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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 2022
THE INTERACTION OF MORAL IDENTITY AND RECOGNITION ON FUNDRAISING BEHAVIOR, Craig O. Fulton
Challenges among Latine DACA Recipients and Anxiety: A Systematic Meta-Analytic Review, Isis A. Garcia-Rodriguez
Comparison of Peak Skin Dose Calculated by Patient Radiation Dose Monitoring and Tracking Systems versus Solid-State Detector Measurements, Vincent D. Gargaro
Computational Analysis of Drug Targets and Prediction of Protein-Compound Interactions, Sina Ghadermarzi
DEVELOPMENT OF METALLIC CLUSTERS AND HOLLIDAY JUNCTIONS FOR NANOPORE SENSING, Madhav Ghimire
Once Upon a Time/There was a Story that Began: Novelty, Endings, and Chronotope in John Barth’s The Tidewater Tales, Zachary K. Gibson
Connected: Exploring Automation to Activate Aging in Place Success, Hallie W. Gillespie
Reclaiming the Appropriated Space Through Care, William P. Glaser
Examining the impact of parental racial socialization and critical consciousness on Black adolescents’ coping with racism-related stress, Chandler Alexandra Golden
Something Like Empathy, Hayley J. Graffunder
The Role of Life Course Adversity on Mental Health Services Utilization Among Women, Whitney C. Graves
Effect of Clear Aligner Attachment Design on Extrusion of Maxillary Lateral Incisors: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Justin Groody
Exploring Dynamic Navigation For Palatally Impacted Canine Uncovery Surgery., Daniel Joseph Hall
Training Needs and Challenges in Supporting Young Adults with Autism to Access Integrated Employment, Whitney A. Ham
KEVIN, AND OTHER STORIES, NETA M. HARRIS
CAREGIVER'S NICU EXPERIENCES AND ITS IMPACT ON SERVICES, Crystal L. Hence
Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies Within Bicultural Latine College Students in the Face of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and Policy, Cindy M. Hernandez
Structure-Based Drug Discovery and Development of Protein Structure Prediction Tools Using an Empirical Force Field, Noah B. Herrington
Spectrum of Shit, Hannah Hiaasen
Advancing forest structure-function relationships: linking above- and belowground structure to soil respiration, Laura J. Hickey
Evaluating Population Genetic Structure and Potential Genomic Signals of Natural Selection in a Migratory Songbird (Protonotaria citrea), Tyler A. Hohenstein
Empowerment in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cystic Fibrosis, Rachel Holder
A Method for Predicting Dose Changes for HN Treatment Using Surface Imaging, Sarah E. Holler
Outcome of Vital Pulp Therapy on Immature Permanent Teeth with Calcium Silicate-Based Materials: Retrospective Cohort Study, Brian I. Hone
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child Anxiety Symptoms: The Influence of the Caregiver-Child Relationship, Rebecca Hoppe
Development of Novel, Miniaturized Sperm Cell Isolation Techniques for Sexual Assault Samples, Brittany Celeste Hudson
Black Hearts Matter: A Comparative Study of Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Psychosocial Characteristics in Black and White Persons With Heart Failure, Hannah M Anderson Hughes
Pharmacists' Role in Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Prevention and Treatment and Their Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Distributing Naloxone Under a Standing Order, Stephen C. Ijioma
TUMMY TIME IN INFANCY: REAL-WORLD ASSESSMENTS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, Ketaki Inamdar
Modulation of inflammation during tumor progression and inhibition, Madison Grace Isbell
The Lived Experiences of Higher Education Academic Advisors with Counseling Degrees in Addressing Their Role in Student Success, Shajuana Isom-Payne
Madeleine Béjart: La Femme Galante, Katherine E. Jackson
Harnessing the power of process intensification principles in a robust synthesis of the anti-retroviral drug lamivudine (3TC), Sudhair Anton Kepler James Dr
The Economic Value of Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative Care Models in Hypertension Management, Jessica S. Jay
Arts Integration Experiences of Elementary Educators, Amy E. Jefferson
Understanding Chinese International Students' Engagement and Belongingness in U.S. Universities, Yingying Jiang
Race, Weight, Gender And The Embodied (Odied, Odied) Consciousness Of Big-Bodied Black Women Educators: A Phenomenological Study, Kendra D. Johnson
Snapshots of a Fictional Past: Photographic Nostalgia in the Early 20th century Art Novel., Harry A. Jones IV
Threshold Levels of Patient and Parent Esthetic Concern in the Mixed Dentition, Justin Josell
Flourish: Exploring Healing Environments in a Residential Treatment Setting, Emily D. Kalafian
Therapeutic Approaches for Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Franck J. Kamga Gninzeko
Characterization of Sodium Ion Flux in Cultured Rat Proximal Tubule NRK-52E Cells and Cannabinoid Receptor Type 1 Signaling, Bridget Kastelberg
HOW IS BIOPHILIC URBANISM BEING USED IN PLANNING TO REJUVENATE POST-INDUSTRIAL CITIES?, Andrea A. Kerley
Less Water, More Holy: Tools for Sustainable Ablution, Faheem Khan
Characteristics of Culturally Inclusive Art Education Pedagogy: A Historical Document Analysis Study, Fatemah A. Khawaji
Molten Salt Technologies for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Molten Salt Reactors, Dimitris Killinger
