Theses/Dissertations from 2024
The Role of the Nicotinic Cholinergic System in Visual Attention in the Aging Brain, J. Katerina Allanson, Department of Psychiatry
Accessibility to Women’s Healthcare Services in Rural Vermont and the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Leola F. Amblo, Anthropology
Molecular Mechanisms of Early Eyefield Cohesion in the Developing Zebrafish, Taylor E. Bean, Biology
The Effect of Fungicide Exposure on Histone Modifications in the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Sam Bjorklun, Plant and Soil Science
Using soil cores to assess the role of ion exchange in soils impacted by acid deposition: a case study from Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville Vermont, Elliott Jaye Bloom, Geography and Geosciences
‘The REAL You is Sexy!’: A discursive analysis of body positive performance by aerie on Instagram, Kelsey Brown, Linguistics
Investigations into Accessible and Efficient Precatalysts for Silicon-Nitrogen Heterodehydrocoupling, Claire E. Bushey, Chemistry
Feminine Tragedy and the Ethics of Abjection, Melissa Faye Chadwick, Film and Television Studies
The Role of Tryptophan-synthesizing Bacteria in Modulating Expression of Serotonin-related Proteins in the Gut, Brendan F. Cox, Neuroscience
THE ROLE OF CANONICAL AND NOVEL TASTE NEURONS IN AMINO ACID FEEDING IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Grace O. Davis, Jacqueline A. Guillemin, and Molly Stanley, Biology
Investigating the Impact of Speed on Salary in Baseball, Eamon T. Deffner, Mathematics
Contributions of Racial Diversity and Income Disparity to White Children’s Engagement in Conversations about Race, Kathleen Delaney, Psychological Science
Stem Cells for Cystic Fibrosis Development of a Culture System for Tracheal Explants to Examine Shrink-Wrapped Cell Engraftment, Zaley DeLeonardis-Page, Biology
The Classical and Quantum Lamb Model, Nam H. Dinh, Physics
Effect of Selective TRβ Agonist (GC-1) on ER+ and Tamoxifen Resistant Breast Cancer Cells, Marcelline Dockham, Biochemistry
Reversing Cognitive Deficits in the PTEN KO Model of ASD: From Behavior to In-Vivo Electrophysiological Recording, Noah H. Elste, Neurological Sciences
The Influence of Educational and Mental Health Vulnerabilities on Risk Perceptions of Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes, Seraphina Fecher, Psychological Science
Gemeinsam mit den Bürger*innen: Community Connections at Berlin's Tempelhof Field, Clara Brahm Feldman, Global and Regional Studies
Examining Variability in Streambank Erosion Rates in the Lake Champlain Basin, Vermont, Zoe C. Flanzer, Geography and Geosciences
« Quelle structure grammaticale est la plus difficile ? » : Foreign Language Aptitude & Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition of French, Julia E. Gamache, Linguistics
Art of the Soil: Reflections of Nuclear Disaster in Post-Fukushima Japanese Art, Max C. Gerlach, History
Our Relationships to Nature and Loss Through Art, Justine R. Goldblatt, Art and Art History
Becoming Burlington: An Analysis of Citizen Engagement in Waterfront Revitalization, Johanna L D Hartman, Geography
Character Building: Coming of Age in Life and On The Screen, Maria Paloma Herrera, Film and Television
White Victims, White Villains: True Crime Podcasts, the 'Ideal Victim,' and the Demarcation of a 'White Criminal' Stereotype, Meghan Hessler, Sociology
The Influence of Menopause on Actigraphy-Based Sleep Assessments, Sabrina Ann Joseph, Neuroscience
The Effect of Estrogen in the Dorsolateral Striatum on Fear Extinction, Adina R. Kraus, Psychological Science
Historical Racism and Professional Football, Evan Leaf, Sociology
Effect of PACAP Novel Small Molecule Antagonist on Depressive-Like Behavior in a Rat Model of Depression, Aimee Mahler, Psychological Sciences
Characterization of the effects of gamma delta T cell depletion on Kras driven lung adenocarcinoma, Erin Mathieu, Biological Sciences
Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta Competes with Estrogen Receptor Alpha to Regulate the Transcriptome in ER+ Breast Cancer Cells, Sydney A. McFarland, Biochemistry
Designing an Alginate Hydrogel Wound Dressing for Biofilm Infection Management, Margaret (Maisie) Moses, Biomedical Engineering
A Description of the Song Unit Repertoire and Rate of Change of Southeastern Pacific Humpback Whales at Their Breeding Area in the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panama, Franny Oppenheimer, Biology
