This collection contains open access and campus access Masters theses, made possible through Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The full content of open access theses is available to all, although some files may have embargoes placed on them and will be made available as soon as possible. The full content of campus access theses is only available to those either on the UMass Boston campus or with a UMass Boston campus username and password. Click on the "Off-Campus UMass Boston Users" link on the record page to download Campus Access publications. Those not on campus and those without a UMass Boston campus username and password may gain access to this thesis through resources like Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global or through Interlibrary Loan.
Theses from 2022
The Role of Emotion Regulation in Long-Term Weight Loss Maintenance: A Cross-Sectional Study, Karyn M. Aiello
Exploring the Association Between Mentoring Focus and Change in Mentee Depression Symptoms in Youth, Selen Amado
Changing to Stay the Same: Spatial Analyses of Tobacco Pipes from 18th- and 19th-Century Eastern Pequot Households, Stephen P. Anderson
Exploring the Role of Predation on Color and Splotch Patterning of Sphingid Caterpillars Using Artificial Prey, Julia M. Barrone
Eat The Poor, Cardinal Belgrave Jr.
A Brief Approximation, Scott Borbas
Rebounding Seal and Shark Populations on Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Management Preferences of Three Stakeholder Groups, Rachel M. Bratton
Big Death: Stories, Dylan Calmes
The Function of a Nail: An Archaeological Examination of Three 18th- and 19th-Century Eastern Pequot Reservation Homes in Southeastern Connecticut, Salvatore A. Ciccone
Northeastern Pennsylvania's Forgotten Labor Massacre: Analysis pf the English Language Record of the Lattimer Massacre, Jamie C. Costello
Shadow of the Vietnam War on the Senate Persian Gulf Debate of 1991, Austin DiBari
The Role of Cultural Values in Coastal Community Priorities, Lily M. Green
“The Circle Of Your Acquaintance”: Early 19th Century Ceramic Symbolism and Constructions of Black Womanhood at the Boston-Higginbotham House, Nantucket, MA, Lissa J. Herzing
Exploring Urban Effects on Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius Phoeniceus), Mickayla M. Johnston
Disintegration, Alexa Koch
Go West: Stories, Andréa Kossyrev
Opening Barrel 13: Reconstructing Provenience of a 19th-Century Excavation on Pimu Catalina Island, California, Through a Shell and Glass Bead Analysis, Melanie S. Lerman
With Ghosts, Sabina Lindsey
Loop In, Push Out: Stories, Jonathan Lipshin
Quantifying Morphological Change of the Nauset Barrier System, Cape Cod, MA, Michael P. Low
Using System Dynamics to Understand Couples Human and Natural Systems: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Lower Charles River, Jennifer S. Lyon-Mackie
Centers of Community: A Spatial Analysis of the Mid-19th Century Populaton Residing on Beacon Hill, Boston, MA, Justin Malcolm
"Until Society Evolves:" Access to Gender-Affirming Care in Historic Assessment Criteria and Current Models of Care, Elliot Marrow
Fool Me Once: Characterizing the Response of Notophthalmus Viridescens to Multiple Exposures of Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans, Julia A. McCartney
Shallow Water Object Detection, Characterization, and Localization Through Reflectivity Backscatter from Phase-Measuring Sidescan Sonar, Bryan P. McCormack
Non-Traditional Methods for the Green Synthesis of Fine Chemicals, Tara Renée Mooney
Mechanisms of Pathogen Resistance: Understanding Host Associated Defenses of Lithobates Pipiens Against the Amphibian Chytrid Fungi, Aura Yamila Muñiz Torres
Participatory Science in Boston Harbor: Bridging Research and Outreach, Anne E. O'Connell
Rapid Adjustments to Autonomic Control of Cardiac Rhythm at the Onset of Isometric Exercise in Healthy Young Adults, Tyler E. Oliver
The Arrows, The Shield: Mapping, Identity, and Tradition in Colonial Cempoala, Mexico, Savvas Papadopoulos
To Want Too Much: Poems, Jacob Phillips
A Bacterial Reporter to Detect the Presence of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus in Oyster Hemolymph, Sara W. Quinn
The Effects of Aging on Wound Healing and Limb Regeneration in the Axolotl, Hande Sahin
Regional Conflict Management of Ethnic Wars: The African Union’s Effectiveness in Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis, Nanga Bicherine Salome
More Light, Noor Shahzad
Changing Tides, The Boston’s North End 1830-1930, Megan E. Sheehan
Polymorphism & Parasites: Structure, Diversity and Selection of the MHCII Genes in a Weakly Electric Fish, Brachyhypopomus Occidentalis, Bruna L. Silva
The Unsung Influence of the National Day of Mourning: A Study of Indigenous Activism, Race, and Memory, Erika T. Tauer
The Role of the Catholic Church’s Teachings on Slavery and Secession Affecting Allegiances During the American Civil War, David J. Thompson
Beakers, Berkemeiers, and Roemers: Glass Drinking Vessels from the 17th-Century Dutch Settlement of Fort Orange, New Netherland, Kristina Staats Traudt
Small-Scale Salt Marsh Sedimentation in Determined by Interactions Between Cordgrass Morphology and Local Abiotic Factors, Wendi K. White
DRIFTS Analysis of Methanol Oxidation on CeO2 and Ag/CeO2, Victoria Yen
