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Dissertations from 2026
Cultural Responsiveness: Examining Assessments of Therapists for Ethical And Clinical Outcomes (CREATE CLOUT), Tsotso T. Ablorh
A Statistical Mechanics Approach to Reinforcement Learning, Jacob Adamczyk
From Structure to Experiences: How Facility Capacity and Staffing Shape the Adoption and Impact of LGBT-Affirming Policies in Long-Term Care, Andrew Alberth
Effects of a Shame-focused Self-Compassion Writing Intervention in Individuals with Social Anxiety, Selen Amado
An Empirical Case Study of Substance Abuse Treatment Retention for Black Women in Boston, Melinda Asiamah
Dynamics Of Swimming Microorganisms At Structured Liquid Crystal Interfaces, Vajra Sabhapathy Badha
The Effect of State Policy on Individuals with Mental Illness in Nursing Homes: A Multilevel Analysis, Adrita Barooah
"It's such a natural fit": Integrating Reggio Emilia and Head Start for Emergent Multilinguals, Christina Bohr
Whose knowledge is sustained?: Dominican students’ cultural and linguistic experiences navigating white, female, and monolingual pedagogical spaces, Carminia Lissette Castillo
South Korean Therapists' Use of Self-Compassion to Counter Stigma and Its Relationship to LGBTQ+ Clinical Competency, Eunhu Chang
Spiraling Up, Spiraling Down: A Multi-Level Study of Social Value Creation and Community Capitals in a Mexican Social Enterprise, Karla M. Corres Luna
Trends of Pediatric Psychotropic Polypharmacy in Massachusetts Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Gianna D'Ambrozio
Self-Care Practices and Healing Strategies of Bajju Women With Experiences Of Domestic Violence (DV) In Southern Kaduna, Nigeria, Deborah Omowunmi Chat Dauda
Gendered Precarity, Informality and Survival Among Cambodian Women Migrants in Thailand, Sokha Eng
The Negotiated Identities of Refugee-background Women during Resettlement, Iuliia Fakhrutdinova
Process and Change in the Global Governance of Sustainable Development, Sarah B. Fascitelli
The Latine Bridge for Public Scholarship: A Grounded Theory Study of Latine Faculty Influence on Higher Education Policymaking for Student Success, Stephanie M. Fernandez
Solving For X: Centering Black Girls’ Experiences In Mathematics Education, Natasha A. Fortes
Three Essays on Understanding the Effectiveness of Employee Activism in the Tech Sector, Nishi Gautam
Towards the Development of Targeted and Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Methods for the Investigation of Biological Systems, William Gazlay
Voices of the Young: Exploring Child Agency in Heritage Language Socialization in Chinese American Families, Yiyang Guan
Informationally Complete Measurements in Quantum Theory: Implementation, Geometry, and Correlations, Sachin Gupta
Genomic Based Environmental Health Assessment: Vieques, Puerto Rico, Valeria Hernandez Talavera
Decision Making for Community Resilience: Applications in Flooded Transit Systems and Shared Housing, Mubarak Iddrisu
Gaeilge Dhigiteach: Irish Language Status Enhancement through Musical Youth Movements, Michael Jacob
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Phenomenological Case Study of Teacher Turnover in an Urban School Merger, Haven Jones
Pickleweed in the Disappearing Marsh: Population Genetics & Metal Accumulation in Salicornia depressa, Alice Kaisla
Adapting Population Genetics, Practice, and Policy for Plant Conservation in a Changing World, Cooper M. Kimball-Rhines
Streamlined Biomedical Image Processing Pipelines, JieHyun Kim
Governing climate change for sustainable food security in the Busoga region of Uganda, James Kintu
Academic Identity Construction Among 1.5-Generation Students in ESL Business Communication Courses at a U.S. University, Rachel K. La Russo
Static Data-Race Detection for GPU Programs: Behavioral Types with Partial Completeness Guarantees, Zhen Rong Liew
The Grasshopper's Journey to the Bloch Sphere, David Llamas
Effects of Age, Sex, and Isometric Exercise on Ventricular-Arterial Interactions during Cardiac Unloading, João Luis Marôco
Accounts of Student Financial Aid Counselors: Identifying and Reducing Obstacles in Their Counseling Roles and Responsibilities, Andrew Joshua Marx
Small Molecule Antioxidants as Potential Therapeutics for Preeclampsia, Maxim Mastyugin
Patterned Sensing for the Unknown: Multiplexed Lateral Flow Detection of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Josselyn L. Mata Calidonio
Traversing the Broken Staircase: The Experiences of Academic Neglect for Black & Brown First-Generation College Students, Kashmeel D. McKoena
Factorial Structure of a Bilingual Progress Monitoring Tool For Mindfulness Interventions, Andrea V. Molina Palacios
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Examining Sense of Belonging and College Success Through the Experiences of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Courtney E. Mulligan
On The Operation of a Proteomics Core Facility: Selected Mass Spectrometric Studies and Methods, Rachel E. Muriph
Factors Affecting Early Childhood Development in Marginalized Contexts: Evidence on Family Dynamics, Social Norms, and Developmental Inequalities in Rwanda, Shauna M. Murray
Multicomponent Reaction-Initiated Synthesis of Polyheterocyclic Compounds, Ashutosh Nath
