Theses/Dissertations from 2014
THE ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF COMPOST AT NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA: A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, David Smith
EXPLORING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ASSERTIVENESS, HEALTH, AND GENDER IN CHILDREN AGES 6-11, Kelsey Jae Smith
SMALL STEPS BY MANKIND, GIANT LEAPS FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS: STATE-LEVEL FARM ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION, Malorie Sneed
A VISUAL HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPICTION AS SEEN IN THE IMAGERY OF THREE ENGLISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, Kaitlin Statz
“NO OUTSIDE OF NATURE”: INVESTIGATIONS TOWARD AN ECOPOETICS, Kyla Stevens
EXCESS RETURNS OF DISCIPLINED VALUE INVESTORS: A CASE AGAINST MARKET EFFICIENCY, Matthew Stevenson
MENTAL TOUGHNESS, PERSONALITY, AND BENEFIT FINDING, Maiah Taylor
SEX, POWER, AND MODALITIES OF CARE: THE GENESIS OF BDSM ETHICS, Samuel Thornton
RESISTING CONFESSION IN TWO YOUNG ADULT NOVELS OF IMPRISONMENT, Nicolas Torres
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND AMERICAN VOTER PARTICIPATION: A COMPREHENSIVE CAUSAL MODEL, James Tyer
“So long and thanks for all the fish”: Human interactions with a begging bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and effects of educational efforts, Madelaine Verbeek
CHRIST’S BLOOD AND THE SIDE WOUND AS FOUNTAIN, BODY, MOUTH, AND DOOR: LATE MEDIEVAL DEVOTIONAL IMAGERY IN BRITISH LIBRARY MS EGERTON 1821, Margaret Vincent
Enzymatic Catalysis in b-lactamases: Protonation States of the Catalytic Triad, Kenneth Wang
WALT’S EXCEPTIONAL EMPIRE: FORDISM, HEGEMONY, AND SPECTACLE AT DISNEY, Thayer Z. Warne
MINING FOR EMOTIONS: AN INVESTIGATION INTO EMPATHY AND IMMERSION IN VIDEO GAMES, Jonathan Weinberg
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: UNDERSTANDING POLICY FORMATION, POLICY DIVISION, AND STATE ACTION, Wyatt Weisenberg
SORTING THROUGH THE MUC: A CHARACTERIZATION OF MUC1 IN ACQUIRED CHEMO-RESISTANCE IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER, Alexandria Wells
TRADITION IS BROKEN: ILLEGIBILITY AND AUTHORSHIP IN ELIZABETH BOWEN’S INTERWAR COURTSHIP NOVELS, Taylor Welsh
GARDENS AS EDUCATIONAL TOOLS IN URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Michelle Diane Wheat
THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA, Andrew Williams
UNDERSTANDING PRODUCTIVITY IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN CHINA AND MEXICO, Katherine Tondreau Williams
QUASI-PERIODICITY IN SCULPTURE, Nathan Wilson
WAYS OF CARE: DEVELOPING A SOCIAL CONCEPTION OF EPISTEMIC RESPONSIBILITY, Sean Wrubel
IN DOG WE TRUST: THE RELATION BETWEEN PET OWNERSHIP AND INTERPERSONAL TRUST, Rebecca Wucker
FOREVER YOUNG SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE SELF-IMAGE CREATION, Alexander Wyllie
WAS ICH BIN SIND MEINE FILME: CULTURAL RECLAMATION AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIRECTION AND PERFORMANCE IN WERNER HERZOG’S WORK WITH KLAUS KINSKI AND BRUNO S., Richard Andrew Zay II
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
SHRINKING POLITICAL COSTS OF WAR CONTEMPORARY SECURITY POLICY AND THE ATTENUATION OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL, Hannah Ackerman
A Crack in the Glass Short Ethnography from Detroit, Adham Afifi
DIE BRUCKE A BRIDGE TO ARTISTIC REVOLUTION, Claire Albiez
SEAGRASS PROP SCAR RECOVERY IN SARASOTA BAY, Lauren Ali
Just Breathe and Relax Alternative Therapies for Symptoms of Stress Disorders, Carlos Arias
UNDERREPORTING AND THE INCOME TAX SYSTEM, Joey Arrigo
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ITALIAN DEBT, Moshe Ash
WHAT A GIRL WANTS INCORPORATING CHILDREN'S IDIOSYNCRATIC BELIEFS INTO THE STUDY OF GENDER SELF-SOCIALIZATION, Jessa Baker-Moss
MYTH AND THE GERMAN BECOMING, Lucas Ballestin
SUSPENDED TELEOLOGIES On the Political Economy Roots of the 2007-2009 Subprime Crisis, Lucas Ballestin
ANXIETY AND STATE DEPENDENCE IN PROCEDURAL MEMORY, Tarya Bardwell
RESOURCE INEQUITIES IN U.S. PUBLIC K-12 EDUCATION, Logan Bartholomew
EXPLORING CHANGES IN SURFACE STRUCTURE AND POTENTIAL ROLES FOR REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES SIGNALING DURING POSTGENITAL CARPEL FUSION IN CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS, Helena Benedict
THE CHINESE EXAMINATION INTERREGNUM Civil Service Testing in China Before and After 'The Century of Humiliation', Nolan Bensen
ON THE HEM OF HERESY, Kyra Berman-Gestring
Community and the Built Form Resident Idealizations and Reactions to the Opening of a Neighborhood Supermarket, Brandon Berry
The Effects of Social Anxiety on Recognition of Facial Expressions and Evaluation of Negative Emotions, Hayden Bickerton
MORTUUS NON MORDET MICHAEL RANFFT'S INFLUENCE IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VAMPIRE DEBATE, Derek Black
SIR RICHARD HAS TAKEN OFF HIS CONSIDERING CAP! AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CRITIQUE OF THE DISEASE MODEL OF ALCOHOLISM, Miranda Black
Monte-Carlo Simulation of the Effects of Lorentz Violating Terms on a One-Dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensate, Brenton Boland
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN CONGRESS AND THE DIFFUSION OF AUTHORITY OVER U.S. TAX POLICY, Seth Borden
HOW CLASS STATUS AND THE NEW COLLEGE EXPERIENCE AFFECT CLASS IDENTITY AND CRITICAL CLASS AWARENESS, Jasmine Brenton
"I'M NOT ONE THAT LIKES TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO" A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CONTROL AND EMPOWERMENT BETWEEN HOSPITAL AND OUT-OF-HOSPITAL BIRTHS, Lauren Brenzel
INFRASONICASKET EXPLORING THE MUSICAL POSSIBILITIES OF INFRASOUND, Bryce Bresnan
"THE BLACK HILLS ARE NOT FOR SALE" ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN LAKOTA COUNTRY, Olivia Brockmeier
MAKING WAVES WHY SOME COUNTRIES TAKE THE LEAD IN REGIONAL DEMOCRATIZATION MOVEMENTS, Andrea Brody-Barre
Genetic Analysis of DRB and DQB from the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Narwhal and Humpback Whales, Jessica Brosch
AAJA NACHLE, COME AND DANCE WITH ME YOUTUBE'S ROLE IN THE GLOBALIZATION OF BOLLYWOOD-STYLE DANCE, Lauren Brown
SOLIDARITY IN ACTION JEWISH WOMEN AND COMMUNITY DURING THE HOLOCAUST, Elizabeth Burger
KNOCK ON WOOD DEMOCRACY AND FOREST PERFORMANCE IN COSTA RICA AND CUBA, Stephanie Cadaval
STRANGE ROMANCES IN A FALLEN CITY GOTHIC DOMESTICITY AND NATIONAL ALLEGORY IN ZHANG AILING'S CHUANQI, Jordan Campbell
READING AND WRITING IN NABOKOV'S INVITATION TO A BEHEADING, Lily Carbone
TOUCHING ONE THING DEEPLY, I TOUCH EVERYTHING, Nicole Cardenas
THE EVOLUTION OF UNGULATE LOCOMOTION UTILIZING EXTANT TAXA FOR RECONSTRUCING THE MOVEMENT OF EXTINCT FORMS, Beth Carroll
Bach to the Future Using a Genetic Algorithm to Create Chorales in the Style of J.S. Bach, Andrew Cerni
THE VATICAN LIBRARY THE EVOLUTION OF A HUMANIST-INFLUENCED RESEARCH INSTITUTION, Tricia Chua
SOLVING THE INVERSE SPECTRAL PROBLEMS FOR INVERSE SPECTRAL PROBLEMS, Michael Conlen
PLACE AND SPACE IN J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S AND PETER JACKSON'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS, Chelsea Corarito
IMPERVIOUS SURFACES AS AN INDICATOR OF WATER QUALITY WITHIN SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA, Laurel Corrao
