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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 2026
In-Between Echoes, Jiayi Liang
DIMENSION REDUCTION INVOLVING EXOGENOUS VARIABLES WITH APPLICATIONS IN MANUFACTURING AND HEALTHCARE, Linxi Li
Adaptive Framework for Integrating Regulatory Pathways and Cellular Signaling in Single Cell Biology, Musaddiq K. Lodi
TMS PHANTOMS FOR INVESTIGATING MULTIMODAL NEUROMODULATION PROCEDURES, Wesley H. Lohr
Development and Characterization of Phenyl-based Stationary Phase Gradients on Liquid Chromatographic Media, Md. A. Macktuf Mr.
Substance Use Behaviors and Treatment Engagement in Individuals with Severe Psychopathology With and Without Comorbid Obesity, Rachel M. Madera-Arnold
Preclinical evaluation of muscarinic ligands as candidate pharmacotherapies for cocaine use disorder, Samuel A. Marsh
Gravity’s Bitches: Animation, Objecthood, and the Technological Gaze, Frances A. Mckenzie
DODGEBALLS AND DRAGONS: GAMIFIED LIVE THEATRE IN THE SERVICE OF COMMUNITY BETTERMENT, Teddy McPherson
Policy influence on the role and strategies of school counselors supporting LGBTQIA+ students, Morgan E. Meadowes
Rat King, Charles D. Meyer
Musings of a Dyke: Reimagining a Lesbian Past to Support a Lesbian Future, Tori Mitchell
Characterization of MicroRNA Expression in Neuron-Enriched Extracellular Vesicles During Early Life, Allison Molen
Gathering Instinct, Maureen C. Morris
Examining Mental Healthcare Underutilization Among Latino Immigrants: Healthcare Providers’ and Community Health Workers' Perspectives, Geovani Muñoz
CB1 Allosteric Modulation: Preclinical Insights into Therapeutic Potential and Misuse Liability, Mohammed A. Mustafa
IMPACT OF VIRGINIA MEDICAID ADULT COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL BENEFIT ON DENTAL CARE UTILIZATION AND PROVIDER PARTICIPATION, Shillpa Naavaal
LC-MS/MS METHODS TO INVESTIGATE THE HUMAN PLATELET GLYCOPROTEOME, Nidhi Naik
Centering Individual Well-Being in Learning Environments: Academic Stress, Psychological Safety, and Digital Discourse, Rachel Niemira Namboodri
Gardnerella Species and Copper: Contraceptive Effects, Growth Kinetics, and Genomic Copper Gene Distribution, Heather Natterer
In Search of the Soul of Creativity: Authorship, Agency, and Meaning in Refractive Collaboration with Generative AI, Fatima Nazir
there is a puddle in stonehenge, Nathaniel Newcomb
Sleep Health and Cognitive Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Exploring When, For Whom, and How Sleep and Cognition are Connected, Spencer Nielson
The Shape Of Grief: A Story In Many Ways, Gabrielle L. Nigmond
Re-Sense, Nneoma Njoku
Staging Violence with Intentionality, Toby O'Brien
Examining Youth Ethnic Identity and Parental Familismo as Protective Factors Against Bicultural Stress and Internalizing Symptoms in Latino Youth, Daniella Olivares
Will You Let Me In?, Irene Piazza
THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK FOR STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS: EXAMINING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS IN PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS, Gabrielle S. Pickover
Maintaining Legitimacy While Managing Competition: Do Transplant Survival Ratings Affect Kidney Transplant Waitlisting?, Andrew Placona
Sap flux variance with climate-linked stressors in Morella cerifera., Katherine O. Pline
EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA-INFORMED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION ON POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH FOLLOWING INTERPERSONAL TRAUMA: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL, Margaret Poandl
Plumbed 3-Manifolds and Neumann Moves, Noah J. Pope
BURNOUT AMONG PEDIATRIC DENTAL RESIDENTS AND RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTORS, Nadia Razani
The Weight, Hammet Reavis
The Relationship between Symptom Catastrophizing and Sociocultural Factors among Adults with Persistent Sympathetic Activation Syndromes, Whitney M. Redemer
Dose Control System for an Electron FLASH Linac and Proposal for Automated Degradation Compensation of Scintillation Detectors, Matthew L. Richeson
Puritan: Essays and Firetrap: A Novella, Reed Jamison Rickards
Alternate Routes: Characterizing novel contributions of proteins to non-canonical vesicle trafficking pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Daniel J. Rioux
Psychometric Evaluation of the Treatment Integrity Instrument for Elementary School Classrooms - Observer Report: Preliminary Evidence for Construct and Discriminative Validity, Cristian J. Rivera Nales
Authenticity in Flux: The Pamunkey Players and Indigenous Representation in Entertainment, Jada S. Ross
TEHEMET (OUR) ANCESTRAL APERTURE, Luz D. Salama-Tobar
Comorbid Psychosis in the General Population, Mariam Sankoh
Reduced SPAG17 Expression Implicates Dysfunctional Primary Cilia in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis, Paulene Sapao
Follow the Cyclists: Everyday Navigation of Richmond's Bike Infrastructure, Emily E. Schreer
Hard Magic, Matthew Schroeder
