Theses/Dissertations from 2019
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: CHRISTIANITY, IDENTITY, GENDER, AND BODILY AUTONOMY, Alice Corinne Leavengood
BREAKING THE BEE’S KNEES: AN OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL POLLINATOR DECLINE AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS ON THE NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA CAMPUS, Jackie Lebouitz
IN RUST WE TRUST: Integrating Rust code into a C codebase on MINIX 3, Andrew Leonov
SYNTHESIZING BN2TCMA FOR USE IN AN OXALATE DEGRADING ENZYME MODEL, Riley Lewis
HOW TO MAKE GOLD AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE THINGS: EXAMINING ALCHEMY IN GRECO-ROMAN EGYPT, Virginia Lewis
Files in (Cyber) Space: Comparing the Security of BitTorrent with the Inter-Planetary File System, Genevieve Liberte
SCIENCE EDUCATION, PERCEIVED OBJECTIVITY, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH RACIAL BIAS, Zachary Loomas
THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERCEIVED AUTHENTICITY IN ETHNIC TOURISM, Olivia M. Lowrey
CAPITALIST SELVES: PERFECTIONISM AND THE NEOLIBERAL IDEAL, Brianna Luis
FOOD JUSTICE, OR JUST FOODIES?: CULTIVATING LOCAL FOOD IN SEGREGATED SPACES, Timothy Manning
“SOMETIMES IT’S JUST BEYOND TELLING”: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF UNSPEAKABLE TRUTHS IN THE VIETNAM ERA, Cassandra Manz
CRAFTING THE LESBENROMAN: WRITING TWENTIETH-CENTURY LESBIANISM FROM THE WELL OF LONELINESS TO ZAMI, Gabriella Marcarelli
Conservation Genetics of the Florida Duskywing Skipper (Ephyriades brunnea), Amanda Markee
PERFORMING RESISTANCE IN THE HEGEMONIC DOMAIN: ALGORITHMIC OPPRESSION, ONLINE SEX WORK, & THE POLITICS OF EMPOWERMENT, Wolly Mason
EPISTEMIC INJUSTICES OF ECONOMICS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ECONOMIC THEORY, Kaylie J. McCarthy
Solutions to the Oberwolfach Problem and Odd Coverings of Graphs, Daniel McGinnis
Psychopathy and Head Injury: A Correlational Study Between Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychopathic Traits, Eryn McIntyre
LITTER CARBON POOL VARIATION BETWEEN RESTORED AND DISTURBED COASTAL HABITATS IN MANATEE COUNTY FLORIDA, Angela McTigue
“STEP EASILY INTO THE DREAMER’S TALE”: HEALING TRAUMA THROUGH THE MAGICAL IN THE WORKS OF GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ AND TONI MORRISON, Shelby Meyers
Utilizing Lipid Tethering Technology Allows for Unique Analysis of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells, Zachary Michel
INVENTIVE REMEMBRANCE, Jack Micoli
LIVING TO SURVIVE: CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY AMONG LOW INCOME, WHITE, SINGLE MOTHERS, Sabrina Mikes
PLASMID CONSTRUCTION TO REPLACE RNA HELICASE A (rha-1) WITH GFP USING HOMOLOGY DIRECTED REPAIR, Sorin Ophelie Miller
AN EXPLORATION OF JOINT ATTENTION AND EMOTIONAL STATE IN A DIR/FLOORTIME BASED INTERVENTION FOR AUTISM, Alberta Momenthy
UNDERSTANDING THE MACHINE UNDERSTANDING US, Jamie Moriarty
“Our Father, Our King”: The Creators of Artificial Life in Novels Featuring Artificial Intelligence, Golems, and Frankenstein’s Creature, Emily Mulholland
Comparative Effects of Acute Low and High-Toxin Red Tide (Karenia brevis Wilson) Exposure on Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica Gmelin) Feeding Response, Daniel Collins Niedospial
THE YUCATEC MAYA MILPA: INTEGRATING LIVELIHOOD, ENVIRONMENT, AND CULTURE, Allegra Nolan
Economic Voting Analysis of the 2016 Presidential Election: A County-Level Analysis, Amanda Norton
Exploration of molecular basis for rebound weight gain in Caenorhabditis elegans., Sarah Nosacka
IN/VISIBLE IDENTITIES: Illusion, Abstraction, Politics, and the Phenomenology of Stateless Being, Abeer Obaido
