Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Accelerating Quantum Monte Carlo via Graphics Processing Units, Benjamin Evert Himberg, MS, Physics
The impact of depression on treatment adherence and cardiorespiratory fitness in cardiac rehabilitation, Sheau-Yan Ho, PhD, Psychology
An Examination Of College Persistence Factors For Students From Different Rural Communities: A Multilevel Analysis, Andrew Hudacs, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Making I-Contact: Fostering Shared, In-the-moment Subjective Experiences, Mark Huneke, PhD, Psychology
4d Strain Path Recorded In The Lower Crust During The Transition From Convergence To Continental Rifting, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand, Michael Ingram, MS, Geology
"Don't Tell Them I Eat Weeds," A Study Of Gatherers Of Wild Edibles In Vermont Through Intersectional Identities, Elissa J. Johnson, MS, Food Systems
Co-Localization of Basal and Proliferative Cells in the Murine Main Olfactory Epithelium and Vomeronasal Organ after Injury with Cyclophosphamide, Kyle Barnes Joseph, MS, Biology
Manufacturing Microfluidic Flow Focusing Devices For Stimuli Responsive Alginate Microsphere Generation And Cell Encapsulation, Michael A. Karasinski, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Exploration Of New Methods In Long Distance Transportation Data Collection And Tourism Travel In Vermont, Benjamin Kaufman, MS, Natural Resources
One Educator's Personal Mission to Create a Balanced Teaching Philosophy and a Fulfilling Career: Implications for Professionals and Students K-12, Brianne Keefe, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Bioretention in a Mixed-Use Agricultural Landscape: Lessons Learned from the Application of Low-Phosphorus Compost and Panicum virgatum, Jason M. Kokkinos, MS, Plant and Soil Science
Quantifying tree response to alterations in pollution deposition and climate change in the northeastern US, Alexandra M. Kosiba, PhD, Natural Resources
Early Feeding In Lake Trout Fry (salvelinus Namaycush) As A Mechanism For Ameliorating Thiamine Deficiency Complex, Carrie L. Kozel, MS, Natural Resources
Functional and Mechanistic Consequences of Dual Oxidase 1 Suppression in Lung Cancer, Andrew Charles Little, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
The Effect Of Student Learning Objectives On Teachers And Teaching As Part Of The Teacher Evaluation Process: A Grounded Theory Study, Juliette Cavanaugh Longchamp, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Praxis Through Participatory action Research: Exploring Inclusive Practices With A Neighborhood School Community, Winnie Looby, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Exploring The Reciprocal Relationship Between A Comprehensive Living-Learning Program And Institutional Culture: A Narrative Inquiry Case Study, Christopher Paul Marquart, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Vermont's Sacred Cow: A Case Study of Local Control of Schools, Michael Steven Martin, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Steady State Simulation of Pyrolysis Gases in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Facility, Nicholas C. Martin, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Technical Assistance and Farming at the Rural-Urban Interface: A Study of Farmer Utilization and Related Attitudes, Elijah Massey, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
Choices and Preferences of Vermont Master Gardeners - Do Socio-Demographics Matter?, Grace Matiru, MS, Plant and Soil Science
Weighted Networks: Applications from Power grid construction to crowd control, Thomas Charles McAndrew, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
Emission Permits as a Monetary Policy Tool: Is it Feasible? Is it Ethical?, Tracey McCowen, PhD, Natural Resources
A Seat At The Table: The Unspoken Values And Benefits Of Student And Academic Affairs Collaboration And Partnerships In Higher Education, Tynesha McCullers, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Hedonic Mechanisms of Weight Changes in Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction, Elizabeth McDonald, MS, Nursing
Navigational Complexity Within Building Codes, James Stephen McLean, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
What’s In Your Body Of Water? Reducing The Psychological Distance Of Pharmaceutical Pollution Through Metaphor In Risk Communication, Alexandra Z. Millarhouse, MS, Natural Resources
Tetrabenzo[8]circulene: Synthesis and Structural Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Negative Curvature, Robert William Miller, PhD, Chemistry
Assessing The Probability Of Fluid Migration Caused By Hydraulic Fracturing; And Investigating Flow And Transport In Porous Media Using Mri, James Montague, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ripple Performance Instrumentation, Modeling, and Testing for Wet Tantalum Capacitors, Paul Montane, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Assessing The Efficacy Of Two Species Of Silver Fly, Leucopis Argenticollis And L. Piniperda, As Biological Control Agents Of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Adelges Tsugae, Kyle Motley, MS, Natural Resources
Education For Sustainability: Exploring Teaching Practices And Perceptions Of Learning Associated With A General Education Requirement, Lisa Watts Natkin, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Students' Experiences with Personalized Learning: An Examination Using Self-Determination Theory, Steven Netcoh, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Evolutionary Innovations In Ants To Thermally Stressful Environments, Andrew D. Nguyen, PhD, Biology
My Story as a First-Generation Student from Vietnamese Immigrant Backgrounds and Implications for Asian American Students, Duy Nguyen, MEd, Educational Studies
Understanding the Role of Runx2 in a Breast Cancer Progression Cell Model, Alexandra Ojemann, MS, Biochemistry
The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Families, Neighborhoods, and School Environments on Cognitive Outcomes among Schoolchildren, Mark William Olofson, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Assessing Community Dynamics and Colonization Patterns of Tritatoma dimidiata and Other Biotic Factors Associated with Chagas Disease Prevalence in Central America, Lucia Consuelo Orantes, PhD, Natural Resources
Fibrolytic Enzymes And Silage Inoculants To Improve The Nutritive Value Of Silage, Salvador Ordaz, MS, Animal Science
Cyclopentadienyl Compounds of the First Row Transition Metals and Early Actinides: Novel Main-Group Bond Forming Catalysis and New Metallacycles, Justin Kane Pagano, PhD, Chemistry
The Psychopathic Personality: Measurement, Variants, And Utility Of The Construct, Melissa L. Paiva-Salisbury, PhD, Psychology
Effects Of Plasticity And Hybridization On Life History Traits In Arabidopsis Thaliana Ecotypes, Kattia Paola Palacio Lopez, PhD, Plant Biology
Multidimenional Assessment Of Parenting Across Three Developmental Stages, Justin Parent, PhD, Psychology
Coaching Students For More Than A Career: Preparing Students For Life Beyond College Via Scholarly Personal Narrative Writing, Akshar Patel, MEd, Educational Leadership
Nonprofit Social Enterprise: Social Change in a New Economic Paradigm, Cyrus O. Patten, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Application Of Electrokinetics In Subsurface Energy Extraction, Maria Peraki, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Myo2 Motor Function in the Contractile Ring and the Regulation of Fission Yeast Cytokinesis, Luther Woodrow Pollard, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Evolution Of Duplicated Han-Like Genes In Petunia X Hybrida., Beck Powers, MS, Plant Biology
Towards a science of human stories: using sentiment analysis and emotional arcs to understand the building blocks of complex social systems, Andrew James Reagan, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
The Role Of N-Terminal Acidic Inserts On The Dynamics Of The Tau Protein., Miranda Redmond, MS, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences