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Dissertations from 2021
Substrate selection in endoplasmic reticulum protein quality control, Ben Adams, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Shifting the Perspectival Landscape: Methods for Encoding, Identifying, and Selecting Perspectives, Carolyn Jane Anderson, Linguistics
There and Gone Again: Syntactic Structure In Memory, Caroline Andrews, Linguistics
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
The Western Interior Seaway During Late Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2: Paleoceanographic Interpretations Of Foraminiferal Assemblages, Raquel Bryant, Geosciences
Liberation and Gravy: An Engaged Ethnography of Queer and Trans Power in Georgia, Elias Capello, Anthropology
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
Neural Methods for Answer Passage Retrieval over Sparse Collections, Daniel Cohen, Computer Science
The Modeling and Control of Highly Flexible Continuous Structures Interacting with Fluids, Todd Currier, Mechanical Engineering
Stereotypes in Interactions: The Interpersonal Consequences of Threatened Belonging, Tara C. Dennehy, Psychology
Utilizing Graph Structure for Machine Learning, Stefan Dernbach, Computer Science
THREE ESSAYS ON INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS, Manuel Enrique Estay Montecinos, Resource Economics
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
Mental Fatigue: Examining Cognitive Performance and Driving Behavior in Young Adults, Abigail F. Helm, Psychology
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
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
SEISMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE: THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE, Cong Li, Geosciences
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
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
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)
Makerspace Models and Organizational Policies for Technological Inclusion, Christine Olson, Communication
Concentration Inequalities in the Wild: Case Studies in Blockchain & Reinforcement Learning, A. Pinar Ozisik, Computer Science
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
A Generalized Method for Predictive Simulation-Based Lower Limb Prosthesis Design, Mark Price, Mechanical Engineering
ADDRESSING SECURITY CHALLENGES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS AND MULTI-TENANT FPGAS, Georgios Provelengios, Electrical and Computer Engineering
DALIT ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES: STIGMA, SOCIAL REPRODUCTION AND SYSTEMIC EXCLUSION IN INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION, Bharat Rathod, Education (also CAGS)
Phenomenology of Fermion Production During Axion Inflation, Michael Roberts, Physics
Synthesis of Inorganic Porous Materials With Tunable Morphology for Molecular Adsorption and Separation, Sanket Sabnis, Chemical Engineering
EMERGING ENERGY ISSUES IN COLOMBIA, Javier Sabogal Aguilar, Environmental Conservation
It Takes a Village to Build a Brain: Defining the Heterogenous Glial and Neural Crest Contributions to Zebrafish Forebrain Development and Neurogenesis, Jake Schnabl, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Cyclones, Spectacles, and Citizenship: The Politicization of Natural Disasters in the US and Oman, Tyler Schuenemann, Political Science
THE COMMUNICATION OF ECONOMIC RATIONALITY IN VOLUNTARY CORPORATIONS, NIMROD SHAVIT, Communication
Optimization and Technology-Based Strategies to Improve Public Transit Performance Accounting for Demand Distribution, Charalampos Sipetas, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Video Adaptation for High-Quality Content Delivery, Kevin Spiteri, Computer Science
WORDS IN MOTION: EPISTOLARY AND TRANSLATORY PRACTICES IN US MIGRANT WRITING, Una Tanovic, Comparative Literature
Stranger Compass of the Stage: Difference and Desire in Early Modern City Comedy, Catherine Tisdale, English
Force-Responsive, Cryptic Materials and Their Applications, Yen Tran, Chemical Engineering
Hospital Assessment and Response to Environmental Pollution as a Population Health Need: Identifying Prevalence and Predictors in Community Benefit Practices, Sarah Valentine, Nursing
Geometric Representation Learning, Luke Vilnis, Computer Science
Synthesis and Properties of a Novel Class of Superhydrophobic Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polymers, Dongfang Wang, Civil Engineering
BUCKLING OF THIN CYLINDRICAL SHELLS: IMPERFECTION SENSITIVITY, NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR CAPACITY PREDICTION AND APPLICATION FOR WIND TURBINE TOWERS, Kshitij Kumar Yadav, Civil and Environmental Engineering
UNDERSTANDING THE GATING OF BIG POTASSIUM CHANNELS USING ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS, Mahdieh Yazdani, Chemistry
CAPRINE γδ T CELL BIOLOGY, Alehegne W. Yirsaw, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
USING CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS AS THE IN VIVO MODEL TO STUDY FOOD BIOACTIVES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS, Yiren Yue, Food Science
