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Dissertations from 2021
Posttraumatic Stress and Resilience Among Iraqi and Syrian Refugees, Bediha Ipekci
Realizing Universal Health Coverage in Kenya: Lessons from Makueni County, Esther N. Kamau
The Activity of Abstraction in Physical Chemistry Problem Solving and Instruction, Jessica M. Karch
Inclusion Toward Transformation: Psychosocial Disability Advocacy and Global Mental Health, Justin M. Karter
Deconstructing Productive Struggle Within the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Activity System, Clarissa A. Keen
Development and Initial Psychometric Evaluation of a Physical Activity Processes of Change Questionnaire for Adolescents, Hadise Khaniyan
Return Predictability and Market Sentiment: Evidence from Deep Learning, Usama A. Khan
Assessment of Housing Mismatch: Learning from Slum Communities in Small Cities of India, Namesh Killemsetty
The Interplay Between Financial Reporting and Information Environment, Junwoo Kim
Healthcare of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Role of Minority Stress, Sociodemographic Characteristics and Social Resources, Krystal R. Kittle
A Digitial Health Action Process Approach Intervention to Promote Resistance Training in Healthy Adult Novices, Justin M. Kompf
Youth, Sports, and Social (In)Justice in the Inner City of Boston: An Exploration through a Human Rights Lens, Konstantinos Koutsioumpas
Investigating Women's Sexual Agency and Alcohol Use in the Sexual Consent Process, Julie Koven
The Boston Opportunity Agenda: A Historic Case Study of Public-Private Partnership in Education (2007-2019), Timothy M. Lavin
My Wounds Matter Too: Associations Among Distress, Emotion Regulation, Autism Symptomology, and Self-Harm Functions Among Young Adults with ASD, Sarah Levinson
Build Efficient Framework to Support Real-Time Computation-Intensive Applications on Mobile and Edge Devices, Tengpeng Li
Ocean Color Remote Sensing for Coastal and Inland Water Quality Monitoring, Kelly Mariko Anoiokapuuwai Luis
Of Bivalves and Bacteria: Oyster Microbiomes and Oyster-Associated Vibrio Species in the Aquaculture Environment, Casandra J. Lyons
Contributions to Graph Centralities and Recommendation Systems, Cristina I. Maier
Stayers and Leavers: Using Care Work Theory and The Functional Taxonomy to Understand Turnover among Family Child Care Providers, Colleen Fay Manning
Population Genetics, Clonal Diversity, and Molecular Evolution of Weedy Dandelions (Taraxacum Sp.), Lisa Bhattacharyya Mazumder
The Relationship Between Participation in Recreational Therapy Physical Activity and Symptoms of Mental Health Issues in Veterans, Krista F. McDonagh
A Top-Down Approach to Bottom Up Development: NGO Implementation of Early Childhood Development Programs in Rwanda, Lyndsey D. McMahan
Power Dynamics in Psychotherapy: Eminent Therapists’ Experiences Navigating Power from Humanistic-Existential and Feminist-Multicultural Perspectives, Zenobia S. Morrill
Exploring “The Healthy Immigrant Effect” Among Elderly Asians with Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Assessment, Manan Nayak Forde
Enhancing the Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities: A Case Study of the Twin-Track Approach to Disability-Inclusive Development in Nigeria, Uchenna Nwangwu
Conceptual Profile of Substance: A Powerful Tool to Characterize Chemistry Learning, Raúl Orduña Picón
A Case Study of Principal Leadership Behaviors that Lead to Urban Elementary Turnaround School Improvement, Sheneal Parker
Regulation of Transcriptional Repressor Capicua by the ERK Signaling Pathway, Sayantanee Paul
Relationship and Gatekeeping Effects on Parental Interactions and Children's Development: A Path Analysis, Zachary W.C. Price
A Framework for Justice-Centering Relationships and Understanding Impact in Higher Education Community Engagement, Melissa M. Quan
Social Media Text Analytics: An Application to Prescription Opioids-Related Conversations, Maryam Rahafrooz
