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2019

Interplay between perceived friend environments and genetics on trajectories of alcohol use across adolescence, Michelle J. Zaso

A Validation Of Critical Constructs Of Essential Evaluator Competency And Evaluation Practice: An Application Of Structural Equation Modeling, Jie Zhang

Copula-based Multimodal Data Fusion for Inference with Dependent Observations, Shan Zhang

Homeostatic Elastic States and the Stability of Elastic Arteries, Xinyu Zhang

Modeling and Simulation of High-Density Spray Combustion, Chenwei Zheng

2018

Right to Sell: Politics of Informal Retail in the Neoliberal Era., Anirban Acharya

Targeted Re-Instruction for Hearing Aid Use and Care Skills, Carly Catherine Alicea

INSIST, PERSIST, AND RESIST: FEMINIST ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA, Carolina Arango-Vargas

Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Adaptations to Chronic Endurance Exercise, Jacqueline A. Augustine

Synthesis and Characterization of Group VII Transition Metal Tricarbonyl Complexes for Photphysical and Biological Applications, Nicholas Azzarelli

Developing a New Mechanical Model for Swarm Development in Myxococcus xanthus & Establishing a Genotype-to-Phenotype Correlation Between Swarm Pattern Formation and Gene Homology, Fatmagul Bahar

Machine Learning Methods for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Danushka Sandaruwan Bandara

Development of explicitly correlated and many-body diagrammatic techniques for the investigation of electron-hole correlation in nanomaterials, Michael Gray Bayne

Statistical Mechanics of thermalized ribbons and sheets, SOURAV SANJUKTA BHABESH

REDEFINING THE SCOPE OF PRENYLATION: DISCOVERY OF “FORBIDDEN” SUBSTRATE RECOGNITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS UTILIZING PRENYLATED PROTEINS, Melanie Jane Blanden

COGNITIVE PRESENCE IN PEER FACILITATED ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION: THE PATTERNS AND HOW TO FACILITATE, Ye Chen

GUAN AND SHAMING AMONG CHINESE FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES: THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED CULTURAL NORMATIVENESS, Jason Chiang

TWO ESSAYS ON STRATEGIC CHANNEL MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-CHANNEL RETAILING ENVIRONMENT, Yongbum Choi

Ghrelin Processing and Maturation: Developing a Molecular-Level Framework for Hormone Activation and Biological Function, Elizabeth Rose Cleverdon

Predicting Accounting Misstatements within Industries and Accounts, Emily Cokeley

STATIC ENFORCEMENT OF TERMINATION-SENSITIVE NONINTERFERENCE USING THE C++ TEMPLATE TYPE SYSTEM, Scott Douglas Constable

ON FUSION-BASED APPROACHES FOR DETECTING, CLASSIFYING AND TRACKING OBJECTS FROM IMAGE AND VIDEO DATA, Maria Cornacchia

Rheology and Collective Behavior in Living Tissue, Michael David Czajkowski

Breaking Symmetry: A Study of Novel Phenomena in Asymmetric Nanoplasmonic Systems, Matthew Scott Davis

Fierce: Black Queer Literacies of Survival, Seth Davis

All The Small Things: Contingent Mereological Nihilism, Naomi Dershowitz

Refugee Crossings: Everyday Geographies of Nepali-Bhutani Encampment and Resettlement, Retika Desai

EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF RELATIVE ENERGETIC STABILITIES OF CRYSTALLINE ANHYDROUS POLYMORPHS AND PSEUDOPOLYMORPHS, Teresa Dierks

Exploration of Transition Metal Catalyzed C−C and C−N Bond Formation to Access Synthetically Elusive Small Molecules, Alexandre Dixon

Operating Outside of Empire: Trading Citizenship in the Atlantic World, 1783-1815, Mark Dragoni

The Structure of 4-Clusters in Fullerenes, Jennifer Edmond

Muon/Pion separation using Convolutional Neural Networks for the MicroBooNE Charged Current Inclusive Cross Section Measurement., Jessica Nicole Esquivel

“Is that okay with you?”: Examining a simulated discussion about accommodations between university students identified as having a disability and a standardized faculty member, Justin E. Freedman

The US-Japan Alliance and China's Rise: Alliance Strategy and Reassurance, Deterrence, and Compellence, Erik David French

Essays on Retirement Behavior during the Housing Boom and Bust, Wancong Fu

The Intimate Collaborations of Female Faculty in Select Women's Colleges, 1890-1930: Women's Early Attempts to Create the Closet, Mindy Lu Gaffney

Early Universe Constraints from Primordial Black Holes and Cosmological Limits on Quantum Mechanics, Julian Sebastian Georg

Surface water and groundwater in a changing climate: applications of hydrogeophysics and trend analysis to understand hydrologic systems, Robin Glas

IDENTIFYING THE GENETIC MECHANISMS IN SEIZURE THRESHOLD REGULATION, Yifan Gong

Designing Proteins and Peptides for Catalysis, Biophysical Studies and Therapeutic Applications, Pallavi Gosavi

ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY: IDENTIFYING INSTANCES OF COLLABORATION DURING THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS, Lora Kulakowski Gruber-Hine

Evaluating the effects of hydrogeologic processes on the fate of salinity and halogens in headwater catchments, Kristina M. Gutchess

A Mixed Methods Comparison of the First Principles of Instruction in Flipped and Face-to-Face Technology Integration Courses, Jacob Hall

Sanctioning the Poor: A Structural and Individual Analysis, Jessica Ann Hausauer

"I do";"No you don't": Same-Sex Marriage and the Moral Arguments of American Christianities, Terry (Theresa) Hawley Reeder

Use and Integration of iPads with Students with Low Incidence Disabilities in Elementary Schools, Katie Louise Heath

MODEL-BASED TESTING AND EVALUATION OF SORPTION MEDIA FOR REMOVING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN INDOOR AIR, Chuan He

Seeing and Believing: Philosophical Issues in Theory of Mind Development, Joseph A. Hedger

Lelong Numbers and Geometric Properties of Upper Level Sets of Currents on Projective Space, James Heffers

A PROJECT-LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE ROADWAYS, Song He

SURVIVAL IN THE FOREST UNDERSTORY: RESILIENCE AND RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE IN NATIVE AND INVASIVE WOODY PLANTS, Elise Hinman

The Experience and Meaning of Same-Sex Marriage: A Life-Course Perspective, Aaron Hoy

Ecohydrology of Natural and Restored Wetlands in a Glacial Plain, Kyotaek Hwang

THE EFFECTS OF NEW YORK STATE PAID FAMILY LEAVE ON DUAL-INCOME FAMILIES’ SUBSEQUENT FERTILITY INTENTIONS AND HEALTH OUTCOMES, Woosang Hwang

Is Self-Other Overlap a Malleable Predictor of Willingness to Work with People with Disability?, Michael Ioerger

Rhetorical (Re)Constructions: Ground Zero, Park51, and Muslim Identity, Tamara Issak

The Oath Keepers: Patriotism, Dissent, and the Edge of Violence, Sam Jackson

THREE ESSAYS IN URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS, Boqian Jiang

Tribal Margins: Dalit Belonging and State Recognition in the Western Himalayas, Steven Christopher Johnson

Shock Tube and Mid-IR Laser Absorption Study of Combustion Kinetics, Shirin Jouzdani

STRUGGLES OF KOREAN AMERICANS LABELED WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES TO CLAIM ADULT STATUS, Eun Young Jung

Production, efficiency and managerial selection of workers into peer networks, Hyunseok Jung

THE THIRD WORLD WOMEN’S ALLIANCE: HISTORY, GEOPOLITICS, AND FORM, Ariane Vani Kannan

The Bio-Nano Interface: Investigating the Roles of Nanoparticle Morphology, Microstructure, Optoelectronic Properties, and Surface Chemistry for Biological Applications, Liliana Karam

