Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Experiences of Undocumented College Students Through Critical Evocative Portraiture, Erica García
A History of Transplants: A Study of Entryway Gardens at Amache, David Holden Garrison
Community Identity in "The Granada Pioneer", Jessica P. S. Gebhard
The Role of Institutions and Policy in Knowledge Sector Development: An Assessment of the Danish and Norwegian Information Communication Technology Sectors, Keith M. Gehring
Spectropolarimetry of epsilon Aurigae: Probing Stellar and Disk Atmospheres, Kathleen M. Geise
Visual Arts Assessment in the Age of Educational Accountability, Donna Jackson Goodwin
Risk for Engagement in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Children and Adolescents, Andrea Lee Barrocas Gottlieb
New Middle East Cold War: Saudi Arabia and Iran's Rivalry, Tali Rachel Grumet
Locational Marginal Pricing at the Power Distribution Level, Jun Hao
Early Career Teachers' Efficacy in Working with Families, Kirsten Denisemarie Hermanutz
On Thermal Aging Prevention in Polymer Core Composite Conductor Rods, Joe D. Hoffman
Undead Empire: How Folklore Animates the Human Corpse in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Charles Hoge
Schleiermacher's Doctrine of Biblical Authority: An Alternative to Content-Based/Supernaturalist and Function-Based Rationalist Models, Kerry W. Holton
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Group Yoga Intervention as an Adjunctive Trauma Therapy for Adolescent Girls, Melissa Eileen Houser
Passive Liquid Draw Using Micro Needles, Nathan M. Huber
British Fascism in the 1930s in Life and Literature, Jennifer M. Janes
Examining the Relationship Among Genes, Attention Bias to Emotion, Depression in Youth, Jessica L. Jenness
Synchrophasor Sensing and Processing Based Smart Grid Security Assessment for Renewable Energy Integration, Huaiguang Jiang
Humanitarian Intervention at Mt. Sinjar, Iraq: A Complex Adaptive System Analysis, Trevor C. Jones
China's Strategic Choices Towards North Korea and Iran, Kang-uk Jung
Curating Ali`i Collections: Responsibility, Sensibility, and Contextualization in Hawai'i-Based Museums, Halenakekanakalawai`aoMiloli`i Ka`ili`ehu Kapuni-Reynolds
Assessment of Normal Knee Kinematics Using High-Speed Stereo-Radiography System, Vasiliki Kefala
Towners Call Us a Circus, Patrick Kelling
Phytoremediation of Metal Contamination Using Salix (Willows), Gordon J. Kersten
Toward Context-Sensitive Statebuilding for Development: State-Local Complementarity in Rural Guatemala, Matthew Thornton Klick
Quality of Life and Mental Health Outcomes in Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator Treatment: Potential Effects of Informational Media History and Treatment Knowledge, Christopher E. Knoepke
Moses and Liminality, David J. Krouwer
When Wells Run Dry: Water and Tourism Along the Western Coast of Nicaragua, Gary Thomas LaVanchy
Aging in Place: Perceptions of Older Adults on Low Income Housing Waitlists, Angela L. Lavery
Dinosaur Nat'l, Joe Lennon
Pastoral Unity: Constructions of Nostalgic Retreat Space in Charlotte Brontë's Shirley, Joel Tyre Lewis
Fluorescent Biological Aerosol Particles in Coastal Canada and the Link to Atmospheric Ice Nuclei, Jixiao Li
Is Colorado Buddhism Green? A Study of the Interaction of Buddhist Practice with Environmental Concerns, Mengye Liu
Islanded Wind Energy Management System Based on Neural Networks, Ziqiao Liu
Internet Delivery of PREP-Based Relationship Education for Older Couples, Benjamin A. Loew
Student-Athlete Learning: How Learning Spaces Influence Athletic and Academic Success, Kelli A. Logan
Finding Onesimus: Recovering the Story of a First-Century Fugitive Slave, Ryan Lokkesmoe
On the Viability of Quantitative Assessment Methods in Software Engineering and Software Services, Joseph D. Lucente
Engaging Young Children in the Art Museum: An Educational Criticism of an Art Museum Summer Class, Kristina N. Mahoney
The Relationship Between Social Support and Self-Advocacy in College Students with Disabilities, Julia I. Marcus Johnson
Organizational Strategies for Addressing Disparities Among Marginalized Older Adults, Jennifer L. Martin
The Perceived Effects of Dance for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and Healthy Amateurs, Taylor Marie Mastin
Collaborating with Chicago Urban Communities: The Unforeseen Challenges of Better Museum Practices, Dionisia Ann Mathios
Spontaneous Facial Behavior Computing in Human Machine Interaction with Applications in Autism Treatment, Seyedmohammad Mavadati
Rab8 Directs Tubulation and Furrow Ingression During Epithelial Formation in Drosophila Melanogaster, Lauren MacKenzie Mavor
Condemnation, Death, and Justification: From What Is One Saved in Paul's Thought?, Mark E. Maxwell
The Evolution of the Federal Reserve's Mandate in Response to the Global Financial Crisis: The Case for Financial Stability, Laurel Celastine Mazur
Profiles of Risk, Protection, and Socioemotional Adjustment Among Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: A Person-Centered Approach, Shelby Elaine McDonald
