Theses/Dissertations from 2022
BEHIND THE MASK: DEFINING MASKING BEHAVIOR IN ADHD, Tara Norton
UNDERWATER SOUND LOCALIZATION IN MISSISSIPPI MAP TURTLES (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii)., Hannah Olson
COMMENSALITY IN THE CAFETERIA: HOW EATING WITH OTHERS RELATES TO WELL-BEING, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND GROUP COHESION, Noah Opalsky
[S]NIFFING [O]UT [S]PECIES: DETECTION DOGS IN CONSERVATION WORK, Antonio Opio
EDUCATING THE BODYMIND IN DICKENS’S OUR MUTUAL FRIEND AND MCCAFFREY’S THE SHIP WHO SANG, Maggie O'Rourke
FORGET ABOUT THE PRICE TAG: Using Modern Monetary Theory to Fund America’s Social Programs, Kailey O'Shaughnessy
Complications with Historical Production: American History, Bias, and Latine Representation, Gabriela Ott
NEWLY ASSERTIVE AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES AND PERSONALIST BIAS: EXAMINING INVESTMENT AS A FOREIGN POLICY CHOICE BY MAJOR AUTHORITARIANS, 2000-2019, Dmitriy Passioura
SEX DIFFERENCES IN GREB1 EXPRESSION IN XENOPUS LAEVIS, Daria Paulis
15 Minutes in Heaven, David Perkins
CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR GAMES AN EMBODIED APPROACH TO MATHEMATICS PEDAGOGY, Laura Perkins
Ludic Becoming, Joshua Pettit
“hummingbird” An Exploration into Personal Practice Habits, James Pollack
An Intercontinental Examination in the Efficacy of Combating Covid-19 in South Korea vs. the US, Sean Powers
GENDERED CULTURE IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: EXAMING TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING STUDENT EXPERIENCES, Nicholas Pracko
LATINX FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS IN LOS ANGELES AND THE FIGHT FOR FOUR YEAR COLLEGE ATTAINMENT, Diana Quintero
TO BOLDLY GO FROM ZINE TO AO3: A Study of Fanfiction Culture in the Star Trek Fandom, Victoria Reep
STORIES TOLD, READ, AND LIVED : THREE ESSAYS ON STORYTELLING, AMBIGUITY, AND THE REALITIES OF THE UNSEEN, Ella Rennekamp
COVID-19 AND THE CARCERAL SYSTEM: AN EXAMINATION OF THE INCREASING STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES IN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN SARASOTA AND MANATEE COUNTY JAILS, Danielle Robbins
MAKING WAVES: BLACKNESS AND TRANSNATIONAL RACIALIZED SELF-FASHIONING BY SOUTH KOREAN HIP-HOP ARTISTS, Gwen Roberts
A GRIZZLY SITUATION AN ISSUE ASSESSMENT OF GRIZZLY BEAR MANAGEMENT IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM, Macie Robison
IN THE MISERY BUSINESS: FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS AS SEEN IN U.S POPULAR MEDIA, Natalie Roldan
Positive Impacts of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on Working Families in the Federal and Michigan State-Level”, Olha Rudzinska
DYNAMICS OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS WITH AUTOREGULATION: A COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY APPROACH, Christopher Ryzowicz
LGBTQ+ TAIWANESE: THEIR HISTORY, POLITICS, AND FILMS, Keilon Sabourin
“THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE:” EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY DEPICTIONS OF MOTHERHOOD IN LITERATURE, Thalia Sanchez
FLIGHT FOR SURVIVAL: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE FLORIDA GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM FLORIDANUS), Hope Sandlin
Preventing Collapse through a Synthesis of Nietzschean and Confucian Philosophy, Daniel Schell
JUST DANCE: AN INVESTIGATION OF DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY ON THOSE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE, Rose Schimmel
FILIAL TIES: A STORY OF FADED MEMORIES, Hannah Schwallie
