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Dissertations from 2025

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A WORKER-CENTERED STUDY EXPLORING TRUST, DEPENDENCY, AND WORKER IDENTITY IN DIGITAL PLATFORM-MEDIATED LABOR, Wael Altali

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Three Essays on the Effect of Environmental Regulation on Corporate Policy, Betul Arda

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Development and Validation of a Self-Report Measurement Scale of Summer Camp Counselor Burnout, Monica Arkin

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Embodying Altruistic Love: The Role of Emotions in Teaching Black Students with Disabilities within an Inclusive Elementary School, Joshua Armentrout

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FOSTERING COLLABORATION BETWEEN MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS AND SCHOOL TEAMS, Talia Berkman

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NOTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: EUROPEAN UNION INVOLVEMENT IN INDEPENDENCE-SEEKING REGIONS, Kathryn Butterworth

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The White Elephant in the Classroom: Using Local History and Resource Pedagogies to Remove It, Dawn N. Colquitt-Anderson

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ADAPTATION AND DISCOVERY IN THE ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS: TESTING RULES, CRYPTIC SHREWS, AND PATTERNS OF MONTANE MAMMAL DIVERSITY, Evan W. Craig

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INTEGRATING A STAKEHOLDER-CENTRIC APPROACH INTO DYNAMIC ADAPTION POLICY PATHWAYS FOR EQUITABLE COASTAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IN EAST BOSTON, Shailee M. Desai

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Investigating Testosterone and Cortisol in Romantic Relationships, Rylei Donovan

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Elbow Patches To Eye Patches: A Phenomenographic Study Of Scholarly Practices, Research Literature Access, And Academic Piracy, Lance Eaton

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DEVELOPING A SMART FISH SMOKING TECHNOLOGY FOR CATFISH AQUACULTURE IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA, Lilian O. Elekwachi and Lilian Onyinyechi Elekwachi PhD

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THE MEDIATION EFFECT OF RESILIENCE AND THE MODERATION EFFECT OF HOSPITAL MAGNET STATUS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT AND TURNOVER INTENTIONS AMONG ACUTE CARE NURSES, Elizabeth Fraser

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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

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GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION AND GRASSROOT ORGANIZING IN KENYAN FISHERIES, Margaret Wanjiru Gatonye

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BEYOND THE INTERRUPTION: UNDERSTANDING THE LIVED REALITIES OF STUDENTS WITH LIMITED OR INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION (SLIFE), Rachel Hapennny-Rogers

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"We Walk the Same Path but Have on Different Shoes: Wounded Healers and a Halfway House in Boston, MA", Julie LaBagnara

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ADVANCING MARINE ANIMAL MOVEMENT STUDIES USING AN OPEN INNOVATION FRAMEWORK, Jacob Levenson

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A Community-Engaged, Mixed-Methods Analysis of Experiences with Mental Health Services, Elliot Marrow

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Amplifying the Voices of Immigrants: Nonprofits’ Advocacy and Mobilization of African Immigrants for Political Participation in the United States, Olanike Ojelabi

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TAN OVA DEH SUH: QUEERIBEAN FEMINISM, HUMAN SECURITY, AND THE DYNAMICS OF EXCLUSION IN JAMAICA AND TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Krystal-Gayle O'Neill

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OPIOID USE DISORDER WITHIN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: NOT ALL SKIN INFECTIONS ARE EQUAL, Jennifer E. Pletcher

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ECONOMIC STATECRAFT AS GRAND STRATEGY: STATE CONTROL, NATIONAL SECURITY ANXIETY, AND THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF THE CHINESE FIRM IN THE CRITICAL AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY ERA, Elly Rostoum

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NEW MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES TO ULTRA-COLD ATOMS, Joanna Ruhl

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Investigating the Associations of Cognitive Health, Health Behaviors, and Personality in Older Community-Dwelling Adults, Yan-Jhu Su

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Living in Action: A Critical Phenomenological Study of School-Based Mental Health Counselors’ Engagement in Social Justice Practices, Kerry Whiterell

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ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL GENOMES OF PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI AND BABESIA DIVERGENS, Sida Ye

Dissertations from 2024

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Quantifying and Modeling Contexts for Sequential Recommendation, Benjamin Amankwata

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Autistic Adults' Ableist and Neurodiversity Affirming Experiences in Therapy, Lana Andoni

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Pathways to Lethal Violence: Personality, Psychological, and Clinical Risk Features of Male Homicide Offenders, Olivia Aveson

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Hit-to-Lead Optimization of Small Molecule Adjuvants for Vaccine Formulation, John Mark Awad

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Unraveling Collective Anomalies in Data-Driven Systems: Manifestation, Detection, and Enhancement Implications, Mohammad Bakhsh

