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 1993
Dissertation: A Preliminary Study of a Job Analytic Inventory Derived From a Behavioral Consistency Method for Assessing Intrinsic Motivation, William John Banis
Thesis: The Adversarial and Mediation Processes An Exploration of Outcomes in Child Custody Disputes, Cheryl Barakey
Thesis: Statistical Variations in Beach Parameter Change Rates for Walled and Non-Walled Profiles at Sandbridge, Virginia, Douglas Allen Bellomo
Dissertation: Time-Optimal Algorithms on Meshes With Multiple Broadcasting, Dharmavani Bhagavathi
Dissertation: Export Marketing Development Program Selection, Albert Phillip Bianchi Jr.
Dissertation: A Follow-Up Study Investigating the Relationships Between Holland's Personality Types and Selected Career Choice Variables, Kennard S. Brackney Sr.
Thesis: DOK: An Original Screenplay, Duncan Campbell
Dissertation: Studies on Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Supersonic Chemically Reacting Flows, Rajnish Chandrasekhar
Thesis: The Complexities of Learning Prepositions: Spanish to English, Denise J. Simon Chiavarini
Thesis: Women's Profiles, Robyn Lynn Cochran
Dissertation: A Comparison of Minority and Non-Minority Engineering Students on Selected Personality and Program Variables, Thomas Mercer Collier Jr.
Thesis: A CIPP Evaluation of the Administrative Associate Training Program through Sentara, Patricia A. Criswell
Dissertation: The Effect of Noncognitive Variables on the Prediction of Academic Difficulty and Attrition of Freshman Student-Athletes, Bruce W. Cunningham
Dissertation: Recognition of Quadric Surfaces From Range Data: An Analytical Approach, Ivan X. D. D'Cunha
Thesis: Yellow Ribbons, D. Scott Drake
Dissertation: Fast Fourier Transforms on Distributed Memory Parallel Machines, Anshu Dubey
Thesis: The Soviet Military: Pressures for Change 1981-1991, William C. Dughi
Thesis: Validation of a Bag Sampling Method for 1,3-Butadiene, Lori Eckenrode
Dissertation: A Framework for Data Sharing in Computer Supported Cooperative Environments, Mohamed Youssef Eltoweissy
Thesis: Stand and Run, Andrea Gaye Evans
Thesis: Longitudinal Study of Plasma and Erythrocyte Selenium Levels in Type I Diabetic Children During Development and Treatment of Ketoacidosis, Pi-hsia Fan
Thesis: The Influence of Temperature Salinity and Postlarval Transport on the Distribution of Juvenile Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus argus, in Florida Bay, Jennifer Marie Field
Thesis: Paleocene to Miocene Foraminifera From a Well Near Gloucester, Virginia, Nelson Stanley Ford
Thesis: A Comparison of Four Muscle Relaxant Techniques and Their Incidence of Postoperative Myalgia in Ambulatory Patients, William James Garske Jr.
Thesis: Description, Distribution, and Abundance of the Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus (Rathbun), Spawning Stock of the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Patrick John Geer
Dissertation: A Study of the Relative Effectiveness of Alternative Instructional Delivery Schedules for Adult Achievement, Wendy A. Gee
Thesis: The Distribution and Occurrence of Aerobic Heterotrophic Antimicrobic-Producing Bacteria Isolated from the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Linda Lea Gilmer
Thesis: Iranian Foreign Policy Shedding the Pariah Image, Joseph Edward Gleason Jr.
Thesis: Factors Influencing Dental Hygiene Job Retention in the Private Practice Setting, Kristin A. Hamman
Dissertation: Theoretical Results Supporting the Use of Passive Damping as Augmentation to the Active Control of Flexible Structures, Joseph Vincent Harrell
Dissertation: An Evaluation Model for Middle School Counseling and Guidance, Ann Salisbury Harrison
Thesis: Real Time Texture Analysis from the Parallel Computation of Fractal Dimension, Halford I. Hayes Jr.
