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Dissertations from 2026
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
"It's such a natural fit": Integrating Reggio Emilia and Head Start for Emergent Multilinguals, Christina Bohr
Trends of Pediatric Psychotropic Polypharmacy in Massachusetts Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Gianna D'Ambrozio
Three Essays on Understanding the Effectiveness of Employee Activism in the Tech Sector, Nishi Gautam
Voices of the Young: Exploring Child Agency in Heritage Language Socialization in Chinese American Families, Yiyang Guan
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
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
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
Legitimacy of Wildlife Institutions in Africa, Fridah Dermmillah Obare
Essays on AI and Big Data-Based Measures in Corporate Disclosure, Uchenna C. Onuoha
Essays on Large Language Models, Information Asymmetry and Decision Making, Poojan Patel
Talk to Me: Exploring the Sociocultural Ecology of Home Language and Literacy Practices of Families in India, Surbhi Puri
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
Negotiating Complementary Pathways in Europe: Faith-Based Actors and Humanitarian Corridors in Italy and Belgium, 2015-2017, David J. Sulewski
Computer-aided Development of Novel Antioxidants, Rita Bernadett Vlocsko
Pipelines And Power: Governance, Conflict, And Hybrid Political Orders In Nigeria's Niger Delta, Nkasiobu Wodu
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
The White Elephant in the Classroom: Using Local History and Resource Pedagogies to Remove It, Dawn N. Colquitt-Anderson
ADAPTATION AND DISCOVERY IN THE ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS: TESTING RULES, CRYPTIC SHREWS, AND PATTERNS OF MONTANE MAMMAL DIVERSITY, Evan W. Craig
Identifying Novel Fibrotic Mechanisms Underlying Treatment-Resistant Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction, Quentin Darcy
Navigating the Unknown: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Middle-Aged Women from Post-Socialist Mongolia, Odgerel Dashzeveg
Bystanders to Nurse Incivility: Barriers and Facilitators to Bystander Responses in New England Hospitals, Eliza G. Denoeux
INTEGRATING A STAKEHOLDER-CENTRIC APPROACH INTO DYNAMIC ADAPTATION POLICY PATHWAYS FOR EQUITABLE COASTAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IN EAST BOSTON, Shailee M. Desai
Evaluating Fish Biodiversity in Response to Headwater Stream Restoration in Coastal Massachusetts: A Case Study at Tidmarsh Farms in Plymouth, MA, Thomas F. Dimino Jr
Interference and Interleaving Effects in Visual Memory, Jamie Donenfeld
Investigating Testosterone and Cortisol in Romantic Relationships, Rylei Donovan
DEVELOPING A SMART FISH SMOKING TECHNOLOGY FOR CATFISH AQUACULTURE IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA, Lilian O. Elekwachi and Lilian Onyinyechi Elekwachi PhD
Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diodes as a Light Source for Photodynamic Therapy, Hamid El Hamidi
What Students Want from Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS): Increasing Student Voice, Danielle M. Fowler
Suicidal Thoughts, Racial-gendered Discrimination, and Post-traumatic Sequelae: Ecological Momentary Assessment of the Discrimination and Trauma Suicide Risk Network within a TNGE BIPOC Community Sample, Álvaro Gamio Gamio Cuervo
GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION AND GRASSROOT ORGANIZING IN KENYAN FISHERIES, Margaret Wanjiru Gatonye
How Can Yoga Help? An Exploration of Black Sexual Minority Women's Experiences of Stress, Coping, and Perspectives on Yoga, Cherrelle Gipson
Organizational Health Literacy in Pediatric Cardiovascular Programs, Eva Gomez
An Examination of How the Ethno-Racial Socialization Process Influences Women of Color’s Engagement With Mental Health Treatment, Kairys M. Grasty
