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 1989
Thesis: Studies on the Giant Mealie Witchweed, Striga forbesii Benth., in Zimbabwe, David Allen Knepper
Thesis: Party Politics During the Compromise Crisis: The Virginia Congressional Elections of 1849 and 1851, Jodi Lee Bennett Koste
Dissertation: Study of Direct Semiconductor Materials for an Optically Controlled Switch, Sung Taek Ko
Dissertation: Assessing Soccer Referee Performance Using Work Sample and Conventional Testing Methods, Robert L. Kuhnle
Dissertation: Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Separation and Flow Control at a Wing/Body Junction, Balakrishnan Lakshmanan
Thesis: Lithofacies of the Pliocene Yorktown Formation in the Vicinity of Kingsmill on the James River, Virginia, Michael David Lawless
Thesis: Self-Concept and Its Relationship to Achievement in Minority Preschool Children, Larry Lennard Lindsey
Dissertation: A Classification Approach for Automated Reasoning Systems--A Case Study in Graph Theory, Rong Lin
Thesis: The Effects of Differential Task Instructions and Motivational States on Individual Creative Response Generation, James Clarke Llewellyn
Thesis: An Analysis and Evaluation on Printed Materials Used in Genetic Counseling, Janet L. MacArthur
Dissertation: Mathematical Models of Prevascular Tumor Growth by Diffusion, Sophia A. Maggelakis
Thesis: Cognitive, Retention and Transfer of Learning Consequences of Computer Assisted Instruction and Videotape Instruction with Registered Nursing Students, Linda McCormack-Miller
Thesis: Three American Resistance Leaders in the Philippine Islands During World War II, Brian W. McLean
Thesis: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Adolescent Fears, Martina Griffith Meyer
Thesis: The Composition and Concentrations of Cyanobacteria in the North Landing River, Virginia and Upper Currituck Sound, North Carolina, Sonja E. Midgette
Thesis: Sojourn: A Time in Egypt, Deborah L. Miller
Thesis: Dynamic Analysis of Linear Structural System Using Ritz Vector Method and Substructuring Formulation, Vijay R. Modi
Dissertation: Andrological Methods of Predicting the Pregnancy Outcome of an in vitro Fertilization Program, Mahmood S. Morshedi
Thesis: Patient Satisfaction with Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Social Exchange Theory Approach, Jan H. Nelson
Dissertation: Nonlinear Solutions to a Two-Layer Quasi-Geostrophic Model of the Gulf Stream, Eiichi Oka
Thesis: Signals Intelligence in World War II Ultra and the Air War in Europe, Demetrio J. Perez
Dissertation: The Effects of Life Stress and Risk-Taking Style on Risk Perception and Driver Performance, Christine B. Philput
Dissertation: The Identification of Gifted Children at the Kindergarten and First-Grade Level in an Urban and Rural Population, Flora Carter Roberts
Thesis: The Geomorphology and Surficial Geology of the West Flank of the Blue Ridge, Sherando Area, Virginia, Derek Weston Ryter
Thesis: Literary Visions of Edward II and Isabella of France, Dana L. Sample
Thesis: Identification and Ranking of Stressors in Nuclear Medicine Technology, Scott R. Sechrist
Dissertation: Effects of Nose Bluntness and Shock-Shock Interactions on Blunt Bodies in Viscous Hypersonic Flows, Dal J. Singh
Thesis: Hypoxanthine-Induced Differentiation of Cultured Human Leukemia Cells, Gayle Jennette Singleton
Thesis: Spire and Tower: The History, Architecture and Art of Two Norfolk, Virginia Churches, Judith L. Smith
Dissertation: Performance Modeling and Enhancement for the ATAMM Data Flow Architecture, Sukhamoy Som
Thesis: Politics of Self-Destruction: The Virginia Republican Party Split of 1895-1897, Michael Anthony Southwood
Thesis: The Electrical Characteristics of Semi-Insulating Gallium Arsenide A Material for High Power Switches, David Clifton Stoudt
Thesis: Articulation of Practical Nursing Programs to Institutes of Higher Learning, Gwendolyn T. Sweat
Thesis: The Determination of Tamoxifen Citrate in Human Blood Serum and Semen, Karimdad Tahmoresi
