Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) make VCU student research and creativity available online as full-text documents and multimedia presentations for use by the university community and others involved in research.
See the VCU Libraries Dissertations Research Guide for information on submitting your ETD, accessing older dissertations from VCU, and finding dissertations from other universities.
The majority of VCU theses and dissertations may be found in Special Collections and Archives at James Branch Cabell Library or the Health Sciences Library. Use VCU Libraries Search to locate individual theses and dissertations.
Part of University Archives: This series has been selected for inclusion in the VCU University Archives for its enduring administrative, fiscal, legal, or historical value.Theses/Dissertations from 2011
I Wanna Rock!, Amanda Briede
Three Quarter Plackett-Burman Designs for Estimating All Main Effects and Two-Factor Interactions, Bridgette Briggs
ROLE OF AUTOPHAGY IN RADIOSENSITIZATION OF BREAST TUMOR CELLS, Molly L. Bristol
The INDEPENDENT SET Decision Problem is NP-complete, Andrew Bristow IV
Embody - Encode, Mary Catherine Brooks
Learning Communities or Support Groups: The Use of Student Cohorts in Doctoral Educational Leadership Programs, Christy J. Brown
The Development of the Common Factor Therapist Competence Scale for Youth Psychotherapy, Ruth Brown
Acquired Cytogenetic Changes in Adult Twins Discordant for a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Jenni Brumelle
Can Interior Design Erase Architecture? The Integration of a Pet Care Facility into The Fan, Erin Brunner
PROCESSING AND CLASSIFICATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS USING WAVELET TRANSFORM AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS, Abed Al-Raoof Bsoul
Meeting Sanford Meisner: An Investigation of the Origins, Development, and Practical Application of the Meisner Technique, Mandy Butler
LIMBS IN SURF, Caroline Cahill
Rethinking Success: A Person-Based Approach to Service Learning, Ryan Cales
Functional Characterization of the Streptococcus sanguinis com Regulon, Jill Callahan
EXAMINATION OF NAK-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN-1 (NAP1) HOMO AND HETERO-INTERACTIONS IN THE INTERFERON PATHWAY”, Richard Call
Epicuria: The Dichotomy of Richmond's Urban and Suburban Landscape in a Market Environment, Kate Canale
Beating Back Babylon, Nicholas Candela
The Actor as Vessel: A Journey Towards Citizen Artistry, Joseph Carlson
THE ANSWER TO A MAIDEN’S PRAYER: HOMER CUMMINGS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE 1937 COURT PACKING PLAN, Jason Carmichael
THE SAYLOVE PROJECT: Conception to Fruition and Everything in Between, Jennifer Catton
A Time-efficient Method for Accurate T1 Mapping of The Human Brain, Yung-Yeh Chang
Mosaicism for trisomy21: Utility of array-based technology for its detection and its influence on telomere length and the frequency of acquired chromosome abnormalities, Chariyawan Charalsawadi
What are the Educational Aspirations of African American Males Raised in Mother-Only Households?, Patsy Chavis
RATE-LIMITING STEP OF CONE PHOTOTRANSDUCTION RECOVERY AND OGUCHI DISEASE MECHANISMS, Frank Chen
WILMS’ TUMOR-1 (WT1) PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN GLIOMA CELLS ACTUATES CELLULAR INVASIVENESS- IDENTIFYING ITS TARGET GENES, Archana Chidambaram
DETERMINANTS OF CLERGY BEHAVIORS PROMOTING SAFETY OF BATTERED KOREAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN, Yoon Joon Choi
Homage to Everyday People, Sang Ja Chun
Fused, Lauren Cifranic
Giving Voice To Student And Alumnae Opposition During The Transition To Coeducation By A College For Women, Rebecca Grandstaff Clarke
SOCIAL SUPPORT RECEIVED ONLINE AND OFFLINE BY INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, Jessye Cohen
Response to and Recovery from Endotracheal Suctioning in Preterm Infants Using Routine Versus Four-handed Care, Sharon Cone
The Influence of Perceptual Accuracy on Willingness to Seek Help Among College Freshmen, Kathryn Conley
ANALYZING THE ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFICATE OF NEED REGULATIONSON VOLUME AND QUALITY INDICATORS FOR HEART AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION, Courtney Cosby
Teaching Mourning, Julie Crowder
The Konami Code: An Experiment in Dialect Pedagogy, Thomas Cunningham
THE PROGRAM PATHING TRUST MODEL FOR CRITICAL SYSTEM PROCESS AUTHORIZATION, Robert Dahlberg
Assessing the Role of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) in Improving Functional Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury, Dustin Dalton
Helper phage capsid size redirection by staphylococcal pathogenicity island SaPI1 involves internal scaffolding proteins., Priyadarshan Damle
