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Dissertations from 2011
Attentional Cues During Speech Perception, Lori Astheimer Best, Neuroscience and Behavior
Pyrrhonian and Naturalistic Themes in the Final Writings of Wittgenstein, Indrani Bhattacharjee, Philosophy
Effect of Side Chains on Organic Donor (D) and Acceptor (A) Complexes and Photophysical Properties of D-A Dyads, Amarnath Bheemaraju, Chemistry
Anchoring Pragmatics In Syntax And Semantics, Maria Biezma, Linguistics
Reading Landscape: Mid-Century Modernism and the Landscape Idea, Jeffrey David Blankenship, Geosciences
Fifth-Grade Students' Tactical Understanding, Decision-Making and Transfer of Knowledge in a Tactical Games Model Net/Wall Sampling Unit, Heidi Renee Bohler, Education (also CAGS)
The Role of Prompts as Focus on Form on Uptake, Brian Bates Boisvert, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
A Question of Comfort: Race, Whiteness, and the Creation of Diverse, Inclusive, and Engaged Learning Environments, H. Elizabeth Braun, Anthropology
Armillaria in Massachusetts Forests: Ecology, Species Distribution, and Population Structure, with an Emphasis on Mixed Oak Forests, Nicholas Justin Brazee, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
A Critical Analysis Of Jamaica’s Emerging Educational Policy Discourses In The Age Of Globalization, Nigel Olivia Michael Brissett, Educational Policy, Research, and Administration
Reclaiming America for Christian Reconstruction: The Rhetorical Constitution of a "People", Joanna L. Brook, Communication
Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase IB: Functional Characterization of a Putative Drug Target for African Sleeping Sickness, David F. Bruhn, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Effect Of A Skills-Based Fluency Intervention On The Writing Of Third-Grade Students Identified As Less Fluent Writers, Eric A Bruinooge, Education; Student Development
Adaptive Balancing of Exploitation with Exploration to Improve Protein Structure Prediction, TJ Brunette, Computer Science
It's Nothing Personal: Competing Discourses for Girls and Women in Mathematics, Shannon Dawn Bryant, Education (also CAGS)
Community Colleges and the Pursuit of Larger Grants: Strategies for Success, Steven George Budd, Education (also CAGS)
The Persistence Of Military Honor In A Culture Without Victory, Daniel Alton Burland, Sociology
Three Essays Exploring Hedge Fund Dynamics, Li Cai, Isenberg School of Management
What Is Instructional Leadership And What Does It Look Like In Practice? A Multi-Case Case Study Of Elementary School Principals Who Have Led Schools From Being Identified As Under Performing To Performing., Linda L Carrier, Education
Revision Of The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe), Janessa O Carvalho, Clinical Psychology
Phase Behavior of Block Copolymers in Compressed CO2 and as Single Domain-Layer, Nanolithographic Etch Resists For Sub-10 nm Pattern Transfer, Curran Matthew Chandler, Polymer Science and Engineering
Avian Ecology and Conservation in Tropical Agricultural Landscapes with Emphasis on Vermivora Chrysoptera, Richard Brooks Chandler, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Movin' & Groovin' Salamanders: Conservation Implications of Large Scales and Quirky Sex, Noah D. Charney, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Improving Processes Using Static Analysis Techniques, Bin Chen, Computer Science
Organic Photovoltaics Based on P3HT/PCBM: Correlating Efficiency and Morphology, Dian Chen, Polymer Science and Engineering
Micronutrient Intake and Premenstrual Syndrome, Patricia O. Chocano-Bedoya, Public Health
“Transformed Oft, And Chaunged Diuerslie”: Shapeshifting And Bodily Change In Spenser, Milton, Donne, And Seventeenth-Century Drama, Youngjin Chung, English
Electrostatic Effects in Aggregation of Crystallin Proteins, Deniz Elizabeth Civay, Polymer Science and Engineering
The Decolonization Of Higher Education: An Analysis Of Venezuela‘S 2009 Ley Organica De Educacion, Lauren Elizabeth Clarke, Education
Investigation of a Sulfur-Utilizing Perchlorate-Reducing Bacterial Consortium, Teresa Anne Conneely, Microbiology
Clustering Independence Of Ligand Affinity And Kinase Activity Of Reconstituted Bacterial Chemoreceptors: Insight Into Signaling Mechanisms, Fe C Consolacion, Chemistry
Computational Affect Detection for Education and Health, David G. Cooper, Computer Science
