Theses/Dissertations from 2018
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
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
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
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
Integrating Forgiveness Therapy and the Treatment of Anger: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Michael Schaefer Ballard
Competition and Community Interactions of Two Generalist Herbivores, Elizabeth Ellen Barnes
A Mixed Methods Examination of Pregnancy Attitudes and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Homeless Youth: The Role of Social Network Norms and Social Support, Stephanie J. Begun
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Adult ESL Classrooms: A Case Study of a University Intensive English Program, Arongna Borjigin
Looking Through a Trauma Lens: A Caregiver's Perspective of Child Welfare Involvement, Erin Ruth Boyce
On Barrier Graphs of Sensor Networks, Kirk Anthony Boyer
The Potential of Green Care Interventions to Promote Positive Youth Development with a One Health Lens, Hagit Brandes
Risk Optimized Microgrid Resource Management, Thomas William Cashel III
En Boca Cerrada No Entran Moscas. Flies Don't Enter Closed Mouths: A Grounded Theory Study of Latinas' Testimonios of Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure, Nivea Castaneda
Thermomechanical Stability of Automotive Clutches and Brakes, Zhuo Chen
Variable Oxidation & Defects in Ti-6Al-4V Material in Electron Beam Melting Additive Manufacturing, Edward Patton Clark
Data-Centric Situational Awareness and Management in Intelligent Power Systems, Xiaoxiao Dai
Margarita as Supernatural Woman: Bulgakov's Subversion of the Superfluous Man in The Master and Margarita, Jana Marie Domanico
Uncertainty, Interference, and Communication in Bereaved Parent-Child Relationships, Veronica Anne Droser
Consumers' Perceptions of Voluntary and Involuntary Deconsumption: An Exploratory Sequential Scale Development Study, Kranti K. Dugar
A Collective Case Study: Student Voice and the Implications for Partnership, Activism and Leadership, Brian Eric Duwe
Becoming Human Through the Communalization of Trauma and Healing: Experiences of Support Among Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda, Jordan Childress Farrar
Beyond the Legalization of Marijuana: Economics of Marijuana as a Drug and Herbal Supplement, Ryan T. Freer
Optimized Trajectory Generation for Car-Like Robots on a Closed Loop Track, Tyler Friedl
"The Sudden Thrill of That Change": Framing George Eliot's Social Vision, Cyrus Seaberry Frost
The Effects of Microaggressions on Probationers' Psychological Well-Being, Whitney Fujii-Doe
Segmental Movement Compensations in Patients with Transtibial Amputation Identified Using Angular Momentum Separation, Brecca M. M. Gaffney
Banach Spaces from Barriers in High Dimensional Ellentuck Spaces, Gabriel Girón-Garnica
Access to and Success Within High Ability Tracks in Title I Schools: The International Baccalaureate, Melissa Gordon
Quantification of Airborne Fungal Spores Comparing Molecular Tracers via Ion Chromatography and UV-LIF Methods, Marie Ila Gosselin
Engaging the Brave and the Bold: Exploring the Discourses of Disability Through Life Stories, Brian L. Grewe Jr.
