Plantar Fasciitis, Beth Anne Ernst
Dissertation: A Comparison of White Male College Students Attending an Urban Black University and an Urban White University: White Racial Identity and Perceived Comfort With Blacks, Cheryl Lorraine Evans
Dissertation: The Effects of Applied Technology Instruction on Mathematics Achievement and Career Interests of Urban Seventh-Grade Students, Eric M. Fischer
Dissertation: Self-Concept of Eating-Restrained Women: A Study of Personal Constructs, Adelia Atkinson Furr
Dissertation: The Effects of Race and Socioeconomic Status on the Acceptance of Biracial Individuals, Erika Lela Gilyot
Thesis: Orphans and Guardians in Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Sarah M. Goldberger
Dissertation: Social Support, Prior Interracial Experiences, and Network Orientation: Factors related to Later Adjustment Among Black Freshmen at a Predominantly White University, Calvin Graham
Thesis: Middle Shoreface Intervals: Evidence of Barred Nearshore Systems in he Stratigraphic Record, James V. Gravette
Thesis: Changes in Spinal Height Supine and Walking in Subjects With and Without Lower Back Pain, Dave Gregory
Dissertation: A Study of the "Pride" Program: A Residential, Summer-School Program for At-Risk Middle-School Students in an Urban Community, Maria Teresa Amillategui Grimm
Thesis: Effect of Cocaine on Rabbit Renin Angiotensin System: Cocaine Detection in Adult and Fetal Tissue and Adult Plasma Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Barbara Belinda Guinn
Dissertation: Abnormalities in Post-Translational Processing of Platelet Rap 1B in NIDDM: A Possible Cause of Platelet Hyperactivity and Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes, Elizabeth Ann Hall
Dissertation: Structural Equation Modeling of Attitudes Toward Employment Testing, Laura Susan Hamil
Thesis: Virginia's Eastern Shore High School Students: Factors That May Impact Their Educational Aspirations, Valdimir Demont Handy
Dissertation: Analysis of Repeated Measures Data Under Circular Covariance, Andrew Montgomery Hartley
Thesis: Modeling Plankton Community Structure Under Environmental Forcing on the Southeastern United States Continental Shelf, Andrew Glenn Edward Haskell
Dissertation: Councilmanic Perceptions of Water Policy for the Lake Gaston Water Supply Project in Virginia and North Carolina, Beverly McAfee Hedberg
Dissertation: A Repertory Grid Assessment of Traitedness and Its Relation to the Validity of the NEO PI-R Conscientiousness Scale, Susan Nancy Heidal-Schiltz
Dissertation: The Use of Operator Regularization in the Computation of Effective Field Theories, Jeffrey M. Hersh
Thesis: Caged Gorillas, Sandra Dee Holcombe
Dissertation: A Case Study of the Perceptions of Character Education in a Large Urban Community, Suzanne G. Houff
Dissertation: Reverse Engineering of Aircraft Wing Data Using a Partial Differential Equation Surface Model, Jacalyn M. Huband
Thesis: Single Row Routing: Theoretical and Experimental Performance Evaluation, and New Heuristic Development, David A. Hysom
Thesis: The Effects of Organic Matter Rich Topsoil on the Germination Growth and Metal Uptake of Corn (Zea mays) Grown in Flue Dust Contaminated Soil, Christopher Allen Impellitteri
Thesis: 40AR/39 AR Geochronology of the Lowland Creek Volcanic Field and Its Temporal Relations With Other Eocene Volcanic Areas, Vladimir Olegovich Ispolatov
Dissertation: The Effects of a Maternal Childhood Lead-Poisoning Education Program on Knowledge, Health Beliefs, and Compliance, Sylvia Elaine Johnson
Thesis: An Investigation on the Effect of Aging and Fatigue Damage on the Mechanical Properties of a Graphite/Bismaleimide Composite, William M. Johnston Jr.