The Phylogeography of Marstonia Lustrica: Understanding the Relationship Between Glaciation and the Evolution and Distribution of a Rare Snail, Thomas W. Coote, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Subjects of Scale / Spaces of Possibility: Producing Co-operative Space in Theory and Enterprise, Janelle Terese Cornwell, Geosciences
Identity and the Limits of Possibility, Sam Cowling, Philosophy
Role of Strongly Interacting Additives in Tuning the Structure and Properties of Polymer Systems, Vikram Kumar Daga, Chemical Engineering
Thermal Effects And Sensor Design In Nanometer CMOS, Basab Datta, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Constraining Interpretation: Sentence Final Particles in Japanese, Christopher M. Davis, Linguistics
"Whether Writers Themselves Have Been Changed": A Test of the Values Driving Writing Center Work, Michelle Deal, English
Factors Associated With Genital Tract Trauma At Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery, Susan A DeJoy, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Attention to television in preschoolers who exhibit ADHD symptoms: an ERP investigation, Lindsay B. Demers, Psychology
Evaluating IRT- and CTT-based Methods of Estimating Classification Consistency and Accuracy Indices from Single Administrations, Nina Deng, Education (also CAGS)
Aspects of Network Formation and Property Evolution in Glassy Polymer Networks, Andrew Thomas Detwiler, Polymer Science and Engineering
Reading First/Bay State Reading Initiative: Public vs. Private Implementation-Which Produces the Best Results?, Marlene A. Di Leo, Education (also CAGS)
Studies Of Light Scattering And Morphologies Of Phase-Separated Polymer/Nanoparticle Mixtures, Xuan Ding, Physics
Functional Characterization Of Stress Associated Proteins (SAPs) From Arabidopsis, Anirudha R Dixit, Plant Biology
Infrared and X-ray Studies of the Galactic Center, Hui Dong, Astronomy
Financial Literacy and Women: Overcoming the Barriers, Melissa A. Donohue, Education (also CAGS)
Generalized Expectation Criteria for Lightly Supervised Learning, Gregory Druck, Computer Science
Binary ROCs and Their Implications for the Measurement of Memory, Chad Dube, Psychology
Following Eshu-Eleggua’s Codes: A Comparative Approach To The Literatures Of The African Diaspora, Jacob A Dyer-Spiegel, English
Tree-Based Methods and a Mixed Ridge Estimator for Analyzing Longitudinal Data With Correlated Predictors, Melissa Nicole Eliot, Biology
Writing the Local-Global: An Ethnography of Friction and Negotiation in an English-Using Indonesian Ph.D. Program, Amber Engelson, English
High Resolution Imprinting For Microelectronics And Photovoltaics, Burcin Erenturk, Polymer Science and Engineering
Measurements of Gravity Driven Granular Channel Flows, Kevin Facto, Physics
Unintended Consequences of Lowering Disclosure Thresholds: Proposed Changes to SFAS No. 5, Kirsten Fanning, Management
Developing an Efficient Cover Cropping System for Maximum Nitrogen Recovery in Massachusetts, Ali Farsad, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
"Journey Toward A Black Aesthetic": Hoyt Fuller, The Black Arts Movement & The Black Intellectual Community, Jonathan Bryan Fenderson, Afro-American Studies
Three Essays on Hedge Fund Fee Structure, Return Smoothing and Gross Performance, Shuang Feng, Management
Selective Inhibition and Mechanistic Studies of the Human O2 Sensor, Prolyl Hydroxylase Domain 2 (PHD2), Shannon Coates Flagg, Chemistry
Utopian Gender: Counter Discourses in a Feminist Community, Jolane Flanigan, Communication
The Impact of Online Influence Strategies on Consumer Response and Privacy Expectations, Jason Aaron Gabisch, Management
On Co-Optimization Of Constrained Satisfiability Problems For Hardware Software Applications, Kunal Ganeshpure, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mojarra Aesthetics in Piolin Por La Ma?ana: A Time and Space for the Dislocated, J. Luis Loya Garcia, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Flow Cytometry of Cultured Plant Cells for Characterization of Culture Heterogeneity and Cell Sorting Applications, Vishal Gaurav, Chemical Engineering
Transnational Networks and the Promotion of Conservationist Norms in Developing Countries, Kemi D. George, Political Science
Spectral Methods For Higher Genus Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces, Aaron Gerding, Mathematics and Statistics
Puerto Rican Teens' Perceptions of Teen Pregnancy and Births in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Nancy J. Gilbert, Nursing
