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Dissertations from 2019
Hiplife Music in Ghana: Postcolonial Performances of Modernity, Nii Kotei Nikoi, Communication
Power System Planning in Disparate Systems: Modeling Sustainability and Electricity Access, Destenie Nock, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Radiant Selves: How Transgender People are Remaking Gender in Discourse, Narrative, and Practice, Sonny Nordmarken, Sociology
MULTI-ETHNIC STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE OF CULTURE-BASED INTERVENTION PROGRAMS IN BELIZE: CASE STUDY OF PROGRAM FOR THE GARIFUNA PEOPLE, Juan Nunez, Education
When Healing and High-stakes Meet: Restorative Justice in an Era of Racial Neoliberalism, Dani O'Brien, Education
COMPETITION BETWEEN WRINKLING, BUCKLING, AND CREASING INSTABILITY MODES ON THE SURFACES OF SOFT MATERIALS AND PATTERNED BILAYERS, Tetsu Ouchi, Polymer Science and Engineering
THE AWESOMENESS OF AWE: THE ROLE OF AWE IN INCREASING CONSUMER WELL-BEING, Begum Oz, Management
DIETARY OLIGOSACCHARIDES ARE DIFFERENTIALLY METABOLIZED BY COMMENSAL MICROBIOTA WITHIN IN VITRO MODEL SYSTEMS, Ezgi Özcan, Food Science
STATE-LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING, MACROECONOMIC FISCAL POLICY, AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE, Amanda Page-Hoongrajok, Economics
THE POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF BLUEBERRY (VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM L.), CHE PAN, Food Science
MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS WITH MISSING MEMBERS: FROM BUILDINGS TO ARCHITECTED MATERIALS, Panagiotis Pantidis, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Changes in muscle control and coordination in novel task learning, Sangsoo Park, Kinesiology
STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES USING PASSIVE AND SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL, Semyung Park, Mechanical Engineering
THE ROLE OF AGULHAS LEAKAGE IN PLIOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE, Neil Patel, Geosciences
THREE ESSAYS ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, Jayash Paudel, Resource Economics
THE BIOACTIVE EFFECTS OF CHICORIC ACID AS A FUNCTIONAL FOOD INGREDIENT, Ye Peng, Food Science
The Non-linear Dynamics of Barred Galaxy Evolution in LCDM, Michael Petersen, Astronomy
PREDICTIVE MODELING OF AUTOMATED BUILDING FACADE ELEMENTS TO ATTAIN THERMAL COMFORT IN PASSIVELY CONDITIONED BUILDINGS IN DIFFERENT CLIMATES, Troy Peters, Environmental Conservation
Bringing Learning Back In: Examining Three Psychometric Models for Evaluating Learning Progression Theories, Duy Pham, Education
Efficient Probabilistic Reasoning Using Partial State-Space Exploration, Luis Pineda, Computer Science
Interweaving Personal and Community Transformation in a Capability Approach: An Education for Development Case Study in Colombia, Stephanie M. Pirroni, Education
Navigating Mainstream Environments: The Impact of Modality Selection for Children with Cochlear Implants, Kristine Plasse, Education
Observational Studies of Fragmentation in Molecular Clouds, Riwaj Pokhrel, Astronomy
DRIVERS and CONSEQUENCES of CARBON USE EFFICIENCY - and ITS MEASUREMENT in SOIL, Grace Pold, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
CONTROLLING SELECTIVITIES IN HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED ALDOL REACTIONS, Koushik Ponnuru, Chemical Engineering
A Study on Homogeneous Sheared Stably Stratified Turbulence, Gavin Portwood, Mechanical Engineering
Bio-inspired Polymers that Bind and Deliver Protein Cargo, Nicholas D. Posey, Polymer Science and Engineering
‘A Better Country to Die in’: Self-Determination, Drugs, and the Limits of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, Wendy Pringle, Communication
THE SOCIAL PROCESS OF DYING IN THE HOSPITAL: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY, Alyson Prokop, Nursing
THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF MYCOBACTERIAL MEMBRANE, Julia Puffal, Microbiology
Afrasian Imaginaries: Global Capitalism and Labor Migration in Indian Ocean Fictions, 1990 – 2015, Neelofer Qadir, English
Effects of Ivermectin and Perfluorobutanesulfonic Acid (PFBS) on Lipid Metabolism, Weipeng Qi, Food Science
THE INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE BARRIER DURING MOLECULAR TRANSPORT IN HIERARCHICAL ZEOLITES, Xiaoduo Qi, Chemical Engineering
SILVER MIRROR SUBSTRATE AND ROLLING METHOD FOR IMPROVED SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPESCTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS IN FOOD, Yanqi Qu, Food Science
REGULATION OF LIPOMANNAN AND LIPOARABINOMANNAN BIOSYNTHESIS IN MYCOBACTERIA, Kathryn Rahlwes, Microbiology
ESSAYS ON MARKETING IN NEW VENTURES, Reza Rajabi, Management
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ANOMALOUS pH OF AQUEOUS NANOEMULSIONS, Kieran P. Ramos, Physics
Divided Tongues: The Politics and Poetics of Food in Modern Anglophone Indian Fiction, Shakuntala Ray, English
SCRIPTING SANCTITY IN THE BORDERLANDS: TERESA URREA, LA SANTA DE CABORA, Jayne Reino, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Latina/o College Students' Experiences at a Predominately White Research University, Maria Alicia Remaly, Education
THREE ESSAYS ON FIRM BEHAVIORS IN ONLINE MARKET PLATFORMS, Erfan Rezvani, Management
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF BOTTOM BAR SPLICE LOCATION ON PERFORMANCE OF BEAMS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE PERIMETER FRAMES, Jorge Rivera Cruz, Civil Engineering
The Epistemic Dimensions of Moral Responsibility and Respect, John Robison, Philosophy
“GREETINGS, I AM AN IMMORTAL GOD!”: READING, IMAGINATION, AND PERSONAL DIVINITY IN LATE ANTIQUITY, 2ND – 5TH CENTURIES CE, Mark Roblee, History
NASCENT DNA PROTEOMICS ANALYSIS UNCOVERS DNA REPLICATION DYNAMICS IN THE HUMAN PATHOGEN TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI, Maria Rocha Granados, Microbiology
TELEVISION AND PERCEIVED CONTROL: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF THE CULTIVATION OF POWERLESSNESS AMONG MILLENIAL ADOLESCENTS, Fernando Rodriguez, Communication
CHANGES IN SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AFTER LONG-TERM WARMING EXPOSURE, William G. Rodríguez-Reillo, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Laboratory Study of the Geotechnical Properties of Abraded Railway Ballast with Natural and Clay Mix Fouling, Andrew Rohrman, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Brachypodium distachyon GNRF, SWAM1 and SWAM4 are transcriptional regulators of secondary cell wall biosynthesis, Sandra Romero-Gamboa, Plant Biology
THE EFFECTS OF GAIT SPEED AND VISUAL INFORMATION AVAILABILITY ON HEAD MOVEMENT, LOCOMOTOR COORDINATION, AND SUCCESSFUL AVOIDANCE OF OBSTACLES IN A COMPLEX VISUAL TERRAIN, Luis Rosado, Kinesiology
APPLICATION OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR FOR USE IN THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SITE INVESTIGATIONS, Aaron J. Rubin, Civil Engineering
Mapping the Development of College Going Identities Among Aspirantes Puertorriqueñas, Yedalis Ruiz, Education
FACTORS INFLUENCING SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA PRODUCTIVITY IN RELATIONSHIP TO ESTUARY INLET OPENING ELLISVILLE MARSH, PLYMOUTH, MA, Ellen K. Russell, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Protein Degradation Regulates Phospholipid Biosynthetic Gene Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Bryan Salas-Santiago, Microbiology
THE IMPACT OF PTSD AND HISTORY OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ON MEDICATION TREATMENT SUCCESS IN OPIOID USE DISORDER, Kirk Sanger, Nursing
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: TRICLOSAN AND OTHER CONSUMER ANTIMICROBIALS, Katherine Z. Sanidad, Molecular and Cellular Biology
REACTIVE AND STIMULI-RESPONSIVE SULFONIUM-BASED POLYMER ZWITTERIONS, Cristiam Santa Chalarca, Polymer Science and Engineering
Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self-Efficacy Scores: Relations to Teacher Expectations and Office Discipline Referrals, Maria Reina Santiago-Rosario, School Psychology
Emotional Response to Negative Mood Induction in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Cognitively-intact Older Adults, Gennarina Diane Santorelli, Psychology
TRANSLATOR AGENCY IN TURKEY UNDER CENSORIAL CONSTRAINTS: 1990s to the PRESENT, Inci Sariz Bilge, Comparative Literature
Allocative Poisson Factorization for Computational Social Science, Aaron Schein, Computer Science
