Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Rethinking Bibliotherapy: Portraits of Gifted Adult Readers, Jervaise M. Pileggi
You Have to Play to Win: Value Capture in Open Innovation, John T. Pritchard
Seeking Sisterhood: An Exploratory Qualitative Inquiry into the Sorority Rejection Experiences of Black Women, Jasmine Michelle Pulce
Teaching on the Möbius: Exploring the Inner and Outer Landscapes of Teacher Practice, Barth A. Quenzer
Enhancing Search Engine Results: A Comparative Study of Graph and Timeline Visualizations for Semantic and Temporal Relationship Discovery, Muhammad Shahiq Qureshi
Divergence: Toward a Neurodivergent Latinx Liberative Social Ethic, Rudolph P. Reyes II
Finite Element Modeling of Patient-Specific Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Ignacio Rivero Crespo
The Vigor of Creative Materialism: Making the Hidden Stories of Underrepresented Engineering Students Visible, Katherine A. Robert
“OMG, I Think You May Have Just Changed My Life”: Binge Eating Disorder Recovery in Instagram Comment Sections, Caitlin Roe
Fostering an Inclusive Learning Environment Through Course Development: A Program Evaluation, Rachel K. Rogers
Thermal, Magnetic, and Electrical Properties of Thin Films and Nanostructures: From Magnetic Insulators to Organic Thermoelectrics, Michael J. M. Roos
Fully Coupled Fluid Structure Interaction Simulation of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves: A Numerical and Experimental Analysis, Masod Sadipour
Seeing the Unseen: Bridging Realities of Experience Through Dependent Origination, Shubham Sapkota
Famines, Poverty and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries, Monishankar Sarkar
A New Era of Distilling: How Dynamic Capabilities Drive Transformation in the Distilling Industry, Sean M. Scally Sr.
It’s Not What You (Don’t) Eat, It’s What Eats You: Countering the U.S. Eating Disorder Master Narrative, Kelsea V. Schoenbauer
Interactions in the Mind: Examining Metacognition's Role in Entrepreneurial Performance, John Sebesta
Historical Realism and Stoic Heroes in the Work of John Williams, Cameron Sepede
Patient Movement Monitoring Based on IMU and Deep Learning, Mohsen Sharifi Renani
Design, Determination, and Evaluation of Gender-Based Bias Mitigation Techniques for Music Recommender Systems, Sunny Shrestha
Consensus-Based Active and Reactive Power Control and Management of Microgrids, Shruti Singh
Anxiety as a Compensatory Factor for Executive Functioning Abilities and Later ADHD Symptoms in Youth with ADHD, Rebecca Slomowitz
School District Demographic Change Through the Lens of High School Students: A Phenomenological Case Study, Isaac S. Solano
An Existential Punchline: How Humor Functions in a Young Adult Friendship Facing Advanced Cancer, Megan E. Solberg
A Qualitative Inquiry of Research Administrator Perceptions of Job Satisfaction in a Central Research Administration Unit at the University of Denver, Noelle L. Strom
Designing Secure Mental Healthcare Chatbots for Older Adults, Aishwarya Surani
The Impact of Foreign Aid on Internal Stability: A Case Study of Costa Rica and Venezuela, Sierra P. Tanner
Material Culture in the Mediterranean: An Exploration and Examination of Anti-Judaic and Antisemitic Spanish Medieval Cultural History, Madison Elizabeth Tarleton
Bolting the Landscape: An Ethnography of Yosemite as a Significant Climbing Destination, Vanessa Taylor
Measuring Moral Injury Amongst Healthcare Social Workers: A Mixed Methods Scale Development Study, Pari Shah Thibodeau
Examination of Formal Instructional Design Processes at Traditional Institutions of Higher Education in the United States Post-Pandemic Onset, Heather L. D. Tobin
Viceroy, Alex Toy
Exploring the Intersectional Higher Education Experiences of Latinx Students, Miguel A. Trujillo
A Phenomenological Study of Women Principals Who Resigned During the Pandemic, Jessica A. Urbaniak
Terrain Cost Learning from Human Preferences for Robot Path Planning Using a Visual User Interface, Kaivalya Velagapudi
Black Quarterback, White Masks: A Critical Analysis of the NFL Anthem Protests, Cody Walizer
Older Women’s Stories of COVID-19 Loss: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making Through Photography, Anne Walker
