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.
The views and opinions reflected on Digital Commons are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the University of North Florida.
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Flanigan, Nadia Nicol (2005), Keeping Friendships Alive: Self-monitoring and Maintenance Strategies
Garth, Alissa Anne (2005), Some Effects of Self-Monitoring, Perceived Norms, and Sex-Role Stereotypes on Romantic Betrayals
Hurst, Dawn R. (2005), Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy : Gender, Sexism, and Just World Beliefs as Predictors of Juror Decisions
Hutchings, Stacy (2005), An End-User Development Approach to Building Customizable Web-Based Document Workflow Management Systems
Jacobs, Cindy S. (2005), Accreditation in Teacher Education: An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits Associated with NCATE Peer Review
McManigal, Chris A. (2005), Towards More Comprehensive Information Retrieval Systems: Entity Extraction Using XSLT
Milligan, Tracy Amanda (2005), People, Places, and Perspectives: An Exploration of the Contextual Effects on Gender Work Role Attitudes
Pass, Delia Raymos (2005), Effects of a Professional Development Initiative on Technology Innovation in the Elementary School
Sparks, Linda S. (2005), The Political Ecology of a School Board Decision to Hire a Nontraditional Superintendent
Valentino, Cristina P. (2005), The Impact of School Reform Design, English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Instruction and Socioeconomic Status on ESOL Students' Reading Achievement
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Aston, Alisa Mastin (2004), Intrusive Thoughts and Stress During the Evacuation Phase of a Technological Disaster
Brock, Shelly M. (2004), Paravertebral Nerve Block for Pain Management of Nissen Fundoplication Surgery
Hoffstatter, John Arthur (2004), Preconceived Physician Attitude Toward Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE): Implications for Successful Implementation
Hunter, Brian D. (2004), Fathers' Physiological Reactions to Child-Related Stimuli and Observed Fathering Behaviors
Jackson, Gregory M. (2004), A Test Suite Generator For Struts Based Applications
Khan, Marty Z. (2004), Access to Higher Education in Florida and South Africa: A Comparative Policy Analysis
Larsen, Kristen Marinus III (2004), Across the Divide: The Working Lives of African American Teachers in the Classroom
Long, Lynn Hunt (2004), Relationship Between Extent of Extracurricular Participation, Employment, and Substance Use Among Middle and High School Students
McKenzie, Kathleen Bell (2004), On Becoming Women: Adolescent Female Muslim Refugees Negotiating Their Identities in the United States
Morris, LaDonna K. (2004), Perceptions of a Chilly Climate: Differences in Traditional and Non-traditional Majors for Women
Sheppard, Pamela B. (2004), Cross-Modal Interface Design in Crisis Control Systems: The Role of Gender
Smith, Terry L. (2004), Recent Trends in Software Engineering Research As Seen Through Its Publications
Stelljes, Scott (2004), Applications of Stochastic Calculus to Finance
Watters, Burr S. IV (2004), Development and Performance Evaluation of a Real-Time Web Search Engine
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Austin, Clayton Daniel (2003), Toward a Unified Theory of Cognition: A Kantian Analysis
Cartozian, Jessica A. (2003), Young Children’s Responses to Conflictual Adult Conversation
Clark, Raquel V. (2003), J2EE vs. Microsoft Dot Net: A Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison for Building Enterprises Supporting XML-based Web Services
Dembowski, John S. (2003), dbUNiFier: A Framework for Automated Unification of Textual Data in Multiple Remote Data Sources
Jha, Anjani Kumar (2003), Comparison of JavaSpace and CORBA Technologies
Mitchell, Jason J. (2003), An Architectural Pattern for Adaptable Middleware Infrastructure
Richardson, Donna (2003), A Case Study Analysis of Five African American Male Educational Leaders
Sunku, Suresh (2003), A Performance Analysis of Distributed Algorithms in JavaSpaces, CORBA Services and Web Services
Tullos, Carrie Lynn (2003), Implementation Failure of Truancy Statutes in the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida: A Case Study in Street-Level Bureaucracy
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Basch, Mark Alan (2002), Incorporating Aspects into the Software Development Process in Context of Aspect-Oriented Programming
Brooks, Annabel (2002), Constructing a Public Community College Presidency: A Retrospective Study
Frank, John W. (2002), Transformational Leadership and Moral Discourse in the Workplace and Civil Society
Freeman, George M. (2002), Defining Imaginary Audience Scores Via Gender Attributes Versus Biological Gender
Grant, Irina K. (2002), Performance Evaluation and Comparison of CORBA Implementations for the Java Platform
Gutknecht, Constance Dianne (2002), Decision Makers' Thinking During the Design and Implementation of a K-5 High-Computer-Access (HCA) Program
Haney, Randall McGarey (2002), Secondary Student Perceptions of Vocational Education
Jones, Lauriann M. (2002), Attachment Object Effects on Children's Anxiety During School-Related Transitions
Larbi, Edward (2002), Causes of Student Underachievement in Northside New Era Secondary School in Ghana
Mason, William C. (2002), Dimensions of Servant-Leadership in American Not-for-Profit Hospitals
Montgomery, Paul Edward (2002), The Impact of 4 X 4 Block Scheduling at an Urban High School
Rini, Annie (2002), Anticipatory Mourning in Caregivers With Children Who Die in the Hospital
Vorreyer-Hedges, Anita L. (2002), Rape Risk Reduction Materials: How Do University Students of Color Perceive the Cultural Relevancy of These Materials?
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Arnwine, Patrick O'Neal (2001), A Study of Influences and Life Choices: African American Males From an Urban Pre-Trial Detention Center and the Navy
Bassett, Judith Ann (2001), An Ecological Perspective of Community Health Partnerships: A Case Study of Collaboration, Empowerment and Effectiveness in Two HIV/AIDS Planning Consortia in Florida
Beam, Joel W. (2001), Preferred Leadership of NCAA Division I and II Intercollegiate Student-Athletes
Brooke, Joseph A. III (2001), A Web-Enabled Temporal Database Human Resources Application
Coffman, Kimberly Anne Jenkins (2001), Confession, Coercion, Procedural Error and the Juror
Coleman, Faith (2001), Improving Compliance: Listening to the Patient's Perspective
Lapke, Michael (2001), Applying E-commerce Techniques to Public School Software
McKeller, Michelle Leigh (2001), CORBA: A Quantitative and Qualitative Comparison of Industrial Strength, Commercial CORBA ORBs for the JAVA Platform
Simmons, Elizabeth Pope (2001), The Rejection of the Manege Tradition in Early Modern England: "Equestrian Elegance at Odds with English Sporting Tradition"
Vigilante, Donna Marie (2001), Juror's Perception of Recovered Memory, Type of Trauma and Adult Witness Demeanor
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Babish, Randy Wade (2000), The 1960 Presidential Election in Florida: Did the Space Race and the National Prestige Issue Play an Important Role?
Braden, Thomas J. (2000), The Incident Dispatching and Tracking System
Chelgren, Kimberly DeHate (2000), Death Anxiety in Young Adults: The Predictive Role of Gender and Psychological Seperation From Parents
Davis, Andrea Clarkson (2000), Decision-Making in Ryan White Care Act Planning Bodies: An Analysis of the Decision-Making Process of the Joint Committee of the Jacksonville HIV/AIDS Planning Council and Consortium
Lagman, Theresa Marie (2000), Individual Differences in Cognitive Performance Relating to Non-Pathological Sleep Parameters in the Presence of a Stressor
O'Rourke, Nancy C. (2000), Orchestrated Synergism: The Nurse-Leader as Facilitator in Collaborative Caring
Wood, Tamara Michelle (2000), Nutritional Assessment of Rural Mossi People in Burkina Faso: A Comparison of Pre- and Post-Harvest Status
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Bernard, Anthony Joseph (1999), Robust I-Sample Analysis of Means Type Randomization Tests for Variances
Hunt, Lisa Martha (1999), Adaptive User Models for the Design of Intelligent User Interfaces
Krudwig, Kathryn Marie (1999), Learner Centeredness as a Predictor of Teachers' Role Stress and Career Commitment
Leech, Donald Wayne (1999), Faculty Perceptions of Shared Decision Making and the Principal's Leadership Behaviors in Duval County Secondary Schools
Masters, Cheryl Anne (1999), The Relationship Between Percent Deficit Ideal Body Weight and the Prevalence, Severity, and Healing of Pressure Ulcers
McLemore, Bronwyn (1999), Student, Parent and Teacher Perceptions of Emergent Literacy
Speziani, Fiorella Giulietta (1999), Effect of Discounting on Self-Generated Attitude Change: A Person by Situtation
Sustarsic, Alissa Michele (1999), An Efficient Implementation of the Transportation Problem
Trefry, Vera Margaret (1999), Deception in Interpersonal Settings: The Relationship Between the Content of an Excuse and its Recipient
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Clift, Scott Brewer (1998), A Comparative Study of the Motivations and Academic Self-Concept of Midlife Male Graduate Students with Those of Midlife Female, Early Adulthood Male, and Early Adulthood Female Graduate Students
Fair, Shannon Marie (1998), A Bayesian Meta-Analysis Using the Gibbs Sampler
Griswold, Scott J. (1998), A Java Implementation of a Portable Desktop Manager
Jensen, Marilyn Duckworth (1998), Courting Serendipity: Constructivist Theory and Classroom Practice
Jones, Dolores C. (1998), Nurse Practitioner Professional Autonomy: Relationship Between Structural Autonomy and Attitudinal Autonomy
Kerouac, Pamela Plunk (1998), Psychosocial and Sociocultural Factors Associated with Cross-Cultural Adaptability
Poppell, Judith Bockel (1998), The Desegregation of a Historically Black High School in Jacksonville, Florida
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Daugherty, Joyce J. (1997), Pilot Study of The Efficacy of Computer Aided Instruction as a Supplemental Teaching Instrument for Dialysis Patients
Frohlich, Robert M. Jr. (1997), Credit Scoring in a Hospital Setting
Giles, James A. (1997), Analysis of Digital Logic Schematics Using Image Recognition
Luciano, John Anthony (1997), An Examination of the Relationship Between First Grade Teachers' Theoretical Orientations Toward Reading Instruction and Their Classroom Instructional Practices
Schuller, Walter H. Jr. (1997), Hardware Interfacing in the Broadcast Industry Using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Wallace, Harry Matthew (1997), Self-Generated Attitude Change: Dispositional and Situational Determinants of Discounting
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Bell, William L. Jr. (1996), Three-Dimensional Segmentation and Visualization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data
Cooper, Carolyn Knox (1996), Design and Evaluation of an Environmental Science Curriculum for Secondary Students
Eldridge, David P. (1996), Brick Versus Earth: The Construction and Destruction of Confederate Seacoast Forts Pulaski and McAllister, Georgia
Sherman, David T. (1996), Guidelines for Oral Story Reading
Webb, Garlon Mobley (1996), Relations Between Social-Environmental Characteristics of Families and Career Decision/Indecision of Secondary Tech Prep Students
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Bagley, Pamela Bryan (1995), Authentic Assessment: How Do Portfolios Fit the Picture?
Bowers, Whittington Lee (1995), Chief Executive Officer Turnover In U.S. Hospitals
Bowman, Barbara A. (1995), How Do Actors and Actresses Age?: Self-Monitoring and Aging
Brandao, Frank R. (1995), The Effects of School-Based Management on the Worklife of Elementary Teachers: A Case Study
Brokiewicz, Lynn Marie (1995), Estimates of Elderly at Nutritional Risk from the DETERMINE Your Nutritional Health Checklist: The 1994 Northeast Florida Nutrition Screening Initiative
Darby, Barbara Ann Barnaby (1995), Professional Socialization and Mentoring Relationships in Beginning Nursing Practice
Hudson, Erik Mark (1995), A Portable Computer System for Recording Heart Sounds and Data Modeling Using a Backpropagation Neural Network
Hunter, Linda Rhea (1995), Use of the Nurse Entrance Test and Other Factors as Predictors of Academic Success of Nursing Students
Kelley, Bernadette C. (1995), Learning Style, Teaching Style, and Attitude Toward Change as Predictors for the Adoption of Computer Technology by Elementary School Teachers
Logan, Deborah F. (1995), A General Theory of Geodesics with Applications to Hyperbolic Geometry