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2022

Whom Do You Want to Be Friends With: An Extroverted or an Introverted Avatar? Impacts of the Uncanny Valley Effect and Conversational Cues, Se Jung Kim

Coparenting Quality in Separated American Parents of Children Ages 1½ to 5: Anxiety, Social Support, Self-efficacy, and the Associations With Coparenting and Child Outcomes, Greg Kovacs

Molecular mechanisms that regulate centrosome movement during tissue morphogenesis, Nikhila Krishnan

Design of novel metalloenzymes and investigation of protein-metal interactions, Alona Kulesha

Freyre’s Plantation Playground: The Changing Landscape of the Sugar Plantation Monjope, Catherine Elizabeth LaVoy

Counselor Educator's Perspective on Clinical Supervision Interventions for International Counseling Students, Ah Ram Lee

THREE ESSAYS ON ASSET PRICING IN REAL ESTATE, Mingwei Liang

Understanding and Hardening Blockchain Network Security Against Denial of Service Attacks, Kai Li

Design and modeling of superconducting hardware for implementing quantum stabilizers, Yebin Liu

An NLP Analysis of Health Advice Giving in the Medical Research Literature, Yingya Li

Observation of the Ξ_b^-→Λ_b^0 π^- decay and measurement of B(Ξ_b^-→Λ_b^0 π^-), Zhuoming Li

The Problem of the "Virtual": Virtual Reality, Digital Dualism, and Religious Experience, Jordan Brady Loewen

Educational Leadership in Middle Schools: Informal Teacher Leaders, Mary Ann Luciano

Three Essays at the Intersection of Child Welfare and Public Policy, Mattie Mackenzie-Liu

Nla28 Activator Modulates σ54-dependent Gene Regulation in Myxococcus xanthus, Muqing Ma

Enhancing Grid Reliability With Phasor Measurement Units, Rui Ma

Trichloroacetimidates As Outstanding Electrophiles for the Carbon-nitrogen, Carbon-oxygen and Carbon-carbon Bonds Formation and Synthetic Studies of Protein Phosphatase-5 (pp5) Small Molecule Inhibitors, Nilamber Mate

THE EFFECTS OF THE EFFORTFUL SWALLOW MANEUVER ON HYOLARYNGEAL MOVEMENT AND TONGUE-TO-PALATE PRESSURE, Mariana Mendes Bahia

The Design, Synthesis, and Investigation into Small Molecule Modulators of the Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing Inositol 5’-Phosphatase (SHIP), Shea Thomas Meyer

Numerical Investigation of The Effect of Inlet Turbulence Intensity on a Bluff-Body Stabilized Flame at Near Blow-off Condition, Amir Ali Montakhab

Bleeding Red: The Relationship Between Feminism, Brand Activism Skepticism, and Attitudes About Menstrual-Realistic Advertisements, Adriana S. Mucedola

Teacher candidate and standardized student interactions following verbal threats of harm: Navigation of authority, displays of care, and solutions, Eryka Dever Murphey

Reading privileges: Enacting critical race English education in English Language Arts classrooms, Keith Newvine

THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PATERNAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOR OUTCOMES VIA INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND PATERNAL REJECTION IN KENYAN FAMILIES, Dickson Mukara Matsantsa Ong'ayi

Monitoring Bacteria Cultures Using Near Infrared (nir) Binary Spectronephelometry (bsn), Raman Spectra and Principal Component Analysis (pca), Steven Ortiz

Receiving A Queen: A Queer and Trans Feminist Classical Reception Rhetorical Historiography of Elagabalus, Thomas William Passwater

Structure and Morphology of Photoreactive Monomer–Nanoparticle Mixtures Under Patterned Irradiation, Shreyas Pathreeker

Two Essays on Corporate and Institutional Investors’ Usage of Options, Financial Constraints, and Firm Performance, Bharat Patil

A New Class of Antibiotic That Prevents Drug Tolerance, Persistence, and Resistance By Controlling Emergence of Phenotypes., Pankaj Dinkar Patil

Atomistic Investigation of Nucleosomal H3 Histone Tail in Unmodified and Epigenetically Modified States, Kathryn Piston

