Theses/Dissertations from 2017
“EDUCATION ISN’T THE FILLING OF THE BUCKET, SINO ENCENDER EL FUEGO”: BILINGUAL EDUCATION AS A PREDICTOR OF MOTIVATION TO LEARN, Sarah Courson
SAY BI BI TO MOMMY: INVESTIGATING DIFFERENCES IN BISEXUAL MOTHERS’ EXPERIENCES BY PARTNER GENDER, Meghan Cromie
THE CATEGORIZATION OF DISSONANCE & THE SIX INEVITABILITIES, Daniel Crumpler
COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO MUSIC THEORY: THE MATHEMATICS OF MUSIC, Paul Cummins
Reconnecting People and Place: A Case Study of the Finger Lakes’ Local Food Movement, Shoshana Davidson
VOLATILITY IN THE MAGIC: THE GATHERING MARKET, Miranda Day
10 SQUARE MILES OF FOOD JUSTICE: HOW ITHACA, NEW YORK IS BREAKING BREAD TO BRIDGE COMMUNITIES, Julia de Aragon
DON’T BE SALTY: SALINITY DISCRIMINATION IN THE FLORIDA MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS), Moriah Deimeke
MASCULINITY ON THE MARGINS: REDEFINING AMERICAN MANHOOD IN NEW ORLEANS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA, Marley DiSalvo
INTUITION BEHIND KANJI, David Duffrin
AUTOMATED SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS USING THE PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM: IMPLEMENTING A GUIDED SEARCH ALGORITHM TO AUTOFIT, Katherine Ervin
AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO PROBLEMATIC CONCEPTIONS OF ABNORMALITY, Kourtney Eskins
WHERE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE BOOK SUDDENLY C H A N G E S : EXPLORING VISUAL FUNCTION IN MARK Z DANIELEWSKI’S HOUSE OF LEAVES, James A. Esposito
WHO WERE THEY? INTERSECTIONALITY, IDENTITY POLITICS AND ERASURE IN LOCAL NEWS REPRESENTATIONS OF PULSE SHOOTING VICTIMS, Eliza Fixler
PHYSICIAN BIAS AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO INFANT MORTALITY RATES OF BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN INFANTS, Edline Francois
Storytelling for Conservation: A Case Study of The Florida Wildlife Corridor, Gabriella Marie Frankhouser
GREGORY VII AND CLERICAL CELIBACY, Tyler Freeman
“THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY”: HISTORY, CONVERSATION, AND IDENTITY AT JETSON’S BARBERSHOP AND HAIR SALON, Flannery French
POLLINATION AS AN ECONOMIC MARKETPLACE, Adrian Garcia
THE STIGMA OF MEDICATION USE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ADHD, Amanda Gaudree
Performance as Survival: Art, Activism, and Identity at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Tessa Geier
CONSTRUCTING A DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL OF THE LOWER MAUMEE RIVER, Connor Geis
DOUBLES AND DOUBLING IN VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S RUSSIAN NOVELS, Jennifer Leigh Gierson
EFFECTS OF GLYPHOSATE ON THE ODOR DETECTION BEHAVIOR OF COMMON SNOOK (Centropomus undecimalis), Catalina Gil
ACHIEVEMENT GOAL ORIENTATION, GRIT, AND PERCEPTION OF ENVIRONMENT: A MATCH, MISMATCH THEORY, Madeleine D. Gilmore
BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF THE GENDERED POWER OF BODILY FLUID IN FAIRY TALES, Mikayla Gleason
The Transigent Circle: Exploring Psychospiritual Group Work as an Avenue to Spiritual Wellness and Enculturation within College Communities, Oliver Robert Goldsmith
“I’M NOT BAD, I’M JUST DRAWN THAT WAY”: BODY PERCEPTIONS AND CARTOONS, Susan Gomes
NINETY-SIX YEARS OF ANARCHY: KOWLOON WALLED CITY IN BRITISH MEDIA (1898-1995), Lily Gonzales
USING A SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACH TO STUDY DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF MAPK DYNAMICS BY PHOSPHATASES IN YEAST, Mackenzie Gray
FLORIVORE AND POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS: SURVIVAL STRATEGIES OF ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS FACING ATTACK, Liana Greenberg
