College of Arts and Sciences Theses
This collection includes Cleveland State University College of Arts and Sciences theses dating from December 2007 to the present which are also included in the OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertation Center.
Theses published before 2014 can be found in the Cleveland State University Archives or the Northeast Regional Library Depository through OhioLINK.
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Effects of Talker Variability and Talkers' Gender on the Perception of Spoken Taboo Words, Samantha E. Tuft
Othering, Mirroring, and Identity in John Edgar Wideman's Brothers and Keepers, James E. Walker
Romance and Identity in Flight Club, Jacob Wiker
Liberating the Sexed Body: Oscar Wilde Erodes Victorian Conventions as a New World Is Created in the Importance of Being Earnest, Amber M. Wulu
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Examining Signer-Specificity Effects in the Perception of Words in American Sign Language, Hadiya A. Adams
Normative Data Collection and Comparison of Performance on the Poreh Naming Test to the Boston Naming Test, Orion R. Biesan
Relationship Between Internal Homonegativity and Self-Harm Behaviors, Marie M. Chirico
The Effects of Task Autonomy and Task Interest on Goal-Setting Behavior and Task Performance, Megan E. Crane
Structural Basis of LMAN1 Cargo Capture in ER & Release in ERGIC, Vaijayanti Das
What Factors Predict Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults?, Nicole T. Dawson
Impact of Sequence and Cognitive Aging on Spatial Learning from Ground Level and Aerial Perspectives, Gregory J. Degirolamo
The Dark Is Melting: Narrative Persona, Trauma and Communication in Sylvia Plath's Poetry, Jessica J. Feuerstein
Preliminary Analysis of the Geriatric Intelligence Test, Adam W. Fominaya
Methylation Markers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Avinash Gavicharla
Exploring Reaction Time Differences to Aggression Words as a Function of Attachment Related Avoidance and Anxiety, Stephanie L. Johnson
Understanding the Relationship of Trust and Risk in Online Shopping, Stephanie C. Kozina
PTSD and High-Risk Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, Richard Jason Lawrence
Reverse Orientalism: Laila Halaby's Once in a Promised Land, Amanda Lloyd
The Transformation of Tibetan Artists' Identities from 1959-Present Day, Michelle Elizabeth Meno
Same Behavior, Different Consequences: Reactions to Men's and Women's Compulsory Citizenship Behaviors, Makishi Nobuko
Stigma and Knowledge: a Questionnaire and Literature Review, Melissa L. Pierce
The After Effects of Colonialism in the Postmodern Era: Competing Narratives and Celebrating the Local in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost, Priyanthan A. Pillainayagam
Boronic Acid Macroligands for Glycomics Applications, Poornima Pinnamaneni
The Impact of Employment Environment and Stereotype Threat on Self-Perceptions and Work Performance of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Mary Riegelmayer
Restoring James Agee: a Textual Analysis of the Original and Restored Versions of James Agee's a Death in the Family, Matthew P. Rother
Using the Quantified Process Approach in Examination of the Five Point Test, John R. Skalla
Differences in Risk-Taking in a Trauma Exposed Population, Ruth Anna Viehoff
Time-Of-Day Effects on Younger and Older Adult Executive Functioning, Carly E. Violand
The Effects of Group Essence Survival on Group Morale, Mark R. Wojda
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Intricate RNA : RNA Interactions in U12-Dependent Nuclear Pre-mRNA Splicing, Tupa Basu roy
An Exploration of Self-Construction Through Buddhist Imagery in Maxine Hong Kingston's the Women Warrior, Rosann M. Bilek gage
Charles Chesnutt Racial Relation Progression Throughout Career, Lindy R. Birney
Change Detection Ability in Naturalistic Scenes: Are Object Appearances or Disappearances Easier to Detect When Disappearances Should Be More Noticeable?, Maria J. Donaldson
The Impact of Motivational Systems on Dynamic Inconsistency in Risk Taking, Alexander E. Dorf
Treatment of Co-Morbid Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorders, Lisa Ellison
The Parasympathetic Nervous System in Human Heart Failure, Jessica A. French
Thermal Analysis as an Important Research Tool for Colleges and Universities, Jeffrey Allen Fruscella
Cross Product Generalizability of Shopping Site Judgments, Steven G. Given
Perceived Difficulty in a Fitts Task, Suzanne M. Grilli
Insect Signature Indicating Corpse Movement from Urban to Rural Areas of Northeast Ohio, Krystal R. Hans
Preservice Teacher Awareness of Risk Factors for Student Suicide, Stacey Heitkamp
A Clockwork Orange: the End of the "Angry Young Man" Era, Matthew J. Horner
Interracial Interactions and Resource Depletion, Darian E. Johnson
Novel Thermal Analytical Techniques to Characterize Drugs and Drug Delivery, Lakshmi Swetha Kaza
The Language of Diaspora in Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth, Brittany Kemper
The Poreh Nonverbal Memory Test, Chelsea Kalynn Kociuba
Hopeful Hostility: an Analysis of the Evolution of American Naturalism, Amonte Littlejohn
