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Dissertations from 2021
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
Non-Governmental Organizations and Rural Development in Andhra: Challenging or Reinforcing Social Hierarchies?, Anusha Chaitanya
Gendering Bare Life Through Sex Work Governance in India: Rethinking Sexual Labor Precarity and Resistance from the Postcolony, Sudeshna Chatterjee
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of After-School Programs on Academic, Social, Behavioral, Mental Health, and Identity Outcomes Among Youth with Marginalized Identities, Kirsten M. Christensen
Urinary RNA Biomarkers Prognostic for Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis, Justin F. Cotellessa
Measurement, Quantum Noise, and Classical Error Correction, Benjamin B. Cruikshank
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
Evaluating the Cultural Validity of Social Cognition in a Latinx Sample, Mayte Forte
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
Critical Transformations Through Community Service-Learning Programs for Students of Color at Predominantly White Institutions, Varsha Ghosh
Fabrication and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Biomaterial Applications and Cancer Therapies, Sumeyra Gokalp
Beyond Borders in Chronic Schizophrenia: NEO-FFM Personality Traits, Neurocognition, and Symptoms, Lauren M. Grabowski
A Longitudinal Investigation of First-Generation College Students' Mentoring Relationships during their Transition to Higher Education, Matthew A. Hagler
Study the Role of Retinoblastoma Protein in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Progression and Treatment, Wanting Han
Examining the Implementation of Concussion Management Practices in Massachusetts: A Disproportionality Lens, Courtney W. Hess
Don’t Ignore My Voice: A Call to Action by and for Gender-Expansive Youth, Sam Hoyo
Investigating Surface Oxidation Reactions of Methanol and Toluene Over CeO¬2 and Ag/CeO2 via a Novel In Situ Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Method, Paul Kalevi Huttunen
Response of Socio-Ecological Systems to Climate Change in the Alpine Ecosystems of the Himalaya, Tenzing Ingty
Posttraumatic Stress and Resilience Among Iraqi and Syrian Refugees, Bediha Ipekci
Realizing Universal Health Coverage in Kenya: Lessons from Makueni County, Esther N. Kamau
The Activity of Abstraction in Physical Chemistry Problem Solving and Instruction, Jessica M. Karch
Inclusion Toward Transformation: Psychosocial Disability Advocacy and Global Mental Health, Justin M. Karter
Deconstructing Productive Struggle Within the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Activity System, Clarissa A. Keen
Development and Initial Psychometric Evaluation of a Physical Activity Processes of Change Questionnaire for Adolescents, Hadise Khaniyan
Return Predictability and Market Sentiment: Evidence from Deep Learning, Usama A. Khan
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
A Digitial Health Action Process Approach Intervention to Promote Resistance Training in Healthy Adult Novices, Justin M. Kompf
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
The Boston Opportunity Agenda: A Historic Case Study of Public-Private Partnership in Education (2007-2019), Timothy M. Lavin
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
Ocean Color Remote Sensing for Coastal and Inland Water Quality Monitoring, Kelly Mariko Anoiokapuuwai Luis
Of Bivalves and Bacteria: Oyster Microbiomes and Oyster-Associated Vibrio Species in the Aquaculture Environment, Casandra J. Lyons
Contributions to Graph Centralities and Recommendation Systems, Cristina I. Maier
Stayers and Leavers: Using Care Work Theory and The Functional Taxonomy to Understand Turnover among Family Child Care Providers, Colleen Fay Manning
Population Genetics, Clonal Diversity, and Molecular Evolution of Weedy Dandelions (Taraxacum Sp.), Lisa Bhattacharyya Mazumder
The Relationship Between Participation in Recreational Therapy Physical Activity and Symptoms of Mental Health Issues in Veterans, Krista F. McDonagh
A Top-Down Approach to Bottom Up Development: NGO Implementation of Early Childhood Development Programs in Rwanda, Lyndsey D. McMahan
Power Dynamics in Psychotherapy: Eminent Therapists’ Experiences Navigating Power from Humanistic-Existential and Feminist-Multicultural Perspectives, Zenobia S. Morrill
Exploring “The Healthy Immigrant Effect” Among Elderly Asians with Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Assessment, Manan Nayak Forde
Enhancing the Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities: A Case Study of the Twin-Track Approach to Disability-Inclusive Development in Nigeria, Uchenna Nwangwu
Conceptual Profile of Substance: A Powerful Tool to Characterize Chemistry Learning, Raúl Orduña Picón
A Case Study of Principal Leadership Behaviors that Lead to Urban Elementary Turnaround School Improvement, Sheneal Parker
Regulation of Transcriptional Repressor Capicua by the ERK Signaling Pathway, Sayantanee Paul
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
Social Media Text Analytics: An Application to Prescription Opioids-Related Conversations, Maryam Rahafrooz
Moving Beyond the Individual: Applying Cultural Identity to Stigma Theory and Methodology, Emily Reichert
The Gender of Peace: State Power and Discourse in Colombia (1946-1991), Adriana Rincon Villegas
Measuring Camper-Counselor Relationship Quality: Development and Initial Validation of Camper-Reported Scale, Rachel Rubin
Creating Champions: Establishing the Social Validity of a Sport-Based Therapeutic Intervention, Bernalyn Ruiz
Examining and Communicating the Effects of Climate Change on Biomineralization, Gene Expression and Epibiont Abundance in Juvenile American Lobster, Homarus Americanus, Christine Marie San Antonio
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
Fatigue Among Pediatric Critical Care Nurses, Sarah A. Smith
Characterizing the Role of the DMRT Gene Family in Zebrafish Sexual Development, Jocelyn Sorell Steinfeld
Chief Multicultural Officers and How They Address Campus Race Relations, Isaac D. Tesfay
The Environmental and Social Implications of Fiber Microparticle Ingestion by the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, in Massachusetts, Catherine Margaret Tobin
Essays on Government Ownership, Xiaochuan Tong
Three Essays on Developing Entrepreneurship Support Infrastructures for Social Ventures in Emerging Economies, Stanislav Y. Vavilov
Experiences of Heterosexist Events and Effects of Political Context on the Perceived Visibility and Mental Health of LGBQ+ Individuals, Brianna M. Wadler
The Influence of School Context on Universal Behavior Ratings of Black Students, Whitney Walker
Care Specialization and Financial Performance in Urban Nursing Homes, Xiao Joyce Wang
Neurotrophic Control of Size Regulation During Axolotl Limb Regeneration, Kaylee Wells
Let's Play A Story: Early Educators' Experience Implementing Story Drama with Support from Coaching, Amanda Wiehe Lopes
CXCL12/CXCR4 Axis- Mediated Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Facilitates Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis, Alisa Zhilin-Roth
Applications of Cliques in Networks Analytics, Haonan Zhong
Long Term Predictive Modeling on Big Spatio-Temporal Data, Yong Zhuang
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
A Preliminary Evaluation of a Culturally Adapted Stress Management Prevention Workshop for Latinx Students, Natalie Arbid
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