Use of a Checklist to Facilitate the Recognition of a Transfusion Associated Adverse Event, susan scott, Nursing
MODIFICATION OF 2D MATERIALS UTILIZING FUNCTIONAL POLYMER INTERFACIAL LAYERS, Ryan Selhorst, Polymer Science and Engineering
Public Attitudes Toward Collective Action: Three Social Psychological Investigations in Malaysia, the United States and Israel-Palestine, Hema Preya Selvanathan, Psychology
Enhanced Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Peptides and Proteins Using Polymeric Reverse Micelles, Mahalia Adelina Corazon Paningbatan Serrano, Chemistry
The Political Work of Memory in Collaborative Caribbean Archaeology, Elena Sesma, Anthropology
Interfacial Interactions and Dynamic Adhesion of Synthetic and Living Colloids in Flow, Molly Shave, Polymer Science and Engineering
Home Away From Home: Chinese, Female, International Students Attending a High School in the United States, Pamela Shea, Education
A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC AND CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT IN MATHEMATICS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Hyunsook Shin, Education
The Influence of Wind Power on Rural Areas Economic, Demographic, and Community Services Impacts, Eman Shoeib, Regional Planning
Examining Mediation and Moderation Effects of Academic Motivation on the Relationship Between Disciplinary Events and Academic Performance in Secondary School, Cynthia Shuttleton, School Psychology
“You Can Be a Good Romanian, but not a Romanian”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Romanian History Textbook Narrative, Razvan Sibii, Communication
FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS OF COVERT COMMUNICATION IN PACKET CHANNELS, Ramin Soltani, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Design and Self-Assembly of Responsive Scaffolds for Food and Sensing Applications, Uma Sridhar, Chemistry
Globalizing Nature on the Shakespearean Stage, William Steffen, English
The Solution is the Problem: An Immanent Critique of Capitalism's Crisis, 2008-2018, Michael Stein, Political Science
Metabolic cost of asymmetrical walking: preferred step time asymmetry optimizes metabolic cost of walking, Jan Stenum, Kinesiology
Feasibility and Efficacy of a Recess-Based Combined Fitness Intervention on Cognition and Academic Performance in Elementary School Children, Christine St Laurent, Kinesiology
Machine Learning Models for Efficient and Robust Natural Language Processing, Emma Strubell, Computer Science
SIMULATING HYDROGEN BONDED CLUSTERS AND ZEOLITE CLUSTERS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS, Qinfang Sun, Chemistry
Learning with Aggregate Data, TAO SUN, Computer Science
Efficient Self-supervised Deep Sensorimotor Learning in Robotics, Takeshi Takahashi, Computer Science
AZTEC SURVEY OF THE CENTRAL MOLECULAR ZONE: MODELING DUST SEDS WITH HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN ANALYSIS, Yuping Tang, Astronomy
Service Competition and Data-Centric Protocols for Internet Access, Thiago Teixeira, Electrical and Computer Engineering
EXAMINING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AMONG STATE SPECIAL EDUCATION AGENCIES IN THE RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS, Anne Louise Thompson Granfield, Education
Modeling Temporal Structures in Time-varying Networks, Kun Tu, Computer Science
Embodied, Rationed, Precarious: Conceptualizations of Sovereignty in Urban Food Regimes, Candan Turkkan, Political Science
Electrophysiological Correlates of Natural Language Processing in Children and Adults, Margaret Ugolini, Neuroscience and Behavior
ACUTE ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS AND ACTION IN THE AUDITORY CORTEX OF DEVELOPING MALE ZEBRA FINCHES (TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA), Daniel Vahaba, Neuroscience and Behavior
Synthesis and Molecular Transport Studies in Zeolites and Nanoporous Membranes, Vivek Vattipalli, Chemical Engineering
Residual Stress Models for Large Eddy Simulation of Stratified Turbulent Flows, Felipe Augusto Ventura de Bragança Alves, Mechanical Engineering
Extracting and Representing Entities, Types, and Relations, Patrick Verga, Computer Science
Massive Graph Analysis in the Data Stream Model, Sofya Vorotnikova, Computer Science
Phrasal and Clausal Exceptive-Additive Constructions Crosslinguistically, Ekaterina Vostrikova, Linguistics
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE LIPID OXIDATIVE STABILITY OF A LOW MOISTURE CRACKER SYSTEM, Thanh Vu, Food Science
THREE ESSAYS ON REMOTE WORK AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Ryan Wallace, Regional Planning
Embattled Education: Charter School Expansion and Teachers' Union Resistance in Massachusetts, Kyla Walters, Sociology
PRECISE CONTROL OF 360-DEGREE MAGNETIC DOMAIN-WALL FORMATION AND THEIR PROPERTIES IN GEOMETRICALLY CONFINED NANOWIRES, dan wang, Physics
SCALABLE UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION BOUNDS FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING, Jie wang, Mathematics
DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL BIOMATERIALS USING PROTEIN BUILDING BLOCKS, Li-Sheng Wang, Chemistry
Supramolecular Nanoassemblies for the Separation and Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Peptides and Modified Proteins, Meizhe Wang, Chemistry
CYTOCHROME P450 MONOOXYGENASE-MEDIATED LIPID METABOLISM IN OBESITY AND COLON TUMORIGENESIS, Weicang Wang, Food Science
Improving and understanding data quality in large-scale data systems, Xiaolan Wang, Computer Science
GRAPHENE GROWTH AND TRANSFER AND BEYOND: ENGINEERING TWIST-ANGLE LAYERED GRAPHENE AND INTERLAYER BOND FORMATION BETWEEN GRAPHENE LAYERS, Yuxi Wang, Chemical Engineering
ASYMPTOTIC AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF COHERENT STRUCTURES IN NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER-TYPE EQUATIONS, Cory Ward, Mathematics
Gilded Chains: Global Economies and Gendered Arts in US Fiction, 1865-1930, Heather Wayne, English
Self-Knowledge, Choice Blindness, and Confabulation, Hayley F. Webster, Philosophy
Metabolic Cost and Stability of Locomotion in People with Lower Limb Amputation, Ryan Wedge, Kinesiology
Let-7 MiRNAs Program The Fate Of CD8 T Cells, Alexandria Wells, Molecular and Cellular Biology
EVALUATION OF THE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF MOLE SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMATIDAE) TO A CHANGING CLIMATE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, Kristopher Winiarski, Environmental Conservation
The Politics of Return: Migration, Race, and Belonging in the Russian Far East, Lauren Woodard, Anthropology
“ÆTHELTHRYTH”: SHAPING A RELIGIOUS WOMAN IN TENTH-CENTURY WINCHESTER, Victoria Kent Worth, English
Abstractions in Reasoning for Long-Term Autonomy, Kyle Hollins Wray, Computer Science
The Effects of Solute Composition and Nanoparticle Surface Properties on Nano-Bio Interactions, Zehui Xia, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EXTREME DYNAMICS OF NANOMATERIALS UNDER HIGH-RATE MECHANICAL STIMULI, Wanting Xie, Physics
Building the Outer Membrane Protein G (OmpG) Nanopore Library: From the Discrimination of Biotin-Binding Proteins in Serum to Resolving Human Carbonic Anhydrase From Human Red Blood Cells, Bib Yang, Chemistry
Response Retrieval in Information-seeking Conversations, Liu Yang, Computer Science
Rheological Investigations of Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Nanocomposites with Complex Architectures, Benjamin Yavitt, Polymer Science and Engineering
Essays on Monetary Policy in Developing Countries: Income Distribution, Housing and Unemployment, Zhandos Ybrayev, Economics
CLASS, GENDER, AND MEDIATED LABOR ACTIVISM IN GLOBALIZING CHINA, Siyuan Yin, Communication
HUMAN MILK NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN METABOLISM BY INFANT ASSOCIATED BIFIDOBACTERIA, Xiaomeng You, Food Science
SOLID-STATE TRANSFORMATIONS OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS: SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING Χ AND IMPARTING FUNCTIONALITY, Duk Man Yu, Polymer Science and Engineering
Joint Asymptotics for Smoothing Spline Semiparametric Nonlinear Models, Jiahui Yu, Mathematics
Modeling and Optimizing Routing Decisions for Travelers and On-demand Service Providers, Xinlian Yu, Civil Engineering
Neural Models for Information Retrieval without Labeled Data, Hamed Zamani, Computer Science
3CAM MODEL CONCEPT MAPS, CRITICAL THINKING, COLLABORATION ASSESSMENT (3CAM) TOWARD THE PATH OF MASTERY LEARNING, Elham Zandvakili, Education
