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 1995
Dissertation: The Study of Pion Absorption on -4He at 355 MeV/C with LADS (Large Acceptance Detector System), Thomas A. Dooling
Dissertation: Heavy-Ion Interaction Models for Radiation Transport, Rajendra R. Dubey
Thesis: The Relationship Between Levels of Dentist Supervision and the Ability of Dental Hygienists in Nontraditional Settings to Provide Care, Julie Ann Dunphy
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Machiavellianism, Self-Monitoring, and Adaptiveness to the Performance of Real Estate Sales Professionals, Dianne Broman Eppler
Thesis: Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay of Catechin in Human Blood Serum, Jay Fedorowicz
Dissertation: An Assessment of the Descriptors and Determinants of Academic Success of Selected Allied Health Students in Virginia, Theodora Christine Gordon
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of the Iron-Zinc Intermetallics Formed in Galvanneal steel, Richard Frederick George Grant
Dissertation: Understanding Collaborative Writing of Technical Proposals with a Process/product Model, Frank Joseph Greco
Dissertation: The Effect of Technology-Rich School Environments on Academic Achievement and Attitudes of Urban School Students, Charles R. Grimm
Thesis: Attachment Theory and Self-Disclosure of HIV Status, Amy H. Grimshaw
Dissertation: A Comparison of the Utilization of Health Services in the Presence or Absence of Prescriptive Drug Insurance in a Managed Care Environment, Martha Groblewski
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of Genes Associated with V-Jun Induced Cell Transformation, Martin Toralballa Hadman
Dissertation: Non-United States Firms' Exchange Rate Exposure and the Pricing of Exchange Rate Risk in Foreign Stock Markets, Patricia Hill Hamlin Hall
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of Mitochondrial DNA Variants in Alzheimer's Disease, Natasha Singh Hamblet
Dissertation: Values in Transition: The Case of Modern Mexico, Howard Stanley Hart III
Dissertation: Comparing Traditional Statistical Models with Neural Network Models: The Case of the Relation of Human Performance Factors to the Outcomes of Military Combat, William Oliver Hedgepeth
Dissertation: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on State and Trait Body Image and Physical Fitness Among College Women, Sherri L. Hensley
Dissertation: Predicting Strategic Orientations of Public Research Universities in Economic Development: A Test of the Resource Dependence Model, Steven Rae Hoagland
Dissertation: Software Reliability Issues: An Experimental Approach, Mary Ann Hoppa
Thesis: A Two-Dimensional Model for Watershed Runoff and Pollutant Transport, Laura Jean Howard
Dissertation: Buckling Analysis and Optimum Design of Multidirectionally Stiffened Composite Curved Panel, Navin R. R. Jaunky
Dissertation: A Kinetic Investigation of the Mechanism of Muscle Contraction with a Series of Nucleotides, Wei Jiang
Dissertation: Nuclear Forward-Scattering of Synchrotron Radiation From Krypton: First Observation and Application to the Study of Lattice Dynamics in Near-Monolayer Krypton-on-Graphite, David Eric Johnson
Thesis: Development of a Knowledge-Based System for Generating Process Plans Using Group Technology: A Study for Norfolk Naval Shipyard, William P. Keene Jr.
Dissertation: Thermal Ignition Analysis in the Laminar Boundary Layer Behind a Propagating Shock Front, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan
Thesis: Effectiveness of DNA Probe Technology in Distinguishing Among Gingival Health, Mild-Moderate Periodontitis, and Severe Periodontitis in Human Oral Sites, Juliana J. Kim
Dissertation: Aerodynamic Design Optimization with Consistently Discrete Sensitivity Derivatives Via the Incremental Iterative Method, Vamshi M. Korivi
Dissertation: Studies of Mixing Processes in Gases and Effects on Combustion and Stability, Frank Paul Kozusko Jr.
Dissertation: Nozzle Flow with Vibrational Nonequilibrium, John Gary Landry
Thesis: Patient Satisfaction Among Users of the After Hours Program, Helen L. LaRocco
Dissertation: Excited-State Magnesium-Rare Gas Optical Collisions, Rosemary A. Lasell
Dissertation: A Model for Assessing the Quality of Learning in Distance Education, George C. Lassetter III
Dissertation: Closed-Loop Identification of Unstable Systems in Time and Frequency Domains, Hyun Chang Lee
Thesis: Self-Esteem, Sense of Community, and Participation in Organized Sports: A Study of Rural High School Students on Virginia's Eastern Shore, Michele K. Lee
Dissertation: Seasonal Variability of Heat and Mass Transport Process in the Upper Tropical Atlantic Ocean: A Numerical Model Study, Sang-Ki Lee
Dissertation: Knowledge Acquisition and Structuring by Multiple Experts in a Group Support Systems Environment, Bernard Lee Lewis
Thesis: Russia's China Policy Under Yeltsin and Its Effect on the Korean Peninsula, Jong Dyuk Lim
Dissertation: Dynamics of Dipoles in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Bruce L. Lipphardt Jr.
