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Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Lodge, Melissa. THE FEMALE ENERGY DEFICIENCY (FED) PROJECT: EDUCATION AND SCREENING STRATEGIES TO PREVENT RELATIVE ENERGY DEFICIENCY IN SPORT (REDs) IN COLLEGIATE FEMALE ATHLETES

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Aalipour, Nafise. THREE ESSAYS ON INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, MACHINE LEARNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT

Agudelo Areiza, Juliana. PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) EFFECTS ON TISSUE DISPOSITION, PROTEOME, AND HEALTH EFFECTS

Ahn, Paul Bumchan. PREDICTING GOODWILL IMPAIRMENT WITH FINANCIAL DATA AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

Armin, Gabrielle M.. QUANTIFYING LINKS BETWEEN PHYTOPLANKTON PHYSIOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Ashey, Jill. NON-CODING RNAS AS REGULATORS OF CORAL BIOLOGY

Babaee, Amir. MONOTONIC CONSTANT NORMAL STIFFNESS TESTS FOR IMPROVING THE SKIN FRICTION RESISTANCE PREDICTION OF DRILLED PILES IN SAND

Banerjee, Puja. MACHINE LEARNING FOR OPTIMIZED OCEAN EXPLORATION DATA ANALYSIS

Bartman, Sydney. MECHANISMS OF BRAIN AGING: LINKING FRAILTY, EPIGENOMIC ALTERATIONS, AND MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION TO COGNITIVE DECLINE AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATHOLOGY

Battye, Anna. “A CULTURE OF RESPECT AND CARE”: ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION-MAKING AND A COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOD PANTRY

Beatty, Avery. SUBSTANCE USE IN JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH: THE ROLES OF ADHD AND CD

Becker, Johann Sebastian. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF IN SITU FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEMS AND DATA PROCESSING WORKFLOWS FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATORIES IN COASTAL AND DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENTS

Bellnier, Karen. CHANGE IS PEOPLE: HOW FACULTY, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATORS ENGAGE WITH AND SHAPE A SUBSTANTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PROCESS

Bhatt, Niraj. MACHINE LEARNING GUIDED INSIGHTS INTO PHONON SCATTERING MECHANISMS FOR TUNABLE THERMAL TRANSPORT IN MATERIALS FROM FIRST-PRINCIPLES

Blagden, Katherine M.. EXPLORING THE BENEFITS, BARRIERS, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY STEM PARTNERSHIPS: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY ON STEM COLLABORATION IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Bowden, William. TEXTUAL SEDIMENTS: GENRE AND THE PLANETARY NOVEL

Brown-Nash, Audreyana. CHARACTERIZATION OF METHODOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF AMINO ACIDS (CSIA-AA)

Bryant, James S.. PROJECT MANAGER RISK RESPONSE VIA THE SCHEDULE DURATION MECHANISM IN NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Cahan, James. Global engagement, local impact: Exploring practicing teachers' experiences in a Fulbright-Hays Group Project in Guatemala

Carlson, Erik. A MULTISPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF HIGH REDSHIFT QUASARS AND THEIR ENERGY PRODUCTION MECHANISMS

Carvalho, Orianna Duncan. MORE THAN JUST FOOD AND MONEY: AN EXPLORATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS’ CHALLENGES WITH FOOD ACCESS AND INSECURITY

Chapdelaine, Abygail. INVESTIGATING MONO-DRIVER VERSUS MULTI-DRIVER ONCOGENESIS VIA ALTERATIONS TO CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS

Chu, Tyler. MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF DROP-STITCH INFLATABLE STRUCTURES TO SHOCK AND IMPACT LOADING

Connolly, Somatra Lynn. College Health Provider Experiences with Inclusive and Affirming Care of Sexual and Gender Minorities

Conti, Michael. ANALYSIS OF EARLY INTERVENTIONS TO RETAIN UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Coppersmith, Jessica. MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SHELLFISH PATHOGEN VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS RE22 AND THE PROBIONT PHAEOBACTER INHIBENS S4Sm