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MOTION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE PROTEIN COMPLEXES IN THE PLANT CELL MEMBRANE, Nina Zehfroosh, Physics
Resource Rents, Public Investment and Economic Development: The Case of Bolivia, Raul Zelada Aprili, Economics
TARGETED DESIGN OF CO-CONTINUOUS NANOSTRUCTURES IN COPOLYMERS, Di Zeng, Polymer Science and Engineering
ENHANCING NUTRACEUTICALS BIOAVAILABILITY BY NANOEMULSION-BASED DELIVERY AND EXCIPIENT SYSTEMS, Ruojie Zhang, Food Science
AN EXAMINED LIFE OF A LANGUAGE TEACHER OF CHINESE: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION INTO AGENCY, Ying Zhang, Education
EVOLUTION OF THE PATHOGENIC FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM THROUGH THE LENS OF COMPARATIVE GENOMICS, YONG ZHANG, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
DEVELOPMENT OF COLLOIDS-BASED FOOD DELIVERY SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF NUTRACEUTICALS FOR HUMAN HEALTH, zipei zhang, Food Science
PROTEIN DETECTION AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY USING SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES AND SMALL MOLECULES, Bo Zhao, Chemistry
Direct Printing/Patterning of Key Components for Biosensor Devices, Yiliang Zhou, Polymer Science and Engineering
QUANTITATIVE PROBING OF VACANCIES AND IONS DYNAMICS IN ELECTROACTIVE OXIDE MATERIALS, Jiaxin Zhu, Mechanical Engineering
Managing Information Security Investments Under Uncertainty: Optimal Policies for Technology Investment and Information Sharing, Yueran Zhuo, Management
Dissertations from 2018
IPMTC- AN EMERGING NURSING THEORY ON TRANSITIONING INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY FROM LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY UNDER MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS, Sylvia Abbeyquaye, Nursing
Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Approaches to Identify Genes and Gene Networks Involved in Lipid Biosynthesis in Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz Seeds, Hesham Abdullah, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Machine Learning Methods for Activity Detection in Wearable Sensor Data Streams, Roy Adams, Computer Science
TARGETED LOCALIZATION OF MICROTUBULE-SEVERING ENZYMES TO CREATE NEW LOCAL TOOLS TO STUDY CELL DIVISION, Siddheshwari Advani, Molecular and Cellular Biology
TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT IN BANGLADESH: EXPLORING POLICY AND PRACTICE THROUGH A VERTICAL CASE STUDY, Sumera Ahsan, Education
USING STABLE ISOTOPES TO EXAMINE CARRY-OVER EFFECTS DURING THE FULL ANNUAL CYCLE OF A MIGRATORY BIRD, THE PRAIRIE WARBLER, Michael E. Akresh, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Equilibrium Partitioning of Binary Polymer Mixtures into Biological Nanopores, Mehmet Alphan Aksoyoglu, Physics
THE LINKAGES AMONG MARKET STRUCTURE, MARKET CONDUCT, AND SERVICE QUALITY: ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. DOMESTIC AIRLINE INDUSTRY, Amirhossein Alamdar Yazdi, Management
CHARACTERISTICS FOR TEACHING GIFTED STUDENTS: THE SAUDI TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVE, Majed S. Al dalham, Education
GEOMETRY, GROWTH AND PATTERN FORMATION IN THIN ELASTIC STRUCTURES, Salem Al-Mosleh, Physics
Exploring the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Social Emotional Learning Program on Kindergarteners’ Risk for Social, Academic, and Emotional Problems, Molly Alvin, School Psychology
FOKI VITAMIN D RECEPTOR GENE POLYMORPHISMS AND METABOLIC HEALTH IN PREGNANT SAUDI WOMEN, Maysa Alzaim, Public Health
AN ARCHITECTURE EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOFT GPGPU FOR FPGAs, Kevin Andryc, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Identification of the mesoderm/endoderm interactions involved in murine liver and pancreas development, Jesse Angelo, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
ITINERÂNCIA(S) POÉTICA(S): JORGE DE SENA E CECÍLIA MEIRELES, Susana L. M. Antunes, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Rhotic variation in the Spanish spoken by Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and Western Massachusetts, Alba Arias Alvarez, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
THE PRIVILEGE OF BLACKNESS: BLACK EMPOWERMENT AND THE FIGHT FOR LIBERATION IN ATTALA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1865-1915, Evan Ashford, Afro-American Studies
SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF GAS-PHASE METAL CATION COMPLEXES WITH ALKANES AND AMMONIA, Muhammad Affawn Ashraf, Chemistry
ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING SOLUTIONS AND DESIGN OF MEMRISTOR-CMOS ANALOG CO-PROCESSOR FOR ACCELERATION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS, Nihar Athreyas, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Polymeric Peptide Mimics for Protein Delivery, Coralie Backlund, Polymer Science and Engineering
LIGHT-HARVESTING AND LIGHT-RESPONSIVE MATERIALS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, youngju bae, Chemistry
Surface Functionalization of Fabrics and Threads for Smart Textiles, Morgan Baima, Chemistry
MECHANISM OF REGULATION OF KINESINS EG5 AND KIF15 BY TPX2, Sai Keshavan Balchand, Molecular and Cellular Biology
EXAMINING sHSP-SUBSTRATE CAPTURE AND CHAPERONE NETWORK COORDINATION THROUGH CROSS-LINKING, Keith Ballard, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Interplay Between Polarity Regulators, Calcium, and the Actin Cytoskeleton During Tip Growth, Carlisle Bascom Jr, Plant Biology
Role of Manganese Oxide in the Formation of Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water Treatment, Arianne A. Bazilio, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Three Essays on Governments and Financial Crises in Developing Economies, 1870-1913, Peter H. Bent, Economics
Search for long-lived, massive particles decaying into dimuon vertices in pp collisions at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, Nathan Bernard, Physics
Pronoun Variation in Cavite Chabacano: Creole/Non-Lexifier Contact Situation, Sheryl Lynn Bernardo-Hinesley, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
STEM PIPELINE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO INTENTIONS TO MAJOR IN STEM, Joshua Bittinger, Education
"The Whole Nation Will Move": Grassroots Organizing in Harlem and the Advent of the Long, Hot Summers, Peter Blackmer, Afro-American Studies
On the Growth of Sobolev Norms for the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation on Tori and Boundary Unique Continuation for Elliptic PDE, Michael Boratko, Mathematics
Transfer Learning with Mixtures of Manifolds, Thomas Boucher, Computer Science
Examining the Effects of Changes in Automated Rater Bias and Variability on Test Equating Solutions, Michelle Boyer, Education
Impact of Chemical Doping on the Thermoelectric Charge Transport of Organic Semiconductors, Connor J. Boyle, Chemistry
IMPACT OF NATIVE NATURAL ENEMIES ON POPULATIONS OF THE INVASIVE WINTER MOTH (OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA L) IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES, Hannah J. Broadley, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Sex and Difference in the Jewish American Family: Incest Narratives in 1990s Literary and Pop Culture, Eli W. Bromberg, English
Playing the Field: A Case of Restructuring at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jacqueline Brousseau-Pereira, Education
INCREASING ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR PERFORMANCE THROUGH CHEMICAL AND PROCESSING MODIFICATIONS, Edmund Burnett, Polymer Science and Engineering
ATTITUDES TOWARD GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIES FOR MORE LIVABLE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, Jane Ann Buxton, Regional Planning
Essays on the Term Structure of Volatility and Option Returns, Vincent Campasano, Management
LA INFLUENCIA DE BOCCACCIO EN LA LITERATURA CATALANA MEDIEVAL (1390-1495). UN ESTUDIO DE LA IMITACIÓN LITERARIA EN BERNAT METGE, BERNAT HUG DE ROCABERTÍ Y JOAN ROÍS DE CORELLA, Pau Cañigueral Batllosera, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Interaction of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles (NPs) with Food Components and Mechanistic Studies of Adverse Effects Induced by Titanium Dioxide NPs, Xiaoqiong Cao, Food Science
GOLDEN PALIMPSESTS: AMERICA, CERVANTES, AND THE INVENTION OF MODERNITY/COLONIALITY, Antonia Carcelen-Estrada, Comparative Literature
USING A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO ESTABLISH NEED AND BUY-IN PRIOR TO SELECTING A SCHOOLWIDE MODEL: A MIXED METHODS SEQUENTIAL EXPLANATORY DESIGN, Kelly Carriere, Education