POTENTIAL BIOACTIVES AND INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS REGULATING ADIPOSE TISSUE FUNCTION IN OBESITY, Seok-Yeong Yu, Public Health
PROSTITUTES, TEMPORARY WIVES, AND MOTREBS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SEX WORK IN IRANIAN FILM AND FICTION FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION (1906-1911) TO THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION (1979), maryam zehtabi sabeti moqaddam, Comparative Literature
DIETARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS OF COLONIC INFLAMMATION AND COLON CANCER, Jianan Zhang, Food Science
Dissertations from 2020
Experiences of Uzbek Immigrant Parents with Public Schools in New York City: Parental Engagement, Mekhribon Abdullaeva, Education (also CAGS)
Building Capacity for Academically Productive Talk: The Development of Teacher Leaders in Science Professional Development, Renee Affolter, Education (also CAGS)
Effects of Tempeh Fermentation on Soy Free and Bound Phenolics: Release, Transformation, and Stimulated Production, Amadeus Driando Ahnan, Food Science
COMMUNITY OF PATHOS: RESISTANCE THROUGH REPRESENTATION IN MIGRANT ART, Shastri Akella, Comparative Literature
THREE ESSAYS ON GENDER-SPECIFIC EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, SELIN SECIL AKIN, Economics
AFFECTIVE HISTORIES OF SOUTHERN TRAUMA: SHAME, HEALING, AND VULNERABILITY IN US SOUTHERN WOMEN’S WRITING, 1975–2006, Faune Albert, English
Exploring Signatures of Host-Microbial Coevolution Between Colonic Bifidobacterium Species and Host Dietary Carbohydrates, Korin Albert, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Don't Delay: The effects of tide gates and road-stream crossing culverts on river herring (Alosa spp.) spawning migrations, Derrick J. Alcott, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
DEVELOPING A HANDHELD APPLICATION: A TABLET-BASED CLINICAL EVALUATION TOOL (TABCET) FOR NURSING STUDENT EVALUATION BY CLINICAL INSTRUACTORS, Mohammed Alghenaimi, Nursing
Geographical Disparity of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Diseases in Saudi Arabia, Fahad Alhowaymel, Nursing
INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS, PEDAGOGICAL AGENT DESIGN, AND HISPANIC ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Danielle Allessio, Education (also CAGS)
A New Economic History of Deindustrialization: Class Conflict and Race in the Motor City, Jackson Allison, Economics
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN SAUDI ARABIA, Raja Almutairi, Education (also CAGS)
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POINT-OF-VIEW-VIDEO MODELING ON IMPROVING SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, Beyza Alpaydin, Education (also CAGS)
THE SUICIDAL SELF IN CYBERSPACE: CO-CREATING MEANING AND COMMUNITY THROUGH ONLINE DISCOURSE, Mike Alvarez, Communication
“In Our Very Flesh, (R)evolution”: An Exploration of Secondary Education Teachers, Otherness, and Embodiment, Ryan Ambuter, Education (also CAGS)
Defining the let-7 microRNA-mediated molecular mechanisms regulating T cell differentiation, Constance C. Angelou, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Investigating the role of iron in the photogranulation phenomenon, Abeera Ayaz Ansari, Civil Engineering
Cation Channels, Ca2+ Homeostasis, and Fertility in the Mouse, Goli Ardestani, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Moralizing the Rape of Philomela in Late Medieval Commentary, Daniel M. Armenti, Comparative Literature
EXPORTING THE 1978-79 REVOLUTION: PAN-ISLAMIC OR SECTARIAN, Mohammad Ataie, History
FILAMENTS, FIBERS, AND FOLIATIONS IN FRUSTRATED SOFT MATERIALS, Daria Atkinson, Physics
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE INFLAMMATORY POTENTIAL OF DIET WITH INFLAMMATION AND DEPRESSION AMONG U.S. ADULTS: NHANES 2005-2010, Deniz Azarmanesh, Public Health
POSTKOLONIALE SOLIDARITÄT: ALLTAGSLEBEN VON DDR-BÜRGERN IN MOSAMBIK, 1979-1990, Katrin Bahr, Germanic Languages & Literatures
Theory And Improved Methods For Probing The Cavitation To Fracture Transition, Christopher Barney, Polymer Science and Engineering
Materially Queer: Identity and Agency in Academic Writing, Joshua Barsczewski, English
Study of the Role of Biologically-Relevant, Labile Nickel Pools in the Maturation of Nickel-Dependent Enzymes, Priyanka Basak, Chemistry
Quantifying the Mechanical Properties of Ultra-Thin Glassy Polymer Films, R. Konane Bay, Polymer Science and Engineering
Surrogate Histories: (De)Mythifying the Franco-female in transitionary Spain, Christina Beaubien, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Noise-Aware Inference for Differential Privacy, Garrett Bernstein, Computer Science
ESSAYS ON COMPETITIVE PERISHABLE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS: FROM THE IMPACTS OF TARIFFS AND QUOTAS TO INTEGRATION OF QUALITY, Deniz Besik, Management
QOE-AWARE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE BITRATE VIDEO STREAMING, Divyashri Bhat, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Motion Segmentation - Segmentation of Independently Moving Objects in Video, Pia Katalin Bideau, Computer Science