Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS OF THE RELATIVE IMPACTS OF HABITAT AMOUNT, FRAGMENTATION, AND MATRIX QUALITY ON FOREST BIODIVERSITY, Antoinette Esposito
DIFFERENTIAL TAIL AUTOTOMY BETWEEN TWO GENETIC CLADES OF A WOODLAND SALAMANDER, PLETHODON CINEREUS, Ryan Mayer
DO THE SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC BIOFLUORESCENT GLANDS OF PLETHODON CINEREUS FUNCTION IN MATE CHOICE AND ARE THEY SEASONALLY REGULATED BY PHOTOPERIOD?, Sam C. Moody-Wynn
A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES IN CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, NEW YORK, Emily Palmer
EXAMINING QUANTITATIVE HONEST SIGNALING IN APOSEMATIC TRAITS OF THE GREEN AND BLACK POISON FROG DENDROBATES AURATUS FROM COSTA RICA, Katherine Porras-Brenes
USE OF THERMAL MICROHABITATS BY HERPETOFAUNA IN A FRAGMENTED RAINFOREST LANDSCAPE IN COLOMBIA, Catalina Valderrama
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
“Albertania” and “Egbenema”, EXPANDING BIODIVERSITY IN THE OCULATELLACEAE (CYANOBACTERIA)., Mildred Akagha
CLIMATE REFUGIA FOR NEOTROPICAL SNAKES: IMPLICATIONS OF MICROHABITAT USE AND DIET SPECIALIZATION, Consuelo Alarcon
SPECIES RESPONSES TO HABITAT EDGES AND FRAGMENTATION PER SE: A CROSS TAXA META-ANALYSIS, Rachel Snyder
MATE RECOGNITION IN GENETICALLY DISTINCT POPULATIONS OF THE EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER (PLETHODON CINEREUS), Courtney Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
“Albertania” and “Egbenema”, PANDING BIODIVERSITY IN THE OCULATELLACEAE (CYANOBACTERIA)., Mildred Akagha
SURVEY OF DIATOM PERIPHYTON ASSEMBLAGES IN LAKE GEORGE, Joy Jackson
“CELTIC THINGS” IN TOLKIEN’S MYTHOLOGY, Erin Kriz
ALKALOID-BASED CHEMICAL DEFENSES IN 11 SPECIES OF BUFONID POISON FROGS FROM BRAZIL (BUFONIDAE: MELANOPHRYNISCUS), Emily Staufer
VARIATION IN ALKALOID COMPOSITION AND SEQUESTRATION IN DENDROBATID POISON FROGS, Katherine R. Waters
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
VARIATION IN THE MATERNAL PROVISIONING OF ALKALOIDS IN THE STRAWBERRY POISON FROG OOPHAGA PUMILIO: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHERS AND THEIR TADPOLE OFFSPRING, Olivia L. Brooks
ROMANTIC REJECTION IN GAY POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS: A GAY BLOG ANALYSIS, Rebecca Ferlotti
Audience Engagement Strategies in the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Rachel Halle
DIATOM COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN LAKE GEORGE, AN OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE IN THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, Adam T. Ruka
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
THE CONVINCING BIOGRAPHER: THE USE OF GENRE IN ATHANASIUS’ CHRISTOLOGY, Angelica DiGangi
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
CHEMOTAXIS OF BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS ZOOSPORES IN RESPONSE TO LIVE AMPHIBIANS, David Bartholow
THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS RESISTANCE AND HEART RATE IN THE POLYMORPHIC EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDERS, PLETHODON CINEREUS, Joseph Alan DeMarchi
TRACING THEIR JOURNEY: A NEW BEGINNING FOR IRISH IMMIGRANTS IN 1850 CLEVELAND, Kathleen M. Edwards
VALIDATION OF A WATER QUALITY INDEX FOR LAKE ERIE, Vaclava Hazukova
CULTURAL CONTEXT: AN ARGUMENT FOR NEW HISTORICISM OVER POSTMODERNISM IN ANALYZING POPULAR LITERATURE, Conor King
Evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the Marine Rivulariaceae., Jose Alberto Martinez Yerena
NUTRIENT CONSERVATION TRAIT RESPONSES OF LOW RESOURCE ADAPTED CHAPARRAL SHRUBS TO INCREASED RESOURCE AVAILABILITY, Reina Lee Nielsen
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
THE ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIORS OF CRYPTIC AND APOSEMATIC ANURANS AND VARIABILITY IN ALKALOIDS, CONSPICUOUSNESS, AND PATTERN WITHIN DENDROBATES AURATUS (DENDROBATIDAE), Annelise Blanchette
