Theses/Dissertations from 2021
“WE DON’T MAKE MISTAKES, JUST HAPPY LITTLE ACCIDENTS”: THE EFFECTS OF ARTMAKING ON MOOD DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, Mackenzie Timms
REVISITNG SPINOZA’S TRACTATUS THEOLOGICO-POLITICUS IN LIGHT OF GADAMER, Sofia Umpierre
LO QUE QUEDÓ DE TI; VIOLENCE AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. AWARENESS THROUGH ART, Yajaira Urzua-Reyes
LGBTQ+ AND GOING TO CHURCH?: ACCEPTANCE, CLOSENESS, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS IN OPENLY-AFFIRMING CHURCHES, Benjamin Valen
THE POSSIBILITY FOR SELF-DETERMINATION: FOUCAULT’S ENLIGHTENMENT ETHOS AND CARE FOR THE SELF, Peter Visscher
Costuming Welcome to Night Vale as a Demonstration of Skill, Zoe Voelliger
Reflective Experience Working at The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County with Stata, Abigail Wagner
THE LITTLE GOLDFISH THAT COULD: A STUDY OF CHAINING AND SEQUENTIAL MEMORY IN THE GOLDFISH (CARASSIUS AURATUS), Jillian Weisselberg
DISCRETIZATION OF REGULAR SURFACES PRESERVING CURVATURE, Connor Welch
EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND GENDER: AN EXPLORATION OF HOW GENDER AND EMOTION REGULATION RELATE TO PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL MUSIC, Jon-Douglas Werstler
EXAMINING AND ASSESSING BIG CAT WELFARE: A REVIEW AND PROPOSED SET OF GUIDELINES FOR BIG CAT ENRICHMENT, Danielle Whiting
The Art of Self Defense: An Exploration of Art as a Spiritual and Political Means for Manifesting Black Power, Ayeola Whitworth
INFORMATION ASYMMETRY IN THE US HEALTHCARE MARKET AND APPLICATIONS OF DATA COLLECTION TECHNOLOGIES, Connar Williams
EXPLORING IDENTITY AND CULTURE THROUGH THE OVERLAPS OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND LITERATURE IN THE WORKS OF AMITAV GHOSH AND JOSÉ MARÍA ARGUEDAS, Annabelle Wilson
FROM ELITE ENCLAVES TO COMMON COMPOUNDS: GATED COMMUNITIES IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, Anna Lynn Winfrey
The Role of ADR-2 in Regulating the Insulin/insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Signaling (IIS) Pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans, Sean Wollard
THE PROBLEM OF FALSIFICATION AND ITS SOLUTION IN MARCEL PROUST’S RECHERCHE, Trevor Yeckley
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Analyzing the Performance of the Palestinian Business cycle Under Israeli Monetary and Fiscal Shocks., Dalia Aita
ANTI-GONE: TRAVERSING SOLO PERFORMANCE THROUGH IDENTITY, AGENCY, AND DEEP EMPATHY, Eric Auerbach
“The Fight for Hózhó”: The Survival of Diné Ethnomedical Lifeways Within the Nuclear Landscape, Cabrini Austin
ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF USAIN BOLT’S RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE, Dajé Austrie
"BEATING MY OPPONENT": AN EXAMINATION OF FRANK OCEAN'S STRATEGY TO SUCCESS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, Andre Ayers
MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF DUAL REGULATION OF YEAST PHEROMONE RESPONSE PATHWAY BY Sst2 PROTEIN, Cassandra Azeredo-Tseng
The Material Production of Human Lack, Joseph Baines
A THEORY OF HOW THE CONSUMERIST MODEL OF GROWTH GENERATED THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMIC RECESSION, Gustavo Barbosa
HOW DOES SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT EFFECT WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES?, Briana Baumgarten
Consciousness, Embodiment, and Artificial Intelligence, Leah Bender
INFORMATION NETWORKS: IMPROVING INFORMATION CONSUMPTION THROUGH HUMAN CURATION, Parankush Bhardwaj
NORMAL POWER GRAPHS OF FINITE GROUPS, Fiona Bogart
Using Sustainable Development to Mitigate and Respond to Climate Change: A Data Analysis of Climate Change in Taiwan using R, Serena Bonci
WHAT IS ENRICHING FOR BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (Tursiops truncatus) ACROSS ENRICHMENT TYPES AND CONTEXTS?, Alyssa Borgschulte
PHOTOLUMINESCENT QUANTUM YIELD OF A EU2+-DOPED SR2+ BORATE SYSTEM, William Bottorff
SIGNALING THROUGH THE USE OF COLOR, Marybeth Boulerice
Carbon Cycling in the Food Forest & Carbon Farm at New College of Florida, Steven Bressan
A STUDY ON THE VIABILITY OF 3D CLINOROTATION AS AN ACCURATE SIMULATOR OF MICROGRAVITY IN TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. CV. USU APOGEE, Matthew Brickhouse
MANIPULATING TEMPORAL PROCESSING THROUGH NEURAL ENTRAINMENT TO ENHANCE INTERTEMPORAL DECISION-MAKING, Haley Bryan
FOOD AID & FARMERS: HOW U.S. POLICY IMPACTS RECIPIENTS, Ellie Bullen
ON TOLSTOY: LITERARY PEDAGOGY AND THE MORALITY OF DEATH, Mackenzie Bynam
APOSTOLIC INDEPENDENCE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAPAL INFALLIBILITY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, David Bynum
A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO PROOF ASSISTANTS, Benjamin Caldwell
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS: RESEARCH AND REGULATION OF TAMPONS AND EYESHADOWS, Katrina Carlin
ANXIOUS BODIES, Miranda Chapman
DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERALISM AS A DECOLONIAL MODEL FOR STATELESS PEOPLE, Michael Clevenger
FOOD FOR THE FUTURE: AN ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA FOREST GARDENS AND THEIR RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, Sydney Clingo
TORSIONAL RIGIDITY AND INFINITE SUMS, Zachary Cole
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