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 2016

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Middle Grades Students as Teacher Educators: Consulting with Students in Professional Development, John Matthew Downes, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Social Construction Of Mental Illness Among State Administrators And Consumer-Advocates, Paul Arthur Dragon, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Life at 6 Miles Per Hour: Running at My Own Pace for Mind, Body and Spirit and its Applications for Advising in Higher Education, Elizabeth S. Dunbar, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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Evaluation Of The Engine Exhaust Particle Sizer (eeps) For Real-Time Measurements Of Diesel And Biodiesel Exhaust Particulate Matter, James Robert Dunshee, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Exercise in developing rats promotes plasticity in the prefrontal cortex: behavioral and neurobiological indications, Meghan Eddy, PhD, Psychology

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The Feasibility And Validity Of Novel Dietary Assessment Methods In A Pre-School Setting, Harley Eriksen, MS, Nutrition and Food Sciences

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Cognitive Vulnerability to Mood Disturbance in an Exercise Withdrawal Paradigm, Margaret C. Evans, PhD, Psychology

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Zero-Group-Velocity Propagation Of Electromagnetic Wave Through Nanomaterial, Taian Fan, MS, Electrical Engineering

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Identification Of Regulatory Factors That Control Clostridium Difficile Sporulation and Germination, Kelly Ann Fimlaid, PhD, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

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How One Life Coach Attempts to Inspire Mindful Music: The Morality of the Soul, Jared M. Ford, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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Integrating management for old-growth characteristics with enhanced carbon storage of northern hardwood-conifer forests, Sarah Eliot Ford, MS, Natural Resources

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Options Counseling and Abortion Education in Undergraduate Nursing School Curricula, Abigail S. Foster, MS, Nursing

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Learning Related Regulation of a Voltage-Gated Ion Channel in the Cerebellum, Jason R. Fuchs, PhD, Psychology

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Development of an Additively Manufactured Microthruster for Nanosatellite Applications, Kevin Russell Gagne, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Placing natural resource decisions in social and historical contexts: Sociological inquiries into agency communications, management rationalities, and community change, Emilian Geczi, PhD, Natural Resources

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Diversification Strategies and Contributions of Coffee Income to Poverty Alleviation Among Smallholders in Northern Huehuetenango and Quiche Departments, Guatemala, Andrew Gerlicz, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Investigations Into Carbon Nanotube And Natural Product Synthesis., Geoffrey Giampa, PhD, Chemistry

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Real-Time Strategies for the Deployment of Wireless Repeaters in Uncharacterized Environments, Andrew Giroux, MS, Electrical Engineering

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Quantifying Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Soil Carbon Storage To Determine Best Management Practices In Agroecosystems, Tyler Goeschel, MS, Natural Resources

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A Role For Transforming Growth Factor-Beta In Urinary Bladder Dysfunction With Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cystitis, Eric James Gonzalez, PhD, Neuroscience

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A Pilot Study Of The Effectiveness And Usability Of The Myenergybalance Iphone App And Website, Joanna Graff, MS, Nutrition and Food Sciences

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Second coordination sphere of heme in Mycobacterium tuberculosis MhuD, and the mechanism of heme degradation, Amanda Graves, PhD, Chemistry

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Structure and Dynamics of Two Flow Fields Used for Particle Deposition onto and Removal from a Substrate, Adam Green, PhD, Mechanical Engineering

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Comparing Meteoric 10Be, In Situ 10Be, and Native 9Be Across a Diverse Set of Watersheds, Emily Sophie Greene, MS, Geology

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Childhood Sexual Abuse Screening And Prevention In The Primary Care Setting: A Survey Of Pediatric Healthcare Providers In The State Of Vermont, Kelley Eileen Groll, MS, Nursing

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The Impacts Of Climate Change On Precipitation And Hydrology In The Northeastern United States, Justin Guilbert, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Cultivating Well-Being and Contemplative Ways of Knowing through Connection: One Woman's Journey from Monastic Living to Mainstream Academia, Krista Hamel, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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Using Aqueous Soil Extracts to Study Organic Matter Leaching From Soils of Different River Corridor Land Covers in Vermont, Alyson Hampsch, MS, Geology

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Correlates of Adherence to an Adolescent Weight Management Program: A Secondary Data Analysis, Meredith Walker Hanson, MS, Nursing

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The Role of Green Leafy Plants in Atmospheric Chemistry: Volatile Emissions and Secondary Organic Aerosol, Rebecca Harvey, PhD, Chemistry

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The Past Isn't Dead: Faulkner's Postcolonialism, Travis Roy Heeren, MA, English

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Sexual Conflict and Chemical Communication in Hybridizing Harvester Ants, Michael Philip Herrmann, PhD, Biology

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The Role Of Kinesin-2 In Navigating Microtubule Obstacles: Implications For The Regulation Of Axonal Transport, Gregory Hoeprich, PhD, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

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Peer Victimization and the Development of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms: The Roles of Stress Physiology and Gender, Leigh Ann Holterman, MA, Psychology

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Leveraging the information content of process-based models using Differential Evolution and the Extended Kalman Filter, Lucas Howard, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Connecting every bit of knowledge: The Structure of Wikipedia’s first link network, Mark Ibrahim, MS, Mathematics

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A Multiscale Analysis of the Factors Controlling Nutrient Dynamics and Cyanobacteria Blooms in Lake Champlain, Peter D. F. Isles, PhD, Natural Resources

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Establishing Chemical Mechanisms And Estimating Phase State Of Secondary Organic Aerosol From Atmospherically Relevant Organic Precursors, Shashank Jain, PhD, Chemistry

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A Hybrid Approach to Semantic Hashtag Clustering in Social Media, Ali Javed, MS, Computer Science

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A Wide Band Adaptive All Digital Phase Locked Loop With Self Jitter Measurement And Calibration, Bo Jiang, PhD, Electrical Engineering

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Application of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model in the evaluation of a community-based youth fitness and nutrition summer camp program, Olivia Johnson, MS, Nutrition and Food Sciences

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Dcbld2/esdn Is Essential For Proper Optic Tract Formation And Retinal Lamination, Ryan Mears Joy, MS, Biology

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Dichotic Listening Test Performance In Children, Kairn Stetler Kelley, PhD, Clinical and Translational Science

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International Activism of African Americans in the Interwar Period, Clayton Maxwell Kendall, MA, History

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Chronic Stress Potentiates The Response To Intra-Bed Nucleus Of The Stria Terminalis (bnst) Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Peptide (pacap) Infusion., Steven Bradley King, MA, Psychology

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Edge-Of-Field Water And Phosphorus Losses In Surface And Subsurface Agricultural Runoff, Laura B. Klaiber, MS, Plant and Soil Science

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Evolving Spatially Aggregated Features for Regional Modeling and its Application to Satellite Imagery, Sam Kriegman, MS, Statistics

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FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF AMA1-RON2 INTERACTION DURING HOST CELL INVASION BY TOXOPLASMA., Shruthi Krishnamurthy, PhD, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

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The Relationship Between Magmatism and Deformation During the Acadian Orogeny: A Case Study from Eastern-Central Vermont, Samuel William Lagor, MS, Geology

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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