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Dissertations from 2021
Substrate selection in endoplasmic reticulum protein quality control, Ben Adams, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Three Essays on Learning and Conflict Applied to Developing Countries, Amal Ahmad, Economics
Cover crop effects on reducing manure volatilization, improving forage rape production and weed suppression in the northeast U.S.A, Parisa Akbari, Environmental Conservation
AGENTIAL SCHOOLING: POSTHUMANISM, YPAR, AND SPOOKY ENTANGLEMENTS, Thomas Albright, Education (also CAGS)
POPULATION ANNEALING: ANALYSIS, OPTIMIZATION AND APPLICATION TO GLASSY SYSTEMS, Christopher A. Amey, Physics
Shifting the Perspectival Landscape: Methods for Encoding, Identifying, and Selecting Perspectives, Carolyn Jane Anderson, Linguistics
HYDROGEN BOND ASSISTED ASSEMBLY IN BLOCK COPOLYMER BLENDS AND THE INFLUENCE OF NITRILE ADDITIVES ON SOLID AND GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, eric r. anderson, Polymer Science and Engineering
There and Gone Again: Syntactic Structure In Memory, Caroline Andrews, Linguistics
INVESTIGATIVE MECHANISMS TO EXPLOIT CASPASE-INDUCED APOPTOSIS USING POLYMERIC NANOGELS, Francesca Edith Anson, Chemistry
SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS) AS AN APPROACH FOR THE EMERGING LIQUID BIOPSY DIAGNOSTICS, Nariman Banaei, Mechanical Engineering
AN EMG OPTIMIZATION MODEL OF THE KINETIC DEMANDS ON THE LOWER BACK DURING ASYMMETRICAL GAIT AND LOAD CARRIAGE, Jacob J. Banks, Kinesiology
Sociolinguistically Driven Approaches for Just Natural Language Processing, Su Lin Blodgett, Computer Science
Interactions between Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles (NPs) and mucin, . Boimin, Food Science
Reconstructing the Present/Past: Antimodernism and Early Film Reenactments, Alex W. Bordino, Communication
Defining Inclusion: Surveying Educator Perceptions and Practices in Chile, Christina A. Bosch, Education (also CAGS)
The Western Interior Seaway During Late Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2: Paleoceanographic Interpretations Of Foraminiferal Assemblages, Raquel Bryant, Geosciences
MINDFULNESS EDUCATION AS A TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE: TOWARD AN EMBODIED LIBERATORY PEDAGOGY, Jennifer Cannon, Education (also CAGS)
Liberation and Gravy: An Engaged Ethnography of Queer and Trans Power in Georgia, Elias Capello, Anthropology
AFRO-ABORIGINAL ENCOUNTERS: BLACK ARTS AND THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF BLACK POWER, Alex M. Carter, Afro-American Studies
Administrators of General and Special Education Perceptions of Leadership Practices for Supporting Inclusive Learning Environments for Students with Disabilities, Kimberly B. Cass, Education (also CAGS)
NOVEL APPROACHES TOWARDS IMPROVED PURITY IN HIGH YIELD TRANSCRIPTION REACTIONS, Elvan Cavac, Chemistry
Surface Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals: Imparting Non-native Properties on Sustainable Substrates, Allen C. Chang, Polymer Science and Engineering
THE SCHOOL AND MY HEALTH: (RE)CENTERING YOUNG WOMEN’S VOICES IN PEER-LED SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (SRH) EDUCATION IN MACHAKOS, KENYA, Nyaradzai Changamire, Education (also CAGS)
Experience with difficult target discrimination makes search less efficient: an analysis using eye movements, Junha Chang, Psychology
THE PROMISE OF EMPOWERMENT: REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, DECOLONIAL FEMINISMS, AND THE CASES OF FORCED STERILZIATION IN PERU, Julie Chaparro, Anthropology
REPRESENTATION OF REWARD AND RISK IN THE BRAIN’S MOTOR SYSTEM: STUDIES IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS, Xingjie Chen, Psychology
PHARMACOLOGICAL CHAPERONING OF HUMAN LYSOSOMAL NEURAMINIDASE 1, Di Chu, Molecular and Cellular Biology
NURSE-DELIVERED SHOE-LACING INTERVENTION: EFFECT ON COMFORT AND TOE PRESSURES FOR ACTIVE COMMUNITY-DWELLING ADULTS (AGE 65+), Mary C. Clayton-Jones, Nursing
Neural Methods for Answer Passage Retrieval over Sparse Collections, Daniel Cohen, Computer Science
"On Neptunes Watry Realmes": Maritime Law and English Renaissance Literature, Hayley Cotter, English
The Modeling and Control of Highly Flexible Continuous Structures Interacting with Fluids, Todd Currier, Mechanical Engineering
PREFIGURATIVE POLITICS AND REVOLUTIONARY PRACTICES WITHIN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF THE CIEE THAILAND PROGRAM ON DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION, Koni Denham, Education (also CAGS)
