A collection of Sciences Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Investigating the Association Between Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH): A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Savannah L. Adams
Structural Optimization and Analytical Applications of Thioflavin T-Activating Light-Up DNA Aptamer, Shaleh Alazmi
The Role of Personality Traits in the Relationship Between Executive Functioning and Identity Dimensions, Faith Alexander
Robust Linking Estimation in Item Response Theory Using Quantile Regression: Applications to the Graded Response and Generalized Partial Credit Models, Ibrahim Almansour
A Test of the Three-Step Theory: Examining Pain, Hopelessness, and Suicidal Desire Among College Students, Shelby Baker
Investigating Effects of the Macroalga Caulerpa prolifera on Restoration of the Seagrass Halodule wrightii in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, Luciana M. Banquero
Understanding the Potential Biogeochemical Effects of Alternative Restoration Materials: A Study of Basalt and Other Materials, Cadie L. Barnes
Investigation of Exotic Phenomena in Topological Quantum Materials, Iftakhar Bin Elius
Do Fair Schedules Matter? Work-Home Conflict and Justice in Emergency Medicine, Maresca J. Brand
Club Sport Injury Rates, Injury Characteristics, Functional Movement Screen Relationships, and Impact of Core Training, Rebecca Carson
Motivational Interviewing Impact on Provider Burnout, Julie Cook
A Reconstruction Method For The Anisotropic Electrical Conductivity In A Hybrid Planar Inverse Problem, Athanasios Dimitriadis
Reticular Chemistry for the Design and Study of Functional and Photoredox Active Metal-Organic Frameworks, Jacob I. Furst
Carbaryl Exposure Alters Gut Microbiome Composition Without Affecting Morphometrics In Eastern Purple Martin (Progne Subis Subis) Nestlings, Stephanie A. Gaspar
Physical Activity and Health Outcomes in Children with Dyslexia During Summer versus School Months, Tina J. Glatz
Ecological and Evolutionary Divergence of a Shared Sympatric Color Polymorphism in Paracirrhites Hawkfish, Samuel Greaves
Where Did All the Democrats Go? An Analysis of Defection and Disengagement of Biden 2020 Voters in the 2024 Election, Scott S. Healy
L-Estimation of the Enriched Truncated Exponentiated Generalized Family of Distributions, Amina Issoufou Anaroua
Fear, Uncertainty, And The Chilling Effect: A Case Study Of Organizational Racialized Omission, Annie Jones
Exploring the Temporal Context of Abusive Supervision, Alexandra Kandah
Gratitude as Social Information: How Leader and Follower Gratitude Expressions Influence First-Level Supervisors’ Work Experiences, Meghan E. Kane
Data-Driven Algorithms for Generalized Low-Rank Matrix Recovery, Chandra S. Kundu
Odd colorings of graphs with maximum degree and surface conditions, Matthew Kyle
Between the Lines: A Marginal Colophon, Jean Paul La Chapelle Senior
Reliability Of Staged Maximal Aerobic Capacity Protocol Using A Combined Upper- And Lower-Body Air-Braked Ergometer, Jack J. Livingston
Computational Regolith Mechanics and Instrumentation Development for Lunar Exploration and Resource Utilization, Jared M. Long-Fox
Behavioral Economic Factors Implicated in Young Adult Drinking in the Natural Environment: An EMA Study, Tatiana Magri
Viral Dynamics Across Managed and Wild Pollinators: Integrating Immunity, Ecology, and Community Structure, Allison Malay
Comparison Study of Classical and Quantum Methods for Least Squares Support Vector Data Description, Michelle Miller
The Role of Adolescent Attachment in the Relationship Between Trauma and Identity, Ellie Mitova
The Intersection of Abuse, Child Welfare, and the Law for Intimate Partner Violence Survivors: Gender Violence as an Antagonistic Social Force, Julio Montanez
Determination of Common Fentanyl Analog Metabolites for Rapid Identification, Jillian Morgan
Revolution in the age of social media: A mathematical model for information, dissent, and stability, Killian Muollo
Quantifying the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Two Marine Mammal Species With Agent-Based Models, Landon S. Myers
Do Emerging Social Media Platforms Shape the Gender Gap in Surveillance Political Knowledge?, Saskia Papsova
A Theoretical Study Of Molecular Photoionization: Applications To Molecules Of Astrophysical And Atmospheric Interest, Conner Penson
A Sensory Ecology of Fear: Moonlight-Mediated Predation Risk and Foraging Behavior in Neotropical Electric Fish, Chiu Lok Poon
Examining Attrition In Rtms For Smoking Cessation: The Roles Of Perceived Research Burden And Delay Discounting, Miranda Proctor
Monitoring Shifts in Estuarine Microbial Communities: A DNA-Metabarcoding Approach, Ashley M. Reaume
Old Maps of the New World & New Theories on the European Encounter with La Florida: An Historical Archaeological and Four Field Anthropological Approach to Peter Apian's Cosmographia (1575), Emerson S F Richards
Modeling Hazard Perception Learning in Novice Drivers With Autism: A Multimodal Simulation-based Study, Erik J. Sand
Source Credibility and Chatbots: How Design Factors Impact Chatbot Effectiveness, Kristen M. Schmidt
TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read): Examining the Assessment and Causes of Careless Responding within Experimental Vignette Studies, David L. Sexton Jr.
