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
Strange World, Brooklin Grantz
The Paradox of Value, David Enrique Guarnizo
Mementos, Zixuan Guo
Targeting Bcl-xL to eliminate chemotherapy-induced tumor dormancy and prevent relapse in aggressive breast cancer, Kinjal Gupta
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
Profiles of First-Year First-Generation Students’ Library Perceptions and Use: An Intersectional, Mixed Methods Study, Megan Hodge
Narratives of Illness Identity Development in Adolescents with Cancer, Rachel Holder
Motor behaviors using continuous temporally guided active and passive vibrotactile prompts, Matthew E. Holman
Intervertebral Lateral Bending Moment Differences in the Lumbar Spine of Baseball Pitchers Across Throwing Velocities, Justin Humenay
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
A novel statistical learning framework to uncover clinically significant spatial ecotypes with single cell spatial multiomics data, Khoa Le Anh Huynh
Sound Adaptation: How the 1940s Radio Show Established the Superhero Across Media, Christopher L. Irving
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
Exploring Assessment Literacy in Different Educational Contexts: Pre-Service, In-Service & Higher Education, Jeen Joy JJ Joy Ms
Just Give Me a Reason: Developing a Scale to Explore the Drive for Seeking Provocation, Sydney R. Kavanaugh
Buried In Pixels, Aya Khalife
Effectiveness of zirconia-based primary anterior crowns with and without retention grooves: a randomized controlled trial, Alpna Khatri
An Agent-Based Model Of TGF-β1-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition During Renal Fibrosis, Kristin Kim
Investigating Neuroepigenetic Mechanisms of Behavior, Richard K. Kim
ENHANCING IRS LOCALIZATION VIA ML-DRIVEN AOA AND DISTANCE ESTIMATION, Nikhila Kotlapara Surendran
Exploring the Role of Glycosphingolipid Metabolism in Disease Pathogenesis Across Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Neurodegeneration, and Cancer, Lauren C. Kupec
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
Targeting the Interaction between TGIF1 and MLKL in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Ting-Xuan Lu
Post Opera, Suzy Lykins
TGFβ-Mediated Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Human Cholangiocyte Cell Cultures Following Ischemia Reperfusion Injury, Jerry W. Maitland III
Using A Dimension Reduction Approach to Parse Heterogeneity in Dietary Restriction, Amanda Makara
¡Bip Bip!, Diego Pablo Málaga Beckhart
IDENTIFICATION OF MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM USE FOR WEIGHT CONTROL IN YOUNG ADULTS, Gabrielle Maldonado
REPEAT EXPANSION IN MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY: Exploration of Genetic Modifiers of Repeat Instability, Alexandra L. Marrero Quiñones
Visual Communication Within Animal Advocacy: Sentience, Self-Persuasion, Semiotics, Andrew Massa
Bugs in the flux: links between arthropod diversity and spatial variation of soil respiration in a temperate forest, Erin-Darby H. McClain
Neural Network-Enhanced High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy: Eliminating Pre-Processing for Robust DNA Molecule Detection in Nanoscience, Wendy L. McConnell-Wells
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
Optimal Data Splitting Methods, Sujay Mudalgi
MCTR3 Mitigates Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation and Damage, Yu Par Aung Myo
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
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INCREASING VITAMIN C CONCENTRATIONS ON HIERARCHICAL COLLAGEN FIBER FORMATION BY MENISCAL FIBROCHONDROCYTES, Afrah Hanan K. Nirar
ASSESSING DISABILITY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, Corey Nolan
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
Integration of phenotyping into a preliminary investigation of stand-alone web-based cognitive behavioral therapy among a non-treatment seeking sample, Anna B. Parlier-Ahmad
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
INTUITIVE MIXED REALITY INTERFACES FOR CREATIVE AND INTERACTIVE ROBOTICS: ROBOART, MAGNAFORMA, AND PLAYMEOW, miles popielamc
Formulation and Pre-clinical Evaluation of Ocular Drug Delivery Systems, Sagun Poudel
Exploring the Development of Students' Calling to the Work of an HOD Practitioner in an Undergraduate HOD Degree Program, Neil Dana Rahbar-Daniels
An Adaptive Method for Covariate Balancing in Block Randomized Clinical Trials, Ren Rasnick
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
Physiological Responses and Plant Trait Interactions with Coastal Dune and Swale Development, Emily C. Riffe
A Qualitative Exploration of the Employment Experiences and Coping Strategies Among Transgender Women in Medellín, Colombia., Paola Marcela Roldan