Theses/Dissertations from 2016
“FOREIGN IN A DOMESTIC SENSE”: AN EXAMINATION OF CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES IN FACTORS SHAPING PUERTO RICAN EMIGRATION TO THE U.S. MAINLAND, Gerina Gjergji
CONTESTING AUTHORITY: BOUNDARY WORK AND NARRATIVE AMONGST HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS IN JAMAICA AFTER THE CHIKUNGUNYA OUTBREAK, Snousha Glaude
Molecular Signaling in Plant Immunity through Promoter Expression Analysis and Quantitative Proteomics, Juan Manuel Gonzalez
Conservation Biology of the Endangered Swamp Metalmark Butterfly (Calephelis muticum), Alison Gordon
DRESSING THE PART: COSTUME, FEMININITY, AND IDENTITY IN FEMALE ENSEBMLE SCREENPLAYS, Lara Grauerholz-Fisher
REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES RELEASE AND GRAVITROPISM CORRELATE WITH STARCH CONTENT IN ZEA MAYS L. STEM PULVINI, Shelby R. Hartwell
The Art of Technology, Heath Hawkins
Stereotypic Behavior in the Captive Florida Manatee (Trichechus Manatus Latirostris), Ariel Heiman
RELATING QUEERLY TO GOD AS SPIRITUAL POWER: EXPLORING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ANDROGYNY AND SPIRITUALITY IN CHRISTIANITY, Jane E. Hepler
ARE YOU TAIWANREN OR TAIOANLANG? A STUDY OF LINGUISTIC HYBRIDITY AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN TAIWANESE CINEMA, Margaret Rose Higgins
BORN TOO SOON OR SIMPLY BORN BLACK? IMPLICATIONS OF PRETERM BIRTH AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, Nisha Hodge
SYNTHESIS OF C. ELEGANS G97N MUTANT IDH-1, Chelsea N. Hoyt
DEGREES OF ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN IN HOLOCAUST LITERATURE, Courtney Huff-Oelberg
ALEXITHYMIA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSES: A META-ANALYSIS, Madeline A. Huffstickler
Music to whose ears? The effects of cognitive load on preferential judgment of certain pitch-intervals, Jackson Hughes
MIYAZAKI HAYAO’S ANIMATED EXPLORATIONS OF THE MODERN HUMAN CONDITION, Nicole Kana Hummel
CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIES IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, Katherine James
“SPEAK UP, DANCE, AND DON’T FUCK IDIOTS:” INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE IN ROOKIE MAG, Patricia Elizabeth Johnson
EFFECTS OF OIL ON BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION OF THE SAND FIDDLER CRAB, UCA PUGILATOR (Bosc 1802) (Crustacea; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Ocypodidae), Kristine Jones
EVIDENCE FOR COLONIZATION OF HEALTHY TISSUES OF TILLANDSIA RECURVATA BY FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES, Ross Joseph
Entomophagy Today: A Cross Country Analysis on the Promotion of Insects in Food and Feed, Cayle Judge
MUSIC TRAINING TYPE AND WORKING MEMORY COMPONENTS, Tagen Kaestner
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CYPHOMA GIBBOSUM, (THE FLAMINGO TONGUE GASTROPOD), GORGONIA VENTALINA (AND OTHER GORGONIA SPP), AND ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII, THEIR BEHAVIOR AND DISTRIBUTION AT CAYOS COCHINOS, HONDURAS, Darla Suzanne Hubbell Kane
“THAT’S NOT TRUE! THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!” WWII AIRWOMEN AND POPULAR HEROINES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION, Jordan Kearschner
THE TROUBLES AND PEACE: ECONOMICS AND POLITICS IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Brennan Black Kent
A Computational Method for Comparative Greek and Latin Prosimetrics, Joseph Tyler Kirby
PtSIT1: PROTEIN FUNCTION IN SILICIC ACID TRANSPORT FOR BIOMIMETIC SILICA SYNTHESIS, Brenna Kirk
THEY THE PEOPLE: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, PUBLIC OPINION, and the MODERN ROLE OF AMERICA’S JUDICIAL BRANCH., Elizabeth Klos