THE DOCTOR WILL SKYPE YOU NOW: COLLEGE STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE INTEGRATION OF TELEMEDICINE (HEALTHSPOT® Kiosk) AT JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY, Kasey A. Foley
VARIATION IN CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY OF POLYMORPHIC POPULATIONS OF THE EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER, PLETHODON CINEREUS, Marissa Ganzfried
SUGER: MANAGING CHURCH AND STATE THROUGH ST.-DENIS, Martin P. McGrath
FOLIAR MINERAL ACCUMULATION PATTERNS OF GYPSOPHILES AND THEIR RELATIVES FROM THE USA AND SPAIN, Clare Muller
THE INFLUENCE OF MATRIX CONTRAST ON SPECIES RICHNESS IN FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES, Ian Reider
GENETIC ANALYSIS OF DISTINCT CLADES OF PLETHODON CINEREUS AT A SECONDARY CONTACT ZONE IN NORTHEAST OHIO, Brian Waldron
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
POPULATION-LEVEL VARIATION IN A PHEROMONE COMPLEX ACROSS SPECIES' GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, Christina LeAnn Baggett
VARIATION IN ALKALOID DEFENSES OF THE DENDROBATID POISON FROG OOPHAGA PUMILIO LEAD TO DIFFERENCES IN AVAOIDANCE BY ARHTROPODS, Sarah Bolton
SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF GENE FLOW PATTERNS AMONG WOODLAND SALAMANDER POPULATIONS INHABITATING CONTRASTING LANDSCAPES, Alexander C. Cameron
OLD AND NEW GODS IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY: MIXED CONTENT TALES IN LEBOR NA HUIDRE, Eric Patterson
HETEROCHRONY OF CRANIAL BONES IN AMNIOTA AND THE PHYLOGENETIC PLACEMENT OF TESTUDINES, Kathleen Sagarin
CYANOMARGARITA GEN. NOV. (NOSTOCALES, CYANOBACTERIA): CONVERGENT EVOLUTION RESULTING IN A CRYPTIC GENUS, Sergey Shalygin
THE ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG THE YOUTH IN THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF MOSHI AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUTH FAITH SHARING, Faustine Tarimo
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
ZAMBIANS’ PERCEPTION OF THE PRESS: THE CASE OF ONLINE NEWS MEDIA – ZAMBIAN WATCHDOG AND ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL (2014-15), Francis Chishala
GREAT LAKE ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF PLETHODON CINEREUS: EFFECT OF ISLAND ELEVATION ON COLOR POLYMORPHISM, Cameron N. Eddy
FEMALE MATE CHOICE IN A MAINLAND POPULATION OF THE STRAWBERRY POISON FROG, OOPHAGA PUMILIO, Meaghan Gade
THE EFFECTS OF NITROGEN AVAILABILITY AND COMPETITION ON FIRST YEAR PERRENNIAL BUNCHGRASS GROWTH AND ALLOCATION, Jeffrey T. Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
HOW WOMEN BECAME PRIESTS IN IRELAND: THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN’S ORDINATION IN THE CHURCH OF IRELAND, Meagan Farrell Howe
"You'll Have to Take It: Urban Vigilantism and American Film, 1967-1985", Joseph E. Roskos
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
THE EVOLUTION OF THE MEDICI PORTRAIT: FROM BUSINESS TO POLITICS, Mark J. Danford
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Capacity of Diatom Species to Survive Ingestion by the Algivorous Minnow, Pimephales Notatus, Paul Gregory Grubach
Bat Habitat Use and Roost Tree Selection for Northern Long-eared Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) in North-Central Ohio, Timothy J. Krynak
Student-Consultant Continuum: Incorporating Writing Center Techniques of Peer Review Into the Composition Classroom, Maria Lynn Soriano
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Challenge of Toleration: How a Minority Religion Adapted in the New Republic, Joseph Filous
Coughlin and Cleveland, Karen G. Ketchaver
Why We Failed: The Rise of Islamic Extremism and America’s Failure to Stop It 1979-2003, Brad Michael Negulescu
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
ALBERT CAMUS & THE POST-MODERN GENERATION, Lisa Ann Tekancic-Salamat
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION ON CONCEPTS OF SECURITY AND UNANIMITY, Patricia Carbone