This collection contains electronically submitted and retrospectively digitized graduate-level theses, dissertations, and doctoral projects for which we have received an availability agreement. Beginning with the fall of 2012, all theses and dissertations have been submitted through UNF Digital Commons. Other theses, dissertations, and projects are available in paper format and may be found using the library’s catalog.
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Raines, Diane Smith (2013), The Impact of the Clinical Nurse Leader/Navigator on Clinical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction
Ryan-Gonzalez, Clark (2013), Do Military Personnel Feel Excluded and Ignored in Post-Secondary Education
Santana, Sondra Michelle Phipps (2013), Practitioners' Use of Clinical Practice Guidelines: An Evidence-Based Approach
Shah, Smit (2013), Creativity across cultures: A comparison of cognitive creativity to creative achievement between the United States and India
Shively, Rebekah R. (2013), Perceptions of Secondary Intensive Reading Teachers RegardingThe Implementation of Florida's Reading Policy
Simonson, Debora Jean (2013), Postsecondary Mathematics Placement Processes: A case study at a regional university
Sivasubramaniam, Ravishankar (2013), Performance Evaluation of LINQ to HPC and Hadoop for Big Data
Snyder, Samantha Haley (2013), Women in Leadership: Performance and Interpersonal Consequences of Stereotype Threat
Stein, Adam W. Mr. (2013), An In Depth Analyses of Specific Language Impairment as Compared to Other Developmental Disorders
Stennett, Bethany Ann (2013), Novel Therapy for Nicotine Addiction in Alcohol Dependent Rats
Stocks, Holly Stephanie (2013), A Survey of the Taxonomy of the Cyanobacteria from Northeast Florida, Descriptions of Novel Taxa, and an Investigation into the Factors Which Influence the Epibenthic Cyanobacterial Community
Tow, Regina (2013), Adolescent Athletes with Type 1 Diabetes: Experiences with Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion
Turey, Colin J. (2013), Perceptions of Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction in a Sample of High School Athletic Directors in the United States
Verhulst, Stephanie (2013), Response of the Epiphytic Algal Communities to Experimentally Elevated Nutrient Levels in Intertidal Salt Marsh Habitats
Vernoski, Barbara K. (2013), Effect of Blood Collection Practices on Emergency Department Blood Specimen Rejection Rates
Young, Jeremy S. (2013), Investigation Into The Relationship Between Hurricane Storm Parameters and Damage
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Abapo, Lorivie (2012), The Authentic Self and Advertising : The Effects Advertising has on the Formation of the Authentic Self
Alteri, Nicholas James (2012), Flexural Behavior of Laterally Damaged Full-Scale Bridge Girders Through the Use of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP)
Amatuli, Kristine Constance (2012), Population Structure and Nest Success of Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), and Vegetative Response to Prescribed Burning in Northeast Florida
Balfour, Lindsay E. (2012), Hospital Loneliness and the Patient-Physician Relationship: A Preliminary Analysis of Associations with Recovery in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients
Barkley, Zenesha R. (2012), An Educational Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Parents of Obese and Overweight Children
Baxter, Lance J. (2012), A View From Within : Instructors' Perspectives of Their Roles With Adult Learners in Need of Remediation
Beane, David A. (2012), A Tale of Self-Monitoring, Social Capital, and Social Media
Bilyayeva, Tetiana A. (2012), Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Users’ Perception of the Navigation Organization of an E-Commerce Web Application
Brock, Jillian Leigh (2012), A Preliminary Evaluation of the Parent Resilience Program: A Program for the Parents of Shy and Anxious Preschool-Aged Children
Burris, Jessica Margaret (2012), Finding Feminism in American Political Discourse : A Discourse Analysis of Post-Feminist Language
