Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Grotesque as a Tool of the Past in As I Lay Dying and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, Leela Actis, English
Enzymatic Pathways Involved in Serotonin Breakdown in the GI Tract, Corinne Atkinson, Neurological Sciences Department, Larner College of Medicine
Postcolonial Entanglement: How the Carnivalesque Links Toni Morrison and Chris Abani in Disruptive Dialogue, Katherine B. Bamberger, English
Temperature Dependent Charge Transport Characteristics of Ferroelectric Organic Field Effect Transistors, Jared C. Benson, Physics
Changing Endowments in the Public Goods Game, Madeleine Bowe, Economics
Economic Growth and Weight Gain: A Dynamic Approach to the Obesity Epidemic, Courtney M. Brady, Economics
'Coming Out' in the Modern Novel, Stephanie L. Brooks, English
A Stitch Between, Erin Elizabeth Bundock, Art and Art History
Theta Wave Coherence in Pre-Semantic Processing: An EEG study of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Azilee J. Curl Miss, Neuroscience; Communication Sciences & Disorders
An fNIRS Investigation of the Prefrontal Cortical Processing Demands Associated with a Communication Based Assessment for Mild Cognitive Impairment, Julia K. Deziel, Neuroscience/Communication Sciences & Disorders
The Effect of Reproductive Experience on Habit Formation, Elizabeth Dybas, Psychological Science
To Flip or Not to Flip?: Individual Cognitive Differences and L2 Russian Acquisition of Verbal Morphology in a Flipped Classroom, Katie M. Esser, Linguistics
Field Guides for Leaving: A poetic exploration of the hyperlocal in Burlington, Vermont, Rachel A. Foster, English
Ethnographic Storytelling: Sharing an Armenian Tradition through Collaborative Digital Media, Tali Gelenian, Anthropology
Analyzing the Implementation of the Agile Methodology in a Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Course, Michael Vincent Gilarde, Mechanical Engineering
Achieving Anorexia: An Improbable but Possible Aspiration among College-Age Students, Kate Louise Goldberg, Psychological Science
Including Emergency Food in Our Vision of Community Food Security: The Values of Feeding Chittenden and the Community Kitchen Academy on the Burlington Community, Adrianna Grinder, Anthropology
A Multi-Context Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Preschool Children and Identify Barriers to PA in the Home, Casey N. Henehan, Psychological Science
Diagnosing and Addressing Mental Illness Among Vermont Refugees: A Study of Mental Health Screening and Community Resources in Burlington, VT, Zachary Johns, Political Science
Mechanisms of Cold Tolerance in Temperate-Zone Insects, Jhanavi Hemal Kapadia, Biology
our city, Kyle P. King, Film and Television Studies
UVM's Roadmap to Zero Waste, Isabel Lisle, Environmental Studies
The Cows Don’t Milk Themselves: Using Worker-Driven Social Responsibility to Fight Labor and Housing Injustice on Vermont’s Dairy Farms, Marisa Grace Loury, Anthropology
Exploring the Pharmacophore of Novel Synthetic Peptide Activators of type I-alpha cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase, Emily E. MacDonald, Pharmacology
Micro Wind Turbine Viability at the University of Vermont, Christopher Michael Nolan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Forever Everglades: Understanding Magical Realism Through Place, Julia L. Nugent, English
Comparison of inflammatory response and morphologic damage induced by endotoxin in mouse and bovine mammary gland, Laura Ashley Olszanski, Animal and Veterinary Science
The Causes of the Catalan Secession Movement, Cullen Samuel Paradis, Political Science
Analysis of Retailer Inventory and Financial Performance, Maria Pitari, Grossman School of Business
Landscapes of Care Amid Crisis: Vermont's Response to the Opioid Epidemic, Lucia Possehl, Geography
“Superheroines” -- A Translation of Barbi Marković's Novel Superheldinnen, Emma Roach, German and Russian
Environmental Health Disparities in Vermont, Julia Selle, Environmental Studies
Climate Change and Conflict: the Darfur Conflict and Syrian Civil War, Evan Gray Smith, Political Science
Growing Relations: The Intersection of Food and Farm Security in Chittenden County, Vermont, Claire E. Tylke, Anthropology
Using X-ray diffraction of stream sediment to better understand the geology and weathering environment of central Cuba, Landon Williamson, Geology
