This page contains all graduate theses and dissertations and all undergraduate theses published at Coastal Carolina University. To see theses and dissertations from the College of Graduate Studies and Research click here. To see theses from the Honors College and Center for Interdisciplinary Studies click here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A Numerical Study Investigating Sensitivity of Radar Wave Propagation to the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer Environment, Nathan E. Lentini
Unlikely Heroes in Despair: Existentialist Narrators in the Novels of Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre, and Don DeLillo, Courtney Mullis
Blooming Lotus, Brian Nguyen
Collective Prey Capture by Juvenile Venus Flytraps (Dionaea muscipula), Steven Rosen
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Relocation of Laurel Hill Plantation Rice Barges in the Waccamaw River, SC, Using Multibeam Echosounding, Nathalie Arnone
A Survey of Shark Population in Winyah Bay, SC: A Comparison of Data from 2002-2006 and from 2012-2014, Jessica Bruce
Depredation of Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Nests in North Inlet, SC: Nest Predator Community and the Cues Used by Raccoons to Locate Nests, Samuel Al Buzuleciu II
(Un)wrapping Felix Gonzalez-Torres: The Relational Power and Contagious Wonderment of Candy and Other Things, Brooke Clark
Late Cenozoic Evolution of Sedimentation and Slope Stability Along the U.S. Atlantic Margin, Bradley Kevin Craig
Investigating Stormwater Drainage Basin Sediments as a Means of Bacterial Accumulation and Transport Within a South Carolina Estaurine Watershed, Matthew Kyle Curtis
Dissolved Nutrient Ratios and Concentrations Affect Fungal Reproduction and Community Structure Associated with Submerged Leaf Litter and Wood, Jennifer Fitzgerald
Beyond Marriage and Motherhood: The Motifs Involved in the Portrayal of Women in Literature, Hannah Hunter
The Effect of Attachment Type on Levels of Delinquency and Peer Relations, Kayla Jordan
A Study of Pet Bonding, Interpersonal Trust, and Helping Attitudes as a Function of Gender and Pet Ownership, Alysha McGrath
Constructing Water Budgets for a Coastal Stormwater Catchment to Examine Temporal Dynamics Between Urban Groundwater and Surface Runoff, Leigha E. Peterson
Assessment of Bryophyte Communities Along the Waccamaw River, SC, Christine Elizabeth Raczka
The Ties That Bind: Candidate Appearance and Party Heuristics, Brandon D. Reilly
Applying the Poincaré Recurrence Theorem to Billiards, Aaron Smith
The Reproductive Ecology of Two Sympatric Demersal Fishes: The Naked Goby Gobiosoma bosc and Striped Blenny Chasmodes bosquianus, Rachel M. Tremont
How Does the Amount of Spending on Coaches' Salaries and Recruiting Budgets Affect Win Percentage in College Football?, Ashleigh "Alex" Watson
The Implication of US GAAP and IFRS Convergence on American Business, Austin Willmore
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Alzheimer's Disease and Circadian Rhythms in a Drosophila Model, Lauren Alejo
Effectiveness of Gaming Systems on Balance in Older Individuals, Mary E. Anderson
The Investigation of Risk Factors for Upper Respiratory Infections Among College Students, Romie Barnes
Sexual Assault and SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) in Our Community, Emily Barrow
Effects of Dissolved Nutrient Ratios and Concentrations on Litter-associated Microbial Activity in Streamside Channels, Timothy Burns
Integrating Science & Policy, Abigail A. Carson
Geochemical Tracers Linking Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Hypoxia Formation in Long Bay, South Carolina, USA, Sarah Lynn Chappell
Abuse of Spice, Bath Salts, and Steroids, Rebecca Coburn
Interpretation of Biological Activity Using an Acoustic Backscatter Sensor (ABS), Courtney Elliton
Shark Community Structure in Winyah Bay, SC, Keenen Fryman
How Does Climate Change Affect Coral Reefs?, Rachel Goff
Speech and Language Interventions, Holly Hajnal
What Variables Affect the United States Decision on the Level of Involvement During an International Crisis?, Britany Higdon
Understanding the Motivational Factors for College Students to Remain Non-Smokers, Chanler Hilley
Historical Catch Trends and Efficacy of Video Surveillance Monitoring of Catch Per Unit Effort at Recreational Fishing Piers in South Carolina, Charles Christian Johnson
The Magic of Books: A History of Medieval Magic and Literature, Ana Maria Lavado
Prevention of Increasing Burnout Levels Among Physicians of Different Specialties and Doctoral Degrees, Taylor Lewis
Impact of Macroconsumers on Leaf Breakdown and Detritivores in Wet and Dry Wetlands on a Southeastern US Coastal Plain Floodplain, Bryanna Libby
Prey Capture in Response to Removing Cilia from Venus Flytraps, Emily Marchini
Functional Response of Venus Flytraps (Dionaea muscipula), Amber D. Martin
Catching Companies Who Refuse to Go Green Red-Handed, Wylee McGreevy
Sediment Impact on the Formation of Hypoxic Waters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Synthesis of Sediment Texture, Composition, Erodibility and Transport, Rangley Claude Mickey
Founding Clown Town: Applying Classical Methods to Devise New Works, Leslie Miller
Ecological Effects and Genetic Diversity of the Invading Rhizocephalan Parasite Loxothylacus panopaei in the Flatback Mud Crab Eurypanopeus depressus, Kathryn A. O'Shaughnessy
Cleft Lip and Palate Repair: Bridging the Gap Between Genetics and Oral Health: An Individual Case Study, Duncan Perry
Characteristics and Effects of Muscular Dystrophy in Broiler Chickens, Kayla N. Smith
Seed Bank Study of the Effect of Land Use on Vegetation Diversity in Carolina Bays, Maeve Snyder
