Theses/Dissertations from 2015
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
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