ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
Theses and dissertations completed at Eastern Virginia Medical School prior to integration with ODU on July 1, 2024 are not included in Digital Commons unless they were completed as part of a cross-institutional program with ODU. Works completed after July 1, 2024 are being added but are incomplete.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Thesis: Evaluating Direct Filtration as an Alternative to Conventional Carbon-Based Advanced Treatment for Indirect Potable Reuse, Savannah M. Flemmer
Thesis: Focused on Freedom: Exploring the Potential of Grading Contracts to Support Writers in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom, Margaret McGregor Fluharty
Thesis: Effect of Acute Caffeine Ingestion on On-Field Performance in Division 1 Female Field Hockey Players, Nicole Danielle Fredricks
Thesis: An Exploratory Examination of the Cultural Understandings of Communication Competence Among Nigerian Immigrant Adult Children, Fredous Gambo
Thesis: Effects of Chewing Time on Gastrointestinal Discomfort, Substrate Use, and Performance During Running, Thomas Geaney
Thesis: Evaluating the Potential Use of Saltwater Quarries in the Florida Keys for the Semi-Wild Mariculture of Caribbean King Crab (Maguimithrax spinosissimus), Samantha Glover
Dissertation: The Influence of Mentorship on K-5 General Education Teachers: A Study of Southeastern Schools in Virginia, Katherine Ryan Goldburg
Dissertation: The Effect of Minority Stress on Sexual Minority College Students' Mental Health: The Role of General Social Support and Sexuality-Specific Social Support, Lee A. Golembiewski
Thesis: Always Reppin' Padua: An Examination of Campanilismo in the Works of Andrea Mantegna, Sarah Kathryn Suddith Gorman
Thesis: Exploring Methods to Reduce Stress in College Students: Dog-Assisted Therapy, Ashley A. Green
Dissertation: Pulsed Electric Field Ablation: Mechanisms of Differential Cell Sensitivity and Methods to Mitigate Neuromuscular Excitation, Emily Gudvangen
Dissertation: Systemic Risk Analysis of Human Factors in Phishing, Mark Guilford
Thesis: Age, Lower Extremity Muscle Strength, and Running Biomechanics in Healthy Female Recreational Runners, Heather McConchie Hamilton
Thesis: Predicting E-Cigarette Use Among Emerging Adults Using Perceived Social Norms and Outcome Expectancies, Stephen N. Hanson
Dissertation: Framework for Implementing Advanced Radar Plotting Aid Capability for Small Maritime Vessels, Jason Stark Harris
Thesis: U.S.-China Trade War: Phase One Agreement and Self-Enforcing Contracts, Hameedullah Hassani
Dissertation: Assessing the Impact of Substituting Interaction Types: An Empirical Study of the Interaction Equivalency Theory, Scott Alan Hauert
Dissertation: Teaching Social Determinants of Health in Physical Therapist Professional Education Programs: Exploring Curricular Approaches and Examining an Assessment Tool, Emily Jordan Hawkins
Dissertation: Towards a Formal Theory of Humor in Organizations, Richard Joseph Hayes
Thesis: And Then There Were Ghosts, Dan Heck
Dissertation: Strategies That Contribute to the Sustainability and Success of Community College Non-Credit Workforce Development Programs, Amy Lovin Henecke
Dissertation: Human Impact on Cyanobacteria and Their Genetics: Potential Implications on Health, Evolution, and the Environment, Megan Ann Hept
Dissertation: The Risk Perceptions and Evacuation Behaviors of College Students in Coastal Communities: Exploring the Functionality of the False Alarm and Desensitization Model, Saige Marisza Hill
Thesis: Biocrude Production From Lignin in Hydrothermal Medium: Effect of Rapid Heating and Short Residence Time, Kyoko Hirayama
Thesis: The Human That Is Not Human: Examining the Doppelganger Through David Hume, Brittnea Anne Holland
Dissertation: Machine Learning Approach to Activity Categorization in Young Adults Using Biomechanical Metrics, Nathan Q. C. Holland
Dissertation: Men, Women, and Italians: The Masquerade of Narrative and Identity in Richardson's Sir Charles Grandison, Ruth A. Holmes
Dissertation: Complex Dynamics of Contention: Towards a Generative Model of Social Dissent, Travis Holmes
Dissertation: Chinese International Graduate Student Agency in a Neo-Racism Context: A Narrative Analysis, Minghui Hou
Thesis: Study of Microphonic Effects on the C100 Cryomodule for High Energy Electron Beam Accelerators, Caleb James Hull
Thesis: An Autoethnography on Teaching Antiracism in the Current Sociopolitical Environment, Taylor M. Jacobson
Dissertation: Third-Party Reactions to Performance Feedback, Daroon Mohammed Jalil
Thesis: Supporting Account-based Queries for Archived Instagram Posts, Himarsha R. Jayanetti
Dissertation: Biomechanical Adaptations While Performing Bilateral Drop Landings With a Unilateral Ankle Tape Application, Eric Daniel Jenkins
Thesis: The Civil War Conflict Between Anglophones/Francophones in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon, Myriam Jeter
Dissertation: The Lived Experiences of 911 Dispatchers With Compassion Fatigue: An Interpretive Phenomenology, Angela Johnson
Dissertation: Community College Academic Advisors’ Considerations of Ethical Issues Related to the Use of Learning Analytics, Anna Elizabeth Jones
Dissertation: An Ethnographic Case Study Exploring Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning, James H. Jones Jr.
