Theses/Dissertations from 2020
DANCES WITH MICROBES: EXAMINING SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES IN URBAN SOILS, Jacob Zidek
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
LABOR OF LABOR: EXPLORING THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF 21st CENTURY MIDWIVES IN THE US, Alba Lou Abrams
IMPROVING MILLENNIALS’ DECISIONS: EFFECTIVE NUDGES THAT WORK IN FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING, Jeeda Abukhader
CHINA’S HIDDEN SHADOW AND UNDERGROUND FINANCING, Dimitri Angelov
EXTENDING HANSON'S THOUGHTS ON OBSERVATION, Shane Archuleta
“LESSONS FROM LIBERATION THEOLOGY: A LETTER TO EL BUEN VIVIR”, Paola Baez-Perez
THE EFFECTS OF RED TIDE (KARENIA BREVIS) ON UPPER TROPHIC LEVEL FISH COMMUNITIES IN SARASOTA BAY, FLORIDA, Alexa Baldino
"I’M SORRY I GOT US LOST": OVER THE GARDEN WALL, ADAPTATION, AND FAIRYTALE RETELLINGS IN POST-GOLDEN AGE DISNEY ANIMATION, Araya Hope Barnes
STRIPPED OF MEANING: REVISITING SUSANNA’S EROTICIZATION, Chloe Baron
THE NUTCRACKER QUEEN: AN ANALYSIS OF DROSSELMEYER AND MARIE IN E.T.A. HOFFMANN’S THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING, Diana Barroeta
TWO ESSAYS ON FINANCIALIZATION AND SUBORDINATION OF PRODUCTION, Noah Baslaw
Investigations into Elliptic Curve Cryptography with Diffie-Hellman, Brandon D. Baufield
Feminist visions of rural development: Methods of finding local well-being and global sustainability, Carolyn Beer
Rural Politics: a quantitative exploration of rurality and political behavior, Jack Knox Belk Jr.
SYNTHESIS OF POSSIBLE ANTIBIOTIC CANDIDATES, Anna Blood
POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION IN COLOMBIA: CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING INTERIM STABILIZATION WITH EX-COMBATANTS OF THE FARC, Matthew Bocanumenth
Art of the Alien Timeline: Exploring how Nonlinear Narratives Achieve Brecht’s Theory of Alienation in Run Lola Run and Memento, Connor Borden
SELF-REFLECTION: A RECLAMATION OF IDENTITY, Elly Bovarnick
Electronic Music DIWhy Music Programming Languages in Theory and Practice, Sullivan Boyd
INTERPRETING FOLK THROUGH DESIGN AND LUTHERIE, Jack Brickhouse
BLOCKCHAINS: SECURE SYSTEMS, DISTRIBUTED DNS, ATTACK VECTORS, MULTIPLE SELFISH MINERS, Eric Brigham
MORE THAN STATISTICS: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ON OPPORTUNITY, Ashley Brockway
Keep Calm and Cyclo on: A Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates through the Cycloaddition of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides, Rowan Brower
AN EVALUATION OF ELASMOBRANCH ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY, AND HABITAT UTILIZATION IN MANATEE RIVER, FLORIDA, Mauryn Brownback
The History, Current State, and Potential Future of Archaeological Illustration, Madison Brown
LET’S PLAY HONG KONG: DEFINING CULTURE AND REPRESENTING IDENTITY IN SLEEPING DOGS, Kris Lylah Brzostek
STARS, DINOSAURS, AND YOU: A PREHISTORIC PODCAST, Eliza Bychek
THE SF CITY KIDS: NOSTALGIA AND BOUNDARIES OF SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH COMMUNITY IDENTITY AND BELONGING IN THE FACE OF TECH-INDUSTRY GENTRIFICATION, Rebecca Luisa Caccavo
IDENTITY NEGOTIATIONS OF BILINGUAL LGBTQIA+ LATINOS/AS/ES/XS, Andreina Carrasquero
In The Heights: An Analysis of Transit-Oriented Development and Its Impacts on Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Alex Caruso
ENEMY AT THE GATES: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CHANKA CONFEDERATION, Cesar Augusto Chavez Lecca
THE STORY OF LIES: PREPARATION EFFECTS AND PROSOCIAL DECEPTION, Renbourn Chock
A MUSICIAN MUSES ON MUSICAL AMUSEMENTS AS THE MOOD SUITS HER, Jacqueline Christie
