Theses/Dissertations from 2023
STRANDS IN THE WEB OF LIFE: THE MAYAN MILPA AND WAYS OF RELATING TO NATURE, Ellie Jalbuena Cook
HOW LIFE TRAJECTORIES ARE SHAPED BY CHOICES: DIVING INTO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AMONG YOUNG MEXICAN-AMERICAN ADULTS RECOUNTING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCES, Vianey Jaramillo
ALTERING THE HOST RANGE OF THE FIRST DISCOVERED LYTIC STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS BACTERIOPHAGES, Jon Johnson
The Effects of Whitening Agents in Toothpastes on Stained Natural and Stained Acrylic Teeth, Salwa Kayali
APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON'S LAWS TO VARIABLE MASS SYSTEMS, Micah Kienzle
WRITING MYSELF INTO THE RHIZOME: CONSTRUCTING LITERARY IDENTITY THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS, Micah Kienzle
THE ROLE OF NON-TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SPACES IN FOSTERING COMMUNITY AND ADVOCACY FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM, Stassi Kiousis
Exploring Genome Reorganization and Gene Expression in Cancer Metastasis, Saurav Kiri
Play it for me. A Study in Melodic Password Usability, Robert Kleszczynski
STRESS RESPONSE IN RELATION TO GENDER, ADVERSE EXPERIENCES, AND PERSONALITY, Alyssa Kramer
SCARS ON AN HOURGLASS, Oceanna Krasny
ANXIETY IN THE VIRTUAL REALM: IS VIRTUAL REALITY AN EFFECTIVE SETTING FOR EXPOSURE THERAPY?, Emily LaPlaca
Forward modeling high-resolution observations of solar granulation from radiative MHD simulations, Corinne Laughrey
CAUSES & PREDICTIONS OF PUBLIC OPINION SHIFTS ON ABORTION: A REGRESSION ANALYSIS, Sofia Lombardi
“THE GAY PEOPLE WE MET HERE ARE INCREDIBLY NIFTY PEOPLE”: THE HISTORY OF NEW COLLEGE’S QUEER STUDENT CULTURE, Madison Markham
“GO GO GROCERY:” THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION GAME, Natalie Massaro Koon
Medical Relevancy of Cancer-Related Tweets and Their Relation to Misinformation, Melanie McCord
THE EFFECT OF BREVETOXIN ON CLAMS USING METABOLOMICS, Nicole McKenna
EVOLVING ENEMIES: RED GUARDS AND VICTIMHOOD IN MAO’S CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1966-1976), Sydney McLain
With Brains Like These Who Needs Enemies: How to Write a Play When Your Brain Fights You at Every Step, Clementine Mead
CLOSING THE LOOP: CIRCULAR ECONOMIES AND THE NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA CAMPUS BULK BAR, Jessie Merkel
FROM LOL TO ??: THE RETENTION OF MEANING IN MEMES ACROSS ENGLISH-SPEAKING AND CHINESE-SPEAKING CULTURES, Gaz Miller
The “Thing” about Bodies: Accessing the Grotesque Body through Carnival Puppets, Kyle Miller
THE JOB ANALYTICS BOT, Jaden Millington
BRAIN CONNECTIVITY AND MECHANORECEPTION IN MARINE MAMMALS, Alexis Mingos
The Promising Role of Music Therapies in Mitigating Developmental Challenges Associated with Pediatric Hydrocephalus: A Review and Analysis, Isaac Hunt Mingus
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CREATIVITY AND IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS, Michael Troy Mitchum
WHAT IT TAKES TO GROW A MICRO FOREST AT NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA, Barbara Monteiro
Trash Island: Opportunities of Conservation, Recreation and Education of Spoil Islands in South West Florida, Olivia Murillo
Flower Power: Maximizing Natural Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency, Cheyenne Nelson
“YOUR MAN, THE QUEER, THE QUEEN OF DUNLEARY”: QUEERNESS AND IRISHNESS AS PRESENTED IN SELECTED PLAYS FROM THOMAS KILROY, Corinna Ni'Cearbhaill
