Theses/Dissertations from 2015
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
TO BE OR NOT TO BE IN: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DARK TRIAD OF PERSONALITY, Alaina Christine Paterson
FROGFISH VAGILITY BETWEEN NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURE, Sean G. Patton
“MAKING IT WORK”: PUBLIC REPRESENTATION AND (RE)INTERPRETATION OF HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESS MANAGEMENT IN SARASOTA, FL, Haris Adele Peteranecz
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? INTERPRETATIONS OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS IN SOCIAL ANXIETY: EXPLORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MICROEXPRESSION TRAINING IN REDUCING NEGATIVE BIASES, Jessa Navide Plattner
Just Being The Drag King Book and Negotiated Meaning, Tricia Potmesil
‘Buds & Bugs: HIV Stigma, Queer Subjectivities, & Political Efficacy in Robert Sherer’s Blood Works, Tyler Pratt
REMOVING THE INSECURITY BOTTLENECK TO DEVELOPMENT IN COLOMBIA: A CASE STUDY, Peter Austin Raab
“Russia for Russians!” An Analysis of Migration Policy in Russia, Hilary Ramirez
Determinants of Bitcoin Price and the Function of Bitcoin in Financial Markets, Christopher Dylan Rapp
UPROOTING THE ENGRAINED, Paige Rawitz
CREATION OF A SEMI-AUTOMATED PIPELINE FOR DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION AND APPLICATION TO MOUSE LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA, Lando Ringel
RABIES: THE INTERPLAY OF ONE VIRUS WITH MEDICINE THROUGHOUT HISTORY, Anita Maria Roberti
“This is an invitation to stop swallowing the art in your mouth”: How Encouraging (Re)Action Empowers Participants in Making and Maintaining Poetry Slam as Refuge, C. Taylor Rothenberg
Shopping to Remember: An Ethnographic Study of Vung Tau, an Ethnic Food Market in Sarasota, Florida, Nolan Ruark
CAN MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION INCREASE THE ABILITY TO SELF-REGULATE?, Arianna G. Ruolo
The Construct of the Fantastic: Identifying Science Fiction and Fantasy and a Creative Approach to Genre Construction, Tania Russell
“Prisoners, Pushers, Patients”: An Etiology of Opiate Prohibition and Addiction in the United States, Eilis Ryan
DEHUMANIZATION IN VARLAM SHALAMOV’S KOLYMA TALES, Alan Sachnowski
RESTORING AND RE-STORYING THE HAITIAN LANDSCAPE, Nicolas Scheffer
“ALWAYS A BLANK PAGE FOR EACH NEW HAND THAT APPROACHES”: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL AS BILDUNGSROMAN, Emerson Schroer
AN ANALYSIS OF BAND-MAKING TRADITIONS AT THE MORTUARY SITE OF URACA IN THE MAJES VALLEY, DEPARTMENT OF AREQUIPA, PERU, Samantha Seyler
DETERMINING THE HUMAN CAPITAL EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, Megan Shea
THE CHARGE OF THE AWKWARD SQUAD: SILENT FILM CLOWNING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE, Reid Shelley
PARTY, IDEOLOGY, AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES: A FRESH TAKE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, Billy Shinn
Played to the Bone: Skeletal Trauma, Assumptions of Warfare, And an Apalachee Ballgame In Spanish La Florida, Nancy Shipley
BUT THE RIGHTEOUS GIVE GENEROUSLY: ASSESSING CHINA’S FINANCIAL POLICIES IN THE REFORM ERA, Jacob Alexander Slater
Women in Transition: Governing Regimes and the Legal Status of Women in Tunisia and Morocco, Elizabeth Sockol
MOSQUITO CONTROL TO KAYAK TRAILS: THE EFFECTS OF MANGROVE DITCHES ON THE SARASOTA BAY REGION, Aedan Stockdale
THE ART OF PERCEPTION: A STUDY OF ARTISTS AND FACIAL MIMICRY, Katelyn Swann
RESEARCH TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS OF NEW LIGANDS FOR SYNTHETIC MIMICS OF OXALATE DEGRADING ENZYMES, Taylor Sweet
ACCESS: GRAFFITI THROUGH A PRIVLIGED LENS, Jeanine Tatlock
SPECTACLE AND DINING IN IMPERIAL ROME: THE OUTDOOR TRICLINIA OF SPERLONGA AND TIVOLI, Sarah Tew
The Causes of the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis, Ian Thompson
OF MAFIA AND MEN: OBSERVING TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME STRUCTURES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, Megan Thompson
STUDENT AWARENESS OF NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA: ASSOCIATIONS WITH MOTIVATION, SUCCESS, AND PROGRESSION, Jason Michael Ryan Thornton
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: RACIAL POLITICS FROM THE GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE NEW JIM CROW, Patrick Bon Tonissen
