Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Manufacturing Main Street: How Historic Plant City Main Street Revitalizes its Community and Simulates the Commons, Emily Burke
“It’s Like Being Interrogated for a Crime:” The Job Interview Experiences of Late Diagnosed Autistic Women, Brianna M. Sandner
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
From Past Pain to Present Unity The Role of Trauma in Shaping Collective Identity within Refugee Communities, Shahd Alasaly
Navigating Emotional Landscapes: A Black Woman's Perspectives, Nasya T. Jasper
On the Frontline: How Public Library Workers Experience Florida’s Increasing Social Inequality, Jordan P. Rogers
Nepaliness as Assemblage: Diasporic Belonging, Colorism, and Caste in the Associational Life of Nepali Migrants in Florida, Shuvechha Ghimire Sharma
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
From Corruption and State Capture to a Populist Backlash: The Challenges for Democracy in Eastern Europe, Georgi Georgiev
Empowering Populist Politics: Social Media Use in the US and UK, James M. Howley
Exploring Educational Equity: An Ethnographic Case Study of Non-Profit Initiatives in Early Childhood Education, Jovana Jovanovic
Formulating Utopian Pasts: Time as a Coping Method for LGBTQ+ Floridians, Elise M. Kuechle
“A Second chance citizen reintegration Program through the lenses of Black and Brown Participants and Case Managers.”, Bobbie Straughter
Disability, Blackness, and Online Community: Black Twitter as Self-Narrative, Morgan S. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
“You don’t seek help, You are just thankful for the things the country provides for you.” The Emotional Burden of Growing up Undocumented in the United States, Melanie Anne Escue
“I Don't Know Where the Lesbians Are”: Exploring LGBTQ+ Women’s Experiences of Place and Community, Ashley M. Green
Deconstructing and Decolonizing Identities of “Gender” and “Sex” When Viewed as Anti-Black: Black Narratives Outside of the Binary, Didier Salgado
“We Need to Figure Out Who We Are”: Reframing Manhood in an Online Discussion Forum, Tomas Sanjuan Jr.
Musicking Higher Education: An Analysis of the Effects of Music Pedagogy On College Classroom Atmospheres, April Smith
Framing, Emotion, and Contradiction in the Tampa Bay Times’ Climate Change Coverage, Madison Veeneman
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
"Are We Done?": The Minimization of Covid-19 and the Individualization of Health in the United States, Cassidy R. Boe
A Tale of Two Art Programs: Art & Identity for People with Disabilities, Melinda Leigh Maconi
Revisiting ‘Our’ Place on Campus: A Queer(ed) and In-depth Interview Study of QT Resource Professionals in Higher Education, Kristopher Andrew Oliveira
Health and Friendships of LGBTQIA+ College Students, Komal Asim Qidwai
Organizing for Here and There: Exploring the Grassroots Organizing of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the Tampa Bay Area, Dominique Rivera
Stitched Together: What We Learn from Secret Stories in Public Media, Sara D. Rocks
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
"Duck Wars": Examining the Narrative Construction of a "Problem" Species, Jenna A. Bateman
The Debate on Physician-Assisted Death in the United States: A Narrative Analysis of Formula Stories, Rebecca Blackwell
The Social Correlates of War: Conflict Correlations Within Belief Systems., Richard R. N. Decampa
Racialized Morality: The Logic of Anti-Trafficking Advocacy, Sophie Elizabeth James
Green Business and the Culture of Capitalism: Constructing Narratives of Environmentalism, Julia S. Jester
Presenting Selves and Interpreting Culture: An Ethnography of Chinese International Tourism in the United States, Fangheyue Ma
Making A Home Away from Home: A Qualitative Study of African Students’ Practices of Integration in the United States, Alphonse O. Opoku
"They Say We're Expendable:" Race, Nation, and Citizenship in the Dominican Republic., Edlin Veras
