Theses and Dissertations
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2023
Singlet Oxygen-Mediated Conformational Flexibility, Antioxidant, and Isomerization Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Oliver Turque
Hinchas de Nueva York: identidad latina en el negocio de la MLS, Francisco Uranga
Design and experimental observation of topological states in photonic metasurfaces, Anton Vakulenko
Exodus: The Cost of Leaving High-Control Religion and Life After Breaking Free, Hannah-Kathryn Valles
How Smoking Became a Moral Issue: A Complex Systems Perspective on Moralization, Matthew Vanaman
Political Economy in Lettres d'une Péruvienne: Françoise de Graffigny as Philosophe and Reformer, Marguerite J. Van Cook
This Little Light of Mine: The History of The Amalgamated Nursery School, Kimberly F. Vanderbilt
The Chicana Mural Movement: A Reclamation of Mesoamerican Iconography, Jennifer Vander Els
A Quantum Approach to Language Modeling, Constantijn van der Poel
tDCS effects on synaptic plasticity and motor skill learning, Forouzan Vasheghani Farahani
Bargaining in the Shadow of the Truth: How Client Assertion, Perception of Guilt, and Predictive Inaccuracy Influence Plea Recommendations, Anna D. Vaynman
Extraction of Challenging Forensic Samples Using the MicroGEM DNA Extraction Kit, Falyn R. Vega
CSI Botany: DNA Barcode “Fingerprints” Identify Cryptic Urban Flora, Luis R. Vega
“The American Dream” and The Second Wounding: An Exploration of the Institutions of America Through a Millennial Narrative of Self, Brittany B.C Vicars
Characterization and Modulation of the Emergent Material Properties of Biomolecular Condensates, Alfredo Vidal Ceballos
Investigating and Mitigating the Harmful Impact of Precarious Employment on the Health and Well-Being of New York City Food Workers, Emilia F. Vignola
Analysis of Chemical Elements in Basalts using Mislabeled Data, a Machine Learning Approach, Jenifer Vivar
Eight Essays, Suanny Y. Vizcaino
Maui Wildfires: A Case Study in Local Government Crisis Communication Response, Joshua A. Voda
Styling Sweatshops: Seamstress Imagery, Industrial Capitalism, and Nationalist Agendas in Nineteenth-Century Europe and the United States, Alice J. Walkiewicz
Staging Nature: Performing Environmental Crises in War, Housing, and Labor, 1935–1990, Erik Barrett Wallenberg
Somebody Gave Somebody Some Kind of Heat About Something: Teaching Controversial Topics in the Politically Polarized Suburbs, Melanie Waller
Nanoscale Imaging of Electrocatalytic Nanomaterials by High-resolution Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, Xiang Wang
André Mocquereau's Theory of Rhythm, Charles Weaver
Bloody Show, Leonie Weber
Practices and Attitudes Towards Infant Hearing Protection at Orthodox Jewish Weddings, Rebecca Weiss
Synthesis of Fluoroorganics and Applications of Novel Fluorinated Building Blocks, Wei Wei
Blueprints, Lauryn E. Welch
Juror's Perceptions of Evidence-Based Suspicion, Nicholas Welter
“Girl Power, Selfies, and Sexiness”: An Investigation into the Neoliberal and Postfeminist Era of Influencer Marketing, Amalie A. Werenskiold
Age and sex of wild Asian elephants observed in and around protected areas in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Leah D. Wersebe
Equity Among Equity Workers: Public Service Motivation in an Educational Nonprofit Organization, Russell C. West Jr
Multi-Target Ligand-Guided Selection (LIGS) Against B-Cell Specific Antigens Expressed in a Single Lymphoma Cell Population, Nicole B. Williams
Open Fire: The Expansion of 9mm Hollow Point Bullets in Relation to Tissue Thickness, Abigail Wilson
The Personal and the Planetal: Essaying the Ecological, Eric Dean Wilson
An Affective Technology of Heimat: Whiteness, Nation Building and Social Media in Germany, Friederike Windel
Body Check: Transgressive Body Politics of Gina Pane, Orlan, and Deborah De Robertis, Avant-Garde Performance Artists in France, 1960s–Present, Patricia Anne Winter
Exploring Motivational Factors Related To Teachers’ Retention And Attrition In Urban Schools, Andrew Wintner
Does Gender Matter? Gendered Relations in the Recording Studios, Diane Wong
Postpartum Depression Speaks Out: Encouraging the creation and/or improvement of postpartum depression resources through first-person audio interviews., Zakiyyah N. Woods
Germanic Latin Lyric Diction: Regional Variations in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, James A. Worley
Numbered, Weighed, Divided: Revolution and/as Apocalypse in the Modern Liberal Tradition, Asher J. Wycoff
Eight Essays, Yao Xiao
Targeting HIF/Coregulator Complexes in Cancer: Characterizing Fragile Fold and Inhibitor Binding Sites of ARNT, Xingjian Xu