Is Your Child Even Listening to You?: Relationship between Socialization of Coping and Coping Behavior, Moderated by Physiological Stress Reactivity, Emily E. Young, Psychological Sciences
Speech perception and involuntary orientation to speech stimuli in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Reana Leah Young-Morrison, Neuroscience
Theses from 2019
Interaction of Age and Cancer Treatment on Brain Function and Structure in Breast Cancer Survivors, Yara Alshaabi, Psychiatry
Daughters of Ares: Iconography of the Amazons, Peyton K. Ashley, Classics Department
Understanding Public Perceptions of Immigrant Criminality, Hayley S. Barriere, Global Studies
"It's So Bomb": Exploring Corpus-Based Threat Detection on Twitter with Discourse Analysis, Addie Beach, Department of Romance Languages & Linguistics
El papel de mujeres españolas en la conquista y colonización de las Américas: las mujeres más importantes en el Pacífico sudamericano durante el siglo XVI, Lucille J. Bisselle, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics
An Evolution of Jane and Lizzie: Adaptation Studies Need to Accommodate for the Rise of Internet-Based Media, Katherine Anne Bryce, English
Targeting the Roots of Disaster: Community Work Dismantling Vulnerability in Mariana, Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, Rachael E. A. Carrell, Geography
Measurement of Changes in Heme Ruffling Caused by the Staphylococcus aureus Heme-Degrading Enzyme, IsdG, Amanda Rose Cornetta, Chemistry
Evolution of sociality in Anelosimus Spiders, Adelaide Speedie Cotter, Biology
A Wilderness Techscape: Land-Use Conflict, Work, and Recreation on the Central Klamath River, Claire E. Dumont, Geography
UAV-Based Photogrammetric Profiling of Lessor's Quarry in South Hero, Vermont, Erin Lee Dundas, Geology
Second Language Acquisition and Memory Training Transfer: Could working memory training facilitate the learning of a second language?, Jessica Godes, Romance Languages and Linguistics
The Role of Threonyl-tRNA Synthetase in Regulating Autophagy in Ovarian Cancer, Keira L. Goodell, Department of Biology
The Not-So Frozen Conflict: Russia’s Ambitions in the Arctic and their Implications for NATO in the Far North, Anya Gorodentsev, German and Russian Department
“The Wickedest Man on Earth”: US Press Narratives of Austria-Hungary and the Shaping of American National Identity in 1898, Evan Haley, History
An Exploration of Demographic Risk as a Barrier to Engagement in Perinatal Wellness, XiXi Halvorson-Phelan, Neuroscience
Analysis of PARylation and PTEN Mutation Effects on PARP and PARG Inhibition Treatment in Primary Brain Tumors, Henre Michael Hermanowski, Biochemistry
Evaluation of Mucosal 5-HT Signaling and Potential Sex Differences in Motor Activity in the Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis, Emily Anne Holt, Neurological Sciences
Control of Organic LED Emission Through Optically-Resonant Microcavity Confinement, Benjamin Isenhart, Physics
In vitro methods of antimicrobial susceptibility produce different estimates of cinnamon bark oil minimum inhibitory concentration for Staphylococcus aureus isolates from organic dairy farms, Samantha Keum, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Non-Profits as Creators of Public Policy in Public-Private Partnerships, Emily Victoria Klofft, Political Science
Restlessness and Domesticity: Reading Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier, Margaret Ann Mahoney, History
Experimental Archaeology and Formation Processes: New Experiments with Spatial Modeling, Hayley Malloy, Anthropology
Embryonic Heat Shock and its Effect on Larval and Adult Performance in Drosophila melanogaster, Ana Marie Manuelian, Biology
Investigating Kinesin Kif18A as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Aggressive Cancers, Carolyn Anne Marquis, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
From Consumer to User: Illicit Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in Postmodern Art, Alice Matthews, Art and Art History
Chimera States and Seizures in a Mouse Neuronal Model, Henry M. Mitchell, Mathematics
Effects of Voluntary Exercise on Prefrontal-Dependent Set-Shifting in Adolescent Rats, Izabella Ostrowski, Psychological Science
Wild Emptiness: A Zen Approach to Environmental Ethics, Arden D. Porter, Philosophy
Reclaiming Cities and Spatial Citizenship: Contemporary Street Art as a Form of Political Aggravation and Protest, Morgan K. Quigg, Art History
