The University of Rhode Island archives and provides access to PhD dissertations through DigitalCommons@URI. For additional background, see Information on the University of Rhode Island’s ETD Program.
For questions about dissertations in DigitalCommons@URI, contact Julia Lovett, Digital Initiatives Librarian, at .
For questions about URI's dissertations submission process in general, contact Al Gerheim at or see http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/formatting.html.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Farnworth, Barbara A.
. FEMALE COMIC GROTESQUE CHARACTERS IN VICTORIAN NOVELS: INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITIES OF LIMINALITYFoley-Schramm, Ashton
. READING THE READER: ANALYZING DEPICTIONS OF MALE READERS IN SERIAL VICTORIAN FICTIONGrant Ranson, Hilary Joan
. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS INVOLVING PATHOGENSJohnson, Shelby L.
. INVESTIGATING NAT PRODUCTS & PHARMACEUTICALS TARGETING INFLAMMATION IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASESLynch, Kenneth A. Jr.
. STRUCTURED, INDIVIDUALIZED, VIDEO-BASED COACHING TO IMPROVE TECHNICAL SKILL ACQUISITIONSong, Richard
. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS EXPERIENCES, COPING WITH DISCRIMINATION STRATEGIES, AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTSWinters, Catherine Ann
. THE MARK OF THE VANISHING READER: INTRADIEGETIC INTERACTION IN MULTIMODAL NARRATIVEYun, Gawon
. RIGHT-SHORING: OFFSHORING TO RESHORING FOR A SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING LOCATION DECISION IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRYTheses/Dissertations from 2019
Abbasi, Akram
. NANOMATERIALS FOR SENSING, HEATING AND APPLICATIONS IN COMPOSITES AND EMULSION BIOFOULINGAl-Bkerat, Maissa
. NUTRITIONAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF ARABIC SPEAKING MIDDLE EASTERN MOTHERSAn, Jiyoon
. ALEXA OR ALEX? GENDERED TECHNOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER JUDGMENTSArizi, Evans Kwasi
. TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE SARDINELLA FISHERY IN GHANAArmendarez, Joseph J.
. THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION ON EARLY LITERACY SKILLS OF YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE HISPANIC/LATINOAsadi, Pouria
. COMPUTER VISION BASED METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC REBAR DETECTION IN GROUND PENETRATING RADAR DATABabcock, Zachary R.
. POLYPHARMACY IN CANCER PATIENTS: HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, EXPENDITURES, AND ADVERSE EVENTSBarlock, Benjamin Joseph
. USE OF HYPHENATED MASS SPECTROMETRY TO UNCOVER TRUE NAFLD EFFECT ON HUMAN DRUG DISPOSITION PROTEINSBerwise, Clifton A.
. Assessing Interaction of Black Racial Identity and Perceived Neighborhood Factors on Educational UtilityBian, Ke
. DNA damage, repair and mutational spectrumBligh, Amanda
. REAL-TIME GEOMETRY-BASED FEEDBACK FOR DESIGN ENGINEERS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MANUFACTURINGBonoff, Jennifer
. CHANGING CONSUMER EXPERIENCES AND BEHAVIORS & THE ROLE OF THE MARKETER WITHIN MOBILE ENVIRONMENTSBrowner, Michael Jr.
. A Phenomenological Study of Perspectives on Teacher Diversity and the Lived Experiences of Black Public School TeachersBrozyna, Christopher
. THREE EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATIONS OF ASPECTS OF INSTITUTIONS GOVERNING NATURAL RESOURCE USECancilliere, Mary Kathryn M.
. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF-EFFICACY DURING EXPOSURE – CHILD (SEE-C) MEASURE: A PILOT STUDYCanfield, Katherine
. Tourism and Justice on Catalina Island: Burdens, Power, and Decision-makingCard, Adam D.
. ULTRAFAST COHERENT SPECTROSCOPIES AND LASER SOURCES BASED ON THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHENOMENACarr-Harris, Andrew
. NONMARKET VALUATION OF MARINE RESOURCES IN THE NORTHEAST: IMPLICATIONS FOR RECREATIONAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENTCarter, Wales Aran
. WHAT TO EAT AND WHEN: THE CONSEQUENCES OF POLYUNSATURATED FAT CONSUMPTION AND PACE OF CHANGES TO BODY LIPID COMPOSITION IN SONGBIRDSÇavus, Mustafa
. SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR HARDWARE PREDICTORSCooper-Mullin, Clara
. HOW BIRDS RESPOND TO ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY, OXIDATIVE DAMAGE, AND FUEL STORES DURING MIGRATIONDaly, Adrienne Jones
. PRACTICING TRANSLINGUALISM: FACULTY CONCEPTIONS AND PRACTICESDaSilva, Nicholas A.
. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOL-ENRICHED EXTRACTS AND THEIR GUT MICROBIAL METABOLITESEmi, Tania T.