Capital Structure Decision and Separating Risk from Optionality, Yang Xu
The Invisible Box, Rafael Yaluff
The relationship between sexting behaviors and Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA): Does sexting predict IBSA?, Seunghye Yang
Ejercicios de sí: escritura, cuerpo y deporte en el Cono Sur (1964–2019), Pablo Yankelevich
Examining transcriptional regulators during muscle development in Drosophila melanogaster, Chaamy Yapa
Stand-up Comedy Visualized, Berna Yenidogan
Ornamentalism: Costuming and the Portrayal of the Chinese Woman in Film, 20th-21st Century, Andrea Yepez
Seeking Justice for Jews from MENA Countries through International Law: Comparing the Cases of Morocco and Iraq, Jessica E. Yeroshalmi
Effects of Genes and Gene-Environment Interactions on Work-Family Conflict and Enrichment, Peter Yu
Use of Bioheat Modeling to Characterize and Optimize Implantable Medical Devices and Neuromodulation Technologies, Adantchede Louis Zannou
The Rent Is Too Damn High:the Spatial and Longitudinal Dimensions of Housing Affordability, Kasey Zapatka
Understanding the Impact of Incentive-Driven Changes in Hospital and Physician Practice Styles, Ke Zeng
Optimization and Application of Graph Neural Networks, Shuo Zhang
Pronunciation Ambiguities in Japanese Kanji, Wen Zhang
Resource Management in Mobile Edge Computing for Compute-intensive Application, Xiaojie Zhang
Revealing The Three-Dimensional Magnetic Texture with Machine Learning Models, Shihua Zhao
Pillars for Nuclear-Weapon States to Make Material Progress on Nuclear Disarmament, Madina Zhetenova
Kinetics of Photochemical and Mechanochemical Organic Reactions on Surface, Yerzhan Zholdassov
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Discrimination against Veiled Women in the West: Social Isolation, Amina M. Abdallah
Electron Transport in Quantum Systems with Interaction, Sara Abedi
The Neighborhood Stories Indexing Project, Elena Abou Mrad
Neurocardiovascular Instability (NCVI) Risk as a Predictor of Cognitive Function in the Long Life Family Study, Rebecca Abraham
Decolonizing Genderqueer: An Inquiry into the Gender Binary, Resistance, and Imperialistic Social Categories, Lauren E. Abruzzo
Helium-Air mixing in simulated reactor cavities of Very High Temperature Reactors, Abdullah Abubakar
Monolingual Versus Bilingual Use of Context to Facilitate Speech Recognition in Background Noise: A Systematic Review, Rachel Abucasis
The Effects of Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Returns, Kevin Acevedo
Exile Garden of The Uprooted: A Zine About Migration and The Right to Move, Sazia Afrin
The Relationship Between Turks and Armenians Leading Up To and During the Great War, Kutay Agardici
Debt-Driven Settlerism: Small Farmers and Bankers in the Trans-Appalachian South, 1800–1820, Phil Agee
The Effects of Syrian Refugees on Jordanians’ Political Attitudes, Suna Buse Agkoc
A Citizen-Science Approach for Urban Flood Risk Analysis Using Data Science and Machine Learning, Candace Agonafir
Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing Models, Somayeh Ahmadi
Investigating Young Adult Cancer Survivors' Perspectives on their Future and Interpersonal Relationships, Zeba N. Ahmad
COMPARING GEOSTATISTICAL METHODS ON FLOOD RISK TO INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA USING GOOGLE STREET VIEW IMAGERY: A MASTER’S THESIS, Christopher S. Aime
Danger: Wolf Crossing! Meantone Tuning and Froberger’s Keyboard Music, Stephen T. Ai
Once There Was and Once There Wasn’t: The Poetics of Flicker, Sara Akant
A Girl Is a Thing: Dramaturgies of Objects and Nature in Contemporary Choreography, Fidan Akinci
The Coercion of the Trial Penalty, Kristen C. Akin
Increase in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) after COVID-19 Infection, Nana Dufie Akowuah
Genomic Insights into Mechanisms of Microbial Evolution and Evolution-inspired Strategies to Combat Pathogen Diversity, Saymon Akther
Pondering Possible Psychological Pandemonium: COVID-19’s Impact on Undergraduate Students’ Distress Levels, Laura Alarcon
El Ritmo del Westside: Exploring the Musical Landscape of San Antonio’s Historic Westside, Valeria Alderete
Intelligence Testing in the New (Langu)age: Effects of Item-Type and Assessment Medium Features on Fluid Intelligence Test Linguistic Group Score Differences, Paige R. Alenick
Role of Metals in Human Immune System: Study of Metal-Dependent Structural Changes of S100A12 Protein, Aleksey Aleshintsev
Being Black & Blue: Sex as a Moderator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Emerging Adults, Wynta C. Alexander
