Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Relationship Between Magmatism and Deformation During the Acadian Orogeny: A Case Study from Eastern-Central Vermont, Samuel William Lagor, MS, Geology
The Microbial Ecology Of Listeria Monocytogenes As Impacted By Three Environments: A Cheese Microbial Community; A Farm Environment; And A Soil Microbial Community, Panagiotis Lekkas, PhD, Nutrition and Food Sciences
Impact of ACL Injury on Patellar Cartilage Thickness, Ethan Leveillee, MS, Bioengineering
Invasive Plant Ecology In Vermont: Insights From Spatial Analysis And Interactions Of Garlic Mustard (alliaria Petiolata) With Native Plants And Invertebrates, Chenin Kathleen Limback, PhD, Natural Resources
Contributions of TRPM4 and Rho Kinase to Myogenic Tone Development in Cerebral Parenchymal Arterioles, Yao Li, PhD, Pharmacology
Phylogenetics And Molecular Evolution Of Highly Eusocial Wasps, Federico Lopez-Osorio, PhD, Biology
The Experience of Health Care Providers Who Care for the Refugee Population, Ashley Patricia MacDonald, MS, Nursing
Excitonic States in Crystalline Organic Semiconductors: A Condensed Matter Approach, Lane Wright Manning, PhD, Physics
Resistance and Resilience: Latinx Migrant Farmworkers in the Northern Borderlands, Jessie Mazar, MS, Food Systems
Maternal Hypertension Influences Mortality and Severe Morbidity in Infants Born Extremely Preterm, Carole Anne McBride, PhD, Clinical and Translational Science
Prejudice against Black Americans versus Black Africans in College Admission, Asia McCleary-Gaddy, MA, Psychology
Monomial Characters of Finite Groups, John McHugh, MS, Mathematics
Evolution of Vernalization and Photoperiod-Regulated Genetic Networks in the Grass Subfamily Pooideae, Meghan McKeown, PhD, Plant Biology
Nurse Practitioners' Discussion Of Sexual Identity, Attraction And Behavior, Sarah J. McLaughlin, MS, Nursing
Services For Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Study Of Educational Practices In Vermont, Tristan James McNamara, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Earthworms In Vermont Forest Soils: A Study Of Nutrient, Carbon, Nitrogen And Native Plant Responses, Ryan Melnichuk, PhD, Plant and Soil Science
Telemedicine Enhances Communication in the Intensive Care Unit, Prema Ramachandran Menon, PhD, Clinical and Translational Science
Poetics of The Real, Matthew Mersky, MA, English
Smart Synthetic Biomaterials for Therapeutic Applications, Tianxin Miao, PhD, Bioengineering
A Framework For Estimating Nutrient And Sediment Loads That Leverages The Temporal Variability Embedded In Water Monitoring Data, Baxter G. Miatke, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Intra-Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide Infusion Reinstates Cocaine Seeeking in Rats, Olivia Miles, MA, Psychology
A Nanoparticle/enzyme System For The Simultaneous Detection And Decontamination Of Organophosphates, Brendon Mark Miller, PhD, Chemistry
Expanding Food Agency: Exploring the Theory and Its Scale in Philadelphia, PA, Caitlin Bradley Morgan, MS, Food Systems
Reducing preventable hospitalizations: A study of two models of transitional care, Jessica Morrison, MS, Nursing
Gendering Fiction: A Mixed Methods Examination Of The Influence Of The "boy" Book/ "girl" Book Phenomenon On The Willingness To Read Of Young Adolescents, Megan Farley Munson-Warnken, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Factors Influencing Mode Choice For Intercity Travel From Northern New England To Major Northeastern Cities, Sean Patrick Neely, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Examining Undergraduate Faculty's Competence and Confidence in Addressing Distressed and Disruptive College Students, Nicholas Efren Negrete, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Using Long- And Short-Lived Sediment-Associated Isotopes To Track Erosion And Sediment Movement Through Rivers In Yunnan, Sw China, Thomas Bundgaard Neilson, MS, Geology
Measurement and modeling of stormwater from small suburban watersheds in Vermont, Joel Nipper, PhD, Natural Resources
Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives In Vermont: A Survey Based Assessment Of Current Knowledge Of Providers Of Women Of Reproductive Age, Erin O'Brien, MS, Nursing
"The Nest of Tories which has Invested this Precinct": The Loyalists of Newburgh, New York, Kieran John O'Keefe, MA, History
Receptors for the detection of L-amino acids and IMP by mouse taste sensory cells, Shreoshi Pal Choudhuri, PhD, Biology
Definition of Bovine Leukocyte Antigen Diversity and Peptide Binding Profiles for Epitope Discovery, Mital Pandya, PhD, Animal Science
Impact of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage on Astrocyte Calcium Signaling: Implications for Impaired Neurovascular Coupling, Anthony Christ Pappas, PhD, Neuroscience
Two-Dimensional Numerical Study of Micronozzle Geometry, Jason M. Pearl, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Making The Healthy Choice: Exploring Health Communication In The Food System, Emily Portman, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
Modeling The Spatiotemporal Dynamics Of Cells In The Lung, Joshua Jeremy Pothen, PhD, Bioengineering
The role of Uncertainty in Categorical Perception Utilizing Statistical Learning in Robots, Nathaniel V. Powell, MS, Statistics
The Long Red Scare: Anarchism, Antiradicalism, and Ideological Exclusion in the Progressive Era, Adam Quinn, MA, History
Epicardial Cell Engraftment And Signaling Promote Cardiac Repair After Myocardial Infarction, Krithika Rao, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Cascading Failure Risk Estimation and Mitigation in Power Systems, Pooya Rezaei, PhD, Electrical Engineering
High flow events as hot moments of reactive Fe and P export: impacts of land cover and seasonality, Braden Rosenberg, MS, Geology
An integrative chronobiological-cognitive approach to seasonal affective disorder, Jennifer Nicole Rough, PhD, Psychology
Psychotherapists Becoming Leadership Consultants: The Making of an Institutional Entrepreneur, Mercy Burton Russell, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Vermont Agricultural Resilience in a Changing Climate: an Investigation of Farmer Perceptions of Climate Change, Risk, and Adaptation, Rachel E. Schattman, PhD, Plant and Soil Science
Challenges To Building An Open Learning Organization In Higher Education: A Scholarly Personal Narrative, Robert Austin Skiff, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Isolation Of Epicardial Cells From The Cover Of The Heart For Assessment Of Running Exercise-Induced Gene Expression, Laura Solomon, MS, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Minimizing Antibiotic Exposure In Infants At Risk For Early Onset Sepsis., Rachel Sooter, MS, Nursing
Erosion rates in subtropical, rapidly developing countries: an isotopic approach to measuring background rates of erosion in Brazil and China, Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez, PhD, Natural Resources
Protective Actions of 5-HT4 Receptors in the Colonic Epithelium, Stephanie Nicole Spohn, PhD, Neuroscience