Theses/Dissertations from 2016
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
Homology Modeling and Molecular Docking of Antagonists to Class B G-Protein Coupled Receptor Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Type 1 (PAC1R), Suzanne Louise Stanton, MS, Chemistry
Education in the Age of Complexity: Building Systems Literacy, Caitlin S. Steele, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Importance Of Agricultural Systems As Multifunctional Landscapes, Flavio Sutti, PhD, Natural Resources
Regulation Of Middle Meningeal Artery Diameter by Pacap and ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels, Arsalan Urrab Syed, PhD, Pharmacology
HIV-1-Induced Cell-Cell Fusion: Host Regulation And Consequences For Viral Spread, Menelaos Symeonides, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Examination Of The Effects Breed And Nutrition Have On The Milk Protein Profile Produced By Lactating Dairy Cattle, Rinske Tacoma, MS, Animal Science
Missing The Curfew: A Cultural History Case For Re-Reading Thomas Gray's Most Famous Line, Michael Joseph Thomas, MA, English
Long-term forest carbon storage and structural development as influenced by land-use history and reforestation approach, Andrea Rose Urbano, MS, Natural Resources
Open Adoption From A Birth Mother's Perspective: A Story To Help Educators At All Levels Understand And Help Others Heal, Sara Elizabeth Villeneuve, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Autonomic Reactivity and Adjustment in Middle Childhood, Caitlin Reilly Wagner, PhD, Psychology
Enabling Machine Science through Distributed Human Computing, Mark David Wagy, PhD, Computer Science
The Story Of A Foster Youths Journey Through The Maze Of Higher Education; Implications For Faculty And Staff Throughout The Campus, Lynn Wales, MEd, Educational Studies
Writing About Writing: One Student's Challenges Producing A Scholarly Personal Narrative Thesis And Applying The Outcomes As A Student Affairs Professional, Hilary Watson, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Novel Mechanisms Governing Autoregulation of the Src Family Kinase Fyn and its Crosstalk with Protein Kinase A, Marion Weir, PhD, Biology
From Nursery to Nature: Evaluating Native Herbaceous Flowering Plants Versus Native Cultivars for Pollinator Habitat Restoration, Annie White, PhD, Plant and Soil Science
Childhood Vaccine Perceptions and Practices Among Naturopathic Physicians, Katherine Bloom Whitman, MS, Nursing
Powerful Peers: Resident Advisors' Experience With Restorative Practices In College Residence Hall Settings, Patience Whitworth, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Polarization Charge Density in Strained Graphene, Noah Wilson, MS, Physics
Quantifying Cultural Changes Through A Half-Century Of Song Lyrics And Books, Robert Bruce Woodward III, MS, Mathematics
Associations Between Children's Perceptions Of Interparental Conflict And Neuropsychological Correlates Of Interpersonal Emotion Stimuli, Hannah C. Woolfolk, MA, Psychology
Management Practices and Communication Strategies to Improve Milk Fat and Protein Content on Dairy Farms, Melissa Elizabeth Woolpert, MS, Food Systems
Oxygen-Sensitive Luminophores: A Survey of the Literature and Efforts toward a Novel Porphyrin-Pillared Zirconium Phosphonate, Joseph Wright, MS, Chemistry