Exercise-Induced Muscle Swelling and Impedance Changes of the Elbow Flexor, Sofea Smith
Examining Relationships Between Pre-Arrival Information, Perceived Preparedness, and Distressing Call Outcomes Among Firefighters, Victoria L. Steigerwald
The Reliability, Validity, and Sensitivity of Physical Working Capacity at the Pain Intensity Threshold, Danielle A. Sterner
Association of Social Support Patterns on Health-related Quality of Life among Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors, Brian Sukhu
Forest Island Reforestation in the Llanos de Moxos, Bolivia, Ethan Tam
Unmasking Pentastomes: Generating Genomic Resources For Enigmatic Parasites, Stephanie Lyn Villella
Dynamics of Household Food Insecurity Vulnerability: Examining Health, Functional Limitations, and Income Stability, Renita Washburn
Invisible Stress, Visible Patterns: How the Superwoman Schema Shapes Diet and Feeding Practices in Black Mothers and Their Youth during the Summer versus School Months, Jillian Weathington
Site Use and Demographic Changes in a Northwest Atlantic Sea Turtle Foraging Ground, Ryan C. Welsh
Resources and Coping Strategies in Adverse Work Situations: A Person-centered Approach, Chad Yagey
Bowtie Antenna-Coupled Bi₂Te₃–Sb₂Te₃ Thermoelectric Detector for Millimeter-Wave Radiation, Rumana Zahir
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Change in Two Large North American Mammals, George Zaragoza
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Optomechanical Interactions and Dynamics in Nanoparticle Systems, Sohila Abdelhafiz
Queer and Thriving: Community as Resilience in an Anti-LGBTQ State, Lauren Aitken
Supervised Topic Modeling for Scientific Texts: Bayesian Shrinkage Methods and Domain-Specific Applications in Forensics and Online Aggression Sciences, Amir Alipour Yengejeh
Exploring the Genetic Structure and Evolutionary History of Marine Fish Populations across Micronesia, Pavithiran Amirthalingam
The burden of blame: Self-blame after sexual victimization and its relation to identity, Cassandra Andrion
Examination Of Driving Experience, Hazard Perception & Distracted Driving: Going Beyond Individual Factors By Using A Social-Ecological Framework, Alejandro A. Arca
Predicting Past and Future Anthropogenic Global Harvest and Land Use, Michelle Bardales Cruz
Motor Unit Control of Maximal Grip Force Among Older Adults: Reliability, Weakness, and Interventions, Jonathan P. Beausejour
Hetero-cisgender rituals: the oppression of sexual- and gender-minoritized people, Bertha A. Ben Khallouq
The Development Of An Extraction Protocol For The Preservation Of Sexual Lubricant In Sexual Assault Samples, Safiya Best
Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology, Kaitlyn A. Bonilla
Clustering and Classification Methods for Forensic Science Applications, Slun Booppasiri
Neural Network Accelerated Retrieval of Clear Brown Dwarf Atmospheres, Peter T. Braunschweig
Enhancing Social Participation: The role of communication accommodations on young children with CCN, Carli C. Brent
Robust Low-Rank Tensor Discriminant Analysis With Optimal Scoring, Kyle Brinker
STANDBY TO STANDBY: How Time Weaponization and Social Currency Impact Identity Within the Veteran Community upon Discharge., Nichole Ann Carminati
Positivity and Invariance: From Radial Basis Functions to Graph Signal Spaces, Seok-Young Chung
“Rights Not Rescue”: How Stigma Influences Harmful Legislation Toward Sex Workers in the Deep South, Abigail McKenzie Conover
The Role Of Substance Use And Objectification On Bisexual Women’s Sexual Violence Experiences, Rachel Cooper
The Benefit of Benefits: The role of fringe job benefits on the recruitment of deskless workers, Hannah A. Crandell
Development of a Rapid and Efficient Molecular Triage Workflow for Non-Semen Containing Digital Penetration Evidence, Lauren J. Crawford
Parents’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Young Children’s Behavior Problems: Examining Protective Moderating and Mediating Factors, Kaitlyn M. Daleandro
Morphology, Evolution and Host-Driven Convergence in Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea), Davide Dal Pos
Interpretation and Control of AI Model Behavior Through Direct Adjustment of Latent Representations, Austin Davis
Men’s Aggressive Responses To Sexual Rejection: The Roles Of Rejection Sensitivity, Alcohol Use, And Perceived Injustice, Cameron A. Davis
Bridging Physiology, Data Science, And Genomics To Illuminate Photosynthetic Variation In Sunflower, Rebekah E. Davis
Evaluating Health and Immune Proxies Within and Across Sea Turtle Life Stages, Tiffany M. Dawson
The Nested Dirichlet Process And Applications To Nonparametric Bayesian Inference, Evan C. Donald
The Influence of Regolith Properties and Environmental Conditions on Plume Surface Interactions, Brandon Dotson
The Role Individual Differences and Environmental Factors in Automated Driving Performance, John M. Duany
Spectral Properties of Disjoint Unions of Open Intervals via Unitary Groups of Local Translations, Bryan Ducasse
Flywheel Technology: The Reliability of Functional and Systemic Perturbations in a Crossover Design, Trevor J. Dufner
Food Insecurity Among University Students and the Barriers to Utilizing Food Assistance Programs During and After Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, Carvis C. Durr
Robust Evaluation Framework On Adversarial Purification, Yuan Du