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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Dissertation: The Experiences of Minority Female Leaders in Educational Leadership: A Generic Qualitative Study, Gale Denise Beasley

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Thesis: Helping Nsu'S Multilingual and International Students Overcome Language Limitations: A Recommendation Report, Ana Theresa Benavidez Hernandez

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Dissertation: Portrait of a Novice Medical Family Therapist, Working in a Medical Setting with Head and Neck Cancer Patients Observed Through a Bowen Family Systems Theory’s Lens, Venetia Bennett

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Thesis: The Role of Bacterial Symbionts and Bioluminescence in the Pyrosome, Pyrosoma atlanticum, Alexis Berger

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Dissertation: Improvements to Iterated Local Search for Microaggregation, Tracy Bierman

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Dissertation: Organizational Culture and Knowledge Transfer in Enterprise Social Media, Garry Blackstock

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Dissertation: Head-Impact-Related Outcomes by Position in Retired NFL Football Players, Maria Cecilia Boix Braga

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Dissertation: Investigating Student Perceptions of the Effectiveness of a First-Year Experience Online Program on Student Retention, Jennifer P. Bowman-Wilson

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Capstone: Overview of Environmental Stressors, Avian Diseases, and Contaminants in South American Seabirds, Hunter Boykin

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Thesis: Life History, Biology, Fisheries, and Management for Six Lesser Known Species of Hammerhead Sharks (Family: Sphyrnidae), Emma M. Brennan

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Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Adults Who Have Experienced a Parental Divorce: Identifying Collaborative Divorce Aspects as They Adjusted to Adulthood, Arlene Brown

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Dissertation: Pediatric Insomnia and Sensory Processing: Exploring the Role of Occupational Therapy Practitoners in Sleep Medicine, Jason Browning

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Thesis: Prioritizing the Largest, Oldest Corals for Disease Intervention in a Coral Disease-Ravaged Area: Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area, Alysha Brunelle

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Dissertation: Heart Work: A Phenomenological Analysis of School-Embedded Program Facilitators In High-Need South Florida Schools, Takia Bullock

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Dissertation: Why Would I Want To Talk To Them? An Exploration of Perceptions of Talking Across Political Divides, Melinda Burrell

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Dissertation: Protecting the Protector: Mapping the Key Terrain that Supports the Continuous Monitoring Mission of a Cloud Cybersecurity Service Provider, Chris Bush

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Thesis: Investigation of Sulfur Cycling in Marine Sponge Cinachyrella Spp. from a South Florida Reef, Shelby K. Cain

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Thesis: Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Analysis of Mangrove Ecosystems Using GIS, Kayla Caldwell

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Dissertation: Neck Muscle Composition in Persistent Whiplash Associated Disorder: A Relationship with Disability, Bradford G. Callan

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Dissertation: A Novel Cognitive Stress Test for the Detection of Early Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans, Kimberly Capp

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Dissertation: Measuring the Social and Emotional Skills of Hispanic American Students in an Afterschool Karate Program, Noel Adrian Castillo

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Thesis: Fostering Community in an Online Basic Writing Course: Best Practices for Teaching Online Basic Writing at a Four-Year Institution, Nikki Chasteen

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Thesis: "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken": Ontological Insecurity in "Game of Thrones" and Other Fantastic Transmedial Storyworlds, Nicole I. Chavannes

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Factors Affecting Software Defined Networking Adoption by Research and Educational Networks, Vasilka Chergarova

Dissertation: Exploring Young Refugees’ Potential for an Alternative to Non-Violent Political Resistance in Western Sahara, Sabrina Chikhi

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Thesis: Fish Assemblages Associated with a Newly Deployed Eco-Engineered Artificial Seawall in the Intercoastal Waters of Port Everglades, Olmo Cinti

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Dissertation: Neurophysiological Effects of Dry Needling to the Thoracolumbar Junction Multifidi in Subjects with Low Back Pain and Decreased Hamstring Length, Nicole Ginette Clark

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Dissertation: Organizational Conflict and Perceptions of Gender Equality in the United States Military, April Coan

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Dissertation: Voice of the Employer: A Mixed-Methods Study of Winning Messages for NLRB Elections, John Mark Codd

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Dissertation: An Empirical Assessment of Audio/Visual/Haptic Alerts and Warnings to Mitigate Risk of Phishing Susceptibility in Emails on Mobile Devices, Molly Marie Cooper

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Dissertation: Does the range of walking speeds produced by community-dwelling older adults relate to or predict function, disability, and community mobility?, Michelle Germaine Criss

