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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
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
Pre-systemic Metabolism and Pharmacokinetic Characterization of Enzymatically Modified Isoquercitrin, a Potential Therapeutic for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1, Purnajai Srivijay Saravanan Vanaja
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
MODELING OF LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA PLUMES: EXPANSION, CHEMISTRY, AND THIN-FILM DEPOSITION, Edmund Tsiri Semaha and Edmund Tsiri Semaha
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 Costs of AI Transparency in Crowdfunding, Sonika Singhal Dr.
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
Exploring Ink–Substrate Interactions in Thermochromic and Reactive Printing Systems, Sreenivasan Sreenivasan Narayanan
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
Examining Bidirectional Associations Between Mothers’ Beliefs about Emotions and Child Social-Emotional Outcomes, Sydney Sumrall
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
DESIGNING FOR TRUST, TRANSPARENCY, AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING: INSIGHTS FROM PAUL (THE POLLING MONITOR), Stacia Tipton
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
REAL-LIFE HEALTH APPLICATIONS OF WIRELESS SENSING USING EDGE DEVICES, Md Touhiduzzaman
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
Parental Acceptance of Advanced Behavioral Management Techniques on Children in Pediatric Dentistry, Tracy E. Trieu DDS
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
Examining Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes Under Health Care Delivery and Payment Reforms: Evidence from Accountable Care Organizations in the United States and Free Maternal Services Policy in Kenya, Margaret Gati Wambura
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
Ontological Runtime Monitoring for Mission Engineering, Alexander R. Will
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
Playing Hardball: Threatening Contract Change as a Mechanism for Curbing Budgetary Slack, Wenhao Zhu
Downstream HIF-1α Related Gene Expression in an Atopic Dermatitis Induced Mouse Model, Raesa Zia
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
Testing for Conformity with Parametric Distributions Using Level Sets: A Topological Data Analysis Approach, Rasha Alsaadawi
The Impact of Media Specialists' Credibility on Interaction and Trust of the Saudi Public: A Study on Saudi Users of the �� Platform, Maha A. Alshareef
Vessels of Spirituality: Merging Faith and Form, Maryam Al-Tajer
Increasing Uptake of Statewide Protocols and Medicaid Billing of Community-based Pharmacist Services in Virginia, Rana K. Amayreh
MODELING VACCINATION STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTION IMPACTS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS, Elizabeth B. Amona
The Diseased Extracellular Matrix in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Modeling, Leigh-Ann M. Antczak
Targeting Epigenetic Regulators as a Novel Means to Prevent Triple Negative Breast Cancer Recurrence, Christiana O. Appiah
LINKING DISTURBANCE & MACROPHYTE COLONIZATION–EXTINCTION DYNAMICS TO INVASION SUCCESS & COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY: INTEGRATING POPULATION, COMMUNITY, & LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVES, Joshua T. Armstrong
Structure-Activity Relationship of Quinazoline Derivatives at OCT3 and PMAT, Jay Asawla
DICKKOPF1(DKK1): A NOVEL ENDOGENOUS LIGAND TO PRIME NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME VIA TLR4, Theingi Aung
Wiring Attachment, Alexander K. Bacon
Comparative Evaluation of Three Endodontic Rotary File Systems in S-shaped Root Canals: An In-depth Analysis, Mudher Bahar
Enhancing Pharmaceutical Processes: An Automated Platform for Advanced Control and Impurity Management, Colin Bailey
Development and Preliminary Characterization of a Novel Setup for Generation of Wood Smoke Extract, Divya Bande
Assessment of Drivers of Light Attenuation in Virginia Reservoirs, Jackson Barnett
Witnessing Intellectual Humility: How a Peer’s Humble Introduction Affects Feedback Receptivity and Social Perception, Stephanie A. Barrientos
Dosimetric Validation of an Electron Monte Carlo (eMC) Algorithm for Small Cutouts and Extended SSD’s: Assessing eMC in Small Field Dosimetry, Anil Basavaaraju
You go, I will wait, Rasim Bayramov
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTRANASAL COMBINATION ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROAIDS: AN IN VITRO STUDY, Arya A Bazargani
Civic Conservation Workshop: a User Manual for Creating a Makerspace Dedicated to Historic Preservation, Building Repair, and Civic Engagement, Madeleine Bean
A Retrospective Study on the Histological Diagnosis and Distribution of Periapical Lesions from Biopsied Specimens, Shivali Bhatt
DEVELOPMENT OF TWO NOVEL CHIMERIC ANTIGEN LYME DIAGNOSTICS AND ASSESSMENT OF TEMPORAL ANTIBODY RESPONSE IN RHESUS MACAQUE MONKEYS INFECTED WITH Borreliella burgdorferi, John S. Billingsley IV
COPPER-BASED SURFACE-ENGINEERED MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL AND CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS, Carlos Eduardo Blank Moncada