Entangled Lives in a Southern Metropolis: An Archaeology of Legacies at 87 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina (1734-1771), Sarah Platt

Assembly Line Americans: Labor, Language, and Literacy at Ford Motors, Vincent Portillo

Thermal Management Using Liquid-vapor Phase Change in Nanochannels, Sajag Poudel

Saving Salt City: Fighting Inequality Through Policy and Activism in Syracuse, NY, 1955-1975, Scarlett Nicole Rebman

Fragmented Landscapes: An Archaeology of Transformations in The Pra River Basin, Southern Ghana, Sean Hamilton Reid

Three Essays on Pupil Transportation, Christopher Rick

The Nature of Phenotypes: Provoking and Measuring the Dynamic Processes of Swarm Expansion, Predation, and Antibiotic Resistance in Myxococcus Xanthus, Linnea Judith Ritchie

Do Adverse Childhood Experiences Mediate the Relationship Between Autistic Traits and Borderline Personality Traits?, Alyne Rodrigues

Sports participation and Labor Market Outcomes: A Correspondence Study, Laura Lorena Rodriguez Ortiz

Unveiling the Unmarked Implications for Culturally Responsive Educational Leadership, Laura A. Rouse

Fairness in Social Networks, Zeinab Saghati Jalali

Self-organization of Microtubule and Associated Protein Map65, Sumon Sahu

'Play the Book Again': Towards a Systems Approach to Game Adaptation, Johnathan Sanders

Unpacking athletics: An exploration of identity development for division I women college athletes, Kathleen E. Scanlon

The Politics of Security: Syrian Refugees in the Middle East and Western Europe, Sefa Secen

High Fidelity Universal Gates Performed on a Continuously-Decoupled Coherence Enhanced Transmon Qubit, Michael Senatore

“Envisioning Digital Sanctuaries”: An Exploration of Virtual Collectives for Nurturing Professional Development of Women in Technical Domains, Subhasree Sengupta

CENOZOIC EXTENSION OF THE LAKE TANGANYIKA RIFT, EAST AFRICA: STRUCTURES, TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION, Shaidu Shaban

Development of a Combined Model of College Student Alcohol-associated Condomless Sex, Alan Z. Sheinfil

Essays on Strategies for Increasing Repayment Rates of Digital Microloans, Alain Rutayisire Shema

Media and Modern Racism: Understanding Anti-asian Attitudes and Behaviors During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Jian Shi

New Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium, Sodium, and Calcium-based Batteries, Francielli Silva Genier

Weaving Subjects at the Obraje de Chincheros: Indigenous Contributions to the Colonial Aesthetic, Maria Smith

White Out: An Analysis of Presentations of Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Inclusive Education Textbooks, Phillandra Samantha Smith

Characterization of Scintillation Light in Large Liquid Argon Detectors and the Implications for Proton Decay Searches, Kyle Spurgeon

Detector Improvements and Optimization to Advance Gravitational-wave Astronomy, Varun Srivastava

Critical Aspirations: Disability, Education, and Community Cultural Wealth in a Sanctuary City, Chelsea Stinson

Three Essays on Nuclear Operations, Capabilities, and International Conflict, Kyungwon Suh

Metaphysical Coherentism, Jan Swiderski

Investigation of Elastic Parameters and Pavement Modeling With Eps Geofoam, Engda Kassahun Temesgen

Matrix Factorizations With More Than Two Factors, Tim Tribone

Applications of Powerset Operators, Especially to Matroids, Nathan Uricchio

Exploring the Biomedical Applications of Polyurethane-based Foams, Films, and Hydrogels, Anand Utpal Vakil

"We Are All More Free": How Ideas and Arguments Shape the Lgbt Movement, Eric Van Der Vort

Probing Lepton Flavour Universality With $\bz \to \kstarz \taup \taum$, Aravindhan Venkateswaran

Investigating the role of the transcriptional coregulator Cited2 in regulating intermediate progenitor proliferation and modulating behavior, Nikolaus R. Wagner

ENGINEERING TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL COMPLEXITY IN BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS FOR CARDIAC DISEASE MODELING AND MECHANOBIOLOGY, Chenyan Wang

