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Dissertations from 2018
Transformations in Conservation Governance and Implications for Human Security: The Case of Kenya’s Northern Rangelands, Jeremiah O. Asaka
From Motor Control to Scene Perception: Using Machine Learning to Model Human Behavior and Cognition, Akram Bayat
Identifying Barriers to Inclusive Education for Children Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired in the Federated States Of Micronesia, Callie M. Brusegaard
“It’s not that Systematic, but it’s Happening:” A Cybernetic Systems Analysis of Accountability and Assessment in Three Public Universities, Fernando E. Colina de Vivero
Reimagining the Discourse: Media Representation of Women in Boston Public Schools' Superintendency, 1991 - 2016, Lisa M. Cullington
Parental Uncertainty and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Cancer, Ijeoma Julie Eche
Causal Reasoning and Machine Learning Models for Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms, Carl Tony Fakhry
Families Spending Time Together (FASTT) Exercising: A Family-Based Study to Examine the Intensity, Enjoyment, and Acceptability of Physical Activities, Patrick M. Filanowski
Diagnostic Stability of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children with Diverse Backgrounds, Ivy Giserman Kiss
Investigation and Tailoring of Porous Materials for Advanced Energy Storage Applications, Joshua B. Harris
The Effects of Global Change Drivers on Water Quality in an Urban Northeastern Coastal Ecoregion, Nicole D. Henderson
Carbon Pricing in a Complex Adaptive System, Merritt Randall Hughes
Beyond the Tower of Babel: Finding a Better Path to Reconciling and Uniting Namibians, A Case Study of Windhoek Surburbs/Townships, Ndumba J. Kamwanyah
The Emergence of Private Governance in a Nonwestern Context: The Case of South Korea, Jinyoung Kang
Managing Social Business Hybrids in Global Contexts: The Case of Impact Sourcing Service Providers, Chacko George Kannothra
Mental Health Literacy and Stigma among Recently Returning Veterans: Cultural Correlates, Mutability, and Relations with Healthcare Utilization, Sarah Krill Williston
Development of Small Molecules as New Bromodomain Inhibitors for Cancer and Other Diseases, Shuai Liu
Examining the Effects of Professional Non-Nursing Staffing on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes, Ian H. Livingstone
Sex Differences in the Brain are Not Binary: Evidence from the Sexual Differentiation of Complex Behavior and the Influence of Serotonin on the Developing Hypothalamus, Amanda M.K. Madden
Correlates of Breast Cancer Screening in Arab Muslim Women Living in the United States: A Health Policy Study, Fatma Zohra Mataoui
Encouraging Toddlers with ASD to Request: An Exploration of Expectant Pausing and Engagement Strategies, Melissa P. Maye
Models that Matter: Using Novel Participatory Modeling Methods to Integrate Mental Models into an Adaptive Co-Management Process, Alexander E. Metzger
Molecular Dynamics and Stochastic Kinetics of Hydrogen Combustion, Lucas B. Newcomb
Metal-Ligand Cooperativity for Photovoltaic and Electrocatalytic Applications, Ken Tue Ngo
Unescorted Guests: Yale’s First Women Undergraduates and the Quest for Equity, 1969-1973, Anne G. Perkins
A Comparative Case Study of a Student Involvement Co-Curricular Portfolio and Transcript, Bruce R. Perry
Assessing the Role of Climate Change and Land Cover Change in Eco-Hydrologic Modeling (Snowmelt Timing and Dissolved Organic Carbon Fluxes), Shabnam Rouhani
Navigating Young Adulthood with a Serious Mental Health Condition: Influential Factors on School, Training, and Work Activities, Kathryn Sabella
The Early Development of Visual Attentional Mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hayley Smith
Understanding the Permian-Triassic Extinction and Recovery through the Sulfur Cycle: A Multiproxy Approach Using Pyrite and Carbonate-Associated Sulfate, Alan Gates Stebbins
Conscientious Objection by Massachusetts Nurses, Lori Stevens
Social Relationships and Obesity in Later Life, Jane L. Tavares
Through Their Voices: A Phenomenological Study of Undergraduate Women’s Experiences with Patriarchy in Higher Education, Kelly M. Treseler-Golden
Tobacco Advertisements and Compliance at the Point of Sale: The Case of Massachusetts, Omobukola Usidame
Exploring Perceived External Control as a Transdiagnostic Cognitive Process in Anxiety Disorders and the Investigation of a Brief Acceptance Intervention, Lauren P. Wadsworth
Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton Pigments in the Global Oceans, Guoqing Wang
Grandchild Care and Marital Quality in Later Life, Shuangshuang Wang
Evolutionary Effects of Urbanization on the Tropical Lizard Genus Anolis, Kristin M. Winchell
An Exploration of Mentoring Functions in the Context of Parental Relationships, Laura A. Yoviene Sykes
Dissertations from 2017
Cognition and Driving Status: Identifying Risk of Cessation in Older Adults, Kristen E. Anderson
The Effect of Abiotic Conditions on Microbial Community Structure and the Genes Responsible for Several Geochemical Processes in Salt Marsh Sediments, John H. Angell III
Conservation and Variation of DNA Methylation in Lactuca sativa and Lactuca serriola, Trudi A. Baker
Managerialism, Mission, & Values: Micromechanisms of Nonprofit Institutionalization, Erynn Elizabeth Beaton
Photophysical & Photoacoustic Properties of Electron Rich & π-Extended Quadrupolar Curcuminoid Dyes, Stephanie Erin Bellinger
The Challenge of Social Mobility: Habitus among Low-Income and Working-Class Students in Higher Education, J. Anna Bell