Thesis: Beyond Sugar and Spice: Labeling Female Genitalia, Ethel E. Hellman
Dissertation: Multidimensional Approach to Implementation of Continuous Process Improvement Utilizing Small Run Analysis in a Shipyard Environment, Paul Ray Hollandsworth
Thesis: Evaluation of Long Term Changes in the Macrobenthic Community of the Southern branch of the Elizabeth River, Virginia, William S. Hunley
Dissertation: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Types of Clinical Instruction on Selected Variables Among Urban Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Janice Parks Hylton
Dissertation: Navier-Stokes Simulation of Quasi-Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Supersonic Vortex Breakdown, Hamdy A. Kandil
Dissertation: Cloning a Putative DNA-Binding Protein Controlling the 5'LTR of the Copia Element in Drosophila, Horng-Yuan Kan
Dissertation: Heat Storage and Transport Processes in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Andras Kapolnai
Dissertation: A Computer-Based Strategy to Facilitate Organizational Learning Process, Charles B. Keating
Thesis: Chlorination Products of Glycylphenylalanine in Model Solutions and a Wastewater, Daniel J. Keefe
Dissertation: Robust Control of Nonlinear Multibody Flexible Space Structures, Atul G. Kelkar
Dissertation: The Effects of Electron Radiation on the Glass Transition Temperature of a Polyetherimide, Kristen Tulloch Kern
Dissertation: Boundary Value Problems in Rectilinearly Anisotropic Thermoelastic Solids, Gilbert Kerr
Dissertation: Multilevel Parallel Communications, Sanjay Khanna
Dissertation: Production and Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Marine Phytoplankton, Dong-Beom Kim
Thesis: The Red Hawk's Cry, Malaika Anne King
Thesis: Identification and Quantitation of Volatile Amines in Chesapeake Bay Sediments, Neeraja Y. Krishna
Thesis: Paleobathymetric Interpretation of Pleistocene Sediments in the South Padre Island Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Using Benthic Foraminiferal Morphology, Karen Ianthe Kruebbe-Belwood
Thesis: The Impractical Ideal Costa Rica, the United States and Central America Reunification, 1902-1932, Donald R. Lam
Thesis: Political Interference in Military Operations During the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, Thomas Max Lansford
Thesis: Instability Waves in the Gulf Stream Front and Its Thermocline Layer, Sang-Ki Lee
Dissertation: Studies on Type I and Type II DNA Topoisomerases From Mammalian Mitochondria, Jia-Hwei LIn
Thesis: The Degree of Exposure to Anesthetic Nitrous Oxide Waste Gas in the Operating Room During Various Surgical Procedures, Kathryn Ann Longworth
Thesis: Reliability Trend Analyses With Statistical Confidence Limits Using the Luke Reliability Trend Chart, Stephen R. Luke
Thesis: Recent Benthic Foraminifera, Petrology, and Implications for Recent Transport in Wilmington and South Heyes Submarine Canyons, U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin, Jason James Lundquist
Thesis: Katharine's Dream, Karen Maceira
Thesis: The Nuclear Contamination of Kazakhstan, Rebecca Marie Matter
Thesis: Attitudes of Virginia Dental Hygienists Towards Issues Relevant to the Independent Practice of Dental Hygiene, Linda Hawkins McCain
Dissertation: Description and Dynamics of 50-Day Oscillations in the Western Tropical Region of the CME Model, Julie Lorraine McClean
Thesis: The Falcon: A Play, Harold W. McKinney II
Dissertation: Materialism and the Self, Kathleen Shirley Micken
Thesis: The Identification and Magnitude Estimation of Stressors in a Selected Military Population at One Training Command, Susan W. Miller
Dissertation: Modeling Nutrient and Plankton Processes in the California Coastal Transition Zone, John Roland Moisan
Thesis: A Historiographical Survey of the Assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Ottie Jackson Moore Jr.
