Theses/Dissertations from 2020
PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: DO SHIFTING SEASONAL CUES AFFECT POLLINATOR VISITATION IN THE SUBTROPICS?, Shannon Collins
Esoteric Politics: Leo Strauss and the Power of Secrets, Matthew Cope
THERE IS NO ‘RIGHT’ WAY TO WRITE: AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS AND ACADEMIC BURNOUT, Bailey Cowden
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND MATHEMATICAL PEDAGOGY, N. Rayne Craig
FEVER AS ALCHEMICAL FIRE IN THE OPUS OF FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, ARTIST OF THE NIGREDO, Stephanie Crank
GROWTH MINDSET INTERVENTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON MATHEMATICS CONFIDENCE AND PERFORMANCE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS AND BOYS, Erin Crobons
Exploring Walter Scott’s Approach to the Past, Marissa D'Amico
New Pharmaceuticals and Their Ion Channel Binding Energies, Sarah Darancou
GAME CHANGER MOBILE APP, Jordan Deagan
COMMON PROBLEMS: A PROPOSAL FOR A STANDARDIZED JOB APPLICATION, Kaelan Dean
THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEMOGRAPHICS ON NATIONAL ENGLISH SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, Kallie Delis
HOW THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM HAS SHAPED SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY CAN BE RESTRUCTURED IN AN INDUSTRY-DOMINATED SYSTEM, Ella Denham-Conroy
Jrag and Jrop: a Java Design Tool for Determining the Effect Aesthetic Properties have on User Perceived Professionalism, Kyle Dennison
A MULTISPECIES APPROACH TO THE INTERSECTION OF HACKTIVISM AND PERFORMANCE ART, Jimi DePriest
FROM LOUIS-JOSEPH PAPINEAU TO RENÉ LÉVESQUE: DEFINING FIGURES IN QUÉBEC’S NATIONAL HISTORY, Andréa Deroy
TROPICS, TRANSMISSION, AND EPIDEMICS: USING HIV/AIDS DATA TO COMPARE HEALTH SYSTEMS IN YUCATAN, FLORIDA, AND CUBA., Ormond Derrick
MONITORING THE CHANGES IN ELASMOBRANCH AND TELEOST ABUNDANCE IN SARASOTA BAY AND TERRA CEIA BAY AFTER THE 2018-2019 RED TIDE EVENT, Sandra Domenech
REDESIGNING NEW COLLEGE FORUM : A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO CREATING AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS, Andrew Domke
Keeping Sacredness in Mind: A Critical Analysis of Mircea Eliade’s The Sacred and The Profane, Jonathon Engstrom
LIVING TAROT, Erin Everdale
Kinetic Characterization of C. elegans Lactate Dehydrogenase I, Tristen Evleth
THE POLITICAL ECNONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES DOLLAR, Justin Falconer
ATRAZINE ALTERS THE GONADAL MORPHOLOGY, BUT NOT THE LARYNGEAL MASS OR CALL INTER PULSE INTERVAL, OF SILURANA TROPICALIS, Quinn Ferguson
BIOPOLITICS, INDIVIDUALITY, AND ENGAGED SCIENCE: TWO PARADIGM SHIFTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR A LIBERATORY BIOLOGY, David Finch
Voter Suppression And Gerrymandering In The Present Day, Samuel Fink
THE DRUG-CENTERED MODEL OF TREATMENT: EXPANDING PATIENT TREATMENT OPTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING, Lillian Francis
THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEK GHOST, Margie Freeman
COMMON POOL RESOURCES: MANAGING THE EVERGLADES, Jessica Geragi
DIPLOMACY, STEAMSHIPS, AND JURIES: THE FAILED SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Alexis Girard d'Albissin
THE INFLUENCE OF FDI ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN JAMAICA, Julia Godfrey
AN ANALYSIS ON PERSONAL IDENTITY THROUGH EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY, EXPERIENCES, AND THE ART OF MUSIC COMPOSITION, Harold Gonzalez
MAPPING THE MILKY WAY DISK WITH STATISTICAL PHOTOMETRIC PARALLAX, Sarah Gonzalez
Analyzing The Difference In Development Between Flutter And Native Android Development, Selena Goods
“The Price of Touch”: Emergent Postcolonial Subjectivities Through Metaphors of Illness in Contemporary South Asian Literature, Christina Graben
COMPASSIONATE GOALS AND GOAL DISENGAGEMENT: GOAL COMPASSION MODERATES THE EFFECT OF GOAL DISENGAGEMENT ON EXPECTED HAPPINESS, Alex Grattery
Welcome to my Ted Talk: A Sentiment Analysis of Ted Talks from Founders to Better Understand how to Pitch Venture Capitalists, Jennifer Greenberg
EXPLORING THE “PHENOMENON” OF FEMALE DOMINANCE IN MALAGASY LEMURS: THE WORLD’S MOST ENDANGERED MAMMALIAN GROUP, Maya Owitz Greenberg
MEANING AND SENSING: An Exploratory Comparison of Synesthesia and Sensory Substitution, Lev Gurt
VOLATILITY PERSISTENCE IN STOCK MARKET INDICES; TESTING THE EFFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESIS IN DEVELOPED AND EMERGING FINANCIAL MARKETS, Joel Haeussler
ENZYME KINETICS AND PROTEIN MODELING OF C. ELEGANS ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE, Seth Hale
EXAMINING FEMALE COMMUNITY POWER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE BOYS’ LOVE GENRE, Grace Hamilton
FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES: POWER IN PUNK & METAL, Trent Hanson
COASTAL SOILS CARBON DYNAMICS OF SARASOTA BAY, Deric Harvey
