Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The New Great Game A Study of International Energy Competition in the Caspian Sea Region, Robert Kupstas Byla
Hip Hop and the Production of Space and Place, Austin Cahill
Invisible Author/Visible Predator Literary Representations of Filipinos in the United States, Jessica Cardott
Understanding Village Governance in China Accountability and Responsivity in Authoritarian Systems, Anthony Circharo
Traumatic Experience and Fantasy Roleplay Gaming A Bi-Directional Model?, Jenna Clark
Crisis in the Capian The Overfishing of Sturgeon in the Caspian Sea for the Production of Caviar, Jordan Clark
Hey, Big Spender The Effects of Mortality Salience on the Consumer Behaviors of a College-Age Sample, Laura Coletti
The Role of Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease, Elizabeth M. Coons
A Citrus Place Oranges as Florida Identity, John Leo Costello
The Circus Tune Everyone Knows, Lindsay Benet Crowe
Form or Fascism? Exploring Genre and Innovation in Three Nontraditional Sonnet Sequences, Kathleen DeBolt
Love in the Time of GMOs Feminist Theolgies and the Ethics of Transgenic Organisms, Brooke Denmark
"Join in a Song with Sweet Accord" Creating Community and Maintaining Harmony among Sacred Harp Singers, Jessamyn Doan
Marginalized Voices The Oral Storyteller in Two Francophone Novels, Nikolaus Drellow
Analysis of the Dutch Disease in Russian Economy, Dmitriy Dubrovsky
Rebels without Borders The Effect of Bilateral Trade on the Existence of Transnational Bases, Isaac Duerr
The Potential Mediating Effects of Dissociation in the Stress and Illness Relationship Among College Students, Vanessa Emdadi
Desiring Intersubjective Unity, Kristin Eschenroeder
Winterreise In Study and Performance, Brandon Evans
El Desarrollo de la Novela, Indigenista Ecuatoriana, 1879-1979 De Anticipation a Posmodernidad, Emily Ewing
Quantitation of Small RNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans Using Real-Time RT-PCR, Matthew H. Felsen
The Secret Life of Science, Max Berman Ferretti
Perception Interpreted through Abstraction, Paloma Ferreyros
Nuclear Nation The Full Cost of Electricity in the United States, John Fink
Estimating the Aggregate Production of Azeroth, Whitney Fish
Cyclic Covering Spaces of Knot Complements, Mark Flanagan
New Prophecy, New Orthodoxy The Evolution of Early Christian Authority in Second Century Asia Minor, Samyntha Kay Francis
"As You Look Closer You Notice" Ekphrasis in Three Ancient Greek Novels, Annie E. Frazier
The Effects of Cardiovascular Fitness on Cognition in Young Adults, Ian Frazier
Doing Good? A critique of Outcome-Based Evaluation in Non-Profit Organizations, Emily Gates
Buying the Image A Visual Analysis of Advertising, Kathleen Gemmer
Representations of Racial Identity in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko and Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative, Patrick Geraghty
The Paradox of the Fiesta de los Diablitos Tradition and Change Among the Boruca of Costa Rica, Martin Louis Gibbs
Hnahnu Immigrants, Soccer, Mexican/Latino Business, and Power, Jose Manuel Godinez Samperio
A Just Cause Irish Neutrality in the Second World War, Emily Goldenberg
1, 2, 3-Triazole-Linked Polymers as Novel Binders for High-Energy Explosives and Propellants, Diana Carolyn Gomez
Gender and Land Tenure Paths to Women's Land Rights, Lindsay Gorton
In-Group Behavior and Theater in Adolescents, Martha C. Graebner
Radio Silence Paradoxes in Audioethnography at Tallevast, FL, Sam Greenspan
Community Land Trusts A Model for Permanent Affordability and Social Sustainability, Carly Grimm
Sex and the City of Myth Constructed Identities in the Urban Labyrinth, Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
The Partition of British India, Nausherwan Hafeez
Efficacy of Public Campaign Finance in State Legislative Races, Amy Harper
Evaluating a Cultural Theory Correspondence Bias Among Hispanic Americans, Jesse Harrington
The Cathedral in the Desert Land Use, Ethics and the Damming of Glen Canyon, Daniel Hauck
Illustration as Interpretation Illustrations of John Milton's Paradise Lost, Brittany Hill
The Metacritical Transformations of a Divinatory Text A Fishian Analysis of the YI, Sam Holland
Reactions of Magnesium and Zinc Salts with Acetol and Carbon Dioxide as Models for Catalysis by Rubisco, Julie Elena Horowitz
Parental Beliefs about Gender Identity and Applications of Developmental Niche Theories in Latino, Asian-Indian, and Euro-American Families, Christine C. Hujsa
Combining Abstraction and Illusionism Dynamic Tension and Systems of Randomness, Kalen Jennings