Assessing Hurricane Maria’s Effect on Landscape Erosion Using In Stream Sediment From the Caribbean Island of Dominica, Melinda Quock, Geology
Psychogenic stress-induced expression, function and regulation of VEGF receptor signaling pathways in the neural pathways to the urinary bladder, Harpreet Rattu, Neurological Sciences
Riding the City: Renegade Spaces of Street BMX, Connor Smith, Geography
Impact of Language and History on Identity in Mauritius and La Réunion Through the Lens of Torabully and Marimoutou, Brooklyn Isabel Sophie Stam, Global Studies
Implementing Chronic Exercise After the Completion of Extinction Training in Mice Shows Promise in Reducing the Return of Fear in the Long Term, Mallory S. Stultz, Neuroscience
Personalities and Perceptions: Churchill, De Gaulle, and British-Free French Relations 1940-1941, Samantha Sullivan, History
International Monetary Fund Structural Adjustment Policy and Loan Conditionality in Ghana: Economic, Cultural, and Political Impacts, Samantha Terry, Global and Regional Studies
Theses from 2018
Positive allosteric modulators of VPAC1 receptor-mediated ERK activation, Justin Abbott, Neurological Sciences
Reviving Ophidia: Godly Serpents in Ancient Egyptian Magic and Mythology, Ariadne Argyros, Classics
Seeking Asylum Across the International Boundary: Legal Terms and Geopolitical Conditions of Irregular Border Crossing and Asylum Seeking Between the United States and Canada, 2016 - 2018, Sarah E. Barrett, Global and Regional Studies
Critical Films on Graphene Substrates, Renee Beneeski, Adrian Del Maestro, Juan Vanegas, and Valeri Kotov, Physics
Spectacular Tropes: Representations of the Roman Arena, Tiger Maurice Britt, Classics
Optical Properties of Mesoporous Tungsten(VI) Oxide Functionalized with ��-Conjugated Organic Molecules for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis, Jack Henry Burke, Chemistry
88.9: A Documentary Poem Examining Whiteness at the University of Vermont, Addison Campbell, English
Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whale Song in Pacific Central America, Emma P. Chereskin, Department of Biology
The Influence of Pain on the Development of PTSD Across the Acute Post Trauma Period, Julie P. Connor, Psychological Science
Success of Food Assistance Programs: Metrics to Evaluate Provision of Healthy Food Products Across Burlington, Vermont., Meghan Conway, Environmental Studies
Facilitated Self-Assembly of Hydrazone-based Molecular Cages and their Binding Properties, Natavan Dudkina, Chemistry
Reactionary Postmodernism? Neoliberalism, Multiculturalism, the Internet, and the Ideology of the New Far Right in Germany, William Peter Fitz, European Studies
Slant, Mattie Friberg, Film and Television Studies
Early Phonological Systematization in Children with Williams Syndrome: A Longitudinal Study, Claudia G. Garber, Linguistics
The Role of Sex Hormones in Inducing Maternal Uterine Remodeling and Vasodilation During Pregnancy, Annie D. Glessner-Fischer, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Art as Power: Francis I's Incorporation of the Italian at Château de Fontainebleau, Alaina Irene Hendrickson, Art History, French
Welcome Here: Defining History Through Playwriting, Stephen D. Indrisano, Theater
Iterative Exponential Growth through Manipulation of Sulfide Oxidation States, Tyler Jacob Jaynes, Chemistry
Investigating a Catalytic Approach for the Polymerization Reaction of Dichlorophosphinylphosphorimidic Trichloride, Aimee Johnston, Chemistry
De Jure School Segregation as the Result of Racist Housing Policies, Devin C. Kane, Economics
Keeping Up with the Psychoanalysts: Applying Lacanian and Feminist Theory to Reality Television, Catherine E. Leary, Film and Television Studies
Lagrangian Coherent Structures: A Climatological Look, Andrew Sven McCall Jr., Mathematics and Geography
The Intervening Role of Urgency on the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment, PTSD, and Substance-Related Problems, Rebecca Darya Mirhashem, Psychological Sciences
Microbiome composition of Pisaster ochraceous sea stars affected by sea star wasting disease, Becky Nesnevich, Biology
Nonsense Mutation in AIMP2 Reduces Protein Expression and Causes a Severe Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Pryce Patterson, Biochemistry
Understanding and Mitigating the Effects of the Childcare Cliff: A Case Study of Vermont, Lauren Alexandra Rayson, Economics