Theses/Dissertations from 2013
HUMOR CREATION'S VARYING IMPACT ON MOOD, Samuel Hoar
WOMEN AND WORK THE EFFECTS OF ATTRACTIVENESS AND AMBIGUITY ON EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS OF COMPETENCE, Nicole Hokayem
SUSTAINABLE SUBURBIA THE IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS ON LAND-USE POLICIES IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, Rebecca Holmes
CURVED AXIS REVOLUTIONS, Todd Huckaby
The Recording and Analysis of a Vocal Repertoire for the Red Ruffed Lemur, Varecia rubra, Daphne Hudson
GESTURES OF SOLIDARITY THE DEAF STRUGGLE AND THE PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETER/TRANSLITERATOR, Zachary Hudson
A BENEVOLENT BROTHERHOOD OF MAN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN SOCIETY, Max Imberman
THE QUEER AND THE UNCANNY IN GOTHIC LITERATURE, Erin Jayes
"HE CAN'T BE TALKING STRAIGHT" COMMENTARIES ON THE ARTIST, WAR, AND SEXUALITY IN CY TWOMBLY'S FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM, Deirdre Johnson
YOGA MEANS UNION A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN HATHA YOGA AND PERCIEVED STRESS, SELF-ESTEEM, AND SELF-COMPASSION, Mauricette Jorgenson
EDUCATING DAUGHTERS CONDUCT BOOKS AND NOVELS IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN, Lauren Kell
A TRANSLATION OF JUAN RULFO'S "EL DIA DEL DERRUMBE" AND "LA HERENCIA DE MATILDE ARCANGEL", Xavier Keogh
INVESTIGATING THE ORIGIN OF THE PIONEER ANOMALY THROUGH JAVA COMPUTER MODELING, Kathleen Kiker
HIDING BEHAVIORS IN OCTOPUS JOUBINI CUVIER, Ben King
ORACLES, ADVISERS, AND POETS CONSTRUCTING AUTHORITY IN THE HISTORIES OF HERODOTUS, William Kingdon
PRIVATE CRIMES AND PUBLIC INVASIONS LADY DETECTIVES AND FEMALE CRIMINALITY IN LATE VICTORIAN MYSTERY STORIES, Ziona Kocher
UP IN THE CLOUDS OBSERVATIONS ON SONIC MEDIUM AND MUSICAL GENRE, William Kocsis
A PUPPET OR A MAN? THE EFFECTS OF CHARACTER TYPE ON 4- AND 5-YEAR-OLDS' LEARNING FROM VIDEO PROGRAMS, Elena Korallis
THE INDEPENDENCE AND THE FANTASY NEGOTIATING BOHEMIAN IDENTITY IN THE FIN-DE-SIECLE MONTMARTRE CABARET, Andrew Kotick
The Cell Phone Calling and Texting Behaviors between Close Relationship Partners, Stephanie Kownacki
Blues Music and Authenticity, Nathaniel Langston
ARE YOU GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR? AN ANALYSIS OF THE EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Erin Lapeyrolerie
Not in Our Blood The "Othering" of HIV/AIDS in South Carolina, Kortney Lapeyrolerie
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS IN UGANDAN ORPHANS AND ITS EFFECT ON WORKING MEMORY, Stephanie Larumbe
RIP CURRENT HAZARD AS AFFECTED BY SAND BAR HEIGHT ON FLORIDA AND CUMBERLAND ISLAND BEACHES, Stephen Leatherman
UNCOVERING GIDE DISCOVERING THREE FIGURES OF THE COUNTERFEITERS THROUGH TWO NINETEENTH-CENTURY REALIST NOVELS, Kenneth Lee
DEVELOPING DIRECT DEMOCRACY INSTITUTIONAL EXPLANATIONS FOR INCREASED BALLOT INITIATIVE USE, Clare Letmon
FISHING FOR PROFITS AND SPAWNING STARTUPS A MEMOIR AND A PLAN, Lawrence Levine
REBEL WITHIN A CLAUSE INNOVATION IN THE POETRY OF XUE TAO, Anna Lewis
WOMEN'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA, Laura Libby
THE WORM, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND QUANTIFICATION OF MALE rha-1 MUTANT GERMLINE GENE EXPRESSION REGULATED BY SMALL RNA PATHWAYS OF Caenorhabditis elegans, Penelope Lindsay
KOMERA! A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ETHNICITY, AGRICULTURE AND POVERTY IN RWANDA, Audra Locicero
THE HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS, Monique Lutz