Thesis: Predicting Utility Bills for Air Combat Command A Study of Forecasting Techniques, William L. Luthie
Thesis: Population Dynamics of Oryzomys palustris and Microtus pennsylvanicus on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, John A. March Jr.
Dissertation: Component Mode Synthesis-Based Design Methodology for Structural Modification and Synthesis, Venkateshwarlu Maroju
Dissertation: Characteristics, Perceived Skills and Leadership Styles of Female Executives in the Senior Executive Service, Ahmad Mashayekh
Dissertation: The Relationship Among Self-Reported Aggression, Locus of Control, Expectancy for Success, and Dream Content, Stephen James McCullough
Dissertation: Precision Measurement of Relative Dipole Matrix Elements in Atomic Sodium, Rodney P. Meyer
Dissertation: The Association Between Perceived Family Support and Psychological Well-Being in Infertile Couples, Linda Marquardt Mintle
Thesis: An Examination of Factors Influencing the Definition of Rape, Connie Sue Minton
Dissertation: Effect of Nutrition Intervention on the Outcomes of Pregnancy: A Rural Urban Comparison, Ranjita Misra
Dissertation: An Examination of the Role of the Assistant Principal in High schools in Virginia That Are Restructuring, Teresa K. Mizelle
Thesis: Presidential Philosophies and American Foreign Policy: From the Long Telegram to the New Look, John R. Moore
Thesis: Data on Gait Characteristics of Four, Five, and Six Year Old Children Using Three Dimensional Video Motion Analysis, Donna Soave Nichols
Thesis: Out of the Air: The Role of Communications Intelligence in the Strategic Bombing Campaign Against the German Oil Industry and Transportation System in World War II, Darrell Nolen
Dissertation: Teacher Roles for the Twenty-First Century, James C. Onderdonk Jr.
Thesis: The Student Movement at Old Dominion: 1964-1970, Patrick Joseph Pané
Dissertation: Mathematical Models of Chemotherapy, John Carl Panetta
Thesis: Nutritional Condition of Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis) Larvae as Determined by Constituent Lipid Analysis, William Frank Patterson III
Thesis: Movement Patterns and Habitat Use of the Copperhead Snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) in Southeastern Virginia, Christopher Edwin Petersen
Thesis: The Civil War as a Catalyst for the Professionalization of Nursing, Rosemary Plum
Dissertation: The Influence of National Culture on Work-Related Values and Job Satisfaction Between American and Filipino Registered Nurses, Karin Polifko-Harris
Dissertation: Analysis of Growth Curves Under Some Special Covariance Structures, Shobha Prabhala
Dissertation: New Paradigms for Evaluating Performance and Performance Persistency of Domestic and Globally Diversified Portfolios, Larry Joseph Prather
Dissertation: Demography, Reproduction, Diet and Crop Depredation in Three Species of Rodents in Natural and Irrigated Fields in Nigeria, Safianu Rabiu
Dissertation: The Effects of the Recommendations of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on State Funding for the School Divisions of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, James T. Roberts
Dissertation: A Formative Analysis of the Full Integration of Students with Severe and Profound Disabilities in Age-Appropriate Elementary School Classrooms, Nancy Cheshire Rosenblatt
Dissertation: Compensation and Characterization of Gallium Arsenide, Randy A. Roush
Thesis: "A Geological Interpretation of the Stanley Fault and Other Thrust Faults in Page County, Virginia", Michael James Sarros
Dissertation: Effects of Direct Reading Instruction on Literacy Achievement in Urban, Literature Based Classrooms, Steven M. Scarcelli
Dissertation: Multiple Intelligences and the Gifted Identification of African-American Students, Oscar Scott Jr.