Dissertation: Evidence for the Role of Ecdysteroids in the Genital Sex Pheromone of Two species of Hard Ticks, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) and Dermacentor andersoni Stiles, DeMar Taylor
Thesis: Honduras Pawn and Policy Maker, Elizabeth P. Thornton
Thesis: Containment, Cliency and the Revolution in Vietnam, Deborah Tompsett-Makin
Thesis: Simultaneous Determination of 3-Methoxy-4-Hydroxyphenyl-Glycol, Homovanillic Acid, and 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid in Plasma by High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Yung-Te Tseng
Dissertation: Optimal Row-Column Designs for Correlated Errors and Nested Row-Column Designs for Uncorrelated Errors, Nizam Uddin
Thesis: The Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Blue Crab Larvae on the Mid-Atlantic Bight Adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay, 1982-1983, Lyle Michael Varnell
Dissertation: An Adaptive Remeshing Finite Element Method for High-Speed Compressible Flows Using Quadrilateral and Triangular Elements, Gururaja R. Vemaganti
Thesis: Essays for Undergraduate Liberal Arts Education, Hugo G. Walter
Dissertation: Best Approximation With Geometric Constraints, Yuesheng Xu
Dissertation: The Remipedia (Crustacea): A Study of Their Reproduction and Ecology, Jill Yager
Thesis: Microwell Based Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay for Quantifying Serum Triiodothyronine and Thyroxine Levels, Yiwen Yang
Dissertation: Causal Analysis of Disengagement Among Paid and Volunteer City Employees, Margaret Carson Zimmerman
Thesis: Motivation and Job Satisfaction of Direct Care Mental Health Practitioners in a Residential Treatment Center, Joann Zitt
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Dissertation: Investigation of Display Issues Relevant to the Presentation of Aircraft Fault Information, Donald Mark Allen
Dissertation: Effects of Ammonia, Salinity and Oxygen on the Growth and Energetics of the Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, Ahmad Mohammed Altayaran
Thesis: The Prediction of Drug Experimentation Among University Students Using Objective Personality Inventories, Gay Lynne Andrucci
Thesis: The Effects of Irrelevant Dimensions on the Predictive Value of a Warning Signal, Ruth Justine Arnegard
Dissertation: Molecular Study of the B19 (Human) Pathogenic Parvovirus, Jamshed Ayub
Dissertation: Factors Affecting Policy in Educational Media Services, Diane S. Barker
Thesis: A Review of the Pacific Members of the Gobiid Fish Genus Bollmannia Jordan, Robin L. Bedenbaugh
Thesis: Survey of Attitudes of Licensed Dental Hygienists Toward Continuing Education in a State with Mandatory Continuing Education Versus a State without Mandatory Continuing Education, Katharine Reeves Behroozi
Thesis: The Effects of Low Doses (1 to 500 Kilograys) of 100-KEV Electrons on Four Polymers, Cynthia Anne Bradbury
Thesis: The Merchant Class of London During the Hundred Years War, Rowena Breen
Dissertation: The Influence of Brain Hemisphericity on the Composing Process of Twelfth Graders, Reinholdine Breien-Pierson
Thesis: An Evaluation of Injury Incidence and Typology in Industry, Shirlee Ann Brooks
Thesis: Low Pressure Gas Flow Analysis Through an Effusive Inlet Using Mass Spectrometry, David Robert Brown
Dissertation: Holocene Geology and Migration of a Low-Profile Barrier Island System, Metompkin Island, Virginia, Mark R. Byrnes
Thesis: A Structured Light Method for Sensing Alignment During Automated Truss Assembly, Jayesh K. Champaneri
Thesis: Self Consistent Model of the Glow Discharge, Hao Chen
Thesis: A Simulation Study of a Space-Borne Optical Disk Mass Memory System, Kenny G. Chen
Thesis: Effect of Fabric on Stress-Strain Relation, Volume Change, and Dynamic Shear Modulus of Ottawa Sand, Ming-Tarng Chen
Dissertation: Integral Equation Solution of the Full Potential Equation for Three-Dimensional, Steady, Transonic Wing Flows, Li-Chuan Chu
Thesis: Recent Benthic Foraminifera of Breton and Stake Islands Northern Gulf of Mexico, Eric S. Collins