A NOVEL BRANCHING SCENARIO FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING PERIODONTAL DIAGNOSIS, Joanna M. Scott
Improving Cancer Surveillance: Diversifying Cancer Registries to Include the Southwest Asian and North African SWANA Community, Guleer Shahab
Held Together Across Borders: Transnational Families and the Quiet Work of Survival, Reem Shawkat
The Effect of Extending Full Practice Authority to Nurse Practitioners on Access to Care among Medicare Beneficiaries, Yanyan Shen
Empirical Sample Size Determination for Machine Learning Algorithms in Biomedical Research, Scott Silvey
The Authority of My Experience, Miri Sluis
Internalizing Symptoms in LGBTQ+ Young Adults: Understanding the Roles of Social Support and Resilience to Social Stigma, Chloe M. Sobolewski
Early Life Stress and Cognitive Impairment in Women with HIV: A Mitochondrial Perspective, Hannah Stadtler
Characterization of growth, motility and c-di-GMP in Selenomonas sputigena ATCC 35185, Margaret E J Stiker
An In-Depth Examination of Psychological Distress in African American and White Breast Cancer Survivors, Fariha Tariq
Childhood Adversity and Psychopathology in Emerging Adulthood: Exploring the Role of Threat Appraisals, Elizabeth Taylor
Exploring, Understanding, and Supporting Academic Help-Seeking In Context, Molly L. Taylor
Potential Impact of Chronic Adolescent Stress on the Clinical Onset and Exacerbation of an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis, Akhila Thirumala
The Effects of Overwash on Barrier Island Evolution and Building a Barrier Island Measure of Resistance, Beth Thomas
Development and Applications of Glycosaminoglycan Microarray Technology, Ally L. Thompson
Machine Learning-based Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Climate Dynamics and Desertification in the Sahara–Sahel Region, Stephen M. Tivenan
What to The Mind is The Ceiling is to The Body The Floor, alexis torres marroquín
Walking and Wondering, Helen T. Tran
The Quest for Genuine Experience and Scholarly Rigor: An Exploration of Pedagogical Methods and Supplementary Materials Used to Teach Shakespeare in Secondary English, Kaylee G. Traylor
The Union Staff Paradox: How and Why Some Unions Exploit Their Organizers, Erin C. Tucker
Technology development for exploration of glutathione peroxidase 4 and other protein-membrane interactions, Sara Walters-Obenrader
A Framework for Digital Energy Modulation and Translation in Projectional X-ray Imaging, Richard R. Wargo
Detailing the Genetic and Environmental Factors Shared Between Major Depressive Disorder and Its Comorbidity with Alcohol Use Disorder, Jonathan L. Wells
Synthesis of Aluminum and Copper Nanomaterials by Reactive Laser Ablation in Liquid (RLAL), Chamari Weththasingha
What’s Sleep Got to Do with It? A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Initial Outcomes of Group CBT for Insomnia in Parkinson’s Disease, Claire M. Williams
Entropic Communion, Lorna Williams
Pingbongbilladingdong: Abjection and Comedy in Art, Leroy A. Winter
Electrochemical Probing of Viscoelastic Protein Systems and Biomolecular Coacervates, Lei Wu
Towards Sample-Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning, Guang Yang
TIMING AND STABILITY OF UAV OPERATIONS IN SMART CITY ENVIRONMENTS: EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN IMPLICATIONS, Rabia Ipek Yasar
A Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning-Based Framework for Smart Cities Management, Mostafa Zaman
To put it simply, men are like kites., Yangyang Zhang
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
Assessing Trunk Compliance Index during expected and unexpected trunk perturbations in participants with and without non-specific low back pain, Seyedeh Forough Abtahinezhadmoghadam
EXPLORING VIRTUAL REALITY IN PREOPERATIVE CLINICAL CARE: IMPACTS ON PATIENT ANXIETY, PARENTAL ANXIETY, AND NURSE SATISFACTION, Walaa S. Abu Rukbah
Beneath the Roots: Becoming native through mangrove teachings and wisdom, Shima Aeinehdar
Sunlight, Veiled, Sina Ahmadkhani
Sleep extension to improve sleep efficiency and quality of life in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the SLEEPHF pilot study, Syed Imran Ahmed
The Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline: A Multi-Level Theoretical Framework Exploring the Intersection of Inequality, Trauma, and Exclusionary Discipline, Dana Ainsworth
Trauma-Informed Beliefs and Our Child Welfare System, Gabriela Ana Aisenberg
Expanding the Performance and Functionality of Air-Jet Dry Powder Inhalers Across Multiple Applications, Ghali H. Aladwani
A Case Study on National Branding via X: The Role of Government Public Relation Accounts in Shaping Saudi Youth Attitudes Towards Saudi Vision 2030, Saad S. Albaqami
Lung Disposition and Efficacy of Small Molecule and mRNA-based Macrophage-targeting Nanoformulations in Models of Osteosarcoma Lung Metastases, Raneem R. Aldaqqa
QA Optimization of 0.35T MR-Linac, Mateb Alghamwa
Cluster Modified Nanopore for Protein Post-Translational Modification Detection, Mohammed Hussain Almahyawi
MACHINE LEARNING MODELS LEVERAGING PATIENT-SIMILARITY AND CLINICAL TEMPORALITY FOR DISEASE PROGNOSES, Ahmad F. Al Musawi