Stereotypes in Interactions: The Interpersonal Consequences of Threatened Belonging, Tara C. Dennehy, Psychology
Utilizing Graph Structure for Machine Learning, Stefan Dernbach, Computer Science
Harnessing the Mechanics of Thin-Walled Metallic Structures: from Plate-Lattice Materials to Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls, Fani Derveni, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Defending Philosophical Knowledge, Jonathan Dixon, Philosophy
"Take it with You": Humanizing and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies as Racial Literacy in Undergraduate Education, Robert Jamaal Downey, Education (also CAGS)
THREE ESSAYS ON INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS, Manuel Enrique Estay Montecinos, Resource Economics
Tai Chi and Mindfulness Training to Improve Balance in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Community-Based Intervention Study, Julianna Eve, Kinesiology
Theater of Exchange: The Cosmopolitan Stage of Jacobean London, Liz Fox, English
“The Badge of All Our Tribe”: Contradictions of Jewish Representation on the English Renaissance Stage, Becky S. Friedman, English
RAPID CELL PHENOTYPING USING ARRAY-BASED SENSORS: APPLICATIONS IN CANCER STEM CELL THERAPY AND HIGH-CONTENT SCREENING, Yingying Geng, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Improving Evaluation Methods for Causal Modeling, Amanda Gentzel, Computer Science
SAFE AND PRACTICAL MACHINE LEARNING, Stephen J. Giguere, Computer Science
On Being Dispersed: The Poetics of Dehiscence from "We the People" to Abolition, Sean A. Gordon, English
ESSAYS ON EXCHANGE RATE SHOCKS AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LOCAL FISCAL POLICY IN BRAZIL, Raphael Rocha Gouvea, Economics
COMPACT REPRESENTATIONS OF UNCERTAINTY IN CLUSTERING, Craig Stuart Greenberg, Computer Science
A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE SYMPTOMS AND CAREGIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, Eric Erastus Griffith, Anthropology
Associations of Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels, Breast Cancer Risk Factors, and Breast Cancer Risk, Nydjie P. Grimes, Public Health
Enhancing the Intracellular Availability of Protein Cargoes in Polymer-Mediated Delivery, Christopher R. Hango, Polymer Science and Engineering
STICKY CULTURAL ACTIVISM: MEDIATED FEELING AND RECONFIGURED CITIZENSHIP IN TRANSNATIONAL KOREAN LGBTQ ORGANIZING, Woori Han, Communication
Mental Fatigue: Examining Cognitive Performance and Driving Behavior in Young Adults, Abigail F. Helm, Psychology
Uncovering the Gendered Sport Workplace: A Field Study in Men’s Professional Sports, Lauren C. Hindman, Management
Evaluating Approaches for Dealing with Omitted Items in Large-Scale Assessments, Seong Eun Hong, Education (also CAGS)
Statistical Methods to Accommodate Censored Covariates in Regression Analysis, Jingyao Hou, Public Health
DIRECT PRINTING/COATING/PLATING OF KEY COMPONENTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, xiyu hu, Polymer Science and Engineering
FAMILY DIMENSIONS OF UNEQUAL COLLEGE EXPERIENCES: STUDENTS’ TALK OF SELF AND COLLEGE IN RELATION TO FAMILY RESOURCES AND RELATIONSHIPS, Michael Carl Ide, Sociology
ENABLING IOT AUTHENTICATION, PRIVACY AND SECURITY VIA BLOCKCHAIN, Md Nazmul Islam, Electrical and Computer Engineering
He Said, She Said: Investor Reactions to CEO Gender and Earnings Guidance Disclosure in the Presence of Shareholder Activism, Scott C. Jackson, Management
Three Essays on Socio-Institutional Ecosystems & Labor Structures, Jonathan Donald Jenner, Economics
Design and Biomechanical Evaluation of a Clutch-Based Energy Storage and Release Assistive Knee Brace, Ericber Jimenez Francisco, Mechanical Engineering
Cold-Formed Steel Stud Assemblies Bearing on Concrete Slabs, Abbas Joorabchian, Civil and Environmental Engineering
PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS, MECHANISMS, AND MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF IRON REDUCTION IN HYPERTHERMOPHILIC CRENARCHAEA, Srishti Kashyap, Microbiology
Conservation Genomics of the Threatened Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) in the Northern Appalachian-Acadian Ecoregion, Tanya M. Lama, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Association of Reproductive Factors With Risk of Early Natural Menopause, Christine Rose Langton, Public Health
EDUCATORS PERCEPTIONS OF EBD, INCLUSION, AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, Andrea Larmon, Education (also CAGS)
