Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Koopman-Based Modeling for Nonlinear Control of Multirotor UAVs, Simone Martini
The Power Behind Postsecondary Attainment Goals: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis, Casey McCoy-Simmons
Naturalistic Evaluation of Embedded Social-Emotional Services in Early Childcare and Education Settings: Teacher Outcomes, Andrew B. McGee
On Salvation and Genre: Fast Sermons in Seventeenth-Century New England, Daniel Patrick McGee
Sequence Specificity of Non-Structural Protein 15 from SARS-CoV-2, John Vincent McGuire
Investigating the Role of Tetherin Protein in Multivesicular Bodies Fusions in Lung Cancer Cells, Md. Rakib Miah
Design and Development of a Deep-Learning-Based Autonomous Metal Detector, Matthew L. Miller
Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Person-Following in Constrained Environments, Ori A. Miller
The Effect of Financial Disclosure Medium and CEO Gender on Perceptions of Overconfidence and Credibility, Sheryl Moriarty
Thermal, Electrical, and Spin Transport: Encompassing Low-Damping Ferromagnets and Antiferromagnetic/Ferromagnetic Heterostructures, Matthew Ryan Natale
We’re Not in Texas Anymore: Archaeological Investigations in Historic Dallas, Colorado, Tristan Newberry-Cushman
Changing the Narrative: Student Empowerment in Unequal School Contexts, Stephanie A. Nisle-Mikos
Integrating Authentication Schemes in Augmented and Virtual Reality Classrooms, Naheem Noah
Biophysical Characterization of the ALS-Linked Protein TDP-43; and Genetic and Small Molecule Rescues from Its Cytotoxicity, Emily Grace Oldani
Financialization and Price Volatility: An Empirical Analysis on Speculation in the Oil Market, Audry F. Oliveira Carnivale
The Lumbee Tribe and MMIWG2S: How a Crisis Hides Behind Unreported Data, Daniel Oxendine
Betacyanins as Therapeutic Nutraceuticals in ALS and Clinical Analysis of Biomarkers in ALS Patient Samples, Claudia Pena
Military, Political, Cultural, and Societal Implications of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Passive Defense Strategy, Aaron R. Pilkington
Rural Cervical Cancer Survivors’ Experiences of Gender Roles: An Application of Social Constructionism, Olivia K. Pointer
Designing Customized Loss Functions for Training Deep Neural Networks, Ali Pourramezan Fard
The Fractional Revolution: How Roles of Part-Time CFOs Are Transforming Organizational Structures, Camila R. Powell
Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy and Neural Mechanisms of Parenting: Assessing Neural Responses to Infant Cues and Parenting Outcomes, Shannon Powers
What Is the Write Choice? A Case Study of a Mid-Atlantic School District’s Theme-Reader Writing Program Through a Historically Responsive Literacy Framework, Johanna Cloud Reefe
Effect of Oxidation of Graphene on Agglomeration and the Mechanical Properties of Thermosetting Resins, Matthew A. Reil
“No Respecter of Persons”: A Constructive Black Theology of Otherness, Anthony R. Roberts
Navigating University of Denver as a Latinx Male-Identifying Undergraduate Student, Quisi Rodriguez-Oregel
Evidence of Climatic Influence on Subsistence Strategies at Sage Hen Springs, Nevada, Andrew Rogers
Morphological Remodeling of the Endoplasmic Reticulum During Mitosis and Its Influence on the Integrity of the Spindle Apparatus, Katie R. Rollins
Progressive Paradox in Political Rhetoric: The Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965, Amanda Rolston Henderson
Examining the Effects of Post-Traumatic Self-Blame and Shame on Response to Laboratory-Induced Pain, Adi Rosenthal
Digital Dialogue: Emancipatory Dialogical Practices in Virtual Collaborative Problem-Based Learning, Chelsie Ruge
Balancing Act: Navigating Employee Autonomy and Neglect, Lekshmy Sankar
Colorado's Multilingual Learners and the READ Act: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Brooke K. Sassi
Outbidding with Ontology: Routine, Rebel Justice, and the Competition for Legitimacy, Patrick A. Schmidt
Investigating Servant Leadership Measurement: A Mixed-Methods Study Integrating Content Analysis and Meta-Analysis, Kai Torsten Schramm
Settler Colonialism and Refusal Through Indigenous Eyes, Charlie Amáyá Scott
Unraveling the Role of HID-1: Insights into SgII Regulation, Breanna L. Sellers
The Impact of Cumulative and Acute Loading on Achilles Tendon Health, Performance, and Reported Pain in Collegiate Gymnasts, Julio Serrano Samayoa
Finite Element Analysis of Thermal-Mechanical Instabilities in Nonmetallic Friction Composite Material, Joseph-shaahu Shaahu
An Exploration of Rural Advanced Placement Differentiation, Kristin M. Shapiro
Paycheck-to-Paycheck: How Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inhibits Generational Wealth Attainment for Black Women, Ashley Patrice-Rose Sherman
Investigating Mixed Effects Random Forest Models in Predicting Satisfaction with Online Learning in Higher Education, Jiaqi (Jackie) Shi
Paradoxes and Potential of Tourism Development in Nicaragua, Cody J. Silveira
The Effects of Wildfire Burn Severity on Bee and Wasp Communities Two Decades Post-Fire, Alaina K. Smith
Data-Driven Approaches for Enhancing Power Grid Reliability, Behrouz Sohrabi