Apostles of Abstinence, Katherine Castiello Jones, Sociology
Exploring How Nurse Beliefs and Attitudes Influence End-of-Life-Care Practice, Cara Chandler, Nursing
VARIATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS FOR DENSITY DECONVOLUTION, Yue Chang, Mathematics
GRASS-SPECIFIC MECHANISMS OF IRON UPTAKE: INVESTIGATION OF PHYTOSIDEROPHORE TRANSPORTERS AND DISCOVERY OF NOVEL IRON DEFICIENCY LOCI, David Chan Rodriguez, Plant Biology
Role of the Facial Triad in Factor Inhibiting HIF (FIH): Ligand Binding, Substrate Selectivity, and Coupling, Vanessa Chaplin, Chemistry
THREE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DYNAMICS AND IMPLICATIONS OF IDENTITY-PROTECTIVE COGNITION FOR PUBLIC RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, Daniel A. Chapman, Psychology
Hybrid Black-box Solar Analytics and their Privacy Implications, Dong Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Preparing Asian ESOL Teachers to Respond to Student Writing: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective in Action, I-An Chen, Education
Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Critical Systems, Kun Chen, Physics
APPLICATIONS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER IN FOOD SCIENCE RESEARCH, Phoebe Beverly Chen, Food Science
Consumer Behaviors, Added Sugar Intake, Diet Quality, Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome Risks among Adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010, Shanshan Chen, Public Health
Molecular Design, Characterization, and Implementation of Organic Semiconducting Oligothiophenes, Benjamin Cherniawski, Polymer Science and Engineering
RUN-TIME PROGRAM PHASE DETECTION AND PREDICTION, Meng-Chieh Chiu, Computer Science
GENDER, CLASS, CASTE AND HEALTH STATUS OF ABANDONED ELDERLY WOMEN IN BANGALORE, SOUTH INDIA, Olya Clark, Public Health
USING STRATEGIC DISCOURSE FOR BUILDING UNDERSTANDING IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS: WHAT DO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THINK?, Mary Coakley, Education
An Integrative Approach to Understanding Morphological Novelties: Anatomy, Development, Genetics, and Evolution of an Extreme Craniofacial Trait in East African Cichlids, Moira R. Conith, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
“Tell Me A Story®”: Promoting Resiliency in Military Children, Katherine-Marie Conover, Nursing
Communication is a Two Way Street: Race, Gender, and Elite Responsiveness in U.S. Politics, Mia Costa, Political Science
New Approaches in Engineering Somatic Embryogenesis in Loblolly Pine Suspension Cultures, Elizabeth Morgan Cummings Bende, Chemical Engineering
MODELING THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANTS THROUGH SPACE AND TIME, Caroline Curtis, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
REGULATION OF EXPRESSION OF THE T CELL WC1 CO-RECEPTOR AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR MULTIGENE FAMILY, Payal Damani-Yokota, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Complicating Gender: Gender Inequality in Education and Employment, Skylar Davidson, Sociology
Organized Anarchies in the Marketplace: Competition and Change in a Rural School District, Laura Davis, Education
Preparing Water Supply Systems for Climate Change: The Role of Hydrologic Forecasting in the Northeast, Leslie DeCristofaro, Civil and Environmental Engineering
A Plant Pathology View of Signaling: a computational study of Fusarium oxysporum Kinomes and Downy Mildew Resistance in Sweet Basil, Gregory Deiulio, Plant Biology
The History of Massachusetts Transfer and Articulation Policies in Contexts of Evolving Higher Education System Structure, Coordination, and Policy Actors, Daniel de la Torre, Jr., Education
Structural studies of acid alpha glucosidase and Pompe disease, Derrick Deming, Molecular and Cellular Biology
(Re)defining Radicalism: The Rise of Black Feminism and the Politics of Respectability, 1831-1895, Nneka D. Dennie, Afro-American Studies
Effects of Aerobic Physical Activity on Student Engagement: Can 20 Minutes of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Affect On-task Classroom Behavior Immediately Following?, Brooke DeWitt, School Psychology
Investigation Repeater Effects on Small-sample Equating: Include or Exclude?, Hongyu Diao, Education
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ROLE OF ACCULTURATION IN CANCER SCREENING AND PHTHALATES IN BREAST CANCER RISK AND WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX CHANGE, Mary V. Diaz Santana, Public Health
Combination Regimens Using Dietary Components For The Chemoprevention Of Colorectal Cancer and Inflammation, Christina DiMarco-Crook, Food Science
A relation between Mirkovic-Vilonen cycles and modules over preprojective algebra of Dynkin quiver of type ADE, Zhijie Dong, Mathematics
Gynodioecy and Biotic Interactions: Plant Traits, Insect Preferences, and Population-Level Consequences, Laura A. D. Doubleday, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
NOT GONE WITH THE WIND: Addressing Effects of Offshore Wind Development on Bat Species in the Northeastern United States, Zara Rae Dowling, Environmental Conservation
Educational Leaders’ Perspectives on Their Preparation, Practice, and Professional Development in MTSS, Jodi Drury, Education
Driven Morphological Evolution of Crystal Surfaces, Epitaxial Thin Films, and Two-Dimensional Materials: Morphological Stability and Pattern Formation, Lin Du, Chemical Engineering
BEYOND ACCESS: SENSE OF BELONGING OF BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITING TO COMPLETE THE Ph.D, Sabrina Durand, Education
Rhetorical Investments: Writing, Technology, and the Emerging Logics of the Public Sphere, Dan Ehrenfeld, English
Conceptualization and Measurement of Adolescent Prosocial Behavior: A Two-Study Mixed Methods Investigation, Shereen El Mallah, Psychology
A Study of High Performance Multiple Precision Arithmetic on Graphics Processing Units, Niall Emmart, Computer Science
Re-thinking ‘Sustainability’: Management and Organization Theorizing for a More-Than-Human-World, Seray Ergene, Management
Typology of bizarre ellipsis varieties, David Erschler, Linguistics
Kiskeyanas Valientes en Este Espacio: Dominican Women Writers and the Spaces of Contemporary American Literature, Isabel R. Espinal, English
Gas-Surface Interactions: Reactive and Non-Reactive Scattering, Azar Farjamnia, Chemistry
PREPARATION, MECHANICS and STRUCTURE of SPHERE PACKINGS Near the RANDOM LOOSE PACKING LIMIT, Greg Robert Farrell, Physics
Do Not Separate Her From Her Garden: Anne Spencer's Ecopoetics, Carlyn E. Ferrari, Afro-American Studies
Quantification and Paradox, Edward Ferrier, Philosophy
Meaning and Modality, Jesse Fitts, Philosophy
The Neural Correlates of Stereotype Threat and the Stereotype Inoculation Model in Young Women, Chaia Flegenheimer, Neuroscience and Behavior
Essays in Financial Economics: Announcement Effects in Fixed Income Markets, James J. Forest, Management
A TANGLED WEB: QUAKERS AND THE ATLANTIC SLAVE SYSTEM 1625 – 1770., Kate Freedman, History
Multi-Scale Analysis of Common-Pool Resources for Ecosystem Conservation in the Orinoco River Watershed, Luisa Galindo, Environmental Conservation
THE HEAT SHOCK COGNATE 70 PROTEIN (HSC70) IS A NOVEL TARGET FOR NOBILETIN IN COLON CANCER CELLS, Zili Gao, Food Science
"AL GAUCHO QUE LLEVO EN MÍ, SACRAMENTE, COMO LA CUSTODIA LLEVA LA HOSTIA”: IDEOLOGÍA POLÍTICA Y LITERATURA GAUCHESCA EN EL CONTEXTO CINEMATOGRÁFICO DE LA REVOLUCIÓN ARGENTINA, Ramiro Garcia-Olano, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Computational Modeling of the Structure and Catalytic Behavior of Graphene-Supported Pt and PtRu Nanoparticles, Raymond Gasper, Chemical Engineering
Inexact and Nonlinear Extensions of the FEAST Eigenvalue Algorithm, Brendan E. Gavin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Variation and Evolution of Fruit Ripening Traits in Tomato Species, Ian M. Gillis, Plant Biology
Probing Galaxy Evolution Through Deep Radio Continuum Observations, Hansung Gim, Astronomy
ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING QUALITY AND EQUITY IN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Sarah L. Goff, Public Health
CULTURAL PRACTICES AND SOCIAL FORMATIONS IN A REFORMING SOCIETY: THE TRANSNATIONAL FANDOM OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL IN CHINA, Yuan Gong, Communication
Cumulative adverse effects of offshore wind energy development on wildlife, Morgan Goodale, Environmental Conservation
