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 2019
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
Salum, Jimoku H. (2019), Evaluating Mobility and Safety Benefits of Freeway Service Patrols: A Case Study of Florida's Road Rangers
Santillo, Erica (2019), Retaining Millennials: Values-Based Communication Tactics Employers can use to Appeal to a Supposed Risk-Adverse Generation
Scott, Jessica B. (2019), Tweeting in Public: How Florida's Public Information Officers use Twitter to Engage the Publics They Serve
Silas, Irene (2019), Do We Belong? Understanding How Program Directors Perceive the Role of the Intensive English Programs on University Campuses
Singh, Preeti (2019), Modeling Context-Adaptive Energy-Aware Security in Mobile Devices
Smith, Sara Rose (2019), Moderators of Positive and Negative Spillover
Soloka, Mike Alvin (2019), Simulation Exploration of the Potential of Connected Vehicles in Mitigating Secondary Crashes
Spinner, Yvonne Mary (2019), Examining the Effects of Co-Teaching in Doubled-Sized Third Grade Classrooms in Select Northeast Florida Public Schools.
Strickland, John Scott (2019), Experimental Analysis of Protective Headgear Used in Defensive Softball Play
Surprenant, Britni Grace (2019), Evaluating False Memory, Deception, and Truth-Telling using fNIRS
Swartz, Christine (2019), An Examination of the Organization-Public Relationship Dimensions of Communication Between Museums and its Publics
Szott, Emily A. (2019), Assessment of Spatial Overlap and Social Mixing as a Pathway for Disease Transmission in a Northeast Florida Estuarine Dolphin Population
Timpanaro, Anthony (2019), Reduction of NOx Emissions in a Single Cylinder Diesel Engine Using SNCR with In-Cylinder Injection of Aqueous Urea
Titus, Courtney Lyn (2019), A Process, Structure, and Property Study of Gallium-based Room Temperature Metallic Alloys
Tran, Tuan H. (2019), Landing-Gear Impact Response: A Non-linear Finite Element Approach
Williams, Ronnie (2019), Exploring the perceptions of secondary assistant principals toward their development as instructional leaders
Wright, Jennifer Lynn (2019), Examining the influence of the leader in me on school grades
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Adams-Manning, Andrea (2018), Individual and Organizational Culture Predictors of Participation in Training and Development Activities among Student Affairs Professionals
Anto Morais, Faustina J. (2018), Implementation of Cache Attack on Real Information Centric Networking System
Armendinger, Chelsey Lauren (2018), Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Malnutrition Education Program in the Outpatient Setting
Baker, Shelletta (2018), Conscious Conclusions: The Effect of Positive-Attitude Cues on Teacher Candidate Dispositions about Mathematics
Bakewell, Katie (2018), Self-Assembly of DNA Graphs and Postman Tours
Betton, Samantha O. (2018), Presidential Approaches to Fundraising at Selected Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Blair, James M. (2018), Architectures for Real-Time Automatic Sign Language Recognition on Resource-Constrained Device
Boltz, Adrian Joseph (2018), Relationship Between Concussion Symptom Clusters and Return-to-Play Time in College Athletes with Sports-Related Concussions: 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 DISC
Brown, Amber (2018), Detection of cyanotoxins (microcystins/nodularins) in hepatic tissues and epidermal mats of stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Northeast Florida
Brown, Katharine Creevey (2018), A Consideration of Mason’s Ethical Framework: The Importance of PAPA Factors in the 21st Century: A Seven-Year Study
Byrd, Anna (2018), A Study of State College Faculty Trust in Immediate Supervisors
Campiz, Ryan (2018), Coupling Radio Frequency Energy Via the Embedded Rebar Cage in a Reinforced Concrete Structure for the Purpose of Concrete Degradation Sensing
Carpenter, Rachel (2018), Pokémon Go as a Positive Virtual Reality Game: Promoting Cognitive, Affective, and Empathic Benefits
Cissel, Heather O. (2018), Developing a social media behavior scale
Claxton, Taylor Leigh (2018), Student Perceptions of Police
Coffey, Lucas B. (2018), Assessing Ratio-Based Fatigue Indexes Using a Single Channel EEG
Copello, Evan (2018), Hard Copy versus #Hashtag: Examining the Channels of Terrorist Propaganda
Corrick, Corey Travis (2018), Spatial variation in fishery exploitation of mature female blue crabs (C. sapidus) in Chesapeake Bay
Crutchfield, Daniel (2018), Get Legitimate: Achievements Promote Recovery from Addiction via Non-Addict Identity
Cushway, Clayton Andrew (2018), The Microstructural Annealing Response of Cold Gas Dynamically Sprayed Al 6061
Davies, Matthew P. (2018), Soil Improvement Using Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation and Surfactant Induced Soil Strengthening
Drayton, Antwana L. (2018), Opioid Use Disorder: The Ugly Return and Treatment Effectiveness of Heroin Use
Duffin, Paige Joy (2018), Establishing relationships among environmental stressors, host immune status, and wasting disease susceptibility in the dominant seagrass species Thalassia testudinum
El Safty, Abdallah and EL Safty, Abdallah Walid (2018), A Novel Design to Harness Water-Wave Energy
Emord, Nicholas (2018), High Speed, Micron Precision Scanning Technology for 3D Printing Applications
Field, Graeme (2018), Particle Filters for State Estimation of Confined Aquifers
Fletcher, William (2018), Potential Replacement of the US Navy's Rapid Penetration Test with the Method of Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves
Fong, Joseph D. (2018), The Distinction of the Interactions Between the Transmembrane Domains of Basigin Gene Products and Monocarboxylate Transporters
Friswold-Atwood, Sarah (2018), Living-Learning Communities Effect on Students’ Self-Efficacy of their Successful Social and Academic Transition to College
Gaston, Keith E. (2018), Distance Learning for Professional Development in Law Enforcement - What Works
Gibbs, Alarie A. (2018), The Perceptions of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organization Leaders Regarding Their Role in K-12 Arts Education
Gomes Affonseca Netto, Nelson (2018), The Effect of Friction Stir Processing on The Microstructure and Tensile Behavior of Aluminum Alloys
Greene, Robert Allan (2018), The Effect of Modality on Student Achievement and Course Completion in a Developmental Mathematics Course
Haule, Henrick Joseph (2018), Evaluation of Traffic Incident Timeline to Quantify the Performance of Incident Management Strategies
Hayes, Caleb (2018), Tetratricopeptide 39C (TTC39C) Is Upregulated During Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and is Necessary for Muscle Cell Differentiation