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Part of University Archives: This series has been selected for inclusion in the VCU University Archives for its enduring administrative, fiscal, legal, or historical value.Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Infinite Finite: A View on Human Progression Through Emergent Generative Systems, Fatima Abbas
Subgingival Microbiomes of Healthy and Periodontitis Subjects, Tareq Abdulrasoul
Multiphysics Modeling of Material Response to High-Intensity X-ray and Laser Pulses: Heating, Ablation, and Plasma Expansion, Youssef Abouhussien
Beneath the Roots: Becoming native through mangrove teachings and wisdom, Shima Aeinehdar
Sunlight, Veiled, Sina Ahmadkhani
The Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline: A Multi-Level Theoretical Framework Exploring the Intersection of Inequality, Trauma, and Exclusionary Discipline, Dana Ainsworth
Cluster Modified Nanopore for Protein Post-Translational Modification Detection, Mohammed Hussain Almahyawi
The Impact of Media Specialists' Credibility on Interaction and Trust of the Saudi Public: A Study on Saudi Users of the đť•Ź Platform, Maha A. Alshareef
Vessels of Spirituality: Merging Faith and Form, Maryam Al-Tajer
The Diseased Extracellular Matrix in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Modeling, Leigh-Ann M. Antczak
Targeting Epigenetic Regulators as a Novel Means to Prevent Triple Negative Breast Cancer Recurrence, Christiana O. Appiah
DICKKOPF1(DKK1): A NOVEL ENDOGENOUS LIGAND TO PRIME NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME VIA TLR4, Theingi Aung
Wiring Attachment, Alexander K. Bacon
Comparative Evaluation of Three Endodontic Rotary File Systems in S-shaped Root Canals: An In-depth Analysis, Mudher Bahar
Assessment of Drivers of Light Attenuation in Virginia Reservoirs, Jackson Barnett
Witnessing Intellectual Humility: How a Peer’s Humble Introduction Affects Feedback Receptivity and Social Perception, Stephanie A. Barrientos
Dosimetric Validation of an Electron Monte Carlo (eMC) Algorithm for Small Cutouts and Extended SSD’s: Assessing eMC in Small Field Dosimetry, Anil Basavaaraju
You go, I will wait, Rasim Bayramov
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTRANASAL COMBINATION ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROAIDS: AN IN VITRO STUDY, Arya A Bazargani
Civic Conservation Workshop: a User Manual for Creating a Makerspace Dedicated to Historic Preservation, Building Repair, and Civic Engagement, Madeleine Bean
A Retrospective Study on the Histological Diagnosis and Distribution of Periapical Lesions from Biopsied Specimens, Shivali Bhatt
DEVELOPMENT OF TWO NOVEL CHIMERIC ANTIGEN LYME DIAGNOSTICS AND ASSESSMENT OF TEMPORAL ANTIBODY RESPONSE IN RHESUS MACAQUE MONKEYS INFECTED WITH Borreliella burgdorferi, John S. Billingsley IV
A Mixed Methods Study: High School Teachers’ Perspectives on Incorporating Mindful Artmaking in Their Classroom as a Mental Health Resource, Sherry A. Bosarge
Exploring Prenatal Cannabis Use Among Young Pregnant Bisexual Individuals: A Mixed Methods Study, Nicole Boss
Maternal Postpartum Depression and Affect Incongruence: Exploring Early Developmental Pathways to Emotion Dysregulation, Laura E. Boylan
The General Movement Optimality Score-Revised (GMOS-R): An Early Biomarker for Developmental Delays, Shaaron E. Brown
The Page and the Stage: How Comics Perform, Elizabeth Buccella
HAFNIUM OXIDE-BASED NANOHETEROSTRUCTURES FOR CATALYTIC RADIOSENSITIZATION AND ENHANCED X-RAY RADIOTHERAPY, Marlen Dariela Calix Quezada
Beyond the Bulk: Cell-type Specific Resolution of Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Disease Signatures, Thomas Campbell
Acute Effects Of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Liquid Nicotine Form and Sweetener Among People Who Use Inhaled Tobacco Products, Mary A. Carrico
Developing Bioinformatics Expertise Through the Annotation of the Gut Microbiome of Odontotaenius disjunctus, Keidra E. Carter
Brute Gamification, Catherine Chen
Queering the Fashion Design Curriculum: Reflections As an Educator and Student, Jonathan A. Clarke
GUARDIANS OF THEIR OWN: ROUTINE ACTIVITIES, RISK PERCEPTIONS, & SELF-PROTECTION AMONG POLICE OFFICERS IN THE LINE OF DUTY, Amy Clifton-Mills
Nutritional Status of Women with Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Descriptive Study, Rachel Cloutier
Assessing the Impact of New Medical Learners on Healthcare Processes and Outcomes: A Study of U.S. Hospitals, Matthew Conrad
Immersive Medical Practice and Clinical Training: Virtual and Mixed Reality in Pharmacy and Orthopedic Surgery, Silas Semprini de Toledo Contaifer
Molecular mechanisms of kynurenine-mediated lifespan regulation in yeast, Ryan E. Counterman Jobb
Examination of Caregiver Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice (KAP) Concerning Consumption of Omega-3 in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease, Brittany S. Crawford
