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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Governing Water Quality Limits In Agricultural Watersheds, Courtney Ryder Hammond Wagner, PhD, Natural Resources

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Equity Pedagogies, Hidden Curricula: Social-Emotional Wellbeing Among Students Of Color In Elementary School, Rebecca Haslam, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Energy Accommodation from Surface Catalyzed Reactions in Air Plasmas, Roland Herrmann-Stanzel, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Multi-Objective Optimization Mission Design for Small-Body Coverage Missions, David William Hinckley, PhD, Mechanical Engineering

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Evaluation of candidate pheromone blends for mating disruption of the invasive swede midge (Contarinia nasturtii), Elisabeth Ann Hodgdon, PhD, Plant and Soil Science

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Can Perspective Taking Lead to Prejudice and Discrimination?, James Joseph Hodge, PhD, Psychology

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Referral Patterns and Service Provision in Child Protective Services: Child, Caregiver, and Case Predictors, Hannah Mead Holbrook, PhD, Psychology

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I. Contorted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Attempted Synthesis Of [12]circulene Derivatives Ii. Synthesis And Characterization Of Novel [1]benzothieno[3,2-B][1]benzothiophene Derivatives, Jonathan Hollin, PhD, Chemistry

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Examination Of Bovine Rumen Fluid And Milk Fat Globule Membrane Proteome Dynamics, Mallory Cate Honan, MS, Animal Science

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Modeling Electric Vehicle Energy Demand and Regional Electricity Generation Dispatch for New England and New York, Sarah E. Howerter, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Risk profiles for adolescent internalizing problems, Kelsey Elizabeth Hudson, PhD, Psychology

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Higher-order Runge--Kutta type schemes based on the Method of Characteristics for hyperbolic equations with crossing characteristics, Jeffrey Steven Jewell, MS, Mathematical Sciences

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Changing the Narrative: The Educational Power of Reading Young Adult Literature, Cary Rich Jewkes, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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The Role Of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide In The Dentate Gyrus In Regulating Behavior And Neurophysiology, Gregory Charles Johnson, PhD, Neuroscience

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Implementing Proficiency-Based Learning In Vermont High Schools: How Administrators Support Teacher Sensemaking Of Education Reform, Andrew Jones, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Stress and stressors affecting Latino migrant dairy farmworkers in Vermont: An exploratory analysis, Virginia Kades, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical Processes In Geothermal And Shale Energy Developments, Arash Kamali-Asl, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Protein Mass Spectrometry Aids In Chagas Vector Blood Meal Identification And Offers An Innovative Approach To Battling Vector-Borne Diseases, Judith Ina Keller, PhD, Biology

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Atomistic Simulation Studies Of Grain-Boundary Segregation And Strengthening Mechanisms In Nanocrystalline Nanotwinned Silver-Copper Alloys, Xing Ke, PhD, Materials Science

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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