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2025

On Uses for and Constructions of Differential Graded Algebras, Henry Potts-Rubin

Lattice and Continuum Anomalies : Bridging the Gap, ARNAB PRADHAN

Body Size Trends of Late Devonian Dacryoconarid Tentaculitoids and Protocol Development for I/Ca analysis in corals by LA-ICP-MS, Ashley Prow-Fleischer

State Nationalism, Islamic Movements, and Islamist Parties: Exploring the Linkages, Raza Habib Raja

(IN)VISIBLE WORK: GENDER, LABOUR, AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN INDIA, Krishna Ranaware

Advancing Situation Awareness in Safety-Critical Systems: The Role of Multi-Modal Wearable Augmented Reality, Jean-Philippe Rancy

Reproductive Justice in Motion: Community Doula Work in Central New York, Mariel Rivera-Piluso

College Men and Masculinities: Why College Men and Students Do Antisexist Work on Campus, Tremayne D. Robertson

Frustration and Functionality : Geometry and Topology in Mechanical Metamaterials, Sourav Roy

Plio-Pleistocene Hydroclimate in Southern Africa: Insights from Proxy Records and Climate Models, Claire B. Rubbelke

Femme Fatale: Explaining the Tactical Deployment of Female Operatives by Terrorist Organizations, Katharine Burrage Russell

Theorizing Technology Integration: The Case of Smart Grid Technologies at Electrical Utilities in the United States, Ehsan Sabaghian

Systoles of Graphs with Small Betti Number, Chelsea Sato

Deformations of thin membranes in incompatible geometries and interactions in mechanical hysteron systems, Zachariah Schrecengost

THE EFFECT OF BIKE LANES ON COMMUTING PATTERNS AND NON-COMMUTING PERSPECTIVES IN CITIES, Zhuoran Shang

NEGOTIATING DEVELOPMENT: ADIVASI RESISTANCE, STATE DEVELOPMENTALISM, AND THE MAKING OF LESSER CITIZENS IN JHARKHAND, INDIA, Jay Prakash Sharma

Explaining Weak National Identification in Afghanistan, Prakhar Sharma

Anticipating the Adoption of Quantum Computing Technology by Organizations, Kenneth Shui

Belonging, Identity, and Reintegration in India: Two Generations of US Women Return Migrants, Jenna Sikka

When the Walls Talk Back: Black Women's Experience in the Graduate Classroom, Benesemon Simmons

Bench Strength: How Powerful Are Supreme Courts in Common Law Countries Really?, Nilesh Sinha

Memetics Reinformed: Three Informational Developments of Memes, Alexander O. Smith

Exploring the Mediating Role of Autonomous Motivation Between Basic Psychological Needs and Burnout among Counselors-in-Training, Meredith Si Snieckus

“Because I Felt Like We Weren't Chained Down Anymore”: The Experiences of Families of Students with Intellectual Disability Who Revoke Consent for Special Education Services, Sara Jo Soldovieri

Three Essays on Education Finance and Policy: Public–Private Funding Dynamics and Grade 3 Retention Threat Effects, Sarah Souders

Becoming Americo-Liberian: African American Women, Culture, and the Creation of Liberia, 1840-1912, Sarah Stegeman

Three Essays on the Implications of U.S. Social Welfare Spending through the Tax Code, Anna Wiersma Strauss

Bridging Gaps in STEM: An Evaluation of a STEM Intervention Program and its Impact on Degree Attainment and Career Pathways for Low-Income Undergraduate Students, Amanda L. Surman

SILENCING CRITICAL JOURNALISM: THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SECURITY THREATS FACING JOURNALISTS AND THE RESORT TO SELF-CENSORSHIP., Benjamin P. Tetteh

MULTIFUNCTIONAL HYDROGEL SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING AND WOUND HEALING APPLICATIONS, Nghia Le Ba Thai

Resolvent-Based and Data-Driven Analysis of a Supersonic Rectangular Multistream Jet, Miteshkumar Thakor

Geochemical and Thermobarometric Constraints on Granite Crystallization, Glenn Tristan Thompson