NON-CONFORMATIVE GENDER EXPRESSION IN MANGA, VISUAL ARTS, AND FASHION IN MODERN JAPAN, Hannah Oberlin
TO FLOAT ABOVE WATER: MAPPING MODERNITY AND IDENTITY IN RECENT CHINESE ECOCINEMA, Derek Harootune Otis
ATTENTION AND AUTONOMIC FUNCTION: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME AND ADHD, Margaret Joan Owens
THE PERCEPTION OF VALUE: AFFECT, PHYSIOLOGY, AND THE ROLE OF REENACTMENT, Daniel Parr
A Literary and Visual Analysis of Extinction in the Anthropocene: Focus on Puma concolor coryi (Young and Goldman 1946) and Cyclargus thomasi bethunbakeri (W.P Comstock and Huntington 1943), Dani Patarroyo-Avila
WHO’S NEXT TO YOU: PERCEIVED EMOTIONAL CLOSENESS AS A PREDICTOR OF RESPONSE TO PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENTS, Bianca Persechino
VIDEO GAMES AND GENDER REPRESENTATION: TIME FOR A CHANGE?, Rebecca Phillips
ROOTING FOR THE RIOTOUS LIFE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF AGROFORESTRY IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY, R. A. Pic
“¿ERES TÚ, ANTÍGONA?”: INTERTEXTUALITY AND REPRESENTATIONS OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN TWO 20TH CENTURY RETELLINGS OF ANTIGONE, Ari A. Plymale
RE-EXAMINING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FLORIDA EDUCATION REFORM, K-12, Ariel Powell
Fill the Earth and Subdue it: Evangelicals, Environmentalism, and Religious Divides, James Spencer Powell
ANIME MADE ME GAY AND TRANS: INTERACTION, FORMATION, AND PERCEPTIONS OF QUEER AND ANIME FAN IDENTITY, Gloria Pritchard
THE EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE ON ASTHMA AND INVESTIGATION OF TRADITIONAL ANDEAN TREATMENTS, Ian Imants Pumpurs
THE INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATE PASS-THROUGH IN LEBANON, Simona Rahi
BIOMETRICS AND JOB STRESS, Zachary L. Rahner
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE EXTREME? A POWER-BASED IDENTITY ANALYSIS OF PARTY POLARIZATION, IDEOLOGICAL EXTREMITY, AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, Angela Frances Ramirez
THE INFLUENCE OF GAIN AND LOSS FRAMED MESSAGES ON DOG OWNERS’ BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS, ATTITUDES, AND SUPPORT FOR INITIATIVES RELATED TO MICROCHIPPING, Charlotte Redman
BECOMING OVER BEING IN MICHELANGELO’S MADONNAS: THE RECEPTION OF HIS UNFINISHED SCULPTURES, Mia Reich
ELECTION MONITORING: AN EXAMINATION OF PROGRESS BIAS, Harrison Reid
TAKING OFF THE MASK: SUPERHEROISM AND IDENTITY, Rachel Reimer
Cotton, Cattle and Commerce: Differing Economic Development Paths as an Explanatory Factor for Divergent Political Outcomes in the United States and Argentina, Christian Reitnauer
SHUSAKU ENDO: DEMONSTRATING THE WHOLENESS OF THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN THROUGH SILENCE AND SCANDAL, Carly Richardson
Explorations in Rotational Spectroscopy: Techniques for Simplifying Complex Spectra, Erika J. Riffe
PERSONALITY AND MENTAL ILLNESS: DO EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING PREDICT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY?, Sage Robert
“HELP AT THE END OF YOUR OWN ARM”: THE LIFE OF MARY THERESA ROBERTSON, Mary Alexandra Robertson
ONE NATION UNDER GOD: THE MYTH OF THE CHRISTIAN NATION, Rachel Rochlin
CHIRON: SELF-ACTUALIZATION THROUGH MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, Myles Optimystic Rodriguez
Twitter in the Ballot Box: Assessing the Impact of Celebrity Political Endorsements on Youth Political Engagement, Audrey Ryan
ENERGY MULTINATIONALS, FOREIGN POLICY, AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: A NETWORK ANALYSIS OF POST-SOVIET RUSSIA, Colman Scanlan-Duro