Moving Beyond the Individual: Applying Cultural Identity to Stigma Theory and Methodology, Emily Reichert
The Gender of Peace: State Power and Discourse in Colombia (1946-1991), Adriana Rincon Villegas
Creating Champions: Establishing the Social Validity of a Sport-Based Therapeutic Intervention, Bernalyn Ruiz
Examining and Communicating the Effects of Climate Change on Biomineralization, Gene Expression and Epibiont Abundance in Juvenile American Lobster, Homarus Americanus, Christine Marie San Antonio
World Heritage Governance: Assessing the Influence of Governance Factors on the Protection of Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites, Eike Tobias Schmedt
“I know her best”: Understanding the Experience of Transition from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Special Education Programs from the Perspective of Families, Stephanie A. Silva
Fatigue Among Pediatric Critical Care Nurses, Sarah A. Smith
Characterizing the Role of the DMRT Gene Family in Zebrafish Sexual Development, Jocelyn Sorell Steinfeld
Chief Multicultural Officers and How They Address Campus Race Relations, Isaac D. Tesfay
The Environmental and Social Implications of Fiber Microparticle Ingestion by the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, in Massachusetts, Catherine Margaret Tobin
Essays on Government Ownership, Xiaochuan Tong
Three Essays on Developing Entrepreneurship Support Infrastructures for Social Ventures in Emerging Economies, Stanislav Y. Vavilov
Experiences of Heterosexist Events and Effects of Political Context on the Perceived Visibility and Mental Health of LGBQ+ Individuals, Brianna M. Wadler
The Influence of School Context on Universal Behavior Ratings of Black Students, Whitney Walker
Care Specialization and Financial Performance in Urban Nursing Homes, Xiao Joyce Wang
Neurotrophic Control of Size Regulation During Axolotl Limb Regeneration, Kaylee Wells
Let's Play A Story: Early Educators' Experience Implementing Story Drama with Support from Coaching, Amanda Wiehe Lopes
CXCL12/CXCR4 Axis- Mediated Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Facilitates Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis, Alisa Zhilin-Roth
Applications of Cliques in Networks Analytics, Haonan Zhong
Long Term Predictive Modeling on Big Spatio-Temporal Data, Yong Zhuang
Dissertations from 2020
The Racial Challenges Facing Black Male School Leaders Enacting Social Justice Agendas in Environments of Privilege, Jamel Adkins-Sharif
The Relationship Between Palestinian College Women’s Pubertal Education and their Menstrual Experience, Maysa H. Al Usta
Her Seat at the Table: A Youth Participatory Examination of Food Insecurity Among Latina High School Students, Jessica Frances Arrendol-Kiely
How Do Black Mothers Navigate the Structures and Spaces of Special Education Programs to Advocate for Their Sons?, Phanenca Babio-James
From Minamata to Mines in Ghana: A Cross-Scale Study on Global Governance of Mercury Use in Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining, Timothy Adivilah Balag'kutu
Supporting Teachers to Use Restorative Practice Circles to Improve Student Outcomes in Elementary School Classrooms, Marlana Mueller Barrasso
Corticosteroid-Dependent Regulation of Retrotransposable Elements, Andrew A. Bartlett
Effects of Walking and Standing on Executive Function in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Amanda M. Barudin-Carreiro
Defining and Conceptualizing Disability: An Examination of How Culture Shapes the Understanding of Disability for Parents Who Immigrate to the United States, Lisa Langone Berard
Potty Politics: Investigating the Policymaking Processes of Sanitation Service to the Urban Poor in Delhi, Tanushree Bhan
Doctor-Patient Communication by Email: Trends, Determinants, and Effects of Digital Disparities on Email Use and the Association between Email Use and Quality of Communication in Health Care, Dragana Bolcic-Jankovic
Characterizing the Impacts of the Invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on the Forest Structure of New England, Peter Brehm Boucher
