Theses/Dissertations from 2016
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
BAIANIDADE: A CASE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF AFRO-BRAZILIAN ETHNIC TOURISM ON REGIONAL IDENTITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN BAHIA, Madeleine Yount
ISOLATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE C. ELEGANS PROTEIN VF13D12L.3, Conor Zhang
MYSTICISM IN MEDICI FLORENCE: A CLOSE LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP OF A GHETTOIZED JEW AND A CATHOLIC MEDICI, Jessica Rose Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
PHYTOREMEDIATION OF MINERAL OIL USING A FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT, CANNA FLACCIDA Salisbury, Angelica Jessamyn Alexander
WOODY GUTHRIE AS COUNTRY MUSICIAN, Francis Christopher Alibro
THE EROTIC, EXOTIC OTHER: THE FEMALE NONWHITE DANCING BODY AND THE WHITE MALE GAZE, Alexis J. Allen
An Investigation into the Effect of Artificial Sweeteners on the Fertility, Longevity, and Body Fat Content of Caenorhabditis elegans, Sofia N. Allison
OUR WOMBS, OUR WITCHCRAFT: WOMEN AND CONTEMPORARY FEMINISM, Hana Alqasem
EXAMINING ANXIETY AND PERSONALITY IN MORAL JUDGMENT, Stephanie Altenbernd
DEVELOPING THE NEW COLLEGE SOUNDMAP: TOWARD A LOCAL LISTENING COMMUNITY, Sarah Elizabeth Janeway Amos
The Manasota Key Cemetery (8SO1292): Insights into Everyday Life in the Manasota Period (500 BCE- 800 CE) on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Aric Archebelle-Smith
“A FUCKED UP KIND OF FEMININE”: MONSTROUS FEMININITIES IN THE HORROR FILM, Sam Armbruster
IS WHO YOU WANT TO BE WHO YOU SHOULD BE? A LOOK AT SELFDISCREPANCIES AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF COLLEGE, S. Louise Askew
RNA HELICASE A MAY FUNCTION TO UPREGULATE GENES IN THE ALG-3/ALG-4 26G RNA INTERFERENCE PATHWAY, Grace Bacon
Voodoo Fire : An Ethnographic Study of the Multifaceted Nature of New Orleans Voodoo, Harriet Barnes-Duke
DECONSTRUCTION AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN: SECOND AND THIRD WAVE FEMINIST THEATER AS COLLECTIVE AND SOLO PEFORMANCE, Amy Bartolotta
READING OF/WRITING THROUGH COPY/PASTE: AN EXAMINATION AND PRACTICE OF APPROPRIATIVE POETRY, Taylor Barton
God, Good and Geometry in Spinoza’s Ethics, Nathan Benjamin
STATE AND TRAIT ANXIETY REDUCTION THROUGH MANDALA ACTIVITIES: AN ART THERAPY STUDY, Cassidy Bingham
WHY DO WE HELP?: EMPATHY AND HELPING IN COMMUNAL AND EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIPS, Christine Bisch
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