Theses from 2021
Acknowledgment of Culture and Stereotypes: Black Participants’ Perceptions of Specific Therapist Behaviors, Tsotso T. Ablorh
Bioaccumulation Potential of Chlorpyrifos in Hyalella Azteca: Implications for the San Francisco Bay Delta Watershed, Nabilah Nadhirah Ahmad Johanif
Constructing Spaces, Deconstructing Meaning: An Examination of Architecture and Labor at a 17th-Century New Mexican Ranch, Katherine A. Albert
Skyline, a Novel (Part I), Lisa Allen
Religious Coping After Natural Disaster: Predicting Long-Term Mental and Physical Health in Survivors of Hurricane Katrina, Monica Arkin
Archaeology of Disease and Medicinal Practices in 18th-Century Boston, Massachusetts, Kaitlyn N. Ball
Meaning-Making Dynamics of Job Interview Performances, Jacquelyn K. Bertman
Stigma and Prodromal Psychosis: Self-Disclosure of Symptoms and Diagnoses in At-Risk Youth, Caitlin Bryant
Afflictionary: Defining Disability and Chronic Illness Through Poetic Dictionary Entries, Jaime Chernoch
Migration and Identity in Host-Communities: Global North and South Influence on Ecuadorian Identity, Jefferson F. Cruz Ruales
Building Trust Through Dialogue in Divided Societies Role of Encounter Programs in Georgian-Abkhazian Peacebuilding Processes, Mariam Davlashelidze
A Comparison of Phagocytosis in Three Caribbean Sea Urchins: Investigating the Role of Compromised Immunity in a Marine Invertebrate Mass Mortality, John P. DeFilippo
Don't Be a Stranger, Scott M. Delisle
Spaces of Time: An Archaeological Perspective on the Deborah Newman Homesite, Gary L. Ellis
Fundamental Concepts of the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition of Uniaxial Calamitic Thermotropic Mesogens, Julian A. Fekety
Viability and Other Stories, Jim Flanagan
Study of Nonlinear Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles Dispersed in Nematic Liquid Crystals, Changshuo Fu
Excess Stress and Natural Mentors in the Lives of Sexual Minority Youth, Cherrelle Gipson
Image Registration With and Without Labeled Mask, Neha Goyal
In Vivo Analysis of Drosophila Cell Signaling Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC), Claire S. Jackan
More Than Just a School: Medicinal Practices at the Abiel Smith School, Dania D. Jordan
America Haunts the Heart: Stories, Nicole-Anne Bales Keyton
Visualization and Quantification of the Laser-Induced Art of TiO2 by Photoexcitation of Adsorbed Dyes, Daniela (Labadini) Graf Stillfried Barreto
Exploring Student Engagement with a Nanotechnology Module for Middle School Developed Using the Model of Educational Reconstruction, Martyna Laszcz
Celebrating Chinese American Veterans: Commemoration and America's Collective Memory Of War, Kevin Lee
Study of Disentangle Latent Representation from The Geometry Perspective, Donghao Li
Community in a Time of Crisis: How the People of Provincetown, Massachusetts Worked to Combat the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Danielle Maria Lisbon
Open Wave Height Logger: An Open-Source Pressure Sensor Data Logger for Wave Measurement, Theodore P. Lyman
Design and Characterization of a Single Sided Field Free Line Scanner for Magnetic Particle Imaging, Christopher McDonough
Racial Differences in Aortic Hemodynamics Following Repeated Bouts of Anaerobic Exercise in Women: Wave Separation Analysis, Marnie Kelly McLean
Nitrogen Vacancy Diamond Quantum Sensing Applied to Mapping Magnetic Fields of Bacteria, Benjamin Rocco Moss
Creating Community: Examining Black Identity and Space in New Guinea, Nantucket, Jared Muehlbauer
Directing the Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles within Engineered Smectic Defects at Double Undulated Surfaces, Mackenzie O'Keefe
Characterizing the Relationship Between Species Richness and the Seasonal Phenomenon of Tropical Fish Dispersal in New England Waters, Michael E. O'Neill
Deep Face Recognition and Rejection of Unknown Faces, Aseem Pandita
Addressing the White Problem Critically: An Exploratory Latent Profile Analysis of Racial Attitudes, Ryan Parigoris
The Decline of the Massachusetts Know-Nothing Party: The Impact of Slavery and Temperance in 1855, Alexander Rodrigues
The Characterization of Antimicrobial Activity from Ctenophores and Cnidaria, Suzanne S. Rossov
COVID-19 and Health Misinformation: A Topology and Classification Model, Archana Shinde
The Boston Black United Front and Community-Centered Alternatives to the Carceral State, Joseph W. Sikowitz
Augmenting Benthic Habitat Mapping with Low-Cost Imagery: An Application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), Sean V. Terrill
Sex Differences in Symbolic Play of Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Looknoo Patcharapon Thammathorn
Developmental Profiles of 57,966 Children in Early Intervention: A Confirmatory Latent Profile Analysis, Mary E. Troxel
A Good Woman Should, Megan Waring
“A Permanent Blemish…in the Centre of the Village": Archaeology and Heritage Tourism on Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Justin A. Warrenfeltz
The Effects of Type II Diabetes on Postural Adaptation During a Visual Search Task in Older Adults, Alexander L. Wolfe
Girls Like Us, Sarah M. Young
EFS: An Efficient, Fast and Scalable Semantic Segmentation Pipeline Using Tensorflow 2, Alexander Zhurkevich