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2020

THREE ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, Emily Gutierrez

Discrete-time Stable Geometric Controller and Observer Designs for Unmanned Vehicles, Reza Hamrah

Mobilizing Affect: The Rhetoric and Circulation of Popular Political Satire News Shows, Crystal Hendricks

ROLE OF TRANSNATIONAL LIVING ON RELATIONSHIP QUALITY AMONG GHANAIAN IMMIGRANT COUPLES, Rodlyn Remina Hines

Cardiac organoid technology and computational processing of cardiac physiology for advanced drug screening applications, Plansky Hoang

Elucidating Dopant Migration Mechanism for the Controlled Dopant Locations/Distribution within Core/Shell Nanocrystals, Elan Hofman

Crossroads of Conversion: Intersections of Bodies, Materials, and Histories in Early Medieval Bohemia, Lauren Hosek

A Model of Community College Students’ Self-Regulated Language Learning, Christopher David Hromalik

Challenging Our Sense of Ourselves: Teacher Leaders' Transformative Learning Experiences, Karen Marie Humphrey

Natural and Synthetic Ligand-Binding Induce Different Pilin Assemblies in vitro and Control P. aeruginosa Bioactivities in vivo, and Development of Bacterial-Motility Enabled Binding Assays, Arizza Chiara Siwa Ibañez

MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY OF BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER TIGHT JUNCTIONS, Flaviyan Jerome Irudayanathan

DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF A BISTABLE APTAMER BASED THREE-SEGMENT SWITCH AS A DIAGNOSTIC INDICATOR FOR HIV-1 NCp7 DETECTION, Raghuvaran Mani Iyer

Access Washing at the Imperial University: Militarism, Occupation, and Struggles Toward Disability Justice, Laura Jaffee

Issues in the Metaphysics of Material Objects, Amir Arturo Javier Castellanos

Expanding the Role of Proteins and Peptides for Biochemical and Therapeutic Applications, Megha Jayachandran

Uncertainty Modeling of Wind Power Generation for Power System Planning and Stability Study, Wolf Peter Jean Philippe

Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Robot Collision Avoidance in Navigation Tasks, Zilong Jiao

Seasonality in a changing climate: Insights from the modern ocean with application to the Eocene Epoch, Emily J. Judd

USER AUTHENTICATION ACROSS DEVICES, MODALITIES AND REPRESENTATION: BEHAVIORAL BIOMETRIC METHODS, Amith Kamath Kamath Belman

Kim Dae-Jung's Leadership as Relevant to the Sunshine Policy (1998-2003), Shin Yon Kim

MATERNAL COMMUNICATION AT MENARCHE: EVALUATING DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS ON AGE AT FIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN YOUNG ADULT WOMEN, Jennifer Horne King

CHARACTERIZATION OF CRYSTALLINE PIGMENTS WITH LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND SOLID-STATE DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY, Elyse M. Kleist

Amplifier Architectures for Wireless Communication Systems, Mehmet Kok

Visual Processing Across Space and Time in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Justin Kopec

MEDICAL CANNABIS USE AMONG CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, Jesse Kosiba

Atmospheric Chemistry of Outdoor and Indoor Environments: Physical and Chemical Characterization of Urban Grime and Measurements of Oxidants in Vehicle Cabins, Corey Richard Kroptavich

RURAL POLITICAL AGENCY AND LOCAL POLITICS IN GLOBALIZED MARKET, Ranitya Kusumadewi

The Resilience of k-Cores in Graphs, Ricky Laishram

SECONDARY TEACHERS’ DISCOURSES OF CONTENT AREA LITERACY REFORM: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, Sara C. Ledwith

Effects of Surface Topography on Bacterial Biofilm Formation, Sang Won Lee

On the Plurality of Existences, Isaiah Lin

The Strategic Balance between the Public and Allies: A Theory of Authoritarian Distribution in China, Dongshu Liu

Rigidity in Frictional Particle Packings and Dynamics in Living Polymeric Packings, Kuang Liu

Three Essays on Regulation in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Markets, Lu Liu