Dissertation: Dismantling Anti-Blackness in Teacher Education: Centering Black Epistemologies to (Re)Construct Elementary Language Arts Education for Linguistic and Racial Justice, Jasmyn Kymberly Jones
Dissertation: Exploring Culturally Responsive Equitable Problem-Solving Pedagogy: Theorizing, Developing & Teaching, Tisha Newton Jones
Dissertation: Dental Care Utilization Among U.S. Children Participating in Early Head Start Programs, Ahlam Ibraheem Joufi
Dissertation: Factors Influencing African American Women to Attend a Rural Community College and Persist to an Associate Degree, Lorraine Anita Justice
Thesis: Examining the Experience and Impact of Teen-to-Teen Crisis Line Work for Youth Volunteers: A Pilot Study, Taylor Kalgren
Dissertation: Human Psychology Factors Influencing Agile Team Autonomy in Post-Pandemic Remote Software Organizations, Ravikiran Kalluri
Thesis: Factors Moderating the Association Between Social Network “Drinking Buddies” and Personal Drinking, Karolina Kazlauskaite
Dissertation: Public School Superintendents in Virginia: Innovating in the Educational Context, Daniel Firing Keever
Thesis: Adaptation of Nirtrifiers and Heterotrophs to Low Dissolved Oxygen in an Activated Sludge Biological Nutrient Removal Pilot Plant, Shashank Khatiwada
Dissertation: Silently Correcting Your Grammar: Responses to Feedback and Adult Learners' Rural Writing Ecosystems, Jessica Marie Kubiak
Dissertation: Design and Construction of a Longitudinally Polarized Solid Nuclear Target for CLAS12, Victoria Lagerquist
Dissertation: Opportunities and Challenges from Major Disasters Lessons Learned of Long-Term Recovery Group Members, Eduardo E. Landaeta
Thesis: A New View of Chlorophyll Dynamics in the Southern Mid-Atlantic Bight from a Two-Year High-Resolution Spray Glider Survey, Francesco Lane
Dissertation: Can’t Let Go: Anxiety, Ontological Security, and French Foreign Policy Decision-Making During the Hollande Administration, Peter D. Langley
Thesis: Becoming the Family Archive, Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Dissertation: Two Essays on Retail Trading, Qiqi Liang
Dissertation: Detecting Malware With Securedeep Accelerator via Processor Side-Channel Fingerprinting for Internet of Things, Zhuoran Li
Dissertation: The Effects of Self-Regulated Learning on Community College Students Metacognition, Motivation and Achievement in Geoscience Courses, Melani A. Loney
Dissertation: Attitudes of Ethnic Minorities Towards National Defense and Security in the Triadic Nexus: The Case of Russian-Speakers in Estonia, Nikita Lumijoe
Dissertation: The Influence of Minority Stress, Coping, and a Pandemic on the Relationship Between Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: A Mixed Methods Study, James Michael Macchia
Dissertation: Tidal Flooding in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the US: Water Quality Effects in the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Alfonso Macias Tapia
Thesis: Some Stories from a Black Girl from the Bronx, Serenity Marshall
Dissertation: The Role and Contribution of Rural North Carolina Community Colleges in Social Capital Development, Tanya J. McGhee
Dissertation: Modeling the Impacts of Sea Level Rise in Coastal Virginia at Multiple Scales, George Murray McLeod IV
Dissertation: E-Cadherin Force Transmission and Stiffness Sensing, Mazen Mezher
Thesis: Experimental and Computational Aerodynamic Studies of Axially-Oriented Low-Fineness-Ratio Cylinders, Forrest Miller
Dissertation: Teaching Higher Education During a Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study of Instructor Decisions Associated with Switching from Face-to-Face to Online-Only Sessions, Steven M. Miner
Dissertation: Framing Automation Trust: How Initial Information About Automated Driving Systems Influences Swift Trust in Automation and Trust Repair for Human Automation Collaboration, Scott Anthony Mishler
Thesis: The Effect of Through Thickness Reinforcement Angle on the Disbonding Behavior in Skin-Stringer Configuration, Christopher John Morris
Dissertation: Chemical and Physical Interaction Mechanisms and Multifunctional Properties of Plant Based Graphene in Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composites, Daniel W. Mulqueen
Thesis: Data-Driven Predictive Modeling to Enhance Search Efficiency of Glowworm-Inspired Robotic Swarms in Multiple Emission Source Localization Tasks, Payal Nandi