REALLY, YOU SHOULD BE THANKING US: PATERNALISM AND INSTRUMENTAL GRATITUDE EXPECTATIONS, Greg Larsen, Psychology
NATION BRAND, NATIONAL PRESTIGE, AND THE SOCIAL IMAGINARIES OF THE ADVANCED NATION IN SOUTH KOREA, Jung-Yup Lee, Communication
A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF CO-ENGINEERING PROTEIN- NANOPARTICLE FOR INTRACELLULAR PROTEIN DELIVERY, Yi-Wei Lee, Chemistry
CONSTRUCTING A MARXIAN INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL CONSIDERING THE TURNOVER OF CAPITAL AND REVISITING THE FALLING-RATE-OF-PROFIT HYPOTHESIS, Junshang Liang, Economics
SEISMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE: THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE, Cong Li, Geosciences
A Cone Conjecture for Log Calabi-Yau Surfaces, Jennifer Li, Mathematics
COVERT COMMUNICATIONS IN CONTINUOUS-TIME SYSTEMS, Ke Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MOVING FORWARD ON THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS?, Haoying Liu, Philosophy
DESIGNING MATERIAL PROPERTIES IN POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES, Yalin Liu, Chemical Engineering
Metabolic Modeling of Gas Fermentation for Renewable Fuel and Chemical Production, Xiangan Li, Chemical Engineering
LOST IN TRANSLATION: A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON NURSE PEER RELATIONSHIPS, Maud B. Low, Nursing
Exploring the Role of Community Cultural Wealth in College Access and Transition: A Narrative Inquiry of Students from Refugee Backgrounds, Diep H. Luu, Education (also CAGS)
ELECTRO-THERMAL TRANSPORT IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND THEIR HETEROSTRUCTURES, Arnab K. Majee, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dynamic evolution in the Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Kinase (LRR-RLK) family of receptors, Jarrett Man, Plant Biology
Multiple Identities in Sport Fandom: Balance, Conflict, & Negotiation, Aaron Mansfield, Management
“Our Earnest Remonstrance”: Citizenship, Voting, and Providence, Rhode Island’s Black Community, 1770-1843, Christopher J. Martin, Afro-American Studies
Making Meaning of Equity in a Computer Science for All Research Practitioner Partnership, Itza D. Martínez, Education (also CAGS)
A Search for New Resonances Decaying into a Weak Vector Boson and a Higgs Boson in Hadronic Final States with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider, Zachary Alden Meadows, Physics
Electrospinning Fibers via Complex Coacervation, Xiangxi Meng, Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: A Mixed Methods Workforce Study, Kym Meyer, Education (also CAGS)
Aloha Media: Negotiating Kānaka Maoli Representation And Identity In Television, Film, And Music, Colby Y. Miyose, Communication
Design, Synthesis and Self-assembly of Stimuli-responsive Amphiphiles for Antibacterial Applications, Thameez Mohammed Koyasseril Yehiya, Chemistry
ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF JAGUAR DISTRIBUTION, ACTIVITY, AND ABUNDANCE IN SANTA ROSA NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA, Victor Montalvo, Environmental Conservation
Young Adult Cancer Survivors and Physical Activity: An Expert Consensus Study, Ann Marie Moraitis, Nursing
FORMATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND UTILIZATION OF MULTILAYER NANOEMULSIONS IN FOODS, Jorge L. Muriel Mundo, Food Science
Exploring the Relationship Between School Organizational Health, Advice Seeking Networks, and Student Behavior, Abbey M. Nachman, School Psychology
Material Property Heterogeneity in Dimensional Lumber and its Relationship to Mass Timber Performance, Fiona O'Donnell, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Makerspace Models and Organizational Policies for Technological Inclusion, Christine Olson, Communication
EXPLORING LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY: PERSPECTIVES FROM NON-NATIVE ARABIC UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IN THE US, Brahim Oulbeid, Education (also CAGS)
Concentration Inequalities in the Wild: Case Studies in Blockchain & Reinforcement Learning, A. Pinar Ozisik, Computer Science
The Event Structure of Attitudes, Deniz Özyıldız, Linguistics
Raising Global Elites from a Distance: Transnational Parenting of South Korean Students, Juyeon Park, Sociology
Development of Nanopore-Based Analytical Tools for Single-Molecule Analysis of Biological Molecules, Bach Pham, Chemistry
The Two Sides of Neural Habituation in Visual Processing: Enhanced Novelty Detection Versus Repetition Deficits, Len Pires de Lima Jacob, Neuroscience and Behavior