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 2026
SIMULATED SUBJECTS, REAL RESPONSES: SURVEYING DECISION JUDGMENTS ACROSS BIOLOGICAL AND ARTIFICIAL AGENTS, Alara Karatuna
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE GRADUATES' SUCCESS STORIES LEADING TO ACHIEVING PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS IN THE U.S., Cristina Vergara López
NARRATIVE STRATEGIES IN PRESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYMAKING: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE IMPACTS OF PRESIDENTIAL NARRATIVES, Gorgin Mansourian
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ON THE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF LGBTQ YOUNG ADULTS, Bridget J. Mantooth-Urso
THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING OF NEURONAL ACTIVATION PATTERNS IN CHRONIC NEUROPATHIC PAIN AND OPIOID PHARMACOLOGY, Madeline Martinez
THE CRANE AND THE TURTLE DANCE: EXPLORING MONO NO AWARE, NATURE, AND ONTOLOGY IN THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD, Rachel Martin
SALTFISH AND SEEDCAKE: EXAMINING FANTASY THROUGH FOOD STUDIES, Isabella Martins-Simonsen
TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE, Christopher Alan McDaniel
NAVIGATING HELP IN STEM: HOW SEEKING AND RECEIVING HELP SHAPES WOMEN’S SELF PERCEPTIONS AND MEMORY, Samantha A. McKinney
COGNITION IN PAIR-LIVING OWL MONKEYS: THE ROLE OF PARTNER AFFILIATION IN THE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE TO SOLVE A COGNITIVE TASK, Aaron J. Mencia
A LIGHT-OPERATED KINASE INHIBITOR STRATEGY AND ITS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO APPLICATIONS, Goksu Menton
CHIVALRY’S ONGOING CHANGE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMAN KNIGHTS IN FANTASY LITERATURE, Miranda Miller
AN ANALYSIS OF SURFACE-LEVEL MACRO AND MICROPLASTICS ALONG WESTERN CENTRAL LEYTE, PHILIPPINES, Graham B. Morrison-Plumley
CHARACTERIZING THE DIET, MOVEMENT, AND HOOKING FREQUENCY OF PIER-HOOKED JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS), Cody R. Mott
GRAPH-BASED AND UNCERTAINTY-AWARE MACHINE LEARNING FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION, Anca Olivia Muresan
THE HATE CIRCUIT: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON HATE AND HEALING, Vivian Murphy
THE OVERVIEW EFFECT: A POETRY COLLECTION, Crystal Murr
OPTIMIZATION OF A POINT ABSORBER WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER (WEC), Rutwa Dilipkumar Nagar
ASSESSMENT OF MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES AND GENETIC VARIATION IN HEAD SHAPE OF FLORIDA POMPANO TRACHINOTUS CAROLINUS, Neriah Nicholas
ON TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS BY STRUCTURED MATRIX DECOMPOSITIONS WITH APPLICATIONS TO SIGNAL DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION, Georgios Ierotheos Orfanidis
ROOTED WISDOM ECOFEMINIST TAROT, Daniella Orias
SUPPRESSING SAINTS AND SUFFERING SINNERS: AN ANALYSIS OF REDUCTIVE TROPES THROUGH THE 2025 FILM SINNERS, Kaila Palmer