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 2016
Provision of Hospital-based Palliative Care and the Impact on Organizational and Patient Outcomes, Marisa L. Roczen
The Influence of Client-, Family-, and Therapist-Level Pretreatment Characteristics on Therapist Delivery of Youth Psychotherapy Treatments, Adriana Rodriguez
Women at the Crossroads, Women at the Forefront, American Women in Letterpress Printing In the Nineteenth Century, Dianne L. Roman Ms
Longitudinal Relations between Emotional Awareness and Aggression in Early Adolescence: The Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation, Benjamin V. Rosen
The Effect of Pre-Deployment Physiology as a Predictor of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among a Sample of United States Army National Guard and Reserve Soldiers, David J. Rothman
High-Temperature, High-Pressure Viscosities and Densities of Toluene, Aaron J. Rowane
Curcumin/Melatonin Hybrids as Neuroprotective Agents for Alzheimer's disease, John Saathoff
Magnetic Materials Characterization and Modeling for the Enhanced Design of Magnetic Shielding of Cryomodules in Particle Accelerators., Sanjay K. Sah
I Reach Toward the Ground I Reach Toward Space, Kristen A. Sanders
JPG Artifacts, Abbey Lee Sarver
Forest Stand Structure and Primary Production in relation to Ecosystem Development, Disturbance, and Canopy Composition, Cynthia M. Scheuermann
Vital Pulp Therapy Survivability Based on Radiographic Depth of Caries, Aaron T. Schmick
PATHWAYS LINKING SLEEP TIMING TO OBESITY IN MIDLIFE WOMEN, Dana R. Schreiber
THE INCIDENCE OF ROOT DENTINAL MICRO-CRACKS CAUSED BY RECIPROCATING AND CONTINUOUS ROTARY INSTRUMENTATION, Stephen N. Schroeder
Perception of profile appearance as judged by peers using 3D video imaging, Megan G. Schuler
Chaotic Journey, Cheryl Ann Seif-Regan Mrs.
I Don’t Have Confirmation, I Only Have Context, Pallavi Sen
The Instructional Technology Resource Teacher: A Descriptive Case Study of Deployment, Use, and Perceptions, Mary Sepelyak
Genome wide epigenetic analyses of Araptus attenuatus, a bark beetle, Chitra Seshadri
POWER MAXIMIZATION FOR PYROELECTRIC, PIEZOELECTRIC, AND HYBRID ENERGY HARVESTING, Murtadha A. Shaheen
ENGINEERING SURFACES TO SUPPORT NEURAL STEM CELLS (HNSC’S) AND HEPATOCYTES ADHESION AND GROWTH., Karan Sharma and Xuejun Wen
Choreographic Space, Kelsey Sheaffer
PATTERN RECOGNITION IN CLASS IMBALANCED DATASETS, Nahian A. Siddique
Interpreting the Costume Designs of In the Next Room through Victorian Fashions of the 1890s., Devario D. Simmons
SYSTEM GENETIC ANALYSIS OF MECHANISMS UNDERLYING EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, Maren L. Smith
Internal and External Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Young Adolescents with ADHD, Zoe Smith
Butch Bottoms, Nancy Boys, and Muscle Queens: Examining Hypermasculine Behavior and Sexual Health among Gay and Bisexual Men., Daniel Snipes
Development and Evaluation of a Peer-to-Peer Intervention to Increase Self-Management among Adult In-Center Hemodialysis Patients, Jennifer J. St Clair Russell
MEDEA MYTH: Devising and Producing Text-Free Theatre, Brandon A. Sterrett
Mitigating Interference During Virtual Machine Live Migration through Storage Offloading, Morgan S. Stuart
ADORNMENT AND MODESTY A Symbiotic Relationship between Surface Design and Social Behavior, Hawa Stwodah
Exploration of Erasure-Coded Storage Systems for High Performance, Reliability, and Inter-operability, Pradeep Subedi
ATM phosphorylates subunit A of PP2A resulting in its nuclear export and spatiotemporal regulation of the DNA damage response, Amrita D. Sule
Adaptability in a State of Flux, Yasmeen Suleiman
Characterizing the Oncogenic Properties of C-terminal Binding Protein, Evan T. Sumner
Gender and sexual health: Applying gender role theory to men and women’s intention to engage in sexual health information seeking behaviors, Ariella R. Tabaac
THE INFLUENCE OF WRITING ACHIEVEMENT GOALS AND WRITING SELF-REGULATION ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ WRITING GRADES, Joseph Tadlock
INFLUENCE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE ON HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND CANCER CARE, Wafa W. Tarazi
INTRODUCING NOVEL COMBINATORIAL TARGETED THERAPIES IN MULTIPLE TYPES OF CANCER, Mehrad Tavallai
Spontaneous Abortions Among U.S. Occupationally Exposed Radiologic Technologists, Jason S. Tavel
The Experiences of School Counselors Who Integrate Yoga into a Comprehensive School Counseling Program: A Phenomenological Approach, Julia V. Taylor
Optimal Control and Its Application to the Life-Cycle Savings Problem, Tracy A. Taylor
A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLICY CONTEXT, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF P-20 EDUCATIONAL REFORM MOVEMENTS IN TEXAS AND TENNESSEE, Stefani L. Thachik
Reciprocal Relations Between Traumatic Stress and Physical Aggression During Middle School, Erin L. Thompson
