Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Bottom-up and top-down controls on sedimentary ecosystem functioning in a seagrass habitat, Amanda C. Spivak
Trust and Cheater Detection: Evolved Cognitive Mechanisms for Social Exchange, Kori James Stroub
Effects of Adaptive Foragers on the Diversity and Functioning of Assembled Model Communities, William J. Tarantino
CBT to CDT: Toward a developmental paradigm for conceptualizing anger management, Yvonne Bissonnette Tate
An exploratory study of factors that relate to academic success among high-achieving African American males, Kianga Rhea Thomas
The Friendship Fest: Perfecting Friendship through Transnational Musical Performance, Nancy LeAnne Thompson
Surface study of niobium for superconducting radio frequency (SRF) accelerators, Hui Tian
Modeling Mercury Biomagnification in the South River, Kyle R. Tom
Controls on continental shelf stratigraphy: Waiapu River, New Zealand, Heidi M. Wadman
Academic optimism of Virginia high school teachers: its relationship to organizational citizenship behaviors and student achievement, Charles Allen Wagner
An exploratory study of experiences of gifted/sexual minority students, Rebecca M. Walter
The assistant principal's role in special education: An inquiry into the supervision of special education at the building level, Valerie Walton
The shadow of the revolution: South Texas, the Mexican Revolution, and the evolution of modern American labor relations, John William Weber
A Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Bonamia Based on Sequence Data of the Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) Gene Complex, Delonna M. White
Variability in Geologic Framework and Shoreline Change: Assateague and Wallops Islands, Eastern Shore of Virginia, Geoffrey L. Wikel
Status, Distribution and Reproductive Rates of American Oystercatchers in Virginia, Alexandra Lee Wilke
Probability density methods for modeling local and global aspects of intracellular calcium signaling, G. S. Blair Williams
Risk Factors and the Well-Being of Children with Incarcerated Parents: A n Examination of Moderation and Mediation Processes, Laura Catherine Wilson
Mesopelagic zooplankton feeding ecology and effects on particle repackaging and carbon transport in the subtropical and subarctic North Pacific Ocean, Stephanie E. Wilson
Degrees of Relatedness: The Social Politics of Algonquian Kinship in the Contact Era Chesapeake, Buck W. Woodard
The relationship between antibody redox structure and affinity in rainbow trout, Jianmin Ye
Parallel Unstructured Grid Generation for Complex Real-World Aerodynamic Simulations, George Zagaris
Effects of Metal-Based Montmorillonite Clay and Zeolite Additives on the Fire Retardance and Smoke Suppression of Poly(vinyl Chloride), Alexander George Zestos
Rise of the "Indian Doctors": Charity Shaw and the Marketing of Indian Medicine, Jason Peter Zieger
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Roses in December: Black life in Hanover County, Virginia during the era of disfranchisement, Jody Lynn Allen
Parity-violation in elastic electron scattering: A first measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry at Q2 = 0.631 (GeV/c)2 at backward angle, Stephanie L. Bailey
What predicts alumni satisfaction? The impact of investment, involvement, and post -college outcomes, Amy Catherine Barnes
The art of the public grovel: Sexual scandal and the rise of public confession, Susan Wise Bauer
The Struggle for the South Carolina Backcountry, 1775-1776, Pierson J. Bell
Environmental Factors and Typha spp Dominance in Created Wetlands, Azure E. Bevington
More or less than kind: Brothers and sisters in nineteenth-century American literature, Jennifer P. Blanchard
The Effects of Mercury on the Nesting Success and Return Rate of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), Rebecka L. Brasso
The Bucktrout Funeral Home, a Study of Professionalization and Community Service, Kelly Marie Brennan
Virginia teachers' perceptions and knowledge of test accommodations for students with disabilities, William Michael Brown
Addressing the learning needs of struggling adolescent readers: The impact of a reading intervention program on students in a middle school setting, John Anthony Caggiano
A Molecular Study of the Mitochondrial Genome and Invasions of the Veined Rapa Whelk, Rapana venosa, Emily A. Chandler
Parallel generalized Delaunay mesh refinement, andrey Nikolayevich Chernikov
The Virginia Preschool Initiative: Parents' perceptions of parental involvement, Elizabeth Outlaw Crawford
Tweakable Blockciphers Secure Against Generic Exponential Attacks, Elizabeth Ann Crump
"Indispensably necessary": Cultural brokers on the Georgia frontier, 1733--1765, Lisa Laurel Crutchfield
John M. Ellison within the veil: Confronting the challenges of leadership in the age of Jim Crow, Sherman John Curl
Elemental and Isotopic Characterization of Organic Matter and Carbon in the U.S South Atlantic Bight, Jennifer A. DeAlteris
Inactive Sulfide Mounds of the Manus Basin: Invertebrate Composition and Potential for a Chemoautotrophic Food Web, Kristin Lynn Erickson
Tuscarora trails: Indian migrations, war, and constructions of colonial frontiers, Stephen D. Feeley
Effects of regional species pool dynamics on metacommunity structure and ecosystem function, Kristin E. France
Mercury Exposure in Terrestrial Insectivorous Birds, Scott Lawrence Friedman
"In praise of Bishop Valentine": The creation of modern Valentine's Day in antebellum America, Brian Keith Geiger
