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Theses from 2019
Racial Microaggression Distress and Depression among Black Americans: Examining the Roles of Racial Identity Importance, Social Support, and Gender, Shannon M. Hughley
The Role of the International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) in Humanitarian Intervention – A Case Study of the IFRC Cash Transfer Program in Malawi, Olabode George Igandan
The Tailor RNA-Seq Comparative Analysis Pipeline: A De Novo Disease Biomarker Discovery Workflow that Facilitates High Performance Computing Cluster Use, Andrew S. Judell
Somatic, Shannon L. Kafka
Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy on Google Cloud Platform Using the Inception Framework, Sonica Kalmangi
Human Rights and Justice Rights Approaches to Gender-Based Violence (GBV): The Case of Kenya’s Sexual Offenses Act (KSOA), Maryanne W. Kamunya
Blood Feud, Krisela Karaja
Women's Security and Empowerment in the Context of Forced Displacement: A Case Study of Humanitarian Policies for Syrian Refugee Women in Turkey, Kinga Henryka Karlowska
Exploring Constructive Resilience: A Qualitative Investigation of the Bahá’i Response to Oppression, Mark Kazemzadeh
The Relationship Between Enjoyment and Physical Activity During a Community Based Youth Physical Activity Program, Shelby A. Keye
Land of Plenty: A Short Novel, Alison K. Lanier
Multiperspectivity through Alternative History in the Classroom, Anggita Parameswari Latif
Permission to Speak, Lena M. Marecki
UAS-Based Quantification of Post-Storm Geomorphic Change to a Natural Beach-Dune System, Samantha J. McFarland
Practicing My Vampire Slayer Moves, But I Literally Just Woke Up, Jessica Melendy
Many-Particle Quantum Thermal Machines, Doha Mesnaoui
Body Mechanics, Emily Moeck
Bridges, Kieran Moriarty
Not Much Choice: How Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joined Armed Groups and Were Indoctrinated, Prince De Makele Makele Mounguembou
Detecting Schizophrenia Through Eye Movement Analysis Using Artificial Neural Networks, Manish R. Mourya
Eat This in Remembrance: The Zooarchaeology of Secular and Religious Sites in 17th-Century New Mexico, Ana C. Opishinski
Potters' Norms: Examining the Social Organization of Ceramic Production of Panamanian Majolica and Criolla Wares in Panama la Vieja (1519-1673), Jean-Sebastien Pourcelot
Climate Change Impacts on Phosphorus Loads in the Upper and Middle Charles River Watershed with HSPF Modeling, Meagan Riley
Regional Variation in Grass, Sedge, and Cereal Cultivation During the Viking Age in Skagafjörður, North Iceland, Melissa M. Ritchey
Off The Farm: An Evaluation Of Non-Farm Earnings And Employment On Poverty Alleviation In Rural Nicaragua, Magaly Vanessa Saenz Somarriba
Anatomy of an American House, Brooke Schifano
Parent-Reported Lifestyle Correlates of Health-Related Quality of Life in Children Aged 8-12 Years with Intellectual Disabilities, Gabrielle C. Trudeau
One Shot Learning for Indoor Navigation, Vikram Venkatesh Gopalan
Characterization of Nonlinear Properties of New Porphyrins Using Optical and Photoacoustic Z-Scan Techniques, Shengwei Wang
Language Learning and ADA: An Observation of d/Deaf Adults and Their Interpreters in ESL Classrooms, Katharine M. Ward
Spectroscopic Investigation and Identification of the 1-Vinylpropargyl Radical and the 1-Ethynylcyclopenten-1-yl Radical, Meredith Lair Ward
Environments Explored: An In-Depth Analysis of Soil Movement in Northern Iceland, Lauren Welch O'Connor
Theses from 2018
From Symbionts to Pathogens: Interactions within the Amphibian Skin Mucosome, Kelly L. Barnhart
Stochastic Modeling of Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in the Limit of Strong Interactions, Robert Barr
Prisoner's Cinema, Zachary C. Bond
The Charge of Deserting Their Sphere: The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society and Women’s Place in the Abolitionist Movement, Megan Irene Brady
“There are Among the Coloured People of this Place Remains of the Nantucket Indians:” Identity through Ceramics at the Boston-Higginbotham House, Victoria Anne Cacchione
Investigating the Impact of Extracellular Matrix Rigidity on Growth and Invasive Behavior in 3D Pancreatic Tumor Modules, Andrew Caide
Competing Goals: The Boston Teachers Union and the Boston Busing Crisis, Matthew R. Clark
Healing from Heterosexism Through Expressive Writing, Kathleen M. Collins
An Analysis of Form and Function of Ceramic Rim Sherds from LA 20,000, A 17th Century Estancia Outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, Caitlin M. Connick
InspiroBot Says: The Singularity Is Invisible in a Mirror, Mary Coons
Community Through Consumption: The Role of Food in African American Cultural Formation in the 18th Century Chesapeake, Alexandra Crowder
Evaluation of Sub-Lethal PDT Dose-Response in Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Isha Desai
Development of Environmentally Benign Protocols for the Performance of Hydrogenation, Oxidative Cleavage and N-Hydroxyalkylation, Clifford James Ellstrom
War, Public Outrage, and Partisanship: Congressional Responses to Presidential Military Overreach, William G. Foster-Nolan
