Theses/Dissertations from 2015
THE EFFECT OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION ON MEMORY, Brianna M. Brockell
FROM DOING TO SAYING: towards a pragmatic theory of language, Matthew Broerman
PATTERNS OF DYSFUNCTION IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, Demi Brown
THE THEORY OF DECAY AS A MUSICAL TECHNIQUE, Dylan Burchett
HOW IS THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AGENDA BEING DEVELOPED?, Marliz Calleja
THE GROUND SHAKES EVEN IN PARADISE: IDENTITY, RESISTANCE, AND IMAGE IN WAIAHOLE-WAIKANE VALLEY, HAWAII, James Carillo
ROMANTIC DEVIANTS: A QUEER ANALYSIS OF THE SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP IN AMERICAN HOMOPHILE PUBLICATIONS, Fred Carriles
Rome and Pompeii Society through Graffiti: The Role of Sex in Society, Marie Carr
WALLS OF FLESH: ABJECT AESTHETICS, Coral Chepren-Moore
TRUTH, LIES AND LITERATURE: AN EXAMINATION OF REPRESENTATIONS OF POWER IN MARIO VARGAS LLOSA’S THE FEAST OF THE GOAT, Claude Chianesse
Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans protein F36A2.3, Damien Clark
GETTING [STEAM]Y: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION OF THE TEMPO OF NEW COLLEGE STEM meets ART meets LIFE, Grayton Cloos
REWRITING WOMEN’S STORIES: MODERN ADAPTATIONS OF FAIRY TALES AND THEIR FEMINIST IMPLICATIONS, Cassandra Corrado
INNERVATING GAIA A NOÖSPHERIC MODEL OF CHAOTIC COGNITIVE EVOLUTION, Clint Dawson
WHAT ABOUT PROTECTION? A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF REDUCING THE RISK, AN EVIDENCE-BASED SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM, Julia Desangles
SELF-COMPASSION IN LGBTQIA+ INDIVIDUALS, Constantine Dhonau
BOLSHEVIKS IN BAVARIA: SOVIET REPUBLICS IN CENTRAL EUROPE, 1919, James Dickey
A Posthumanist Conception of Consent, M. Gavin Dietrich
COME AWAY, COME AWAY: PETER PAN AS A PSYCHOPOMP IN J.M. BARRIE'S FICTION, Colt Harvey Dodd
THE COMORBIDITY OF PAIN AND DEPRESSION, Eagan Donlon
Just a Stage: An Ethnography of Booker High School’s Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program, Chelsea Driver
MALE GENDER ROLE CONFLICT AND RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION: A DYADIC ANALYSIS, Alexander Dugas
CONVERSATIONS ON RACE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND COMMUNITY IN NEWTOWN, SARASOTA, Leah Windsor Duncan
STARING AT THE SUN Exploring the Digital Wilderness through Landscape Painting, Isabelle DuVall
SOLVENT EFFECTS ON ABSORPTION AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA OF 4-DIMETHYLAMINOBENZONITRILE AND 4-AMINOBENZONITRILE: A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY, Anastasia Veronica Edsell
“A JOKE IS A VERY SERIOUS THING”: A PHILOSOPHICAL EXAMINATION OF HUMOR, Yanet Estrella
“BRING HOME THE SALMON”: EXAMINING THE KLAMATH DAMS AND THE LARGEST DAM REMOVAL IN WORLD HISTORY, Darcey Evans
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SELF-COMPASSION, MINDFULNESS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, Megan J. Farley
THE EYES THAT BURN BUT DO NOT SEE: A PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO HEKHALOT RABBATI USING DREAM ANALYSIS, Joshua D. Finkelstein
ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF EDGE EFFECTS THAT ARISE IN THE RAMAN SPECTRUM OF A SILICON WAFER, A. Fiorillo
NEW-GENRE PUBLIC ART & PARTICIPATORY PLANNING FOR URBAN FUTURES, Emily Frances Fleming
Sensory Modality in Horticultural Therapy: A Study on Resting Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in Six Therapeutic Gardens, Michael J. Flowers
Through the kaleidoscope Andy warhol’s exploding plastic inevitable, postmodern art and the rise of new media, Jacqueline G. Fockler
“IT'S LIKE A SHAKESPEAREAN ROCK CONCERT :)” AUDIENCE AND AUTHENTICITY AT SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE, Mary Kathryn Fogarty