Middlemarch: Eliot's Spencerian Sociological Study of Provincial Life, Kellie Marie McKinney
Empowering Students to Care: An Edible Garden and Farm Education Approach, Shannon C. McQueen
The Role of Passage Topic Knowledge in Typical and Poor Comprehenders' Recall, Chelsea E. Meenan
Examining the Complex Relationships of Early Intervention on Language and Psychosocial Development in Families Facing Multiple Risks with a Focus on Children of Hispanic Immigrants, Marina Marie Mendoza
The Role of Cognition in Sexual Signals and Mate Choice Decisions, Ross Minter
Pedestrian Mobility in Denver: A Mixed Methods Approach, Meghan Elizabeth Mooney
Probabilistic Musculoskeletal Simulation Methods to Address Intersegmental Dependencies of the Knee, Hip, and Spine, Casey A. Myers
Beheld, TaraShea Nesbit
F. W. J. Schelling's "Ages of the World": Acting out of Time, Jared Kenrick Nieft
Towards Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation: Behavior Recognition from Human STN, Soroush Niketeghad
Toward a Global Human Rights Regime for Temporary Migrant Workers: Lessons from the Case of Filipino Workers in the United Arab Emirates, Regina A. Nockerts
Mortgage Crisis: Exploring Incentives Prevalent During the Boom and Bust of the 2001–2007 Mortgage Market, Justin P. Nowicki
Kaldor's Late Contributions, Up Sira Nukulkit
The Effects of Molecular Chaperones on Tau Fibril Assembly, Ahmed Omran
Modern Capitalism and Food Commoditization: The Limitations of Industrial Agriculture and the Challenges of Sustainable Alternatives, Gerardo Patron-Cano
Binary Star Systems with Asymmetrically Heated Disks: Thermal Phase Curves for the Disk in Epsilon Aurigae, Richard Luther Pearson III
Gene Expression in the Choanoderm, Jesús Federico Peña
The Impact of Prefrontal Cortex "Warm Up" on Immediate Cognitive Reappraisal Ability in Older Adolescents with Elevated Symptoms of Depression, Emma L. Peterson
Engagement Management: A Case Study of the Criteria and Processes Used to Identify, Evaluate, and Communicate Program Expectations for University Partnerships, Frederick E. Powers
Perceptions of School Reform in a Post-NCLB World: A Cathartic Recovery of the Purpose and a ‘Shining-Through’ of the Spirit of Education, Timothy Arkell Price
Rethinking the Community as Temple: Discourse and Spatial Practice in the Community Rule (1QS), Melissa P. Pula
Economic and Traffic Impacts Following the Installation of New Bicycle Facilities: A Denver Case Study, Stephen Antonio Rijo
The Caregiver–Child Relationship, Youth Mental Health, and Placement Stability in a Child Welfare Sample, Laura A. Rindlaub
Examining the Spatial Aspects of Residential Energy Efficiency: GIS and Survey Analysis in Boulder County, Colorado, Walter Stanley Scheib
Tracing an American Yoga: Identity and Cross-Cultural Transaction, Christa Schwind
The Nature of Imagination in Pedagogy: A Qualitative Study of an Elementary School Setting, Perry S. Shank
Young Adult Children’s Communicative Management of Emotions About Divorce and Divorce Disclosures: Creating and Applying a New Measure, Jenna Shimkowski
The Royalty of Oakwood County, Katie Jean Shinkle
Reclaiming the Body: Understanding Arab–American Hybrid Experience Through Affective Attunement, Salma Tariq Shukri
A Rhetoric of Fields: Orientationalist and Enactive Essays for Writing Studies, Daniel Louis Singer
Climate Driven Changes to Malaria Transmission Patterns in Ethiopian Highlands, Amir Said Siraj
Small Town America Under the “Lights”: Contemporary Images of Rural America in the Series Friday Night Lights, Heather K. Smith
Comparing Short-Term Outcomes of Three Problem Gambling Treatments: A Multi-Group Propensity Score Analysis, Adam David Soberay
Lifting the Veil on Hindi Film Song Sequences: An Approach to Analysis, Maria A. Souliotis
Identification of Geostationary Satellites Using Polarization Data from Unresolved Images, Andy Speicher
Wrestling with Tradition: Japanese Activities at Amache, a World War II Incarceration Facility, Zachary Allen Starke
Psychometric Investigation of the Check-In, Check-Out Fidelity of Implementation Measure, Erin Ann Sullivan
An Analysis of Modified Material Culture from Amache: Investigating the Landscape of Japanese American Internment, Paul Swader
Determinants of Wind Energy Deployment: Infrastructures, Policies, Resources, or Economics?, Marc Sydnor
A Discursive Perspective on China's Global Politics of Climate Change, 1992–2013, Yi-tsui Tseng
Internationalization: Utilizing the University Museum, Adrienne Turnbull-Reilly
MeetUp and Social Capital: Building Community in the Digital Age, Danielle Vaughn
The Interaction Effects of Subjective and Structural Factors on Crime Among Formerly Incarcerated Males, Christopher Alvin Veeh
Measuring Teachers' Knowledge and Use of Data and Assessments: Creating a Measure as a First Step Toward Effective Professional Development, Courtney Vidacovich
Dialogic Constructions of Monogamy: The Discursive Struggles of Mono-Normativity and Mono-Realism, Stephanie K. Webb
Sustainable Farming Versus Ethanol: A Comparison of Energy Use, Brandon John Weiland
Mary, Quite Contrary: The Novels of Mary Davys, 1700–1727, Nichol Irene Weizenbeck