Female Division I Cross Country Runners: Is Balance an Issue?, Stephanie Taylor
Differences in Habitat at Two Spatial Scales Fail to Predict Differing Occurrences of Three Species of Wintering Ammodramus Sparrows in South Carolina Salt Marshes, Kimberly A. Trinkle
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Influence of Tidal Cycles on Movements of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in South Carolina Coastal Environments, Lauren Albrittain
The Importance of Isolated Wetlands as Habitat for Rare and Endangered Species in Comparison to Riparian Wetlands, Hillary K. Ballantine
The Influence of Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Protein URM1 on Prion Formation, Jacob Beaver
Distribution and Social Structure of an Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Population in Northern South Carolina, Jamie L. Brusa
Daring to Dream, Michelle Carreon
Assessment of Balance in Collegiate Cheerleaders: Is Implementing a Balance Training Program a Good Idea?, Caitlin Carroll
The Failures of Intelligence Reform, Amber Ciemniewski
Nearshore Orientation Preferences of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Hatchlings in Kyparissia Bay, Greece, Chanel Marie Comis
"Tengo Cara de Ladron?" "Do I Have the Face of a Thief?": An Investigative Study of Stereotypes and Racism in Ecuador, Caryn Cortez
The Effects of Significant Rainfall Events on Surface Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations Off the Coast of Long Bay in South Carolina, Kelsey M. Couch
Capturing Attention: Advertising in the Internet Age, Tara Crane and Elise Weisengoff
Differential Nesting in the Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) at Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica, Mandy Cuskelly
What Impact Does Cause-Related Marketing Have on Professional Sports Teams?, Christina Damore
The Effect of the Female Athlete Triad on Performance: Both Physiologically and Psychologically, Constance Darlington
Who Is Still Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?, Laura DeCrane
Nicotine-Induced Neuroprotection in Drosophila Models of Parkinson's Disease, Lynsey Deudne
Analysis of the Response of a Bromeliad, Vriesea gigantea, Subjected to Drought, Taylor Epley
Population Structure of Tursiops truncatus in North Inlet, South Carolina and Use of Inlet as a Nursery Ground, Heather Estep
9/11 and the Butterfly Effect, Taylor Eubanks
Education, Employment, and Coastal Carolina University: What Are CCU Students' Plans After Graduation?, Thomas M. Fernandez
Relationships Among Blue Tilapia, Two Invasive Aquatic Plants, and Water Quality, Sarah E. Gardner
Assessment of Land Use and Neotropical Herpetofauna Along Steep Gradients of Elevation in an Ecuadorian Ramsar Wetland Site #1143, Nicholas K. Henke
Countries' Involvement in Whaling and the Impacts on Their Tourism Industries, Kaitlyn Hofeldt
Investigating Volatility Trends of Silver Through an Analysis of Stock Options Prices, Dylan Houston
Metabolic Responses of Estuarine Microbial Communities to Inputs of Surface Runoff and Groundwater from Contrasting Landscapes, Patrick Hutchins
Effects of Human BMP-2 on Trans-Differentiation of Myoblast Cells and Human Rhabdomyosarcoma Using an In Vitro Model System, Shannon Kelly
Title IX Compliance: A Comparison of Division I Equality, Jacqueline Leake
A Limnological Assessment of a Rare Lacustrine Wetland Complex: Laguna De Cube, Ramsar Site 1143, Ecuador, Grant R. Lockridge
A Tangle Net Study on Relative Abundance and Habitat Preference of Elasmobranchs in North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina, Moriah Heather Moore
Of Mice and Mozart: Testing Spatial Reasoning and Memory of Rats, Kaitlin O'Toole
A Woman is a Dish for the Gods': Shakespeare's Use of Myth to Criticize Patriarchy, Marissa Polascak
Golf: An Alternative Form of Physical Activity for an Aging Population, Lisa Richardson
Quantifying Acclimation Levels of Mimus polyglottos in the Presence of People, Jordan Rutherford
The Debate on Marine Mammals in Captivity, Lorna C. Scribner
Emerging Media in 18th Century Literature: How Jane Austen Invented Facebook, Rebecca Shaver
Winter Site Fidelity in Secretive Marsh Sparrows Along the Coast of South Carolina, Susan M. Shaw
Challenging the Ideal: A Comparative Study of Suzanne Valadon and William Bouguereau, Mary Sheehy
A Study of the Relationship Between Student Attitudes Toward Reading and Achievement in Reading in Fifth-Grade Students, Christen Shelley
The Comparison of Large Nekton Between a Pristine and Urbanized Estuary and Between Two National Estuarine Research Reserve Systems in South Carolina, Christopher Anthony Smith
Potential Changes to the Cubitt Creek System After Dredging, Hillary Sparagna
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Processes Controlling the Formation of Hypoxic Water in Long Bay of the Carolinas, Danielle Rae Nicole Tarpley
The Evolution of the Status of Women in Korea: Colonial Times to the Present, Rebekah Thomas
Differences in Food Availability for Venus Flytraps in Resident and Restored Populations, J. Mason Truluck
Effects of Selenium on the Freshwater Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with and Without the Proteasome Inhibitor MG132, E. Patrick Vallentine
One Art with Two Sides: Theatre and Performance Art, Jacob Watts
Effects of "Ultrasound" on Completion of Cognitive Tasks in Relation to Dolphin Assisted Therapy, Carrie Wein
Connections Between Bivalve Settlement, Growth, Survival and the Water Quality within South Carolina Inlet and Swash Tidal Creeks, Caitlin C. Wessel
Who's Allowed to Ride the Short Bus?: Un-Defining Disability, Hannah Widdifield
A Comparison of Placental Tissue in the Skinks Eulamprus tympanum and E. Quoyii, Lauren Yates