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 2021
Dissertation: A Unified Framework for Parallel Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation, Christos Tsolakis
Dissertation: Principal Pipeline Development in Ghana: A Look at Komenda Edina Eguafo Abriem (KEEA) District in the Central Region, Eunice A. Turkson
Dissertation: “Acts of Pure Evil”: The Portrayal of Mass Shooting Events on Online Media Platforms, Elizabeth Twitty
Dissertation: Towards Characterizing Adversarial Opportunity and Behavior in Critical Infrastructure Network, Md Sharif Ullah
Dissertation: High-Order Positivity-Preserving L2-Stable Spectral Collocation Schemes for the 3-D Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations, Johnathon Keith Upperman
Thesis: Reconstructing Surface Water Carbonate Ion Concentration Changes in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Across Glacial Transitions, Lenzie Gail Ward
Dissertation: Towards Failure-Based Instructional Design: A Phenomenological Study of the Perceptions of Drone Pilots About the Use of Simulations to Promote Failure-Based Learning, Nikisha Watson
Thesis: A Digital One Degree of Freedom Model of an Electromagnetic Position Sensor, Michelle Elizabeth Weinmann
Thesis: How Leader and Follower Mindfulness Relate to Performance and OCB through Conversation Quality and Empathy: A Moderated Mediation Model, Arianna White-Levatich
Dissertation: Space Charge Effects in Low Energy Magnetized Electron Beams, W. M. Sajini Anushika Kumari Wijethunga
Dissertation: The Politics of Medicine: Power, Actors, and Ideas in the Making of Health, Claire Wulf Winiarek
Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Variations of Precipitation and Climate-Resilient Structure Design in Virginia, Xiaomin Yang
Thesis: The Role of Athletic Identity in General Mental Health and Alcohol-Related Help-Seeking Intentions of College Students, Michael Grant Young
Dissertation: Two Essays on the Information Embedded in Flow of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Hamed Yousefi
Dissertation: A Survey of Registered Behavior Technicians: Initial and Ongoing Training and Support, Gabriela McWhorter Zapatero
Dissertation: Physiological and Molecular Responses of Eurythermal and Stenothermal Populations of Zostera Marina L (Eelgrass) to Climate Change, Carmen C. Zayas-Santiago
Dissertation: Joint Linear and Nonlinear Computation with Data Encryption for Efficient Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning, Qiao Zhang
Thesis: Evaluation of Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Genetically Engineered Cyanobacteria and Gram-Negative Bacteria, Andriana Chrysovalanti Zourou
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Dissertation: The Influence of Mating Motives on Reliance on Form Versus Function in Product Choice, Seyed Hamid Abbassi Hosseini
Thesis: Diatom Community Composition Shifts Driven by Coherent Cyclonic Mesoscale Eddies in the California Current System, Zuzanna Maria Abdala
Thesis: Parametric Study of Residual Stresses in Wire and Arc Additive Manufactured Parts, Hisham Khaled Jamil Abusalma
Dissertation: Improving Veterans’ Psychological Well-Being with a Positive Psychology Gratitude Exercise, Clara Im Adkins
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Effect of Digital Badging on Workplace Self-Directed E-Learners' Achievement, Persistence, and Self-Regulation, Emma Awuor Agola
Thesis: The Effect of Compaction Temperature and Pressure on Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Short Glass Fiber Composites, Pushpashree Jain Ajith Kumar Jain
Thesis: CFD Simulations of a Propeller-Wing Interaction, Asim Oktay Akdeniz
Dissertation: Predictors of Dental Students’ Behavioral Intention Use of Teledentistry: An Application of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Model, Jafar Hassan Alabdullah
Dissertation: MementoMap: A Web Archive Profiling Framework for Efficient Memento Routing, Sawood Alam
Dissertation: A Framework for Adaptive Capacity in Complex Systems, Abdulrahman Alfaqiri
