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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
Why People Stay: Factors Contributing to Staff Retention in Community Mental Health Clinics, Brianna D. Boggs
Periodic Trends in the Electronic and Magnetic Structure of Superatomic 3d Transition Metal Chalcogenide Clusters, Gabriel Bohannon
A Mixed Methods Study: High School Teachers’ Perspectives on Incorporating Mindful Artmaking in Their Classroom as a Mental Health Resource, Sherry A. Bosarge
Exploring Prenatal Cannabis Use Among Young Pregnant Bisexual Individuals: A Mixed Methods Study, Nicole Boss
Maternal Postpartum Depression and Affect Incongruence: Exploring Early Developmental Pathways to Emotion Dysregulation, Laura E. Boylan
The General Movement Optimality Score-Revised (GMOS-R): An Early Biomarker for Developmental Delays, Shaaron E. Brown
The Role of Context Sensitivity on the Association Between Racial Discrimination and Emotional Dysfunction among Black American Adolescents, Summer C. Bryant
The Page and the Stage: How Comics Perform, Elizabeth Buccella
HAFNIUM OXIDE-BASED NANOHETEROSTRUCTURES FOR CATALYTIC RADIOSENSITIZATION AND ENHANCED X-RAY RADIOTHERAPY, Marlen Dariela Calix Quezada
Beyond the Bulk: Cell-type Specific Resolution of Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Disease Signatures, Thomas Campbell
Acute Effects Of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Liquid Nicotine Form and Sweetener Among People Who Use Inhaled Tobacco Products, Mary A. Carrico
Developing Bioinformatics Expertise Through the Annotation of the Gut Microbiome of Odontotaenius disjunctus, Keidra E. Carter
Intersecting Identities, Complex Healthcare: Military Affiliation and Transgender Health Outcomes, Victoria K. Cashio
Fabrication, Characterization, and Simulation of Continuous Stationary Phase Gradients on Liquid Chromatography Columns, Thomas Cecil
A Fault-Tolerant Exchange-Coupled Spin-Ensemble Qubit at Elevated-Temperatures, Aniruddha Chakraborty
Therapy-Induced Senescence in Cancer: Developing Senolytic-Based Combination Strategies to Delay Re-emergence of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Eesha Chakraborty
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN 2 OF OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C OF BORRELIELLA BURGDORFERI, Gavin Z. Chambers
CHARACTERIZATION OF OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C OF BORRELIELLA ROLE IN HOST TROPISM, Kathryn MF Chambers
Brute Gamification, Catherine Chen
Glycosaminoglycan Modulation of Cathepsin D in the context of Alzheimer’s Disease, Tamim J. Chiba
Exploring Western Clinicians’ Treatment of Cultural Concepts of Distress, Lisa Y. Chung
Queering the Fashion Design Curriculum: Reflections As an Educator and Student, Jonathan A. Clarke
The Delario House: A Novel, Camryn C. Claude
GUARDIANS OF THEIR OWN: ROUTINE ACTIVITIES, RISK PERCEPTIONS, & SELF-PROTECTION AMONG POLICE OFFICERS IN THE LINE OF DUTY, Amy Clifton-Mills
Nutritional Status of Women with Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Descriptive Study, Rachel Cloutier
Assessing the Impact of New Medical Learners on Healthcare Processes and Outcomes: A Study of U.S. Hospitals, Matthew Conrad
Immersive Medical Practice and Clinical Training: Virtual and Mixed Reality in Pharmacy and Orthopedic Surgery, Silas Semprini de Toledo Contaifer
Molecular mechanisms of kynurenine-mediated lifespan regulation in yeast, Ryan E. Counterman Jobb
DEVELOPMENT OF CHIMERIC ANTIGENS FOR THE DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF EHRLICHIOSIS, Nicholas A. Cramer
Examination of Caregiver Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice (KAP) Concerning Consumption of Omega-3 in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease, Brittany S. Crawford
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LIMITING ORAL INTAKE OF THIN LIQUIDS AFTER ACUTE STROKE, Megan Crawford
Leveraging Distributed Semantics from Deep Learning Architectures for Literature-based Discovery, Clint A. Cuffy
Investigating Mitochondrial Stress Response Mechanisms in Aging, Aileigh E. Daniel
Financial Health Literacy of Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Qualitative Research Study, Kimberly Davis
A Multimethod Approach to Examining Racial Coping Socialization among Black Adolescents, Rachel J. Davis
Exploring Collaboration In Interdisciplinary EI/ECSE Programs: A Qualitative Study On Service Provider Preparation, Meagan Dayton
Establishing a Conventional LINAC-Based Electron FLASH Beam, Justin DeFrancisco
Climate change-induced shifts in Mediterranean fungal fruiting phenology and productivity, Rachel DeMay
