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All theses, dissertations, capstones, and applied clinical projects from graduate students at Nova Southeastern University.

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Entry Level Capstone: Doctoral Capstone Experience in Academia and Policy Development: Nova Southeastern University, Melanie Mariani

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Thesis: Applying Integrative Systematics to Long-Standing Species Boundary Questions in the Zoanthidea, Annika Markovich

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Dissertation: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Black Women and White Men Towards Interracial Marriage in America, Guerdy Sauvignon Markowski

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Dissertation: The Influence of an Individual’s Disposition to Value Privacy in a Non-Contrived Study, John Marsh

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Social Engineering: An Investigation on Information Sharing via Micro-Blogging Within a Geographically Diverse Sales Engineering Organization, Raymond Martinez

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Dissertation: The Impact of Training Teachers in Multiple-Intelligences Instructional Strategies, Mary R. Massey

Entry Level Capstone: Weekly Activities for Parents of Preschool Aged Children: Increasing Understanding and Confidence, Tia Mattox

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Dissertation: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Experiences of a High-Performing High School Successful in Increasing Graduation Rates, Nikita Michelle McCaskill

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Dissertation: Self-Efficacy: Nurses’ Perceptions of Caring for Patients Living with Diabetes, Victoria Yaros McCue

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Thesis: Trophic Ecology and Functional Morphology of the Scaleless Black Dragonfishes (Family Stomiidae; Subfamily Melanostomiinae), Ryan P. McGonagle

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Classifying Financial Software Development Documentation in Knowledge Discovery Systems, Roman Melnyk

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Thesis: Pelagic Habitat Use By Benthic Fishes – Juvenile Scorpaenoids of the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico, Drew W. Mertzlufft

Thesis: Cook What You Read: A Multimedia Cookbook for Middle Childhood Literacy Development, Merly Mesa

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Dissertation: Analysis of Secondary Data to Determine the Relationship Between Age and Power Toothbrush Use, Kimberly Milleman

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Dissertation: Intimate Partner Violence Survivors: The Relationship between Risk Factors and Symptom Severity, Danielle Horrigan Millen

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Dissertation: Effects of Mediation on Employee Efficiency in Human Services Centers and in Other Organizations that Serve Vulnerable Populations, Mariya Mironova

Entry Level Capstone: Implementation and Efficacy of Interprofessional Education (IPE) Initiatives, Javed A. Mohammed

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Dissertation: Challenges Teachers Encounter When Integrating Technology in a Culturally, Linguistically, and Diverse High School, Eliana Rodriguez Molina

Entry Level Capstone: The Impact of Structured Groups on Skill Acquisition for Children with Learning Disabilities, Sierra A. Montgomery

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Entry Level Capstone: Effects on Adherence and Comprehension with Video Demonstration Support versus Traditional Home Exercise Programs: Culminating Project, Emily E. Morales

Entry Level Capstone: Occupational Therapy’s Role in Health Promotion for Youths Facing Chronic Conditions, Megan A. Moret and Megan A. Moret

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Entry Level Capstone: Final Culminating Project, Jennifer D. Morrill

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Dissertation: Restorative Justice and the Impact of Community Engagement, Tanya Moss

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Entry Level Capstone: Implementation of Strategic Supports into Coursework to Improve Notetaking Abilities And Overall OTA Student Success, Cheyenne M. Murphy

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Entry Level Capstone: The Development of an Occupational Therapy Craft Toolbox for Outpatient Pediatric Settings, Nailah Mustafa

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Dissertation: What Is the Lived Experience of Mothers of Premature Infants in a Level-IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Jennifer Lorraine Nelson

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Dissertation: Literacy Development Practices for English Learners With Interrupted Formal Education, Javier Francisco Oaxaca

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Capstone: The L.E.G.A.C.Y.® Appreciative Life Review Model: A Framework and Process to Develop Psychosocial Resources in Emerging and Young Adulthood, Nicole Onori Hansen

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Thesis: Characterization of Fish Assemblages on an Upper Mesophotic Reef in South Florida Using a Commercial Grade Mini Rov, Sydney L. Panzarino

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Dissertation: An Empirical Assessment of Users' Information Security Protection Behavior towards Social Engineering Breaches, Nisha Jatin Patel

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Dissertation: Post-Conflict Transition in Chile: Considerations for Dealing with a Resistant Armed Forces, Patrick Paterson

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Dissertation: Experiences of Incarcerated Young Men in Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Cynthia Vanessa Penalva

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Dissertation: Assessment of Psychological Functioning in Retired Firefighters, Jordana Simone Pepper