ALTERNATIVE MASTERPIECES: NARRATIVES RECOVERED THROUGH CONTEMPORARY REWORKINGS OF EUROPEAN MASTERPIECES, River Novalsky
“YOU’LL GO TO HELL FOR WHAT YOUR DIRTY MIND IS THINKING”: THOUGHT-ACTION FUSION WITHIN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND CHRISTIAN RELIGIOSITY, Vanessa O'Brien
EXPLORING THE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY OF INDUCAMIDES A-C, NOVEL NATURAL PRODUCTS FROM MARINE BACTERIA, Lu Paris
THE HIDDEN COSTS OF INCARCERATION IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, Cayla Pearson
THE UNIVERSE IN A SINGLE ROCK, William Peycha
DO WE THINK TOGETHER WHEN WE MOVE TOGETHER? THE NEURAL UNDERPINNINGS OF INTERPERSONAL COORDINATION, Tatiana Pillsbury
IDENTIFYING BIOMARKERS OF BREVETOXIN EXPOSURE IN THE NORTHERN QUAHOG METABOLOME WITH 1H NMR SPECTROSCOPY, David Ponce
GENDER BIAS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: A STUDY OF FAVORITISM AND IMPLICIT BIAS, Karsyn Prescott
PICO Y ESPUELAS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE CULTURAL PRACTICE OF COCKFIGHTING IN PUERTO RICO THROUGH A DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE, Rocio Del Mar Ramirez Castro
THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON EQUINE ANHIDROSIS IN THE FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED, Emily Reiter
Gothic Fiction and the Sister Arts: Uses of Poetry and Drawing in The Monk, Romance of the Forest, and Jane Eyre, Molly Rhineheart
Thesis: Popular American Music Throughout History, Dominic Santini
Modeling Carbon Sequestration Over Time As It Compares to Soil Bulk Density in A Microforest, Melody Scott
ELUCIDATION OF CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN THE DROSERA CAPENSIS PREY CAPTURE RESPONSE, Cas Setterberg
성장통(GROWING PAINS): ANIMATING THE INTERSECTION OF EARLY MENARCHE AND THE MODEL MINORITY STEREOTYPE ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT, Payton Sherer
PLAYING IN THE FLOW: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CREATIVE FLOW STATE, Grace Sherman
Toward a Non-Account of Gender Identity, Marina Sidlow
Paradise Lost and Found and Lost and Found: Staging a Possible Future Through Workshop Facilitation, Nicole Silvera
Nutrition Insecurity For People Experiencing Homelessness in Sarasota, Florida, Kaylee 'June' Snell
AN INVESTIGATION AND PRACTICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF BRUSHSTROKE POTTERY IN THE STYLE OF THE 18TH CENTURY SEMINOLES OF FLORIDA, Claire Stout
CHINESE DIASPORA IN THE CARIBBEAN: A STUDY OF IMMIGRATION, Ginelle Swan
COMMON CARP AND KOI COLORATION: FROM CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES, Alana Swartz
FANTASY AND FAITH: ANALYZING THE AUTHENTIC FARMERS MARKET EXPERIENCE, Mia Sweetland
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND: AN ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF “ALMA GUAJIRA” AND SELECTED WORKS BY MARCELO SALINAS, Isabel Trespando Escobio
LOGOS SANCTUM: ENDLESS TOMES OF KNOWLEDGE YOU CREATE, Vlad Tsimoshchanka
OTRIO: RECREATING THE OTRIO BOARD GAME ON ANDROID, Leonardo Velosa
PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND THE MICROBIOME: DETERMINING A FUNCTIONAL LINK BETWEEN MICROBIOTA COMPOSITION AND PD PATHOGENESIS, Emily Visiko
Vibrio Bacteria Surveillance Post-Hurricanes Ian and Nicole: How Climate Change Affects Pathogens, Lillian Walker
WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS IN INDONESIA: A COMPARATIVE CASE ANALYSIS, Brianna Weier
