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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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

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Impact of ACL Injury on Patellar Cartilage Thickness, Ethan Leveillee, MS, Bioengineering

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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

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Contributions of TRPM4 and Rho Kinase to Myogenic Tone Development in Cerebral Parenchymal Arterioles, Yao Li, PhD, Pharmacology

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Phylogenetics And Molecular Evolution Of Highly Eusocial Wasps, Federico Lopez-Osorio, PhD, Biology

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The Experience of Health Care Providers Who Care for the Refugee Population, Ashley Patricia MacDonald, MS, Nursing

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Excitonic States in Crystalline Organic Semiconductors: A Condensed Matter Approach, Lane Wright Manning, PhD, Physics

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Resistance and Resilience: Latinx Migrant Farmworkers in the Northern Borderlands, Jessie Mazar, MS, Food Systems

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Maternal Hypertension Influences Mortality and Severe Morbidity in Infants Born Extremely Preterm, Carole Anne McBride, PhD, Clinical and Translational Science

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Prejudice against Black Americans versus Black Africans in College Admission, Asia McCleary-Gaddy, MA, Psychology

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Monomial Characters of Finite Groups, John McHugh, MS, Mathematics

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Evolution of Vernalization and Photoperiod-Regulated Genetic Networks in the Grass Subfamily Pooideae, Meghan McKeown, PhD, Plant Biology

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Nurse Practitioners' Discussion Of Sexual Identity, Attraction And Behavior, Sarah J. McLaughlin, MS, Nursing

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Services For Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Study Of Educational Practices In Vermont, Tristan James McNamara, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Earthworms In Vermont Forest Soils: A Study Of Nutrient, Carbon, Nitrogen And Native Plant Responses, Ryan Melnichuk, PhD, Plant and Soil Science

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Telemedicine Enhances Communication in the Intensive Care Unit, Prema Ramachandran Menon, PhD, Clinical and Translational Science

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Poetics of The Real, Matthew Mersky, MA, English

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Smart Synthetic Biomaterials for Therapeutic Applications, Tianxin Miao, PhD, Bioengineering

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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

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Intra-Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide Infusion Reinstates Cocaine Seeeking in Rats, Olivia Miles, MA, Psychology

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A Nanoparticle/enzyme System For The Simultaneous Detection And Decontamination Of Organophosphates, Brendon Mark Miller, PhD, Chemistry

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Expanding Food Agency: Exploring the Theory and Its Scale in Philadelphia, PA, Caitlin Bradley Morgan, MS, Food Systems

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Reducing preventable hospitalizations: A study of two models of transitional care, Jessica Morrison, MS, Nursing

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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

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Factors Influencing Mode Choice For Intercity Travel From Northern New England To Major Northeastern Cities, Sean Patrick Neely, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Examining Undergraduate Faculty's Competence and Confidence in Addressing Distressed and Disruptive College Students, Nicholas Efren Negrete, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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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

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Measurement and modeling of stormwater from small suburban watersheds in Vermont, Joel Nipper, PhD, Natural Resources

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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

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"The Nest of Tories which has Invested this Precinct": The Loyalists of Newburgh, New York, Kieran John O'Keefe, MA, History

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Receptors for the detection of L-amino acids and IMP by mouse taste sensory cells, Shreoshi Pal Choudhuri, PhD, Biology

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Definition of Bovine Leukocyte Antigen Diversity and Peptide Binding Profiles for Epitope Discovery, Mital Pandya, PhD, Animal Science