Cycles of Nature, Heather Darby
Anesthesia Recordkeeping: Accuracy of Recall with Computerized and Manual Entry Recordkeeping, Thomas Corey Davis
Conrad Wise Chapman and the Mexican Landscape, Marisa Day
Characterization and genetic analysis of the cellulolytic microorganism Thermobifida fusca, Yu Deng
DETECTION OF SECRETED PROTEASES AND A MEMBRANE PROTEASE IN PATHOGENIC ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERTSONI, Shivdeep Deo
Impact of Medicare Part D coverage gap on beneficiaries' adherence to prescription medications, Urvi Desai
MATERNAL INFLUENCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFANT ORAL BIOFILM, James Dibelka
PROJECTION DESIGN FOR A CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORK BY IVÁN ANGELUS IN HUNGARY, Tennessee Dixon
THE RESEMBLANCE OF CONDENSATION, AN UNSTABLE LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE PAST AND PRESENT, Courtney Dodd
Identification and characterization of low pH-triggered conformational changes in the herpes simplex virus glycoprotein B, Stephen Dollery
The Interpersonal Process and Predictors of Consent in Tissue Donation Requests, Lindsey Dorflinger
Salinger and the Phases of War, Johnson Elizabeth Downing
Gene expression in the right ventricle during development of pulmonary hypertension, Jennifer Drake
An Assessment of Principals' Technology Leadership: A Statewide Survey, Jeffrey Duncan
IAIN BAXTER& and N.E. THING CO.: A Study in Pop-Inflected Conceptual Art, Dennis Durham
Living with HIV: Views through the Blog, Linda Eastham
TRENDS IN DENTAL CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA, Justin Edwards
Fluctuations and Instantons in Complex Landscapes: From Ligand Unbinding to Proton Transfer, Justin Elenewski
Based on a True Story, Mary Elkins
Cognitive Origins of the “BIMBY” Effect: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Survey Ratings Regarding the Quality of Public Schools, James Ellis Jr.
INTERNAL CONTROL QUALITY AND INFORMATION ASYMMETRY IN THE SECONDARY LOAN MARKET, Dina El-Mahdy
Emotional Storytelling Choreography—A Look Into The Work of Mia Michaels, Bethany Emery
Circumpunct, Kristin Epperson
Mapping the Distant, Llorens Ana Esteve
THE EFFECTS OF SDF-1α TREATMENT ON THE MIGRATION OF NEURAL STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Corey Evans
Statistical image reconstruction for quantitative computed tomography, Joshua Evans
SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF GENE FUNCTIONS FOR MORPHOLOGICAL CHAIN FORMATION IN STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS, Karra Evans
Signifying Ruins: The Wreck and Rebirth of Modernity, Language, and Representation, Audrey Farley
The Effect of Insulating K-Type Files on Accuracy and Reliability as Used in Two Electronic Apex Locators, Timothy Finkler
Obsessions Of My Affections, Deborah FitzGerald
The Role of Faith Leaders in Partnerships among Health Promotion Researchers and Faith Communities, Rebecca Foco
The Rhetoric of Second Chance: The Invention of Ethos For An Ex-Offender, Modu Fofana-Kamara
Organizational Culture and Partnership Process: A Grounded Theory Study of Community-Campus Partnerships, Kready Sharon Foreman
The Superfund Program Past and Present Funding Implications, Nicole Franklin
Development of Dual-Pathway Inhibitors of Raf/MEK/ERK and PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathways., Sasha Fraser
Healthcare Acquired Infection Risk and Toothbrush Contamination in the ICU., Michelle Frazelle
Cyclic-di-GMP Signaling in the Borrelia Spirochetes, John Freedman
Melancholy and the Infant, Wesley Friedrich
Natural Disasters and Older Adults: The Social Construction of Disaster Planning, Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock
A STUDY ON THE BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR EFFECTS OF ENVIORMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE ON ADULT AND DEVELOPING RAT BRAIN BIOCHEMISTRY, Brian Fuller
Characterizing the distribution of planktonic fecal bacteria in the James River, Richmond, Virginia, John Furry
“CLICKED” BIVALENT MULTIFUNCTIONAL LIGANDS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE., RONAK GANDHI
SECONDARY HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY REGARDING GEOGRAPHY TEACHING, Yan Gao
Quantitative Analysis of Contactin-Associated Protein and Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Isoform 1.6 following Experimental Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury, Daniel Gardiner
Sweet Mercy: A Scientific Investigation, Aubrey Gartner
The Professional Identity Development of Gerontologists: An Experiential Learning Approach, Tracey Gendron
The content of electronic mentoring: A study of special educators participating in an online mentoring program, Roberta Gentry