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Entry Level Capstone: Culminating Capstone Project: Development of an Experiential Learning Framework for Graduate Occupational Therapy Students, Daniel S. Pereira

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Dissertation: Exploring the Acculturation Experiences of Cuban Refugee Doctors and their Families in Miami: A Phenomenological Study, Nelson Michel Perez

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Dissertation: A Comparison of Clinic-Based and Telehealth Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Abigail Peskin

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Thesis: Effects of Tropical Cyclones on Incubation and Hatch Frequency of Marine Turtles in Broward County, FL: An Exploratory Look for Potential Cues of Environmentally Cued Hatching (ECH), Alexis Peterson

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Thesis: "We Can Write, Too!" A Developmentally Appropriate Writing Curriculum for Grades K-1, Danielle Pierce

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Dissertation: Examining the Influence of Perceived Risk on the Selection of Internet Access in the U.S. Intelligence Community, Tyler Michael Pieron

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Thesis: Spatiotemporal Variation of an Eastern Tropical Pacific Pelagic Community Assessed With Free-Drifting Bruvs, Tyler Stephen Plum

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Dissertation: A Framework for Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Healthcare Revenue Management Cycle, Leonard J. Pounds

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Thesis: Navigating Conversations of Environmentalism on Social Media: From the Apocalyptic to the Aesthetic, Megan Provenzale

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Dissertation: Relationship Between Electronic Health Literacy, Locus of Control, Trust in Physicians, Attitudes Towards Providers, and Medication Adherence, Donrie Purcell

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Dissertation: Identity Formation During Nonviolent Protests: A Thematic and Structural Narrative Analysis of Interviews Conducted with March for Our Lives Protesters, Richard Shawn Queeney

Entry Level Capstone: Knowledge of the LGBTQIA+ Community by Occupational Therapy Practitioners and Students, Emily A. Quick

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Capstone: Advancing Disease Knowledge and Health Beliefs on Dyslipidemia by Implementing Patient Education, Edwin S. Ramos

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Thesis: The Variability of Seawater Carbonate Chemistry in Two Florida Urban Mangrove Ecosystems, Alexandrina R. Rangel

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Dissertation: Judicial Decision Making and the Duty To Warn: An Empirical Study of Case Law, Casey Dunn Ravitz

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Dissertation: Community Attitudes Towards Juvenile Sex Offenders and Registration in Virginia, Paige Reed

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Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Utilizing the Five Sex Languages to Enhance Sexual Communication: A Clinical Case Study, Randi Reichel

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Dissertation: A Strategic Plan to Increase Equitable Practices in a Pacific Northwest School District, Nancy Lee Reisner

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Entry Level Capstone: Using a Social Support Group to Educate and Empower Immigrant Latina Women, Diana N. Rendon

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Dissertation: Retaining Employees in Public Sector Organizations, Marlon Javier Rivera

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Capstone: A Systematic Review of Parasites Found Within Selected Teleost Fishes of the South Florida Hermatypic Coral Reef Tract, Blake A. Roberts

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Thesis: The Future is Full of Monsters: Queer Survival One Click at a Twine, 'Aolani N. Robinson

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Dissertation: Teaching Strategies Leading to Success in Self-Contained Classrooms, Sonja Michelle Robinson-Madden

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Dissertation: Black Couples Filtering Their Love Stories Through the Use of Social Media, Jeff Rocker

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Thesis: "We Can (All) Be Heroes" the American Monomyth and the Problem With A Queer Captain America, Carlos Rodriguez Rosa

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Entry Level Capstone - NSU Access Only: Occupational Therapy Doctoral Capstone Research Project, Lesley Samulak

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Dissertation: The Experiences of Cohort Membership in an Alternative Certification Program, Roxanne Marie Sanchez

Entry Level Capstone: Doctoral Capstone Experience in Education and Program Development- DePaul University, Ashley Saunders

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Dissertation: Childhood Play as a Predictor for Development of Creative Potential in Adulthood: A Mixed Methods Study, Brittany Nicole Saviers

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Thesis: The Age and Growth of the Yellow Stingray (Urobatis Jamaicensis) in Southeast Florida, Jessica Schieber

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Entry Level Capstone: A Capstone in Education: Current Challenges For Occupational Therapist Clinicians Transitioning To Role Of Academician, Jacie Schneider

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Dissertation: Job-Related Attitudes and Burnout Amongst Medical Physicists in the United States, Deborah L. Schofield

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Dissertation: Gender Disparity in Studying Chemistry, Carlo Semerzier

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Dissertation: A Propensity-Matched, Mortality-Adjusted Study of Palliative Care Consult to Reduce 90-day Hospital Readmission in a Heart Failure Cohort, Janice Shirley

