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2026

Papers on American Elections, Murat Abus

Assessing Fluvial Flood Risk Changes Using an InSAR-Updated Digital Elevation Model Post-Earthquake, Nariman Hassan Al Amry

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE ACCEPTABILITY OF FUNCTION-BASED ASSESSMENTS OF STUDENT BEHAVIOR, Siani YM Amidon

Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Monomeric Peptide Multiple Agonists for the Treatment of Metabolic Disease, Emily Ashlaw

Understanding the Perspectives of Refugee Youth on Education and Freedom in Malaysia, Seok Wun (Shiila) Au Yong

Mechanisms of the Test Position Effect in Recognition Memory, Sinem Aytac

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

Reimagining and Revealing Institutional Realities: A Meta-Methodological Study That Documents the Process of Co-Founding a Youth Participatory Action Research Project in an Immigrant-Serving Charter School in Queens, New York, Ana Juliana Borja Armas

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

Knowing and Being Known: Monstrosity and Relationality in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Rachel Carpenter

Peptide and Peptide bioconjugate based drug development for the treatment of metabolic diseases, Nancy Cham

Three Essays on Governing the Energy Transition at the State and Local Levels, Brandon Charles

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

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

An Exploration of Black Women's Embodied Experiences of Sexual Functioning and Breastfeeding During the Postpartum Period, Keturah Cochren-Albright

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

Talking From the Soul: Exploring the Impact of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in Digital News on Black Youth Political Behavior, Ananda Collins

A BLACK FEMINIST MATERIALIST CONSIDERATION OF RECONSTRUCTION ERA EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA MARCH - AUGUST 1866, Lida Colón

A STUDY ON GENDER EQUALITY AND GEOGRAPHIC HOMOGENEITY IN EDUCATION AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH MIDLIFE SUICIDE, Julene Kemp Cooney

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

BRUSHSTROKES OF BELONGING: AN ARTS-BASED APPROACH TO HERITAGE LANGUAGE SUSTAINABILITY AMONG MULTILINGUAL YOUTH, Erica Anne Daniels

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

Substance Use from Adolescence to Midlife: The Influence of Religiosity, Childhood Aversity, and Sexual Minority Status, Joshua Glenn Grove

LEGITIMACY AND REPUTATION IN SPORTS CORPORATE SOCIAL ADVOCACY: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, ISSUE POSITION, AND FAN IDENTIFICATION, Maria Grover

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

The Unintended Consequences of Deregulating Confidential Treatments, Jiahui Han

VIOLENCE, DESTRUCTION, AND MEMORY: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO STATE TERRORISM IN DICTATORIAL CUBA (1952-1958), Odlanyer Hernandez de Lara

Feed-ing Identity Item Development, Observational, and Experimental Analysis to Study the Relationship Between Algorithm-Based Short Video Platforms and Identity, Sarah Elizabeth Hogenboom-Jones

Learning under Information and Experience Constraints in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning, Qinwei Huang

Public Employment and Gendered Recruitment in China, Xiaoxia Huang

Surfing Shapes and Breaking Bridges: Geometric Control in Soft Matter, Samay Hulikal Narasimhamurthy

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

Mechanics in Soft Matter: Experimental Studies of Bulk 3D-Printed Structures and Ultrathin Polymer Films, S M Asif Iqbal

FINANCIAL OUTCOMES OF DIGITAL MARKETING, Jaihyun Jeon

AGENTIC AI-ENABLED PHYSICS-INFORMED MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR INTELLIGENT BUILDING MODELING, CONTROL, AND AUTOMATION, Zixin Jiang

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

On the Extension Conjecture for Koszul Algebras, Benjamin Kaufman

Novel approaches using garnet to understand metamorphic cycles and crustal architecture, Megan Marie Koch

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

Essays on Urban Economic Geography in Developing Countries, Taylor Lathrop

|Vcb| measurement from decay Λ⁰_b → Λ⁺_c μ⁻ ν̅_μ, Xixin Liang

Rapid Synthesis and Processing of High-Capacity Layered Oxide Cathode Materials for Lithium and Sodium Batteries, Hansheng Li

FORCED AND DRIVEN: PRESSURES AND MOTIVES OF BETTER MARKETING, Xiaobo Lin

Bio-Inspired Visual Intelligence: Improving Efficiency and Robustness through Foveal-Peripheral Sampling and Learned Saccades, Jiayang Liu

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

Investigation of Reactive and Non-reactive Diesel Exhaust Fluid Spray Characteristics, Zeyang Liu

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

Redox and Allosteric Processes in Blue Light Sensitive Proteins, Suman Maity

Development of PARCH hydropathy scale to study nucleic acids, nucleosomes, chromatin organization and transmembrane proteins, Ratnakshi Mandal

Quasiparticle Poisoning of Superconducting Fluxonium Qubits, Kesavan Manivannan

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

Co-evolutionary networks in international relations, Michael Christopher McCall

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

Rural Nonprofit Newswork and Newsworkers, Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley

Scrolling Through Stress: How Social Media-Based Vicarious Racism Shapes Stress and Executive Functioning?, Minnie S. McMillian

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

Press To End Nightmare: Technology, Disfigured Labor, and Retail Grocery Work, Katherine Mott

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

Impure Evidentialism: Essays on the Sources & Structure of Doxastic Normativity, Felipe Oliveira

Marble Bodies: Sculpture, Gender, Race, and Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature, Madeline Olley

Older Recent Widows’ Physical Activity Before and After Spouses’ Deaths A qualitative investigation of the impact of duration and intensity of care work and social support, Mary Theresa Pagan

“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

Charmed baryon spectroscopy with Λ_b^0 semileptonic decays, Hang Thi Thuy Pham

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

DE-HOMOGENIZING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: HOW LOCAL ONTO-EPISTEMOLOGICAL FRAMINGS OF DIS/ABILITY, SMARTNESS, AND “SUCCESSFUL” INCLUSIVE EDUCATION INFORM CULTURALLY SUSTAINING INCLUSION PRACTICES, Treasa Marie Praino

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

ON THE SUPPRESSION OF VORTEX SHEDDING WITHIN A SUPERSONIC DUAL–STREAM RECTANGULAR NOZZLE, Matthew Anthony Qualters

Preserving the Family in the Globalized Era: Explaining State Discouragement of Women’s Rights and the Gap Between Law and Family Realities in Tajikistan, Ivy Alexandra Raines

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

"That Has Been my Entire Life of Being Invalidated," LGBTQ+ and Poor: Experiences of Cis-Heteronormativity and Neoliberal Poverty Governance in cities in Upstate New York, Dustin J. Satterfield

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

Career Decidedness Among Multicultural Adolescents in South Korea: Relational Support and Internalized Psychological Resources, Kahyen Shin

Avicenna on Non-Rational Voluntary Motion, Hamed Shirmohammadi

A Comparative Study of Attitudes Towards Trust in AI and Ethics in AI between Indian International Students and American Students in the US universities, Niraj Sitaula

SENSORIMOTOR FACTORS IN FALL RISK ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION IN OLDER ADULTS, Claire Smith

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

SCALING LOGICAL REASONING ON MODERN HPC HARDWARE, Yihao Sun

Constrained Neural Intelligence: Investigations into Deep Multi-Objective Optimization, Naveed Tahir