"No Seas Can Now Divide Us": Captains' Wives, Sister Sailors, and the New England Whalefishery, 1840-1870, Amanda L. Goodheart, History
High School Students' Perceptions of School Climate in Relation to Discipline History and Discipline Approach, Kayla R. Gordon, Education
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC NANOGELS TOWARDS THERAPEUTIC TRANSLATION, Mallory R. Gordon, Chemistry
The Clustering of Young Stellar Clusters in Nearby Galaxies, Kathryn Grasha, Astronomy
MATERNAL OUTCOMES OF WOMEN WHO PREFER TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH COMPARED TO WOMEN WHO PREFER TO COMMUNICATE IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH IN NEW ENGLAND, Katharine Green, Nursing
Home Learning in the New Mobile Age: Parent-Child Interactions During Joint Play with Educational Apps, Shayl Griffith, Psychology
The Mismatch Problem for Act Consequentialism, Robert Gruber, Philosophy
INTERACTION BETWEEN DIETARY COMPONENTS AND GUT MICROBIOTA AND ITS IMPLICATION IN BIOACTIVITIES AND METABOLISM IN COLON, Min Gu, Food Science
The Dissociative Chemisorption of Methane and Its Isotopologues on Metal Surfaces, Han Guo, Chemistry
SILVER NANOPARTICLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: SOURCE, TRANSFORMATION, AND DETECTION, Huiyuan Guo, Plant Biology
Female Students’ Academic Engagement and Achievement in Science and Engineering: Exploring the Influence of Gender Grouping in Small Group Work in Design-Based Learning Contexts in High School Biology, Miancheng Guo, Education
Investigating the Role of Topological Frustration on Morphology of Novel Multiblock Copolymers, Rohit Gupta, Polymer Science and Engineering
SUPPORTING ENGINEERING DESIGN OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED MEDICAL DEVICES WITH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT THROUGH ONTOLOGIES, Thomas Hagedorn, Mechanical Engineering
Assembly and Functional Architecture of Bacterial Chemoreceptor Nanoarrays, Elizabeth R. Haglin, Chemistry
THE MILITARY AND INCARCERATION: HIDDEN MECHANISMS OF RACIAL INEQUALITY IN THE U.S. LABOR MARKET, 1980-2010., JooHee Han, Sociology
THREE ESSAYS ON THE EMPIRICAL ESTIMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES THROUGH MARKET AND HEALTH IMPACTS, Kelly Hellman, Resource Economics
The Experience of Living With Breast Cancer: Puerto Rican Women Tell Their Stories, Madeline Hernández-Ramirez, Nursing
MEASURED CAPILLARY FORCES ON SPHERES AT LIQUID INTERFACES AND THE MECHANICS OF INTERFACIAL PARTICULATE ASSEMBLIES, Wei He, Physics
Literary Culture in Early Christian Ireland: Hiberno-Latin Saints’ Lives as a Source for Seventh-Century Irish History, John Higgins, History
Get in Where You Fit in: The Career Paths for White and Black Superintendents, Terrell Melvin Hill, Education
INCREASING STEM PARTICIPATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS OF DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS STUDENTS AT AN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Vanessa A. Hill, Education
Formulation and Characterization of Lipogels as a Tunable Delivery Scaffold, Celia Homyak, Chemistry
Hormonal Contraceptive Use Among Active Duty Army Servicewomen. Trends and Implications for Risk of Musculoskeletal Injury., Melanie K. Hosker, Public Health
EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION OF VITAMIN D-INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION IN HUMAN COLORECTAL AND BREAST CANCER CELL LINES, Sharmin Hossain, Public Health
FABRICATION OF HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX, PERIODIC, COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES FOR PHOTONIC AND SENSING APPLICATIONS, Irene Howell, Polymer Science and Engineering
Constraining Labor's “Double Freedom”: Revisiting the Impact of Wrongful Discharge Laws on Labor Markets, 1979-2014, Eric Hoyt, Economics
The Head-Quarters of Mandarin Arguments, Hsin-Lun Huang, Linguistics
FIRST-PRINCIPLE APPROACHES TO STRONGLY CORRELATED QUANTUM SPIN SYSTEMS, Yuan Huang, Physics
Social Determinants of Cardiometabolic Disease Control: An Ecosocial Approach, Cristina Huebner Torres, Public Health
The Role of the Metallochaperone HypA in the Acid Survival and Activities of Nickel Enzymes in Helicobacter pylori, Heidi Hu, Molecular and Cellular Biology
THE ROLE OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, SITUATIONAL INTEREST, AND CASE STUDY PEDAGOGY IN THE UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY CLASSROOM., Ally Hunter, Education
SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF ACCUMULATION IN TURKEY (1963 – 2015), Osman C. Icoz, Economics
Turbulent mixers for protein folding experiments, Venkatesh Inguva, Mechanical Engineering
The Knowledge They Possess: Elementary Teachers' Expertise and Where It Becomes Usable Knowledge in the MA Education System, Helen-Ann Ireland, Education
Embodied Heritage: Obesity, Cultural Identity, and Food Distribution Programs in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Kasey Aliene Jernigan, Anthropology
The influence of patellofemoral pain on muscle coordination, segment coordination, and segment coordination variability in runners, Carl Jewell, Kinesiology
Materials Engineering, Switching Mechanism and Novel Applications of Memristive Devices, Hao Jiang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Impact of Perceived and Observed Food Environments on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Obesity: A Theory-based Study among U.S. Older Adults, Qianzhi Jiang, Public Health
MOTHER ETHNOGRAPHY: A PERFORMANCE OF POSSIBILITY, Sonji Johnson-Anderson, Education
Photofragment Imaging Fast Ion Beams, Michael D. Johnston Jr., Chemistry
Evaluation of The Erodibility of Soft Clays and the Influence of Biopolymers, Pamela Judge, Civil and Environmental Engineering
ENGINEERING NEXT GENERATION ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES, Nihal Kanbargi, Polymer Science and Engineering
HEARING AND SEEING A SPEAKER: HOW PERCEPTUAL AND COGNITIVE FACTORS MODULATE THE DYNAMICS OF AUDIOVISUAL SPEECH PERCEPTION, Elina Kaplan, Neuroscience and Behavior
“TO WEIGH THE WORLD ANEW”: POETICS, RHETORIC, AND SOCIAL STRUGGLE, FROM SIDNEY’S ARCADIA TO SHAKESPEARE’S THEATER, David Katz, English
Parallel Algorithms for Time Dependent Density Functional Theory in Real-space and Real-time, James Kestyn, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Intersection Signal Control and Design for Improved Person Mobility and Air Quality in Urban Multimodal Transportation Systems, Farnoush Khalighi, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EVALUATING POLICY AND CLIMATE IMPACTS ON WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS USING COUPLED HUMAN-NATURAL MODELS, HASSAAN FURQAN KHAN, Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Moral Economy of the Networked Financial Subject: Cultures of “Wealth-tech” (Financial Self-help) and Moneymaking in South Korea, Bohyeong Kim, Communication
Essays on the Asset Pricing Anomalies, Kyungyeon (Rachel) Koh, Management
Structure-Property Relationships of Polymer Films and Hydrogels to Control Bacterial Adhesion, Kristopher W. Kolewe, Chemical Engineering
Asymptotic behavior of the Random Logistic Model and of parallel Bayesian logspline density estimators, Konstandinos Kotsiopoulos, Mathematics
EXPLORING THE EASY ROAD TO NOMINALISM, Jordan Kroll, Philosophy
Integration of Robotic Perception, Action, and Memory, Li Yang Ku, Computer Science
Neural and physiological correlates of sex differences in cognition in the marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), Matthew LaClair, Neuroscience and Behavior
Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase Walking and Functional Ability in Older Adults: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Erin Lamoureux, Nursing
IDENTIFYING FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS OF THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM QUALITY CONTROL AND DEGRADATION FACTOR EDEM1, Lydia Lamriben, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Three Essays on Network Dynamics and Liminality, Diego F. Leal, Sociology
The Effect of Social Networks on Self-Care Behaviors and Health Outcomes among Older People Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Raeann G. LeBlanc, Nursing
Framed sheaves on a quadric surface, Nguyen Thuc Huy Le, Mathematics
CMOS COMPATIBLE MEMRISTOR NETWORKS FOR BRAIN-INSPIRED COMPUTING, Can Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
BIOTRANSFORMATION OF RESVERATROL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COLON, Fang Li, Food Science
Collider tests of fundamental symmetries and neutrino properties, Haolin Li, Physics
