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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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Buried In Pixels, Aya Khalife

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Effectiveness of zirconia-based primary anterior crowns with and without retention grooves: a randomized controlled trial, Alpna Khatri

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Investigating Neuroepigenetic Mechanisms of Behavior, Richard K. Kim

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PROBLEM GAMBLING HELPLINE USE AND HELP-SEEKING, Ari Laoch

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Black Art Educators in a Predominantly white Field: Their Struggles and Love for the Profession, Naila Latham

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Associations between Community Violence Exposure and Internalizing Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Racial Identity, Kimberly S. Lazarus

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watchpeopledie.tv, Noah LeBien

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Housing quality for whom? Housing quality as a form of housing insecurity and housing inequality for Black women renters, Jenee Lee

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Wander, Wonder: beyond the window, Se Young Lee

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A Higher Education Response to Exploitation on Campus, Stacie Lefeavers

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Understanding the Experiences of People of Color who Engage in Psychedelic Use, Amber B. Livingston

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Post Opera, Suzy Lykins

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Using A Dimension Reduction Approach to Parse Heterogeneity in Dietary Restriction, Amanda Makara

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¡Bip Bip!, Diego Pablo Málaga Beckhart

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Visual Communication Within Animal Advocacy: Sentience, Self-Persuasion, Semiotics, Andrew Massa

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Learning and Identity in Cross Functional Teams: A Communities of Practice Perspective, Penelope K. McFarline

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Sink Into Serenity: Exploring the Healing Properties of Bathing Culture, Kristopher P. McKeever

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Existing in the Context: A Conjunctural Analysis of Kamala Harris Memes, Amaya McNeal

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THE EFFECT OF OPIOID USE AND TREATMENTS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER ON NEUROCOGNITIVE AND NEUROINFLAMMATORY OUTCOMES IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV, Emily A. Miller

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Knowledge and Practice of Pediatric Dentists Regarding the Management of Oral Piercings in Adolescents, Siuneh Minassian

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Characteristics of Permanent Teeth Undergoing Surgical Endodontic Evaluation: A Retrospective Study, Yasamin Mojarad

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INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE-β (DAGLβ) IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN MICE, Lauren V. Moncayo

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TEACHING UNDER POLITICAL INFLUENCE: A MULTIPLE CASE-STUDY EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF CURRICULAR RESTRICTION POLICY ON COMMUNITY-CONNECTED INSTRUCTION (CCI) IN FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (FSCS), Isaiah Moore

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Examining multiple stakeholder perspectives on the acceptability of pain-mitigation as a tool to manage needle fear, Sarah C M Morton

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Psychometric Evaluation: Extending the Reliability and Validity of the Teacher Attribution Measure for Early Elementary (TAM-EE), Kerensa R. Nagle

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Into Thick Air: Adapting Cultural Practices Into Solutions For Modern Wicked Problems, Syed Muhammad Erzum Naqvi

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Clinical Outcomes of Primary Anterior Esthetic Crowns in Pediatric Dentistry: Prospective Cohort Study, Hanan Naser

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The Cut Worm Forgives The Plow, August Neuscheler

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“SOME VAGUE UTOPIA”: SEARCHING FOR URANIA, Moira L. Neve

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Show Them, Teach Them, Let Them: Empowering Undergraduate Voices through Student-Centered Theatre, Abigail G. Norris

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Expression Analysis of Floral Symmetry Candidate Genes in Browallia speciosa, Gabriella Z. OBriant

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ASSESSING ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM ABUSE LIABILITY AMONG PEOPLE WHO SMOKE CIGARETTES: IMPACT OF DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS, NICOTINE FLUX, AND FLAVOR, Elizabeth Oluwapelumi Ogunleye

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Glossed Over, Rebecca Oh

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mutual realm, Tyna Ontko

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Dissecting Evolutionarily Conserved Pathways of Aging: Tryptophan Catabolism and Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Function, Naci Oz