BEYOND THE INTERRUPTION: UNDERSTANDING THE LIVED REALITIES OF STUDENTS WITH LIMITED OR INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION (SLIFE), Rachel Hapennny-Rogers
Narratives and Negotiations: Insights from the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Process for Plastic Using the Narrative Policy Framework, Margaret Hassey
From Surviving to Thriving: Black Women College Athletes Excelling Beyond Academic Benchmarks at Historically White Institutions, Tracey L. Hathaway
Disruptive (Re)memberings: Anti-Blackness & The Mental Health of Black Millennial Womxn, Perpetual A. Hayfron
Accompanying Afghans: A Human Rights-Based Approach To Immigrant Mental Health, Farahdeba Herrawi
On Being The Only: Using Black Feminist Thought and Hermeneutic Phenomenology to Deeply Understand Onliness as Experienced by Black Women in STEM, Karen M. Jarvis-Thorne and Karen M. Jarvis-Thorne
Ableist and Neurodiversity Affirming Messages in School-Aged Autistic Students’ Individual Education Programs: Influences and Impact on Student Outcomes, Kohrissa Joseph
Design and Development of a Standalone Digital Holographic Microscope Employing Phase-Driven Reconstruction and Classification for Biomedical Imaging and Optical Diagnostics, Charlotte Kyeremah
"We Walk the Same Path but Have on Different Shoes: Wounded Healers and a Halfway House in Boston, MA", Julie LaBagnara
Analyzing the Role of a Novel Transmembrane Protein in Rhodopsin-Deficient Drosophila Photoreceptors, Khanh B. Lam-Kamath
Give Them Their Roses: Honoring Student Affairs Professionals of Color Combatting Secondary Racial Battle Fatigue at a Historically White Institution, Julián X. Latshang and Julián X. Latshang
#Inmyhealingera: Black Women Creating New Narratives and Representations of Their Identities and Womanhood on Instagram, Ashley Lazarre
ADVANCING MARINE ANIMAL MOVEMENT STUDIES USING AN OPEN INNOVATION FRAMEWORK, Jacob Levenson
From Local Roots and Institutional Heights: Organizational Empowerment in Community Contexts, Yaeli Lif
The Gendered Role of Friendships for Advanced Care Planning and Health in Later Life, Zee Kee Emily Lim
Effects of Emotion Regulation on Reactions to Racism in Process of Antiracism among White Individuals, Stephanie Marando-Blanck
A Community-Engaged, Mixed-Methods Analysis of Experiences with Mental Health Services, Elliot Marrow
Change in Community Composition and Structure on Subtidal Rock Walls in the Gulf of Maine over Four Decades of Warming, BRECK A. MCCOLLUM
From Erasure to (Re)Vision: Blackgirls in Education, Nicole E. McLaren
Intercontinental Variation In Population Genetics And Life-History Traits In Native And Invasive Populations Of The Aquatic Plants Myriophyllum Spicatum And Myriophyllum Sibiricum, Anastasia V. Mozharova
Experiencing Race, Racism And Racialization In Transnational Contexts: Racial Literacies Of First-Year International Asian Students., Nasiba Norova
Amplifying the Voices of Immigrants: Nonprofits’ Advocacy and Mobilization of African Immigrants for Political Participation in the United States, Olanike Ojelabi
TAN OVA DEH SUH: QUEERIBEAN FEMINISM, HUMAN SECURITY, AND THE DYNAMICS OF EXCLUSION IN JAMAICA AND TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Krystal-Gayle O'Neill
Putting the "Social" Back in Social Anxiety: Presentation and Preliminary Testing of a Structurally Informed Ecological Model, Ryan Parigoris
Social Networks and Cognitive Function in Late Adulthood, Changmin Peng
Exploring Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth's Experiences with Vicarious Minority Stress, Erin T. Pereida
OPIOID USE DISORDER WITHIN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: NOT ALL SKIN INFECTIONS ARE EQUAL, Jennifer E. Pletcher
A Parent's Resolve: The Dire Necessity of Driving Care and Advocacy for Chronically Suicidal Youth, Amanda Priest