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 1997
Thesis: Biostratigraphic Analysis of Southern Florida's Plio-Pleistocene Shell Beds, Dalton L. Rasmussen
Dissertation: Influence of Physics on the Distribution of Ichthyoplankton Across the Chesapeake Bay Plume, Christian S. Reiss
Dissertation: The Impact of Director Interlocks on Interorganizational Imitation in Germany, Elke Reuning-Elliot
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Collegial Support to Retention of Nurse Educators in Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Nursing Programs in Virginia, Estella Mary Henry Reynolds
Dissertation: Towards Understanding Why Assessment Centers Work: An Evaluation of the Subtle Criterion Contamination Hypothesis, Christopher T. Rotolo
Dissertation: Mark-Recapture Creel Survey and Survival Models, Shampa Saha
Thesis: Formal Specification of Fragmentation and Reassembly in IPv6, Ibrahim Sahin
Dissertation: Subsystem Variables Associated with Positive Foster Mother-Foster Child Relationships, Meg Sandow
Dissertation: Input Design for Systems Under Identification Using Indirect and Direct Methods, Marco P. Schoen
Dissertation: The Effects of Estrogen on Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons, Sheila A. Scoville
Thesis: The Effects of Procedural Explanation in Lessening Anxiety During Dental Hygiene Care, Michelle Leigh Sensat
Dissertation: A Survey of Health Care Personnel's Perceptions Toward Diversity in the Workplace, Jacqueline Elaine Sharpe
Dissertation: A Comparison of Factors Associated With Referrals, Service Placements and Length of Service for African-American and Caucasian Youth With Serious Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances Served Through the Comprehensive Services Act in Virginia, Vanessa B. Sheppard
Thesis: Groundcrew Coordination Training: An Application of Team Training to Aviation Ramp Activities, I. Benjamin Sian
Dissertation: Fostering the Development of Domain-General, Nonlinear Mental Models: A Foundation for Systemic Thinking, Jeffrey S. Sinn
Thesis: African-American Fathers: Their Role in Children's Social and Cognitive Development, Tammy Sue Smith
Thesis: Emotional and Sexual Dating Infidelity as a Function of Gender Relationship Quality and Parental Influence, Melinda Jeanene Swager
Thesis: Development of Solid Phase Microextraction Methods for Contraband Drugs, Vangielynn Cruz Tersol
Dissertation: Axotomy and Regeneration of the Rat Facial Nerve: A Histomorphometric Study of the Facial Nucleus, Nerve and Orbicularis Oculi Muscle in an Experimental Model of Facial Paralysis, Peter Konstantinos Thanos
Thesis: Differences in Married Versus Maritally Disrupted Children's Frequency of Contact With Their Mothers, Sonya Dee Thompson
Thesis: Speciation of Selenium in Serum, Alice Tsapayi-Musapatike
Dissertation: Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase and Growth Factor Regulation of Flow-Mediated Vascular Remodeling, David Anthony Tulis
Thesis: A Comparison of Self-Generated Task Strategies and Explicitly-Provided Task Strategies in the Context of Goal Setting, Jonathan Edward Turner
Thesis: Bailing Out of Bonds: The Effect of Victim/Offender Relationships and Other Factors in the Setting of Bail, Tancy Vandecar
Dissertation: Sex Chromosome Ratios and Aneuploidy Rates in the Zona Pellucida Selected Spermatozoa From Normal and Subfertile Men, Qinuo Fan Van Dyk
Thesis: Hoarfrost, Mae Lynn Wallker
Thesis: Effects of a Circuit Weight Training Program on the Body Images of College Students, Pamela Ann Williams
Thesis: Elevation as a Control of Boulder Stream Formation in the Blue Ridge Province of Virginia, Marc D. Zamkotowicz
Dissertation: Systematics of the Freshwater Amphipod Genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) in North America, Jun Zhang
Dissertation: Cγ- and Cα-Subunits Provide the Specificity for cAMP/PKA Function, Wei Qing Zhang
Dissertation: Diamond for Fiber-Optic Raman Spectroscopy, Jianli Zheng
Thesis: Development of a Fluorescent Indicator for Inorganic Monochloramine, Xiaojun Dong Zou
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Thesis: Downsizing America in the Twentieth Century: A Sociological and Theoretical Analysis of the Shrinking Middle Class, Terreea Lynne Adams
Thesis: Passage or Pathology: Current Attitudes Toward Women's Aging in the Literature of Menopause, Kaaren Gearhart Ancarrow
