Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Qunatum Transport Phenomena and Non-Trivial Spin Structures, Domenico Andreoli
An Improv-able Legacy: Shining The Composition Spotlight on Viola Spolin’s Improvisational Pedagogy, Cory Richard Chamberlain
Nickel – Iron Catalysts for Low Temperature Dry Reforming of Methane, Gagandeep Dhillon
Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer, Meaghan Elliott Dittrich
Composition as Bodily Rhetoric: A Multimodal Understanding of Student-Athlete Literacy Practices, Samantha Ellyn Donnelly
Ecological interactions of the trematode parasite Zoogonus rubellus and its first and second intermediate hosts, Sara Edquist
Mathematical Analysis of a Model of Blood Flow Through a Channel with Flexible Walls, Madeline Mayes Edwards
SPEEDING-UP A RANDOM SEARCH FOR THE GLOBAL MINIMUM OF A NON-CONVEX, NON-SMOOTH OBJECTIVE FUNCTION, Arnold C. Englander
DEVELOPMENT OF A SUNKEN OIL TRANSPORT TOOL USING MESOSCALE EXPERIMENTS, Melissa Denise Gloekler
Wind, Wave, and Engineering Effects on Tidal Inlet Morphodynamics, Joshua Lincoln Humberston
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF POLICE OFFICER ACQUITTALS: JURORS' EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT RACISM, Donovan Corson Kelley
NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR SENSITIVE DETECTION OF BIOMARKERS IN HEALTHCARE MONITORING, MD NIAZUL ISLAM KHAN
“We Feminine Foresters”: Women, Conservation, and the USDA Forest Service, 1850-1970, Rachel D. Kline
THREE ESSAYS IN APPLIED MICROECONOMICS: SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF ANTI DISCRIMINATION AND ANTI VIOLENCE POLICIES, Gokhan Kumpas
Why Are We Doing This: How Students Find Meaning in Research Writing Across Contexts, Scott Lasley
Molecular Simulation Studies of Dynamics and Interactions in Nucleic Acids, Lev Levintov
Dissertation Defense for Implementing Socially Just Climate Adaptation: A Case Study of Boston, Massachusetts, Jeffrey T. Malloy
Presentation Slides for Implementing Socially Just Climate Adaptation: A Case Study of Boston, Massachusetts, Jeffrey T. Malloy
BROADLY-BASED GRADUATE SCHOOL SPONSORED COMMUNICATION SKILLS PROGRAMS: A STUDY IN THREE ESSAYS OF PROGRAMS AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE DIVERSIFICATION OF CAREER PATHWAYS, Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan
PROGRESS ON THE USE OF SURFACE-IMMOBILIZED ELASTIN-LIKE POLYMERS AS A STIMULI-RESPONSIVE BIOSENSOR FOR INTERLEUKIN-6 DETECTION, Marissa Morales
Structural and Binding Studies of the Polar Organizing Protein Z (PopZ) Using NMR Spectroscopy, Christopher Taylor Nordyke
DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN LACTAM AND CAPTOPRIL ANALOGUES FOR THE COVALENT INHIBITION OF METALLO-β-LACTAMASES, Marie-Josiane Ohoueu
Existence of Mutual Stabilization in Chaotic Neural Models, John Parker
Justice System Outcomes of Children Referred for Sexual Offenses, Kei Saito
ESSAYS ON THE UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH BEHAVIORS, Rebecca Sen Choudhury
COSMIC DIFFUSE GAMMA-RAY BACKGROUND MEASUREMENT WITH THE ADVANCED SCINTILLATOR COMPTON TELESCOPE (ASCOT), Tejaswita Sharma
Pews, Proprietors, and Plutocracy: The Business Model of Unitarian and Congregational Religious Societies in Northern New England, 1790-1850, Amy Beth Smith
Investigating the Evolutionary Dynamics of Traits in Metazoa, Jennifer L. Spillane
An Empirical Evaluation of Visual Cues for 3D Flow Field Perception, Andrew Harlan Stevens
Micromechanical Modeling and Evaluation of Process-Induced Residual Stresses in 3D Woven Composites, Kostiantyn Vasylevskyi
GDF1 AS A REGULATOR OF CERAMIDE METABOLISM AND HEMATOPOIESIS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA, Weiyuan Wang
From an insect to the classroom: Evolutionary insights into the ecological and behavioral impacts of experience, Brooke Kathleen Woelber-Kastner
INVESTIGATION OF PARAMETER EFFECTS ON IMPACT WELDING AND MODELLING OF PROCESS, Shunyi Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
PEER VICTIMIZATION AND DELINQUENCY: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, Nicholas Alexander Adams
FROM BELIEVING TO DOING: TEACHER OWNERSHIP OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PRACTICES A GROUNDED THEORY CASE STUDY, Maria Agorastou
EXPERIMENTS AND MODELING OF PLASTIC ANISOTROPY AND DUCTILE FRACTURE UNDER MULTIAXIAL LOADING, Madhav Baral
Distributed Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems Under Detectability and Communication Constraints, Himadri Basu
“Speaking of Dignity”: Interviews with Non-unionized Adjunct Faculty Teaching in an English Department at a Catholic Church-affiliated University, Jacob Aaron Bennett
White Discipline, Black Rebellion: A History of American Race Riots from Emancipation to the War on Drugs, Jordan C. Burke
White Discipline, Black Rebellion: A History of American Race Riots from Emancipation to the War on Drugs, Jordan C. Burke
Investigating the Spatial and Temporal Scale Variability of Ebullitive Flux from a Subarctic Thaw Pond System, Sophia Burke
