USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations is a collection of completed and approved graduate works. These works are collected through the Office of Graduate Studies submission process and are approved by the Faculty, Student, and University of South Florida. You can search the entire collection below or you may browse by College here.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Genre, Justice & Quentin Tarantino, Eric Michael Blake

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Reel or Reality? The Portrayal of Prostitution in Major Motion Pictures, Raleigh Blasdell

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Exploring the Underlying Mechanisms of Comorbid ADHD and Eating Disorders, Jennifer Rebecca Bleck

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Validity Testing of a Preschool Reading Screening Device for Pediatricians, Erika Elaine Blue

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The Effect of Colorist Images on Appearance Concerns of Black Women, Leah Boepple

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The Relationship of Pre-enrollment Timespans to Persistence and Time-to-Degree of Transfer Students at a Four-Year, Metropolitan University, Michelle Denise Bombaugh

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The Effects of Parent-Adolescent Communication and Parenting Style on the Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors of Latino Adolescents, Dianna Mary Boone

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An Investigation of the Effects of Chemical and Physical Weathering on Submerged Karst Surfaces, Bryan Charles Booth

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Analytics and Healthcare Costs (A Three Essay Dissertation), Lina Bouayad

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The Characterization of the Neuropathological Consequences of Plac1 Ablation in a Mutant Mouse Model, Jacob Robert Bourgeois

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Resource Recovery Through Halophyte Production in Marine Aquaponics: An Evaluation of the Nutrient Cycling and the Environmental Sustainability of Aquaponics, Suzanne Boxman

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Linking Insomnia and Suicide Ideation: The Role of Socio-Cognitive Mechanisms in Suicide Risk, Melanie Lauren Bozzay

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Examining Experiences of Early Intervention Providers Serving Culturally Diverse Families: A Multiple Case Study Analysis, Wendy Lea Bradshaw

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"I want to be the Sun": Tableau as an Embodied Representation of Main Ideas in Science Information Texts, Margaret Branscombe

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Responding to a Rumor: How Crisis Response Strategies Influence Relationship Outcomes, Bo Breuklander

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Sleep, Depressive Symptoms and Cognition in Older Adults and Caregivers of Persons with Dementia, Glenna Shemida Brewster

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Southern Chivalry: Perception of Health & Environmental Justice in a Small Southern Neighborhood, Brian S. Brijbag

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Straight Benevolence: Preserving Heterosexual Authority and White Privilege, Robb James Bruce

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Functional Analysis of the Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Locus at 9p22.2 Reveals a Transcription Regulatory Network Mediated by BNC2 in Ovarian Cells, Melissa Buckley

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Region of Interest Based Compression of Grayscale Images, Adhokshaja Achar Budihal Prasad

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An Animal Model of Flashbulb Memory: Insights into the Time-Dependent Mechanisms of Memory Enhancement, Laura Ashley Bullard

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Feasibility of Cathodic Protection in Grouted Post Tensioned Tendons - Exploratory Model Calculations, Jacob Dharma Bumgardner

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Exploring the Pathogenic and Drug Resistance Mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus, Whittney Burda

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The Relation between Adiposity and Anxiety in Youth: Analysis of Peer Victimization, Teasing, Sociocultural Influences, and Internalization of Appearance Ideals as Explanatory Variables, Natasha L. Burke

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Regulation and Targeting of the FANCD2 Activation in DNA Repair, Valentina Celeste Caceres

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Self-Assembly Kinetics of Microscale Components: A Parametric Evaluation, Jose Miguel Carballo

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Development of Polymer Composite Based Enabling Technologies for Lab-on-a-Chip Devices, Vinicio Carias

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Communication of Lava Flow Hazards at the San Francisco Volcanic Field, Flagstaff, Arizona, Catherine St. John Carter

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Robust, Low Power, Discrete Gate Sizing, Anthony Joseph Casagrande

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Effects of disorder and low dimensionality on frozen dynamics in Ca3Co2-xMnxO6, Brian Wesley Casas

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Latino Immigrant Workers’ Search for Justice After Occupational Injury, Carla Gabriela Castillo

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La Lengua del Oyente: Some Effects of Listener Language on Spanish-Speaking Preschoolers’ Verbal Behavior, Gerardo Castillo II

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Spatial Analysis of Archaeological Assemblages from the Late Ceramic Age (AD 400-1400) Site of Grand Bay, Carriacou, West Indies, Kara I. Casto

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The Impact of the Veterans Health Administration's Home Based Primary Care on Health Services Use, Expenditures, and Mortality, Melissa Castora-Binkley

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An analysis of technology applications in the restaurant industry, Muhittin Cavusoglu

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Design, Testing and Implementation of a New Authentication Method Using Multiple Devices, Cagri Cetin

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Combinational Watermarking for Medical Images, Thrilok Chakravarthy Chinna Narayana Swamy

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Crisis Communication and Celebrity Scandal: An Experiment on Response Strategies, Leah Champion

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Vulnerability of Larval Fish Populations to Oil Well Blowouts in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Emily Chancellor

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Neurophysiological Activity Related to Speech Production: An ERP Investigation, Adithya Chandregowda

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Lipoproteins and Health Outcomes: Cognitive and Physical Function in Older Adults, Marianne Chanti-Ketterl

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Mass Spectrometry-Based Investigation of APP-Dependent Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration, Dale Chaput

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The Use of Textural Kinetic Habitats to Mine Diagnostic Information from DCE MR Images of Breast Tumors, Baishali Chaudhury

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Identité féminine et amour interculturel dans Shérazade : 17 ans, brune, frisée, les yeux verts de Leila Sebbar, Mon examen de blanc de Jacqueline Manicom et Le baobab fou de Ken Bugul, Eimma Chebinou

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Two Essays on IPOs and Asset Prices, Gaole Chen

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Multiple Scales of Beach Morphodynamic Processes: Measurements and Modelling, Jun Cheng

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Preference of Chinese Undergraduate Music Majors for Chinese Xi-Qu and Western Opera, Hong Chen

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Analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Data using Logistic Regression and Penalized Approach, Wei Chen

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Relationships between Perceived Parenting Behaviors and Academic Achievement among High School Students in International Baccalaureate (IB) Programs: A Comparison of Asian American and White Students, Wenjun Chen

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Effects of Occupational Stressors on Nurses’ Safety Performance and Well-being: A Within-Individual Study, Xinxuan Che