Theses/Dissertations from 2012
"You Understand Me Now": Sampling Nina Simone in Hip Hop, Amanda Renae Modell
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Assessing racial differences in offending trajectories: A life-course view of the race-crime relationship, Michael S. Caudy
"Can't Buy Me Wealth": Racial Segregation and Housing Wealth in Hillsborough County, Florida, Natalie Marie Delia Deckard
Shifting Blackness: How the Arts Revolutionize Black Identity in the Postmodern West, Reginald Eldridge Jr
Kujichagalia! Self-Determination in Young African American Women With Disabilities during the Transition Process, La Tonya L. Gillis
Inalienable Possessions and Flyin' West: African American Women in the Pioneer West, Justin Hosbey
Nearer, My Farm, to Thee: A Spatial Analysis of African American Settlement Patterns in Hillsborough County, Florida, Matthew Andrew O'Brien
Disciplinary Outcomes by Race and Gender in Schools Implementing Positive Behavior Support: Does Fidelity of Implementation Reduce Disproportionality?, Therese Sandomierski
The African American Women's Summit: A Case Study of a Professional Development Program Developed by and for African American Women Student Affairs Professionals, Nicole Mary-Ella West
Submissions from 2010
The Odyssey of an African Slave by Sitiki edited by Patricia C. Griffin, John J. J. Bertalan
A Case Study of School-Based Leaders’ Perspectives of High School Dropouts, John J. Brown Jr.
Contemporary Afro-Cuban Voices in Tampa: Reclaiming Heritage in “America’s Next Greatest City”, Linda M. Callejas
White Caps and Nightmares: Prelude to Violence against Blacks in Florida during the Spanish-American War, Pamela N. Gibson and Joe Knetsch
Struggle In The Sunshine City: The Movement For Racial Equality In St. Petersburg Florida 1955-1968, Peyton L. Jones
Autonomic Reactivity and Recovery in Healthy Black, White, and Hispanic Women With and Without a Family History of Cardiovascular Disease, Mardís Sara Karlsdóttir
Identifying and Addressing Health Disparities in Black Older Adults with Osteoarthritis, Chivon A. Mingo
"Speaking" Subalterns: A Comparative Study of African American and Dalit/Indian Literatures, Mantra Roy
Predictors of Academic Achievement among Students at Hillsborough Community College: Can School Engagement Close the Racial Gap of Achievement?, Warren T. Smith
Exploring Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Disclosure to First-Degree Relatives: An African American Family Case Series, Kamilah B. Thomas
Beyond the Business: Social and Cultural Aspects of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Alisha R. Winn
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Southern Black Women: Their Lived Realities, Robin M. Boylorn
Dialectal and Developmental Influences on Real Word and Non-Word Spelling Tasks, Stephanie Joy Dickerson
African American Perceptions of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and High School Graduation, Maressa L. Dixon
If It Takes All Summer: Martin Luther King, the KKK, and States’ Rights in St. Augustine, 1964 by Dan R. Warren, Barclay Key
Mathematics Education: The Voice of African American and White Adolescents, Sharondrea R. King
"You're going to Hollywood"!: Gender and race surveillance and accountability in American Idol contestant's performances, Amanda LeBlanc
Program satisfaction, school climate perceptions, and psychoeducational experiences in college preparatory programs: A comparison of Caucasian and ethnic minority students, Yanique T. Matthews
Effects of dialect use on the fast mapping skills of African American school-age children, Jessica Pierre
Mentorship racial composition and the judgments made by individuals external to the relationship, Laura F. Poteat
From the academy to the streets: Documenting the healing power of black feminist creative expression, Tunisia L. Riley
St. Petersburg’s Historic African American Neighborhoods by Rosalie Peck and Jon Wilson, James A. Schnur
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Prostate Cancer Screening Intention Among African American Men: An Instrument Development Study, Susan Anita Baker
Black Beauty as Antebellum Slave Narrative, Bonnie L. Blossom
An Investigation of the Online Learning Environment in Higher Education through the Observations and Perceptions of Students of Color, Marie Adele Boyette
Doing Dignity at the Grace Café: An Ethnographic Exploration of a Homeless Outreach Program, Courtney A. Glover
Protecting the Self: An Ethnographic Study of Emotion Management Among Child Protective Investigators, Aaron Christopher Howell
Seeking David Fagen: The Search for a Black Rebel’s Florida Roots, Frank Schubert
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Explaining Drinking Patterns and Heavy Drinking Among Racial and Ethnic Subgroups in the United States, Michael S. Caudy
Impact of Area Social Predictors of Health on Black-White Disparities in Stroke Mortality, Tyra Dark
A surviving legacy: Nonviolent resistance in the Congressional Black Caucus, 2001-2007, Rhone Sebastian Fraser
Internalized Racism as a Moderator for Stereotype Threat: Effects on Self-Handicapping, Performance, and Cardiovascular Responses in Black Individuals, Nicole Ellis Jagusztyn
The Influence Of Dialect On The Perception Of Final Consonant Voicing, Stacy Nicole Kile
The Silencing of Ruby McCollum: Race, Class, and Gender in the South by Tammy Evans, Vivien Miller
Between knowledge & practice: Factors that influence the operationalization of sexual health knowledge in African American female college students, Jamae F. Morris
Modifiable factors for disability: Is there potential for reducing racial disparities in disability in older age?, Mihaela A. Popa
Perception of educational experiences by at-risk African-American students in an undergraduate teacher education program, Sharman Pride-McRae
Honor - a double-edged sword: An examination of the South's "culture of honor" wounding of two races, Vernetta K. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Breaking Down the Wall: An Examination of Mental Health Service Utilization in African American and Caucasian Parents, Idia O. Binitie
Parent involvement: Differences between African Americans and European Americans in one Florida school district, Michelle Darter-Lagos
An examination of the experiences of five African American male students with regard to school discipline practices, Simon Yohann Earle
The Middle-Class Religious Ideology and the Underclass Struggle: A Growing Divide in Black Religion, Franklin Hills Jr.
