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2026

"I Just Wanted to Help": Certified Recovery Peer Advocates and Disconnected Labor, Rosie Benser

SYSTEMIC EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AND CLASS ACTIONS: THE EXTENT OF STRUCTURAL LITIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL, Ricardo Jose Macedo de Britto Pereira

A City’s Neglectful Past: Young Black Mothers and The Creation of A Reproductive Health Crisis in the Urban North 1900 - 2005, Semaj Imane Campbell-Blakes

NAVIGATING COURSE REGISTRATION: AN EXAMINATION OF INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG GENERATION Z UNDERGRADUATES, Kelly Campbell

Three Essays on Trust in American Society, Devin Caramma

'Realizing' Information Literacy: A Philosophical Argument, Jeongbae Choi

On Compact Quasi-Einstein Metrics of Constant Scalar Curvature, Eric Morgan Cochran

CHARACTERIZING CAPACITANCE OF JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS FOR QUANTUM DEVICES, Bradley Gordon Cole

COOPERATING MUSIC TEACHERS AND THE edTPA: NEGOTIATING THE DEMANDS OF MENTORING STUDENT TEACHERS IN THE FACE OF A STATE MANDATED PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT, Deborah Alane Cunningham

Tempering the Body: An Exploration of Contemplative and Somatic Practices through Healing Circles for Black Educators, Easton James Davis

The Impact of Cultural Wealth on the Information Experiences of Latine First-Generation College Students, Carlota Deseda-Coon

SYMMETRIES OF LEGGED LOCOMOTION: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS IN ANIMALS AND ROBOTS, Jiayu Ding

BELONGING, IDENTITY, AND AGENCY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF MUSLIM STUDENTS IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION, Amir Duric

Sister Support: Congressional Bonding Activities Among Black Women in the House of Representatives, Curtis Kelton Edmonds

The Predictive Validity of Casual Dating Advice for Early-Stage Romantic Relationship Outcomes, Jayda Patrice Felder

How Primary Grade Teachers Interpret and Respond to Writing Instruction in Core Literacy Programs, Kate Feldmeier Franz

Help-Seeking Behaviors in Artificial Intelligence - Mediated Programming: Impacts on Performance and Computational Literacy, Michael A. Fudge

Transformative Simulations: Bridging Theory and Practice through Clinical Simulations, Jessica Fundalinski

A Study of the Links Between Denudation, Lithology, and Tectonics in the Tropical Andes, Helbert Garcia-Delgado

Translating Marine Corps Learning Doctrine into Practice: Alignment Between Data Systems Training and Fleet Operations, Daniel Duayne Green

CHARACTERIZING THE SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF MIDLATITUDE SEASONAL SNOWPACKS USING VARIOUS GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, Madison June Gunn

Mapping the Rigid Landscapes of Disordered Networks and Active Solids, Tyler Hain

Metaphors in Agile Discourse: A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Agile Manifesto and the Scrum Guide, Kadidra McCloud Hurst

Breaking Ground: Educational Identity Formation Among First-Generation Students During the Transition to College, Carrie Sue Ingersoll-Wood

FINANCIAL OUTCOMES OF DIGITAL MARKETING, Jaihyun Jeon

Who Really Cares: A Critical Textual Analysis of Television Portrayals of the Fictional “Black Lady Therapist” Post-Pandemic, Tiara Johnson

Integrative Approaches using Artificial Intelligence for Advancing iPSC-Derived Cardiac Modeling, Andrew C. Kowalczewski

ESTIMATOR AND SYSTEM VARIABLES ON EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURE OUTCOMES, Gabriella Kathryn Larson

How Do Predefined Guidance Designs Support Preservice Teachers’ Experiential Learning Achievements in Immersive Virtual Reality-Enhanced Environments?, Yang Liu

THE PROFESSIONALIZATION PARADOX: LABOR DEMANDS WITHOUT WORKER PROTECTIONS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, Melissa Lopoo

Quasiparticle Poisoning of Superconducting Fluxonium Qubits, Kesavan Manivannan

DG Algebra Techniques for Tor Algebras and Edge Ideals, Desiree Martin

Hands On: An Exploration of Techne via Everyday Embodied Practices, Molly McConnell

Rural Nonprofit Newswork and Newsworkers, Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley

INTEGRATING GENERATIVE AI IN LESSON PLANNING: FUTURE EDUCATORS’ INTELLIGENT TPACK DEVELOPMENT AND ETHICAL PERCEPTIONS, Fasika Melese