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The Professional Roles and Functions of School Psychologists in Alternative vs Traditional Education, Staci C. Ballard

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Up From Slavery: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Perilous Passage of Black Students in Doctoral Programs, Karl Vaughn Bell

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Promoting Equitable Climate Resilience in Gentrifying Communities: A Needs-Based Approach in East Boston, Patricio Gabriel Belloy Kauak

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Introducing A Practitioner's Framework for Mobilizing Collective Action, Matthew Paul Bond

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From Fear to Freedom: The Journey of LGBTQ Latine/x Asylum Seekers and Their Access to Legal, Medical, and Mental Health Services in the U.S., Jonathan Briseno

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Functions of the Minibrain Signaling Network in Brain Development, Melissa Brown

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Older Immigrants' Long-Term Care Expectations: The Roles of Caregiving Experience, Acculturation and Transnational Ties, Cindy Nhu Bui

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Conserved Transcription Factors Rewire the Hippo Pathway to Regulate a Binary Cell Fate Decision in Color Photoreceptors, Joseph Ralph Bunker

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To Fear the Heat of the Sun, David Capone

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Meeting the Emotional Needs of Hospice Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study, Katherine Frances Carelli

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The Impact of Marriage Equality among Taiwanese LGBTQ+ Individuals in Relationships: The Mediating Role of Minority Stress and Relationship Satisfaction, Chia Po Cheng

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Advancing Methods for Studying the Neuroscience of Sex Variability and Diversity, Vic Shao-Chih Chiang

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Finding Freedoms in Unfreedoms: Resisting and Disrupting Racism, Racialization, and Dehumanization via an Advisory-Based Participatory Action Research Project, Antonio Matteo Cinelli

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Beyond Good Intentions: Black Feminist Praxis on White Saviorism in Social Responsibility Organizations (SROs), Conscious Consumerism, and Transracial Adoption, Chidimma Ozor Commer

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Hypertension Awareness, Treatment and Control in Working Aged American Adults: Analysis of Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2020, Carol Civello Connolly

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Anode Materials for Next-Generation Secondary Batteries: Interfaces and Alloying Mechanisms, Saida S. Cora

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After the Disaster: Environmental Harm and Cultural Change, Timothy Dennis Dacey

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Three Essays on Earnings Information Implications, Phoompat Dangwung

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Am I Qualified Enough To Be Here? Analyzing Impostorism and Academic Persistence Intentions Amongst Students Pursuing Doctoral Degrees in Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology, Tyler Delaney

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Remittance Behaviors Among Cuban Migrants in Miami and Madrid: Motivations, Practices and Experiences, Denisse Delgado

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Heritage Language Maintenance, Language Socialization, and Family Language Policy: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Trilingual Family, Rosiane Barcelos de Oliveira

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Molecular Impacts of Vitamin A Deprivation in the Drosophila Eye, Deepshe Dewett-Tuli

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The Provision of Healthcare for Older Adults in a Massachusetts Jail/House of Correction: Perspectives from Providers, Laura Driscoll

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Novel Roles of BRCA2 in Suppressing Replication Stress Induced Genomic Instability, Haohui Duan

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Reimagining Schoolwide Social and Emotional Learning Implementation in the Urban Setting: A Case Study of a Massachusetts Elementary School, Molly Helene Duffy

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Branding the College Presidency: Examining Presidential Aesthetics in U.S. Higher Education, Eric Dusseault

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EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF THE ACHIEVER RESILIENCE CURRICULUM (ARC) ON TEACHER AND STUDENT OUTCOMES, Gianna Famolare

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Investigation of Electrochemical Processes and Interfaces for Multivalent Ion Batteries, Shengqi Fan

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Peritoneal Dialysis Nurses' Knowledge, Values, and Implementation of Clinical Guidelines of Pre-Dialysis Education and Evidence-Based Practice, Sumayah Fatane

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Examining the Potential of Online Community-Based Learning to Foster Global Citizenship Capacities in College Students: A Mixed-Methods Multi-Institutional Study, Caitlin Ferrarini

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Web-based Visualization and Machine Learning in Science and Medicine, Loraine Franke

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A Case for Health Promotion in Social Media: A Mixed Method Systematic Review of Cardiac Heterotaxy YouTube Videos, Kathryn Franklin

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Challenging Aspects of Caregiving: The Unique Perspective of Children 65+ Caring for Parents 90+ with Dementia, Elizabeth A. Gallagher

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Repertoires of Resistance: Latino Immigrant Food Service Workers, Covid-19, and the Struggle for Dignity and Justice at Work, Meredith L. Gamble