The Rise and Rise of the Criminal Record: Power, Order and Safety in the United States, 1848-1960, Charles W. Brackett
Risk Factors Contributing to the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia among Preterm Infants, Caitlin E. Bradley
The Entanglement of Gender, Science, and Interdisciplinarity: Standpoints of Women PhD Students in Interdisciplinary Traineeships, Kate Bresonis McKee
Exploring a Shared Perception of Family Engagement within Schoolwide PBIS Through an Environmental Walk, Lauren M. Brodsky
Rape Culture as a Gendered Violence Stressor for Women, Madeline Brodt
Examining Cultural Equity: Boston’s Arts & Culture Sector, Marian Taylor Brown
Cross-Age Peer Mentoring: A Meta-Analysis, Samantha Burton
Where Do We Come From? A Quantitative Study of the Backgrounds and Professional Qualities of Special Education Transition Specialists in Massachusetts, Jennifer Carr Callison
An Integrative Model of Mental Illness Identity Development: Volunteerism as a Supplement to Treatment for Depression, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Well-Being, Candace C. Cantrell
Promoting the Sustainability of the Gulf of Maine Recreational Groundfish Fishery through Discard Mortality Estimation, Mitigation, and Outreach, Connor W. Capizzano
Housing First: Defining and Analyzing a New Treatment Paradigm for Homelessness in the United States, Caitlin A. Carey
Frequency Distribution in Phoneme Learning Across the Lifespan, Mihye Choi
How do Emerging Bilinguals Learn Math?: The Role of Translanguaging in an English-Only Middle School Mathematics Classroom Setting, Mustapha K. Coker
"I Can't Learn That Fast." The Exclusion of Women in College Algebra, Karen Crounse
The Influence of Medicare Insurance Type – Traditional Fee-For-Service v. Medicare Advantage – on Rehospitalizations for Patients with Heart Failure in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Andrea Elizabeth Lane Daddato
Social Networks, Social Influence, and Socio-Structural Factors Associated with Arab Adults’ Tobacco Use in the U.S., Sabreen Darwish
Using Passive Acoustic Data to Track Changes in Baleen Whale Distribution Throughout the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Genevieve E. Davis
Informationally Complete Measurements and Optimal Representations of Quantum Theory, John B. DeBrota
Balancing the Environment and Development: Environmental Reform and Mainstreaming at the World Bank Ethiopia Country Office, John Michael Denney
Culturally Sustaining Learning Environments in Public, Hispanic-Serving Community Colleges: Bridging Cultural Wealth, Epistemic Values, and Pedagogical Stances, Liya N. Escalera-Kelley
An Examination of the Factors Influencing High School Graduation Rates for Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education, Linda M. Flueckiger
The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Emotional Intelligence in Adolescents, Marie C. Gabour
Identifying Drivers of and Quantifying North Atlantic Right Whale Local Abundance, Laura C. Ganley
Firm Networks, Priya Garg
The Effect of Job Demands, Control, and Support on Job Satisfaction and Intent to Leave among Massachusetts Home Health and Supportive Home Care Aides, Hayley P. Gleason
Public-Private Partnerships in Education: A Vertical Case Study of the Right to Education Act (2009), India, Sheetal Gowda
The Political Economy of Migration Governance: How Political Actors, Networks, Institutions and Policies Impact the Migration-Development Nexus in the Global South, Christopher C. Graham
Community College Non-Completion: Students' Voices and Embodiments of Stress and Healing, Tara Gully-Hightower
The Experience of Misgendering Among Trans and Gender Diverse People, Hamish A. Gunn
Exploiting the Surface Chemistry of EGaIn to Develop Liquid Metal Nanoparticles as Cancer Therapeutic Agents, Sabrina Syeda Hafiz
Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction of Long Term Care Workers: The Impact of the Social Working Environment, Frances Hawes