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Dissertation: White Marriage and Family Therapy Students’ Experiences in Diversity Courses: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Porshia Cunningham

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Dissertation: The Impact of Self-Efficacy, Teacher Mentoring and Administrative Support on Teacher Retention in Title 1 Schools, Holly Cwiklinski

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Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Creative Use of Vision Boards in SFBT: A Training for Therapists, Janel Daniel

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Dissertation: Haitian Centenarians: An Undocumented Phenomenon, Erna Dasilma

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Dissertation: Presidential Authoritarianism in the United States and Russia During the Metamodern Era, Christopher Davis

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Dissertation: Cybersecurity Risk-Responsibility Taxonomy: The Role of Cybersecurity Social Responsibility in Small Enterprises on Risk of Data Breach, Keiona Davis

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Capstone: Algal Coverage Detection and Classification Using Envi: Correlation with Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Elkhorn Slough, CA, Jason Dawson

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Dissertation: Awareness of the Use of Self in Therapy: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Training Experiences of a Black, Single, Female MFT Doctoral Student, Phyllis Days

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Dissertation: The Second Shift.” Female Police Officers and the struggle of Work/Life Balance and Promotion, Ashlyn DeCruise-Fortune

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Thesis: Sonic Rhetoric and Meaning Making in Video Game Sound Design, Adam DeRoss

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Thesis: Linking Crude Oil and Dispersant Effects To Gene Expression of Marine Sponge Cinachyrella, Yvain Desplat

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Thesis: Using Track Widths of Loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) Sea Turtles as a Proxy for Predicting Nesting Characteristics, Kelly M. Detmer

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Dissertation: Cognitive Performance In A Retired NFL Population: Does Position Played And Racial Identity Impact Cognition?, Kimberly Chantelle Diah

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Capstone: Identifying Attitudes and Knowledge Deficits Regarding Constipation in the Neurosurgical Patient: A Quality Improvement Project, Denise Trestyn Diaz

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Thesis: Hair: How Naturals are Using Social Media to Reshape the Narrative and Visual Rhetoric of Black Hair, Shari E. Drumond

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Dissertation: Unsolvable? Assessing the Accuracy of Missing Person Case Data, Scott Duncan

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Dissertation: Impact of Strength and Range of Motion on Loss of Ambulation and Functional Change Measures in Boys with DMD, Tina Duong

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Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Finding Our Voice: An Ethnographic Study of the Experiences of Black Millennial Therapists, Antionette Edmonds

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Empirical Assessment of Cybersecurity Readiness and Resilience in Small Businesses, Darrell Eilts

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Dissertation: Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death Using Ensemble Classifiers, Ayman Momtaz El-Geneidy

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Dissertation: Community College Faculty Perceptions of Their Role in Student Retention: A Replicated Study, Maureen Ellis-Davis

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Capstone: Decreasing nurses’ stress in the emergency room utilizing mindfulness meditation, Andrea L. Entus

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Dissertation: Adaptive Batch Size Selection in Active Learning for Regression, Anthony L. Faulds

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Dissertation: Gender Differences in Management: Employee Preference between Male and Female Managers, Aimee Fernandez

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Writing Center - Based Peer Writing Fellows for Online Composition Courses, Richard Finch

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Dissertation: Psychometric Analyses of a Comprehensive Neuropsychological Battery for Retired NFL Players, Kimberly Ethridge Fitzgibbon

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Dissertation: Understanding the Distinctive Presentations of Therapist Countertransference with Cluster B Personality Disorders, Sara Ashley Florence

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Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Medical Family Therapy Training and Supervision: A Participatory Action Research, Daron Flory

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Capstone: Depression Screening in Outpatient Neurology, Lakicia Foster

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Thesis: Whiteness in Sports Media: Analyzing Mediated EPL Content for Racialized Narratives, Bradley A. Fountain

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Dissertation: Implications of a Multicomponent Sleep Program After Brain Injury: A Mixed Methods Study, Brandi M. Fulwider

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Dissertation: An Investigation of the Factors that Contribute to the Perceived Likelihood of Compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule among Healthcare Covered Entities and Business Associates, James Furstenberg

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Capstone: Implementation of an Anxiety Screening and Treatment Protocol in Primary Care, Danielle E. Garcia

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Thesis: Examination of Parasite Assemblages in Killifish of the Genus Fundulus Across the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, Derek Garvey

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Thesis: The Invisible Professional: Visual Culture of Successful Black Women, Sophonie Gaspard

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Dissertation: Job Stress Effects on Job Satisfaction and Attrition in 9-1-1 Call Centers, Damarys Jaile Gilligan