COLORING IN NATURE’S LINES: AN EXPLORATION OF COLOR MECHANISMS AND COLOR-RELATED APPLICATIONS OF PHOTONIC CRYSTALS, Stephanie A. Tonnesen
Competency Assessment and IRT, Calvin Troutt
SAHARA OCCIDENTAL: LEGAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF AN ONGOING CONFLICT, August Tupper
WALK WITH US ON THE PATH OF PROGRESS: THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES AND POLICY, 1867–1933, Michael Twillman
MICROFINANCE IN BOLIVIA AN INDUSTRY EVALUATION, Alex Twitmyer
European Union Asylum Law, Extraterritoriality and the State of Exception, Hugo Van Der Merwe
DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE: HOW PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON CAREER CHOICE AND AUTONOMY SUPPORT RELATE TO STUDENT WELL-BEING, Delaney Verger
NEW FULLERENE DERIVATIVES FOR USE IN ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS, Robert John Ward
“The Curse and the Doom of the New World”: Haunted Histories of the Colonial Encounter, Meg Weber
From Religious Life to the Death of Politics: The Biopolitical Theology of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Connor Manning Wells
HEARING THE EDGE THE MUSICAL SONIFICATION OF EDGE EFFECTS ON HEALTH AND GROWTH OF P. ELLIOTTII IN FLORIDA PINE FLATWOODS, Jenny Wheeler
SIMPLE, NOT EASY: A Solution to Metabolic Syndrome, Forrester White
PERPETUUM MOBILE AN EXPLORATION OF PERPETUAL MOTION IN MUSIC, Lily Wohl
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ’S IMAGERY OF MATERNAL LOSS, Emma Claire Wolin
UNTIL IT’S YOURS: CHILDBIRTH KNOWLEDGES AND EMBODYING CULTURAL [RE]PRODUCTION, Jessica Wopinski
AN EXAMINATION OF THE HEAT METHOD FOR GEODESIC DISTANCE COMPUTATION, Daniel Kevin Xie
PREY SELECTION OF OCTOPUS VULGARIS CUVIER, 1797 BASED ON SHELL COMPLEXITY, Tiphaine Yeramian Le Roy
FIND IT, FIX IT? AN ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT SOCIAL MEDIA AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, Victoria Zuber
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT: THE EMERGENCE AND COMPLICATION OF THE FEMME FATALE IN EROTIC LOWBROW ART, Rachael Zucker
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
SICKLE CELL PAIN AND THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND TEENS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE (SCD) AT THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SUMMER CAMPS, Jacob Arthur Albanese
CORNERSTONE OF ZION: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, Matthew Lee Andersen
POLITICAL DETERMINANTS AND MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF STATE BALANCED BUDGET REQUIREMENTS, Carl Backen
CIRCADIAN REGULATION OF OXIDATIVE FAT METABOLISM IN C2C12 MYOTUBES, David Bacsik
WHOSE CITY? LIVE MUSIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, David W. Baker
ON THE TIME-VARIATIONS OF OKUN’S LAW AND THE EFFECT OF LABOR’S SHARE, Gary Glenwood Baker
Further Research Towards the Synthesis of the Novel Ligand 1,4-Dibenzyl-1,4,7-Triazacyclononane-7-Monoacetate (Bn2TCMA), Stephanie Bamberger
IF THEY CUT OFF BOTH OF MY HANDS, I WILL WRITE MUSIC ANYWAY: DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH’S INTERPRETATION OF THE POETIC VOICE IN OPUS 143 AND OPUS 146, Erich Barganier
THERAVADA BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS ACTORS IN THE TRANSITION FROM WAR TO PEACE IN SRI LANKA AND THAILAND, Bennet Bastian
DEVELOPING DISCRIMINATION: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND THE ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN THE BORDERLANDS OF BURMA, Wesley Beggs
PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY: A HERITAGE STUDY OF THE PONCE DE LEON’S FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, Arielle Bernhardt
DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A CHIRPED-PULSE MILLIMETER-WAVE FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER OPERATING FROM 110 TO 170 GHZ, Lauren Elizabeth Bernier
Violent Conversions on Minorca: Examining Severus’ Epistula, Sophia Blair
BEHIND BLUE EYES: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES OF DOSTOEVSKY’S CRIMINALS, Emily Bolotin
Kinetic Characterization of the C. elegans Metabolic Enzyme IDH-1, Noah Bourlett
PERFORMANCE DIALOGUES: CONVERSATIONS IN POETRY AND DANCE, Rebekah Moriah Bray
FEMINISM AND ROMANCE NOVELS, Abigail Brennan
FINDING OUR WAY BACK TO THE WORLD: A CRITIQUE AND REFORMULATION OF RORTY'S ETHICS, Jacob Burg