Multitrophic Effects Of Bumblebee Parasites On Plant Reproduction, Sandra D Gillespie, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Entomology
A Mathematical Growth Model of the Viral Population in Early HIV-1 Infections, Elena Edi Giorgi, Mathematics
Justifying the Margins: Marginal Culture, Hybridity and the Polish Challenge in Fontane's Effi Briest, Zorana Gluscevic, Germanic Languages & Literatures
The Role of the SUPRMAM1 Locus in Responses to Ionizing Radiation and Susceptibility to Mammary Tumors, Nicholas B. Griner, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Discovery Of Cryptic Species Diversity In North American Pine- Feeding Chionaspis Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), Rodger A Gwiazdowski, Entomology
Education in a Hip-Hop Nation: Our Identity, Politics & Pedagogy, Marcella Runell Hall, Education (also CAGS)
Neil Postman's Missing Critique: A Media Ecology Analysis of Early Radio 1920-1935, Donna Lee Halper, Communication
Improving Network Performance Through Pacing, Y. Sinan Hanay, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Transparent Mask: American Women's Satire 1900-1933, Julia Boissoneau Hans, English
Finding Blame for Environmental Outcomes: A Cognitive Style Approach to Understanding Stakeholder Attributions, Attitudes, and Values, Christopher Thomas Hawkins, Environmental Conservation
Organizational Decision Making and Goal Setting in Out-Of-School-Time Programs, Jenny Rebecca Hemmingson, Education (also CAGS)
Why China Grew: Understanding the Financial Structure of Late Development, Adam S. Hersh, Economics
The Cost of Caring: An Investigation in the Effects of Teaching Traumatized Children in Urban Elementary Settings, Anthony C. Hill, Education (also CAGS)
Low-profile, Modular, Ultra-Wideband Phased Arrays, Steven S. Holland, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Solving the "Coffee Paradox": Understanding Ethiopia's Coffee Cooperatives Through Elinor Ostrom's Theory of the Commons, Susan Ruth Holmberg, Economics
Constraining Stellar Feedback: Ionized Gas Structures In Local Starburst Galaxies, Sungryong Hong, Astronomy
Informativeness and the Computational Metrology of Collaborative Adaptive Sensor Systems, Anthony P. Hopf, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Functionalized Bionanoparticles: Grafting Chemistry And Self-Assembly, Yunxia Hu, Polymer Science and Engineering
Spatial Evolutionary Game Theory: Deterministic Approximations, Decompositions, and Hierarchical Multi-scale Models, Sung-Ha Hwang, Mathematics
Cellular and Molecular Changes Following Skeletal Muscle Damage: A Role for NF-kB and Muscle Resident Pericytes, Robert H. Hyldahl, Kinesiology
Novel Progestin Signaling Molecules in the Brain: Distribution, Regulation and Molecular Mechanism of Action, Karlie A. Intlekofer, Neuroscience and Behavior
Innate immune responses to B. burgdorferi mediated by JNK1 and the cochaperone, methylation controlled DNAJ (MCJ), Hooman Izadi, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Clock Generation and Distribution for Enhancing Immunity to Power Supply Noise, Jinwook Jang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Students' Valuation Of Visual Arts Education: An Exploration Of Inspiring And Inhibiting Factors, Bozena Jaworowski, Education
Language And Learning In A Post-Colonial Context: The Case Of Haiti, Marky Jean-Pierre, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies; Language, Literacy, & Culture
Cumulative Constraint Interaction In Phonological Acquisition And Typology, Karen Christine Jesney, Linguistics
Reasons for Local Smart Growth Efforts: An Evaluation of the Commonwealth Capital Program and its Outcomes in Massachusetts, Jia Jia, Regional Planning
Bacterial Toxicity of Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Effects on Bacterial Surface Biomolecules, Wei Jiang, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Design and Synthesis of a New Class of Self-Cross-Linked Polymer Nanogels, Siriporn Jiwpanich, Chemistry
Molecular Designs for Organic Semiconductors: Design, Synthesis and Charge Transport Properties, Tejaswini Sharad Kale, Chemistry
Effects of Molecular Architecture on Crystallization Behavior of Pol(lactic Acid) and Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate, Jeffrey Paul Kalish, Polymer Science and Engineering
Annual To Seasonal Resolution Analysis Of Late Pleistocene And Holocene Sediment In Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, Canada, Kinuyo Kanamaru, Geosciences