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.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Gonzalez, Alicia (2020), Basigin as an Immune Mediator in the CNS
Griffin, Murphy (2020), Harmonic Morphisms with One-dimensional Fibres and Milnor Fibrations
Hamelin, Jessica Leigh (2020), Factors Predictive of Self-Efficacy in First Year Teachers
Harrell, Clifford Eugene II (2020), Examination of Athletic Academic Support Services of NCAA D-I HBCUs
Hendrix, Tessa Delaney (2020), Cheater, Cheater: Examination of Children's Lying for Different Motivations
Indergard, Matz O. (2020), Estimating the Heritability of Plasticity of Thermal Tolerance and its Application in the Restoration of Endangered Caribbean Coral
Jones, Rhys Davis (2020), Maximality and Applications of Subword-Closed Languages
Kantor, Arielle Catherine (2020), Self-Monitoring, Binge Eating Disorder, Internalized WEight STigma and Neuroticism: A Moderated-Mediation Model
Kazee, Carissa Lyn (2020), The Effects of Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder How to Respond to Bullying
King, Paige Elizabeth (2020), Fight, Flight, or Freezing? Investigating the Immobility Response in Military Veterans
Lalika, Luciano (2020), Investigating the Leading Causes of Fatalities of Aging Pedestrians Using Bayesian Network Model
Ledwith, Jessica Marie (2020), An Examination of Social Connectedness on PTSD and Freezing in a Student Military Population
Lerman, Justin Michael (2020), Examining the Impacts of Virtual Mentoring On College Students' Leadership Efficacy a Quantitative Study of C.A.M.P Osprey
Ley, Melissa S. (2020), PBIS Implementation and Sustainability: Primary Educators’ Perspectives of Success
Lopez Chalacan, Victor Hugo (2020), Performance Evaluation of Long Range (LoRa) Wireless RF Technology for the Internet of Things (IoT) Using Dragino LoRa at 915 MHz
Lovaas, Alexis Nicole (2020), Associations of Protective and Acquisitive Self-monitoring with Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors
Lynch, Sarah Anne (2020), Identification and Characterization of Zfp593 and 1700029J07RIK - Two Novel Neurogenic Skeletal Muscle Atrophy-Induced Genes
McMillan, Megan Robinson (2020), Leading Effective Inclusive Schools: How Principals Make the Difference
Mobley-Gonzalez, Cheryl S. (2020), Making Meaning of Supplier Diversity in Florida's Public Universities: A Narrative Inquiry of Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism
Monyo, Denis Elia (2020), Developing and Simulating a Communication Plan for Mitigation of Secondary Crashes: Leveraging Connected Vehicle Technologies
Orta, Kevin (2020), Effects of abiotic factors on host plant quality and community structure of the parasitoid guild that attacks Asphondylia borrichiae midges on Borrichia frutescens
Phillips, Robert Vincent (2020), “The Power of Love": The Role of Sexual Communal Motivations and Relationship Power in Sexual Risk Taking
Pyle, Abbra (2020), The Ponce de León Celebration: History and Mythmaking in St. Augustine, Florida, 1885-1930
Rains, Debra L. (2020), Defining Accountability and Best Practices in Private Schools Which Receive State Funds for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Rand, Bethany (2020), Diabetes Risk Status and Physical Activity in Pregnant Women: U.S. BRFSS 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Rao, Chandrika Pandurang (2020), Sorting by Strip Moves and Strip Swaps
Sanchez, Alice Marie (2020), The Self-Perceived Impact of a Food Recovery-Meal Delivery Program on Homebound Seniors’ Food Security, Nutrition Health, and Well-Being
Sasser, Joshua (2020), Investigation of Expedient, Cost Effective and Sustainable Soil Stabilization for Tactical Vehicles Using Surfactant-Induced Soil Stabilization (SISS)
Schmidt, Cecelia K. (2020), A Two-Stage Design for Comparing Binomial Treatments with a Standard
Sellers, Bailey Nicole (2020), Economic Sanctions & Political Unrest: Cuba and Iran
Smith, Anastasia L. (2020), FGGY Carbohydrate Kinase Domain Containing is Induced During Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Modulates Map Kinase and AKT Signaling
Souder, Terrance Michael (2020), The Relation between Demographics and Art Discipline As They Pertain to Success on Advanced Placement Exams
Spain, Marisa Suzanne (2020), Implementing welfare science: case studies in evidence-based zoo management