A NETWORK APPROACH TO BIOINFORMATIC DATA ANALYSIS, Peter Gui
ENTERING THE WORLD OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) THROUGH SENSORY-ORIENTED METHODS, Kaylin Hagopian
NEGOTIATING THE ARTS: DEVELOPMENT AND DISPLACEMENT IN THE CASE OF 411 NEW YORK AVE, Christina Harn
THE POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION: HUNGER STRIKES AND THE IRISH WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT (1912-1914), Angela Hodge
A COMPARISON OF THE CONDUCTIVITIES OF THE GEL OF THE AMPULLAE OF LORENZINI OF FRESHWATER AND MARINE MEMBERS OF THE ATLANTIC STINGRAY, DASYATIS SABINA., Chandler Honaman
SPECIES TRANSLOCATIONS FOR RECOVERY: TRANSPORTING POPULATIONS, CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS, AND FUTURE VIABILITY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE, Danielle Husband
THE INTERACTION OF MORINGA (Moringa oleifera Lam.) SEED EXTRACTS AND MICROBES, Tam Huynh
BIG PHARMA AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: INFLUENCE, EXPLOITATION, AND PROFIT IN THE UNITED STATES, Syed Saif Iqbal
EVALUATION OF SARASOTA BAY AS A POTENTIAL SHARK NURSERY HABITAT, Kevin Jensen
THE SLEEPING GIANT: A TIMELINE AND ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT, CONSUMPTION, AND RETAIL IN CHINA, Kyle Thomas Johnson
Kinetic Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, Angel Jordan
PRESENCE OF MIND: MINDFUL AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE BY RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE AND SPIRITUALITY, Jessica Lee
Who Gives a Dam? Political Influence and Institutions of Dam Removal, Elaina Linz
THE REBIRTH OF THE UNCANNY: LIFE CYCLES IN MODERN INTERPRETATIONS OF THE GOTHIC, Shoshana Lovett-Graff
MAKE PAGANISM GREAT AGAIN: JULIAN’S HYMNS TO KING HELIOS AND TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS, Sara Macke
LANGUAGES CROSS BORDERS: THE INCLUSION/INTRUSION OF ENGLISH IN FRENCH AND SPANISH WRITING FROM NORTH AMERICA, Fiona MacLean
“WILL YOU TELL A STORY?” The Fantastic and Thirteenth-Century Worldviews in the Icelandic Family Sagas, Andrew Samuel Maldonado
AGENDA SETTING IN CITIES: RELATIVE ACTOR EFFICACY ACROSS CITY GOVERNMENT FORM, Kohl Malo
WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN? AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN SECURITY REFORM AND PERCEPTIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL, Victoria McCullough
The New College of Florida Food Forest and Carbon Farm, Joseph "Jay" Michael McWilliams IV
ETHNOBOTANICAL AND ETHNOMEDICINAL USES OF CALLICARPA AMERICANA AND DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA, Olivia Mealor
A TRANSLATION OF WILHELM MARR’S DER JUDENSPIEGEL: THE TRANSFORMATION OF A DEMOCRAT INTO A RACIST, Aaron Albert Meister
Olas: An Ethnographic Account of a Cuban Family in Little Havana, Maximillian Mermell
Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis: Qualitative Meta-Analysis and Literature Review, James D. Montgomery
ETHNOPHYCOLOGY: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALGAE’S INFLUENCE ON THE STORY OF HUMANITY, Orion Morton
A NEW MYTHOLOGY: IRISH THEMES AND MOTIFS IN MODERN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE, Alyssa A. Motylinski
AN INVESTIGATION OF COGNITIVE LOAD AND EVIDENCE TYPE ON JUROR DECISION MAKING, Evan Murphy
UNEQUAL BEFORE THE LAW: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF RECOGNIZING BELLIGERENTS, Natalie Murphy
A STRATEGY OF UNEQUAL DEVELOPMENT UNRECTIFIED: CHINA’S ACCESSION TO THE WTO AND TRENDS IN REGIONAL INEQUALITY, Daniel Agnar Myers
SOUNDSCAPES AND STORYWORLDS: VIDEO GAME IMMERSION THROUGH SOUND, Annie Norton