Dissertation: Principles of Design for Complex Displays: A Comparative Evaluation, Sharolyn Ann Converse
Thesis: The Influence of Nursing Experience and Education on Nurses Inferences of Patients' Suffering, Patricia A. Coots
Thesis: Modulation of Queuine Uptake in Cultured Human Fibroblasts by Phorbol Esters and Interferons, Debra L. Crane
Dissertation: Theory of Alpha-Nucleus Collisions at High Energies, Francis A. Cucinotta
Dissertation: Parent Participation in the Educational Process and Student Achievement, Linda Worrell Deans
Thesis: Economic Considerations for Artificial Reef Development in Coastal Virginia, Dean Thomas Devereaux
Thesis: The Effect of Internal vs. External Attributions and Level of Information on Perceptions and Concessions in a Conflict Situation, William Walter Docalovich
Thesis: The Development and Comparative Morphology of the Mandibular Symphysis in Salamanders, Jennifer Lorenz Elwood
Dissertation: The Emergence of a Medical School in Hampton Roads, John Pierce Flemming IV
Thesis: Distribution of Suspended Particulate Matter, Patuxent River Estuary, Maryland, Christopher W. Frye
Thesis: The Chimney Fireplace in Colonial Virginia, Catherine Howe Grosfils
Thesis: Use of 52Cr for the Quantitative Determination of Red Cell Volume, Claude Michael Hanbury
Thesis: Interactions Between Aquatic Chromogenic Bacteria and Pathogenic Vibrio SPP., John Louis Harris
Thesis: Preschoolers' and Third Graders' Sorting Preferences and Strategic Knowledge of Taxonomic Associative and Perceptual Organizational Strategies, Helene Ann Hembrooke
Thesis: The Application of the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales Administered to 20 Developmentally Delayed Children, Jan H. Henderson
Dissertation: Natural Language Human-Computer Dialogue: Menu-Based Natural Language and Visual Performance, Jeffrey John Hendrickson
Thesis: Nutrient Cycling in Bordenstake Bay Sediments: A Backbarrier Lagoon, Mark J. Herrenkohl
Thesis: Self-Labeling of Body Weight: Relationships with Body Image Eating Behaviors and Well-Being, Karen HIcks
Thesis: Forced Sex in Battering Relationships: An Ethnographic Investigation, Leigh Hofheimer
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of the Effects of Two Urban Kindergarten Beginning Reading Programs on Student Oral Reading Performance and Attitudes Toward Reading, Ann-Carol Banton Holley
Thesis: Patients' Perceived Benefits of Home Health Services, Rita M. Holley
Thesis: Age and Growth of the Tautog, Tautoga onitis (Pisces: Labridae), from Lower Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Waters of Virginia, E. Brian Hostetter
Dissertation: Full-Potential Integral Solutions for Steady and Unsteady Transonic Airfoils With and Without Embedded Euler Domains, Hong Hu
Thesis: Job Satisfaction Among Three Different Dental Hygiene Occupational Settings, Ruth Halstead Hull
Thesis: Kingdom by the Sea: A Screenplay, John C. Jarvis Jr.
Thesis: Dual Task Performance: The Effects of Task Emphasis and Ear of Input, Pamela R. Jordan
Dissertation: Application of Advanced Grid Generation Techniques for Flow Field Computations About Complex Configurations, Monchai Kathong
Thesis: "Wretched, Bloody, and Usurping Boar"? An Evaluation of the Historicity of Shakespeare's Richard III, Kathryn Kiff
Thesis: A Method for the Large Scale Purification of HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) from the Urine of Pregnant Women, Chun-Shyan Kuo
Dissertation: Self-Concepts of Christian and Public High School Seniors, Dorothy Potts Lee
Dissertation: Viscous Shock Layer Analysis of Hypersonic Flows Over Long Slender Vehicles, Kam-Pui Lee
Dissertation: A Finite Element Formulation for the Large Deflection Random Response of Thermally Buckled Structures, James Eugene Locke
Thesis: Survival and Reproduction of the Freshwater Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes paludosus (Gibbes 1850) (Decapoda:Palaemonidae), in Saline Water, Brian Thomas Lowe