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The Impact of Parental Relationship Instability of Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior: A Conditional Moderated Mediation Analysis, Sharbari Ganguly

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Understanding the People Who Ride and Drive Paratransit, Shayna Gleason

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Insights into the Sulfur Assimilation Pathway of Dimethylsulfone During Sulfur Starvation in Pseudomonas fluorescens: Structural and Biophysical Analysis of Two-Component Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenases SfnG and MsuC, Reyaz Gonzalez

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Hired for Diversity and Onboarded for Assimilation: A Case Study of Racial Battle Fatigue Among Student Affairs Practitioners of Color, Kristina Hall-Michel

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Governing AI: Creation of Norms and Delegation of Authority, Muhammed Mahdi Hasan

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Democratizing the Early Identification of Alzheimer's Disease and Access to Care: The Role of Psychologists in Brief Assessment, Jacqueline S. Hogan

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Conflicted Resources: Revising the Concept of "Conflict" Resources through the Case of Central Africa, Linda Holcombe

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The Sankofa Study: Preliminary Feasibility and Outcomes of an Afrocentric Racism-Related Stress Intervention, Shannon Marie Hughley

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Digital Wellbeing: Gendered Disinformation and Social Implications, Hyein Jeong

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Modeling and Evaluation of Protein Insertions and Deletions & Cancer Subtyping Using Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Data, Muneeba Jilani

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Engaging Survivors in Transnational Justice Governance: Global, National and Local Perspectives from Uganda's Post LRA Insurgency, Dennis Jjuuko

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Biophysical Characterization of 3D Pancreatic Tumor Models Using Particle Tracking Microrheology, Dustin P. Jones

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Effective Neural Network Architecture for Few-Shot Learning, Tianyu Kang

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Unheard Voices: Lady Health Workers in Lahore's Peripheral Communities, Samiya Khalid

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Unveiling Factors Impacting Social Media Reshare in Racism Discourse, Yoongi Kim

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Unsettling Teacher Education: Cultivating Teaching as Resistance, Epistemic Disobedience, and Counterhegemonic Practices, Nina M. Kunimoto

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To Eat or Not To Eat? That is the Question: Nutrient Source Shifts in Carnivorous Plants, Emmi Kurosawa

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Unraveling the Opioid Crisis in Urban Centers: Policy Approaches and Community Strategies to Address Overdose Deaths in Boston, MA, Evans F. Kyei

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Second Victim Phenomenon Among Obstetric Nurses in the U.S.: An Interpretive Description, Lynne Frances Lambert

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Second Victim Phenomenon Among Obstetric Nurses in the U.S.: An Interpretive Description, Lynne Frances Lambert

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Finding the Blind Sports: An Exploration of the Complexity and Diffusion of Police Body Camera Policies, Stephanie Lessing

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Remembering More or Less: Studies of the Development of Memory in Infants and Young Children, Yibiao Liang

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Revelations in the Enzymatic Degradation of Alkanesulfonates: Structural and Biochemical Insights into C-S Bond Cleavage from Two-Component Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenases SsuD and MsuD, Jeremy Jun Ming Liew

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Opportunities and Limitations of Nature-Based Strategies for Transformative Adaptation: An Examination of Stakeholder Values and Social Contracts in Boston, Jessica Jeanne Lillquist

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Identification of Aggressive Subtypes in Androgen Receptor-Dependent Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Through Super-Enhancer Analysis for Lineages (SEAL), Mingyu Liu

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Biophysical Determinants of ALA Photosensitization and PDT Efficacy in Oral Cancer, Yiran Liu

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Navigating Institutional Dynamics for Sustainable Investment: Analyzing Entrepreneurial Efforts, National Path Dependencies, and Rationalization Processes, Steve Michael Loren

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Size Matters: The Characterization of Telomere Function in Germ Cell Development in Danio Rerio, Jessica MacNeil

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How Teachers Perceive Teacher Leadership in a Massachusetts Urban Turnaround High School: A Concurrent Mixed-Methods Case Study, Matthew Lawrence McCarthy

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"I Feel Like We're All in a Dark Cave Together": A Hermeneutic Phenomenology of Queer College Student Experiences During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Matthew L. McClellan

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You Can Do Math: The Development of Black and Latinx Student Math Identity Though Inclusive Pedagogical Practices in Community Colleges, Anu Oluwa Meacham

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Playing Offside: An Intersectional Analysis of Sports in Kenya's Informal Sector, Ellen Busolo Milimu

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SGM Health Inequity: Exploring Sexual and Gender Minority Curricula in U.S. Medical Schools for Inclusive Medical Education, James March Mistler

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Expect Delays: The Parkinson's Disease Risk Factor TMEM175 Regulates Endocytic Traffic, Daniel R. Montagna