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Dissertations from 2021
A Longitudinal Investigation of First-Generation College Students' Mentoring Relationships during their Transition to Higher Education, Matthew A. Hagler
My Wounds Matter Too: Associations Among Distress, Emotion Regulation, Autism Symptomology, and Self-Harm Functions Among Young Adults with ASD, Sarah Levinson
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
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
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
Housing First: Defining and Analyzing a New Treatment Paradigm for Homelessness in the United States, Caitlin A. Carey
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
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
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
AI-driven Computational Design Tools For Synthesizing Human-centric Design, Haikun Huang
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
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
Convergence of Senior Administrators and Professional Employees: Case Studies of Institutional Transformation via Convergent Hybrid Planned and Emergent Change, Michael C. Metzger
Innovation Through Popular Diffusion: Seeking Social Equity Through Cannabis Legalization in Massachusetts, Jeffrey Moyer
Participate for Peace: The Impacts of Participatory Deliberative Democracy on Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Central America, Marcia D. Mundt
The Experiences of Women on Their Career Pathways to the College Presidency: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study, Audrey M. Nahabedian
Identifying Critical Components and Key Communities in Complex Networks, Farzaneh Nasirian
Holistic Cross-Layer Improvements for Big Data Processing in New Computing Environments, Nam S. Nguyen
Women’s Pathways to Political Leadership in Kenya: Institutional and Cultural Factors Impacting Women’s Political Leadership in County Level Government, Rose A. Nyaondo
The A/Effects of Implicit Bias on the Academic Success of Black Students Attending Urban Public Schools in the Northeastern Region of the United States, Nadine R. O'Garro
Feasibility of a Multi-Domain Online Health Intervention for Latinas with Chronic Pain, Marta E. Pagan-Ortiz
Using Lenses to Understand Policy Failures: The Case of the 2012 Census in Chile, M. Angélica Pavez
Employed Mothers’ Satisfaction with the Breastfeeding Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Rebecca A. Penders
Managing Methadone Mile: Dynamics of Neighborhood Change and Social Control in Boston's South End, Adam W. Pittman
Spokespeople or Gatekeepers? A Case Study of Teacher Engagement with the Data Privacy Policy Environment in U.S. Public Schools, Amanda Potasznik
Critical Caste Theory in Education, Savitha Rajamani
Nanoparticle-Biological Interfaces: Study and Applications in Therapy and Biosensing, Cristina Rodriguez-Quijada
More Seats at the Table: An Examination of the Role of Natural Supports in Promoting Postsecondary Transition for Students with Disabilities in Rural Maine, Elizabeth Stone-Sterling
Lost in Translation: Understanding Education Policy Implementation in Nepal, Sushmita Subedi
Socio-Economic Well-Being of International F-1 Students Living and Working in the United States, Elena K. Taborda
Gonadal Steroid-Independent Sexual Behavior in Female and Male B6D2F1 Gonadectomized Mice, Jay Scott Templin
Psychiatrists’ Accounts of Helping Patients Discontinue Antidepressant Medication: A Discourse Analysis, Akansha Vaswani Bye
Aging with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Analysis of Physical Activity Engagement, Danielle A. Waldron
Intergenerational Relationships and Sleep in Aging Families, Haowei Wang
The Influence of Leadership Development Programs on First-Generation College Student Success, Sherrod Williams
The Medicare Home Health Program: An Analysis of the Community Admissions Cost Containment Policy, Alan G. Wright
Role of Health Information Technology in the Engagement Process of Older Adults' Cancer Treatment Decision Making, Maryum Zaidi
Oral Self-Care, Periodontal Health, and Glycemic Control Among Adults with Diabetes in the United States, Yuqing Zhang
Dissertations from 2019
Identifying Relevant Genes in Arabidopsis Thaliana the Modulate the Rhizosphere Microbiome, Daniel Acuña Hurtado
Therapists' Experiences Discussing Sexuality in College Counseling Centers: Implications for Professional Development, Bonnie K. Andrews
Black Family Engagement Through Communication Technology: A Phenomenological Study from the Perspective Of Urban Public High Schools Parents In The Greater Boston Area, Mariette Bien-Aime Ayala
Welfare Reform and the Health of Low-Income Single Mothers: The Impact of Policies Under the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunities and Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), Allyson L. Baughman
Dreams of College: In Pursuit of Higher Education While Undocumented, Alessandra Maria Bazo Vienrich
To Adopt or Not to Adopt: Factors Impacting States’ Pursuit and Implementation of ACA’s Home and Community-Based Programs, Lisa Kalimon Beauregard
Place, Preferences, and Policy: An Analysis of Funding Education Along the Urban-Rural Divide, Kattalina Berriochoa
The Effects of a Hand Gesture Instruction Game on Social Skills of Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Samantha R. Broadhead
The Impact of Stigmatization on College Students Returning from Mental Health Leave, Don A. Camelio
Making Sense of HIV in the Shadow of the AIDS Crisis: Understanding the Lived Experience of Recently Diagnosed Gay and Bisexual Men 50 and Over, Timothy Carreiro
How Faculty Beliefs Shape Teaching Practice: A Critical Race Collaborative Action Research Approach Toward Achieving Equity Outcomes in Community College Remedial English, Lori A. Catallozzi
Developmental Roles of Beta-Arrestin Kurtz Revealed by Structure-Function Analysis, Fei Chai