Cres, Cecile. APPLICATION OF DEEP LEARNING TO TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF METAGENOMICS DATA

Crowley, Deborah. NUMERICAL MODELING STUDY OF COASTAL IMPACTS FROM EXTREME STORMS AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

Desrochers, Jessica. REVERSE GEOMETRIC DISPERSION IN THE BEAUFORT SEA: DISSECTING SOUND PROPAGATION AT LONG RANGES IN DUCTED PROFILES

Dionne, Connor Jaymes. COMPREHENSIVELY UNDERSTANDING AND MANIPULATING THE HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN NEXT-GENERATION BATTERY MATERIALS

Dunlevy, Francesca Alexa. MARKET SEGMENTATION TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC EVENT ATTENDANCE INTENTIONS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR APPROACH

Eaton, Lindsey Eileen. THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL DIET ON DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING: A CROSS SPECIES ANALYSIS

Ewton, Erica. QUANTIFYING MIXOTROPHY POTENTIAL AS A FUNCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL DRIVERS IN COASTAL AND ESTUARINE PLANKTON COMMUNITIES

Fajardo Grandidge, Aura. USING AN ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL LENS TO EXAMINE THE 1ST YEAR PERSISTENCE AND SCIENCE IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT OF AT-RISK BIOLOGY STUDENTS EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE EQUITY-MINDED HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES

Fellingham, John H.. THREE ESSAYS ON HOW PASSIVE OWNERSHIP OF STOCKS IS RESHAPING MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE AND TRADITIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE METRICS

Fernandes, Renato. ENTREPRENEURIAL SELLING AND BUSINESS SUCCESS IN BRAZIL

Ferreira, Colby Mils. GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS CONTROLLING DIVISOME LOCALIZATION AND SEPTATION DURING THE ESCHERICHIA COLI CELL CYCLE

Fornasaro-Donahue, Viviane. "UNDERSTANDING OBESITY EXPERIENCES AND TREATMENT DECISION-MAKING IN HISPANIC-LATINO COMMUNITIES”

Frank, Jordann Rawlins. MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING FOR IMPROVING CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG WOMEN LEAVING PRISON

Franzetta, Sharon Ann. INCENTIVES, PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN WASTE

Fusco, Rosemarie. CONFRONTING THE SEAPORT RESILIENCE GAP: INCENTIVES, FRAMEWORKS, AND CASE STUDIES FOR ENHANCING RESILIENCE TO NATURAL HAZARDS IN PORT PLANNING AND POLICY

Gaspar, Lauren. THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN NANO- AND MICROPLASTICS EXPOSURE, GENETIC RISK FACTORS, AND AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE

Gillis, Helice A.. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PILLAR[5]ARENE AND PILLAR[6]ARENE IN THE SYNTHETIC ROUTE TO A WATER-SOLUBLE PILLAR[6]ARENE: A CASE OF KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PRODUCTS OR TWO DISTINCT, COMPETING REACTIONS

Gong, Liyuan. MICROPLASTICS DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CYTOTOXICITY EVALUATION VIA LAB-ON-CHIP

Habach, Sam. STABILITY AND GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF AUTONOMOUS AND NONAUTONOMOUS DISCRETE POPULATION MODELS WITH STOCKING, HARVESTING, AND COOPERATION

Habtemichael, Asta. CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN: FATE, BIOACCUMULATION, AND RISK COMMUNICATION

Hixon, Courtney Janell. CUEING INTO THE CULTURE: AWE'S IMPACT ON BLACK WOMEN'S SUNSCREEN RITUALS & CONSUMER-TO-CONSUMER ADVOCACY

Honeycutt, Daniel S.. EXPANDING THE BIOMOLECULAR CHEMICAL SPACE THROUGH DIRECT FUNCTIONAL GROUP CONVERSION

Jacoby, Danielle. DYNAMICS OF METAL-COORDINATED COUMARIN DYES FOR PHOTOSWITCHING APPLICATIONS

John, Leni. THE PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABILITY IN SOLAR POWER GENERATION

