Theses from 2016
The Abolitionist Archetype: Andrew Delbanco and the Ethics of Political Protest, Ariel F. Eaton, Political Science
Making Something From Nothing: Exploring Food, Transition, and Globalization in Post-Socialist Poland, Julianna F. Fedrizzi, Global & Regional Studies
Farmer Resiliency in a Changing Climate: A Comparative Study of Massachusetts and Vermont Farmers, Ann G. Fitzgerald, Environmental Program
Parental Tobacco Use: Impact on Child Emotion Identification Ability, Allison R. Giroux, Neuroscience
The effect of cyclophosphamide on salt taste in mice, Michael Gomella, Biology
Rumination, Negative Life Events, and Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of College Students, Molly B. Gormley, Psychological Science
Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood: The Role of Parental Modeling, Jamie A. Herold, Psychological Sciences
A Peculiar Approach to Death: The Work of Edward Gorey, Lydia Horne, Art History
Repackaging Grand Narrative: From Narrative to Database in the Remakes of Space Battleship Yamato and Mobile Suit Gundam, Aaron J. Kane, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures
Effects of a Secretin Receptor Antagonist on Cerebellar Learning, Josefina M. Kather, Psychological Science
Life history of Monocystis parasites and genetic diversity of their hosts, the invasive Amynthas earthworms, Erin L. Keller, Biology
NEW DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO IDENTIFYING CLIMATE DRIVERS IN NORTHERN CONIFERS, John Burns Kilbride, Geography
Fear Conditioning and Extinction: Examining the Role of GSK3β ser 389, Benjamin Liebman, Psychology
Impacts of chronic stress on urinary bladder function & recovery through modification of PACAP signaling, Morgan E. Mathews, Neurological Sciences
Multiple Queens versus Multiple Mates: A Test of the Polygyny/Polyandry Tradeoff Hypothesis in the Ant Veromessor pergandei, Rachel Mellen, Biology
A Market for Water Transfers in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the Role of Transaction Costs, Genevieve Meller, Economics
The effects of thermal acclimation on feeding rates and thermal tolerance in the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in Lake Champlain, VT, USA, Marissa Ng, Biology
Photocatalytic degradation of an organophosphorus compound by porous Au- and WO3- modified TiO2, David M. Parker, Chemistry
Brazilian Perspectives on the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, Kishan Patel, Anthropology
Hard Work, Cows and Community: Why young people in Bethel, Vermont are choosing to stay on dairy farms, Mikayla Sandra Peront, Environmental Studies
Optimization of a Diagnostic Platform for Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) Measurement in Human Plasma and Exploration of ORP after Trauma, David A. Polson, Biology
Pubertal Timing and Youth Internalizing Psychopathology: The Role of Relational Aggression, Hayley E. Pomerantz, Psychological Science
Use of a Chemical Chaperone to Attenuate Allergic Airway Inflammation, Gurkiranjit Kaur Rattu, Department of Biology; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dissolution, Cleo Rohn, English
Can a T-Shirt Create Long-Term Change? Cause-Related Marketing in Preemptive Disaster Response and Mitigation Efforts, Alexander J. Rosenberg, Geography
Effects of Insulin on Brain Functioning in Postmenopausal Women, Sienna Marie Searles, Department of Psychiatry
The Effect of Chronic Stress on Generalization of Conditioned Fear, Amanda J. Senatore, Psychological Science
The Emerging “Immigrant-Friendly” City: How and why cities frame themselves as welcoming places to immigrants, Erika A. Shepard, Geography
Queering Time and Space: Mediated Desire in The Golden Bowl and Mrs. Dalloway, Alana J. Smith, English
Professionalism of Performing Musicians in Burlington, Vermont, Adam Sullivan, Anthropology
Feminized Asians and Masculinized Blacks: The Construction of Gendered Races in the United States, Emy P. Takinami, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Testing Potential Fish Fraud in Community-Supported Fisheries, Ryan J. Tartre, Biology
Establishing an Ovarian Cancer cell culture model system in order to study the molecular interaction between Src Family Kinases and Protein Kinase A, Jenna E. Todero, Biology
Renewal of an Extinguished Behavior in the Context of a Preceding Response, Jeremy M. Trott, Psychological Sciences
From The Ground Up: Cultural and Musical Implications of Live-Instrumental Hip-Hop, Jonah Ullman, Music
The North-South Divide: Regional Economic Inequality in Contemporary Italy, Ashley N. Usseglio, Sociology
Cortisol as a Moderator of Acute Distress in Predicting PTSD, Hannah L. Ward, Psychological Science
The United Tasks of Healing and Witnessing: The practice of combined ethics within Médecins Sans Frontières, Emma Clare Waters, Romance Languages
Effects of dietary restriction and β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate supplementation on spontaneous locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster, Elizabeth Sarah White, Biology
Cognitive Flexibility and Academic Performance in College Students with ADHD: An fMRI Study, Ellen K. Wixted, Irene J. Sue, Sarahjane L. Dube M.S., and Alexandra S. Potter Ph.D., Psychiatry
The role of the low affinity cyclic nucleotide-binding site B in the activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase Iα, Jessica Wohlfahrt, Biochemistry
Eye-gaze behavior and emotional accuracy: a categorical and dimensional analysis of youth with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, Hannah M. Woodruff, Neuroscience
