Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Hope as a Strategy: Messianism in the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Gary Ray Sunshine
Corporate-Community Mining Conflicts in Guatemala: Unsettling Hegemonic Power Relations in Environmental Struggles, Anna Guðbjört Sveinsdóttir
Development and Characterization of an Inexpensive Single-Particle Fluorescence Spectrometer for Detection and Classification of Pollen and Other Bioaerosols, Benjamin E. Swanson
The Lodger, McCormick Templeman
Exploring the Lived Religious Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Ordained Clergy in the United Methodist Church, Tracy Allen Temple
Exploring the Role of Relapse for Women in Recovery from an Eating Disorder, Britney Tibbits
A Study on Distributed Generation with a Focus on Solar Power, Shravan Kumar Tomar
Characterization of a Phosphomimetic Mutant of the ALS Associated Protein TDP-43, Nicole Toro
Social Determinants of Health Theory: Policy Entry Points for Healthcare Providers, Kiah R. Vandergrift
Quantitative Aspects of Interface Remodeling During Germband Extension, Timothy E. Vanderleest
Migration Governance in Countries of Transit: Assessing Policy Implications in Algeria, Brittany R. Van Soest
Gender, Social Networks, and Labor Disputes: Household Archaeology at the Industrial Mine Camp, Laura Gwynne Vernon
Side-to-Side Comparison of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty and Intact Function in Individuals, Sarah Rose Walden
Don't Let Their Future Blow Away: An Integrated Methodology to Inform School Leaders of the Dimensions and Determinants of School Vulnerability Leading to Disaster Learning Loss, Kaleen Daneil Weiland
Mechanistic Insight into Tau Fibril Cross-Seeding Barriers: Structural Order and Disorder, Hilary Ann Weismiller
Transgenerational Effects of Maternal Age on Offspring Fitness in Crickets, Jacob D. Wilson
Decolonizing the Body of the Chosen One: The Bodily Performance of Anakin Skywalker, Buffy Summers, and T'Challa, Alise M. Wisniewski
"Stretched Thin": Pregnancy and Motherhood in Clinical and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Programs, Kimberlee Yalango
Application of Retrograde Analysis to Fighting Games, Kristen Yu
Museum to Museum Collaboration: Exploring the Relationships Between Museums and Cultural Organizations in Denver, Colorado, Leah Zavaleta
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Computational Modeling of Transcatheter Aortic Valves, Mostafa Abbasi
Okazaki Fragments, Kanika Agrawal
Relationship Between TDP-43 Toxicity and Aggregation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Martin Anthony Aguilar
Design of Power Switched-Capacitor Converters and Their Performance Analysis in a Soft-Charging Operation, Ayoob Alateeq
Optimal Operation of Integrated Microgrids, Abdullah Albaker
Assessment of Multiple-Form Structure Designs of Multistage Testing Using IRT, Hanan M. AlGhamdi
The Investigation of Lactoferrin Nitration: Quantification, Function, and Inhibition, Amani Yahya Alhalwani
Design and Evaluation of High Efficiency Power Converters Using Wide-Bandgap Devices for PV Systems, Fahad Almasoudi
Optimal Planning of Microgrid-Integrated Battery Energy Storage, Ibrahim S. Alsaidan
Hosting Capacity Optimization in Modern Distribution Grids, Mansoor T. Alturki
Girl of Color-Power: Resisting the Neoliberal Girl Power Agent, Raisa Fernanda Alvarado
T-de Vries Algebra, Nawal Alznad
Now You See Me: A Black Feminist Autoethnographic Poetic Polemic of Radical Reflexivity and Critical Arts-Based Inquiry, Myntha Anthym
Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Promoted by Divalent Samarium Reagents, Christopher David-James Aretz
Studying Facial Expression Recognition and Imitation Ability of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Interaction with a Social Robot, Farzaneh Askari
Development of a Locomotion and Balancing Strategy for Humanoid Robots, Emile Bahdi
Great Powers Have Great Currencies: Popular Nationalist Discourse and China's Campaign to Internationalize the Renminbi, Michael Stephen Bartee
Tragic Creation: Hope for the Future—Moltmann's Creative (Mis)Reading of Hegel's Philosophy, John Michael Bechtold
Location Matters: A Geospatial Analysis of Principal Turnover in the Denver Metropolitan Area, Lorna O. Beckett
Gestural Ekphrasis: Toward a Phenomenology of the Moving Body in Joyce and Woolf, Lauren Nicole Benke
Nanoengineering of Next Generation Silicone Rubber Materials for Extreme Applications, Monika Bleszynski
Discourses of Deception: (Re)Examining America's War on Drugs, Benjamin Steven Boyce
Psychotropic Medications and Children: Perceptions of Mental Health Professionals, Elinor Jane Brereton
Examining the Role of Liaison Librarians as Research Collaboration Partners: A Mixed-Methods Multiple-Case Study, Kawanna Michelle Bright
Development of Low Frequency Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Methods and Instrumentation for Biological Applications, Laura A. Buchanan
Mannequins: Stories and Fantasies, Angela Buck