DEUS EX MACHINA: THIRD-PARTY STATE BUILDING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, Rosalia Maier-Katkin
NOTHING IS REAL. EVERYTHING IS TRUE., Emily Martin
SEEING SOUND: SYNTHESISING AURAL AND VISUAL STRUCTURES IN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE, Alejandra Martino
EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL ANALYSIS OF AQUEOUS Al2O3 NANOFLUIDS, Katherine McAlpine
Towards a Synthetic Model for RuBisCo: Synthesis of a Magnesium Complex of Bis(3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazol-1-yl) Acetate, Samuel McCamant
A GENOTYPING ANALYSIS OF THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX IN TWO POLAR SPECIES: GENETIC DIVERSITY IN THE ARCTIC FOX AND SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL, Krystaal McClain
REPUBLICANISM AND GOVERNMENTAL STABILITY IN RENAISSANCE VENICE, 1300-1600, Michael McGurl
I DID IT MY WAY: SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY APPLIED TO SEXUAL ADJUSTMENT, Sarah McKnight
THE CRIMINALIZATION OF PREGNANT SUBSTANCE ABUSERS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, Brittani McLemore
PREDATION BEHAVIOR OF OCTOPUS JOUBINI CUVIER, Benjamin Merlino
Rotational Spectroscopy of trans Isopropylamine and 2-(methoxy-13C)-ethanol, Christian Metzger
TOUCH THIS POEM, Emily Meyer
It's a Brawl out There: Notes on Political Argument and a Super Smash Bros Dialogue, Justis Mills
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF UNSCHOOLING AS A METHOD OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION, Chloe Morin
FEMINIST METHODOLOGIES AND QUMRAN IDEOLOGIES: RHETORICAL CRITICISM OF 1QS, THE COMMUNITY RULE SCROLL, Lacy Mroz
PHASE TRANSITIONS OF BaTiO3 NANOPARTICLES STUDIED BY DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY, Emily Myers
PROVING POWER: MEN'S OPINIONS ON GENDERED PUBLIC HARASSMENT, Mia Newell
USING YOUR MELON: THE EFFECTS OF OBJECT RECOGNITION ON THE ECHOLOCATION OF AN ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS), Katherine Newton
CASTOR ET POLLUX AND RAMEAU'S REVITALIZATION OF FRENCH OPERA, Amelia Nordin
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: THE EFFECTS OF MENU DESCRIPTIONS AND PLATING AESTHETICS ON CONSUMER RATINGS AND EXPECTATIONS, Nicole Noujaim
GENDER SEGREGATION AND NON-CONFORMITY IN PUBLIC RESTROOMS, Jake Paiva
GENDER AND THE AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND, Ashley Parks
PRUNING INTERSTELLAR SPACE: ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY OF SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES, Maria Phillips
HEAR ME SIGN: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE DEAF CULTURE OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA, Jessica Ploss
All Your Base Are Belong To me! The Relation of Personality, Sociability, and Addiction in the Virtual Place, Christopher Pollman
BODY, MIND, AND BELLY: COMPARING BODY IMAGE AND PERCEIVED STRESS BETWEEN BELLY DANCERS AND DANCERS OF OTHER STYLES, Rebecca Porzig
THE EFFECTS OF VIDEO GAME TRAINING ON THE VISUOSPATIAL COGNITION OF OLDER ADULTS, Makenzie Pryor
TAX HAVENS AND AN EXPANDING ECONOMY: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHINA, Timothy Richardson
MEANINGFUL RUINS: PUBLIC MEMORY AND THE TRANSITIONAL LANDSCAPES OF THE BRADEN CASTLE OF BRADENTON FLORIDA, Rachel Roach
NEUROIMAGING OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: A VOXEL-BASED ANALYSIS OF SMRI AND DTI DATA, Graham Robart