Subversive Order: Gendered Institutions, Gang Networks, and Survival in American Women’s Prisons., Amber Morris

Geometric Approaches to Memory Formation in Soft Matter, Gentian Muhaxheri

Culturally Responsive Communication Beyond Cultural Essentialism? Language Access, Community-Based Outreach, and Law Enforcement Encounters in Domestic Violence Organizations’ Communication Strategies for Asian Women Survivors in the U.S., Amanda Ni

Development of Dual-Stimuli Responsive Polymer-Coated Gold Nanoparticles and Their Surface Engineering via Polyelectrolyte Layer-by-Layer Assembly, Buddhini Chathurangi Nugaduwa Vithanage

EXAMINING THE FORMATION, PARTICIPATION DYNAMICS, AND LEADERSHIP OF CROSS-SECTORAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL NETWORKS FOR COLLABORATIVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, Nicholas Oesterling

FEEDING THE ATLANTIC WORLD: AFRICAN WOMEN, EUROPEAN MEN, AND FOODWAYS ON BUNCE ISLAND, SIERRA LEONE (1670S – 1850s)., David Aanuoluwa Okanlawon

“It makes me wonder: How can we build truly inclusive, co-taught environments that support every student, not just those with more easily accommodated needs?”: Preservice Teachers’ Self-perceptions of Preparedness for Working with Diverse Learners, Sara H. Petit-McClure

EXAMINING HOW DISABILITY RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS IN HIGHER EDUCATION ENACT WHITENESS IN MAINTAINING POWER AND PRIVILEGED STRUCTURES, Paula Possenti-Perez

Investigation of Biomolecules and Soft Matter via Multiscale Modeling, Xuyang Qin

Trabajar es Orar: Time, Religion, and Modernization in Nineteenth Century Colombia, Carlos Andres Ramirez-Arenas

DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED PHYSIOMICS ANALYTICAL PLATFORM TO ESTABLISH A HUMAN CARDIOMYOCYTE CONTRACTILITY PROFILE, Huaiyu Shi

Avicenna on Non-Rational Voluntary Motion, Hamed Shirmohammadi

Moroccan Jewish Rites and Representation: Henna Ceremony in the Israeli Press, gal stav

Perceived Partner Responsiveness as a Scaffold for Vulnerable Disclosures in Avoidantly Attached Relationships, Elina Sun

High Courts during Democratic Decline, Alice Cho Timken

Global Invertibility of Sobolev Mappings and Energy Minimizers with Prescribed Jacobian, Sabrina Traver

Quasi-Einstein Metrics and Homogeneous Conformally Einstein Manifolds, Nazia Valiyakath

IDENTITY-BASED PHILANTHROPY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: INVESTIGATING THE INFORMATION CONTEXTS OF BLACK GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATION COLLECTIVE GIVING, Rachel Elizabeth Vassel

As Seen on TV: Growing Influence of Latinidad in the United States, Alex Vazquez

“I Didn't Get That Vibe from Others”: Can Enlightenment about the Possibility of Pluralistic Ignorance Enable Confronting Prejudice?, Jenna Walmer

SCALABLE ADVANCED CONTROL OF BUILDING HVAC SYSTEMS USING PHYSICS-INFORMED MACHINE LEARNING, Xuezheng Wang

How Institutions of Higher Education Leverage Information Technology to Navigate in a Dynamic Environment: The Case of Alternative Credentials, Sarah J. Williams

The Impact of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities on Education for Students with Disabilities in China: A Case of Non-Compliant Effectiveness with International Law, Renci Xie

2025

DAOIST CULTURE IN WUDANG SHAN: ENCHANTED HERITAGE, NEO-TRADITIONALISM, AND SECULAR SPIRITUALITY, John Abercrombie

THE FORMATION AND CONTROL OF WRINKLING TOPOGRAPHIES ON 4D PRINTED SUBSTRATES, Johnson Nana Agyapong

Computational imaging and the shifting ground of digital journalism ethics, Wasim Ahmad

ADAPTIVE GENERATION IN EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS: FROM ADVERSARIAL OBJECTS TO GUIDED OPTIMIZATION, Unknown Akshay

MUSLIM STUDENTS IN K-12 EXPERIENCING THEIR FAITH IN THE US SCHOOLS, Abdulilah M. Al-Dubai

The Importance of National Government Participation in Local Smart Cities Planning, Majid AlShehry

A PRISM OF BLACKNESS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS: EXPERIENCES OF HBCU STUDENTS WITH MARGINALIZED RACIAL, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY IDENTITIES, Gaelle Amazan

