Theses published by graduate students in the Department of History, College of Arts & Letters, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Thesis: Southerners on New Ground: The Battle for Civil War Memory Since 1993, Andrew William Hoffman
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Thesis: Pueblo Sovereignty and Voting Rights: Miguel Trujillo and a New Tactic for Self-Determination, Alexander Douglas Bright
Thesis: "In-Betweening" Disney: An Animated History of Hollywood Labor and Ideological Imagineering, 1935-1947, Bradley Edward Moore
Thesis: Peaceful Collaboration: The Truman Administration's Response to the Costa Rican Revolution of 1948 and the Costa Rica-Nicaragua Crisis of 1948-1949, James Wilkerson
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Thesis: Interpreting the Other: Natives, Missionaries, and Colonial Authority In New England, 1643-1675, Violet Galante
Thesis: “Mixed Up in the Coal Camp”: Interethnic, Family, and Community Exchanges in Matewan During the West Virginia Mine Wars, 1900-1922, Lela Dawn Gourley
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Thesis: “For The Homeland”: Die Deutsche Hausfrau and Reader Responses to World War I, Julie Sliva Davis
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Thesis: Black Gold: Molly Maguireism, Unionism, and the Anthracite Labor Wars, 1860-1880, Samantha Edmiston
Thesis: Changing the Message: Battered Women's Advocates and Their Fight Against Domestic Violence at the Local, State, and Federal Level, 1970s-1990s, Clara Amy Van Eck
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Thesis: Displaying Race at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition, Bryan Patrick Bennett
Thesis: Boys of the Maple Leaf, Maggie Kontra Emmens
Thesis: Achieving Sourdough Status: The Diary, Photographs, and Letters of Samuel Baker Dunn, 1898-1899, Robert Nicholas Melatti
Thesis: "Elite Assault:" The 85th Infantry Division in Italy, 1944-1945, Charles Ross Patterson II
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Thesis: See and Hear James "Catfish" Cole: Identity, Manhood, and the North Carolina Ku Klux Klan, 1952-1967, John Scholl Hinton
Thesis: Residential Segregation in Norfolk, Virginia: How the Federal Government Reinforced Racial Division in a Southern City, 1914-1959, Kevin Lang Ringelstein
Thesis: Employee Opportunism in Two Early Modern British Trading Companies, Robert Franklin Unger
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Thesis: Bracero Families: Mexican Women and Children in the United States, 1942-64, Rachael Frances DeLaCruz
Thesis: The Role of Agricultural and Land Policies in the Failure of the British Mandate for Palestine, Beth Ann Lynk
Thesis: The World of Goods in Pre-Revolutionary Virginia, Ronald C. Merritt Jr.
Thesis: Set Adrift by the Confederacy: The Civil War Occupation of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Paige Kelly Solomon
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Thesis: Strike a Pose: Propaganda in Augustus' and Mussolini's Imperial Imagery, Colleen Syler Parker
Thesis: Ecclesiastical Homogeny and Splintering Spirituality: White Ecumenical Christianity and the Church in Norfolk Virginia's Civil Rights Movement, Joshua Wesley Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Thesis: The Forgotten Sixty-Ninth: The Sixty-Ninth New York National Guard Artillery Regiment in the American Civil War, Christopher M. Garcia
Thesis: The Pacific War Crimes Trials: The Importance of the "Small Fry" vs. the "Big Fish", Lisa Kelly Pennington
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Thesis: The Death of Jefferson Davis, Kasey J. Dell
Thesis: The Bound "Giddy Multitude": Runaway Indentured Servants Convicts and Slaves in Colonial Virginia, Nicole K. Dressler
Thesis: Richmond Iron: Tredegar's Role in Southern Industry During the Civil War and Reconstruction, Lisa Hilleary
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Thesis: Closing the Greenland-Iceland Atlantic Air-Gap: 1939 to 1943, James F. Boland
Thesis: Woman's Work: Female Lighthouse Keepers in the Early Republic, 1820-1859, Virginia Neal Thomas
Thesis: Woman's Work: Female Lighthouse Keepers in the Early Republic, 1820–1859, Virginia Neal Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Thesis: The Office of War Information Vs. the Foreign Nationalities Branch: The Roosevelt Administration and the Poles, Kristen Brooke Archambeau
Thesis: Revival and Revolution: The Political Social and Religious Role of Colonial Virginia's New Light Presbyterians, Bethany N. Austin
Thesis: The Norfolk Hoax: Fear Social Violence and Ethnicity at the Norfolk Navy Yard During the Strike of 1877, John Douglas Forrest
Thesis: "Adoption will Determine the Worthiest Successor": Roman Imperial Adoption, Stephen C. Hebert
Thesis: Meaning in History? The Young Hegelian's Battle for Historical Meaning and the Resurgence of Nihilism, Angelo J. Letizia
