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Dissertations from 2023
Targeting Novel Oncogenic Activities of LSD1 in Prostate Cancer, Muqing Li
Part-Time Students/Full Time Lives: Underserving Part-Time Community College Students, Cathleen A. McCarron
Simulation Modeling for Robust and Just Public Policy Decision-Making, Jack Mitcham
Contemporary Empirical Asset Pricing: Alternative Big Data and Machine Learning Models, Faraz Moghimi
With Some Responsibility Comes Great Power: Exploring the Decision-Making Process of Higher Education Administrators Through The Implementation of Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy, Jesus D. Montoya Jr.
Exploring the Roles of Parent Emotional Styles and Children’s Coping Skills in the Emotional and Behavioral Sequelae of Community Violence Exposure, Juliana M. Neuspiel
Exploring the Asian American Autism Family Relationship Processes Among Non-Autistic Adult Siblings from Immigrant and Confucian-Ethnic Family Background, Thanh Phuong Nguyen
Diagnosing Psychosis Among Black Americans: The Impact of White Clinicians' Colorblind Racial Attitudes and Multicultural Responsiveness, Keira E. O'Donovan
Information Theoretic Approach to Quantum Chaos, Salvatore F. E. Oliviero
For Us by Us About Us: Constructing Latinx-Centered Higher Education Institutions, Cynthia K. Orellana
Examining Pilipina/x/o American Liminality: A Case Study of Asian American Panethnicity, Aaron James Parayno
What Did Your Mama Think About That?: An Asset-Focused Approach to the Socialization Experiences of Black Doctoral Students, Imari K. Paris Jeffries
Breathe In, Write Out: Examining the Impact of a Virtually Delivered Mindful Breathing Intervention on Elementary-Aged Students' Written Expression and Academic Engagement, Brittany A. Pereira
Quantum Complexity Annealing: Protocols for Disentangling and Stabilizing, Stefano Piemontese
The Role of Public Preschool Services in Addressing and Mitigating the Trauma Among Young Children of Syrian Refugees in Turkey, Ozden Hatice Pinar Irmak
Mental Health and Nature: An Urban Perspective of Mental Health Ecosystem Services, Konstantina Ploumi
The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Positional Plasticity During Axolotl Limb Regeneration, Michael James Raymond Jr.
Understanding the Relationship Between Teacher Depression and Children's Challenging Behavior Scores Among Female Hispanic Head Start Teachers, Arazeliz Reyes Mateo
Analytical Approaches for Identification of Transcriptional Regulatory Programs Driving Toxoplasma Gondii Cell Division and Virulence, Yasaman Rezvani
Implications of Environmental Stress on Drug Vulnerability in Adolescent Male Rats and New Fathers, Brooke Alexi Rich-Plotkin
The Relationship Between Religiosity and Nursing Home Service Utilization, Corina R. Ronneberg
Floating Forests: A Citizen-Science Approach to Giant Kelp Research and Education, Isaac Spencer Rosenthal
Educational Language Policy for Multilingual Learners: Leveraging Policy’s Multiple Dimensions and Discourses, Jesse W. Rubio
The Impact of Historical Trauma, Self-Compassion, and Resistance Against Racism among African Americans, Darrick Scott
The Impact of Older Adult Health Status on Loneliness and Social Engagement: What Role Does Physical Activity Play?, Natalie Victoria Shellito
Complexity at the Science-Policy Interface in Ethiopia’s Policy Spaces, Wondemagegnehu W. Sintayehu
A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Wicked Problem of Urban Mobility System Design, Tristan J. D. Stull
Three Essays on Corporate Bond Offerings, Hurong Sun
An Actionable Step: Evaluating the Impact of a Text-Based Vocabulary Intervention to Support Middle School Emergent Bilinguals’ Vocabulary Growth, Annisha R. H. Susilo
Influence of Cognitive Performance on Pain Management Among Older Adults with Chronic Pain, Pornthip Suyasith
Negotiating Acculturation: A Qualitative Study of Muslim American Women, Noor N. Tahirkheli
“You’re On Your Own”: Examining the Wellbeing of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Who Have Transitioned into Adulthood in the United States, Hannah E. Taverna
Resolution of Diagnosis Among Parents of Children Diagnosed with Autism, Deanna C. Toner
Enhancing Security and Privacy for Voice Assistant Systems, Bang Quanghai Tran
Addressing Health Crises through Courts? Climate Litigation in Latin America, the Right to Health and Vulnerable Populations, Thalia Viveros Uehara
Experiences of Mothers Forming Relationships with Their Infants and Toddlers While Living in Shelter: A Qualitative Exploration, Katherine T. Volk
LSD1-Mediated Epigenetic Reprogramming Driving Prostate Cancer Progression, Zifeng Wang
Investigating Gender and Racial Bias of a Universal Social-Emotional and Behavioral Screening Tool, Anna M. Whitehouse
Developing an Effective Network Congestion Control Solution for Large-Scale Disaggregated Storage Systems, Xiaoqian Zhang
Control of Cell Fate Decisions and Tissue Growth by the Hippo Pathway, Heya Zhao
Dissertations from 2022
Caged Animals: The Reproduction of Social and Educational Inequalities in Indian Secondary Schools, Vishakha Agarwal
Reinforcement Learning-Based Semantic Search for Recommendation, Richard Anarfi
Therapeutic Alliance in Suicide Risk Assessments, Lucia Andrade
A Study of Several Critical Machine Learning Topics and Their Applications in Health Informatics, Olga Andreeva
Peace through Sport Post-1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Katherine A. Aronson-Ensign