Cassell, Arnold (2012), Improvements in Genetic Approach to Pole Placement in Linear State Space Systems Through Island Approach PGA with Orthogonal Mutation Vectors
Donovan, Sarah Jane (2012), Improving Dynamic Decision Making Through Training and Self-Reflection
Ford, Ryan Michael (2012), Diet and Reproductive Biology of the Blacknose Shark (Carcharhinus Acronotus) from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean
Gainey, Ronald Lee (2012), Self-Monitoring and Partner Knowledge Structures
Ganza, William John (2012), The Impact of Online Professional Development on Online Teaching in Higher Education
Graeff, Matthew Kent (2012), The Repair of Laterally Damaged Concrete Bridge Girders Using Carbon Fiber Reinforcing Polymers (CFRP)
Greene, Richard Anthony (2012), Promoting Success in Developmental English: Student Life Skills Courses A Mixed-Methods Case Study
Hammond, Amanda N. (2012), The Relationship between Positive Beliefs about Post-Event Processing and Social Phobia Symptoms
Harrison, Debra A. (2012), Outcome Comparison of an Evidence-Based Nurse Residency Program to Other Orientation Models
Hatchcock, Tara L. (2012), Social Connectedness and the Impact on Chronic Illness
Heriot, Jody L. (2012), Implementation of a Beta Blocker Protocol
Hess, Jeffrey Todd (2012), Reel Deans : The Portrayal of Higher-Education Administrators in American Films
Kenney, Heather Adams (2012), Institutional Factors that Pertain to Commuter Student Success
Komathukattil, Deepa V. (2012), Evaluating Speedup in Parallel Compilers
Less, Adam David (2012), Cultural Biases in the Weschler Memory Scale iii (WMS-iii)
Lewis, Shawn Thomas (2012), Individual Differences in Perceptions of Health-Related Behaviors
Littleton, Jim (2012), ColorDots: An Intersection Analysis Resistant Graphical Password Scheme for the Prevention of Shoulder-surfing Attack
Mani, Sindhu (2012), Empirical Performance Analysis of High Performance Computing Benchmarks Across Variations in Cloud Computing
Mann, Marion G. (2012), Improving Quit Rates For Tobacco-Dependent Hospitalized Patients
Maxwell, Taylor Patrick (2012), Passive Gas-Liquid Separation Using Hydrophobic Porous Polymer Membranes: A Study on the Effect of Operating Pressure on Membrane Area Requirement
McCallister, Michael Philip (2012), Abundance, Distribution, and Habitat Use of Sharks in Two Northeast Florida Estuaries
Meles, Aaron Robert (2012), Development of a Predictive Model for Bulk-Flow Through A Porous Polymer Membrane Tube
Millette, Lucien (2012), Improving the Knowledge-Based Expert System Lifecycle
O'Leary, Jessica L. (2012), An Exploration of the Cognitive Predictors of Perseverative Worry
Penuliar, Michael S. (2012), The Effect of Race and Masculinity on Female Mate Preference
Pittman, Anna E. (2012), Does Need for Cognition Moderate the Relationship Between Eyewitness Age and Perceived Credibility?
Poiencot, Brandon Keith (2012), Preliminary Feasibility of Transporting and Geologically Sequestering Carbon Emissions in the Florida Pan-Handle
Rafols, Juan Carlos (2012), Corrosion of Post-Tensioned Tendons Repaired with Dissimilar Grout
Schwartz, Melissa Rachel (2012), Embodied Ethics : Transformation, Care, and Activism Through Artistic Engagement
Scolforo, Karen M. (2012), The Leadership of Catholic Sisters Who Have Served as College Presidents : The Impact of Gender and Religion on Leadership Efficacy
Simmons, Tamla A. (2012), Nutrient Transport by Shrimp Hepatopancreas
Smith, Julia Rachel (2012), Demography and Reproductive Biology of the Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus) Population at White Oak Plantation, Nassau County, Florida
Smith, Kathy Joiner (2012), Impact of READ 180 on Adolescent Struggling Readers
Smith, Mary (2012), Content Analysis of Conflict Resolution Curricula
Sridharan, Suganya (2012), A Performance Comparison of Hypervisors for Cloud Computing
Stanford, Jevetta (2012), Ecological Influences on Weight Status in Urban African-American Adolescent Females: A Structural Equation Analysis
Swartz, Tyler Joel (2012), Climatic Influences on Social Cognition
Trajbar, Kim Anastasia (2012), Can Implied Isolation and Novelty Be Responsible for the Effect of 'Adaptive Memory'?