Dissertation: Optics Studies for Multipass Energy Recovery at CEBAF: ER@CEBAF, Isurumali Neththikumara
Thesis: Modified Vaccine Vectors to Understand Adjuvant Functions of Listeria During Chronic Schistosomiasis, Stephanie K. Norwood
Dissertation: Fabrication of Smooth SAC305 Thin Films via Magnetron Sputtering and Evaluations of Microstructure, Creep, and Electrical Resistivity, Manish Ojha
Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Self-Identified Politically Conservative Students in Graduate Counseling Programs in Public Universities, Elizabeth A. Orrison
Thesis: The Effects of Lifting With Intent on Hip and Knee Moments During Back Squats, Kyle A. Parrish
Thesis: Nightmares and Self-Injury Among High-Risk Adolescents: Examining the Role of Emotion Regulation, Kinjal K. Patel
Thesis: Lithium Extraction From Aqueous Solution Using Magnesium Doped Lithium Ion-Sieve Composite, Ujjwal Pokharel
Dissertation: Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Modulates Electron Transport and Mitochondrial Structure and Function, Lucas Nelson Potter
Dissertation: Near Transfer After Direct Instruction: An Experimental Inquiry within Aviation Technician Training, Francis Eamonn Powers
Dissertation: Age-Related Differences in Motor Performance, Jessica Anne Prebor
Dissertation: Visual Literacies and Young Children’s Writing: Creating Spaces for Young Children’s Voices and Engaging in Authentic Writing Experiences, Elizabeth Presto
Dissertation: LMS Problem-Posing Academic Relationships Between Faculty and Students: A Post-Intentional Phenomenological Study of Dialogical Relationships in Asynchronous Online Courses, Sheri L. Prupis
Dissertation: Reinforcing Digital Trust for Cloud Manufacturing Through Data Provenance Using Ethereum Smart Contracts, Trupti Narayan Rane
Dissertation: Structural Insights into the cl-Par-4 Protein: Ionic Requirements, Conformational Transitions, and Interaction With Cisplatin, Krishna Kumar Raut
Dissertation: Investigating The Effect of Universal Design For Learning on Learner Performance, Engagement, And Self-Efficacy, Ana Elizabeth Redstone
Thesis: Cheiloscopy Examination and Classification of Lip Prints With and Without Parafunctional Oral Habits: A Cross-Sectional Observation Study, Emily Smith Regan
Dissertation: Examining the Relationship Between Spelling Achievement and Academic Achievement in Community College Students, Tambra Lee Riggs-Gutiérrez
Dissertation: Faster, Cheaper, and Better CFD: A Case for Machine Learning to Augment Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes, John Peter Romano II
Dissertation: Affect, Mind-Body Factors, and Disordered and Intuitive Eating Behaviors: Examining Naturalistic Associations Among Young Women with Elevated Eating Disorder Symptoms, Kelly A. Romano
Dissertation: "I Think There Is a Place for Small Programs:" Advocating, Implementing, and Sustaining TPC Programs in Small US Institutions, Martha Lynn Russell
Dissertation: Two Essays in Real Estate Dynamics, Navid Safari
Dissertation: Tracing and Segmentation of Molecular Patterns in 3-Dimensional Cryo-ET/EM Density Maps Through Algorithmic Image Processing and Deep Learning-Based Techniques, Salim Sazzed
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt(III) Complexes and a Vanadium(IV) Complex with Flavonoids as Ligands, Ethan Schroeder
Thesis: A Comparative Study of Vinti-Based Orbit Propagation and Estimation for CubeSats in Very Low Earth Orbits, Ethan Michael Senecal
Dissertation: Measurements of Magnetic Field Penetration of Materials for Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities, Iresha Harshani Senevirathne
Dissertation: Cardiac Ablation and Stimulation With Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields (nsPEFs), Federica Serra
Thesis: Do Microplastics, Vibrio Bacteria, and Warming Water Temperatures Cause Disease in the Northern Star Coral, Astrangia poculata?, Heather Leigh Sheffey
Dissertation: Help-Seeking Behavior Among Resettled Refugee, Mahfoudha Sid’Elemine
Dissertation: Exploring Learning Experiences of Community College Faculty Short-Term Study Abroad Leaders Using IPA and Visual Research, Rachel Ann Simpson
Thesis: Effects of Physical Characteristics of Placebos on Exercise Performance, Owen Sipes
Dissertation: Incremental Validity of the MMPI-A-RF And MACI in a Clinical Outpatient Setting, Madison Smart-McCarthy