Theses/Dissertations from 2025
An Evaluation of the Effect of Sexual Schemas on Attentional Biases and Sexual Stimuli Interpretations for Men With Varying Degrees of Sexual Dysfunction: A Multilevel Moderated Mediation Approach, Robert Brandon Wyatt, PhD, Psychology
From Methane To Milk: The Potential Of Milk Biomarkers For Methane Assessment, Emily Caitlin Youngmark, MS, Animal Biosciences
Mounded Growth of Organic Semiconductor Thin Films: Desorption and Next-Layer Nucleation, Xiaozhi Zhang, PhD, Materials Science
Locality, Relation, and Meaning Construction in Language, as Implemented in Humans and Large Language Models (LLMs), Julia Witte Zimmerman, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Nesting Habitat Selection and Management of Three Freshwater Turtle Species Along the Shorelines of Lake Champlain, Destini Acosta, MS, Natural Resources
Diversity, change, and resilience of non-material values: Transdisciplinary studies in a time of ecological crisis, Alison Adams, PhD, Natural Resources
Analysis of Ultra-wideband Voltage Pulse Propagation on Dispersive Absorptive Transmission Lines, Katherine Aho, PhD, Electrical Engineering
A Strategic and Efficient Approach to First Principles Crystal Structures Prediction, Saheed Akanji Ajibade, PhD, Materials Science
Employing Genetic Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Data Routing in Internet of Things Networks, Farzana Akhter, MS, Computer Science
The Role Of Pac1 Receptors In The Bed Nucleus Of The Stria Terminalis (bnst) In Anxiety, Mahafuza Aktar, PhD, Psychology
Environmental Equity in Focus: Heat Exposure in Small and Rural Communities of Vermont and Vehicle Traffic Exposure Across the United States, Brittany Antonczak, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biodiversity, global change, and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, Natalia Aristizábal Uribe, PhD, Natural Resources
Online Collective Attention: Standardizing the Measurement of Sociotechnical Systems, Michael Vincent Arnold, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Analysis Of Shear Rate Dependent Flow Liquefaction Behavior Through Experiments And Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling, Soham Banerjee, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Styles And History Of Deformation In The San Gabriel Block, Southern California, Since The Late Cretaceous, Jillyan Baskin, MS, Geology
Investigating Sensitivity and Resistance of Tumor Cells to KIF18A Inhibition, Anna Belongia, MS, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Looking north and thinking ahead: Understanding the range expansion of vector-borne cervid pathogens, Lauren Berkley, MS, Biology
Non-Market Food Practices Do Things Markets Cannot: Why Vermonters Produce and Distribute Food That's Not For Sale, Sam Bliss, PhD, Natural Resources
Radical Resistance: Grounded Normativity In Three Speculative Works, Katherine Lauren Booth, MA, English
Knee articular cartilage quantitative MRI reliability and left-to-right and visit-to-visit repeatability in healthy subjects under compressive loading, Andrew Borah, MS, Biomedical Engineering
Estimating coyote density and occupancy in Cape Cod National Seashore, Koryna Boudinot, MS, Natural Resources
Probabilistic modeling of disease: Addressing uncertainties in within-host and population-level dynamics, Mariah Boudreau, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
Evaluating The Performance Of Winter Peas As Dual-Use Crops For Both Cover Crop And Profit Crop, Emmanuel Kwame Brefo, MS, Plant and Soil Science
The Inclusion of Woodchips and Drinking Water Treatment Residuals in Vegetated Bioretention Planters: How Do They Stack Up to Conventional Soil Media?, Samantha Kay Brewer, MS, Plant and Soil Science
Evaluating The Resource Recovery Potential Of Dairy Processing Waste Through Anaerobic Digestion With Enhanced Microbial Retention, Kennedy Paige Brown, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Was It Really The “age Of Reagan?”: How The National Organization For Women Kept The Fight For Women’s Equality Alive, 1982-1992, Rhiannon Janelle Brown, MA, History
Selection For Insecticide Tolerance Alters Phenotypic, Transcriptomic, And Epigenetic Responses To Multiple Stressors In The Colorado Potato Beetle., Erika Bueno, PhD, Plant and Soil Science
Culturally Acceptable Food: Exploring Its Status In The Literature And Growers’ Capacities To Embed It In Seed Value Chains, Sally Burke, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
A Minority Stress Approach to Kink: Predicting Suicidality via Stigma, Shame, and Community in a Kink-Identified Sample, Wilson Captein, PhD, Psychology
Evaluating the Role of Tetraspanins in Syncytin-Mediated Syncytiotrophoblast Formation, Madeline Carr, MS, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Sudden gains in cognitive-behavioral therapy for seasonal affective disorder, Raquel Esther Castillo Cruz, MA, Psychology
Measuring in situ 26Al and 10Be in Post-Glacial Sand Reveals Limited Erosion by Quebec-Labrador Ice Dome, Peyton McKinsey Cavnar, MS, Natural Resources
Evaluating The Zoonotic Potential And Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles Of Staphylococcus Aureus In Dairy Farm Settings: A Genomic Epidemiological Approach, Ashma Chakrawarti, PhD, Animal Biosciences
Investigating The Effects Of Loss Of Runx1 And Its Role In Mitotic Gene Bookmarking And Breast Cancer, Priyanka Gajanan Chavarkar, MS, Pharmacology
Characterization Of A Pathological Tau Point Mutation, E342v, Implicated In Frontotemporal Dementia, Liam Clancy, MS, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
“Everything Must Be Great In Rome”: Aggregate Appropriation Of The Distant And Modern Past In The Repubblica Romana Of 1849, Nathan Gary Colgrove, MA, History
Characterization Of The 1966 Camp Century Subglacial Sediment Core: A Multiscale Analysis, Catherine Collins, MS, Natural Resources
Fermentation Of Amino Acids By Anaerobic Microbiomes In The Absence Of Methanogenesis, Leandro Conrado, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Identification Of Novel Sh Protein Phosphorylation-Dependent Binding Partners And Interaction Mechanisms., Phoebe Cousens, MS, Biology
The Impact Of The Calm-Af10 Fusion Protein On Wnt Signaling In Leukemia, John Matthew Cullen, MS, Biochemistry
The Power of The Commons, Julia Danielsen, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
Cross-Modal Examinations Of Narrative Structural Processing In Autism., Carolyn T. D'Auria, MA, Psychology
Ring Learning with Errors, Sarah Days-Merrill, PhD, Mathematics
An Examination Of Cognitive Capacities As Mediators Of The Associations Between Children’s Language Abilities And Adhd Symptoms, Marissa Dennis, PhD, Psychology
Characterization Of Sars-Cov-2 Variants Of Concern At Multiple Scales, Hannah Wade Despres, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Development of Needed Tools for Babesia duncani, a Rising Cause of Human Babesiosis, Emmett Asa Dews, MS, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Development of Needed Tools for Babesia duncani, a Rising Cause of Human Babesiosis, Emmett Asa Dews, MS, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Nonbinary BIPOC College Students' Freedom Dreams of Utopia, C. V. Dolan, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Extreme Weather Events: Perception, Pro-Environmental Behavior, and the Tools to Measure Them, Christopher Donovan, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
Effects of Acute Stress on Goal-Directed and Habitual Decision-Making in Female Rats, Russell Jacobs Dougherty, MA, Psychology