Stone, Michelle Lynne (2020), Biomarkers of Inflammation in Heart Failure Patients with Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fractions: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Thomas Webber, Dione R. (2020), Perspectives of Overage Graduates: Issues that Affected their Schooling
Uddin, Mohammad Jobaer (2020), Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Sequestering Calcium Carbonate Cement
Velasquez Nash, Brandi (2020), Exploring the Relationship Between Diversity Training and Counselor Competence in Working with Cisgender Men Wearing Makeup
Velazquez, Sonia R. (2020), Descriptive Case Study of the Perceptions of International Students in an Intensive English Program Featuring Mandated Interactions with Fluent English Speakers
Wade, Catherine E. (2020), Q Methodology as a Formative Tool for Facilitating Professional Development School Partnership Development
Waite, Deana M. (2020), Examining the Role of Dispositions in Adult Basic Education Matriculation
Washington, Dawn and Washington, Dawn Felicia (2020), Lift Ev’ry Voice: Using Q Methodology to Understand the Shared Perspectives of African American Undergraduate Students Regarding Strategies that Predominantly White Institutions Can Use to Support their Persistence in STEM
Weaver, Dax M. (2020), What Makes Collaborative Evaluation Approaches Collaborative? A Q Methodology Study on Program Evaluators’ Perceptions
Willard, David R. (2020), Cognitivism, Feelings, and the Background Structures of Emotion
Yadav, Binita (2020), Tidal Power Optimization Using Two Bladder System
Zender, Casey L. (2020), Evaluation of the use of alternative biomarkers as indicators of post-release mortality in Blacktip Sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Zeola, Sarah D. (2020), Exploring the Impact of a Nutrition Support Workshop for Ghanaian Nutrition Professionals
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Adams-Manning, Michelle R. (2019), Synergistic Supervision: Impacts on Student Affairs Employee Job Satisfaction
Ahmed, Sarah J. (2019), An Analysis of Writer's Block: Causes, Characteristics, and Solutions
Alford, Brandon Wade (2019), Robert Searle and the Rise of the English in the Caribbean
Allard, Deiderie (2019), First-Generation College Students of Color’s Success at a Predominately White Institution: Exploring the Influence of Student Engagement in a High-Impact Program
Al-shakha, Ala'a Fahad (2019), The Perception of Female Leadership: Impact of Gender and Leader's Qualification on Leader's Effectiveness
Alzahrani, Ahmed (2019), The operational and safety effects of heavy duty vehicles platooning
Andrew, Lucia (2019), Investigating the Effects of Rainfall on Traffic Operations on Florida Freeways
Badibanga, Junior (2019), Leadership Skills, Promoting Flow and Generating Profit: A Study of Millennial Managers Through Gamification
Berg, Kristin M. (2019), Correlations between dietary indicators and cardiometabolic profiles in preschool children.
Berube, Jonathan Paul (2019), An Analysis of Hydroacoustic Transmission Loss Associated with Marine Pile Driving
Birchell, Shannon Lloyd (2019), Trapping ACO applied to MRI of the Heart
Branch, Lakenya Tenae (2019), Narratives of Alternative School Teachers: Perceptions of their Principals' Transformational Leadership Behaviors and How they Impact Self-Efficacy
Browske, Danielle (2019), Note the Change: a Comparative Study of Demonetization Efforts in India and Sweden
Chek, Abigail (2019), A Study on Erosion Resistance for Microbially Induced Calcite Treated Beach Sand
Clark, Shanoiya S. (2019), Framing Female Leadership in a Television Drama
Cooper, Kia Ja'Shona (2019), Representation of Women Leaders in Business Magazines: 2010-2018
Cooper, Patrick Michael (2019), Testing COULWAVE for use in modeling cross-shore sand transport and beach profile evolution
Czarnecki, Emily (2019), Hedonic Coalition Formation for Task Allocation with Heterogeneous Robots
Duffney, Kristen (2019), Effects of Online ABA Training on Stress Levels of Parents with a Child with Autism
Futral, Jeremy Stephen (2019), A method of evaluation of high-performance computing batch schedulers
Gargrave, Robert (2019), Mere Thought and Self-Monitoring: Individual Differences in Hiring Decisions