Advancing Sustainability and Pandemic Resilience at Airports: A Framework for Technology Adoption in the Post-COVID-19 Era, Michael Ammoury

Development of New Oxidative Methods and Synthesis of Small Molecules for Modulation of Biological Systems, Robert Eric Anderson

Becoming a Counselor: Applying Critical Phenomenology to Uncover Narratives from Black Women Counselors about Wounds and Healing, Linzy Sunshine Andre

LIVES AND DREAMS: A STUDY OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEYS OF BOSNIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE STARTUP WORLD, Elvis Avdic

Satisfying Singlehood: The Role of Need Fulfillment in Shaping Singlehood Satisfaction and Well-Being, Emily Beauparlant

Parent Engagement and Preschooler Development in Suriname: Unveiling Patterns, Predictors, and Outcomes through Latent Class Analysis, Corinne Blake

Positioning the Unthought: Charting Octavia E. Butler's Cognitive Self, Chelsea Bouldin

Evaluating Subduction Zone Processes in Early Paleozoic Rocks of the Northern Appalachian Orogen, John Mark Brigham

An Examination of the Opt Out Movement In New York State, Selene M. Cammer-Bechtold

American Cosmopolitans: Tourism, Empire, and Blockbuster Film, Dylan Cannada Caskie

Linking the Mathematics Identities of Learners, Teachers, and Educators, Stephen Caviness

DISTRIBUTED SOVEREIGNTY: LAW, COMMUNITY, AND AUTHORITY IN THE POLITICAL THEORIES OF AL-MĀWARDĪ, AL-JUWAYNĪ, AND AL-FĀRĀBĪ, Ahmet Çelik

Landowners and Class Struggle: Life, Law and the Social Rent Relation in North Dakota, Chad Chambers

Black Filmmaking as Archival Practice, Caroline Charles

Microtubule self-organization with active and passive crosslinkers, Prashali Chauhan

3D POINT CLOUD ANALYSIS WITH CLASSIFICATION, SEGMENTATION AND FEW-SHOT LEARNING, Jiajing Chen

Enhancing security and healthcare through continuous monitoring on wearable devices, Sicong Chen

Effects of π-rich Solvents and Nickel and Cobalt Dopants on the Synthesis and Properties of Cesium Lead Halide Nanocrystals, Tsung-Hsing Chiang

ENZYME ACTIVE BATH AFFECTS PROTEIN CONDENSATION, Kevin Ching

DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION, AND APPLICABILITY OF A RACE-SPECIFIC INSULIN SENSITIVITY ESTIMATOR (RISE) IN YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, Wonhee Cho

Mannose: The Hands of Fate – Overexpressing a Pinus taeda hemicellulose biosynthesis gene in Populus tremula × alba leads to increased height and a modified cell wall sugar profile, Joseph Baxter Colbert

Evidence of the Evolution of Interdisciplinarity: A Study of Boundary Objects In Information Science, Susan Berrigan Corieri

Hospitals of Industry: New York’s Progressive Era Labor Colonies, Nicholas Croce

Disputing narratives and promoting visibility: The communicative actions of Northeastern Afro-Brazilian women organizations on Instagram, Raiana de Carvalho

Geometry and Mechanical Response of Twisted Thin Tubes, Pan Dong

Relational Knowledge Restructuring: Explored though Experimental and Bayesian Computational Methods, Ashley Nicole Douglass

Curating Climate Change: Information Flows Across and Within Social Media Platforms, Yiran Duan

PLACE, POLICY, POWER: New and Continuous Destinations and the Influence of State-Level Policy on Immigrant Outcomes, Cassie Dutton

Elucidating Climate Dynamics from Holocene Reconstructions in Alaska, Greenland, and the North Atlantic, Briana Edgerton

The Impacts of Social Context for Women in Cybersecurity Degree Programs, James Joseph Enwright

TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH. THE PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES OF SINGLE MOTHERS OF COLOR AND SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT, Moshiena Faircloth

Personalized Learning and Transformative Literacy Learning and Teaching: A Case Study of Students' 20time/Passion Projects in English 8, Kim Fontana

A customizable ligand-conjugate system for investigation and detection of ghrelin O-acyltransferase, Amber Ford

CURRICULAR RECONCILIATION: EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE, AND ACCESSIBLE APPROACHES TO PROFESSIONAL WRITING THROUGH COALITION-LED TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION, Lerie M. Gabriel

Manufacturing Multiscale Tissue Constructs Using Advanced Projection Stereolithography, Zachary Joseph Geffert