Health Equity in Times of Crisis: The impact of economic and public health shocks on access to care among women in Zimbabwe and the United States, Vimbainashe Dihwa
The Dance of Human Affairs: Public Administration Leaders’ Perceptions of Candor’s Impact on a Sense of Belonging, Aaron Dimmock
Rehabilitation in Stroke-Related Flexor Synergy, Shawn J. DiRocco
Small Molecule Approach to Modulate Class III Sirtuins, Dickson Donu
How to Touch Your Bile, Aleckxi Dorhofer
A Parting Repast, Debra D. Dowden-Crockett
Amplifying Student Voices: A Case Study on The Writing Workshop in a 10th Grade English Classroom, Erin S. Drulis
Improving telehealth education and training: A needs assessment of healthcare providers and trainees, Conor Duffy
Love Letter, Amy S. Duval Ms
Crafting Futures: Balancing Tradition and Technology in Craft Practices, Saga Elkabbash
A Mixed Methods Study of Health Care Transition Readiness in Parents of Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancers, Jennifer L. Ellison
THE EFFECT OF SPERM-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN-17 GENE (SPAG17) ON FUNCTION AND SIGNALING IN THE CERVIX, Valerie T. Ericsson
Evaluating the cardioprotective and synergistic anti-tumor effects of the novel first-in-class small molecule AMPK activator NM922, Carter K. Fairchild Jr
Enhancing Clinical Trial Matching in Molecular Diagnostics: Using Natural Language Processing and Clustering Approaches in Hematological Malignancies, Gillian Fanning
Building a Culture of Preparedness: Using Community Emergency Response Teams to Promote Preparedness Behavior, Joseph Faulk
Drug-Like Properties of Synthetic Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics, Rawan M. Fayyad
Targeting Interactions Between Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Tumor Cells to Enhance Chemotherapy Response in Murine Models of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Matthew E. Fernandez
PERCEPTIONS OF MODERATE SEDATION SUCCESS IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION, Nicole Fischer Cosio
Patient satisfaction and compliance with clear aligner therapy during treatment, Luke Fischer
Substrate preference and foraging behavior of two declining warblers in Appalachian shrublands, Samantha Fishman
Lucky Vessel: Poems and An Excerpt from In Every Possible Universe, Dina R. Folgia
Feeling Foreign / Foreign Feeling: Affect in Southeast Asian Diasporic Short Story Collections, Francys Aerin Fortes
Opioid Tolerance and Withdrawal in the Mouse Colon, James Fune
MDMA Enantiomers: an Exploration into 5-HT2AR Necessity in Non-Hallucinogen Induced Frontal Cortex Plasticity, Maya C. Gaines-Smith
False Face: The Musical! and Contact, Joshua Galarza
Mechanisms of Chemoresistance: The Role of Fatty Acyl-CoA Chain Length, GBA, and Multidrug Transporters, Karyme Garcia Lopez
Reply STOP to Stop, Molly A. M. Garrett
Diversification of avifauna in the Darién Highland region: Ecological Niche modeling, Phylogeography and Morphology to explore speciation in the montane species Myadestes coloratus, Chlorospingus tacarcunae and Margarornis bellulus., Jorge L. Garzon Vasquez Mrs
Automated Treatment Planning Framework for Cervical Cancer in Brachytherapy, Suman Gautam
LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: ALTERNATIVE DIAGNOSTICS AND GENE THERAPY EVALUATION, Alison R. Gaynor
I Love Getting Mad at the Internet, Tariye George-Phillips
Mechanisms of Ethanol Anxiolysis: Role of Ninein Deletion and Splicing on Ethanol and Anxiety-related Behaviors, Emma R. Gnatowski
Radical hope amid generational oppression and Puerto Rican well-being, Natalia Gomez Giuliani
IN PRAISE OF DUST, Hasler Gomez-Perez
The Accuracy of Tooth Movement with Artificial Intelligence-Based Clear Aligners, Christina B. Gordon
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
Constraints and mechanisms of Virginia barrier island migration in response to sea-level rise, Ryan M. Hearl
Self-Threat and the Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic, Mattie V. Hedgebeth
Multitask Learning for Named Entity Recognition and Relationship Extraction, Adrienne D. Hembrick
Knowing by Heart: Philosophical Dimensions of Humanistic Mathematics Education, Catherine Henney
Wondering and Wandering, Madeleine Herisson-Leplae
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF HOST IMMUNE RESPONSES AND BACTERIAL SENSORY PATHWAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TREPONEMA DENTICOLA-MEDIATED PERIODONTAL DISEASE, Annie N. Hinson
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
Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality Combined with Task-Specific Training on Hemiplegic Arm Function Following Stroke: A Single Case Series Study, Rahsaan J. Holley
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