Sorry Not Sorry: Microaggression Perpetrator Learning Readiness Factors, Kathryn Elaine Kelly Watson
Neural and Behavioral Evolution in an Eavesdropper with a Rapidly Evolving Host, Aaron W. Wikle
The Modernization of Large Power Transformer Tanks, Babajide O. Williams
Tactical Allocation Through the Lens of Correlational Time-Variance, Determinants, and Regimes, T.H. Williams
The Evolution of Global Competition: The Creation of a Soft Power Escalatory Dilemma, Hunter M. Willis
Dinitroxides in Rapid Scan Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging, Lukas B. Woodcock
Deep Learning for Power Flow Estimation and High Impedance Fault Detection, Kun Yang
Novel Approach for Non-Invasive Prediction of Body Shape and Habitus, Emma Young
Exploring Collective Impact: A Developmental Program Evaluation of a College Access Program, Diana C. Zakhem
Controllable Language Generation Using Deep Learning, Rohola Zandie
Uncovering Zn2+ and Ca2+ Homeostasis and Crosstalk in Primary Hippocampal Neurons, Chen Zhang
Molecular Dynamics Study of Characterization in Metal-Free Friction Materials, Yizhan Zhang
Unilinear Residuated Lattices, Xiao Zhuang
Surety, Anna Zumbahlen
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Examination of Social Support Received After Traumatic Experiences, Emily Abellon
Inhibitors of Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation, Jemil Ahmed
Model-Based Testing of Smart Home Systems Using EFSM, CEFSM, and FSMApp, Afnan Mohammed Albahli
A Comparison of Logistic, RIDGE, and LASSO Regression with Heart Failure Risk Data: Effects of Sample Size, Predictor Correlation, and Predictor Weight on Outcome Accuracy, Mahmoud M. AlJuhani
Using the Fraction of Missing Information (FMI) in Selecting Auxiliary Variables to Impute Missingness in Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Dareen Taha Alzahrani
Tech-Savvy School Principals Leveraging Crisis Leadership to Support Teaching and Learning in Their Schools Through COVID-19 Pandemic, Mohsen Alzahrani
Historical Portrait of Ann Fabe Isaacs: Founder of the National Association for Gifted Children, Anna Armitage
Emotion Dysregulation and Intimate Partner Aggression During Pregnancy: Leveraging Both Partners’ Experiences with Dyadic Data, Victoria M. Atzl
On Loop Commutators, Quaternionic Automorphic Loops, and Related Topics, Mariah Kathleen Barnes
Responses of Arthropods to Fire and How Pollinators and Pollination Services Are Affected by Fire Severity, Blyssalyn V. Bieber
The Dual Role of a Teacher and Teacher Leader: An Auto-Educational Criticism Examination, Joseph Bolz
Crafting Up a Narrative: An Ethnographic Study of Fair Trade Marketing Practices and the Representation of Female Handicraft Producers, Jessica Bradley
Design of Human Inspired Feet for Mithra, a High-Performance Humanoid Robot, Spencer Lyle Brewster
US Financial Expansions and Exchange Rate Determination, Matthew Brill
Topics in Moufang Loops, Riley Britten
“Damned if Ya Do, Damned if Ya Don’t”: A Critical Narrative Inquiry Exploring the Gendered Racism Experienced by Black Women Housing Professionals in Higher Education, Shaniquè Jazmine Broom
Lipophilic Probes for Cellular Ethylene Detection, Morgan R. Brown
Morphological Variation and Community Science in Orthoptera, Amy Byerly
Mia San Mia: Professional Club Soccer, Religion, and Social Ethics, Rebecca A. Chabot
Experiences of Chinese American Psychology Trainees in Multicultural Education, Helen Weng-Ian Chao
The Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury and Homelessness, Stephanie A. Chassman
An Investigation into the Plate Fixation for Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures, Xiang Chen
Faculty Facilitation of Help-Seeking on Campus: A Phenomenological Study, Lillian V. Clark
Puerto Ricans and Asthma: Looking Through the Lens of Historical Trauma, Lisa Colón
A Shift in Perspective: Temptress Witch to Realistic Woman, Caroline Conroy
Exitosas on Their Own Terms: Centering Latina Testimonios to Understand Latina Undergraduates’ Student Success Beliefs, Lauren R. Contreras
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