Thesis: Body Image and Information-Processing Biases on a Modified Stroop Task, Andrea Powell Arcona
Thesis: Speech Feature Computation for Visual Speech Articulation Training, Stefan Auberg
Thesis: Effects of Goal Reward and Feedback Frequency on Motivation: A Control Theory Perspective, Jonathan Michael Balcerek
Dissertation: An Analysis of Structure, Organization, and Activities of Community Dispute Resolution Centers in Virginia, Terri Colby Barr
Dissertation: Two-Photon Quantum Interference Polarization Spectroscopy: Measurements of Transition Matrix Elements in Atomic Rubidium, Alexander I. Beger
Thesis: Depositional Environment and Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation of Miocene St. Marys Formation, Calvert County, Maryland, John J. Blandin
Thesis: Maintaining the Neutrality: Soviet-Japanese Relations, 1941-1945, Michael Shawn Blevins
Dissertation: A Computational Paradigm on Network-Based Models of Computation, Venkatavasu Bokka
Thesis: An Investigation of Software Reliability Models, Pamela Elaine Bowman
Thesis: An Enhanced Signal Processing Strategy for Fetal Heart Rate Detection, Charles Brewton
Thesis: Effects of Exposure to Information About Appearance Stereotyping and Discrimination on Body Image and Mood, Melissa Ann Brown
Dissertation: Recruitment of Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Postlarvae to the Back-Barrier Lagoons of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Robert D. Brumbaugh
Thesis: The Role of Plant Foods Among Native Americans in Seventeenth-Century Virginia An Historical and Botanical Study, Timothy W. Cameron
Dissertation: Determinants of CEO Pay: A Critical Assessment, W. Otto Carroll
Thesis: Visual Speech Recognition Using Multiple Deformable Lip Models, Devi Chandramohan
Thesis: The Relationship of Autonomy Sociotropy and Depression to the Recall of Autobiographical Memories, Jennifer Sue Cheavens
Dissertation: The Progressive Failure Analysis of Cut Slope in Anisotropic Strain Softening Soils, Jong Woon Choi
Thesis: Application of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Creatine Kinase MM and BB Isoenzymes for Creatine Kinase MB Isoenzyme Detection, Lei-Chieh Chuang
Dissertation: Extreme Response Style, Irvine Clarke III
Thesis: The Assessment of Different Cerebral Locations in the Study of Arousal and Attention Using a Closed Loop Tracking System, Keith W. Clouatre
Dissertation: A Progressive Damage Methodology for Residual Strength Predictions of Center-Crack Tension Composite Panels, Timothy William Coats
Thesis: Resource/Dataflow Graph Operating System Development, Sriram J. Coimbatore
Thesis: Parental Quality Ratings of Early Child Care Experiences and Subsequent School Adjustment, Donna Owens Collier
Thesis: The Cultural Adaptability of Dental Hygiene, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nursing and Physical Therapy Faculty, Irene Mary Connolly
Thesis: Real-Time Visual Speech Articulation Training Aid, Neiyer S. Correal
Thesis: Economic Interdependence Along a Colonial Frontier: Capitalism and the New River Valley, 1745-1789, B. Scott Crawford
Thesis: When the "Blues" Come to Call: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward and Responses to Domestic Violence, Christine Reneé Crossland
Dissertation: Factors Affecting Nitrogen Fixation Rates in Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae: Reticulitermes) and Termite Nitrogen Contributions of Forest Ecosystems, Anthony Duane Curtis
Dissertation: The Effects of Environmental Variability on the Population Structure of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica): A Modeling Study, Margaret McManus Dekshenieks
Dissertation: Development of the Inventory of Life Span Events, Julie A. Dickison
Thesis: Lower Chesapeake Maritime Enterprise: 1781-1812, D. Dennis Duff
Dissertation: Modelling an Optical Fiber Bragg Grating, Claudio Oliveira Egalon
Thesis: The Relationship of Foot Types to Pressure Distribution Patterns of the Forefoot During Gait, Hui-Ji Fan
Thesis: A Receiving Water Quality Model for Dissolved Metal Runoff from a Floating Drydock, Thomas O. Fenn
Thesis: Validation of Continuous Self Improvement Flow and Individual Commitment as Personality Constructs, Alexia Anne Fink
Thesis: Petrochemical Analysis by Remote Fiber-Optic Raman Spectroscopy and Partial Least Squares Regression Analysis, Philip Edmund Flecher Jr.