Thesis: "In this Time of Close Trial": An Examination of Quaker Women's Roles and Political Activism in Philadelphia, September 1777-April 1778, Kimberly Ann Stinedurf
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Thesis: Italy and Italians Through American Eyes, 1861-1881, Dennis M. Bench
Thesis: Martin Luther: Perceptions of the Reformer in Popular Culture and Historical Scholarship, Kathryn R. Cross
Thesis: "They Are Gone and I Am Going": The Battle of Memphis 6 June 1862, Matthew T. Eng
Thesis: Drawbridge Diplomacy: Romanian-American Relations, 1963-1968, Brett A. Jerasa
Thesis: Lord Baltimore's Charter and the Definition of the English-Colonial Relationship in the Seventeenth Century, Christopher D. Purnell
Thesis: Hearts and Minds, the American Revolution in South Carolina: A Study in the Application of Militia Violence to Influence Politics, Paul K. Reimann
Thesis: Compartmentalizing the Other: Nineteenth-Century Englishwomen, Travel, and English Identity, Amanda E. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Thesis: Learning to Fly: Military Aviation Training at Middle Tennessee State University and the Transformation of Southern Higher Education in World War II, Christopher T. Crawford Jr.
Thesis: The Tactical Flexibility of the Union Cavalry: How Modern Firearms Changed the Federal Cavalry, Peter J. Francione
Thesis: Flaws in the Armor of the Grand Illusion: Dissent, Reluctance, and Disaffection Toward the Confederate Cause in the Central Shenandoah Valley - A Study of Page County Virginia, Robert H. Moore II
Thesis: The United States Information Agency and the "New Look": France and India, 1953-1961, Leanne Alicia Sutton
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Thesis: The Interaction of Domestic Politics and English Naval Operations During the Civil War and Interregnum, 1642-1660, Don P. Crowson
Thesis: Russification in the Soviet East: Education in Uzbekistan and the Emancipation of Uzbek Women, 1938-1956, Anna Sochnikova
Thesis: Dr. Thomas Walker's Influence on Thomas Jefferson's Lewis and Clark Expedition, Kari Kemper Tudor
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Thesis: The Sharper Image: Bringing Irish Nationalist Identity Into Focus, 1880-1923, Meghan M. Ferriter
Thesis: Austrian Patriots and German Nationalists: Political Radicalism and Austrian Identity in Fin-De-Siècle Vienna, Scott O. Moore
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Thesis: "Those Who Can Suffer the Most": Cultural and Religious Symbols Within Irish Republican Prison Protests, Betsy L. Morgan-Cutright
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Thesis: In the Shadow of the Fleet: The Development of American Submarines Between the World Wars, Stephen J. Brady
Thesis: Fueling and Fortifying the Foundational Machinery: Religious Necessity and Enlightened Republicanism in America's Founding, Jennifer L. Dyar
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Thesis: The Rhetoric and Reality of Famine in Early Modern Europe, Karen Russell Adams
Thesis: The Search for Vinland: Reconciling Literature and Archaeology, Clifford W. Anderson
Thesis: The Anaconda's Head: The U.S. Consular Service in British North America, 1861-1866, Myron Becker
Thesis: Bolshevism and the Avant-Garde: Marxist Ideology and the Aesthetics of Soviet Film, 1923-28, Garrett H. Booker
Thesis: The Catholic Church in the Nicaraguan Revolution: Interdependence and Social Movements, Eric W. Frith
Thesis: Theology, Tradition, and Turbulent Times: Ordination of Women in the Lutheran Church, 1970, Donna L. Koch
Thesis: Fighting "Don't Know, Don't Care": The FCDA's Public Education Quest, Rachel M. Mihalovich
Thesis: Money Versus Morality: The Failure of the Joint Boycott Council and the Anti-Nazi Boycott Movement in the United States, Michelle D. Ward
Thesis: Court, Clients and Kingship: A Study of Royal Executive Style During the Reign of James I, Nick Jon Ziegler
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Thesis: One Mistress and No Master: Elizabeth I and Her Use of Public Personas to Gain and Maintain Power, Michael J. Davye
Thesis: "The Contagion of Liberty": Mercy Otis Warren and the Beginnings of Feminist Sensibility, DonnaMaria Gerych
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Thesis: Buying for the Cold War: Influences on Air Force Procurement, 1945-1956, William Cline
Thesis: Hanover Courthouse: The Union's Tactical Victory and Strategic Failure, Jerry Joseph Coggeshall
Thesis: The Virginia Conservative Party, 1965-1969, Gerald Paul Gaidmore III
Thesis: An Analysis of the Success and Failure of the Collection and Interpretation of American Intelligence, 1942-1989, Alexander Michael Gibby
Thesis: Henri IV as Military Commander, Terence W. Loveridge
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Thesis: Difficulties in Diplomacy: A Case Study of Relations Between the United States and the Republic of Congo, 1960-1965, James R. Hawn Jr.