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LIMITING ORAL INTAKE OF THIN LIQUIDS AFTER ACUTE STROKE, Megan Crawford
Investigating Mitochondrial Stress Response Mechanisms in Aging, Aileigh E. Daniel
A Multimethod Approach to Examining Racial Coping Socialization among Black Adolescents, Rachel J. Davis
Establishing a Conventional LINAC-Based Electron FLASH Beam, Justin DeFrancisco
Climate change-induced shifts in Mediterranean fungal fruiting phenology and productivity, Rachel DeMay
Health Equity in Times of Crisis: The impact of economic and public health shocks on access to care among women in Zimbabwe and the United States, Vimbainashe Dihwa
How to Touch Your Bile, Aleckxi Dorhofer
A Parting Repast, Debra D. Dowden-Crockett
Amplifying Student Voices: A Case Study on The Writing Workshop in a 10th Grade English Classroom, Erin S. Drulis
Improving telehealth education and training: A needs assessment of healthcare providers and trainees, Conor Duffy
Love Letter, Amy S. Duval Ms
Crafting Futures: Balancing Tradition and Technology in Craft Practices, Saga Elkabbash
A Mixed Methods Study of Health Care Transition Readiness in Parents of Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancers, Jennifer L. Ellison
THE EFFECT OF SPERM-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN-17 GENE (SPAG17) ON FUNCTION AND SIGNALING IN THE CERVIX, Valerie T. Ericsson
Evaluating the cardioprotective and synergistic anti-tumor effects of the novel first-in-class small molecule AMPK activator NM922, Carter K. Fairchild Jr
Enhancing Clinical Trial Matching in Molecular Diagnostics: Using Natural Language Processing and Clustering Approaches in Hematological Malignancies, Gillian Fanning
Building a Culture of Preparedness: Using Community Emergency Response Teams to Promote Preparedness Behavior, Joseph Faulk
Targeting Interactions Between Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Tumor Cells to Enhance Chemotherapy Response in Murine Models of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Matthew E. Fernandez
PERCEPTIONS OF MODERATE SEDATION SUCCESS IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION, Nicole Fischer Cosio
Patient satisfaction and compliance with clear aligner therapy during treatment, Luke Fischer
Substrate preference and foraging behavior of two declining warblers in Appalachian shrublands, Samantha Fishman
Lucky Vessel: Poems and An Excerpt from In Every Possible Universe, Dina R. Folgia
Feeling Foreign / Foreign Feeling: Affect in Southeast Asian Diasporic Short Story Collections, Francys Aerin Fortes
False Face: The Musical! and Contact, Joshua Galarza
Mechanisms of Chemoresistance: The Role of Fatty Acyl-CoA Chain Length, GBA, and Multidrug Transporters, Karyme Garcia Lopez
Reply STOP to Stop, Molly A. M. Garrett
I Love Getting Mad at the Internet, Tariye George-Phillips
Mechanisms of Ethanol Anxiolysis: Role of Ninein Deletion and Splicing on Ethanol and Anxiety-related Behaviors, Emma R. Gnatowski
Radical hope amid generational oppression and Puerto Rican well-being, Natalia Gomez Giuliani
IN PRAISE OF DUST, Hasler Gomez-Perez
The Accuracy of Tooth Movement with Artificial Intelligence-Based Clear Aligners, Christina B. Gordon
Strange World, Brooklin Grantz
The Paradox of Value, David Enrique Guarnizo
Mementos, Zixuan Guo
Preferred Habitat for Coastal Shrub Establishment Across a Barrier Island Landscape, Kaitlyn B. Harless
The Influence of Gender Identity and Healthcare Delivery Experience on HIV Screening, Delton Harris
Social anxiety: What role do orthodontists and pediatric dentists play in this nation-wide epidemic?, Kurtis Hauck
Self-Threat and the Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic, Mattie V. Hedgebeth
Multitask Learning for Named Entity Recognition and Relationship Extraction, Adrienne D. Hembrick
Wondering and Wandering, Madeleine Herisson-Leplae
Motor behaviors using continuous temporally guided active and passive vibrotactile prompts, Matthew E. Holman
Exploring the STEM Career Identity Development of Black Women Across Their Lifespan, Veronica Hurd
Lived Experiences of School Counselors’ Facilitation of Small Group Counseling in Public High Schools, Joshua D. Hurley
Investigating the Temperature Effects on Aedes Aegypti and Dengue Virus in Central Argentina: Perspectives from Mathematical Modeling, Morgan H. Jackson
James_Emily_MFA, Emily James
The Fantasyscape Quotidian: On Life in Other Worlds, Rian C. Johnson
A Retrospective Study of the Accuracy of Implant Placement comparing Partial and Fully Guided Surgery in an Academic Setting, Whitney L. Johnson
Learning from non-stationary data streams, Gabriel Jonas Aguiar
Strength Imbalances and Shoulder Pain in Manual Wheelchair Users Stratified by Age of Spinal Cord Injury/Disorder (SCI/D) Onset, Ashlyn M. Jones
The Rhetorics of Tradwives: Subversion and Disruption in Online Spaces, Marissa Jones
Characterization of the Sphingolipidome in Model Organisms and Its Relevance to Neuronal Health Using Mass Spectrometry, Taylor S. Jones