. REMOTELY ACTIVATED BIOMATERIALS FOR OPTIMIZING THE TEMPORAL PROFILES OF THERAPEUTIC MOLECULESEngley, Ryan
. TO BE CONTINUED: SERIALITY IN NEW MEDIAFernando, Payagala Udawattage Ashvin Iresh
. DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULAR PROBES FOR MEDICAL AND ENVIRONMETAL APPLICATIONSGanji, Nasim
. NANOPARTICLE-CELL MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS: ADSORPTION KINETICS AND THE MONOLAYER RESPONSEGaudet, Charles Edward III
. DETECTION OF COGNITIVE CHANGE: EXAMINATION OF APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF IMPACTGhatee, Rosa
. FABRICATION OF CONDUCTIVE HYDROGELS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN NEUROPROSTHETIC INTERVENTION AND DRUG DELIVERYGreenfield, Joseph
. SPARTA: SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ACQUISTION WITH REAL-TIME ANALYSISGuillame, Jean A.
. CLOSURE UNDER THE MAJORIZATION RELATION AND THE DISTINGUISHING CHROMATIC NUMBER OF CIRCULANT GRAPHSHattat, Ahmet
. PRODUCT EVALUATIONS AS A FACTOR OF UNKNOWN ATTRIBUTE POSITIONING, BRAND TRUST, NEED FOR COGNITION AND MESSAGE DIAGNOSTICITYHellwig, Martin D.
. Computational Gene Association Based on Relative Species Displacement in Gene and Morphology TreesHill, Danielle
. EXAMINING MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE DURING PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONJansen, Abigale E.
. Navigating Internal and External Borderlands: The Experience of Emergent Bilingual Cape Verdean Middle School StudentsJavier Mella, Carlos Rafael
. DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO AGGRESSIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONJones, Daniel R.
. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL MATERIALS FOR THE DETECTION AND REMOVAL OF TOXICANTSKakar, Prateek
. LASER-ASSISTED TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY AND VACCINATIONKane, Mary Kathryn
. Krill Motion in the Southern Ocean: Quantifying in Situ Krill Movement Behaviors and EnergeticsKell, Charles
. CONSTRUCTING TRANSGRESSION: CRIMINALITY IN EXPERIMENTAL LITERATUREKillion, Bryana E.
. RESILIENCE, COPING STRATEGIES, AND INTERNALIZING DISORDERS AMONG CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT VICTIMSKoggala Wellalage, Dilni Kaveendi Chandrasiri
. THE EFFECT OF ADDITIVES AND SURFACE MODIFYING AGENTS ON THE SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIESKovach, Shannon
. DECREASING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF EFFORT MEASURES TO COACHING: THE TOMM AS AN EXEMPLARLaBreck, Christopher James
. MECHANISMS OF DIVISION SITE SELECTION AND ROLE OF THE ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASE CLPXP IN MIND REGULATION AND PROTEOSTASIS IN E. COLILi, Dongyang
. In storage process, the next generation of storage systemLi, Jiahang
. THREE-DIMENSIONAL PASSIVE‐SOURCE REVERSE TIME MIGRATION OF CONVERT WAVES: A NEW METHOD TO IMAGE THE EARTH’S DISCONTINUITIESLyons, Nicole Rose
. SCHOOL LEADER DEVELOPMENT: PERCEPTIONS OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT ON THE JOBMako, Teresa Louise
. DETECTION OF IONS AND SMALL MOLECULE TOXICANTS IN AQUEOUS MEDIA USING NEW COLORIMETRIC AND FLUORIMETRIC METHODSManke, Krysten
. WELCOME TO THE CLUB: AN ARCHIVAL INQUIRY INTO THE DEWEY LABORATORY SCHOOL AS RHETORICAL EDUCATIONMarcotte, James
. GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF DISCRETE MONOTONE MAPS IN THE PLANE AND IN RNMasrahi, Alaa
. IDENTIFYING FACTORS OF SUCCESS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAMcBride Pinheiro, Beth A.
. EXPLORING THE INCREDIBLE 5-POINT SCALE: IMPACT ON TARGET BEHAVIORS IN PRESCHOOLMena, Noereem Zenaida
. THE HOME AND CHILD-CARE: ARE PRESCHOOLAGED CHILDREN GETTING MIXED FOOD-RELATED MESSAGES?Meyer, Aaron C.
. MOLECULAR CHAINS UNDER TENSION AND TORQUE: ACTIVATION OF STATISTICALLY INTERACTING EXTENSION, TWIST, AND CONTACT PARTICLESMoreira da Costa, Leandro
. VOTING NEAREST NEIGHBORS: SVM CONSTRAINTS SELECTION ALGORITHM BASED ON K-NEAREST NEIGHBORSMurray, Alexandra N.