Thesis: Seismic Stratigraphic Analysis of the Upper Indus-Fan Complex a Model for Fan Development, Syed Firasat Shah
Thesis: Zooplankton Community Dynamics in the Elizabeth River, Virginia, William C. Sharp
Thesis: The Entry of the People's Republic of China Into the Korean War, Yueliang Shen
Thesis: Affective Reactions, Social Support and Willingness to Self-Disclose to HIV Seropositive Individuals: Impact of Sexual Orientation and Responsibility for the Infection, Susan Paige Sherburne
Dissertation: From Realist to Constructivist Theory in Public Administration: Development of a Quality Perspective, Ernest Edward Sides III
Dissertation: Dynamic Unstructured Method for Prescribed and Aerodynamically Determined Relative Moving Boundary Problems, Kamakhya Prasad Singh
Thesis: Late Cretaceous Foraminifera as Indicators of Sequence Boundaries, Book Cliffs, Utah, U.S.A., Kimberly A. Smith
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Impact of Race, Socioeconomic Status and Gender on Juvenile Justice Case Processing in a Southeastern C-Level Metropolitan Area, Melanie Wynell Smith
Thesis: The Distribution of Rice Rats (Oryzomys palustris) and Meadow Voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in Tidal Marsh Communities on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Allison L. Sowell
Dissertation: A Feasibility Study of Dynamical Assimilation of Tide Gauge Data in the Chesapeake Bay, Yvette H. Spitz
Thesis: Fine Root Biomass Distribution and Production Along a Barrier Island Chronosequence, Mark Jeffrey Stevenson
Thesis: The Kinetic Characterization of Mutant L289p of Recombinant HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase, Tryn Thomas Stimart
Dissertation: An investigation of the Speed and Power Limitations of a Copper-Doped Gallium Arsenide Photoconductive Switch, David Clifton Stoudt
Thesis: Copper Complexation Capacity and Copper Speciation in Freshwater Lakes (Lake Western Branch and Lake Prince), Rachide Ibrahimo Abdul Sultana
Dissertation: Investigation of the Substrate Recognition Characteristics and Kinetics of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA Topoisomerase I, Zeki Topcu
Dissertation: Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of the Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA), John Karl Troyer
Dissertation: The Effects of Partial Hospitalization on Acute Psychiatric Hospital Readmission Days, William E. Turner III
Thesis: "Preservation...From the Dangers of the Enemy as Well as Seas": The Establishment of the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Kevin Charles Valliant
Dissertation: Thermocline Circulation Driven at Surface Outcrops of Isopycnal Surfaces, Gudavalli V. R. K. Vittal
Thesis: System Dynamic Modeling of Activity and Flow Relationships in Plant Layout Problems, Gary Allen Weaver
Thesis: Czechoslovakia's "Velvet Divorce" Ethnicity in the Post-Cold War World, Jonathan Robert Wert
Thesis: Structural Characterization of a Novel Inhibitor of HIV Reverse Transcriptase (HIV RT), Greggory Jon Woitte
Dissertation: A Nonlinear Dynamic Method for Supporting Large-Scale Decision-Making in Uncertain Environments, Wayne Woodhams
Dissertation: Elimination of Edge Effects Using Spline Wavelets Which Maintain a Uniform Two-Scale Relation, Sang Kyu Yang
Dissertation: Demonstration of a Method for the Development of a Team Classification System, Ann Marie Yanushefski
Dissertation: Measurement of Hyperfine Coupling Constants of the 5d²D₃/₂ and 5d²D₅/₂ Levels in Atomic Cesium Using Polarization Quantum Beat Spectroscopy, Wo Yei
Dissertation: Atomic Broadcast in Heterogeneous Distributed Systems, Osman ZeinElDine
Dissertation: A Relativistic Model for Heavy Mesons, Jialin Zeng
Dissertation: Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Myogenic Reactivity in Isolated Arterioles, Hui Zou
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Dissertation: Psychosocial Determinants of Age-Appropriate Immunizations of Infants in Norfolk, Virginia, Hoda Youssef Atta
Thesis: The Pollution Effects of Pleasure/Work Boat Sewage Discharges on Fecal Contamination Levels of Waters in and Around Marinas and Other Places Where Boats are Moored on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, George H. Bangs
Thesis: The Appropriation of Nietzschean Thought by Donald Kuspit in the Critic Is Artist: The Intentionality of Art and the Existential Activist Painter: The Example of Leon Golub, Frederic S. Bayersdorfer
Dissertation: Building a Consensus for the Development of National Standards in History, Mary Vassilikou Bicouvaris