Vargas, Vidal Velez (2012), Bridge Deck Cracking Investigation and Repair
Williams, Asher (2012), The Influence of Seawater and Sulfate Reduction on Phosphate Release from Tidal Wetland Soils in the St. John’s River, Florida
Wright, Tracy L. (2012), Body Image and Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Among University Students
Zimmerman, Adam G. (2012), Online Aggression : The Influences of Anonymity and Social Modeling
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Aftuck, Alex Edward (2011), The Weil Pairing on Elliptic Curves and Its Cryptographic Applications
Armstrong, Angela (2011), Dermoscopy: An Evidence-Based Approach for the Early Detection of Melanoma
Bailey, Michael Patrick (2011), The Role of Consensus in the Neutrality/Advocacy Debate
Chemburkar, Kirti (2011), Performance of BFSA Based Anti-Collision Protocols for RFID Networks Supporting Identical Tags
Christeleit, Deborah (2011), Use of Simulation to Reinforce Evidence-based Collection Processes
Christensen, Lauren Ashley (2011), Effects Of Group Psychoeducation For Parents Of At-Risk Adolescents
Dembeck, Katrina (2011), Physical Activity and Self-Esteem in Females During Late Adolescence
Eldred, Kerry T. (2011), Coping with Chronic Illness: Do Strategies Differ by Illness Type?
Ellis, Donna (2011), Impact of Teacher Demographic, Knowledge, and Instructional Variables on Children's Language Development
Farah, Raoaa (2011), Correlations Between Index Properties and Unconfined Compressive Strength of Weathered Ocala Limestone
Gambon, Paul L. (2011), Localization and characterization of the interactions between Basigin gene products and Monocarboxlate Transporters in the olfactory bulb of the mouse
Hoffman, Benjamin K. (2011), Reflexivity and Social Phenomenology
Howell, Patricia Marley (2011), The Relationship of Preschool Children's Television Viewing, Food/Brand Recognition/Recall, Weight Classification, and Parent's Knowledge of American Academy of Pediatrics' Recommendations of Daily Television Viewing
Jamba, Lisa A. (2011), Assessing the Usability of a Wearable Computer Interface with Split Button Configuration
Jones, David Rhys (2011), Forward Error Correction in Memoryless Optical Modulation
Kemp, Michael Steven (2011), Student and Teacher Predictors on Credit Recovery Program Outcomes: A National Analysis
Kissinger, Jeffrey Scott (2011), A Collective Case Study of Mobile E-Book Learning Experiences
Kovar, Meghan Michelle (2011), Gender Differences of Multimodal Responses to Child and Non-Child Stressors
Lam, Jeffrey (2011), Preserving Useful Info While Reducing Noise of Physiological Signals by Using Wavelet Analysis
Leedy, Aaron D. (2011), Adaptive Memory and Social Influences
Little, L Nicole (2011), Characterization of Basigin and the Interaction Between Embigin and Monocarboxylate Transporter-1, -2, and -4 (MCT1, MCT2, MCT4) in the Mouse Brain
Machan, Melissa Dawn (2011), Emerging Evidence in Infection Control Effecting Change
Marchio, Jamie (2011), An Examination of Oral Fed Post-Trauma Patients for Calorie and Protein Consumption as a Percentage of Estimated Needs, and How it Impacts Length of Hospital Stay and Wound Healing
McCombs, John P. (2011), A Path Analysis of the Behavioral Intention of Secondary Teachers to Integrate Technology in Private Schools in Florida
Mentuccia, Marco Roberto (2011), Cognitive Predictors of Worry in an Adolescent Community Sample
Orman, Meghan Catherine (2011), Reinventing Political Participation: Democracy and Education in the Early 21st Century
Pablo, Kristine Anne V. (2011), Examination of the Mitochondrial Health of the Basigin Null Mouse Retina
Pickering, Michael (2011), Defining Routing Policies in Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks
Potti, Pavan Kumar (2011), On the Design of Web Services: SOAP vs. REST
Pye, Theresa (2011), Impact of Group Medical Visits for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Shears-Cousins, Karen (2011), Reimagining Religion: The Development of Indigenous Christianities in Colonial Colombia, 1537-1637
Smalley, Janie Karen (2011), Leadership Characteristics and Practices of Selected High-Performing Nonprofit Organizations in Northeast Florida