Theses/Dissertations from 2012
EFFORTS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IN THE COSTA RICAN CATTLE INDUSTRY, Stephanie Skipp
The Night Entertainment, Angela Sloan
Hot Pink Love, Katherine R. Sloan
The influence of tropical cyclones on Chesapeake Bay dead zones, Chelsea Dayne Taylor
A Ballad of Dixie Rae Blackwater and Other Tales, Jessica Wimmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE COLONIAL PLANTATION: RECREATING THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF NOMINI HALL, Meghan E. Banton
Retention of Science Majors Through Different Avenues of General Chemistry Education, Benjamin P. Bilodeau and Melissa C. Rhoten
Increasing Binding Strength for Capsaicin Analogs through Alteration of Lanthanide Chelates, R. Kruger Bressin and Christopher G. Gulgas
FINDING HOME AND OTHER ESSAYS, Melissa Clampitt
Chaucer's The Parlement of Fowls and the Rejection of the French Tradition, Patrick V. Day
Romanticism, Language, and the Vox Popul: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Wordsworth and Whitman, Jeff Everhart
The Invisible Universe and Other Screenplays, Edward Howarth
WE'RE ALL MONSTERS HERE AND OTHER STORIES, Lindsey Jones
The Perseverance of Neoliberalism: Why Obama Has Not Shifted Trade Policy in Response to the Great Recession, Brian Pratt
Effect of Education Tablet Applications on Beginning Reading Skills of Students with Autism, Jillian Ratliff
Heat Induced Cis/Trans Isomerization in Vegetable Oils and Oleic Acid, John Harwood Scott and Sarah E.G. Porter
"'Ic paet secgan maeg, hwaet ic yrmpa gebad'": Christian Scribes' Condemnation of Blood Feud and its Effect on Women in Anglo-Saxon Society, Tara Seate-Beck
The Invisible Other: White Trash in William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! and The Hamlet, Bryant Edwards Trihey
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Service Learning with Individuals with Disabilities: Emerging Themes, Angela Brickhouse, Jennifer Harris, Kelly McGraw, and Lauren Wernli
PUT INTO PLACE, Heather C. Carey
Narrative Distance in the Works of George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Jonathan Swift, or "A Digression in Praise of Digressions", Samantha M. Cash and E. Derek Taylor Ph.D.
Empathic Development and Social Relationships, Lisa Marlowe Covington
The Bush and the Obama Administrations and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2001-2009, Laura Simon Espinalt
Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display (PODD) and Enhancement of Communication on Individuals with Autism, Karen Feathers
The Young Adult Addiction Novel: A Modern Tragedy, Carrie Rosson Hicks
Rise to the Challenge: Examining the Relationship of Swimming & Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elizabeth Paige Kuhfuss
Presidential Embodiment of Soft Power: The Missing Element of the Current Theory of Soft Power, Ashley Lauer
Successful Grassroots Mobilization: Explaining the Victory of Tom Perriello's 2008 Congressional Election, Brian John Mandeville
A Study of the Characteristics of Female Delinquent Youth within the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, Stephanie Meehan
What He Had Never Done Before and Other Plays, Alex Odom
THE MEN BEHIND: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, Jennifer Lynne Parkes
BOXED UP, Alicia Raymond
Analysis of water soluble vitamins in energy drinks by HPLC, Stephen P. Sibley and Sarah E.G. Porter
Coming to Terms, Leslie Smith
THE DEBT AND DIVIDEND DECISIONS FOR NON-STOCK COOPERATIVES: PECKING ORDER VS. TRADE-OFF, David P. Smiy
Environmental Analysis of Toxic Metals Produced by Cigarette Smoking, Catherine H. Swandby, Melissa C. Rhoten, and Joseph E. Garcia
APS: Neglected Agency in Feed of Transformation, Suncica Sue Vilic
Principal-Agent Conflict and Seller's Strategy Approaching Listing Contract Expiration, Zhenyu Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Does Supervisory Information Explain Security Market Information? Evidence from the Credit Default Swap Market, Timothy Buckler
Papacy in Paganism: The Great Schism of Palamon and Arcite, Samantha Kathleen Diaz
THINGS I REMEMBER WHICH I CANNOT PROVE AND OTHER STORIES, Austin Eichelberger
DETERMINANTS OF DEBT AND DIVIDEND DECISIONS: TRADE-OFF VS PECKING ORDER, Caitlin A. Farrell
Neutron Production Analysis on Inertial Electrostatic Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion, Louis Franzel
THE IMPACT OF STOCK SPLIT ANNOUNCEMENTS ON STOCK PRICE: A TEST OF MARKET EFFICIENCY, Carlos Garcia de Andoain
An Analysis of Primary Resources Used as Tools for Discovery and Research at Archaeological Sites: Nomini Hall Case Study, Jamie Elizabeth Mesrobian
King of the Who? The Collective Unconscious and the Crafting of National Identity in the Medieval Arthurian Tradition, Melissa Ridley-Elmes
LOST SEX AND OTHER POEMS, Katherine Ringley
Gene expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to commercial wood preservatives by DNA Microarray Analysis and RT-PCR, Madison M. Stevens
