Theses/Dissertations from 2018
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
A TILLICHIAN ANALYSIS OF HIP HOP AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR COMMUNAL COURAGE AND RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION, Andrew Blackowiak
AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIAL POPULATIONS IN UNDIFFERENTIATED AND NEWLY DIFFERENTIATED ORGAN TISSUES OF BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS, Alexander Bowman
EVALUATING OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGNS AND THEIR USAGE OF DESIGN PATTERNS, Dalen W. Brauner
SYNTHETIC APPROACHES TOWARD A MODEL FOR THE ACTIVE SITE OF HEMOCYANIN, Ryan Briggs
The Concept of Condemnation in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot and Akira Kurosawa’s Hakuchi, Samuel Cingiser Brodeur
EFFECTS OF SUCROSE, GLUCOSE AND STEVIA ON THE LONGEVITY AND FAT STORAGE OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, Emily Bruce
THE PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY OF PERCEIVED STRESS AND CHRONIC PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS AS A THREAT TO HOMEOSTASIS, Madison B. Bryan
HEROINES, HEALERS, AND HERETICS: EXAMINING THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE WITCH FROM ANTIQUITY TO NOW, Eve Burns
APORETIC JUSTICE AND ITS IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBILITY IN DERRIDA, LEVINAS, AND CRITICAL LEGAL THEORY, Kasia Burzynski
CANCER IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE EVASION: ITS COMPREHENSIVE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND CORRELATIONS WITH OUTCOME, Hannah Carlo
Victor: Building Monitored, Secured, And Self-sustaining IOT Hydroponic Gardens, Benjamin Carothers
“La Colita No Vale:” Staging Griselda Gambaro’s The Walls in Translation, Cayli Caruso
EXPLORING THE DIVERSITY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FUNGI THROUGH THE AMPLIFICATION OF THE INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER REGION, Kristine Cerbone
Partial Synthesis of Novel Oxazolidinone Antibiotic Analogues, Ana Cheng
WORTH DYING FOR: DU LINIANG’S JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE AND DEATH, Marysia Chludzinski
The Mos and Mos Maiorum in Late Republican Rome, Kevin Cigala
Simulating the Self-Replicating Fracture Mechanism with Electromagnetic Fields, Emma Cockram
LESS IS MORE: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS BEYOND THE COMMON CORE, Morgen Coe
SALVATION IN VIEW: KIERKEGAARD AND NISHTANI ON “THE HUMAN CONDITION”, Jordan Colbert
The Challenge of Video Game Development, Dalton Collins
BRINGING ARENDT AND FOUCAULT TOGETHER: FREEDOM AS AN AESTHETIC PRACTICE, Zachary Conn
BOTH HOME & NOT: AN EXPLORATION OF BELONGING A PLAY, AND ANALYSIS OF THEATER AS RESEARCH, Jacob Alexander "Quake" Cooley
Topology of Neural Networks, Wiley Corning