CROCODILE TALK: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN AND MORELET’S CROCODILE VOCALIZATIONS IN BELIZE, Helena Wood Barron
PERFORMING THE SHIFT: JEWISH RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICAN VAUDEVILLE AND ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, Jude Zelznak
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
SINGLE-AGENT AND MULTI-AGENT BANDITS, Jacob Adkins
THE THEORY OF OB GYN PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN EXPERIENCES IN RELATION TO GENDER, Nicole E. Ahern
FEDERALISM UNDER CRISIS: AN ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL COUNTRIES’ INNER WORKINGS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Bennett Aikey
Healthy Writing, Unhealthy Writer: An Anomalous Autoethnography, Harrison Angsten
RECLAIMING HER BODY: AN ANALYSIS OF HASIDIC EDUCATION ON MODESTY REGULATIONS AND A WOMAN’S ABILITY TO CONFORM AUTONOMOUSLY, Megan Ballard
I MUST BE BURNED ALIVE: PERFORMANCE, QUEERNESS, AND MARTYRDOM THROUGH THE LENS OF ST SEBASTIAN, Elizabeth Barker
Production Managing Carrie: The Musical A Theatrical Case Study, Clayton Bauldree
REDUCING INCONSISTENCIES IN OUR ATTITUDES TOWARDS ANIMALS, Alicia Bednar
COLLABORATION IN THE NEW CONTEXT OF DIGITAL LEARNING: AN INVESTIGATION OF COLLABORATIVE HYFLEX AND REMOTE LEARNING AT NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA, Gabriela Bell-Nunez
A STUDY OF CREATION STORIES: THE WAY THINGS BEGAN, Claire Besancon
IS ENGAGING IN SOCIAL ACTIVISM A PHYSICIAN’S ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY, SPECIFICALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO RACIAL JUSTICE?, Samantha Blackwood
COWORK: GAMIFIED, VIRTUAL COWORKING WITH FOCUS ON ACCESSIBILITY, Isaac Blake
“Waiting for Something to Happen?” Creating Fear and Unease Through Video Game Music and Sound Design, Pluto Boll
SEEKING TRANSCENDENCE: AN ARGUMENT FOR THE RITUAL USE OF PSYCHEDELICS AMONG THE SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS, Jackson Bove
A METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYZING AND IMPROVING COLOR MODELS, Timon Braun
Sustainable Tourism: How We Can Reduce the Negative Impacts of Tourism in the National Parks, Lily Burse
The Future of Urban Agriculture: Community Gardening and Controlled Environment Agriculture, Bryton Calder
MULTIPLE RASPBERRY PICAMERA RECORDING AND VIDEO STITCHING SOFTWARE, Zachary Carey
Overlapping Biopsychological Underpinnings and Brain Regions that Mediate Neurocognitive Processes Relevant to Entrepreneurship and Parenting, Aleah Colon Alfonso
Performance as a Means of Corporate Persuasion- An Elizabeth Holmes Case Study, Aleah Colon Alfonso
NOT ANOTHER CINDERELLA STORY: IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE STORYTELLERS IN CONTEMPORARY YOUTH LITERATURE, Alexandra Conte
ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF INVASIVE REMOVAL TECHNIQUES ON MANGROVE GROWTH AND BURROWING CRAB POPULATIONS, Liah Continentino
LILITH: MOTHER OF DEMONS OR FEMINIST IDEAL?, Sarah Cooper
The Tampa Bay Puerto Rican Community: Expanding Contemporary Research on Puerto Rican Migrant Communities in Florida, Yamir Crespo Babilonia
INSIDE, OUTSIDE, AND UPSIDE DOWN: FINDING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN SOUND DESIGN FOR COVID-CONSCIOUS THEATRE, Emily Damm
Ruining the Remake: An Investigation of Fan Expectations for Live-Action Adaptations, Nailah Davis