The determinants of obesity rates: A municipal-level Empirical Analysis, Elena Triebskorn
An Empirical Test of Hirschi's Theory of Delinquency, Barbara R. Vanderpool
Portraiture in Colonial Virginia: A Transatlantic Narration of Identity, Erin West
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Making the Grade: Authentic Assessment through Music Portfolios, Kendra June S. Aylor
Positive Breathing Techniques for Vocal Health in High School Choral Curriculum, Cynthia C. Breckenridge
The Cross Beyond the Wall: Protestant Christianity in Communist China, Jennifer Clapp
Alcoholic Beverage Sales to Underage Buyers in The Commonwealth of Virginia: Deterrence and Equality, William L. Goodman
Two-Stage Least Squares: Simultaneous Determination of Days on Market, Length of Contract, and Percentage Overpriced, Caitlin Hooe
STOCK REPURCHASE ANNOUNCEMENTS: A TEST OF MARKET EFFICIENCY, Nicholas A. Kinsler
Successful Teaching Strategies in Band Programs with At-Risk Students, Kevin D. Lewis
Application of the Probability Distribution of Distances in a Layered Sphere to Electrostatic Energy, Neal Livesay
Statistically Designed Experiments in the Examination of Factors Influencing Regioselectivity in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions, Jason Adam Mann
Integrating Handel's Oratorios into the Middle School Repertoire: Arranging for Middle School Choirs, Maya Louise Neely
The Reality of Happily Ever After: Charlotte Bronte's Revision of Fairy Tales in Jane Eyre, Sarah Rice
MANACLED DESIRES: WILLIAM BLAKE'S STRUGGLE FOR SEXUAL AUTONOMY, Cheryl Adams Rychkov
"There's Nothing Like Dancing, After All" Gender as Performance in Jane Austen's Dance Scenes, D. Nicole Swann
Bat community dynamics and foraging activity patterns in young regenerating Southern pine plantations and mixed hardwood forests, Kathryn Marie Womack
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Transitioning the Struggling Reader: Evaluating the Effects of Middle-School Direct Instruction on Traditional High-School Learning in the English Classroom, Sarah Tanner Anderson
WHY SIZE MATTERS: FLASH FICTION IN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH, Wayne R. Ashby
SWIMMING LESSONS, Kathy Cole
Between Desire and Reality: Samuel Richardson's Clarissa and the Single Woman in Eighteenth-Century England, Jessica L. Cook
Two-Stage Least Squares: Simultaneous Determination of Days on Market and Length of Listing Contract, Matthew Joseph Davis
PRACTICAL PIECES AND OTHER STORIES, Rebecca Lynn Haigh
LOSS AND GRIEF: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR EXAMINING THE UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES OF INCARCERATION, Lyria Belle Hailstork
The Power of the American Indian Grandmother: Leslie Silko's Ceremony and James Welch's Winter in the Blood, Lorie Southall Keener
The Byronic Heroine, Jessica M. Laffoon
An Exploratory Study of the Affect of Role Strain And The Juvenile Justice System's Division in Power on Juvenile Probation Officers, Kirsten W. Parker-Smith
"WHAT MAN AS MADE OF MAN": FROM BRITISH ROMANTICISM TO NEO-ROMANTICISM, Melissa A. Pelletier
Ordinary Mermaids and Other Stories, Desiree Sholes
OUT HERE, LISTENING, Amy Whipple
Historical Analysis of Gang Formation and Structure: Case Study of the Gangster Disciples, Benjamin A. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
From the Illuminating Moon to the Radiating Sun: The Philosophical Writings of Emerson and Nichiren, Sharon Mitsue Blythe
MINIMIZING MARKET DURATION: THE STRATEGIC SELECTION OF THE LISTING BROKERAGE FIRM, David L. Ellis Jr.
An Empirical Analysis of Child Custody Decisions: A Mulitnomial Logit Analysis of Case Level U.S. Data, Susan Gardner
Effects of Visual Distractions in the Classroom Environment on the Time on Task of Elementary Students with ADHD, Kate E. S. Harris
Applications of Geometric Probability Techniques to the Probability Distribution of Distances in a Layered Sphere, Duane Smalley
THINGS WE DON'T SAY & OTHER STORIES, Frances A. Stubbs
BEASTS AND OTHER STORIES, Amanda Walton
I am Elizabeth Gaskell: The Literary Evolution of Elizabeth Gaskell throughout Mary Barton, North and South, and Wives and Daughters, Jessica Leigh Watkins
Child Pornography: a Social Problem, W. Richard Wiita
Police Socialization: An Exploratory Study At the Academy Level, Jennifer E. Willoughby
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
RED BAT (LASIURUS BOREALIS) HABITAT USE IN ACTIVELY MANAGED FORESTED LANDSCAPES OF THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT, Kathryn A. Durkee
Child Welfare Non-Compliance Issues And The Impact These Issues Have On Children And Families, Celia A. Falls-Ayers
Islands: Jewish Themes and Images in Selected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser, Wendy Susan Howard Gray
Impact and Relationships of Mental Health Issues, Child Maltreatment, and Juvenile Delinquency, Rebecca M. Harris