Thesis: The United States and the Netherlands: A Study of Early Cold War Cooperation, Michael R. Hirman
Thesis: Lives of the Little-Known: Women Children and Servants in Augusta County, 1745-1779, Nancy B. Osborne
Thesis: William Mahone and the Confederate Command Style During the Siege of Petersburg, 1864-1865, David Kenneth Reed
Thesis: Russian Supply Efforts in America During the First World War, Dale C. Rielage
Thesis: The Development of United States Navy Convoy Escort Doctrine and the Implementation of Coastal Convoys in 1942, Ronald J. Sheppard
Thesis: Fact or Fiction? The Use of Eighteenth-Century Criminal Biographies in Historical Studies, Steven M. Wakefield
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Thesis: The Eisenhower Administration and Allied Relations During the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, Gregory D. Colburn
Thesis: The Men Behind the Oath: A Profile of the German Officer Corps in the Interwar Period, 1919-1939, Brian E. Crim
Thesis: The Marine Corps in Vietnam: An Examination of Cohesion and Effectiveness at Khe Sanh, Gregory L. Davenport
Thesis: Orphans and Guardians in Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Sarah M. Goldberger
Thesis: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at the Paris Summit: Anatomy of a Failure, Vincent Michael Kapral
Thesis: Mr. Wilkes' War: Captain Charles Wilkes and the West India Squadron, Christopher J. Pieczynski
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Thesis: Maintaining the Neutrality: Soviet-Japanese Relations, 1941-1945, Michael Shawn Blevins
Thesis: Economic Interdependence Along a Colonial Frontier: Capitalism and the New River Valley, 1745-1789, B. Scott Crawford
Thesis: Lower Chesapeake Maritime Enterprise: 1781-1812, D. Dennis Duff
Thesis: The Resurgence of the Wehrmacht on the Western Front in the Fall of 1944, Aaron S. Hamilton
Thesis: Social and Economic Opportunity in Seventeenth-Century Charles County, Maryland, Garett William Hughes
Thesis: The United State Government Versus John Harrison Surratt: A Study in Attitudes, Thomas Michael Martin
Thesis: Josiah Gorgas and the Richmond Ordnance Industry: The Arsenal of the Confederacy, J. Michael Moore
Thesis: The Martinsville Seven: Virginia's Most Controversial Court Case, 1949 - 1951, Michael Dean Plemmons
Thesis: Representations of Gender in Juvenile Literature During the Era of the American Revolution, Sandra Strohhofer Pryor
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Thesis: Judicial Intelligence: Allied Signal Intelligence and the War Crimes Trials of Class "A" War Criminals at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1946-1948, William Todd Baker
Thesis: Partnership of Necessity: The Anglo-American Intelligence Relationship from 1921 to 1942, H. Douglas Brooks III
Thesis: Presidential Philosophies and American Foreign Policy: From the Long Telegram to the New Look, John R. Moore
Thesis: Out of the Air: The Role of Communications Intelligence in the Strategic Bombing Campaign Against the German Oil Industry and Transportation System in World War II, Darrell Nolen
Thesis: The Student Movement at Old Dominion: 1964-1970, Patrick Joseph Pané
Thesis: The Civil War as a Catalyst for the Professionalization of Nursing, Rosemary Plum
Thesis: "Preservation...From the Dangers of the Enemy as Well as Seas": The Establishment of the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Kevin Charles Valliant