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 2025

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Breaking Binaries: Gender Non-Conforming Lesbians and the Undercurrent of Biopower on Dating Apps, Lily M. Connolly

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“We Will Tend To It”: The Reconstruction Of The Wimauma, Florida’s Bethune Area Through Archival Research And Oral Histories, Alanah Cooper

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In case I Make It: An Autoethnographic Argument for Care, Space, and Utopia, Faelyn T. Cowan

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"What's a Computer?" Exploring Insurance Agents' Role in Small Business Cyber Insurance Transactions, Dalton A. Crabtree

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Investigating Factors Influencing Organic Chemistry Learners' Explanation Sophistication and Representational Competence, Caroline J. Crowder

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“Call it What you Want” Analyzing Taylor Swift’s Communication Strategies During Public Controversies, Isabella Cuello

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Chinos, Casta, and La Florida, Kylie A. Culver

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Investigating Momentary Body Image Disturbance, Affect, and Disordered Eating Among College Students, Allison T. Cunning

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Leveraging DNA Methylation Profiling and microRNA Sequencing to Characterize the Epigenomic Landscape of Major Depressive Disorder Disease Trajectory, Jan Dahrendorff

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Digital Resistance and the Political Economy of Authoritarian Decline and Economic Liberalization in Ethiopia, Anaol Dalle

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Branching Corals Modulate their Hydrodynamic Environment, Enhancing Capture Rates of Evasive Prey, Kelsey Daniels

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Untangling the Roles of Pulmonary Vagal Afferent Subsets with Inhaled Irritants, Teresa Darcey

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Conflicting Social Information and its Impact on Sentence Comprehension in Young Adults with DLD: An Eye Tracking Study, Ansley Davis

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Optimal Well Being of Those Recovering from Alcohol Use Disorder: An Exploration of Individual Difference Factors and Treatment Outcomes, Jared Davis

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Navigating the College-to-Career Transition: Social Capital and Career Readiness of First-Generation College Students Participating in the Professional Skills Mentoring Program, Olivia T. Davis

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The Dark Side of Synchrony: Investigating Affective Valence as a Moderator of the Relationship between Physiological Synchrony and Team Performance, Caroline N. Deal

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Using Stomach Content Analysis to Determine the Trophic Ecology of Omosudis lowii, a Deep-sea Predator in the Gulf of Mexico, Claire de Noyo

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Room-Temperature Multiferroic Epsilon Iron Oxide Semiconductors: Thin-Film Growth and Characterization, Derick DeTellem

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The Impact of Visual Brand Identity on Consumer Response in Rebranding: A Case Study of Burger King, Andressa de Ungaro dos Santos

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Media Literacy Efficacy & the Rise of Native Advertising in Social Media: A Sequential Mixed-Method Approach to Behavioral Interaction with Deceptive Advertising Content, Elyse F. DiPisa

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Role Conflict and Burnout: How Can Employed Graduate Students Thrive, Not Just Survive?, Eric M. Douthirt

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A Life Course Approach to Understanding Preserved Cognition in Late Life, Cassidy E. Doyle

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A Combined Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Social Skill Intervention for Autistic Youth with Symptoms of Anxiety, Ashley Dreiss

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Sense of Immortality as a Death Anxiety Buffer: An Investigation Through Awe, Sabrina J. Eisenberg

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Exploring the Behaviors of Women Who Are Mentally Thriving with Autoimmune Disease: A Mixed Methods Approach, Emilie Ann Ellenberg

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Behavior and Land Use of Eastern Gray Squirrels in Urban and Suburban Environments, Laura F. Engel

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Using Behavioral Skills Training and In Situ Training to Teach Game-Related Social Skills, Sumeyye Erdem

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Branding in the Spotlight: The Impact of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) on Athlete Brand Image in College Athletics, Timothy Jeremiah Ervin II

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DnaJB6: A Potent DnaJB Chaperone in Regulating Tau Proteostasis, Abigail R. Esquivel

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Biblical Theodicy The Evolution of Satan as a Solution to the Problem of Evil, Madison Estrada

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“For Haitian culture, being older [is] a blessing”: Perceptions of Aging, Elderhood, and Dementia in a Haitian Born Sample, Melissa K. Eustache

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Accretion and Accumulation of Mangrove Soils in Clam Bay, Naples, FL: The Impact of Hydrological Alterations and Sea-Level Rise, Matthew C. Fairchild

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Beyond Political Democracy and Plebiscitary Citizenship: Accounting for New Modes of Participation and Citizenry in Saudi Arabia, Shumaila Fatima

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Fort Brooke After 200 Years: A Public Heritage Approach, Alex F. Fawbush

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The Synthesis of a Photo-Affinity Probe Library for the Fatty Acid Amide Proteome and the Endocannabinoid System Within, Robert E. Feeney III

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Unraveling the Narrative: How External Messaging Shapes the Academic Identities of Neurodiverse Women of Color, Timarie A. Franco

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Archaeological, PXRF, and GIS Analyses at The Trestle Bridge Site (8JA186), Northwest Florida, Victoria Marie Freitas

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Democracy, Expertise, and the Disinformation Problem, Richard Randall Frohock IV

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Essays in Development Economics, Karina Gabitova

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Improving Coral Restoration Outcomes through Novel Molecular Applications, Matthew H. Gamache

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A Discussion of Community: An Ethnography of Designing Asynchronous Video Discussions to Reveal Student Perceptions of Digital Presence in Online Learning, Chad S. Garcia

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Integrating Motivational Traits into the Approach-Avoidance Distinction, Wesley D. Gardiner

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Metabolic Insights into Cyst Fluid Composition and the Role of Taurine in Polycystic Kidney Disease, Vineetha Garimella

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Identification of Host Nuclear Factors Exploited by KSHV LANA to Maintain Latency, Anandita Ghosh

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Drowning in Data, Starved for Insight: How Leadership Decision-Making Shapes Prescriptive Analytics Adoption in Traditional Retailers, Erica Mangino Giuliani

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Understanding the Interplay Between Nutritional Status and Depression Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Mary R. Goldsworthy

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“The Best Laid Plans”: Evaluating How Housing Expectations Impact Prison Reentry, Vittoria A. Gonzalez

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Cinematic Abuse: A Critical Analysis of Disney’s “Happily Ever After” in The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Princess and the Frog, Erin Michelle Gough

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Evaluating a Web-Based Training to Teach Behavioral Analysis Students to Implement Behavioral Skills Training, Kate N. Gray

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An Evaluation of Check-In/Check-Out for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Norma E. Guillen