Institutional Effectiveness in Practice at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Taneika S. Thompson

Exploring Higher-Order Networks, Hao Tian

Essays on the health and labor market effects of menopause and menopause hormone therapy, Lucia Elvira Torres Frasele

Leaning In: Diversity, Dialogue, and Whiteness at a Quaker Independent School, Mauricio Thomas Torres

The Impact Of ADHD On Entrepreneurship Through A Gender Lens Three Essays, Mi Hoang Tran

A Model of Blind Quantum Diffusion, John Carver Vining

Security and Privacy in Deep Learning and Dynamic Decision Making, Feng Wang

LIVING IN A MIRAGE OF THE “BIRDCAGE”: CHINESE EMIGRANTS IN GHANA, Jinpu Wang

Calcium-Ion Transport in Gel and Solid Polymer Electrolytes: From Solvent-Solute Interactions to Molecular Simulations for Next-Generation Calcium Batteries, Xinlu Wang

AUTOMATED FLAW DISCOVERY IN DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS VIA SEMANTIC FUZZING TOOLS, Yibo Wang

Time-Resolved Crystallographic Analysis of the Mechanism of Formation of the MOF HKUST-1, Cody Webb Jr

Unraveling the Intricacies Behind the Spread of Health Misinformation, Ryan Wen

Pain Intensity and Alcohol Use Behavior Among Veterans with Chronic Pain: The Moderating Role of Chronic Pain Acceptance, Kyle White

Persuasion Knowledge as a Continuum: Understanding Engagement in Livestream Commerce Between China and the U.S., Bryce Whitwam

Anhydrous Ammonia as a Hydrogen Carrier Fuel for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Cole Anthony Wilhelm

Disabling Structures: Disability and Graduate Student Professionalization, Gabriella Wilson-Kopko

Asymptotics of Fubini-Study Currents for Sequences of Line Bundles, Melody Ann Wolff

Glorifying Fat: Body Size, Race, Gender, and Religion in the United States, Danae M. Woodfaulk

Online and Offline Learning for Embodied AI in Autonomous Systems, Kun Wu

Data-Efficient 3D Deep Learning, Minmin Yang

Stranded in Transit: Migrants' Borderland Experiences En Route to Europe, Ibrahim Emre Yanik

Measurements and modeling of phonon-mediated quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting qubit arrays, Eric Yelton

The Monumental Challenges of Pastmaking, Tyler Davis Youngman

Consumers' Choice Models for Food and Beverage Businesses, Haoran Yu

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATIVE INNOVATIONS, Zhiyuan Yu

Nanoscale Mapping of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Photovoltaic or Optoelectronic Devices, Yuchen Zhang

MENTAL ILLNESS BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND RELATIONS: DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR DISORDER, AND ANXIETY IN MODERN CHINA, Ning Zhan

Understanding Shell Adhesion Mechanics For Soft Gripper Design, Chenxu Zhao

A Rational Approach to Analyze and Design Gusset Plates Using Truss Analogy, Dong Zheng

2024

Global Justice Through Poor People's Perspectives, Aatif Abbas

Noise-Enhanced Network Science, Reyhaneh Abdolazimi

The Sociological Determinants of Entrepreneurial Performance: A Study of Structural Barriers, Creative Strategies, and Heterogeneity Amongst REMI Entrepreneurs in the United States, El-Java Abdul-Qadir

Scrutinizing along with Visual Persuasion of Movie Billboards in Egypt from the 1930s to the 2010s/ Qualitative Content Analysis Study, Sara Ali Almaleki

ACCELERATED WASTEWATER PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION, Mohammed Almalki

REAL-TIME CONTROL (RTC)-BASED URBAN FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS, Sulaiman Altami

Bridging the Gap between Detection Algorithms and Real-World Challenges, Fatih Altay

Three Essays on Representation, Participation, and Conflict in Environmental Justice Councils, Graham Ambrose

On physical processes that work like learning algorithms, Vidyesh Rao Anisetti

Enhancing Teacher Training in Rural Ghana Using the Internet Backpack, Jane Appiah-Okyere

MICROBIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLANT FUNCTION AND RESISTANCE UNDER A CHANGING CLIMATE, Sarah Araldi-Brondolo

Critical Evaluation and Recommendations of Methods to Visualize Uncertainty in Static Image Maps of Climate Change Model Outputs, Matthew Arsenault

MAKING HYBRIDITY HAPPEN: HYBRID ENTREPRENEURSHIP MOTIVATIONS AND PRACTICES AMONG DOCPRENEURS IN GHANA, Charis Asante-Agyei

WHEN POLITICS NO LONGER STOPS AT THE WATER’S EDGE: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF ASYMMETRIC PARTISAN POLARIZATION ON THE UNITED STATES SENATE’S TREATY APPROVAL PROCESS, Whitney Baillie-Berring

LEARNING IN RELATION: THE EXPERIENCES OF DISABLED GENDERQUEER YOUTH LEARNING IN NATURE, Emilee Baker

Numerical invariants of Cohen-Macaulay local and graded rings, Richard Francis Bartels

INVESTIGATING UNDERGRADUATES’ LEARNING OF READING STRATEGIES TO COMPREHEND MATHEMATICAL PROOFS, Hillary Bermudez

Queering the Nation or Nationalizing Queerness?: How LGB-Identified Soldiers Experience Belonging and Service Post-DADT, Aaron Blasyak

“MAKING A BRIDGE BETWEEN COUNTRIES”: KAZAKH STUDENTS’ SOCIALIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES, Baurzhan Bokayev

A RIGHT TO INDEPENDENCE: A KANTIAN ACCOUNT OF FREE EXPRESSION AND ITS LIMITS, Christopher Raleigh Bousquet

North Pacific Warming and Western US Hydroclimate: Implications from Paleoclimate and Historical Perspectives, Peter Ryan Brennan

Initiated Reading: Occult Hermeneutics in Helena Blavatsky's Isis Unveiled, Diana Brown

The Political Economy of Developing Country Categorization, Farrah Lamour Demoya Brown

The Role Of Acculturation Strategies In Relation To Honor And Sexuality Attitudes, Sexism, Conservatism, And Religiosity Among Turkish Immigrants Living In The U.S., Ayse Duygu Cakirsoy Aslan

Explaining Authoritarian Populist Behavior During Episodes of Democratic Backsliding, Samantha Call

Overcoming Controls and Noise Challenges for High Power Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detectors, Elenna Capote

MULTIMODE METAMATERIAL RING RESONATOR AS AN ENTANGLING BUS FOR ARTIFICIAL ATOMS, Tianna Carroll

Cuban Migration to Syracuse, NY: "Los Comunicados" and the Evolution of Social Networks and Cuban Identities, Erika Carter Grosso

Writing the Self with Immigrant Girls in Rhode Island, R. Tina Catania

Generating and Detecting Adversarial Examples for Increased Security and Privacy, Weiheng Chai

Estranged Bodies, Race, and Sectarianism: An Historical Bioarchaeology of Ottoman and French Beirut, Tony John Chamoun

Exploring the Electrochemical Performance of Calcium-Ion Batteries With Novel Cathodes and Electrolytes, Paul Alexis Chando

Curing Bodies with Bodies: Renyao (Human-derived Drugs) in Late Imperial China, Erqi Cheng

Fighting the Gravity: Settler Colonial Interventions in Land Based Memory, Ezekiel Shawn Choffel

Three Essays on Teacher Retention and Minority Health in the U.S., Kyuhan Choi

Directional Dopant Migration by ‘Atomic Trapping’ in Core/multi-shell Quantum Dots, Chun Chu

Effects of Immune-checkpoint Inhibitors on Atherosclerosis During Lipid Lowering, Burak Talip Cilhoroz

“Don’t Rock the Boat:” The Social Reproduction of Inequality in Medical Education, Hannah Connolly

Climate Justice Before the Anthropocene: How Inclement Weather Shaped British and Irish Romanticism, Lauren Cooper