Exploring Legitimacy: A review of the debate around American judicial review, Rhys Shanahan
THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SEAGRASS BED PROPELLER SCARRING IN SARASOTA COUNTY, Bella Shuler
THE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON AGGREGATE CORPORATE PROFITS IN AMERICA, Michael Smith
TEXTURES, LYRICS, AND SONIC ENVIRONMENTS: HOW DIY MUSIC INFLUENCES YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS, Emma Solloway
Conditions Influencing How Emergency Powers Affect Democracy, Perry Spike
MINKOWSKI-SIGNATURE FINITE-VOLUME NUCLEAR PHYSICS, Alexandru-Mihail Sturzu
PHYSICAL SECURITY RISK ANALYSIS AND MANAGMENT, Gabriel Sudharto
HOMOLOGY MODELING OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE FROM A HALOPHILIC BACTERIA, Julia Sweeney
ABOUT US, NO LONGER WITHOUT US: WHAT A DISABILITY THEORY LENS HAS TO OFFER THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES, Mason Tedeschi
THE SOUNDS OF YESTERDAY: AN EXAMINATION OF NOSTALGIC MUSIC AND ITS EFFECTS, Claire Thomas
Some Kind of Light Listening to the Streets of Sarasota, Willa Tinsley
THE SAVORY EXPERIENCE OF MY CULTURAL HYBRIDITY, Magdalena Van Thienen
PULLING AT THE SEAMS OF A LEAKY PIPE AN INSTALLATION OF PHENOMENOLOGY, Cora Van Vleet
Understanding Yourself as a Learner (UYL): An Educational Intervention to Help Students Articulate Their Learning, Angelica Velosa
MODELING ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TWO SPECIES OF PARASITOID WASPS, Michelle Voight
THE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS Zimmerman 1780) TO SCENTED BAIT STATIONS, Nicholas Warmington
Distance Learning’s Effect on Language Learning Anxiety, Samara Weinberg
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES & THE NEUROIMAGING CORRELATES OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: AN FNIRS STUDY, Maya Wernstrom
SLAVERY IN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: THE LEGACY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Daniel Whitehouse
Native Representation in Typee and Heart of Darkness: An Examination of the Intersection of Anti-Imperial Critique and Ethnography, Saoirse White
Native Representation in Typee and Heart of Darkness: An Examination of the Intersection of Anti-Imperial Critique and Ethnography, Saoirse White
AN APPLICATION REVIEW OF: CoronaVIRAL, A SOCIAL DASHBOARD, Alexander Williams Jr
ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY OF 2-VINYLOXIRANE, 2,2-DIMETHYLOXIRANE AND 2-CHLOROETHANOL, Andi Wright
HIPAA POTTER AND THE PRIVACY CONSENT POP-UP OF SECRETS, Ellie Young
A CALL TO ACTION: USING MINIMAL GROUP PARADIGM TO EXPLORE INTERACTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND DECISION-MAKING OFFLINE, Taylor Young
TEACHING STATISTICS THROUGH MOBILE APPLICATIONS, James Zinn
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
DAY-TO-DAY ARTIST: PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC, WEB DEVELOPMENT, & WRITING, Timothy Abramov
BROKE DOWN AND BROKE: VIEWS FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A CHEVY G20, Margaux Albiez
Toys for T’s: The Impact of Enrichment on Captive Tarantulas, Tliltocatl albopilosus, Alexandria Anderson-Whittaker
CLASSICAL MECHANICS SIMULATIONS WITH MOLECULAR DYNAMICS, Harley Andrew
THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL GAG RULE ON COLLABORATION AMONG FOREIGN NGOS IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, Alexandra Barbat
AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO SOME OF THE NEUROSCIENCE OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, Elizabeth Bates
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF C. ELEGANS IDH-2, Lara Bessa