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Thesis: Are Corals Surviving Or Thriving in Highly Degraded Environments? A Reproductive and Trophic Analysis of Scleractinian Corals, Morgan Short

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Dissertation: Profile of Pediatric Assessments Selected in Occupational Therapy Practice and the Influence of Occupation-Based Assessments on Clinical Practice, Alysha Skuthan

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Entry Level Capstone: Developing a Comprehensive Screening Tool of Occupational Performance and Engagement to Identify Levels of Housing Support for Successful Long-Term Community Placement, Alexis Smith and Alexis Smith

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Dissertation: The Effects of New Teacher Induction Programs on New Teacher Retention in Urban School Districts, Lisa Maria Smith-Sherrod

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Dissertation: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of African American Women in Undergraduate STEM Degree Programs, Vernon H. Smith

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Thesis: Setting the Scene for Racism: A Burkean Analysis of Twitter in the Time of Covid-19, Jieun Son

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Dissertation: Using Literacy-Based Behavioral Intervention as a Strategy to Prevent Expulsion and Suspension in Preschool Classrooms, Karina Soto

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Dissertation: Examination of Corporate Investments in Privacy: An Event Study, Joseph Michael Squillace

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Thesis: Optimization of Grow-Out of Bouldering Coral Microfragments: Land vs. Offshore Nursery, Ashlee A. Steinberg

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Dissertation: Employee Perceptions Related to Specific Work Processes Within the Crime Control Model Known as the Stratified Model, Robert William Steinkraus

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Entry Level Capstone - NSU Access Only: Doctoral Capstone Experience in Program and Policy Development - A Kid's Place of Tampa Bay, Erica Stewart

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Dissertation: Increasing Software Reliability using Mutation Testing and Machine Learning, Michael Allen Stewart

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Thesis: A Temporal Analysis of the Microbiota and Biofouling Development on Artificial Substrates in the Port Everglades Inlet, Florida, Denise Swack

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Dissertation: A Qualitative Study of African American Middle School Students’ Perception of Low Student-Teacher Racial Match on Their Educational Experience, Tai Lynn Swift

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Thesis: Broad-Scale Vertical and Horizontal Behavior of the White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) in the Western North Atlantic, Taryn Szalay

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Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Development of a Self-Care Workshop: Designed to Support Graduate Students in Clinical Programs, Caroline Talbott

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Capstone: Developmental Stepping Stones, Couri S. Taylor

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Dissertation: Response Interruption and Redirection (RIRD) as a Treatment for Vocal Stereotypy in Children Who are Dually Diagnosed With Autism and Down Syndrome, Stacy Taylor

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Dissertation: The Role of Social Media in Human Trafficking Victimization, Alicia Marie Terwilliger

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Entry Level Capstone - NSU Access Only: Occupational Therapy Advocacy Through Digital Media, Meaggan S. Thomas

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Dissertation: Identifying the Impact of Perceived Shared Cultural Values on Knowledge Sharing Through a Social Media Application, Mel Anthony Tomeo

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Dissertation: Parental Understanding of Special Education Legislation and Case Law, Advocacy, and Perceptions of the IEP Process for Children With Autism, Rachel Treshan

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Application of Blockchain Technology to Improve Authors’ Copyright Protection, Abrar Turkistani

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Capstone: Shaping the Lives of Little Ones Developmental Equipment Project, Marilyn Tyre

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Dissertation: Foresight Leadership Theory: A Grounded Theory Study of the Conflict Management Experiences of Healthcare Managers with Remote Employees, Desiree Nichole Van Campen

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Entry Level Capstone: Doctoral Capstone Experience in Academia- Nova Southeastern University, Milady Velazquez De Jesus

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Dissertation: Enterprise Social Network Systems Implementation Model for Knowledge Sharing among Supply Chain IT Professionals, Edgardo Luis Velez-Mandes

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Capstone: A Predator-Based Methodology for Studying Predator-Prey Relationships in Fishes, Ashley Vettese

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Entry Level Capstone: Doctoral Capstone Experience in Academia – Brenau University, Amanda Watkins

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Thesis: Element Contamination in Port Everglades – Preparing for Ecological Impacts, Laura White

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Dissertation: Development of a Social Engineering eXposure Index (SEXI) using Open-Source Personal Information, William Shawn Wilkerson

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Dissertation: Exploring Living Conditions and Asthma Among Migrant Farmworkers, Jenelle Williams

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Dissertation: A Training Intervention for Middle School Teachers on Culturally Relevant Instruction and Culturally Relevant Classroom Management Strategies, Vivian Yakpo Newton