Student Perspectives of Safety at the University of Vermont: An Analysis of Fear in Burlington, VT, Cameron Provorny, Geography & Geosciences
The Torrijos-Carter Treaties: Panamanian Sovereignty and United States Neocolonialism in Cold War Panama, Emma C. Regan, History Department
Investigating Tumor Suppressor and Oncogenic Properties of STK11 in Cancer, Logan E. Sands, Biology
Exploring US National and Vermont Emergency Medical Services: Slower and Lower Rural Care, Brandon S. Schoenfeld, Department of Geography and Geosciences
The Effect of the 2008 Financial Crisis on Bosnian Households, Tin Skoric, Economics
Small but Mighty: Utilization of Macroinvertebrates as Indicator Species of Stream Health Across Different Land Use Areas in Vermont, Maya Thomson, Biology
CO2 and Economic Development: The Role of Regulations, Trade, Institutions, and Innovation, Melisa Uyar, Economics
Transcriptomic Dysregulation in Rodent Models of ADHD and Substance Use Suggests Shared Neural Mechanisms, Sarah Van Horn, Heather Driscoll, and Donna Toufexis, Neuroscience
The Unique Associations Between ADHD Symptoms and Children’s School Readiness in a Preschool Sample, Greta Vecsey, Psychological Science
Beyond Walls: The Artwork of Women and Queer Artists in Interior Spaces, Sabina C. Ward, Art History and Studio Art
First Meals and Last Meals: Vehicles of Food Meaning, Sophie E. Warth, Anthropology
Evaluating the Impact of Climatic Factors on Tick-Borne Pathogen Prevalence: Insights from Ixodes scapularis and its Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti Pathogens, Joseph D. Webb, Biology
The Effects of Microtiming Deviations and Quantization on the Perception of Musical Groove, Emilia Winquist, Mathematics and Statistics
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Collective Identity among Vermont Migrant Workers and Self-advocacy for Basic Human Rights in the Dairy Industry, Alexa Leah Adjudanpor, Sociology
Science Communication and Social Media: Audience Reactions to Mpox on YouTube, Zoë Bui Barton, English
Spatial and Working Memory in Mice post Traumatic Brain Injury, Sarah Baumann, Biology
Why are Young Adults Using E-cigarettes? A Survey of Vermont Undergraduate Students, Max Gunnar Behrens, Psychological Science
The Effects of Mutations in a Highly Conserved Site on the Alpha-4 Helix of KIF18A, Olivia Anne Budington, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Effects of In-Stream Process-Based Restoration on the Geomorphology of a New England Headwater Stream, Evan S. Choquette, Environmental Sciences
Paid Parental Leave and Gender-Just Degrowth, Eleanor Churchill, Environmental Studies and Economics
The Effect of EGFR Overexpression on Neural Phenotype in an In-Vivo Model, Emily E. Dean, Neurological Sciences
Acute Stress before Instrumental Conditioning Promotes Habit Expression in Female Rats, Russell J. Dougherty, Department of Psychological Science
Molecular Mechanisms of Microtubule-Based Transport in a Genetic Model System, Bellana Driscoll, Biochemistry
The Importance of Outcrossing of Highbush Blueberry Cultivars Blueray and Bluecrop, Mariel Rae Dunn, Biology
Exploring Human Safe Compounds for Treatment in Type 1 Diabetes, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Tom Jetton, Larner College of Medicine
Unraveling Drivers of Streamflow Drought in the Western U.S. using Time Series Clustering, Noah Robert Fritzhand, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Changes in AUTS2 Expression and Histone Dopaminylation Levels in High Ethanol Consumption Models, Elise Furr, Psychological Science
The Psychophysical Response to Music in Canines, Maxwell J. Gailey, Music
Assessing the Community Partnerships Present at The University of Vermont’s Horticulture Research and Education Center, Claire A. Golder, Environmental Studies
Understanding the Drivers of Urban Heat; Case Study in Burlington, Vermont, Alexandra E. Greer, Environmental Engineering
Ergothioneine in an Enzyme: Using Protein Engineering to Create Unique Antioxidant Enzymes Containing 2-thiohistidine, Elyse C. Hassett, Biochemistry
Modeling Ceramic Transport with GIS in East-central Arizona, Fiona Haverland, Anthropology
Unique Lactobacillus Produced Metabolites Modulate T-Cell Response through the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: Implications for CNS Autoimmunity, Eamonn Ray Heney, Biology, Biomedical and Health Sciences
Investigation Into The Scope Of The Allyl Cyanamide 1,3 Diaza-Claisen Rearrangement, Seamus Higgins, Chemistry