Karna, Pravin. UNDERSTANDING ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS: IMPLICATIONS TO THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND CARRIER MOBILITIES IN METALS AND ULTRA-WIDE BAND GAP MATERIALS

Kass, Elizabeth. ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO CONTROL AND MANAGE GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES IN SMALL RUMINANTS

Kim, Andrew. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF SPECIALIZED METABOLITES FROM HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS

Knibb, Jana N.. INTERSECTIONS OF INATTENTION: A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF MULTIPLY MARGINALIZED STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE SETTINGS

Kraics, Mark Donald. WILL I GO TO MY APPOINTMENT? CASE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF MISSED TRANSPORTATION IN MEDICAID

Labossiere, Alex. “WHAT’S SUPP” DEVELOPING AN IN VITRO MODEL FOR HEALTHY ORAL BIOFILMS

Larcom, Alexandra Black. ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD INTAKE AND DIETARY INTAKE BEHAVIORS IN YOUNG ADULTS

Leger, Rosemary. “SWAP WHAT NO LONGER SERVES”: AN EXPLORATION OF ZERO WASTE FASHION COMMUNITIES ONLINE AND IRL

Li, Huifang. EVALUATIONS OF THE MODULATORY EFFECTS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS ON FERROPTOSIS AND CHECKPOINT PATHWAYS IN CANCER THERAPY

Lindsay, Taylor R.. LIGHT, SYMBIOSIS, AND THE BIOLOGY OF CORALS

Lipka, Bradley M.. ULTRA-RAPID ELECTROPHILIC CYSTEINE ARYLATION USING PYRIDINIUM SALTS

Liu, Lufan Helen. CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCES: DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS AND MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN EV BATTERY ADOPTION AND AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT

Marshall, Rachel Catherine. INCORPORATING TIME-VARYING PARAMETERS AND CLIMATE DRIVERS INTO FISHERIES MODELS

McLinden, John P.. ELECTRO-VASCULAR DYNAMICS DURING AUDITORY PROCESSING: VARIATION ALONG THE SCHIZOTYPY CONTINUUM

Meyer, Natalie. SHIFTING SEAS AND GREENER CITIES: PUBLIC PREFERENCES FOR CLIMATE-DRIVEN CHANGES IN FOOD SYSTEMS AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE

Mezebish Quinn, Tori. DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE: COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO UNRAVELING THE MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF WATERFOWL THROUGHOUT THE ANNUAL CYCLE

Michel, Rebecca. THE INFLUENCE OF THE GREATEST 8TM TEXT MESSAGE SERVICE ON PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH

Motsenbocker, Breanna. DEMOCRATIZING DEEP-SEA TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT USING RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNIQUES

Mylie, Quentin. THE EFFECTS OF PH AND ONCOMETABOLITES ON DNA REPAIR MEDIATED BY ALKB FAMILY ENZYMES

Oladipo, Bolaji. MECHANICAL RESPONSE AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS OF CONFINED CYLINDRICAL SYSTEMS UNDER VARYING LOADING SCENARIOS

Ostwind, David Samuel. APPLYING LEWIN FORCE-FIELD ANALYSIS TO ENABLE EVACUATION BY SEA IN THE UNITED STATES

Pandey, Akash. CHARACTERIZATION AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE AND METALLIC STRUCTURES UNDER EXTREME LOADING ENVIRONMENTS

Papandreou, Angelos. COUPLED NUMERICAL MODELING OF WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTIONS IN TROPICAL CYCLONES

Paswan, Raeksh. ENHANCING FREEZE-THAW DURABILITY OF CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES THROUGH INNOVATIVE MATERIALS DESIGN

Patry, Emily. CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF CUTANEOUS MELANOMA: A REAL-WORLD ANALYSIS