Dissertation: The Determinants of Physical Activity, Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose, and Poor Glycemic Control Among Individuals Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the Saudi Health Interview Survey (SHIS), Mohammed Abdulrahman S. Alsuliman
Dissertation: Why Do Nonprofits Fail? A Quantitative Study of Form 990 Information in the Years Preceding Closure, MacKenzie Arbogust
Thesis: Assessment of Factors Influencing Migratory Landbird Use of Forested Stopover Sites Along the Delmarva Peninsula During Autumn Migration, J. Andrew Arnold
Dissertation: Molecular Spectroscopy: A Study of Molecules in Earth and Planetary Atmospheres, Mahdi Yousefi Atashgah
Thesis: Deposition and Characterization of Indium Nitride and Aluminum Nitride Thin Films by Reactive Sputtering, Sushma Swaraj Atluri
Dissertation: A Framework for Verifying the Fixity of Archived Web Resources, Mohamed Aturban
Thesis: Numerical Analysis of a Roadway Piezoelectric Harvesting System, Abdul Rahman Badawi
Dissertation: A Novel Non-Enzymatic Glucose Biofuel Cell with Mobile Glucose Sensing, Ankit Baingane
Dissertation: Role of Anisometric Particles in Ice-Templated Porous Ceramic Structure and Mechanical Properties, Mahesh Banda
Thesis: Engineering Management Competencies: A Framework for Present and Future Engineering Environments, Christopher Vaughn Barrett
Dissertation: Morally Injurious Experiences, Trauma-Related Guilt, and Substance Use among Iraq and Afghanistan Combat Veterans, Allison T. Battles
Thesis: Diagnosis: Weirdo, James Corbett Beardsley
Dissertation: A Rule Based Control Algorithm for on-Ramp Merge With Connected and Automated Vehicles, Ehsan Beheshtitabar
Dissertation: Adjunct Faculty Job Satisfaction: Intangible and Financial Factors Affecting the Academic Majority, Courtney Jane Obis Belmonte
Thesis: Mechanism of Compaction With Wrinkle Formation During Automatic Stitching of Dry Fabrics and the Size Effect of Compression Molded Discontinuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Anibal Benjamin Beltran Laredo
Thesis: Effects of Religion on Crime in Hampton Roads, Alaina Yvonne Bierdz
Dissertation: The 23: Racial and Other Demographic Differences in the Assignment of Risk Factors for Individuals Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Virginia, Dominique Raquel Blanchette
Dissertation: Students at a Crossroads: TA Development Across Pedagogical and Curricular Contexts, Cassandra Ann Book
Dissertation: Black Teachers’ Collective Wisdom as Social Justice Pedagogy: A Black Feminist Narrative Analysis, Jacqueline Cora Boone
Thesis: Hardware Development for the Generation of Large-Volume High Pressure Plasma By Spatiotemporal Control of Space Charge, Nikhil Boothpur
Dissertation: An Examination of the Relationship Among Social Services Support, Race, Ethnicity and Recidivism in Justice Involved Mothers, Ne’Shaun Janay Borden
Dissertation: Development and Validation of the Students With Learning Disabilities School Counselor Self- Efficacy Scale: A Psychometric Study, Rawn Alfredo Boulden, Jr.
Dissertation: Aging, Gait Variability, and Adaptability, Collin Douglas Bowersock
Thesis: Conical Orbital Mechanics: A Rework of Classic Orbit Transfer Mechanics, Cian Anthony Branco
Thesis: Physical Education Teachers' Attitudes Towards Teaching Zumba to Children With Disabilities, Evelina C. Brandon
Dissertation: DOD Mission Engineering and Integration Explorative-Exploitative Architecture for Technology Innovation, Jose L. Bricio-Neto
Thesis: Pueblo Sovereignty and Voting Rights: Miguel Trujillo and a New Tactic for Self-Determination, Alexander Douglas Bright
Dissertation: Minority Counselor Multicultural Competence in the Current Sociopolitical Climate, Kathleen Brown
Thesis: Experiences in Physical Education and Sport: The Intersection of Identifying as a Female, an Athlete, and Visually Impaired, Margaret Buckley
Thesis: Biphasic Gene Electrotransfer Enhances Gene Delivery In Vitro, John Bui
Dissertation: Neglected Cultural Outcomes That Impact Hispanic-Serving Institution Policymaking, Amanda Kate Burbage
Thesis: Attitudes of Virginia Dental Hygienists Toward Dental Therapists, Helene Mesina Burns
Thesis: Rotorcraft Blade Angle Calibration Methods, Brian David Calvert Jr.
