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2023

Space and Time in Kant's Inaugural Dissertation, Dante Dauksz

Leading for Equity: Understanding the influences, realities, resistance, and beliefs around tracking and acceleration in suburban school districts, Joseph Michael DeBarbieri

Responsibility Internalism and Responsibility for AI, Huzeyfe Demirtas

Geometric confinement of thin films: From crumple formation to curvature-induced propulsion, Raj De

AlGaAs Coating Studies for Present and Future Gravitational Wave Detectors, Nicholas Anthony Didio

Multi-directional waveguide lattices for further enhancement in solar energy capture in silicon solar cell, Nannan Ding

Synthetic Studies on Small Molecule Src Homology 2 Domain Containing Inositol 5’Phosphatase (SHIP) Modulators and Studies towards the Design and Synthesis of a SHIP PROTAC, Shawn Dormann

Social Lives at College: Experiences of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Katie Ducett

Causal effects of green infrastructure on stormwater hydrology and water quality, Caitlin G. Eger

ENHANCING THE OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE OF CYBER- MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (CMS) AGAINST CYBER-ATTACKS, Carlos Omar Espinoza Zelaya

The Stereotype Content of Intersecting Race, Class, and Gender Groups, Mackenzie Ess

Analogical Transfer in Multi-Attribute Decision Making, Jun Fang

Bringing Hedonism Back: Toward a Felt-Quality Account of Well-Being, Nikki Fortier

Data-informed school counseling programming: Investigating the relationship between school counselors' data behaviors and prior training, intrapersonal characteristics, and school factors, Erin Nicole Friedman

ATTITUDES TOWARD INTIMATE BEHAVIORS VARY WITH CONTEXT, BEHAVIOR TYPE, AND ATTACHMENT AVOIDANCE., Julian Domingo Fuentes

Leadership Actions for Equitable Arts Education, Sarah Gentile

Second-Person Surveillance: Politics of User Implication in Digital Documentaries, Elizabeth Gleesing

Physical Insights into Biological Processes: From Viral Uptake to Chromatin Organization to Cell Motility to Tissue Rigidity, Sarthak Gupta

An Investigation of the Impact of Embedding Learning Strategies into Developmental Mathematics Curriculum, Jessica J. Harnly

Advanced Manufacturing of Multilayer Ceramic Composites for Application in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Alexander Ryan Hartwell

Effects of a Brief Group-Based Compassion Intervention on Physiological and Subjective Stress Reactivity, Emily Helminen

ESSAYS ON HETEROGENEOUS TREATMENT EFFECTS, Zhe He

The Effect of Land-Based Repeated Sprint Training in Hypoxia compared to Normoxia on Anaerobic Capacity, Repeated Sprint Ability, and 100-Yard Swimming Performance: A Single-Blind Crossover Study, John Holohan

Development and Initial Validation of the Cannabis Pain Expectancies Scale, Julia Hooker

LEVERAGING THE POST-TRANSLATIONAL LIPIDATIONS TO MODULATE THE ASSEMBLY AND PHASE-BEHAVIOR OF PROTEINS, Md Shahadat Hossain

"We Stand Before the Stars": Reevaluating Catholic Modernism and Liberal Marriage Reform in the United States, 1895-1945, Emily J. Hunter

Downconversion of Phonons to Suppress Correlated Errors in Superconducting Qubit Arrays, Vito Iaia

Estimating Dry Deposition of Atmospheric Aerosols by Rain Washoff from Urban Surfaces, Alexander James Johnson

Decentralization, Development, and Conflict in Central Mali: Examining the Role of Local Governance, Andrew Korn

Hydrodynamics, Stability and Accretion: from planets, to stars, to supermassive black holes, Suman Kumar Kundu

Procedural and Distributive Justice ... For Whom? A Comparative Investigation of Community Benefits Agreements in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, Athena Last

Heterotypic Interactions in the Complex Environments of Living Tissue, Elizabeth Lawson-Keister

