Theses/Dissertations from 2018
SURVEY OF MODERN PASSIVE INVESTING, Thomas Knight
“THE CORDS OF ALL LINK BACK”: TRANSHISTORICAL TRAUMA AND HYBRID STORYTELLING IN JAMES JOYCE’S ULYSSES AND DEREK WALCOTT’S OMEROS, Brian M. Landes
“HOW NOT TO SMASH PLANETS BY ACCIDENT”: ALLEGORY, HISTORY, AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF FANTASY, Ross Leach
AN ANALYSIS OF AUTOMATED DRONE IMPLEMENTATION IN DELIVERY SYSTEMS, Brendan Legel
A CRITIQUE OF THE DARWIN-BATEMAN-TRIVERS PARADIGM AND AN EXPLORATION OF ITS SOCIETAL IMPACT ON PERCEPTIONS OF GENDER, Marlo Leikam
BLURRED LINES: SEXUAL CONSENT IN POPULAR MUSIC LYRICS, Robin Lindsley
ADVANCING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: UNPACKING BLACK STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA, Paul Loriston
A Social-Ecological Sustainability Analysis of Sarasota Food Forests, Kaylynn Elizabeth Low
A Synthetic Model of Hemocyanin, Ross Lustgarten
WRITING SELF-EFFICACY AND COLLABORATION IN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS STUDENTS, Anne Virginia Magee
CEASEFIRE: HOW EFFORTS TO CURB THE SUPPLY AND PRESENCE OF GUNS IN URBAN AREAS CAN REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE., Kyle Mayans
YOU’VE GOT TO BE JOKING: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PHILOGELOS, Annie McCabe
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION IN LATE MEDIEVAL AND TUDOR PERIOD ENGLAND, Adilyne McKinlay
BIG DATA ANALYSIS OF LOCAL BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS AND SNOW ALBEDO IN CHILEAN ANDES, Carlos Mejia
REDIVIVUS Destruction & Renewal, Rebecca Miles
PAWS OFF! THE ETHICS AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF FELINE ONYCHECTOMY, Stacia Mintner
THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HEAD INJURIES, Connie J. Miranda
ACTION AND REACTION: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN FLORIDA DURING THE AMERICAN COUNTERCULTURE, Dario Macieira Mitchell
THEY LOVE ME… THEY LOVE ME NOT: REJECTION SENSITIVITY AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP EXPECTATIONS, BEHAVIORS, AND SATISFACTION, Jewel Morrison
“THEY DO EVIL BECAUSE OF FEAR”: ANTI-HEROISM AND AMERICAN ANXIETIES IN FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, Rachael A. Murphy
TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS OF FICTION SINCE THE DAWN OF THE INTERNET, Rachel Nogues
The Effects of Bilateral Trade Preferences on Corruption and Polity in Sub-Saharan African Regimes: China, A New Paradigm?, David I. Nowak-Laird
TRANSFORMING OURSELVES, TRANSFORMING OUR SOCIETY: A VIRTUE-BASED APPROACH TO LIBERATORY EDUCATION, Lena Isadora Nowak-Laird
“CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER”: IMPERIALISM IN VICTORIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE, Sarah Olsen
NEONICOTINOIDS: A COMPARATIVE PESTICIDE POLICY ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES, Tara Olson
AN ATHEIST PRIEST: THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PRIEST IN MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO’S SAN MANUEL BUENO, MÁRTIR, Elizabeth Pérez Ruiz
Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: Exploring Theories of Civil Disobedience in Chinese and Western Philosophy, Ida Pettersson
New Music and the Norms of Perception, Aaron Pond
KNOT THEORY AND THE ALEXANDER POLYNOMIAL, Jacob Price
