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 2015

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Spatiotemporally Periodic Driven System with Long-Range Interactions, Owen Dale Myers, PhD, Materials Science

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Early Adoption Dynamics Of Private Sustainability Governance Initiatives: A Case Study Of The Marine Cultured-Pearl Industry, Julie Nash, PhD, Natural Resources

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Redox Control Of Allergic Airway Disease: Impact Of Glutaredoxin-1 On Epithelial Driven Inflammation And Allergen-Induced Airway Remodeling, James D. Nolin, PhD, Pathology

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Pedagogical Praxis Models in Sustainability Education: A Focus on Food Systems and Environment, Karen Lynn Nordstrom, PhD, Natural Resources

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Traumatic Brain Injury Causes Endothelial Dysfunction In Mesenteric Arteries 24 Hrs After Injury, Ivette Ariela Nunez, MS, Pathology

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Nicotinic Signaling: Alpha3 Beta4 Heteromers, Alpha5 Subunits, And The Prototoxin Lypd6b, Vanessa Ochoa, PhD, Neuroscience

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Collaboration And Conflict In The Adirondack Park: An Analysis Of Conservation Discourses Over Time, Jeffrey Michael O'Donnell, MS, Natural Resources

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Inhibitory Control Efficiency In Successful Weight Loss Participants, Kathryn Curran Olds, MS, Neuroscience

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Aero-Thermal Characterization Of Silicon Carbide Flexible Tps Using A 30kw Icp Torch, Walten Owens, PhD, Mechanical Engineering

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Students' Understanding Of Quadratic Functions: Learning From Students' Voices, Jennifer Suzanne Stokes Parent, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Moderating Effects of Coping on Associations Between Stress Reactivity and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems, Amy Aliza Paysnick, PhD, Psychology

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Damned If You Do--Damned If You Don't: A Queer Woman of Color's Journey of Trauma, Agency, and Leadership, Windy Paz-Amor, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Exploring the Google Books Corpus: An Information-Theoretic Approach to Linguistic Evolution, Eitan Pechenick, PhD, Mathematical Sciences

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A Comparative Analysis Of The Moose Rumen Microbiota And The Pursuit Of Improving Fibrolytic Systems., Suzanne Ishaq Pellegrini, PhD, Animal Nutrition and Food Science

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Using Mutli Criteria Decision Analysis To Develop Sustainability Assessment Tools: Biomass Supply Chains, Deandra Marie Perruccio, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Habitat Use By Early Successional Bird Species Along Powerline Rights Of Way: Making Connections Across Private Lands, Christine Rose Peterson, MS, Natural Resources

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Using Empirical Mode Decomposition to Study Periodicity and Trends in Extreme Precipitation, Noah Pfister, MS, Mathematics

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Meckelin Functions in the Guided Movement and Orientation of Basal Bodies Prior to Duplication in Paramecium tetraurelia, Tyler August Picariello, PhD, Biology

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Managing the Wilderness Experience at Olympic National Park: A Study of Day and Overnight Visitors, Warren Vinson Pierce, III., MS, Natural Resources

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Lake Trout Spawning Site Use In Lake Champlain & The Development Of The Binomial Rolling Residence Test, Victoria M. Pinheiro, MS, Natural Resources

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Toward an Understanding of the Breakdown of Heat Transfer Modeling in Reciprocating Flows, Ian Pond, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Get Real: An Examination of the Real Food Challenge at the University of Vermont, Jennifer Porter, MS, Food Systems

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The impact of ecosystem services knowledge on decisions, Stephen Mark Posner, PhD, Natural Resources

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The Status Of Stonecats (Noturus Flavus) In The Laplatte And Missisquoi Rivers, Vermont, Elizabeth Puchala, MS, Natural Resources

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From Dar Es Salaam To Dartmouth: A Case Study Of The Experiences Of Fogarty Aids International Training And Research Program Fellows At Dartmouth College, Lisa Anne Purvis, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Intuitions or Informational Assumptions? An Investigation of the Psychological Factors Behind Moral Judgments, Nolan Rampy, PhD, Psychology

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Exchange Mechanisms in Macroscopic Ordered Organic Magnetic Semiconductors, Naveen Rawat, PhD, Materials Science

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Teenagers' Mode Choice To And From School And Technology Use For Transportation: Analysis Of Students From Five High Schools In Vermont And California, Paola Rekalde Aizpuru, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Bioinspired Study On The Mechanical Performance Of Helicoidal Fiber Structures, Brian Ribbans, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Helping Students Find Meaning While Finding My Own: A Scholarly Personal Narrative Navigating Single-Motherhood and a Career in Admissions, Amber Rich, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Short Food Supply Chains: Expectations and Reality, Richard Roberto Richards, MS, Food Systems

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Analytical And Decision Tools For Wildlife Population And Habitat Management, Kurt Rinehart, PhD, Natural Resources

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Micro-Topological Effects on Redox-Sensitive Nutrient Availability of Manganese, Iron, Sulfur, and Phosphorus, Lindsey C. Ruhl, MS, Plant and Soil Science

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Studies Toward The Total Synthesis Of Subincanadine E, Corinne Marie Sadlowski, PhD, Chemistry

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Tejanos in College: How Texas Born Mexican-American Students Navigate Ethnoracial Identity, Tomás Sanchez, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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A Prelimary Study of Differences Between Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement from Driving: Quality of Life and Depression in a Rural Population, Elizabeth Ann Pruitt Saxton, MS, Nursing

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The Lived Experience of Transgender College-Aged Students Receiving Healthcare, Lisa Schaffer, MS, Nursing

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Discrepant Attentional Biases Toward Sexual Stimuli, Martin Seehuus, PhD, Psychology

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A conserved Inner Membrane Protein of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is integral for membrane function, Kenneth Smith, PhD, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

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RuO2 Nanorods as an Electrocatalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Richard Smith, MS, Electrical Engineering

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Supporting A Growing Agricultural Economy By Understanding Child Care In Farm Families, Emily Stengel, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Wanting It Told: Narrative Desire in Cather and Faulkner, Monroe Street, MA, English

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Pasteurization and its discontents: Raw milk, risk, and the reshaping of the dairy industry, Andrea M. Suozzo, MS, Food Systems

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Exploring Catholic Education In The Twenty-First Century: Teaching Practices, Technology Integration, And Educational Goals, Meredith Swallow, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Becoming Transdisciplinary: Exploring Process in a Research Initiative on Climate Change, Emil Tsao, MS, Natural Resources

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Polycystin-2 (PKD2), Eccentric (XNTA), and Meckelin (MKS3) in the Ciliated Model Organism Paramecium tetraurelia, Megan Smith Valentine, PhD, Biology

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The Self-Perceived Impact Of An International Immersion Experience On The Cultural Competency And Professional Practice Of Recently Graduated Registered Nurses, Christopher Vaughn, MS, Nursing

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Geomechanical Characterization of Marcellus Shale, Rafael Villamor Lora, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Helping Quarterlife Students Make Sense of Anguish: A Personal Examination of How Traumatic Life Events Lead to Growth and Meaning Making, William B. Vitagliano, MEd, Educational Studies

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The Common Cause of All Advanced and Progressive Mankind: Proletarian Internationalism, Spain, and the American Communist Press, 1936 - 1937, G. Scott Waterman, MA, History