Mechanisms of Native Shrub Encroachment on a Virginia Barrier Island, Joseph Thompson
"Life under Union Occupation: Elite Women in Richmond, April and May 1865", Amanda C. Tompkins
Growth and Characterization of Wide Bandgap Quaternary BeMgZnO Thin Films and BeMgZnO/ZnO Heterostructures, Mykyta Toporkov
Acute and Chronic Effects of Inhalants in Intracranial Self-stimulation, Matthew Tracy
SULFATED DEHYDROPOLYMER OF CAFFEIC ACID FOR REPAIR OF LUNG DAMAGE AND EMPHYSEMA, Tien M. Truong
THE ROLE OF E-CADHERIN FORCE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS IN EPITHELIAL ACINI, FNU Vani Narayanan
Resource Utilization and Costs Associated with Off-label use of Atypical Antipsychotics in an Adult Population, Della Varghese
Methcathinone Analogue Activity at the Human Serotonin Transporter, William Drake Varn
Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on Oxycodone Reinstatement and Physical Dependence, Neil B. Varshneya
Toward Epistemological Diversity in STEM-H Grantmaking: Grantors’ and Grantees’ Perspectives on Funding Indigenous Research, Programming, and Evaluation, Jessica C. Venable
Probing Allosteric, Partial Inhibition of Thrombin Using Novel Anticoagulants, Stephen S. Verespy III
From Seed to Sky: Impacts of explosive compounds on vegetation across spatial and developmental scales, Stephen M. Via
Gender Nonconforming, Transgender, and Transsexual Patient Navigation of the American Health Care System: Locating a Primary Care Provider, Justin M. Vinneau
INFLUENCE OF HISTORIC LANDSCAPES AND CONTEMPORARY SPECIES MANAGEMENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY BALD EAGLES AND OSPREY, Catherine B. Viverette
The Microbiome in Light of Host Evolution, Alexander M. Waldrop Jr.
Boomerang Studio: Community Design for Action, Jessica Walton
Meta-Analytic Estimation Techniques for Non-Convergent Repeated-Measure Clustered Data, Aobo Wang
A REUSED DISTANCE BASED ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION FOR GPU CACHE, Dongwei Wang
Response Adaptive Randomization using Surrogate and Primary Endpoints, Hui Wang
FILTER PERFORMANCE UNDER SIMULATED REAL-WORLD CONDITIONS, Qiang Wang
A City Winery - Revealing Process + Promoting Interaction, Eline Warren
Ink on Paper, matthew t. warren
The Psychology of Theatre and Film: In Theory and Practice, Ian T. Watson
Simple Complexities, Sarah B. Watson
THE EXCHANGE: Curating Authenticity + Interaction, sarah webb
Celecoxib enhances sorafenib/sildenafil lethality in cancer cells and reverts platinum chemotherapy resistance, Timothy A. Webb
Behavioral Phenotyping of VMAT1 Knockout Mice: Relevance to Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Kevin A. Webster Ph.D.
Determinants of Active Pursuit of Kidney Donation: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management, Stacy M. West
Autotaxin in Central Nervous System Development and Disease, Natalie A. Wheeler
Nest - caring for the caregiver, Ashley Whitehead
The Modification of Silica Aerogel Materials for Contemporary Use, Lauren White
IMPROVING UNDERSTANDABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY MODELING OF DATA USING FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEMS, Dumidu S. Wijayasekara
MEASUREMENT OF RARE EARTH AND URANIUM ELEMENTS USING LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) IN AN AEROSOL SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS APPLICATIONS, Ammon N. Williams
A (dis)Assemblage of the Gallery-Growlery, Levester R. Williams
ON WORKAHOLISM: DO PARENTAL WORK BEHAVIORS PREDICT THE WORK BEHAVIORS OF UNDERGRADUATES?, Jesse A. Wingate
Classification of Compact 2-manifolds, George H. Winslow
Allegories of the Modern: The Female Nude in Art Nouveau, Emily Winthrop
Characterization of Fibrin Matrix Incorporated Electrospun Polycaprolactone Scaffold, Cho Yi Wong
Sensible Nonsense, Timothy J. Woodbrey
The Entertainment is Terrorism: the Subversive Politics of Doing Anything at All, Joe Woods
DEPTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SONIC SYSTEM IN DEEP-SEA MACROURID FISHES ON THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE, Jonothan Wrenn
Identifying Profiles of Resilience among a High-Risk Adolescent Population, Anna W. Wright
The Effects of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone on Hippocampal Neurogenesis Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Mary K. Wurzelmann
Electrochemical Studies of Cerium and Uranium in LiCl-KCl Eutectic for Fundamentals of Pyroprocessing Technology, Dalsung Yoon
Novel Small Airway Model Using Electrospun Decellularized Lung Extracellular Matrix, Bethany M. Young
Exploring Pharmacological and Behavioral Mechanisms Involved in Alcohol Dependence During Adolescence, Rabha Mousa Younis
Allosteric Effects of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Heteromerization: Relevance to Psychosis, Jason W. Younkin
Some Form Of Blue, Zena A. Zakanycz