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Female Agency in the Age of Chivalry: Charting a Tradition of Mutual Chivalry in Chrétien de Troyes, Brendan Wyman Anderson, English
Functional Characterization of a Drosophila Transgenic Line Expressing a Chimeric Flightin: Implications on Flight Muscle Structure and Mating Behavior, Harshal Athalye, Biology
Potassium Channel Allele Modulates Chronic Pain Experience, Summer Atkinson, Neuroscience
Wine-Dark Sheep: Ancient Color in a Modern Greek Odyssey, Alana R. Benson, Classics
Hard Incompatibilism and Criminal Law, Samantha M. Berthelette, Philosophy
The Social Realm of 18th Century British Ambassadors to France, Andrew M. Bowen, History
Endoplasmic Reticulum - Mitochondrial Interactions in House Dust Mite Induced Inflammation, Jonathon M. Cahoon and Vikas Anathy, Biology
The ‘Adaptability’ of the Balalaika: An Ethnomusicological Investigation of the Russian Traditional Folk Instrument, Nicolas Chlebak, Department of German and Russian
Ayurvedic, Allopathic & Integrated Treatment of Diabetes in Northern India: Practitioner Perceptions, Camille M. Clancy, Individually Designed Major in Global Health
Correlates of Parasocial Interactions Across Various Media Figures, Casey Patricia Coddaire, Department of Psychological Science
Study of the molecular mechanism of beta-Hydroxy beta-methyl butyrate (HMB) in Drosophila., James S. Contompasis, Biology
Food And Faith: Theology and Burlington’s Local Food Movement, Hunter M. Cropsey, Anthropology
Bolivia's Path to Neoliberalism: An Examination of the Presidential Career of Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1952-1989), Andria Gail Cubero, History
Research and Sound Design for Much Ado About Nothing on Royall Tyler Stage, Clare Devlin, Theatre
Parents in Prison: An Examination of Parental Incarceration in the State of Vermont, Julia Dillavou, Sociology
Connectivity, Sprawl, and the Cul-de-sac: An Analysis of Cul-de-sacs and Dead-end Streets in Burlington and the Surrounding Suburbs, Marshall B. Distel, Geography
Vermont Life Dotcom: Culture and Economy in the Burlington, VT Web Tech Industry, Luke Dorfman, Anthropology
THE ROLE OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN SECONDARY FUNCTIONS OF THREONYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE, Shawn Bruce Egri, Biochemistry
Gone to Market: Perceptions, Motivations, and Values of Farmers Market Participants in Burlington, Vermont, Shannon K. Esrich, Anthropology
Investigating the Role of FGF8 Signaling in Neurogenesis of the Developing Zebrafish Eye, Benjamin A. Flinn, Biochemistry
Russian and Soviet Nationalities Policy in the Baltic States, 1855-1991, Rubin B. Goldberg, History/Russian
Explaining Support for Authoritarianism in New Democracies, Andrew G. Goss, Political Science
Strange Days: The American Media Debates The Doors, 1966-1971, Maximillian F. Grascher, History
Northeasterners, Alexandria Kathleen Hall, English
Deconstructing Systemic Oppression Through Teaching Community Organizing: A students-teaching-students course, Francesca A. Hall, Environmental Studies
Impact of Legislative Gender Quotas on Gender Violence Legislation in Latin America, Lexi Hanks, Political Science
The Place of Classical Chinese Literature in Modern Sino-Japanese Pop Culture: The Case of Cao Cao in Sanguo Yanyi, Jonathan M. Heinrichs, Asian Studies
"That which cannot be said": A New Approach to Translating Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus, Aidan C. Holding, Department of German and Russian
Inhibitory Effects of Ethanol on the NLRP3 Inflammasome, Laura Rose Hoyt, Medicine
A Pain in the Brain: How PACAP CeA Infusion Alters Mechanical and Thermal Sensitivity, Julia Grace Huessy, Neuroscience
Research and Costume Design for "Our Town", Alyssa R. Korol, Theater
The role of PLXNA1 in visual system development of Danio rerio, Sarah Light, Neuroscience
Comparative Representations of Vermont Migrant Latino Farmworkers, Kerry Martin, English
“Peace Capital”: American Media's Coverage of May 1968 in Paris, Geoffrey J. Matthews, History
Determination of Soluble CD14 Molecular Weight Variants in Human Plasma, Jordan Ari Munger, Biology
Grace, Play, and the Body in the Writings of Albert Camus, Derek Neal, Romance Languages and Linguistics
Differentiating the Roles of Redox-Active Cysteine Residues in Plasmodium falciparum Thioredoxin Reductase by using a "Seleno Effect", John P. O'Keefe, Biochemistry
The Definition and Determination of Death, Brittney Jean Palermo, Philosophy
Service Providers’ Perceptions of Refugees’ Needs, Services and Service Delivery Barriers in Burlington, Vermont, Samantha M. Sawyer, Global Studies
Assessing Music Listening Habits in a Media Rich Society, Carolyn Spinelli, Community Development and Applied Economics
SPIRITUAL IDEALS AND POLITICAL REALITIES: INQUISITORIAL MOTIVATIONS IN THE TRIAL OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1307-1312, Emily Stoneking, History
Detailed Analysis of Structures in the Foot Wall of the Champlain Thrust at Lone Rock Point, Burlington, Vermont, Christina Marie Strathearn, Geology
Lifetime Estrogen Exposure, COMT Genotype, and Cognition in Postmenopausal Women, Jennifer Alice Trimble, Biology
American Food Aid: Disruption and Development in Haiti, Kaitlyn Vitez, Anthropology
Parenting as a Mediator of the Link between Parental Depressive Symptoms and Child Depressive Symptoms, Abigail Waite, Department of Psychological Science
Perceived Trends in ADHD Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment in Vermont Schools, Charlotte F. Wonnell, Anthropology
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Mode Entanglement in the Lieb-Liniger Model, Daniel Gordon Allman, Physics