DOES THIS TASTE FUNKY TO YOU? THE EFFECT OF AGING ON THE SENSORY QUALITIES OF NOVEL-FLAVORED BEERS, Hannah Lynn Coker
“VARIOUS ARE THE OUTCOMES OF WAR”: THE CHRONICON OF SAMPIRO IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, Kaithleen Coñoepan
“IDLE HANDS MAKE FRETFUL MINDS:” THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELFTOUCH GESTURES AND NICOTINE USE, Benjamin Cook
“ALTERING THE EARTH TO FIT VERA” Analyzing Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain Management, Iyanu O. Corniel
AND YOUR LITTLE DOG TOO: WITCHCRAFT IN THE CULTURAL IMAGINATION FROM THE 17TH TO THE 21ST CENTURY, Claire Craven
“QUEER IS THE BEST WORD FOR IT”: EXPLORING PREFERENCE FOR AND INTERACTIONAL PROCESSES OF ‘QUEER’ IDENTITY, Jason D'Amoururs
“Doing Art Politically”: Thomas Hirschhorn’s Gramsci Monument, Abigail De Gregorio
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT INVOLVING GOPHER TORTOISES (GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS) ON THE SCRUBLANDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA-MANATEE CAMPUS, Cassandra B. Detrio-Darby
Implementing a Network Based Approach to Learning Chinese Characters, Katherine Diamond
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ’S EXPERIMENTS IN PRINTMAKING: INTENSIFYING THE EXPRESSION OF MATERNAL LOSS, Shana Dickler
Anthropology’s [Digital] Skeletons: Photogrammetry and the Documentation of Human Remains, Kara DiComo
TAIWAN IS GIVING BUDDHISM BACK TO THE LIVING: A Study of the Four Great Mountains of Buddhism in Taiwan with a Focus on Fo Guang Shan, Lorelei Domke
TAIWAN IS GIVING BUDDHISM BACK TO THE LIVING: A Study of the Four Great Mountains of Buddhism in Taiwan with a Focus on Fo Guang Shan, Lorelei Domke
‘DÈYÈ MÒN GEN MÒN’: AN EXAMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AFFECTING HAITIAN COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA, Eva Ernst
REAL LIFE OR FANTASY? QUEEN’S “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” AND ITS POPULARITY, Sofia Eury
The Scientific Method in the Formulation of Physics, Jasper Fay
LINGUISTIC RIGHTS IN THE CLASSROOM: THE EDUCATION OF LANGUAGE MINORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, Julia Frichter
AUTONOMY AND CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS, Sara Friend
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS IN HOMOLOGOUS THERMOPHILIC AND MESOPHILIC PROTEINS, Connor Galvin
SMOOTH: ADAPTING JOYCE CAROL OATES FOR FILM IN THE ME TOO ERA, Thomas Ghebrezgi
Convo: An Android Application Aimed to Facilitate Social Connectedness on New College of Florida’s Campus, Ozan Gokdemir
STRIVING FOR LOVE: SPINOZA AND TILLICH ON LOVE AND SELF-ACTUALIZATION, Jordi F. Gonzalez
EXTRACTING THE UNEXPECTED: THE RESOURCE CURSE AND THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT ALLOW IT TO EMERGE, Lawrence Gonzalez
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF CAPILLARY DIAMETER ON THE DESOLVATION OF PROTEINS USING ESI-MS, Tyler Gonzalez
Exporting Corruption: Brazil’s Bittersweet Role in the Integration of Mercosur, Jonathan Goodman
SUPER BOMBERMANN: Q-LEARNING WITH DEEP ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR THE BOMBERMAN VIDEO GAME, Austin Gray
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF FRUCTOSE, STEVIA, AND ASPARTAME ON THE LIFESPAN AND BODY FAT CONTENT OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, Kara Grissom
A Discussion of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Olivia Sage Grunwald
Disruptive Mathematicians, David Bruce Guild
A TEST FOR VOCAL SUPPRESSION IN MALE X. BOREALIS AQUATIC FROGS, Susan A. Hajmohammad