Estimation of CDOM in Inland Waters via Water Bio-Optical Properties Using a Remote Sensing Approach, Jiwei Li, Geosciences
THE EXPERIENCE OF CHINESE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN GRADUATE MUSIC EDUCATION DEGREE PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES, Kailimi Li, Music
THE FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE: LANGUAGE, THOUGHT, AND ACTION, Pengbo Liu, Philosophy
AEROELASTIC SIMULATION OF WIND TURBINES USING FREE VORTEX METHODS AND STRATEGIES FOR ACCELERATING THE COMPUTATION, Shujian Liu, Mechanical Engineering
HYDROGEN EXCHANGE IDENTIFIES PROTEIN INTERFACES AND SIGNALING-RELATED CHANGES IN FUNCTIONAL CHEMORECEPTOR ARRAYS, Xuni Li, Chemistry
Extrinsic Phrases in Early-Classical Sonata Forms, Rebecca Long, Music
Observing the Molecular Basis of Thin Filament Activation with a Three Bead Laser Trap Assay, Thomas Longyear, Kinesiology
An Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Sampling on the Behavior of Intermediate Soils, William Lukas, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Power laws in complex graphs: parsimonious generative models, similarity testing algorithms, and the origins, Shan Lu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Reduced Models of Point Vortex Systems in Quasigeostrophic Fluid Dynamics, Jonathan Maack, Mathematics
CIVIC DOMESTICITY: RHETORIC, WOMEN, AND SPACE AT HULL HOUSE, 1889-1910, Liane Malinowski, English
Motor Protein Regulation in Mammalian Mitosis, Barbara Mann, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Technology Integration and Use in Elementary Mathematics Methods Courses for Pre-service Teachers, Elzbieta Manos, Education
Assessing the long-term sequelae of mild traumatic brain injury, Janna Mantua, Neuroscience and Behavior
EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF GENOMIC IMPRINTING DURING EARLY MAMMALIAN EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT, Chelsea Marcho, Molecular and Cellular Biology
FEARING, TRACKING, AND LOVING SHARKS: OCEAN CONSERVATION AND THE MATERIAL RHETORIC OF HUMAN-SHARK ENTANGLEMENTS, Camille Martinez, Communication
FILM STABILIZAITON AND PHOTOPHYSICS OF UNCONVENTIONAL CONJUGATED POLYMERS, Kara Martin, Polymer Science and Engineering
FEASIBIITY AND EFFICACY OF A MOVEMENT-TRAINING PROGRAM ON PHYSICAL FITNESS, FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS, Brittany Masteller, Kinesiology
Cadherin-11 Ectodomain Signaling in Cranial Neural Crest Migration, Ketan Mathavan, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Texture of Reading / Reading Textures: Poetic, Visual, Material, and Inter-medial Dimensions of Textuality in Arabic Poetry, French Picturebooks, and North American Bookarts, Lara Matta, Comparative Literature
IMPACTS OF GENOME AND NUCLEAR ARCHITECTURE ON MOLECULAR EVOLUTION IN EUKARYOTES, Xyrus Maurer-Alcalá, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Micronutrient Status and Telomere Length in Adult Men and Women., Christy S. Maxwell, Public Health
Leveraging Eye Structure and Motion to Build a Low-Power Wearable Gaze Tracking System, Addison Mayberry, Computer Science
Examining the Sleeper Effect in Auditors' Evaluations of Audit Evidence, Jennifer B. McCallen, Management
RIGHTS, RECOGNITION, AND CHANGING BORDERS: LATIN AMERICAN ACTIVISM IN POST-BREXIT BRITAIN, Stephanie Aragao Medden, Communication
MODELING DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR AND STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF SAND-SILT MIXTURES: A MICROMECHANICAL APPROACH, Mehrashk Meidani, Civil and Environmental Engineering
THE ELOQUENCE OF AUTOMATA: SOCIO-POLITICAL COMMENTARY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE ON ARTIFICIAL HUMANOIDS, Madalina Meirosu, Comparative Literature
Complex ground states of vortices and filaments, Qingyou Meng, Physics
AN EXAMINATION OF THE PROPERTIES, USES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF FIRST GRADE READING SCREENING TOOLS IN ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Amadee Meyer, School Psychology
SILICON-GERMANIUM HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS FOR LARGE-SCALE LOW-POWER CRYOGENIC SENSING SYSTEMS, Shirin Montazeri, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alpha Radiation Studies and Related Backgrounds in the DarkSide-50 Detector, Alissa Monte, Physics
LEARNING PROSOCIALITY THROUGH EXPERIENCE: MODELING THE OUTCOMES OF POSTSECONDARY STUDY ABROAD AND SERVICE LEARNING, CHRISTINA Monte, Education
PARENTING, IDENTITY AND CULTURE IN AN ERA OF MIGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION: HOW BANGLADESHI PARENTS NAVIGATE AND NEGOTIATE CHILD-REARING PRACTICES IN THE USA, Mohammad Mahboob Morshed, Education
ROLE OF RIGIDITY AND FLEXIBILITY OF FUNCTIONAL GROUPS WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS, Oyuntuya Munkhbat, Chemistry
Three Essays on Health, Risk and Behavior, Irene Mussio, Resource Economics
EXPLORING EXPERIENCES, PERSPECTIVES, AND IDENTITY (RE) FORMATION PROCESSES OF AFRICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Brenda M. Muzeta, Education
REIMAGINING RHODES’ CAPE TO CAIRO DREAM OR COLUMBUS’ NEW WORLDS VOYAGES? THE PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS OF EMERGING MARKET MULTINATIONALS EXECUTIVES' INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION DECISIONS, Leah Ndanga, Management
Bodies Under Siege: Intersections of Warfare and HIV/AIDS, Daniel Nevarez Araujo, Comparative Literature
MATERNAL POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND FATHER INVOLVEMENT ACROSS THE TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD, Katie Newkirk, Psychology
THE BALANCE BETWEEN DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTIONS AND STERIC EXCLUSION ON ORDERING IN CATIONIC POLYMERS, Chinomso Nwosu, Polymer Science and Engineering
A Multi-Method Analysis of the Berlin International Film Festival and the World Cinema Fund, Eren Odabasi, Communication
Using Latent Variable Models to Improve Causal Estimation, Huseyin Oktay, Computer Science
The Promise(s) of Resilience: Governance and Resistance In Complex Times, alix olson, Political Science
STUDIES OF DYNEIN ANCHORING PROTEIN IN BUDDING YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE, Safia Omer, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Defining and Manipulating the Function of Protein Kinase C-theta in Graft versus Host Responses, Emrah Ilker Ozay, Molecular and Cellular Biology
EVALUATION AND REMEDIATION OF RATER SCORING OF CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE ITEMS, Frank Padellaro Jr, Education
Charting the Terrain of Latina/o/x Theater in Chicago, Priscilla M. Page, English
EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC FACTORS IN LIVER DEVELOPMENT, Amrita Palaria, Molecular and Cellular Biology
EFFECTS OF FLORAL PHYTOCHEMICALS ON GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF A PARASITE OF BUMBLE BEES, Evan Palmer-Young, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
APPLYING STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR CONFLICT-SENSITIVE EDUCATION IN THE SOMALI EDUCATION SECTOR, Nina Aristea Papadopoulos, Education
ATTITUDES DE SE AND LOGOPHORICITY, Yangsook Park, Linguistics
Responding to questions and assertions: embedded Polar Response Particles, ellipsis, and contrast, Jeremy Pasquereau, Linguistics
ENGINEERING HIGH PERFORMANCE EPOXY THERMOSETS USING NEXT-GENERATION IMPACT MODIFICATION, Madhura Pawar, Polymer Science and Engineering
Novel Mass Spectrometry Methods for the Analysis of Covalent and Non-Covalent Protein Structures and Their Influence on the Functions of Therapeutic Proteins, Jake Pawlowski, Chemistry
Supporting Scientific Analytics under Data Uncertainty and Query Uncertainty, Liping Peng, Computer Science
Plazing Inside the Fratriarchal Frame: American College Fraternity Men’s Gender Identity and Hazing, Emily Perlow, Education
Strengthening the Customer Experience via Interactive Digital Tactics: Evaluating the Quantification of Self and Gamification, George Pettinico, Management
Two of the Same? Infants' Conceptual Representation of Faces Based Upon Gender, Race, and Kind Information, Charisse Pickron, Psychology
COMPRESSIBILITY AND NORMALIZED UNDRAINED SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF SOFT COASTAL FINE-GRAINED SOILS, Arash Pirouzi, Civil and Environmental Engineering
MEMRISTIVE NANODEVICES AND ARRAYS: SCALING AND NOVEL APPLICATIONS, Shuang Pi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Performance and economic analysis of hybrid microhydro systems, Ram Poudel, Mechanical Engineering