The Effects of a Goal-Setting Intervention on Delinquent Adolescent Group Treatment Outcomes, Paul D. Grimsley
Biased Attentional Processing for Negative Emotion and Youth Internalizing Psychopathology: The Role of Attentional Control Deficits, Lauren Darlene Gulley
Doing Good in Guatemala: Perceptions of Voluntourism in San Juan Comalapa, Samantha Grace Hagan
"Maybe Jesus Was Suicidal Too": A Qualitative Inquiry into Religion and Spirituality in Suicide Attempts, Elizabeth Ryan Hall
Aztec Human Sacrifice as Entertainment? The Physio-Psycho-Social Rewards of Aztec Sacrificial Celebrations, Linda Jane Hansen
Bible as Interface, Michael Paul Hemenway
The Dynamics of Community Museums and Their Communities: Museo de las Americas' Spanish Happy Hour Fostering Social Inclusion for the Latino and Denver Metro Area Communities, Maritza Hernandez-Bravo
An Integrated Archaeological Investigation of Colonial Interactions at a Seventeenth-Century New England Site, Maeve E. Herrick
Six Degrees of Freedom: Kinematics of the Healthy Ankle Syndesmosis Joint, Veronica A. Hogg-Cornejo
The Negotiation of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Identification in American Heathenry, Thad Nathan Horrell
Meta-Analyses of the Relationship Between Depression and Nine Dimensions of Perfectionism, Gabriel Lynn Hottinger
Protest Beyond Representation: The Vitalism of Digital Protest Art's Political Aesthetics, Kate Drazner Hoyt
Employment Discrimination of Chinese Unmarried Women, Jifan Huang
The Spaces Between Us: A Queer<=>Intersectional Analysis of the Narratives of Black Gay International Students, Bryan S. Hubain
Governmentality/Animacy/Mythology: A Biopolitical and Rhetorical Mosaic of HIV Stigma in a Time of PrEP-aration, Brendan Geoffrey Aaron Hughes
Time-Dependent Spectropolarimetric Modeling of Interacting Core Collapse Supernovae, Leah N. Huk
Family Processes Among Early Head Start Families: Testing the Role of Parental Self-Efficacy in the Family Stress Model, Eliana Hurwich-Reiss
Preclinical Assessment of Immunocal® as a Preventative Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in a Mouse Model of Closed Head Injury, Elizabeth Eugenia Ignowski
Characterization of the ATCC α-TC1-6 Pancreatic Alpha Cell Line to Study Glucagon Secretion, Larissa M. Ikenouye
"Revolution in Religious Language": The Relevance of Julia Kristeva's Theory of 'Signifiance' for Theology, Timothy O. Inman
The Responsible Project, Shannon N. Jackson
An Analysis of the Construction of Parent Identity in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study, Daniel William Johnson
Shapeshifting and Sexuality: A Critical Autoethnography of a Selkie, Sophie Jones
Why Does the Caged Bird Sing? A Phenomenological Analysis of the African American Clergywoman and Her Plight in Black Churches: An Ethical Dilemma, Andriette Dionne Jordan-Fields
Resilience and Struggle: Exploring the Experiences of Undocumented College Students Through Chicana Feminist Theory and Dialogical Performance, Sergio Fernando Juarez
Catholic Girls All Grown Up: A Practical Theological Exploration of Sexuality Formation in Young Adult Women, Emily Susanne Kahm
Development of the Ableist Microaggression Scale and Assessing the Relationship of Ableist Microaggressions with the Mental Health of Disabled Adults, Shanna Katz Kattari
Pre-College Sources of Influence for Traditionally Underrepresented Students Attending College: A Social Network Analysis Approach, Rebekah Kester
Mechanistic Insights into the Radical S-Adenosyl L-Methionine Enzyme MFTC, Bulat Khaliullin
Identifying French Compositional Styles: Subtlety Through Familiarity, Brandon Kinsey
Warm Connections: An Integrated Behavioral Health Intervention Development Study, Susanne Klawetter
Securing Whose Peace? The Effects of Peace-Agreement Provisions on Physical Integrity Rights After Civil War, Melvin R. Korsmo
Abstraction Hierarchies for Multi-Agent Pathfinding, Aaron R. Kraft
Shhhuicide Stories: A Crip Critical Analysis of Attempt Survivors' Narrations of Suicidality, Emily Krebs
Principal Perceptions as Literacy Leaders at High-Need Elementary Schools, Janet Marie Lear
Sequential Growth of Molecular Complexity via Alternating Ground State and Photochemical Reactions, Haibo Li
The Relationship Between Orientation to the U.S. Culture and Affect Among Chinese International Students, Jiquan Lin
Working the Front Lines of Intimate Partner Violence: Responders' Perceptions of Interrole Collaboration, Lisa N. Magruder