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The Role of Entrepreneurship and Productivity in SME Closures: A Cross-Country Study of Small Business Exit During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Rajendra Pandit

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Using Habituation and Affective Forecasting to Distinguish When the Passive Enjoyment of Harm Begets the Active Pursuit of Aggression, Drew M. Parton

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Beliefs Related to Diagnosing BPD and Complex PTSD, Bailey Pascuzzi

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Development, Synthesis and Characterization of Advanced Low- Cobalt and High-Nickel Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Arjun Patel

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Unleashing Serine Palmitoyltransferase in Test Tubes and Mice, Matthew W. Peart

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Sex-Specific Regulation of MASH and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Role of SphK2 in Females, Bria Pierre

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The Role of BMP-2 in the Inflammatory Response to Biomaterials, McKenzie E. Piper

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Targeting BCL-2 Family Proteins in Doxorubicin-induced Senescence using Triple Negative Breast Cancer Models, Annette Pirtle

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Social Support, Tobacco Attitudes/Perceptions of Harm, and Asthma Status as Moderators in the Association Between Tobacco Exposure and Cotinine Levels, Rachel L. Pitts

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Interrogating the Endogenous Peptidome for Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury, Kelly E. Platfoot

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Exploring the Development of Students' Calling to the Work of an HOD Practitioner in an Undergraduate HOD Degree Program, Neil Dana Rahbar-Daniels

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The Photographic Corpus// Diffractive Materialities, Agential Processes, and the Entangled Archive, Megan B. Ratliff

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The Bacteriostatic, Regenerative, and Immunomodulatory Properties of Extracellular Matrix Particles for Lung Injury, Keera P. Rhoads

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Afterlife Recovered, Caroline M. Richards

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A Prospective, Observational Clinical Study Evaluating Marginal Bone Levels and Volumetric Changes of Subcrestally Placed Platform Switch Dental Implants – Preliminary 1 Year Follow Up Data, Christopher Ricker

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A Qualitative Exploration of the Employment Experiences and Coping Strategies Among Transgender Women in Medellín, Colombia., Paola Marcela Roldan

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How to Remain a Stranger / Encountering, in a Basement, Hannah Rotwein

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Men's Perceptions of Autonomous Reproductive Choices, Julie Russo

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HEALTH AFTER RESETTLEMENT: PREDICTORS OF PRIMARY CARE UTILIZATION AMONG SOMALI REFUGEES LIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS, Muna Saleh

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Growth to beginning of gill formation., Annie Sarachan

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Strata: Layered support through community, resources, & design, Jenna M. Sawyer

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THE ROLE OF MTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF XENOPUS Laevis AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH DYRK1A, Devyani Shah

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Food Waste Renaissance: From the Table, for the Table, Yasamin Shaikhi

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Lonely People Anonymous, Christopher Shaw

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Inherited Wounds: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma through Cooperative Play, Ayza Sheikh

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The Impact of Regular E-Cigarette Usage on Cardiovascular Health in Young Adults, Tijana Simovic

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Facile Synthesis of Gold, Copper, and Silicon Nanostructures by Laser Ablation in Liquid, Nicholas Simpson

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The Bitch and the Boogeyman: Violence Against Women and Gendered Morality in American Slasher Films, Davis A. Smith

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Technointerventionism: External Sources of Influence Shaping Parental Attitudes and Practices in Early Childhood Media Use, Joshua J. Smith

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Development of a Mediation Model of Pain Cognition in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Daniel M. Sop

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Orb Weaver, Quinn Standley

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Stained Glass, Depicting Absence, Julia St. John

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Development of Next Generation Inhibitors to Disrupt C-terminal Binding Protein's Oncogenic Effects, Nicholette Angela St Martin

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‘Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go’: Investigating the Roles of Religiosity and Spirituality in Racial Socialization for Black Families, Alexis D. Stokes