THE AUTHORITARIAN PERSONALITY, 9/11 AND RESPONSES TO THREAT: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, Danielle Gaden
Where Modesty Meets Anxiety: A Cross-Cultural Study On Self-Effacing Behavior Among Americans and Filipinos, Marina Garcia
SELECTED ESSAYS OF ROSARIO CASTELLANOS ANNOTATED TRANSLATIONS AND ANALYSIS Visions for Women in Community, Sarah Yates Gibson
QʷIDIČČAʔA·TX̌ / MAKAH: CULTURAL SELF-REPRESENTATION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOVEREIGNTY, Hannah Gilbert
CHAOS, MULTIFRACTAL DYNAMICS, AND MARKET EFFICIENCY IN AN AGENT-BASED ECONOMY, Nathan Gilmore
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES: A CLOSER LOOK AT MALARIA AND DENGUE, Marisa Godfrey
THE FEMALE SPECTACLE: OBJECTIFICATION OF THE FEMALE FORM IN LEV TOLSTOY’S ANNA KARENINA, Amanda Graff
REDEFINING THE BEAT: ADAPTATION AND ANALYSIS OF JOHN CLELLON HOLMES’S NOVEL GO, Carly Shea Greenberg
I Select and I Choose: Brechtian Dramaturgy and Social Cinema in The Information Age, Sara Gruber
BIOINFORMATIC APPROACHES TO MICROSATELLITE DISCOVERY AND PRIMER DESIGN IN THE DAKOTA SKIPPER (Hesperia dacotae) GENOME, Lucia Guatney
LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF ART: USING THE APOLLONIAN AND DIONYSIAN TO CONSIDER THE IDEAL HUMAN LIFE, Dylan Gygax
MADNESS IN ARTHUR SCHNITZLER’S THERESE: CHRONIK EINES FRAUENLEBENS, Janek Jakubisin
THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, Ashley Johnson
RISKY BUSINESS: THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-COMPASSION ON RISK-ATTITUDE FOR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE RISK BEHAVIORS, Madeline Johnson
The Written Collapse: A Comparative Evaluation of the Terminal Classic Maya Collapse, Mariama Jones
CULTURE IN A CUP: An ethnographic study of Elixir Tea House in Sarasota, Florida, Nova Jones
A numeric approach to analyzing the properties of solution changes in a multi-objective School Bus Routing Problem, Roberto Kao
WHEN ALL YOU CAN DO IS LAUGH: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF STAND-UP COMEDY THROUGH THE LENS OF CAMUS’ ABSURD, Benjamin Kerns
THE CASE OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL FEMALE SLEUTH: THE CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF NANCY DREW IN POPULAR CONSCIOUSNESS, Jerri Lynn Knight
BOYS DON’T CRY: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER STEREOTYPE CLASSIFICATION, EMOTION REGULATION, AND INTERNALIZING PROBLEMS, Arianne M. Kopacz
Phantasmagoria: Animation and the Irish Narrative, Samantha Kreeger
Appropriating “I”: Je Tsong-kha-pa’s Philosophy of Essenceless Continuity and the Practice of Ceasing Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth in Highest Yoga Tantra, Devin Enoilia Kruger
CONSUMER DATA AND COMPETITION IN ADVERTISING-SUPPORTED MULTISIDED MARKETS, Gabriel Lang
THE INTERSECTION OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND PLACE IN A FORMER CLANDESTINE DETAINMENT CENTER IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, Tomas Federico Laster
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: LESBIAN DESIRE IN THE WORKS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, JoAnn Lawrence
FURTHER RESEARCH TOWARDS THE REACTIVITY OF OXALATE IN A SYNTHETIC MODEL OF OXALATE DEGRADING METALLOENZYMES, Albert Lee
The Three Horsemen of the Epistemic Apocalypse: Examining Gender in Philosophy through Philosophical and Psychological Methods, Olivia Levinson
ON WHIM AND WILLPOWER: A Memoir of Personal Growth and Motivation in the Mountains, Batya Levy
“I AM FILLED WITH FREEDOM”: A STAGED PRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION OF ANTIGONA...¡CERDA! BY LUIS RIAZA, Sara Linares
Personality Factors and Adversities Faced as Predictors of Resilience of Children in Foster Care, Ciera Lipps