Essays on Economic Geography and Development Economics, Yao Wang

Working Hands, Indebted Bodies: Embodiment of Inequality and Labor in an Era of Progress, Alanna Louise Warner-Smith

Algorithmic Dwelling: the Consequences of Ethos on Social Media Platforms, Noah Wason

Exploring the Roles of Organic Matter Source and Transformation for Photochemical Characterization of New York Lake Waters, Joseph Wasswa

Mutual Coupling Reduction Techniques for Multi-band Base Station Antennas, Evan Christopher Wayton

Manipulated Electrochemical Surface Reactions Induced By Oscillatory Electric Potentials on Metal Based Electrodes, Thomas Stone Welles

Targeted mesenchymal stem cell differentiation from induced pluripotent stem cells for therapeutic application, TACKLA WINSTON

American Transcendentalism Contra Contemporary Political Philosophy: Applications of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson to Liberal Democratic Capitalism, Platonism, Islamism, Technology, and the "end of History", Brian Wolfel

Heterogeneous Strain Distribution & the Effects of High Frequency Climate Change on the Evolution of Early-Stage Rift Systems: Case Studies from Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi (Nyasa), East Africa, Lachlan Wright

Circular Reinforced Concrete Columns Damaged By Fire and Retrofitted With Cfrp and Steel Jacketing, Jia Xu

Constraining Beam Backgrounds and Analyzing the Detector Response in a Test Beam With the Nova Experiment, Abhilash Yallappa Dombara

Essays on Supply Chain Optimization: Operational Decisions With Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation and Live-streaming Channel Introduction, Haiying Yang

Effects of Applying a Think-Pair-Share (TPS) Structure to Asynchronous Online Discussions (AODs) on Students’ Performances: A Mixed Methods Study, Tianxiao Yang

Essays on International Trade, Yimin Yi

Subsurface Geophysical Investigations of Oneida Lake Ny: Insights Into Ice Sheet Processes and Deglaciation At Termination I, Nicholas John Zaremba

Advanced in Vitro Models for Studying Bone Physiology, Kairui Zhang

HOW POSITIVE AND ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES CO-OCCUR TO PLACE ADULTS AT DIFFERENTIAL TRAJECTORIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS: RACIAL/ETHNIC VARIATIONS, Xiaoyan Zhang

A More Efficient and Effective Objective Measure of Financial Disclosure Quality: Omissions of Seven Key Financial Statement Variables, Ying Zhang

Learning-based Decision Making in Wireless Communications, Chen Zhong

ALGORITHMIC SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT ONLINE FAKE NEWS, Xinyi Zhou

Commonality in Two-Dimensions: An Empirical Investigation, Zhaoque Zhou

2021

Real-time Adaptive Sensor Attack Detection and Recovery in Autonomous Cyber-physical Systems, Francis Akowuah

A Portrait of Postsecondary Stem Teaching: Examining the Roles of Organizational Climate and Professional Identity, Sule Aksoy

Validation and Perceptions of an Advance organizer on Main Elements of Research: Philosophical Assumptions, Paradigms, and Praxis, Abdulrahman Alogaily

Exploring the Nature of the Co-emergence of Students' Representational Fluency and Functional Thinking, Nigar Altindis

Exploring The Nature Of The Co-emergence Of Students’ Representational Fluency And Functional Thinking, Nigar Altindis

Archaeology And Settlement Histories Along The Pra River, Southern Ghana, Circa 500 B.C. – Ad 1970, Samuel Amartey

Archaeology and Settlement Histories Along the Pra River, Southern Ghana, Circa 500 B.C. – Ad 1970, Samuel Amartey

The Effects Of Whole Genome Duplication On Functional Traits And Interactions With Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Thomas Anneberg

The Effects of Whole Genome Duplication on Functional Traits and Interactions With Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Thomas Anneberg

Cultivating a New Transnational Elite: Parenting, Schooling, and Belonging in the Age of Global It, Adrienne Lee Atterberry

Three Essays in Labor Economics, Huong Thi Ngoc Axelrod

Impact Assessment, Detection, And Mitigation Of False Data Attacks In Electrical Power Systems, Sagnik Basumallik