. Measure Development and Validation of a Self-Efficacy Scale for Advance Care PlanningMurtagh, Patricia J.
. A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF RHODE ISLAND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WORKING UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE EDUCATION POLICYNorthup, Jane
. Law Enforcement Officers' Perceptions of their Skill Development and Transfer of Learning Post-TrainingOppong, Anita Adjoa
. INVESTIGATION OF IRON MEDIATED MOLECULAR TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYNTHESIS OF 2-AMINO-α-CARBOLINE AND ITS ANALOGUES RELEVANT FOR DNA ADDUCT FORMATIONOrphanides, Christopher D.
. RELATING MARINE MAMMAL DISTRIBUTION TO PREY ABUNDANCEOrtega, Elsa
. THE CHARACTERIZATION OF XANTHENE DYES ON A GLASS SUBSTRATE FROM DIFFERENT COATING TECHNIQUESOtt, Benjamin H.
. APPLICATIONS OF CENTERED KERNEL TARGET ALIGNMENT IN INDUCTIVE LOGIC PROGRAMMINGPadgett, Jason Scott
. CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE COSEISMIC SUBSIDENCE ESTIMATES FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTONPalazini, Angela
. AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR STUDENTS AND THEIR COMMUNICATION TEAMPallack, Robert J. Jr.
. TOWARDS A UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE (UML) PROFILE TO ADDRESS DIGITAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE COMPLEXITIESPerkins, Matthew
. ADVANCEMENTS IN BIOMIMETIC UNDERWATER PROPULSION: BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AND CROSSFLOW COMPENSATIONPerrelli, Kristina M.
. EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING PREGNANT WHILE A COLLEGE STUDENTPfohl, Marisa
. AN ‘OMICS APPROACH TO DIET & STRUCTURE IMPACT ON PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE INDUCED LIVER DISEASEPothupitiya, Jinal U.
. ORGANOCATALYTIC RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF CYCLIC LACTONES: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CATALYSTS GUIDED BY MECHANISMRathkey, Emma S.
. CAN ASL-GLOSS BE USED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL TO TEACH WRITTEN ENGLISH TO THE DEAF?Rettinger, Ryan Charles
. EXAMINATION OF NON-IDEAL EXPLOSIVESRose, Kenneth N.
. DIETARY POLYPHENOLS AND THEIR GUT MICROBIOTA METABOLITES AS POTENTIAL TREATMENTS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESaikia, Manob Jyoti
. A WEARABLE, CONFIGURABLE FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS NEUROIMAGINGSaravanakumar, Anitha
. AN OMICS BASED APPROACH FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF BIOMARKERS IN NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE USING IN VITRO MODELS OF HEPATIC STEATOSISSaul, Southey F.
. EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSISShah, Nishan K.
. OVERCOMING CONTEMPORARY OBSTACLES IN DRUG DELIVERY VIA ACETALATED DEXTRAN PARTICLE FORMULATIONSSmall, Rachel
. ATTITUDES TOWARDS COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: AN ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS APPROACHSteffes, Juliana
. AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION INTO THE STRUCTURE OF EATING DISORDER DIAGNOSISStevick, Rebecca Jean
. OYSTER-ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICSSutyawan, Fery
. FEDERALISM IN MARINE FISHERIES GOVERNANCE IN INDONESIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTIONSTang, Qi
. CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF METHYLATION AND GLYCATION DNA ADDUCTSTapscott, Brian E.
. Team Medical Decision Making: Available Research and Future DirectionsTendhar, Thupten
. COMPASSION AND WELL-BEING: THE EFFECTS OF AN ONLINE FILMMEDIATED COMPASSION EDUCATION ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSTorrico Guzman, Elisa A.
. DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOMATERIALS FOR PULMONARY DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONSTreadaway, Victoria Ann
. Behavior and Transport of Organic Acids in the Troposphere using Observational Data and ModelsTurchetta, Louis William
. SELF-MONITORING HEART RATE BIOFEEDBACK: A SECONDARY PREVENTION STRATEGY FOR MANAGING ANXIETY IN COLLEGE STUDENTSUnger, Susan P.
. ANALYSIS OF A TWITTERFEED COMMUNITY OF PRACTICING K-8 REFORM-MINDED SCIENCE TEACHERSVan Beaver, Sarah
. Global Dynamics of Some Discrete Dynamical Systems in Mathematical BiologyWalker, Clarissa J.
. “THERE IS NO RACISM IN CUBA”: A FIELD STUDY OF THE “POST-RACE” RHETORIC OF MODERN CUBAWang, Zhao
. Essays on Corporate Disclosure, Governance, and Capital MarketsWatts, Kara
. CHARMED MODERNISMS: FANTASIES OF SOCIALITY AND DIFFERENCE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATUREWeir, Michael Joseph
. Health Information Campaigns and Genetically Modified Food Labels in the Seafood Market