PARADOXES IN PRACTICE: WESTERN IDEOLOGIES OF AFRICAN WILDERNESS IN BOOKS AND ON LAND, Mary Koehnk
CONCEPTUAL STUPOR: GILLES DELEUZE AND TRANSCENDENTAL STUPIDITY, Griffin Koss
THE BIK PICTURE: REDUCED DAPK EXPRESSION IN BMF-DEFICIENT AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS PREVENTS BIK-MEDIATED CALCIUM RELEASE AND CELL DEATH, Neal E. Lacey
THE EFFECTS OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 ON CAL-27 TUMOR INVASION IN VITRO, Cornell Lee
TOWARD A MODEL OF HEMOCYANIN, David Lendermon
A BOMB IN HAVANA: SEVERO SARDUY’S GESTOS IN TRANSLATION, Yadira Lopez
PROPOSED AIR POTATO LEAF BEETLE, LILIOCERIS CHENI, RESEARCH TO DETERMINE BIOLOGY, CONTROL, AND HOST-SWITCHING POTENTIAL ON AIR POTATO, DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA, IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, Chantay N. Lubbecke
STRUCTURAL CORRUPTION: PROSECUTING FRAUD FROM THE S&L CRISIS TO THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS, Adina Luft
STRAYING FROM THE PATH: REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN NEIL JORDAN’S THE COMPANY OF WOLVES AND CATHERINE HARDWICKE’S RED RIDING HOOD, Shannon Lumpkin
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT AND FACEBOOK USE, Clifford W. Lundin
STAGE FRIGHT: THE HORROR GENRE IN LIVE THEATRE, Grant McAlister
Optical Polarization from the Surface Plasmon Resonances of a Single Gold Nanorod, Abigail McAloon
RACIALIZED INTIMACY IN AFROFUTURISM, Nasib McIntosh
CREATING ACCESIBLE MAPS: A PILOT FOR THE AUTOMATABLE GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF BROWNFIELD DATA, Ian Patrick McNair
THE HEAT CONTENT OF TRIANGLES, Reed Campbell Meyerson
SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS IN MODEL ��+-�� STACKING INTERACTIONS, Thomas Mirchandani
DISCOVERY OF A PRODIGIOSIN PRODUCING VIBRIO, Stephanie Morgan
SHOULD THE UNITED KINGDOM JOIN THE EUROZONE? AN ANALYSIS USING OCA CRITERIA, Gabriel Moskowitz
THE ADORATION OF THE MYSTIC LAMB: A STORY OF ICONOCLASM, THEFT, RESTITUTION, AND RESTORATION, Brittany Florence Murray
THIN FILM FRACTURE AND FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS, Matthias Murray
LIVING OFFICE IN A LIVING COMMUNTIY: A PROPOSAL FOR A TRIBAL HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICE BASED ARCHAEOLOGY, Garrett R. Murto
The Biological and Physical Components of Primitive Reflexes and the Implications of Reemergence Later in Life, Elaine Myers
Introducing Context to the Determinants of Individual Legislative Effectiveness in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kimberly Napoline
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE BLACK! Network Racial Heterogeneity and Its Effects on Individual Political Identity, Raina Senae Nelson
RELIGIOSITY AND VARIOUS THINKING STYLES, Miyuki Oshima
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF THE BRIGGS-RAUSCHER OSCILLATING REACTION, Jessica Paredes
Making a Monster: The Discourse Surrounding the Human/Shark Interaction, Anthony Peters
GOTHIC HEROINISM IN 18TH-CENTURY BRITISH GOTHIC FICTIONS AND 19TH-CENTURY SLAVE WOMEN’S LIFE WRITING, Bailey Peterson
“MAKING, REMAKING, AND RECLAIMING THE WITCH: CONSTRUCTING WITCHES IN AMERICAN FICTION”, Sydnie Petterway
Constructing Utopia: Lost Futures and Imagined Pasts in Los Angeles, Zane Plattor
What's Going on with Florida?: An Investigation into the Disproportionate Voting Trends of the Florida Electorate, Zachary David Poe
CHINA’S INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY GROWTH, Tingting Quan
READING AWAY THE MINSTREL MASK: THE SATIRE OF WHITE SUPREMACY IN JAMES WELDON JOHNSON’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN, Andrea Quintana