Dissertation: Disrupting Education: High School Principals’ Efforts to Lead Disruptive Innovation and the Influence of Isomorphic Mechanisms, Katie Cummings Catania
Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Kinetics Studies of New Cobalt Complexes for the Production of H2 in Acidic Media, Michael John Celestine
Dissertation: Cultural Capital, Habitus, College Persistence and Graduation Among Black Immigrant-Origin Undergraduates: A Basic Interpretive Qualitative Study, Erica M. Richards Chew
Dissertation: Three Essays on CEO Characteristics and Corporate Bankruptcy, Rajib Chowdhury
Dissertation: Structural Characterization of Organic Matter in Oil Shales Using Multiple Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Techniques, Wenying Chu
Thesis: Shifting Sources of Humanitarian Aid: The Importance of Network Resiliency and Donor Diversification, Mackenzie Marie Clark
Thesis: Constraining Respired Carbon Storage in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Over the Last 25 Thousand Years Using Benthic Foraminiferal Boron/Calcium Ratios, Brian James Close
Dissertation: Terrorists, Zombies, and Robots: The Political Unconscious, Thematics, and Affectual Structures of the Post-9/11 American Fear Narrative, Nathanael J. Cloyd
Thesis: Understanding the Association Between Social Networks, College Student Alcohol Use, and Protective Behavioral Strategy Use and Beliefs, Melissa Roberts Colangelo
Dissertation: Drivers of Rickettsial Pathogen Transmission and Spillover in Local Tick Populations in Southeastern Virginia, Alexandra Cumbie
Dissertation: Global Language Variation in Online Writing Instructional Spaces: English as a Lingua Franca Among Global Participants in a Massive Open Online Course, Angela May Dadak
Dissertation: The Effects of CEO Dismissal Risk and Skills on Risky Corporate Decisions and CEO Compensation, Son T. Dang
Thesis: The Effects of Military Sexual Trauma and Depressive Symptoms on Reintegration, Rachel L. Davies
Dissertation: A Case Study Exploring the Nature of How Prekindergarten Teachers’ Mathematics Instruction Decisions Relate to Their Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Raleta Summers Dawkins
Thesis: A Model of Individual, Relationship, and Societal Factors and Mental Health and Well-Being in Partnered Sexual Minority Women: The Central Role of Relationship Satisfaction, Charlotte A. Dawson
Dissertation: International Student Recruitment, Retention, and Transfer Efforts at Top Community Colleges Hosting International Students in the United States, Alejandra Diaz-Rangel
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of Group Treatment Outcomes for Veterans with Substance Use Disorders, Robert “Tony” Dice
Dissertation: Innovative Approaches in the Discovery of Aquatic Mycobacteriophages, Janis H. Doss
Dissertation: The Association of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Scores and Variance in State Education Requirements, Patrick M. Doyle
Dissertation: Wicked Ideas for Wicked Problems: Marine Debris and the Complexity of Governance, Dawn Helene Driesbach
Dissertation: Copper and Cobalt Metal Conjugation Enhances Flaviviral Replication, and DENV/ZIKV Caused Thrombocytopenia Suppresses Integrin Signaling, Shovan Dutta
Dissertation: Onboard Autonomous Controllability Assessment for Fixed Wing sUAVs, Brian Edward Duvall
Dissertation: Simulation and Development of the Radial Time Projection Chamber for the BONuS12 Experiment in CLAS12, Nathan M. Dzbenski
Dissertation: How Principals Learn to Be Technology Leaders: A Critical Incident Qualitative Study, Leon R. Edwards II
Dissertation: A Daily Diary Examination of Microaggressions and Alcohol Use Among Emerging Adult Bisexual Women: The Role of Alcohol Demand, Sarah J. Ehlke
Dissertation: Sociopolitical Crisis and the Rise of a Social Justice Superintendent in Charlottesville, Sara Lourdes Epperly
Dissertation: Investigating the Impact of the FAVA Well-Being Protocol on Perceived Stress and Psychological Well-Being With At-Promise High School Students, Renee L. Fensom
Dissertation: Trend Analyses of the Abundances of Atmospheric Molecules, Anton Fernando
Dissertation: Olfactory Behavioral Responses of Mosquito Vectors to Select Attractants and Floral Scents as Related to Circadian Rhythms and Photoperiod Regimes, Bernadette A. Ferraro
Thesis: A Parametric Analysis of a Turbofan Engine with an Auxiliary Bypass Combustion Chamber – The TurboAux Engine, Kaleab Fetahi
Dissertation: Investigating a Multimodal Approach to Clinical Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease, Sean M. Flannery
Dissertation: District Promotion Policies for Students with Disabilities: Examining Principal Interpretation and Implementation, LaToya Exum Floyd
Dissertation: The Effects of Interruption Relevance and Complexity on Primary Task Resumption and Mental Demand, Brandon Allan Fluegel
Thesis: Fighting for Power: Class Conflicts in Political Participation, David Foley
Thesis: Space-Based Countermeasure for Hypersonic Glide Vehicle, Robert Joseph Fowler IV
Dissertation: Mindfulness and Its Impact on Adaptive Coping and Psychological Well-Being: An Intervention for Undergraduate Students, Charles Bradley Freligh
Dissertation: Helping Employees Help the Environment: An Intervention to Increase Environmental Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCB-E) Via a Subtle Stimulus, Rebecca C. Garden
Thesis: Parallelization of the Advancing Front Local Reconnection Mesh Generation Software Using a Pseudo-Constrained Parallel Data Refinement Method, Kevin Mark Garner Jr.
Dissertation: Towards Dynamic Vehicular Clouds, Aida Ghazizadeh