Cultivating the Cultural Object: An Ecocritical Examination of Gothic Forests from Radcliffe and Brown to Le Fanu and Stoker, C. J. Schaffer Vignati
KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF C. ELEGANS G97N MUTANT IDH-1, Sierra Schwabach
AUTOMATED TEXT EXTRACTION OF ANNA KARENINA AND THE KREUTZER SONATA: QUANTIFYING THE LEXICAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN TOLSTOY, Emma Schwarz
Satan was a Lesbian: an exploration of the ideologies of contemporary patriarchy, Julia Scully
THINK TANKS AS LINKAGE INSTITUTIONS: EXAMINING THE POTENTIAL FOR BUILDING COALITIONS IN FLORIDA, Allen Michael Serrell
TRÉS Y DOS: HOW MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL USED A CULTURE OF EXPLOITATION TO CAPITALIZE ON CUBAN TALENT, Liam Shaw
POSTMODERN TIRESIAS: TRANSFORMED PROPHET FOR TRANSFORMING TIMES, Alphonse Shiver
WHAT’S THE WORD?: TOPIC MODELING A DECADE (2004-2013) OF CITATIONS ON COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, Richard Shlyakhov
Taking Coal to the Polls: A Critical Analysis of Voting Patterns in West Virginia, 1960-2018, Jessie Sinitch
INCREASE IN INEQUALITY IN AMERICA: A SURVEY OF POSSIBLE CAUSES, Franklin Sklar
Dance for Parkinson’s, Ryan Smith
Population Growth and Development in Miami, Tampa, and Orlando from 1920 to 1975, Alex Sommers
The role of laryngeal physiology in generating Xenopus muelleri vocalizations, Kelly Elizabeth South
MODELING RUBISCO: THE SYNTHESIS OF A NOVEL, OXYGEN RICH SCORPIONATE LIGAND, Eleni Marianna Spanolios
SIBLINGS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES: AN ANALYSIS OF ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP USAGE, Hope M. Sparks
High Time for Change: The Development of Marijuana Laws in the United States and the Future of Florida, Mary Kathryn Stevens
Phishing for Security: Inefficiency in the Cyber Security Market, Lauren Stockton
EXPLORING EFFECTS OF IMAGINATION ON THE ROBOTIC HAND ILLUSION, Cannzana StockWil
COMPARISON RESULTS FOR BROWNIAN EXIT TIMES WITH IMAGE CLUSTERING APPLICATIONS, Yonathan Stone
NCF MOBILE: A MOBILE APPLICATION TO PROVIDE CENTRALIZED INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES AND RESOURCES AT NEW COLLEGE, Diana Tarazi
A novel approach to in situ microbiome surveys of fungi in mosquitoes, Evan Towers Teal
The Use of Market Power by Major League Baseball Ownership to Suppress Player Compensation, Dominic Theofan
A MORALLY SCHIZOPHRENIC RELATIONSHIP: THE POLITICS OF HUMANS AND NONHUMANS IN AMERICA, Erika Thompson
BEYOND "VESSELS TO BE FILLED": IMPROVING CHILDREN'S INCLUSION IN WORSHIP SPACES, Kathleen Marie Thurson
ON A NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITION FOR THE HAMILTONICITY OF GRAPHS, Justin Paul Tienken-Harder
WILL I LIE OR TELL THE TRUTH: ANALYZING THE AMBIGUITY OF HELEN IN HOMER’S ILIAD, ODYSSEY, AND GORGIAS’ ENCOMIUM OF HELEN, Bailey Tietsworth
PERFORMING THE POSSIBILITY OF DIFFERENCE: ANALYZING RACE, MOVEMENT, AND PERFORMANCE IN THE WORK OF PEARL PRIMUS AND IRA ALDRIDGE, Eugenia Hayley Titterington
INVESTIGATING INFLECTION VIA LANGUAGE SIMULATION, Christopher Towne
Queer as Florida: Sexuality and Gender Diversity in the Sunshine State, Hal Trejo
Brain Functional Connectivity in Motor, Auditory, and Visual Cortices in Professional Pianists, Zulfiia O. Tursunova
UNITS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: TRANSLATING MULTIMODAL SYNESTHESIA EPERIENCE INTO SPECIALIZED AURAL RESOLUTION, Zulfiia O. Tursunova
Violent and Savage and Lawless: Narratives of Hospitality in Homer’s Odyssey, James Urbec
DESGRACIA Y POESIA: TRANSFORMANDO LA LIRA CUBANA, Jormailin Valdes Pareras
Power Graphs of Finite Groups, Kathryn Van Etten