EXPLORATION OF A HUMANIST PERSPECTIVE THROUGH LITERARY RESEARCH OF PHOTORECEPTOR REGULATED PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS, Margaret Quitter
THE PERMEABILITY OF BOUNDARIES IN THE NOVELS OF ROSARIO CASTELLANOS, Febe Ramirez
CHOICE AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: UNDERSTANDINGS OF PUERTO RICAN WOMEN’S STERILIZATION EXPERIENCES, Wilmarie Ríos Jaime
“THE SHORES OF YOUR HAPPY LAND”: NARRATIVES OF CULTURAL DECLINE IN THE JAPANISM MOVEMENT OF THE GILDED AGE, Nicole Rockower
“THE THINGS WE CANNOT SAY”: SHARING ABORTION NARRATIVES FROM THE MARGINS, Anna Gabriela Rodriguez
De un pájaro las dos alas: Poesía, Caribe y Diáspora, Alejandro Paz Rosado
Who is Picking Up My Tab: An Analysis of Financial Aid Distributors' Disbursements to Students of Various Backgrounds, Adrian Joseph Rosario-Hermida
ACTIVITY, HOME RANGE, AND DIET OF SEMI-FREE RANGING LEMURS, Jessica Rowley
BEYOND ‘THE ONE’: SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGAMY, Kay Saffe
HORMONAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING SEX DIFFERENCES IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE, Nicole Saltiel
SOME WILD BOUQUET : CULTURAL HYBRIDITY IN THE AMERICAN HOME, Sara Sarmiento
SILICON CHEMIST 3: GUIDING STUDENTS THROUGH ELECTRON FLOW PATHWAYS, Vinushka Schalk
SOCIAL SUBJECTS: ESSAYS ON ELIZABETHAN AND MODERNIST SOCIAL POETICS, Andrew Schlag
THEATRE TECHNOLOGY: SOUND, IMAGE, AND THE PRODUCTION OF MEANING, Kamron Scruggs
LIPIDOMIC IDENTIFICATION OF THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF GULF WAR ILLNESS, Austin Seroka
MIGRATORY POLICY IN THE SOUTHERN CONE: CONTEXTUALIZING THE RIGHT TO MIGRATE IN ARGENTINA, Evann Soltys-Gilbert
CHALLENGES TO BAY SCALLOP RESTORATION IN SARASOTA BAY: FROM BIOFOULING TO RED TIDE, Isabella G. Soutullo
The Gendered Space in Restaurant Literature From Bourdain to Ratatouille, Logan Murdock Starnes
RACE, POWER, AND MEMORY: AN ORAL HISTORY OF GASPARILLA ISLAND'S BLACK COMMUNITY, Kaylie Stokes
FACTORS AFFECTING PEDIATRIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR PATIENT HEALTH OUTCOME AT JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, Sophia Tahiri
THE SPREAD OF VETERANS COURTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA: A TEST CASE FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF POLICY DIFFUSION THEORY TO THE SPREAD OF DIVERSION PROGRAMS, Kelley Thompson
ANALOG ALIASING: THE GLITCH AND SELF-REPRESENTATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE, Wesley Thorp
WAITING FOR GODOT IN NEW ORLEANS: CONTINUING THE AVANT-GARDE PROJECT THROUGH ACCESS AND ARCHIVE, Michael Valdez
Gene Expression Analysis to Investigate Connections Between Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Cellular Senescence, Hannah Voic
Homer in Context: A Study of Homer Through Comparison to the Serbo-Croatian and Hip-Hop Oral Traditions, Dirk Warner
INFOCATCH: A MORE POWERFUL FEED PROVIDER BUILT ON WEBSCRAPING, David Weinstein
AN INVESTIGATION OF TOTAL KERNEL-ASSOCIATED BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN THREE DIFFERENT LINES OF MAIZE DURING EARLY ENDOSPERM DEVELOPMENT, Samuel Weldon
Exploring New Routes: Designing the Ideal Tetraamido Macrocyclic Ligand, Alex Wheeler
PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS TOWARDS PATIENTS: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY ON BURNOUT AND VIEWS TOWARDS FUTURE PATIENT INTERACTIONS, Benjamin W.M. Whitehead
Environmental Ethics in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and modern day applications: Radical nostalgia through an ecocritical lens, Savannah J. Winstanley
Pipes, Platforms, and Perceptions: The Impact of Task Difficulty Orientation on Perceived Self-Efficacy, Michael Yoho