"From eager lips came shrill hurrahs": Women, gender, and racial violence in South Carolina, 1865--1900, Kate Fraser Gillin
An exploratory study of the academic journey of successful twice exceptional students at a selective institution of higher learning, Paula K. Ginsburgh
Forward Secure Fuzzy Extractors, David Goldenberg
Postschool outcomes for young adults with mental retardation receiving transition services in Virginia: Caregiver perceptions, Marguerite Beth Graham
A comparative study of professional school counselors' and school counseling interns' multicultural competence and moral development: Exploring the gap between training and supervision, Dana Claudine Griffin
An overlooked dimension of the Korean War: The role of Christianity and American missionaries in the rise of Korean nationalism, anti -colonialism, and eventual civil war, 1884-1953, Kai Yin Allison Haga
Patterns and Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Persons Receiving Treatment with Antipsychotic Medications, Brittany Marie-Bach Harte
Phenotypic properties and intrinsic currents of neurons involved in the neural generation of mammalian breathing, John A. Hayes
"Miraculously Saved": Richmond and the 1811 Theater Fire, Meredith Margaret Henne
Repeatability of Mate Preferences and Mate-Choice Copying in Female Zebra Finches, Amanda Karen Houck
Effects of molecular motion on deuteron magic angle spinning NMR spectra, Yuanyuan Huang
Magneto-Optical Imaging of Superconducting MgB2 Thin Films, Stephanie Maria Hummert
A study of how Virginia school leaders use student achievement data in decision making, Susan Ann Hutton
Fluorescence imaging study of free and impinging supersonic jets: Jet structure and turbulent transition, Jennifer Ann Inman
Harem Fantasies and Music Videos: Contemporary Orientalist Representation, Maya Ayana Johnson
Shelf sediment dispersal mechanisms and deposition on the Waiapu River shelf, New Zealand, Tara A. Kniskern
Soil Chemistry Analysis as an Effective Cultural Resource Management Tool: A Magical Mystery Tour, Nathan David Lawrence
The Impact of Drainage Ditches on Salt Marsh Flow Patterns, Sedimentation and Morphology: Rowley River, Massachusetts, Lynsey E. LeMay
Wild Animals and Domesticated Landscapes: A Case Study of Human-Animal Relationships in the Middle and Late Woodland Coastal Plain of Virginia, Nadejda Levine
The infection dynamics of PaV1 in the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus, Caiwen Li
Decoupling method for parallel Delaunay two-dimensional mesh generation, Leonidas Linardakis
Hypoxia and Macoma balthica: Ecological effects on a key infaunal benthic species, William Christopher Long
Cortical Activity Mediating Motor Representations in Stroke Survivors, Matthew Warren Lowder
A Mediational Model of the Creative Process, Nathaniel Lucena
Feeding Ecology of Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) in Chesapeake Bay, Patrick D. Lynch
Hospitality, Civility, and Sociability: Taking Tea in Colonial Barbados, Meredith Ashley Holaday Mahoney
Boron Carbide Filled Neutron Shielding Textile Polymers, Derrick Anthony Manzlak
First-principles calculations of electric field gradients in complex perovskites, Dandan Mao
Faculty enacting their daily work-life: A contextual analysis of the academic role in a comprehensive university, Alexei G. Matveev
Toward a robust and efficient iterative eigensolver, James Robert McCombs
An exploratory study of teachers' critical thinking in elementary language arts classrooms, Susan McGowan
Trophic Ecology and Growth Dynamics of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay, with Reference to Mycobacteriosis, Kathleen Anne McNamee
Elastic scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from helium-4: A measurement of G(E)(S) at Q2 = 0.1 (GeV/c)2, Bryan James Moffit
Characterization of exotic pathogens associated with the suminoe oyster, Crassostrea ariakensis, Jessica A. Moss
Trading lives: Mapping the pathways and peoples of the southeastern deerskin trade, 1732-1775, Robert Edward Paulett
Magnetization Dynamics and Anisotropy in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Ni/NiO Bilayers, andreas Petersen
Folk Conceptions of Mental Disorders, Mimi Margaret Poe
Philip Fithian's Private Journals and Personal Journeys: Self-Improvement, Fidelity, and Rebellion, 1766-1776, Edward P. Pompeian
Reevaluating the Carnegie Survey: New Uses for Frances Benjamin Johnston's Pictorial Archive, Sarah Eugenie Reeder
"A Graine of Marveilous Great Increase": A Political Landscape Approach to Powhatan Maize Production and Exchange in Seventeenth Century Virginia, Danielle Christine Risse
Parallel three-dimensional acoustic and elastic wave simulation methods with applications in nondestructive evaluation, Kevin Edward Rudd
Teacher self -efficacy beliefs and their impact on recommendations for student retention at grades K--2, Nicole Pearce Rummel
Bottom-up and climatic forcing on the nesting and foraging ecology of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), Vincent Sellitto Saba
Cultural Legitimacy in Surry County, Virginia: The Edwards Family of Chestnut Farms, Donald Lee Sadler
Ambiguous alliances: Native American efforts to preserve independence in the Ohio Valley, 1768-1795, Sharon M. Sauder Muhlfeld
Promoting the ethical development of undergraduate business students through a Deliberate Psychological Education-based classroom intervention, Christopher Drees Schmidt
Biogeochemistry and phytoplankton dynamics in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, Amy Rebecca Shields
Cooperating teaching as a professional development activity, Trina Lorraine Spencer