Thesis: Reactions of Aqueous Chlorine with Alanylphenylalanine in Model Solutions and in a Wastewater, Thomas C. Fox
Thesis: Electron Beam Emission from a Ferroelectric Cathode, Crystal Briana Garland
Thesis: Modeling a High-Efficiency Ozone Injection Contactor, L. Bernard Garrett Jr.
Thesis: Relationship Between Design Marketing Strategies and Toothbrush Purchases by Consumers, Cynthia Lynn Garvin
Dissertation: Pion Absorption on Polarized Lithium-7 at 165 MeV, Thomas A. Greco
Thesis: School Behavior and Perception of the Family Environment of Delinquent Youth, Anne Rachel Greenberg
Dissertation: Volatility Risk Premiums in Futures Markets: Investment Prices and Commercial Bank Performance, Richard P. Gregory
Thesis: Finding Godot: Postmodernism and Truth, Robert T. Gregory Jr.
Dissertation: Visibility-Related Problems on Parallel Computational Models, Himabindu Gurla
Thesis: Frequency Response Enhancement of a Flow Sensor Using Diamond Thin Films Synthesized by Plasma CVD, John Curren Hagwood
Thesis: Comparison of Sapling Community Structure in Created and Natural Forested Wetlands in Southeastern Virginia, Sharon Ann Haines
Thesis: The Resurgence of the Wehrmacht on the Western Front in the Fall of 1944, Aaron S. Hamilton
Dissertation: The Effect of an Integrated Library Computer System on Job Characteristics in Public Libraries, Richard J. Harris
Thesis: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Risk Perception Related to Needlestick Injuries at a Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, Ronald B. Hartman
Thesis: The Effects of Feedback Seeking Performance and Tenure on Perceived Organizational Commitment Self-Promotion Attributions and Allocation of Organizational Rewards, Bryan C. Hayes
Thesis: Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus Ater) Range Expansion into the Southeast: Effects on the Passerine Populations Using North American Breeding Bird Survey Data, Elizabeth Pruitt Henderson
Thesis: Concentrations, Complexation and Speciation of Total Dissolved Zinc in the Chesapeake Bay, Charles William Henry III
Dissertation: An Artificial Life Model of Engineering Attrition Contemplation: Why do Federally Employed Civilian Engineers Think of Quitting?, John William Herweg
Dissertation: Cross-Cultural Differences and Intercultural Cooperation in the Context of Change and Uncertainty: Americans and Finns in the Workplace, Maija Llisa Herweg
Thesis: The Relation Between Maternal Beliefs and Behavior and the Metabolic Control and Social Development of Children with Diabetes, Peggy Ann Herzog-Simmer
Thesis: Annie Wood: A Portrait, Jo Ann Mervis Hofheimer
Thesis: Work Interference with Family (W→F) and Family Interference with Work (F→W): Antecedents and Mediators, Karyn Hofler
Thesis: Psychological Outcomes of Religiosity in the Elderly, Deanna R. Hogge
Thesis: Social and Economic Opportunity in Seventeenth-Century Charles County, Maryland, Garett William Hughes
Dissertation: Variational Methods in Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization for Aerodynamic Applications, Adem Ibrahim Hussen
Dissertation: Correlates of the MMPI-A Immaturity (IMM) Scale in an Adolescent Psychiatric Population, Eric Albert Imhof
Thesis: Two-Dimensional Drift-Diffusion Simulations of Silicon Avalanche Shaper (SAS) Devices for High Power Applications, Hamid Jalali
Thesis: Affinity-Maintenance Strategies and Relationship Satisfaction, Carla J. Jernigan
Thesis: Long-Term Effects of Seawalls on the Adjacent Nonwalled Beaches of a Historically Receding Shoreline, Bryan Norton Jones
Dissertation: Therapist Orientation and Circularity-Linearity of Causality, Responsibility, Intentionality, and Blame for Clinical Problems, Helen Alexander Jones