Water Bear, Water Bear, What Do You See? The Implementation of Tardigrades as a Means to a More Inclucive Science Experience, Charissa Jones
Partial Synthesis of Novel Ligands for the Catalytic Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide in Pursuit of Green Oxidative Chemistry, Daniel Kaplan
"All of You are One in Christ " Messages of Unity in the Ministry of Benny Hinn, Teagan Keating
An Examination of Deconstruction as Applied to the Political in Jacques Derrida's The Politics of Friendship, Lauren Keenan
Moral Psychology, Ethical Relativism, and Blackburn's Metaethics, Rudo Kemper
Femininity and the Body An Installation Concerning Social Alienation, Melanie Kielich
Who Guards the Gender Line? Seeking a Framework for Understanding Attitudes Towards Gender Nonconformity, Alessandra Lacorazza
Prospects for the "Third Culture" Temporality in Dramatic Structure, Spencer LaFrandre
Antibacterial Effects of Green Tea Extract and Perilla Seed Oil on Oral Bacteria, Cynthia Laird
The Effect of Mood on Implicit Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy, Kymberlyn Laird
Reading Women in the Works of Austen and Flaubert In Which Three Heroines Learn How to Read, or Die Trying, Mary Lancaster
Backpacks and Education Creating a Camping-Based Outdoor Education Program for Sarasota County Schools, Amanda Landesberg
Effects of Herbivory on Species Invasions A Study of Local Invasive Species in Sarasota, Florida, Christopher J. Lawton
From Twice Promised Land to Peace for Piece A Comprehensive Study of the Israeli-Arab Conflict, Stan Levit
Los Rios Profundos by Jose Maria Arguedas An Interpretive Introduction to the Author and the Work, Jamie Louque
Neighborhood Parks as Public Spaces An Examiniation of the Neighborhood Parkland Acquisition Program (NPAP) in Sarasota County, FL, Genevieve Luikart
The External Hindoo A History of the Construction of Hindu Identity, Jaclyn Lysinger
Aesthetics and Engagement New Novel / New Wave Treatments of Independence-Era North Africa, Katelyn MacKenzie
Alchemy and Hieronymus Bosch, Samantha Maederer
Fearing the Future The Uncanny Child and Modern Children's Literature, Sean Marlow
Graciliano Ramos' Vidas Secas Language: An Existential Struggle, Ananda Martins
The Fetus in Black and White Art, Abortion, and the Fetus, Lina Maslo
Can History Be Our Guide? Evaluating the Effects of Constitutional Rules on Size of Government, Paolo Mastrangelo
Perspectives on Game Use in Three Populations An Ethnographic Study of the World of Warcraft, Kathleen McAuley
The Aggregate Induced Differentiation of Dopaminergic Neurons in NT2 Cells Mediation by Transcription Factors Pax-2, Pitx3 and Otx2, Christa McGrew
Matching Memories to Moving Landmarks Applying Memories from Stationary to Moving Objects in Honeybees, Lauren McGuire
Effects and Environmental Behaviors of Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, Laura McLaughlin
Thinking about 'Things' Human and Object Interaction in Eighteenth Century British Literature and Contemporary Art, Helen Meacock
The Truthiness of Economics Positive and Normative Honesty, Matthew Medina
Anthropology and Phenomenology of Birth, Claire Michelsen
From Immanence to Otherness, Marcus Michelsen
Invasion of the Bird Snatchers A Historical Look at the Impact of Introduced Mammals on New Zealand's Native Avifauna, Evan Miller
The Effects of Light and Sedimentation on Wound Healing in the Scleractinian Coral Acropora Secale, Claire Murphy
Beyond the Decentralization Paradigm Revisiting Theories and Practice of Local Forest Management in Developing States, Emily Myerscough
Rethinking Brecht The Reinvention of Contemporary Politics and Political Theater, Lauren Nash
Carmina Inferni The Underworlds of dante, Homer, and Vergil, Matthew Newton
Dissonance and the Body in Contextual Atonality A Phenomenological Analysis, Brian Oberlander
Synthesis of an NLO Active Organic Molecule, Nikash Patel
Deconstructing Gothic Identity, Amy Paterson
Civil Conflict Outcomes and Recurrence, Andrew Perniciaro
Ritualization in the Sevillian Holy Week Theory on Its Practice and the Practice of Theory, Mikhail Petersen
"Breaking the Frame", Katherine Peterson
Powers of Invisibility An Ethnographic Study of Copy Editors and Journalistic Objectivity, Kara Phelps
The Identification of Cocaine-Induced Changes in the Human Monocyte Proteome Using Isotope-Coded Affinity Tags, John W. Phillips
Tolerance and the Landscape of Others, Christian Pillsbury
A Cross Fertilization Of Identities The Meeting of Jews and Buddhism in America, Benjamin Praff