Understanding Romani Deprivation in Serbia: From Symbolic Inclusion Prescriptions to Meaningful Pathways to Economic Integration, Marija Bingulac
Teacher Beliefs and Practices Regarding Students' Mathematics Learning in a High-Performing U.S. Urban Public Elementary School, Tamara L. Blake-Canty
Transition to the Academy: The Influence of Working-Class Culture for First-Generation Students, LaDonna L. Bridges
Geographic Mobility and Place Attachment in Later Life, Abigail A. Butt
Absent Identities, Actual Identities, Identity Prominence, and Psychological Distress, Gerard Byron
Identifying as Multiethnic: Meaning Making, Experiences, and Relationships, Melanie Cadet
A Case Study of an Exemplary Chinese Principal, Baifeng Sun Cadieux
Borderlands and Bridges: Mexican Youth Education and Identity, Patricia Chouinard
Influences on University Staff Members Responsible for Implementation of Alcohol-Control Policies, Glenn A. Cochran
Pediatric Nurses’ Knowledge, Values, and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice and Use of Two Patient Safety Goals, Linda Connor
A Non-Linear Spatio-Temporal Modeling Framework for Heavy Precipitation and Crop Yield Prediction, Yahui Di
The Histidine Kinase MorA is a Regulator of Motility and Cell Cycle in Sinorhizobium meliloti, Jamie L. Dombach
Regional P20 Councils: Addressing the Education Pipeline through Regional Learning and Cross-Sector Collaboration, Elaine K. Donnelly
Environment, States, and International Organizations: The Role of Global Environmental Conventions in Protecting the Environment, Natalia Escobar Pemberthy
Machine Learning Applications in Genomics, Protein Folding and Protein-Protein Interactions, Roshanak Farhoodi
School Nurses' Awareness and Attitudes Towards Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Mixed Methods Study, Hannah E. Fraley
Understanding How State Legislators Define Problems: The Case of High and Rising Healthcare Costs in Massachusetts, Monica C. Garlick
The Role of Glucocorticoid Receptors on the Expression of Transposable Elements in the Rat Hippocampus, Brian B. Griffiths
Trajectories of Retirement in Later Life: A Group-Based Modeling Approach, Bruce R. Haimowitz
Risk, Resilience, Recovery: In Search of the Protective Factors of Mental Health, Victoria Choate Hasler
Cognitive Aspects of Children's Experience of Economic Disadvantage, Amy E. Heberle
Microbial Communities inside Permeable Reactive Barriers Designed to Stop Eutrophication and their Effects on Nitrous Oxide and Methylmercury Production, Kenly A. Hiller
Human-Centric National Security in Strong States: South Korea’s Security Relations with North Korea, Jay Jinseop Jang
An Evolution of Models and Best Practices of Service-Learning at Miami Dade College: A Historical Case Study from 1992-2012, Cathy A. Kaluzny
Mothering Values of Black Student Mothers: A Grounded Theory Analysis, Sara A. Kaplan-Levy
I Want To Know More about the HPV Vaccine': Stories by Korean American College Women, MinJin Kim
Using Brief Experimental Analysis to Evaluate the Impact of Combining Skill and Performance Components in a Mathematics Treatment Package, Whitney L. Kleinert
MODIS and VIIRS Continuity Products in Synergy with Landsat Data to Monitor Vegetation Phenology, Yan Liu
The Educational Life Histories of Three 8th Grade African American Males at an Urban Alternative School, Stephanie Marson Lee
Civilized Inequality: Honors Programming and Educational Inequality at Public Universities, Steven D. Neville
An Investigation of Chemical Identity Thinking, Courtney L. Ngai
Young Children's Emotion Vocabulary and the Potential Influence on Emotion Regulation Ability, Marisa Murphy O'Boyle
Ocean Invader Tactics Revealed: The Role of Copper Pollution in the Persistence and Invasiveness of Colonial Ascidians, Kristin Lee Osborne
New to America: Immigrant Girls and Bullying, Vittoria Pacifco
Academic Capitalism and the Public Good in Public and Private U.S. Higher Education: A Grounded Theory Study of Internationalization, Asabe W. Poloma
Multiple Roles in Later Life: Role Enhancement and Conflict and Their Effects on Psychological Well-Being, Emma D. Quach
The Temporal and Functional Factors Underlying Short-Term Monocular Deprivation Effects in the Adult Human Visual System, Mahalakshmi Ramamurthy
Evolutionary Game Theoretic Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms and Their Applications, Yi Ren Cheng
Assessing Structure and Condition of Temperate and Tropical Forests: Fusion of Terrestrial Lidar and Airborne Multi-Angle and Lidar Remote Sensing, Edward J. Saenz
Civil Society Organization Practices to End Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities in Mexico, Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez
Understanding University Graduates’ (Un) Employability in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Cameroon, Alvine Murielle Tchuathi Sangang
Exploring the Effect of Intervention Choice on Academic Performance and Student Acceptability, Meghan R. Silva
A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Common Core State Standards: Investigating a Possibly Neoliberal Ideological Field, Erik Lars Smith
Determined Wellness: The Influence of Mental Illness Models Upon Treatment Outcome Expectancies and Treatment Engagement, Francisco I. Surace
Walking the Tightrope: The Tension in Math Teachers' Walk through Identity and Agency amidst Race to the Top in Cumberland County Schools, Cindy Smith Taylor
Building Efficient Large-Scale Big Data Processing Platforms, Jiayin Wang