The Good People of Newburgh: Yankee Identity and Industrialization in a Cleveland Neighborhood, 1850-1882, Judith A. Mackeigan
Pigeonholing Without Hybridizing: the False Reduction of Toni Morrison's Beloved, Lauren B. Molnar
None of My Idols Were Worth Worshipping, Charlotte Morgan
Examining Whether Social Factors Affect Listeners Sensitivity to Talker-Specific Information During Their Online Perception of Spoken Words, Jessica L. Newell
The Leprous Christ and the Christ-Like Leper: the Leprous Body as an Intermediary to the Body of Christ in Late Medieval Art and Society, Jenna Noelle Ogden
The Efficacy of Hippocampal Stimulation in Preventing Depressive Symptoms, Timothy B. Patrick
Targeting Expression of an Oncogene by Splicing Interference (SPLICEi) in Human Mammary Carcinoma Cell Culture Model, Chaucola K. Pleasant
An Assessment of Viable Habitat for Blanding's Turtle (Emydodidea blandingii) in the State of Ohio Using GIS and Remote Sensing, Bradley M. Poynter
A Rat Model of Sleep Deprivation Prior to Traumatic Brain Injury, Steve G. Soehnlen
Eggs, Rachel Stallard
Perspective Taking in Dyadic Interactions: Influences of Cooperation and Competition on Third Person Representation of Movement, Michael H. Summers
Introduction to Pharmaceutical Thermal Analysis: a Teaching Tool, Shravan Singh Thakur
Factors Affecting Heme Transfer from "GAPDH": a Possible Heme Carrier Protein, Rajesh Vempati
The Impact of Stress on Pain and Daily Living in Fibromyalgia, Meredith Brooke Wessner
Diversification Through Discourse: a Bakhtinian View of Homer Hickam's Red Helmet, Julia A. Wilson
Examining the Effects of Variation in Emotional Tone of Voice on Spoken Word Recognition, Maura L. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Characterization of a MicroRNA Harboring Intron for Pre-mRNA Splicing and MicroRNA Processing, Neha Aggarwal
The Musical Moment: for String Quartet, Seungchul Ahn
Mapping Riparian Vegetation in the Lower Colorado River Using Low Resolution Satellite Imagery, Kelly J. Amundsen
The Mutual Development in James, Henry, and Jane Austen's Early Writings, Margaret K. Antone
The Only Common Thread: Race, Youth, and the Everyday Rebellion of Rock and Roll, Cleveland, Ohio, 1952-1966, Dana Aritonovich
Disintegration of Tablets and Capsules Measured by Isothermal Thermal Mechanical Analysis and Macrophotography, Visweswararao Badipatla
String Theory, Rachel A. Baird
Transforming Growth Factor - Beta (TGFß) Stimulated Isoform Specific Activation of akt2 via Ras Mediates Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT), Praveen Chander
Poetry Matters, Emily E. Gillilan
Self-Evident Truths, Jennifer J. Hoyt
The Evolution of the Robotic Other in Science Fiction Film and Literature: from the Age of the Human to the Era of the Post-Human, Gregory M. Humphrey
The Reawakening of Steinbeck, Christine E. Jacobs
Assessment of Habitat Use by Eastern Coyote (Canis Latrans) Along an Urban-Parkland Gradient, Beth A. Judy
The Effect of Workload on Student Evaluations of Teaching, Jennifer Kramp
The Political Repercussions of Homosexual Repression of Masculinity and Identity in Martin Sherman's Bent, Melissa C. Lupo
Preliminary Normative Data of the Poreh and Martincin Naming Tests, Kelly M. Martincin
A Reexamination of the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Questionnaire Reliability and Validity in a College Student Sample, Rachel Martukovich
Suicide Pelicans, Amanda A. Mccoy
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Her Works and Their Messages, Kathryn A. Mcdonald-miranda
Characterization and Evolution of the SerH Immobilization Antigen Genes in Tetrahymena Thermophila, Christopher Thomas Mcginness
Examining the Errors and Self-Corrections on the Stroop Test, Ashley K. Miller
Fahrenheit 451: Tempreture Rising, Douglas C. Moore
Richard Powers's the Echo Maker and the Trauma of Survival, Nicolas J. Potkalitsky
The Perception of Fairness of Performance Appraisals, Tracy M. Prather
Regulatory Fit and Consumer Brand Preferences, Johnny A. Sams
Shells, Joline L. Scott
Recovery of Sensorimotor Function in Rats Following Acute Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Deprivation and Controlled Cortical Impact, Jaime Lynn Shuster
Targets of Hsa-miR-488* in Human Prostate Carcinoma Cells, Jinani E. Slaibi
Study of Drug Delivery Behavior Through Biomembranes Using Thermal and Bioanalytical Techniques, Hareesha Reddy Venumuddala
The Non-Specificity of Location in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Brian P. Voroselo
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Power of Society in The Red Badge Of Courage, Hmoud Alotaibi
The Effects of Practice and Load on Actual and Imagined Action, Christopher Stephen Bialko
The Traumatic Events Inventory: Preliminary Investigation of a New PTSD Questionnaire, Kirk Robert Bryant
Arme Blanche and Revolver: The French-Austrian School of War, The Frontier and the United States Cavalry, Michael E. Bryant
Rat Population Assessment and Control In Eastern Suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, James W. Coates
Identity Distress Surrounding Retirement, Jennifer Colbert