MENTALITY NAIL POLISH: MISBRANDING AND CONFUSION, Sarah Oberlin
“WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?”: CLASSIFYING UNRELIABLE NARRATORS IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES, Erin Nicole O'Neal
NOT ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER: EXAMINING THE SOURCES OF VIOLENT UNREST AMONG CHINA’S UYGHUR MINORITY, 2008-2015, Jazzlyn Monique O'Reilly
“NOBODY GIVES US A VOICE, WE TAKE IT!”: POLITICAL THEATRE ORGANIZED BY REFUGEES IN BERLIN, GERMANY, Maia Owen
A DIDACTIC THEORY OF NEW MUSICAL TEMPORALITIES, Jacob Parker
MORE THAN A FELINE: DOES FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AFFECT HOW CATS RESPOND TO VARYING ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULUS, Rebecca Juliette Paulsen
Coping with Captivity: Stereotypies in Zoo Animals., JenAnne Pedonti
INCORPORATION, ASSIMILATION, AND COMMUNITY: A STUDY OF ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR, Paige Pellaton
THE STOCK IMAGERY OF CRISIS: INCORPORATION AS METHODOLOGY AND ANALYTICAL TOOL IN CONTEMPORARY VISUAL CULTURE, Francisco Andres Perez
CAMERA OBSCURA: PICTURE BOOKS AND IMAGE-TEXT RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH A HISTORICAL LENS, Maguire Peters
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF A NATURAL EXPERIMENT IN ARGENTINA’S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE, David Pinski
HOW TO REWRITE A FAIRYTALE: THE EVOLUTION OF SLEEPING BEAUTY IN TEXT AND FILM FROM BASILE TO STROMBERG, Carly Pomeroy
MAPPING PARADISE: CUT PAPER AND THE FRAGILITY OF THE FLORIDAN LANDSCAPE, Julia Pope
CITY OF ASYLUM: AN ARTS NONPROFIT IN A DIVERSE BUT DIVIDED NEIGHBORHOOD, Oriana Reilly
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM FOR MINORITY STUDENTS OF BALLET, Jasmine M. Respress
“Cool It, Man”: Race and Policing before Mass Incarceration in Florida, 1967, Melissa Rettig
PLANNING SEED COLLECTIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, Dylan F. Ricke
“There is No Longer a Spotlight Shining on Me”: Differences in Motivation to Undergo Bariatric Surgery, Cassidy R. Roberts
A POSTMODERN BODY OF WORK: THE PERFORMANCE OF INSTITUTIONAL SPACE IN MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ’S MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE ART, Ashely Rodrigues
CONFLICTED CURRICULA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFRO-JAMAICAN COMMUNITIES AND EDUCATION IN POSTEMANCIPATION JAMAICA, Zachary Roper
GAMBIT OF ONE: GAME DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE-PLAYING GENRE, Sarah Russell
IN SEARCH OF A MODERN, CHINESE THEATER: THE POLITICS OF PERFORMANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Samantha Sanford
“Myself Yet Not Quite Myself”: Women and Madness in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea, Lena Santos
THE REMAINING HOURS: A CONTEMPORARY MIDRASH, AND ITS ANALYSIS, Logan Schulman
Cultivating Resistance: An Ethnographic Study of Herbal Activism and Solidarity, Sophia Schultz
THE OVARY ACTION OF STATE LEGISLATURES: STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, Sarah Scully
SURREALIST SUBVERSIONS OF PATRIARCHAL IDEOLOGY IN THE WORKS OF LEONORA CARRINGTON AND DOROTHEA TANNING, Jade Sheinwald
HOW TUNICATES HANDLE OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: EXPRESSION OF THE V-TYPE PROTON ATPASE IN CIONA INTESTINALIS IN RESPONSE TO CO2, Hannah Sheperd
THE UTILITY OF INTEROCEPTION: TESTING GAME-BASED BIOFEEDBACK ON ANXIETY LEVELS IN ADULTS, Olivia L. Short
DIGITIZATION OF NEW COLLEGE’S MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS, Adelle Singer
REHABILITATIVE READINGS: NARRATIVES OF INCARCERATION AND COLLECTIVE HEALING, Scott Smedley