TOPOLOGICAL K-THEORY AND BOTT PERIODICITY, Zachary Halladay
ON THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO: SCIENCE AND THE SUBLIME IN JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY’S VIEWS OF MOUNT VESUVIUS, Jaime Hampton
THE Aa SPECTRA OF VARIOUS FAMILIES OF GRAPH PRODUCTS, Zachary Hanna
Error Analysis of Transit Predictability Using Observations from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Mallory Harris
The United Fissure: Temporality and Projection in the Poetics of Robert Creeley and Charles Olson, Jacquelyn Grace Harrison
AFFLICTION AS INSIGHT: DISABILITY AND EMPATHY IN DOSTOEVSKY’S THE IDIOT, Alyson Hart
PUNISHMENT ON DISPLAY: EXPLORING THE PHENOMENON OF PRISON TOURISM IN AN AGE OF MASS INCARCERATION, Kaelyn Hartley
THE FRANKENSTEIN TRADITION: INTERTEXTUAL READINGS, Amanda Hash
THE ONE WITH NO AUTHOR: EXPLORATION OF TEXT GENERATION MODELS FOR FRIENDS, Sunwoo Ha
DISMANTLING DIGITAL FIRST: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR LOCAL PUBLICATIONS, Michala Anne Head
UNDERSTANDING THE REAL DIONYSUS: A MODERN TRANSLATION OF EURIPIDES’ BACCHAE, Jakob Hedin
ROUGH AND TUMBLE PLAY IN THE DOMESTIC DOG (CANIS FAMILIARIS), Aren Hendrickson
ARTIFICIAL ARTISTS: A DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS VIEW OF THE SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENTS THAT DRIVE CREATIVITY, Leinani Hession
The Effect of Anthropogenic Noise Pollution on the Foraging Efficiency of Corn Snakes (Pantherophis guttatus), Margaret Hoffswell
Attempted Synthesis of a RuBisCO Model Complex Using Bis(3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazol-1-yl) Acetate and Magnesium Trifluoromethanesulfonate, Kevin D. Howlett
A TOP-DOWN APPROACH TO NATIONAL MEMORY FORMATION: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AND MEMORY LAWS IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, AND POLAND, Bailey Humyn
MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THE ARAB SPRING: A CASE STUDY OF TUNISIA AND EGYPT, Rozana Jaber
Usonian Lyric: Examining the Place of Populism in American Politics, Helen Jasper
INFLUENCE OF VARYING SAND ALBEDO ON SEA TURTLE NEST DEPTH TEMPERATURES, Mackenna Louise Jensen
LUCIFERIAN PROTO-INDIVIDUALISM IN TWO ADAPTATIONS OF THE FAUST LEGEND, Jasmine Johnson-Bullara
WATER WITH STANDING: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL PERSONALITIES OF LAKE ERIE AND TE AWA TUPUA, Devin Johnson Hogan
WHO WILL WIN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN 2020? CREATING A MODEL TO FORECAST THE NOMINEE, Matthew Johnson
CRITIQUING ENVIRONMENTAL RHETORIC: AN EXPLORATION OF ECOCRITICISM AND ITS VALUE TO ACTIVISM, Tristen Johns
Social Segmentation and K-means Analysis at Jiangzhai: Quantitative Analysis and the Social Formation of a Pre-dynastic Yangshao Banpo Phase Community., Kirkland Judge Jones
RESETTING THE CONNECTION: LEGAL PERSONHOOD AND DECOLONIZATION IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND, Sarah Kelly
“THIS IS WHO WE ARE, THIS IS WHO I AM” EXPLORING QUEERNESS IN CARTOONS THROUGH STEVEN UNIVERSE, Roxanne Seraphina Kennedy
UP IN SMOKE: THE RISE OF THE CIGARETTE IN CHINA, Kenneth Kent
"THE FORWARD MARCH OF HUMANITY" IN AN ERA OF CHANGE: CREATIVE WORKS WITH PROGRESSIVE IDEAS AND THEIR IMPACT ON LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY EUROPEAN SOCIETY, Alexander Koutelias
Justification Must Come to an End! Wittgenstein and William James's Shared Commitment to a Theory of Worldviews, Colton Kunzeman
MOVING AND SCHOOLING: A STUDY OF DECLINING MOBILITY, Abigail Lang
ORBITAL CORRECTIONS DUE TO CPT VIOLATION, Leo Law