Multi-function RF for Situational Awareness, Yang Liu

Advancing software evaluation rubrics in the era of big data: The value of genre and activity theories, Mary Martha Lorber

GPU Resource Optimization and Scheduling for Shared Execution Environments, Ryan Seamus Luley

Earth’s oceanic oxygen history from Phanerozoic to Pleistocene glacial cycles: insights from the carbonate iodine-to-calcium proxy, Wanyi Lu

Column Footings Strengthened with External Prestressing and External Wrapping Systems, Xingji Lu

HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION FROM EGOCENTRIC VIDEOS AND ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS, Yantao Lu

Reactions for rapid access to C3a oxygenated pyrroloindolines and its application towards a novel route to pestalazine A, Nivedita Mahajani

Application of Wavelet Transform to Endurance Time Analysis Method for Performance-based Seismic Design, Mohammadhossein Mamaghani

Multimodality in the Art & Media Arts Classroom: A Qualitative Study of Multimodal Literacies as They Appear in Art & Media Educator Classroom Curriculum and Practice, Kathleen M. Maniaci

EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY TRAINING FOR LIBRARY ASSISTANTS IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES: AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY, Alvina Mardhani-Bayne

Transgender Congruence and Sexual Satisfaction in Trans Masculine Adults: The Role of Affirmative Sexual Partners, Tristan Karel Martin

Imagining the Internal Reproductive Environment: Function and Evolution of the Drosophila Melanogaster Female Reproductive Tract, Caitlin Elizabeth McDonough-Goldstein

Revolutionships: Experiences of Queer Women of Color Maintaining Romantic Relationships while Engaging in Contemporary Movements for Liberation, Montinique DeNice McEachern

Factor Invariance of Anxiety and Depression Measures in Autism, Elizabeth Patrice McKernan

Development and Efficient Implementation of Electron-Hole Interaction Kernel for Investigation of Electronic Excitations in Semiconductor and Metallic Nanoparticles, Peter Francis McLaughlin

Cosmological Implications of Co-Decaying Dark Matter, Brandon Scott Melcher

CYBER SECURITY @ HOME: The Effect of Home User Perceptions of Personal Security Performance on Household IoT Security Intentions, Erica Mitchell

Delay Discounting and Sexual Decision-Making: Understanding Condom Use Behavior among College Students, Luke D. Mitzel

Cortical auditory processing of informational masking effects by target-masker similarity and stimulus uncertainty, Christopher Edward Niemczak

Parenting Typologies and Adolescents' Academic and Behavioral Outcomes in Ghana, Odetta Odartey Addo

Making Military Wives: Militarizing Social Reproduction of Military Families, William J. Oliver

The Affective Politics of Democratic Erosion: Explaining Mass Support for Executive Aggrandizement, Aykut Ozturk

Entrepreneurial Firms and Nonmarket Strategy: Lessons from the Drone Industry, Almantas Palubinskas

Synthesis Technique of Thickness-Customizable Multilayered Frequency Selective Surface for Plasma-Based Electromagnetic Structures, Komlan Payne

ESSAYS ON GLOBALIZATION, LABOR MARKET, AND PRODUCTIVITY, Hoang Pham

4D Printing Shape Memory Polymers for Biomedical Applications, Kathleen Pieri

The Makings of a Peer: Evidence on Within-Classroom Heterogeneities in Peer Effects, Jonathan L. Presler

Liberalizing Democracy: Property, Citizenship, and the Constrained Promise of Self-Governing Houseless Communities, Stephen Przybylinski

Learning Semantic Information from Multimodal Data using Deep Neural Networks, Krittaphat Pugdeethosapol

Three Essays on Demand-side Health Policies in India, Raghav Puri

“Put a crapaud in a suit and people will vote for the PNM”: A critical examination of patronage, loyalty, and the structuring force of party partisanship in Trinidad, Taapsi Ramchandani

The role of cell division during tissue morphogenesis, Lindsay Rathbun

Digital Native_Code: An Analysis of Adolescent Identity Formation Through Social Media, Jaime Riccio

Security After War: A Theory of Security Assistance and Governance in Post-Conflict States, Elise Marguerite Roberts

