Theses/Dissertations from 2022
A Sense of Trust: Somatic Spiritual Practices as a Path to Wholeness in Spiritually Integrated Trauma Care, Shyamaa Marie Creaven
Working Here, There, and Everyware: The Impact of Virtual Work on Employee Belonging, Martha Davis
Making the Most of Program Evaluation Data: Understanding Human Services Professionals’ Well-Being Through Qualitative Secondary Analysis, Elizabeth Ann Deaton Wacker
Classification of Electropherograms Using Machine Learning for Parkinson’s Disease, Soroush Dehghan
Transnational Religious Pluralism and Identity Formation: Oscar Romero and Salvadoran Diaspora After the Civil War, Kristian A. Diaz
The Infinity Mirror: Learning to Lead Through Action-Oriented Inquiry, Robert D. Evans
Executive Function and Parenting Among Latinx Caregivers of Young Children, Amy Dominguez Fabatz
Bicycles and Transit: Weather or Not: A Study on the Effect of Weather and Air Quality on Bicycle-Transit, Bicycle, Rail Transit Counts in Denver, Christiana M. Fairfield
Understanding the Role of Home Community Environments in Shaping First-Generation Jamaican University Students’ Access and Persistence in Higher Education: Using Liming and Photovoice Methodologies, Shenhaye C. Ferguson
Framing, Advice-Seeking, and Medical Trust in the r/Keto Community: An Analysis of the Medical Flair on r/Keto, Sabrina Finke
A Call for Critically Inclined Higher Education Data, Wendy A. Fish
Family Ties: Impact of Socioemotional Wealth and Succession on Real Earnings Management, Beth A. Flambures
Improving Quantification of Mitral Regurgitation Through Computational Fluid Dynamics and Ex Vivo Testing, Alexandra Flowers
Phosphatidylserine Externalization on Non-Apoptotic Cells and Lipid Scramblases in C. Elegans, Julia Frondoni
Revision Total Hip Femoral Stem Micromotion and Statistical Shape Modeling of the Knee, William Fugit
Trans and Genderqueer Military Service Member-Veterans: An Acculturation Phenomenology of Civilian Reintegration, Joseph A. Galluzzo
Mis-Specification of Functional Forms in Growth Mixture Modeling: A Monte Carlo Simulation, Richa Ghevarghese
Exploring Opportunities for Supporting Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth: A Path Forward Through Expanding Graduate Training in School Psychology, Erica L. Gleason
Expanding the Network Evaluation Toolkit: Combining Social Network Analysis & Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Debbie Gowensmith
Interrupting Holistic Processing May Improve the Detection of Deceptive Emotional Facial Expressions, Christopher A. Gunderson
The Genuine Alacrity of Things, Evelyn Hampton
Examining Perceived Stigma, Disclosure, Self-Compassion, and Health-Related Quality of Life in College Students with Cystic Fibrosis, Anna R. Hangge
Going Backstage: Examining Justice Perceptions of Electronic Performance Monitoring, Maurice Harris
Geovisualization and Open-Source Web Mapping of Big Origin-Destination Data, a Test Case, Joseph Hiebert
Data-Enabled Distribution Grid Management, Zohreh Sadat Hosseini
Critical Experiences of Being Humbled in Psychotherapy Training: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Mackenzie White Jessen
Opportunities and Challenges for Rural Educators: A Mixed Methods Study of Emergent Bilingual Studies in Rural Colorado, Andrea Johnson
Understanding the Impacts of Urban Agriculture in Gentrifying Neighborhoods in Denver, Kate Johnson
Mitigating Weight Stigma in the Medical System: Self-Compassion for Nursing Students, Ellen C. Joseph
Inhibition of de novo and the Prion-Like Spread of Amyloidogenesis Using in vitro and in vivo Disease Models, Johnson Anazoba Joseph
The Role of EHD2 in Endothelial Cells, Rachael Judson
Are You My Nurse? The Effects of Patient-Delivered Gender Microaggressions on Women Trainees’ Clinical Work in Integrated Primary Care, Julia Ratchford Kauffmann
Examining the Credibility of Story-Based Causal Methodologies, Megan E. Kauffmann
Monitoring of State Transitions in Extreme Environment Application Materials Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors, Sabuj Khadka
Banach Spaces on Topological Ramsey Structures, Cheng-Chih Ko
Examining the Impact of Discrimination, Shame, and Acculturation on Psychological Wellbeing of East Asian International Students, Shao-Jung Stella Ko
Antioxidant Biomarkers and Nutraceutical Therapeutics in Neurodegeneration and Neurotrauma, Lilia A. Koza
Economic Theology and the Death of God in the Context of the Crisis of Neoliberalism, Jared A. Lacy
Examining the Relational Space of Native Faculty Members in Higher Education, Stevie Lee
Outdoor Early Intervention Services: Current Practices and Future Directions, Tiffany Lee
Perceptions and Practices of Families with Economic Disadvantages Regarding Giftedness and Family Involvement, Jennifer Lemoine
Humanizing Computational Literature Analysis Through Art-Based Visualizations, Alexandria Leto
“This Rigid Curricular Way”: Evaluating Expectations in Collegiate Music Education, Sophie Ailsa Lewis
The Long Pré, Ella Longpre