GENDERED DYNAMICS OF ΚΡΆΤΟΣ IN HOMER, AESCHYLUS, & SOPHOCLES: A RESPONSE TO MARY BEARD, Elizabeth Bowerfind
POIKILOS, POLISH, THE PERCEPTION OF COLOR, AND POLYCHROMY IN ANCIENT GREEK SCULPTURE, Brittany Braasch
Your Turn to Role: Queer Worldbuilding in Dungeons and Dragons, Grant H.C. Brewer
IMPACTS OF THE DIET AND BEHAVIOR OF HEMIDACTYLUS MABOUIA ON FLORIDA’S NATIVE AND INVASIVE SPECIES, Carson Broadwater
GROUND STOP: POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO ADMINISTRATION OF U.S AIRSPACE, Jan Burgos-Greer
PREDICTING ELASMOBRANCH HABITAT PARTITINING IN A COASTAL RIVER, Simon Bustetter
FEEDING KINEMATICS AND PREY CAPTURE MODULATION OF SANDBAR SHARKS (CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS), Diana Butsch
AN ANALYSIS OF PREHISTORIC SHELL TOOLS (COLUMELLA TOOLS AND GASTROPOD HAMMERS) FROM SNAKE ISLAND, SARASOTA COUNTY (8So2336), Michelle Calhoun
SEED DISPERSAL IN FLORIDA TILLANDSIA: A SEED TRAP PROTOTYPE, McKenzie Cameron
A Close Reading of Alejo Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World: Violence, Memory and a Uniquely American Representations of History, Renee Carpenter
Globalized Wedding Traditions of Contemporary Istanbul’s Urban Elite, Isabella Cibelli Du Terroil
LOVE BUGS?: AN EXAMINATION OF AVERSION TOWARDS INSECTS WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE BUTTERFLY, Rigel Clapps
FUNNY FEMINISM: REBELLIOUS HUMOR IN CONTEMPORARY WOMEN’S LITERATURE, Tiffany Clark
OL’ MCDONALD IS GOING TO LOSE HIS FARM: U.S. FEDERAL SUBSIDIES AND THE DAIRY INDUSTRY, John Cotter
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF HERBAL MEDICINES COMPARED TO ANTIBIOTICS ON HUMAN GUT MICROBES, Raian (Ryan) Counsman
UNILINEAL EVOLUTION ON DISPLAY: THREE CASE STUDIES ON BRITISH MUSEUM DISPLAY, Jenna Courtade
THE SINGING TOWER OF FLORIDA: MATERIALIZING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA AT BOK TOWER GARDENS, Noah Cox
La conservation coloniale au service de l’exploitation : Changing Conceptions of Land and Environmental Policy in French Algeria and Indochina, Joseph Daniels
ORIGINAL SIN? GENEALOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AGAINST NATIONAL AND PATRIOTIC PARTIALITY, Carter Delegal
“CHOOSE LIFE, HAVE AN ABORTION”: HOW SHOUT YOUR ABORTION USES A PUBLIC PEDAGOGY OF HOPE TO REFRAME THE CONVERSATION SURROUNDING ABORTION, Olivia DelGandio
The Artist and The Unholy Links between Bulgakov, Gogol, and Romantic Traditions of Artists and the Otherworld, Isaac Denner
THE UNDERWATER VOCAL REPERTOIRE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER (LONTRA CANADENSIS), Victoria Dina
DIRECTIONAL DISCRIMINATION OF GOLDFISH CONDITIONED UNDER PURE BLUE TO PURE GREEN LIGHT SPECTRUM, Shelbe Chenoah DuBree
A Meta-Analysis of Restorative Justice and Juvenile Recidivism Rates, Erin DuMond
GROWUP: AN ANALYSIS OF VERTICAL FARMING AGRICULTURE, Daniel Duprez
Challenges and Possibilities in Community Entrepreneurship: My Journey Building a Farmers Market, Emiliano Espinosa Polanco
Microplastics in Elasmobranchs of Sarasota Bay, Using Previous Studies to Hypothesize the Future of This Growing Issue, Thomas Finnan
FROM CHILI PEPPERS TO BIG MACS: A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN FOODS AND FOODWAYS IN CHINA, Dylan Freeman
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO COMPOST INITIATIVE’S ROLE IN ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY BASED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, Francesca Galliano
CHARACTERISTICS OF WILD FLORIDA MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS) VOCALIZATIONS IN DIFFERENT SIZED GROUPS, Emily Garcia
SYMMETRY VIOLATIONS, TOPOLOGY, AND PROPERTIES OF WEYL SEMIMETALS, Adam Gill