Self-Assembling Networks in Soft Materials, Ishan Prasad, Chemical Engineering
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF REDOX-RESPONSIVE NANOCARRIERS FOR THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY, Priyaa Prasad, Chemistry
Conceptualizing television viewing in the digital age: Patterns of exposure and the cultivation process, Lisa Prince, Communication
Vitamin D, Calcium, and Dairy Consumption and Risk of Early Menopause, Alexandra C. Purdue-Smithe, Public Health
Computational Exploration of Flash-Boiling Internal Flow and Near-Nozzle Spray, Sampath K. Rachakonda, Mechanical Engineering
Documental autoetnográfico de posmemoria. Una aproximación al pasado franquista desde la perspectiva de género, Maribel Rams, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
STUDY OF SELF-ASSEMBLY AND STIMULI RESPONSIVE BEHAVIOR IN POLYMERIC AND DENDRITIC AMPHIPHILES, Poornima Rangadurai, Chemistry
EXTREME INDENTATION AND FRACTURE OF SOFT POLYMER GELS, Shruti Rattan, Polymer Science and Engineering
Stumbling Toward the Up Escalator: How Trends in International Trade, Investment, and Finance Have Complicated Latin America’s Quest for Sustainable, Diversified Economic Development, Mary Eliza Rebecca Ray, Economics
Co-engineering Proteins and Nanoparticles for Fundamental Study and Delivery Applications, Moumita Ray, Chemistry
INTEGRATED ROUTING MODELS FOR ENHANCED PRODUCT AND SERVICE DELIVERY, Mohammad Reihaneh, Management
DEVELOPING MUSICIANSHIP AND 21st CENTURY LEARNING SKILLS USING THE LISK “CREATIVE DIRECTOR” SERIES, Thomas Reynolds, Music
Bridging Contradictions: Socialist Actresses and Star Culture in East Germany, Victoria Rizo Lenshyn, Germanic Languages & Literatures
Creating a Symbol of Science: The Development of a Standard Periodic Table of the Elements, Ann Robinson, History
MOTIVATION AND GENDER DYNAMICS IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE: THE EFFECT OF GENDER COMPOSITION ON MOTIVATION IN SMALL GROUP INQUIRY AND ENGINEERING TASKS, Julie Robinson, Education
The Philosophical Value of Reflective Endorsement, Rachel Robison, Philosophy
Regulating Relationship Needs Via Joint Consumption: An Attachment Perspective, Jana M. Rosewarne, Psychology
Eccentricity Modulation of Precessional Variation in the Earth’s Climate Response to Astronomical Forcing: A Solution to the 41-kyr Mystery, Rajarshi Roychowdhury, Geosciences
Dissecting regulatory mechanisms of ComA-dependent and ComA-independent quorum sensing pathways in Bacillus subtilis, Emily Roy, Microbiology
LABOR MIGRATION AND INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN POSTSOCIALIST RURAL ROMANIA, Alin Rus, Anthropology
Overcoming Biological Data Deficiencies in Environmental Permitting for Offshore Wind Energy, Kendra Ryan, Marine Sciences and Technology
Epic and Identity: Exploring Genre and Understanding the Self in the Middle High German 'Spielmannsepen', Rachael A. Salyer, Germanic Languages & Literatures
UNEQUALLY ADRIFT: HOW SOCIAL CLASS AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT SHAPE COLLEGE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES, Mary Scherer, Sociology
Flood Risk Assessment, Management and Perceptions in a Changing World, Katherine Schlef, Civil and Environmental Engineering
BIOPHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DIRECT BREAST CANCER METASTASIS, Alyssa Schwartz, Chemical Engineering
When Doing Good Backfires: The Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility Fit on the Decisions of Long and Short-Term Investors, Chezham Sealy, Management
The Molecular Basis of Caspase-9 Inactivation by PKA and c-Abl Kinases, Banyuhay Paningbatan Serrano, Chemistry
Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Menopause: Effects of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Exercise, and Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Corinna Serviente, Kinesiology
Transiency-driven Resource Management for Cloud Computing Platforms, Prateek Sharma, Computer Science
System Support for Managing Risk in Cloud Computing Platforms, Supreeth Shastri, Electrical and Computer Engineering
A LIVING MODEL FOR OBESITY AND AGING RESEARCH: CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, PEIYI SHEN, Food Science
Skybridge-3D-CMOS: A Fine-Grained Vertical 3D-CMOS Technology Paving New Direction for 3D IC, Jiajun Shi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dynamics and structure of polyelectrolyte complexes, Hamidreza Shojaei-Mahib, Physics
The Politics of Feeling and the Work of Belonging in US Immigrant Fiction 1990 - 2015, Lauren Silber, English
Forms of Naturalism in Seminal Neoclassical Texts: An Analysis and Comparison of Léon Walras, John Bates Clark, and William Stanley Jevons, Mark Silverman, Economics
Synthesis of Novel Zwitterionic Polymers: From Functional Surfactants to Therapeutics, Matthew Skinner, Polymer Science and Engineering
TRACKING MIGRATORY BIRD MOVEMENTS IN THE GULF OF MAINE WITH AUTOMATED RADIO TELEMETRY AND STABLE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE MARKERS, Jennifer Smetzer, Environmental Conservation
Sleep, and its Relation to Non-Motor Deficits in Patients with Cerebellar Ataxia, Akshata Sonni, Neuroscience and Behavior
Investigating the Parent Functions: African-American Families and Schools Collaborating to Improve Secondary Mathematics Achievement, Frank E. Staples Jr., Education
THE IMPACT OF MATERIAL WEAKNESS PRESENTATION STRUCTURE AND INTERNAL CONTROL TERMINOLOGY ON INVESTOR PERCEPTIONS, Matthew Starliper, Management
HABITAT SELECTION, CONNECTIVITY, AND POPULATION GENETICS OF A TIMBER RATTLESNAKE (CROTALUS HORRIDUS) METAPOPULATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW ENGLAND, Anne Stengle, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Brooklyn Bedroom: An Ethnodrama on Female Sexuality, Third World Feminism and Performance Ethnography, Ayshia Stephenson, Communication
Mothering in a Era of Choice: Race and Gender in Schooling Decisions of Homeschool and Public School Families, Mahala Stewart, Sociology
Why Education Matters: Political Participation and Interpretive Experiences at High School, Samuel V. Stoddard, Political Science
Biopolymers in Ionic Liquids and their Mixtures with Water, Stephen Strassburg, Polymer Science and Engineering
QUANTILE REGRESSION FOR SURVIVAL DATA WITH DELAYED ENTRY, Boqin Sun, Mathematics
I Look to the Ground Beneath My Feet: An Insurgent Performance (Auto)ethnography, Timothy M. L. Sutton, Communication
Turning Inside Out: Reading and Writing Godly Identity in Seventeenth-Century Narratives of Spiritual Experience, Meghan Conine Swavely, English
Studies on the P. aeruginosa T3S translocon assembly: interaction of PopD with membranes, Yuzhou Tang, Molecular and Cellular Biology
RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF A MODEL SOFT SOLID NANOCOMPOSITE, Vijesh Tanna, Polymer Science and Engineering
FREE MARKET AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP, Sarah Tanzi, Political Science
CHINA’s EXPANDING CULTURAL INFLUENCE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE CHINESE MEDIA IN KENYA, Hui-Ping Tao, Communication
RETHINKING THE CREATIVE ECONOMY: THE DIVERSE ECONOMIES OF ARTISTS AND ARTISANS IN RURAL MASSACHUSETTS, Abby Irene Templer Rodrigues, Sociology
Antenna Enhanced Graphene Terahertz Emitter and Detector, and Graphene Microwave Detector, Jiayue Tong, Physics
HYDROGEN STRESS AND SYNTROPHY OF HYPERTHERMOPHILIC HETEROTROPHS AND METHANOGENS, Begum Topcuoglu, Microbiology
CANONICAL NOTCH SIGNALING POSITIVELY REGULATES MIR-155 TRANSCRIPTION IN A NFκB-DEPENDENT MANNER, Joe Torres, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Voltage-Driven Polyelectrolyte Complexation Inside a Nanopore, Prabhat Tripathi, Chemistry
Understanding Progress Toward Degree Completion for Student Veterans in the Post 9-11 Era: A Focused Life History Narrative, David T. Vacchi, Education
THE NEGRITUDE MOVEMENTS IN COLOMBIA, Carlos Valderrama, Sociology
The Paradox of a Town Meeting: The Influence of Forms of Local Government on Citizen Representation, Wouter Marc van Erve, Political Science
The lived experience and factors affecting disclosure of pregnant victims of domestic violence, Pedro Vargas Ortiz, Nursing
CLPXP FUNCTIONS IN CAULOBACTER AS A UNIVERSAL AND SPECIES-SPECIFIC PROTEASE, Robert Vass, Molecular and Cellular Biology
MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS AS ENACTED IN THE CURRICULUM, SENSE-MAKING AND GENDER, Ileana Vasu, Education
Righting Web Development, John Vilk, Computer Science
