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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 (also CAGS)
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 (also CAGS)
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 (also CAGS)
"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 (also CAGS)
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 (also CAGS)
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
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 (also CAGS)
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 (also CAGS)
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
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 (also CAGS)
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, S. Davidson, Sociology
Organized Anarchies in the Marketplace: Competition and Change in a Rural School District, Laura Davis, Education (also CAGS)
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 (also CAGS)
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 (also CAGS)
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, 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 (also CAGS)
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 (also CAGS)
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 linguistic 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