Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Role of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Reactivity on the Association between Childhood Adversity, Symptoms of Psychopathology, and Metabolic Health, Kerry O'Loughlin, PhD, Psychology
Towards a Developmental Theory of Coping: The Structure and Function of Coping in Emerging Adults, Virginia Diane Peisch, PhD, Psychology
Markers Of Alcohol Use Disorder Outpatient Treatment Outcome: Prediction Modeling Of Day One Treatment, Geoffrey J. Schaubhut, PhD, Psychology
Investigating Tobacco Withdrawal In Opioid-Maintained Smokers And Smokers With Other Vulnerabilities, Joanna Mayers Streck, PhD, Psychology
Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation Among Perinatal Women At Risk for Depression: Effects on Smoking Abstinence and Depressive Symptoms, Ivori Zvorsky, PhD, Psychology
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Culturally Responsive Adult Education For Non-Western Learners, Asma Ali M. Abunaib, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Functional Rotation Axis Based Approach for Estimating Hip Joint Angles Using Wearable Inertial Sensors: Comparison to Existing Methods, Lukas Adamowicz, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Comedy Basque Style: A Recontextualization of Commedia all'Italiana, Zackary Michael Adams, MA, English
Interfacial Mechanical Behavior Between Nacreous Tablets Under Normal And Shear Stresses, Saleh Jaman Alghamdi, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Parsing Heterogenity In Non-Episodic, Pediatric Irritability: A Transdiagnostic, Research Domain Criteria Informed Approach, Merelise Rose Ametti, MA, Psychology
Optimal dispatch of uncertain energy resources, Mahraz Amini, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Ecology Of Composted Bedded Pack And Its Impact On The Udder Microbiome With An Emphasis On Mastitis Epidemiology, Tucker Andrews, MS, Plant and Soil Science
Voice Matters: Building Resonance In Education Using Stories About Identity And Belonging, Joseph A. Antonioli Jr., MEd, Interdisciplinary
Identifying College Students’ Course-Taking Patterns In Stem Fields, Fahimeh Bahrami, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Tools for landscape-scale automated acoustic monitoring to characterize wildlife occurrence dynamics, Cathleen Michelle Balantic, PhD, Natural Resources
Distributed Control of Electric Vehicle Charging: Privacy, Performance, and Processing Tradeoffs, Micah Botkin-Levy, MS, Electrical Engineering
Reliability of Inter- and Intra-Examiner Loading of the Knee Joint During Simulated MRI, Tess Aspen Braddish, MS, Bioengineering
Clinical Evidence Technologies and Patient Care, Marianne D. Burke, PhD, Clinical and Translational Science
The Body In Avant Garde Poetry, Matthew Luis Burkett, MA, English
Increasing Private Contributions To Environmental Goods With Behavioral Insights, Hilary Byerly Flint, PhD, Natural Resources
Toward Macromolecular Shape And Size Control: Novel Enantioselective Nitrations And Iterative Exponential Growth Methods For Polymer Synthesis, Joseph Patrick Campbell, PhD, Chemistry
Exploring the Modularity and Structure of Robots Evolved in Multiple Environments, Collin Cappelle, PhD, Computer Science
Quantum entanglement of one-dimensional spinless fermions, Emanuel Casiano-Diaz, MS, Physics
Studies On The Molecular Mechanism Of S-Tide Mediated Activation Of Pkg-Iα, Joseph William Charles, MS, Pharmacology
Mathematical Analysis of Some Partial Differential Equations with Applications, Kewang Chen, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
Metal Catalyzed Group 14 And 15 Bond Forming Reactions: Heterodehydrocoupling And Hydrophosphination, Michael Cibuzar, PhD, Chemistry
Applications In Sentiment Analysis And Machine Learning For Identifying Public Health Variables Across Social Media, Eric Michael Clark, PhD, Complex Systems
Multiscale Expression Of Apatite Dissolution, Adele Conde, MS, Geology
Consumer Support For Renewable Energy Systems: A Case Study Of Community Biodigesters In Vermont, Katelynn Maria Conedera, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
Examining The Malleability Of Cigarette Product Preference, Danielle Rose Davis, PhD, Psychology
Online First-Generation Students: A Qualitative Study on Retention, David Michael Dearden, EdD, Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration
The Upsides & Downsides of College Athletics Within the NCAA: An Analysis of the Rules and a Personal Account of the Power of Resilience, Cassidy Evelyn Derda, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Regulation Of Natural Killer T Cell Subset Development And Function By Slam Family Receptors, Victoria DeVault, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Association Of Sickle Cell Trait With Exertional Rhabdomyolysis And Atrial Fibrillation., Daniel R. Douce, MS, Clinical and Translational Science
Comprehensive Farm-to-School: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of the Classroom, Cafeteria, and Community, Suzanna Elkin, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Early Undergraduate Publishing At The University Of Vermont: Literary And Debating Societies & Their Publications, 1803-1865, Alexander Hampton Ellis, MA, History
Neurodevelopmental Roles of Semaphorin6A/PlexinA2 Signaling in Zebrafish, Sarah Elizabeth Emerson, PhD, Biology
Network Scientific and Information Theoretic Approaches to Social Media During Extreme Climate Events, Benjamin Freixas Emery, MS, Complex Systems
Finding Faith in the Academy: Religious Exploration as a High-Impact Practice for Quarterlife Students, Angela Erdmann, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Development And Characterization Of Multi-Crosslinking Injectable Hydrogels For Use In Cell And Drug Delivery, Jennifer Etter, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Comparison of Methods for Detection of Listeria on Wooden Shelves used for Cheese Aging: Challenges Associated with Sampling Porous Surfaces, Gina Christine Frontino, MS, Nutrition and Food Sciences
Characterization Of Epigenetic Plasticity And Chromatin Dynamics In Cancer Cell Models, Diana Lea Gerrard, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Validation of the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy in Youth, Andrew Douglas Gill, PhD, Psychology
Examining The Impact Of Undergraduate Study Abroad On Early Career Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Approach, Noah Goldblatt, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Uncovering the Drivers of Non-Native Plant Invasions Using Ecological Data Synthesis, Marina Golivets, PhD, Natural Resources
Multi-Polarized Channel Characterization, Marcia Golmohamadi, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Using Word Embeddings to Explore the Language of Depression on Twitter, Sandhya Gopchandani, MS, Computer Science
Measuring Linguistic and Cultural Evolution Using Books and Tweets, Tyler Gray, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
From Maintenance To Stewardship: Green Stormwater Infrastructure Capacity In Vermont Towns & Design And Participatory Processes To Provide Cultural Ecosystem Services, Holly Lee Greenleaf, MS, Plant and Soil Science
Impact of a Winter Rye Cover Crop on Edge-of-Field Nutrient Losses and Corn Silage Production, Keegan Griffith, MS, Plant and Soil Science