A CLOVE A DAY KEEPS THE DENTIST AWAY? A PROPOSAL TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFICACY OF NATURAL QUORUM QUENCHING COMPOUNDS ON STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS BIOFILMS, Alexis P. Pujol
Dostoevsky and the Problem of Microcosm Bakhtin, “Bobok” and “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”, Michael Pulsifer
BECAUSE JOHN OLIVER SAID SO: SATIRICAL NEWS, SOCIAL EMPATHY, AND MOTIVATION TO ACT POLITICALLY, Eugenia Quintanilla
EXPLORING DATA AND VISUALIZATION IN QUANTITATIVE JOURNALISM: A CASE STUDY DEPICTING THE 1975'S SUCCESS STORY, Caitlyn Ralph
Acquired Characteristics of Epigenetics, Cassandra Ratzlaff
Back to the Future of Education: A Summer Camp to Improve Science Literacy in Elementary Students., Jessica Reckmeyer
IN ONLINE REVIEWS WE TRUST?: INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF ONLINE REVIEWS IN TRAVEL DECISION MAKING, Meghan Reitz
MITOCHONDRIA ON THE MOVE: STUDYING THE EFFECT OF MOTOR PROTEIN KNOCKDOWN ON CALCIUM-MEDIATED SPERMATHECAL CONTRACTIONS, Yara Nathalie Rincon
“THE NOSE” IN TRANSLATION: MAKING SENSE OF NONSENSE, Sydney Rogalsky
THERMODYNAMIC GEOMETRY OF BLACK HOLES, Alexander Roman
TO VACCINATE OR NOT TO VACCINATE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE AND THE VACCINE DEBATE, Noriám Roman
CONFRONTING HETERONORMATIVE STANDARDS OF THE NUCLEAR FAMILY: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRANSGENDER DADS PREGNANCY AND BIRTH EXPERIENCES, Annie Rosenblum
“STRONG IS THE NEW SKINNY”: EXPLORING THE REPRODUCTION OF GENDER AS A STRUCTURE THROUGH PERSPECTIVES OF BODYPUMP INSTRUCTORS, Charlie Eden Rowe
CHARACTERIZING THE BACTERIAL MICROBIOME OF CORALS RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN ST. JOHN, US VIRGIN ISLANDS, Constance Sartor
ART, ABUSE, AND ANGER EXPLORING TRAUMATIC MEMORY, Ariel Sartori Amsberry
TESTING, TESTING, 1 2 3: EXPLORING THE MITIGATING EFFECTS OF SOUND ON TEST PERFORMANCE, Phoebe Viola Sartori Amsberry
“CANADA IS THE ESSENCE OF NOT BEING”: A STUDY OF RURAL VOTING IN CANADA, Mollie Saumier
RELATIONSHIPS COME FIRST: ATTEMPTING COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY IN A PLACE OF WORK, Alexandra Schelle
FACING THE FUTURE: READING REPRODUCTION THROUGH SCIENCE AND SPECULATIVE FICTION, Rory Sharp
KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE, Maria Simmerling
Soul at Hazard: American Violence and Landscape in Film Score, Joshua Smith
CATHOLIC EMPIRE: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND THE NATIONALITIES QUESTION, Mason Gerald Smith
“SELF-INDULGENT NONSENSE”: WHY ACADEMICS WRITE BADLY AND WHY IT MATTERS, Liliana Solomon
EMBODIED LEARNING: FINDING THE CREATIVE PROCESS BY LIVING LIFE, Allie Stachura
MODELING ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON WETLANDS IN SARASOTA COUNTY, Brandon Stevens
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIETAL BOUNDARIES IN REPORTING SEXUAL ASSAULT, Lauren Stewart
THE EFFECT OF MOSQUITO DITCHING ON CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS, Race Stryker
CRASH LAND FALLING THROUGH IMMERSIVE THEATRE: An Examination of and Experimentation in Audience Engagement in Live Performance, Carlyle Styer
INSANE CLOWN POSSE AND THE LIMINAL WORLD OF CARNIVAL, CLASS, AND JUGGALO FAMILY, Magdalene Taylor
FROM THE CRADLE TO NIRVANA: CAREGIVER PARENTING STYLES IN CHILDHOOD AND DISPOSITIONAL MINDFULNESS IN ADULTHOOD, Kira Thoenes