TRAVEL LITERATURE IN DIALOGUE: NEGOTIATED RESISTANCE IN THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER, Jessica Loeb
Healing the Body to Heal the Emotions: A Unified View of Physical and Emotional Patterns, Steven "Ven" Dylan Lubka
TREMÉ MARKS THE SPOT: A GIS FRAMEWORK FOR LOCATING A HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS NEIGHBORHOOD, Grace Elizabeth Major
TOP GIRLS AND THE BOTTOM LINE: DEFINING AND DISRUPTING BINARY OPPOSITIONS IN CARYL CHURCHILL'S TOP GIRLS, Morgan Mann
“WE KILL HER, BUT WE DO NOT KILL HER:” A TRANSLATION AND STAGED PRODUCTION OF ANTÍGONA FURIOSA BY GRISELDA GAMBARO, Miranda Margolis
THE THEORY OF SEX SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN HABITAT USE AND MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR SHOWN IN GREAT WHITE SHARKS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Melissa Cristina Marquez
POSSESSING THE PAST: HISTORY AND HERITAGE AT THE MOSQUE-CATHEDRAL OF CÓRDOBA, Dorigen W. Martin
THE POLITICAL DETERMINANTS OF CHINA’S FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, Victoria Mazzuki
FRAMED UP: MEANING-MAKING AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, Anne McCabe
URBAN SYMBIOSIS: NEGOTIATING SPACE AMONG GOVERNMENTS AND MIGRANTS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA, William McCauley
DEMENTED AGGRESSION: AN ANALYSIS AND AESTHETICS OF DEATH METAL, Kevin McCombs
PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON GERMAN NATIONAL SOCIALISM, David Miller
IN KANDY KOLORED BLOOD : HOW THE STYLE OF NEW JOURNALISTS CAPOTE, WOLFE AND DIDION SHAPED AN ERA, Sara Mineo
Out of Control: The Psychological Benefits of Creative Exercises for Different Levels of Situational Control, Fusha Del Mar Mitchell
“IS IT A CRIME TO SELL WOMEN? THEY SELL FOOTBALLERS DON’T THEY?” A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ORGANIZED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSE, Gabriel Emilio Monterrosa Metairon
MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE U.S. PROFIT RATE, 1949-2001, Tanya Moore
DANCING OUT OF BOUNDS: The Disruptive Image of the Tavern Dancer in the Babylonian Talmud, Katherine Renee Mullin
ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UNREGULATED (IUU) FISHING: A GLOBAL COMMONS ISSUE, Zoe Muzyczka
Harmony, Form, and Non-Cadential Transitions in Jean Sibelius’ 7th Symphony, Nikita V. Myullyari
No Future in “Progress” The Embodiment of Illegality among Migrants in Rabat, Morocco, Zachary Natale
QUILTED HISTORY, Jennifer Ng
CRUMBLE INTO CANCER: FRAGILITY AND DISEASE IN HUMAN GENOME ARCHITECTURE, Jonathan Niles
THE “FOREIGN FACTOR” IN SHAPING THE AUTONOMY ISSUE BETWEEN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND ITS AUTONOMOUS REGIONS, Benjamin Normand
FROM STEM TO MAST: THE INCORPORATION OF SCIENCE AND MATH CURRICULUM INTO A YOUTH SAILING PROGRAM, Abigail Oakes
TALKING LANDSCAPES AND WAYS OF SEEING: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ORAL TRADITION AMONG TURKANA PEOPLES, Katherine M. O'Brien
THE SPECTRAL ZETA FUNCTION FOR SURFACES OF REVOLUTION, James R.F. O'Hagan
A VIRTUOUS MARKET: SCHOOL CHOICE AND STUDENT ACCESS AT A FLORIDA CHARTER SCHOOL, Julianne Ohanian
Roadblocks to Democratic Consolidation in Turkey: Military Tutelage and Party Politics, Sarah Oldham
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR THE AUTOMATED ASSIGNMENT OF BROADBAND ROTATIONAL SPECTRA: PORTING AUTOFIT TO AMAZON EC2, Aaron Christopher Olinger
HUMAN NATURE AND INTUITION: WOMAN’S DETECTION IN CHRISTIE AND RINEHART, Olive O'Meara
IMPACTS OF FORCED RELOCATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, Amber Parker
SPICY CURRY AND RACIST SALAD: REPRESENTATIONS OF INDIA AND INDIAN AMERICANS IN U.S. SITCOMS, Kyna Patel