Garvey, Alyssa (2019), Next-generation sequencing, morphology, and culture-based methods reveal diverse algal assemblages throughout the Florida springs
Gibson-Alonso, Tamara Ianthe (2019), Processes of Developing Effective Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education: A Content Analysis of Grant Related Documents
Gipson-Kendrick, Zoe Elizabeth (2019), Parents and Health Behavior Change: A Review of the Role of Parents’ Behavioral Intentions for Health Behavior Change in Their Children
Imani, Hendry Nyanza (2019), The use of real-time connected vehicles and HERE data in developing an automated freeway incident detection algorithm
Jacobs, Maria-Flora (2019), Effects of Aquatic Acidification on Calcium Uptake in White River Shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus Gills
Jordan, Brianna L. (2019), Food Insecurity and Children: How Food Insecurity Affects Mental Health in Children
Jossie, McKenzie L. (2019), Evidence-based practice in offender programming: An examination of the CrimeSolutions.gov registry
Kawczynski, Nathan (2019), Risk domains and adolescent depression
Keagy, Amy Haddock (2019), The Impact of Undergraduate Research Experiences on the Development of Biology Students’ Domain Knowledge, Domain Interest, and Career Aspirations
Khan, Mohammed Salman (2019), A Topic Modeling approach for Code Clone Detection
Kodi, John Herman (2019), Evaluating the mobility and safety benefits of adaptive signal control technology (ASCT)
Koza, Jacob (2019), Active Analytics: Suggesting Navigational Links to Users Based on Temporal Analytics Data
Labuzan, Sydney Ann (2019), Characterizing the Role of Neurogenic Atrophy-Induced Protein Phosphatases in Skeletal Muscle
LaRosa, Nicholas (2019), Effect of Case Presentation on Physical Therapy Students’ Clinical Reasoning
Matata, Flavius (2019), Evaluating the Performance of Cooperative Merging Assistance System for Aging Drivers
Matloob, Samuel (2019), Exploring applicability of blockchain to enhance Single Sign-On (SSO) systems
Michael Dass, Paula L. (2019), Attention to retention: Implications of institutional practices of four-year colleges and universities on graduation rates of students with ADHD
Mjogolo, Festo (2019), Operational effectiveness of connected vehicle smartphone technology on a signalized corridor
Mobley, Philip J. Sr. (2019), Intrinsic Attributes that Successful African American Men Who Grew Up with Adverse Childhood Experiences Attributed to their Success
Monson, Johnathon D. (2019), The Relationship Between the Employment of School Resource Officers, School Discipline, and School-Based Arrests Variables
Moscrip, Amanda Nicole (2019), Generation Z's Positive and Negative Attributes and the Impact on Empathy After a Community-Based Learning Experience
Moussa, Ahmed S. (2019), On learning and visualizing lexicographic preference trees
Oglesby, Corliss Deionn (2019), The New Frontier of Advertising: Computer-Generated Images as Influencers
Omeechevarria, Melissa (2019), Graduate Students’ Perspectives of the Benefits and Barriers to Mentoring Preservice Teachers
Osborne, Raine (2019), Educating for Engagement: The Influence of Physical Therapist Education on Lifelong Learning and Professional Engagement
Parker, Richard K. (2019), Convergence of Police and Military Praxis: Pre-9/11 Training Diffusion in Post-9/11 Law Enforcement
Pena, Sergio A. (2019), Development, Validation, and Utilization, of a Long-term Nearshore Synthetic Wave Record
Powell, Tabitha (2019), Investigating Whether Implicit Prejudice Moderates the Impact of Sexual Assault Survivors’ Minority Status on Negative Stereotyping
Pristupa, Morgan L. (2019), The Effects of Self-Regulation, Future Orientation, and Sensation Seeking on Delay Discounting During Adolescence
Quiterio Capeli, Marilia (2019), Micro-influencers’ impact on engagement levels for fashion retail brands on Instagram
Ramis, Fatima (2019), Behavioral assessment of social structure and guest provisioning program participation of zoo-housed giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) under varying spatial availability.
Reed, Angela D'Alessandro (2019), Writing and Engagement in a Title 1 Middle School in Northeast Florida
Roy, Sayani (2019), Experiences of Asian American and Immigrant Asian Women in the United States Higher Education Administration