Welcome to Florida Atlantic University's Theses and Dissertations. This collection contains Master's theses and Doctoral dissertations created by Florida Atlantic University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations/Capstones from 2025
THE MEANING OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICES FOR CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER IN THAILAND: A HEIDEGGERIAN PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Wipawee Ponkaew
THE EFFECT OF HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE ON THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF RED BLOOD CELLS, Liliana Ponkratova
ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE: APPALACHIA AND NATIONAL CRISIS, Thomas Matthew Prater
PRESS PASS: A MIDDLE EAST MEMOIR OF IDENTITY AND EMPATHY, Ilene Prusher
EXPLORING A MODERN DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUE FOR WETLAND MAPPING AND MONITORING USING WORLDVIEW-2 SATELLITE PRODUCTS, Mizanur Rahman
MOTHERHOOD: AN ORPHAN OF AMERICAN POLITICS A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STATE ACTORS AS INSTITUTIONS, Kristina Ramskyte-Juszczak
ESSAYS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL FUNDING IN THE ERA OF FINTECH INNOVATION, Robert S. Reardon
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND THE RELATION TO MATERNAL SENSITIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INFANT FEAR, Ainsley Richards
ASSESSING TROPHIC PATHWAYS IN THE SOUTHERN INDIAN RIVER LAGOON USING FATTY ACID MARKERS, Joedeelee Rigdon
LITTLE HABITS, Caitlin Rosolen
THE PRACTICE OF THE COMMUNAL POT -OLLA COMÚN- BY LOW-INCOME WOMEN AS A STRATEGY TO FACE HUNGER ON THE NORTH COAST OF PERU, Ricardo M. Sabogal-Suji
AMALIA E CARLO (1812) BY PIETRO CARLO GUGLIELMI IN NAPOLEONIC NAPLES: UNEARTHING A FORGOTTEN OPERA, Barbara Salani
INVESTIGATING THE PORTRAYAL OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN FLORIDA’S K-12 SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY TEXTBOOKS: A CRITICAL CONTENT ANALYSIS, Marisa Miceli Schnirman
THE OBSERVER & THE OBSERVED, Azarakhsh Shafieikadkani
THEY CALL THEMSELVES BRAVE WOMEN: AN ANALYSIS OF BANGLADESHI WOMEN BIKERS’ NARRATIVES ON FACEBOOK, Farhin Shimu
UNKNOWN COSTS, Wilson M. Sims
INFLUENCES OF DYNAMIC AND STATIC RETRIEVAL CUES ON MEMORY ACCURACY AND REACTION TIMES, Megan S. Smithwick
MINERALIZATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND SELECTIVE DEGRADATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS, Steven A. Soini
MAKING HOT CHOCOLATE: CONNECTING HYPERSEXUALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN IN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE, Ashlan Stewart
PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL USING NOVEL CARBON ADSORBENTS DERIVED FROM WASTE ALGAE: AN INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY APPROACH TO MITIGATE ALGAL BLOOMS, Vithulan Suthakaran
SPOT (SMART POSITION AND TEMPERATURE) TAGGING REVEALS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT SHAPE BLACKTIP SHARK (CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS) ANNUAL MIGRATIONS., Isaac Tuszynski
TINY-PHYSICS: A COMPACT LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL FOR PHYSICS WORD PROBLEMS ON MOBILE DEVICES, Akhil Vallala