The (In)Equity of Revitalization: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Green Gentrification in Rust Belt Cities, Kieran R. Hogan, Environmental Studies
The Ancient and Modern Prometheus: A Re-evaluation of the Promethean Figure in Mary W. Shelley’s Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, Annaliese E. Holden, Classics
Playwright or Wrong: Gender, Body, Beauty, and Type in Three Plays by Women, Claire Robb Johnston, Theatre
The Role of Daily Food Insecurity and Depressive Symptoms in Food Acquisition and Management among Rural, Low-Income Caregivers, Izabella Jones, Psychological Sciences
The Relationship between Pet Attachment and Stress in College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Naomi Y. Kopser, Department of Psychological Science
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES INTO THE ATPASE AAA+ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2, Isabelle A. Kressy, Department of Pharmacology
Effects of predictability on visual and linguistic narrative comprehension in autistic and non-autistic adults, Sarah Kubinski, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Identification and Spectroscopic Characterization of the Active Sites of Two Class II Chelatases, Megan E. Lavigne, Chemistry
The Impact of Child Gender on Parent Coping Suggestions and Suggestion Outcomes, Lyndsey Rachel Lawrence, Psychological Sciences
Optimization and Catalysis of the Allyl-Cyanamide 1,3-Diaza Claisen Rearrangement, Wen P. Le, Chemistry
Machine learning for species classification of the invasive Centaurea jacea hybrid complex, Sophie Linde, Plant Biology
Protein Purification and Analysis of a Human DNA Polymerase Theta Helicase Mutant and Trypanosome Orthologue, Kenneth Mackenzie V, Biochemistry
Optimization of Photonic Crystal OLEDs via Electron Transport Layer Doping, Sean Magnifico, Physics
The Hetero Home: The Scenic Design of "Straight White Men" For the Royall Tyler Theatre, Isabel M. Martine, Theatre
Investigating the Role of Valyl-tRNA Synthetase in Zebrafish Visual System Development, Jordan Laurel McGuire, Biology
Classics and White Supremacy: How Percy Jackson Supports Narratives of Western Civilization, American Exceptionalism, and White Supremacy, Peyton McNulty, Classics
Coming of Age in Covid-19: An Ethnographic Study on the University of Vermont Community, Miranda Whitley Miller, Anthropology
Gene-specific and Cell-specific Expression Patterns of Butyrophilins in Mice with Lung Adenocarcinoma, Cameron A. Moquin, Biology
RUNX1 Mediated Epigenetic Control of Tumor Suppression, Justin C. Moyer, Biochemistry
Social Relations, Second Homes, and the Space Between "Insider" and "Outsider" in a Rural, Amenity Rich Community, Molly M. Myers, Geography and Geosciences
Effect of Chronic Stress in Female PAC1 Mice, Lillian P. Myrick, Psychological Science
Surveys, Syllabi and Faculty Interviews: Assessing the Impact of Sustainability Courses at the University of Vermont, Lydia G. O'Connor, Environmental Studies
Discovery of a Novel Long Non-Coding RNA that Regulates Bone Formation, Michelle Pawlowski, Biochemistry
Making Race, Making Place: Racialization of Space and People in San Francisco’s Chinatown, 1860-1906, Jake Pehle, Geography and Geosciences
Achieving Stereoselective Control Over the Conjugate Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles to Vinyl Diazoniums, Isabelle E. Petrucci, Chemistry
Spatial Accuracy in Pten/Raptor Double Knockout Mice: Implications for the Underlying Cause and Treatment of Cognitive Impairments in an Animal Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rachel D. Pressman, Neuroscience
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth?: A Study in the Values of Visitors, Horses, and Ecological Management on Assateague Island, Nora K. Ripley-Grant, Environmental Studies
FABRICATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF CARBON FIBER MICROELECTRODES FOR IN VIVO DETECTION OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN RAT HIPPOCAMPI, Anna M. Sellon, Chemistry
The Role of LSD1 and TRβ in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Noah M. Smith, Pharmacology
Hiring Discrimination against Transgender Individuals in the US Labor Market, Ivy Stanton, Economics
Connecting to Disconnect: Generational Difference in the Social Media Behavior of White Women, Annelise Stibora, Sociology
An Analysis of the Influence of Social Factors on State Level Covid-19 Outcomes in 2020, Olivia Teng, Health and Society
The roles of Grb2 adaptor proteins in zebrafish development, Nicole Ann Tessier, Biology