Current dissertations and theses from UVM graduate programs are submitted electronically and will be available in this collection approximately twelve weeks after the final submission by the candidate. Print and electronic dissertations and theses are browseable and searchable at UVM Theses & Dissertations.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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A Randomized Trial to Compare Switching to Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes Versus Reducing Cigarettes Per Day, Elias Mushabac Klemperer, PhD, Psychology

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Nutrient Removal Performance Of A Wood Chip Bioreactor Treatment System Receiving Silage Bunker Runoff, Deborah Joy Kraft, MS, Plant and Soil Science

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Cisco Science: Using Omics To Answer A Range Of Key Questions, Hannah Lachance, MS, Natural Resources

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Measuring The Influence Of Environmental Conditions On Dissolved Organic Matter Biodegradability And Optical Properties: A Combined Field And Laboratory Study, Maxwell Landsman-Gerjoi, MS, Geology

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As One Who From a Volume Reads: A Study of the Long Narrative Poem in Nineteenth-Century America, Sean Leahy, MA, English

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Quantifying the Seismic Vulnerability of Bridges in Low to Moderate Seismicity Regions, John Edward Lens, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Drive: My Motivation For Becoming A Holistic And Authentic Leader And Supervisor Of College Students, Alisha Ami Oguri Lewis, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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An Environmental Approach To Food Safety Assessment Using Artisan Cheese And Fresh Produce As Model Systems, Marie Limoges, PhD, Nutrition and Food Sciences

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Adhesion of bituminous and cementitious materials using Particle-Probe Scanning Force Microscopy, Yujie Li, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Expansion Of The Intramolecular Zwitterionic-1,3-Diaza-Claisen Rearrangement Beyond Bridged-Bicyclic Electron-Deficient Isothioureas To Generate Substituted Cyclic Guanidines, Matthew William Luedtke, PhD, Chemistry

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Investigation Of Transforming Growth Factor-Alpha And Its Potential Role In Promoting Ovarian Follicular Dominance, Allie Lynn Lundberg, MS, Animal Science

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Warren Robinson Austin: A Reluctant Cold Warrior, Ronald Colin MacNeil, MA, History

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The Metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR1 regulates the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.2 through agonist-dependent and agonist-independent mechanisms, Sharath Chandra Madasu, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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Modeling Agricultural Outcomes in a Warmer, Wetter Vermont, Rachel Mason, MS, Plant and Soil Science

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Comparing Family Planning Knowledge Among Females and Males Receiving Opioid Agonist Treatment or Seeking Primary Care Services, Heidi S. Melbostad, MA, Psychology

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Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior among Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the United States, Jonah Meyerhoff, PhD, Psychology

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An Analysis of Beverage Consumption in the United States Using the National Health and Examination Survey 2007-2017, Sean Morris, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Strain Accommodation, Metamorphic Evolution, And 3d Kinematics Of Transpressional Flow Within The Lower Crust Of A Cretaceous Magmatic Arc In Fiordland, New Zealand, Griffin Amoss Moyer, MS, Geology

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Exosomes And Their Role In Asbestos Exposure And Mesothelioma, Phillip Blake Munson, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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Future Forest Composition Under A Changing Climate And Adaptive Forest Management In Southeastern Vermont, Usa, Matthias Taylor Nevins, MS, Natural Resources

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Mind The Gap: Preparing For The Future Leaders Of Small Private Colleges In New England, Jennifer Ann Sweeney Nicholls, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Ethics in Iran: Jacques Lacan and the Films of Abbas Kiarostami's "Koker Trilogy", Ryan Nordle, MA, English

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Physicochemical Properties of Residuals from Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure and Food Waste: Nutrient Cycling Implications and Opportunities for Edible Mushroom Cultivation, Brendan J. O'Brien, MS, Natural Resources

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A Multi-Frequency Study of Arecibo Pulsars, Timothy Eugene Edward Olszanski, MS, Physics

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Evaluation of Mysis partial diel vertical migration, Brian Patrick O'Malley, PhD, Natural Resources

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Phantom Limb: An Exploration of Queer Manner in Nineteenth-Century Gothic Tales, Casey Michelle O'Reilly, MA, English

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An Analysis Of Energy Transitions At Different Scales: Fossil Fuel Divestment In Higher Education And Individual Behavior, Elizabeth Palchak, PhD, Natural Resources

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Patterns, Processes, And Scale: An Evaluation Of Ecological And Biogeochemical Functions Across An Arctic Stream Network, Samuel P. Parker, PhD, Natural Resources

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Quadrature-Based Gravity Models for the Homogeneous Polyhedron, Jason Pearl, PhD, Mechanical Engineering

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Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging and Systems, Mauricio Pereira, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Dead Without Water: Personal Storytelling Of Place As An Education Tool For Interdependent Survival Of Our Earth Home, Lisel Peters-deCourval, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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Ecosystem Function Along an Elevational Gradient in Vermont, Emily Page Piche, MS, Natural Resources

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Predictors of Psychotherapy Attrition among Refugees, Emily Robin Pichler, PhD, Psychology

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On the Subject of Autism: Lacan, First-Person Writing, and Research, Adam Neil Poulin, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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Design, Prototyping And Fabrication Of Powder Spray Device For Dehydrated Biological Particulates, James Reilly, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Digital Affect and the Rhetorical Situation After the Las Vegas Shooting, Andrew Ridgeway, MA, English

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Transformative Preparation: Measuring The Intercultural Competence Development Of Higher Education And Student Affairs (hesa) Students And Exploring The Intercultural Learning Experience Across Assistantship Sites, Rafael A. Rodriguez, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Performance-Based Seismic Monitoring of Instrumented Buildings, Milad Roohi, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Maintenance Of Mammary Epithelial Phenotype By Transcription Factor Runx1 Through Mitotic Gene Bookmarking, Joshua Rose, MS, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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Male Weight Control: Crowdsourcing and an Intervention to Discover More, Tiffany Rounds, PhD, Nutrition and Food Sciences

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Designing A Survey Instrument To Operationalize Faculty Perceptions Of Military-Connected Student-Faculty Interaction At Civilian Colleges And Universities, Jennifer J. Rousseau, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Inflammation Of The Taste Sensory System: Cyclophosphamide And Amifostine, Anish Ali Sarkar, MS, Biology

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Evolutionary History Of The Angiosperm Npf1 Gene Subfamily: Duplications, Retention And Functional Implications For Root Symbioses And Development, Giovanna Sassi, PhD, Plant Biology

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Spectroscopic Study of the Formation and Degradation of Metalated Tetrapyrroles by the Enzymes CfbA, IsdG, and MhuD, Ariel E. Schuelke-Sanchez, PhD, Chemistry

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The Contribution Of Metabolism To The Regulation Of Caspase Activity And Cell Death In T Lymphocytes, Michael Anthony Secinaro, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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Climate Change And Land Use/cover Change Impacts On Watershed Hydrology, Nutrient Dynamics – A Case Study In Missisquoi River Watershed, Linyuan Shang, PhD, Natural Resources

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A Midlife Educator’s Story Of Change: How Learning To Live For Compassion, Meaning And Leadership Transformed Me, Alan Shashok, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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The Benefits Of Family And Consumer Science Education: One Educators Quest To Find Meaning Through Self Discovery And Holistic Teaching, Julie Shaw, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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The Role Of The Prelimbic, Infralimbic, And Cerebellar Cortices In Operant Behavior, Megan Laura Shipman, PhD, Neuroscience

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Sparsity Constrained Inverse Problems - Application to Vibration-based Structural Health Monitoring, Chandler B. Smith, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering