Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Frog Creek Burial Mound (8MA44): An Addition to the Safety Harbor Period Archaeological Record, Theresa Paschal
FEMININE WILES: PERFORMANCE AND EMBODIMENT BY WEBCAM MODELS, Michelle W. Patteson
PROBING PROTEOMES WITH ALTERNATIVE PROTEASES: LYS-N & ARG-C, Thomas Earle Platé IV
GENETIC DETERMINANTS FOR THE EPIGENETIC SILENCING OF TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENES IN LUNG CANCER, Phillip Edward Pope
UNBUTTONING THE EVERYDAY: MUNDANE MATERIALS TRANSFORMED, Gabriella Powell
THE COMPETITION BETWEEN microRNA 495 AND HuD AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE REGULATION OF mRNA TARGETS INVOLVED IN COCAINE ADDICTION, Alexandra Quezada
ON THE CALORIMETRY OF NANOFLUIDS, Ralf Raud
“I AM AN ISLAND. I AM THE WHOLE WORLD:” PERFORMANCE AND THE FORMATION OF IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE DRAMA, Emily Mercedes Rich
RAISING HER VOICE, CHANGING THEIR VOTE: WOMEN’S SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION AND GENDER QUOTAS IN INDIA’S PANCHAYATI RAJ, Laura Robinson
DEFINING BY DIFFERENCE: THE LEGACY OF THE PUDICA GESTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ART, Rachel Robison
Herding Cats, Bounding Spirit Spiritualism, Public Ritual and Spectral Science in Cassadaga, Florida, Dylan Robitaille
CHALLENGING MOTHERHOOD IDEALS: IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT IN RETT MOM BLOGS, Corey Rodda
The Soldier’s Contract: The Institutional Development of U.S. Civil-Military Relations, Blair A. Sapp
“SOME WEIRD BUNCH OF ANTI-REBELS”: POSTMODERNISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF POST-POSTMODERNISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, Trey Sarratt
PREDICTIVE RANKING SYSTEMS FOR AMERICAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, Kyle Saunders
MATERIALIZING THE ANORECTIC BODY: A DISCOURSE ANALYTIC, PHENOMENOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION, Melayna Schiff
MAKE IT OR BREAK IT: A FORAY INTO THE EATING HABITS OF AUTOTOMIZED STONE CRABS MENIPPE MERCENARIA (SAY 1818), Hannah Schotman
Kinetic Characterization of Embryonic Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from C. elegans, Derek Schwabe-Warf
UNRAVELING THE REVOLUTION: DISTANCING TRUMAN’S COLD WAR NARRATIVE FROM GUATEMALA’S TEN YEARS OF SPRING, David Scrivener
"If You're Out of Sight, You're Out of Mind": The Criminalization of Houselessness and the Coercive Geography of Class in Sarasota, Florida., Niko Segal-Wright
DEFROSTING THE DISCOURSE: COLD WAR U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC FROM CONTAINMENT TO DÉTENTE, Anthony Serifsoy
SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF THE HERBICIDE PROMETON USING MAGNETIC MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED NANOPARTICLES, Suzanne Setti
FROM BEHIND THE MIRROR: PUBLISHING THE WORKS OF ANAÏS NIN, Elizabeth Claire Sheehey
COMMON GROUND AND DISCURSIVE JUSTIFICATION: Approaching the Traditional Epistemological Questions from an Untraditional Angle, Ryan Simonelli
AN EXAMINATION OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHORYLASE’S PROTECTIVE EFFECTS ON ESCHERICHIA COLI MG1655 WITHIN ACTIVATED MACROPHAGES, Jonas Preston Slackman
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