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A social network analysis of online gamers' friendship networks: Structural attributes of Steam friendships, and comparison of offline-online social ties of MMO gamers, Juan G. Arroyo-Flores
Family Response to a Diagnosis of Serious Mental Illness in Teens and Young Adults: A Multi-Voiced Narrative Analysis, Douglas J. Engelman
GoFundTransitions: Narratives of Transnormativity and the Limits of Crowdfunding Livable Futures, Hayden J. Fulton
"Courage Drives Us": Narrative Construction of Organizational Identity in a Cancer-Specific Health Non-Profit Organization, Katie J. Hilderbrand
“I woke up to the world”: Politicizing Blackness and Multiracial Identity Through Activism, Angelica Celeste Loblack
The Athletics Behind the Academics: The Academic Advisor’s Role in the Lives of Student Athletes, Max J.R. Murray
Red-Green Rows: Exploring the Conflict between Labor and Environmental Movements in Kerala, India, Silpa Satheesh
Winning “Americans” for Jesus?: Second-Generation, Racial Ideology, and the Future of the Brazilian Evangelical Church in the U.S., Rodrigo Otavio Serrao Santana De Jesus
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Palatable Shades of Gender: Status Processes at the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Team Formation, Jasmón L. Bailey
American Converts to Islam: Identity, Racialization, and Authenticity, Patrick M. Casey
Meaning and Monuments: Morality, Racial Ideology, and Nationalism in Confederate Monument Removal Storytelling, Kathryn A. DelGenio
"Keep it in the Closet and Welcome to the Movement": Storying Gay Men Among the Alt-Right, Shelby Statham
Selling White Masculinity: An Analysis of Cultural Intermediaries in the Craft Beverage Industry, Erik Tyler Withers
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Role of the Soldier in Civilian Life: Personal and Social Concerns that Influence Reintegration Processes, Matthew J. Ahlfs
“I Want to Be Who I Am”: Stories of Rejecting Binary Gender, Ana Balius
Breaking the Crass Ceiling? Exploring Narratives, Performances, and Audience Reception of Women's Stand-Up Comedy, Sarah Katherine Cooper
An Intersectional Examination of Disability and LGBTQ+ Identities In Virtual Spaces, Justine E. Egner
"I've never had that": An Exploration of how Children Construct Belonging and Inclusion Within a Foodscape, Olivia M. Fleming
Hybridizers and the Hybridized: Orchid Growing as Hybrid "Nature?", Kellie Petersen
Coloring in the Margins: Understanding the Experiences of Racial/Ethnic and Sexual/Gender Minority Undergraduates in STEM, Jonathan D. Ware
Decreased Visibility: A Narrative Analysis of Episodic Disability and Contested Illness, Melissa Jane Welch
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
“Have a Seat at our Table: Uncovering the Experiences of Black Students Attending a ‘Racially Diverse’ University”, Diamond Briggs
TERF Wars: Narrative Productions of Gender and Essentialism in Radical-Feminist (Cyber)spaces, Jennifer Earles
“Can You Believe They Think I’m Intimidating?” An Exploration of Identity in Tall Women, Elizabeth Joy Fuller
Black Girl Magic?: Negotiating Emotions and Success in College Bridge Programs, Olivia Ann Johnson
"What Are We Doing Here? This Is Not Us": A Critical Discourse Analysis of The Last Of Us Remastered, Toria Kwan
Behind the Curtain: Cultural Cultivation, Immigrant Outsiderness, and Normalized Racism against Indian Families, Pangri G. Mehta
From the Panels to the Margins: Identity, Marginalization, and Subversion in Cosplay, Manuel Andres Ramirez
Examining Forty Years of the Social Organization of Feminisms: Ethnography of Two Women’s Bookstores in the US South, Mary Catherine Whitlock
"There is No Planet B": Frame Disputes within the Environmental Movement over Geoengineering, David Russell Zeller Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
“You Can Fight Logic…But You Can’t Fight God”: The Duality of Religious Text and Church as Community for White Lesbians in Appalachian and Rural Places, Jessica Mae Altice
Songwriting as Inquiry and Action: Emotion, Narrative Identity, and Authenticity in Folk Music Culture, Maggie Colleen Cobb