"The Right to Play" The Establishment of Playgrounds in the American City, Kyle James Fritch
Good Girls Gone Bad: Interpreting the White Slavery Scare As A Response To Changing Women's Roles in the Progressive Era, Rachael Gorski
Clients’ Critical Experiences in Psychotherapy: Initial Measure Development, Lauren M. Grabowski
Palynological Investigations of Agropastoralism and Ecological Change at LA 20,000, New Mexico, Anya Gruber
Comparisons of Mitochondrial Quality Control in Primary Myotubes from Lean, Severely Obese Non-Diabetic, and Severely Obese Type 2 Diabetic Humans, Anders E. Gundersen
Innocent Victors: Atomic Identity at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Kathryn Leann Harris
Hydropower in the Decarbonized Mauritian Grid: A Prospective Study, Benjamin M. Havumaki
A Neural Network Model for Classifying Bubble-Based Instructor Evaluations, and an Accompanying Web Portal, Jason Held
The United States of Sol: Privatization as a Tool of American Hegemony in the Solar System, Edward C. Henry
STORIES THAT MIGHT BE LIES, Warren J. Hinckle IV
Comparative Analysis of Noble Metals and Doped Semiconductors for Optical Field Enhancement in Infrared, Wen Ting Hsieh
William Monroe Trotter and His Contributions to the Early Civil Rights Movement, Katherine N. Jahl
“The True Spirit of Service": Ceramics and Toys as Tools of Ideology at the Dorchester Industrial School for Girls, Sarah N. Johnson
Trauma and Remedies for Traumatic Experiences in Four of Austen’s Novels, Sheelan S. Kamal
Corporeal Expressions of Identity at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York, 1652-1735, Elise Nadia Kline
Understanding Epidemic and Encampment: Yellow Fever and the Soldiers of Smallpox Bay, Bermuda, Leigh Koszarsky
Renewable Biomass Energy Utilization in Mauritius: A Cost-Minimization Approach, Ariana K. Lema-Driscoll
Asymmetric Organocatalysis and Pot Economic Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds, Miao Liu
Evaluation of Fermentation at 40°C and 30°C for Cost Effective Lignocellulose to Lipid Conversion, Kyle M. MacEwen
A Closed Mouth Gonna Get You Nothin’: How Conflict is Handled after Diversity and Inclusion Training, Enrico E. Manalo
Lapidary Medicine in Early Modern Spain, Dana L. Marquis
A View from Within: Notes and Insight from an Institutional Ethnography of The National Commission for Natural Protected Areas in Tulum, Mexico, Maxwell J. Martin
The Effects of Sex and Histamine Receptor Blockade on Carotid Wave Intensity Analysis at Rest and After Exercise, Keyshla M. Melendez-Rosado
Israeli Apartheid: Separating Fact, Fiction, and (Public) Opinion, Shaheen B. Merhej
A Geographical Vulnerability Analysis of Urban Open Spaces in Boston to Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding and their Potential Role in Resiliency Planning, Emily A. Moothart
An Acoustic Monitoring Method for Assessing River Dolphin Presence and Changes in the Context of Anthropogenic Development, Charles A. Muirhead
Extracellular Compressive Stress as a Determinant of Tumor Growth and Chemotherapy Response in Multicellular Spheroid of Pancreatic Cancer, Farnaz Naeemikia
Neuropsychology and Neurogenetics of Mental Health: Risk, Resilience & Wellbeing, Keira E. O'Donovan
A Seemingly Insurmountable Problem: Carl Stokes and the Failure of Cleveland Now!, David M. Rainey
Measuring Oxygen Saturation in Lyophilized Powder (Human Hemoglobin Protein), Rajasekar Ramachandran
The Creation of the OSS And Anglo American Intelligence Co-Operation In Yugoslavia: A Case Study In Diverging Agendas, Christopher J. Royack
I Don't Belong Here But I Am Learning So Much, Julia Rubin
A Century of Ceramics: A Study of Economic Engagement on the Eastern Pequot Reservation in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Kelton M. Sheridan
Optimization of Virtual Indoor Environments According to Mood, Michael Solah
Stories, Justin Spaller
Military and Economic Power in the Structuring of the Barbados Landscape, Ashby M. Sturgis
Effects of Racism-Related Stress on Resistance against Racism in Black Americans, Noor N. Tahirkheli
“Wicked and Illegal Traffic”: Newspaper Portrayal of Nigerian Women in the Cannabis Trade (circa 1970 – 1980), Edet A. Thomas
Quantifying the Reliability of Ground Penetrating Radar at Archaeological Sites, Joseph Trebilcock
Tools of Teaching: Metal at Magunkaquog, Nadia E. Waski
Theses from 2017
Evaluation of Radiation Response and Gold Nanoparticle Enhancement in Drug-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Assya Abourabia
Mendez V. Westminister (1945): A Case that Brought Race to Center Stage, Samantha R. Albert
Attentional and Emotional Consequences of Emotional Acceptance and Suppression in an Elevated Anxiety Sample, Natalie Arbid
Gaze-Contingent Displays for Interactive Text Enhancement, Divya Bajaj
The Interpersonal Effects of Mindfulness and Social Anxiety in Romantic Relationships, Bryan Balvaneda
Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Cxcl5-Mediated Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Phenoconversion, Timothy K. Belford