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Thesis: Dental Visual Support Schedule App for Behavior Management of Pediatric Dental Patients with Autism: Pilot study, Ana Lina Gonzalez Caceres

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Dissertation: Status of Women’s Leadership in the Instructional Technology Field, 2014-2018, Kerrian A. Gordon

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Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Applied Clinical Perspective on Utilizing Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) with Adolescent Males Committed to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice., Tyrone K. Grandison

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Dissertation: SNS Use, Risk, and Executive Behavior, Andrew Green

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Capstone: Development of the Steppin' Up for Success Program, Darlene F. Guckenberger

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Dissertation: Teacher Perspectives of Fidelity With Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom, Sharon Rehenea Hamilton

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Dissertation: A Silent Dilemma: The Challenges Black collegiate Women Face Disclosing Sexual Victimization, Lawrence William Henry

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Dissertation: The Impact of Grief Work on Hospice Mental Health Providers Through a Bowen Family Systems Lens, Joshua Hernandez

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Dissertation: Does the Type of Dual Cognitive Task Impact Gait Variability Using the Quantitative Timed Up and Go (QTUG) in Community-Dwelling Adults?, Laurie G. Hiatt

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Dissertation: Toward A Biopsychosocial Model of Obesiy: Can Psychological Well-Being Be the Bridge to Integration?, Alexia Holovatyk

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Dissertation: Establishing Teaching Presence in Higher Education Online Mathematics Courses: A Phenomenological Study, Deltrye Eagle Holt

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Thesis: Oral Probiotic Supplementation as an Adjunct to Non-surgical Therapy in Peri-implantitis Lesions: A Pilot Study, Po-Ning Polly Huang

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Capstone: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Common Skin Diseases in West Africa: An Immunodermatological Framework, Osazomon Imarenezor

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Dissertation: Stakeholder Perceptions on Transitioned Foster Youth Work Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Study in San Antonio, Bonnie Inkel

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Dissertation: Conflict Resolution: A Critical Analysis of the Challenges of the Government Amnesty Program in the Niger Delta and the Way Forward, Sarah Emmanuel Isong

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Thesis: To Feed or Not to Feed: Examining the Effects of Provisioning Tourism on Nurse Sharks in Caye Caulker, Belize, Carlee Jackson

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Dissertation: Smart Privacy for IoT: Privacy Embedded Design for Home Automation Systems, Love James

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Dissertation: Sin Papeles: The Experiences of Undocumented Central American Immigrants in the United States, Elizabeth Jarquin

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Dissertation: Can A Prescribed Walking Program with or without Monitoring Impact Dizziness in the Older Adults? A Pilot Study, Amie Marie Jasper

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Dissertation: Employers’ Attitudes Towards Individuals With a Physical Disability During the Hiring Process, Alix Jean-Joseph

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Dissertation: Improving Educational Experiences of Students With Disabilities at a Private Postsecondary University, Levenle Jean-Joseph

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Dissertation: PTSD and Immunological Correlations Of Attention and Working Memory in Gulf War Illness, Mary Jeffrey

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Dissertation: Development of Criteria for Mobile Device Cybersecurity Threat Classification and Communication Standards (CTC&CS), Emmanuel Jigo

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Dissertation: A Qualitative Study on the Perceived Value of Emotional Intelligence Training on Foster Parents, Omar Shere Johnson

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Dissertation: Lived Experiences of Teachers in Professional Learning Communities in Transient School Environments, Katelyn Marie Jones

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Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Combatting Stigma and Shame Associated with Professional Mental Health Help-Seeking Attitudes in the African American Community: An Inquiry with African American Pastors, Tamiko Jordan

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Dissertation: Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Processes with Information-Processing Theory in Anxious Early Adolescents, Gilly Kahn

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Dissertation: The lived experience of novice senior nurse leaders during organizational role transitions, Sharon Kauffman

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Dissertation: Conflict Style is not a Label: The Relationship of Age, Education Level, Work Level, Reason for Assessment, and Time Between Assessments to Conflict Style Change, Michael P. Kelly

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Dissertation: Reducing BitTorrent Download Time via Handshake-Based Switching, Elliotte Kim

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Dissertation: Effect of Animal-Assisted Intervention on Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Well-being: Insights from Occupational Therapy, Christine Kivlen

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Dissertation: Exploratory Study of the Lived Experiences of Adoptees in The Caribbean, Kelley T. Knowles

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Dissertation: Financial Impact Associated with Implementation of the Low Back Pain Clinical Practice Guideline in Outpatient Physical Therapist Practice, Heidi Kosakowski