Paul, Supria. DEVELOPMENT OF A SCITUATE RESERVOIR MITIGATION MODEL FOR ASSESSING FLOOD CONTROL DURING EXTREME SCENARIOS

Peng, Zhiyuan. CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF α-KETOGLUTARATE/Fe(II)-DEPENDENT AlkB FAMILY ENZYMES

Pepler, Amanda. DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY PLATFORMS

Perera, Kalindu D.C.. APPLICATION OF POLYMERS AND POLYMER-BASED NANOPARTICLES TOWARDS THE AMELIORATION OF CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

Phillips, Jason Thomas. IDEA TO IMPLEMENTATION IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE STUDY FROM A VETERAN URBAN FARM AND HOUSING INITIATIVE

Pi, Joshua. A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF ULITHIAN SPEARFISHING

Potts, Emily. ISCHEMIA-INDUCED CYTOSKELETAL AND NUCLEAR DISRUPTIONS DRIVE NEURONAL DEATH AND DYSFUNCTION: INSIGHTS INTO THE CONNECTION BETWEEN STROKE AND DEMENTIA FROM IN VITRO AND IN VIVO MODELS OF STROKE

Powers, Christopher. CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR FORAMINIFERA AND FORAMINIFERA COMMUNITIES

Raker, Catherine E.. THE CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF A CARIBBEAN BOULDER CORAL DURING RESTORATION AND THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN FISH PREDATION AND MICROBIOME VARIATION

Raudales, Alexa M.. OPIOID USE AND ACUTE SUICIDE RISK: THE REAL-TIME INFLUENCE OF TRAUMA CONTEXT

Refulio Coronado, Sonia M.. ESSAYS ON HUMAN DECISIONS RELATED TO WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES

Ren, Yu. REAL-WORLD CLINICAL AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF OSTEOPOROTIC TREATMENTS IN MEN

Ruben, Brett Albert. NOVEL METHODOLOGY AND PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FOR PROTON CT USING SPOT PROFILE RATHER THAN BRAGG PEAK LOCATION

Santilli, Josie. A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY EXPLORING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND INFLUENCE OF AN INTER/INTRAGENERATIONAL DIGITAL EQUITY TRAINING PROGRAM

Schofield, Samantha. INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION IN THE BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY OF NYMPHAL IXODES SCAPULARIS, AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ASSOCIATION WITH BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU STRICTO

Schultz, Madeline. PROBING BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS VIA INFRARED ACTION SPECTROSCOPY

Sheerin, Andrew. DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO REDUCING STORMWATER POLLUTION THROUGH ENHANCED STREET SWEEPING

Snook, Jarod. ADVANCING SAMPLING AND EXPANDING MEASUREMENT OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN NATURAL WATERS.

Suh, Wangsuk. HEURISTICS, BIASES, AND PREFERENCES OF AI: TIME AND RISK PREFERENCES AMONG GENERATIVE AI SYSTEMS

Sutherland Charvis, Jodi. LATENT MEASUREMENT OF ADULT ATTACHMENT AND PERCEIVED STRESS BY INTERSECTIONAL RACE/ETHNICITY AND GENDER

Thakur, Sandip. BEYOND THE PHONON GAS MODEL (PGM): UNRAVELING THE UNIQUE MECHANISTIC PROCESSES DICTATING THERMAL TRANSPORT IN HIGHLY ANHARMONIC AND DISORDERED MATERIALS

Thomas, Emmanuel D.. MICRO-LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND ALCOHOL USE AMONG BLACK ADULTS: PROXIMAL RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS

Tiano, Sophia. INVESTIGATING THE PHOTOPHYSICAL DYNAMICS OF ANTHRACENE AND ACRIDINE DERIVATIVES USING TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY

Venezia, Rebecca. ASSESSING DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY CHANGES OF THE ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS, ROCKWEED AND KELP, IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RI

Viscione, Elizabeth-Ann Rando. OPTIMAL SEXUALITY AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH PERSONALITY AND SEXUAL SATISFACTION