Vigilance In African Americans: Cardiovascular reactivity and phasic heart period reactions to cued threat and nonthreat stimuli, Thomas Starr King
Black Churchgoers, Environmental Activism and the Preservation of Nature in Miami, Florida, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Perceived Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening: A Comparison of African American and Caucasian Women, Natalie E. Bastien
Exploring the Role of Social Support in Heterosexual Women’s Use and Receipt of Non-Lethal Intimate Partner Violence, Kathryn A. Branch
Trade and Plunder Networks in the Second Seminole War in Florida, 1835-1842, Toni Carrier
From Strange Fruit to Fruitful Kitchens: The Space of the Kitchen in Toni Morrison’s Novels, Betty J. Chroninger
Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement: A Comparative Study of African American Students in a Traditional Public School and a Magnet School, Sheresa L. T Fairclough
Occupational Role Portrayals of African-American Women on Prime-Time Television, Shani Tyhirah Jefferson
Discourse and Disconnect: Black Teachers and the Quest for National Board Certification, Paula J. Leftwich
One More River to Cross: The Therapeutic Rhetoric of Race in the Post-Civil Rights Era, Nigel I. Malcolm
Racial Differences and Pedestrian Safety: Some Evidence from Maryland and Implications for Policy, Randal Reed and Siddhartha Sen
African American Adult Education Professors: Perceptions of Graduate Studies in Adult Education, Sharon Gatling Waldrum
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Perceptions from the Principals’ Desks: African American Elementary Principals and Reading Curriculum and Instruction in a Central Florida County, Keva Latrice Mitchell
Differential Adolescent Delinquency Tolerance and the Effect of Race and Gender, Evaristus Obinyan
African American Women With Type 2 Diabetes: Understanding Self-Management, F Bridgett Rahim-Williams
The Interaction between Victim Race and Gender on Capital Sentencing Outcomes: An Exploration of Previous Research, Amy Reckdenwald
Connections Count: Understanding Gender And Race Differences in School-Based Problem Behavior During Adolescence, Raymond C. Santa-Lucia
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
"For Peace and Civic Righteousness": Blanche Armwood and the Struggle for Freedom and Racial Equality in Tampa, Florida, 1890-1939, Michele Alishahi
BODY IMAGE AS A FUNCTION OF COLORISM: TESTING A THEORETICAL MODEL, Alicia V. Hall
Otherness and Blackness, Chioke A. M I'Anson
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The Effects of Induced Depressed Mood on Recall of Experiences with Racial Discrimination, Tamra Williams
Submissions from 1998
African Americans and Chinsegut Hill: Race Relations in Hernando County, Florida, during the Jim Crow Era, Michael Lee Correia
Black Troops in Florida during the Spanish-American War, Willard B. Gatewood
Black Miami in the Twentieth Century. By Marvin Dunn, Kathleen S. Howe
Stepping into Freedom: African Americans in Hillsborough County, Florida, during the Reconstruction Era, Kathleen S. Howe
Submissions from 1997
The Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People by Kenneth W. Porter, James Denham
Things Remembered: An Album of African Americans in Tampa by Rowena Ferrell Brady, Kathleen S. Howe
Submissions from 1996
The Puzzle of Income, Race, and Density: Preliminary Evidence on Transit Use from the 1991 American Housing Survey, Sandra Rosenbloom and Kelly Clifton
Submissions from 1995
A Community within a Community: African-American Women in St. Petersburg during World War II, Ellen J. Babb
Lynchings: Extralegal Violence in Florida during the 1930s by Walter T. Howard, Jack E. Davis
Crime and Racial Violence in Tampa during World War II, Catherine Féré
Submissions from 1991
Pearl City Florida: A Black Community Remembers by Arthur S. Evans, Jr., and David Lee, David A. Bealmear
Submissions from 1990
The "Sarrazota, or Runaway Negro Plantations": Tampa Bay’s First Black Community, 1812-1821, Canter Brown Jr.
Shades of the Sunbelt: Essays on Ethnicity, Race and the Urban South edited by Randall M. Miller and George E. Pozzetta, Robert Kerstein
Submissions from 1989
A Hillsborough County Tragedy: The 1930 Lynching of John Hodaz, Walter T. Howard
Submissions from 1987
Afro-Cubans in Ybor City: A Centennial History by Susan D. Greenbaum, L. Glenn Westfall
Submissions from 1986
Racial Change and Community Crisis: St. Augustine, Florida, 1877-1980 by David R. Colburn, Jack B. Moore
Submissions from 1984
A Blot on Tampa's History: The 1934 Lynching of Robert Johnson, Walter Howard
Submissions from 1979
Black Company Town: A Peculiar Institution in Pierce, Florida, Joseph G. Mannard
Civil Rights Protests in Tampa: Oral Memoirs of Conflict and Accommodation, Tampa Bay History