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The Regulation of Ceramide Generation and Its Downstream Metabolites as Targets for Cancer Therapy, Alexandra J. Straus

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A Mixed Method Case Study of Leadership for Change: Authentic Transformational Leadership in a Local Baptist Church, Hui Sun

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From Ink to Code, From Binary to Boundless Reality—Until All Returns to Emptiness, Weitong Sun

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DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL CHIMERIC EPITOPE-BASED DIAGNOSTIC ANTIGENS FOR EHRLICHIOSIS AND ANAPLASMOSIS, Alyssa Swiss

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Modeling Synergistic Effects of Integrin and TGF-β Signaling in Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition, Prerak Thakkar

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Between "Hippies in Suits" and "Money is the Name of the Game": Farm Animal Advocates' Analyses of Political Power in the Farm Bill, Jeff Thomas

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Queer-keying: Performing Video Processes as [Trans]gressive Resistance, Wren Tiffany

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Through Their Eyes: Black Girls Reimagining the Future of School Mental Health Post-COVID-19 through Youth Participatory Action Research, Christina Tillery

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GBA Deficiency Promotes α-Synuclein Accumulation in Cellular Models of Parkinson’s Disease, Megan E. Toms

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Doves and symbiotic bacteria: whole-genome assembly and phylogenomic inference, Mariam Topchyan

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Development and Application of Xerogel Insulated Glazing for Enhanced Building Insulation, Dylan S. Van Laeken

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CANNABIS USE AMONG CANCER SURVIVORS AND THE IMPACT ON CANCER-RELATED PAIN, Tiffanie A. Vargas

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Targeting the Achilles’ Heel of Lung Cancer Induced by Oncogenic P53, Brandon G. Velasco

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Smear Layer Removal by Irrigation Adjuncts: a Scanning Electron Microscopy Study, Triet D. Vuong

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From trans health to vaccines: A theoretically driven model exploring factors related to susceptibility to medical misinformation, Catherine Wall

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Integrating Machine Learning and First-Principles Methods in Quantum Chemistry: Toward Accurate and Efficient Modeling of Solvation, Binding, and Catalysis, Danyang Wang

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Imagine Being Free: Decolonizing Actor Training In University and Conservatory Programs, Hope r. Ward

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Exploring the Neural Consequences of Stress and Inflammation in a Monogamous Rodent: a Path to Understanding Loss, Amy Wegener

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Vascular and Autonomic Function in Young Adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): The Effects of Oxidative Stress, Jennifer B. Weggen

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Bird's Eye, Allison N. Weissman

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“You’re Only as Good as your Resources”: Exploring Virginia Police Chiefs’ and Sheriffs’ Decisions as Public Administrators to Engage in Community Collaborations with Domestic and Sexual Violence Agencies, Christine E. Wengloski

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Hyperreality Ain’t Really Real: Postmodernity, Social Media, & Blackness, Micah White

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Value-Based Care: The Sentiment of Orthodontists Toward Adopting a Value-Based Care Model, Stephen M. White

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Liner Notes on Black Trans Girlhood: Afrofuturist Affect & Black Popular Music as a Praxis of Self-Fashioning, shawn j. williams

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Theatre as Sanctuary: Queer Identity, Religious Trauma, and the Path to Healing, Casey Worley

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Supporting and Promoting the Well-Being of Sexual Assault Survivors, Lindai Xie

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Kernel-based Partial Sufficient Variable Screening and Dimension Reduction with Categorical Controls, Wei Yang

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Immune populations leading to IgE production in helminth infection, Matthew P. Zellner

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News Mediated Reporting and Governmental Narratives about the Enforcement of Elite Criminality: Exploring the Social Construction of Financial Frauds and Discrepancies in Punishment, Dominic J. Zicari

Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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A SPECTRE OF SONIC TECHNICITY, Zachary L. Acosta-Lewis

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Notes Toward a Personal Afrofuturism, Jalen T. Adams