TUNING SURFACE PROPERTIES OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE FOR CARBON MONOXIDE OXIDATION OVER COPPER-TITANIUM DIOXIDE, Guoqiang Cao
MANIPULATING SINGLE POLYMER MOLECULES FOR APPLICATIONS IN NANOMATERIALS, Ruiwen Chen
HUMAN AND CLIMATE IMPACTS ON FLOODING VIA REMOTE SENSING, BIG DATA ANALYTICS, AND MODELING, Eunsang Cho
“MAYBE WE CAN DO THIS TOO”: MULTILINGUAL WRITERS, ANTI-DEFICIT IDEOLOGIES, IDENTITY FORMATION AND STUDENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT, Marino Ivo Lopes Fernandes
Indefinable Forces: How Teachers Negotiate Narratives of Ability and Inclusivity While Applying Universal Design for Learning, Beth S. Fornauf
The Intersection of History and Trade: Essays in Trade and Trade Policy, David Travis Freidman
Fear and Loathing in Post 9/11 America: Public Perceptions of Terrorism as Shaped by News Media and the Politics of Fear, Reinmar Cristobal Freis-Beattie
Preservation and Utilization of Wet Brewer's Grains in Diets of Dairy Heifers, Eric Hatungimana
RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE PRICE EFFICIENCY IN STOCK MARKETS: COULD BEHAVIORAL FINANCE AND EFFICIENT MARKETS BOTH BE CORRECT?, James Ryan Hickey
NOVEL TOPOLOGIES IN POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: A STUDY OF TRIANGULENES AND OTHER MOLECULAR SHAPES, Carter James Holt
FUTURE HYDROLOGICAL FAILURE PROBABILITY OF DAMS IN NEW ENGLAND UNDER LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE, Iman Hosseini-Shakib
FUTURE HYDROLOGICAL FAILURE PROBABILITY OF DAMS IN NEW ENGLAND UNDER LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE, Iman Hosseini-Shakib
DEMOGRAPHY OF A RECOVERY: TRACKING THE REBOUND OF LITTLE BROWN BAT (MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS) POPULATIONS, Katherine Ineson
Housework and Perceptions of Fairness: How Do They Affect Older Married Women's and Men's Sexual Frequency and Sexual Satisfaction?, Kirsten Elizabeth Kemmerer
Bullying Trends in the United States and an Analysis of the Impact of Prevention Programs on Bullying Subtypes and Gender, Reeve Kennedy
The Impact of Fine Scale Drivers on Upwelling Processes, David Kenward
DYNAMIC MODELING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY OF URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE SERVICES, Masoumeh Khalkhali
FAT IN THE ACADEMY: REIMAGINING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FAT ACADEMIC, Danielle Marie Lavendier
The Effects Of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation During Conflict on Partner-Directed State Aggression, Katherine Debra Marjorie Lee
Magnetoelastic Excitations in Chiral Magnets, Christopher Libby
Magnetoelastic Excitations in Chiral Magnets, Christopher Libby
COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT AND BINDING, Yong Liu
COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT AND BINDING, Yong Liu
The Trophic Ecology of Coral Reef Sponges in Caribbean Mesophotic Ecosystems, Keir John Macartney
Am I a Math or Science Person? How High School Students’ Attitudes Towards Mathematics and Science Influence Their Decision to Major in STEM, Dalton Dayne Marsh
THE ROLE OF GLI3 IN INFLAMMATION, Stephan Josef Matissek
THE ROLE OF GLI3 IN INFLAMMATION, Stephan Josef Matissek
Search for an A' Resonance in the Heavy Photon Search 2.3 GeV Data Set, Samantha Katherine McCarty
Search for an A' Resonance in the Heavy Photon Search 2.3 GeV Data Set, Samantha Katherine McCarty
EFFECTS OF NEARSHORE PROCESSES ON CARBONATE CHEMISTRY DYNAMICS AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, Melissa Melendez
An Asymptotic Self-Sustaining Process Theory for Uniform Momentum Zones and Internal Interfaces in Unbounded Couette Flow, Brandon Montemuro
DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF PARTIALLY SATURATED AND UNSATURATED SOILS, Sayedmasoud Mousavi
UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE PROCESSES: INSIGHTS FROM MID-OCEAN RIDGE TRANSFORM FAULTS AND SUBMARINE VOLCANOES, Pamela Moyer
STRATEGIES IN LIGAND DESIGN FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION CATALYSTS, Sebastian Andrew Pantovich
Bacterial Genome and Population Dynamics with Implications for Public Health, Cooper John Park
Bacterial Genome and Population Dynamics with Implications for Public Health, Cooper John Park
Synthesis and Characterization of Biomimetic Model Systems for the Study of Diiron Hydrogenase and Porphyrin Enzymes, Brian Francis Patenaude
A Longer Day in Head Start: An Ethnographic Case Study of How Staff and Parents Navigated Extended Service Duration at a Local Center, Carrie L. Portrie
NUTRIENT CYCLING ALONG MICROBIAL AND LITHOLOGIC GRADIENTS AND FOSTERING STUDENT SELF-CONFIDENCE IN SCIENCE, Kiley Remiszewski
Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in fluvial systems across biomes, Bianca Rodriguez-Cardona
Behavioral and Genetic Mechanisms of Social Evolution: Insights from Incipiently and Facultatively Social Bees, Wyatt Abram Shell
Behavioral and Genetic Mechanisms of Social Evolution: Insights from Incipiently and Facultatively Social Bees, Wyatt Abram Shell
Full Disclosure: Scholars in Rhetoric and Composition Discuss Transparency in Religious-Based Research, Lauren Short