Data Stream Algorithms for Large Graphs and High Dimensional Data, Hoa Vu, Computer Science
Vibrated Squares as Equilibrium and Active Matter, Lee Askew Walsh, Physics
On the Performance of Adaptive Bitrate Streaming and Parallel Cloud Applications, Cong Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PROBING LOCAL VACANCY-DRIVEN RESISTIVE SWITCHING IN METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES, Jiaying Wang, Mechanical Engineering
Combined Spectroscopic and Scanning Probe Studies of Electronic Interactions in Nanostructured 1D and 2D Semiconductors, Peijian Wang, Physics
WRITING NEW BOUNDARIES FOR THE LAW: BLACK WOMEN’S FICTION AND THE ABJECT IN PSYCHOANALYSIS, Angelique Warner, Afro-American Studies
THREE ESSAYS ON CHILD WELFARE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE, Didier Wayoro, Economics
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF DEFECT-ENGINEERED GRAPHENE DERIVATIVES AND GRAPHENE-POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, Asanka Weerasinghe, Physics
THREE ESSAYS ON FOOD ECONOMICS STUDIES, Hongli Wei, Resource Economics
Adopting Active Learning Classroom (ALC) Technology and Overcoming Barriers: A Faculty Development Intervention Model for Technology-Enhanced Learning Spaces, Bradford D. Wheeler, Education
"A PAGE FROM THE SONG OF SONGS": ÉTUDES IN ALLEGORESIS, Andres Wilson, Comparative Literature
Phthalates, Embryo Development, and Sperm DNA Methylation, Haotian Wu, Public Health
Examining Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy and Their Decisions in Regard to Referral and Placement, Ayse Dilsad Yakut, Education
MODULATION OF HEPATIC LIPID METABOLISM BY INSECTICIDES AND FOOD BIOACTIVES, Jason Yang, Food Science
IN SITU AND REAL-TIME MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES ON AND IN FRESH PRODUCE USING SERS, Tianxi Yang, Food Science
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUID ON SHALE AND SOIL, Zhenning Yang, Civil Engineering
MODEL-BASED PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR ADDITIVE AND SMART MANUFACTURING, Zhuo Yang, Mechanical Engineering
MULTI-SENSOR LOCALIZATION AND TRACKING IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND INDOOR WAYFINDING FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS, Zhuorui Yang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS IN DISORDERED BOSON SYSTEMS, Zhiyuan Yao, Physics
WELL-POSEDNESS FOR THE CUBIC NONLINEAR SCHRÖDINGER EQUATIONS ON TORI, Haitian Yue, Mathematics
Global well-posedness and scattering for the defocusing quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation in two dimensions, Xueying Yu, Mathematics
Property, Postsocialism, and Post-Yugoslav Identity: A Feminist Communication Performance Ethnography, Jennifer Zenovich, Communication
Managing Traditional Pipeline and Platform Innovation, Shaoling Katee Zhang, Management
ORIGINS AND SEASONAL VARIATION OF DISINFECTION BYPRODUCT PRECURSORS, Ran Zhao, Civil and Environmental Engineering
SWELLING INDUCED DEFORMATION OF THERMALLY RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS, Ying Zhou, Polymer Science and Engineering
CHARACTERIZATION OF SHE1 SPINDLE ROLE USING CEULLULAR, BIOCHEMICAL, AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS, Yili Zhu, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dissertations from 2017
Solution-Based Assembly of Conjugated Polymers into Nanofibers for Organic Electronics, Daniel E. Acevedo Cartagena, Polymer Science and Engineering
Reactions to ingroup critics under threat: Social psychological factors that magnify versus mitigate negative reactions, Levi Adelman, Psychology
Affective Responses to Technology Use: Examining the Dark Side, Exploring the Bright Side, David Agogo, Management
Can Long Bone Structural Variability Detect Among-Population Relationships?, Gina Agostini, Anthropology
Capacity Development and Workplace Learning: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Workplace Learning at Afghan Ministry of Education, Department of Planning, Mohammad Javad Ahmadi, Education
Sustainability in the Apparel Industry: A Study of Self-Regulatory Institutions and Logic Hybridization Processes, Yoojung Ahn, Management
Relational-Cultural Perspectives of African American Women with Diabetes and Maintaining Multiple Roles, Ayesha Ali, Nursing
Tablet-based Self-management Intervention for Diabetes Mellitus Type II Patients: Usability and Efficacy of The ASSISTwell Tool, Mohammad Alkawaldeh, Nursing
The Effect of Management Practices on Bacterial, Fungal, and Nematode Communities on Cool Season Turfgrass, Elisha Allan-Perkins, Plant Biology
Peppermint Kings: A Rural American History, Dan Allosso, History
Seismic behavior of concrete frames with jacketed columns, Jose Alvarez, Civil Engineering
Method for Enabling Causal Inference in Relational Domains, David Arbour, Computer Science
Problems in Graph-Structured Modeling and Learning, James Atwood, Computer Science
Special Education and Massachusetts Charter Schools: Examining Issues and Practices Associated with Enrollment, Placement and Compliance, Jennifer C. Baribeau, Education
Spreadsheet Tools for Data Analysts, Daniel W. Barowy, Computer Science
The Role of Foster Parents in Improving Educational Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care, Gwen Bass, Education
Ultraviolet to Infrared Star Formation Rate Tracers: Characterizing Dust Attenuation and Emission, Andrew Battisti, Astronomy
Inference from network data in hard-to-reach populations, Isabelle Beaudry, Mathematics
Deep Energy-Based Models for Structured Prediction, David Belanger, Computer Science
Non-Euclidean Shells: A Study of Growth-Induced Fabrication and Mechanical Multi-Stability, Nakul Bende, Polymer Science and Engineering
Testing a Skills Training Course for Use in a Peer-Delivered Mental Health Intervention, Samantha L. Bernecker, Psychology
A Papered Freedom: Self-Purchase and Compensated Manumission in the Antebellum United States, Julia Bernier, Afro-American Studies
The Role of Social Class and Construal Level in Social Justice and Fairness Beliefs, Prerana Bharadwaj, Psychology
Synthesis of Biopolymer Materials Tailored for Biological Applications, Nathan P. Birch, Chemical Engineering
Interfacing Continuous Measurement of Glucose and Physical Activity to Predict Glycemic Control in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes, Jennifer Blankenship, Kinesiology
Demystifying Distributed Leadership: How Understanding Principles of Practice and Perceptions Regarding Ambiguity Can Enhance the Leadership Capacity of Department Chairs, Diana Bonneville, Education
Roughly Speaking: A Performance Autoethnography of Occupation, Aesthetics, and Epistemology, Tyler Boudreau, Communication
Patient-Centered Medical Home Model of Care for Non-Elderly Adults with Mental Illness: Preventive Care, Healthcare Quality, Services Utilization, and Cost Analyses, Jennifer Bowdoin, Public Health
Examining the Relation Between Family Functioning and Child Hyperactivity: Simultaneously Testing Four Proposed Mechanisms, Rosanna P. Breaux, Psychology
Social-Emotional Development Assessment: Scale Development for Kindergarten through Second Grade Youth Universal Screening, James F.M. Brenchley, School Psychology
Moving from Trauma to Healing: Black Queer Cultural Workers’ Experiences and Discourses of Love, Durryle N. Brooks, Education
Rethinking Person-Organization Fit: Operationalization and Measurement of Perceived Organizational Fit, Ben Bulmash, Management
Environmentally Driven Galaxy Evolution and Quenching: Insights from the Low-redshift Circumgalactic Medium, Joseph Burchett, Astronomy
Perceptions and Perspectives of Core Subject High School Teachers on the Phenomenon of Creative Learning, Ralph Caouette, Education
Graph Construction for Manifold Discovery, CJ Carey, Computer Science
A Virtuous Cycle: Interdependence and the Ontogenesis of Social Justice, Nathan Carnes, Psychology
Relationship Between Structure and Function in Nickel Proteins and Enzymes, Carolyn Carr, Chemistry
The Struggles of Living in a Postcard: Tourisms Social and Cultural Influences on a Mountain Community, Elizabeth A. Cartier, Management
Norms for Bayesians, Lisa Cassell, Philosophy
Microbial Dynamics and Design Considerations for Decentralized Microbial Fuel Cell Applications, Cynthia Castro, Civil Engineering
Notch1 Modification and Signaling in T Helper Cell Differentiation, Karthik Chandiran, Molecular and Cellular Biology
New Synthetic Platforms for Functional Polymer Zwitterions and Degradable Materials, ChiaChih Chang, Polymer Science and Engineering