Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) make VCU student research and creativity available online as full-text documents and multimedia presentations for use by the university community and others involved in research.
See the VCU Libraries Dissertations Research Guide for information on submitting your ETD, accessing older dissertations from VCU, and finding dissertations from other universities.
The majority of VCU theses and dissertations may be found in Special Collections and Archives at James Branch Cabell Library or the Health Sciences Library. Use VCU Libraries Search to locate individual theses and dissertations.
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
Buried In Pixels, Aya Khalife
Effectiveness of zirconia-based primary anterior crowns with and without retention grooves: a randomized controlled trial, Alpna Khatri
Investigating Neuroepigenetic Mechanisms of Behavior, Richard K. Kim
PROBLEM GAMBLING HELPLINE USE AND HELP-SEEKING, Ari Laoch
Black Art Educators in a Predominantly white Field: Their Struggles and Love for the Profession, Naila Latham
Associations between Community Violence Exposure and Internalizing Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Racial Identity, Kimberly S. Lazarus
watchpeopledie.tv, Noah LeBien
Wander, Wonder: beyond the window, Se Young Lee
A Higher Education Response to Exploitation on Campus, Stacie Lefeavers
Understanding the Experiences of People of Color who Engage in Psychedelic Use, Amber B. Livingston
Post Opera, Suzy Lykins
Using A Dimension Reduction Approach to Parse Heterogeneity in Dietary Restriction, Amanda Makara
¡Bip Bip!, Diego Pablo Málaga Beckhart
Visual Communication Within Animal Advocacy: Sentience, Self-Persuasion, Semiotics, Andrew Massa
Learning and Identity in Cross Functional Teams: A Communities of Practice Perspective, Penelope K. McFarline
Sink Into Serenity: Exploring the Healing Properties of Bathing Culture, Kristopher P. McKeever
Existing in the Context: A Conjunctural Analysis of Kamala Harris Memes, Amaya McNeal
THE EFFECT OF OPIOID USE AND TREATMENTS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER ON NEUROCOGNITIVE AND NEUROINFLAMMATORY OUTCOMES IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV, Emily A. Miller
Knowledge and Practice of Pediatric Dentists Regarding the Management of Oral Piercings in Adolescents, Siuneh Minassian
Characteristics of Permanent Teeth Undergoing Surgical Endodontic Evaluation: A Retrospective Study, Yasamin Mojarad
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE-β (DAGLβ) IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN MICE, Lauren V. Moncayo
Examining multiple stakeholder perspectives on the acceptability of pain-mitigation as a tool to manage needle fear, Sarah C M Morton
Psychometric Evaluation: Extending the Reliability and Validity of the Teacher Attribution Measure for Early Elementary (TAM-EE), Kerensa R. Nagle
Into Thick Air: Adapting Cultural Practices Into Solutions For Modern Wicked Problems, Syed Muhammad Erzum Naqvi
Clinical Outcomes of Primary Anterior Esthetic Crowns in Pediatric Dentistry: Prospective Cohort Study, Hanan Naser
The Cut Worm Forgives The Plow, August Neuscheler
“SOME VAGUE UTOPIA”: SEARCHING FOR URANIA, Moira L. Neve
Show Them, Teach Them, Let Them: Empowering Undergraduate Voices through Student-Centered Theatre, Abigail G. Norris
Expression Analysis of Floral Symmetry Candidate Genes in Browallia speciosa, Gabriella Z. OBriant
ASSESSING ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM ABUSE LIABILITY AMONG PEOPLE WHO SMOKE CIGARETTES: IMPACT OF DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS, NICOTINE FLUX, AND FLAVOR, Elizabeth Oluwapelumi Ogunleye
Glossed Over, Rebecca Oh
mutual realm, Tyna Ontko
The Role of Entrepreneurship and Productivity in SME Closures: A Cross-Country Study of Small Business Exit During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Rajendra Pandit
Using Habituation and Affective Forecasting to Distinguish When the Passive Enjoyment of Harm Begets the Active Pursuit of Aggression, Drew M. Parton
Beliefs Related to Diagnosing BPD and Complex PTSD, Bailey Pascuzzi
Unleashing Serine Palmitoyltransferase in Test Tubes and Mice, Matthew W. Peart
Sex-Specific Regulation of MASH and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Role of SphK2 in Females, Bria Pierre
The Role of BMP-2 in the Inflammatory Response to Biomaterials, McKenzie E. Piper
Targeting BCL-2 Family Proteins in Doxorubicin-induced Senescence using Triple Negative Breast Cancer Models, Annette Pirtle
Social Support, Tobacco Attitudes/Perceptions of Harm, and Asthma Status as Moderators in the Association Between Tobacco Exposure and Cotinine Levels, Rachel L. Pitts
Interrogating the Endogenous Peptidome for Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury, Kelly E. Platfoot