ANALYTICAL AND COMPOSITIONAL EXPLORATIONS OF FREDERIC RZEWSKI'S "WINNSBORO COTTON MILL BLUES", Elliott Countess
Characterization of Spermatozoal Small Non-coding RNAs using Functional Genomics and Immunocytochemistry, Elizabeth Crate
EXAMINING THE ROLE OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON THREE CHILDHOOD CIRCUMSTANCES CYBERBULLYING, HOMESCHOOLING, AND TRANSGENDER CHILDREN, Jasmine Crenshaw
A NEW MOBILITY INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ICT ON US DOMESTIC MIGRATION PATTERNS, Reese Crispen
TELLING TALES AN EXAMINATION OF STORYTELLING IN THREE NORTH AFRICAN FRANCOPHONE NOVELS, Elizabeth Crowell
Modeling Nonheme Iron Enzymes with the Monoanionic Heteroscorpionate Ligand Bdippza, Laura Cunningham
TRAVERSING TRAUMA, TRANSFORMING SELF A JOURNEY OF HEALING THROUGH DANCE, Zoe Cunningham
CROWDING-OUT IN PUBLIC RADIO, Matthew Cutler
STRIPPING THE CANON CULTURAL REFLECTIONS IN COMIC ADAPTATIONS OF CLASSIC LITERATURE, Sarah Cutts
Ainu of Northern Japan, Evan Darrow
AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CREATIVE DRAWING EXPRESSION ON CENTRAL EXECUTIVE FATIGUE AND AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION, Heather Dimmitt
ARE YOU SURE? TEMPORAL JUXTAPOSITION IN ANXIETY THREAT MANAGEMENT, Alexander Duff
THE VIOLENT OPHELIA IMAGE'S NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTS IN COMIC BOOK ADAPTATIONS OF HAMLET, Mary Dunkelberger
APPLYING NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TO THE GULF OIL SPILL A SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY, Sam Eastham
SAME CRIME, SAME TIME? GENDER, RACE AND JAIL SENTENCING, Mar Echevarria
CELLULOID REVOLUTION DOGME 95 AND THE PROCESS OF FILMMAKING, Joshua Edelstein
TEOTWAWKI A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF POST-APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE AND FILM, Zachariah Eidelman
STERILIZED INTERVENTION AND RESERVE ACCUMULATION IN TWO SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES, Juan Elias
CRITICAL MEANING ON COLLAGE AS A CRITICAL FORM OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION, Fabienne Elie
HOW INDIE KILLED ROCK THE ROCK HISTORICAL PARADIGM AND THE ENIGMA OF MATH ROCK, Elliot Evins
A LA RECHERCHE DE L'ACCORDEON Narratives of the Accordion's Travel and Identity in Cajun Louisiana and Paris, Mollie Farr
DOLL EYES, DOLL MOUTH AN ANALYSIS OF SIX CERAMIC FIGURINE HEADS FROM TERMINAL CLASSIC CAHAL PECH, BELIZE, Mallory Fenn
COMMON FATE, COMMON FUTURE STRUCTURAL ORIGINS OF THE EURO CRISIS, Roger Filmyer
THE CHILAM BALAM OF IXIL THE CONTENTS AND CONTEXTS OF A COLONIAL MAYA MANUSCRIPT, Gail Fish
Partial Synthesis of a Novel Tetra-amido Macrocyclic Ligand for Potential Use as a Green Oxidation Catalyst, Adam Flowerday
THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF rha-1 IN THE piRNA GENE REGULATORY PATHWAYS IN THE GERMLINE OF Caenorhabditis elegans, Megan Gautier
COMRADE WOLF KNOWS WHOM TO EAT LANGUAGE POLICY AND NEGOTIATED BOUNDARIES IN REGIONAL RUSSIA, Michael Getz
LEAVING THE HOMELAND ON LA JORNADA DEL MUERTO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TIFFANY PUEBLO, Evan Giomi
GULF WAR ILLNESS AN EVALUATION OF NEUROGLIAL CHANGES AND LEARNING, MEMORY, AND ANXIETY IN GWI MOUSE MODELS, Ariel Gonzalez
"Turn On, Tune In, Chill Out" Explorations of Mindfulness Practices and Their Relationships with Rumination and Psychological Resilience, Michael Gonzalez
Waveguide Chirped-Pulse Fourier Transform Microwave Spectra of Small Alkylthiols, Bri Gordon
UNILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL INTERVENTION IN THE SLEEPER CELL STATE ETHIOPIA, KENYA, AND UGANDA IN SOMALIA, Tessa Grasel