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Dissertations from 2021
Effects of Real-World Data Challenges on Generalization in Applied Machine Learning and Time Series Modeling, Matthew Almeida
Measuring the Effects of Urbanization and Hurricane Maria on the Tropical Lizard Anolis Cristatellus: Morphometrics, Ecology, and Population Genomics, Kevin J. Aviles-Rodriguez
Navigating Whiteness: A Critical Discourse Analysis of White Community College Faculty, White Identity, and the Discursive Positioning of Students of Color, Christian M. Bednar
Application Placement in Edge Computing – Optimization, Game, and Deep Reinforcement Learning, Zhi Cao
The Effects of Gonadal Steroids During Puberty on Brain, Behavior, and Metabolism in the B6D2F1 Hybrid Male Mouse, Caroline D. David
Exploring Changes in Children’s Nature Play Practices and Caregiver Perceptions in the Context of COVID-19, Becky L. DelVecchio
Education Inequity by Design: A Case Study of the Duval County Public School System, 1954–1964, Carolyn B. Edwards
Modeling and Monitoring Higher Latitude Albedo Change with Higher Resolution Landsat and Sentinel-2 Products, Angela M. Erb
Machine Learning Models for Deciphering Regulatory Mechanisms and Morphological Variations in Cancer, Saman Farahmand
The Power of Friendships: Associations Between Friendship Quality, Satisfaction, and Well-Being for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Melanie S. Feldman
Health Related Quality of Life Among People Experiencing Homelessness: The Impact of Substance Use, Access to Care and Trauma Informed Care, Kimberlee Flike
The Development of Visual Temporal Processing, Julie Freschl
Daring to See: White Supremacy and Gatekeeping in Music Education, Brian A. Gellerstein
Nurses’ Documentation Burden and its Role in Clinician Burnout Syndrome, Emily Jean Gesner
A Longitudinal Investigation of First-Generation College Students' Mentoring Relationships during their Transition to Higher Education, Matthew A. Hagler
Don’t Ignore My Voice: A Call to Action by and for Gender-Expansive Youth, Sam Hoyo
Posttraumatic Stress and Resilience Among Iraqi and Syrian Refugees, Bediha Ipekci
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
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
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
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
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
Chief Multicultural Officers and How They Address Campus Race Relations, Isaac D. Tesfay
Three Essays on Developing Entrepreneurship Support Infrastructures for Social Ventures in Emerging Economies, Stanislav Y. Vavilov
Care Specialization and Financial Performance in Urban Nursing Homes, Xiao Joyce Wang
Applications of Cliques in Networks Analytics, Haonan Zhong
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
Cross-Ecosystem Predators Control Species Interactions, Multifunctionality and Resilience in Coastal Marshes, Marc J.S. Hensel
Assessing Mental Health Provider Bias Toward Clients with Understudied Marginalized Sexual Identities and Practices, Cara Herbitter
Educator Perspectives on English Learner Identification: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study, Rachel E. Hoffman
AI-driven Computational Design Tools For Synthesizing Human-centric Design, Haikun Huang
The Role of Attention in Perceiving Seen and Heard Emotional Information, Sarah C. Izen
Paleoclimate Reconstruction of the Gulf of Maine During the Recent Holocene (Past 5000 Years) Using Archaeological Mollusk Shells, Amy Elizabeth Johnston
How Universal are Democratic Values? A Study of the Urban Middle Class’s Valuation of Core Democratic Ideals in a Hybrid Regime, Priyanka Kabir
High School Teachers' Perceptions of Social Studies in the Context of Accountability, Kristina M. Kelleher-Bianchi
Sense of Control and Frailty Among Older Adults, Bon Kim
Family Ties and Subjective Aging in Later Life, Yijung K. Kim
Novel Tools and Techniques to Investigate and Reduce the Impacts of Capture-and-Handling, Ryan J. Knotek
Educators Bailan with Policy et le Pouvoir in the Educação of Multicultural and Multilingual Learners (WIDA ELD Standards and the Education of English Learners), Fernanda Marinho Kray
Painting the World Crimson: The Global Spread of Graduate Management Education as Facilitated by Harvard Business School, Keshav Krishnamurty
How Does Grading Schools Impact Florida’s Teachers and Students? The Need for a New Approach to School Accountability, Luke Aubry Kupscznk
Adapting Social Emotional Learning to Impact Internalizing Problems in an Urban School, Kathryn D. Kurtz
Three Essays on Social Media Analytics and Big Data: An Empirical Investigation of Communities and Organizations, Carol A. Lee
The Role of Clinical Research Nurses in Minority Recruitment to Cancer Clinical Trials, Kristen A. Legor
What does Social Agency have to do with it? Positive Pathways to Adulthood for Groups of Opportunity Youth and College Students in Rhode Island, Perri S. Leviss
Exploring the Efficacy of an Online Intervention in Processing Experiences of Heterosexism Among Autistic-LGBTQ Individuals, Meredith R. Maroney
The Effectiveness of a Mindfulness, Acceptance, Valued Action, and Flexible Coping Intervention for Race-Based Stress on Momentary Coping and Distress Symptoms, Jennifer Honculada Martinez
Impact of Disturbance Regimes on Community and Landscape Biodiversity in Atlantic Coastal Pine Barren Ecoregion Streams, Sean T. McCanty
The Environmental, Social and Market Drivers of Shellfish Aquaculture in Massachusetts, Sean Patrick McNally
Convergence of Senior Administrators and Professional Employees: Case Studies of Institutional Transformation via Convergent Hybrid Planned and Emergent Change, Michael C. Metzger