Studies of New Tandem Oxidative Methods in Organic Synthesis, Katelyn Ann Leets

DEVELOPMENT AND CROSS-VALIDATION OF A PREDICTION EQUATION FOR ESTIMATING STEP COUNT IN INDIVIDUALS WITH TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION, Kyle Leister

Design, synthesis, and bioconjugation of novel peptide-based drugs to mitigate negative hindbrain side effects for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, Amber Liles

Party Competition in Swing Districts and Childcare Policy Development in South Korea, Tae Hyun Lim

Customer concentration, Disclosure Decisions, and Credit Ratings, Chieh Lin

Alkylation of Carboxylic Acids And 1,2,3-Triazoles Using Imidates, Wenhong Lin

Three Essays on Residential Mortgage Payment Behavior, Wenzhen No Middle Name Lin

THREE ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, Shuyuan Li

Heterogeneous Reactions on Supported Metal Catalysts Targeting Sustainable Carbon and Energy Production, Bowei Liu

Numerical Methods for Integral Equations, Yuzhen Liu

Volatile Organic Compounds Pollution Loads in Buildings and Their Impacts on Indoor Air Quality, Zhenlei Liu

Black Teen's Experiences of Victimization In Dating Relationships: Assessment of Risk and Protective Factors and Outcomes, Aysha Mabin

Spatial Patterns of Volatility and Return on Investment in Real Estate and Labor Markets, Maeve Maloney

Asymptotics, Geometry, and Soft Matter, Manu Mannattil

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Plastic Pollution from Environmental Sampling to Surveying: Quality Assurance, Freshwater Contamination, and Popular Opinions, Laura Audrey Thomasina Markley

Does Anxiety Mediate the Relationship between Sensory Hyperresponsiveness and Restricted, Repetitive Behaviors during Early Development?, Ellen Masters

Nanopore-based biosensors for probing a nuclear protein hub, Lauren Mayse

My Eyes Are Up Here: Guardian Iconography of the Judean Pillar Figurines, Lauren K. McCormick

The Geopolitics of Refuge and Reproduction: Maternal Health and Healthcare of Congolese Refugees in Flight, Displacement, and Resettlement, Julia McDaniel-Bouley

Integrated High Impact Practices: How Participation in a Living Learning Community Abroad Shapes Students’ College Experience, Marjean McLaughlin

Three Essays on Environmental Justice, Qasim Mehdi

Shifting Identities: An Examination of Teacher Professional Identity Development on an Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team, Christine Morgan

Synthesis of Polyacetylene Through Photopolymerization of Conjugated Diiodopolyenes in Urea Inclusion Complexes, Michael Moskowitz

Marginalization in the Future of Work: The Role of Intersectional Identities and Platforms in the Trajectories of Online Freelancers, Isabel Munoz

Development of a Novel Bistable DNA Sensor for Anti-HIV Drug Discovery and Re-engineering of Recombinant Cyclin T1-Tat Protein with SUMO Fusion in Escherichia Coli, Nan Thuzar Myint

On homogeneous closed gradient Laplacian solitons and the modified conformal Hessian, Nicholas Ng

Framing, Emotions, Salience: The Future Of Ai As Seen By Redditors, Ayse Ocal

Sustainability, Strategy, and Potential: A Framework for Organizations, Brian Ohl

Recent Changes in Mercury Cycling within the Conterminous United States, Connor Ian Olson

Expression, Purification, and Characterization of Enzymes Involved in Ghrelin Signaling, Mariah Pierce

Longitudinal Associations Between Pain and Use of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Jessica Powers

Teaching Tragedy: Two Classrooms Locating Impairment in Hamlet and King Lear, Daniel Preston

ESSAYS ON DEVELOPMENT AND LABOR ECONOMICS, Radine Rafols

Design of shape memory polymers for infection surveillance, prevention, and treatment, Maryam Ramezani

DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMERGING ADULT INVENTORY OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER MINORITY STRESS, Jeremy Ramos

MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOCHANNEL WICKS FOR SURFACE WETTABILITY AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT, Durgesh Ranjan

UNSCR 1325 COMPLIANCE AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, Carly Rasiewicz

High Stakes Assessment and Testing Disconnect: Examining Student Performance on Grades 3—6 Common Core ELA and Math Assessments and Performance on English and Algebra Regents Exams in High School, Katherine V. Reichel

MANATEES AND NOISE: INDIVIDUAL EXPOSURE AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO DISTURBANCE, Julia Ribeiro Guimaraes Dombroski

A New Strategy for Persister Control, Sweta Roy

Synthetic Studies on Quinoline SHIP Inhibitors and New Methods for C-O and C-C Bond Formations Using Trichloroacetimidates, Christopher Russo

Improving Logic Programming for Program Analysis, Arash Sahebolamri

A Novel Method for Tuning a Transistor-Based non-Foster Matching Circuit for Electrically Small Wideband Antennas, Dojana Salama

Pahoehoe Breakouts and Lava-Substrate Interactions: Insights from Large-Scale Experimental Lava Flows, Christopher Joseph Sant

Mercury Exposure within Songbird Communities in the Adirondack Park of New York State, Amy Sauer

Civility, Epistemic Injustice, and Criticality: Toward a Praxis of Affective Democratic Friction, Sally J. Sayles-Hannon

Kinetics of Hydrogenation Reactions on Supported Platinum and Platinum-Tin Catalysts, Robson Luis Schuarca

American Islam Emerging: Ethnographic Explorations of Bangladeshi Diasporic Communities and Their Identity Politics, Piety Movements, and Meaning-Making in New York City Post 9/11, Moushumi Shabnam

Parental Determinants of Islamophobic Attitudes in Offspring, Sanum Shafi

ENERGY-BASED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BUCKLING-RESTRAINED BRACED FRAMES FOR DUAL EARTHQUAKE-WIND HAZARDS, Taonian Shan

Designing LMPA-Based Smart Materials for Soft Robotics Applications, Siavash Sharifi

Green Design Studio: A modular-based approach for high-performance building design, Jialei Shen

Building the New American Man: The Role of the United States Navy in Creating Ideas of Manhood, Masculinity, and an American Identity in the Early American Republic, Amber Renae Shoopman-DeVries

Small molecule and peptide redox reactions using rare and earth abundant metal complexes, Alyssa Spear

Thermal and Hydrologic Performance of an Extensive Green Roof in Syracuse, New York, Mallory Squier-Babcock

Adulting While Disabled, J Dalton Stevens

DEPORTATION OF REFUGEES: THE POLITICS OF REFUGEE CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES, Jaisang Sun

Acoustic behavior, poaching risk, and habitat use in African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis): Insights from passive acoustic monitoring, Colin Reed Swider

Overconfident and Gullible? Examining News-Finds-Me, Affective Polarization, Third-Person Bias, and Susceptibility to Online Fake News, Yu Tian

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN PRIVACY AND FAIRNESS IN LEARNING AND DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS, Cuong Tran

Stream Temperature as a Tracer of Interactions Amongst Hydrological Processes, Atmospheric Exchange, and Human Activity, Jeffrey Wade

On Selecting the t Best of k Binomial Populations, Mingyue Wang

Geometric Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Autonomous Rotorcraft in Complex Atmospheric Environment, Ningshan Wang

Development and Application of Suspect and Nontarget Screening to Characterize Organic Micropollutants in Aquatic Environments of New York State, Shiru Wang

A multi-Technique Approach in Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies of The Oxidative Scission of Ketone over Supported Vanadium Oxides, siwen Wang

FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL ON ANDROID COMPONENT, Yifei Wang

Traumatization Resulting from Interpersonal Disclosure: Developing a Measure of Disclosure-Induced Neo-Trauma, Sarah D. Wolf-Gramzow

Search for Majorana neutrinos in B− → D(∗)+μ−μ− decays, Hangyi Wu