Thesis: Lithofacies of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Lucayan Limestone, Great Abaco Island, Little Bahama Bank, Mary K. Mullen
Thesis: Development of a Knowledge Based System for Wastewater Pipeline Failure Risk Assessment, Adam Mayanzani Ngaliga
Thesis: Age and Growth of Larval and Juvenile Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias Undulatus, from the Middle Atlantic Bight and Estuarine Waters of Virginia, Stephen W. Nixon
Dissertation: A Performance Prediction Model for a Fault-Tolerant Computer During Recovery and Restoration, Rodrigo A. Obando
Dissertation: The Use of a Factory Simulation to Evaluate a Flexible Control Structure for Integrated Manufacturing, Ling Ling Pan
Dissertation: Improving Team Performance By Identifying and Targeting Back-Up Behaviors: A Training Strategy, Rosalynn M. Peron
Dissertation: Population Dynamics in Response to Fire in Quercus laevis - Pinus palustris Barrens and Related Communities in Southeast Virginia, Allen E. Plocher
Thesis: Pheromonal Composition of Two Species of African Amblyomma Ticks: Similarities, Differences and Possible Species Specific Components, Thomas Lem Price Jr.
Dissertation: The Biogeochemistry of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Open Ocean, Joël Radford-Knoery
Thesis: Towards a Universal Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, T. P. Radhakrishnan
Thesis: The Isolation and Identification of Polyphenolics from Grape Seeds and Their Activity Towards Specific Cell Lines, Joseph A. Reddy
Thesis: Sexual Orientation, Attachment, and Adult Relationship Quality, Earl Calvin Riggins III
Thesis: Petrology of a Large Granophyre-Rich Mesozoic Diabase Dike Near Farmville, Virginia, Philip Thomas Rogan
Dissertation: Managerial Roles and Entrepreneurship in Non-Profit Urban Arts Agencies in Virginia, Beth Joan Novitch Rossheim
Dissertation: Grid Sensitivity for Aerodynamic Optimization and Flow Analysis, Ideen Sadrehaghighi
Dissertation: Attributions for Change in Attitude Among Urban Elementary Parochial School Teachers Toward Children Who Speak Nonstandard English, Charles A. Saglio Jr.
Thesis: Separation and Quantification of Queuine-Modified and Unmodified Transfer RNA Isoacceptors, Jorge Miguel Pereira de Oliveira da Silva Santos
Dissertation: A Construct Validity Study of the Cynicism Scale of the MMPI-2, Jeffrey Shelton
Dissertation: Analysis of the Proteoglycan Content in Fresh and Cryopreserved Porcine Cardiovascular Tissues, Yun Hee Shon
Thesis: Tobacco and Its Role in the Life of the Confederacy, D. T. Smith
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of the Relative Effectiveness of Two Cooperative Learning Models in Increasing Mathematics Achievement, Frances Burton Spuler
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Implementation of Total Quality Management in a Service Organization, Charles Stanford Stevens
Dissertation: The Influence of Cohesive Groups on the Ethical Behavior of Public Employees: An Analysis of an Urban University, Patricia Bellin Strait
Dissertation: Cultural Transposition: Exploring Meanings of and Strategies for Cross-Cultural Transfer of Organizational Practices, Yongming Tang
Dissertation: Influence of Processing Techniques on Copper Deep Levels Formation and on Photoconductivity in Silicon Doped Gallium Arsenide, Lucy M. Thomas
Thesis: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Management of German-Owned Business Subsidiaries in Hampton Roads, Teja Ulrich
Thesis: A Sociotechnical Approach to the Study of Semiautonomous Work group Communication in Technical Organizations, Elizabeth B. Varnes
Dissertation: The Relationship of Locus-of-Control and Altruism to Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Providers Universal Precaution Practices, Joanne L. Wakeham
Thesis: Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Buried Pipelines Subjected to the Large Fault Movement, Luo-Jia Wang
Dissertation: Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay by Polyclonal Antibodies Against Organophosphorus Pesticides, Kuo-Lan Wen
Thesis: Phytoplankton Assemblages Associated with a Bloom of Ptychodiscus brevis off the North Carolina Coast, Traycie Lea West
Thesis: Evaluation of the Gross Anatomy Seasonal Changes Function and Histology of the Perineal Gland in the Hispid Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus, Julie Anne Winchell
Thesis: A Study of the Chlorination Products of Methionine in Model Solutions and in Wastewater, D. Scott Winters
Dissertation: The Effects of Educational Programs About Rape on the Attitudes of First Year Urban University Students, Mary Jodine Wolford
Dissertation: Fiber Enhanced Viscoelastic Damping Polymers and Their Application to Passive Vibration Control, Houchun Xia