THE MEMORY OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE, Shelby Hennessy
YOU SEW FINE: A MOBILE APPLICATION ABOUT FABRIC AND BODY MEASUREMENTS, Maya Holt-Teza
MINUCIUS FELIX AND ORIGEN AS CHRISTIAN APOLOGISTS: CONVERSION AND CRITICISM, David Honsinger
From Learner to Teacher and Back Again: Second Language Teaching Methods and Practice, Mairead Howley
Can I Afford this Kindness? Sense of Security and Empathy, Julian Hunter
JUDGING WITH A SNIFF: CAN HORSES ASSOCIATE SCENTS WITH TRAINED BEHAVIORS?, Aiden Juge
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS: AN AUDIO-ONLY MUSICAL, Laila Kalantari
Utilizing Geospatial Data as a Means to Detect Undersea Scars, Thomas Kane
CANNABINOIDS AS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT FOR INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISORDERS AND TOPICAL PHYTOCANNABINOID FORMULATION CONSIDERATIONS, Hannah Korentur
Holding Fast to the Formless: A Rhizomatic Inventigation, Max Kucera
CLUSTERING HEART DISEASE PATIENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING, Rain Kwan
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE FEEDING BEHAVIOR AND PARASITIC LOAD IN Pomacea paludosa (Say) AND Pomacea insularum (D'orbigny), Benjamin LaFond
Heidegger and the Question Concerning Technology, Elias Latimer
Rage and Glory: The Foundations of an Empire: Optimist and Pessimist Interpretations of Vergil’s Aeneid, Robert Lawlor
ACCESSIBLE USABILITY: DISTINGUISHING TWO FIELDS OF WEB DEVELOPMENT, Ty Lazarchik
MEASURING MORALITY, Jennifer Lin
BREAKING THE GAY-STRAIGHT BINARY THROUGH THE BISEXUAL EXPERIENCE IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE, Asia Lord
SAINT OR SEDUCTRESS? REPRESENTATIONS OF COUNTESS MATILDA OF TUSCANY IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY, Emily Lovett
ARTIFACTS OF A BYGONE TIME: STEPHEN SONDHEIM AND PASTICHE, Rose Mack
HOW SOCIAL IS SOCIAL MEDIA : AN ANALYSIS OF PERSONALITY, SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS ON INSTAGRAM AND MOTIVATIONS FOR INSTAGRAM USAGE, Melissa Mahadeo
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND METROLOGY IN PHYSICS, Matthew Mancini
PERSONIFIED WISDOM: ISSUES OF GENDER, POWER, AND DIVINITY IN EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN WISDOM LITERATURE, Falon Mansfield
TREE TRACE RECONSTRUCTION: SOME RESULTS, Thomas Maranzatto
EFFICIENCY OF SPIDER BLOCK (POLY SHRUB) AS AN ESTUARINE FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE, Jaci Martinez
“HOW DO YOU EXPERIENCE LANGUAGE, ART, AND THE BODY?”: AN EXPLORATION OF TRAUMA AND INDIVIDUALIZED THERAPEUTIC POSSIBILITIES, Cait Matthews
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT’S LEGACY: REPRESENTATION AND SELF-REPRESENTATION IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE, Azure Maxwell
THE LIMITS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON CONSCIOUSNESS: CURATING BUDDHISM, Pamela McCabe
IDENTIFICATION AND COMPARATIVE GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN GENES IN XENOPUS BOREALIS, Robyn McCartan
INSTITUTIONAL INJUSTICE IN WEST COCONUT GROVE: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MIAMI’S FIRST BAHAMIAN COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Lindsay McElroy
La Nueva Sandinisma: How Women’s Political Representation Aids in Sustaining Nicaragua’s Current Dictatorship, Tirza Morales
EFFICIENCY OF THE MIAMI SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET, Johnathan Morrison
PERFORMANCE ART AND THE DISRUPTION OF COLONIALISM IN MUSEUMS, Evan Murdoch
NO MAN’S WASTELAND: A CRITICAL GENEALOGY OF THE ANTHROPOCENE, Aubrey Neher
The State of Becoming: Constructing Masculine Heroes in Stalin’s Soviet Union, Miles Newmyer
ANALYSIS OF PAPAIN CONTENTS IN OVER-THE-COUNTER PAPAYA ENZYME SUPPLEMENTS, Chau Ngo
LAND CAPITALIZATION IN DYNAMIC TIEBOUT MODEL WITH AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, Young Keun Oliveira
BETTER YOU, BETTER US, BETTER TODAY: HOW TO BE GOOD, NOT BAD, Jesus Olive
THE THEORY OF IDEAL LABOR COMPENSATION BASED ON HISTORICAL METHODS, Clinton Overton
BUILDING SOFT POWER: CHINA’S INITIATIVES TO LINK ITS DIASPORA TO THE HOMELAND THROUGH TOURISM, Aliaksandra Panfilovich
AGENCY AND TIME-SPACE COMPRESSION IN THE INTERNET, Ariel Parets
GOETHITE (α-FEOOH) AND DEUTERATED GOETHITE (α-FEOOD): SYNTHESIS AND VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY, Tyler Parke
The Effect of Bee Venom on the Treatment of Muscular Dystrophy in Caenorhabditis elegans, Kelsey Patterson
THE CANTERBURY TALES: HOW GENDERED NARRATIVE AUTHORITY SHAPED MEDIEVAL SOCIETY’S PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN, Maria Penaloza
“Somos Seres Humanos. Merecemos Vivir Dignamente”: Coloniality and Human Rights in the Face of Family Separation, Olivia Pertierra
THE EFFECTS OF TERM LIMITS ON LEGISLATIVE POLARIZATION AT THE SUBNATIONAL LEVEL, Sebastian Plank
UV-Visible Spectral Differences of Globin Proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans, Jared Plasencia