Analytical Framework for Entropy Regularized Reinforcement Learning Using Probabilistic Inference, Argenis A. Arriojas Maldonado
Schooling With Racial Equity at the Center: A Case Study Exploration of One Elementary School-Based Leadership Team, Michael L. Baulier
Assessing Without Proficiency: The Impact of Standardized Testing on English Learners in Massachusetts, Michael Berardino
Structure-Activity Relationships for Manganese (I) Bipyridine Based Carbon Dioxide Reduction Electrocatalysts, Vanna Blasczak
Stochastic Paths of Dynamically Functioning Materials, Rebecca A. Bone
Reframing the Silent Burden of Perinatal Mental Health in South Africa: Applying a Governance and Human Rights Perspective, Shelley M. Brown
Evaluating Perceptions of Participatory Mapping for Public Decision-Making Using Seasketch, Charla M. Burnett
Climate Displacement, Migration and Relocation in the United States: Resistance, Restoration and Resilience in the Coastal South, Debra Maria Butler-Ulloa
On the Roles of Trait Anxiety and Toll Like Receptor 4 in Amphetamine Sensitization in Adolescent Male Rats, Corey A. Calhoun
"The School Nurse Talks About How to Keep Your Body Healthy. Doesn’t Really Talk About Food Allergies. I’d Like to Change That", Sadie C. Cathcart
Development, Implementation, and Investigation of an Asset-Based Approach to Supporting General Chemistry Students, Klaudja Caushi
Exploring Relations of Work, Organization, and Technology in Contemporary Society, Sunyu Chai
Damming Sustainability: How Social and Environmental Networks Influence the Construction and Management of Large Dams in the Amazon Basin, V. Miranda Chase
Emotion Focused Writing and Psychoeducation: Interventions to Reduce Stigma for Bisexual Men, Rachel Chickerella
Patterns of Emotional Processing and the Psychological Impact of Heterosexism, Kathleen M. Collins
Finding the Meaning of Naloxone: Perceptions of the Administration of an Opioid Antagonist Drug Among Police Officers, Michelle N. Crist
The Relationship Between Nursing Quality and Patient Experience in Acute Care Settings, Julie Ann Cronin
Understanding Nurse Practitioners' Contributions in Shaping Healthcare, Barbara Ann Cuccovia
Machine Learning Based Algorithms to Investigate Protein Structure, Ramin Dehghanpoor
Re-Envisioning Self and Community: The Experiences of Pilipina American Students With Colonial Mentality and Decolonization, Kristine Angelica Din
Edge Assignment and Data Valuation in Federated Learning, Thuy T. Do
A Fruit Story: From Biogeographical Differences in Seed Dispersal to Changes in Fruiting Phenology Over Time, Phillip J. Dugger
Discovery of Antibody-Based Immunotherapy and Applications for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Monir Ejemel
The Relationship Between Cancer Beliefs and Attitudes With Breast and Cervical Cancers Screening Among Minority Women in the U.S. (2014-2019), Ahdab F. Eskandar
Implementing the Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable (Care) Act Law: A Case Study in Massachusetts, Louise E. Ford
Body Image Experiences Among Black American Sexual Minority Women, Alison E. A. Goldblatt
Substantially Silent: Exploring the Variability of “Voice” at the Intersection of Race and Dis/Ability in a Restrictive Special Education Placement, Christopher N. Hall
Perceived Discrimination and Health Outcomes in Older Adults, Meghan Hendricksen
Professional Identity Development of Asian American & Pacific Islander AANAPISI Staff, Sara Boxell Hoang
The Once and Future Shoreline: The Evolution of the Urban Waterfront in Boston, Courtney Humphries
The Impact of ADHD Diagnosis on the Experiences of People Involved in the Justice System, Sarah Kuck Jalbert
Teacher Mindfulness Competencies in the K-12 School Setting, Jessica Frances Janze
Implementation of the Massachusetts Policy on Youth Sport-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries: Perceptions of Key Personnel at Massachusetts Public and Charter Schools, Gretchen Anderson Kilbourne
Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior Among Women in Malawi: With a Specific Focus on the HPV Screening Test, Deogwoon Kim
Opening the Halls of Power: Implementing a Community Organizing Approach to Parent Engagement in New York City’s Community Schools, Andrew R. King
Indian Women Construction Workers' Social Construction of Human Security, Chantal Ann Krcmar
The Role of Skeletal Muscle Drp1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission in Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance, Benjamin A. Kugler
Three Essays on Classification Shifting, Sunil Kumar
A Hybrid Transformer-Knowledge Graph-Based Recommender System, Benjamin Adetor Kwapong
Host-Pathogen Interactions in a Changing World: Microbes, Mucosal Defenses, and Multiple Hosts, Brandon C. LaBumbard
The Influence of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices on African American Student’s Sense of Belongingness in Urban Classrooms, Tamara Katherine Lawson
Dismantling Power and Patriarchy: Reconceptualizing Entrepreneurship through Feminist Research Methods, Heatherjean MacNeil
Resilience of Saudi Critical Care Nurses: The Impact of Job Stress, Peer/Coworker Support, and Organizational Support, Salwa Mohammad Maghrabi
Essays on Race, Class, Hospital Cultural Competence and COVID-19 Disparities, Rumel Mahmood
Distress, Dilemma, and Decisions- Household Aspirations and Migration Decisionmaking in Rural India, Kundan Mishra