Understanding Public Library Services and Use: A Structural Equation Modeling Framework, Ian Burke
Superresolved Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Spatial Arrangement of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) Envelope Glycoprotein at Sites of Viral Assembly, Carmen Anne Buttler
National Interests and Security Policies in the Arctic Region Among Arctic States, Hilde-Gunn Bye
Diet Breadth Evolution and Diversification of a Generalist Insect Herbivore, Mayra Cadorin Vidal
Russian Information Operations in the Soviet Strategic Framework, Kyle I. Campbell
Academic Resilience in Newcomers, Jacquelyn M. Carrillo
Force-Canceling Mixer Algorithm for Vehicles with Fully-Articulated Radially Symmetric Thruster Arrays, Joseph Nicholas Casabona
Tiny, Mairead Corrine Case
Imbalances in Balance of Payments with the U.S.: Japan and China Compared, Chen Chen
Queerly as the Night: Towards Post-Post-Colonialism, a Theory of Rhizomic Intelligence, Serena Chopra
The Ecology of Land Managers in Riparian Restoration, Lisa Buie Clark
A Shifting Island Landscape: Changes in Land Use and Daily Life in the 19th and 20th Century Village of Inishark, Co. Galway, Ireland, Lauren Marie Couey
The Global Dance Network: Reykjavík, Iceland, Takes on New Moves, Emily Creek
Adolescent Protective Factors Related to Resilience: Issues of Academic Self-Efficacy, Parental Involvement, and Special Education Status, Bethdalie Cruz
Leadership Practices in Similar Schools with Varying Primary Grade Reading Outcomes: A Comparative Multiple-Case Study, Jacqueline M. Cuthill
Algorithmic Music Generation for Pedagogy of Sight Reading, Ryan Stephen Davis
Raça, Jinshu, Race: Whiteness, Japanese-ness, and Resistance in Sūkyō Mahikari in the Brazilian Amazon, Moana Luri de Almeida
Examining the Clinical Prediction of Cohesion in Group Psychotherapy and Potential Moderators, Ron Dolgin
An Exploratory Study of Session Limited Models of Therapy Outcomes in an Employee Assistance Program, Ivy C. Donaldson
The Impact of Sudden Gains and Deteriorations on the Psychotherapy Process, Joanna Mary Drinane
Exploring an Outdoor Experiential and PYD Program's Influence on Youth in a Residential and Day Treatment Program, Rebecca Durbahn
Living Through Terror and Terror Through Living: The Biopolitical Dimensions of Religion, Security, and Terrorism, Donnie Featherston
No Common Ground: Competing Worldviews at Mato Tipila, Wendy Anne Felese
The Foundations of Aleksandr Dugin's Geopolitics: Montage Fascism and Eurasianism as Blowback, Grant Scott Fellows
Symmetry Identified in 2-Dimensional Artwork Compositions Using Visuospatial Ability, Theresa Ferg
Learning from Disorder and Noise in Physical Biology, Taylor Emil Firman
Away from the End of Motherhood: Sites of Haunting in the Social Imaginary in Lemonade and The Handmaid's Tale, Julia Michele Fleming
(In)Visible, Jennifer Elise Foerster
Attachment Theory as a Framework for Supervision of Supervisors-in-Training, Alyssa Fredricks
Categories of Residuated Lattices, Daniel Wesley Fussner
Sexual Assault and Health: Understanding the Interplay of Trauma-Related Appraisals and Physical Health Outcomes, Kerry Lyn Gagnon
Patient-Specific Quantification of the Relationship Between the Left Atrium Pressure and the Ostial Diameter of the Left Atrial Appendage, Sky Tianqi Gao
How Colonization Impacts Identity Through the Generations: A Closer Look at Historical Trauma and Education, Michelle Garcia-Olp
Relationship Variables in Group Psychotherapy Treatment for Sexual Trauma Survivors, Sarah Gooch
Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Mating Behavior and Fitness, Gabrielle A. Gurule-Small
The Whiteness Project of Gentrification: The Battle over Los Angeles' Eastside, Jaime Guzmán
Improving the Detection Limit of Tau Aggregates for Use with Biological Samples, Emily Rickman Hager
Developing a Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy Experiment for Solid State Materials, Daniel Hammerland
RNN-Based Generation of Polyphonic Music and Jazz Improvisation, Andrew Hannum
Fuel Specific Emissions Trends for In-Use Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Fleets in California, Molly J. Haugen
Photochemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Environmentally Relevant Metals, John P. Haynes
Curiosity and Gifted Identification: A Mixed Methods Study, Cameron Hays
Spg Directs Arp2/3 Mediated F-actin Networks to Support Syncytial Furrow Ingression in Drosophila, Shannon M. Henry
A History of Nondenominational Churches in Denver and Beyond, 1945–2000, R. Norton Herbst
A Descriptive Policy Analysis of State-Level Universal Preschool Adoption, Holly Higgins Wilcher
Tau Aggregation, Conformational Selection, and Inhibition, Michael R. Holden
Development of a School-Based Restorative Practices Training for Parents: Impacts on Parent and Child Outcomes, Christopher R. Hughes
Translating Data from the Laboratory into Simulation: A Computational Framework for Subject-Specific Finite Element Musculoskeletal Simulation, Donald R. Hume
Rethinking Reintegration and Veteran Identity: A New Consciousness, Jeni Hunniecutt