SOMETHING ABOUT NOTHING: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN NOTHINGNESS, SUFFERING, AND SUICIDE IN THE WORKS OF EMIL CIORAN, Alexander Emory Thornton
BROKEN BUT UNFIXABLE?: THE STATE OF THE U.S. HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM, George Thurlow
INNUMERABLE VIEWS OF THE SUNSHINE STATE: LOCATING FLORIDA IN THE LITERATURE OF THE EVERGLADES AND CENTRAL FLORIDA, Chelsea M. Torregrosa
How Florida Allocates Funds to its Universities Demonstrates the Shifting Utility Of Higher Education over Time, Olivia Van Housen
NAVIGATING & NEGOTIATING PLURALISTIC ETHICS: MORAL THINKING AND THE USE OF NARRATIVE IN META-MORAL PEDAGOGY, Diego Venegas
Impact of Urbanization on Salinity of Sarasota Bay Tidal Creeks, Claudia Vila
MENSTRUATION AS A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE: THE MEANS OF EMPOWERMENT, Marissa Vitols
AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF FEATHER DAMAGING DISORDER IN BLUE AND GOLD MACAWS (Ara ararauna), Codee Vogler
CLASSICAL REALISM: DITHERING BETWEEN REALISM AND IDEALISM, James von Hollen
A RESUME AUDIT STUDY OF THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY, WITH AUTOMATION PROTOTYPES, Eric Voorhis
A GUIDE TO SELECTED HERPETOFAUNA OF CAYO COCHINO GRANDE, HONDURAS, Kasia Wake
EFFECTS OF ABRASION ON SPONGES (Phylum Porifera) FROM SARASOTA BAY, Nicolas Charles Webley
The New College Arboretum: A Site-Specific Analysis of Trees in an Urban Landscape, Malcolm Wells
Internal Rotation of Small Molecules as Probed by Microwave Spectroscopy, John H. Westefield
MULTI-CRITERIA SUITABILITY ANALYSIS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TARGETED AT GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND FLOOD MITIGATION IN SARASOTA, FL, Julia Windsor
Living Arrangements: A Historical Survey of the Relationship Between European Art Music and Jazz, Gordon "Z" Winner
AMAR Y AMPARAR A NUESTRAS HERMANAS: SISTERHOOD IN THE SUBTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY CUBAN CINEMA, Kirsten Wood
THE VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE CULT OF SAINT THOMAS BECKET, Abigail Youngblood
NOT ANYWHERE, ELSEWHERE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC LOOK AT A COMMUNAL ARTS SPACE, Ava Zelkowitz Howard
“WEAKNESS IS A CRIME, DON’T BE A CRIMINAL”: MORAL PANIC AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF FITNESS IN THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS, 1850 - PRESENT, Cole G. Zelznak
ELASMOBRANCH DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN A KNOWN SHARK NURSERY TERRA CEIA BAY, FLORIDA, Danielle Zeris
SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL FOR TWO SPECIES OF SOUTH FLORIDA LAWN TREES, Zach Zildjian
DNA MICROARRAYS: APPLICATIONS AND PROSPECTS IN DENTAL MEDICINE, Gavin Zitman
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
THE MANIPULATION OF NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD AND FRANK HERBERT’S DUNE, Taylor Allyn
IS SECURITY WORTH IT? A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THE DODD-FRANK ACT, Nathan Ambrose
THE ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECT OF SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITION, Michael P. Bailey
THE EFFICACY OF FLOWER, A PROTO-SERIOUS GAME FOR MENTAL HEALTH, Robert Barber
A CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF EARLY EVENTS IN PLANT GRAVITROPISM, Emile C. Barnes
Stability-Modifying Mutations of C. elegans Cytoplasmic Malate Dehydrogenase, Thomas Bekman