Exploring the Development of Students' Calling to the Work of an HOD Practitioner in an Undergraduate HOD Degree Program, Neil Dana Rahbar-Daniels
The Photographic Corpus// Diffractive Materialities, Agential Processes, and the Entangled Archive, Megan B. Ratliff
The Bacteriostatic, Regenerative, and Immunomodulatory Properties of Extracellular Matrix Particles for Lung Injury, Keera P. Rhoads
Afterlife Recovered, Caroline M. Richards
A Qualitative Exploration of the Employment Experiences and Coping Strategies Among Transgender Women in Medellín, Colombia., Paola Marcela Roldan
How to Remain a Stranger / Encountering, in a Basement, Hannah Rotwein
Men's Perceptions of Autonomous Reproductive Choices, Julie Russo
Growth to beginning of gill formation., Annie Sarachan
Strata: Layered support through community, resources, & design, Jenna M. Sawyer
THE ROLE OF MTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF XENOPUS Laevis AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH DYRK1A, Devyani Shah
Food Waste Renaissance: From the Table, for the Table, Yasamin Shaikhi
Lonely People Anonymous, Christopher Shaw
Inherited Wounds: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma through Cooperative Play, Ayza Sheikh
The Impact of Regular E-Cigarette Usage on Cardiovascular Health in Young Adults, Tijana Simovic
Facile Synthesis of Gold, Copper, and Silicon Nanostructures by Laser Ablation in Liquid, Nicholas Simpson
The Bitch and the Boogeyman: Violence Against Women and Gendered Morality in American Slasher Films, Davis A. Smith
Technointerventionism: External Sources of Influence Shaping Parental Attitudes and Practices in Early Childhood Media Use, Joshua J. Smith
Development of a Mediation Model of Pain Cognition in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Daniel M. Sop
Orb Weaver, Quinn Standley
Stained Glass, Depicting Absence, Julia St. John
Development of Next Generation Inhibitors to Disrupt C-terminal Binding Protein's Oncogenic Effects, Nicholette Angela St Martin
‘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
The Regulation of Ceramide Generation and Its Downstream Metabolites as Targets for Cancer Therapy, Alexandra J. Straus
From Ink to Code, From Binary to Boundless Reality—Until All Returns to Emptiness, Weitong Sun
DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL CHIMERIC EPITOPE-BASED DIAGNOSTIC ANTIGENS FOR EHRLICHIOSIS AND ANAPLASMOSIS, Alyssa Swiss
Modeling Synergistic Effects of Integrin and TGF-β Signaling in Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition, Prerak Thakkar
Queer-keying: Performing Video Processes as [Trans]gressive Resistance, Wren Tiffany
Through Their Eyes: Black Girls Reimagining the Future of School Mental Health Post-COVID-19 through Youth Participatory Action Research, Christina Tillery
GBA Deficiency Promotes α-Synuclein Accumulation in Cellular Models of Parkinson’s Disease, Megan E. Toms
Doves and symbiotic bacteria: whole-genome assembly and phylogenomic inference, Mariam Topchyan
Development and Application of Xerogel Insulated Glazing for Enhanced Building Insulation, Dylan S. Van Laeken
CANNABIS USE AMONG CANCER SURVIVORS AND THE IMPACT ON CANCER-RELATED PAIN, Tiffanie A. Vargas
Targeting the Achilles’ Heel of Lung Cancer Induced by Oncogenic P53, Brandon G. Velasco
Smear Layer Removal by Irrigation Adjuncts: a Scanning Electron Microscopy Study, Triet D. Vuong
From trans health to vaccines: A theoretically driven model exploring factors related to susceptibility to medical misinformation, Catherine Wall
Imagine Being Free: Decolonizing Actor Training In University and Conservatory Programs, Hope r. Ward
Exploring the Neural Consequences of Stress and Inflammation in a Monogamous Rodent: a Path to Understanding Loss, Amy Wegener
Vascular and Autonomic Function in Young Adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): The Effects of Oxidative Stress, Jennifer B. Weggen
Bird's Eye, Allison N. Weissman
“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
Hyperreality Ain’t Really Real: Postmodernity, Social Media, & Blackness, Micah White
Value-Based Care: The Sentiment of Orthodontists Toward Adopting a Value-Based Care Model, Stephen M. White
Liner Notes on Black Trans Girlhood: Afrofuturist Affect & Black Popular Music as a Praxis of Self-Fashioning, shawn j. williams
Theatre as Sanctuary: Queer Identity, Religious Trauma, and the Path to Healing, Casey Worley
Supporting and Promoting the Well-Being of Sexual Assault Survivors, Lindai Xie
Kernel-based Partial Sufficient Variable Screening and Dimension Reduction with Categorical Controls, Wei Yang
Immune populations leading to IgE production in helminth infection, Matthew P. Zellner
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A SPECTRE OF SONIC TECHNICITY, Zachary L. Acosta-Lewis
Notes Toward a Personal Afrofuturism, Jalen T. Adams