Unraveling the Wild: A Cultural Logic of Animal Stories in Contemporary Social Life, Damien Contessa
“It’s Not Like a Movie. It’s Not Hollywood:” Competing Narratives of a Youth Mentoring Organization, Carley Geiss
An Examination of Perspectives on Community Poverty: A Case Study of a Junior Civic Association, Monica Heimos Heimos
"I'm Not Broken": Perspectives of Students with Disabilities on Identity-making and Social Inclusion on a College Campus, Melinda Leigh Maconi
People and Pride: A Qualitative Study of Place Attachment and Professional Placemakers, Wenonah Machdelena Venter
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Mediated Relationships: An Ethnography of Family Law Mediation, Elaina Behounek
The Continuum of Ethno-Racial Socialization: Learning About Culture and Race in Middle-Class Latina/o Families, Maria D. Duenas
Beauty is Precious, Knowledge is Power, and Innovation is Progress: Widely Held Beliefs in Policy Narratives about Oil Spills, Brenda Gale Mason
Looking at Levels of Medicalization in the Institutional Narrative of Substance Use Disorders in the Military, Chase Landes Mccain
The Experience of Chronic Pain Management: A Multi-Voiced Narrative Analysis, Loren Wilbers
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Resources Matter: The Role of Social Capital and Collective Efficacy in Mediating Gun Violence, Jennifer Lynne Dean
More to Love: Obesity Histories and Romantic Relationships in the Transition to Adulthood, Hilary Morgan Dotson
Dieting, Discrimination, and Bullying: A Contextual Case Study of Framing in the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, Veronica Kay Doughman
Negotiating Muslim Womanhood: The Adaptation Strategies of International Students at Two American Public Colleges, Amber Michelle Gregory
Checking Out: A Qualitative Study of Supermarket Cashiers' Emotional Response to Customer Mistreatment, Michael E. Lawless
Managing Family Food Consumption: Going Beyond Gender in the Kitchen, Blake Janice Martin
Motherhood Bound by State Supervision: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences of Mothers on Parole and Probation, Kaitlyn Robison
In Search of the Artist: The Influences of Commercial Interest on an Art School - A Narrative Analysis, Michael Leonard Sette
"They're Our Bosses": Representations of Clients, Guardians, and Providers in Caregivers' Narratives, Dina Vdovichenko
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Constructing Legal Meaning in the Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Cultural Codes and Border Disputes, Jeffrey Forest Hilbert
"All Blacks Vote the Same?": Assessing Predictors of Black American Political Participation and Partisanship, Antoine Lennell Jackson
Expectations of Nursing Home Use, Psychosocial Characteristics and Race/Ethnicity: The Latino/a Case, Heidi Ross
Beyond the Door: Disability and the Sibling Experience, Morgan Violeta Sanchez Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A Mother's Love: A Narrative Analysis of Food Advertisements in an African American Targeted Women's Magazine, Janine Danielle Beahm
It's a Support Club, Not a Sex Club: Narration Strategies and Discourse Coalitions in High School Gay-Straight Alliance Club Controversies, Skyler Lauderdale
Beyond the Backlash: Muslim and Middle Eastern Immigrants' Experiences in America, Ten Years Post-9/11, Gregory J. Mills
Competing Narratives: Hero and PTSD Stories Told by Male Veterans Returning Home, Adam Gregory Woolf
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
"Can't Buy Me Wealth": Racial Segregation and Housing Wealth in Hillsborough County, Florida, Natalie Marie Delia Deckard
Friendship Networks, Perceived Reciprocity of Support, and Depression, Ryan Francis Huff
That is Bad! This is Good: Morality as Constructed by Viewers of Television Reality Programs, Joseph Charles Losasso
American Muslim Identities: A Qualitative Study of Two Mosques in South Florida, Azka Mahmood Mahmood
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Feral Cats and the People Who Care for Them, Loretta Sue Humphrey
