Theses/Dissertations from 2018
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
A Multi-State Comparison of NASP Domains of Practice and School Psychologist Evaluation Rubrics, Courtney E. Hutchinson
Cooperative Regulation of Translational Repression by FMRP and the miRNA Pathway, Navneeta Kaul
The Effect of Modular Dual Mobility Design on the Dislocation Resistance of a Primary Total Hip, Ryan C. Keefer
Predicting Help-Seeking Attitudes and Intentions in a Diné Sample, Chesleigh N. Keene
Study of Optical OFDM System for Wireless LAN Applications, Salih Mohamed S. Kenshil
Looking Through the Trees: An Anthropologist, a Museum, and the Sasquatch, Carissa Kepner
Improving the Accuracy of Mobile Touchscreen QWERTY Keyboards, Amanda Kirk
Tides of Cooperation: The Ebb and Flow of Regional Cooperation in Latin America, Amaleia E. Kolovos
Role of Executive Function and Alcohol-Sex Schema in the Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Sexual Assault, Michelle Seulki Lee
Throne of Fans: Examining the Roles of Feminism, Platform and Community in an Online Fandom, Sarah Leiser
Binocular Rivalry of Emotional Expressions, Daniel Stephen Lumian
Higher Education Student Debt & Tuition Costs, K. Harrison Maloy Jr
Determinants of Well-Being Among Military Caregivers, Ludwig Marcello Martinez
The Political Economy of Sandinismo 2.0: Environmental and Social Implications of Paradoxical Economic Ideologies in Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua, Sarah McCall Harris
Fact vs. Fiction: Uncovering the Experiences of Homeless/Street Youths' Involvement in Survival Sex, Amber R. McDonald
Hidden in White(ness)? Using Racial Logics to Interrogate the Instructional Arc of a Crisis Intervention Team Training, Tara N. Meister
Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions, Jiangyue Miao
High-Performing Charter Schools and Leadership Continuum: Reconceptualizing Dual Realities, Brittany M. Miller
Origins of Animal Cell Adhesion, Jennyfer Mora Mitchell
Developing an Affect-Aware Rear-Projected Robotic Agent, Ali Mollahosseini
Chatter and Chant: Religion and Community on the Renaissance English Stage, Rachel Dunleavy Morgan
Exploring the Community Impact of Community-University Partnerships, Stacey D. Muse
College Athletes and Romantic Relationship Conflict: The Moderating Effects of Sport-Relationship Conflict and Enrichment, Keaton Clauss Muzika
Restive Subjects: Russian Protest, 2007–2013, Carey C. Neill
Defections and Democracy: Explaining Military Loyalty Shifts and Their Impacts on Post-Protest Political Change, Kara Leigh Kingma Neu
#FashioningIdentity and #PerformingAuthenticity: Communicative, Relational, and Affective Labor in the Digital Frontier of Fashion and Lifestyle Blogging, Jessica L. Neumann
From Veteran to Student: Using Structural Equation Modeling to Examine the Impact of School Environment on Education and Psychosocial Outcomes, Ashley A. O'Connor
Surface Entropy of Shifts of Finite Type, Dennis Pace
Crafting Local Food Narratives with Immigrant Voices: Participatory Ethnography Among Somali Bantu Farmers in West Denver, Raymond Alexander Pang
An Examination of the Impact of Racial Ideology and Conversations About Race on Relationship Processes Among African American Couples, Aleja M. Parsons
Narrativizing Theory: The Role of Ambiguity in Religious Aesthetics, Benjamin John Peters
Snapshots of Confinement: Memory and Materiality of Japanese Americans' World War II Era Photo Albums, Whitney J. Peterson
From Dissent to Democracy? The Promise and Perils of Civil Resistance Transitions, Jonathan C. Pinckney
Through the Yoruba Lens: A Postcolonial Discourse of Female Circumcision, Jennifer Quichocho
Funds of Knowledge and the College Success of First-Generation Students, Low-Income Students, and Students of Color: A Transformative Mixed Methods Study, Delma Margot Ramos
A Critical Interpretation of Olivier Roy: On Globalization, the Cosmopolitan and Emerging Post-Secular Religiosities, Joshua Rey Ramos
Robust Distributed Stabilization of Interconnected Multiagent Systems, Vahid Rezaei
Automated CFD Optimization to Maximize Wind Farms Performance and Land Use, Rafael Valotta Rodrigues
Paper Dolls Ride Shotgun, Christopher David Rosales
"Traditioning" Blackness: A Theo-Ethical Analysis of Black Identity in Black Theological Discourse, Ben Sanders III
Evaluation of Stress and Fatigue in Femoral Hip Implants, Rodney E. Satterthwaite
