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 2014

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Documenting Elementary Teachers' Sustainability of Instructional Practices: A Mixed Method Case Study, Bridget Cotner

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A National Investigation of Pre-Activity Health Screening Procedures in Fitness Facilities: Perspectives from American College of Sports Medicine Certified Health Fitness Specialists, Aaron C. Craig

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Interpolating Beach Profile Data Using Linear and Non-linear Functions, Lance Calloway Croft

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The U.S. Department of State Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: What does the U.S. engage when they engage `religion'?, Belgica Marisol Cucalon

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Love and (M)other (Im)possibilities, Summer Renee Cunningham

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Implications of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells: An Immunotherapeutic Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease, Donna Darlington

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Auxiliary Roles in STT-MRAM Memory, Jayita Das

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The Rhetoric of Corporate Identity: Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Globalization, Carolyn Day

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Cloning and Characterization of IL-1β, IL-8, IL-10, and TNFα from Golden Tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) and Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), Kristina L. Deak

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Resources Matter: The Role of Social Capital and Collective Efficacy in Mediating Gun Violence, Jennifer Lynne Dean

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Risk Factors for Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder in a Nationally Representative Sample, Graig Charles DeFeo

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Creating a Mythopoeic Graphic Novel To Expand Self-Understanding, Luis De La Lama

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Medicaid Pays for That? An Exploratory, Mixed-Methods Analysis of Florida Home Birth, Nicole K. Demetriou

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Fabrication and Comparison of Electrospun Cobalt Oxide-Antimony Doped Tin Oxide (CoO-ATO) Nanofibers made with PS: D-limonene and PS: Toluene, Manopriya Devisetty Subramanyam

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Perceptions of Latino Students who enrolled in the Adult Basic Education/Under-aged General Education Development Program: Searching a Caring High School Experience, Carlos Joseph Diaz

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Picturing the Reader: English Education Pre-service Teachers' Beliefs About Reading Using Photovoice, Michael Dicicco

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Cultivating Change: Negotiating Development and Public Policy in Southern California's Wine Country, Laurel Dawn Dillon-Sumner

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More to Love: Obesity Histories and Romantic Relationships in the Transition to Adulthood, Hilary Morgan Dotson

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Dieting, Discrimination, and Bullying: A Contextual Case Study of Framing in the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, Veronica Kay Doughman

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A Passive Membrane Photobioreactor for the Isolated Cultivation of Algal Resource Utilizing Selectivity (ICARUS), with Wastewater as a Feedstock, Ivy Lea Cormier Drexler

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Scene-Dependent Human Intention Recognition for an Assistive Robotic System, Kester Duncan

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Insights into the Epitaxial Relationships between One-Dimensional Nanomaterials and Metal Catalyst Surfaces Using Density Functional Theory Calculations, Debosruti Dutta

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Principal Experiences In A School Consolidation, Claudius Bassey Effiom

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Magneto-optical Kerr Eect Study of Magnetic Anisotropy in Soft Ferromagnets, Tatiana Marie Eggers

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Distribution of Dissolved Trace Metals and Carbon System Parameters in the Surface Waters of the Hillsborough River and Tampa Bay, Matthew Matthias Elliott

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Influence of Diet on Element Incorporation in the Shells of Two Bivalve Molluscs: Argopecten irradians concentricus and Mercenaria mercenaria, William Noland Elsaesser

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Crystal Engineering of Functional Metal-Organic Material Platforms for Gas Storage and Separation Applications, Sameh Khamis Elsaidi

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Mechanisms and Molecular Biology of Major Tumor Suppressors, Brienne E. Engel

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An Evaluation of Group Contingency Interventions: The Role of Teacher Preference, Christina Ennis

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Age and Gender Recognition for Speech Applications based on Support Vector Machines, Hasan Erokyar

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Decolonizing Shakespeare: Race, Gender, and Colonialism in Three Adaptations of Three Plays by William Shakespeare, Angela Eward-Mangione

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I Did That Wrong and It Sounded Good: An Ethnographic Study of Vernacular Music Making in Higher Education, Victor Ezquerra

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Multi-Task Setting Involving Simple and Complex Tasks: An Exploratory Study of Employee Motivation, Maia Jivkova Farkas

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British Cultural Narrative in Winston Churchill's Political Communication, Andres L. Faza

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Bi-directional signaling between melanoma and the microenvironment generates a protective niche that mediates therapeutic escape, Inna Fedorenko

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Juvenile and Adult Involvement in Double Parricide and Familicide in the U.S.: An Empirical Analysis of 20 Years of Data, Averi Rebekah Fegadel

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Feeding performance of king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, Amber Rose Ferguson

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Using Auditory Feedback to Improve the Performance of Judokas during Uchi Komi, Taylor Easton Ferguson

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Ube3a Role in Synaptic Plasticity and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.The Lessons from Angelman Syndrome., Irina Filonova

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Can a One-Size-Fits-All Parental Involvement Framework Be Applied to an Entire School District? A Comparative Case Study of a District Magnet Program, Bradley Wayne Finkbiner

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A Study of Pragmatic Competence: International Medical Graduates' and Patients' Negotiation of the Treatment Phase of Medical Encounters, Amy Fioramonte

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"Is That What You Dream About? Being a Monster?": Bella Swan and the Construction of the Monstrous-Feminine in The Twilight Saga, Amanda Jayne Firestone

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Pathways of Embodiment: Drug Use Among Adolescents in Popay[aacute]n Colombia, Sarah Louise Fishleder

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Is Sickle Cell Trait as Benign as is Usually Assumed?, Carroll Nicole Flansburg

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Perspectives of HIV + Women on the Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Kimberly Anne Fleek

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An Evaluation of Florida Gulf Coast University's Residence Life Staff Member's Hurricane Preparedness, Erin Floto

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High Dimensional Non-Linear Optimization of Molecular Models, Joseph C. Fogarty

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Trends and Costs of Industry-Related Injuries in the United States [1998 - 2009], Delphine Fontcha

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Organizing Disability: Producing Knowledge in a University Accommodations Office, Shelby Forbes

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Emergency Medicine Triage as the Intersection of Storytelling, Decision-Making, and Dramaturgy, Colin Ainsworth Forde