Dysfunction of Polyamine Metabolism in Down Syndrome Related to Cellular Senescence and β-Amyloid Production, Andres D. Sola
Model-Based Navigation and Control of Multirotor UAVs: A Machine Learning Approach, Serhat Sönmez
Evaluating Trauma-Informed Design in a Mental Health Setting: A Community-Based Research Case Study, Marie Spence
#GetInked: An Anthropological Exploration of Tattooing and Social Media, Delanee Taylor
The Applications and Implications of a (Re)Humanizing Praxis for Early Childhood Educational Contexts, Kristopher M. Tetzlaff
The Elephant in the Baithak: Tabla and Audio Technological Discourse, Tyler Thom
Guns, Glass, and Metal and the Applications of Traditional Technology in the 19th Century Southern Platte, Aaron Toussaint
Childhood Discipline Disparities for African American and Latinx Students, Cierra Townsend
Breaking Point: An Examination of the Factors and Motivators That Determine Whether a Teacher Will Stay in the Classroom or Choose to Leave the Profession, Katherine Treloar
The Effects of COVID-19 on Asian American Perception of Mental Health, Emily Tseung
Bridging the Geometric and Quantum Information of Structured Light, Andrew Alexander Voitiv
Rhetorical Resonances: An Affective Logic of Emergence in Space and Time, Craig R. Weathers
The Entrepreneur’s Burden: Investigating the Interplay Between Impostorism and Entrepreneurial Identity, Megan Laura Weber
(Dis)Invested Bodies: The Neoliberal Crafting of Disability, T. Wesley
Capturing Latent Abilities and Latent Capacities of Professional Golfers Using Nonlinear Mixed Effects Growth Modeling, Mac Wetherbee
Foreign Object, David Whelan
Leadership in Extreme Contexts: An Emerging Typology, Ashley Williams
Raising Their Voices: Lived Experiences of Gifted Women with ADHD, Jessica Leigh Williams
How Well Do Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Address Gender Equity?, Stephanie Efua Yamoah
An Examination of the International Baccalaureate’s Approaches to Learning as Humanizing, Leah Yates
Incremental Quantities Based Permissive Overreaching Transfer Trip Scheme for Protecting Inverter-Based Renewable Resources, Osama Zangoti
The Role of Edc3 in Drosophila Melanogaster Neuronal Development, Keelan Zius
Reconciling Moral Dissonance: A Framework for Re-Integrating Moral Orientation with Life Agency During Warfighters’ Struggles with Military Moral Injury, Jeffrey L. Zust
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
A Unified Approach to Regression Testing for Mobile Apps, Zeinab Saad Abdalla
Artificial Emotional Intelligence in Socially Assistive Robots, Hojjat Abdollahi
3 Essays on Protests, Repression, and Signaling, Dogus Aktan
Optimal Management and Sizing for Battery Energy Storage Systems for Grid Applications, Abdullah Muslih Alharbi
How Practices Drive Persistence: The Transformational Consumption Journey of Native Americans in Higher Education, Gwen Locklear Almodovar
Exploration of Motion Capture System to Investigate Human Shoulder Kinematics, Ola Alsaadi
Islamic Studies Teachers' Perspectives of Applying Technology in Saudi Arabia Elementary Schools, Amal Abdulmohsen Alsaif
Unsupervised Learning Algorithm for Noise Suppression and Speech Enhancement Applications, Abdullah Zaini Alsheibi
Procedure, Emily Barton Altman
Computational Methodology for Generating Patient-Specific Soft Tissue Representations, Ahilan Anantha Krishnan
Digital Twins of the Living Knee: From Measurements to Model, Thor Erik Andreassen
Exploring College Experiences of Muslim Students at Four-Year Institutions in Colorado: A Narrative Inquiry, Kamal Gamada Ararso
Likeness in Utopia: Situation and Metaphor from Thomas More to Edward Bellamy, Sage Rachmiel Bard Gilbert
Universal Basic Income (UBI): A Cure-All or Band-Aid?, Madison Beckner
Breaking Down Barriers: The Impact of Segregation on Social Capital and Economic Outcomes, Donyetta A. Bennett
Identifying the Role of Phospholipase D1 and Phosphatidic Acid in Exocytosis, Broderick L. Bills
Process Depletion in Emotion Regulation, Christian Capistrano Boeckner
Defining Business as Usual in Preschool Interventions for Challenging Behavior, Eleanor Bold
Reviving Heritage in a Historic Gem City: Examining the Management of History at the Colonial Quarter in St. Augustine, Florida, Madeline Bonner
Ethics in Kakadu (1988): Finding Djilile’s “True Tracks”, Natasia T. Boyko
Do-It-Together: Informal Transformative Sustainability Education, Derek Brannon
Let It Go: Cognitive Strategy Use Selectively Changes Temporal Context Effects in Risky Monetary Decision-Making, Hayley R. Brooks
An Empowerment Evaluation of Colorado Mountain College’s Mountain Scholars Program via Latino Alumni Aspirational Goals and Outcomes, Laura Anne Bruch
Study Abroad and the Global Public Good: A Developmental Evaluation of the International Business Major, Sara Barbier Bularzik
Guaranteed Income as a Structural Social Work Response to Homelessness in the United States, Katherine Hoops Calhoun
The Words. Or Holes. Or Both: Writing as an Integrative Methodology for Trauma, Daniel A. Castle
Free Trade is Not Free: A Case for Fair Trade, Wardah Javaid Cheema
Understudy, Wendy Chen
Why Democracies and Autocracies Go to War: Comparing the Cases of Iraq and Ukraine, Ketevan Chincharadze