This calendar lists graduate thesis and dissertation events. Send all notices to the College of Graduate Studies at editor@ucf.edu
The focus of this dissertation is to understand the lived experiences of individuals interred in the Migration Period (4th-7th century AD) cemetery at Plinkaigalis, Lithuania, through integrated analyses of stable isotope, statistical and spatial methods to assess 253 human bone/tooth samples. Isotopic analysis included assessments of stable carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen stable isotope values. Statistical analysis included a MANOVA (Multivariate …
Graduate Thesis and DissertationAnnouncing the Final Examination of Victoria Micaletti for the degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS in Theatre The thesis covers an analysis of the acting methodologies of Konstantin Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, and Jerzy Grotowski, and focuses on the connection between the psychological and physical work of the actor. Using several different exercises from each of these three theorists, I have …
Graduate Thesis and DissertationWe all hope for the best but sometimes, one must plan for ways of dealing with the worst-case scenarios, especially in a network with adversaries. This dissertation illustrates a detailed description of distributed optimization algorithms over a network of agents, in which some agents are adversarial and cause havoc. The model considered is such that adversarial agents act to subvert …
Graduate Thesis and DissertationMagic Show is an animated short film created in the Unity game engine that follows a mischievous fairy named Faye, who attempts to deceive her human audience, the viewer, into believing she can do magic. My goal in the program was to create a themed entertainment experience. I chose point-of-view animated film as an alternative to traditional theme park 3D/4D attractions …
Graduate Thesis and DissertationThe overall goal of this dissertation is to examine how the built and natural environment influence how potential criminals identify crime sites to offend within. Guided by the theoretical principles of crime site selection and crime pattern theory, this study specifically focuses on the crimes of street robbery and commercial burglary in three unique study locations—Atlanta, GA, Fayetteville, NC, and …
Graduate Thesis and DissertationThis study seeks to explicate the intercultural experiences of Puerto Ricans within the diaspora of Central Florida. Specifically, the navigation of communication behaviors among intergroup and outgroup behaviors as Puerto Rican individuals acculturate into the area. This study utilizes communication accommodation theory as its basis in order to understand integration into a host culture and impacts on socio-cultural communication behaviors. …
Graduate Thesis and Dissertation