The Anti-Racist Organization? Power, Embodiment, and the Politics of Becoming, Patricia Tiimah Naya
Storytelling Literacy Development From A Sociocultural Theory Perspective: Stories From The Vietnamese Diaspora, Nghia Minh Nguyen
Legitimacy of Wildlife Institutions in Africa, Fridah Dermmillah Obare
The Genetic Architecture of Adaptation: Insights from Wild Sunflower (Helianthus argophyllus) and Domesticated Rice (Oryza sativa), Uzezi E. Okinedo
Essays on AI and Big Data-Based Measures in Corporate Disclosure, Uchenna C. Onuoha
“School’s Not for Me. I Don't Belong in School.”: Students with Dis/Abilities’ Perspectives on Special Education During State Intervention, Leila E. Parks
Essays on Large Language Models, Information Asymmetry and Decision Making, Poojan Patel
Our claims matter: Latin American migrants’ nonviolent and everyday resistance across transnational spaces, Pryanka Penafiel-Cevallos
From Norms to Services: How International Human Rights Standards for Intimate Partner Violence Become Operationalized Through Legal Determinants of Health at The Sub-National Level in Bogotá, Colombia, Carlos A. Pérez-Espitia
Human-Animal Interactions in Nursing Homes: Exploring Prevalence, Policies, Practices, and Perceptions, Natalie Pitheckoff
Innovating a Crustacean Embryo Toxicity (CET) Assay for Screening Environmental Contaminants, Irina A. Polunina-Proulx
Effect of Vocational Training Programs on the Mental Health of Indian Women Living in Contexts of Urban Poverty (Or Urban Slums), Sriramya Potluri
Talk to Me: Exploring the Sociocultural Ecology of Home Language and Literacy Practices of Families in India, Surbhi Puri
Equitable Access to Literacy Assessment and Instruction for Students With Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment, Tammy Reisman
Structure, Semantic, and Dynamics in Large Language Models: Foundations for Knowledge Discovery and Behavioral Analysis, Cyrus Saadat
The process of power building for individuals with histories of incarceration and mental health disabilities, Shahrzad Sajadi
Direct Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: Massachusetts Open Town Meeting and Citizen Participation, Daniel W. Santos
Motor Imagery EEG Decoding for Brain-Computer Interfaces: Structured Representation, Transfer, and Drift, Yiming Shen
The Role of Critical Professional Development in Transforming the Teaching and Learning Practices of White Faculty: Elevating Racial Consciousness to Center Equity, Kaitlyn E. Siner-Cappas
Understanding Factors Influencing Multiple Tobacco Product Use Among Adolescents in Thailand: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Chaowalit Srisoem
Arabidopsis IAA3/SHY2 in Plant Development, and Its Interactions With TOPLESS Family Genes, James Stark
Negotiating Complementary Pathways in Europe: Faith-Based Actors and Humanitarian Corridors in Italy and Belgium, 2015-2017, David J. Sulewski
A Discursive Analysis of Lesbian and Queer Experiences of Unwanted Consensual Sex, Sarah E. Swanson
Transition to Community College: Barriers, Supports, and Policies on the Path to Matriculation, Emma Tynan
Computer-aided Development of Novel Antioxidants, Rita Bernadett Vlocsko
Redesigning Quantum Theory, Matthew Weiss
Pipelines And Power: Governance, Conflict, And Hybrid Political Orders In Nigeria's Niger Delta, Nkasiobu Wodu
The Role of Health Literacy in Supporting Access to Home and Community-Based Services, Molly J. Wylie
Redefined: Understanding the Experience of Black Joy Among Black Youth, Kaela A. Yamini
Social Experiences of Chinese International Students at a US Liberal Arts College, Ke Yao
Towards Interpretable Transfer Learning with Limited Data, Youxiang Zhu
Dissertations from 2025
Frailty, Home Accessibility, and Falls in Later Life, Bonnie Albright
From Development Partners to Security Threats: Securitization of Civil Society and Its Implications for the Sector in Pakistan, Muhammad Ali
A WORKER-CENTERED STUDY EXPLORING TRUST, DEPENDENCY, AND WORKER IDENTITY IN DIGITAL PLATFORM-MEDIATED LABOR, Wael Altali
Post-Discharge Healthcare Self-Management Support For Stroke Survivors And Family Caregivers: A Comprehensive Assessment, Rockson Ansong
Three Essays on the Effect of Environmental Regulation on Corporate Policy, Betul Arda
Development and Validation of a Self-Report Measurement Scale of Summer Camp Counselor Burnout, Monica Arkin
Embodying Altruistic Love: The Role of Emotions in Teaching Black Students with Disabilities within an Inclusive Elementary School, Joshua Armentrout
Schools as Geopolitical Spaces: Violence Against Education During the Bosnian War (1992-1995), Allyson Bachta
Enhancing the Value of Satellite Earth Observations for Coastal Management: Tools for Collaboration and Co-Development, Nicole DeJeet Bartlett
FOSTERING COLLABORATION BETWEEN MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS AND SCHOOL TEAMS, Talia Berkman
The Cohort Space as Experienced by Latina Doctoral Students, Tiana Bierwert
The Cost of Leadership: Giving Voice to the Experiences of Student Leaders of Color at Predominantly White Institutions, Gustavo F. Burkett
NOTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: EUROPEAN UNION INVOLVEMENT IN INDEPENDENCE-SEEKING REGIONS, Kathryn Butterworth