Local Bureaucrats and Climate Change Adaptation, Bridget K. Kelley

Measurements of Beauty Production Cross-Sections and Fragmentation Ratios using the LHCb Detector, Matthew Kelsey

Village Doctors and Vulnerable Bodies: Gender, Medicine, and Risk in North India, Jocelyn Killmer

Politicians at Arms: Civilian Recruitment of Soldiers for Middle East Coups, Drew Holland Kinney

Indoor Photochemical Radical Production: Wavelength-Resolved Photon Fluxes and Rate Calculations, Shawn Kowal

Structure-Property Relationships in Novel Electrospun Composites for Advanced Applications, Melodie Lawton

Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive and Cerebrovascular Function in Hypertensive Adults, Wesley Lefferts

Designing Proteins and Short Peptides for Biochemical Applications, Zsofia Lengyel

Effects of Trade and FDI Policies: Evidence from the U.S. and China, Yang Liang

Characterization of the Role of JMJ14 in Modulating Plant Defense Responses in Arabidopsis, Dan Li

Three Essays on Occupational Safety and Labor Market Outcomes, Ling Li

On Classification in Human-driven and Data-driven Systems, Qunwei Li

Efficient Online Scheduling in Distributed Stream Data Processing Systems, Teng Li

Implicit Fixed-point Proximity Framework for Optimization Problems and Its Applications, Xiaoxia Liu

The balance of poly(U) polymerase activity ensures germline identity, survival, and development in Caenorhabditis elegans, Yini Li

A Smart Products Lifecycle Management (sPLM) Framework - Modeling for Conceptualization, Interoperability, and Modularity, Yunpeng Li

Efficient machine learning: models and accelerations, Zhe Li

From Religious Freedom to Indigenous Sovereignty: The Case of Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988), Dana Lloyd

Three Essays on the Management of Local Government Cash Flows, Michelle Lynn Lofton

Opening the Doors: A Collaborative and Digital Exploration of Inclusive Secondary Classrooms, Kate MacLeod

Body Force Modeling for Engine Inlet Fan System, Yinbo Mao

Interpretation methods for complex and low quality DNA profiles, Michael A. Marciano

COMPARATIVE ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF NATIVE AND INVASIVE PLANTS ACROSS POPULATIONS, SPECIES, AND CONTINENTS, KELSEY ANNE MARTINEZ

Dispersive Transport and Drift Mobilities in Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskites, Brian Maynard

MICRO-TUBULAR FLAME-ASSISTED FUEL CELL FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS IN MICRO COGENERATION, Ryan Milcarek

Synaesthetic Shock: Gender, Politics and the Varieties of Islamic Experience in Moroccan Film by Moroccan Women Filmmakers, Rebecca Moody

Religion in Contemplative Studies, Daniel J. Moseson

EFFECTS OF VARIABLE REINFORCEMENT DELAYS ON CHILDREN’S USE OF MANDS: AN APPLICATION OF RISKY CHOICE TO FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING, Michael Patrick Mullane

WE KNOW, NOW WHAT? TEACHING, LEARNING, (UN)KNOWING AND EDUCATING TOWARD EPISTEMIC JUSTICE, Azam Wendy Nastasi

The effect of plant dispersal on ecosystem function, Luka Negoita

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY ON THE STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS AND STRESS RESPONSE OF DILUTE MICELLAR SYSTEMS IN UNIAXIAL EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION, Kelechi Okoroafor

Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers’ Learning through Designing Structured Exercises and Learner Generated Examples, AnnMarie H. O'Neil

The role of approximate negators in modeling the automatic detection of negation in tweets, Norma E. Palomino

THE EFFECT OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ON EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION, Jindong Pang

Self-propelled particle modeling, characterization, and imaging of superdiffusive mouse fibroblast cells on 2D shape memory polymer substrates, Giuseppe Passucci

Motility-induced phases: out-of-equilibrium droplets, surfaces, and survival, Adam Edward Patch