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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
Partners in Progress: How Non-Traditional Learners Perceive Organizational Support, Lauren C. Mortensen
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
Catalytic and Upscaling Behaviors of Resorcinol-Formaldehyde and Natural Polymer Gels, Christopher M. Ohlhaver
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
PlzA RNA Chaperone Activity in Borreliella burgdorferi is modulated by c-di-GMP, Dhara T. Patel
Unleashing Serine Palmitoyltransferase in Test Tubes and Mice, Matthew W. Peart
Identity Formation of a Pre-Service Art Educator: An Arts-Based Approach to Data Visualization as a Means of Understanding Personal Experience, Kelsey L. Peterson Mays
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
Tate Speech: Radicalizing Rhetoric and Multi-Level Marketing Recruitment Strategies in the Manosphere, Carey J. Priebe
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
Advanced Air Preheater Sealing Systems for Enhanced Efficiency and Reliability in Thermal Power Plants, Pavan Kumar Ravulaparthy
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
We Are Worthy of Investment: Exploring Forms of Cultural Capital Among Black American Families, Joyice Robinson Myers
Genetic Studies at the Intersection of Alcohol Use and Pain, Walker Rogers
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
Implementation of quantized artificial neural networks with spintronic stochastic computing, Saadi Sabyasachi Mr.
Plasmon-assisted On-chip Integration of Quantum Emitter for Scalable Quantum Networking, Samprity Saha
Growth to beginning of gill formation., Annie Sarachan
Advancing Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets & Energy Efficient Switching, Shouvik Sarker
Strata: Layered support through community, resources, & design, Jenna M. Sawyer
Collaborative Robots for the Automation of Additive Manufacturing Workflows, Logan Schorr
The Use of the Sway Application to Measure Postural Control in Children with Developmental Motor Coordination Challenges, Elisa Seidner
Learning to Deceive and Persuade: Predictive Agents with Language and Personality Diversity in Social Deduction Games, Aaron M. Shah
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
Blossoming in the Margins: An autoethnographic and narrative exploration of fat Black women’s storied lives through Sista Circles, Broquelynn D. Shepard
Persistence of southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis) in an ever-changing environment, Shruti Shrivastava
Dynamic Expression of Transposable Elements Contributes to Molecular and Behavioral Adaptations to Cocaine, Gabriella M. Silva
The Proprietor of Battersea: The Life and Legacy of American Founder John Banister (1734–1788), Davis C. Simmons
Targeting CCR5 as a therapeutic approach for CNS neuropathology in HIV: Insights into sex as a biological variable, Chloe A. Simons
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
Implementation Methods for Robust N/MEMS Configurable Logic Gates and Memory Units, Bennett T. Smith
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
Modeling the Impacts of the Current and Projected Temperatures on Spongy Moth Population Dynamics, Adrienne B. Spring
Orb Weaver, Quinn Standley
Treatment Resistant Obesity Among Midlife Women Receiving Care from a Specialized Weight Management Clinic, Emily C. Stevens
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
Devices and Methods for the Efficient Delivery of Surfactant Aerosol Therapy to the Lungs of Infants, Sarah Strickler
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
Machine Learning-Driven Optimization for Utility-scale Quantum Optimization, Bao Tran
CDH3 MEDIATES COLLECTIVE CELL MIGRATION MECHANISMS IN EPITHELIAL MORPHOGENESIS, Sydnie Tran
The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Student Engagement at a Historically Black University, John C. Travis
Transcriptional Control of Brain Transposable Elements Contributes to Social Behaviors and Major Depression, Natalie L. Truby
An Exploration of the Relationship Between School Counselor Access and Latine Students’ College-Going Behaviors, Kristen Tuxbury
Predictive Inference for Ion Concentration with Machine Learning and Bayesian Methods, Alexandra B. Ulbing
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