Cultivating an Ethos of Refusal: What it Takes to (Un)Teach a Student Like Me, Yanira Rodrguez

Time, Schedules, and the College Student with ADHD, Erik Daniel Rodriguez

Dispositions and Dis/ability in Teacher Education: Teacher Educator Perspectives, Katie Roquemore

A Method of Topology Optimization for Curvature Continuous Designs, Jack Steven Rossetti

¿CAMPO PARA LA/OS JÓVENES? EXPLORING CAMPESINA/O YOUTH SUBJECTIVITIES IN CONTEMPORARY COLOMBIA., Manuela Ruiz Reyes

Fluidization and Segregation in Confluent Models for Biological Tissues, Preeti Sahu

Using a Token System to Increase Compliance and Avoid Satiation during Reinforcer Preference Assessments, Samantha Sallade

Alhamdulilah, We Live in a Muslim Country: Searching for Safety and Constructing Belonging, Shaundel Sanchez

Development and Application of Effective Stochastic Potential Method for Investigating Temperature-dependent Electronic Properties of Nanomaterials, Jeremy Scher

Undergraduate research experiences in biology: Roles of mentors and impacts of early exposure and types of engagement on student outcomes, Kelly Marie Schmid

THREE ESSAYS ON PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY, David John Schwegman

HOW HEATWAVES ARE CHANGING URBAN LIVABILITY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES: A CASE STUDY IN TEN COMMUNITIES, Javad Shafiei Shiva

ANALYSIS AND BEHAVIOR OF SEGMENTED ENERGY ABSORBING STEEL PLATE SHEAR WALLS (SEA-SPSWs), Nafiseh Shahbazi Majd

Examining Intentions to Seek Counseling amongst African American Male College Students, Jordan P. Shannon

Factors Related to Self-Identification of Candidacy, Device Selection, and Self-Fitting of Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids, Jasleen Singh

Anti-plane Shear of Cylinders and Layered Systems: Cohesive Fracture and Instability, yueming song

DEVELOPING COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUDGMENT: USING ONLINE PROGRESSIVE CASES TO INTRODUCE REALISTIC AND UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES, Lina Souid

Investigating the Relationships Between Disorder, Structure, and Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Ethan Stanifer

A LEARNER INTERACTION STUDY OF DIFFERENT ACHIEVEMENT GROUPS IN MPOCS WITH LEARNING ANALYTICS TECHNIQUES, Di Sun

SOLVING PROCESS PLANNING AND SCHEDULING PROBLEMS USING THE CONCEPT OF MAXIMUM WEIGHTED INDEPENDENT SET, Kai Sun

A Phenomenological Investigation Of The Lived Experiences of Workplace Burnout, Wellness, and Resilience in Independently Licensed Private Practice Counselors Who Operate Their Own Practice While Maintaining a Caseload of Clients, Sara Lynne Thaxton

Exploring undergraduate students’ topic interest, topic knowledge, and attitudes regarding harmful algal blooms, Alia N. Thompson

Three Essays on the Implementation of Food Assistance Programs, Saied Toossi

Laboratory Studies of Structural Changes in Water-Poor and Water-Rich Ices: A Connection to Molecule Formation in Interstellar Ices, Francis Eugene Toriello

Analysis of the flow structure and reattachment over accelerating non-slender delta-wing planforms, Han Tu

Being in Transit: Life, Death, and the Politics of Migrant Journeys from Central America to the United States, Jared Patrick Van Ramshorst

An Investigation of Sixth-grade Students' Conceptualization of Angle and Angle Measure: A Retrospective Analysis of Design Research Study of a Real-world Context, Grace Njeri Visher

Mechanical properties and cyclic behavior of high strength steel after fire exposure, Fang Wang

THE ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE AND EVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN NOVEL ENVIRONMENTS, Shengpei Wang

On Sequence Clustering and Supervised Dimensionality Reduction, Tiexing Wang

EDUCATORS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC SENSEMAKING AND LITERACY: A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL ACTIVITY THEORY ANALYSIS, Heather Elizabeth Waymouth

Assessing Grit and Conscientiousness to Predict Medical Student Success on the National USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam, Jennifer C. Welch