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 2025

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Advancing Quantitative Research Of Smoker Stigmatization, Thomas Geist, PhD, Psychology

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Ultra-Brief CBT for Primary Care Visits: Pilot Training and Implementation, Julia M. Terman, PhD, Psychology

Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Employing Genetic Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Data Routing in Internet of Things Networks, Farzana Akhter, MS, Computer Science

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Online Collective Attention: Standardizing the Measurement of Sociotechnical Systems, Michael Vincent Arnold, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science

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Analysis Of Shear Rate Dependent Flow Liquefaction Behavior Through Experiments And Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling, Soham Banerjee, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Non-Market Food Practices Do Things Markets Cannot: Why Vermonters Produce and Distribute Food That's Not For Sale, Sam Bliss, PhD, Natural Resources

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Radical Resistance: Grounded Normativity In Three Speculative Works, Katherine Lauren Booth, MA, English

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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A Minority Stress Approach to Kink: Predicting Suicidality via Stigma, Shame, and Community in a Kink-Identified Sample, Wilson Captein, PhD, Psychology

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Evaluating The Zoonotic Potential And Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles Of Staphylococcus Aureus In Dairy Farm Settings: A Genomic Epidemiological Approach, Ashma Chakrawarti, PhD, Animal Biosciences

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Investigating The Effects Of Loss Of Runx1 And Its Role In Mitotic Gene Bookmarking And Breast Cancer, Priyanka Gajanan Chavarkar, MS, Pharmacology

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Characterization Of A Pathological Tau Point Mutation, E342v, Implicated In Frontotemporal Dementia, Liam Clancy, MS, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

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Identification Of Novel Sh Protein Phosphorylation-Dependent Binding Partners And Interaction Mechanisms., Phoebe Cousens, MS, Biology

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The Impact Of The Calm-Af10 Fusion Protein On Wnt Signaling In Leukemia, John Matthew Cullen, MS, Biochemistry

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Ring Learning with Errors, Sarah Days-Merrill, PhD, Mathematics

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An Examination Of Cognitive Capacities As Mediators Of The Associations Between Children’s Language Abilities And Adhd Symptoms, Marissa Dennis, PhD, Psychology

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Nonbinary BIPOC College Students' Freedom Dreams of Utopia, C. V. Dolan, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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The Roles Of Plexina2-Semaphorin6a Bi-Directional Signaling In Zebrafish Eye Development, Caroline Dumas, PhD, Biology

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Power, Narrative, and Energy Transitions in the Fossil Fuel Landscapes of North America, Megan Egler, PhD, Natural Resources

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Predicting Leucotaraxis Spp. Adult Emergence In The Pacific Northwest With Implications For Biological Control Of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid In The Eastern United States, Liam Farley, MS, Natural Resources

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Assessing The Impact Of An Intervention To Build Food Agency During Emerging Adulthood, Amy Finley, MS, Food Systems

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Elucidating the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying thermal tolerance in embryonic Drosophila melanogaster, Kylie Maureen Finnegan, MS, Biology

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The Use Of Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning For Shape Parameter And Drag Coefficient Prediction Of Falling Snowflakes, Nicholas Fitzgerald, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Investigating The Effect Of Relative Humidity On Organic New Particle Formation From The Dark Ozonolysis Of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds, Austin Callum Flueckiger, PhD, Chemistry

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Investigating the DNA Binding and Gene Regulatory Properties of PUR Proteins and Their Contribution to Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer, Andrea Foote, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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Computing the Canonical Ring of Certain Stacks, Jesse Franklin, PhD, Mathematics

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From 'I' to 'We'? A Test of the Effect of I-sharing on We-ness in Couples, Natalie Anne Fuchs, MA, Psychology

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Epigenomic Landscape Profiling and Bioinformatics Application in Breast Cancer Model, Cong Gao, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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Beauty as a Mode of Being: Enacting Queer Listening to Parse the Cultural and Affective Resonance of Sad Girl Pop, Sarah E. Gåss, MA, English

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A Computational Journey Through Conspiracy Theories: A Genealogical Approach, Mohsen Ghasemizade, MS, Computer Science

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Asset-Based Frameworks For Highlighting The Brokering Experiences Of An Arabic-Speaking Multicultural Liaison In Refugee Education, Arby Ghemari, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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When Climate Injustice Begins at Home: Exploring the Vulnerability and Resilience of Manufactured Housing Communities in Northern New England, Kelly Hamshaw, PhD, Natural Resources

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Preconception Health: Knowledge Among Individuals Receiving Medication For Opioid Use Disorder And Priorities Among Healthcare Providers, Roxanne Faith Harfmann, PhD, Psychology

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High School Nutrition Education in Vermont: An Exploratory Case Study, Deborah Hinchey, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Effective Drag Coefficient Prediction on single-view 2D Images of Snowflakes, Cameron Hudson, MS, Complex Systems and Data Science

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Health Literacy among Rural Emerging Adults with Chronic Pain: Implications for Behavioral Health and Treatment, Tori Humiston, PhD, Psychology

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Savoring and Overgeneral Memory as Moderators of the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Mental Health Outcomes among Black Sexual Minority Women, Praise Iyiewuare, PhD, Psychology

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Control of Pneumatically Actuated Drones, Benjamin Scott Jackson, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Economics, Platforms and the Formal Structure of Webcomics, Aki Jacobson, MA, English

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Pka Signaling In Focal Adhesions: A New Niche For Pka Targets And Anchoring Proteins, Mingu Kang, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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From Silence and Survival to Growth and Empowerment: A Mixed Method Evaluation of the Therapeutic Empowerment Self-Defense™ Program for Survivors of Sexual Trauma, Nancy Keller, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Dynamical Modeling of Resistojet Style Thrusters for Fault Detection, and Fault Identification, Jonathan Leo Kerivan, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Trauma And Resilience Mechanisms During Political Violence: Survivors Of The 2021 Military Coup In Myanmar, Phyu Pannu Khin, PhD, Psychology

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A Comparative Analysis of Sural Nerve Morphometry Using Gold Standard Light Microscopy Analysis Versus Transmission Electron Microscopy, Margaret Emma King, MS, Pathology

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Modeling To Evaluate The Contribution Of The Built Environment On Heat Microenvironments And Analysis Of The Efficiency And Efficacy Of Electric Vehicle Purchase Incentives, Parker King, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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“to Be On The Move Again At Least Is Something”: Ann Quin, Gilles Deleuze, And The Spectacular Nomadism Of Capital, Mara Sophia Knoecklein, MA, English