“I, Too, Am an Occupied Territory”: Border Crossings and Personal Sovereignty in Three Novels by Dominican American Women, Leia M. Lynn
Investigating Spatiotemporal Kinetics, Dynamics, and Mechanism of Exosome Release, Anarkali Mahmood
Gifted Female Voices: Perceptions of Differentiation in Secondary and Higher Education, Ann Makikalli
Addressing Racial Disparities Through K-12 School-Based Culturally Relevant Interventions, Dina Malala
Environmental Gradients Impact Key Leaf Traits in Riparian Trees, Amanda Malone
Exploring the Potential for Therapeutic Art-Making in School Psychology Practice: A Single Case Study of a Training Experience, Alexandra G. Manion
Exploring Youth Relationships with Nature Using Qualitative GIS, Corey J. Martz
Soil Resilience and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: How Fungi Can Inform Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Maya Milpa Management, Courtney Mathers
Music Theory Pedagogy for the Violin: Cognitive Philosophy and Three Model Curricula, Morganne J. McIntyre
An Intersectional Perspective on the Role of Workplace Policy Among Employed Female Caregivers During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Jessica King McLaughlin
Planting Seeds of Change: Teaching for Social Justice in Elementary Classrooms, Brianna Mestas
"What Works for Whom" in Family Support Programs: Leveraging Administrative Data to Improve Precision Matching, Elly M. Miles
Organellar Zn2+ Homeostasis and the Role of TRPML Channels in Neuronal Lysosome Physiology and Axonal Transport, Taylor Franklin Minckley
Education Finance as a Social Determinant of Health in the United States, Sydney Mock
Exploring the Intersections of Stigma and Masculinity in the Illness Perceptions of Men Living with Fibromyalgia: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Christine L. Motzny
ESIPT-Enabled Alkyne Migration Provides Rapid Access to Benzoxazinones, Andrés G. Muñoz
Electron Spin Relaxation of Nitroxide Spin Labels and Relaxation Processes, Thacien Ngendahimana
Contact Simulation for Evaluating Patient Specific Surgical Guide Stability, Vincent Nierste
A Labor of Love: Extensive Exploitation of Contract Music Workers, Malia Odekirk
Understanding Critical Reflection as a Leadership Development Methodology, Matthew M. Orlowsky
Principals’ Perspectives of Trust and Vulnerability in Leadership: A Grounded Theory Study, Megan Ostedgaard
Inviting the Perspectives of Refugee Mental Health Interpreters: A Critical Narrative Analysis, Emme Y. Paik
Frequency Analysis of Trabecular Bone Structure, Daniel Parada San Martin
Digital Searching: A Grounded Theory Study on the Modern Search Experience, Nicolas Armando Parés
Equity Battles: Multicultural Leadership for English Language Learner Students, Alfredo Pargas
Making the Invisible Visible: Redefining Giftedness to Include ELL Students’ Community Cultural Wealth and Funds of Knowledge, Molly I. Pargas
Understanding and Supporting Asian American Youth’s Mental Health Within Cultural and Family Contexts, In Young Park
Educators’ Perspectives on the Practices and Implementation of Social Emotional Learning Programs, Monica Parra Ballon
Socioeconomic Factors and Mass Shootings, 1982-2016, Taylor Petkovich
Extracellular vesicles and lipid flippase regulators in C. elegans, Lauren Pitts
Structural and Hemodynamic Analysis of Transcatheter Aortic Valves, Dong Qiu
Where Virtual Well-Being Becomes Reality, Colleen M. Reilly
Exploring the Lives of Parents of Traditionally Marginalized Gifted Students, Lora Romero
Exploring the Relational Impact of Breast Cancer on Younger Women Partnered with Women, Kaitlin V. Ross
Exploring the Relationship Between Historical Redlining and Place-Based Reproductive Health Inequities: A Qualitative GIS Approach, Kristi L. Roybal
Measurements of Atmospheric Radicals, Heather L. Runberg
Repetition Repeated: Reconstructing a Lacanian Subjectivity Through Kierkegaardian Repetition, Thomas R. Ryan
Memorable Messages Received by Bereaved Parents: Using Attribution Theory to Understand Hurt and Compassion, April Samaras
The Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease; Investigating Therapeutic Interventions for Disease Onset, Alexandra A. Sandberg
A Water-Surface Self-Leveling Landing Platform for Small-Scale UAVs, Mbidi Santos
Regardless, ‘I’ and ‘You’: Lessons from Black Feminist Literature, Jasmine Veronica Sauceda
Care Infrastructure Accessibility and the Gender Wage Gap – A Way to Improve Women’s Ability to Equitably Engage in the Paid Labor Market?, Julia Schinnenburg
Spectral Evidence, Gretchen D. Schrafft
Pulmonary Valve Replacement, Mina Shafiei
The Field: A Contraepic, Sara Sheiner
Interrogating Whiteness in Graduate Education Culture: A Phenomenological Exploration of Southeast Asian American Graduate Student Experiences, Lesley Nina Sisaket
Application of an Organizational Evaluation Capacity Assessment in a Multinational NGO: A Case Study to Support Applied Practice, Ryan James Smyth
Directly Polymerizable CO Releasing Molecules, Jackson Snow