ASCENDING THE HEAVENS ON CONJURED DRAGONS: DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN MAGIC AND RELIGION IN CHINESE DAOIST PRACTICE, Estefan Rodriguez
DIAGNOSING MENTAL ILLNESS USING MACHINE LEARNING, Jack Rogers
Theoretical Kinetics Calculations on Reactions in the Interstellar Medium, Benjamin Rooks
EFFECTS OF ETHANOL EXPOSURE AND WITHDRAWAL ON EX VIVO CEREBELLAR SLICES, Stacy Roudabush
OVERPOPULATION: MITIGATION AND NORMATIVE DIFFUSION, Jordan Royal
Ideas of Selfhood in Movement: Gaga, Subjectivity, and Embodiment in Contemporary Dance, Wendy Rucci
"A STRANGER WITHIN THE GATES": THE CONSTRUCTION OF NON-NORMATIVE GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THREE FIN-DE-SIECLE, Emily Ryan
DEEPWATER HORIZON DISPERSANT USE: AN ANALYSIS OF COVERAGE BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, Puneet Sandhu
HISTORICAL AND MODERN CONCEPTUALIZATION OF ADHD: A NEUROBIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, Nikolas Santamaria
Alternate Paths to Modernity: The Second Reich and Meiji Japan, Eric Schmitt
TURNING OUR DARKNESS TO DAWN: THE EFFECT OF THE PREFERENCE CLAUSE ON THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRICITY MARKET, Willis Schueler
GOGOL'S "SHINEL" IN ENGLISH: A COMMENTARY AND TRANSLATION, Morgan Shafter
ADDRESSING DIVERSITY: THE CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY IDENTIFIERS IN THE DEVON AVENUE STREETSCAPE PLAN, Madhuri Shukla
Kinetic Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans postembryonic Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, Ruth Silimon
REACHING NEW AUDIENCES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AT HISTORYMIAMI MUSEUM AND THE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART, Jehan Sinclair
ACROSS BORDERS: A HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PLANTATION LANDSCAPES IN FLORIDA, JAMAICA, AND WESTERN CUBA, Travis Small
SCIENCE BLOGGING: SCIENCE JOURNALISTS OF THE INTERNET, Allison Smith
DISEQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF A CENTRALLY PLANNED SOVIET-TYPE ECONOMY: AN APPLICATION TO THE CASE OF CUBA 1970-2010, Keith Sommers
AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE? Non-Governmental Development Organizations, State Capacity, and Education in Kenya and Tanzania, Anne-Sophie Staebler
EN EL REBUSQUE: HE INITIAL EFFECTS OF THE US-COLOMBIA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT ON LABOR RELATIONS IN COLOMBIA, Barbara Suarez
Digitizing Privacy: Evolving Fourth Amendment Interpretation, Andrew Swain
ABOUT FACE OR STRATEGIC RETREAT: DIVERGENT PATHS TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION AFTER MILITARY REGIMES IN LATIN AMERICA, Rosanna Tavarez
A LITTLE STARLING TOLD ME: A MODERN DAY TRANSLATION OF OLGA MARTYNOVA'S SOGAR PAPAGEIEN UBERLEBEN UNS, Dorothea Trotter
REVERSE GENETICS AND REAL-TIME PCR TO IDENTIFY GENES THAT REGULATE EARLY MAIZE KERNEL DEVELOPMENT, Jillian True
DOES FIRMNESS OF CONVICTION CAUSE OBJECTIVISM ABOUT A MORAL ISSUE?, David Turon
Iraq in Jordan: An Anthropological Examination of Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Silvia Ulloa
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE FROM DROSOPHILA SUZUKII, Valeria Valbuena
A CONSEQUENTIAL GEOGRAPHY: COMPLEX SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SPACE AND POWER IN SOUTH AFRICA, Wenonah Venter
AT THE HANDS OF THE PAPACY: THE DECLINE OF SACRAL KINGSHIP AND THE REIGN OF KING HENRY IV, Shelby von Hofe
THE ILLUSIONS OF IMMERSIVE NARRATIVE, Gregory Washko
Education by Class: Observations from an Elite School, Diana Watson