An Archaeological Exploration of Agriculture, Trade, and Indigenous Relationships at a Seventeenth-Century New England Site, Jasmine Coreen Saxon
A Bi-Encoder LSTM Model for Learning Unstructured Dialogs, Diwanshu Shekhar
Polarized Bow Shock Nebulae Reveal Features of the Winds and Environments of Massive Stars, Manisha Shrestha
Classification of One-Year Student Persistence: A Machine Learning Approach, Ben Siebrase
Play and Exhibitions: Expanding Definitions Within Museums, Helena Sizemore
Professor Who? A Phenomenological Exploration of Working Professionals Who Feel Called to Teach as Adjunct Faculty, Molly A. Smith
Las Hijas de Violencia: Performance, the Street, and Online Discourse, Madison M. Snider
Social Conflict on the Seas: Links Between Overfishing-Induced Marine Fish Stock Declines and Forced Labor Slavery, Jessica L. Sparks
Curricular Agency: Contemplating Curriculum as a Process to Empower Teachers, Matthew L. Spurlin
Predicting and Shifting Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration: Testing a Model and Communication Strategy, Tejaswinhi Srinivas
The Power of Resurrection: Early Christian Resistance Through the Rise of Disciplinary Power, Patrick G. Stefan
Thriving with Down Syndrome: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study, Talia G. Thompson
Whither the Gender of Get Out: A Critique of the Cinematic (Im)Possibilities of the Black Political Imagination, Daelena Tinnin
Paleoflood Hydrology and Basin Morphometric Characteristics Related to Flooding in the Colorado Front Range, Natalie Trivino
A Season, Michael Joseph Walsh
Heat, Charge and Spin Transport of Thin Film Nanostructures, Devin John Wesenberg
Cementless Tibial Base Micromotion During Activities of Daily Living, Hayden Wilson
Agreeing to Submit: Authority Constructions in Modern Sunni Islam, Trevor E. Wolff
Ice Adhesion Analysis of Severely Aged PDMS Rubbers, Theodore R. Woll
A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Racialized Experiences of Southeast Asian American Community College Students, Varaxy Yi Borromeo
The Amorous Imagination: Individuating the Other-as-Beloved, Donald Andrew Yost
An Investigation of the Performance of Urban Rail Transit Systems on the Corridor Level: A Comparative Analysis in the American West, Daniel Zimny-Schmitt
Weathering Climate Change: Provisions for Climate Change Resiliency in Transboundary River Treaties, Emily Joan Zmak
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Navigating the (Im)Perfect Performances of Queer Iranian-American Identity, Shadee Abdi
System Identification of a Circulation Control Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Mohammed Agha
Quantum Metrics on Approximately Finite-Dimensional Algebras, Konrad Aguilar
Z2-Orbifolds of Affine Vertex Algebras and W-Algebras, Masoumah Abdullah Al-Ali
Simulation of SiC MOSFET Power Converters, Mustafa Nameer Albadri
Effect of Exponential Correlation Model on Spectral and Energy Efficiency for Massive MIMO Systems, Saleh Albdran
Monsters at the End of the World: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Nineteenth-Century Horror and Apocalypse Literature, Catherine R. Alber
The Ethics of Representation: Muslim Women Reenacting and Resisting Whiteness, Haneen Al Ghabra
The Viability of Profit-Loss Sharing Models to Finance Small and Medium Enterprises: The Case of Saudi Arabia, Alhanoof Alghamdi
Specimen-Specific Natural, Pathological, and Implanted Knee Mechanics Using Finite Element Modeling, Azhar Akber Ali
The Intensification of Sectarian Violence in the Islamic World, Mathal Almutairy
Factor Invariance of the Standard Achievement Admission Test by Gender and School Types, Mohammed Alqabbaa
Optimal Capacity and Energy Efficiency of Massive MIMO Systems, Ahmed Alshammari
Measurement of Online Student Engagement: Utilization of Continuous Online Student Behaviors as Items in a Partial Credit Rasch Model, Elizabeth Anderson
Amoral Antagonists: Interrogating the Myth of the West in Cormac McCarthy's Fiction, John Thomas Arthur
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Incentives on Response Rate in Online Survey Studies, Amal Muhammad Asire
New Particle Formation in the Mid-Latitude Upper Troposphere, Duncan Axisa
“A Door Left Open”: Tracing Shakespeare’s Influence in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, Lindsay Elizabeth Bachman