Angiotensin II promotes Type 1 T Helper lymphocyte-mediated diastolic dysfunction in a mouse model of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Michelle M. Kim
A Phenomenological Exploration of Facebook Groups as Social Support in Pregnant Women of Low Socioeconomic Status, Kathryn M. L. Konrad
Reds for Ed: Class Struggle in the Classroom, Patrick E. Korte
Continual learning from stationary and non-stationary data, Lukasz Korycki
Cyanometer, Danielle R. Kotrla
cadent diffusion: permeating the membrane, Isabella M. Kubo
SHP2 inhibition-based combination targeted therapies for molecularly defined subgroups of HNSCC patients, RICHARD KURUPI
Institutional Investor Distraction and Stock Market Reaction to Earnings Announcements, Kyungeun Kwon
“There was some sort of missing middle”: Lived Experiences of Jewish Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Aliza Lambert
Adaptations in orthodontics for current and future COVID-19 best practices, Jordan Lamb
City Revitalization Through Adaptive Reuse and the Arts, Patricia D. Lamb
Detection and Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect: A Survey amongst Pediatric Dental Care Providers in the United States, Daniel J. Lander
Estimating Weighted Panel Sizes for Primary Care Providers: An assessment of clustering and novel methods of panel size estimation on electronic medical records, Martin A. Lavallee
Considering Queerness - Actor Training's Issues and Alternatives, Jacob LeBlanc
Improving the Measurement of Community-Level Determinants of Population Health across Spatial Contexts, Jong Hyung Lee
Secondary English Teachers’ Experiences of Agency: Connections to Shifting Educational Contexts During COVID-19, Kristina Lee
Authenticity, Care, and Relationships: Ethical Decision-Making in Criminal Justice Education, Robert B. Lehmann
Taking Flight: An Independent Living Facility for Emancipated Foster Youth, Kristy McDaniel Leitzel
Universal Design in BCI: Deep Learning Approaches for Adaptive Speech Brain-Computer Interfaces, Srdjan Lesaja
Use of Passive Immobilization During Oral Conscious Sedation: Parental Perceptions and Utilization by Pediatric Dentists in The United States, Jennifer N. Levine
The l1-norm regularized l1-norm best-fit line problem and applications, Xiao Ling
Putting the "Video" Back in Video Games: Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Studies Approaches to Video Game Analysis, Francis A. Longaker
SHE: PERFORMING BIOGRAPHY AS A DRAMATIC NARRATIVE, Ashley J. Love
Contact-Free Sensing and Mass Transport Analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Single Entity Electrochemistry, John Lutkenhaus
Clear Aligner Therapy in the Mixed Dentition: Indications and Practitioner Perspectives, Nicholas M. Lynch
EXAMINING THE BEHAVIORAL AND PHYISIOLGICAL EFFECTS OF D-METHAMPHETAMINE ADMINISTERED VIA E-CIGARETTE AEROSOLIZATION, Srikethan Mahavadi
A study on developing novel methods for relation extraction, DARSHINI MAHENDRAN
Family History of Substance Problems among African Americans: Associations with Drug Use, Drug Use Disorder, and Prescription Drug Misuse, Rebecca Mahrs-Gould
THE ABUSE LIABILITY PROFILE OF AN UNFLAVORED, SUCRALOSE-SWEETENED, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE IN COMBUSTIBLE CIGARETTE SMOKERS, Sarah F. Maloney
Role of S1PR1 in Astrocyte Development and Function, Paul D. Marcelli
Building a School Culture of Success for Multilingual Learners: A Multiple Case Study of Perspectives from Secondary School Leaders, John P. Marshall
Characteristics of Posterior Permanent Teeth with a Periradicular Diagnosis of Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis: A Retrospective Study, Christina A. Martin
Using Transfer RNA to Break the Redundancy of the Genetic Code for the Translation of Peptides with Non-Canonical Amino Acids, Clinton A.L. McFeely
Exosomal MiRNAs as Biomarkers for Radiation Toxicity in Breast Cancer Patients, Mina V. McGinn
Until Its Calmness Can Claim You, Gabrielle McHugh
Identification of Functional and Genetic Interactors of mTOR in Yeast, Samantha M. McLean
NEW BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR TREATING EYE DISEASES, tuo meng
Wet, flowering, dry, Caroline A. Minchew
A Technology-Based, Mixed Methods Approach to Examining the Psychosocial Determinants of Maternal Health Disparities, Hannah M. Ming
Real-Time Process Monitoring and Control of Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Yuma Miyai
Shackled: To A Front-Row Seat of My Own Horror Film, Dellil L. Mohammed
relief revival reincarnation, lisa moon
Analyses of Internal CRISPR Screen and RNA-Seq data, and Publicly Available Genomic Datasets to Study the Roles of Epigenetics in Cancer Biology., Christiane M. Morecock
THE INFLUENCE OF SALINITY ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF SOIL PROKARYOTIC COMMUNITIES IN COASTAL FRESHWATER WETLANDS, Joseph C. Morina II
Perceived discrimination and mental health outcomes in college students: the mediating role of preventive health behaviors and social support, Sarah C M Morton
Continuous Crystallization Platform Design for Pharmaceuticals and Battery Cathode Materials, Mingyao Mou
USING MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMERS FOR THE SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF ANALYTES, Haley A. Mulder
Until One Resembles the Other, Chad E. Mundie Jr.